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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE
By Associated Press


Corn : Market nominal; No. 2,
yellow, s2S5Q2.4U. No. 3. no 4. and
No. 5. yellow nominal
Oats The market is firm; NO, =,
white, 81 Y GS3c; No. 3, white 81 II W
SEC. -.
Bran - Firm and higher; soft
refined sugars Market hFm hid
PGwdersa ava c"htecin%er St%S A. nf s5e sraHu@'T'
western. creamery. extras, 47c; near
by, prints. fancy. sic, ,,,.,io
and other nearby tirsts, Tree cases
S16.20@ 1850 per case; do. current re-
ceipts, free cases, $500 per case
western, extras. frsts. free cases
S16.20@ 1850 per case; do" hrsts' Tree
cases, $3.50 per case. 90
Live Poultry-Steady; fowls, u q
goa 24c; ducks, 24@26c; do, indian
Runner, 20@22c; turkeys, 2fW ZSc'
geese, 22@2Sc.
Dressed Poultry - Firm; turkeys,
nearby choice to fancy, 35@36c; do,
fair to good, S2@S4c; do, old, "a q 36c
do, western, choice to fancy, SAG SOC
do, fair to good, 32@ 3Sc; DO
9ld toms, 3GQS2c; do old. common; mon
to choice, 25026c; small sizes. 2OQ
24c; old roosters. 22c; broiling chick
ems, nearby, 2S6 sec; do, western, = %
2Sc; roasting chickens, western. ZIG
26c; ducks. neapby. 23p 25c; do, west
ern, 21@2 23c; geese, nearby, 22Q 24c;
geese, western, 21@ 22c.
Potatoes - Quiet, steady; New
Jersey, No. l. per basket, 5000 (S3
lbsO; New Jersey, No. 2, per basket
40M soc; New Jersey, per 100 lbs, $l,9O
@2.1O; Pennsylvania. 100 lbs, $40
2.55; New York, per 100 1bs, $3.50 q
20; western, per 100 lbs, $l.75 g
Flour = The market is quiet.
but steady; winter straight,
$I0;IOQlO.25; Kansas, clear, s9.56@
1870; do, patents, S110O a !l.40;
spring frsts, clear. spot. $lO.5O p 1919
spring frsts. clear. mill shipment.
S9.I5@ 1910; spring, bakers patent.
spot, $l1.5OQ11.75; spring patent, mill
shipment S10.65 010.95; spring, family
brands, $11.3O@11.S5.
Hay - The market is firm; tim
othy (acCOrdins to lucatioGl
No. l, large bales, S27.50@2S.00; No. l,
small bales. $27.5O@2S.0O; No. 2, $500
g26;5O; No. 3. $23.OOW24.5O; sample,
$500 2l.OO, no grade. $15.OO@
Clover mixed hay. Light mixed
$500 "a $3.50; No. l, do, $500 q $3.50;
No. 2. do. S22.UOO23.0O.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Santa Claus to Do a
Rushing Business This
Year Despite the War

New York. Dec. lit looks as if
Santa claus would do rushing bus
mess this year in spite ow the thrift
which the public is urged to prac-
tice in the purchase of nonessentials.
The shops are filled with a greater
variety of toys than ever before, and,
like everything else. they are much
more costly too. One woman went
into one of the largest of these chill
dren's paradises the other day and
within two hours succeeded in maxi
ing purchases aggregating S4.50O, and
a visit to the same place proves that
it was not a difficult task, either. For
instance, there is siX-foot aut tomo-
bile of the roadster type fitted with
real electric lights and Il spare wheel
the price of which is S65. The power
for this car is supplied by the young
ster's husky little legs, but there is
another one. a two-seated roadster,
priced at S175. that really runs. 1t is
equipped with pneumatic tires and
has most of the appointments of a
real car OF it's type.
The aristocrats in the line of toy
boats bring $500. or close to it. One
priced at $500 is a fully-rigged three
masted schooner that is guaranteed
to sail. IT is about seven feet long
and complete in all details. 1t is OPP
Grated by electric batteries and can
develop considerable speed Other
boats include mechanical steamers
selling as high as $50, small battle
ships at s35. "freighters" which ac-
tually can be given cargoes at $l6.50:
an electrically operated wooden sub
marine chaser at s35, and another one
of metal at $65.
Such dolls no little girl ever saw
before. There is an almost endless
assortment and they range in price
from a few dollars to considerably
over 800. For $54 there is a dolls
trosseau basket complete. The poor
little children of the rich. they have
not the pleasure of a wish ungrati-
fled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
BROWN CALLS FOR
ATTORNEYS AID
[Continued from First Page.l

CONTINUED from First Page.l
of the District of Columbia bar and
asking their cooperation to do the
same thing in this state" said Mr..
Brown. Il have asked that they take
such action as will secure full and
efficient legal services to all regis
trants at all times and thus make
the draft the success which all Penn
sylVanians want it to be. 1t is my
thought that lawyers will have the
satisfaction of work well done and
that it will rebound to the honor of
our profession. This is time when
we must do all we can to help the
men under the draft act and to serve
the nation"
Police Strength Asked
Adjutant General Beary to- day
called upon over 900 mayors, bur-
gesses and chiefs of police of muni-
cipalities in the state asking them to
furnish him at the earliest possible
date complete information regarding
strength of police forces. home guard.
defense and similar organizations.
The letter to the municipal officers
asking names and addresses of men
in authority, number and organiZa-
ton and system of police force; VOL
unteer home defense, policemen
commissioned: public utilities or
plants that might require protection
their present methods of protection,
number of employees and character of
business.
Public safety chairmen are asked
to provide information regarding
what are styled Home Guard" and
other home defense organizations;
patriotic organizations or any other
bodies with American allegiance and
information regarding plants and
utilities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Red Cross to See That 70
Sweaters Are Sent to Camp

The Harrisburg Red Cross Chapter
Will see that the seventy men will get
sweaters" said Mrs. Lyman u. Gilbert
president of the chapter, commenting
on Mrs Martin G.. Brumbaugh's state
ment of yesterday. Mrs. Gilbert stat
ed that she had written Mrs. Brum-
baugh for the names of the soldiers.
ed by the Red Cross president for her
sympathy and interest in the boys of
Uncle Sam. Wen send sweaters to
the boys" Mrs. Gilbert concluded.
Governor Brumbaugh yesterday IS
sued a statement, in behalf of his lie,
stating that seventy boys in the Army
and Navy. who hale from Harrisburg
and Steelton, were not provided
with sweaters. He urged Harrisburg
people to follow up their usual gener-
osity by giving sweaters and other
comforts to these boys.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Make the Pigs Grow
Is the New Slogan
More pigs in PENNSYLVANIA.

More pigs in Pennsylvania"
That is the slogan of the Tioga
County Pig Club, an organization
composed of seventy-fiv boys and
girls who are banded to produce ad-
ditional supplies of food as a pa
triotic duty. The club and the banks
of the county, particularly in Wells
boro, are cooperating with the food
department of the Pennsylvania
Committee of Public Safety. Il. j.
Perry, county food chairman, says
the big. raising plan is becoming pop
ular.
The banks have agreed to advance
the money to buy the porkers. The
boys and the girls are to raise them.
Next fall they will be sold. The the
banks will be repaid with interest
for the loan and the profit will go to
the youngsters for their patriotic ef-
forts. one of the features of the cam
paign will be the awarding of prizes
for the best essays on how the chill
dren raised the pigs.
In Tioga county the corn crop is
not heavy, so that considerable feed
will have to be purchased, but this
has only served to arouse the boys
and girls to greater efforts to pro-
duce the largest amount of pork at
the smallest price for feeding.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
TO HOLD PATRIOTIC
PRAYER SERVICE

At 5.15 o'clock tomorrow after
noon, the Pine Street Presbyterian
Church will hold it's weekly patriotic
prayer meeting which is set for ar
hour that should accommodate many
on their way home from work. All
are welcome to these meetings fol
they are entirely undenominational
and are designed to comfort those
whom the war has touched personal.
ly. A special prayer will be offered
for our nation and the men who are
at the front for their country's
safety
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Supt. Shreiner Wants
Work to Start at Once

81 will recommend that the Board
of. Public Grounds and Buildings be-
gin work at once on Capitol Park EN-
tension" said Superintendent George
A. Shreiner. of the Department of
Public Grounds and Buildings, to-day.
The board will meet Tuesday and
Mr. Shreiner says that there should
be no delay. but a definite date set to
start work. He will consult with city
officials regarding the city share.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
CITY TO RECEIVE
CREDI FOR ALLOF
ITSENLHTMENTS
Recruiting Officers Deny Har-
risburg Will Have to
Draft Full Quota

That Harrisburg will receive credit
for the number Of men enlisted since
the first draft. when her quota is made
up for the second draft. is the state
ment made by Lieutenant Lesher in
answer to the statement made that
the city would not receive credit for
the five hundred men enlisted. but
would have to fill a fun quota.
According to this statement, only
three hundred men will he taken
from the city on the second draft, in
stead of eight hundred. which proba-
bly, will be the complete quota. The
recruiting officers were positive in
their statement that the city would
get credit for all men enlisted before
December Is. The lieutenant quotes
the following from Bulletin No. 81.
ssued by the War Department May
"a, 1917.
Quotas of the several states. ter
ritores and the District of Columbia
or subdivisions thereof shall be de-
termincd in proportion to the popula-
ton thereof, and credit shall be given
TO state. territory, district or sub
division thereof. for any number of
men who were in the military serv-
ice of the United States, or members
of the National Guard on April l,
1917, or who have since entered the
military service from any such state
territory, district or subdivision,
either as a member of the National
Regular Army or National Guard"
Work TO Continue
Lieutenant Lesher said this morn
ing: That is an Act of Congress.
and Provost Marshal General Crow
der can make regulations only within
the notifications of the act. and can
not change the act itself. That must
be done by the Legislative body that
enacted it,"
Lieutenant Lesher was very much
aroused by the statement that the re-
cruiting office would be closed after
December Is, and that only a small
force would be retained to do the
work. He said: There is positively
nothing in that statement. l can't
even understand where any one got
any rumor out of which to print such
story. We are receiving orders
from the War Department regularly
to make permanent changes and i'm
proNements in our recruiting system,
and to establish substations. If there
were any likelihood of a letup in re-
cruiting activities. we would have
known it long before this. We are
going to be very busy after the fif-
tecnth recruiting men between the
ages of Is and p. and 81 and A..
Nine From City
Forty-five men We're enlisted from
the Harrisburg district yesterday, it
was reported at the office this morn
ing. Nine were from Harrisburg.
They were:
Thomas V. OConnen, 314 Chestnut
street, aviation corps; Harry X.
Gates, 526 Forrest street coast artil-
lery; George 4, Farley, 5S6 Seneca
street coast artillery; George j.
Strine. ~ South Tweuty-eighth street.
field artillery; Chester ~ Sloop, 524
Maclay street, field artillery: William
u. Smith. 1905 North Fourth street.
Held artillery: Iohn A. Waldschmitt.
1924 Park street. quartermasters'
corps; Norman l.. Thomas. 80 North
Thirteenth street, National Guard:
ROLAND c. Bowers, 65S Sayford street.
stevedore regiment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Messiah Lutheran to Send
Christmas Boxes to Camp

Christmas boxes filled with good
things to eat will be sent to the
members of Messiah Lutheran
Church who are in government ser
vice. Soldiers who are members of
the congregation, are in Camps Up
ton, Dix, Meade, Hancock, Dodge.
Two Red Cross nurses are in the
service, one being in France, and
the other in, the western part of
the United States.
Sunday school members have been
asked by the pastor, the Rev.
w. ii. A. Hanson, to bring an ap-
pie or an orange for the boxes. A
big basket will be placed in the
Sunday school room to receive con-
tEibutions toward the fund.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06

JOSEF' IT. STKOISE
Harrisburg has made some admir-
able records in display of patriotism
since this war began. and another
one is unveiled in the final success of
Josef II. Strouse who to-day was noti-
fled that he had passed enlistment cN-
animation for the Naval Reserve.
Young Mr.. Strouse. a son of the we'll
known Harrisburg merchant, William
StTouse, and an associate with his
father in the establishment, has made
six individual efforts TO get into
Uncle Sans service, somehow, some
where. His continued persistencY
and unrelenting determination had
become the talk of all who knew him.
Lack of weight alone kept him from
being accepted, and this obstacle had
no bearing on the last try. so Mr..
Strouse is to-day mighty glad that he
kept on after everybody told him he
did not have q chance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Easton Man Races
With Engine; Loses Life
By Associatcd Prcss

Eastin, Pa, Dec. 6.-Speeding up
his motor car to beat a freight train
to grade crossing near Bath, Pa.
last night, Lloyd Serfass lost his life
when his engine stalled directly
upon the tracks
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
REDsECKER WANTS PARDON

Application was filed with the
State Board of Pardons to-day for a
pardon for George A. Redsecker,
formerly of Elizabethtown and con-
victed in this city in 1915 of ten
counts of embezzlement, etc. and
sentenced to from three to six years.
The case will be heard December 20.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
CHICAGO CATTLE
BY associated Press

ceipts, 14,0OO; strong. Native beef
steers, $7.35 a 1926; stockers and feed
ers, $6.1O@11.00; cows and heifers.
5000 11.50; calves, S7.75@145O.
Sheep = Receipts, 11,000; firm.
1900.
Hogs Receipts, $4,000; strong.
Bulk of sales, $17.O0@17.4O; light.
Sl6.6Oq $780, mixed, $16.SO@17.i5;
heavy, $16.S0 @17.45; rough, $l6.SO@
100; pigs. s13.0O@16.35.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
Is HUN PLANES
INVADE ENGLAND
[Continued from First Pagc.l

but all of them were quickly
brought under control. The casual
ties are believed to be light.
Shortly after 3 q. M. various ma
chimes proceeded up the Thames and
some distance into Kent. Both the
above groups appear to have car
ried out preliminary attacks with
the object of drawing gunfire and
eNhausting the defenses, for it was
not until an hour later that the most
serious attack developed"
Between 4 and $50 a. m. two
groups of enemy machines crossed
the Essex coast and three groups the
Kent coast, proceeding towards Lon
don on converging courses.
Their tactical plan seems to have
been to deliver five simultaneous
attacks on the capital from the
northeast, east and southwest. The
whole of one group, however. was
turned back by gunfire and the
others, not more than five or six
machines, penetrated into London"
This is the first German air raid
over England in more than a month.
The last previous raid occurred on
the night of October 81, being made
by about thirty airplanes in seven
groups. Eight persons were killed
and twenty-five injured.
Bad weather conditions probably
have been responsible for the pause
in the German operations. An Off
cial British on aviation last night
said two raids were carried out over
Germany on Wednesday by British
airplanes, the first which had been
possible for more than a month,
owing to incessant bad weather.
Seven persons were killed and 81
injured in the air raid, Chancellor
Bonar Law announced to-day in the
House of Commons. OF the victims
three were killed and ten injured in
London.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
II. 4. SIMMONS

Funeral services for r. a. Simmons
will be held at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Bertha Treadwell, 81
North Eighteenth street, Friday at
IL O'Clock. Burial will be made at
Dauphin. He died at Pottsville Tues
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06
NEW YORK STOCKS

Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel-
phia Stock Exchanges -3 North Mar
ket Square. Harrisburg; 1885 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia; "a Pine street,
New York - furnish the following
Omen. . l.. Nj.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-06

but all of them were quickly
brought under control. The casual
ties are believed to be light.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-06
COAL SECURED
TO KEEP PIPE
MILL RUNNING
Fuel Administration Comes
to Front With Needed
Supplies
SHUT DOWN TWO DAYS
Plans Being Made to Keep
Dauphin County From
Anthracite Famine
SHUT DOWN TWO DAY

After a two-day shutdown. the
shell departments of the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Company be-
cause of a lack of fuel, the men to-
day were able to go back to work
when q large shipment of coal was
received.
The fuel was secured largely
through the work of the federal,
state and local fuel administration.
1t was the first big task to come
before the Dauphin County Fuel
Commission, of which Ross A. Hickok
is chairman.
The fuel administration for Har-
risburg and vicinity to-day is en-
gagged in checking up on coal lp-
plies in and about the city, the needs
of the big mills and possible sources
of supplies.
To Get Supply
Officers of the pipe mill to-day
said that through the administration
they have been promised a steady
supply of coal and that the chances
of another shutdown in the produc-
ton departments is not now i'm
minent.
Mr.. Hickok and his committee de-
cided to meet again Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock when further de-
tails will be worked out which were
only touched upon at the first ses-
sion yesterday. Roughly the COM
mittee plans to see that every house
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-06
QUIET ELECTION
But VOTE
LOOKED FOR
From 80 to 40 Per Cent. in
Some Districts in City Up
to Two O'clock Today

From 80 to 40 per cent. of the
registered vote of Harrisburg was
polled before o'clock this after
noon in many precincts.
Wonderfully fine fall weather
brought out large votes in some rural
districts and retarded it in others,
where the farmers took advantage Of
the mild autumn day to get delayed
outdoor work done.
There was little or no excitement
manifest anywhere. The polls were
quiet and the attention of pedestrians
was more intent upon war bulletins
than upon election gossip. Interest
in the outcome was confined largely
to candidates and ward workers. The
public was apathetic, although it
was noted in several districts that
men went to the polls who had not
voted for a number of years. Re-
awakened interest in governmental
affairs by reason of the war, it was
judged, was responsible for this.
Everywhere it was admitted by
Democrats that the Republican coun-
ty ticket will win, and attention was
centered in the mayoralty fight and
the. various contests for council.
Friends of Alderman Hoverter were
very confident this afternoon that he
had won his contest for mayor, hut
the Keister people were far from
idle and expressed faith in his sue
cess.
Returns may be slow in coming in
tonight due to the fact that a large
number of ward and precinct officers
are to be elected.
At the county commissioners Of
flee to-day no trouble was reported in
any of the districts. A few voters
who had failed to register on the
days set for that purpose and did
not petition for registration before
noon yesterday, were disappointed
when their applications would not be
accepted, the county officials stating
they closed the books at noon yes
terday.
c. f. Welsh, a telegraph operator,
surprised his friends by making n
bid for the aldermanship of the
Fourteenth ward, and had stickers
printed to-day bearing his name for
the place. This he did following the
statement of the County Commits
sioners to the effect that since Gov
ernor Brumbaugh has not appointed
any one to the aldermanship of the
new ward it stands vacant.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-06
Lynch and Gross Celebrate
Birthday Anniversaries
By Visiting the Polls

Commissioners William II. Lynch,
superintendent of the highway de-
partment, and Edward u. Gross,
superintendent of the park and fire
departments, to-day are celebrating
birthdays.
Both men are candidates for re-
election. They have served as pub
lie officials not only in City Council
under the dual form of Council.
offices prior to the organization of
the new form of government.
Commissioner Lynch is complet-
ing his second term under the Clark
act Prior to that time he had had
charge of the highway department
under the dual form of council.
Commissioner Gross was elected
two years ago to council. He is an
eX-Mayor of the city, active in Pine
Street Presbyterian Church and an
elder there, and also is q member of
a number of secret societies in the
city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-06
State Interest Centers
in the Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh Contests Today
Bv Associated Press

Philadelphia. Nov. 6.-State- wide
interest centers in the contest for
county officers in Philadelphia and in
the election of a mayor in Pitts
Eurgh. In this city the Town Meet
ing Party, which grew out of a pro-
test by citizens against a political
murder in the Fifth ward on primary
election day. is making a serious
fight against the regular Republican
ticket for register of wills. city
treasurer and receiver of taxes.
Perfect weather prevails here and
throughout the state and indications
point to heavy vote in localities
where there are contests.
Although the Town Meeting Party
has been in existence only a few
weeks, it has gained such strength
that its leaders are predicting that
it's ticket will defeat the regular Re-
publican organization ticket by from
SO. 900 to 10000 in total registration
of 250,O00 votes. The party early in
the campaign fused with the Demo-
Gratis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-06
Eleven Milk Samples Show
Colon Bacilli Present

Eleven of the thirty-six samples
of milk sold in the city last month
and tested by the city bacteriologist
showed the presence of colon bacilli
according to a report from the city
health office. A remarkable in
crease i'm the standard for milk and
cream was shown by the fact that
every test of milk met the butter fat
requirements and also of cream. The
dealers from whom samples were
obtained and tested, and which con-
tanned disease germs follow: George
w. Attick, 800 per cubic centimeter
(sixteen drops, liquid measure) c.
B. Elder, $4,000; C. II. Erford. 1O,-
600; II. b. Hoffman, 100; II. C.
Manning. 500; C. OFT, 21,0O0; A. u.
Reese, 4400; c. e. Sheesley, 500;
Samuel Smeltzer, 1900; l.. b. Smith,
400; j. G. Wolf, 500.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-06
Blind Man Knocks Out
Cousin of Kaiser Bill

Hawley, Pa, Nov. 6.-Myron T.
Snyder, a blind druggist, yesterday
knocked out cold pro-German who
claimed to be cousin of Kaiser
William and who haS been boasting
ABOUT what his mighty relative was
going to do to the United States.
Snyder had 80 much American
steam behind his wallop that a doc
tor was called In to revive the Teu-
ton advocate, Daniel Kuhn, of
Adelia. This loyal town is so pleas
ed by the event that public fubd
is being raised to purchase n flag
pole and set of national colors. The
pole will be raised in front of the
Snyder residence in River street.
Kuhn brought the disaster upon
himself. He butted into n conversd-
tion that the blind druggist was en-
gagged in and boasted how his Cousin
William would soon take charge Of
things In this country. To get away
from him. Snyder, who was standing
on the sidewalk, entered his store.