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NAVY AUXILIARY
MAY BE FORMED
(Red Cross Advised to Organ
ize Branch For Benefit
f
of Seamen
An official communication received
ht the local Red Cross states that it
is advisable that the Red Cross or
ganise a separate auxiliary for the
Navy.
At present the Red Cross Is making
sweaters and knitting as much for
the Navy as for the Army, but Secre
tary of the NaVy Josephus Daniels has
Asked that the separate unit be start
ed in order that members of the Red
Cross who prefer that their work be
.given to the Navy will be sure that It
leaches the fine body of youths who
have enlisted in the service on the,
meaa.
So far this chapter of the Red Cross ,
has not done anything about organiz- |
lng the new irnit. but will take it up ,
et the next meeting.
The local chapter were told this
morning that the American residents
In China are organizing for war re
lief work In the East and to aid
American troops in France. At Shang- ;
hat the organization of the Red Cross .
chapter has been undertaken by Con
sul-General Thomas Sammons. and in ;
■a concert given by the American resi
dents $3,130 was raised. The Ameri- i
fan residents of Amoy, China, has I
made a contribution of $578.67. all of
which was raised by public subscrlp- !
lion among a population which is ]
(composed mostly of missionaries who 1
deceive very small salaries.
Curious Women Clamor
to Gain Entrance to
Sensational Murder Trial
By Associated Fress
London. Sept. 11.—Crowds of curl- ,
eus women and others clamored for
admittance to Old Bailey yesterday
morning when the trial of Lleuten- I
ant Douglas Malcolm for the mur- |
ler of Anton Baumberg, a pseudo !
ount began. The case, which has i
lieen characterized as a "dream of j
passion," is the first here In which j
"the unwritten law" is expected to i
I>e the sole defense, and is the most j
sensational in London in many years, j
A coroner's jury returned a ver- I
diet of "justifiable homicide" after i
hearing Lieutenant Malcolm's plea '
that he killed Baumberg "in defense
of his wife's honor.'
Maine Votes Against
Suffrage, Two to One
Portland. Me., Sep?. 11. Returns
received from considerably more than
one-half of the State indicate that
Maine has declared against woman
suffrage by a little less than two to
one. At 9:30 o'clock 406 of the voting
precincts of the State gave suffrage
1 >i.273i votes, to 30.668 opposed. This
did not include the city of Portland,
which declared against votes for wo
men by a vote of 4.591 to 1.792. Later
returns may change the proportion
slightly in favor of suffrage.
The result of the vote indicates that
Maine regards the matter of womun
suffrage in this State as largely a
tiling to be decided by itself, without
inv outside advice.
During the last days of the cam
paign. both President Wilson and
Theodore Roosevelt sent telegrams to
the suffrage headquarters, urging
voters to support equal suffrage.
In the strong Progressive towns,
with one or two exceptions,, the vote
was as strong against woman suffrage
as in more unregenerate communities
and the same proved true of the
Democratic centers.
All the cities were against suffrage
except Auburn, which was a strong
Progressive city, and Rockland, which
■was not.
Government Carries
on Farming Tests
Oklahoma City, Okla. —Important
<lry farming experiments are being
carried on near Lawton by the fed
eral government under direct super
vision of W. M. Osborne, superin
tendent of the I'nited States experi
ment station located there. The sta
tion is one of twenty-four that have
Veen established in the semi-arid re
gions of the United States extending
from the Canadian line to Tucum- j
oari. N. M., and dates from the ,
spring of 1915.
The experiments are for the pur- ,
pose of Jetermi ling the kind of ;
crops best adapted to semlarid re- ,
gions and f he most effective methods j
of planting and cultivation for such i
localities. Detailed and accurate rec
ords of crops extending over a period
of years is what is sought In order ;
that an average may be struck. j
I'OR SALE BT
WHOLESALE DISTRIIII'TORSt
Holmes Seed Co., Ilarrlnliurg, Pa.
RETAILERS]
Conrnd Brothers Co., HurrUhursr, Pa.
alter S. Sehell, Karritlttiri;, l'a.
A* in. (~ Strieker, Dauphin, |n.
Hfrnhey Store Co., Ilershey, Pa.
JlrOM nstone Store Co., llummclatovrn
l'a.
AV. 11. Shope, HoniMelHtotvn, l'a.
'•uy 11. I.ueaw, Mr-ehonlCftliorK, Pa,
H, F. Kramer, Waxtanic, Pa.
AND Alj. GOOD DEALERS.
t. A. A\ oil*. IliKhnplre, Pa.
I. C. Krli, Hockerv 11 le, Pa.
C. B. Care. l.lnKlmlonii, Pa.
4,e0. 11. Haverwtirk. Penbrook, Pa,
Paul I", /.leitler. Steelton, Pa.
And All tiood Dealer*.
C. F, Kohn. Hulline Spring*, Pa.
c. R. Sllva. Cams Dill. Pa.
Cunningham A Hitting. 'lnrynvllle, Pa.
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AND
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Troup llulldlnil. I.' So. Market Square
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Stenography.
Civil Service Course
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WE REPAIR^^
RADIATORS
Lamps, Fenders,
Hoods, Bodies and
Windshields
I N'uss Mfg. Co* I
llth and Mulberry St*. B
HAHIUSHI HG, PA.
TUESDAY EVENING,
Troop C, niter a careful examination of a number of trucks in the city, selected three-fourth ton
Reo like the above. Money for the truck was contributed by resident s of this city.
Four Feet of Real
Soldier, This Lad
When the Ninth Infantry, from |
Roxburg, Mass., reached Hoboken
yesterday. Corporal O'Brien of the
Twelfth Infantry stopped a four-foot,
soldier smothered in a raincoat and,
a hat several sizes too large.
He peeled oft the coat and dis- '
closed a lad of fifteen in knicker- j
bockers. And he was small for his I
age.
"Where are you going?" asked
O'Brien.
"To France," was the prompt re- j
ply.
"To fight for Uncle Sam, eh?" ]
"Well, I can be a waterboy."
The lad was taken to police head-!
quarters, where he said he was Dan
iel Garry, of No. 721 Parker street.!
Roxburg. His one ambition was to !
get to France, he declared. Asked
how he got as far as he did, he said ,
he picked up the raincoat, a sweater
and an army hat cast oft by soldiers, j
and "just came along with Companv
C."
Daniels was turned over to William j
McDonald, of No. 131 Adams street, |
an iron worker, who bought him
regular clothes, and will care for
him until the arrival of his father,;
Nicholas Garry.
DEGREES IX THREE YEARS
Princeton, N. J. —By a special in- !
teusive course of study and work |
during part of the summer vaca-'
tions, students may now get their!
degress at Princeton University in'
thrrt> years instead of four. This*
is made possible by the decision of
the special Princeton faculty com- j
mittee appointed to consider prob- [
loms arising out of the war. Special j
engraved war certificates will be pre- !
sented the men who have not com- j
pleted their college course, setting j
forth that the holder was a student :
in good and regular standing and l
left to enter his country's service. j
BONUS INCLUDED IN WAGES
Ixjndon. England.—J. H. Thomas. !
M. P., secretary of the Railwaymen's j
Union, has intimated to the district
organizer of the Nottingham rail
waymen that the railway companies '
live consented to convert the 15s. 1
weekly bonus Into wages. This de.
clsion will be received with satisfac
tion. as the men in the Nottingham
district have been agitating strongly
on he question. 1
dr The Boys Have RespondedT^^^^J
To the Call of Uncle Sam fj|
ft Young manly fellows, the pick of the nation. Every mother's son
31 of them will fight to preserve the liberty which our forefathers estab- V
|f lished through the wars of years gone by. I
st Some of our boys will honor their parents and friends with their bravery in the
1 trenches. Others will show their heroism in the battle among the clouds. The a
y boats that ply the surface or the depths of the sea will quarter many a brave lad ,1
> 3 who has responded to the call of a World Democracy, from this" "district. I
Other familiar faces in the ambulance corps and hospital units will act as mes- m
fll sengers of mercy. At the wheel of the mammoth trucks that brave the shell fire M 01
r between th e men at the front and the base of supplies, and in the signal service that !' 9
MM. keeps the lines of communication open will be scores of Pennsylvania's young men. ir : 1
L j¥ ev y branch of service, whether on foot or horseback; in the air or on the sea, the
s of Harrisburg and vicinity will be in evidence and live up to the traditional bravery of their 01
F ' forefathers. May their absence from our midst be short, and a Victor's triumphant welcome AW tm
await them when the battle for a World's Democracy has been successfully achieved.
We appreciate the honor of having had the opportunity of serving meals to the greater number
of the local soldier boys while encamped on the Island.
GO VERNORS TROOP BUYS REO
I
Reformed Ministers
Honor Chaplain Bassler
! Ministers of the city yesterday aft
! ernoon took advantage of the meet
ing of the Reformed Ministers' Asso
! ciatton of Harrlsburg and vicinity to
! honor the Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler.
, who left with the Kighth Regiment
| as chaplain last night.
I The meeting was held at the home
lof the Rev. Mr. Bassler. After the
'ministers commended Chaplain Bass-
I ler for his patriotism in going with
I the troops, officers were elected as
j follows: President, the Rev. H. H.
j Rupp, pastor of First Reformed. Steel -
I ton; Vice-president, the Rev. T. H.
j Matterness. of Enola, and secretary
treasurer, the Rev. <ll. E. Hart;nan. of
| Marysville. The. next meeting will be
held at Knola.
1 EVEN A BATTLESHIP WOULD
SINK IE IT WERE NOT CLEANED
One of our big warships was
brought into dock the other day for
! a cleaning. Two hundred men
worked all day scraping off six
hundred tons of animal and plant
growth from its sides and bottom,
j This tremendous quantity of sea life
j had accumulated in less than two
' years, during which time the ship
| had traveled many thousand miles.
i The weight of the barnacles was so
(treat that from twontv-five '<>
per cent, more coal was consumed
| in maintaining the normal spteu oj
| the boat. Popular Science
j Monthly.
POTTED PI,ANTS AS A PART
OF A PLUMBER'S EQUIPMENT
It often happens that plumbers
j are compelled to tear up sidewalks
' and streets, and otherwise muss
things up in making repairs or pipe
' connections. R. H. Slayton, of Los
t Angeles, California, is an artist at
' heart although a plumbing con
| tractor by trade. When he is coin
! pelled to tear up a street he puts
j a barricade of growing plants around
I the spot, states Popular Science
Monthly. This not only serves to
i shut off the sight of the piledup
i dirt, but diverts traffic.
CONTINUE MEETINGS
i Large crowds attended the meet
-1 ings of the Workingmen's Nonparti-
I san League at Sixth and Emerald and
Seventh and Verbeke streets, last
! niglit. The series of meetings will he
' continued to-nisrht at Race and Nagle
i and Fourth and Woodbine streets.
LOAN COMMITTEE TO MEET
Another meeting of the Harrisburg
Liberty Loan committee to discuss
i further plans for the second drive will
be held Thursday afternoon.
HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH
Slavs Who Quit Austrian
Army Address King Peter
Washington.—The Serbian lega
tion made public a dispatch from the
Foreign Minister at Corfu, the pres
ent set of the Serbian government,
Including the following telegram,
signed by twenty-four Jugoslav of
ficers who served, in the Austrian
Army and. who surrendered to the
Italians on the Isonzo front:
"The undersigned officers of Jugo
slav nationality, late of the Austro-
Hungarian Army, who, in order to es
cape from the Austrian tyranny, havo
surrendered to free and allied Italy,
beg Your Excellency to transmit on
the occasion of the birthday of His
Majesty, King Peter 1., the expres
sion of their most sincere devotion,
admiration and fealty to the su
preme chief and wise sovereign who,
conscious of the heroic tradition of
the Karageorgevltches, knew well
how to lead the nation toward a
better future.
"Serbia, who is so great in the
grateful hearts of the Jugoslavs, was
annihilated and the admira
tion of the whole wide world was
never so great for her and her
dynasty. In offering our warmest
wishes, we are ready to sacrifice our
lives in order to contribute to the
rapid restoration and liberation of
our beloved country."
COUNTY PUPILS' FEES RAISKD
Louisvlle, Ky.—The Board of Ed
ucation of Louisville, at a recent
meeting, announced that the cost of
education for county pupils attending
the public schools of Louisville will
he Increased for the next term. The
fee for girls has been raised from
S6O to $65, and the fee for boys from
$62 to S7O.
WOMEN IN' RAILWAY SHOPS
Bangor, Me.—Twenty women are
now employed by the Bangor Aroos
took Railroad at the company's
Bhops at Milo, says the Commercial,
and are now holding positions here
tofore occupied by men.
ASKED TO CO-OPERATE
IN MOVE TO SAVE FOOD
State Grand Master I*ee S. Smith, of
Willlamsport, has asked Harrisburg
commanderies to co-operate tn the na
tional movement for the conservation
of food. The order will be read be
fore the local commanderies and
copies placed in the hands of all mem
bers.
HOW TO CHOOSE
PROTEIN FOODS
Suggestions For a Rational
Basis For Selecting the
Foods Most Needed
Washington, Sept. 10. —Since pro
tein is one of the most important food
elements which the body needs and
in most forms is expensive, house
wives should take particular care in
the selection of foods rich in protein
In order that they may provide this
substance in their diet ecoinonlc
ally, say specialists of the
United States Department of
Agriculture. The principles un
derlying the choice of such foods
824, "Foods Rich in Protein," recently
published by the department. Pro
tein. the bulletin points out. is the
only form in which the very Import
ant element nitrogen is furnished to
the human body. The substance is
absolutely necessary for the bulld
ing and repair of body tissues.
Tho best known foods rich in pro
tein include meats, flsh, eggs. milk,
cheese, legumes, nuts, etc. The pro
teins of the different foods vary some
what in character. It does not make
much difference from which materials
older persons get their supply of pro
tein. though a variety of kinds is con
sidered desirable. In the case of chil
dren. however, milk is the very best
source of protein.
Housewives may solve the problems
or furnishing the needed protein of
the diet, economically, says the bul
letin. by learning how much protein
is provided by the different kinds of
food and then choosing the kinds
which- will furnish what the family
needs for comparatively low cost and
with little waste. For the assistance
of housewives in making such com
parisons, tables giving the amount of
the protein in a pound of various
protein-rich foods, and also the per
centage of protein In the different
foods are included in the bulletin.
In discussing the relation of the
protein food consumed to bodily
health, the bulletin points out that
healthy persons should not make the
mistake of assuming that it is neces
sary to measure their food as care
fully as a doctor measures his medi
cines or even the food which he pre
scribes for an invalid. If the body
is in good condition it adapts itself to
the ordinary variations in its food
supply. The danger comes when, day
in and day out. the body gets too
much or too little food, or when the
kinds provided are not the most suit
able. While there Is no need to meas
ure exactlv how much protein Is ob
tained with every meal, if the diet as
a whole is to be healthful and eco
nomical the person who plans it ought
to know in a general way how much
protein and other nutrient* are need
ed and how much is contained in the
different food materials, and then
choose accordingly. The bulletin con
tains receipts for the preparation of
economical dishes rich in protein.
Cleveland to Profit
By New Coal Prices
Cleveland. O.—Abandonment bv
the city of its plan to contract for
the purchase of 1,000,000 tons of
coal on a five-year basis is one im
mediate result in Cleveland of the
announcement that President Wil
son has fixed maximum prices for
bituminous coal. It>aread of receiv
ing bids on a fixe-ycar coal contract
the city will now advertise for bide
on a one-year supply.
Cleveland dealers indicate that a
lowering of prices to consumers will
takep lace before the middle of Sep
tember. They say that the saving to
consumers, if present conditions are
maintained, will be from 90 cents to
$1.25 a ton. However, they Intimate
that a raise in freight rates, to be
come effective September 1. may off
set a portion of this saving.
All Real Estate in Colon
Is Held by a Railroad
Panama, R. P.—The city of Colon
Is probably the only city of Its size
in the world wliero nobody can own
real estate. When the Panama
railroad obtained the "concession"
from Colombia, some seventy years
ago, the whole of Munzanillo Island,
on which Colon la located, was graft
ed to the railroad, which promptly
adopted the policy of leasing Instead
of selling any of It. Leases ran for
llften years, renewable at the option
of the railway, but requiring the re
moval or lass of any improvements
on the lots leased in case of can
cellation.
Mnnzanillo Island contains about
2.000 acres, half of which is occu
pied by the cities of Colon and Cris
tobal. The rest is swampy land,
which is being filled in from time to
time when required for building pur
poses. The whole island is hardly
more than four feet above high tide.
This lack of all private ownership
of property has both advantages and
disadvantages. It enables the rail
road to get rid of old and unsightly
buildings on the expiration of leases
and gives it also the power to insert
conditions in the leases as to the
character of buildings to be erected
on the lots leased, as well of as the
kind of business to be carried on. On
the other hand, there is much re
luctance on the part of business men
to put up substantial structures or
permanent business establishments
under the short term of the leases.
The leases have been amended late
/ ;
Expenencea K^dGi omen who thoroughiy understa nd fitting
f COATS
SALE TODAY AND TOMORROW
| 50 Sample Coats
Medium weight, suitable for this weather, plain colors
also Sport Coats,
$4.98 and $5.98
Values to $12.50
CHILDREN'S COATS
SPECIAL SALE
J/\ ([r Good warm Coats, Chinchillas, Velours, Meltons, Ve
Sizes 6 to 14 years—Best Values Ever Offered.
$M sik9B^ 8, Entrance 4th Street
N,:wi:sr STYLES ASTRICH'S OLD STORE
SEPTEMBER 11. 1917.
ly so as to run for twenty-flve years
in case concrete, brick or stone struc
tures are built on the lots.
Colon neds some room to expand
toward adjoining Panamanian terri
tory, as It Is now completely sur
rounded by the Canal Zone, on which
no leases are granted, except to a
few oil and shipping companies. It
has ben also found to be a source of
some trouble that American em
ployes of the canal reside in quarters
of the government or railroad in the
part of Colon adjoining the north
and east beaches of the bay and so
are under Panamanian police and
other governmental powers. The pro
ton I has ben made that the two
governments exchange pieces of ter.
i.iury, the United States to get those
beaches in exchange for a trip to
be given Panama from South Colon
to the territory of the republic, five
miles eastward.
Aviators May Maks Use
of Oklahoma Salt Plains
Oklahoma City. Oklo.—The salt
plains of Oklahoma have been
brought to the attention of the na
tion in connnectlon with a move to
have an aviation schol established
upon one of them. There are several
salt plains in Oklahoma, but the
largest is located In Alfalfa county
near Chero kee. and contains about
sixty square miles, comprising a vast
level desert of salt.
The reports of the State geologist
indicate that practically unlimited
quantities of salt of commercial val
ue exist in Oklahoma. Very little of
.he product Is now utilized, however,
because there lo a sufficient auppl
Kansas and other minea that 1
been developed by the bl* salt In'
try and for the further reason
most of the deposits of this 6
are too far from railroad facll
to make their development at
time profitable.
A WEU, IN A DESERT
We are too much In the habi
looking at falsehood in Its dar
associations, and through the c
of Its worst purposes. That lndli
tion which we profits to feel at
celt absolute. Is Indeed only at d<
malicious. We desent calumny,
procisy, and treachery, because '
harm us, not because they are
true. Take the detraction and
mischief from the untruth, and
are little offended by It; turn It
praise, and we may be pleased 1
It. And yet it Is not calumny
treachery that do the largest
of mischief In the world; they
continually crushed, and are felt
In being conquered. Uut it is
glistening and softly spoken lie;
amiable fallacy; the patriotic 11
the historian, the provident lie ol
politician, the zealous lie of the
tlsan, the merciful lie of the fri
and the earless He of each ma
hlmslef, that cast that black mys
over humanity, through which
thank any man who pierces, at
would thiink one who dug a well
desert; happy, that the thirst
truth still remains with us,
when we have willuflly left the f
tains of it.—John Ruskin.