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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
NO CHANGE IN
GRIDIRON RULES
Officials Say Code of Last
Season Will Be
Continued

New York. Jan. 4.-The football
rules are not to be altered. The
chairman of the rules committee
announced to the assembled A. A.
U. delegates that he saw no reason
for changing the gridiron laws, in
asmuch as they are stable and just.
Adding that there would probably
be no winter session of the commit
tee, he closed with praise of the
present code.
1t is a mighty healthy sign when
the football rules committee stops
tinkering with the laws. The prac-
tice of altering the code has done
more to prevent the red -blooded
game from gaining the favor that
baseball enjoys.
Game Misunderstood
1t prevented the average follower
of sports from becoming familiar
with the principles and rules of the
game. So consistently did the rules
committee effect these sweeping
changes that it wearied the fan and
he gave up. the effort of trying to
learn the finer points of the game.
This was especially true in the
South.
When the forward pass came into
vogue and the grid legislators de-
cided that there should be four
downs to gain ten yards, the game
took a boom. While the attendance
during the past season was below
that of 1916, it would have been
greater in a normal time. There is
more interest in football to-day in
the South than ever before.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
COMMUNITY CENTER IS
ATTRACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT

Nearly 400 members and friends of
the Shimmell Community Center at
tended an entertainment given in the
school building last night by the
pupils. Moving pictures, featuring
comic, educational and commercial
subjects, were features of the. even
ing. Miss Dolores Segelbaum gave
two readings. one a Servian folk
tale, and "Epamonindas," negro
humorous story. Girls and boys of the
upper grades, under the direction of
Miss Clancy, gave two interesting
tableaus, which were accompanied by
hidden chorus. One represented
War, with the comrades of a dead
soldier grouped about his lifeless
body. The second one represented
Peace. showing the various belliger-
ent nations as they will appear after
peace has come.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
BEGIN TASK ON RED
CROSS MEMBERSHIP

Work of typing, filing and index
ing the names of the $4,000 Red
Cross members secured during the
Red Cross Christmas membership
drive, began yesterday in the base
ment of the Public Library. Volun-
teer workers are needed immediate
ly. 1t is estimated that the work can
be completed in a month, with ten
workers on duty each day.
Mrs. r. l.. Gillespie, secretary of
the local chapter, is in charge of the
work. The system used was suggest
ed by Miss Alice r. Eaton, librarian
of the local Public Library. A num-
Der of the women who have volun-
teered are women registrants who
volunteered for service through the
patriotic war service registration
several weeks ago. These registrants
are under the leadership of Mrs.
James l. Chamberlin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
Only One Steamer Able
TO Plough Through Ice
BN l4ssncintcI Prr.s

Baltimore, Jan. 4. - Only one ship,
the Merchants and Miners steamer
Howard, was able to-day to plough
her way through the worst ice block
ade in twenty years. More than
sixty vessels, many foreign bound, are
tied up. The ice boats are unable to
Keep the channels open. The oyster
meet OF hundreds of boats is frozen in
on the dredging grounds or in nearby
coyes or harbors, and the big oyster
industry is paralyzed.
Several large foreign ships are fast
in ice tields near Cove Point. The
norfolk Bay Line steamers, the most
powerful operated on the numerous
bay and river lines, have been forced
to lay up for the first winter in many
years.
Ice in the bay is six to ten inches
thick and in the rivers two and tbrea
times that thickness
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
Deny Mike O'Neil Deal;
Syracuse Leader Smiles

st. Louis, Jan. 4.-Despite Mike
O'Neirs statement that he had been
offered the management of the st.
Louis Cardinals, Branch Hickey, of
the Cardinals, does not agree with
him. Rickey denied here yesterday
that he had rendered the vacant
post to O'Neil, though he admits
he has known O'Neil we'll for some
time and considers him an able
man.
The denial of Hickey caused quite
a surprise here, as O'Neil is well
known here and is not the man who
would have made such a statement
unless there was some reason for 1t.
1t is known. however, that O'Neil
conferred with Hickey at the annual
meeting of the National League in
New York in December.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04

Carlisle Indians at Annville: Janu-
ary Il, Hassett Club, Harrisburg, VS..
Carlisle Indians, Carlisle; January
10. West Chester Normal VS.. Car
Isle Indians, at Carlisle; January
"a, Galdhad Club, of Harrisburg, VS..
Carlisle Indians, at Carlisle; Feb
ruary =, Albright College VS.: Car
Isle Indians, at Carlisle; February
Q. Hampton Institute VS.. Carlisle In
dians, at Hampton; February 10,
State Forestry Academy VS.. Carlisle
Indians. at Mont Alto; February IL,
Albright College VS.. Carlisle Indians,
at Myerstown; February 20, Gettys-
burg College VS.. Carlisle Indians, at
Carlisle; February 2S, Shippens-
burg Normal VS.. Carlisle Indians, at
Carlisle: March 2, Allentown
"Usaacs" VS.. Carlisle Indians, at AL
lentown; March 13, Gettysburg Col
lcge VS.. Carlisle Indians, at Gettys-
burg; March 16, Shippensburg State
Normal VS.. Carlisle Indians, at Ship
pensburg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
LEAGUE ERIES TO START
WITH TECH-LEBANON GAME;
TONIGHTS ADDED FEATURE

The Central Pennsylvania Scholas-
tic Basketball League will be inaug-
urated this evening when Technical
High Schools representative quintet
will meet Lebanon, last years run
ner-up for honors, at Chestnut Street
Auditorium. AS a preliminary con-
test, the Sophomores will line up
against a Senior aggregation.
Tech appears to have the best team
in the history of the school, and
Coach Miller has a squad of fifteen
players who look like championship
caliber. 1t will be difficult to make
the final selection. Last week in the
Alumni contest the players who were
given a trial in the second half
clinched the contest and were really
in better for mthan the five who
started the game.
Ready For Fray
The Maroon players have been
practicing at the Chestnut street hall
every evening after supper, and are
in great shape for the fray tonight.
In addition to an inter-class game,
dancing will also be a feature, and
the Ross Church orchestra will fur
nish music for the occasion.
Lebanon comes to this city with
three veterans from last season.
Trout, at center. is an experienced
player who is one of the best jumpers
in the league. Young Strickler. a
brother of polly is an all-around
athlete who will be seen at guard to-
night. He plays football, basketball
and dashes on the track in great
form. Wolf is another football player
who wins honors in the Lebanon
cage. While Tech hopes to win, it
should be battle royal from begin
ming to end.
Probable Lineups
Coach Miller will not announce his
final selection until the last minute.
With the game won, he will give a
number of the anxious players a
chance to show what they can do in
a league fray. The probable lineups
will be:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
Emancipation Proclamation
Anniversary Celebrated

That colored people of the present
time have reason to be thankful be-
cause negro labor is enjoying greater
prosperity than at any time since
Ashbie Hawkins, attorney, in an ad-
dress last night. Mr.. Hawkins spoke
at meeting in celebration of the
Emancipation Proclamation, held in
the auditorium of the Technical high
school. He showed how .the negro has
answered the call to the colors, and
urged that colored people buy as
many Liberty Bonds as possible.
Following the address, the Eman-
clpation Proclamation was read by
Robert Nelson, and number of pa
triotic songs were given by q male
quartet.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
President Gets Belated
Cobbler From Oklahoma
BY Associated Press

gobbler with red, white and blue in
his plumage. reached the White
House yesterday from Kiefer. Okla.
There was nothing on the crate to
identtfy the sender. but the gobbler
probably was intended as a gift for
the Presidents Christmas dinner and
was delayed on the road by railroad
congestion.
In honor of his extraordinary coat
ne was given bigger quarters and a
dinner on his own account.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
CASINO TENPIN LEAGUE
(Casino AlleVsl
Standing of the Teams
RECORDS ARE BROKEN BY
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS

Partly owing to the receipts on to-
bacco, for which this is a phenomenal
year. and to the big tax on spirits,
the revenue receipts for December in
the Ninth Federal District were
$642, 1854. This is nearly 100000
more than the receipts for December,
1916, and $123,000 more than the in
come for November of this year. Beer.
added $6S, ,S49.75, and spirits con-
tributed $S2.777.2S.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
GAMES ARE WANTED

The olivet basketball team of Her
shey desires to arrange games with
any first-class junior basketball team.
Ages range from 16 to Is years. Ad-
dress all communications to Russell
Zontmeyer. manager, Hershey, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
SIS WOMEN REGISTER

The report made by Mrs. James 1.
Chamberlain, shows that S4S Dauphin
county women have registered for
war service and are willing to help
their country in any emergency which
may arise. OF this total, 406 are
HARRISBURG registrants. The remain
ing 442 are from the towns and from
the country districts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
aNuTTYn SOCIAL

Boy members of the Y. NJ c. A. held
"nutty' social at the association
building. Vast night. Peanuts and
other nuts were purchased and used
in various games and contests. After
the program, motion pictures were
shown. These were immensely en-
ioyed by the boys.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04
DIR. KALBFUs TO SPEAK

american Frontier Days, 1869 to
1875 will be the subject of an ad-
dress by DR.. Joseph Kalbfus, secre-
tary of the State Game Commission
before the Natural History Society
Friday, January IL. The meeting viii
be held in the Technical high school
auditorium. DR.. Kalbfus will base his
story on his own experience and rec
objections of that time. The lecture
is open to the public.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04

Jim Jeffries is now the head of a
concern that is manufacturing a new
explosive said to be more powerful
than anything ever before invented
for war purposes. The formula is
so simple that it can be mixed"
in less than an hours time, right at
the front. 1t is said that the United
States government is likely to adopt
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-04

GOING TO MOVE? Look under
HAULING and MOVING On the
WANT AID PAGE for the best party
to do your hauling.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
Helping on the Farms.

Farm women, boys and girls in
Indiana are helping food production by
taking the places Of the men who have
been called to the colors and the city
Industries. Investigation of the cost
OF milk production, conducted by the
dairy division of the United States
department of agriculture, in eo-opera-
ton with Purdue university, shows
that, in 1866, hired men performed
nearly half of the work in the diaries
in the Chicago milk district of northern
Indiana. A year later, aster many of
these men had left to join the army or
responded to the higher wages paid by
the steel mills and munition factories
at Gary, Ind, and other cities, the
women and young people went out to
the barns and are now performing over
half of the labor which was formerly
done by the hired men. The men who
are left at home are also spending
more time in the diaries, but, were ii
not for the fact that their families are
helping them, they would have consid.
erably less time to devote to the pro
duction of much-needed crops.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
Efficiency and the Beehive.

A productive colony of bees may be
likened hguratively to machine which
consumes in friction 80 per cent of the
energy applied. This is not high de-
gree Of efficiency when measured by
this standard. The colony in a box
hive, then, is likened to such machine
in bad repair and with no attention, in
which all the energy is used simply to
drive the wheels. Such a machine is
totally unproductive. The properly
housed colony which is badly manipu-
lated is then comparable to the ma
chine insgood repair but in the hands
of a poor mechanic. Such a machine
may do fair work sfor a time, but the
mechanic fails TO do the necessary
work at the right time and the machine
is only occasionally productive. Final
ly, the productive colony is like a good
machine in the hands of good me-
chanic. While energy is consumed
simply to run the machine, the good
mechanic does the right work at the
right time and obtains the greatest pos
sible reward in the machines output.
Such a flgurative comparison must not
be carried too far, and is used here
only to point out the lamentable waists
in much present-day Bookkeeping.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
RUSSIANS HATE JAPANESE.
Would Not Stand for Entry of JAP
anese Troops Into Siberia.

anese Troops Into Siberia.
Washington.-Mem of the staff
of Ambassador Francis have arrived
in Washington and are making re-
ports TO President Wilson and to the
state department discouraging mill
tary intervention in Russia, particu-
larry If that intervention must be car
ried out by japanese. These men be
lieve that Japan's intentions are the
best in the world and her anxiety to
interfere in Russia is based on a
genuinely disinterested wish to serve
lhe great allied cause.
But, they say, Japan is more dis
liked in Russia than any other nation
in the world. The United States is the
best liked of the allied nations.
If intervention cannot be carried out
by the United States they believe
there might better be none. If Japan
goes into Siberia, they say it will i'm
mediately drive all Russia into the
arms of Germany and thousands of
Russian men into the German armies
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
DON'T WASTE CAR SPACE

You know that, at this time,
food is precious and that none
of 1t can be allowed to go to
waste.
Do you know that, at this time,
freight car space is equally
precious and that to waste it is
! to invite disaster?
When shipments of produce
and other perishable food prod
ucts are not properly packed In
the car, they fare badly and
there is loss of food.
When produce, vegetables and
the like are not properly packed
in the car, there is loss Of equal
ly valuable car space.
For your own protection from
money loss, and for the protec-
ton Of the country from food
loss and shipping loss, exercise
scrupulous care to see that ship
ments are packed properly in
the car.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31

generated when closely packed to-
gether, will cause rapid decay and
great losses.
Mixed carlot shipments are some
times received with the produce, such
as potatoes and cucumbers, scattered
through the load because the contain
ers have broken open in transit 1t
is well in mixed carlot shipments to
see that each type of produce is loaded
by itself, spaced and braced, so that it
viii not shift about while travelling TO
market.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
Anna Held Near Death.

New York.-Anna Held, the noted
actress, is swiftly approaching her
death, it was announced Sunday by
DIR. Donald McCaskey. her physician.
The end may come at any time, or she
may possibly last several weeks.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
PROPER LOADING
To AVOID WASTE
Greater Care on Part of Shippers
in Packing Perishable Pro
duce Is Urged.
HEAVIER LOADS ARE CARRIED
Heavy Demands on Railroads Due 20
War Conditions Have Increased
Difficulties In Handling Fruits
and Vegetables.

1t is not enough to select, grade, and
pack perishable produce carefully; 1t
must be properly loaded in the cars to
prevent food waste. Many thousands
of pounds of fruits and vegetables that
were not properly loaded In freight
cars arrive at large market centers in
such condition that they must be re-
packed and sold at low prices, while
some cargoes are practically ruined
from shifting and lack of ventilation in
transit.
But the loss is not borne entirely by
the producer and shipper, for today,
with the nation at war, every freight
car must haul more cargo, and i'm
proper loading, which wastes food, also
wastes car space, because cars loaded
carelessly do not serve the nations
needs,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
Taft and RooseveIt Meet.

Chicago. Presidents Theo-
dore Roosevelt and William Howard
Taft met Sunday in this city and held
their first extended conversation since
the Republican national convention of
1910
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-05-31
Carry Heavier Loads.

Reports from railroads and shippers
show that under the stress of car short
age freight cars have been carrying
heavier loads than in the past, and in
some cases maximum safe loading has
been worked out for certain crops.
The department of agriculture and the
railroads are endeavoring to educate
shippers to the necessity for proper
spacing, arrangement, and bracing of
loads in cars to prevent injury in tran
sit.
Shipments of carefully graded pro-
duce, such as peaches, put up in good
hampers have been received at market
in such condition that they had TO be
repacked before they could be sold,
many hampers being so broken that
the loss of fruit was great. All this
because the hampers were not prop
erly spaced and braced in the cars.
Even when loads are braced prop
erly and arrive intact, inattention to
requirements of refrigeration and ven
tilation often results in great losses
through mold and decay. Efficient
loading of perishables prohibits put
ting so much In car as to result In
such losses The limit of safety must
be adhered to even though there is
danger through car shortage of not be-
ing able to ship the entire crop. If
cars are properly loaded with open
spaces between packages and an ample
air passage beneath floor racks, the
maximum weight of carloads may be
| greatly Increased, with less danger
from loss than with light loads put
in the cars indifferently. Very perish
able produce, such as cherries, peaches,
| pears, and plums, being shipped under
refrigeration. need special attention in
this regard. since fruit loaded within
| two feet of the roof does not receive
4 proper refrigeration, and unless this
space is open the remainder of the
load is in danger through inadequate
circulation of air to and from the ice.
Standard Ventilation.
Produce that can be shipped safely
under standard ventilation" events
open, without ice) may be loaded near
4 the roof with less danger than produce
that requires ice. But safe shipment
of such produce requires air spaces
| above, between, and below the pack
ages, so that cool, fresh air entering
the open vents may reach all parts of
the load, otherwise the latent heat OF
the produce, together with the heat
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-03-23
0LANDEzn 81 CONFIS.
CAREA vESELOR LOR.

ROTTERDAM, % Martic. -
In lipsa textului proclamatiunei
presedintelui Wilson prin care a
proclamat confiscarea vaselor O.
landeze din porturile Americana,
multimea s'a adunat icri in jurul
tablclor pe carl Sc afiseaza bule-
tinele ca sc citeasca actiunca lu-
alta.
Printre multime sc vedea SUI
parare 81 indignare vadita.
Vorbind desprc confiscarea va
selor, ziarul New Rotterdamsche
Courant zice:
,,Guvernul American confis.
cat alte obiecte miscatoare. Ac.
tiunea este .pata in istoria Sta.
telor Unite care nu Sc poate ster.
&c mai mnlte decenii.
,,Olandezii vor purta lovitura
Gu dennitate, care este Gel ma
bun respuns al puterilor mici "a
ia de puteriic mari pentru rani
lie dureroase pc carl le prime
ste"
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-03-23
AcTIWTATILE1 in BALcAN

LONDRA, q Martie. -, Aici
au ayut loo mari activitati din
partea fortelor aericne carl opc-
reaza pc frontul Macedonian, con
form unui rapport de la Salonic,
care zice:
,,Aeroplanele noastrc au arun-
cat bombe pc statiunile dc II
Angista 81 Porna. Linga cea din
urma CARA, un tren fost atacat
GU mitralierele de la inaltime
mica. S'a observat ca mecanicul
locomotivei a cazut jos 81 trenul
deraiat.
,,Un alt aeroplan a indreptat
foe de mitraliera, della inaltime
de 300 de urine, contra unei com
panii Bnlgare asezata in fornsa-
tie ,strinsa. O 1nasina inamica i
lost impuscata de JOS 81 4 caz.i
IA lacul poifan.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-03-23
S0LDATII AMERICANI
NOR CA WCTIME in LUP-
IA PENTRU DEMO-
cratic.

LagdruI american din Frdnta,
81 Martie (noaptea). - In seara
aceasta au fost amintiti de CONAN
dantul francez pentru bravura lor,
II soldati americani, carl si-au sa-
crificat vietile lor in lupta pentru
Democratic lumii. Scena a avut loc
in sectorul della Luneville.
Unul dintra dinsii reparat
doua zile 81 doua nopti sirmele dc
telefon care era in legatura GU ar
tileria, in eel mai afurisit foe de ar
tilerie. SIrmele au fost adeseori
puscate din miinile lui. in a treia
noapte a primit o rama fatala della
un Srapnel.
Locotenentul Jordan fost pri-
nul care a fost ucis in sectiunea a.
ceasta. A avut o 1ngropaciune fru,
moasa la care luat parte ofiteri-
mea americana 81 franceza.
In legatura cu moartca lor, au
PRINT mai multi insi crucca dc raz-
boi franceza, ca decoraiiune pentru
faptele lor vrednice.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-03-23
B BULETINE e

LONDRA, % Martie. - Con
tratorpilorul American Manly, q
ajuns in siguranta intr'un port
eneglez, So raportea5a ast&zi.
Orucisatorul Manly a fost vata-
mat cind un obuz a explodat pc
coverta lui. Patru oameni au mn
rit 81 mai multi au fost raniti
grav.
L0NDRA, % Martie. I'll
mem Pc dusman din pozitiunils
noastre de lupta" raporteasa q
stazi feldmaresalul Haig.
BERLIN, via Londra, II Mar
tie. Cartierul arlnatelor anun.
ta c. trupele Bayarexo Az intrat
ieri ia liriile inamicl,ll,i 4 sud
Ede 0rnes, ~ frontul N Verdnn, =
aii inaintat pipx T. Hsnle RavinsI
.nnde ~ prins 2lo 80 4 + iIpli 4. I.
America. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1905-current, 1918-03-23
|PAREREA INALH|LOR FUNCTIO-
mari MILITARI DIN WASHINGTON
|ASUPRA OFENSIVEI GERMANE.

nllOr vor fl tot asa de costisitoare
ca 81 cele pc care le-au avut la
Verdun, atunci navala sd va fl
prea costisitoare. Germania nu
va mai putea suporta o lovitura
asa de grea in perderi.
Aici a fost privita ca sur
prindere ca trupele americana au
fost desconsiderate la inceputul
ofensivei. Oar sd poate cd Ger
mania are sd lie probeze pc baza
teoriei ca trupele moi nu pot sd
supoarte o lovitura in mod alta
de practic ca trupele vechi.
Directiunea 81 natura marei O.
fensive inca nu este dezvoltata
din deajuns. Englezii nu au de-
cit sd stea la locurile lor 81 Ger
manii sd vor nizui sd rupa linii-
lie din salientul della Cambrai
pentru ca sd scape de imbulzeala
liniilor della aripi.
Este prea de timpuriu ca sd
iputem hotari daca Germanii vo-
iesc serie de atacuri locale, orr
o lovitura pc un plan mai mare
cum buna CARA a fost cea della
Verdun in care s'a vadit valoa-
rea soldatilor francezi. Atacurile
locale vor permite in acelasi timp
operatiuni pc fronturile italian
81 eel din Macedonia, caci specta-
colul rusesc fost in stare sa eli
'bereze un numar mare de soldati
germani ca sa pQata fl folositi
pc alte fronturi.
Aici facut surpriza ca alta
cul fost indreptat in prima IL
ME contra englezilor, dar tot aici
sd spune in mod destul de mere
zator ca aliatii sunt gaia sa dea
englezilor ajutor mai multi decit
alta cit lie trebuieste.