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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
Steelton Snapshots

Community Chorus.-Mrs. George
X. Richards, Swatara street, was Sc
lected at meeting of the Community
Chorus in the First Methodist Church
last night to sing a solo at the meet
ing next Monday. Practice for an en-
tertainment to be given in the Metho-
dist Church Monday, March 5, will be
held Monday.
Steelton PerSonals.-Mrs. Charles
w. Peck, SO6 Christian street, who has
been ill at her home for some time, is
improving. Mr.. and Mrs. X. Stein. of
Fayetteville, n. c., are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Yoselwitz.
South Second street.
Injured in Fall.-James Carr, of %
South Third street, Harrisburg, sus-
tained fractured right hip and a
fracture of the right arm in a fall of
about twenty-five feet from the ore
bridge at the blast furnace in the local
steel plant.
To Elect President.-A president of
the Mems Bible Glass of the First Re-
formed Church will be elected at a
meeting tonight.
W. c. L. L. Meetins.-A meeting of
the borough W. c. T. L. will be held
at the home of Mrs. Hummel, Poplar
street. tomorrow afternoon at $3.50
o'clock.
Civic Club Meeting.-Dr. ]. George
scent OF the State Board of Educa-
uon, addressed in the Civic Club in
session at Trinity parish house yester-
day afternoon on "Nationalizing Amer
lea"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
BACK To NATURE TO
RESTORE GRAY HAIR
Don't Use Dyes - Sunshine and
Air and Q-Ban Brings Back
Natural Color in Simple,
Easy Way.

Nature knows best, after all. Nature
provides her remedies that even the
greatest human minds find it hard to
rival; But master scientists and chem
lists have now found how to take ad-
vantage of this fact-how to make Ma
ture help in performing what seems al
most a marvel in restoring the actual.
natural color to gray or faded hair.
evenly, permanently, safely--without
the use of dangerous, dirty, sticky dyes
Chemical experts perfected o-Ban
Hair Color Restorer after many years
of study. This preparation works in
harmony with Nature in a wonderful
way. All you need do is wet your hair
with Q-Ban-which is not a dye-and
then expose il to the good, pure, free
air and sunshine. Repeat this daily
for little time and your hair will re-
turn evenly and gradually to its ORR
ginal, uniform shade. 1t will be glossy,
Remember. Q-Ban does not pretend
TO work instant miracles such claims
belong to dyes. But it is certain, safe
and sane. Q-Ban is not patent medi-
cine.
The secret of o-Bans matchless re-
suits rests in process of oxidation,
from the oxygen in the air, which is
and sunshine after Q-Ban has been ap-
piled. 1t is in this way the scientists
have summoned Nature to their aid
Q-Ban Restorer is all ready to use.
II is guaranteed to be as harmless as
Nature herself. 1t is the only guaran-
teed preparation of the kind and is sold
under guarantee of your money back
IL not satisfied. A large bottle for soc
FOR sale at George A. Gorgas and all
9fher pih1,sr good good druggists. or write Hessig-
Makers of Q-Ban Hair Tonic. o-Ban
Liquid shampoo and QBan Toilet Soap
also O-Ban Depilatory (odorless). Be
trated, authoritative free book of lee
lures, called Hair Culture"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
EAST Week" for Railroads
To Relieve Freight Troubles

st. Louis. Feb. 20.-What would be
known as fast week was suggested
to representatives of all railroads en-
tering st. Louis. in conference on the
freight congestion situation here yes
terday. c. W. Nelson, of the Special
Car Committee of the American Rail-
road Association. made the sugges-
tion. His idea was that during such
week shippers would not be required
TO load cars.
This. he said, would give the rail-
roads opportunity TO clear the freight
houses and terminals and would lead
TO the lifting of embargoes on many
classes of freight
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
FALL
FROM CAR TOPS
One Meets Death in Freight
Yard; Another Falls
Into Greek

Philadelphia. Feb. 20. - One brake
man was killed and another seriously
injured by falling from the tops OF
freight cars on the Reading, early this
morning. \ thin coating of ice form
ed by rain which froze on the cars is
said to have been responsible for both
accidents.
The man killed was John Coryell, 32
years, Philadelphia, who was on q
freight train bound from this city to
New York. He slipped off a box car
while the train was crossing a bridge
near Langhorne, Pa, and fell into a
creek, forty feet below. Other train
men say Coryell fall and stopped the
train.
The other accident occurred in the
Wayne Junction freight yard, the vic
tim being Louis Bennett, 25 years old.
Philadelphia. He was engaged in
drilling cars when thown to the
ground sustaining fracture of the
skull
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
I-MIDDLETOWN. = =
NnDDLETOWN NOTES

Fred Beck, of Conway Hall, Car
Isle, spent Sunday in town as the guest
of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Beck, of Spring street.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Thomson and two
children, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday
as the guests of the latter's brother.
Miley Schaeffer, and family, of Spring
street.
Miss Martha Palmer. of Columbia.
spent Sunday in town with relatives.
II. a. Lenhart, fthe Third ward.
was appointed a justice of the peace
by Governor Brumbaugh to fill the un-
expired term of the late George w.
Rodfong.
Miss Minnie Ettele is spending some
time at Swarthmore with friends.
The fourth quarterly conference of
the NJ. E. Church of this district will
be held tomorrow evening after the
close of the prayermeeting services.
Kirk Schwan spent Saturday and
Sunday at Mt Wolf, York county.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Pluntz, of Steeltoa.
spent Sunday in town as the guests of
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Levi
Heagy, of State street.
The Eddie Collins Club. of Royalton,
mad turkey supper served at the
Windsor Hotel on Saturday evening.
Miss Marguerite Potter spent Satur-
day and Sunday at Carlisle, with
friends.
Raymond Nipple, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Nipple, of Pike street, was
given a birthday surprise on Saturday
evening in honor of his eleventh BIRTH
day, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Condran.
Daniel Frihel is i'll at his home, on
West Main street.
The Mite Society of the Church of
God will meet at the home of Mrs.
Lee Good, on Race street, this even
ing.
John Lingle, Jr., of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday in town as the guest of
his parents. DR.. and Mrs. ]. c. Lngle,
of North Union street.
The Liberty Band has force of
men at work lathing their building
and expects to have the plaster in in
about two weeks.
John Clouser, Jr., purchased the
Robert Mansberger property on State
street.
Several members of Columbian
Commanndery, No. 1872. Knights of
Pythias, will go to Harrisburg this
evening where they will be the guests
Harrisburg and Grand Commander ].
P. Brady.
The Rev. DR.. ]. Gehrett, district
superintendent of tho Philadelphia
Methodist Episcopal conference, will
preach the sermon at the prayer
meeting in the Methodist Episcopal
church tomorrow evening.
Miss Ethel Hendricks has accepted
the position as bookkeeper in the
office of the Middletown Iron and
Metal Company, Brown street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
NEWS OF STEELTON
STATE MERCHANT
LEADER ABSENT
No Action Taken on Joining
Pennsylvania Association
by State Body

Because William T. Smedley. OF
Philadelphia, State organizer of the
Merchants Association, was not pres
ent at the meeting of the Steelton
Merchants Association last night and
the local body took no action on join
ing the State organization. Mr.. Smed-
ley is expected to attend the next
meeting.
Jacob Levin, Jacob YoselwitE and
NJ. ]. Horvath were appointed on a
committee to have cards including the
closing hour of each member of the
association printed and place them in
every window. The Bogar Lumber
Company, Thomas Sheetz and Daniel
Pollock were taken into the associa-
ton last night.
Following the business session, a
smoker and banquet was held. Those
present were NJ. j. Kane, W. H.
Whitehead. Fred Rwehl, Albert
Rwehl, b. F. McNear. Michael Hor-
vath. w. F. Maginnis. Thomas
Sheetz, George NJ. Long. Ralph Eckels.
Lewis Lehrman. NJ. a. Wolf, ]. Yosel-
WITT. Harry Herman. Jacob Levin,
D. P. Baker, Max Frumin and Claude
Brinser
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
Good News For Shopmen;
More Hours For Repairs

Altoona, Feb. 20. - PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad shopmen engaged on engine
repairs began yesterday working 65
hours week instead of SO. They will
work alternately 10 and IL hours a
day. The desire to keep every avail
able locomotive in service to handle
the tremendous volume of traffic and
break the freight congestion makes
necessary the longer hours. Moreover,
at this time of the year, there are
more locomotives needing repairs than
at any other, due to the heavy strain
during the winter weather.
All told, 5000 men will be affected.
and their monthly earnings materially
increased.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBURG SIDE


go first after p. M: iO4. IFS, i02, 116,
1sf fnEiaedIs 1is 1as f62 5sO i1e sl4 iol III II
c9nd@etorS et rSF for 5rSi 10. {.0 iO2. 122. 1ss
Flagmen for 129. 144, Ill.
Brakemen for 11O, 12S, 1872.
Engineers up: Gray, Sober. Gehr,
Baldwin. Howard. Burkley. Dolby.
Firemen up: Walkage. Paul. Shand-
Ter. DIETRICH. Fisher, Dohner, Strickler,
Conductors up: Smedley. Fesler.
Flagmen up: Buyer, Mccain.
Brakeman up: Knupp
Middle Division-1O2 crew to 60 first
after 2.l5 p. m: 20: rs. Fl, 90. %. 81.
Preference: 4, 10.
Engineers for 20. 81, 10.
Fireman for IS.
Conductor for 4.
Flagman for 20.
Brakemen for IS. %, 10.
Engineers, up: Numer, Howard. As
per. Leopard. L. A Burris. Peters
Buckwalter. Snyder Badorf. A. C. Bur
ris.
Orr. Sellers; croone, Eckert, Linn
Gross.
Brakemen up: Yohn, Myers, Jury,
Humphreys, Corl, Heck, Yost. Lenhart
YARD CREWS - HARRISBURG
Engineers sfdneer 1Ip:r, up; Cless; Ewing Ying-
Eeas. kautz. Wagner. Shade. McCord
Fells, McMorris, Mcdonnell. Runkie.
flremen up; Black Smith. Dunbar,
Shoemaker, Rothe. Hassler. Spahr'
Charles. Mccormick. Otstot, Bryan
Sheaffer, kiner, Whichello. Stine
Engineers for 2, 5th s, IS, End %, 1st
"a. 3rd "a, 4th "a, 3S.
Firemen for 10. IS, SO. g., "a.
ENOLA SIDE
philadelphia Division - 226 crew to
go first after 3.45 p. M: 24O, 22e. 21O
2S4; 205. 220, 203, 213. 2S7, 227, 235.
Engineer for 900.
Firemen for 24O. 229. 237.
Conductors for 81, SO.
Flagman for So.
Brakemen for 03, 10. 40.
Conductors up: Flickinger. Carson
Stauffer, Shirk, Layman.
FlaEmen up: Brown. Umholtz.
Brakemen up: Yost, Shade,
Middle Division-111 crew first to eo
10. 120, 109. --''
Engineer for 107.
Fireman for 107.
Brakemen for 104. 103.
Ward Crews
Engineers for second los. second 124,
122. third 102.
Firemen for 112, first 1o6, first 1O2.
Engineers up: Bretz, Kaufman.
Troup. Anthony. Nuemyer. Rider.
Firemen up: Hinkle, Brown. Books,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
RAILROAD RUMBLES
CAR SCARCITY IS
GROWING LESS
Local Plants Still Running;
Railroads Looking After
Harrisburg Interests

Officials OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road and the Reading Railway said
to-day that every effort possible is be-
ing made to supply cars to local in
dustrial plants. Thus far the conges-
tion caused by the tie up seaports has
not seriously affected local manufac-
turers.
The greatest trouble. it is said, has
been in getting cars to bring supplies
to Harrisburg. Flour orders are
away behind and cars are being sent
west as rapidly as they are available.
Lack of material has delayed some of
the wor kat local plants. but thus far
no shutdowns have occurred because
of the shortage of cars.
Local coal merchants have expert
enced difficulty in getting a supply of
coal promptly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
Getting Too Fat?
Try ThiS--ReduCe

People who don't grown too fat
are the fortunate exception. But if
you find the fat accumulating or al
ready cumbersome, you will be wise
to follow this suggestion, which is
endorsed by thousands of people who
know. Ask your druggist Cor if you
prefer write to the Marmola Co., S64
Woodward Ave, Detroit, Mich.) for
a large case of Marmola Prescription
Tablets. 75c is the price the world
over. BY doing this you will be safe
from harmful drugs and be able to re-
duce two, three or four pounds q
week without dieting or exercise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
sICH. C. o. p. NOMINATING

Detroit. Feb. 20.-Two candidates for
the State Supreme Court and aspirants
for a number of minor state Offices
are to be nominated by the Republi-
can State convention here today. With
one exception, all the present office
holders are candidates for renomina-
tion and few of them have opposition.
1t was generally believed by party
leaders that the platform to be adopt
ed will contain a strong patriotic plank
and that the convention would record
its support of President Wilson in the
international situation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
DIsAPPRoyE RATE RISE

Washington, Feb. 20.-Proposed in
creases of from $3.50 to $3.50 per
car in refrigeration charges on fruits
and vegetables from Idaho, Oregon,
Montana and Utah points to virtually
every large city in the United States
were disapproved to-day by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
Acquit Conductors Who
Use Law to Stop Strike

Louisville, KY, Feb. 20. = 1t was
stated on apparently reliable authority
here to-day that the fourteen passen-
ger conductors of the Louisville rail-
road who were subjects of a lodge trial
here yesterday on the charge of hav-
ing violated rules of the Order of Rail-
way Conductors through the institu-
ton of n law suit to prevent a strike
last September, have been acquitted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
THE sCHAEFFER FUNERAL

Funeral services for E. B. Schaeffer,
aged II, who died at the home of his
brother, NJ. B. Schaeffer, West Main
street, Middletown, Sunday, will be
held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be made in the Middle
town cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that there
will be a meeting of the stockholders
of the Citizens Fire Association, held
in tie parlor of the Citizens Fire Com
pany, corner of Front and Pine streets,
Steelton, on Wednesday evening, Feb
ruary 21, at P. NJ, to take action
on the transfer of their real estate
and dissolution of the association, BY
order of the president.
W. A. Keister, President.
Geo. H. Roberts, Secretary.
ADV.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
FOREIGN ENGINES HELD TIP

New engines enroute from the AM
erican Locomotive plant to the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad Company
were held up in Harrisburg to-day. 1t
was said that the eight big locomo-
tives had couplings contrary to the
law. After necessary repairs the en-
gines were allowed to proceed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20

fington. Gicker. Eisley. Newark. Grove.
Smith, Lowe.
Conductors up: Mccullough.
Brakemen up: Mclaughlin, Grove
Corbett, Norford, Beitler, Scheaffer,
Kuhn, Fasick, Pell, Achey, WeileyI
Boesch. Schubauer, Edmonson, Over.
field, Reidell. Spertzel. Mosser, Sollen-
berger, Parr, Shultz, Martin, Rishel,
Smith, Layman, Gates, Ellis. House.
holder
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20

THE READING
Harrisburg Division-The 2s crew
first to do, after 1 o'clock p. m.:6, 10
1, 16, IA. "a, 8, s. 4.
East Bound-TEe SO crew first to &c
after 1 o'clock p. M: sc, 65, 60, 20
6S, 54. SO, &c.
Engineers for 5s, Sc. e7. 60, 10, s.
16, 10, 23.
Firemen for 81. Go. Sc. SO. Sc. 90
20, l, 3, s, 16. 10.
Conductors for sc, IT, 2s.
Brakemen for 55, Sc, SO, 66, 20, 1, 3
s, IA, 10, "a.
Engineers up: Middaugh, Laudig
P1etz, Upton, Bonawitz, Bowman
Freed, Fetrow, Lackey, Dearborn
Jones. Little.
Firemen up: Snyder, Farmer, Bru-
baker, Cunningham. Coleman, Walters
Potteiger, Snyder. Floyd, Marks. Nog-
gle. Marks, Ellenberger, Souders, Buff
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE

Inc Rev. DIR. d. w. Corbett, district
of the Northwest Dis
trlct OF the Philadelphia Methodist
Conference, will have charge of the
fourth quarterly conference of the
First Methodist Church Thursday
evening at o'clock in the church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
PENNsY CLERK BREAKS RIB

CIarence II. MendenhaIl, 2120 Penn
street employed as a clerk in the Office
of Division Engineer George Brown,
fell Sunday night and fractured a rib.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
MUCH SICKNESS

There is considerable amount of
sickness among the poorer class of
people in Steelton, according to re-
ports made at the monthly session of
the Associated Charities in SteeIton
trust Company building last night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
E. O. GRACE GUEST AT
MEMS CLUB DINNER

South Bethlehem, Pa, Feb. co.
President E. G. Grace, of the Bethle-
nem steel Company, was the guest Of
honor and one fthe chief Speakers
at the annual dinner of the Mems
Club of the Cathedral, the Epis-
copal Church of the Nativity, last
night.
Rev. DR.. H. Percy Silver, chaplain of
West Point Military Academy, also
spoke as did Emery Pottie, OF New
York city, who recently returned from
Europe, where he was a member of
the American Ambulance Corps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
EGGS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD

Columbia City, Ind. Feb. 20-More
than six years ago, Mr.. and Mrs. Ell
Saurers near here wrote the name
Elsie, on an egg which was sold to a
local grocer. The other day the little
girl got a letter from Rudolph
Dischler at Tarrytown, N. Y, saying
he just had bought the egg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
New PatroIman-samnel M Rnu

New Patrolman-Samuel NJ. Bower
master, North Front street, assumed
MS duties as borough patrolman last
night.
Takes New PoSition-R. A Long
WELL former superintendent of the
Semet-Solval Company before it was
taken over by the Bethlehem Steel
Company, will leave March 15 to take
charge of a coke plant at Dunbar.
No More Slot MachineS-A warning
against the operation of slot machiens
in the borough was issued by Chief of
Police Hiram p. Longnaker last night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
RAILROAD NOTES

c. S. Ilgenfritz, car repairmen at
Enola, is off duty on a business trip.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20

Earl NJ. Alleman, blacksmith, at En-
ola Car Shops, attended the auto show
last week and purchased a 1917 jeff
ries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20

j. r. Otstot, car repairman, en-
ployed at Enola, is off duty on account
of the death of an uncle, Joseph II.
Browneawell, a retired Pennsylvania
railroad car builder
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20

c. \. Myers. night switchman at
Enola, has returned from Detroit
Mich, where he and Mrs. Myers were
visiting relatives.
r. NJ. Adams will be POSTMASTER at
banquet to be held at Hotel Column
bus by employees of the Enola Car
Shops.
H. G. Hassler foreman at Enola car
shops returned home Saturday, and
left yesterday on a trip south for shop
employees.
George Moran, night watchman at
Enola, will leave Thursday for Coates
vile and Philadelphia where he will
visit relatives.
Anthony Derr, ticket examiner, at
the Pennsylvania railroad station, who
has been i'll, contemplates n trip south
for the benefit of his health.
John Monath, foreman of the Plan
ing Mill. at Eenola is on special duty
at Washington, d. c.
Large electric lamps are being in
stalled in the clerks room at the office
of superintendent William B. Mecca
leb at the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20
THE READING

Rice. NJ. S. Hall, Eichelberger, Myers,
Guilermin, Brandt, Murray. Reed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-20

John Monath, foreman of the Plan
ing Min. at Eenola is on special duty
at Washington, d. c.
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
GERMAN RAID
IN NORTH SEA
z British Destroyers and 9
NeutraIs In Convoy Sunk.
CREWS LEFT 70 PERISH
reutons Make No Effort To Rescue
Victims - Five Norwegian, One
Danish and Three Swedish
Ships Sent To Bottom.

London,-German raiders attacked
q convoy in the North Sea and sank
two of the British escorting destroy
ers. it was announced officially by the
British War Office.
The official announcement says that
three merchant vessels escaped in the
action but that five Norwegian, one
Danish and three Swedish vessels
were sunk without warning.
All the officers and men of the de-
stroyers were lost.
The statement declares untrue the
German story to the effect that the at
tack occurred in the territorial waters
Of the Shetland Islands.
The hostile raiders, 1t appears, sue
ceeded in evading the British watch
ers on dark nights on both the out
ward and the homeward dashes.
Thirty Norwegians were rescued by
British patrol craft. The raiders,
which were heavily armed, showed
anxiety to escape before they could be
Intercepted by British forces, adds the
Official statement, and made no at
tempt to rescue the crews of the sunk
en- destroyers.
The Admiralty statement giving the
details of the North Sea incident
reads:
1.-TWO very fast and heavily-armed
German raiders attacked convoy in
the North Sea about midway between
the Shetland Islands and the Nor
wegian coast on Wednesday. Two
British destroyers, his Majesty's ships
Mary Rose, ut-Com. Charles Fox,
and Strongbow, Lieut.-Com. Edward
Brooke, which formed the anti-sub-
marine escort, at once engaged the
enemy vessels and fought until they
we're sunk after a short and unequal
engagement.
Their gallant action held the Ger:
man raiders sufficiently long to enable
three merchant vessels to effect their
escape.
ut is to be regretted, however, that
i've Norwegian, one Danish and three
Swedish vessels, all unarmed, were
thereafter sunk by gun fire without ex
animation or warning of any kind, and
regardless of the lives of their crews
ard passengers. Lengthy comment or
the action of the Germans is unneces
sary, but adds another example to the
| long list of criminally inhumane deeds
| of the German Navy"
Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
A PROCLAMATION
By The President of the United States

dedicated our power as q people
may not perish among mon, but
he always asserted and defended
with fresh ardor and devotion and,
through tho divine blessings, set
at last upon enduring foundations
for the benefit Of all the free peo-
pies Of the earth;
Now, therefore, !, W. odrow Will
son, President Of the United
States, gladly responding to the
wish expressed by the Congress-,
do appoint October %, being the
last Sunday Of the present month,
as day Of suppIication and pray
er for all the people Of the nation,
earnestly exhortine all my eoun-
trymen to observe the appointed
day, according to their several
faiths, In solemn prayer that Gods
blessing may rest upon the high
task which is laid upon US, to the
end that the cause for which we
awe our lives and treasure may
triumph and our efforts to blessed
with high achievement.
WOODROW WILSON.