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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
SEARCHLIGHT ON
"SHORT" DEALS
Continued From FIRST Pagel

GContinued From First Pagel
designating all customers by their real
names and not by numbers or appella-
tions.
The statements requested also are
to show the numbers of stocks bor-
rowed, by whom and to whom loaned
and the date returned.
Noble Called First
With this information in hand the
committee believes, it soon can de-
termine if there is any basis to the
charges of immense profits taking
through short" selling by those in
possession of leak" information.
Noble was the first witness called
for the committee, had made his
opening statement. 1t was featured
by an outline of the immediate plans
of the committee contemplating in
quiry into nothing save the leak"
said to have occurred in connection
with the Presidents peace note.
Noble was questioned particularly as
TO the operations of short" pools
and the propriety of spectators ac-
centuating unfavorable news by SELL
ing stocks in order to depress the
price and cover" at a profit. He said
he saw no impropriety in such opera
tions. He was told that if the board
of governors did not obtain the rec
ords desired, the committee would be
compelled to make its own search.
Noble agreed to place the matter be-
fore the governors this afternoon.
S. +. Steit, chairman of the Stock
Exchange clearinghouse, the second
witness, explained its operations.
Mr.. Noble was celled, as explained
by Sherman l.. Whipple, counsel for
the committee, to detail the workings
of the Stock Exchange and to aid in
determining the possibility under its
rules of engineering deals for large
profits"
In brief opening statement of the
ApurDose of the leak" inquiry, Whip
pie made it plain that extraneous mat
ters, such as a general investigation
of the Stock Exchange, will have no
place in the inquiry at present. The
investigation, according to the plan,
Whipple outlined, will seek to deter
mine first of all three things:
What were the activities on the EX-
change during the week of December
1S when the leak" on President Will
sons peace note is said to have oc-
CURED, and the possibilities for caus-
ing losses? Who are the brokers re-
sponsible for the transactions during
this period? Who made the profits?
The second inquiry, Whipple said
should extend both to profits and
losses. After that" he said, the
committee may feel that it is in a
position where it may intelligently in
quire about those who profited and
it seems likely that those who profited
may be those who obtained advance
information"
Less than a dozen spectators were
in the room marking a strange con-
trast to the Washington hearings. The
familiar face of Thomas W. Lawson
also was missing
The arrangements were those of a
courtroom. Whipple sat at one end
of the counsel table and the witness
first act on entering the room was to
discard a large easy leather chair
which had been provided for him and
replace it with small wooden one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
FIRE LOSSES SMALL
No Surplus Hose on Hand Reports
Chief Kinder


Total fire loss for the year 1916, ac-
cording to the report of Fire Chief
John c. Kinder, amounted to $685.
073. The loss for 1916 was far less
than that of 1915, which was more
than 100000.
Attention was called to the fact
that the fire at the Strayer Hardware
Company, 1918 North Third street, the
fires at the Shimmell, Vernon and
Forney school buildings and the two
fires at the Central Iron and Steel
Company alone caused a loss of $780,
600. Several of these big fires were
fought under the most adverse condi-
tionS.
Assistance was asked of the fire de-
partment from outside the city three
times during the year. On all occa-
sions the apparatus was dispatched to
the scene of the fire and valuable aid
rendered. There were 81 box alarms
during the year, IA of them false.
During the same period, 164 telephone
calls were answered. No fatalities oc-
CURED during the year and only
few accidents were recorded.
Attention is called to the fact in
the report that at the present time
there is no surplus hose on hand and
that on several occasions several thou
sand feet burst when under a great
pressure.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

invoked as an excuse in order to at
tenuate the impression which this
extraordinary manifesto cannot fail to
make on the allied countries.
"Mr. Wilson's scheme is simplicity
itself, excepting that it requires a new
type of man. Since the world has
been the world, human passions have
caused conflicts to arise in every stage
of it's organization; in families, tribes.
nations, groups of nations Does Mr..
Wilson intend to change human na-
ture?''
Gustave Herve writes in the VIC
toire:-
What a pity it is this mastery
page of social philosophy is marred
and almost disfgured by those three
little words: Peace without victory?'"
The Humanite says:
president Wilson has set forth q
great pacifist program which re-
veals to the world the same lofty in
spiration that dictated the note of De-
cember 49,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23


600 from the amount asked by the
County Poor Directors.
This allows $4,000 more for prison
inspection this year, and $1,000 more
for the Poor Board, making the total
sums allowed for the prison work,
$27. 900, and for the Poor Directors,
$4,000. All other items were un-
changed.
Provision was made also for the
expenditure of at least $4,000 to re-
copy and re-index some of the older
records on file in the office of County
Recorder James e. Lentz. This work
will be completed during 1917, as
a number of the files are badly worn
and must be replaced. All of the re-
copied records will be typewrittcn.
The tax rate for the year will be
fixed by Nthe county commissioners at
meeting to be held early next
month. The present rate is four mills
and no increase is expected.
Although the balance in the county
treasury at the close of business for
1916 is $4,000 in excess of the total
for 1915, practically all of this will be
needed to defray additional expenses
which must be paid by tho county.
County Controller Henry w. Cough
is preparing the budget which will
be presented to the commissioners by
February 1.
Ask About Dauphin Schools - C.
+: Milburn, of Chattanooga, Tenn, a
member of a businessmen's committee
to study the rural school situation in
Hamilton county, Tennessee, has writ
ten to County Superintendent F. E.
Shambaugh for information about
rural schools in Dauphin county Mr.
Shambaugh sent Mr.. Milburn reports
and bulletins of methods and results
in Dauphin county.
Approve Accounts - In Orphans
court this morning, 4S of 40 execu-
tors, guardians. Administrators and
trustees accounts were approved.
Exceptions were filed to one.
Appoint Road Supervisor - Lauk
Wentzel, of Mifflin township, was
appointed to the board Of road
supervisors by the Dauphin county
court. He succeeds, Frank P. Rom
berger, resigned.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
STATE POLICE
TRAIL SLAYERS
OF FOREIGNERS
Two Alleged Murderers of Dun
cannon Man Still at Large;
One Under Arrest

State police are trailing two OF
three alleged murderers of George
Savage, a foreigner, who was found
stabbed to death on q busy street in
Duncapnon late last night
The Harrisburg police have been
asked to cooperate in the search for
the murderers and they are making
every effort to apprehend them be-
fore they are sheltered by their
friends.
A suspicious character was picked
up this morning by Railroad Officer
James Morissey and City Policeman
Paul Schelhas. His head had been
bandaged recently and his nose was
bleeding profusely. An investigation
proved that he had been mixed up in
a fight at Steelton, and had just been
discharged from the Harrisburg Hos
pital. When picked up by the officers,
the mans clothing was dripping wet
and officers have been unable to learn
how he was drenched between the
time he was discharged from the hos
pital at $3.50 this morning and 9:30
when he was arrested.
Marlevic, one of the three alleged
slayers, was arrested last night at
Marysville by Railroad Policeman
r. l.. Deck. When seen by Officer
Deck, Marlevic was walking along the
Pennsylvania railroad. When ordered
to stop, he started to run and did not
halt until the officer had sent several
shots after him. He was brought to
this city and taken to the police sta
ton. An examination of his clothing
showed that they were covered with
blood.
Washes Blood From Hands
The accused man was taken to
Duncannon early this morning and
identified as the man who entered a
clearinghouse there to remove blood
from his hands. He was taken to the
Duncannon Jail to await further de-
velopments.
The murder of Savage was the re-
suit of an argument started in a hotel
last evening. Although the stabbing
occurred along one of the principal
streets of Duncannon at an hour when
1t is usually crowded, no outcry was
heard and no one saw the struggle.
The throat of the dead man had been
cut so deeply that the windpipe was
severed which doubtless accounted for
the silence of the death struggle.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

DIR. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin is sold
in drug stores everywhere for fifty
cents a bottle. To avoid limitations
and ineffective substitutes be sure to
that a facsimile of DR.. Caldwelfs sig
nature and his portrait appear on the
yellow carton in which the bottle is
packed. a trial bottle, free of charge,
can be obtained by writing to DIR. w.
r. Caldwell, 455 Washington St., Mon
ticello, Illinois.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

There is more Catarrh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For a great many years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly falling TO cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science
has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease
and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure manufactured by b. ].
Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio, is the only Constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t Is taken internally
in doses from 10 drops to teaspoonful 1t actf
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces o.
the system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it falls to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHENEY CO.. TOisdo Ohio
Sold By Druggists. Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
CHILD DIES

Sarah Angelin Lebo, 3-month-old
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
liam Lebo, died last night at the home
of her parents. Ill Hoerner street.
Funeral services will be held and
burial made at Halifax, Thurs
day afternoon. The body can be
viewed at the home tomorrow AFTER
noon between and o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Brands Wilson's Visits
Systematic Lobbying

Washington, Jan. %. - President
Wilson's plan to visit tie Capitol fire.
quently urging action on his legisla-
tive program. was attacked to-day by
Senator Jones. Republican, who de-
clared it indicated a course of "syste-
matte lobbying" by the President.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

use of metallic iron zohich
may injure the teeth, cor
rode the stomach and do
far more harm than good
advises use of only naz,
ated iron.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

edv i'm nearly all forms Of indigestion well
as for nervous, run down conditions. The man
ufacturers have such great confidence in nux-
ated iron that they offer to forfeit $4,000 to
any charitable institution if they cannot take
and increase their strength 200 per cent. or
over in four weeks time. provided they have
refund your money Il it does not at least
days time 1t is dispensed in this city by CroI
Keller, C. A. Gorgas, j. Nelson Clark and all
good druggists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
CUT REQUISITION
FOR COUNTY WORK
County Commissioners Grant
Only Part of Increased
Funds Asked

In executive ses-
sion yesterday af-
ternoon DR.. TT. NJ.
Slime, c. G. Cum
bier and Ex-Sheriff
Fl. c. Wells, coun-
ty commissioners,
approved requisi-
tions for 1917, cut-
ting $1,000 from
the additional sum
asked for prison
inspection and $5,-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

DR.. Ferdinand King, Neso York physician
and author, tells physicians that they should
prescribe more organic iron-Nurated Iron
for their patients-Says anaemia-iron de-
fciency-is the greatest curse to the health,
strength, sitality and beauty of the modern
american Woman.-Sounds SCarnino AGAINST
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
Mother Why Don't
You Take Nuxated Iron

of
aggad dO octo o
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23
WORLD CONSIDERING
WILSON'S LAST NOTE

CONTINUED From First Page1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-23

YOUR food by using some form of organic
iron Just as you would use salt when
your food has not enough salt"
"As 1 have said a hundred times over
organic iron is the greatest of all
strength builders. If people would only
throw away patent medicines and nause-
Gus concoctions and take simple nuxated
thousands of people might be saved, who
now die every year from pneumonia
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

Book No. 1 contains as
pieces in crochet, show
ing narrow edges, inser-
tons and medallions and
9 patterns in beautiful
Jokes for the child and
full size
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

Book No. 3 is all TAFT
ing, as stated above
Bear in mind that every
stitch is fully described
andperfectly illustrated
Any one can make these
pretty things
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

These books are all printed
on finest paper, in rich
black ink, and patterns are
all shown nearly full size.
They are nearer perfection
than any other issues on
the market.
Any one book VIII be sent
for lie; two. 21c;- 3 books,
SIC, or 4 books, 40c. Place
your order now.
Distributor, $40
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10
Iof Oft Four New Crochet
j - - = - - and Tatting Books
By ANNA VALERIE

The design shown below
is a cap from Tatting Craft
Book No. 8, and is one of
the hundred beautiful pieces
contained in this Book of
old and new tatting designs.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

The Tragedy Of Thomas Hearne o.

and the world comes peeping through
to welcome you back to freedom.
Women and wine and cards-does the
old spirit stir within your"
"And who, the devil may you be?"
asked the convict, turning upon him.
"Have five years changed me SO
much? Perhaps my beard is whittier
than it was the night you fled with
her to the yacht in Cadiz bay"
The convict gave a mingled cry,
like a beast in pain, shrinking back,
with his face one gray mask OF fear.
"Not Mortimer" he whispered.
at can't be Mortimer. He died"
"You are quite mistaken" said
Hearne politely.
one long breath or so, 1t seemed to
me. Craig sprang from his seat and
ran wildly down the slope; but the
old man was not five yards behind
him. l believe that the convict had
the pace of him, but the cliff turned
Craig to the right, nd the next moment
they had closed, and hung, swaying
upon the edge.
The flicker of knife, a shrill, pip
ing cry, and they were gone.
l was alone in the great silence,
save for the faint murmurs of the
stream as it fought the rocks below.
1t took me ten minutes and more
to reach them, for I had to skirt the
cliff until a slide of granite boulders
gave me path to the bottom. Craig
was dead, the knife had done its work;
but the old man was alive, though
his grave blue eyes were glazing fast.
He recognized me, and smiled very,
very family. I raised his head upon
my arm and wiped his wrinkled face
with my handkerchief
is he dead?"
"Yes," l told him.
81 was-manager of a mine-in
Spain," he whispered. My daughter
he took her to his yacht-scoundrel
was married already-she died in
London"
There was no vengeance in his face
now; he faltered on as simply as
little child.
"Long search-found he was in
you-to help him escape seemed
better way. Then he would know
why he had to die-if l had shot him
over hedge he would-never have
understood for you-had to
do my duty-by him"
His head fell back with a long
sigh, so that I thought all was over;
but presently he rallied again, in the
last blind effort at life which even
"Not a sin, Mary dear" he called
Chow can they tell you it was muir
der when they know"
He finished his explanation in an
other world.
That is about all 1 need tell you.
found the horse grazing by the road
side and drove to AshburtOn with no
great care whether they caught me
or not. Yet l was back in London
before they found the bodies.
So ended the story of John Hender-
son as Inspector Peace told 1t to me-
"And your" I asked.
al suspected that Kingsley had
helped In the escape, but / never iden-
titled him with Jack Henderson Who
Thomas Hearne might be or why he
killed the convict I could never find
out. So I failed, but l don't know
that I am ashamed of It, all things
considered"
did Henderson die IN the hos
pital?"
mo; they pulled him round. Some
old friends found him place in some
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

about him
"You are right, sir. We stand a
far better chance of losing ourselves
than of finding him in a fog like this
But one thing is equally certain
he can't get far, either"
1.-THE clink of a boot striking a
stone, and that not a score of yards
away.
"f'm afraid you are only wasting
time," l said, as carelessly as l was
able GA needle in a haystack is
easy compared to a convict in fog"
81 think l must take your advice,
SIR" he laughed.
We wished each other good after
noon, and he melted away as a man
might slide behind a curtain. His
footsteps died out down the road by
which he had come as L moved for
ward.
s"That was a near thing, Kingsley"
said a voice in the shadows, and L
humbly thanked my luck that Hearne
stepped out upon the road.
ave no excuse" I began. at was
all my fault, and"
Hushi keep quiet"
He stood for a moment listening
like dog at door.
eff that fool of a warder had not
gone back we were DONE" he whis-
D6f0Q. ne CndSSQ US
into the ruins While they searched
them we slipped down the track.
Come along, Craig, alrs we'll"
The convict rose from the heather,
where he had lain, and stumbled to-
ward us. He was shaking like a man
with the ague, and the sweat was
running off his forehead and down
his cheeks in narrow streaks.
Am 1 safe?" he suffered, grab
HING arm ftT'UR money man
money. You shall have it, I swear
you shall have it all" But l won't
go back there-not afive!"
"Come, pull yourself together" said
Hearne, with a hand on his shoulder.
1--WE have no time to waste, re-
member"
We wrapped the long coat over
his yellow clothes, stuck the wig over
his cropped head, and helped him to
the front seat. | took my place
beside him, Hearne clambered up be-
hind, and our journey began.
The horse was of the old moor
breed He could have bowled us along
at a good ten miles an hour if the
fog had allowed it; but as it was we
rarely exceeded half that speed. 1t
was a miserable time. Craig sat hud-
died by my side, now cursing me
for the delay, now peering back along
the road, while he implored us to
tell him II 1t were gauOplng hOO1S CnaC
he heard. He was an ill-tempered,
petulant man, and l did not waste
either politeness or sympathy upon
him 1t was not until we had passed
over some miles of rolling uplands and
dropped down a steep descent to a
moss-grown bridge, that the fog show
ed signs of breaking AS we strained
up the opposite hill it began to tear
away in flying wisps like the smoke
of great guns, giving us glimpses of
a narrow slope of turf ending in a
cliff, at the foot of which an unseen
river moaned and chuckled.
al helped you loyally-you have no
complaint against me?" asked old
Hearne, tapping me suddenly on the
shoulder.
a could never wish a better com
rade,' l told him.
"That is how 1 hope you viii al
ways think of me-"
He was not kind of man to talk
sentiment, and I glanced back in sur
prise There was an expression Of
peace upon him, such as / have never
seen In 8 human countenanee, either
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

Book No. 2 contains
over so designs, showing
the large edges and in
sertions, many new
schemes for curtains,
table covers, napkins,
scarfs and bedspreads-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

Book No. 4 contains
the most wonderful Sc
lection Of new styles
and designs IN yokes,
boudoir caps. slippers,
household linens and q
page Of real erOehsted
flowers
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-10

take of their hats to the mayor
council if they put this very i'm
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soon as you get a
Manager sincerely
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chance to win during this offer.
The last week will take care of itself.
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subscriptions as
club of $4,000.
The Contest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10

One of the first good results OF our
entry into the war is the decision OF
the national council of defense. head
ed by Samuel GOmpers, that there
must be no strikes during the exist
ence of hostilities. All labor disputes
must be settled thru investigation and
arbitration. II the war last long
enough this means of adjusting dr.
ferences between employers and en-
ployes may become a habit. If this
means of settlement be applicable
during the time that the nation is en-
gagged i'm an international conflict there
seems to be no good reason why 1t
cannot be applied in time of peace
The same machinery might easily be
continued in operation. With the COM
ing of international peace may also
come industrial peace. May the day
of both be fastened.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10

A decided increase in the use of
petroleum as locomotive fuel by the
railroads of the United States in 1916
is shown by statistics compiled under
the supervision of John D. Northrop
and just published by the United
of the Interior. Reports submitted by
SO railroad companies, comprising all
that operate oil-burning locomotives
in the United States, show that the
quantity of oil fuel. SO consumed last
year was 42,126,417 barrels, a gain of
SAT-, ISL barrels. or IS per cent, over
the consumption in 1915.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-04-10

Surely this is a history-making
epoch, comments the Los Angeles
Times. Russia is reborn; the Hohen-
zollerns are approaching their doom;
the allies are strengthening; the
United States is about to engage in a
titanic struggle with a great Euro
pean power; the French spirit is high
and strong; Italy is seeking to emu
late the historic power of the Caesars;
Jerusalem and Constantinople seem
about 10 slip from the grasp of Tur-
key. Austria is confessedly impotent.
Germany has astonished the world
with the length and fierceness of her
struggle, but despite her submarine
warfare her end approaches. And
there are indications that possibly
within a year brigandage and rapine
and murder will be driven from Mexi-
can soil and peace and prosperity be
restored with the Stars and Stripes
waving over Lower California and So
nora and Chihuahua and possibly be
seen where Orizaba's purple summit
shines"