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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
of a Day in Central Pennsylvani
Iwo-Mill Increase in
Tax Rate Is Forecast

Mayor Keister and his four asso-
clates In the City Council are giving
serious consideration to the municipal
budget Tor 1920. The city's present
sources SOU es, of revenue. including direct
de deal estate taxes amounting to s630.-
eoO on the present 1O-milI bssis' sSS0-
Vpo tp from water rentals. $33. 900 from
me sh Harrisburg Railways Company.
Sl.ooo from the Valley Railways Com
Pany Sii0,00O from interest on de-
poslts $1,000 from fines and forfeit
ures' ~; 900 from mercantile Icen-
ses' $1,000 from milk and meat licen-
ses, ana few thousands more from
ms. in,sGe ellaneous sources approximate
total revenues of about s950,OOO.
with the increasing costs il is esti-
mated that two mills more will pro
Vide the necessary funds for compile
tlon OF the ash collection equipment,
increase the salaries of policemen,
provide for the proper maintenance OF
what what we have in the way of municipal
Investments, and take care of the Sr-
dinary activities of the city. The
muhlclpal authorities are of the opin-
ION that by cutting off every unessen-
tai item they may be able to keep
12-mill basis -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Ask Court For Permission
to Institute Proceedings
Against the Amendment
By Associated Press

Washington, Dec. 16.- Permission
to institute original proceedings to
have the national prohibition amend
ment declared unconstitutional and
New Jersey and Federal authorities
enjoined from enforcing it was asked
of the Supreme Court to-day by the
Retail Liquor Dealers Association of
New Jersey.
This was the first question as to the
validity of the constitutional amend
ment to reach the Supreme Court.
George w. Tucker, of New York. pre-
sented the motion together with
printed brief prepared by the assocl-
alton, and the court will announce
later whether permission to institute
tie suit will be granted.
In addition to enjoining enforce
ment of the Eighteenth amendment,
the association also would ask an in
junction against enforcement of the
VClsted prohibition enforcement act.
Defendants named in the proceed
ings were the state of New Jersey,
which refused to ratify the constitu-
ticnal amendment, Attorney General
Palmer. Joseph L. Bodine, United
States attorney for New Jersey and
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Daniel c. Roper.
The associations brief alleged that
the constitutional amendment was an
interference with the state police
powers, a violation of the Fifth con-
stitutional amendment which prohib-
its the taking OF private property
without Just compensation that nei-
tier congress nor the state legisla-
lures had authority to propose or
ratify the amendment. and that the
mendment when passed by the House
did not receive the support of two
thirds of the membership as the con-
stitution provides, but only of two
thirds of the members present.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
SADLER APPROVES
FINE STATE ROAD
Stretch of Chambersburg Gettysburg Pike Thrown Open to
the Public After Six Mo nhs of Detourng and
Inconvenience; Mo toriss Enthusiastic

Chambcrsburg. Dec. 16.-The
seven miles of the Lincoln High
way between this city and the east
ern end of Fayetteville, shut off
since. last April because of recon-
structlon into a concrete road, was
reopened to the travelling public
yesterday without ceremony.
Highway Commissioner Lewis s.
Sadler made a thorough inspection
and expressed satisfaction with the
work as completed, confirming the
enthusiastic verdict of all who have
seen and tried the new road. The
bed is s feet wide and is of con-
crete with steel netting re-inforc-
ing and bitches on both sides. En-
gineers say there is. nothing newer
or better in roadways and the job
as finished shows the very best and
latest thing in that line of public
improveme While the entire road
has been thrown open to the public
the Downey's Hill section is not yet
finished. A bridge may be built
over the Waynesboro branch of the
Cuberland Valley Railroad from
Downey's Hill to the hill reaching
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Women Refused New
Trials Are Sent to
Jail For 3 Months

Judge Henry. of Lebanon. on the
bench in Dauphin county court to-
day. disposed of some criminal cases
which were tried here before him
several weeks ago. All were cases
in which motions for new trials had
delayed final judgment.
Sue Eberly and Carrie Yingst, con-
victed of conducting disorderly
houses were refused new trials and
both were sent to Jail for three
months. Minimum fines were inn
posed. Leroy Arms, colored. lost his
contention that he could not be con-
victed under the State laws for SELL
ing booze without a license during
the period OF wartime prohibition
and was sent to Jail for three months.
Later Judge Henry heard argu-
ment on a motion for IA retrial of
Mike Gales. foreigner who was
convicted in September on a charge
of involuntary manslaughter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16

up into Fayetteville. thereby remov-
ing dangerous grade crossing where
but recently a death occurred when
a train hit a State oil wagon. Tour
lists and those livipg along the high
way have been compelled to make
long detours for six months and
have done so without much grumb-
ling and now they are highly
delighted with the magnificent
stretch of highway, better than
most city streets.
At Stoufferstown, n concrete bridge
over the Falling Spring has been
Quilt and along the entire seven
miles, grades have been reduced and
culverts replace dips in the road.
Fayetteville gets a paved street for
the mile and half of the length of
that "Springtown on the Pike" viii
lage. one of which any metropolis
might be envious.
In the spring the road from Fay
etteville eastward oward Gettys-
burg through Caledonia and Graef-
fenburg over the South Mountain
is to be built to the crest of the
mountain at least.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Grandson of Noted
Scout Visits City

William Sewall. End. grandson
of bill" Sewall, an old associate of
Theodore Roosevelt, together with
his mother, Mrs. Fred S. Sewall, of
Island Falls, Me-. are visiting for
some time with the mothers par
ents, DIR. and Mrs. f. II. Garverich.
419 Hummel Terrace.
The grandfather of the youth, bet
ter known to the former president
as "Bill" Sewall, was Roosevelt's
ranch manager or partner in the old
days in Wyoming and later was his
Maine guide and very close friend
He recently wrote a book on his as
sociations with Roosevelt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Father of Five Weeps
as He Receives Sentence

Lebanon. Pa, Dec. 16. David
Writer'S. white. and James Mitchell.
colored, who entered pleas of guilty
last week at the sessions of criminal
court to thefts of wheat, yere yes
terday sentenced to four years in the
Eastern Penitentiary. They are to
restore the property stolen, or make
good the value.
Writer'S. who is the father of FIVE
children. the oldest or which is but
seven years. faced the court in tears.
His home on the L. S. Kase farm
is expected to be the scene of the ar
rival of a newborn child this week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
No More Thin Folks
How Thin, Weak, Nervous People Can
Put on Flesh and Gain Strength

If you are weak, thin and emaciated
and can't put on flesh or get strong,
no matter how much you eat, go to
Geo. y. Gorgas and get enough Blood
Iron Phosphate for three weeks
treatment and take it as directed. If
at the end of three weeks you don't
feel stronger and better than YOU
have for months; if your eyes aren't
brighter and your nerves steadier; il
you don't sleep better. and your vim,
vigor and vitality aren't more than
doubled, or you haven't put on sew
eral pounds of good stay-there flesh,
you can have your money back for
the asking and Blood-Iron Phosphate
will cost you nothing.
IMPORTANT - BlOOd-irOn PhOs-
phafc is sold only in original packages
enough for three 1CeeEs'
treatment. at $1.50 per pdckdge-ORIy
JOc a lceCE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Man Who Passes Away
at Lemoyne to Be Buried
at Millerstown Tomorrow

Millerstown. Pa. Dec. 16.-Jacoo
DIETRICH. an old citizen of this town
and veteran of the Civil War. died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs
Roy Patton, at Lemoyne on sun
day. Funeral services will be held
in the Methodist Church at this
place, of which he was n member,
Wednesday morning. 1880 o'clock.
He-is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Annie Brindle. of Lewistown:
Mrs. Roy Patton, Lemoyne: and two
sons, John of Lemoyne and Charles,
of Altoona.
He was 81 years of age. Burial
will be in the Presbyterian cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
TO GET CURRENT By SPRING

Frccburg, Pa. Dec. 16.-Freeburg
is to have electric current by next
spring, according to the announce
ment of superintendent w. r.
Rhodes, of the Northum berland
County Gas and Electric company
at a meeting of citizens in the high
school room here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Famous Pear Tree Is
Felled at Freeburg;
Yielded Fine Fruit

Frccburg. Pa, Dec. 16.-Having
outlived its usefulness, the famous
old pear tree on the lot of Adam II.
Glass has been cut down. Glass
claims the tree was 123 years old.
1t had grown to very large proper
tions and yielded the finest pears in
this entire region. In late years the
tree deteriorated and the owner con-
cluded the old landmark would
make him his winters supply OF
firewood.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Church Choir to Sing
Cantata, 'Holy Night

New Cumberland, Pa, Dec. 16.-
The Rev. V. IT. Rue, pastor of
Baughman Memorial Methodist
church, will preach Christmas
sermon on Sunday morning at 1910.
In the evening at 7.30 the choir of
the church under the leadership of
+. w. Burns will render canrata
entitled, Holy Night"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Thieves Loot as Two
Families Attend Church

MillcrStown. Pa, Dec. 16.-The
homes of John Light and Mrs. J. c.
Hall were entered by thieves on
Sunday evening. while the families
were at church. The houses were
ransacked. A gold watch and
chain and money were found miss
ing at the Light home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
ANIERICANIZATION
WORK PAYS WELL,

Value of Americanization work of
the local schools was emphasized
yesterday when more than two score
resident aliens were made citizens
Among them were more than score
of Italians who have been taught by
Prof. c. e. Zorger. supervisor of
Americanization work in the schools,
and Peter. niagara, of the Regent
theater. both of whom were in court
throughout the day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
RAISE MOVIE EEE

liverpool Pa, Dec. 16.-Begin-
mi9 is January 1 the Liverpool silk
, rais.a movle admittance will be
10 cents, and children from c 70
10 Ten cents. This advance &c d,o
70 the increase in the price Of aInos
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
CAPT. SMITH DIES

last Orange, n. j., Dec. 16.-Cap-
tain George T. Smith, who assisted
in constructing the monitor and
other warships. at the New York
navy yard during the Civil War,
was buried to-day at North Bergen.
Captain Smith, who was Sc years
old. died. Saturday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
ROUGHs ATTACK AMERICANS
Bu Associated Press

Brcst. Monday Dec. 15.-Roughs
attacked three American officers
last night as they were leaving a
concert and Lieutenant John Camp
bell Glove was seriously wounded.
Lieutenant Charles Nevfn received
bullet in the leg.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
MILL TANK FAILS

Liverpool. Pa, Dec. 16-wben
tlmbers supporting 9o0-paiion
water tank in the boiler room, Of
the Liverpool Silk Mill broke tba
tank hiled with water fell and did
much damage. uiu
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
AGAINST BILL TO
REPEAL DRY ACT

men of wealth have laid in stocks to
run them for years, and those of
less means should have some oppor-
tunity"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
STEAL LIQUOR FROM CAPITOL

Charleston. w. Va, Dee. 16.-Seven
hundred pints of whisky were stolen
last night from the West Virginia
capitol here. The whisky had been
confscated by the State Prohibition
Department. and was stored in lock-
ers in the State House until legal dis
position could be made of it.
rn&I,o. cso.o <-o.-- -. Ip,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16

Harrisburg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-12-16
Leading Gift Specials This Week

Envelope Chemise of heavy
duchess satin, elaborately
lace trimmed and hand
embroidered, value $3.50
for SlZ.OO
Habutai Silk Petticoats,
plain and satin striped, all
S h a d e s, value $4.25
for ............ -. So.9o
Navy Satin Camisoles, value
S1.95. Special for. Sis
Kayser's Mercerized Vests,
value 95c. Special for 75c
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
'Gnl Who Married the Navy Forbidden
TOTAL in Love Again for One Whole Year
Prohibited from loving any man for
a Whole Year!
This is the paddock upon her a.

This is the paddock upon her af-
fecttons affixed by the court in the
case of 20-year-old May Bradley
Kosack Davis Porter, of San Fran
cisco, triple bride known as THE
Girl Who Married the Navy"
in lieu of more formal punishment
for bigamy, for the quick-change
matron hadn't bothered about di-
vorcing off the old love before be-
ing on with the new.
No strolling in the park, no sigh
ing under the June moon, no re-
Spouse to admiring glances, no
say there's heavier punishment than
this in the springtime, when a
young lady's fancy is almost as agile
as the proverbial young mans?
With any show of affection spell
ing guilt before the law within the
years probation period, and the
court keeping tab on her, Mrs. May
Bradley ck-Davis-Po isn't
sure but that she'd rather be in a
more conventional prison.
The triple BRIDES bevy of hus-
bands consists of: George Bart
lett Porter, chief commissary stew
ard on the U. S. S. Marblehead
Francis J. Kosack, lieutenant on the
U. S. S. Lukenubach, and John Dali
S. Oregon. All are living; none di-
vorced.
She met them at dances, her
heart keeping time to the tripping
Of feet, and the marriages followed
in quick secession.
Mrs. Kosack-Davis-Po repented
as hastily as she married, amplyfy-
ing the proverbia1 triangle" into
q Il 1 love etc to dance l End I love sail
ors, and I love my third husband
best" she explained, because he
didn't try. to kiss me when he took
me home from dances" This was
so unusual. she said, that the al
ready twice welded young matron
decided, I'll get that man if it's
the last thing do on this earth"
She said just sheer WEAKNESS was
responsible for her first marriage,
that to Lieut.. Kosack.
I'VE danced together at a cafe"
she ecounted-"danced until I was
very tired, Then he asked me to
marry him. I was afraid. I told him
tomorrow Next day we eioped. He
was 23 and I IT,
Il was afraid of him, and didn't
love him. I was mean-pulled his
hair and said unkind things. Then
left him and returned to my folks.
My second husband 1 met at
another dance. He said he loved me.
Again l ran away and was married
to him at San Diego, Cal. When we
came back, my father told him of
my first marriage. My second hus-
band, John Davis, was very angry
because [ hadn't told him about
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
BY MANIA ETDTNA
Famous Rev York Artists Model

| realized how quickly ones men,
tai attitude changes when l cot a
letter from home. They had found
out. for the first time that 1 was
posing as an artists model.
L have noticed how different mem
bers of the same family will often
grow apart until they are as differ
cnt as strangers. in the. ideas toward
the things OF. life, but it had mot oc-
Cured to me that that was what was
happening to- me. ,.sSs.sas ..,s-,
I had entered new life, had built
UP my own code of conduct. l knew
that l was doing nothing wrong
that I YVES working hard at a pro-
fession I liked that l was under
going. no more risks than any other
sirl in 4 city alone; | knew my
friends and respected them and they
respected me; was living a life
quite different from anything my
parents or sisters or brothers had
ever experienced, but that did not
make it a wrong life. Instinctive1y
[ knew that while / was doing moth
ing of Which ! need be ashamed in
any way-stiIl- my parents would
never understand if they knew I had
taken up posing AL. this time they
thought I was merely going on with
my dancing
why dancing shouId be right and
posing wrong [ could not see; but l
knew that that is the way my par
ents would feel about l.. When peo-
pie become old the ideas theE harG
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01

, the halls of. mythology that pre-
historic people living 1000 years
ago in what is now Switzerland had
the wine-drinking habit. Grape seeds
were found in excavations that re-
evaled ruins of their homes.
The Greeks themselves couldn t
find record Of a time when wine
wasn't known so they credited the
gods wit hits invention. The gods
are also supposed to have invented
beer but apparently the gods knew
nothing about whisky. that long ago.
Bacchus has been getting lot OF
publicity, including criticism and
praise. as the god of wine and John
Barleycorn reveals geenrally. He
was a Greek god and his real name
was Dionysus. He was called BAG.
chus after 800 B. c. and Introduced
the Bacchalia, festival into Rome.
It's unknown how many centuries
the god Dionysus was boosting the
wine trade before he changed his
name to Bacchus for advertising pur-
roses. But many mythology ex-
perts say Bacchus enjoys undeserv-
ed notoriety.
It's said the real inventors of not
only wine. but also beer, were the
sun god Osiris an dhis wife. Isis. 1t
may or may not be signif1cant-but
Osiris was known as the god of the
dead and also as the god of HadeS!
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Queer Fowl Is a Cross
Between Duck and Hen

The strangest freak in the nature
OF fowl ever seen around Thornton,
Tex, is hen or duck belonging to
Mrs. Mary Martin The fowl is a. lit
tie larger than an ordinary hen 1t
mas one regular chicken foot while
the other foot has web toes like a
DICK. 1t has a comb" like an or
binary chicken and bill like a duck.
1t neither cacl1les nor quacks, but
goes about with a peculiar little
grunt of its own.
While the strange fowl is one year
old it has never laid an egg. Some
again it will squat down and roost
on the ground. Mrs. Martin noticed
the popularity when the little bird
was first Matched She paid no par
ticular attention to it, BIT as it grew
older the pecu1iarities became more
pronounced and now hundreds of
people have seen the fowl.
Mrs. Martin says it is a cross be-
tween a chicken and a duck and is
the only thing Of it's kind she ever
heard of
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Sensational Charges Are Made Against
=. British Commander Who Attacks Asnuith

was writing to its opponents of them
as this supine government of slug
CARDS and paralytics, with its lethar-
gic head"
Nothing more scathing has been
uttered in British political circles
in many years than Asquith's IN
dictment of French, as it is likely
that if the field marshal does not
ask for an inquiry by the house
of lords, one will be forced by pub
lie demand.
m that case the field marshal is
liable to fare badly. He narrowly
escaped court-m artiaL at the Begin
ming of the war. He was in COM
mand of the army in Ireland and
gave official notice that he would
not obey orders to put down the
threatened rebellion in Ulster. The
sudden flare up of the worlds war
diverted attention from his conduct
and he was rushed to France.
1t is now charged that he was
removed from can1mand of the Brit
ish army because he had determined
to break all relations with the
French forces and let them shift for
themselves.
One of the scandals of the war is
they charge that French gave up
much of his time to entertaining rich
or titled parties that came from Eng
land to get a glimpse Of "The Big
Show" and that. some attacks were
staged for the benefit of these Wis
it0rS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Liquor No New Evil" --- Mythology Hints
OF Its Invention Over 10000 Years Ago

After July 1 the human race-as
far as the United States is concerned
is required by law to quit doing
something our ancestors did so far
back that one gets dizzing counting
the centuries.
Drinking of intoxicating liquor
originated way back in NEUROLOGICAL
times.
Noah was the first man history
records as having got drunk. That
was exactly 4,266 years ago-2,347
years before Christ. .-a
But Noah may have been a very
modern drinker--if mythology is to
be believed. Ancients say the Egyp-
tians had four kinds of wine on their
wine card 5000 yeahs ago-and that
they also knew how to make beer.
That was along about Adams time,
supposed to have been 4004 5. c. g.
The Phoenicians got drunk, too. a
couple of thousand years before
Christ And both the Phoenicians
and Egyptians claimed the gods
founded their Oldest cities and their
race could boast an antiquity of 80
900 years. IT.
Maybe drinking was the vogue
then. Prehistoric man a couple OF
hundred thousand years ago PROB
ably had something to drown his
sorrows in.
There's another rIrnor echoing IN
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01
Young Naval Officer, for Unknown Reasons,
Commits Suicide on Day After His Marriage

while Mrs. Eli r. Sutton, of Garden
City, mother of the young widow
says the couple were engaged year
and met no opposition to their plans,
the father of the dead boy refrained
from making any statement of his
attitude toward the union.
Neither the boy nor the girl told
their parents about the wedding the
day it occurred. They went to New
York from the Princeton commence
ment exercises and went to the West
Side Methodist Episcopal church.
where the Rev. A1phene M. Morgan
performed the ceremony. The bride
and bridegroom spent the night at
the Hotel Commodore, and agreed
to inform their families later.
The bride did not tell the reason
for the secret marriage, ut told Of her
husbands departure from the CoIn-
modore as follows:
He left me Wednesday morning
and gave me to understand that he
was going to see his parents at
Bound Brook to tell them about our
wedding. L was to remain at the
Commodore until he returned. When
he left there was nothing at all in
his actions or appearance to show
that he contemplated taking his life
We had not quarrelled and he was
in the best of spirits"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-07-01

stream to the Atlantic and allowing
the warm waters of the torrid zone
to circulate freely around eastern
shores, would increase the value Of
lands and natural resources by bill
ions of dollars. 1t would greatly
Improve conditions of living and pub
lie health; would release for indus
tries vast quantities Of fuel now used
for heating purposes; and would
greatly augment the population,
commerce and revenues of Canada.
The cost would be enormous, but
the project has been pronounced free
from engineering difficulty.
The Labrador current sends a large
volume of water through the Straits
of Belle Isle, thence asouthwesterly
along the coast of Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and the United States.
creating a cold current, known as the
Cold Wall" between the gulf stream
and the north Atlantic coast.
The climatic effect of the Labrador
current on CaIfada covers a vast ex-
tent. of territory. It brings winter
earlier, makes spring later and ma
ter1ally lowers the winter tempera-
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