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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
Another Munitions Ship
Catches Fire in Harbor;
Explosion Is Narrowly
Averted
SHIP TAKEN TO
SEA AND SUNK
Many German Residents of
Devastated City Are Ar
rested on Suspicion; 9th
ers to Report Monthly

Halifax, n. S, Dec. l0.-A re-
vised casualty list to-day showed
l.2OO known dead 1000 unac
counted for. 5000 wounded and
25,OO0 homeless. This to date
is the toll OF the great fire here
Thursday which swept over an
area of two and a half square
miles. after the explosion OF a
munition ship in Halifax harbor.
Only a part of the burned sec
tion has been explored for the
bodies of the dead.
Analysing these figures the mill
tary authorities who have worked
with the one idea of estimating the
approximate number of the dead. de-
clared the total would be increased
through failure to obtain word Of
the missing. 1t has been four days
since the disaster. In that time, they
said. ii should have been possible
to hear from most of the missing
through information bureaus and
other agencies.
Estimate 1000 Dead
An estimate of 1000 dead, regard
ed as too high by many officials Sat
urday night, was accepted more gen.
orally to-day as most nearly APP
preaching the exact figure. 1t is be-
lieved hundreds of persons lining
the water front and watching the
spectacle of big ship on fire with
out thought of an impending eNplo-
sion, were hurled into the bay by the
terrific upheaval and drowned. Their
bodies may never be recovered.
While searching parties have dug
through acres of the ruined section
to which the fire spread after the
Mont Blanc, the death ship, blew up,
the work is far from complete. How
many dead may be under the great
area of debris was a matter of con-
lecture this morning.
Burial of the Dead
Burial of the dead in the explosion
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
COAL SITUATION /.
BAD WITH COLDER.
WEATHER A COMING
Great Rush For Fuel Make
Anthracite Dealers Pessi-
mistic Over Situation
ZERO WEATHER TONIGH'
River Already Closed anS
Traffic Impeded by
. Storms Effects

Coal dealers were unanimous i
their statements to-day that the CO.
situation in Harrisburg is acute. I'll
dealers differed somewhat in the.
statements as to the quantities q,
coal in the city, but the most cor
servative statement made was th;
the supply was adequate for abot
five or six days. This opinion wa
given by the salesmanager of one {
the largest coal distributors in tn
city.
The cold wave that has held Hai
risburg in its grip since Saturda
night, has played havoc with til
supplies of the coal dealers. Th
sudden onslaught on the coal yarC
caused by the cold weather has eau!
ed the coal men more anguish tina
| can be generally realized.
Much colder weather is yet
come. Federal Forecaster DENIAL
said to-day. Zero weather is expec
ed tonight. The river closed la
night and there is much sufferir
| about the city.
! Situation IL Acute
A dealer this morning made Il
statement that the coal situation hei
is acute, and any opinion to the col
| ti'arv is erroneous. He sail the
have been statements that the Co
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
PATRIOTS MUST
SERVE IN ARMY
OR RED CROSS
Only Two, Classifications For
Loyal Americans, Says
Mrs, Gilbert .-
READY FOR GREAT DRIVE
City Divided For Campaign
of Mercy to Aid Fight
ing Yankees
FOR GREAT DRIVE
Harrisburg Never Stacks

In the Red Cross campaign last
spring Harrisburg led Pennsyl-
Yania. $751;. - ,. .
In the First Liberty Loan cam
palgn Harrisburg. in proportion to
its population, led Pennsylvania.
In the Second Liberty Loan cam
palsn Harrisburg led Pennsylva-
mia.
In recruiting for the Regular
Army Harrisburg furnished so
many men 1t was free from reuui-
sition in the draft.
In recruiting during the last six
weeks Harrisburg has sent so
many men that comparatively few
Will be called in the second draft.
In the Red Cross Christmas drive
Tor $4,000 members Harrisburg
should live up to the reputation it
has established for itself since the
beginning of the war.
Harrisburg has never Stacked.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
George M. Appleby Offers
Services to Y. M. c. A.
Work in French Camps

Announcement was made this
morning by Rob, b. Reeves, gener-
al secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A, that
George NJ Appleby, PIG South Sec
ond street, had rendered his services
as Y. NJ. c. A. secretary in France.
Mr.. Appleby is a member of the firm
of Appleby Brothers & Whitaker,
and is a prominent businessman
here.
The tender of services followed an
appeal by Mr.. Reeves, for six Harris
burg men to take up the work in
France. Mr.. Appleby is the first man
to answer the call, and his standing
is so Inc that there is no doubt of
his acceptance by the war work coun-
Gil, for European service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

These are the days in which every
loyal American must be in one of
two places-the Army or the Red
Cross" .,.' &c.,.
That was, the statement made this
morning by Mrs. Lyman d. Gilbert
chairman of Harrisburg chapter OF
the Red Cross. For months Mrs Gil
bert has been hard at work at Red
Cross headquarters. She has been in
close touch with the Red Cross or
ganization's efforts in foreign fields
and at home; and her work has given
her an insight into what has been
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
STOCK EXCHANGE BURNED

Toxic. Dec. 10.-The Stock Ex-
change building caught fire to-day,
probably from a defective fiue. and
the flames spread to the surrounding
business section. The exchange was
closed temporarily. The records
stored there were saved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
MRS. GERARD HAS OPERATION
By Associated Press

New York. Dec. 10.-Mrs. James
w. Gerard. wife of the former
American Ambassador to Germany,
underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis here to-day. Mr.. Gerard S
secretary issued a statement which
said the operation had been success
full and indications were that Mrs.
Gerard would quickly recover.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
Child Dies Of Burns When
Driven From Home by Fire

Chambersburg, Pa, Dec. 10.-The
new frame residence of George Helm
back, near Mercersburg, burned TO
the ground last night due TO an over
heated fiue. The family escaped ~
their nightclothes with much diff
Guilty. One child died this morning
from burns; another has pneumonia.
Everything in the house, even cloth
ing, was destroyed.
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\. j. WOMAN WEEDS COUNT

s .l nv fSN'fatCd FIC%
Berlin. Saturday, Dec. S. - VI
London. Dec. 10.-The marriage heI
to-day of Count Christian Guntht
Won Bernstorff. son of the forms
ambassador to the United States an
Mrs. Marguerite Vivian Burto
Thompson, of Burlington. New Jei
sey, is reported by the Berlin new!
papers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
JERUSALEM FALLS:
COSSACKS REVOLT:
ESCAPE NEW BLAST
Jerusalem Falls
To the British

London, Dec. 1O,-An-
drew Bonar Law, chan
cellor of the exchequer,
announced in the House
of Commons to-day that
Jerusalem, after b e in g
surrounded on all sides by
British troops, had sur-
rendered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
OFFERS 500 REWARn

In an effort to show how ridiculous
are the stories about Red Cross
workers selling sweaters, William
jennings. chairman of the Citizens
War Committee. to-day offered 500
reward to the man or woman who
can prove the tale.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
PROHIBITION LAW UPHELD

Washington. Dec. 10.-Idaho de-
crees upholding the validity of the
state prohibition law and declaring
it reasonable exercise of the state
police powers were to-day sustained
by the Supreme Court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
coNvIcrs TO AID nv WAR WORK

CoNViCTS TO AID nv WAR WORK
New York Dec, l0--Plans so take convits from be-
hind prison walls put work aid the govern
in the prosecution of the TO be worked
conference Of prison experts be held in Washing
tomorrow, it announced here to-day by William
II. Wadhams judge in the Court Of General Sessions.
INHERITANCE LAW UPHELD
Washington, Dee. io.--The Iowa collateral iahcri-
law Ievyng OF Ave per Isgscics
citizens Of that but twenty per cent up9a these
alien no-resdents to-day upheld valid by the
. Supreme Court.
GERMANS SELL BONDS BELOW PAR
Washington Dec, lO--Forced sales by German inter
charged with responsibility for the selling Of
Liberty Bonds below par by Secretary McAdoo in adj
to-day before conference OF about 100 representa-
tives Of Liberty Loan Committees from all parts of the
> country,
: EXCISE Law UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Washington, Dec lO-The Texas Franchise or e,cise
law of 1907 Isvyng upon corporations OF othe,
for the privilege Of doing business Texas was
declared unconstitutional to-day by the Supreme Court
and it's enforcement was enjoned.
SCHOOL BOYS FIGHT F1Rg
Hsrrisburs--High school boys Of Camp Hill were
heroes this afternoon at brisk ETe whc threatened TO
destroy double dwelling house Myers avenue
. pied by families, Drawbaugh and Hortcr. Half
hundred school boys rushed up the chemical engine
opened the burning house and had the flames under
control when apparatus from Harrisburg srIiyed The
loss was under $500.
: HELD'oN FALSE PRETEEsE CHARGE
HarriuburE-D. a. Donovan formerly of Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh and brought before Alderman
DeshonG to-day charged with selling stock false
. pretenses. He was held under $500 bail
.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
ONLY 5 DAYS

left for men between the ages oil
2I and 81 vcars to enlist in the
var against the Hun. After tina
time all registered men must take
their chances i'm being placed IN
whatever branch of the servicc
the government decides.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair.
continued cold Tonight and
Tuesday; lowest temperature to-
night about . degrees below
zero.
For Eastern Pennsylvania. Fair
Tonight and Tuesday, continued
cold; fresh northwest winds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
MARRIAGE LICENSES

wilbur mn Brnndt Mtaa..
town: and NJ. Lewis
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
General Conditions

Under the influence of the storm
now passing of nOrtheastward
down the st. Lawrence river,
snow has fallen In the northern
tier of states from Minnesota
eastward to New York and In
the Ohio Valley and Tennessee
and In the Lower Missouri VAL
ley In the last twenty-fOuT
hours, the amounts being most
ly small, except In the vicinity
of Buffalo and Perry Sound.
1t ls TO 81 degrees colder than
on Saturday morning over near
Iy all the eastern half of the
country. except New England,
with temperatures ut or below
zero In the Ohio, Middle md
Upper Mississippi and Missouri
valleys and over. most of the
Lake Region.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Temperatures s n. M, o.
Sunt Rises, 7;29 n. M; sets, 4;3O
p. nm.
Mooni New moon, December II.
River Stages A. feet above low
water mark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
River

The Susquehanna river and all it's
branches will remain generally
icebound and nearly stationary,
except local rises may occur
where the channel becomes
cbOked with Ice. At Harrisburg
the river will remain frozen and
nearly stationary ut stage of
about four feet.
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Yesterdays Weather
Highest temperature, 2S.
Lowest temperature, 10.
Mean temperature, 10.
Normal temperature, 81.
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Arizona republican., 1917-12-09

tiously send this southern boy back to his aged mother and father in Texas as a Christmas gift?'
 MT. Laney in his closing argument sought to disabuse the minds of the jurors relative to his securing evidence.
 Whenever any crime is committed in this county. as lOrg as I am in office I will secure my evidence while the trail is hot and ferret out the crime. I am going to be on the job.''
 MT. Laney said that the defendants S counsel had said that there had been no eye witnesses leaving only Miner to testify, but he held that the words from the dying man who gasped that he had no knife was testimony from the deceased.
 'As sure as you and I believe in the Diety-God Almighty is here to testify. He has placed sentinels around every crime-sentinels to tell the truth.
 In his review of the evidence, MT. Laney repeatedly referred to each in- cident as a part of the divine scheme of things.
 "The plea of self defense is an old one. The defendant is attempting to excuse himself for his crime on this ground because no one witnessed the killing, but his claim that Williams pursued him with a knife is not true. ' In conclusion, Mi. Laney called the jurys attention 10 the fact that crimes were clogging the courts" and | that the great number of homicides shat had been committed in this county had to be taken into consideration On motion of Mir. Bullard, Judg, Stanford instructed the jury to strik. this argument from consideration,
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
WHY LEAVES TURN
 RED IN THE AUTUMN

The trees are now taking on their gorgeous autumn tints, and it is inter- esting to know how they change from their sober greens to their vivid yell low and flaring reds. s. Leonard Bas- tin explains this transformation in the Scientific American:
 'eThe working days of the foliage are passed and the sap, which has been flowing through the leaves, is with drawing to the lower parts of the tree, v he writes. Mature is far too good an economist to allow anything of value, which can be saved, to remain in the leaves. The carbohydrates and the albuminous matter which have been manufactured with the aid of the sun and air must on no account be wasted and these flow with the sap to the woody branches and the underground | root t-stock. The leaf that is left be- hind is a dead thing; it's cell chambers quito empty save for certain yellow
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
CONF|SCATED LIQUORS MAY BE
 GIVEN TO AID RED CROSS WORK

following letter received yesterday by Governor Campbell:
 Washington, D. C., Dec, ', 191. Governor Thomas E. Campbell,
 Phoenix, Arizona.
 Information has come to this office that large quantities of alcoholic liquors are, by virtue of local law, be- ing confiscated and destroyed by the state authorities in several of the states. It now appears that this liquor can be re-distilled and the pure alcohol in it thus made available for military use. The advantages of conserving such use by the federal government, if it can be feasibly done, are of course obvious
 I wish to inquire, therefore, whether any such liquors are in the possession of the authorities of your state, or whether any such coms ,n due |ourse of law to the possession of such au- thorities for confiscation, and, if so to inquire further whether you and the authorities of your state are in a posi- tion to cooperate with the war de- partment with view to turning sucf liquors over to this department for re- distillation for military use.
 Very truly yours. H. P. MCCAIN. The Adjutant General. It may be safely stated, therefore that future confiscations of Arizona bootleggers' booze will not be used tt sprinkle the streets, but will be sent t the war department which will have i re- distilled and the alcohol saved fo 1 the use of the army hospitals. Already, Maricopa county has a con siderable quantity of all grades O | liquor under lock and key at the cour house. This liquor has been con l tributed by numerous persons who dit not know at the time that they were working for the Red Cross. Thus i may prove to be a noble work.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09

Another strong ally has been added to the ranks of the Red cross.
 The bootlegger.
 Unintentionally it may be, this per- sistent elusive law iIlfractor is going to aid materially in the general conser- vation plan of the nation by furnishing, free of cost. alcohol for the use of the Red Cross in the hospitals of the na- tional army
 This alcohol is to be derived from the re-distillation of liquor confiscated in raids on bootleggers.
 To Governor Thomas E. Campbell of Arizona is due in no small part the credit for the determination to save the alcohol that hitherto has been wasted when the liquor confiscated from the bootleggers is destroyed under man. date of the court.
 It was last April that Governor Campbell decided that much of the | liquor thus destroyed might be saved for the Red Cross, and ne wrote to the war department in regard to this mat ter and also that of the narcotics seized in raids.
 | As nothing was heard from his ccm. munication the governor was of tho opinion that it had not been given an, | attention.
 But it seems that it had been goins the rounds of the various bureaus il Washington. In the governors lettel 1 to Washington he said that he was no certain whether this liquor or thes, narcotics could be legally saved fol use of the Red Cross and the army.
 The suggestion of the governor ha. apparently borne fruit, and the vii, bootlegger is going to work for the Ret Cross and the army, according to thu
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
when the Byzantine empire flourished.

when the Byzantine empire flourished.
 Although the remote history of the colony melts into misty legend, it is generally believed that the first relig- ious settlements on the peninsula were made by refugees from the persecu- tions of the Iconoclasts early in the eighth century The legends of the monks attribute them to the age of Constantine in the third and fourth centuries. Reference to the existence of the cluster of religious brotherhoods is made in historical documents of the ninth century.
 The claims of the Monastery of Laura, founded about the middle of the tenth century by St. Athanasius appear to be well founded and to make it. for historical purposes, the most an cient of the monasteries. There is reason to believe that Natopethi is oi about equal antiquity. According tC 1 the monastic accounts of Natopethis | founding, it is the most venerable of all | the twenty, having been established by 1 Theodosius in recognition of the provi- dential rescue of his son from drown ing on tn coast near by. The most re- cent of the monasteries, Stavronikitu was founded in 1545.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
PAGE ELEVEN

Now, as the summer season advances | these cells become increasingly spongy,
 so that by the time all the good things have been withdrawn from the leaf a springy cushion has been formed. The attachment of the leaf is now so slight | that it may fall off simply by it's own | weight, even if a gust of wind does not
 complete the severance. There is no
 open wound leftbehind when the leaf | falls; nature is far too good a surgeon
 for that. The very layer of separation open wound left behind when the leaf
 prepares a healed scar in advance.
 Even with all it's wonders modern sur
 gerry cannot amputate a mans leg and leave behind a scar that is already
 healed"
 | The leaves fall to give the tree an op- portunity to rest-like the sleep of anil mals-and also because tree in full l leaf could with difficulty resist the
 rough storms of winter.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09

which has outlasted the Saracens, the Byzantines and bids fair to survive the Sublime Porte. Mount Athos, the glis- tening pyramid of marble in which the forty mile peninsula terminates, is vis- ible at sunset from the Plains of Troy across the sea and shimmers into view from the slopes of Mount Olympus.
 While airplanes were circling above the ruins of Helens city and the re- mote thunder of the super dread nought Queen Elizabeth told of shells that spanned the peninsula of Gallipoli, the monks behind their marble barrier intoned the chants that were old when Columbus embarked on his great ad- venture and paced in brocaded and cloth of gold vestments pavements which were groOved by sandalled feet
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
granuleS.

granules.
 Now, these may be regarded as the direct cause of the autumn tints, and, where they undergo no further change, the foliage is of a clear yellow color. Now and again in the process of de- composition there appears special product which botanists have called antho -cyanin. This may stain the leaves a brilliant scarlet, or, when in conjunction with certain acids which are present in some leaves, it will pro- duce a bluish purple"
 | And this fall of the leaves, simple as | it seems, is really one or the most won- derful operations in nature MT. Bas- tin writes that "the leaf is hardly formed ere preparations are made fol its detachment from the stem. Right across the base of the leaf stalk there is formed a special layer of cells. This is a definite dividing line and has beer well called the layer of separation
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
Pressure Gauge

Don't make the mistake of guessing at the imitation from appearances or striking the tires with a hammer; but use a pressure guage, at least once a week. Another imitation warning: don't fill the tires with the exhaust from the engine as oil and certain gases are destructive to rubber. The best way to infate is to pump up the tires hard and then reduce the pressure until they do not cause excessive vibration, then record the pressure and see that it is maintained thereafter.
 The next article in thls series will be on the Application of Tires. Watch for it in next Sundays .......,.
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09

Too much air will cause excessive vibration, traction slippage and loss of power; too little will bring on excess friction between various parts ot the tire and cause them to break up.
 There is a very definite relation be- tween the air pressure within the tires md the load on them. The heavier weight or reduced ar pressure causes nore dehection of the tires, giving wider tread on the ground, and in sreases the action of the sidewalks. This adds to the comfort of the ride as
Arizona republican., 1917-12-09
MONKS woo PEACE
 WITH WAR AT DOOR

Over one secluded nook Of the tur- bulent Levant still broods the Tibetan calm which has enveloped it for more than a thousand years. It is the prom ontory of Athos, the easternmOst of the three peninsulas extending into the Aegean sea from the coast of Mace donia like the gnarled fingers of an aged priest whose hand is raised in benediction.
 There, only forty miles from Salon iSa the allied war base, dwells mo- nastic community of some 1000 souls under republican form of government