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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
6
News from Yokohama to a suburban park notes a 25 mile race won in 2 hours 30 minutes 12 seconds. Japanese runners show strong form, with 30 starters and six finishers, surpassing some early marathon marks and surpassing select Olympic prep times.
Chambersburg Pa December 6 1917 Franklin County shows more hunting camps than in years past with visitors from Pittsburgh Philadelphia Lancaster York and other cities. Deer are abundant as the season opens December 15 and state licensing nears 4811 licenses issued in Franklin County with about 400 hunting licenses issued to date. Master Mechanic Arthur L Yeager of Mont Alto Sanatorium bagged the first deer a seven prong buck.
Editor notes Iowa again leads in forming gun clubs with seven new clubs in 1917, while 1916 saw ten new Iowa clubs. The Interstate Association records list forty new clubs in 1917, with unofficial tallies in the hundreds nationally. The association offers trophies to new clubs, but many organizers have not requested them. The appended list shows new clubs across Iowa Kansas New Jersey Ohio Nebraska New Hampshire Illinois Pennsylvania New York Indiana Delaware Michigan Florida West Virginia Missouri Oklahoma Texas Tennessee.
Four clubs of the defunct Eastern League reorganize into a four team league to start a pennant race at Musical Fund Hall with Philadelphia facing Trenton. Camden and Reading join. season splits into two sections of thirty games each. No limit on professionals or amateurs, except a secret agreement on defunct-team players.
Health Bureau is set to decide on garbage disposal options at today’s meeting with Commissioner Morgenthaler possibly in attendance. A council conference tomorrow will consider awarding a contract to a firm proposing pig feeding of garbage. Reports say the city might buy garbage if employees are paid by the city. A city piggery plan to avoid private contracts was discussed but not favored by officials.
Businessmen of the City form the Harrisburg Kiwanis Club at a noon meeting. Founders Allen S. Browne and George F. Hixson spoke, with officers elected and 35 members enrolled. The aim is 100 charter members as part of a nationwide movement with 106 clubs and 150,000 members. The group pledges mutual cooperation and a Golden Rule approach to business.
Harrisburg Academy Athletic Association awarded seventeen varsity letters to the football squad. Recipients include Captain Fred Stone, Hendry Moore, Harold O'Hea, Theodore Marxenthaler, Karl Steinmetz, Nelson Westcott, Fred Moody, Lewis May, William May, Donald Wren, George DeVore, Charles Clark, William Miller, Joseph Hoerner, James Hawkins, and manager William McCaleb. They will later receive blue sweaters bearing the letter H in gold.
A 26 year old woman with minor facial marks fled quarantine as health officials rush to locate her. State and city health departments warn of possible exposure, with fourteen people under quarantine at 1121 North Seventh Street and five cases recently found in the city. A tipstaff at the county courthouse was linked to one patient, prompting a broad vaccination drive for potential contacts.
Postmasters may appoint first class agents to handle war savings programs. Applicants file with the Treasury for approval, while agents can buy up to 1000 dollars in maturity value at once and sell certificate stamps and thrift stamps under regulations.
Madame de Turczynowicz wife of a Polish count and author of When Prussia Came to Poland will speak next Tuesday at 8:15 PM in the Orpheum theater. The event is organized by Harrisburg Chapter Daughters of 1917 National War Aid and benefits civilian relief with no admission charge.
The column reports on heavy fighting along the Cambrai salient with British forces repelling German assaults near Gonnelieu La Vacquerie Bourlon wood and Moevres. It notes German losses and Italian front resilience near Monte Sizemol Meletta Badenecce and the Brenta river with Italian trenches briefly captured before defenders retook positions. It also covers the Jebel Hamarin pass in Mesopotamia where British and Russian troops gained prisoners and guns from Turks, Gulf of Riga armistice talks rejection and Romanian participation rumors.
The Harrisburg diocese Knights of Columbus announce a three day drive from January 8 to 10 to raise funds for the Harrisburg quota of a three million dollar war fund. District plans include house to house canvassing and broad church and business support with Supreme Knight James A. Flaherty to speak at Cathedral Hall. Checks go to J. Grant Schwarz, treasurer.
M Brenner Sons sue Harrisburg Auto Company over five properties at 1704 04 North Third Street and 1708 05 07 Susquehanna Street after a fire. They allege an agreement to buy for 19500, paid, and claim the auto firm may have collected fire insurance damages. Court ordered restraining auto from settling claims and demanded insurers, amounts, proofs of loss, and any paid money. motion to continue hearing set for Saturday.
Harrisburg officials consider enforcing a 1918 dog tax, fixing $1 minimum for male dogs and $2 for females in the county, with an added city tax of $1.50 for males and $1 for females if the city also taxes dogs. County solicitors and treasurer offices indicate decisions and license issuance will occur in coming weeks.
Tomorrow night and Saturday at the Orpheum feature "Out-Somewhere" benefiting the Sunshine Society with a morning and evening show and a December 9 free Christian Science lecture. The Colonial offers final performances of Scandal with Constance Talmadge, Mae Marsh in Sunshine Alley, Mme Petrova in Exile, William S. Hart in The Silent Man, and Ethel Clayton in The Dormant Power plus Sonia Markova in The Painted Madonna. Also notes Hugo Jansen fashion show "Fashions a la Carte" and a lively lineup of comedy and vaudeville acts led by Shep Jackson and the Arnaut Brothers.
Camp Hill High School girls basketball will oppose Hershey High School five on Camp Hill floor Friday evening, announced by the school manager. The game will be played before and between halves of Camp Hill's varsity against the Hick-A-Thrifts.
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