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.
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MONDAY EVENING,
WATCH CHILDREN,
URGES DR. DIXON
Health Chief Says This Is the
Season of the Year When
They Fall 111
State Commissioner of Health
Samuel G. Dixon urges parents and
teachers to exercise the greatest
vigilance In looking after the wel
fare of children now since school has
reopened and to be on the alert for
any sign of illness. The commis
sioner says that the youngsters are
back in school rooms after having
been living in the open air.
"This is the season that weighs
heavily upon the conscientious health
officer. 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.
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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.
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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.