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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02

have volunteered their services and
hundreds of men and boys will be
out all over town with shovels to
help.
an districts where there are no
trucks or not sufficient to go around,
people can do a great service by re-
moving the snow from about fire.
plugs. Many of them are lost in the
drifts and the city is menaced by
| reason of the firemen being unable to
give prompt service. Due to this con-
dition and the snow-clogged high
ways. but one company was able to
get a stream on the fire which oc-
Cured last night. Another excellent
service that can be rendered where
there are no snow-hauling trucks
available is the clearing of street
crossings"
KeIster Is Pleased
The Mayor has been greatly pleased
with the instant response to his ap-
peal for help from everybody in
clearing up the city streets Monday.
That the approval of his proclama-
tion is city-wide is evidenced by a
letter from Simon Michlovitz a coal
dealer at Paxton and Pennsylvania
Railroad, in which he enclosed $50 to
be used in hiring trucks or laborers
Monday. Thomas T. Wierman also
contributed a check for $40 for the
same purpose. Michlovitz, in his
letter to the Mayor, writes as fol-
lows:
i write to express my appreciation
of the proclamation issued by you as
published in to-day's paper.
"a very prompt and cheerful re-
sponse to this proclamation will be
of untold benefit to the traffic of
the city as well as to the pedes-
| trians. Personally, 1 do not have any
truck or teams to lend to this most
worthy cause, but l take pleasure in
handing you herewith my check for
fifty dollars. Kindly apply it to the
subject of your proclamation"
Woman to Help
The firm of Roberts and Neck have
contributed a two-ton truck. with
! their driver. to be used all day after
10 o'clock.
A number of citizens have called
the Mayors office and said that they
are anxious to have the trucks OIL
carts stop in front of their premises
and they will get out and shovel
away the snow. One woman on Alli-
son Hill called upaand said she will
| be on hand with shovel IL a truck
comes near her house.
In the business section, many mer-
chants with trucks or delivery carts
are on their own initiative shoveling
| the snow from the front of their
stores and hauling 1t away them
selves. If all the downtown mer-
chants would do this. conditions in
| the business section OF the city will
| be greatly aided.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
Thirty-twO Trolley Cars
Are in Carbarn For Much
Needed Repair Work

Thirty-two cars on the lines of the
harrisburg Railways COMPANY are
in the carbarns undergoing repairs,
1t was stated at the company's Of
fees to-day. For several weeks past
there have been from a score to
more than thirty each day sent into
the shops because of damage done
by the heavy ice and snow. Seven
OF these in the barns at noon will
again be in service before evening,
it was said.
The thick ice which has formed
between the rains has caused the
gear castings on the trucks to ride on
the ice, causing the glazed strips be-
tween the rails so noticeable all over
the city. In a short while the ice
wears through the castings and Dor
tions of ice and snow get into the
gears and lock the wheels. The car
must be dragged to the shops for re-
pairs. Snow and ice works into the
armatures and field coils, it was
pointed out,causing these to ground
and burn out so that replacement is
necessary. Cables become ground
in the same manner and the cars
must be taken to the shops for re-
pairs.
1t was stated too, that additional
power is used on the cars when they
must follow slow moving vehicles on
hills and the motors, arranged in
series, becomes overheated and the
resistances blow out, making repairs
necessary.
This afternoon an ice choppinG
apparatus is being tried out. 1t was
devised by officials and employees
of the company and if it is success
full the company will be saved many
repair bills during the remainder
of the winter. A disc harrow, at
tached to the company's snow plow,
is being run over the lines to score
the ice between the rails. A sweeper
follows and sweeps away the parti-
cles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
THRIFT STAMP
BUYING .BOOME]
Commissioners Lafean Cal
Upon People of State to
Save and Buy Them

State Banking Commissioner Dai
iel +. Lafean to-day urged the peop
of Pennsylvania who have material
increased the resources of tho
banking institutions in the last vel
to invest in Thrift Stamps to aid t
Government.
In a statement issued to-day M
Lafean said: you can not have
army of one million men in any Ian
who voluntarily sacrificed everythiI
in obedience to a call to duty witt
out enobling the country from Will
they came. Let us honor them
our showing on Monday, February
1918, by investing in Thrift Stam1
as this day has been named to lgiI
you an opportunity to save mon|
and help win the war.
"The resources of our state banH
are very large, showing an increa|
of nearly $3.50, 100000 during 10
and the people of this Commo
wealth can be depended upon to
their full duty in purchasing Thr
Stamps.
Begin saving at once and prs'
tice saving until it becomes a ha
and help your state to prove to O
country It has a thrifty, loyal a
patriotic people,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
MEASLES AT MANCHESTER

Manchester, Pa, Feb. Chill
dren confined to their homes wit
the measles are Miriam Plowmar
Luther Landis and Kathrine Rey
nolds.-The Aid Society of the LII
theran Church will hold its regula
monthly meeting at the home
Mrs. Henry u. Rhodes, Thursday evt
ming, February Z. Mrs. II. l.. Gerst
myer and Mrs. II. n. Rhodes hav
arranged a program for the evening
Mrs. Charles Weigle spent Wed
nesday at Baltimore, where she visit
ed her husband, who is being treate
in one Of the hospitals.-Paul Ja
cobs, stationed at Camp Mead
Md, spent Saturday and Sunda
with his parents, Mr.. and Mr.
Franklin Jacobs.-Arthur Reynold
is confined to his home by Illness
Edgar Gladfelter, who had been cor
fined to his home with pneumonia
is greatly mproved.-Revival sci
vices in progress several weeks |
the Evangelical Church, the Rel
f. J. Bayne in charge, closed q
Wednesday evening. - HowaIl
Gross, who underwent an operatid
for appendicitis in a hospital
Philadelphia, is at home with III
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Zach GroS
Mrs. Gene Myers, of Alliancl
Ohio, spent Monday in this town,
which time she attended the funerI
of her sister, Mrs. Elmer Bowers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02

HalifaX.-Mrs. Mary Biever, Mrs.
Roy Rutter and Miss Catharine Biev-
er spent several days at Harrisburg
and Lucknow.-Clayton Chubb, of
Cleveland, Ohio, is spending several
days visiting old acquaintances, MAX
ing his headquarters at the Hotel
John C. Mil
Ter Mrs. c. E. Matter and Miss Beu-
lah Miller, were at Harrisburg on
Tuesday.-Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Dun
kel and two children spent the week
end visiting Mrs. Dunkels parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Pento Miller, near
F'isherville.-Mrs. Charles Knouff
spent Tuesday visiting her sister,
Mrs Elmer Sheesley, at Harrisburg
Mrs. w. B. Mace is paying a visit
to her sister, Mrs. Sheesley.-George
Schroyer, of Palmyra, spent Sunday
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
]. NJ. Schroyer, and his sister, Miss
Kathryn Schroyer, who is ill. -
Charles Lands and little son, of
Harrisburg, were guests of his moth
err, Mrs. Lydia Lands Merchant
Paul Bowman, of Sunbury, spent
the weekend here visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Bow
man.-John Bethel, of Carlisle, was
the weekend guest of his parents,
Prof. and Mrs. S. C. Beitzel.-Miss
Christine Neidig, of RoYalton, spent
Sunday here with her parents, Mr..
Westfall, who is ill.-Charles Reisch.
guest of her mother, Mrs. G. w.
Westfall, who is ill. Charles Reisch,
of Palmyra, was home several days,
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Reisch.-Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Long, of Middletown, were guests
over Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. w. Mcclellan in Armstrong
street.-Mr. and Mrs. d. S. Ludlow
and two children, of Harrisburg,
spent Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Ludlow's mother Mrs. Hannah Rut-
ter.-Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Lutz and
daughter, Miss Vivian Lutz, at Liver
pool, on Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
vim Sheetz and little daughter, spent
Sunday visiting relatives near Mil
lersburg.-Dewey Cooper is confined
to his home with rheumatism. -
Edith Messner. of Wiconisco, was a
weekend guest at the home of F. E.
Wolfgang and family.-Mrs. Elias
EtZwiler and daughter, Lulu, spent
Wednesday at Harrisburg, having
gone down to pay a visit to their
daughter and sister. Mrs. Edward
Yeager, who is receiving treatment
in a hospital in that city. Alfred
Bowman, of Lancaster. spent Sun
day visiting his father. Cornelius
Bowman.-C. c. Sweigart and +. e.
Wolfgang and Myles Meredith were
visitors at Harrisburg this week.
Elmer e. Daugherty spent a day at
the home of Joseph Umberger and
his daughter. Miss Ellen Umberger,
at Millersburg.- John Helt was at
Lykens this week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
Traction Company to Get
Electrical Transformers

The three electrical transformers
for the new substation of the Har-
risburg Railways Company started
from the Westinghouse plant in
Pittsburgh to-day. After the trans
formers arrive the company will use
power from York Haven through the
Harrisburg Light and Power Com
pany plant to increase the power at
the railways station. The power from
the substation will be used to oper-
ate the cars in the Second, Third and
Fourth street lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
FIRE COMPANY
ANNIVERSARY
Rescue Hook and Ladder
Company Will Attend
Church Service
WILL NOT HOLD SUPPER
Honor Roll and Service Flag
For Members of the Grace
Evangelical Sunday School

MechanicSburg, Pa, Feb. 2.-To-
morrow the Rescue Hook and Lad
der Company will attend the st.
Paul Reformed Church in a body,
where the pastor, the Rev. John
S. Adam, will deliver a special SER
mon. On Tuesday, February s. the
annual anniversary supper was to
have been held in the enginehouse,
but owing to war conditions, it has
been abandoned.-An honor roll was
unveiled and a service flag present
ted to Grace Evangelical Sunday
School last Sunday morning at a
patriotic service, in honor of the
following young men who are in
the American Army: George NJ.
Kutz. William Mckay, John e. Nc
Kay, William Lucas, Ralph Lucas,
E. Emerson Minnick. Raymond
Short and Melvin T. Meals. After
a talk by the pastor, the Rev. D.
L. Kepner, an address was given by
the Rev. w. e. Peffley. Miss Frances
Trostle recited, God Bless Our
NJ. Shutter, of Pittsburgh, house
guest of Mrs. S. S. Garnes, at the
Trindle Spring Lutheran parsonage.
Mrs. Morris X. Sultzaberger and
Mrs. Harry Michener entertained on
Monday afternoon at their home in
West Main street. Knitting for the
Red Cross was a feature and re-
freshments were served.-Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Forney and their in
teresting little daughter, Edith, of
Oakville, left for their home in that
place after spending some time at
the home of Miss Sue Swartz, cor
ner East Main and Arch streets
MIR. and Mrs. f. L. Strominger
South Market street, left yesterday
for a months trip to the South,
which will include a visit to Allan
ia, Georgia, to see their son, Ches-
ter, who is stationed at Camp Han
cock, in United States service con-
nected with the motor supply COM
pany.-Dr. and Mrs. r. P. Long will
leave next week for Philadelphia to
visit their daughter, Mrs. James
Johnston.-Miss Kate Walk was at
Greencastle this week attending the
funeral of her mother, Mrs. Walk.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Dougherty was hostess
for the Bridge Club on Tuesday
afternoon at her home in West Kel-
Ter street. Mrs. Mervini Lamb and
Mrs. Russell n. Biddle won highest
score.-A pleasant session of the
Ladies' Aid Society of Grace Evan
gelical Church was held on Thurs
day evening at the home of Mrs.
John Fisher, East Keller street. The
annual election of officers was held.
Mrs. NJ. E. Smith. Miss Leah
Knoll, Miss Annie Keefer, Miss Cath
crime Seifert, Miss Beatrice Heiges
and pastor, the Rev. DIR. II. n. Feg-
ley, were delegated from st. Marks S
Lutheran Church to the Lancaster
District Luther League convention
in Harrisburg this week in the Mem
orial Lutheran Church.-Corporal
Victor Hart is home from Camp
Hancock, Augusta, Georgia, on n
furlough, visiting his mother
Fred d. Mumma, of the Three Hun
dred and Sixteenth Infantry, at
Camp Meade, Md, spent the week.
end with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. S. Mumma, East Main street.
Miss Anna Lloyd, who teaches school
in Hershey, was home with her mo-
ther during the weekend.-Frank
o. Neidig, of near town, left for a
course of instruction at State Col
lege.
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ORDERED TO REPORT

Earl thompson, an employe OF the
Charles Williams barber shop at the
pennsylvania railroad station, has
received notice to report to the draft
board at Pittsburgh, not later than
40 o'clock Sunday morning. A re-
quest has been filed to permit the
1oca1 board to examine the young
man who has been a resident of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02

Marietta, Pa, Feb. Mrs. NJ. E.
McCloskey has received a letter from
her son, Lieutenant Frank Nc
Closkey, who is among Marietta
bows in France. He states that he
arrived safely and is we'll Lieuten-
ant McCloskey is twenty-five years
of age, and is a graduate of the
Dickinson Seminary at Williams
port, Pa, and attended Syracuse
University. He entered the service
at Fortress Monroe, where he re-
ceived his appointment in the coast
artillery. Lieutenant McCloskey
while in Marietta, before entering
college. made many friends, and was
frequently called upon to give his
services in an orchestra for pub
lie entertainments, being a violinist
of ability.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
LUTHERANs TO RALLY

The Lutheran Brotherhood Central
of Harrisburg and vicinity has plan
ned a large missionary rally, to be
held in Bethlehem Lutheran Church,
Tuesday.
arranged for the rally. Governor
Brumbaugh will make an address.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02
BERLIN CHARES u. S.
WITH INCITING STRIKE
[Continued from First Pagc.l
sabotage in the German muniticn
making industry.
BY Associated Press


Washington, Feb. 2.-"Perfectly
absurd" was how Senator Stone,
chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, to-day characterized
the report that he was concerned in
augmentation to foment strikes in
Germany.
That circulation in the enemy coun-
tries of President Wilson's address
also may have contributed to the ru-
mors were suggested by Senator
Stone.
81 learned only last night" he
said. that the Russian Bolsheviki
are themselves circulating the Presi-
dents addresses not only in Russia
but in Poland, Germany and Austria.
The Bolshevik leaders have had the
Presidents address translated into
German, Polish, Czech and Slavic and
circulated them among the peoples
which Germany dominates. Their
purpose 1 understand is to stir up
sentiment so as to force Germany
at Brest-Litovsk to enter into the
peace the Bolshevivki desire.
But as far an any strike propa-
ganda as far as 1 am personally con-
cerned. and from all 1 know, the
reports are ridiculous"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-02

Hummelstown, Pa, Feb. 2.-Wil-
liam Levens, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Levens, of East High street,
enlisted in March, 1917, at the age
of 1S, in the Pennsylvania National
Guard in Company ID. Eighth Regi-
enlistment he was employed with
the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road Company at Rutherford. He is
now in Company d. One Hundred
Twelfth United States Infantry, at
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia.
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TWO NEW SMALLPOX CASES
Two new cases of smallpox were
discovered to-day, one in the city
and the other in Steelton. Health
officers are investigating the source
of the contagion.
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THOUSAND MEN
URGED TO SHOVEL

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over and decided that some sort of
outlet must be found for the young
ster's superfluous energies. Mrs. Baker
laughed in telling about it, and re-
minded me what an active war she
had always waged against child labor.
Mr.. Baker then informed his son that
he would give him place in his office
as messenger. And so little Jack sits
outside the door of his fathers office
every afternoon--he stays at home
and plays all the morning-and does
such errands as small boy may
After three weeks as working
boy the youngsters chief complaint is
that there isn't enough to do. He is
only IL years old, really, and he is
small for his age and looks even
youngest of Uncle Sans Wanted dol
lar year men. His salary comes out
OF his fathers pocket.
The Lansings are actually planning
to get away, not for the summer, but
for Mr. Lansins's vacation. In fact,
they have probably gone. for Mrs.
Lansing told me carly in the week
that she hoped 10 get Off Friday for
about three weeks.
They are to spend a few days at
their home in WATERFOWL, y. ", be-
fore joining Mrs Lansing's mother
Mrs. John Watson Foster, at Hender-
son Harbor. From there Secretary
Lansing. who is an enthusiastic fisher
man. will probably go over for few
days anyhow to Galloup Island and
put in the rest of hts vacation at the
Fortnightly Club there, an anglers
club. of which he is president.
About the last entertaining Mrs
Lansing did before she went was an
informal tea that she gave Monday
afternoon in the garden OF her Wash
ington home for a number OF the con-
! valescent wounded soldiers from Wal
ter Reeds Hospital. She and the Sec
rotary are frequent and welcome Wis.,
itors at the hospital, and many of the
soldiers look upon them as quite old
| friends.
The work of the State Department g
war relief organization is taking no
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She had one up near Dupont Circle
for a while when she first came. but
when the original tenants from whom
she sublet wanted to return, and she
found nothing that suited in that part
of town, she didn't insist on the mys-
tic letters N. w" as part Of her adj
dress. ] believe she lives IS. W." now.
and in spite of the fact that mo one
lives there, my dear" Is quite content.
Diplomats in the Mountains.
So much for the 'cabineteers." OF
the diplomats, Ambassador Naon. who
has been away for about six months,
has returned as not merely Ambassa-
dor but as High Commissioner. with
of course a high commission in tow, so
that Washington is presumably about
to start on a new round of dinner Civ
ing for the Argentinian High Commits
sion.
Nine. Naon came down from Blue
RidAp Summit. where she and the chill
dren are established for the summer
to meet her husband on his return
. He was expected to go up to Blue
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Ridge for the week end There are a
dozen little settlements up there, each
one with a different name, and I be-
lieve the lovely cottage which the
Naons purchased from the estate OF
Mrs. Ferdinand I.atrobe of Baltimore
is at what is locally known as Buena
Vista Springs.
Right near their place is a quaint
old inn which the former Russian Am
bassador and Nine. George Bakhmeteff
have taken. and after remodelling 1t
extensively are moving into. They
seem to have deserted Newport. where
ftI several seasons ther We're estah-
lished at Stone Villa and were very
much in the swim.
1t is at Blue Ridge that the Countess
di Cellere is established for the sum-
mer with her children; and with Nine.
Vittorio Falorsi as a frequent guest
the italian Ambassador and Prof
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night in one Of the local churches
that's an she said on Wednesday
when ] last talked to her.
She told me. too. about little Jack
Baker-whose name isn't Jack, at all.
though that's what every one calls
him, but Newton Diehl. Jr.-making
his debut as a messenger boy in his
fathers Office. Jack is IL. and in these
war times. with every one. even the
boys. working. he found the summer
days very long. So one night when he
went in to say good night to his father
he asked the Secretary OF War for a
job. And the Secretary promised TO
think the matter over and see what
he could do for him.
So the young mans parents talked It
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main feminine reliance. has left Wash
ington for Chicago. where under
stand she is TO meet Mrs. McAdoo and
some other leading women for an i'm
portant conference. Now II Mrs. Nc
Adoo is to be as far east as Chicago
shortly it's dollars to doughnuts that
Secretary McAdoo will not be far
away. He never Is.
Mrs. Bass doesn't seem to be maxi
ing summer plans. She has been
down at the White Sulphur once or
twice: and I'm told there was some
talk early in the season of moving the
Woman's Liberty Loan headquarters
TO Chicago to escape the heat of a
Washington summer. But as there
hasn't been any heat to the Washing
ton summer so far the plan is at least
Is allegiance.
Meanwhile Mrs. Bass has delight
full apartment down near the Capitol.
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cherry trees are blooming. This year
they were quite heartbroken to find
that the severe winter in the first
place and then sudden belated frost
had quite spoiled the blooming.
Mrs. Hoover Works Hard.
The cherry trees are a long way
from being the only attraction of In
the Woods. though they are especially
dear to the hearts OF the owners. 1t
is beautiful place from every point
of view and has delightful swim
ming pool, which will probably appeal
II whole lot more to the Hoover boys
than the blooming cherry trees would
One gathers that Mrs. Hoover has
no idea of accompanying her husband
on his trip to Great Britain for joint
allied discussion OF the food problems
of all OF us. Possibly she was not
asked. and since he is to he the guest
of the nation over there she could not
very we'll go on her own hook.
Anyhow, she is very busy lady
over here-busy largely about her hus-
bands business. travelling here and
there, spreading his propaganda
among the women of the nation by
way Of women's clubs and meetings at
churches and fairs and war rallies Of
one sort or another. She doesn't go
in very much for mere society unless
she sees in 1t chance of forwarding
the food conservation theories Of her
husbands administration. And in gen.
eral she is very successful. The women
swear by her.
Since he gave up In-the- Woods and
settled at Col. French's lovely old place
out in Georgetown, Mrs. Baker has
not felt the necessity OF getting away
for the summer. 1t is a fine old
Colonial house set in ample grounds,
and Mrs Baker says the children have
never been so well in their lives as
since they have been there. This year
it is to be a great summer centre for
war work: all sorts of meetings Of
workers are to be held out there. For
the rest Mrs. Baker says she Is doing
absolutely nothing-going out to
Camp Meade Friday to sing for the
soldiers, and going to sing Sunday