Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-21
Telegraphic Briefs

PARTISAN extension of the mora
tium to three months from January is
provided in a decree published to-day
in the Journal Official. The decree is
accompanied by a note from the minis
ter of commerce stating that there re-
mains unpaid only 1,340.000,000 of a
total of 4,4S0,000,0O0 francs OF paper
benefitting from the moratorium which
was held by the Bank of France in Au-
gust of 1914.
/. BUFFAIO.-The peoples case against
John Edward Teiper, charged with the
murder of his mother, was summed up
to-day by District Attorney Guy B.
Moore. Tomorrow Justice Charles b.
Wheeler will deliver his charge to the
jury.
New York.-waIter BaIfour Gunni-
son. educator, author of Latin text
books and principal of Erasmus high
school of Brooklyn, one of the oldest
high schools in the country, died here
to-day. He was born in Abingdon.
Mass, in 1852.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.-Ffre believed
to have been caused by defective wiring
in women's clothing store here early
to-day destroyed the establishment.
valued at more than 100000. S. A.
Williams and Company, an adjacent
store, was heavily damaged. The loss
is, partially covered by insurance.
fWASHINGTON.-Ded as to in
efficiency of the National Guard system
drawn by the army general staff from
the report on the border mobilization
were sharplt challenged by members of
the House military committee to testi-
mony presented by Major General Scott,
chief of the staff. Several committee
men insisted 1t was unfair to attempt
to Judge the guard, since 1t was the
old organized militia and not the new
national guard which was turned out
for that service.
WASHINGTON. American battle
/ ships will reach their limit of size
when they displace 10000 tons, the
House naval committee was told by the
engineering chiefs of the navy, and
only then because the greater ships
could not pass through the lock OF the
Panama Canal Chief Constructor Tay-
lor told the committee the battleships
authorized at this session of Congress
will have a displacement of ~, 500 tons
PHILADELPHIA. Two cases of
! infantile paralysis were reported in
! Philadelphia yesterday and one in
Camden. n. j. The Camden case. that of
/ a Philadelphia child, proved fatal.
| WASHINGTON. - The Federal Farm
Loan Board expects to announce within
few days the location of the twelve
| farm loan banks to be established
throughout the country. Sometime ago
/ the board announced that 1t hoped to
make public the location of these
banks December 20, but it was said to-
I day that the districts and location in
some instances were still undetermined.
RICHMOND. - DIR. George ID. john
ston, one of the South's noted surgeons,
died yesterday at his home here. He
was So years old.
j WASHINGTON. - Senator NewIands'
J 60. u
Humphries flood control bill and the
/ Newlands- Broussard general waterway
control and development BILL presented
: to the Senate commerce committee yes
terday, retains the essential features
of both measures. including appropria-
I tions of $45,00O,0O for the lower
Mississippi river, s5.60O,O0 for Sacra-
mento river flood control and 81 200, 600
to initiate work on the plan to scien-
1 tifically control rivers and water sheds
! of the country.
/ JUAREZ, MEX. - BaudeIIO Tribe, a
| follower of Villa, who is said to have
instituted the practice of cutting off the
ears of Carranza prisoners. and seven
teen of his band. have been executed
received here by one of the home
guard. The report said many Villa
troops" had been killed in battle
southwest of Chihuahua City.
WASHINGTON. The emergency
appropriation bill providing S4.250, 900
for dependent families : guardsmen
and regulars. passed the House to-day
and was taken up Immediately in the
Senate. 1t carries $4,000 for the
Philadelphia Mint. sS7. .Noo for Denver,
| S25,500 for San Francisco and $4,000