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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22

Hearings will be held here early in
January.
Preparing For Home. - Officials
and attaches OF the State government
were heading for home to-day. The
officers will close tonight until next
Tuesday.
Charter Approved. - The charter
nish power in that borough was ap-
proved by the Public Service Commits
sion. 1t was presented some time ago.
Holding Hearing. - Commissioner
Brecht is holding a hearing in Lancas-
ter to-day in the Paradise Electric
Company.
Named to Places.-Governor Brum-
baugh has announced the following
appointments to fill vacancies on
boards of trustees of mothers pension
funds. Mrs. Nellie Mcconnell. New
Brighton, Beaver county, Iand Mrs. d.
NJ. Clelland. Sandy Lake. Mercer
county. The Governor also appointed
August c. Markus alderman of the
Second ward, Mckeesport, and Daniel
E. Giles Justice of the peace.
Merger Recorded. - The papers for
the merger of various Pennsylvania
lines west into the Pittsburgh, Cincin-
natl, Chicago and st. Louis railway,
approved by the Public Service Com
mission this week, were filed at the
department of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth to-day.
To Investigate. - An Investigation
will be made by officials of the De-
partment of Labor and Industry into
reports that the directors of Juniata
township, Huntingdon county, are not
providing sufficient school facilities
1t is the first complaint of the kind
filed in long time.
Rulings OH Prison Labor. - In an
opinion rendered to the State Prison
Labor Commission, Deputy Attorney
General Kun says that as to money
earned and credited to life prisoners
the commission would be justified in
adopting a regulation that the entire
fund earned should be payable to the
dependents or such person or persons
as the prisoner may formally desig-
nate. The money due to prisoners
who have no dependents and who are
not serving life sentences should be
disbursed as provided by the act which
is one-thtrd on discharge, one-third
three months after and the balance
three months later. 1t is also held in
another opinion by Mr.. Kun that the
Stage Society of Philadelphia, al
though a corporation not organized
for profit, is liable for the license tax
of $500 under the act of 1913.
Order Rehearing. - A new hearing
in the Frankford surface line in Phila-
delphia, was ordered by the Public
Service Commission last night. The
commission also asked further infor-
nation in regard to the merger of
electric companies.
Foust's Big Record. - All records
for the revenue produced by the Dairy
and Food division have been broken.
Not only has the bureau been more
active in its inspection work, but as
a revenue raiser it has gone beyond
the 100000 mark. Commissioners
Foust was complimented upon the
showing made to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22


company as bonus for their services
during the year. The bonus equaIed
three weeks pay.
Huntingdon, Pa, Dec. %. = Tho
]. B. Kunz Company, manufacturers
of bank deposit books, gave q Christ
mas bonus check to all employees, ap-
proXimately equal to a months pay,
in consideration of unusual profits
during the year.
Altoona, Pa, Dec. %. - The sum
of $14,590 in gold was distributed as
bonuses among the 1880 employees in
the silk mills at Altoona, Holidays
burg and Juniata, operated by the
SchwartZenbach Huber Company.
Each married operative received $50
and each unmarried operative $40.
The w. e. Hoffman Ice Cream Com
pany, operating plants in six towns
in this vicinity. gave all employees bon
uses of per cent. of their yearly
earnings
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
NEWS OF STEELTON
STEEL AFFECTED
BY PEACE TALK
New Orders Halted by Peace
Negotiations; Market
Improving

The first effect of peace talk upon
the steel trade was a halt in new
orders. The market of the past three
days, however, shows. a practical re-
turn to conditions of ten days ago.
Domestic consumers are working just
as hard to get steel from the mills,
inquiry is strong for all forms of pro-
duct and the foreign demand is
greater than can be considered
The Iron Age of to-day in summar-
izing the situation says:
Here and there is a change of at
titude as to placing orders for the far
future, and a resurvey of projects
based on indefinite continuance of the
war. What has happened mainly is
that peace is taking a definite place in
calculations, whereas it had no place
before or was thought of as too far
in the future to affect present plans.
The difficulties of getting any
early deliveries of pig iron or steel
or any concessions in prices for such
deliveries, are unchanged by the
peace proposals. That the war may
end in 1917 is more seriously thought
of than heretofore, and it is granted
that price readjustments will antici-
pate the end. Yet the immediate
movement of some prices may even
be upward. Billets are 50 and light
rails SO higher this week. Early ad-
vances in contract plates. shapes and
bars are looked for. and wire pro-
ducts, apparently have not yet reach
ed their high point.
I'm view of the large contracts for
shell steel already on the books for
the Allies to be shipped in 1917, prob
ably 100000 to 3,500,O00 tons, it is
significant that France and Italy have
placed additional orders in the past
week-Italy for upwards of $4,000
tons. Italy only lately bought 25,-
600 tons of barb wire here, part of
total of $1,000 tons of wire products
for export taken by the Steel Cor
poration in November"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
Harrisburg Is Not Being
Seriously Considered as
Farm Loan Bank Site

Washington. Dec. 22-The Federal
Farm Loan Board in considering $50
cities for location of the IL farm loan
banks soon to be announced, is under
stood to be paying special attention
to the claims of Springfield, Mass. !:
Baltimore; Charlotte, n. C., New
Orleans, Houston and Hutchinson
Kansas. Both Billings and Butte.
Mont, are sal dto be receiving care
full consideration for tie proposed dis
trict of Montana and wyoming.
1t is understood the board has
virtually decided on the location of
six banks and that the other six.
chiefly in the West, practically are
undecided. Some complete announce
ment is expected within two weeks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
FINAL ALHONORSTO e,
MEMORY OF SEITZ
United Bar and City Council to
Act; Honorary Pallbearers
Selected

Judges of the Dauphin county
courts, leading attorneys, county and
city officials will be among those who
have been selected to serve as hon.
orary pallbearers at the funeral serv-
ices of City Solicitor ID. S. Seitz.
The services will be held at 2:30
o'clock tomorrow at his residence,
1911 North Second street, and the
Rev. DR.. Johns d. Rox, pastor of
Grace Methodist Church, will Off
ciate. From to o'clock this even
ing the dead attorneys host of friends
will have an opportunity to view the
body.
will meet in No. 1 room of the court
house. tomorrow to hold memorial
services, following which the lawyers
Will attend the funeral. City Council
will take action relative to Mr.. SeitZ'
death at this evenings session.
The honorary pallbearers announced
last evening, included the following:
President Judge George Kunkel and
Additional Law Judge S. ]. NJ. Nc
Carroll, of the Dauphin county court;
eX-Judge M. w. Jacobs, John E. Pat
terson, a former city solicitor; Charles
II. Bergner. Edward Bailey, Lane S.
Hart, City Commissioners w. l.. Cor
gas, w. H. Lynch, E. u. Gross, E. j.
Stackpole, Mayor E. S. Meals, City
Engineer NJ. B. Cowden, City Clerk
Charles A. Miller, ]. Frank Hutchison,
Lewis NJ. Neiffer, Edward Moeslein,
Thomas T. Weirman, A. Carson
Stamm, Senator E. E. Beidleman,
Thomas S. Hargest, former city solicit
tor; Warwick M. Ogelsby, Samuel
Kunkel, DIR. j. Ross Swartz, Spencer
c. Gilbert, Donald Mccormick, Robert
NJ. Rutherford, e. B. Betser, C. T.
Mackenson, Charles B. McConkey.
aff hon x.yttI
B. Tate, Charles E. Covert, William
II. Lynch, e. Bruce Taylor, John T.
Brady. John e. Fox, Charles c. Stroh
and Michael e. Stroup.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
$1,000, 600 BONUS TO 5000

New York. Dec. z2. - A bonus
amounting to $1,000,0O0 will be dis
tributed by Wells Fargo & Company
among 5000 employees drawing salar-
les of $4,000 year or less, the COM
pany announced. The bonus, equal TO
Ia per cent, will be paid in quar-
terly instalments, beginning January
l. Employees who have not been in tht
company's service for a year will be
eligible for participation as soon as
IL months of employment have been
completed.
Newcastle, Pa, Dec. 22.-The Penn
sylvania Engineering Company has
announced an increase of 10 per cent
in the wages of its employees, effective
January /. More than $50 men are
affected.
Gloucester City, n. j., Dec. 22.-All
of the operators and other employees OF
the Delaware & Atlantic Telephone
Company in this and other South Jer-
sey cities received checks from the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
PAPER MAKING
GOES SKYWARD
After Jan. 1 Publishers Must
Pay 60 Per Cent. More For
News Print

After January l, the newspapers of
this city will be paying nearly 60 per
cent more for their supply of news print
paper than they paid this year. This
advance which is general throughout
the country is announced by manufac-
turers who are making contracts for
1917.
With virtually all materials going
into the making of newspaper show
ing similar advance. publishers are fac
ing serious problem. Inks. metals,
chemicals and machinery have all ad-
vanced in price.
Some indication of what this advance
means is obtained through figures
showing the amount of newsprint paper
used. Some newspapers purchase co.
600, 10000 and 10000 tons a year. The
newspaper which uses 10000 tons,
therefore, must pay $96O,00O more for
paper in 1917 than they did this year
For the smaller papers, the increase
in cost will run up to $4,000 and $780,
600 a year 1t is estimated that the
advance in price will cost the news
papers of Chicago 100000 more in
1917 than in 1916, and the increase in
New York will be at least SO 5000, 00O
and proportionately in every town and
village in the country.
Trade Board Gives No Relief
Hope had been held out that the fed
eral trade commission would be able
to remedy conditions through its in
quiry into the paper industry. So far,
however the commission has been un-
able to do anything, and probably will
not be able to do anything
In several cities publishers have al
ready started to meet these new condi-
tions by advancing the price of their
papers. The English dailies, of Buffalo
on December l, raised the price to two
cents. Other cities have taken similar
steps, which they declare is inevitable
The paper manufacturers say they are
compelled to raise the price on account
of increased cost of materials. AS ex-
amples, they point out that wire that
formerly cost four cents a square foot
now brings fifty-seven cents. Labor
the manufacturers, say costs $1.20 a ton
more than 1t did a year, ago.
Scarcity of chemicals that go into the
manufacture of paper is given as
another cause. Another factor which
contributes to the shortage of supply
Is the factor that machines formerly
used in making paper are now used in
manufacturing specialties, in which
there is greater profit.
To aid in remedying the shorta Re
newspapers all over the country have
responded to the appeal of the manu-
facturers. They have cut off free copies
and exchanges, reduced the size of their
publications, eliminated waste and ex-
hausted every source to keep the paper
consumption to a minlmNn.
While the institution of these econo-
mics has relieved the situation, the
shortage is still serious enough to cause
the publishers considerable concern.
The increase in price has added to their
problem.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
Steelton Snapshots

Postpone Meeting. A meeting OF
the Christian Endeavor Society of St
Johns Lutheran Church scheduled for
tonight has been postponed.
To Furnish Music. - The main
part of the Christmas entertainment
in the First Methodist Church, next
Tuesday evening will be furnished by
the Bande de Musique, an organiza-
tion of musicians under the direction
of Ronald E. Ross. Miss Care, reader;
William Hughes, vocalist and E. r.
George, cornetist, will assist.
SNAPSHOTS .. w w w w
Home on Vacation. - Arthur Miller.
a student at State College, is spending
his Christmas vacation at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Miller, South Sec
ond street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
LIKE ELECTRIC
BUTTON ON TOES
Tells why corn is so painful and
says cutting makes
them grow.

Press an electric button and you
form contact with a live wire which
rings the bell. When your shoes press
against yoLi corn it pushes its sharp
roots down upon a sensitive nerve and
you get a shock of pain.
Instead of trimming your corns,
which merely makes them grow, just
step into any drug store and ask for a
quarter of an ounce of freezone. This
will cost very little but is sufficient to
remove every hard or soft corn or CAL
LUIS from ones feet. A few drops ap-
piled directly upon a tender, aching
corn stops the soreness instantly, AMI
soon the corn shrivels up so IL hits
right out, root and all, without pain.
This drug is harmless and never IN
flames or even 'rritates the surround
ing tissue or skin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
PRESENTS FOR
STEEL WORKERS
SchwabSGives Each Employe a
Calendar Containing Safety
First Talks

Employees of the local plant of the
Bethlehem Steel Company at Steel
ton. yesterday were presented will.
Christmas greetings from Charles
NJ. Schwab, in the form of calendars.
The calendars which measure Is by
20 inches are printed in brilliant col
ors and each page contains safety
first talk Every man in the steel
company's employ was presented with
the bit of Yuletide joy.
Aside from giving out the calendars,
many of the employees who were not
given official notice of their increase
in wages received individual an
nouncements to this effect yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
SUPERINTENDENT ENTERTAINED

w. w. Leck, superintendent of the
rolling mill department of the local
stel plant, was guest of honor at a
dinner last night in the Senate Hotel
Harrisburg. Mr.. Leck was presented
with a Masonic emblem. Included in
the guests were r. c. Parsons, A. c.
Burke, F. II. Kelley, c. B. Wright, T.
J. Bittner. ]. G.. Metzler, A. t. Gil
more, r. NJ. Crouch, H. K. Shook, j
o. Goodwin. S. Miller, J. C. Craig, l. E.
Wolf, j. p. Bennett, ]. Huber and w
w Leck
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES TONIGHT

The Christmas service of the Pres
byterian Sunday school will be held
this evening at 1880. There will be
Christmas exercises by the primary
department and Christmas carols will
be sung by the school. Gifts will be
given to all the members of the school
and prizes will be awarded to those
who have brought in new scholars
and those who have a record of per-
feet attendance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
NO PLANS FOR CHURCH

No plans have been made by the
official board of the st. Peters Luth-
eran Church, Highspire, for rebuild
ing the church which was totally de-
stroyed by fire several days ago. The
board will meet some time next week
to decide what step to take.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
STEEIToN BOY INJURED

John Holman, aged II, Lochiel
Row, is in tie Harrisburg Hospital in
a serious condition from injuries re-
ceived while at work in the local steel
plant. He was struck on the head by
a machine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
Horizontal Tax of From
Ten to Twelve Per Cent. on
All Imports Proposed

Washington. d. c.. Dec. 22.-Rep-
resentative Garner, OF Texas, Demo-
crat, member of the Ways and Means
Committee, announced to-day that he
would soon introduce resolution to
put a horizontal tax OF from ten to
twelve per cent. on all imports. except
salt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22

pendent upon him. The case is un-
usual in that Marcey's son was killed
almost before his eyes in a mine a
sledge which he was carrying having
struck electric wires. The father tes-
titled that he had turned when he saw
an electric flash and saw his son lying
dead on the track in front of him.
The board has affirmed the award
of the referee in the case of Given
vs.. Mcclure, Pittsburgh
The next meeting of the board will
be held in Philadelphia next week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
BURNED In EXPLOSION

Russell Dearborn, 3OS Lincoln
street, Steelton, had his face badly
burned by a back explosion at the
Bethlehem Steel Company this morn
ing. He was taken to the Harrisburg
Hospital for treatment,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
10 PER GENT. BONJs

New York, Dec. 22.-The Gulf Re-
fining Company to-day announced
bonus of 10 per cent. of one years
salary to employees of more than six
months service wLo receive less than
$4,000 annually.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
PRESENT FOR CATERER

South Bethlehem. Pa. Dec. 22. :
In recognition of thirty years of faith
full service as private caterer, Charles
NJ. Schwab to-day presented $1,000 to
Joseph /. Ray.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-12-22
FATHER IS GIVEN
COMPENSATION
Was Beside Son When He Was
Killed by Electric Wires in
Western Mine
The State Work.

The State Work.
mems Compensa-
ton Board in an
opinion rendered
to-day by Commits
sioner Leech rules
that John Marcy,
of LaBelle, is en-
titled to compensa-
ton for the death
of his son in q mine
of the Luzerne Coal
and Coke Com
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-13
NO WAR WITH UNITED
STATES, SAYS CHANCELLOR
Or. Won sethmann-Holwee Asserts
Germany's Peace Offer Was Re-
jected by the Allies.

Berlin (by wireless to SayyIiie, L.
ID, April chancellor Won Beth.
man-Hollweg indicated in his speech
in the rcichstag on Wednesday that
any suggestions OF peace on the basis
OF destruction of Prussian military
power would make possible only one
answer-tho German sword He said
that if Germany's adversaries desired
to continue the slaughter Of men and
devastation Of Europe the guilt would
be theirs, and that Germany would
have to stand it as men.
The chancellor protested vigorously
against the report that Germany now
or in the future contemplated aggres.
sion against the United States. The
chancellor said:
THE latest offspring Of the calumni.
ating campaign directed against us is
a report that we, after the end of this
war, shall rush against the American
continent, and that we shall attempt to
conquer Canada"
The chancellor insisted that the con.
ilict must be fought out to a finish and
that guarantees of peace in Europe
must be forthcoming after this con.
lict is over.
Or. Won Bethmann-lIOllweg declared
there must be a new Belgium. At the
| same time he said that it must not
DO expected that Germany could ever
again deliver into Russian hands the
Polish provinces captured by the leu
tons
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-13
HEADS NEW REVOLT
FORMER RUERTA GENERAL
CROSSES THE BORDER.
General Salazar Said to Have Uroed
Union of All Mexcans for
National Defense.

FL Paso, Tex. April There was
considerable mystery over the report
ed crossing of the border by Gen. Ynez
Salanzar, the former Iiuerta general,
who has been living here, and who is
said to have gone into Mexico with
avowedly hostile intentions toward the
United States.
The story OF the crossing was told
the police by man who had been
closely associated with SalaZar. An
investigation was made and later the
police announced that they believed
the story to be true. Mrs Salazar
was questioned and said her husband
was away from home, but she did not
know where he was. She denied. how
ever, he had entered Mexico.
In the meantime proclamation was
discovered, purporting to be signed
by Salazar, in which he called on all
patriotic Mexicans to join him in the
protection of the Mexican soil. Elfe-
go BaCa. who defended Salazar at his
trial for gun-running, declared that
Ntic SlSliLt Z " INC pA OIlilLdllbli was
undeniably genuine
The proclamation said in part:
The attitude of Carranza, always
hostile TO every individual, corpora
ton or party not Subservient to him,
which maintains in exile the most cul-
tured, honest and well-to-do portion of
the Mexican family; the anarchy Gre
ated by the very party that sarcas-
ticaly calls itself constituencies
their inability to run down bandits
who, like Villa, are the opprobrium of
the nation and an eternal stain in
our history, being at least the cause
of the North American invasion of
our beloved SOIL impels me again to
spring TO the armed struggle, deter
mined to do all | can for the saliva.
ton of our country and our honor"
After declaring that his first pur-
pose 10 the union of all Mexicans for
the national defense, he concludes
with statement that he is willing to
turn the direction of the campaign
over to any patriotic body of men who
are worthy of it.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-13
BIG MILK STRIKE
ENDS IN CHICAGO
Producers Win Battle for Higher
Prices.
NO ADVANCE TO CONSUMER
All Companies Except One Agree to
Pay Farmers More-Oeeision
Reached After Seven
Hour Debate.
NO ADVANCE TO CONSUMER

Chicago, April lO.-The farmers
have won the milk war and the con
sumer will not be the victim. This
was the gist Of an announcement ~
Friday by Health Commissioner Rob
ertson at the conclusion Of negotia
tions between representatives OF the
distributors and producers.
The producers will get their price
of Si.55 hundred pounds, and the
consumer will pay the old price OF
eight cents,
The guarantee Of the old price came
from the officers of the Bowman Dairy
company. whose surrender ended the
seyen-hour parley.
The surrender of the Ira j. Mix com
pany and the Bowman company leaves
the Borden Condensed Milk company
the only one that has not signed the
agreement
1t required a seyenhour conference
to end the strike
At ten o'clock in the morning VIII
liam Pinnow. mayor Of Crystal Lake
who had asked Health Commissioner
Robertson to take the initiative In
steps to end the strike; II. b. swift
the president of the Producers asso-
citation; w. j. Kittle. secretary; G. II.
Potter. chairman OF the fighting milk
board, and former Judge George Brown
of Sycamore called upon tho health
commissioner
Doctor Robertson Immediately sum-
moned the dealers.
At the close Of the conference Presi.
dent swift Of the MIX Producers asso-
citation vas jubilant
1T is e deserved victory for US,
he said. Il think We understand each
other better now and can come to
terms again without a struggle. Great
credit should be given Doctor Robert
son for calling us together and his
patience in averting break two or
three times"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-04-13
TO NAME INDIAN; AUTHOR
Meredith Nicholson Of indianapolis to
Be Appointed Assistant Secre.
tary OF War.

Washington, April 1l.-Meredith
Nicholson. author. OF Indianapolis,
soon will be named assistant secre-
tary of war it was stated in reliable
Official circles here. Mr. Nicholson
has been suggested by Secretary OF
War Baker. and this appointment is
being urged upon the president by
Vice President Marshall Senator's
Kern and Taggart Of indianapolis said
10 have told the president that the
appointment would be acceptable to
them
Mr. Nicholson last year was offered
the place as minister to Portugal but
declined because he had children in
school whom he did not wish to take
away from the United States.