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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Germany to Send Captives
to Firing Zone as Reprisal
to Alleged French Acts

Berlin, Jan. IS. - The following
official statement was issued yester-
day:
The recent unworthy treatment
and lodging of German prisoners in
the firing zone of the French district
of operations was recently pointed out
and at the same time it was made
known that the German Government
had taken measures to remedy this in
tolerable state of affairs.
''Tke French Government has been
sent note indicating the terms with
in which the answer must be given,
to the effect that all prisoners of war
in the districts of operations must be
transported at least thirty kilometers
eighteen miles) behind the firing
line; that they must be assembled in
well-equipped camps and put on q
footing of equality with French pris-
oners of war in Germany with regard
to their treatment, mail service and
visits by representatives of neutral
EN- bassies. 1t was announced that in
case of a refusal several thousand
French prisoners of war will be trans
ported behind the German front into
the firing zone and submitted to the
same conditions as the German pris-
oners of war behind the French front.
As the French Government had
not answered at the end of the time
set-January 10, 1917 = it is an
nounced that the reprisals will now
be carried out. These reprisals will
continue until the German requests
are complied with by the French Gov
ernment."
The Cologne Gazette publishes state
ments which it says have been made
by Russian prisoners that all men be-
tween the ages of fifteen and forty in
occupied Austrian territory have been
deported to Russia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Believed Now to Have Sunk
or Captured at Least Thir-
teen Entente Merchant
Vessels
SHIPS WITH OVER 400
SURVIVORS MISSING
No Word Received of Where
abouts of Yarrowdale;
Scores of Warships Search
For Sea Wasp; Maybe
Moewe

On the naval side 0f the war,
interest centers in l. operations
of the German searaider in the
South Atlantic, which has sunk or
captured at least thirteen entente
merchant vessels, and so far as is
known is still at large. Latest re-
ports were that the raider was
apparently working northward to
lanes OF steamship travel more
frequently than those in which
she had been working. Nearly a
score OF entente warShips are said
to be searching for her.
No news has been received of the
whereabouts of the steamer Var
rowdale said to have on board the
crews of several ships sunk or
captured by the raider, in addi-
ton to the 237 men landed at
Pcrnanbuco by a Japanese
steamer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Hornberger Learned to
Counterfeit by Long
Study of Encyclopedia

The Sum of All Human Knowl-
edge" as the encyclopedia is called,
contained all the knowledge that Alvin
NJ. Hornberger, the counterfeiter.
needed in his business.
He told Captain Matthew Griffin. of
the secret service, that a long study
of articles on the art of photo
engraving in an encyclopedia had
given him the proficiency that enabled
him to produce such good representa-
tions of Federal Reserve Bank notes.
Chief Griffin denied the reports that
say "a woman gave the secret service
men a tip concerning the counter
feiters." He admitted, however, that
there was dissension in the gang be-
cause one of the counterfeiters had
become too friendly with the wife of
another.
Griffin also said that he had come
into possession of a spurious Federal
Reserve note last October and i'm
mediately recognized it as the work of
Hornberger whom he had arrested
five years ago on charge of counter
feiting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
FOUR TIMES HE
PULLS TRIGGER
TO KILL SELF
Thrice Hammer Fails to Ex-
plode Cartridge, but Amos
Pearson Tries Again

Onetwo-three-fou times the ham,
mer of his revolver fell before Amos
Pearson, an engineer on the Penn
sylvania railroad succeeded in ending
his life early this morning in a board
ing house at 634 Verbeke street
The suicide was discovered when a
P. r. r. caller asked for Pearson
shortly before o'clock.
Members of the family of A. NJ.
Bowers found the body lying PROSTATE
on the bed when they went to the en-
gineer's room. At first sight he SEEM
ed to be sleeping, but investigation
showed blood streaming from a wound
in the right temple. A revolver lying
by his side told the story. Three
shells showed the marks of the ham,
mer, but all three were unexploded.
The fourth pull of the trigger made
good the mans still unshaken deter
mination to end his existence.
Pearson was last seen alive about
o'clock last evening when he went
to his room. No report of the shot
was heard. Passes were found on his
person for himself and wife. The po-
lice say his wife died two years ago.
dicated that Pearson was a member
of the Order of Owls.
Several members of the detective
force are investigating the motive of
the suicide. 1t is said that Pearson
has been drinking for some time while
off duty and that he feared losing his
job. He had been dismissed from the
service once before and was reinstated.
Fear of another dismissal evidently
brooded on his mind until he was
prompted to commit suicide
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
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Fears Baby Will Get
Mixed With Others So
Puts Coat of Arms on Her

San Francisco. Jan. IS. - His coat
OF arms sketched in indelible ink on
the wrist of his baby daughter. gives
assurances to-day to Lieut.. c. w. Won
Bricken, military attache of the Ger
man consulate here that his young
wife will carry away no other couples
child when she leaves the hospital
where their first born came into the
world yesterday.
In panic at the sight of numerous
other infants in the hospital nursery
Won Brincken, lately convicted of COM
phclty In the munitions plots involv-
ing the German consulate here. cafe
chised the nurses on their methods of
Identification. Not satisfied with their
system, he called for ink and pen.
The mother was Milo Abercrombie.
daughter of a San Francisco family.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
NEWSIE CONCERT
WILL BE- SOCIETY
EVENT, BOYS
Many Prominent Ladies' of Har-
risburg and Vicinity Will Act
as PatroneSSeS

Judging from the list of patron
esses, made public to-day, the con-
cert to be given under the auspices
of the Newsboys' Association for the
benefit of the building fund, will be
a social event of no mean import
ance.
The concert, which is to be given
in Chestnut Street Auditorium on
the evening of Thursday. January 25.
will be well worth attending. Not
only will society be out in force, but
some of the very best talent in Cen
trail Pennsylvania will take part.
Among those who have consented to
grace the program are Mrs. Wilbur r.
Harris, vocal soloist; Miss Vaughn,
harpist; Miss Claster, violinist; George
Sutton, vocal soloist; VIM C. Wan
baugh, violinist; William A. Kitchen,
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Welded Less Than Month,
Newlyweds Hale Each
Other Before Aldermen

Married less than a month, each of
a newlymarried Steelton couple has
hailed the other into court.
Mrs. Virginia Fernsler has charged
her husband with nonsupport and Mr..
Fernsler. it is understood. has charged
his wife with perjury
At a hearing before Alderman
Charles e. Murray this morning Ferns
Ter, 237 Walnut street Steelton, was
held for court under 5000 bail on a
charge of nonsupport. Fernsler gave
bail for his appearance at court.
Fernsler, report has it, made infor-
nation against Mrs. Fernsler before
a Steelton justice on a charge of per-
jury. Mr.. Fernsler is employed at the
Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel
Company. Mrs. Fernsler, prior to her
marriage, was Miss Virginia Schoffert.
of Harrisburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Receive $14,S96.91 For
Dismantling Chesapeake
Nail Works; Cost $3,915.7O

In a statement to the Dauphin
county court signed by c. L. Bailey,
Jr., j. V. w. Reynders and ]. NJ. Cam
eron. as receivers for the Central Iron
and Steel Company, it was shown that
the cost of dismantling the Chesa-
peake Nail Works was S3,915.70, and
the value of the scrap obtained $14.-
S96.91.
The cost of the dismanting is to be
paid out of the sum obtained for the
scrap, and the balance to be used by
the Central Iron and Steel Company
for improvements to open hearth fur
naces. The statement was ordered
filed by President Judge George Kun
kel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
RUSS STILL. ON
OFFENSIVE ALONG
RUMANIAN FRONT
Strong Attack in Oituz Valley
Region Is Repulsed by
TeutonS
BRITISH DRIVEN BACK
Fail to Hold Ground Near Loos
After Advance Following
Mine Explosion
BRITISH DRIVEN BACK

The Russians apparently still are on
the offensive along the Rumanian
front. Berlin in it's official report to-
day records no aggressive activities by
the Teutonic forces, except for Il raid
ing operation on the Moldavian from
tier while mentioning the repulse of
strong attack by the Russians in the
Oituz valley region.
On the Franco-Belgian front, the
driving back of the British near Loos
after an advance in connection with
a mine explosion, is reported by the
German staff. The recent British at
tack near Serre was made upon an
advanced position which had been
evacuated by the Germans, it is de-
clared, the British attacking after the
empty trenches had been bombarded
for several days by their artillery.
Elsewhere the military operations
as indicated by the official reports,
were of a minor nature.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
ALLIES MUST WIN
TO ASSURE PEACE
ENTENTE REPLIES
New Note TO Washington AS
serts Guarantees Against Fu-
ture Wars Impossible
LEAGUE LAST HOPE
Combination of Nations Only
Chance of Stopping Conflict;
Washington Pleased
Hopes For Durable
Peace Are Based on
Three Conditions

The fulfilling of three conditions
iS necessary to assure durable
peace. the entente allies believe.
First. the existing causes of in
ternational unrest should be as far
as possible removed or weakened.
Second, the aggressive aims and
INSCRIPTIONS methods of the GEN.
trail powers should fall into dis
repute among their own peoples.
Third, that behind international
law and behind all treaty arrange
ments for preventing or limiting
hostilities some form of inter
national sanction should be devised
which would give pause to the
hardest aggreSSor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
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BIRDS STORM SEATTLE

Seattle. Wash, Jan. Is. = Speeding
northward in dense clouds, q gigantic
host of sparrows and robins, mum ber-
ing at least $4,000, according to the
best estimates, suddenly appeared and
passed over Lake Washington. They
moved in great phalanxes several
blocks long, the sparrows appearing
first in tremendous numbers, While be-
hind them came regiment after regi-
ment of red breasted robins. At Leschi
Park thousands OF robins rested for
a few minutes in the trees.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
To Arrange Conference
With Riverside Folk

Plans have been started by City
Council to hold another conference
with residents in Riverside to reopen
the entire discussion relative to an
nexing the suburb to the north of the
city. No date has been set for the
meeting.
Recently a petition was presented
to Council asking the Commissioners
to annex the territory. At conferences
held with some of the taxpayers a
suitable plan could not be agreed
upon and the matter was dropped.
1t is now hoped by the Councilmen
that plan can be agreed upon so
that formal action can be taken on
the annexation question. The petition
of the taxpayers has not been with
drawn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Ashes Once More /! /!
Ninth Ward Man Says
"Same Thing on Hill''
To the Editor of the Telegraph:

To the Editor of the Telegraph:
| noticed in this evenings paper
a communication from one of your
readers signing himself Eleventh
Warder," relating to the abounding
of ashes I'm his district and the aues-
tion at once came into my mind,
How long must the public endure
this intolerable nuisance? am
living ON the Hill where conditions
seem to be about the same as de-
scribed by your Eleventh ward corr
respondent. Can Ii be that our city
authorities are unable to do any
thing for the relief of '1ong-suf-
fering public?" May we not hope
that the Telegraph will take this
matter up In our behalf and stir uD
the City Fathers to such a sense of
duty as will bring relief.
Yours for relief,
NINTH WARDER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

City Commissioner Harry f. Bow
man. ex-Select Councilman and for
mer city assessor, died this morning at
12:45 o'clock at his home, 1906 Ver-
non street, after months illness, suf-
fering from two attacks of apoplexy
He was 54 years old.
Funeral services will be held at the
home on Monday afternoon at
o'clock, the Rev. Thomas Reisct, pas
tor of Christ Lutheran Church off,
ciating. Burial will he made in the
Paxtang Cemetery. Pallbearers had
not been chosen to-day. The body may
be viewed on Saturday evening from
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
FAVOR COMFORT
STATIONS UNDER
THE SIDEWALKS
Many People Oppose Market
Square Location; Court
house Suggested
SQUARE is DANGEROUS
Experts Believe Some Artistic
Treatment Should Be
Given
SQUARE is DANGEROUS

Just how to treat the Market
Square problem, which has been agi-
tating the municipal authorities and
civic bodies for many years, is the
puzzle that is now likely to reach
solution through the ordinance intro
duced In City Council yesterday by
Com missioner w. H. Lynch. Prim-
arily the main object is the creation
of an isle of safety and a change in
the manner of running the street cars
through the plaza. Generally speak
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

Washington. d. c.. Jan. 1s.-The
entente allies, in note addressed by
Arthur Balfour, British foreign min
lister, to Ambassador Spring Rice, and
delivered yesterday to the State De-
partment, amplify their reply to Presi-
dent Wilson's peace note by explain
ing in detail why they believe it i'm
possible at present to attain a peace
which will assure them such guaran-
tees as they consider essential. The
note also explains why the Allies de-
TCOnfiDucI on papa oil
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
SEE THE NEW QUARTER?
First National Bank Receives $500
i'm New Coins

New quarters, coinage of 1917,
reached Harrisburg to-day. They were
in great demand. President William
Jennings of the First National bank
received $100 worth of the new coins.
and in a few hours all were gone.
The new quarters are very attrac-
tive - like most money, eh, what?
On the face is the Goddess of Liberty
with shield and sword, the inscription
"In God We Trust" and thirteen
stars. The other side includes the
Inscriptions United States of AM
erica" "E Pluribus Unum," an eagle
in flight, thirteen stars, and the value
of the coin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
Asserts Britisher Sunk
Without Warning and Fear
400 Sailors Are Lost

Rio Janeiro, Jan. Is. = A Pernam-
buco newspaper, the Jornal Pequeno.
prints a statement attributed to the
pursuer of the British steamer Neither
byhall, that the raider sank an Eng
lish ship without warning and that
TOUR hundred persons are believed to
have lost their lives.
Thirteen Americans are among the
victims of the German raider who
have been landed at Pernambuco, The
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
SEES DIVINE HINT

London, Jan. IS. = DIT Roesike
president of the German Farmers
patch to Reuters as saying in an ad-
dress to the Schleswig- -Ho1stein Union:
God has given us hint. He caused
that Great Britain finds it difficult to
feed herself. Therefore, If we do not
prevent the wheat-laden ships from
Australia and India reaching Great
Britain it is doubtful whether God will
again give us such an opportunity be-
cause He demands that the hand shall
be seized which He stretches out to U.S."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
ICE CHoKEs sUsoUEHANNA
Gorge at Washington Causes Ten-Foo

NOHSc at washington SduScS IcN-E OOt
Rise in River at Columbia
Lancaster, Pa, Jan. IS. Ice in
the Susquehanna River is breaking up
again, and at Washington gorge has
formed which has backed up the water
to such an extent that there was a
ten-foot rise in the river at Columbia.
On the islands below Columbia the
ice is piled thirty feet high. The
gorge at Safe Harbor is intact, but
the residents are fearful of back water
causing q flood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
KUHN HEADS WAR COLLEGE

| Washington, Jan. Is. War de-
| partment orders to-day announced the
appointment of Brigadier General Jo-
seph L. Kuhn as president of the war
college and assistant to Major General
| Scott, chief of &.z.ff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
PERKINS TURNS
DOWN PEACE PLAN
Tells Republicans Their Pro-
posal Is Not Acceptable to
ProgressiveS

New York, Jan. is. - Fortified by
kilograms and letters sent to him by
ProGressivcs from many parts of the
country, George w. Perkins late yes
terday laid down an ultimatum to the
Republican leaders that the harmony
plan proposed Tuesday by the sub
committee made up of the members
of the Republican National Commit
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
THE WEATHER

Fer Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair
colder; lowest temperature to-
night about 81 degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair
tonight and Friday. somewhat
colderi fresh and strong west
winds.
River
The Susquehannu river and all its
branches will fall slowly or re-
main nearly stationary without
material changes In ice condI-
tiOns. A stage of about 80 feet
IL Indicated for Harrisburg FRI
day morning.
General Conditions
Pressure has continued to diminish
TapidIy over the eastern half of
the country and In lowest over the
st. Lawrence Valley, where N dis
turbancc of moderate strength 4.
located. The nrea of unusually
hiGh pressure west of the Rocky
Mountains has not changed ma
teriaIIy In the Inst twenty-four
hours.
general rise of to ~ degrees in
temperature has occurred. excent
in the Upper Mississippi VALLEY. In
Mnnltoba, Saskatchewan and n
few localities of limited aren tu
the West. where somewhat lower
temperatures are reported, The
lowest temperature reported this
morning was IS degrees below
zero at Winnemucca, Nevada,
Temperatures 3 n. M, 81.
Suni Rises, 7;:4 a. m.; sets, sos
ID. m.
Mooni New moon, January 23, 2,4O
m.
River stnge: 5.4 feet above low
water mark.
Yesterday'H Weather
Highest temperature, "a.
Lowest temperature, 10.
Meuu temperature, 25.
Normal temperature, IS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
MILLER MUTUAL ELECTS

At the annual meeting of the Miller Mutual Fire In
Company this afternoon the following directors
elected; John M. Hayes Montoursvc w. r Knccht
Lock Haven E. A, Scight Frankton, Ind; Lee K Hunt
ginger WernersylIe B, I. Hartzcll Chaont; A. c. God
shall Lansdale; II. V. White, Boomsburg Charles r.
Grouse Erie, William N. Allison, Spring Mills These
officers we're chosen: John NJ Hayes president A. God
shall viceprosident; Joseph II. Kredcr, treasurer.
FLAG TO FLY Al HALF MAST
Harrisburg Postmaster Frank e. Sites was noti6ed
this afternoon keep the flag tho Federal building at
half mast until after the burial OF Admiral Dewey.
Harrisburg The State Agricultural Bureau to-day
announced that the persons bitten scratched in the
Maysye rabies case receiving the Pastcur treatment
They are Postmaster Elias Leiby Ralph 1ench and Mrs
Z foose The cat belonged % Mrs. J. p Lille
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18
GRAEFF 10 SUCCEED Il. J. YoST

Pottsvilc Pa. Jan. IS - The Republican county com
mittoe to-day decided nominate R. Graeff Tamauquo
attorney to succeed Yost deceased as representative
the State Legislature from tho Third Schuyll district
The election will be held in February
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Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, "a.
Lowest temperature, 10.
Neun temperature, rs.
Normal temperature, IS.
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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-16
Platinum Filaments.

The Troy Record recently reprinted
a brief article from the Companion on
the use of spider webs for the cross
hairs that mark the optical centers of
surveyors telescopes. According to a
correspondent Of the Record, there are
some objections to using spider webs,
for the threads are not absolutely
OPAQUE in a bright light and are also
affected by changes In the humidity
of the atmosphere. A firm of instru-
ment manufacturers in Troy therefore
decided to substitute fine-drawn plat
mum wire for spider web, and after
many experiments succeeded in draw
ing wire even finer than the spider
web. The cross hairs Of telescopes
when made Of spider web are usually
about one ten-thousandth of an inch in
diameter, but the Troy firm has drawn
platinum wire as fine as one fifty-thOu-
sandth of an inch. Naturally, wire of
that diameter Is invisible to the naked
eye and can be hapdled and set in po-
sltion only by the aid of a masnifying
glass.-Youth's Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-16
WORLDS DEBT TO AMERICANS
and Ether Were Discovered by
Yankee Dentists.

Surgical anesthesia term means
that abolition of sensation, either To-
cal or general, which enables the sur
geon to perform an operation with
out pain to the patient. We of the
present day have little conception Of
the horror of surgical operation 60
or 70 years ago-the amputation Of
a leg or an arm, for example-per-
formed without an anesthetic. Nor
is it advisable to let our imagination
attempt to picture tive can let our
thoughts dwell on pleasanter topics.
From the earliest times in the his
tory of medicine there are records Of
attempts to deaden the pain of the
knife. In their efforts to relax
spasm and to dull sensation, sur
geons gave tobacco, opium and alco-
hol internally, and applied balsams
and volatile oils locally-poor make
shifts all. Not until the middle Of
the nineteenth century did anyone
discover a real surgical anesthetic.
For this boon the world is indebted
to two American dentists-to DR..
Horace Wells in 1874 for the use Of
nitrous oxide gas, and to DR.. Will
liam T. G.. Morton in 1916 for the
use of ether. In 1847 Sir James
Simpson of Edinburgh introduced
chloroform, and in the same year a
German named Heyfelder employed
ethyl chloride. All these, given by
inhalation. induce inconsistencies
and with it the loss Of all sensation.
Youths Companion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-10-16
Social Wasp.

We are often urged to study the ant
or the bee to learn the value Of indus
try and efficiency, but these are not
the only insects who know how to
work In organizations. The social or
paper-nest building wasps live In col
onies and have large number Of
workers, few males and number Of
queens for each colony. They build
their nests of the paper which they
manufacture out of wood pulp, gather
ing It from dead branches, twigs and
old fence wood, with jaws that are
provided with pincers. II is water
proof paper, too. The queens live long
and are hard workers. They hide
through the winter In sheltered places,
but never In their own nests, and they
come forth in the spring to help build
new nests and lay more eggs, one In
each six-sided cell Of the paper comb.
These paper makers go ahead Of bees
and ants In some of their methods, for,
''ura,s's say. they DO things with
; i.Gs,vr and more precision.