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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
No International Soccer

Toronto, Feb. Postponement un-
til fall Of the international soccer
matches between the United States ana
Canada, to have been played tins
spring, was announced here to-day. ! ne
action was taken at the request of the
Dominion Football Association.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Fight Log

FRIDAY
Harlem :. C.-Willie JACKSON
Eddie Wallace. -.
Village $. {. Willie Bee'ne' '
frankie Nelson.
SATURDAY ~
Clermont 5. C. soldier
and Johnny Hermann. -, =.
Greensboro A. C.-Jim sn'''n
Jack Clifford. -
Fairmont A. C.-Bob Mesl'''
Sailor Grande. =,
Broadway ). C.--Joe Ne''"
Pete Hartley.
MONDAY -
YorkyiIle 5. C.-louug Joe
and Dummy Barns. a.
Palace :. C.-Milburn SS
Joe yelling.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15

If the team play football baseball team bed
than the team politically, commercially and
~ the net result be collection of aenders No mOE7
bo the value the citizens of this domain
wealth And no one puts the things that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
The fraternity, Etc.

In regard the Balpsye Fraternity there
of fairness which remainshe player is either entitled fa
which will receive representation the National
mission pretty likely to have the other before
$ finally settled
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
st. AIMS Five Victor

The basketball team Of 81. AIMS
School ran circles around The quintet
Of Manhattan Prep last night and won
oBesided game by score Of 81 70
y. The 81. AIMS team played we'll to-
gether, and worked their combination
prettily There WAS little haphazard
sLooffu0 attQnoufcd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
No Pordham Indoor Meet

Dr. Frank Gargan, athletic director
n Fordharn University. announced yes
terday that the FOrdham indoor games
held annually for the last ten years
N,auld be abandoned .thiz sSessa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
The Old Order and the New

is bystan
much more of their play than the present M
In the place into baseball more for
the prevailing factor Men Ike McGra% jennings Nelly
attention to the game To-day not one ball pa
fifty pays any development He content enough fr
and then forget about It, The game no Dig part " ms existence
the field He great improve himself adm
To-day than And ball player to-day will
weeks with injuries ailments that most OF the on
would have noticed
John McGraw figured only ball players the
efforts develop their play and
defence The rest he said were merely
playing ball day. taking as came McGraw was right
eight from either big league Willing
the bulk of their thought and time to the game they follow
anything else the baseball season. says Cobb except @
The spend small Of the
And know about how Cobbs there are scattered
down
proposition unionzng enterprise where
year $4,000 will call for considerable generals
very frequently where getting $1,000 would ST.
he drawing down $4,000 couldn't drive him away from
job with nitroglycerne
our college chum McGlcudd The chances that
couldn't stand it-withOut giving three cheers.
Their Favorite Songs a.,
please Go Way and Ne Sleep"Jess Willard. TEx1r
Home Amt Nohin' Like Ths"-Les Darcy
waltz Me Around Again, Wilie"-Fredde Welsh
Wagner this which they
do the major leagues would be breft talent that mad passed
hundred survive Whoo Sam Cnv
line WahoO will hardly reach the
big league regular
straight speed the baseball are
Ghooley
divide these four When matte
getting there extremely doubtful Of them
of Cobb. Cobb the four br
b knack OF after hit than hem and
nfd of the four would be harder nip hr
the baseball developed
habit starting ball the bat without breath
A Discovery
Sir: have just made discovery in golf which wish report 4"
benefit of science other buffers have discovered that car
hole onehe that is short Sometimes
of n they kick drift into the and sometimes that are
strong from a.
inch short that dropped in This well worth the G
consideration SNICKERSNbs
We've tried hole a lot Of those puts
of the without whatever Maybe there's
in it.
What become the OdashiOned baseball who al s
the used claim all the there we're? Has the age m
I soake in pessimism, OF what?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15

Of Frank Moran. is ge''''s
bug too. ,eh IS .
logical al one was evidenced y .,,sr "
, eTsi attitude i Of the fans r. .,s ":
day nights bout wr,Ses s,sst Nersi.
say that Fulton should me me- con,s,s,'
prove that he is willard Z
for the title. In iaeI ,,ly that
Fulton in Chicago rs si.a Ssisr
would have 20 beat inv"
would consider him. .sc
Ike's logic ought 70 be, Be ' lTis.rsr Z.
as any other logic N tcsulisessf =
clns al the Sign Of me ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
Their Favorite Songs

Silver Threads Among the Gold."-Hans Wagner.
please Go Way and Let Ne Sleep"-Jess Willard.
Home Amt Nothn' Like This"-Les Darcy.
waltz Me Around Again, Wile"-Freddie Welsh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15

Song OF the Oh- rail-
We Cho are merely Strdgglers,
of from the beaten court,
Taking the road as it may lead
As part of fortunes sport;
We hare nothing Of bother,
Whoever may lose or wtn,
As long as we frd the road north Whtle
With trife Of fun ttro,cn in.
4r,
Fame we hare found a phantom;
Glory we kno'O for 'craith;
Where neither counts in the forum
As long as the heart holds faith;
Faith in fetO dreams cherished
out of a ranished store,
With pal or two in the oftng
Ready to share the score.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
saAt5a
TTETr

Plank should this which they
beeft that
4O-year There left who is close this age ban
only Wahoo
would be in line but Wshoo Sam will hardly reach the
big league regular.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-15
wetter Goes to Column

Manager MsGrsTIi ..i q whcrsslII. !, j
yesterday made . o, !" the CIV
ilelder Netter goes 70 -
club.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Explosion Greater Than
Any in War Zone,
Says Montreal Star
By associated Press


Montreal, Dec. S.-The tremen-
dous force exerted by the explosion
that destroyed the northern half of
Halifax is said by the correspon-
dent of the Montreal Star to have
been greater, probably than any
explosion in the war zone. Debris
from shells. steel plates and shrapnel
have been found over an area of ten
square miles, with a five-mile ra-
dius.
Two American vessels, one of them
a naval cruiser, were forty-five miles
offshore making for port at the mo-
ment of the catastrophe. The shock
was so great that the chief officer of
the warship, believed at first, the Star
correspondent says, that the cruiser
had struck mine. Then, seeing an
other vessel on the horizon, he con-
cluded he had been fired upon.
At Sydney, 200 miles distant in an
airplane, the shock was like that of
a severe earthquake. Windows in
the Hotel Learmont at Truro, more
than sixty miles away,were broken
and q clock was shaken from the
wall of the train dispatchers' office
A barn at Meagher's Grant, thirty
| five miles from Halifax, was lifted
| from it's foundations as though tbs
work had been done by an exper
building mover.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08

There. is nothing startling about tins
hew coats, but they are strikingly
smart, as the model in Burgundy vel
ours pictured to the left shows. The
coat is closed high at the neck and
finished with a collar of fur. If pre-
ferred, however, the fronts may be
rolled back to form revers. The
sleeves are finished with fur cuffs and
fur buttons ornament the front. A
fve-gored skirt is gathered and at
tached to the body of the coat. At
the sides there are inserted pockets.
In medium size the model requires 5
yards 54-inch material.
Everyone has acceptedsthe idea Of
the straight lines, the bodieessftted q
little more closely than the chemise
robe of pleasant memory. To the
right is shown a dainty version of the
straight line frock. 1t is developed
in dark blue cashmere. The collar
is of white organdy and countless
blue enamel buttons ornament the
front. In medium size the costume
requires 6 yards 40-inch material.
First Model; Pictorial Review Coat
No. 1918. Sizes, "a to A inches bust.
Price, 25 cents.
Second Model; Costume No 1922
| Sizes, "a to 46 inches bust. Price, "a
| cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Speaker For Big Patriotic
Mass Meeting to Arrive
Here Early This Evening

Word was received by William Jcn-
ninSs, chairman of the Dauphin Coun-
ty Committee of Public Safety, from
State Senator L. l.. Tustin. that Lieu
tenant Hector MacQuairrie and him
self will arrive in Harrisburg at 649
this evening and will Immediately go
to the courthouse, where the lieuten-
ant will make an address. 1t was
hoped that the party would arrive in
Harrisburg earlier in the day as it
was intended to show the visitors
around the city and entertain them in
the evening. Arrangements have been
completed to take care of the crowd
that will attend the meeting and a
number of the soldier boys who are
home on furlough have consented to
act as ushers. Those who have heard
Lieutenant MacQuairrie peak of his
experiences in the trenches say that
his descriptions of the warfare now
being carried on are very realistic.
Judge George Kunkel will preside
over the meeting. No admission will
be charged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
STORM-SWEPT CITY
FACES FOOD FAMINE
CONTINUED from First Page
Sympathy For Canada
Wired by President

Washington, d. c., Dec. s. -
President Wilson sent to the
Governor General of Canada yes
teTday an expression of sympathy
of the people of the United States
because of the disaster at Halifax.
His telegram follows:-
In presence of the awful dis
aster at Halifax the people of the
United States offer to their. noble
brethren of the Dominion their
heartfelt sympathy and grief, as
is fitting at this time when to the
ties of kinship and community
of speech and of material in
.terests are added the strong bonds
of union in the common cause of
devotion to the supreme duties of
the national existence"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
MANY JOIN RED
CROSS BEFORE
DRIVE BEGINS
Out-of-Town AuXiliaries Are
Awake to Needs of the
Great Campaign

Inquiries began to reach Red Cross
headquarters this morning from
Christmas savings fund depositors
who asked whether they could secure
mem bership now or would have to
wait until the Christmas drive begins,
December II. The reply was that
memberships can be secured at any
time. and in consequence a rush OF
the Christmas depositors is expected
The QUITO town auXiliaries to Har-
risburg Chapter of the Red Cross
have adopted as their motto in the
Forthcoming membership campaign
motto pre-empted some time ago
by Governor Brumbaugh.
when it is finally settled that the
thing is mpossible-watch some fel-
low do it"
The twenty-seven towns in which
auXiliaries to the local chapter eH-
list are out to secure more members
in proportion to their population
than Harrisburg itself will procure
The total for the entire district is
$4,000. At this time the twenty-seven
auxiliaries have in the neighborhood
of 5000 members. They hope more
than to triple that figure.
Boy Scouts Will Aid
All Boy Scouts in the city of Har-
risburg and surrounding towns nave
proffered their services in the Christ
mas drive which begins Decem Der
II. In the first Red Cross campaign
their efforts We're remarkably sue
cessful Boys brigade organizations
have also agreed to help.
The wires last night carried the
4 N,.f,n 9aH
has sent two complete army hospital
units to Halifax, n. S, to aid the sut-
ferers there. This is cited as an eN-
ample of what the organization is DO
ing in France at this time.
What Was Done With Money:
The question has been asked:
What became of the 100000
war fund raised by the Red Cross?
Here is the answer:
commissions have been sent to all
the allied countries; supplies are be-
ing sent to 3,423 French military
hospitals: each day 10000 soldiers
are served at canteens in France; the
children of thousands of French and
Belgian refugees are being cared for;
warehouses with a capacity of 1OO,-
600 have been established in France;
n sanitarium for l 900 tuberculosis
patients has been established; eNten-
sive relief>work is being carried on IN
Belgium: an ambulance service is be
ing operated which transports LOU
refugees daily; 100000 pints OF
milk have been furnished Russian
babies: S1,OOO.000 has BEEN furnish
ed the families of sick and Wounued
French soldiers; S1,00O,000 has been
given the British Red Cross.
And the statement of the Red
Cross ends with this striking para
graph:
And we have only just begun!
Chairman Jennings of the local
campaign committee said this morn
ing that his district would assuredlE
repeat previous successes.
"Intense rivalry exists among the
towns outside of Harrisburg" he
said. We'll go over the top" in this
campaign just as surely as We did In
others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Funeral Services Held
For Charles E. Ettel

The funeral of Charles +. Etter. one
of the best-known and most highly
regarded men of Harrisburg, was held
yesterday from his late home, 9O1
North Front street, a great throng of
the deceaseds friends attending. Ser
vices We're conducted by the Rev. DR..
Lewis Nudge, pastor of Pine street
Presbyterian Church, of which Mr..
Etter was a member, assisted by the
Rev. Mr.. Moses.
After the funeral services the in
terment at Harrisburg Ceemtery was
private. The pallbearers were all old
and intimate friends of Mr.. Etter.
Arthur Nelson, Ross Boas, Frank
Hutchinson, John Reilly, w. NJ. Ogelsby
and Ed. Rauch. Mr.. Rauch was as
sociated with Mr.. Etter in the famous
days when racing shells dotted the
Susquehanna and Harrisburg won ma
tional fame with the sculls. Mr.. Ettel
was 81 years old and he had been i'll
several months from a complication
of diseases.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
COUNCIL FINDS
NO SOLUTION TO
REFUSE PROBLEM
Piggery Proposal Finds Favor
With Many City
Officials

For more than two hours yes
terday City Council, commissioners
elect, members of the health bu-
reau and representatives of the firms
bidding for the garbage disposal con-
tract discussed the question, the
meeting finally ending without any
OF the present commissioners an.
nouncinG any definite decision. 1t is
probable that a recommendation will
pe made on Tuesday by Commission
er Morgenthaler. While none of the
oIlclals would make a definite state
ment 1T is believed the piggery pro-
posal made by Hagy Brothers, OF
Lancaster, is favored.
Representatives of this firm stated
that they had not made permanent
improvements ut Rohrerstown Where
one OF their piggeries is located, be-
cause of the short contract one oi
the firm had just returned from
Wilkes-Barre after an inspection OF
the up-to-date system used at the
piggery there.
Study Other Bids
Representatives of the firm bid
ding for the contract and specifying
that the reduction disposal method
would be used also made a complete
explanation of their plans. 1t was
stated an option was held on the
present plant of the Pennsylvania
Reduction Company and that if il
were taken over Improvements would
be. made to eliminate the odors caus-
ed by the process. The bid of this
firm however, was about $4,000 .
year higher than the proposal sub
mitted by Hagy Brothers.
1t was reported to-day in con.
nection with the organization of the
ash and garbage supervision bureau
that some officials were considering
placing the ash collection under the
highway department. Commissioner
Lynch, superintendent of this de
partment, declared to-day it woulC
! be almost an impossibility for hin
to take charge of this work in ad
dition to his duties in directins
street and public improvement work
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
HOME WAR WORK
COM MITTEE Is
GOT UNDER WAY
Fifteen Hundred Men and
Women to Be Named
as Workers

The committee for the formation of
Home War Work Committee. of
which William Jennings is chairman,
met yesterday afternoon in the Cham
Der of Commerce to discuss the plans
for the acquisition of the members of
the committee. The Home War Work
Committee will have the direct sup
port of the Chamber of Commerce,
and use its rooms for headquarters.
Mrs. Marlin Il. Olmsted has been Sc
lected to head the women's division
of the committee, and will organize
five hundred women.
Mr. Jennings said this morning that
the committee will take part in the
great Red Cross drive to secure 3S,-
600 new members. He states that the
committee can be fully organized for
work in very short time. Mr.. Jen-
nngs' plan, which was adopted by
the committee yesterday, is to APP
point a chairman in each ward. who
will in turn appoint men to serve on
on the committee. In this way every
man will be espoused by subchair-
man on the main committee. and
every worker will be selected for II
particular kind of work. BY this
method of selecting the members of
the committee, the committee will au-
tomatically be subdivided into or
ganized subcommittees. and the city
will be divided into sections, already
organized for any war work. The
registration of the men for member
ship in the committee will begin Mon
day morning at 8 o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08

the actual losses and the estimoted
cost of temporary maintenance will
approximate $3O.OOO,000.
Perhaps the most serious OF the
mony problems to be met is the
food situation. There is enough
food in the city for immediate needs
but unless communication is opened
soon, the city faces the possibility
of famine. The energies of local Ie-
lief committees have been "entered
on the conservation of food and
merchants have surrendered all
their available supplies for the
common need. Milk is almost um-
obtainable and fears are exp essed
for the lives of babies in arms TN
less an adequate supply is assured
from outside sources.
In the greater task of caring for
the living, no concerted effort is
being made to compile list of tile
dead but hundreds of soldiers,
sailors, American "jackies" and vel
unteers are grouping under the
mass of wreckage searching for
bodies. The morgues are cholIed
with mangled bodies, many of whom
probably never will be identified.
Police officials still estimate IL e
dead at 1000 and the injured at
5000 and more.
Wounded Arc Everywhere
At all hospitals, regular and inn
provised, every available spot IS oc-
cupied by the wounded. In addi-
ton to the Nova Scotia General and
Camp Hill hospitals and the mfr
mary. the Y, M. c. A, Knights of
Columbus building, st. Paurs Hall
and public places have been con-
verted into temporary hospitals.
Doctors and nurses have worked un-
ceasingly since the first hours of the
explosion with little or no sleep.
The Academy of Music, the the
aters and halls of fraternal organ
izations have been thrown open to
care for the homeless. The city
clerks office is the official head
quarters for lists of the dead and
missing.
The spontaneous action OF the
United States in offering aid has
awakened a new bond of sympathy
between the two peoples. Relief
also has been promised from every
town in Nova Scotia and from all
parts of Canada. Sir Robert Bor-
den, the prime minister, arrived
here yesterday and has placed all
the resources of the dominion GOV
ernment at the disposal of the city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
SAVAGES BABIES
COMPARED WITH
GERMAN ARMY
Even Darkest Africa Is Glad
to Escape Grip of
The Hun

The aroma of the vast South Afri-
ca veldt, the cry of the savage in
his lonely path, the mysterious fasci-
nation of the Dark Continent, per-
vaded Harrisburg last night, when
]. II. Balmer, a noted English travel
er introduced to an audience of l 900
at Stevens Memorial Church his
kafir singing boys. Miss Elsie Clark,
gifted Africander young lady, and
himself, gave a wonderful interest
ing talk on his work. The entertain
ment was a tribute to the enterprise
of the Rev. Clayton Albert Smucker,
for the Balmer travel-talk is an eX-
pensive Offering, and most unique. 1t
became famous even in Africa and
England before being brought to this
country. Queen Mary inviting the
company to her palace, and the hous-
es of parliament extending them a
greeting.
The platform last night looked
like a Iula war camp or hunting
lodge, with Il background of leopard
and springbok skins, knob kerries
and assagais. There were five races
represented, even one lowly Hotten-
tot contributing to the entertain
ment. Just as interesting was Miss
Clark, a native of Rhodesia, the
great country opened up by Cecil
Rhodes, who lies 'uried there in the
Matoppo Hills. Miss Clark was press
ed by DR.. Smucker to also speak,
and she told thrilling tale of her
trip from Cape Town, in which she
saw or knew. of fifteen ships being
destroyed along the route. In London
the first night a German airship
bombed the house she was staying in,
killing seven people.
Mr.. Balmer, whose life work has
been to help the natives of Africa,
paid his respects vigorously to the
Germans, who have just lost ten bill
lions dollars worth of possessions in
Africa. Turing to the Zulu on the
stage he said. before l went to Afri-
ca. / heard horrible stories of these
folk, but | found that compared 10
the Germans they are babies in arm.
Everybody in Africa is so glad that
the Germans are ouSted. There are
enough savages there without them" "
lie expressed his gratitude to Ameri-
ca for coming into this war, as did
also Miss Clark. She was at sea when
the news came anu she described the
wild delight of passengers of all ma
tions upon hearing that America
would help. The only thing to re-
eret," she added, lis that America
did not come in sooner. Then Russia
might not have backed out"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Many Unidentified Bodies
Lying in Halifax Morgues
By associated Press

Halifax. Dec. S.-The Massachu-
sets relief train that left Boston
Thursday night arrived here to-day.
There is absolutely no way OF esti-
mating with any degree of accuracy
the number of dead as result of
the explosion on Thursday. Fifteen
hundred dead is the generally ac-
cepted figure by the authorities. In
one morgue there are 500 bodies.
The latter were viewed by muk-
titude to-day, but only a few were
identified. There are probably 200
other bodies on view awaiting iden-
titication. In the greater number of
cases this will be impossible.
A citizens committee issued q
statement saying between 5000 and
1000 dwellings occupied by the poor
classes had been destroyed, affect
ing approximately $4,000 persons.
Investigation shows almost 10000
persons are destitute
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08
Say Hershey Company Does
Not Protect Power Lines

The first complaint to be made by
a telephone company that traction
company was not properly guarding
power transmission wires was filed at
the Public Service Commission to-day
by the South Annville Rural Tele-
phone Company, operating in the
western end of Lebanon county. 1t
claimed that the Hershey Transit
Company had not complied with an
order of the Commission issued May
10. 1917, in regard to certain wires
along what is known as the Horse
shoe" Road.
The Commission Is asked to make
an order for protection of the wires.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-08

for relief at Halifax. Two ships un-
der the direction of the Navy already
are at Halifax doing what they can
to relieve the situation and another
has been sent from Provincetown,
Mass. with a hospital unit to CO.
operate with the relief corps. The
supplies at Portsmouth include 25,-
600 blankets and 500 stoves. No fur
ther reports of conditions at Halifax
had been received to-day by the Navy
Department.