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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06
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TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06
Great BRITAIN FACING STARVATION,
BRITISH COMMERCIAL FLEET ENORMOUSLY RE-
DUCED BY GERMAN SUBMARINES.

of the United Kingdom it Is safe u
estimate that at least 2~,250,000 tons
net we're not suited to long sea
voyages, which brings the tonnage
available therefore to about ll,5O01
600 net tons.
In the years before the war, 190S-
1919, the average total net tonnage
constructed in Great Britain was
ESQ, 1000, but OF this about 200, 600
tons was for foreigners leaving the
British tonnage added each year
about $4,000. Averaging the ins
crease in vessels on the British
register for the four years l909-l9la
inclusive II amounted to a tribe
under 200, 900 net tons, thus indicat-
ing a yearly attrition through marine
disastres of about $4,000 tons, Now
in the two and a half years OF the
war Great Britain has not con-
strueted for mercantile purpose an
average Of 300, 900 tons, SO that she
has a deficit In this period of two
and q half years Of 200 900 net tons,
on account Of this attrition bringing
down her total mercantile tonnage
to II, 800, 600.
OF this II, 300. 900 net tons there
are today, according to recent state
ments in Parliament, approximately
100000 tons in the government
service fer purposes Of n kind or
another, this withdrawn from
ordinary commercial purposes and
leaving about 1000, 900 net toms
available therefore.
TOTAL LOSSES OF BRITISH TOM
MAGE ABOUT $500 600.
Four months ago in Parliament
again it wal said that the total losses
of British tonnage through captures,
submarines and other war risks
amount to about 1900, 900 tons. Since
that time, the submarine campaign
has been fast and furious, and in
GLIDING the exploits of the present
raider more than zoo, 900 tons more
have been sunk, so that it seems
quite fair to say that Great Britain has
lost about 40 to 42a per cent. Of all
her commercial ships, available for
the transportation OF foodstuffs and
raw materials to, and exports from
her shores.
OF course, some Of the vessels
now in the government employ may
be returned to the carrying trade.
but il this is done, 1t win of neees-
sity cripple her armies in the field,
and besides, at the rate the sub
marines are today sinking British
ships, will not do much more than
hold the mercantile fleet at it's
present. level.
Besides the British ships in 1919,
| 63, 90,257 tons of foreign vessels en-.
tered and cleared from British ports,
and to a large extent helped in MOI.
ing British commerce. This past
year, barely half that foreign tonnage
entered British ports.
In estimating the probable duration
! Of the war, this situation Is well
worth pondering on.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06

An American Red Cross Nurse,
recently returned from a visit in
the Siberian Prison Camps, reports
as follows:
Thousands Of prisoners of war In
Russia and Siberia are dying because
they lack the necessities of life. To
allow conditions to remain as they
are will mean that there will be a
very small percentage of the prison
ers to return home at the end of the
war,
In Siberia and Russia are a million
souls who, through no fault of their
own, are thrown on the mercy of the
enemy. In addition there are about
1000 900 civilian prisoners living on
what the peasants give them.
1t is not because Russians are by
nature cruel or indifferent that such
conditions exist. Their own soldiers
are not much better treated In re-
gard to barracks and food. Half of
the million prisoners, about 100 900
Of whom are Germans, are in Siberia,
and 1t is there that conditions are
worst. Sanitation, or lack of II, is
impossible TO describe. Living condi-
tons in most camps are intolerable.
All water is brought in buckets from
the rivers, and the difficulties in
obtaining it are so great that even
to secure sufficient to drink is in
some S impossible. Baths are a
luxury almost forgotten. Soap is so
expensive, it is almost never seen,
To live in such filth with insuffH-
Gent clothing and food is leaving
terrible mental and moFal effects.
Men who in ordinary life were well
educated and accustomed 10 live
deeently, have degenerated to un-
known depths. They are discouraged,
morose and respondent. In several
needed almost as badly as clothing.
/ had read stories Of Russian
prison life. "The House of the
Dead" considered a freak OF a
lively imagination, Nov | know IL
is not only possible, but almost typical
of conditions as they exist today.
Since the exchange Of prisoners be-
gan we had heard stories Of the
horrors OF the camps, but even then
we were u~nprepared for what we
saw.
All we talked to told the same
story. insufficient food. no op-
p%ortunity to battle or wash, impos-
sible sanitary conditions. 1--WE
haven't 1t as bad as those in the
big buildings, Slater whispered a
German soldier TASK to 50 there
We did ask to 60. Our convoy made
excuses, but we were inslstent. II
was a building that had once been
used for an exhibitions temporary
structure. but it housed 1,400 men,
At first it seemed iHky black inside,
Then, when our eyes became &C
customed TO the gloom. we saw only
a sea of faces. There was the same
shelf-like arrangement. But here
were three rows and with so little
room that the men could not all lie
down al once without overlapping
Even with a great number of stoves
ii would have been Impossible te
keep such a structure warn in the
Siberian climate. A torrent d
coughing was all We heard. We
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06

lmbeida6igt ourdJ 0as tlippeprei6e
@eluoiier SIT leiten Die e8 gegel.
mdrtig Ourdi1brt. Die glufgabe, Der
er ii6 aegeniiber fiebt lit cine Ser,
fulesarbeit uno feline Stelllng dus
berlt ihpierig. 1nS gauge Bolt
rihtet feline 8lide ailf ibn mo miro
tef1en 4ugenblid 5ogern, Jpn, tpenn
iein 8eriud, 9eutldlanb nieoer5u.
i6lagen. feglidLdgt, qb oieies 5ebl
fhlages 3ur gerantiportltng gu stes
ben, SeiRe SteIlmg, iPin guf,
nieaeidt iogor iein 2eben bangt bon
benz erfoIge ieiner GntidlieBmgen
ob. 6Iiidt ben 9eutiden Die glb.
iperrung @nglaD0s bon Der notfpen.
oigen 3pfubr eaun iiHo 9loBo @e.
orgcs Iage ais Wtiniiter, peRn .i6t
als Weuid, ge5dblt. limo falt e,
70 fdat nit ibm aud oie Qliaue De-
rer ole 0ns entieblihe lInglld oes
8oltertriegeS acknowledgement pa
ben. 0enn Gu lit elmer non jenen
Sntrigauien. hit Der bfrmtsfor
0frHbeH 2tbleBnmg Der 5rieoens.
Doridldge 6at er nlleg auf cine
aarte geiest @eiuinnt er 0as her.
ipegeHe SpieL, 10 nirh CT 81 ben
srobtpH @amern gerednet meroeu.
Die England Berborgebradt bat ber.
Iiert CT es. 0nm ialasen oie 8ai-
Ter iiber ibm suiammen nnb or miro
einen beben 4reis fir ben bereeb,
LID oneeitrebteH giu9m 81 besablen
baben.
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qlpnS @eurae.

@leid5eitig nit Der 8erbau0uug
zines beridariten Observation-Disclosures
iiber bic Siiltcn Der britiiheu s5I-
ielu un0 Der iibrigen gfaiierten.
lGnocr fomult bic 4adridt ans
Qon0nn. Dob ii6 bort ~alaeuieine
lln3ufrieoenbeit il6Pr 0ie T~atenlpiigs
felt ncs nellen gramierminiiters
Q(oDo @eorge all erfennen giht.
0as mar ST erpdrten. 4ls mon
asquitb abidob, oa begriBte gngs
lamb in ieinem giohfolger ben
a8etter oes 9aterlnnbes@ ben
Mann. Ser iein Golf aus Dem mi
litdriiden, politiidep, finan8iellen
uno pirtihaftliden Shlamaiiel, m
oas es our6 eigenes 8eridnl0en
aernteH pieOer berans6ringen mlfoe.
Sn0eiien Die 3eit, bic ibm 81 @e-
bote itamo, NOR fnapp, nnp Der
5ein0 mur0e ron 5tuube 5t gtlms
be itdrfer. On neun 9aodJen Sic
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 99iberitmosfa
biafeit eiucs SnIelrcides 81 beritei.
len Die 9robianthlbr iider 81 iteI.
ZEN, Der mirtidaitliden gtet 81 itelt-
ern ime neue Diiaionenbeere aus
benz 9e0en 81 i%tampfeu, iIberiteigt
aiid Die Strait eines Starfen. unb
OBJ QlepO @eorae mirflidl IN Die
alaiie Der SiHoenburss ein5uihaf
sen cher nnr itarf int 9leoen IND
9eripre6en it, barber lit b~orldufia
ell llrteil nod nidlt moalidl.
4l0u6 @eorae mfabte idDon einf
arf N~ebenRenI@ ieia. ipIlie ri i'm
oeliNgen aus britiIde Sfaants II
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Relief Badly Needed For Siberian War Prisoners,

could hardly hear the voice of a
man two feet away, SO %deafening
was the sound. They told us they
took turns in walking at night to
keep warm. Every morning they
took away those who had their
hands or feet frozen in the night.
They are the ones who had dropped
from exhaustion.
We saw the only steFilizer in SIS
IBERIA. No need for a prisoner to
whisper that it was never used. The
ashes had been put in the wrong
place! The bodies of some men
were lying in the same room. The
diagnosis had been doubted, but IL
was thought that it was cholera.
recognized the same bodies a week
later. The ground is frozen 30
solidly that graves are hard to dig.
have seen SO much horror that
a little more does not make much
impression. Now it is only q matter
Of degree. Compared with the last
the first seems almost good. Imagine
a huge barn, once used for stabling
Cassaoks' horses, a refuge for human
beings halt dead. The stalls ara
covered with a very small quantity
Of dirty straw. and here lie the men
too sick to care. Their filthy uni
forms are almost in shreds. They
have all lost heart. Even the we'll
ones are almost stunned by the
enormitY of the tragedy. We tried
to find out what was the matter with
the men. Diagnosis in most cases
was easy. Patients marked with the
huge pits of smallpox, beside those
with the hectic flush OF tuberculosis.
The many swollen bodies of neph.
rites beside those in the raving
delirium of fecktyphus. Such filth
and w~Fetchedness beggaFs deserip-
ti0n. A few nights before n poor
creature who had attempted to leave
the barrack had frozen to death.
One freezes here quickly In 20
degrees below zero.
scuryy, in very bad forms. Is pre-
valent In every camp. This is due
to the diet being wholly deficient Of
fruit. To remedy this condition
would be a comparatively simple
matter. Dried fruit or canned fruit
could be taken to Siberia for dIstrlbu-
ton. The food for the Ill 10 practls
caIly the same as for the healthy
Black bread, buckwheat cereal and
soup made Of fish or potatoes, which
have often been frozen, form the
major part OF the diet. With bodiea
nourished on such food, the disease
germ finds little resistance. BY adj
ding only fruit to their rationHs
thousands OF lives might be saved
In every camp there r clever
German and Austrian doctors and
medical students, whose work
amounts TO almost nothing because
of lack Of material 10 work With
Hundreds have smallpox because
no vaccine is obtalnable. Diphtherla
patients rarely recover because there
is no antitoxiR. In feektyphua
epIdemIes, which are by no means
uncommon, the mortality rate
often rs per cent.
Next 10 food, The greatest need in
the prison camps IL clothing and
occupation for hands and minds.
M
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06
sselinrne priifune fir eie oeuti6sameriaausr

sic Georin Come fhreibt. 90 Dem gruf Der @aSebungen spifdeu
BEN Ser. staaten uo 0etidlaao cine ariegsertla1ng iogen miro?
ame an5eihen Deten oarauf bn. Sir ms 9euHh- amerifaner feben
FdDere @rnfungen bebor. aan miro ms je6es gSort, has mir duBeru,
af bic 6oIonnge egen rno fafb oenteH. g8ir raten oesbelb our Dor.
fmH gas Seer Der Setter lnadt infofge Ser 9ctorng bon Soften Der
eagIfhen &ree unb os aingo4oriotismus. Der ben Sob entHmumt.
eIaarle ne geredt Die @rHnoe elmer gertabtguug aud fn nogen. fe
ifn0ea fem @ebor. 9os Neltblat ug9teogo 8ri6u1eg bat in berIhmfster
asa1e 0ngefanoigt oB mir b~erpfifet ieen, inns mf Die Seie Gnglanos
iii {alogen oamit england uns ipmr @lHe gpgen Sopan lefe.
Aas fb Nun audi entndelu miro, ldBt ms nit gube abparten.
TILT Dem trpnliden @eoanfan bqB Gin Gn0e nit sdrefen, hn8 us ben
5re0en bringt einem 5dreten obne gnoe borSu3e9eu it@
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06
a1idt ale s6iffe wcrScn ucrIenht.

gfr pGirn a4gorifid 0armF bin, 0B 6e ge6onptma mnfer in
eaaIifder Sprode eribeneaoen 3etnnget DeuHdlauo babe erflart e
meroe aaae SfiHe o9ne peeres t%orpeotren", niht 5utrifft
Gle bon Der beutiden gde gebrauhten 4us0ride fm0:
ID eIie aoieride Aegierung fbt lid oesbalb geppuugen. Die Gin.
i~dranfungen, bic fe bisbr Der a%rpglbung our Gee auferGegt bat
fallen 5l laHen.N
81 @om / 9ebpar 1917 an miro ieoem Saenarte6r in 6en %berbotener
3oueH- Mi0erHano entgeaenaeeet mer0en.
lInD fe iagt ferner, bel angabe gepfer irapr 9nteu:
81 aAnf 0eNr Gtrede befnbea fA feline 6eutfde 92iaen,4 5e mrf
benna0d Den lImitdnbet aandB lanoeln. nit yaqes olne gsaDunq
ridFdtsoS torpeoisreaf bur Ole @lneu nfrOen ales ibcr einer
Aanm itceren.
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0tr pesen berfaftbe

Der tpssen bsSfditbes
Hsr @trbrsdsH gum soa bur9 ben
gtraHg berurteiIts auoolf a1nip
t9urbs in @isH in sinsm 9auft an
Der 4ubOOrfsrltrabe aufgsFunosn, IN
BEN sr Isit fsinsr 6lu6t Ith bsrbOrs
gen belt. ais sr Isins Wi6gIidtsiG
sum Guttommsn mebr bate, lpraHg
sr pom 5psittn Stpdptrt auF Die
Gtrabs, sin aompIi3s, DIR i'm isIbsn
3immsr anipsTnS ipar, ipagte gIsihs
fals ben Sprung. 8eios ipuroeH
I6tpsr bsrlsbt ms SbiiaE gsbraht.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06
5mr stimmane i'm G0nereb.

1e Chicago uSrfune4 iagt in i6rem genbt Hber bic Sftnmmnq
IN aoaereB. ygnr eiHer in Der Cbmer Delegation, Wlottbgps. 6epn5i.
Eaaer, brannportce Die 6raae Oh 9atidlauOs neuRr 5auhboothieg einpa
Ab6afd Der gc3ebnHqen redterfaen nlroe bcabeHo@
AeprdentoHf Cooper pen 9siseoniin uge: IS lit boreiig. Jest
>1ausb6r I'll eutiheioeu, che ndt Die oanide glde ean5 eeuau geprnit
maFSen lid AbRr i ahf rim Clement in Den &errHiafen Etaatfm, bas
Il Aafami nhasehM hat me In ben Aricg 6iHeIusnireibsu, penn . MOO.
IHs III I'D bR MtlAiepsa QaggeA bob pic pwensTp 1taatea III ben
Sre1 tamtrp
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MORE THAN 100000
TONS SUNK.

An interesting and at the same
time pertinent question, particularly
so at this moment, In view OF Mr.,
Wilson's great speech, the increasing
activity of German submarines and
the exploits of the Teutonie calder
or raiders in the South Atlantic, Ia
what proportion Of the merchant
marine with which Great Britain
started this war is still afioat and
available for transporting Great Bri'
tain's food supply and her foreign
commerce.
This question Is peculiarly interest
ing because, In an offlolal publication
of the United States (Farm Bull
l~etins), before the war, it was shown
that Great Britain is obliged TO inn
port 20 per cent. of the grain con
sumed within the kingdom, AZ per
cent. Of the wheat, So per cent. of
the poultry and eggs, IS per cent,
Of the dairy products and all of the
sugar.
Another authority, Prof. Smith OF
the University of Pennsylvania, com
puted about the same time that the
stocks Of food on hand in Great
Britain would be exhausted in a
comparatively short period, 100 to
100 days. in the event that her COM
munications with the outside world
were interrupted.
1t will thus be seen that the pos
session of ships in large numbers,
and the free navigation Of the seas
by those ships is an absolute es-
sential to Great Britain and that
without them she cannot live.
Nor can she live without foreign
commerce., since 1t is by importing
raw materials, and manufacturing
them, and then exporting the pro-
ducts that she Is able to keep her
industries in motion and give employ
ment to her population, and in spite
of the fact that at the present time
many of her working men r in the
army, the necessity for the importa-
ton Of raw materials, is even greater
than in normal time, for If she did
not get such raw materials which
she must import, as she does not
produce them herself, she could not
manufacture those munitions Of war,
which the army must have to keep
the field.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06
STARTED WAR WITH 1882
STEAMERS.

Great Britain started the war with
1889 steamers Of {, 1892, 073 net tons
burden, and $3.50 Of 902 .718. In the
entire Empire there we're all told
$50, 345 vessels, sail and steam, OF
l3846,365 net tons. But many Of
these vessels, both at home and alb
road. were not suited for various
reasons to commercial purpose and
many of them could not be made so.
Concerning ourselves only with those
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9ogbaft. gonnta9srsitsr:
s9erriaaft, JET lisg' Id ihoH pisssi
TN 9Tatsnl"
Bauer: rSsbn g, basu bGtisn g
bod bas ieure pfsrO MD. su mistsr
brnu9t.4
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1917-02-06

Der oberifs neiide @rnu6iak
hIashi: sill biz ieLbl 0altn billt
Dir @ptt,
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gcrnlt ella Eli einfdaivn aul
bic &rlbNHe~,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
Mrs. Frank Mellon Again
Wins Championship Title

Pittsburgh, Dec. 26.-Mrs. Frank
Mellon. of this city, and a mem
ber of the Heron Hill Gun Club,
according to the averages compiled
by the Interstate Association, is the
recognized woman trapShooting
champion of Pennsylvania for 1917.
Mrs. Mellon was the recognized
state champion in 1916. No contest
is held in Pennsylvania to determine
the woman's championship, and the
award is made on the best perform
ances for the year. Mrs. Mellon con-
tested regularly in the events held
by the Western Pennsylvania Trap
shooters League during the past
season. In these contests Mrs. Mel
lon was defeated once by Mrs.
John Atlee, of this city, and a mem
ber of the Pitcairn Gun Club, but
when the averages were compiled by
the officials of the Interstate Asso-
citation it was found that Mrs. Mel
Ion made the best showing of any
woman trapshooter in the state.
Mrs. Mellon is a member of the
Women's Defense League, of Pitts
burgh. She has been shooting at
the traps two years. On her first
attempt at the game. according to
the statement of her husband, Mrs.
Mellon broke two out of fifty tar
gets. During the last season her
best performance was SO out of 100.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
Southern Magnates Plan to
Shorten Baseball Season

Birmingham. Ala, Dec. 26.-The
only retrenchment that Southern
League magnates will make be-
cause of war conditions is in the
length of the playing schedule. This
was determined at the league meet
ing held in this city, when it waa
voted to play 140 games next sea-
son, instead of 154, as formerly. The
player and salary limits are to re-
main as they were and an effort to
reduce the umpire staff was defeat
ed. The double umpire system will
be used as formerly. The season
will apen about April IS and close
September s. No action was taken
on the method Of collecting the war
tax on admissions. A committee
was named to work out n plan and
it will report at the schedule meet
ing in Atlanta in February.
The chief fight in the league
meeting here was over the sugges-
tion that each club should put up
"a guarantee to finish the season.
This was directed at Mobile, which
has run out" on the league for the
past two seasons. The Mobile peo-
pie resented the inference that they
would not make good on their third
trial and declared they would not
put up a guarantee. However, they
offered to give their word" that
they would complete the 1918 sea-
son and to avoid a break that was
accepted by the other clubs. 1t was
decided that $4,000 sinking fund
now in the league treasury should be
invested in Liberty Bonds. A. II.
Woodward was reelected vice-pres-
ident of the league. The Fourth OF
July games were awarded 10 Rirm-
ingham, Little Rock. Chattanooga
and Atlanta, and the other fouI
cities will get the Labor Day games
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
READING PLANS
CLASSIC SHOOT
Will Be Held New Years
Day; All Live Bird
Events

Reading, Pa, Dec. 26.-The clas-
sic ivebird handicap shoot of the
Spring Valley Shooting Association.
OF Reading, scheduled here over the
Spring Valley traps on New Years
Day, Tuesday, January /, 1918, is
creating great enthusiasm among the
deVotees of wing shooting and prom
ises to attract the largest entry that
has faced the traps in the East in
years.
This blue ribbon event of trapdom
will start promptly at 10 a. m. with
the Spring Valley Introductory" at
10 birds, 50 entrance as the curtain
riser. The classic New Years Day
handicap, the feature event, will
start at 11.30 a. m, the conditions
calling for twenty birds, $12 en-
trance, handicap rise 27 to 80 yards,
Interstate rules governing. The
purse in both the Introductory and
the big handicap will be divided per-
centage system.
Fresh Country Birds
The management have contracted
for $4,000 fresh country birds that
are guaranteed will furnish excellent
sport for those behind the gun. Three
sets of traps have been installed to
accommodate the large entry so as
to furnish the events early, affording
the out-of-toWn shooters to leave in
good time for their homes. The spa
cious clubhouse erected back of the
score will be well heated, and re-
served for the shooters. The shoot
will be held, rain or shine, and is
open to all devotees of the livebird
shooting game. Competent referees,
authorities of pigeon shooting, have
been selected to officiate and will he
assisted by a corps of trained help.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
Garnets to Play Strong
St. Joseph's Club Here

The Garnets will journey to Ian
caster Thursday where the ywiTI clash
with the St, Joseph's Catholic Club
and an unusually strong and inter
esting battle is promised as the st.
Joseph team is represented by the
strongest aggregation In many years.
The Garnets have been going a fast
clip also, and hope to stop the win
ming streak of the Lancaster quintet.
The following Wednesday they
will again journey to Lancaster when
they will play the Lancaster Big
Five, which has beaten two local
teams to date, the Rosewood and
p. r. r. Y. NJ. C. A.
The work of the Garnets is re-
ceiving much favorable comment
from all around, for the strong clean
cut game which it puts up to all
comers. Their schedule is almost
complete, but few open dates re-
main. Managers wishing to arrange
game should communicate with
this manager at once. Ernest K.
Shoeman, 1924 North Sixth street,
Harrisburg, Pa.