NEWPUPIISCAN
HELP COUNTRY
Good Suggestions Made by
Westmoreland People Re
garding Gardening
To suggest of how schools and
other institutions can assist in pro
viding the labor so urgently needed
in order to increase the farm-food
supply, the committee of public safe
ty has made public the regulations
adopted by its local committee In
Westmoreland county. At the in
stance of the latter the school, au
thorities of Monessen have consent
ed to.allow high school students to
work on farms without losing their
school standing.
ln order to systematize such em
ployment and to protect the inter
ests of both parties to the arrange
ment, farmers applying for volunteer
workers are required to sign an
agreement containing the following
conditions.
1. That transportation to and
from the location of the employment
shall be paid: and suitable board and
lodging provided.
2. Boys from 14 to It! years of
age to lie paid 75 cents per day; boys
over 1, $1 per day. Where boys
travel to and from their work daily,
they are to receive an extra allow
ance of 60 cents per day.
3. On Sundays, when boys remain
on the farm, they are to do necessary
■ hores only, for which they are not
emitted to compensation, but full
compensation is to be paid for rainy
week days if the boys remain on the
farm.
4. Two Sundays and three week
days per month are to be "allowed
off" if the volunteer worker so de
sires.
"These boys," says the committee,
"are volunteering at less wages than
most of them could earn in the
stores and mills. They are undertak
ing this service as a patriotic duty.
Xot many of them have had much
farm experience, but we believe they
will respond to intelligent teaching.
The present high prices of commodi
ties is bound to continue even if
peace should be declared in the near
future, so that the extra work done
on the farm by the boys should prove
profitable."
On his part the student is required
to sign the following pledge, which
bears the consent of parent or guar
dian:
Farnl Volunteer—Student's Pledge
—"ln response to President Wilson's
appeal for large farm crops, I here
by volunteer for farm work and
agree to accept a position wherever
1 may be placed by the committee of
public safety. If 1 am allowed to
stop school and hereafter receive my
rating as though I had successfully
completed the studies of this term, I
promise my teacher and the school
directors faithfully to perform,
without complaint, the work assigned
to me. and will loyally endeavor thus
to assist my country in its hour of
need."
HOW TO REDUCE
VOIIR WEIGHT
A SIMFI.K, SAFE, KEI.IABI.E WAY
People who are overburdened with
fat know only too well the discomfort
•nd ridicule that ovet stout people mav
easily reduce their weight by the new
■ysfem.
If you are carrying around un
healthy fat you are unnecessarily
we akening your vital organs and are
catrjing a burden which destroys the
beauty of your figure.
There is no of anyone suffer
ing from superfluous fat. Reduce
jour weight in a simple, safe and re
liable way, without starvation diet or
tiresome exercise. Spend some time
daily in the open air. breathe deeplv
and get from the druggist a small box
of oil of korein capsules; take one
after each meal and one before re
tiring at night. Also follow the other
simple directions. You may eat all
you need if you chew vour food thor
oughly.
If you desire a test. free, of oil ot
korein. It will b.- sent you in plainlv
wrapped packet, with an interesting
booklet, "Reduce Weight Happily," if
you write to Korein Company, 1431 J.
Arcade. East '.'Sth Street, New York.
N. Y.
Weigh yourself once a week so as
to know Just how fast you are losing
weight, and don't leav off the treat
ment or even skip a single dose until
you arp down to normal.
Oil of korein is absolutely harm
less. is pleasant to take, and helps
digestion. Even a few days' treat
ment has been reported to show a
noticeable reduction in weight, foot
steps become lighter, your work
seems easier and more buoyant feel
ing takes possession of your whole
being.—Advertisement.
DRINK A GLASS
OF REAL HOT WATER
BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Says we will both look and feel
clean, tweet and freah
and avoid Illness.
Sanitary science has of late made
rapid strides with results that are of
untold blessing to humanity. The lat
est application of Us untiring re
search Is t\je recommendation Mhat
it is as necessary to attend to in
ternal sanitation of the drainage sys
tem of the human body as it Is to
the drains of the house.
Those of us who are accustomed to
fell dull and heavy when we arise,
splitting headache, stuffy from a
cold, foul tongue, nasty breath,. ucM
stomach, can, instead, feel as f'esh
as a daisy by opening the sluices
of the system each morning and
flushing out the whole of the in
ternal poisonous stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well, should, each morning before
breakfast, drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaapoonful of lime
stone phosphate In it to wash from
the stomach, liver and bowels the
previous day's indigestible waste,
sour bile and poisonous toxins; thus
cleansing, sweetening and purifying
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food Into the stomach.
The action of hot water and lime
stone phosphate on an empty stom
ach is wonderfully invigorating, it
cleans out all the sour fermentations,
gases, waste and acidity and gives
one a splendid appetite for break
fast. While you are enjoying your
breakfast the phosphated hot water
is quietly extracting a large volume
of water, from the blood and getting
ready for a thorough flushing of all
the inside organs.
The millions of people who are
bothered with constipation, bilious
spells, stomach trouble, rheumatic
stiffness; others who have sallow
skins, blood disorders and sickly
complexions are urged to get a quar
ter pound of limestone phosphate
from the drug store. Thlq will cost
v<ry little, but Is sufficient to make
anyone a pronounced crank on the
•üblect of internal sanitation.—Adv.
MONDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG BS|i& TELEGRAPH APRITJ 30, 1917.
DR. DIXON CALLS
BETTER METHODS
Objects of Present Means of
Transporting Country Chil
dren to School
The suggestion that for the sake
of health and morals of school chil
dren In rural districts the State of
Pennsylvania stop consolidating
- country schools until some better
s system of transportation of the
i youngsters is devised Is made by Dr.
- Samuel G. Dixon, State Commission
- er of Health, in a statement Issued
- to-day. Dr. Dixon has been inquir-
Ing into the methods used in getting
r the pupils to schools and while dis
claiming any intention of discussing
- the question of consolidated schools
- he does insist that some better
- means than the average be found
r and employed.
' BRITISH ARMY
, DRIVES FORWARD
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1 sustain its ghastly sacriflces the
longest.
f However momentous the issues
s which hang on the bloody struggle
in France, they are insufficient to
. hold the attention of the German
- people who are faetng a situation at
home fruught with even more tre
l mendous possibilities. Un the eve
of the great general strike planned
t for May day the German press and
1 leaders are displaying a feverish ap
>' prehension as to what the morrow
e will bring forth.
IVar Big Strike
i The majority Socialists are ener
-1 getically supporting the government
- in its efforts to cajole or threaten the
workers into refraining from strik
. ing. Even the radical minority seems
l to be frightened at the possible re
s' suits of the agitation it has fostered.
- Some of the radical newspapers are
. reported to have launched an
i eleventh hour appeal in an effort to
t avert the strike, fearing that in sow
. ing the wind they will reap a whivl
- wind that will shake the foundations
f ' of the country.
rj Austria and Sweden are two other
e i storm centers where May day may
e, evoke popular uprisings of far
| reaching effect, ln the face of the
1 < brewing storm word comes that the
i ; Hungarian government has declared
- | itself in favor of important derno
' clatic reforms. On the other hand,
ejthe Austrian emperor Is reported to
s | have refused the resignation of Pre
- | mier Tisza, "iron' man" of the dual
1 j monarchy and bulwark of Pan-Ger
r manism. Another curious and un
t" explained item l'rom Austria-Hun
j I gary says that in "Bohemia, long a
i"! hotbed of disaffffection, all German
papers have been suppressed.
I All Kurope Confused
1 ; The entire situation In Europe ap
, pears to have reached one of those
1 j confused stages where conflicting
s news makes the relative importance
f of events uncertain and obscure, a
situation intensified by the increas
■ ing rigors of the censorship in all
countries. The military command In
France is under tire and there are
■ reports in the Paris press that the
appointment of General Petain as
chief of staff heralds many other
changes among high officers.
i Outside of Europe interest centers
on the possible course of Brazil and
China. Dispatches from Peking say
j that the Chinese republic will prob
. ably enter the war against Germany
• ! within two weeks. The Brazilian
i congress meets on Wednesday and
1 will then on peace or war.
j In the meantime. Brazil has issued
,] a decree of neutrality as between
. | the United States and Germany
■ which may have a bearing on Bra
■ zil's future action.
Berlin Throws Fresh
Troops Into Battle in
Fierce Counter Attacks
• | By Assoi'wtcd Press
'• London, April 30. Heavy fight
ing continues along the front be
tween Arras and Lens, with very lit
, tie change in the situation reported.
: Fieuter's correspondent at British
headquarters telegraphs to-day. The
Germans are continuing 'o bring up
j fresh troops and to deliver counter I
I attacks, more particularly in the
| neighborhood of Oppy and from !
j their trench system down to Gav
relle. The British hold the windmill
j northeast of the latter village and
have improved their posts along the,
j southern slope of Greenland hill,
j * ontinuous fighting is in progress
around the Roeux chemical works. |
"In a general way," continues the
correspondent, "the situation this
morning along the front of the at
tack which began at la.vbreak on
Saturday is that we sold the German '
i front line from the point where the |
1 Balleul-Blache loop line crosses the!
trenches northwest of Vavrelle to the
! fork in the Oppy line between that '
place and Arleux. Beyond this fork!
we hold the eOrman support line!
| for a length of about 1,200 yards.
! Thence our front continues just east
of Arleux."
One Killed and Five
Burned by Explosion of
Acid Tank at Mt. Union
Mt. Union, Pa.. April 30. (ine
of t|je acid tanks exploded at the
Aetna Powder works on Saturdav
and caused a loss of thousands of
dollars' worth of property, and also
1 badly burned six employes. David
Sollenberger. of New Grenada, one
of the men burned, died after being
brought to Mount Union and another
was reported dead last night. The
1 others are all seriously injured. Sol
lenberger worked here only one week
and had just received a letter front
his wife urging him not to remain
at the powder works and stating that
1 she was afraid he would be hurt.
The nitric acid fumes caused a
brown cloud of smoke to hang over
the entire works and surrounding
community for about two hours, and
people had to stay away from the
\ fumes to keep from being overcome.
SEVEN HURT IX AUTO CRASH
Seven persons were slightly in
jured Saturday afternoon when an
automobile and a street car collided
at Fourth and Woodbine streets.
! The occupants of the car were:
Mr. and Mrs Frank Shetron; Mrs. L.
R. Thompson and three sons; Gregg,
Elwood and David and Mrs. Zinn, all
, of Carlisle. Mrs. Shetron and George
. Thompson went to the Harrisburg
hospital for treatment.
SERVICES OF INFANT
i F*uneral services for Erma Roberta
Speese, the four-month-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. August F. Speese,
were held this afternoon at 2.30
o'clock from the home, 3 4 Xorth
Thirteenth street. The Rev. S. Win
field Herman, pastor of the Zlon
Lutheran Church officiating. Burial
was made in the Harrisburg Ceme
tery
PUNS TO WORK
PUPILS ON FARMS
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den work; give advice as to seeds
and planting; supervise preparation
of soil and planting.
Supervisors to have general charge
of work from the time of organiza
tion to close of season.
As an inducement to engage in the
garden work all grade pupils who
plant and care for gardens and whose
work is satisfactory may be excused
at afternoon recess to work in their
gardens. Teachers will vary the
schedule of studies so that those ex
cused for work will not miss the
same study each day.
All work is to be done in full co
operation with the Chamber of Com
merce.
High Schools
All students who enlist in farm
service to be excused from school du
ties after May 1. without deduction
in present scholarship standing and
without examination.
All pupils whose work Is satisfac
tory to date, if engaged in farm ser
vice to be - promoted to the next
class.
All seniors whose work is satisfac-
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HARIUSBUHG. MONDAY, APRIL, SO, 117. l—*
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The Home Garden Our Garment Chief Savs— I r^i'
That .home garden J •/ ' llfliF J 'WaKI
Tlie Smartest—Highest Class Models /fMI-jH
you are the better ytjur • "WkT * "■ m 'm-m lUfcesl
111 111 en s and - Misses' Suits at lillJß
for good results de- m Y W # M
zt::z*s. JNew Low Yrices ror Clearance Aut ° Vacmm
The thrifty gardener =============== Frpr^PV
conserves time and en- ~ "" 1 ' CCacl
ergy by the use of W P U up .• . i f , . , . Freezes ice cream
good tools, each jL V— „ NF J Lj . i ! re . of higher cost suits hard and smooth
adapted in form and <||J • marked them, regardless of their original figures at two in thirty minutes
size for its particular prices namely, without any tire
use. We are showing >rA
a gr ea, var- $25.00 Mild 835.00 Ml -thltt
Sgades, Trowels, r. /' /1\ <s>]ry The savings are definite and considerable and interest the best .It is the acme of simpH-
We e d ers, Clippers, JNV dressers of this community to a great degree. cit - v ~~ onl > r three P arts to
Hoes. Rakes. Shovels. The hi 8 h ch , aract * r of suits offered will appeal as well as Nolhing'to geTout of'orl
Garden Hose, Lawn 1 [Vn e values and as the collection contains no duplicates we can- der. No wooden parts to
M ~~ MfflfMlf \1 f ° elaborate details - but it is enough to say that all are become water-soaked and
Mowers, etc. W7 taken from our regular stock. absorb all sorts of dirt and
BOWMANS— Basement t\ f K uyl The materials are impurities. n ' M
~ l j' n -r r •// is not only tHe most
Rrpakfact SpK Arp // l\ /// l\i yiClDCirdine I Otret lWtlls Poblins sanitary freezer in con
faC Popular r 51 -V ! %*<* W mL TB&MSA
These very practical gar- j Men 5 H Car Ser S e n ' e in appearance; clean:
mcnts are getting to be the i There are fancy models in all the high and fashionable colorings some with hand embroid- graphed finish" 3 " 16 °*
women 6 * s ' arment lor er ed collars and pockets —others with contrasting collars and cuffs also the severely rich, plain * Xo chance of ice or salt
Made in two pieces tailored sui *s. . falling into and spoiling -
—of chambray trimmed * _ mixture to be .frozen. Mix
witli striped ginghams; t +LJ r „ + 1 / x l ' li /i . ure IS P ac^ in at one e nd,.
also prettv percale ln thlS g reat sal * ™e feature fashionable Stout models 40 to 48 bust lcc and salt at the other
.0 choose 6 from ° f j measure ~ the f' nest creations—scientifically designed for fleshy women. '"cream win remain hard
Price range j l , l 1C „ acu . um •
*I.OO. $1.25, $1.50 . . This is unquestionably a most unusual opportunity to choose from the highest class suits of dis- ouTrefillinK ice chamS. 1 "
if* 1 .OH tinction and Bowman quality at a price within the reach of every woman. 12-dish size 2 quart.
BOWMAN'S Third Floor I BOWMAN'S—Third Floor. $4.00
— _ BOWMAN'S—Basement
Baby Carriages a\ff nn Snt- Bird Houses
*here —it's baby's time now Two beautiful fabrics in a quality that we highly ¥ adc . from -K-inch _ ,
for outings in the bright | recommend . white pine lumber, stain
sunshine and a good com- 36-inch chiffon taffeta with satin stripes on white, C(1 . wit!l STeen creosote
fortable carriage is needed flesh, pink and maize grounds— stripes are in clusters shingle stain. By pro
to make baby happy and of harmonizing shades, especially desirable for pretty viding suitable and at
healthy; frockp, graduating exercises, also for t houses you will
Reed Pullmans Strollers Satin is especially constat' edso that w'aslVanrl yourself and
Finished in old ivory white enamel —turquoise active and interesting life. ,
1,1 ah recciVarriaßcs 1 "™!' $16.75 to $45.M> Window and Povch Floivcv Boxes P r ' ces > 15c, 25c, 35c, 45c, 60c, 98c.
Reed strollers $5.95 to $25.0< , _— —— : Martin Houses, $5.50, SB.OO and $15.00
Sulkies JM.< •> to JpS..>o Made from whitf
Collapsibles s(>.l)s to $13.75 _Jf pine lumber finished and BowMANs-Ba.e.„t.
- BOWMANS-Firth Floor. -• painted green inside and 7
== f ou t. A white pine box will l^lirt"Qin
grow finer flowers, last longer and look better than * V>Ul Ldlll OUClUlCrfr
W 11ILC VHJWUJ boxes made from any other kind of material.
36-inch flower box, 590 [^- —- - 1 M ade from selected
Featuring two very special values in popular whi'e 42-inch flower box TTI |j Tj| clear white kilndried
goods tomorrow. 48-inch flower box, i i ■ basswood, smoothly fin-
One a fine ogandie; 44 inches widest yard, .. 3Sty *1 ' ' " I ished.
The other a "Killarney" linen finish suiting; 40 I ISpecial leader curtain
inches wide, at yard 190 D - 11 1 W \B stretcher, 6x12 ft., 980
BOWMAN'S— second Floor. x OFCiI ' ie ece " curtain stretcher, with stationary
( pins, \y 2 inches apart; size 6x12 feet* $1.25
Free Instruction in Crocheting J^ a Zr ch "* fOT thc
We will Rive free instructions in crocheting at 'tha^'r to , s ' f ,OW f a ''l° " ,ins ""daUaciSd 6x12
our art section cacf, morning from 10 u-T 11 !h a - 'X, and fiMed W,th The new improved "Two in One" curtaVn st'refc'her
o clock and afternoons from 2 to 3 o'clock except- Price r in-e finish • is a stretcher for full size curtains and sash curtains
t lnK on Sa,urda . v - f $1.98, $2.95, $3.25, $4.25, $1.75, $4.85 a " °" c ' :jl; > tionar y P ins and attached brace^eascll.
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Tory to date. If engaged in farm ser
vice, to be graduated.
Monesseen plan pertaining to
method of operutlon approved as fol
lows: •
Transportation to and from work
paid by employer: boys 14 to 16
years to be paid 75 cents per day,
$5.25 per week. Boys over 16 years
to be paid $1 per day, J7 per week;
all to be given two Sundays and
three other holidays each month
without loss of pay and to be com
pensated for all rainy days; each boy
to pledge himself to go wherever
placed; farmers to guard the health
and moral interests of boys and to
assume just and proper treatment;
farmers to be advised that the boys
engage themselves as a patriotic
duty.
All farm work by high school boys
and all planning and placing to be
done in full co-operation with the
County Committee on Public Safety.
Approve Ranking System
The committee also recommended
the adoption of the Educational
Thrift Service system in the public
schools to give the students an op
■ portunit.v to save money by carrying
! accounts. This system of school
banking has been started in a num
ber of other cities at no expense to
(the school board. The Thrift Service
I representatives are to make an ar
rangement with a local bank to carry
the accounts.
Missionary Society, Carlisle
Classis, to Meet Wednesday
Mechanlcsburg, Pa.. April 30.—0n
Wednesday the second annual meet
ing of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety ol the Carlisle Classis will be
held in St. Paul's Reformed Church,
the Rev. John S. Adam, pastor. The
morning session will include: Devo
tional service, Mrs. T. H. Matterness;
address of welcome. Miss Titzel; re
sponse, Mrs. William Z. Mahon; roll
call. reports of officers and other bus
iness. Afternoon session, 1.45 o'clock,
devotional service, Mrs. U. O. II!
Kerchner; report of s.vnodical dele
date. Miss Anna J. Groh; address, Mrs.
William E. Hoy; summary of the
year's work, Miss Cogan. ' Evening
session, 7.30 o'clock, devotional serv
ice, the Rev. John S. Adam; music;
address, the Rev. Dr. William E. Hoy.
At the close of the evening session
a reception will be held in the' Sun
day school room, tinder the suspires
of the Mary Ault Hoy Missionary So
clety of St. Paul's Reformed Church.
Officers of the society are: Presi
dent. Mrs, Sara Firestine; vice-presi
dent. Mrs. C. L Dice; recording secre
tary. Mrs. H. T. Smith: statistical sec
retary, Mrs. Laura V. Raker; corre
sponding secretary, Mrs. E. A. Shut
!,enberger; treasurer, Mrs. J. Glenn
Gehr.
Delegates will be met at the trains
by members wearing the society's
badge. Those coming by trolley are
requested to get oft at ' Frederick
street.
ERIE PEOPLE COMPLAIN
The Public Service Commission to
day received complaint front resi
dents of Erie against Increases made
In the rates for natural and manu
factured gas on the part of utility
companies operating in that district.
APPOINTED TO MEDICAL CORPS
Dr. V. E. Van Kirk, of Pittsburgh,
well-known here, was to-day ap
pointed a first lieutenant ln the medi
cal corps and assigned t'o tho first
field hospital.
EXPECT GUARD
RECRUITING TO JUMP
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the local companies up to the limit.
Realize Advantages
Men of military age are beginning
to realize the advantages of enlisting
in local organizations, for not only
will they not be classed as conscripts,
but will be with men and officers
from their own locality.
Another advantage that the morp
Intelligent are taking into considera
tion, is thut by the time the conscript
men report for training, the men who
go with the National Guard organiza
tions will have learned the rudlmnets
of a military training and should a
large list of officers and non-commis
sioned officers be taken from National
Guard organizations to train and drill
this 'new army they will then bo ln
line for promotion In their own or
ganization.
When it is realized that out of
every 3,000 men, approximately 800
arae officers and non-commissioned
officers, the ndvuntages of enlisting
at once In one of these organizations
can readily be seen.
Men desiring to take advantage of
this opportunity should apply at once
to one of the officers of the local
companies. Mako application at
once, for by waiting until the organ
ization you desire to Join holds Its
next drill the company may be tilled
and no other opportunity will be pre
sented to become a member of a local
company.
If you want to enlist get in touch
With Co. D, Capt. John T. Bretz; Co.
I, Capt. Robert D. Jenkins; Head
quarters Co.. Capt. H. H. Baker; Sup
ply Co., Capt. Aubrey H. Baldwin:
3
I Machine Gun Co., Capt. Ralph <2*l
Crow; Trooop C (Governor's Troop)* ?
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, Gapt.
George W. H. Roberts.
NEW INDUSTRY FOB TOWN
Lewlstown, Pa., April 80. —•
not being in use for many years th®i
North American Tannery Buildings
here will be turned into an Indus*
trial plant. C.' G. GochanauJ> O* 1
Harrisburg, was in town Saturday
have the title of the property trans- 1
ferred from Rice & Hutchinson,
Boston, to the Belmont Motor Cor J
poratlon, incorporated under the
laws of the State of Delaware. It la'
reported that tho firm will assemble
motor trucks on a large scale.
FLAG RAISING AT LEWISTOWN"
Lewlstown, Pa„ April 30. A
raising ceremony took place In Lew-*
lstown Saturday afternoon when
massive flag was swung to the breesd
from a 75-foot pole on the tolg ridge
north of town. Addresses were made
by prominent citizens of the town
and music was furnished by bands.
The Logan Iron and Steel Company;
will raise a big flag at the main en
trance to their plant this evening?
at 5 o'clock.