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FIRST OF NINE
LECTURES ON WAR
RELIEF MONDAY
Meeting Will Be Held at Red
Cross Headquarters in
Locust Street
The first of the series of nine lec
tures on "War Relief" will be given
Monday morning at 11 o'clock in the
Red Cross headquarters. 206 Wal
nut street. John Yates, general sec
retary of the Associated Ald3 Society,
will have charge of the classes. He
will be assisted by Mrs. William I.
Laubenstein. Other classes ""will be
held each Tuesday and Thursday
morning and will continue for three
weeks.
The purpose of the meetings is to
instruct the Society of War. Friends
whose duty it will be to investigate
all cases, make reports of a.ll
wounded from this city and
vicinity, and provide comfort for
them. A list of all men now under
arms from Harrisburg and sur
rounding towns will be kept at the
headquarters and letters will be
mailed to them weekly by the War
Friends. More than fifty members
are needed to make the move a suc
cess. Plans for maintaining a nur
sery for children of the soldiers will
be discussed. Men as well as women
are invited to register for this relief
work.
The members who have volun
teed as Friends are: Mrs. Albert L.
Allen, Mrs. Henry McCormick, Mrs.
John Fox Weiss, Mrs. Frank Gold
smith, Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, Mrs.
Marlin E. Olmsted. Mrs. Henry M.
Stlne, Miss Anne McCormick, Mrs.
Jean B. Chamberlln, Miss Mary E.
Sponsler, Miss Mildred Astrich, Mrs.
A. Carson Stamm, Miss Mary Gal
braith, Mrs. George MaJson, Mtss
Mary Mathers and Mrs. John Y. |
Boyd.
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for use of the army in France.
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A STUDIOUS GOAT
"This," said the goat, as he turn
• ed from the tomato can and began
on the broken mirror "with relish,
. "this is indeed food for reflection."
—Lampoon.
HARRISBtTRG TELEGRAPH
PICK OFFICERS
.FOR NEW ARMY
Leaders of Young Men Are
Drawn For Ranks; Pre
sents Big Problem
Washington, July 21.—Hundreds
of thousands of young men have
heen drawn to defend the United
! States against a foreign foe.
j The most important thing con
j cerning these young men is who will
j lead them. There will be appointed
for the new armies that will soon be
at grips with the Germans on the
western European buttlefrwit, thir
ty-two major generals, 128 brigadier
generals, 20St colonels, 208 lieutenant
colonels and 410 majors.'
Sixteen of the thirty-two major
generalships will be given to Regu
lar Army officers, who will command
divisions in the National Army. Six
teen will go to brigadier generals or
major generals who now hold these
ranks in the National Guard. Gov
ernors have recommended to the
] War Department these appoint
ments.
Sixty-four brigadier generalships
are now held by officers of t#e Na
tional Guard. Most of tjiese will hold
their commissions in the new armies.
Sixty-four brigadiers are yet to be
appointed to the National Army.
In the first army drawn there will
be 144 infantry regiments, sixteen
cavalry regiments and forty-eight
field artillery regiments. In each in
fantry and cavalry regiment there
will be appointed a lieutenant-colo
nel and two majors. The colonels
and one major will come from the
Regular Army in these organiza
tions. In each artillery regiment one
lieutenant colonel and one major
will be appointee, the artillery hav
ing only two majors to a regiment.
In the artillery regiments the colonel
and one major also will come (fom
the Regular Army.
The other officers outside of the
Regulars must come from either the
National Guard or from civil life.
The War Department expects to
get a large number of lieutenant
•colonels and majors from the second
officers' training camps, which begin
in August. A special effort has been
made to obtain in these camps men
of more mature age and all-round
experience than those attending the
first camps. Those who survive the
ordeal of these camps will becoma
captains and lieutenants in the new
national armies.
The general staff and members of
the House and Senate military affairs
committee believe every general of
ficer as well as all colonels and lieu
tenant colonels, in every National
Guard and national army organiza
tion, should be Regular Army offi
cers. With men in the higher di
vision, brigade and regimental com
mand'! who are professional soldiers,
members of the committee believe
the new divisions, brigades and regi
ments will be better trained and led
| than if civilians or National Guard
■ officers are in command. There arc
I not enough regular officers to- fill
| these commands.
! Maxwell Closes Many
: Contracts in Two Weeks
Contracts with distributors and I
dealers for the handling cf 75,000
automobiles were closed by the Max
well Motor Sales corporation of De
troit In less than two weeks after the
company started making its annual
contracts on July 1.
The company finds that the men who
have handled the Maxwell line in the
past are optimistic as to the future.
And the dealers and distributors be
ing added for the first time to the
Maxwell rolls are equally sure that
the country, during 1917-1918 is to ab- •
sorb a tremendous number of motor
vehicles.
"We look for prosperity, sales and
[ profits.
The people of our section have i
money and are going to- buy automo- I
biles. The automobile to-day is a'
necessity and is steadily becoming '
more so.
This is the substance of what Max- '
well motor car dealers In every part i
iof the United States have to say re- '
garding the outlook. <
It is this present and prospetcive
heavv demand that is spurring the
distributors to close their contracts ]
early. They want to be sure of get- i
tine all the cars their trade will need, i
The Maxwell one-ton truck Is also i
inspiring dealers to hurry and make 1
suro of the Maxwell line. Both the !
demand and the output, of this truck i
will grow tremendously in the next S
year. It is expected, and dealers know i
that the truck is really an asset to
their business. i
Referring to the quick signing of I
these contracts for the merchandis- i
ing of 75,000 motor cars. Walter E. <
Flanders. President and General Man
ager of the Maxwell company, said. d
"The business situation ir relflected i
in these contracts with dealers. This, J
| WOUNDED POILU GREETS U. S. FLAG BEARER
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This interesting photograph wa a made at Reullly, France, Barracks.
The wounded pollu la welcoming th e United States Army flagbearer, and
Mcta la trying to understand the other's greeting.
DUGOUTS GOOD
FOR STORAGE
Use of Pits, Dugouts and Ma
sonry Storagehouses Are
Discussed
Washington, D. O.—Th<j storage of
I potatoes of the main ciop can bo ac
i compllshed satisfactorily throughout
| much of the United' States in the dug-
I out pit or potato cellar in soma of its
I various forms of construction. 3ays
| a recently published Farnr.ers ltulletln
| of the United States Department of
I Agriculture, "Potato Storage and
Storage Houses." JA general, tne
bulletin says, 110 attempt Is inada to
store potatoes of tile early crop, since
usually they are sail for immedlato
consumption.
While the dusjout storage house Is
in most genenl una, concrete or ma
sonry houses with tranva r.upersii uc
tures are, perhaps, must satisfactory
in cold clinsat *s. Jn some sections,
especially iu the South, whora drain
ago is pool, liisuiated frame struc
tures built entirely abo\ f e ground
must be depended upon. •
Purposes of .StoruKe
The primary purposes of storage, it
is jointed out, are to protect the tu
bers from extremes of and cold
and from light. Account also must
be taken of conditions of humidity
and ventilation and of the si.e cf
the storage pile.
The tempei'atu.-o should be the
highest at whl?h pvtat'Ms can be
maintained firm and ungerminateu,
and which will nt the same time hold
fungus diseases tn check. V.xperl
ments of the department with eiti
flclally refrigerated storage tnd'ca'.e
that 36 degrees i'ahrenlieit is suffi
ciently low for nil practical pur
poses and that in tho earlier portion
ot the storage season a tempersture
of 40 degrees is just as satisfactory
as a lower on e.o9pt where powdery
dry rot infection occurs.
All natural light should be exclud
ed from potato storage houses be
cause when tha tubers are i xposed
to even modified light, they tire foon
injured for foid purposes. A prac
tical rule ! n regard to humidity, the
bulletin already mentioned say?, is
to maintain iufficient moisture in the
air to prevsnt the wilting of (lie tu
bers and at the same time to keep
the humidity content low enough to
prevent the deposit of troisturc cn
the surface of tne tu&crs.
If potatoes ura piled in too large
piles they may become overheated
and deteriorate. Six feet is a good
maximum dapth ti which to pile tu
bers in bins, and the area rovored by
each pile also should be limited. A
good plan is to insert ventilated divi
sion walls at intervals through the
pile or bin. The'ie nmy be made by
nailing relatively narrow boards on
bovh sides of 2x4 uprghts, one. ii.ch
space being left between the boaids.
General ventilation for the whole
storage house usually is Accom
plished thr ug'.i ventilating shafts
in the roof.
Methods of Storage
The possible ways to store potatoes,
says the bulletin, are pits or eartn
covered piles, in dugout pits or po
tato storage cellars, in insulated
wooden structures, In substantial ma
sonry or concrete houses, and in arti
ficially refrigerated storage houses.
The latter two methods are the most
expensive. Pitting is the most primi
tive method of storage, but if prop
erly. done on well-drained locations
| Is satisfactory insofar as the preser
vation of the potatoes is concerned.
The chief drawback to pitting is that
the potatoes are not always easily
accessible in the winter.
Potato Storage Cellar*
The dugout pit or potato storage
cellar is probably more widely useo
than any-other type of storage space.
Fitted with watertight roof, It is
in my opinion, is conclusive evidence
of the prosperity of the nation and
of the sound condition of commerce
and industry. It is proof, too, of the
fact that the American people are re
solved to live on the' sane, logical
"business as usual" plane.
The new contracts are with the
very best class of dealers and dis
tributors in the country, several being
with some of tlie largest dealers and
distributors in the country.
Among them are:
The Harry Com
pany of Chicago, who agrees to handle
8,000 cars; John D. WUliarfts and
Company, exporters, of New .York,
who agrees to handle 7,500 cars; the
McKinney-Curtis company of Fargo.
N. D., who agrees to handle 4,000 cars;
and the Western Motors Company of
San Francisco, who agrees to handle
3,000 cars.
"These contracts Illustrate the
class of dealers being attracted to
the Maxwell company by our new
sales policy," said T. J. Toner, Director
of Salees.
"We are seeking more and better
dealern—striving persistently to build
up and strengthen the already strong
Maxwell sales organization.
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A New York guardsman's farewell to his family. This same little do
tic scene is taking place in all parts of the country to-day.
| especially popular in the central ppr
tlons of the United States. In tne
arid and semiarid a type wltn
soti or dirt roof is in most general
use. As a rule, the excavation for
the cheaper structures of the dug
out pit or cellar type when erected
on level or nearly leyel land does not
exceed three feet. The soil removed
from such an excavation, particularly
if the dugout is of any considerable
size, is ample for banking the side
and end walls and also for the roof.
The cost of construction may be
greatly modified, according to the
character of the location.
In the cheaper dugouts, where tne
soil is of such a nature as to remain
intact, it is allowed to form the side
and end walls, the roof beihg sup
ported on plates resting on the soil
and held together by boards or joists.
This form of construction involves a
deeper excavation and a constant ele
ment of risk from a cave-in. In the
more expensive and substantial struc
tures the elde and end walls are buli:
of concrete.
Insulated Structures
Insulated frama potato storage
houses are not used very extensively.
As a rule they are better adapted to
southern than to northern climatic
conditions. The construction feature
of such houses is the thorough insu
lation of their walls, ceiling, doors
and windows. This type of storage
house is not to be recommended for
northern locations, nor is it advocated
for, the south except where poor |
drainage conditions will not permrt i
the use of the dugout or cellar styiw
of house. It is not recommended, be
cause it cannot be so economically
constructed, nor does it furnish as
good a type of storage as the prop
erly ventilated cellar storage house.
Aroostook Type
The Aroostook type of storage
house, with concrete or masonry
basement walls and wooden super
structure, seems to be distinctly a
product of Maine, and so far as has
been observed is not found to any
extent outside of the state. It Is an
expensively constructed house and is
almost always located on a side-htll
Now money counts! L buying a truck you must
get utmost earning power for every dollar
Not purchase price, but cost per year of The four-speed, silent, chainless drive
service and per ton moved is the sensible saves fuel—saves strain on parts—saves
test of hauling equipment. wear on tires—and masters every road.
Many Packards, nine-years-young, are Seven sizes—l to 6V£ tons. Bodies to fit
still earning and saving for their owners. any task. Prices, $2325 to S4BOO, at Detroit.
Packard economy is the sum of sound Telephone or see Parkard Motor Car Co.
design and Packard-built stamina, rein- of Philadelphia, 101 Market Street, Harris
forced by unfailing, nation-wide service. burg. Ask the man who owns one.
JULY 21, 1917.
or knoll in order that advantage may
be taken of a ground-level entrance.
That 3uch houses have proved satis
factory to the potato grower in
Maine is evident from the fact that
practically no other style of potato
house is in use in that state.
Artificially Refrigerated
The artificially refrigerated potato
storage house is as yet hardly in ex
istence. The present use of this type
of storage house is confined practi
cally to the holding of northern
grown seed potatoes in cold storage
for second-crop planting in the south. o
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State Insurance Fund
Bill Is Approved
The Woodward bill making pre
miums paid by subscribers to the
State Insurance Fund available for
payment of expenses of operating
the fund and increasing the salary
of the assistant manager to $6,000
was approved to-day. The act as re
gards use of income for expenses is
to take effect January 1 nexs.
These House bills were also ap
proved.
Changing state highway routes in
Huntingdon and Lancaster counties.
Fixing pay of subordinate asses
sors in Allegheny at $5. a day.
Providing for adjustment of debt
of school districts.
Changing time for issuance of
water bills in second class cities.
Rain Damaged Local
Wheat Crop Is Belief
D. Bailey Brandt, of the Paxton
Flour and Feed Company, this morn
ing said that there is fear in the
farming districts in this vicinity that
the recent rainy weather has caused
considerable damage to this year's
wheat crop. The amount of the
damage .cannot be ascertained until
after the crop has been threshed.
This has also been delayed on ae
count of the weather, which' pre
vented harvesting.
DRAFT DRAWING
BRINGS MEN TO
REGULAR ARMY
Three Among First in List
Apply at Recruiting Offices
For Enlistment
Soon after the first names were
announced yesterday morning three
young men who stood high in the
numbers appeared at the recruiting
station for the Regular Army and
applied for enlistment, Two were
rejected and one accepted. It is ex
pected they were merely the ad
vance agents of hundreds of men
who will prefer the Regular Army
to the national one that will be
raised within the next few weeks.
"When the announcement was
made yesterday afternoon that no
men would be taken from Harris
burg the hopes of hundreds and the
word of the War Department had
Several months ago
the local station took as their motto:
Let us work together to keep Har
risburg out of the draft." Since that
time the men of the station have
worked almcst day and night to se
cure the largest possible number of
enlistments. Every opportunity was
used to interest eligible young men
in the Regular Army life.
Enlistments Increase
tinlistments increased daily until
: Harrisburg district was soon
leading the nation in number of re
cruits. They reached their own quota
and then started to increase the
number of men that were to be de
ducted from Harrisburg's quota if
any were taken. More than 2,000 ad
ditional men were secured. Yester
day, when the quota for the Harrig
burg districts was announced it was'
found the enlistments from April 1
to June 30 had more than equaled it.
Instead of resting easy now that
the quota for the entire district has
almost been filled Captain Harreil
immediately started a campaign to
fill up the ranks of the Regular
Army to its required number. Many
of the states fell far below the totals
expected of them, and to avert a pos
sible draft for the Regular Arny.
the men of the districts which have i
secured their allotment of men will
now endeavor to recruit the Regular
Army to its full strength.
To Wage Campaign
Captain Harreil has sent, a circu
lar letter to every substation in his
district instructing them to make
every possible effort _to enlist men .
who are between the ages of the con
scription act. A circular letter will
also be addressed to every man who
stands high on the registration lists
advising him of his opportunity for
, enlistment before he is actually call
ed by letter to appear before a local
board. When an eligible receives
such a letter his opportunity to se
lect the branch of the service, he pre
fers immediately ceases. > telegram
from the War Department gave the
recruiting stations their instructions
concerning enlistments.
This will give the men who stand
high several days before they receive
notification. During that time it is
believed the local enlistments will
increase immensely. Many of the
men who enlist prefer to join the
medical corps or. as ambulance and
truck drivers. Such opportunities
are still open.
Local enlistments yesterday were:
John H. Taylor, 502 Walnut street,
infantry: Paul J. Anderson, Pen
brook, baker school; Mayberry H- M
Rlnard, Catawissa, signal corpa; ®
Eckert E. Sheaffer, Middletown,
medical; Paul L. Daily, Middletown,
medical, and George W. Gilbert, 1317
Swatara street, medical.
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