6 BOTH RANK AND FILE OF MILITIA DISAPPROVE OF HA Y ARM Y BILL Above: OfT for Mexico without horses. Motorvans dragging suns of a militia battery. Below: Going to the border without training or equipment. Haw recruits of the Essex troop of Sew Jersey. AUTOMATIC LAND CRUISERS WAS ! DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN PURELY IN AN EFFORT TO SELL ENGINES An idea of the immense size interior arrangement and ornament of t he new British tanks may be gleanedfrom the above etching. They are 2 3 feet long, carry at leist seven machine suns and have created ' fearful havoc among the Germans. "It is now generally admitted that! the armored tractor car which met •with such wonderful success in the | Curls and Waves j f Moisten hair with atalpa water If j I you want curls and waves to i last and look natural. ; Girls! 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Will consider exchange. A. C. Mead, Bth Floor Union Trust Com pany Building. Harrisburg. Pa. Efficiency j INCREASE the profits I of your business by aiding j">ur "killed help ers to make the best use of their time. Cw the I proper blanks, blank H books, stationery and ad- | rertfsing matter. Get tfrt I right ftJnd of designing, engraving, printing Mid I binding at tile right prices 0 (root The Telegraph j Printing Co. J Federal Sqoars TUESDAY EVENING, BABRX6BUROIM TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 7, 1916. great battles on the Somme front is originally an American invention. It is true. a.s David Lloyd George says, that the bH; machines were built by the munitions aepartment and that Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill urged their adoption at an early stage of the war, [but the idea came from the United (States. ; "Designs of the death-dealing ma chine were submitted to the war office . more than a year ago, but Great Brit ain declined to finance their manufac j ture unless the tractors were made in England. This was finally agreed to. The man who brought the designs to .Great Britain declines to permit the use of his name, declaring that for business reasons he does not desire to dim the glory of those credited with j their introduction. He says he has i designs for a tractor which probaly | will be even more effective."—The New York Herald. Sept. 20, 1916. To understand how America fur nished the inspiration for the building !of these effective offensive weapons for the modern trench warfare, it is I necessary to go back to the early sum- ' mer of 1915 to the offices of the Auto jmatic Machine Company, Bridgeport, i Conn. This company 'has for vears I supplied many of the heavy duty gaso line engines used in the large tractors built in this country and was familiar j with the conditions under which trac tors were working in the Oregon for jests, the Louisiana lowlands and the' streets of our large cities. Norman Leeds, treasurer of the company, real izing that the trench fighting'of the j present day had made a practical dead lock of offensive and defensive, con ceived the idea that an armored trac- | tor of the "alligator" type would make it possible to cross trenches, en filading them, and that with sufficient power neither wire entanglements nor shell-pitted ground nor ruined walls nor any of the debris of the battlefield would offer any serious obstacle to this leviathan armadillo. J Tractors of the alligator type 2 4 ! feet betwen driving wheel centers were already in use in Oregon. With the huge power and stability of these ma chines, it would be easily possible to cover them with armor to withstand the fire of 3-inch guns and a compara tively small crew would be as effective .as many hundreds of unprotected men. Mr. Leeds proposed that at least a thousand such machines should be built for use in a mass formation. The front line "cruisers" would be used to conquer the territory over which they traveled; the rear lines, mean time. would bo producing a curtain of tire beyond therru to protect the front line while engaged in their work of reducing the fortified lines of the enemy. It was but the work of a few days to make a preliminary sketch of the "automatic land cruiser," as he called the creation which appeared in con siderable detail upon his drafting board July 9. 1915. At this point Mr. Leeds called in Alec McNab, of the McNab Company, i Bridgeport, manufacturer of marine appliances and an inventor of note much of whose work has been con- I nected with various phases of warfare.! t Mr. McNab is a retired engineer-com mander of the Royal Navy and at once became greatly interested in the | development of the project. After a few days of joint effort, the revised I sketch here shown was produced on July 14, 1915. It is this last plan which was submitted to the British War Office. From this point let us carry along the story in the terse language of Mr. McNab who, in a signed statement gives these facts: I sailed from New York on steamer St. Paul on July 17. 1915, arriving at Liverpool on July 25. On Tuesday, July 27. 1915, I went to the War Office and saw Colonel Holden, Chief of the Army Service Corps, in which I went thoroughly into I the matter and explained the ap paratus to hint. He, however, told me that this was not pertaining to his department. On Sunday, August 15, 1915, I left for Paris, arriving there same evening. On August 17, I formally presented the blueprints of the caterpillar tractor to the officers at the French War Of fice. Much more Interest was shown i than had been accorded through "'olonel Holden, at the British War Office. On Friday, August 20, I left Paris for London. However, previously I '•abled Mr. Leeds of the AutoYnatic j Machine Company, stating that if he |cared to cable over necessary expenses, ! , I had every reason to believe that a 1 good order would be forthcoming through the French War Office for; automatic engines to be installed on i these tractors. On Monday. August 23. I saw Gen- j eral E. W. Moir, comptroller of muni- i tions inventions at Whitehall. London, informing him that 1 had left a blue- I print of the caterpillar tractor with | lull particulars with Colonel Holden of the A. S. C. British War Office, prior to my departure for Paris. Gen eral Moir was so interested by my verbal explanation that he immediately 1 sent me to Colonel Holden with a let- j ter stating that he was to obtain these i blueprints at\once. On returning the blueprints, as per General Moir's instructions, and on thoroughly going over the matter with him, he stated that I should hear | further regarding developments in the I course of a few days. On Wednesday. August 25, I re reived a letter from the Naval Ar- i mored Car Division at Pall Mall, ask ing me to attend a meeting of officers : who were going to confer in regard | to the caterpillar tractor. I attended | this meeting as requested, which ex tended for several hours, and was ad- ! vised that the matter would be taken ! up further with me in "due course." ' At that time I also advised them that; should I not be in the country to com- i municate with Norman Leeds, at the' Automatic Machine Company, Bridge port. Conn. Nothing further was done; therefore this report is at an ! endu however. I am firmly of the ' opinion that the recent advance on , the Somme has been entirely due to | this very caterpillar tractor. On my second return to Paris, on j Tuesday. January 11, 1916. I was for tunate to meet my personal friend, Monsieur Corcas, secretary to M. Al bert Thomas, Minister of War. Mr. : j Corcas was very much perturbed that 1 should have left Paris in August of! last year very suddenly, as it seems that the Minister of War and other ! high officials were so verv interested in the caterpillar tractor as suhmitted that they desired a further conference with me. but were unable to accom plish this, owing to my departure. In the sketch as carried over the seas by Mr. McNab. Mr. Leeds had no thought of presenting a finished product. The question of proper arma ment and its disposition was one to be settled by men expert in modern ord nance, not by an American engine builder. What the American wanted was to sell engines and at one time in the negotiations, according to Mr. McNab s statement, and more particu larly found in correspondence and cablegrams which are in the file con taining the full record of the nego tiations. the prospects for an engine contract were bright. The land cruiser as submitted to the war office was sketched in about the smallest dimensions which would be effective; there were no mechanical obstacles to be overcome in the build ing of much larger machines. The length over all is 23 feet 6 inches; the width, 10 feet; the height. 11 feet. The distance between centers of drive wheels is 16 feet. The alligator type of drive was selected In place of the more common caterpillar type because of the greater bearing surface which would enable it to cross trenches of about 8 feet in width and would give it more stability and tractive surface on badly broken ground and because it would have no exposed front wheels •to become caught or shot away. The weights are equalized throughout the apparatus as far as possible. The en gine is placed a little aft of the center to compensate for the front or lighting end with its heavier weight of arma ment and ammunition. : Time will tell how much has been borrowed from these sketches in the building of the "tanks," a* Tommy Atkins terms them.—W. E. Freeland' In the Iron Age. HELPFUL HINTS A Dutch oven is the finest thing In the world for cooking pot roasts, poul try, game. beans, etc. Be sure, though to , £ uy °. ne of the new-fashioned kind ' without legs. A handy dishpan for enmp or picnic use may be made by cutting a five gallon gasoline can in half from top to bottom, turning down the sharp edges and rolling the ends over to ' serve as handles. J H M CC J ,v reh , l , t , l8 „ n su,, stantlal and edible dish. Melt Eastern cheese in a saucepan, add milk, pepper and salt and stir in cold boiled rice and cook till the rice is thoroughly heated ; through. Serve hot. A touch of garlic greatly improves the flavor of a lettuce salad. ; A home cobbling outfit is an eco nomical and handy possession with a ; handy man to go with it. —Farm Life. G. O. I'. NOMINEE DIES ! j Grand Rapids. Neb., Nov. 7. p K ■ Rarton, Republican candidate for Con • gresa from Nebraska, died to-day of i t ucute paeumouia. No Matter Who's Elected V.j The New Store of Wm. Strouse Will Continue to fine By Popular Choice The Men's Store of Harrisb^jg As always, the platform of the New Store is honesty square-deal ing best value giving who wouldn't be elected on such principles? This lIT is the one result of which there is no doubt The New Store is bound to be r" unanimously chosen the men's store of Central Pennsylvania. Never has / \ Wm. Strouse failed to carry by a large majority the clothes vote of Harris- yi burg's citizens— And why? Because of the splendid suits and overcoats, furnishings hats he sells such as \ " ADLERRCCHESTER. Wesco Fifteens ; ftl clothes mm I fl/m S2O $25 S3O Uo . &HI|N, IIP Emery Shirts $1 to $6 Schoble & Mallory Hats ™¥Q Sweaters $1.50 to $7.50 Everwear Hose Men's & Ladies' nil \|| Accordion Knitted Hosiery .. . 65c Beautiful Neckwear 50c \\ 1 310 Market St. Wm. Strouse & Co. Si Store CROWN PRINCE IS OFTEN IN TRENCH His Ambition Is to Know Per sonally Every Man in His Command Berlin, Nov. The personal hu man side of Crown Prince Frederick William is portrayed in an unusual way by Karl Rosner in the "L,okal An zeiger" in the course of a description of an auto ride Roßner had with the Crown Frince recently. As a long column of soldiers passed the automobile on their way from the front 'o reserve positions the Crown Prince, as far as was possible, greeted each of the soldiers personally. He reminded the correspondent of the time when he had only the Argonne army end said he had made it his business to know each private person ally if possible. Shortly after he received charge of an entire army group, the Crown Princess in Berlin visited a hospital and found one of his old troopers wounded. Tn conversation with him the Crown Princess asked if the sol dier knew the Crown Prince, and re ceived the following answer: "Yes. indeed. The Crown Prince is often with us in the trenches. But if I may be permitted to make a sug gestion. Frnu Kr-nprinzessln, tell your husband he ought not to come there." The Crown Prince, according to Ros ner. followed up the story with the following tomnient: My V --Jfe sent me the message all right, though it did not do much good. i "You sei, here with the huge num bers of men that are under me, I can not come into a close personal touch with the Individual as I would like to, 'but I believe that here, too, the men know that tach single one of them is a personal factor whom I never forget | for a tnon. ont. He is a human being, as I anv-H part of our German people, i That which gave us superiority and | strength over others is this feeling on : the part of the German army leaders. 1 this respect for and ethical estimation of the individual—for when all is said and done we are fighting for the main tenance of Germany and the future of !the German blood. j "So it is that we prepare each move ! down to the smallest detail in order | that results may be achieved with the least possible sacrifice of the costliest I of all treasures—blood." Referring to his command in the ! Argonne, the German Crown Prince | declared it was his pleasure to know each individual and that each man [knew that he reckoned with each man | individually. Tell Humorous Story About George Martin I George Madden Martin, as everyone | knows by this time, is not, as a little Chicago girl suspected, an old man with a white beard, but a very ener | getic, warm hearted, executive woman, i living, as she says, the very best years |of an always busy life. Mrs. Martin | lives at Anchorage, among the rolling hills which surround Louisville, Ken tucky. Every boy or girl, black or I white, in the whole country around | knows and loves Mrs. Martin. But I there seems to be a very ardent front irank of special admirers among her 1 own negro servants, who look with , wonder and awe at the printed pages of books written by their own "Miss •Georgie" as she is known to them. One of these admirers, Charlie, the house boy, has championed with personal pride Mrs. Martin s book, "A Warwick shire Lad." a story of the boyhood of William Shakespeare. One morning he followed Mrs. Mar tin from the breakfast table into her sittingroom, with an almost weird ex pression on his shiny little face, lie was obviously very worried and after , edging around the room and seem ingly trying very hard to get his vocal j organs into good working order he > timidly asked "Miss Georgie" if he might ask Just one qestion. When per mission was granted the story of his trouble came out like this: "I purty neah got into trouble about yo' las' night. Miss Georgie, with dat Tony Fanelli, de fruit sto' boy. Wo had words, and I 'most had to fight him." "Fight Tony, Charlie? What about?" asked Mrs. Martin. "Didn't you write dat 'are Shakes peare book. Miss Georgie?" "Yes." i "Well, ah said yo' did up at de sto' jlas' night, an' Tony he don said yo' didn't. He said a man named Shake sfeare done write dat book his own se'f." I _ I ' i _ BLURAIRD BLUEBIRDS here, BLUE- T BIRDS there, Bluebird Photoplays everywhere. 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