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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
A PREHISTORIC IRRIGATION
PROJECT

The March project in Yemen, Arabia,
in the very beginnings of irrigation,
boasted dam two miles long and 100
feet high, built of immense hewn
blocks of stone; which we must admit
was a bigger engineering task than
Elephant Butte. The March dam held
back the waters of a stream fed by
seventy tributaries, and stood the
strain for two thousand years. But it
burst at last, and with appalling re-
suits. That's the difference. Or one
difference. These dams of ours are
built for all time, and in record time I;
how long it took, how many men work
ing under what pressure to erect that
Arabian wonder, we don't know, but
we have reason for believing that pres
ent-day structures of the kind are
erected by infinitely fewer men and in
far less time, and with the permanency
of the abutting hills.-THE CHRISTIAN
HERALD.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
RUPTURE
4 Reliable Expert of High Standing
Coming TO Harrisburg

w. p. Seeley, the noted expert, will
be in Harrisburg, at the Commonwealth
Hotel, Wednesday and Thursday, jan
uary Goth and 27th, 1916, where he will
he pleased to have those desiring some
thing better than the common truss
consult him.
The government has used his goods
for years, and many officials represent
ing every branch of the service are
numbered among his patrons.
No fee for consultation Those
treated on former visits are invited to
call. Home office, 1927 Walnut street,
philadelphia, Pa. Cut out and keep for
reference.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
SHE DARKENED HER
GRAY HAIR
A Kansas City Lady Darkencd Her
Gray Hair and Stimulated Its
Growth by Simple
Home Process.
She Tells How She Did II

A well-known resident of Kansas
City, Mo-, who 1arkened her gray hair
by a simple home process, made the
following statement: ANY lady or
gentleman can darken their gray or
faded hair, stimulate its growth and
make it soft and glossy with this sim
pie recipe. which they can mix at
home. To half pint of water add OF.
of bay rum, / small box OF Barbo
Compound and Il OF. of glycerine.
These ingredients can be purchased at
any drug store at very little cost. An
ply to the hair every other day until
the gray hair is darkened sufficiently.
then every two weeks. This mixture
relieves scalp troubles and is excellent
for dandruff and falling hair. 1t does
not stain the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy and does not rub off. IL will
make a gray haired person look 10
TO 20 years younger.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
Jitney Owners Talk Of
Operating Their Cars
as Takes; Reorganize

The Harrisburg Jitney Association,
with President Ed. f. Eisley in the
chair, met last evening at the offices
of it's attorney. Arthur II. Rupley, and
reorganized. The new name is the
Harrisburg Automobile Transportation
Company Counsel for the company
told the jitneyites that if they operated
from a given garage or stand in re-
sponse to calls and returned after their
trips to that garage or stand they
would be classed as taxicabs and could
thus evade the bond requirements of
the new jitney ordinance.
Mr.. Eisley was reelected president,
II. w. Sallade was elected treasurer
and Fl. d. Myers secretary. These COM
mittees were appointed: Law, II. ID.
Myers, #. G. Adams and r. E. Adair;
publicity, G. E. Webb. Fl. w. Sallade
and Mr.. Kaufman; bylaws, w. w.
Pease, II. M. Weaver and II. E. Forty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
Twenty-Seven Plead Guilty
to Delaying U. S. Mails
BY Associated Press

Twenty-seven employees of the Fair
mont Post Office, indicted for con-
spiracy to delay the mails in connec-
ton with a strike which they preci-
pated last November appeared in the
United States District Court here to-
day and entered pleas of guilty.
The former assistant postmaster.
w. II. BRAND, was fined $500; A. II.
Fleming, former postmaster and
Sylvester Clayton, clerk, We're fined
$3.50 and the others were fined in
amounts ranging from $40 to $50.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

toe. right there.-don't be afraid
that's it.-feel how smooth the skin
is? Well, that's where the corn was.
Well, that beats air. That's the way
"Gets-It" works on all corns, every
corn, every time. It's the new, simple
way of curing corns. Youth say good
bye to all foolish contraptions like
bundlng bandages, sticky tape, plas-
ters, toe-eating salves, and grave
diggers such as knives. razors and
scissors. "Gets-It' stops pain. Applied
in . seconds. Never fails. Nothing to
stick to, hurt or press on the corn
"Gets-Tt' is sold everywhere, 25c a
bottle, or sent direct by e. Lawrence
& Co, Chicago. Ill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

turn their hand to render them aid
King Constantine did not feel that
he could afford to demobilize while
the fate of Saloniki is undecided, while
he did not think it probable that
Germany could be victorious in the
sense that she could take London
Paris or Petrograd, he believed that
it would be very difficult, if not i'm.
possible, to conquer Germany in a
military way, if economic exhaustion
did not force her to sue for peace
He expressed finally the opinion that
the war would end in draw.
Denies Parallel
The interview with the King was
transmitted from Athens on January
13, but was sent out from Paris only
on January Is at 3:45 p. NJ. on
January is, at an earlier hour the
highest French authority-whose per-
sonality is not otherwise indicated
gave an interview to The Associated
Press in reply to the statements made
by the Greek King.
This authority denies any parallel
between the German invasion OF
Belgium and Luxembourg and the
temporary use of certain points in
Greece which does not constitute an
occupation properly speaking and
which use was made for the most part
with the tacit consent of Greece. The
allies, he said, only went to Salonilli
TO aid Greece's ally, Serbia, and to
take up treaty obligations which
Greece did not fulfill During the re-
cent months, he added, the Greek gov
ernment permitted Germans and Aus
trians to violate it's neutrality by using
the Greek coasts and islands as a base
for provisioning their submarines.
End In Draw
The charges about the bridge at
Demir Hissar were without founda-
ton, the French authority said, and
the question of the sympathies of the
Greek people was proved by their ac-
tion at the recent elections and their
attitude towards NJ. Venizelos, the
friend of the entente. The authority
points out that. while the King de-
clares he cannot demobilize, he for
gets to add that the allies continue at
his request to advance money to
Greece for its mobilization. AS for
the Kings opinion regarding the
result of the war, the authority says,
it is pleasant that a sovereign who is
so impressed by Germany's strength
should publicly admit that she can
not be victorious, which shows how
right impartial people are in pro-
claiming that she will be crushed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
Steelton Snap Shots

To Take 1rip.-The High School
basketball team will go to Reading to-
morrow to play the Reading High
School five. On Saturday the local
quintet will jump to Lancaster to meet
the High School tossers there.
Choir Rebearses.-The choir of St.
Johns Lutheran Church will hold a
rehearsal this evening at 1890 o'clock
at the church.
High Official Here.-Past State
Counsellor Richard Woods. of Carlisle,
visited Steelton Council 1872, Order of
Independent Americans, last evening
when he delivered an interesting ad-
dress.
Surprise Party.-Miss Dora Sugar
gave surprise party at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Heller, of 222
Myers street, Monday evening, in
honor of her sister, Miss Ida Sugar
Guests were present from Harrisburg
Enola and Steelton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
RYNDANI FLOATED
BY ASSOCIATED Press

London, Jan. 20. 3.59 p. M.-The
Holland American Line steamship
Ryndam, which. after an accident re-
sulting in the death of three stokers
and the injury of four others, ran
aground at Gravesend yesterday, was
foated to-day. The vessel is anchored
at HolehaVen. The Ryndam left New
York January for Rotterdam with
ISL passengers and a crew of 200 men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

Let me send you full information that
will enable you to restore your own hair
to youthful colour so that you need
never have a grey hair again, no matter
what your age or the cause of your
greyness, or how long you have been
grey or how many things have failed.
My free offer is open to men and wo-
men alike for few days longer.
Send no money. Just write me to-day
giving your name and address plainly,
stating whether (Alr. Mrs. or Miss) and
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age and l will send you full particulars
that will enable you TO restore the ma
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Write to-day Address Mrs. Mary X.
Chapman, Suite SS1 d, Grosvenor Bldg,
Providence, r. I.-Advertisement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
MANY ARE I'LL

Samuel Basehore is ill at his home
in South Wood street.
Edward Saltzer, of North Catherine
street, is i'll of typhoid fever.
Welsh, the 12-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Stotz, South Catherine
street, is i'll with typhoid fever.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
CONVENTION NEWT MEEK

New Cumberland, Pa, Jan. 20.-On
Thursday, January 27, a missionary
convention will be held in st. Pauls
Lutheran Church. All missionary so
cieties of the Lutheran churches in the
Cumberland Valley will be represented.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
MRS. sTOUFFER ENTERTATNs

Mrs. j.. p. Stouffer entertained a
few friends from Harrisburg at her
home, 40 Emaus street, Tuesday even
ing. The guests were Mrs. George
Reed, Mrs. Fl. Ross Coover, Mrs. j. B.
Lightner, Mrs. e. l.. Forney and Mrs.
w. w. Anderson. 'fN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
|~MIDDLETOWNA
ATTEND REVIVAL SERVICES

Employees of the Wincroft Stove
Works attended the evangelistic serv-
ices in the markethouse last evening.
Meeting at the works at O'Clock, the
employees marched to the services i'm
a body.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
CONFER DECREES

Paxtang Tribe, 243, /. o. r. NJ, will
meet this evening to confer the second
and third degrees upon a class of
candidates.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
TO CONTINUE SALE

The Epworth League of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church will con-
tinue the sale of pies, homemade
bread and soups in the serving rooms
at the church every Friday after 1.3O
o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
FOR A BAD COUGH

Here is a fine old fashioned
recipe for coughs, colds or ca
tarrh trouble that has been used
for many years with great
success. Get from your drug
gist l OF. of Parmint Double
Strength) and add to it 4 pint
OF hot water and 4 OF. of gran
ulated sugar. Take one table,
spoonful times q day.
No more racking your whole
body with a cough Clogged
nostrils will open, air passages
of your head clear up so you
can breathe freely. 1t is easy
to prepare, costs little and is
pleasant to take. Anyone who
has a stubborn cough, or hard
cold or catarrh in any form
should give this prescription a
trial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
WOODNJEN no NTEI1u

Steelton Camp. 56S9, Modern
Woodmen of America, will meet this
evening to discuss reorganization of
the degree team.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
ORGANIZE NEW CLUB

At a meeting with Miss Esther
Baughman, of South Second street,
Tuesday evening the d. o. o. K. Club
was organized. The members include:
Miss Anna Marks, Miss Ellen Marks,
Armstrong, Miss Norma Brandt. Miss
Hilda Snyder, Miss Rozella Phillips
Miss Margueretta Gault. and Esther
Baughman. The following officers
were elected: President, Miss Esther
Baughman; secretary. Miss Norma
Brandt; treasurer, Miss Ellen Marks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
RESTORE YOUR HAIR
TO YOUTHFUL COLOUR
Let Mo Send You MY Free Proof That
Grey Hair Can Be Restored TO
Natural Colour and Beauty
No Dyes or other Harmful Method.
Results in Four Days

At 81 I was prematurely grey-and a
at S5 I have no trace Of grey hair and
l look younger than / did eight years
ago. ! restored my own grey hair to
and am a living example that grey
hairs need no longer exist. No danger
Gus dyes. stains or other forms of hair
paint are necessary to keep your hair
Young
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20

vading Belgium and Luxembourg. 1t
is the merest cant, the King declared,
for Great Britain and France to talk
about the violation of the neutrality
of Belgium and Luxembourg in view
of what they had done and are doing
themselves. He denied the military
necessity for the blowing up of the
bridge or for the occupation of Corfu
and he also challenged them on the
contention that submarines of the
Teutonic allies are being supplied
from a Greek base.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
STEEIiTON PERSONALS

James Herman and three sons, of
Aberdeen, Md, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Il. Il. Herman.
John Thompson, of Pine street, has
accepted a position in the frog shop
of the Wharton company at Easton.
Earl Frye has returned from the
Canal Zone where he completed an
enlistment in the army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
ALLIES ACTIONS
ARE DENOUNCED

CONTINUED From First Page.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
Allies Piqued

He said that the allies, in pique over
the failure of'all their calculations in
the Balkans were trying to unload on
Greece the result of their own stupid
ity, so per cent. of the Greeks at the
beginning were in favor of the allies
but now not even 90 per cent. would
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
well, | Should Say
'Geis-It' DOES Work.
Look a There, If You Done
Think It's Just Wonderful
For Cornsp

"Bless my stars. look at it! Land of
the livin'! Why. just look at it! That
corn came right off,-just like peel-
ing bananas. Put your finger on my
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
CHILDREN SAVED FROM
FLAMES; 3 INJURED

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-01-20
HEGHSPRE WATER
RATES ATTACKED
A Complaint Filed With Pub
lie Service Commission
This Morning

Increases of rates
of the Highspire
Water Company, eff
fective November 1,
were attacked be-
fore the p u b'l Il C
Service Commission
to-day in a COM
plant filed by II. f.
and H. C. Matthias,
of that place, in be-
half of themselves
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
HOTEL DIRECTORS
TAKE OVER PLOT
Formal Transfer of Opera
House Site Is Being Arranged
This Afternoon

The directors of the new hotel COM
pany will meet late this afternoon to
complete arrangements for the ap-
plication of charter for the organiza-
ton under the name of the Harris
burg Hotel Company. This will be
done at once and while the charter
is being advertised as required by law
the directors will take up the matter
of the selection OF an architect and
will consider the type of building best
suited to the needs of the city.
Jesse r. B. Cunningham, counsel
for the Chamber of Commerce, on
Saturday met in Philadelphia. Hamp-
ton l.. Carson, former Attorney Gen
eral of the State and administrator of
the Whiteman estate, took up the
option held by the hotel committee on
the Grand Opera House site, at Third
and Walnut streets, which the White
man Estate owns. The formal trans
fer of the property will be arranged
at the meeting of the directors to-
day.
The Rotary Club hotel committee
is hard at work and Will complete its
roundup by tomorrow afternoon. 1t
is meeting with success. The commit
tee will meet tomorrow evening at
the Offices of John s. Musser in the
rear of the Dauphin Electrical Sup
plies Company store at 434 Market
street, to make report and arrange to
continue the canvass.
The selection of a name is still in
doubt. Prof. John Phillips, the we'll
known musician, suggests the follow
ing:
THE new hotel is really going to
be a community affair. Therefore /
suggest the name Community Hotel or
Community House. think we ought
to leave political or Indian names out
We are past that sort of thing, !
hone"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
DRIVER AND AUTO
OVER HIGH CLIFF
Machine Takes 75-Foot Drop to
Greek Bank; Occupant Es-
capes Serious Injury

Carlisle, Pa, Sept. 25. - Ira
Kuntzelman, m a t e r at Balm
bridge, Lancaster county, had an al
most miraculous escape from death at
Eppley's Rocks, along the Conodo-
guinet creek just west or Carlisle
when he backed his automobile over
the cliff and fell rs feet, landing on
a pile of rocks. s
Kuntzelman with W. A Wetzel and
J. c. Matthews, both of Carlisle, was
on fishing trip. They were prepar-
ing to return home and the Balm
bridge man got into f(s car, light
touring machine, to turn 1t around.
1t started to run backwards down a
bank and before he could get the
brakes to hold it went backward over
the cliff carrying him with it. The
machine turned four complete revolu-
tions and landed on a rock at the
creek side with the engine still rum
ming. Kuntzelman was thrown out on
the second turn and fell 40 feet. His
companions expected to find him dead,
but on going to the bottom found him
in a crouching position on a pile of
stones, badly shaken up and bruised
but otherwise unhurt. He rallied
sufficiently to shut off the machine in
a few minutes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
CIasping Daughter, Man
Is Killed by Unknown Slayer

Philadelphia, Sept. 25. - Myster-
iously shot while he sat embracing
his fve-year- old daughter on the steps
of his home last evening, at the
northwest corner of Hancock and
Skunk streets, William Fighter, Al
years old, paperhanger, died less
than an hour later in the Methodist
hospital.
The crime is one of the most puz-
zling committed in South Philadel-
phia in many years. The police and
detectives have been unable to find a
single clue to the murderer or dis
cover a motive for the shooting. A
number of persons were in the vicin-
ity when RICHTER was wounded, but
no one has been found who saw the
man with the revolver used to kill
him.
0 Fighters little daughter, Blanche,
the only eyewitness of the shooting,
was with her father when he was
wounded. She could give the detec-
tives no information of value as to
her fathers death. She said he had
put his arm around her and was about
to make a remark when he was shot.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
Milk and Ice Cream
Supplies Are Showing
Steady Improvement

Because of the inquiries made at the
city health office about the purity of
the city milk supply. DR.. j. M. j.
Raunick, city health officer, to-day
stated that the milk sold in the city
is up to the usual standard with but
few exceptions, according to recent
tests.
The city ice cream supply shows a
great improvement. The dealers have
gotten after their milk supplies. and
have displayed a keen desire to CO.
operate. Recent analysis of samples
indicate that no one manufacturer is
offending more than another and that
all have. greatly improved.
Three new cases of typhoid were
reported to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
RUMANIANS ARE
DEADLOCKED WITH
Won MACKENSEN
Neither Side Able to Make
Progress Along Front From
Danube to Black Sea
GAIN IN TRANSYLVANIA
In Attack on Hermannstadt
Prisoners Are Taken; Rain
Delays Operations

Latest reports regarding the ima
portant campaign in the Rumanian
province of Dobridja Indicate a les
sening in the intensity of the struggle
between the invading armies of the
central powers and the Russians and
Rumanians facing them.
Field Marshal Won Mackensen's
initial attempt to break the allied
lines formed to defend the Constanza-
Tchernaveda Railroad evidently have
failed, the opposing forces apparently
are now virtually deadlocked along
the front from the Danube to the
Black sea. The current statement
from Bucharest announces only
artillery duels along the Danube 1t
declares, however, that the Rumanians
have made some progress on their left
flank. which rests on the seacoast.
Rumanians Take 1000 Prisoner
In their invasion of Transylvania
the Rumanians report success in an
attack at Hermannstadt. where 500
men and five machine guns were cap
tured. Nearly 1000 prisoners have
been taken by the Rumanians so far
in their Pennsylvania campaign.
To-day's official statement from
TC0ntinued on Page 1O1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-25
TO SET WHEELS
MOVING UNDER
HARDSCRABBLE
Seitz Plans to Proceed to Take
Over Properties; Won't
Wait Appellants
MANY AGREED TO AWARD
Others Will Question Sums AL
Lowed by Viewers; City's
Victory Applauded

Acting on the presumption that the
citys attitude in the 'Hardscrabble'
condemnation proceeding is legally
correct, City Solicitor d. S. Seitz de-
clared to-day that he will at once
set in motion the machinery which
will lead to the actual taking over of
the property in question.
Whether or not counsel for the af
fected property owners Will appeal to
the higher courts from Additional Law
Judge S. ]. NJ. McCarrelPs opinion on
the technical bases of the proceeding
has not been definitely determined by
all the litigants although it is ex-
pected that some will carry the mat
ter up.
The majority of them it is believed
are content to accept the Dauphin
courts view of the matter so far as
the citys right to proceed as it has
is concerned, although there will, of
course, be some question raised as to
the amount of the award allowed.
That the question of appeal from
the viewers award cannot materially
affect the case except as to the sum
that may be allowed by a jury, is the
concensus of opinion in legal circles.
Whether or not the litigants will care
to expend the time and money to carry
the case to the appellate courts on
the question of technicality is a mat
ter of conjecture.
Actual Razing in Spring
OF course it has been generally un-
derstood that the actual razing of
the buildings will not be attempted
until next Spring and the rendering
of decision in the case Saturday may
not materially change this plan, it is
said Nevertheless City Solicitor D. S.
Seitz will go ahead with the arrang-
ing of details which will lead to the
Hing of the city'S bonds
More than half of the property
owners of "Hardscrabble" according
to Mr.. Seitz have agreed to accept the
sum allowed by the viewers and they
breathed a sigh of relief Saturday
when 1t was finally determined that
they could dispose of their properties.
Bonds will be filed in these cases and
the city can proceed when it wishes.
so far as we are concerned" said
Mr.. Seitz," we consider that the city
has won and we doubt very much if
an appeal to the higher courts would
make any difference. In fact I'm sure
that the city will be sustained even
II an appeal is taken. So we are 60
ing to proceed with the next steps
on that presumption"