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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
Christmas
0N

Though doubters doubt and scoffers scott,
And peace on earth seems still far off;
Though learned doctors think they know
The gospel stories are not so;
Though greedy man is greedy still
And competition chokes good will,
While rich men sigh and poor men fret,
Dear me We can't spare Christmas yet
Time may do better-maybe not;
Meanwhile let's keep the day we've got
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
ChriStm9S Programs
At North School,


9Th and 9Th grades
Play-Santa Claus Visit to Uncle
Sam.
Some Christmas Conundrums.
Dialogue-A Christmas Party
Bird and 4th grades
Recitations and Songs.
Ch"'stmas Story by Phyllis Wenzel.
A Christmas Play.
LIST and End grades
Songs-"Come Little Leaves"
Sones-Come Little Leaves, North
Wind Snow Flake Song, Snow Man.
Christmas Poem and Stories Told
and Read.
Christmas Play-The Little Pine
Tree.
The 5th and 9Th grades made up
baskets of candies, fruits, ETC., for the
poor. The other rooms had Christ
mas trees.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
Private Installation
Of Eastern Star.

The Eastern Stars will have private
installation Monday evening, Dec. 80.
The husbands invited
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Coming Events
Attention,
WOman2s Relief COINS.

Observation-Disclosures
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-12-24
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Christmas
Exercises
Christmas Tree
At South School.

NINNNIlIIINNIlnNInNnNlNNNIlNNnRlElHINIHIlNa.ld
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
100000 WAS TO
HAVE BEEN GIVEN
STEELTON WOMAN
DR.. w. H. Scibcrt Started Be-
quest to Friends Daughter,
but Death Intcrfcrcd
MADE KNOWN HIS PLANS
Witnesses Called in to Testify
to Gcnuincncss of ihc
Document
STOPPED IN HIS DESIRE
Physician Said He Would
Complete Legacy Within
Short Time
STOPPED IN HIS DESIRE

DIR. w. H. SciEcrt. of Stcclton. left
an unsigned and unfinished will in
which he gave 100000 TO the daugh-
ter of Il boyhood Steclton friend, ac-
cording to information received by
Register of Wills Fisher to-day. 1t
is understood that DR.. Scibert re-
vcalcd his plans to several persons
present when he began TO draw up
the will.
\ search of several days failed to
locate the will. The report to Reg
lister Fisher started the search anew.
The witnesses, it is said, know the
contents the paper contains and OBJ
served where DR.. Seibert sccrctcd it.
They volunteered TO help find it. Even
if the will does not bear DR.. Seibcrt's
signature the Register said that il
one exists and is proved to he in the
physicians own handwriting. it
probably will hc allowed to stand.
Thc Register would not reveal the
names of the wiuCS Is. neither
would he give the name of tn" glrI
who is to receive the $lO0,OOO be
quest. 1t is learned Dr. Scibert
started to write the will several
weeks ago in the presence of the wit.
nesscs, but stopped before he had
finished it, saying he would complete
it in week or so and that they then
should be present. Before that was
done the doctor took ill with pneu
mOnia and died.
This afternoon another report tt
the Register was that the Sciber
estate is worth between SG00.OOO hnt
100000 instead of only S45O.OOO
Fisher said it probably will take N
appraiscmcnt to determine the cXac
value. The S450.00O value wn'
given Il few days ago when the steel
| ton Trust Company was appointct
to administer the estate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
MAY DAY PASSES
QUIETLY; POLICE
HALT PARADERS
State Officers Break Up Two
Small Professions of Radi-
Gals in Indiana County

Details of State Police broke up
two May Day parades of foreign
radicals in Indiana county, arrested
the ringleaders and dispersed the
marchers. One parade started at
Hankeetown, near Homer City, with
$50 in line, and the other at Water
town, nearby, with forty men in
line. Both were headed by leaders
carrying red flags. The police took
from the men arrested three revol-
Vers, and three sticks of dynamite.
The State Police had been sent
to Indiana county at the request
of the local authorities there, who
feared that the born sec
ton of the population would make
good n threat to "shoot up" the for
eign-b born radicals if they appeared
to-day with red flags. The inten-
ton of the radicals was to march
from town to town, gathering mem
bers as they went. Acting on tele-
graphic orders from Captain George
F. Lumb, head of the State Police,
the officers broke up the parades
before they could get under way.
''The whole State is quiet" said
Captain Lumb at noon in response
to a question as to the extent OF May
Day disturbances, and, so far as
we can find, there is no threat of
serious disturbance. Our men broke
Up the parades in Indiana county
before they got far, took away the
red flags, arrested the leaders and
dispersed the marcheY
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Rr Associated PrcNS.

Paris, May 1.-The opinion pre-
rails in Peace Conference circles
hat the peace prelilninaries will be
communicated to tic Germans on
Monday afternoon.
When the Council Of Three met
his morning various lesser details
IF the peace treaty were taken UP,
imonG them the question OF captured
ierman cables. With the hlao
'hau problem disposed OF, the Adrl-
attic question is the only highly mn
oortant matter remaining unsettled
To-day had been SCI for the hahu-
ng over by the Germans OF lhelr
,redentials TO Il commission ior en-
animation. Dispatches filed direct
rom Versailles last night made it
appear probable that this presenla-
ion would he postponed until Irl'
lay, but later adviCes show that
lhe meeting will take place during
Lo-day. The qualifications of the
-nemy's representative to speak Tor
bavaria now are being looked INTO
The chinese Japanese dispute
over kiaO thaU and the adjoining
Shantung province territory mas
been settled by the Council OF Three
1t
mcnt is made that the former Ger
man holdings are to be given with
out reserve to japan, which was
engaged to hand the Chanting
peninsula back to China. with rcla-
lions between China and Japan ana
the future integrity Of China to be
under the control of the League OF
Nations.
All German rights in Chanting
are to he held by Japan. The klao
Chau railway will be guarded by
special police forces composed "oty
chinese which will be trained by
Japanese officers selected by the di-
rectors of the railroad and appoint
ed by the Chinese government. All
Japanese military forces are to he
withdrawn from the province as
soon as po"siblc.
JaDS Get Strategic Base
Japan is given the right to estab-
lish a settlement at Tsingtao, a city
on the extremity of the point of
land which iuts southward from the
Shantung peninsula and forms the
eastern short of kiao Chau bay, the
strategic base seized by the Germans
in the Far East following the Boxer
rebellion in China.
Although China is said by the
Peking dispatch to be demanding
the absolute return TO her of Shan
tung province and Kiao Chau, it
is considered improbable that the
Council of Three will reconsider its
decision.
Italy Seems COnciliatory
Reports from Paris and Rome
seem to indicate a disposition on the
part OF both the Council of Three
and the Italian government to reach
some sort of understanding as to the
Fiume question that will Isrmit the
Italian delegations to return to the
conference without loss of dignity.
Conversations between Premier Or
lando and Thomas Nelson Page,
American ambassador, took place
yesterday at Rome, Mr.. Page later
reporting to President Wilson.
There are reports that the Soviet
regime at Munich has been over.
thrown. other dispatches state that
the German government troops are
still some distance away from the
city, although closing in on the
Soviet forces.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
New Luxury" Tax Makes
Confusion at Soda Bars

The new luxury taxes on wearing
apparel, household goods, soda
fountain drinks, ice cream, proprie-
tary medicines, toilet dainties and
various other articles became eifec-
tive to-day. Among the articles to
be taxed are: Carpets and rugs, pic
ture frames, travelling bags, purses,
shopping bags, umbrellas, sun shades,
smoking Jackets. waistcoat sold
separately from suit, all varieties OF
shoes, silk stockings, neck ties, pa
iamas, nightgowns, petticoats, kimo-
nos.
Statements made in a morning
newspaper to the effect that matted
milk drinks with egg, and similar
concoctions are to be classed as food
and therefore are untaXable, have
created much confusion among pa
irons of soda fountains. 1t was eX-
planned by internal revenue collec-
tors that all drinks served at foun-
tains, whether food or luxury" are
taxable. Most of the soda water
dispensers added the tax to their
products, so the man who wanted
a "lemon plain had to pay six cents
instead of five cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Hospital Train Will
Be in Harrisburg For
One Hour Tomorrow

An Army hospital train, bearing l61
wounded soldiers and their attend
ants, us well as four wounded soldiers
on litters, will be in Harrisburg for
one hour tomorrow afternoon. Vis-
itors will be welcome.
The railroad. officials here received
word of the train to-day. 1t will leave
New York at 10 o'clock tomorrow and
arrive here between 3 and 4 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon. IL will be placed
on track at Union Station FOR one
hour. during which time the station
gates will be open and Harrisburg
people will be welcome to visit the
Department is anxious that the men
be cntertained enroute and the public
is invited to visit the train.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
PENROSE GIVES
SUPPORT TO BIG
ROAD PROGRAM
Governor Sprouts Compre-
hensive Plans Meet With
Much Favor

The Sproul plan for establishing
a great highway system in Penn
sylvania on the basis of the greatest
good to the greatest number and
without regard to politics, was heart
lily endorsed here to-day by United
States Senator Boies Penrose, who
also voiced the thought that the
United States Government ought TO
reimburse Pennsylvania for the seri-
Gus damage done to its highways by
army trucks in moving across the
State TO the seaboard during the war.
Senator Penrose said that every
one knew that for years the crying
need of Pennsylvania was for better
roads and ne predicted that the
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CITY SHIRKS ITS
DUTY AS VICTORY
LOAN FALLS FLAT
Campaign Must Be Continued Another
Week If Harrisburg Is Not to Be
Disgraced by Total Failure
IS CHASED FROM
LAUNDRY WITH AN ICE PICK

Harrisburg has fallen down in
the Victory Liberty Loan drive.
Short $1.253,51S in subscriptions
which the committee had hoped to
secure until noon to-day, officials
have announced that the drive to
raise the city quota will be pro-
lonGed until next Tuesday.
Harrisburg alone of the sections
of the district has failed TO raise
it's quota. Harrisburg, the city that
has subscribed and oVersubscribcd
its quota in the four previous Lib
War Work drives, in the Y. NJ. G. y.
campaign, the *. of G. campaign
and in every previous war cam
paign has fallen and fallen with Il
thud. This fact was driven home
at a MONDAY luncheon of the COM
mitteemcn in the Chestnut Stree;
Auditorium.
Stacking.
With hundreds of her men home
from overseas and many more on
the high seas bound for home port,
lI&rrisburg, alone of the Harrisburg
district, has failed TO Eay the price
asked OF her. .'or the first time
the city has failed to respond with
in the time asked by her commit
tcemCn and it has been nccCssar,' tC
prolonG the campaign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Thursday Half Holiday
Begun by Many Shops

Grocers. BARRIERS and shoe repair
men of the city to-day began their
summer schedule of half-holidays
every Thursday afternoon for en-
ployes.
The half-holidays of the grocers
began to-day in the uptown and Hill
districts. Grocers in the downtown
district said they will probably close
their stores beginning next Thurs
day afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
All Packages in City's
Post Office Being Held

p No suspicious packages were
found in the Harrisburg Post Office
this morning by employees who are
searching for bombs as the result
of the discovery of seventeen destruc-
tive machines in the mails in New
York City. Charles Fl. Hoffman, su-
perintendent of mails, said this
morning that all packages destined
for State departments, State officials
and employees and members of the
House and Senate are being held up
and examined.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Now Allow Hotels Extra
Charge For Phone Calls

Washington. May Under mod
flied postoffice department order. no.
tells, clubs and apartment houses
now are permitted to charge more
than five cents for telephone calls
from rooms, provided there is ample
exchange service in the building at
which rates on outgoing calls do not
exceed five cents.
Postoffice officials explained to-
day that the contention that such
establishments should have some
revenue on extension installations
lad been accepted by the depart
ment as valid.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Series of Concerts to
Be Given at Reservoir

Nine or ten band concerts will
be given in Reservoir Park this sum-
mer 1T was announced to-day. The
first of these concerts will be given
the first Thursday the big depart
ment stores are closed. The date for
the closing has not yet been deter
mined.
The first concert will be given un-
der the auspices of ]. Il. Rob.nson
The second will be given by j. Fl,
Troup the next Thursday and the
following Thursday uptown mer-
chants will be the donors. The
fourth concert will be given by tho
Municipal Band and others will fol-
low.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Brave Engineers Got
Praise From Colonel;
Wounds Did Not Stop

New York, May Colonel Fred
crick A. Snyder of Philadelphia,
commander of the one Hundred and
Third Engineers, who arrived here
on the Finland yesterday and de-
barked today, characterized mis-
troops as most wonderful bunch
of men" He declared they did
everything asked of them and more,
too Our hardest task was to keep
the wounded from going into action
aCain, and they almost had to be
dead cases before they would keep
out"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Rev. M. O. Peirce Is
Called to Frankford

The Rev. Millard Osmore Peirce.
pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist
Church has accepted n call TO the
pulpit of the Frankford Baptist
Church. he announced to-day. The
Franl<ford Church is one of the
strongest in the Baptist denomina-
tion.
During the three years OF his pas
torate here the Rev. Mr.. Pcirce
made many friends.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01

May 6--Left Camp Upton, y. y.
in command of One Hundred and
Third Headquarters Trains and NJ.
y. and embarked on Cunard S. s..
AcQuitania, at 8 p. III.
May sailed SOC a. m. passing
Nantucket Shoals in the evening.
our boat being one of the biggest
and fastest had no escort. One Hun
dred and Twelfth Infantry on board,
We had boat drills, target practice,
and were met May 18th by convoy
of tree American Torpedo boat de-
stroyers, and later the same day
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01

Philadelphia, May 1.-Home once
more, Pennsylvania own Keystone
boys-the Iron Division-started
merrily for Camp Dix, n. j., late
yesterday afternoon after the most
joyous reception it is possible for
fellowmen to give returning heroes
after months of service in battle for
the rights of humanity.
These heroes who have their
names emblazoned in American his
tory as the victors at Argonne For
est, the Nesle River and at Fismette,
steamed into port at Philadelphia
on the transports Mercury and Po-
cahontas, and before nightfall were
aboard trains for the big de-
mobilization camp.
Harrisburgcrs Welcomed
Harrisburg's heroes of the 112th,
Companies d and |, of the old
Eighth National Guard regiments,
were there, together with many other
boys from Central Pennsylvania
towns, and the welcome they receiv-
ed when they reached good old u.
S. A." will be with them whenever
they look back to their many months
of service, serving always as a re-
membrance that the folks at home
knew of their struggles, appreciated
their sacrifices, and in turning out to
greet them felt that they had their
duty now to make these khaki clad
boys know how welcome they were
to the shores of their homeland.
The two big transports each bring
ing about 5000 men and officers.
practically all of them of the 2Sth,
almost raced to the dock at Snyder
avenue, where the boys disembark-
ed. Both ships We're far ahead of
schedule and all the well laid plans
of the Philadelphia committee to
make the homecoming the most
eventful affair possible, seemed to
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Shameful!

T HARRISBURG SOLDIERS arc
ccnnin& home from France
VIZ tol lCu".
Harrisburg people are falling
down" on their Victory Lean
quota.
For the first time since the war
began. Harrisburg will not go
over the top in IL war drive, um-
less the people respond immcdi-
atcly and buy bonds as they
should.
What do you think Harrisburg
soldiers will think OF Harrisburg
home folks if they come back and
find that we have not been patri-
oft" enough to buy 0ur share of
the Victory Bonds?
DOn't yea believe they viii,
think us IL pretty cheap let?
Wen, that's what they will think,
and they will think right.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01

two more destroyers joined the con-
voy We passed Holyhead at a. m.
May 14th. Irish sea like a mirror.
Pilot came on board at IL a. IN. We
crawled up the Mersey and ar"
chored at 12.43. docking at 3.45 p.
m., at Liverpool, England. We un-
loaded and entrained at 9.5S same
day for Southampton via Midland r.
r. With exception of stops for cof-
fee and water we ran through that
night TO our destination, arriving
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
The Mercury Steaming Into Port
COL. FINNEY'S OWN
STORY OF THE 18TH
Commander of the Old Eighth Regiment Tells of Work
Accomplished and Battles Won by Brave
Pennsylvanians in France

chronological record OF the Keystone Division from the time
Of its sailing from Camp Upton n " May 1917 until after
the signing the armsce has been prepared by Colonel Maurice
F. Fnney of the Keystone Division and former commander
the old Eighth Regiment The information taken from his
records and those of the Keystone Division his wife
being published in the Harrisburg Telegraph in install
The first nstalment is appended.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Committee From Allies and
United States TO Inspect
Hun Credentials
HOUR FINED AT 3 O'CLOCK
Adriatic Question Now Only
Highly Important One
Sill Unsettled
COUNCIL MEETS AGAIN
datter Of Captured German
Cables Minor Issue Under
Discussion Today
HOUR FINED AT 3 O'CLOCK
COUNCIL MEETS AGAIN
BIZ associated Press.
VERSAILLES M;

VERSAILLES, May
|. - The first official
meeting between Allied
representatives and the
German peace delegates
will take place at 8 o'clock
this afternoon. A COM
mittee from the Allies
and the United States
will receive the German
credentials at that time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
"HOME GUARDS" RESIGN

81. Augustine, Fla, May T. The
home guards of St. Johns county,
ordered by Governor Cats to pro-
tect the four alleged murderers OF
Mrs. Willy Goens, during their trial
which starts soon at Lake City, Fla,
have refused to obey the Governors
orders and have rendered their res
ignations. In compliance with in
structions the sheriff has subpe-
naed men to form provisional
State militia company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01

Special to the Telegraph
CAMP DIN. y. j.. May -
The Pennsylvania soldiers of the
2Sth Division who arrived here
last night arose this morning
happy and cheerful despite a
cold, drizzlin9 rain that chilled
the marrow i'm the bone and
changed the spring landscape to
drcary, NOycmbcr-likc aspect.
when do we go homc?" is the
prevailing question III camp to-
day, and il iS the frank express
sion of the boys that they would
rather 20 home soon than re-
main here for two or three
weeks in order to have diyi-
Sional parade. The Harrisburg
boys are all in good humor and
fine fcttlc. Quite II few of their
friends arrived in camp to-day
to greet them. The men arc busy
with preparations for muster
out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
THE WEATHER

For Hnrrii;b md vicinity: Raiu
this nftc" md probably to-
night; Tonight, with
lowest urc about - de
Grccs; ! partly cloudy.
Fer East'r, ,nnsylvania; lain
this afternoon and Tonight.
warmer Tonight; Friday part
ly ciOndy; increasing south nnd
southwest YyirdS.
isiNcr
The gcB' iai rain now falling In
the SuSuuchnnDa watershed will
probably cause u slight to
moderate rise In al streams of
the SuSquchanna river system,
4 stage of about I'll feet is IN.
dicated for Harrisburg Friday
morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01

Units of the Keystone Division
Are Sent to Camp Dix I'M
mediately After Arrival in
Philadelphia; Victors of
Many Hard-Foughl Battles
Glad to BE Back in America
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01
Harrisburg Men Not Anxious
TO Remain in Camp to En-
ter Big Parade Scheduled
For Philadelphia; Cry Is to
Get Home to Mothers and
Families
Br .lsSocintcd Prcss.

PHILADELPHIA, May T.
Prospects are diminishing for
a parade of the entire 2Sth
Div. sion. composed almost
wholly of Pennsylvania troops,
according to officials hero. Cen
cral Muir arrived at Camp Dix
to-day but did not sec General
Scott on the subject OF II pa
radc.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-01


If the proposed parade of the Key
stone Division means that the men
must remain in camp eight or ten
days longer Harrisburg overseas
veterans are not the least bit anX-
ious for it. In the event that ii
will necessitate a delay of but two
or three days more in camp, they
will be satisfied to parade. Other re-
turned members of the famous old
unit of PSnnsylvania's Guardsme1
join the Harrisburg men in this SEN
timent, according to feeling eX-
pressed by the men in their arrival
in America.
IF this parade business is gazing
to make the boys stay in camp eight
or ten days longer. they aren't bit
keen about it," This is the emphat-
ic manner in which Major A. San
derson Detweiler, of Columbia, for
mer divisional adjutant says in
speaking of the plans for the great
divisional pageant in Philadelphia.
But if it can be gotten all over
with a delay of two or three days,
they'd just as lief show the home
folks their division. although. to tell
the truth, they're pretty well fed up
on this parade stuff" Major Det-
weller said. 81 believe they'd raise
very hell If you. told them they
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