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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
Businessmen Hear of
Troubles Experienced in
Handling Express Parcels

Harrisburg's humidity failed to cur
tail the attendance at the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon at the Penn
Harris at noon to-day. large turn
out gathered to hear E. V. Conwell.
of New York City. general attorney
for the American Railway Express
Company. which comprises as a war
time consolidation the leading ex-
press companies of the country, the
Adams, American, Wells-Fargo and
Southern, discuss the ins and outs,
the trials and tribulations of the ex-
press business from the companies
standpoint.
The highlights of the talk develop
ed numerous interesting things about
the express business in America with
which the average citizen is unfa-
miliar. Mr.. Conwell touched upon
the efforts which the companies
havebeen making to anticipate and
prevent trouble and annoyance to
the public in the matter of lost bag
gage and packages. improperly
marked and poorly wrapped parcels,
and the elimination of claims against
the companies by which the private
individual seeks to recover he lost,
strayed or stolen articles.
Many a weekend trip. business
trip, and honeymoon has been spoiled
by carelessness in the matter OF
marking baggage" said Mr.. Conwell.
Eighteen thousand pieces of person.
al baggage per year find their way
into the No Mark Bureaus, which
the companies maintain throughout
the country as storage houses for
shipments whose addresses have been
wrongly or poorly mraked, or pbiit-
Grated through rubbing. This causes
not only great expense to the conf
pany, but untold suffering and IN
convenience to the owners. and could
be avoided with a little forethoush
and care"
Mr.. Conwell has been touring the
Country and addressing Chambers of
Commerce and other bodies in an
effort to educate the public up to the
point of cooperation in a campaign
for better service in a matter which
interests every single individual. TO
show the necessity for greater care
in the matter of preparing articles
for shipment, he mentioned that in
five months following the consou-
dation of the various express COM
panies, 127.S59 shipments. carelessly
marked. found their way into the
nineteen NO Mark Bureaus" and
had to be sold for junk. He declared
that thousands of dollars in losses
are pOIHe ny IHe puDIlC annually,
over and above the receipt of claim
money. simply because of the lack
of a little initial care.
Another place where public opin-
ion is able to aid the companies in
their drive for better and more efrici-
ent service is in the prevention cf
stealing" said Mr. Conwell." In New
York there is an organization md
York there is an organized band of
wagon thieves who hang together
and are shielded by insidious politi-
cal influences; public opinion can do
lot to prevent such support aud
bring the criminals to Justice"
Arthur Bailey introduced the speak
er and voiced the qualification of the
Chamber of Commerce officials at the
large attendance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
Careless Driver Breaks
Light Pole and Globes

Duncannon. Pa, June S.-Recent-
ly an automobilist ran into the IRON
post which held the electric hght
globes at the northeast end OF the
grass plots in Market Square and
smashed the pole and broke tne
bulbs. The lights and grass Plols M
we're placed in Market Square by
and under the direction of the civic
club and enhanced the appearance
of the Square.
The Lawn Tennis Club has opened
its court for the season.
The mercury registered ninety in
the shade yesterday afternoon the
warmest day of the season.
Tbe Duncannon band now has a
membership of twenty-four. Satur-
day evening they treated the citi-
zens to a concert from the large
porch at the Johnston hotel, in
Market Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
BLESSED WITH GRANDPARENTS

Halifax, Pa, Jure 3.-John Luth-
er RYAN, infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude G. Ryan. of Steelton, former
~ of Halifax, is we'll blessed with
grandparents, having great grand
father, two great-grandmot others, two
grandfathers and two grandmothers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Gilbert, of towF.
and Mrs. Louisa Ryan, of Steelton.
are great-grandparents and Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Ryan, of Harrisburg, and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Gemberling, of
town, are all grandparents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
BeckIey's Business College
to Hold Commencement

DR.. ]. George Becht, secretary OF
the Pennsylvania State Board of Ed
ucation will deliver the annual ad'
dress at the Beckley Business College
commencement exercises to be held
in the Board of Trade Building Fri
day evening. There will be 12o grad
yates from the various courses OF
instruction. AL K. Thomas, cashier
of the East End Bank will preside
at the exercises. Following is the
order of exercises:
Updegrove's Orchestra; Miss Mary
Buttorff, soprano; Mrs. John w. Phil
lips at the piano; presiding onicer,
AL K. Thomas; prayer, Rev. DR.. Hen
ry W. A. Hanson: presentation of
diplomas. Mayor Daniel L. keister'
annual address, DR.. ]. George Becht;
''The Star Spangled Banner" led by
Prof. John w. Phillips; benediction.
DR. Hanson,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
Teachers Elected For Term
in Gettysburg Schools

Gettysburg. Pa, June 3.-Gettys-
burg school board Sas made an
nouncement of a partial list of the
teachers elected for the schools for
next year. the teachers for the Meade
building not yet being elected. Sew
eral changes appear in the list of
teachers as announced. Two of these
are in the faculty at the High School,
where Prof. J. Guy Wolf will take
the place of Miss Margaret Marker
in the commercial department, and
Miss Miriam A. Wiekert, of Han
over, who for two years has been
teacher in the household arts depart
ment of the vocational school at
Arendtsville, will succeed Miss Anna
c. Fox in the household arts de-
partment of the schools here. The
only other change in the list so far
announced is the principalship of the
High street building, where Lloyd
r. Hartman takes the place relin-
quished by Prof. Wolf. Mr.. Hart
man will teach the third grade in
this building. The teachers reelected
are:
Miss Helen A. Cope, supervising
principal.
High School-Prof. Walter d. Reyn-
olds in the department of mathemat-
les; Prof. Guile w. Lefevre. science; {;
Miss Anna Hake, history; Miss
Nellie Blocher. Latin; Miss Elsie Gar
ZACH, French and Spanish. and Miss
Janet Myers, household arts depart
ment. Another teacher will be added
to the faculty of the high school, who
will teach manual training so that
Prof. Lefevre can devote his entire
time to the teaching of the sciences.
In the High street building Miss
Maude Miller has been reelected to
the sixth grade: Miss Grace Sachs,
third grade; Miss Alice Miller. first
and second grades. and Mrs, Blanche
Stoops Hartman, first grade.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
FIRE IN NEW BUILDING

Columbia. Pa, June 3.-Fire in
C. A. Horr's hardware store here
was discovered on the second floor
of the building and the blaze threat
ened the destruction of the fine new
building but it was gotter under con-
troll and confined TO one room, en-
failing a loss of several hundred dol
lars. The fire occurred just at the
time people were on their way to
church, but the fire department re-
sponded quickly and put out the
blaze
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS HUNT

York Haven, Pa. June 3.-Rus-
sci Nagle was rendered semi-uncon-
scious and Granville Mansberger was
slightly bruised in a motorcycle acci-
dent which occurred late Sunday after
noon on the road between this place
and Strinestown. Nagle was riding
tandem on the machine owned and
driven by Mansberger, and while as
cending a steep grade the wheels skid
ed in the sand, throwing its occupants
to the roadside. Nagle landed on his
head on an embankment, while Mans
berger was dragged some 20 feet by
the machine. The motorcycle was con-
siderably damaged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
Penrose and Governor
Talk Over PhiIa. Bills

Senator Boies Penrose, who spent
part of the morning with Governor
William c. Sproul discussing the
Philadelphia charter bill. said that
the plan was to have the bill brought
up fer final action next week He
predicted that the charter and the
registration bills would pass second
reading in the House this week.
The Governor is greatly interested
in the Philadelphia bills, and believes
that the citizens of Philadelphia
should be given opportunity to ex-
press views unhampered," said the
Senator. THE reform bills are going
to win"
There were a number of reports to-
day that the Senate committee in
charge OF the police commissioner
bill would be asked to overturn the
action of Senator Ware, the chairman,
in holding up the police commissioned
bill, but nothing developed to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
ALLIED EXPERTS WORK
ON HUN ANSWER
[Continucd from First Page ]


Der of notes relative to different
phases of the treaty.
There has been no official intima-
ton of the date when the Allies will
present their rejoinder to the Ger
man counter-proposa Late advices
indicate that some of the members
of the Council of Four are disposed
to modify certain terms to which
the Germans have made the most
emphatic objection.
France Rcsists Concessions
Premier Clemenceau of France is
reported standing firmly against any
concessions to the Germans, while
Premier Lloyd George is favorable
to notifications, Premier Orlando
has taken no decided stand, and
Presient Wilson is reported as in
clined to leave the final decision to
the French and British.
An unconfirmed telegram received
in Copenhagen from Vardoe reports
that the Esthonian and Finnish
troops have taken Petrograd. The
Esthonians have been making gains
just west of the former Russian
capital while the Firms have been
approach the city from the north
and east.
Dispatches reaching Paris from
Vienna by way of Basel state that
the Bolshevik regiment in Hungary
has been replaced by government
headed by Herr German, former
minister of commerce in the Karolyi
cabinet. Herr German is reported to
have been invited to go to Paris to
confer with Allied representatives.
A German detachment is said to
have violated the armistice agree
ment with the Poles and to have
crossed the Polish frontier from East
Prussia. The Warsaw dispatch tell
ing of this action on the part of the
Germans says that the Poles launch
ed a counterattack and succeeded in
renulsing the invaders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
Red Cross Nurse Home
After Service in France

Milton, Pa. June 8. - Miss Mary
Barr. Milton young woman. who left
for France as a Red Cross nurse on
January II, 1918. has returned to her
home with an honorable discharge.
While in France Miss Barr was hon
ored by being selected as being one
of the several nurses who cared for
Colonel House, President Wilson's
right hand man, during his stay in
Paris.
The young woman spent sixteen
months ministering to wounded SOL
diers and was never i'll day. she
is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. wal
lace w. Barr. warden and matron OF
the Northumberland County Prison.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
COUPLE LIVED IN
SIXTEEN HOUSES
Milton Wife Now Brings Suit
For Divorce on Charge of
DeSertion of Husband

Sunbury, Pa, June 3.-That they
moved into sixteen different houses in
their married life is the statement made
by Mrs Charles A. Fillman. of Milton,
in her suit for divorce brought in the
northumberland county courts
According to the plaintiffs libel in
divorce they were married at Lewis
burg on the thirteenth day of June,
1899, and went to live at Mazeppa. and
after that they lived in Milton. Lewis
burg, East Lewisburg and other parts
of Northern Union and Northumberland
counties, until he finally deserted her
on August 4, 1917, while living at East
Lewisburg. She asserts that she al
ways demeaned herself as a good and
dutiful wife, and never gave him any
good cause to break up the home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
OLDEST SILON
PENNSYLVANIA
Landmark of Years Ago Stlll
Stands on Mifflin Farm at
Edge of Columbia

Columbia, Pa. June S,-As an asri-
cultural landmark. and what Is saio
to be the oldest silo in Pennsylsan,a' enny's
stands on the Miniin farm at Nihtn nun
and spruce streets. Interest IN ILLS tn,S
quaint structure is added oy reasom
of he fact that it was erecteo na'
wears ago, under the direct SUP -.
sion of the distinguished poet LII
and author. Lloyd Miitllh' WI" Wiffiin
n.nsion at Norwood. The silo was
hmiIt in an old quarry and is covered
witb nth boards. At the time 1t was was
erected a mule was put into the the
no.ton ] 10 trampie the cornfodder, and
that process was followed 70 for n,s some IN e
Years. The farm is still owned by tne s
Mifflin estate, and the siio remains
undisturbed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
Dalmatia Marine Reported
Dead Returns From France

Sunbury, Pa, June 8. - Reported
killed in action at Chateau Thierry,
I Private George Z. Michaels, of Dali
malta. fourteen miles south of here.
dropped in to see his brother. George
Michaels, of Sunbury yesterday. This
young soldier is in good health. al
though he spent many months in a
base hospital.
He enlisted with the Marines. and
was among the first Americans
thrown into the breach when the
Germans were nearest Paris. He was
badly wounded and was reported as
having been killed. A short time
later he was found in a hospital by
Miss Anna Rogers. a Sunbury nurse,
who helped nurse him back to health.
He recovered and again vent into
action, and was wounded second
time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
CHAPLAIN VISITS
SERGT'S GRAVE
Annville Officer Writes Letter
Telling Father of Visit to
Grave of Brave Soldier

Annville, Pa, June 3.-Prof. ]. E.
Lehman, of East Main street, is in
receipt of letter from Chaplain P.
NJ. Holdeman, of Annviile, who
served for the past year in France.
In this letter Chaplain Holdeman
states that he visited the grave of
the formers son, Sergeant Max F..
Lehman. who was killed in action
last September. The body will per-
manently lie in a national cemetery
where 5000 heroes graves will be
marked. The cemetery will be un-
der the supervision and care of the
United States government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
MOTOR CYCLIsT INJURED

Lewistown, Pa. June 3.-Edward
Verbeck, aged about 40 years has been
taken to the hospital at Bellefonte,
suffering with serious injuries received
when his motorcycle was struck by
an automobile on the Seven mountains,
near Bellefonte, on Sunday evening.
The motorcycle took fire after being
struck by the auto and was almost
entirely consumed. Verbeck's left leg
was broken and he was burned about
the body. His condition is considered
critical
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
AUTO VICTIMS RECOVERING

MOUNT WOIT, Pa, June 3. = The
condition of Jesse Diehl. one of the
victims in. the auto accident on Sunday
week ago, in which Miss Edna How
ell was killed and three others in
jured, to-day was reported to be slowly
improving at the York Hospital. Hopes
are now entertained for his recovery.
Miss Richter, also at the York Hospital,
is recovering, while Ira Rented. of
Manchester, is able to be about again,
although he continues to limp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
CAPITOL PROTECTED

Superintendent George A. Shrei-
ner, of the Department of Public
Grounds and Buildings, to-day or
dered screens placed on all cellar
windows of the Capitol to prevent
anything being thrown into them.
The guards about the Capitol have
heen Increased
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
TEACHERS ASK INCREASE

sunbury. Pa, June ). - Sunbury
public school teachers. who are
among the poorest paid instructors
in the States big boroughs, to-day
petitioned for an increase in salary
They point out that their incomes
do not reach those of silk workers
and railroad clerks.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
MEMORIAL SESSION

A special session of the Senate
will be held on Tuesday afternoon,
June II, in memory of the late
Senator Sterling r. Catlin. of
wilkes Barre. who died recently. A
resolution calling for the service
was introduced this morning by Sem
ator Crow, Fayette.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
HOME TO WE'D SWEETHEART
Northumberland. Pa. June 8. =

NOTIHUIHHVTIHHU, 7 a'' uIIV %
Sergeant Walter A. Irwin and Miss
sylvia B. Jackson. Northumberland,
were married yesterday by Justice
John II. Vincent. Miss Jackson was
the soldiers sweetheart before he
went to France. wnere he was in the
thickest of the fighting, and was
severely wounded. Sergeant Irwin
was in a hospital many weeks, but
is now entirely recovered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
RIJREAU OF MARKETS BILL

The new bureau of markets bill
was passed in the House without
opposition to-day after its purpose
had ben explained by Mr.. Jordan,
Lawrence, who presented pictures
showing the number of bushel meas
ures fuond in the State. This, he
said, would be regulated.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
NO FURTHER ACTION

No further action is likely by the
State in the railroad or wire rate
cases. The Public Service Commits
sion and Attorney Generals depart
ments will not take any additional
steps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
AnnREss nv COL SHANNON

AUDNEEoo d NNJI' NI =
Columbia, Pa, June 3.-Colonel T.
&c. Shannon last night addressed the
Merchants and Manufacturers As
sociation of which he is a member.
This was his first appearance at q
meeting since his return from over
seas and he was given an ovation. A
luncheon followed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
pARRED uuT pAsSES

The Palmer bill. establishing a sys-
tenn of State licenses and examina-
tion for BARRIERS. passed the House to-
day. los to 75, without debate. Similar
bills have been before the last half
dozen Legislatures. The bill now
gees 10 the Senate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
WS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY, s. SUBURBS
WAR VETERAN DIES

Columbia, Pa. June S.-John Getz,l
a Civil War veteran, and one OF the
oldest survivors of the men connect"
ed with the Chestnut Hill ore banks,
died at his home here, yesterday
aged 75 years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
LEGISLATORS ILL

Senator Einstein, Allegheny. and
Representative Rothenbefxer, Berks.
are i'll at their homes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03
UNDERTAKEN SERIOUSLY I'LL

Wellsvi1lc, Pa, June 3.-Cha rles
Flicker, undertaken, with residence at
Rossville, near here, was stricken with
paralysis early Sunday evening. and,
as a result, is in critical condition.
Only slight hopes are entertained for
his recovery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-03

Jess Willard Is writing his
"Own Story" every day exclu-
sively for ''The Philadelphia
Press"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-31
It's a Sad World Indeed
When You Try to Borrow
Money Without Security

James F. Payne and Ernest
Slaughter have good opinions of
themselves and the influential
friends and moneyed relations they
have are in keeping with their opin-
ions, so they told the world to-day.
Said Payne to Slaughter, II can
raise more money in thirty minutes
from my friends than you could in
thirty years" Said Slaughter to
Payne, You're another" or words
more or less to that polite effect.
So each deposited 50 with a Mar
ket street barber as stakes to be
won on the bet and each set out to
canvass his friends. Payne returned
and Slaughter came back. both a
little crestfallen. All their friends
had died or moved away. or some
thing. Neither had been able to
raise a cent.
The stakeholder was about to give
up in disgust and return the stakes
to each man. But Slaughter re-
fused. He said that last night or
some other time he had $3.70 while
Payne had but $500. The argum ent
got so loud that Patrolman Schelhas
was called. Slaughter is telling his
story over again in police court this
afternoon after he had waited in
vain for his moneyed friends to turn
up with cash bail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-31
STATE SLEUTHS
COMB MOUNTAIN
FOR STRAUSSER
Navy Deserter, Living as Her
NIT in Cave, Is Heavily
Armed
BY Associated Press.

Reading, Pa, May 31.-Posses to-
day resumed a search in the virgin
forest in the Blue mountains above
Hamburg, this county, for Charles
Strausser, Navy deserter, who ex-
changed shots with State Policemen
last night, after they had trailed him
to a cave after long hunt. State
Constable Wilson Levers, OF Hamburg,
is leading the pursuit
Strausser is heavily armed and
knows every inch of the mountain
area. He served in the Army on the
Mexican border. later enlisting in the
Navy He found life too dull aboard
a battleship and deserted. He was
recaptured in wilkes-Barre, but jumped
from ferry taking him to his ship
in an Atlantic port. swan to shore and
escaped. Since then he has lived as
hermit in the mountains near his
home here.
His cave was raided last night and
was found to be well stocked with pro-
visions
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-31
OLD FAMILY OF HERON
VISITED BY HIKING PARTY
Birds Are Said to Fly From Conewago TO Chesapeake Bay
Every Night to Feed

Next to these birds fondness for an
old homestead. it's Unsuitable appe-
tite is perhaps its most prominent
characteristic, 1t feeds on fish, frogs
mice and other animal food Evil
IDENTIFY the digestion of a young
heron keeps in a state of perpetual
motion. The old birds grow percep-
tibly thinner while raising their
two broods a year. A choking noise,
like the painful effort to bring up
fish that has taken a wrong course
down the birds long throat. but
which Is only an attempt to sing or
converse. that the old and young
alike are constantly making, keeps
the heronry we'll advertised. One
writer on birds likens this noise to
q lot of Indians choking each other.
The party next visited the Cover
nor's Stables" This is a wooded sec
tion. strewn with massive rocks
some piled on top of others. forming
caves and caverns, which the society
took great interest in exploring
About seventy different wild flowers
were seen on this trip. and forty
different birds. Next Saturday the
Society will visit ely. York county,
which Is directly across the river
from Falmouth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-05-31

The Harrisburg Natural History
Society held its third annual Cone
WACO field excursion yesterday.
About 80 members of the society
walked from Conewago to Falmouth.
The party visited a colony of black
crowned night herons. These birds
have established a permanent colony
in a small woods about two miles
from Falmouth, to which they return
year after year. 1t is said that they
go to the Chesapeake Bay every
night, to feed, and return again
every morning. The birds are about
rs inches long, and stand fully two
feet high. Their crowns and backs
are dull black. their wings pearl
gray, throats. white. legs and feet
yellow; three long white feathers. ex-
tending from the back of the head
are worn only at the nesting season
The nest is very rickety platform,
built of sticks. The wonder is that
they can weave any sort of lattice
out of such stiff unyielding material.
The nests are generally in the tops
of tall trees. Flocks become SO at
tached to the home of their ances-
tors, that only the harshest perse-
cution drives them away. Toward
sunset all the aeries are emptied, as
the birds feed At night