“VUL. XOL.
SOME STARTLING FIGURES.
Had Nearly 2,000,000 Men in
France When War Closed. — Great
U. S.
Figures Made Public.
The extent of America’s military ef-
the
tice was declared is shown by figures
fort in France at the time of armis-
which the Associated Press is
mitted The
figures show only a part of the
now per-
to make public. stupen-
dous
great effort made in war preparations in
men, money and material,
On the morning of November 11 the
United States had if France 78,391
cers and 1,881,376 men, a total of almost
There comba-
tant troops in the Argonne region, ex-
391 offi.
f
2,000,000.
was 750,000
clusive of the American units engaged
598
elsewhere,
The American to
stand
army has brought
France and has in operation’ 967s i
ard gauge locomotives and 13 1-
3,174 stand
ard
American
It also*has in service 350
zauge freight cars of
aug §
tu
manufacture.
ioreign ori-
locomotives and 973 cars of
To meet demands which the
gin.
isting French railways
ex
were unable to
meet, 843 miles of standard gauge rail-
constructed, Five hundred
1
miles of this have been built since June
way were
1. The department of light railways re-
£ of
ports the construction of 115 miles
©
road and 140 miles of German light rail-
way were repaired and put in operation.
Two hundred and twenty-
French railway were operated
Americans,
£3,000 MOTOR
Modern warfare is motor warfare.
The American e forces
rditionary
hs % rat » aver her
had in ¢ peration on November
than 3 motor vehicles of
1.000
criptions,
Even at the present” s
mistice, it
1s not permissible
st stores of r arma-
3
ght over and
forces
danger of being placed
rican expeditionary
wereinn
on
rt ns the continued.
1stance, the Ame
ra had war
icans have
000,000 rations of alone ;
1
000,000 rations of fl ubsti-
tutes ; 207,000,000 rations of mik ;
butter or substitutes;
101,-
nf
ol
000,000 rations
143
rations of
000.000 rations of sugar ; 89,000,000
meat ; 57,000,000 rations of
coffee and 113,000,000 rations of rice,
other foods. There
are
uch as flavorings,
potatoes 1
761,000 ,00¢
other
1 steamer berths have been built at
farme
iOTmSs,
cCO 1D
xr a total length
pear St.
of 4.100
Nazaire,
with
terminal
uses having an aggregate
area of almost [23,000,000 sq
, i
.
have been constructec
These fi meast
the
g'ires serv
show magnitude
mi reat machine
,
in operation today as
army moves forward
territory.
———————— A PT SS —
$1,000,000 Institution for Snyder.
Fi .
sane
for the in-
1e Eastern State Hospital
. ‘ ~~ 3
which was authorized by the last
session of the State legislature, has been
in
at Selinsgrove, Snyder county,
the
located
e State Board of Charities, and
Reporter hopes the good people of
by th
that
county will be better pleased with an
im than old Centre
State pen,
Dr. Charles T, Aikens, pres
uehanna University, was ¢
the commi
$1,000,000 was appropriated for the site
and construction of the buildings
may be consummated within the next
ten years.
———— lg — A ST —
Farm Bureau Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Centre
County Farm Bureau will be held in the
Court House, at Bellefonte, Friday,
December 6th.
This is a meeting that every farmer
in the county interested in the Farm
Jureau should attend. At this time the
officers and executive committee will be
elected and reports‘of the president, sec-
retary, treasurer and county agent will
be heard and also a good speaker or two
will be present, Mr, M. T. Philips, of
Pomeroi, Chester county, a successful
breeder of cattle and farmer and at the
present time a member of the Agricul
tural Commission, will no doubt speak
at the forenoon session,
The forenoon session starts at 10
o'clock and the afternoon session at 1:30
The Farm Bureau is your organization,
come and enter into discussions,
———— AY AADAC
Dates Set for 4 Electrocutions,
Governor Brumbaugh has fixed the
week of December ¢ as the time for elec
trocution of Lazar Zec, of Beaver, and
Luther Knox, of{Armstrong. The State
Board of Pardon refused to recommend
clemency for Zec.
The week of December 16 was fixed
for execution of William McMiller and
Samuel Garner, of Lancaster,
dent of
S hairman
of ttee select the site,
to
the
PVT. JAMES AUMAN
DIED IN FRANCE.
First Miles Township Youth to Make
Supreme Sacrifice - Pneumonia
Cause of Death.
The first youth from Miles Township
to make the supreme sacrifice in France
is James Auman, who died froin pneu-
monia in France, October 31st,
Private Auman lett for Camp Lee,
July 22, 1918, sailed for France Septem-
ber 13th, He was born at Rebersburg,
January 23, 1894, and was married to
Florence Wolfe, November, 1917.
The deceased was a son of Clayton
and Cora Auman, and before entering
at Wolfs Store. His
wife, parents, and two brothers—Charles
and Alton—survive,
He took advantage of the governments
liberal insurance
the service lived
schem
m of
——————— — TY ——————
and provided
e
insurance in the su $10,000,
Letter from Norman Young.
Somewhere in France
Oct. 29, 1918
Dear mother and all.
Just a few lines to let you know 1 re-
ceived your ever {welcome letter
other day, which fi in the best
health. We time
camping at a place that Germans
Iw
the
of
are the present
the
at
were driven out ; and ill not say that
they were not in need of any thing as
far as comforts were concerned, for they
When they
r never fig-
gained a piece of grou
Bi i
ured on losing an so they
built b lows and in case our artillery
shelled near them they had deep
the ground which they ran into.
got chased
Some of
18
them
¢ found
they
all
were
burning the
» nytt] a
ings they could have
anks were
many
loing so managed
1
They burned
much success for the fl
to
there put fires
they started and by «
ine houses,
stores and
but
master
winment
iipment
2
i
thev had
they nad
thet
their
here. Last
dutch up and started t
m not |
and I a ing you a bit but
sure pu onés pre
close for exploded
they
red the wi stty nearly out of
ash}; eat mar
'as we call one
ils t«
» explode,
vat +3 Austrian
hat the Austrians
rine their
ing their
is true it will be up
render soon for she is
world in this war. I think, too, that if
she would have known at the start what
have
am they
with
she knows now this war would not
Right where 1
s land for four long
of jthem
only
: 1
it all
yeen started.
i
le
1 +h
ti
1€ei il
years
and
i
the French in fron
when
the Yanks took them
about four days t
arrive
The devil,
to my estimation, be even
more
welcome than an American in Germany
after peace is signed.
Tell Roland I
been France
and pever had a
And Bessie changes ad-
Know
have
in
seven months
hi
s so often I don’t
m.
where to
and Paul
be in the service
somewhere for Uncle Sam has been
omitting no one so far as I can see, “1
that 1
Stover
Rupp ?
hope if they are in France can
locate them
Tell Bric
time ago and am still
ker I wrote hi
waiting to hear
from him.
Well, 1
consisted of boiled beef, cabbage, coffee,
and bread. We fare fairly con-
sidering the distance our rations are be-
ing shipped.
My wife wrote to me a few days ago
and in her letter she had written that
her brother had come across, too
Some of the men are getting their ten
day leave by now. I think when the
Colonel gives me mine | shall visit
london. I have been in some of the
largest cities in France, And on one
trip I was in the city in which Joan of
Arc was burned to death. It was a
very historic city.
Well, mother, as there is nothing else
of any importance that I can write I
will close sending you my best regards.
Your son,
NorMAN,
just came from dinner which
good
ye
is
Pri. Norman K. Young,
Co. A, 112 Inf,
American E. F.
I ——————— A —————
No New Road Work.
No further new road work will be
tifdertaken by the state highway de-
partment for the present, This was an-
nounced a few days ago by J. Denny
O'Neil, state highway commissioner,
who said :
“ Owing to the lateness of the season
and due to the fact that it is impossible
to do work during the winter months,
itis felt that we would not be ' justified
in making awards or in advertising for
proposals at this time. It is thought
that by spring much better conditions
will obtain and prices would bo much
more favorable. ”
a
TRAVEL LECTURES TO
OPEN LECTURE COURSE,
First Number to Appear Thursday,
December 5. — Countries Torn
Talk.
by
War Subject of Ostrander’s
ducation and
d
The season of e
tion which Centre Hall an
been |
past through the medium of
Hall Lecture Course, at
and will open Thursday evening
week in the Grange hall with
pearance of Harry C. Ostrander,
traveler and lectu
Mr. Ostrander has
of his
ial
rer,
and because
speech, is able
of
wonders
He has consen
the local committee, t
and Palestine, b
these coun
Mr, «
his lecture with colored sl
part
ent war.
The single press
aiven below i
given below is
turer, gave 1
el talks at the Belasco Thea
ly appr “Crate d
the speaker
people and lands
subject was Br
a delight to
Claude Whitehill
Front Line Trenches.
Mrs
Saw Service in
Letter to his mother
at Oak Hall Sts
been a long time
write to y
Paper is very
Man's Worl
1
Edward and
from hir
a letter to
ae
ceived about ten le
I landed over
VO Tece
need t
wonde
ng pleasant
gett
that is someth
0
coming.
I will
which 1
mor Fr
now ry
started yesterday
guard at the present time and
2.
i
what to do with
ant
place to spend money !
ceived all you sent,
ou were knitti
go
and tell him to keep
b
ng a sweater
if Maurice has to 1
mind any for me.
any one here that I k
I guess you know w
ing today if 1 woul
the mountains
bringing down squi
different
year and I have been after some
will
rrels
kind of gam
I have served my first term at the
was released about two weeks ago.
Love to all, your son,
Crave L.
Co
Wiitenine,
A, 313 Inf
American E. F.
——— AANA
Marklesburg Leads in W. 8. §
Marklesburg, a Huntingdon
county borough, claims the honor of be-
ing the banner war savings town of the
country, According to C, M. Taylor,
Chairman of the National War Savings
Committee for Huntingdon, Markels-
burg had up to Novemer 16th, sold
$122 63 worth of stamps for each man,
woman and child of its population of
more than 300.
—— A AAA
Deeds of Little Men.
From Lewistown Sentinel
Some of the Senators and other people
express themselves as very certain that
President Wilson is doing wrong by
going to the peace conference in
Europe. Yet, do you know that if they
felt sure that he was about to do some-
thing wrong they would keep strictly
silent until it was all accomplished, and
then
small
———— AAPA ——
Right now is a splendid time to re.
deem your War Savings Stamp pur
chase pledge. It will help going over
the top this month, and get your finan.
cial calander clear for the holiday
season,
INTERESTING FIFURES IN
of
Last
Annual Meeting State
Chapter Held
Auxiliaries Did Splendid Work.
meeting of
of the America:
ay evening
»
room oi
Earl Spark
1
presided,
meeting
John
Chapter and
report after
one heard
value of $150 00) 120
2000 towels,
* 40 ¢ wort
wt water bag
ub cloths,
so pr. bed sockt,
1d underdrawers, 18g
uits of bed jackets, 33 hos.
bed
pital bed shirts, 100 convalescent robes,
ersl 8, 180
pajamas, 3%
420 woman's house gowns, 112 layettes
for French and Belgian babies (3606 diff-
erent articles). Also there are ready for
shipment 100 bed side bags, 325 proper.
ty bags, 500 cases,
The linen shower collected by Mr. and
Mrs. George T. Graham more than sat-
isfied our allotment,
individual toilet
Mrs. W. W. Brown then reported on
the of knitted articles.
There have been made during the year
sweaters, 196 mufflers, 848 pr.
socks, 234 pr. of wristlets, 12 helmets, 6
6 ambulance blankets, 200 comfort kits,
30 of which were fully equiped. The
total number of pounds of wool used is
1,461 and the value is $3,620.
production
1,096
To the Department of Surgical Dress-
ings, Mrs. Frear, the Supervisor, accrec.
ited the enormous total of 34600 dress-
ings of various types.
Professor W, D. Crockett of the Bu-
rean of Accounting then discribed his
work, the results of which are included
in the report of the treasurer. Profes-
gor Crockett of the Committee in charge
ol collecting material for gas masks re-
ported the shipment of ns pounds, of
material, the possession of 200 Ibs.
ready for shipment, and large quantities
1918,
not yet sent in by the auxiliaries.
Professor R. 1. Webber and Professor
C. C. Harris who had charge of the, first
and second drives for Belgian clothing
then made informal reports. . Professor
Webber said that last spring he cullect-
ed and shipped 2000 lbs. of clothing.
Professor Harris reported that for the
second drive we had been alloted Gooo
Ibs, and that although the clothes al-
ready collected had not yet been weigh-
ed, he estimated that in this as other
things we had more than exceeded the
demand and that about 6000 garments
had been contributed,
After these reports which summarized
work of the whole chapter, each
own
Every auxiliary may well be proud of its
fore its full
auxiliary presented its report.
work, one contributed
share to the honorable record made by
our chapter,
At the close of the reports the i
t the close of the reports the nomi-
ITT
OT
Maire,
re made their report and
were elected
Mrs,
hairman, Mrs.
Womans’
Ww.
Secretary, Mrs,
Gardner ; Treasurer, Mr. D. K
Mrs. H. P. Armsby,
Hospital 2 fugee
Mrs.
urgical Dressing ;
for
E.
H.
jurean
Heers
~Chairman,
ice {
of
s Chairman, Mrs. W. Brown
sor of Knitting ;
Director,
Wm sr visor
5
D. Crockett
Chairman
Ha
iris,
Millheim Gives $549.
sited + M
The
illheim con-
Millbeim
{osterman
Back
back
Will be Glad to Get
be co
ming
ld Pennsylvania and
won t
soy ¥ gion
ILALUS
maybe I
to see the old id
again Corporal L. G.
mscarey, Washington.
ut ——
41 Tractors in Centre County.
tractors in Pennsylvania have
me into
past
Farm
use during
was an in-
crease of over 122 per cant. in the sales
t thout the State bringing the total
1 in use this
universal
almost
the year when there
ber of tractors
mated num
fall t 439.
Reports just received from crop corre-
1 assessors throughout the
3 the
Agricul-
ow the rapid increase in the use
of tractors.
spondents ant
State by the Bureau of Statistics ot
Pe
nnsylvania Department of
ture sh
One year ago it was estimated that
e were 1.080 tractors in use, butdur-
rast the farmers realize
» were a number of makes of
tractors that were adaptable
pendable for Pennsylvliania agri-
conditions and the farmers have
been slow in adopting the power
Much of the success
in getting the largest acreage ever sown
to wheat this fall was due to the assist.
ance of a tractor,
There is not a county in the State
that does not have one or more tractors
according to the figures furnished the
Department of Agriculture,
Lancaster county has the greatest
number of tractors in use—209, Camer-
on has onl§ 2; Centre county has 41,
while its peighbor, Union county, em-
ploys 20.
year
form of farming.
Women in Agriculture.
Due to the extreme labor shortage,
many women are taking over lines of
wark in agriculture which have formerly
been handled by men. While much of
this work has been new to them, and
much skepticism prevailed as to their
ability to handle it successfully there is
no question but that they have made
good and that, as time goes on, more
and more women will be employed in
agriculture work,
In view of the demand for trained
women in agriculture work, the Penn-
sylvama State College this winter in-
tends to make special effort to train
women in agriculture, The eight weeks
short course starting January 1 and
closing March 2, will give special in-
struction in the care and handling of
livestock, crops and soils. Special in-
struction will also be given in tractor
handling, creamery work and cow test-
ing association work. All who are in.
terested in this course should write to
the Dean of the School of Agriculture,
State College, Pa,, for catalogue ard
further mformation,
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS,
HAPPENINGS OF LOCAL INTEREST
FROM ALL PARTS
The first snow
ber 22nd,
If you haven’
scarcely in st
flakes blew
yle,
Long hours and poor pay
C. Roseborugh to resign as
at Alxandria, Huntingdon
successor is John B. Kean.
Mrs. who
visiting at the home of John
at Rock River, the
weeks, returned home last week.
Elmer Miller,
Ohio, for
Y "0 wy @®13 i “ery Hy
¥ ou can get your auto license Dy
cember 1st, and why not
wait until the
do so?
last dav f December te
last days of December to
do sometniog that can be better done
December 1st ?
William H. Stover,
employed on the state road, was a caller
the other evening. Mr.
man, but he
who reoularly
regularly
Stover
close-at-home made
visit here worthwhile.
Reports from the
dicate that our soldier boys
plump and fat that they will sc:
révognized. Their
condition is the res
make a
u want (o
table Christmas one that
aift
gift,
appreciated to it ullest extent,
War Savings
“ rs}
Lover
the
Decembe
the good work.
The meeting of the
Synod of Central Penn
was to have opened at Belle
monday,
oned
Roland Zettle, of S
caller the latter part week. He
make salc of his farm stock and im-
jth, and next
plements on December
spring will move to Spring
he purchased a home
Private Earl C. Weber, of
who left for Camp Lee,
discharge, ant
A sign something
feed boxes
“Egg.
above the
poult T y Jouses
r best
a consequence
do you
te
selves
most howling over the President's war
program are the leaders in the howl op-
the
rance
or
n
in
to peace table
This ele-
as loud if the
think it
posing his goin
‘ some where
ment would howl just
President had said he did not
proper for the chie{f executive
his country no matter what the cause.
leave
to
A measly sausage grinder badly muti-
lated the second finger on the right
hand of W. Frank Bradford, the station
agent, one day last week. He had been
invited to take dinner at the home
his brother, Clyde Bradford, on the day
the latter butchered, and to help along
the work was feeding the grinder,
when one of his fingers got caugh by the
auger-like feed.
of
Centre Hall received a bit of notoriety
for having been first in Centre county to
go over the top in the war work drive,
its quota having been $800, or $1.60 per
capita. The amount raised was almost
$1.75 per capita. While we have a
night to feel proud of this record, our
contributions to this fund should have
been at least $1000, and we all know
from where the remainder might easily
have come.
The following is reprinted from the
Millbeim Journal : Mr, and Mrs. J. W.
Reifsnyder, of Linden Hall, and Mrs. J.
W. Tressler, of near Centre Hall, spent
several days during the week at the
home of Mrs. Sarah Reifsnyder, assist-
ing her in arranging for her sale of per-
sonal property on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday night Mr, and Mrs. Reif-
snyder, accompanied by the former's
mother were motored to Linden Hall
The aged lady will make her future
home there with her son,
The area sown to wheat in Pennsylva-
nia this fall for next year's harvest 1s es-
timated at 1,568,270. Thig is over eight
per cent, or 117,680 acres, larger than
last year. The farmers knew that it
was imperative as well as their patriotic
duty to heed the request of the food ad.
ministrator for an increased acreage of
wheat. The acreage is probably the
largest acreage ever sown in this State.
The weather conditions have been fav-
orable for and since seeding and the
grain has made a splendid growth, and
is going into winter in better shape than
for many years, The outlook is good at
the present. Very little damage 1s re.
ported from the Hessian fly.