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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Coal Situation Becomes.
Worse With Cold Weather

Coal dealers reported this morn
ing that the cold weather has
brought on a great demand for fuel
and that there is none to be fur
nished the consumers. Detweiler
Brothers this morning reported that
one car of bituminous coal had been
received and was sold in a few
hours. w. T.. Abercrombie, mana
ger of the Steelton Store Company,
said this morning that he did not
hear of much suffering. He said
that the company had not received
any fuel and that the reserve sup
ply held for bushel sales had been
exhausted. The official was of the
opinion that some fuel would arrive
in the next twenty-four hours.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Fear Great Flood In
Upper Susquehanna

Wilkes Barre, Pa, Feb. 4.-Con-
ditions are right for one of the great
est floods the Wyoming Valley has
ever had. The Susquehanna River
will reach a new high water mark
is the belief. The weather conditions
at present presage no flood, but it
is certain that with a warm spell
the great quantity of melted snow
would quickly send the stream over
its banks.
Precautions are being taken
against a big flood. People in the
lowlands have been warned to seek
safe quarters at the first sign of a
breakup. The police and fire de-
partments of this city and surround
ing towns have taken steps TO pre-
pare for any emergency.
The river is frozen all the way to
Towanda. At points north of here
the snow is heavy. All tributaries
are frozen and along their banks are
vast quantities of snow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
CAMPAIGN ON FOR
so SCOUTMASTERS
IN HARRISBURG
Rotary Club Hears Executive
Slime Make Plea For Men
to Work With Boys

]. II. Slime, Scout executive for
Harrisburg, spoke at the weekly
luncheon of the Rotary Club to-day
and told of the special effort to be
made during Boy Scout Anniversary
Week to recruit 100000 new leaders
for Scout troops all over the coun-
try.
Fifty per cent. of the commission
ed Scout leaders have enlisted for
service with the colors and some
thing must be done to provide ade-
quate leadership for these enrolled
Scouts, and for the other boys who
want to help the things that Scouts
are doing to aid their country.
There are 293,000 Boy Scouts of
America, and there are 100000
boys of Scout age in the United
States. The boys are ready and eager
to come in. The task is to provide
the scoutmasters. To meet this situa-
ton, this campaign has been ar
ranged.
Harrisburg has suffered through
the leaving of scoutmasters for the
war, Mr.. Slime said. There are a
number of institutions desiring to or
ganiZe Scout troops and waiting only
on the selection of leader.
Mr.. Slime said that according to
information he had received there
never has been a Boy Scout commit
ted for juvenile crime IN Harrisburg.
This record" he said, must be kept
up. Boys who are working during
their leisure hours on the things that
Scouts do, have little time for get
ting into mischief, and on the other
hG nd are practicing lessons in citi-
zenship that are invaluable. We need
fifty of the best men if Harrisburg
for our reserve corps and should
have them at once"
Mr.. Slime concluded his talk by an
appeal to the Rotary Club for active
cooperation and aid in conducting
the campaign for men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Pennsylvania Couples
Married at HagerstOwn

Hagerstown, Md, Feb. 4. - Penn
sylvania couples were married in this
city on licenses issued by Clerk of
the Court Edward Oswald, as follows;
Harry w. Motter and sylvia Sny-
der both of Harrisburg.
William D. Nauss and Marie II.
Hess both of Harrisburg.
George Cuckovich and Lenba Cor
up. both of Steelton.
Hoy II McCleaf, of Fairfield, and
Lottie Il. Mcdaniel. of Ortanna.
George Walter Bond, of Williams
town, and Mae Agnes Thompson, of
Tower CITY.
Arthur f. Bretz and Helen Tippett,
both of Camp Hill.
Clinton T. Miller and Florence L.
Watts, both of Duncannon.
Roy f. Quigley and Esther a. Ston-
er, both of New Cumberland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
CAR WOMEN'S BOOMERS
ARE DEFENDED AS MODEST
BY RAILWAY PRESIDENT

the cross-saddle riding habit, the
average summer resort bathing suit,
the peek-aboo shirtwaist, the short
street skirt, with its far -short-of-
reaching high top shoes, repeat, as
compared with these. l consider the
neat, business-like uniforms of our
.conductorettes with it's knee-length.
semi-military coat, closely buttoned
collar, easy-fitting bloomers and put
tee-covered legs, splendid example
of modest, practical utility dress.
IF, in favor of common sense and
patriotism women have courage to
sweep aside hide bound conventions
that they may the better do their
bit, why should we attempt to handi-
cap them with false nations of mod
esty about dress?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Gym Classes For Boys
Populnr at Y. M. c. A.

Classes for boys at the Central Y.
NJ. c. A. under the instruction Of C.
sociation are meeting with great IA
vor among the boys who are members
of the "Y." About thirty-five boys
were present at the gymnasium
been necessary to organize a new
class to take care of the overflow.
The classes have been divided into
groups of younger and older boys.
fore, Tuesdays and Saturdays. The
older boys will beet. beginning with
this week, on Thursday and Satur-
days.
Mr.. Miller is much pleased with the
work of the boys in the various
classes. Many of them have won
laurels in the local athletic world
through their training at the "Y" in
the bYmnasium classes
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Federal Fuel Authorities
Investigate Quality of Coal
Shipped From Penn. Mines
BY Associaicd Prcss

,
Wilkes Barre, Pa, Feb. 4.-After
comforting last night with the fuel
administrators of Luzerne and Lack
awanna counties, Administrator
Neale. a member of Or. Garfield's
Washington staff, authorized an in
vestigation of the quality of coal
being shipped from the anthracite
fields. Hundreds of complaints have
been received that the coal being
supplied to home markets is of poor
quality. 1t is claimed that all sorts
of mine refuse is being sold as coal
and that washery coal, which is
composed in part of silt. is being
marketed as first quality coal.
Some coal operators, it is alleged,
have admitted that seventeen per
cent. of the product now sold is i'm
pure. but allowance in price is made
on this account.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Penn Wins Cage Battle;
Defeats. Swarthmore Team

Philadelphia, Feb. 4. - With
Mike" Sweeney, PENIS right for
ward, scoring IS points, Penn won a
close basketball battle from Swarth-
more with % to l9 reckoning in
Weightman Hall Saturday evening.
The Garnet and White sprung a
surprise upon the inter- collegiate
leaders with its ability to break up
Penn's offensive and shoot field goals
from all angles of the floor.
Where Penn was weak, namely,
field shooting, Swarthmore was
strong, the Garnet netting II of its
10 points from the field. The first
half ended with Swarthmore lead
ing, 13 to 12.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
KIwANIs CHARTER TO CLOSE

Prospective charter members of
the Kiwanis Club have been notified
by local organizer Thomas Larsen
that charter membership lists will
be closed tomorrow.
A letter from w. r. Armstrong to
members of the local club tells of
his success in Johnstown in organ
izing a club. He had nineteen mem
bers of the club signed up in three
days.
Captain George f. Lumb, presi-
dent of the Rotary Club, will speak
before the club at their weekly
luncheon, Thursday noon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

they wanted me to have an opera
ton, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me so L did
not need the operation, and Lam
telling all my friends about it,
Mrs. A. w. BINZER, Black River
Falls. Wis.
1t is just such experiences as that
of Mrs. Binzer that has made this
famous root and herb remedy
household word from ocean to
ocean. Any woman who suffers
from inflammation, liberation, dis
placements, backache, nervousness,
Irregularities or the blues" should
not rest until she has given it trial,
and for special advice write Lydia
r. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn,
Mass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

New York, Feb. 4.-Theodore p.
Shonts, president of the company
that runs most of New York city's
car lines. having decreed some time
ago that the "conductorettes" re-
Gently employed to replace men,
should wear bloomers as a part of
thelr uniform, now comes forward
to defend the costume against the
criticism that it is immodest.
In letter to critics he made pub
i1c tonight, the railway president
says:
Compared with the distorted fig
ure of the days of tight lacing, the
unsightly hustle, the unwieldly hoop
skirt and pantalette. as well as the
present-what shall 1 say-near
waistless party or theater gowns,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
ROBERT McIvOR BURIED

m New Cumberland, Pa, Feb. 4
Ihe Rev. DIR. T. S. Wilcox, pastor of
Baughman Memorial Methodist
Ghurch, officiated at the funeral of
robert McIvor on Saturday after
noon. Miss Lillian Grove. Miss Ha
Tel Rosenberger, f. n. Burns and
Parker McAffee, members Of tho
Methodist choir, sang several seIec-
tons. The, pallbearers were Charles
Bond, Parker Wheeler. Jacob and.
harles Ross. Burial was made all
Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
WORK ON WATER PUMP

Commissioner Hassler announced
to-day that repairs to the 12,000,000-
gallon pump will be completed in
about a week. The water supply sit
uation is unchanged, but all resi-
dents are urged not to let any out
lets running to prevent pipes from
freezing. Two or three small serv-
ice pipe lines running into residences
burst over the weekend, but these
have been repaired and no serious
damage resulted.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
REHEARsALs POSTPONED

Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur +. Harris to-
day were called to Bellefonte by the
er of Mr.. Harris. AS a result the
rehearsal of the Wednesday Club
chorus scheduled for Tuesday after
noon and Wednesday morning, have
been Cancelled. A rehearsal will be
held Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Peking Adopts Hostile .
Attitude Against Rebels
BY .4Esotiatcd Prctt

Peking, Sunday, Feb. "A more
hostile attitude toward the south
ern reVolutionists has been adopted
by President Feng-Kwo- Chang
since his return from a visit to the
south. He issued a mandate to-
day ordering the chief military COM
manders, Generals Tsao-Kun. Chang
Hui Chi and Chang Ching -Yao, to
lead troops to punish the rebels who
even dare to fire on foreign gun
boats, courting foreign interven-
ton"
The rebels recently captured VOC
how, now threaten Wuchang. The
government troops are concentrating
at Wuchang. Refugees from that
city are overrunning Hankow
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Constable Gibbs Working
on Defense Police Move

Constable John Gibb who has
charge of selecting sixteen men to
compose the Home Defense Police,
an organization to protect Steelton
from riots and any disturbances dur
ing the war, said to-day that he
would announce the members of the
squad in the near future. The squad
will be composed of two men from
each of the five fire companies in ad-
dition to six prominent residents
Constable Gibb has been selected
as chief of the organization and will
have charge of the men.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
To Study SMALLPOX

At a meeting of the Dauphin County
Medical Society tomorrow night, DR.,
B. Il. Royer, DIR. Howard L. Hull and
DIR. c. r. Phillips will present a
symposium or smallpox. The meet
ing will be held in the Academy of
Medicine, at $50 o'clock. DR.. Hull
will talk on vaccination from the
state Health Department standpoint;
DIR. Roger will give an illustrated
talk on actual cases in his own ex-
perience and that of DR.. Phillips, and
Or. Phillips Will talk on smallpox on
INSPECTOR.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Personal and Social Items
OF Towns Along West Shore

Miss Freeda Kinley, of Market
street, New Cumberland, attended
ne ne luneral OF her grandfather, Mr..
Friday. o''
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bond. son
Ross and daughter Mary, of York,
attended the funeral of Robert Nc.
lEor' at New Cumberland, on sat
urday. N'''
Mrs. Melville Matthias, of Elk
wood, entertained in honor of her
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

my sister told me about Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, and now / am
healed by using one cake of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Ointment"
(Signed) Edward Fritz, 1920 N. Fifth
ST., Philadelphia, Pa, June 80, 1917.
Cuticura Soap daily and Cuticura
Ointment occasionally do much to
promote skin health.
Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post.
card "Cutieura, Dept. II, Boston. Sold
everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment rs and Soc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
DIVORCE COURT OPENS

The regular session of divorce
court opened to-day with fifty-hve
cases listed. Those which We're con-
tinued follow: Ethel +. VS.. Michael
f. Day, John T. VS.. Katherine Nc
Allister, Kathryn VS.. Edward V.
Orsinger, Warren f. VS.. Mabel S.
Johnson, Andrew S. VS.. Sarah A.
Jacobs, Mary +. VS.. John d. Shan
messy, Helen NJ. VS.. Earl Crook.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
"THE COAL Is GOMEZ

Hurrah! Hurrah! It's on the way,
Our hearts beat high, our spirits
soar,
We thought 'twould reach us yester-
day
And gloom and damp would be no
more.
Each fltful sound would thrill us
through.
Each noise in air or posing throng
We wearied not, nor ceased to view
The moving world the whole night
long.
But with the dawn our vigil fled.
Our hopes long spent our senses
dumb,
ontil old Bridget from her bed
Cried out, cit up, the coal is Gomez
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Deaths and Funerals
MRS. KATHERINE CURTIS

Funeral services for Mrs. Kather-
me Curtis, widow of Charles e. Cur
tbs, who died yesterday morning at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. H.
Derstine, 1928 North Sixth street.
will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 1.3O o'clock. The Rev. DIR. II.
w. A. Hanson, pastor of Messiah
Lutheran Church, will officiate. Bur-
ial will be made in the East Har-
risburg Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
OIL STOVE EXPLODES

An exploding oil stove at 1851
North sixth street, yesterday morn
ing caused a small fire that for a
short time gave the fire department
to do. The exploding
stove threw oil all over the walls of
the kitchen. which accounted for the
rapid spread of the
rived first. The house is the resi-
dence of Mrs. ]. Vanderman and Mrs
Heel Campbell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
MAP NAME SERGEANT

Council will probably act on the
appointment of a police sergeant to-
morrow, and may discuss plans also
for monthly ash clean-ups. The four
applicants for appoint
ment as sergeants under the new
civil service rules are: S. Herman
Kautz, George w. Fetrow, II. Morris
Owens and Paul G. Schelhaus, all
trOlmeD
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
SLOW ON DELINQUENTS

Work on rounding up 800 delin-
uuents who have failed to send in
their missionaries to the local ex-
emption board being done by the
local police department, is progress
sing slowly. The work is being done
in connection with the regular
routine, Chief GROVE said, and but
one man can be assigned to look up
the men. Few men have been turned
in to the board. the police report.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
DIR. GRANVILLE LECTURES

Marysville, Pa, Feb. 4.-''Are You
Gentleman" was the subject of
an interesting lecture in Zion Iuth-
eran Church yesterday afternoon bv
DR.. w. A. Granville, president Of
the PENNSYLVANIA College at Gettys-
burg. This was the fourth of q SER
les oil monthly lectures being given
this winter in Marysville under tbo
auspices of the Marysville Minister
ium
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
MRS. ANNA HOOKER

Mrs. Anna Hooker, 80, died yes
terday afternoon at the home of her
son, Hershey Hooker, 102 Tuscarora
street. Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 100 o'clock,
the Rev. DIR. w. f. Dougherty, pas
tor of the Boas street United Breth-
rem Church, officiating. Burial will
be made in the Oberlin Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Emperor Creates Special
Decoration For U-Boat
Crews on Anniversary
By ASSocidted Press

Amsterdam. Feb. 4.-Emperor Will
liam created a special decoration for
U-boat crews on the anniversary of
the Inauguration of ruthless subma-
rine warfare as recognition for
meritorious work during the war"
The Nossische Zeitung says the dec
Grafton is available for officers and
crews after three voyages.
The emperor also has conferred the
order of Pour lie Merite on Admiral
Won HoltZendorff, head of the naval
general staff, and Admiral Scher,
commander of the German battle
fleet
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Unnaturalized Germans
Must Register at Station

All unnaturalized Germans in the
borough of Steelton must register at
the police station during this week
Chief Grove announced to-day that
the headquarters would be open dur
ing the entire day until Saturday,
from s o'clock until 5. Germans re-
fusing to register will be looked up
by the local police department and
punished according to the law. The
list of names is being secured by the
local department for the govern
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
uoID DARBY FUNERAL

Funeral services for w. f. Darby,
prominent resident and well-known
attorney, who died at his home in
Pine street Thursday evening. were
held this morning. The Rev. DR.. Ell
lis n. Kremer, pastor of the Re-
formed Salem Church. Harrisburg
officated, assisted by the Rev. C. B.
Segelken, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church. Steelton. Burial
was made in the Harrisburg ceme-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

1t is sergeant now-Sergeant d. H.
Grissinger, Jr., whose father, of the
same Initials, lives at 1892 Green
street. and feels quite proud of the
junior d. H., for he has recently re-
ceived another promotion. Promotions
are getting common with Grissinger
He enlisted June 16. 1917, in the
Regular Army at Baltimore. and stood
the examination for Government scout
SO successfully that he was soon
boosted to a corporal. But the artil-
lery wanted him, and he was sent to
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to the Four
teenth Artillery. and there he has
been made a sergeant. This came as
a sort of Christmas gift, for Girls
singer was home during the holidays
on a brief furlough and got the title
on his return to camp. Sergeant Gri-
singer says that the arrival of the
Harrisburg Telegraph every day is the
happiest moment for him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

pound saved me
from an opera
ton, l cannot
say enough III
praise of it. [
suffered from or
ganic troubles
and my side hurt
me so | could
hardly be up
from my bed,
and l was unable
to do my house
work. l had the
best doctors in
Fan Claire and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
ROBERT A. BOWEN

Robert A. Bowen, infant son of
Mrs. Leona Bowen, 1913 Vernon
street, died of diphtheria last night
The body will be taken by Under
taker Fackler. to Sunbury for burial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
CIGAR MANUFACTURER DIES

Bowman's. Pa, Feb. 4.-Daniel S.
e. Seivering, aged 60, prominent
cigar manufacturer, died Saturday
night. His wife. a son and two
brothers survive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
ELECTED DELEGATE

New Cumberland, Pa, Feb. Al.
a. Sprenkel was elected lay dele
gate by the official board of Baugh-
man Memorial Methodist Church to
the Central Pennsylvania conference
at Williamsport in March,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
TWO BOYs ARRESTED

Meade Geiger and Paul Brehm. both
under 10. were arrested yesterday.
charged with stealing seven dozen
canvas gloves from Schmidt's ba-
kerry. The gloves were recovered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
cnuNCIL MEETING TO-NIGHr

The monthly session of = Council
will be held tonight. 1t is likely
that some action IN regards to
placing additional men on the police
force will be taken at this meeting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04

so hard at times it would
bleed. The skin was red
and scaly, and if my clothes
touched it, the eruption be-
came almost unbearable.
My arms, limbs, chest, and
face were affected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
GARAGES MAY OPEN

Because garages are essential to
transportation, Fuel administrators
Garfield has decreed that they may
remain open for business on heat
less Mondays.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
THIS WOMAN
SAVED FROM
AN OPERATION
BY taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, One
of Thousands of Such Cases.

Black River Falls, Wis.-"As Ly-
dia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-04
Cudcura Heals
Trouble
Caused by Rash. Became
Almost Unbearable

az had peculiar skin trouble. 1t
was caused by rash which itched so
Cheyenne record., 1918-09-05
CHAPTER XIII.

Five Days In IN Empty House.
The I'VE days I spent In that house
seemed to me like fivs years. During
all that time I had very little to eat
less In fact than had been getting In
the fields. did not feel it 30 bad, PEI.
haps, because Of the fact that I was NO
longer exposed to the other privations
which before had combined to mako
my condition 70 wretched. I now bad Q
good place to sleep. at any rate. and I
did not wake every half hour or 10 ~
] had been accustomed to do In the
0elds and woods, and. Of course. my
hunger was not aggravated BY the
physical exsrtions which had been
necessary before.
Nevertheless, perhaps because had
more time now to think Of the hunger
pains which were gnawing at mo all
the time. don't believe I was ever %
miserable A. I was at that period Of
my adventure. felt 70 mean towards
the world would have committed
murder. think. with very little prov
ocatdon.
German soldiers were passing the
house at all hours Of the day. I
watched them hour after hour from the
ksyhole Of the door-to have shown
myself at the window was out Of the
question because the house in which
! was concealed was supposed to be
untenanted.
Because of the fact that I was un-
able to speak either Flemish or Ger
man I could not 60 out and buy food.
although still had the money with