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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04

this morning. "Ive been over
among the boys" she said, "and
they've been doing wonderful work.
They were great, wading right
through the German lines and stop
ping at nothing.
The Kaiser? Why, that chap
ought to be put on one of the Thou
sand Islands with fence built
around 1t. We ought to send him
copies of. all the newspapers printed
in German so he could read them.
in the newspapers he could learn that.
God and Germany are getting along
very we'll without him. The other
members of the Potsdam family
ought to be put on islands, too, and
isolated from the world" TN
Lieutenant Padden was in Har-
risburg several years ago at the time
of the memorable suffrage fight
here and beamed upon the reporter
when she told him she voted for
Smith as Governor Of New York.
md he wont" she exulted.
Lieutenant Padden is brimful of
tales. At one of the camps she drove
a seven-ton Packard truck and her
sturdy arms testify to q lot of earn
est exercise.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
BOLSHEVIKLREFUSE .
REFUGE TO GREAT
ARMYOF CAPTIVES
/ 100000 Men Turned Back at Border
of Their Own Country Wher Enemy
Opens Prison Camps to Permit
Them to Return Home
OF FEEDING THEM
IS HARD ONE FOR GERMANY

London, Dec. 4.-The Russian
government has refused to ad-
NIT 100000 Russian soldiers
who have been prisoners in Ger
many and has turned them back
at the frontier, according to a
Berlin dispatch to the Express,
under date of Monday. The i'll
cident is serious for Germany
because of the necessity of feed
ing these men.
1t is reported that the Rus
sian prisoners have seized four
ships at Danzig, West Prussia,
which the British Red Cross had
obtained from the Germans for
the purpose of housing British
prisoners.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
BIG CHRISTMAS
CHECKS READY
FOR HOLIDAYS
Close to Million Dollars Avail
able For Santa Claus
Shopping

Beginning Friday, Christmas saw
ings checks will be mailed to thou
sands of persons in the city and vi
cinity as a result of the systematic
saving campaign conducted by local
hanks and corporations during the
year.
The sudden receipt Of thousands of
checks, ranging in amounts from $50
to $500 or more, will give an added
impetus to business here, merchants
say. In addition. the checks will lay
the foundations for many more saw
irgs accounts for 1919 and add to the
deposits of the banks and the stabil-
ity of the city's monetary system.
While it is estimated by bankers
that the amounts saved in the Christ
mas fund in 1918 have been ten per
cent. less than last year, the amount
of saving has not decreased. 1t was
pointed out that thousands of dollars
which otherwise would have been
placed in Christmas savings accounts
arc represented in Liberty Bond and
War Savings Stamp purchases.
Popular mt Banks
Several banks have instituted the
Christmas savings plan, which has
proved highly successful and popular
among the moderately-sa salaried resi-
dents of the city. BY means of the
easy payments, many who would fail
to save in any other way Tor Christ
mas spending are enabled to provide
their families with Christmas com
mcdities that otherwise would entail
an almost prohibitive expenditure.
Merchants welcome the Christmas
savings plan, which enables them to
do Christmas business on more satis-
factory terms. The amount Of credit
shopping Immediately prior to Christ
mas was greatly removed with the
advent of the savings plan, they say.
A number Of large industrial es-
Establishments also have aided their
employees by inaugurating Christmas
savings. BY taking nominal sums
from the employees wages whore it is
desired, or by carrying on a fund
within the establishment, often man
aged by the employers themselves,
many a bank account has been started
here. The plan also cements bonds
of mutual confidence between employ
er and employe.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
FIRE TRAP FOUND
BY FIREMEN IN
BLAZE OF REFUSE
Commissioners BURNETT and
Gross May Prosecute Re-
liable Rag Company
WERE WARNED BY CITY
Closely Congested Blocks Me-
naced by Alleged Care
less Junk Owners

Officials of the Harrisburg Fire
Department may prosecute the Re-
liable Rag and Metal Company as
a result of the conditions discovered
at their junk warehouse, 1907 and
1109 North Seventh street, when a
fire which started there this morn
ing threatened to resist efforts of the
firemen and spread to adjoining
buildings.
e. u. Gross, superintendent of pub
lie property, and Charles w. Burt
nett, superintendent of finance and
accounts, conducted a personal in
vestigation of conditions in the
building during the fire, and char
acterized it as a veritable firetrap.
Commissioners Gross declared that
the proprietors' offense is punish
able with n fine. and that action
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
LITTLE DISEASE
IN CITY, HEALTH
OFFICER REPORTS
Influenza Epidemic Left Few
III Effects Among
Victims

Harrisburg, after the epidemic of
Spanish influenza which swept the
city several weeks ago, is in an un-
usually healthful condition, and dis
ease has been reduced to a minimum,
according to DR.. j. NJ. ]. Raunick,
city health officer.
Fears expressed in many quarters
that the reported "flareups" of the
influenza scourge in other commu-
mites of the state might herald a re-
currence of the influenza epidemic
here were dispelled by DR.. Raunick
this morning. According to him,
| there is very little influenza; pneu.
monia or grip in the city, and little
likelihood of return of the disease
fin its former pronounced preva-
lency.
Pneumonia Mt Minimum
Pneumonia, also, is reduced almost
to a minimum. Since November 90,
the city health bureaus reports
show, only seven deaths have oc-
Cured due to pneumonia. At the
Harrisburg Hospital there is only a
small amount of the disease.
Colds, the harbingers of influ-
enza and pneumonia, are not so ap-
parent or widespread as during the
period preceding the recent influ-
enza outbreak.
Influenza is not the only disease of
which Harrisburg has been singu-
larly free during the past few
weeks. Since December / not o
single new case of contagious disease
has been reported to the health de-
partment.
Little Ill Effects
During the epidemic of Spanish
would leave behind it train of dis
! eases and chronic illness, were COM
monty current throughout the city.
A winter replete with sickness, death
and hardships was predicted as a
result of the sweeping illness caused
at that time. The records of the
health bureau, which show con-
stantly decreasing amount of sick
ness and death during the past
month, are especially reassuring to
many.
| THE situation on the whole, in
regard to the general health of the
city at this time is highly favorable" 4"
said DR.. Raunick, discussing the sit
uation. The health department and
other agencies of health welfare,
however. will not for n moment let
lup in their task of safeguarding the
| health of the community during the
winter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
GLASS SELECTED
FOR M'ADOO JOB
AS MONEY CHIEF
Virginian Confers With Pres
ident Prior TO Leaving
For Europe

Washington, Dec. 4.--word went
around unofficially on the House side
Of the Capitol to-day that Represen-
tative Carter Glass, of Virginia, chair
man OF the Bapking and Currency
Committee. had been CHOSEN by Pres
ldent Wilson to become secretary of
the treasury.
An announcement was expected
during the day from Secretary Tu-
multy, In New York seeing the Presi-
dent off for Europe.
Mr.. Glass is understood to have
been in conference at the White
House last night just before the
President started for the train.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
To Arrest Hindenburg:
CrOWR Prince to Ouil

London, Dec. 4.-The Soldiers and
Workers Council at Leipsic, has de-
cided that German general head
quarters shall be dissolved and Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg arrested
according to the Lokal Anzeiger of
Berlin.
The aDdication of the German crown
prince was expected to be publish
ed to-day, according to the North
German Gazette, the former semi
official organ. The abdication will
not concern his successor, it is
added.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
Coal Expert Makes Verbal
Report on Progress Made

T. Ellsworth Davies, the coal en-
gineering expert engaged to make a
complete valuation of coal lands in
Dauphin county, made n verbal re-
port TO the county commissioners
to-day, telling them of the progress
being made. A complete report CIV
ing the assessments of the lands in
Dauphin county will soon be pre-
pared he said and will be ready for
consideration when the triennial as
sessments are revised in February.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
JITNEY DRIVERS. GIVE
UP FIGHT IN COURT
Appeals Discussed by Superior Court Because Rules
Procedure Had Not Been Followed Out; Expense
Said to Be Too Great to Force Hearing

the cases will be too great for the
appellants and that they in all prob
ability will stop the proceedings.
If this step is taken attorneys in
touch with the situation said that
the jitneymen either must comply
with the Public Service Commission
ruling or stop running.
Should the jitneurs decide to. con
tinue the fight and get u ruling from
the Superior Court on the action OF
the commission, it is said they would
now be compelled through counsel
to ask the court to reconsider the
actions, or appeal from the order
dismissing the cases.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
saa. Z 81 !. Z aaa. !

SCRANTONTAN GIFTS FTNF ANTO. TATT,
Harrisburg III Federal Court rohn william Satthsv,
Of Scranton wss fined sloo and given 30 DAYS in the
1aelswanna county TAIL for having made false state
reots m hs 8estfsn-,irs ,7fsttrs who is % stated
he was 40 wears old II is also claimed he kept liquor
!. in his rosu, at the y. NJ. C. A. where he lived
= BERLIN FEARS SOVIET OUTBREAK
> Ansterdan,-rha Berlin government aoeordfas to
the Deutsthc zeitaag, OF Berlin sadousy fears Boz
sbevio outbreak under the leadership Of DR. Liebkneths
the Radical Socialist The Extremists are said to hsvea
. quantity Of artillery and munitions concealed.
,-vygr-,,, ,-r~--yy-,, ,,Tr--' ~ orrreu,
= Ai'''A"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
State and City Officials
Will Meet on Friday

Arrangements were made to-day by
George a. Shreiner. state superin-
tendent of public grounds and build
ings, for Joint conference between
members of the state board and the
Harrisburg city officials in regard to
Capitol Park extension plans on Fri
day afternoon.
The superintendent will present the
Brunner plans and explain what the
state contemplates and what 1t de-
sires Harrisburg to do. In addition
to Mayor Keister the city commits
sioners, engineer, solicitor and clerk
win attend.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
TO OPEN BIDS

Bids for the collection of ashes
and refuse in the city next year. be-
ginning January /, will be opened
December IA by the officials of the
Bureau of Ash and Garbage Inspec-
tion, 1t was announced. Council at
It's meeting yesterday passed finally
the ordinance including rules for col
lections and approved the specihca-
tions for the contract
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04

Appeals of Harrisburg jitney
drivers from the ruling of the Public
Service Commission that they must
file certificates of public convenience
and routes which they will follow,
were dismissed by the Superior
Court, it was learned to-day. 1t is
said that failure to comply with
court rules which require printing
of paper books" including the en-
tire record of the proceeding is the
reason for dropping the actions.
Counsel for the jitneymen said he
had not decided what action will be
taken. 1t is understood the expense
of preparing for the court trial of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
MAYORS SECRETARY GOES
UNDER SURGEONS KNIFE

Clarence o. Backenstoss. secre ;ary
to Mayor Daniel L. ReIster. is recov-
ering FROM an operation which he
underwent at o'clock Yesterday aft
ernoon in the Harrisburg Hospital.
Friends who saw Mr.. Back anstoss this
morning said that he was Improving
favorably and that the operation was
highly successful
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
TREVES COMMANDER BARS
YANKS AND HUNS MEETING

Paris. Dec. 4.-When. American
troops entered Treves yesterday the
German revolutionary committees
tried to get in touch with ther1. but
the commander of the forces in The
city refused to grant an interview.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
SIMS HEARS PRAISE FOR
TROOPS ON SHELLED PERSiC

Washington. Dec. 4.-The behavior
of American troops aboard the
steamship Persic. which was :orpe-
doed last September Z. Is commended
in letter from the British Admiral
ty. addressed to Admiral Sims and
made public to-day by the War De-
partment. t't
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
TEUTONS REPENT
IN PEACE HOUR
Br .AsSocinLcd Prets

AMSTERDAM, Dec. 4.-Mathias
Erzbcrgcr opened the first sitting
of the German commission to i'm
vestlgatc the treatment of war
prisoners on Monday, according to.
Berlin adviccs received here.
THE task of the commission
Erzbcrgcr is quoted as having
said, 'will be to prove the new
government of republican Ger
many Is resolved to proceed ruth
lcssly against any one treating
prisoners contrary to the orders
of those in authority or in viola
ton of the laws of humanity"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
German Soldiers Tear
Down Flags at Essen

Berlin, Dec 4.--Soldiers returning
iron the front have torn down the
flags at the post Office ond railway
stations at Essen, according to re-
ports received here, and exchanged
shots with delegates Of the Goldi srs'
Council.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
WILSON LEAVES COUNTRY
ON BIG ARMY TRANSPORT
FOR PEACE CONFERENCE
To Demand Ex-Kaiser
BY Associated Press

4.-Speakng Bottle, Andrew Bonar Law, the
confirmed the Brit
Emperor William should be
manded he should stand his trial
announced that the government had
scientifically into the question
now would be able to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vIcInityt Fair
Tonight and Thursdays colder
Tonight, with lowest tenpera-
ture about 30 degrees.
For Eastern Pennsylvania Fair
Tonight, except snow in ex-
tremc north portion, colder,
Thursday fart moderate to
fresh northwest winds.
River
The SuSquehannn river and all its
branches will fall slowly or re-
main nearly stationary. A stage
of about AZ feet Is Indicated for
Harrisburg Thursday morning,
General Conditions
The disturbance that was located
over Wisconsin, Tuesday MORN
Ing, has moved eastward to New
England; IL has caused light
snow I'm the Like Region and
the Ohio and Upper st. Law
renee valleys, and light rain and
snow In the New England stntes
and New York. A new disturb
aRce has appeared over the
northwest border states, but has
not yet caused any preclpltn-
tiOn in the United states. Pres
sure Is high over the Southwest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04
MARRIAGE LICENSES

BENJAMIN Mepley sa5pA Ellsworth
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-12-04

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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-07

c. J. Sullivan, an ambassador
rom San Francisco sent East to
,e)l to the advertising interests
~, ~. importance Of attending the
Iatb annual convention of the
Associated Advertising Clubs Of
Il. World. to be held in San
francisco next July, had heard
.hat the Belleclaire was owned
by a former Californian and
hat it was famous for its Apple
Pies and other good things to
.at 80 he came here for dinner
with some friends on the even.
ING that he attended that inspir-
;ne and patriotic show, The
Copperhead." now playing at
Shubert's 44th Street Theatre.
He said afterwards that it
had been a great night for him
that a mixture Of Patriotism
and Good Food was mighty
fine thing for any man.
He ate Clam Chowder. Sea
BASS. Heart of-Lettuce Salad.
Apple Pie-and he drank a
large cup of coffee. Simple
dinner, wasn't it? He said,
however, that it was great
cooked Just right - served
nicely, etc.
Of the Apple Pie he said:
1t is better than any apple pie
ever ate
1t is in this way the Belle
claire keeps on gaining friends
and patrons.
Pretty good idea to make
good. isn't it?
Robert D. Blackman, Prop.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

are showing interest and many are
at this time gathering data One
concern of international fame has had
two capable geologists in the field for
nearly month AS may be inferred,
no hint of their plans is allowed to
reach the public, but in their own
good time it is thought they will start
the machinery that will assist the
local companies in developing the
field
At the present time, three drills are
falling, namely those of the Hopi Oil
Company, the Adamana Oil and Land
Company and the Apache Oil Com
pany. A fourth company expects to
spud-in momentarily A temporary
upsetting of arrangements for the
drill is all that prevents our chroni-
cling the fact that four drills are pound
ing away in the Holbrook oil field. But
this is being adjusted and without
question fourth company will soon
be at work.
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

lake, clear as the crystal seas of
heaven. No breezes disturb it's glossy
surface, not a ripple breaks upon the
sands of it's silent shores, the azure
skies are mirrored in it's crystal
bosom, and its picturesque banks, with
trees in full verdure of spring with
a profusion of foliage of emerald
green, seem to rise from a foundation
deep beneath the wave; wild animals
scamper along it's banks, or are cool
ing themselves in its silvery embrace.
Soon the scenery is shifted, changed
by invisible hands, and in it's place
appears mighty river, rushing over
a tremendous precipice, the dark,
frowning cliff in it's bank towering in
grim majesty toward the skies, only
to be changed into fantastic feudal
castles with gigantic walls and tur-
rets, standing in solitary splendor, as
if guarding the secret entries of the
enchanted wales beyond. The scene
again changes and immense black
mountain masses seem to stand on
their cones, inverted or hang sus-
pended from the skies. Such are the
ever changing scenes presented to the
traveller as he winds his weary way
over this trackless waste. The gay
frost work is ever dissolving, and the
eye meets with naught but deception;
but one realty appears and that is the
reddish, unproductive soil, the wild
desert waste, and the constant heat
and glare of the SUM-
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

ingly remunerative. Like all Livestock
business, it has it's good and bad years
but, taken one year with another it
beats stock speculations, gilt-edge Sc
curities, money lending, bond purchas
ing or any other business venture in
this part of the country. In no other
branch of business has a person with
the same amount of capital required
to commence with sheep by strict at
tention and carefully outstanding Ol
his resources been able to meet WIN
more unqualified success with the as
surance that in a few years he Woua
be comparatively well-todo, and enjoy
ing a liberal income.
Nature has lavishly fitted this Sec
tion of the country for the succesSlu
operation of the industry. The VaS'
regions covered with nutritiye gra"
and brush, together with the ditferen'
attitudes, so that the herds can U
moved slowly from one place 10 au
other and obviate the extremes OF uN
climate, renders it a wonderful para
disc to the sheepman. In the Wln'0
season the sheep are moved 10 ~'
lower valleys, where they are protec''O
from the colder weather OF the hlsH0
attitudes. Summer and fall rains COD
tribute to furnish excellent forage !"
the winter ranges, while on the nlOup
tains the feed is always abundah' =
the summer time. AS soon as tne o'D
begins to display it's heat in the spiin'
time the sheep are moved Slowly ="
ward the crests of the Mogollon an,
White mountains, where the w,
nights, the pure mountain water '"'
rich grass furnish the ideal range !,
The shearing season begins IN M".'-
and continues through May II ~
nishes employment for larg huln0.
of men, and the hauling OF ne W.
to the most convenient shipp p p''I
on the railroad is a big job OF wv
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20
THE PAINTED DESERT

Northwest of Holbrook, between
the Moqui villages and the Little Colo
rado river lies what is called the
'Desierto Pintato" or the painted des-
ert. 1t is so called from the peculiar
red color of its soil, and the fantastic
shades imported to it by the glare of
the sun. This strange freak of nature
extends for about one hundred miles
to the north and west. In crossing
the desert one is struck with the re-
markable mirages which are perpetu-
ally appearing and dissolving in an
ever changing panorama. In no place
on the face of the earth do such a
variety of deceptive scenes constant
ly present themselves to the eye of
the astonished traveller. At times it
spreads before his vision a beautiful
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20

reports proclaim the fact that the
Pennsylvania formation covers the
very heart of that field.
As an indicator of the probability of
the formation south of Holbrook pro-
ducing oil in commercial quantities,
it may be pointed out that the San
Juan oil field, located little farther
from Holbrook than is the town of
Flagstaff or Williams, produced it's oil
from the strata of the Pennsylvania
formation at comparatively shallow
depths. In the San Juan field only
three of the seven known sands were
reached by the drill, although at
least two efforts were made to reach
the deeper sands known to contain
oil from the fact that seepages of con-
sequence were detected at points
where the San Juan river had cut the
formation deep enough to reveal their
presence. These efforts were, unfor-
tunately, blocked by accidents to the
tools and the almost prohibitive cost
of operating in a district so far re-
moved from a railroad, Holbrook be-
ing the nearest point
Given the right formation and the
structure admitted by biologists to be
favorable for the accumulation of oil,
operators ask little more. In the
present instance the men now operat-
ing and about to begin operations in
the Holbrook field have been able to
point to the presence of commercial
oil in the San Juan field a compare
lively short distance north of Hol-
brook, as additional proof of the worth
of the Pennsylvania formation in this
country as a container of oil, and, In
asmuch as it covers practically all the
country distance perhaps 80 miles
south of Holbrook, high hopes are en-
tertained that great oil field will
be developed here.
The great oil companies of America
The Snowflake herald., 1918-12-20
SHEEP AND WOOL INDUSTRY

One of the prominent sources of
wealth in Navajo county is the sheep
and wool industry. Many of the we'll
to-do people are interested in this
profitable industry. 1t has been found
to be safe investment and exceed