4 WONT FIX PRICE OF RETAIL COAL UNTIL WINTER 'Consumers Flood Commis sion With Protests Against Cost of Pea Size Washington, Sept. 10.—Judged by the attitude of Henry A Garfleld, coal controller, the prices of retail coal will not be fixed for several months, and then only after a committee rep resenting each community decides on a proper commission or figure for the retailer. This necessarily will occa sion such delay as to bring the time until the early winter months before a price on coal to the consumer is arrived at for each community. While Mr. Garfleld declared on the first day that he assumed his new po sition that the retail price would be quickly fixed, developments in the last ■week go to show that this is the most difficult part of his Job and the only one in which the public is vitally In terested. Pennsylvania coal consumers have been flooding the commission, with protests against the Increase In the price of pea coal through the Presi dent's proclamation over the prevailing trade price before the fixing. While the Federal Trade Commission has de clined persisently to offer any detailed statement for such a procedure, the general explanation is that pea coal comes in competition with soft coal and, accordingly, the Present ha<T to increase that price commensurate with soft-coal prices. Mr. Garfleld. before he left on his week-end vacatfbn to Willlamstown. Mass., said that some prices might b<* adjusted finally. He would not say that the price of pea coal would be knocked down. President Wilson had a confidential report from the Federal Trade Com mission as to coal consumption and coA of production before him When he fixed the prices on hard and soft coal. The commission refuses to give out this report or make any comment upon it. About the only valid objec tion which has been raised against the prices of hard coal. It is said, is on the pea size. Within a few days Mr. Garfield, with President Wilson's approval, will ap point a coal administrator and a citi zens' coal committee for every state. The latter will appoint local commit tees for every county and each city with more than 2,500 inhabitants. Mr. Garfield will fix retail prices after local committees make a survey of coal supply, retailers' costs and profits. Coal operators appear satisfied with the plans. Skepticism is displayed by * fficials who have been working for lower prices to consumers. Considerable Interest in What Nash Model Is to Be It is now made known that the an nouncement of the new Nash car. for which dealers and the automobile public have been waiting expectantly for months, will come before the end of next week. C. W. Nash and his associates have been laboring for months in the per fection of a motorcar embodying their ideals and principles. It is now known that the work of designing, building and perfecting has been com pleted, and the first cars are ready for public exhibition. In the announcement of no other car, pr'obably. has interest been keen er. Mr. Nash, almost since tfie auto mobile business started, has been one of its dominating figures. He has produced cars of all prices. When the Nash Motors Company was formed last August work was started on the construction of a new car to bear the name of Nash and speculation was rife as to what kind of a car it would be. The price and design of the car has been closely guarded. No hint has come from the Nash plant as to what Mr. Nash and his associates consid ered the ideal m jtor car. Automobile people pointed out that the previous experience of the executives of the Nash Motors Company in building all types and prices of cars made it dou bly difficult to guess Just what par ticular typo and sizo of car they •would build. It is now generally known that the price of the Nash will be well under 12,000, and will be built in the four passenger roadster, the sedan as well bk the standard flve-passenger tour ing-car model. It is an advertised fact that the 871 Jeffrey model, which has been built and marketed since Mr. Nash took over the Jeffrey plant, will be continued as the seven-passenger car of the Nash line and will bear the new Nash nameplate. The manufac ture of trucks, including that of the famous Quad, will also be continued, of course. Ninety-three per cent, of the new Nash car will be actually constructed in the plant at Kenosha. The plant Itself covers a 100-acre site. With the exception of a few incidental fea tures the car will be Nash-biillt throughout and in no sense of the word will it be "assemble^". Plan Extensive Speaking Campaign For This Week An extensive program has been mapped out for this week by the Workingmen's Non-Partisan League. Meetings will be held every evening at S o'clock with the exception of a meeting at Seventh and Broad streets, which will start at 7.30. The meetings will be held as fol lows: To-night, Sixth and Emerald nd Seventh and Verbeke streets; Tuesday, Race and Nagle and Fourth and Woodbine; Wednesday, Eleventh and Market, and Thirteenth and Market; Thursday, Third and Harris and Calder and Capital; Friday, Third and I..ewis, (Riverside), and Eleventh and Herr; Saturday, Mar ket Square. KUUCATIOHTAI, School of Commerce AND Harrisburg Business College Troup Building. IB So. Market Square Thorough Training in Business and Stenography. 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Experience has taught him infallibly that the congregating of the sick and the well will again cause the annual increase of children's dis eases. Increased deaths will occur in spite of all that can be done by the Health Department in conjunc tion with our educators to safeguard the health of our children. "This work to increase safeguards over the health and lives of our schoolchildren is only in its infancy. Until it is full grown we must appeal to the parents and guardians of the children to help us. AVe all love our children and would sacrifice our lives to save theirs, yet we do not make sufficient study of how to care for them. "The first thought In the moralns should be the child. We should not content ourselves with greeting our sons and daughters -with an impul sive and affectionate kiss and hug, and then rush to other duties that the day has brought with it. In stead. the first duty is to tarry with the child sufficiently long to deter mine whether or not it seems well. Without letting the child appreciate that there is a suspicion of its be ing sick, get to see the tongue, no tice how it swallows, look for any spots or rash on the skin, for con gested eyes, for a hot skin, for want of usual good cheer. "If the child shows any Indication of sickness it should not be permit ted to associate with the other chil dren in the house, and under no cir cumstances should it be permitted to go to school. Its lifo is first, educa tion second. "While it does not do to be pes simistic, it is better'to consider any sign of illness the possible forerun ner of some one of the diseases that children are so susceptible to. "For the child's sake it should be kept away from other children, as has been suggested, and unless the conditions clears up in a very short time medical aid should be called in. A stitch in time saves nine. Such precautions as mentioned may not only save your own child's life, but an epidemic of measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria or other commu nicable disease, not only in a school but maybe in a whole community. What is asked of mothers and guar dians of children is so little and means so many human lives that certainly the warning Is worth tak ing." FESTIVALS AT MARYSVTIjIJE Marysvllle, Pa., Sept. 10.—To-, morrow evening the Toadies' Aid So ciety of the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold a chicken corn soup supper and ice cream and cake festi val on the church lawn. In case of cold weather, the event will be held in the Sunday school room. The L.adies' Mite Society of the Trinity Reformed Church will hold a similar affair in the church build ing in Verbeke street, on Thursday evening. Would You Let Your Husband ULnow That You Suspected Him? 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Don't Miss This Gripping New Novel By KatHleen Norris Author of "Mother," "The Heart of Rachael," etc. BEGINNING IN The Big Fall Fashion Number OF Pictorial Review Out To-Day ~ YEAR'S U-BOAT TOLL IS ABOUT 4,000,000 TONS New Construction Reduces Net Loss on Tonnage to 3,000,000 London, Sept. 10.—In view of the American peculiarity of being able to put forth the best effort when the people know what they are up against, certain facts about the sub marine campaign, which now con stitutes the most menacing phase of Germany's attack on world civiliza tion, are herewith given. They can be relied on as accurate. It is not thought necessary to deal in figures below thousands. The fol lowing, in terms of tonnage, are monthly sinkings by German subma rines l'rom January to August, inclu sive, The figures being fo rthe Allies and neutral aggregate, but not in cluding raider losses and ships dam aged or beached but not sunk. Weekly averages are given for pur poses of comparison: Total tonnage Month. sunk. Weekly. January (4 weeks). 333,000 83,000 February (4 weeks) 478,000 120,000 March (5 weeks) . . 600,000 120,000 April (4 weeks)... 788,000 197,000 May (4 weeks) .... 549,000 137,000 June (5 weeks) ... 758,000 152,000 July (4 weeks) .. . -163,000 116,000 August (5 weeks).. 591,000 118,000 Net loss 3,000,000 tons. Against the loss of about four mil lion tons in eight months new con struction is estimated at less than a million tons, leaving the net loss to the Allies and neutrals' shipping at about 3,000,000 tons. The loss to American shipping is said to have been less than half of one per cent. While the decline in the shipping loss In July and August was substantial, it cannot be re garded as satisfactory, and the situ ation continues to call for the kind of activity demanded by a great emergency. America's opportunity for service lies more immediately and urgently in the direction of put ting down the submarine menace than even in sending soldiers to France, all-important as that is. In fact, these two matters are in separably connected. As the sub marine attack and defense are reduc ed to a business, a good deal of mys tery surrounding the war under wa ter is clearing up, and commonplace facts are becoming known. Few Submersibles in Service The popular mind pictures the wa ters off the British boast as swarm ing with submarines. It is a matter of general knowledge in navy circles now that the number of German submarines in the Atlantic ocean never exceeded twenty, and that the number operating in the North At lantic, off the British coast, docs not exceed ten. These figures do not /include submarines engaged exclu sively in mine laying. It is estimated in the best British naval circles that Germany has not built as many as 300 submarines, al together, and that about 150 of all conditions are in existence to-day. The U-boat is of very delicate mech anism, and needs frequent repairing, which, in the main, explains the small operating in the Atlantic and elsewhere. Most of the boats are re pairing or replenishing constantly, and are out of commission. HARRTSBURG flflftflV TELEGR3LPH HOME-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN-SOLDIERS (Issued by tlio War Deportment and all rights to reprint reserved) This course of thirty daily lessons is offered to the men selected for service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started in the right way It is informal in tone and does not attempt to give binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various manuals and regulations of the United States Army, to which this Course is merely introductory. IiESSON NO 23 GETTING j>HEAD IN THE ARMY Preceding Wessons:—l. Your Post of Honor. 2. Making Good as a Soldier. 3. Nine Soldiery Quali ties. 4. Getting Ready For Cs k mp. 5. First Days In Camp. 6. Cleanli ness in Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. Marching and Care of Feet. 9. Your Equipment and Arms. 10. Recreation in Camp. 11. Playing the Game. 12. Team Work In the Army. 13. Grouping Men Into Teams. 14. The Team Leaders. 18. Fighting Arms, of the Service. 16. Staff Branches of the Service. —I. 17. Staff Branches of the Ser vice—ll. 18. Army Insignia. 19. The Army System of Training. 20. Close-Order Drill. 21. Extended- Order Drill. 22. Guard Duty. Since regimental and company of ficers have full responsibility for the efficiency of their teams they are given corresponding authority in promoting men from the ranks to positions as noncommissioned of ficers. For all practical purposes their judgment as to the men under them is regarded as final. One point as to which you may feel assured is the earnest desire of every officer to give promotion to the men who are best qualified—in other words, to select the men who have cultivated the soldierly qualities and in addition show capacity for further development and for leadership. The officers are fully as much interested in promoting men on the basis of merit as any of the men are inter ested in promotion. For the officers' own burdens are lightened and their success is increased almost in direct proportion to their ability to pro mote the right men. Changes For Promotion The first rank above private is corporal. The corporal should be a real leader. He is expected to be more familiar with the various man uals and regulations and with the duties of the men in the squad than are the men themselves. He is ex pected also to use his Influence strongly toward building up soldier ly qualities among these men. Among the qualifications which all noncommissioned officers should pos sess the following have been selected by one military writer as being of the first important; 1. Proficiency as guides in close order drills, and particularly as column leaders in route marching. 2. Aggressive leadership, especlally ln drilling, marching and fighting. 3. Ability to act as instructors. 4. Thorough knowledge of the ele ments of field service. 5. Thorough knowledge of Interior guard duty. 6. Skill in range finding and in estimating distance so as to assist men in firing accurately. 7. Proficiency in leMlng patrols. 8. Ability to prepare written mess ages that are clear, complete and concise. i). Ability to sketch and read maps. This list will suggest some of th lines along which you should work whenever you have the chance. Many of the noncommissioned officers in the national army will be chosen, not only because of the knowledge or skill they already possess, but al so because they show capacity for further development and for leader ship. Developing Soldierly Qualities This question of winning promo tion ail comse back to the question of making yourself a thorough soldier of demonstrating that you possess loyalty, disciplined obedience, phy sical fitness, intelligence, cleanliness, cheerfullness, spirit, tenacity, and self-reliance—the nine qualities of a soldier. The National Army must fit itself for effective service at the front in the shortest possible time. To ac complish this result it must produce out of its own ranks men who are fitted for promotion first places as noncommissioned officers, either in the first contingent or more probably i.n later contingents. This need is your opportunity. It is an opportunity not merely for per sonal advancement—which In time of war is a small thing to work for— but more than that, an opportunity to render to your country the most ffective service of whfch you are capable. Strive to fit yourself for ♦he duties and responsibilities o' leadership. Make yourself count to the utmost In the victorious defense of American right and principles to which the National Army will devote itself. RETURNS TO TJAFAYETTE Almond Homer Fuller, now dean ttf the school of engineering of the University of Washington, at Seattle, Is to'become head of the department of engineering at Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. He thus returns to the institution where he was first given instruction in the subjects which he is now to teach, and from which college he graduated in 1897. Then followed a year of study at Cornell, a fellowship won for high standing, an appointment to the faculty, and ultimately choice as head of the de-* partment of civil engineering. This was in 1898. A year later he ac cepted the call to the Pacific Coast institution, and has been there ever since. The State of Washington and the city of Seattle have profited by his expert advice given on all oc casslons when socal welfare was to be promoted. In his profession ho has been a leader and organizer of the Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers, of which he has been president. J.S.Belslnger 212 Locust St. New Location Optometrists Opticians Eyes Examined (No Drops) Hclsinger Glasses as low as $2. Camp Meade Pushes Work to Finish by September 19 Camp Meade, Md., Md.. Sept. 10. A (treat push Is now on to get the cantonment as nearly finished as pos sible by September 19. Every branch Good Bye, iTfTTri' O n this eventful day /jragSro/ (/jSjffimi through the streets, tears music and zP Q M Good Luck to "y) the Gallant JL Eighth What a grand privilege of honor you enjoy to defend your country and help make the world safe for democracy and to save it from the misrule of autocracy. May You All Return Home in Good Health, Your friend, ' WM. STROUSE The "New Store" Salesforce was in the parade headed by The bamous STEELTON BAND of forty pieces Hundreds of people enjoyed the concert given by the Steelton Band in front of our store beginning at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Wm. St rouse's New Store SEPTEMBER 10. 1017. of the construction, road buildings, railroad construction, sewerage, water works and clearing, now has a bigger quota of workers than at other times. The shifting of officers at camp goes on constantly. Now many Mary land men from Camp I*ee, Va., are ar riving, and Pennsylvania men from the Pittsburgh region are going to Camp Lee. Thin movement 1* in re sponse to individual request* tor transfers. The Y. M. C. A. and Knights of Co lumbus are having work rushed on their buildings, so these recreation and religious centers will be ready with doors flung wide open, when the selected men arrive.
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