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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Gymnastic activities have been
resumed at the local Y. NJ. c. A. un-
der the direction of C. w. Miller
physical director. Local patrolmen
who have been showing great form
in volleyball and other sports are
getting into trim for series OF
games for the local championship.
Director Miller knows the require
ments for indoor sports and he Is
trying out star athletes in basketball.
indoor baseball and volleyball.
Harrisburg will get two big col
lege football games next fall. This
has been promised, but never ma
terialized. Now it is assured that in
addition to the annual Bucknell-
Gettysburg game, the Carlisle In
dians will play Lafayette in this
city. The date is Wednesday, Oc-
tober Is. Harrisburg members of
Lafayette alumni have been factors
in bringing about this game.
During February. Pennsylvania
Railroad athletes will be unusually
busy. The elimination finals take
place at Philadelphia in March and
it is going to be some meet. Local
contestants who won honors last
year will again be in evidence. Di-
rector general of athletics, Samuel
G.. Hepford, of the Philadelphia di-
vision, is now arranging his entries
for the indoor track events.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
DATE FOR NEXT
DRAFT NOT FIXED.
SAYSSEC. BAKER
Expansion of Fighting Force
Depends Upon Events
in France

Washington, Jan. 3O.-War Depart
ment legislation tentatively agreed
upon by the Senate Military Com
initee and designed to provide addi-
tional draft machinery was ready to-
day for introduction in the Senate.
The bills provide for the registra-
tion of youth attaining the age of
21 years since June 5, last, authorizes
the fixing of quotas on the basis of
Class 1 of the new classification and
empowers the President to call men
needed for special industrial work.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
in an explanation to the committee
said it was proposed to hold a new
drawing to establish the order of liza
bility of the new registrants. 1t is
assumed, he asserted, that most of
the new registrants will fall in
Class 1, giving the class this year a
total of more than two million men.
From this class 1t is expected to take
the next and future drafts. Secre-
tary Bakers plan to exempt men who
have attained the age of 81. disap-
proved by General Crowder. is not
included in the legislation.
Secretary Baker has disclosed that
the War Department had not fixed
the date for another draft and made
clear that when he told the Senate
committee that the United States
would have half a million men in
France early this year and a million
and a half ready to go during 1918,
he referred to the divisions now in
training camps and those already in
Europe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
VIM. B. Thompson Gives a
Million to Carry Bolsheviki
Literature to the Germans

New York. Jan. 30.-It has become
known that William B. Thompson,
who was in Petrograd from July until
November last as head of the Amer
lean Red Cross mission to Russia, has
contributed $1,0O0,000 or more to the
Bolsheviki for the purpose of spread
ing their doctrines IN Germany and
Austria.
Mr.. Thompson believes the Boil
shevilki representthe the greatest
power against pro-Germanism in
Russia and that their propaganda has
been undermining the militarist re-
gimes of the central powers. Thou
sands of pounds of Bolsheviki litera-
ture are being dropped over the Ger
man. Austrian. Turkish and Bulga-
rian lines by Russian aviators.
In his first public address in New
Yor kafter his arrlvel from Russia,
Mr., Thompson deprecated American
criticism of the Bolsheviki. He be-
lieves they have been grossly misrep-
resented
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
END OF FREIGHT
CONGESTION IS
SIX WEEKS OFF
Latest SnowStorm Has Shat
tered All Prospects of
a Quick Recovery

Washington, Jan. SO.-Freight con-
gestion on eastern railroads probably
cannot be cleaned up before the mid
die or latter part of March, railroad
administration officials announced to-
night. Bad weather this week has
provided the eliminating misfortune.
on which is based the conviction that
it will take at least six weeks to set
traffic moving normally through rail
arteries.
Even without the expected thaw.
which may send rivers above their
banks. officials say recovery from the
unprecedented period OF blizzard
weather will be slow. Floods would
make conditions far worse. Prepa-
rations have been made to fight high
waters which are feared throughout
the east, ana which have already de-
veloped in the mountains of Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and Kentucky
with serious consequences to coal
production and transportation.
Because of this situation, both the
railroad and fuel administrations are
u COHIlhudHCo OIL uUuSuuf
measures to keep coal moving to
consuming points. 1t was said that
priority probably would continue to
be given fuel for many weeks and
that general freight would have to
take its chances in moving. Food
will have similar preference. and ne
cessary materials and supplies for
war manufactures are to proceed
Under the preference given such COM
nodities by Director General Nc
Adoo's recent order.
Consider Southern Ports
Plans to relieve the traffic con-
gestion or eastern railroads and
clear the freight tieup in New York
bv diverting freight to southern
ports were being considered to-day
at q conference of representatives OF
the shipping board, Army and Navv
Departments, railroad, food and fuel
administrations, and the shipping
committee of the national council
OF defense.
The representatives were sum-
moned by Chairman Hurley of the
Shipping Board YESTERDAY. after de-
tails of the freight congestion on
the New York wharves was eX-
planned by Murray Hurlbert COM
missioner of docks, and railroad of
ficials had announced that traffic
tangle on eastern roads, aggravated
by bad weather. could not be
straightened out before the middle
of March. Mr.. Hurley's plan is TO
send much of the freight normally
moved to New York to Charleston
and Savannah.
Both the railroad and fusl admin
istration went forward to-day with
a continuance of unusual measures
to keep coal, food and Army sup
plies moving tn consuming points
Recent blizzards followed by thaws
and flood conditions in coal pro-
ducing sections made 1t evident Off
cials said that priority given these
commodities would be continued
for several weeks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
LADY OWLS TO CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING

Harrisburg Ladies' Nest. No. 1880,
Order of Owls, will celebrate its
first anniversary tomorrow evening
with a social gathering at Cameron
Hall, Second and Walnut streets. The
social committee will serve refresh
ments.
the Board of Trade Hall, January 30
1917, with fifty-seven charter MEM
hers, of whom fifty are still on the
roll and in good standing. Since then
the membership has increased to
nearly $50, and the nest ranks second
largest of all the ladies' nests in the
order. AS Thursday Is not scheduled
as a regular business meeting even
ing, friends as we'll as members will
be welcomed. A large attendance is
expected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
WILLIAMSPORT
TO PLAY HERE
Meet Central High Friday
Night; Scrubs Have
Game

Central will come up against a
bunch of real fighters Friday even
ing when they play the Williamsport
five. Williamsport has been playing
a fast game this season and gave
Lebanon, who won practically all
the seasons games except the one
with Central, a hard run for the vic
tory. Williamsport High has turned
out such professional material as
Earnest and McHale. Their team
this year is rumored to be stronger
than ever before.
Coach Wallower has been work.
ing hard with the Central team this
week, especially on forward passing.
Goodiel and Rodgers are both try
ing for position as forward. Both
play fast games and and are good on
field goals. Coach Wallower is hav-
ing difficult time deciding between
the two. 1t is probable that they
both Will be given a chance in the
Willlamsport game. Ike" McCord,
former Central coach, will referee
the game. The lineup includes:
Wrights forward; Goodiel or Rodg-
ers, forward; Frank, center; Fields,
guard and Wolfe, guard.
Scrubs to Play
The scrub team will play between
halves. 1t has not been decided
what team they are to meet. They
will play the game starting at 7.SO
in order that the big game may be
over by $50 p. m. The scrub team
has some promising material. Her.
ring, as center, is doing particularly
good work. The lineup will be as
follows: Robinson and LeVan, for
wards; Herring, center; McCaleb
and Farley, guards.
Girls Game Cancelled
The girls game with Windber High
has been Cancelled. This throws the
Iair ones out of game this week.
They will, in all probability, not play
the Windber girls this year. A dance
will follow the Friday night game
with Sourbier's four-piece jazz or
chestra furnishing music.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Continued from First Page.l
Americans. In the attending delega-
ton of officers and men from the
American Red Cross were Major
Lowell, head of the military branch
of the American Red Cross in Italy;
Captain Thwaites, in charge of civil
ian relief in Northern Italy; B. Har-
vey Carroll, Jr., American consul
at Venice. and fifteen men from the
three American Red Cross units at
tached % the Third and Fourth
Italian armies.
Companions of Fairfield and Platt
say they were killed while perform
ing an act of bravery. They were at
a Red Gross camp far out of range
of the raid and could have remained
there safely. But with two others
they decided to go to Mestre, where
the raid had already begun and to
give al dand help to probable vic
TINS.
Cambridge. Mass, Jan. s.-Rich-
ard Cults Fairfield joined the
Wynne-Bevan Ambulance Corps
shortly after he had entered Har-
ward University last fall. He was IS
years old and was a son of Mrs.
James c. Rarr, of New York, who
has summer home at New Ipswich,
n. II. He was graduated from st.
Georges school at Newport, r. l.,
last June.
Baltimore, Jan. so. - William
Platt was the son of the late William
d. Plat, of Baltimore. He went to
Europe last summer to drive an
ambulance at the battlefront. He
was 26 years old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
GERMAN AIRMEN
DROP MORE BOMBS
[Continued from First Page.]


crossed the Isle of Thanet at 1890
p. m. and proceeded up the Thames
Estuary towards London, but were
all turned back by gunfire. At about
the same time three or four other
raiders crossed the Essex coast.
These also failed to penetrate the
outer defenses of the capital.
IN eanwhile a single airplane
which crossed the Essex coast at
1890 p. m. passed around the north
and west of London and dropped
some bombs on the southwestern
outskirts. At the same time another
enemy machine dropped bombs on
the northeastern outskirts, without
causing any casualties or damage.
"Other airplanes which crossed
the Kent and Essex coast between
1925 p. m. and 1850 p. m. were all
turned back by gunfire at various
places on the way to London.
THE final attack, delivered across
Essex by three of four machines be-
tween 11.30 p. m. and midnight, was
equally unsuccessful. Bombs were
dropped in various places in Kent
and Essex.
Detailed reports of the casualties
and damage have not been received.
There were a few casualties in the
southwestern outskirts at LondoS.
about the same number of ma
chimes as on the previous night ap-
pears to have participated in the
raid: viz fifteen. A number of our
airplanes went up. Severa Iengage-
ments with enemy machines are re-
ported. One OF our pilots attacked a
raider over the. northeastern out
skirts of London, with the result
that it dropped it's bombs on open
grounds and made off. All our pilots
returned safely"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
STATE STUDENTS ENLIST

State College, Pa, Jan. 3d.
Forty-two students at the Pennsyl-
vania State College who are regist-
cred in the School of Engineering,
enlisted in the Engineers Reserve
Corpse. Through a special ruling
of the War Department they will be
exempted from the draft in order
to complete their technical studies.
They are subject to service, however.
Immediately upon completion of
their college work. Major James
Baylies, Is. S. A.. retired, the COL
lege commandant, swore the stu
dents into the government service.
Among those ~:1s~ enlisted are:
William o. ejppp IN, Harrisburg;
Martin L. lib herman, Harrisburg;
Paul N. Kitcnler, Steelton; Elmer
w. Kruger, Carlisle and william
B. Reichard, Sunbury.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
Sudden Cold Snap Checks
Flood in Monongahela

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 30.-A sud
den cold snap in the mountains of
West Virginia, checked the flood in
the headwaters of the Monongahela
river early to-day and ice gorges at
Brownsville, Pa, and Morgantown,
w. Va, instead of moving out as the
local weather bureau anticipated,
held fast with the result that mills
in the Pittsburgh district were still
short of coal. Water, the weather
bureau, expected would seep throush
the piled up ice, but not in sufficient
quantity to force the masses out.
Towboats were sent into the third
pool to try and force a way through
the ice to the coal mines, but early
reports were that little headway was
being made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
Ice Piles 20 Feet
High; Danger Passed

Morgantown, w. Va, Jan. 30.-The
coald weather of last night caused
the Monongahela river to fall three
feet, and while the gorge below here
still holds, all danger of a disastrous
flood seems to have passed.
The gorge fills the river for six
miles, between Round Bottom and
Van Voorhis, and in places the ice
Baltimore and Ohio railroad is open
between here and Pittsburgh, but
closed from here to Fairmount,
w, Va.
Cairo, ILL.,, Jan. 3O.-The river fell
ten feet here last night indicating
that the gorge at Columbus, KY, has
broken. Ten steamers have been
sunk between Cairo and Paducah.
When the gorge at Columbus
broke, the water on the hanks at
Cairo receded, leaving boats high on
the shore. Eighty large pieces of
wreckage passed under the railroad
brideg here last night. So far as
known there has been no loss of
life.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. 30.-The
Tennessee river was rising at the
ratae of one foot in three hours to-
day. the gauge reading 1913 feet. AL
ready much low ground is inundated
and number of residents in ex-
posed places have been forced to
move out. The crest of the rise will
not reach here before Friday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
CIVILIAN WAR RELIEF
TO AID CANADIAN FAMILIES

The Civilian War Relief Department
of the local Red Cross Chapter,
branch of the industry which reaches
out widely in this particular work,
has received a request from the Cana
dian Patriotic Fund TO look after the
families of Canadian soldiers in this
neighborhood who may be in dis
tress. With its accustomed energy,
ed and were rewarded by finding three
cases of this sort. The investigation
will be pursued and anyone hearing
of destitution of this kind is asked
to report II. The Patriotic Fund, of
Canada, is an organization similar to
the Red Cross
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
Teutons Bring Forward
Large Reserves in Effort
to Check Italian Advance

Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy, Tuesday, Jan. 2g. -
Italian troops struck the enemy an
other hard blow yesterday in the
mountain region west of the Brenta
river where his effort has been to
push down the Frenzela valley to-
wards Bassano. The action lasted
throughout the day, the Italians
making an advance along the whole
stretch from the Brenta to Asiago
and capturing 1900 of the enemy,
including so officers. War material
also was taken and havoc was spread
among the enemy's forward
trenches.
The aerial activity was especially
lively during the fighting, the
Italians bringing down ten machines
and the French two. The action was
still in progress to-day with the
enemy bringing forward large re-
serves in an attempt to save TIE day.
The battle on the Italian size was
fought by mountain troops, infantry
and Bersaglieri, with the support of
Italian and allied batteries and large
fleets of airplanes aided by Italian,
French and British aviators.
Italians Take Initiative
The Italians took the initiative in
a surprise attack at daylight, the
enemy trenches being reached and
his lines driven back over O long
front. Late in the day the enemy
made a series of violent counter at
tacks which were broken up by the
steady resistance of the Italians
backed by the allies batteries.
Towards night the enemy began
the concentration of reinforcements
in an effort to redeem the situation.
This brought on heavy fighting dur
day.
The latest rnnctts show.the Italian
line holding well in the advances
positions oc :.'p.ci Turing the ca. y
hours OF ,ne nnaaet 4. ent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30

Boston, Jan. 30.-Teams of play
ers who made most errors in 1917
would be hard to beat. The error
making champions would include
George Sisler, of the Browns, for
whom several clubs stand willing to
give a small fortune; Hank SEVERED,
of the same club, who annually
catches more than 100 games, and
Bobby Veach, of the Tigers, who
led the junior organization in bat
ting in runs. The player making
errors is considered as a live wire
who takes every chance.
The statistics on the champion
error makers of 1917:
American League
Player, club and position. Errors
Sothoron, st. Louis, pitcher -. II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
Mates Down Admirals
in LemoYne League Match

The Mates 0t the Lemoyne Duckp;n
League defeated the Admirals two
games last night on Fickes' alleys.
The Admirals won the first contest
by a margin of thirty-nine pins but
We're unable to stop the speed of the
Mates and they romped away with
tho second an1 third games, winning
the second by a margin of seventy
five pins and tine following one by .
margin of thirty-three pins. Lewis.
of the Admirals, captured honors tu~
high single and high triple scores
with a total of $50 and 40S pins re-
spectively. The Captains will oppose
the Ensigns in Fridays contest, The
scores:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
SNOW MAY HOLD
UP COLLECTIONS
[Continued from First Page. ]


work." one of the firm members
said. while we will try to use the
two large auto trucks which we have
purchased. the snow may prevent this
and instead We will use large horse
drawn sleds with wagon bodies.
Some of the wagons we will use have
not reached the city yet. but this
will not delay the work.
"One hundred and fifty pigs are
already at the farm which we will
use. More are on the way and before
many weeks there will be about 500
porkers getting fat on the city's
waste. over the weekend two car
leads of equipment and horses were
shipped here and unloaded at once.
With the exception of some of the
wagons, everything is in readiness to
start. In fact, we could begin COL
lections to-day if the contract start
ed now
To Make Cleanup
while there may be much garba ge
accumulated during the last few
weeks, we will remove everything,
This will be too old to be fed to the
pigs, but after it has been taken
away collections will be made regu-
larly and we do not expect to have
any trouble on that account.
Heavy SHOWS during the last few
weeks prevented completion of the
piggery, particularly the concrete
work, but as soon as there is a slight
thaw this can be finished. Temporary
quarters have been constructed in
such a manner as to give the best
possible protection to the pigs and
at the same time be kept in a sani-
tary condition"
The present contract with the
Pennsylvania Reduction Company for
the collection of both ashes and garb-
age ends on Friday. The price being
paid by the city to this firm was ap-
proximately $4,000 for collection in
twelve wards of the city.
Hagy Brothers will receive $4,000
month, or $4,000 annually for the
collection of garbage only in the
fourteen wards of the city.
May Drop Ashes
Council took no action yesterday
on the ash collections bids and from
present indications intends to drop
the question for the present. The
commissioners admit that there are
hundreds of loads of ashes piled in
the yards of residents, but apparently
take no heed to the scores of COM
plants made daily. The present con-
tractors are doing little collecting,
according to some of the officials,
but the weather conditions get the
blame for this. Others declare the
firm has not made collections as It
should have done for more than a
year.
Buried under the snow in prac-
tically every yard in the city are re-
ceptacles filled and running over
with ashes and other refuse. In the
cellars of many more there are still
larger piles from furnaces. That
these conditions will bring about q
situation far worse than last spring
was the prediction made to-day by
those familiar with the city's needs
Council also has taken no action
in organizing a city garbage and ash
inspection bureau, with the result
that any complaints against garbage
collectors in the future will proba-
bly, be made as in the past-to the
city health bureau. The ordinance
providing garbage collection regula-
tions authorizes the city to fill out
complaints on cards and to keep q
record of them. No provision has
been made for this work. apparently
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
LEAVES QUARANTINE TO
GET COAL ORDER

An argument about who should
get some of the coal delivered to
1918 North Seventh street, under
quarantine because of smallpox, re-
suited in thearrest of Dave Wash
ington, colored. Washington had
been under quarantine at the place
and to-day came to the office of the
Directors of the Poor. declaring he
could not get any of the coal which
had been delivered there. Chief
Clerk j. w. Bayes called police
headquarters and explained Wash
ington was n quarantine Jumper"
He was arrested and will be given
a hearing later.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
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MAJOR LEAGUES:
SOME LINEUP

SEVERED. st. Louis, catcher 80. "a
Sisler, st. Louis, first base ..... %
Wambsganss. Cleveland, I'd base 3S
Bates, Philadelphia, third base. 81
Risberg, Chicago, shortstop -. 61
Veach, Detroit, left field 49,. II
Shotton, st. Louis, center field 16
Graney, Cleveland, right field E. 13
National League
Player, club and position. Errors
Douglas. Chicago. pitcher ...... z
Wingo. Cincinnati, catcher -. 21
Chase, Cincinnati, first base -. 2S
Doyle. Chicago, second base -. 33
Smith, Boston, third base ..... 33
Kopf, Cincinnati, shortstop -. 6S
Kelly, Boston. left field ........ II
Long, st. Louis. right field 80. 16
Robertson, New York, right f'ld II
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
Age Limits For Police
. Changed by Civil Service

All applications for appointment
as patrolmen on the city police force
must be filed by noon, February IL,
r. Ross Seaman, clerk of the Civil
Service Board announced to-day. 1t
was also decided by the board to
change the age limits for patrolmen
applications from 2S to 40 years. in
stead of 20 to 35 years. This is eX-
pected to increase the number of ap-
plications.
Physical examinations for those
applying for appointment as SER
geant were held last night, and men,
tai tests will be held this evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-30
NO NEW LIQUOR LICENSE
APPLICATIONS ARE FILED

All holders of liquor license In the
city filed applications for renewal it
was stated at the Prothonotary's Of
flee to-day. All county holders with
the exception of a few in the north
newal.
There were no new license appli-
cations filed either for city or county
hotels and also no transfers. Re-
monstrances must be filed within
three days of February 10, when the
court will hear the applications.