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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13

ted States soldiers brought back
from Europe, to be established at
Staten Island, N. Y, will have q
capacity of 25OO beds. This marks
the beginning of a cGmprehen-
sive plan for the care of soldiers
who are disabled in the line of
duty. 1t will be used only for
distribution.
From the Staten Island institu-
tion men will be transferred to
general or special treatment hos
pitals. sites for which are now
being selected throughout tn
country. Whenever,possible, In
jured soldiers will!be sent to pla
ces near their own homes. They
will be fitted for trades to which
they are adapted. and at the time
of discharge the government will
assist them in returning to their
proper places in industry.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13

Taking "FriendLy' AdUce; or the
Parable of the Good Mule Samson

n ysm shOuId ever visit Prosperity
TOwn-AaA Ne sInceRSly hope you will
sOsas Aay-dEeD ia 70 see our stanch
friend samson. True. Samson is only
. Hsls. but he's some pumpkin in
Prosperity TSEa. Unlike his biblical
Ramssaks ~ AsssA't 80 around pulling
AOwa NsmSlas or killing Phalistines
vita ~ tzwAoas Of ais deceased IA
tAsF. aEsgAovsg, whSn he has had a
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
ALIEN ENEMIES RECEIVE
FAIR TREATMENT AND
PAY FOR THEIR LABOR

The intemed Germans at the
station at Hot Springs, N. c., are
not prisoners Of war. They COM
prise officers and crews Of the
merchant vessels which were held
in the United States at the time
Of the declaration Of war.
These aliens receive no funds
from the government except COM
pensation for labor actually per-
formed. Those engaged in con-
struction work get $40 month,
with an additional $5 to fol emen.
Interned officers have not been
permitted to receive from any
source more than $40 a month
and creWmen not more than SIS.
Receipts in excess of these am
cunts are placed to the credit of
the aliens in banks.
Three plain but substantial
meals are prepared each day.
There is no waste, the same mea-
Sures of economy and conserva-
tiCn which are being urged upon
every American housewife being
>practiced at Hot Springs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13

treadmill with some Of Agitator's 9TH
er activities, and the municipal au-
thorities decided that they would ell
ther have to change the name Of the
town or ask AgitatoE to leave They
voted In favor of the latter alternative
and one fine day the hardware dealer
was ridden in stats on a rail to the
outskirts of the city. where he was
handed his passports. Charles A. Rie-
ser, Industrial Consei eatioR NeG
YOrk
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
ALCOHOLIC CONTENT OF BEER
TO BE LIMITED TO THREE
PER CENT MAXIMUM

PER CENT MAXIMUM
There is in the country from
two to three years supply of
whisky, brandy. and gin which
may be commandeered by the
government if required for pur-
poses of manufacture of alcohol
for munitions. The requirements
for industrial alcohol, however,
in addition to the normal output
from sawdust and other waste
products. is negligible. The de-
STABILITY of saving all the grain
used in brewing from the stand
point of food conservation is
therefore limited by the social
question involved in the exclu-
sive use of whisky.
The President has approved
the recommendation of the Food
Administration that the alcoholic
content Of beer be reduced to a 3
per cent maximum and the vol
ume of grain used be reduced to
approximately 70 per cent of that
formerly used. Provisions are
made to increase the output OF
cattle feed from brewing estab-
lishments.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
EACH INFANTRYMAN CARRIES
MORE THAN NINE POUNDS

MORE THAN NINE POUNDS
OF IRON AND STEEL
In the equipment furnished
each infantryman by the Ord
nance Bureau of the War De-,
partment are 81 pounds of iron
and steel. This is exclusive 0f
the uniform equipment provided
Ky the Quartermaster Corps.
Used in the bayonet scabbard
are 2 ounces of iron and steel;
bacon can, 0.04 ounce; bayonet,
Is ounces; front sight cover, 2
ounces; knife, l ounce; meat can,
O.O3 ounce; pack carriers, O.O3
ounce; rifle, 107 ounces; shovel,
Is ounces.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
Children CrV
FOR FLETCHER'S
CA STo RIA
Growth ofthe Army Ord
nance Department.
Dec. TO-.


Washington, D. c., December
10, 1917.-Before the war began
the United States government
employed approximately 100000
persons in the civil branch. Now
that this country is actually en-
gagged in the conflict, the great
army of workers behind the fight
ing forces is growing by tens of
thousands. A good example of
this rapid addition of employees
is in the civilian force of the Ord.
nance Department Of the Army.
Seven large privately owned Of
flee buildings in Washington are
required to house the officials and
clerks of this force, in addition
to the usual quarters in the State,
War, and Navy building, which
were sufficient before Uncle Sam
began to prepare for war. The
Gun Division alone, which did not
exist as a separate division before
we entered the war. now has
more than two thousand civilian
employees besides about three
hundred commissioned officers,
and it is estimated that this d.
vision will be three times it's pres.
ent size within a year. The great
manufacturing plants of the Ord
nance Department in various
parts of the country employed a.
bout 10, 900 men last spring. Now
10000 are at work in these es.
Establishments.
The task of supplying these
thousands of workers in the face
Of the greatest demand for labor
the country has eyer known is
the problem OF the United States
Civil Service Commission. AT
this tine great numbers of men
and women are needed to fill
stenographic and ether positions
in the offices at Washington and
mechanical trades and technical
positions in the government
plants fer manufacturing artil
lery and ammunition. The local
boards of civil service examiners
at the postoffices in all cities are
furnishing detailed information
concerning positions in which
men and women are needed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13

HisWife -Aren'tyoa ever COM
ing to breakfast, Babington?
He-Yes, yes. dear. I've near
ly finished the morning paper
now, and I only want to glance
at lhe evening papers that have
Just come in.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
Brief Items.

When selling eggs to the coun-
try merchant or cash buyer, in
sist that the transaction be on a
quality basis.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
Gettysburg.


of the most exacting. A snow
blizzard of no mean dimension
was on us all day last Saturday,
and hung up business almost en-
tirely. A considerable depth fell
and drifted to an extent sufficient
to obstruct travel by rail and We
hicle. This STORM has its effect
on our tabernacle meeting. The
attendance has dWindled during
tho storm to at least about one
tenth Of what it had been before
the blizzard. Interest in these
special services has been grow
ing and conviction is seizing the
unconyerted. Rev. Forsythe is
a forcible talker and presents the
issue between righteousness and
wickedness in a way that arouses
thought as to the duty of gcdli-
ness. We are now entering the
fourth week of the campaign,
without abatement of interest,
and are able to claim some con-
versions.
The Sunday schools of our vii
lage by joint action determined
to omit the customary treat this
year in accord with the growing
demand for economy and the
conserVancy of feod stuffs for
the use Of the people and armies
of allies against the Kaiser and
his allies. Let us husband all of
our resources useful to help win
the victory oyer the most brutal
war the world ever knew, and
war waged only for supremacy
of his German Majesty. This
ambitious and unrighteouS fiend
must be downed and made to
submit if there is enough of ster-
ling worth in the world to sub
due him, and we think there is.
Our Academy pupils gave pa
triotic entertainment last We'd
nesday night in our school audi
torium and rendered an excellent
program. A Greenville orches-
ira attended anG furnished the
music for the occasion, Upon
the whole, it was an enjoyable
affair, the performers acquitting
themselves we'll.
A resolution declaring the ex-
istence of a state of war between
this country and Austro- Hungary
was passed last week, which en-
larges onr area of war. That it
will stop with that is uncertain.
It may reach to Turkey and some
other countries. We are going
some and where the end will be
is yet conjecture. Let US hope
that enlargement may mean a
shorter continuance Of the strug-
gle. 2
Chester Stocker left here to-
day for the Toledo cantonment
to prepare for the duties of ac-
tive service. Thus one by one
our boys are entering the service
to fight for democracy and hu-
manlty.
Isaac Harshey continues on the
sick list, though he is growing
better slowly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
FOR SALE

Good Bed Room Set, Sewing Ma
chine, Guitar, Heating Stove, etc.
Call at Journal Office or 80 West
Main street, Greenville, o.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13
4CL. 86-EstabIishediS3
Weekly War News Digest

Stories of Activities and Conditions Throughout the United
States and on the Battle Fronts from Washington, D. c.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-12-13

In general3farming the size of
the fam is a very important fac
tor. The farm should be large
enough to give the working force.
available to the farmer a maxi
mum of productive labor through
the year.
Small or dirty eggs should not
be placed on the market. Use
them at home.
Cereals and other food should
be kept in glass jars or tin cans
whenever possible. This will
keep rats, mice and vermin away,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
lg place for the officers"
Nearly All Drinking

ing place for the officers"
Nearly All Drinking
In pointing out the interesting featt
ures of the years docket reports, the
superintendent of Detectives called att
tention to the fact that "colored" is
entered far often than white; that
nearly all of the men and women ar
rested were drunk or drinking; that
more than half of the arrests were for
one sort or another of disorderly prac-
tice, and that the carrying of CON
cealed deadly weapons is Quite COM
mon. ~.
The entries show crimes of the
grosser type as well as felonious as
sault, robberies, burglaries, holdups.
and so on.
A Feat of Which They're Proud
One feat of which the police be-
lieve they can be justly proud was the
capture of Lou" Faust, the burglar.
who robbed hundreds of homes in
this and other cities of tie State and
the capture of booty in Fausts home
worth thou, tIiIs It dollars Many OF
these valuables were returned to, their
owners upon proof of claim.
I'VE have had hard year." smiled
Superintendent Windsor. "and we have
been severely criticised in many quar-
ters, but we believe when the public
knows what we were up against, they
will perhaps praise instead of rap U.S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
1887 Arrests During Year, Nearly Thousand More Than in
1915; Nearly Every Man and Woman Arrested
Drunk or Drinking" Docket Shows
MUCH LAWLESSNESS DUE TO COLORED
ELEMENT DECLARES DETECTIVE HEAD
Introduction of Southern Negro Into Life of Community
Reason For Much Disorderly Practice, Felonious
Assaults and Murders Says Windsor

Police records made public to-day
show that the greatest crime wave in
Harrisburg's history swept the city
during 1916.
The total number of arrests for the
year was 1887, nearly a thousand
more than during 1915. Included in
the list of prisoners were eight ac-
cused of murder.
Four of the murders occurred dur
ing the last three months of the year.
The police make note in their report
that each of these four slayers were
arrested within forty-iive minutes OF
the time the crime was committed.
All Records Broken
In searching all records of the
police department" said Superintend-
ent of Detectives William l.. Wind
sor, Jr., this morning to a Telegraph
reporter. II can find nothing that COM
pares with the wave of crime that
swept the city during the last year
Particularly las this crime wave af-
fected the lawless colored element OF
the city, and doubtless this is largely
due to the importation of the South
ern negro to the Northern industrial
establishments.
Almost every night a shooting OF
a razor party las resulted in a police
call to the vicinity of Cowden and
Briggs streets. The bucket of blood
so called-has been a regular call
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
DEMOCRATS WANT
HOUSE TO GO INTO
PENROSE CHARGES
Echo of Bitter Fight Over
Speakership Heard in Resolu-
ton That Is Laid Over

Democratic members of the House
of Representatives opened an attack
upon the Republicans to-day by pre-
senting, through Wilson G. Sarig
Berks, their candidate for Speaker, q
resolution for an investigation by a
committee of six members of charges
made by United States Senator Boies
Penrose against the State admins
tration. The resolution was laid over
under the rules.
The Sarig resolution recited several
charges made by the senator in state
ments recently issued by him. The
charges referred to by the resolution
were that the senator had publicly
charged that certain attempts to in
fiuence members of the Legislature by
promises of appointment of persons to
office and by threats of dismissal of
others from public office were intimi-
dation. coercion and bribery, warrant
ing action by grand inquest"
Other Charges
Tt is also recited that the senator
had charged that conditions of ex-
travagance, absenteeism, misappropri-
intimidation of scandalous nature
would be exposed.
The resolution also made reference
to charges made by the senator against
Attorney General Brown and the Pub
lie Service Commission and to charges
made by Senator w. c. Sproul against
the State administration.
The resolution called for a commits
sion of six, two to be members who
had voted for Edwin r. Cox for
Speaker in the Republican speakership
caucus. az
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
GOVERNOR MAKES
STRONG PLEA FOR
PARK EXTENSION
Message Replete With Recon-
mendations That Will Meet
Popular Approval
URGES LOCAL OPTION LAW
$9, 100000 Year For Schools;
Housing Code Is Out
lined;

Presenting to the Legislature a mes
sage that covers many important
points of proposed legislation, recon-
mends the passage of a county unit
local option bill, the enactment of a
vast program for the conservation
and development of water supply and
water power and the passage of a
housing code, urges the appropriation
of $9,0OO,000 a year to the public
schools and further improvement of
the school system, advises against any
taInpering with labor and welfare
laws until those recently passed shall
nave had fair trial, suggests the re-
peal OF many useless laws and covers
many other matters of interest to the
people, Governor Brumbaugh touches
upon a generally popular chord when
ne comes out strongly in favor of the
development of Capitol Park Exten-
sion.
The Governor reserves his Capitol
Park recommendations to the very
last part of his message, which was
read to the Legislature this afternoon,
ana ADDS a paragraph relating to old
camp Curtin, as follows:
The commission appointed by my
predecessor to acquire additional
grounds about the State House have
performed most difficult service
in a commendable way. About
tWenty-seven acres in the heart of
the city have been acquired and
competent authorities of nation
wide experience have been secured
to develop this extension and the
present park into a commanding
setting for our State House. This
work should be pushed with all pos
slble dispatch. The city of Harris
burg is now developing a system
of parks the equal of any in the
country. 1t is our hope and desire
to make this new State park con-
sonant with the work done by the
city and upon a scale worthy our
great commonwealth. Funds for
the conduct of this important work
should be provided and our Capitol
set IN an environment of beauty,
making 1t the pride of our people
and notable addition to the beau
tiful and useful park areas of the
Capital City.
During the Civil War our Penn
sylvania troops were all trained
and mustered into the national SER
vice at Camp Curtin, a site now
within the limits of Harrisburg and
rapidly developing into an inn
portant residential district. A small
area yet remains unimproved and
for an unimportant sum this land
may now be acquired. set aside as
Camp Curtin Park, and made a me-
mortal to the citizen soldiery of
Pennsylvania. / earnestly urge your
favorable consideration of this pa
triotic service.
Covers Many Important Points
The Governors message is not
lengthy, as such documents go, but il
is Teplete with suggestions for better
Continued on Page 1O1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
Both Branches Will Adjourn,
After Hearing Governors S
Message, For Two Weeks
Recess
GREAT CROWDS THRONG
CAPITOL CORRIDORS
Desks of Senators and Mem
bers Gay With Flowers;
Galleries Well Filled

The 122nd general assembly OF
Pennsylvania organized at noon to-day
amid flowers. The strenuous contest
waged for the speakership appeared
to have been forgotten in the open
ing ceremonies and the traditional
forms were as carefully observed as
the legal requirements.
Edward E. Beidleman, senator from
Dauphin county, was reelected presi-
dent pro tenn. of the Senate, and Rich
ard j. Baldwin, member from Della
ware, chosen as speaker The cleo
tions were by party votes. There
were speeches galore and the Cover
nor sent a message which embodied
many views of great interest and which
attracted much attention. Indications
arc that the legislators will adjourn
during the afternoon for the usual two
weeks period to permit the presiding
officers to make up committees.
Many of the lawmakers were ac-
companied by their families and they
attended the ceremonies, while num-
erous friends of members were here
together with leaders of prominence
in all parties They crowded the cor
ridors of the Capitol and thronged the
legislative hans, giving to the organi-
zation an interest which has been
lacking in the last three or four ses-
sions.
Presentation of bills will follow the
announcement of committees and OF
the legislative attaches which will be
taken up at once by the slate commit
tees, named to have charge of the pat
ronage.
An interesting feature of the Sen
ate organization was that Senator
Charles A. Snyder, Auditor General
elect, will sit as senator from Schuyl-
kill until he assumes his new office in
May and Harman M. Kephart, State
N. IT. L.
lative capacity until his term starts
at the same time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
Mob Threatens Violence on
Negro Who Attacks Girl

The police with difficulty last even
ing prevented mob violence on James
Jones, colored, after he attempted to
assault Miss Bessie Hebnier, a white
girl, of 229 River street. in the Second
street subway.
The girl passed through the subway
on her way home from work. When
she was accosted by the negro who tried
to tear her clothing from her body
her screams attracted the attention of
her brother William ]. Hebnier, who
came to her assistance. The negro
attempted to cut Hebnier with a knife.
but soon a mob had gathered and Jones
was subdued. When the police arrived
on the scene they took the negro
away from the menacing crowd only
after threats of arrest
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
Police Had No Right to
Suspend Jitney Measure
Declares Judge Kunkel

That the city police department nor
any other agency had the power or
authority to suspend the operation of
the jitney license ordinance during
the recent trolley strike even though
the operation of jitneys was necessary
for the convenience of the public, was
the emphatic opinion of President
Judge Kunkel of tie Dauphin county
court, expressed to-day in sentencing
w. n. Hurst, jitneur, to pay costs
and $500 fine for crashing into John
Yestadts car at Reilly and Front
streets.
Hurst, in answer to a query of the
court said he had no license as the
law had not been in operation because
of the strike. Hurst's attorney adj
mitted that technically this was So"
Not technically - just an actual
violation of the law" declared Judge
Kunkel. None. he added, have the
right to suspend the operation of any
law save the power that created it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
$15O,OOO LOSS
WHEN HOSIERY ,
MILL IS BURNED
Romberger Manufacturing Co.
Plant at Middletown Set
Afire Is Belief
FIGHT FLAMES 4 HOURS
Large Stock of Yarn Valued at
$4,000 Destroyed; 200 Out
of Employment
FIGHT FLAMES 4 HOURS

Two hundred persons were thrown
out of employment. when fire believed
to be of incendiary origin, early this
morning totally destroyed the Rom
berger hosiery mill at Middietown at
an estimated loss of $150,000. large
stock of yarn. which is very valuable
at present on account of the war was
a total loss.
The fire broke out at 1:15 o'clock
and burned for four hours. Having
good water pressure and with the ad-
vantage of a calm night, the Middle
town firemen were successful in con-
fining the fire to the mill building. A
high wind, doubtlessly would have
caused the flames to spread to an ad-
joining frame building.
The fire was discovered in the
southeast corner of the building by
several nearby residents and but a few
minutes elapsed before the entire sec
ond floor was in flames. When fire
men arrived the fire had spread over
the entire second floor and was
rapidly eating its way to the third
floor. The flames shot out the win
dows and caught the adjoining frame
building which kept the firemen busy
during the height of the blaze.
Adjoining Property Damaged
The frame dwelling adjoining the
mill on the north side was damaged
to the extent of $500. The building
is a double frame. One side is owned
and occupied by Harry Lindemuth, as
sistant postmaster. This side of the
dwelling closest to the fire was dam
aged by water, the firemen being COM
PEELED to play on this structure con-
tinually on account of it being located
so near the blaze. The other side of
the dwelling is owned by Albert Roda-
baugh of Reading and is occupied by
/. E. Bowman, assistant foreman in
the Romberger plant.
That the building was set afire is
the opinion of A. c. Kohr, superin-
formation given out by this official, it
rContinucd on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-02
Retailers Do Not Look
For Milk Price Increase

City retail milk dealers to-day said
that they did not expect the whole
salers to increase their prices, despite
ing of the Dairymen'e League of Dau-
phin and Cumberland counties will be
held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at
Linglestown do consider such action.
Two months ago the wholesale price
of milk was advanced from 16 to Is
cents a gallon. and retailers advanced
from to cents a quart, serving no.
tice that IL the wholesale price jumped
to 20 cents another cent might be
charged the consumer.
A meeting of city dealers will prob
ably be held within the next week, but
q number of the milkmen said to-day
that they will fight any move on the
part of dairymen to honst the price
again,