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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
BILLIONS MUST
BE PUT in R. RS
TODOWN H. C.L
Howard Elliott Says Other
wise the Living Costs
Will Go Higher

New York, Dec. Anew railroad
equipment costing approximately
S3,000,000,0 900 must be bought with
in the next few years If the Amer
lean people are to avert still
higher cost of living, said Howard
Elliott, President of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, before
the reconstruction conference of
the Association of Life Insurance
Presidents here to-day.
Mr.. Elliott, who spoke on the sub
ject The Efficient Transportation
Machine, q National necessity, said
that there could be no higher func-
tion for the great life insurance
companies at the present time than
to make it plain to all the people
that "our railroads must not be Grip
pied but on the contrary they must
keep abreast of the times and be
prepared to serve the great and
growing future of the country"
Higher Rates Needed.
The speaker said that without an
increase in freight and passenger
rates. a very large number of rail-
road companies would face bank
ruptcy and that very few of those
who escaped would be able to pay
stockholders. The year would eno'
there was every indication, he SAID
with a deficit of perhaps S35O,oOo'-
600 for all railroad operations: Ihe
country cannot have an efnclent
transportation machine nor can IN
vestments in railroad securltles pe
protected, he said, unless the roads
are given higher compensation 10
maintain them efficiently.
The speaker said that the Asso-
citation of Railway Executives IN
recent QUESTIONABLE to some 5000
editors, asked them to express their
opinion on Government ownership
and control, and that S3 per cent re-
piled that their communities were
in favor of the return OF the ROADS
to their owners. He said that every
one of the 53,e23,734 life insurance
policv holders in the United States
were vitality interested in the solI-
ton of the transportation problem
because among the assets securing
their policies were nearly S2,oeo'-
100000 of railway securities. These
policy holders, with the rest oil the
1O5 900, 900 people in the country, ne
said, desired to see "a continuous
development of the railroads for the
purpose of increasing the food and
fuel supply and the production of
articles necessary for clothing, shell
ter and our modern American life"
Small Margin of Safety.
Declaring that even today, in the
months of heaviest business that
the Nations transportation machine
was operated virtually at capacity
and that there was "a very small
margin of safety" Mr.. Elliott said
that the American standard of liv-
ing must decline if the general de-
velopment of the railroads were
checked. The people cannot sur
vive without the railroads and our
railroads cannot survive without our
people," he concluded. "They go
hand in hand for good or ill.,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
Mine Blast Kills Six
Men at Jacksonville;
Was Badly Prepared
BIZ Associated Press.

Clinton, Ind, Dec. 4.-Six men
were killed and three seriously in
jured in an explosion at Boyle coal
mine No. at, Jacksonville, near
here, late yesterday. All of the men
were either mine officials or en-
ployes in the Office of the company,
who in attempting to get out suf-
ficient coal for the boilers set off
a badly prepared blast. The mine
has been closed by the strike.
The dead are: John Stark, Terre
Haute; Herbert Campbell and Joe
Robertson, Clinton, Office men; S. G.
Stephens, Terre Haute, civil en-
gineer; Charles Watson, Clinton, as
sistant mine boss, and John Logs
don, Terre Haute, room boss.
The mine was not badly damaged
by the explosion, it was stated, and
little difficulty was encountered in
removing the injured and the bodies
of those killed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
FENCE
POSTSAND EAR
CORN FOR FUEL
Western States Face Crisis as
Coal Supply Continues
to Decrease
By Associated Press

Chicago, Dec. 4.-With nearly zero
weather in some of the western states
the coal situation is becoming almost
unbearable despite the fact that more
strenuous efforts are being put forth
by state and municipal officials and
representatives of industry to con-
serve. the remaining supply of btu
minous coal.
At Imperial. Neb., not a pound of
coal was in the town and the people
were buying fence posts for fuel Bel
fast and Wayside, Neb.. are also out
ing burned.
SUMMARIZED, the fuel. situation
stands as follows:
Federal Troops Called
federal troops were ordered to
unteer miners.
Governor Frederick D. Gardner. of
Missouri announced that his state
would take over the surface mines in
Barton county for operation by vol
unteers unless the miners resumed
work by tonight at the IA per cent
increase in wages. State troops are on
the ground for emergency purposes.
Eleven strip mines were in opera
ton by the state yesterday in Kansas
trouble was encountered there when
a switching crew on the Santa Fe re-
fused to move a train hauling volun-
teers and soldiers to the pits.
Governor McKelvie, of Nebraska,
continued to enlist volunteer work ers
for the mines in producing states
and an offer was made to furnish Mis-
souri, with such a contingent
wyoming was another state that
to-day was facing the system of vol
unteer mining as a result of the chao-
tic situation there. Although union
officials had ordered strikers to re-
sumo work, many OF tie mines were
idle.
Work Hours Cut
Chicago and Northern Illinois in
dustry and business was put on a
six and one-half hour a day working
basis to-day. A similar order was is
sued for Southern Illinois.
Operators in Iowa prepared an ulti-
matum giving the union miners until
December to return to work. II
work is not resumed by that date. the
ever competent labor can be obtained,
according to the operators.
At Indianapolis the government
filed information charging eighty
four officials of the United Mine
Workers of America with criminal
contempt, based on allegations of
violation of Judge Anderson's injunc-
tion against the strike.
The railroad administration an
nounced a system of discountable
credit slips, acceptable at all Fed
eral reserve banhs. to pay operators
Immediately for coal shipments.
Four of the twelve blast furnaces
of the Gary steel works were banked
and a shutdown of two more this
week was in prospect
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
Carp Curtin Gymnasium
80 Be Opened Tonight

At the opening of the Camp Cur
tin Junior High School gymnasium
and auditorium tonight for COM
munity center activities it is antici-
pated that capacity crowd of pa
irons and many members of the
Kiwanis and Rotary clubs will be
present. At 7.30 o'clock in the
boys gymnasium the Kiwanis and
Rotary teams will play a volley-
bail game. with, Horace Geisel as
referee. and at the same time in
the girls gymnasium teams from
sections SB-4 and SB-5 will play.
with Miss Bertha Turner as ref
cree. The teams follow:
Section SB-5, Alma Miller, Lillian
Foster, Helen Hippensteel, Doro-
thea Wallace, Sarah Wolf, Esther
Murlass; substitutes, Mary Ochen-
rider and Gladys Fox. The team of
Section SB-4 comprises Martha De-
Hart. Frances Seibert. Mary Harris,
Beatrice Hunter, Helen Constan-
tine, with substitutes Margaret Kel-
Ter and Katharine Miller.
After the games motion pictures
will be shown in the auditorium.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
Peace Resolution,
Plan of Leaders, Not
to Be Reported Out
BIZ Associated Press.

Washington, Dec. 4.-The plan of
Republican Senate leaders to declare
n state of peace by concurrent res
olution of Congress struck q snag
yesterday in the House.
Chairman Porter, of the Foreign
Affairs Committee, said his commit
tee had no intention of reporting out
such a resolution and 1t was indi-
Gated that House leaders supported
this position.
The position taken by the House
Republicans was said to be that re-
peal of the wartime legislation
which extends until peace is estab-
lished would be more acceptable
method of restoring normal condi-
tions and the question of peace was
one which the President and the
Senate, constituting the Treaty-mak-
ing power, should determine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
EDISON JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL NOTES

The general science classes of the
Edison Junior High School are now
studying the problem of artificial
heating of the home. The principles
OF the stove. fireplace. hot air furnace,
pipeless furnace, steam and hot wa
ter systems are being discussed and
Illustrated by experiments.
The girls are working on the prob
lem of how to operate a gas range
most economically. Those who use
gas for cooking in the home are per-
forming certain experiments at home
and are reporting their findings to
the classes when they assemble at
school The students are showing
much interest in these studies.
The young citizens of Edison re-
ceived the report of their work for
the past six weeks at the close of
school yesterday. These reports will
De returned to the school after they
nave been properly endorsed by the
parents of the students.
The call for candidates for both the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
Large Payroll Under
United States, Charged

Washington, Dec. 4.-The Senate
resumed consideration of the rail-
road bill, with Chairman Cummins,
of the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, continuing his explanation of the
measure. The government has n le-
gal as well as a moral obligation to
return the roads in as good condition
as when taken over. Senator Cum
minis said, and Il also must pay
promptly money owing the roads.
SENATOR Cummins pointed to the
increased number of railroad en-
ployes as one of the causes of the
increased cost of operation under
Federal control. There were 190,537
more employees on the rolls last July
1, he said, than in December, 1917.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
YOUTH IS HELD
! FOR MURDER OF
HIS CHAUFFEUR
Clarence Cothron Guilty in
First Degree, Is Verdict
of Maryland Jury
BY. Associated Press

Bel Air. Md. Dec 4-Clarence Goth
ron. of Florida, a 20-year-old white
youth. was found guilty here of muir
dering John Il. Weldon, a negro
and his wife. Is years old. from Phil
ade1phia to Baltimore, last July. Rob-
berry was the motive of the crime. The
jury returned a verdict of murder in
the first degree without capital pun
ishment." which carries with it life
imprisonment
Weldon was killed near Charles
town, Md, July z Mrs. Cothron testi-
flying that her husband shot him to
get possession of his valuable dia-
mond ring.
Cothron also was indicted in Mont
Somery county. Md. for the murder
of Homer Jones, another colored
chauffeur, whose car he is alleged TO
have stolen, and is charged with kid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
NEW ROAD NEARLY READY

Announcement was made by the
Hugh Nawn Company, which is
building the concrete highway from
Dauphin to Clark's Ferry, that the
road will be open for travel by jan
uary 1. About 1900 feet of con-
crete must be laid and with good
weather this can be done in short
time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
Testimonial Raised
For Johnson to Go
to Hospital For Blind
BY Associatca PreSs

London, Dec. 4.-Wil1iam E. John
son. the American anti-saloon organ
izer. for whom the Evening News
opened a testimonial because of in
by students. has written to the paper
asking that the money thus raised be
sent to st. Dunstan's Hospital for the
Blind.
Mr.. Johnson. whose eye was remov-
ed a few days ago, is progressing sat
isfactorily.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04

ganize and hold regular meetings each
Thursday afternoon. The assignment
OF students and teachers to the vari-
Gus clubs was practically completed
to-day
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04

naping a 9-year-old girl in Balti-
more and taking her to Florida.
Mrs. Cots.ron is held as an acces-
sorry in these alleged crimes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
TO ELECT OFFICERS

Election of officers will take place
at meeting of the Mems Bible |
Class of the First Church of God, !
Fourth street, this evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
Complete Stocks of VictrOlas, Edist
and VOcaIiOns Are Still Here

Only at ]. H. Troup's is such selection
possible. We pick no favorites, endorse
no particular machine, but let your own
tastes be the judge of the Photograph
you select. Every one should seize this
opportunity and make selection at once
to be assured of Christmas delivery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
ATTENDS CONFERENCE

j. Calvitt Clarke, this city, at
tended the conference of workers
for Near East Relief, held in Pitts
burgh on Tuesday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
SEEK BETTER MILK

Plans to secure better method
of pasteurizing milk, so that the
citys supply will be improved, will
be made by committee, including
DR.. ]. B. McAlister, DR.. II. r.. Doug
las and DR.. e. e. Darlington and
DR.. Jesse L. Lenker, of the Dau-
phin County Medical Society.
DR.. B. s. Behney. Dentist, has re-
sumed practice at 236 North Second
street. Bell 1St4.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04
For 2 Child's Liver and Bowels

Motheri Say California" then you win
get genuine California Syrup of Figs" Full
directions for babies and children of all ages
who are constipated, bilious fcverish, tongue.
coated, or full Of cold, are plainly printed on
the bottle Children love this delicious laxative.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04

All on proportionately low terms, and
all right here for you to see and secure
at once, in time for Christmas from
small portable models at SIS, $35, $50 and
$40 to magnificent cabinet models t$11O
$115, $3.50, $155, $175, 5000, $225, $3.50
and UP.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-04

instrument in mahogany or oak,
with ample record filing space,
automatic stop, tone controlling
device, ETC., and possesses that ex-
elusive tone that has made for the
Sonora the great reputation it en-
joys. Be one of the so fortunate
persons to get one Of these Sono-
ra's. You need pay only $500
monthly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
FLIGHT NOT PRINCES FIRST
Former Heir to German Throne
Jumped From Window to Escape
Oncomina French.

The former crown prince of Germany
never took unnecessary chances. His
fight from his radical-swept father
land is in keeping with traits he ex-
hibited to the French during many in
cidents of the great war. In letter
received at Chicago from Sergt. Ralph
Sinclair of the mobile ordnance repair
division, a veteran of Chateau Thierry.
the one-time heir to the German crown
is described as jumping from window
to flee from the oneoming French.
The story was told Sergeant Sin
clair by the mistress of a French
chateau near an American camp.
sit was during the first German drive
In 1914" Sergeant Sinclair wrote,
sswhen they swept down into France
in the full flower of their military
power. She saw the tired Poilus fall
back, worn out with nine days of cease
less fighting TO stem that apparently
irresistible army. Then she saw the
great German war machine roll on.
Some of the German high command
came to her chateau, and then re-
splendent figure on horseback. He
swung an emerald-headed swagger-
stick and bore himself with an air Of
conscious superiority-the crown
prince.
"He informed the lady of the cha
teau that on the morrow his troops
would be in Paris. But six miles back
the tired Poilus had halted and fought
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25

would freeze up solid-ayes-poor
boy!"
We carried the grist in and Aunt
Deel made some pudding. How good
IL was to feel the warmth of the fire
ana OF the hearts of those who loved
me! How I enjoyed the pudding and
milk and bread and butterl
i guess you've gone through the
second peril that OF Kate spoke Of"
said Aunt Deel as went upstairs.
uncle Peabody went out to look at
the horses.
When awoke in the morning l OH
served that Uncle Peabody's bed had
Lot been slept in. l hurried down and
heard that our off horse had died In
the night of collie. Aunt Deel was cry
ing. AS he saw me Uncle Peabody
began to dance a Jig in the middle
of the floor.
balance yer partners % he shouted
you an amt goin' to be discouraged
II all the bosses die-be we, Bart?"
Never" / answered.
That's the talki If Necessary We'll
hitch Purvis up with t'other boss an
git our haulin' DONE"
He and Purvis roared with laughter
| and the strength of the current swept
me along with them.
"We're the luckiest folks In the
world, anyway" Uncle Peabody went
on. "Bart's alive an there's three feet
O. snow on the level an more comm
an it's cOlder'n Greenland"
1t was such a bitter day that we
worked only three hours and came
back to the house and played Old
Sledge by the fireside.
Rodney Barnes came over that after
noon and said that he would lend us
horse for the hauling.
We had good sleighing after that
and got our bark and salts to market
and earned sos. But while we got our
pay in paper ''bank money" we had
to pay our debts in wheat, salts or
corn, so that our earnings really
amounted to only $62.5O, my uncle
said. We gave the balance and ten
bushels of wheat to Mr.. Grimshaw for
a spawned horse, after which he
agreed to give us at least a years ex-
tension on the principal.
We felt easy then.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
Barton faces new experiences
when ne leaves home for the
first time and becomes a pupil
in Michael Hackstt's academy at
Canton. You will be interested
in the next instalIment.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
TO HONOR GOLD DISCOVERER
Project for Establishment of Mu-
scum at PIacerviIIe, CAL, in Men,
DRY of James Marshall.

Miss M. A. Kelley of Kelsey, instruc-
tor in Ell Dorado county schools, has
undertaken the establishment of a
museum at Placerville, and
q similar institution to be erected sur
the blacksmith shop of the
late James A. Marshall, discoverer of
gold in California, as it now stands in
Kelsey. The Hangtown museum as
is to contain exhibits of
the days of 40 and the various ar
ticles used in gold production during
the early days of Hangtown. ..
A large assortment of these exhibits
is available from old residents or de-
scendants of the pioneer families in
FL Dorado county. Placerville will
support the location and maintenance
of the museum. At Kelsey, where the
old blacksmith shop of Marshall now
stands almost ready to fall to pieces,
it is desired to build a stone wall and
covering around the old shop to pre-
serve the remembrance of Marshall.
Miss Kelley knew Marshall init
mately. Many people have it that Mar
shall died a pauper. This, Miss Kelley
says, is untrue, and that he not only
possessed the hotel where he died,
but had two gold mines known as the
big Sandy" and "Gray Eagle" both
of which are productive mines and
now owned by the Breyman estate of
Toledo, o.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
s4s. 900, 900 U. S. Road Fund.

With more than $4SO00,O00 now ap-
propriated by congress for federal aid,
in road building, less than forty-five
miles of roads have been completed
under the federal aid plan, according
to the division of public works and
construction development of the de-
partment of labor,
Such states as have been allotted
federal aid on approved projects, the
department submits, are in a position
to give general business a great slim
ulous and effectively to combat the ills
incident to general unemployment by
immediately getting the road-building
work under way.
In the middle West the status of
bodybuilding projects in so far as
they come under the federal aid ar
rangement is as follows:
Observation-Disclosures approved by
the federal government, As; mileage,
23O.95; estimated cost, $1,663, S37 fed
eral aid, $554,645; projects and mile
age completed, none total allotment
of federal aid, S1,276,969; paid to state
from federal fund, So, 237.
Illinois-Projects approved by fed
eral government, 8; mileage, 1855; es-
timated cost. S2,946.311; federal aid,
81 ,321 900; projects and mileage COM
pleted, none; total allotment of fed
eral aid, $2,195, 800.
Indiana-Projects approved by fed
eral government, Y; mileage, 1923; es-
timated cost, S797,4 30; federal aid.
$500 300; projects and mileage COM
pleted, none; total allotment of fed
eral aid, 1858. 440.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25

the little dooryard! The man gaSped
and jerked the reins and shouted to
his horses and began swearing. The
woman uttered little scream and the
children ran crying to her side
The physical facts which are further
related to this tragedy are of little
moment to me now. The stranger was
dead and we took his body to our home
and my uncle set out for the constable.
Over and over again that night / told
the story of the shooting. We went to
the scene of the tragedy with lanterns
and fenced it off and put some men
on guard there.
In the morning they found the rob-
ber's footprints in the damp dirt of
the road and measured them. The
whole countryside was afire with ex-
element and searching the woods and
fields for the highwayman.
The stranger was buried. There was
nothing upon him to indicate his name
or residence. Weeks passed with no
news of the man who had slain him. /
had told of the gun with a piece of
wood broken out of its stock, but no
one knew of any such weapon in or
near Lickitysplit.
One day Uncle Peabody and drove
up to Grlmshaw's to make a payment
of money. l remember 1t was gold
and silver which we carried in a little
sack. I asked where Amos was and
Mrs. Grimshaw-a timid, tired-lOoking.
bony little woman who was never seen
outside of her own house-said that
he was working out on the farm of
Mr.. Beekman near Plattsburg. He had
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1919-02-25
Imnnrfa,,t tn Mnthar,
Weekly Health Talks
GOING BACK TO NATURE
BY DIR. w. LUCAS.

People get sick because they 60
away from Nature, and the only way
to get well is to go back. Something
grows out of the ground in the form
of vegetation to cure almost every i'll.
Some of these vegetable growths are
understood by man, and some are not.
Animals, it would seem, know what to
do when they are sick better than
men and women. Observers have
noted that a sick horse, dog or cat
will stop eating food and seek out
some vegetable growth in the field or
yard, which, when found and eaten,
often restores appetite and health.
Haven't you seen these animals do
this very thing yourself?
DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, long since
found the herbs and roots provided by
Nature to overcome constipation, and he
had these vegetables collected and made
up of Mayapple, leaves of Aloe, root OF
Jalap, into little white sugar-coated pills,
that he called DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
You must understand that when your in
testines are stopped up, poisons and de-
cayed matter are imprisoned in your sys-
TEN, and these are carried by the blood
throughout your body. Thus does your
head ache, you get dizzy, you can't sleep,
your skin may break out, your appetite de-
clines, you get tired and respondent. AS
matter of fact, you may get sick all
over. Don't you see how useless all this
suffering is? All that is often needed is
a few of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets,
which he has placed in all drug stores fol-
your convenience and health. Try them
by all means. They are probably the very
thing you need right now.