Letters F rom the Front lIR RAIDS AND SHELL FIRE "JUST BITS OF EXCITEMENT," HE SAYS B. Franklin Ettcr, of .this city, now along the firing line with Ambulance Corps tells of the "bits of excitement" he experi es daily in his eighth letter to appear in the Telegraph. He writes nonchalantly of air raids, the results of shell fire ?r which the dead are piled in "neat rows" and how it feels to under fire. His letter in full follows: . Franklin Etter, of this city, now ig the firing line with the Amba :e Corps, tells of the "bits of ex ment" he experiences dally In his ith letter to appear in the Tele ph. He writes nonchalantly of raids, the result of shellfire, after ch the dead are piled "In neat s," and how it feels to be under Is letter in full follows: August 23. 1917. ear Family:—l am taking a day's . now after being on duty for tho twenty-four hours, and X surely enjoying it. think that the last time I wrote was while we were on repos. now we are right in it again. If will notice the communiques in papers on August 20, 21, 22 about French offensive, you w'ill see re I am and what I've been doing. *e left our place of repos on the and made a 20-kilometer trip to our division which was at an :r place, also on repos. We are ' attached to a part of the Foreign ion and These e stationed in a little town where Aisne river starts; the river runs n the middle of the main street he town and of course we all had ump across River Aisne. s I remember now I did write a letter from that place and told all about the Escadrilles. he day before we left there, an sr fellow and myself drove the itenant and the Sledocin Division up to our new post and hack, a of about sixty kilometers. The t day we all left and drove to cantonment or place where we e to live, which in this case was open Held. So we pitched tents, ectfd our baggage and got set . The next day we went on duty the day after that the attack ted. 'e have ten cars on twenty-four rs duty, so that means we work •y other day. The attack, accord to all reports, was a wonderful :ess. The French just walked all IK UP FEW FRESHJS A DAISY t 1 , Rnv I-et Cascarets liven your liver and 3 (I I ,PnT L'wA Ul clean your thirty feet of bowels with u ou t griping. You will wake up feel „ inK K r a nd * Your head will be clear, lascarets tor YOlir '"path right, tongue clean, stomach sweet, eyes bright, step elastic and I itirtK orir4 Drvi;nlo complexion rosy—they're wonderful LIVGr dnu DUWclo. 'Jet a 10-cent box now at any druK store. Mothers can safely give a . whole Cascaret to children at any night sure! Take Cascarets and time when they become cross, fever i.v the nicest, pentlest liver and ish, bilious, tongue coated or corosti el cleansing you ever experienced, pated—Cascarets are harmless. Mixed Nut $8.50 Mixed Pea $7.45 Difference $1.05 Two years ago Nut Coal cost SI.BO more than Pea. Nut coal being larger in size is not so quickly consumed. You will use a smaller quality of Nut therefore, while the first- cost is more. Nut coal is cheaper in the end. All coal contains some impurities. Nut coal contains about 10 per cent of slate and bone; Pea coal contains about 20 per cent, slate and bone. When you buy the small pea coal you get 100 per cent, more impurities to the ton than prevails in the larger-size. Consider this matter carefully. Results at the lowest cost—of course, that is your aim. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster & Cowden Sts. IjjJr j| bulky more Give Style. Comfort and per- |fjj I - lines and have the wearing, they assure the "Old Corset" comfort with utmost in a corset at most liyp/i] mmmmKKm f' rst Economical Price. l N0. 703 $3.50 5 3. 50 & $ 5. 00 $1. 00 to $3 # 00 ■At All Dealers WEINGARTEN BROS. Inc., New York Chicago San Francisco I THURSDAY EVENING, over the Germans and took positions which they have been fighting for for the last two years." You can read all about it in the communiques. Our lirst Post de Secour was two kilo meters behind the French trenches before the attack; now it is where the French first-line trenches used to be. as they forced the Germans back in seme places over flve kilometers. Colleet Souvenirs Prisoners are coming in all the time so of course we gjt plenty of chances to get souvenirs, such as gas masks, bayonets, etc. On? fellow was so crazy to get souvenirs that he asked every Boche he saw for something and when he finished he had a whole earful of stuff. Yesterday he re marked that "to-morrow is button day" i. e. he was going to collect several quarts of Boche buttons. Per sonally, I can't see the business of going after all that stuff—that is, in a wholesale way. The poor Boche are all shot up, hungry, tired and lost practically everything they ever owned and to rob them (prac tically speaking) of their last things gives me a pain. All the way up to the post the road was strewn with helmets, clothing, shellcases and holes, dead horses, guns, broken cars and wagons and heaven knows what else. Hundreds of Boche prisoners were marching down the road and fresh French troops, ammunition ti'alns, tracks, cannon, etc., going up. Dead I.aid In HOK At our post, which, as I said be fore, is now at the former French first line trenches with no shelter at all and the open fields all around, the wounded, French and Boche, and the dead, were gathered. The dead were all laid out in neat rows, which is the only good thing I 'can say about such a horrible sight. But 1 couldn't help laughing at the.Boche; we made them load our cars, then they ran around In front, cranked it. and stood at attention or saluted. We also gave them our canteens to fill and the sight of them hustling across tho fields to a spring tickled me half to death. My knowledge of German certainly has been working overtime these days. Every once In a while we would see a bunch of Boche come tearing over the hill without a Frenchman In sight. They would stop at the post and wander around waiting for some thing to Irappen. The French capture them In the trenches, take their guns away and start them on their way back behind* the lines and go after more, and the Boche are just tickled to death to be prisoners. The preparation for the attack and the Fir de liarage of the attack Itself wire wonderful. The whole sky was lit )ip with Hashes and the roar was terrific. Sauclsses up everywhere, signal lights,—red, green and white, — aeroplanes flying around, artillery wagons, trucks, cannons, etr., filling the road, soldiers marching—every thing going on mixed up and so ex citing that I can't clearly remember what really did happen. Three days ago I had quite an ex citing time In the morning shells began to drop around our camp. The Germans were shelling a village be hind us and we were directly In line, but there was nothing to do but stay there; so we watched the shells hit, saw the houses fall in and really en- Joyed ourselves. Air Itald Xear That night the Germans made an ajr raid on an aviation camp and munition depot about a quarter of a mile away from us and dropped in cendiary bombs. We could see the bombs explode, and two made direct hits, but unfortunately one hit a hos pital and burned part of it. The other hit a munition depot and all night shells w.ent off and the sky was filled with a red glare. There were about six searchlights playing in the sky, rockets going up and French aero planes looking for the Boche. Then the anti-aircraft guns began and you could see the red flashes of bursting shrapnel in the sky. Coming down from the post last night I also had a bit of excitement. The first thing that happened was that 1 almost got pushed off the road by a big truck. Then 1 had to wait half an hour while they put a fire out on a truck loaded with big shells. During that time I camped in a ditch; and waited for something to happen; but it didn't, thank heaven! Then, just as I was going through an am munition depot an aeroplane dropped throe bombs near the road, eo I stepped on the tail of old flivver and ji:st touched the high spots. Outside of that, nothing much happened. The latest news is the the Ambu lance Service is to be >taken over by the American Army and we shall either have to enlist till the end of tiie war or stop when our time is up. Am glad to hear that my box is on the way. X surely will be glad to get it. Thanks a lot. Your letters arrived which I en- Joyed a lot. Will write later when I get the chance. Until then good-by. FRANKLIN. Civil Service Tests Will Be Held Here The United States Civil Service Com mission announces the following ex aminations to be held in this city on dates named: October 17 Clerk, male, Panama Canal service; postal clerk, Panama Canal service; multigraph operator. October 23—Assistant agriculturist (male) in the office of Farm Manage ment, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Applications for the following ex aminations may be tiled at any time and competitors need not appear be fore a board of examiners but will be rated on the evidence submitted in the application papers which is sub ject to verification: Inspector of artillery ammunition, inspector of cloth equipment, assist ant inspector of leather, assistant in spector of small hardware, assistant inspector of textiles, assistant inspec tor of leather equipment. Examinations for subelerical posi tions will he held on October IS. No vember S and 22 and December 8 and 13, 1!17. Applications.can be tiled at any time and will be considered in connection with the examination held next nfter tiling the application. Further information and application papers can be secured by personally calling at the office of the Secretary, Board of Examiners, Post Office, llar risburg. Pa. Baker Says Allies Will Wait Till U. S. Army Comes Washington, Sept. 27. The Gov ernment's first official statement con cerning military operations in Europe was issued last night by Secretary Baker, inaugurating a series which in time will be devoted largely to ac tivities of the United States expedi tionary forces. It says that while ascendency on the west front has passed definitely to the allies, they are content merely to wear down the enemy until the force of the American Army makes itself felt in the field. The statement is the first of a bi weekly series promised bv Secretary Haker. As American preparations in crease to a point where their publica tion will not be dangerous, the Sec retary will include information of America's war work in his articles. An export officer, of the staff of the Army War College, has been des ignated to write the statements which are not made public until after hay ing been approved and passed bv the general staff and Secretary Baker. VAI.UAHMfI PRAIII, Ft\D Indianapolis, Ind, A 20-graln pearl, found within a mussel shell taken from White river along the east side of Anderson, by Willis Baker, a pearl hunter, says a dispatch from Anderson, was sold for $175. J.S.Belsinger 212 Locust St. New location Optometrists Opticians Eyes Examined (No Drops) Belslngcr Glasses as low as $2. HARRISBURG tSsfeSSl TELEGRAPH WINTER CARE OF HONEY BEES Must Be Warm and Quiet So They Are Not Reduced in Vitality Winter should be a long period of rest .for the honey bees, but they must be kept warm and quiet, or by spring they will be so reduced in vitality that spring dwindling will result, and many colonies will dte out, according to a bulletin of tho State Department of Agriculture. Those that do not die are usually so weakened that they cannot build up to sufficient strength to take advan tage of the early honey flows. It takes one-half of the white honey crop to £et such colonies in condi tion to harvest the other half and this does not pay. The results of this season have proved this fact. Beekeepers who properly cared for their bees last winter, harvested a fair crop of honey, while the neglig ent beekeeper harvested little or none. Successful wintering of bees Is cov ered in the following points suggest ed by tho department: 1. Every colony headed by a queen not over two years old. 2. Not less than thirty pounds of honey, or an equal amount of sugar syrup, sealed in the combs. 3. Plenty of packing of single walled hives. Four inches on tha bottom, six inches on the sides and one foot on top Is not too much. 4. Wind protection is necessary. The protected side of a hill or build ing, or an artificial windbreak is good. Without wind protection packing is of little account. Requeenlng and winter stores must be looked after while the weather is warm. September is late enough for this. Winter packing must be put on before hard freezing begins. Ueekeepers who pack late sometimes lose heavily. Winter cases holding four colonies crowded together may be made of rough, cheap lumber, and a cover made of roofing paper. A small entrance three-eighths by five inches m'ust be provided for the bees to fly In good weather. Such cases, if cared for, will last for years, and will soon pay for themselves in the extra honey harvested. If the bees have a young queen and plenty of stores they shoultf be left in the winter cases until ready for supers next spring. Pennsylvania did not produce her share of the "one hundred million pounds of honey extra, this season." The nation needs the honey, and the nectar to make it is going to waste by the tons all around us. Nectar is a waste product unless gathered by bees. Every orchardist should do his part and provide the bees to gather it next year. You can help in a very great measure by giving bees proper winter protec tion, and providing the other sug gested conditions this winter. Re member that next year's honey crop depends largely on the care of the bees this fall and winter. Schooner Built by Pitcairn Islanders Fiji.—The Polynesian Ga zette gives an interesting account, related by Pastor F. E. Dyndon. of Tahiti, of the building and first trip of the Messenger, a 25-ton schooner built by the Pitcairn Islanders.. The extreme isolation of Pitcairn Island has fortunately been broken to some extent by the opening of the Panama Canal. Westernbound vessels now find Pitcairn a convenient port of call to take in water and to replenish their stocks of fruit and vegetables. Before the war Pitcairn depended mostly for mails and regular supplies upon the periodic visits of British warships, but during the last three years there have been few opportu nities for the islanders to get into touch with the outside world. This isolation led them to undertake the formidable task of building a schoon er, with the object of establishing ccmmunicatlon with Tahiti. Without proper tools, materials or facilities, and without experience, the natives set to work on their task, praying with simple faith that God wffuld pro vide for their needs. Nails were made from all the old iron on the Island and timber was procured from the na tive trees. Shortly after the work had been started a boat called and the captain was able to supply some of the greatly needed tools. When supplies ran short prayer was of fered and always with the result that the need was met. In this way the Messenger was built In about eight een months. The schooner was launched in the middle of January and on March 1 she arrived at Pa p*te. "The run to Mangareva," the Pclynesian Gazette continues, "was accomplished in four days. At this] place the boat remained one week and then commenced its trip to Pa pette. After a few days' sailing out on the deep they experienced heavy weather and contrary winds, which blew them due south for a distance of 500 miles. For forty hours hurrl onne weather was experienced, but no water washed their decks and no damage was done. The little craft seemed to be borne along over the huge seas by the angels as the ark of old. For three weeks no headway blown by the winds till they were plexlty seized the crew. They were tlown by the wind still they were within 300 miles of Ralvaevae, of the Austral group, and had only two buckets of fresh water left and very little provisions. However, after cast ing lots, and drawing in favor of Pa pctte, a favorable wind immediately sprang up, which carried them In eight days to this port. "The boat is a real credit to the inlanders. The masts are short, but have served their purpose during the first trip. The captain, George War ren, told me that of a truth the ship was built through prayer." Farmers Expected to Raise More Pigs Ames, la.—•"lt'q.up to every farmer to make at least three pigs grow where two grew before if the Govern ment establishes a ratio between the price of corn and price of pork of 1 to 12 or higher, thus guaranteeing for example, sl2 for pork fed on $1 corn," says J. M. Kward, pig author ity who was called to Washington recently by H. C. Hoover as a mem ber of the livestock industry com mission. "At a 12 ratio or higher, which guarantees a profit for pork considerably higher than for the past 10 years, every farmer ought to raise Just as many hogs as he can. There should be a 25 per cent, in crease or higher in the country." JAPANICSK TEACHERS UK 1,1) Honululu, Hawaii. —Five Japanese teachers, who arrived in Honolulu recently to teach in the HongwanJl Mission, are being held at the United States Immigration Station for de portation on the ground that they came here under contract. They ure now seeking their release through habeas crpus proceedings instituted in the Federal Court. Roman Candle Bullet Perfected; Finds Range For the Fighting Men Wilmington, Del., Sept. 26. A "tracer" bullet that drives through the air illuminated and allows rifle men, antiaircraft gunners and avia tors to find the range of the enemy has just been perfected for tho tiso of the United States government. It Is so manufactured that it is pos sible to watch the course of the bul let almost from the time it leaves tho gun and to observe it striking on or about the target. The effect of the bullets when fired from a machine gun is comparable to a Roman candle display with the ex ception that the machine gun op erates with tremendous rapidity and the bullets, fly In what seenis, at times, to be a spray of glowing lire balls. A test of the "tracer" bullet was conducted to-day under tho super vision of ordnance experts of the United States Army and included studies of "tracer" bullets made in Ibis country by the DuPonts. by tho Frankford Arsenal of Philadelphia, and of some made abroad. The bul lets were tested in machine guns and in rifles, the Vickers, Colt and Eewls machine guns being used in the dem onstraction. The ranges at which the tests were made varied at from 600 to 1,000 yards. 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There had never been any I sure way to observe the effects of hritle tire and to know whether the j bullets were reaching their objeo ! five. The usual method of using I them is to discharge one "tracer" bullet to live ordinary bullets, the I "tracer" bullet following the path j of the trajectory and showing the range. There was another important test made to-day at the Delaware State range on an Incendiary bullet. The function of this missile Is to explode indaiXi/fhlc liquids, such as gaso line used in the tanks of airplane en gines. The tank is perforated by an armor piercing bullet and the gaso line ignited. A preliminary test on this bullet was mrade to-day by fir ing samples of them against a hay stack on which was placed a partially filled can of gasoline. The gasoline was ignited and the haystack con sumed. \ MORK CARS FOR GARDRN TRUCK Palmetto, Fla. Figures by the Seaboard Air line Railway show that In eight yenrs the number of cars used annually to transport garden products from Manatee c.ountv alono has increased from 1,100 to 5,600. Lan rsE i SJE3 urecv SEPTEMBER 27, 1917. FIRST CASUALTIES AT CAMP HANCOCK Men Hurt by Shell-Splintered Rock Are Recov ering Camp Hancock. August, Ga„ Sept. 27.—The eight privates of Company K, of the old Thirteenth Infantry Kfglment, Scranton, who were Injured by a "live shell" from a machine gun splintering a rock near which they were standing and peppering them with sharp fragments of It, are re ported to-night to be recovering from their wounds. Kach has been given antitetanus treatment and will be kept under clQse observation until all danger is their wounds becoming infected is over. All of the other Pennsylvania boys are reported in fine health and spirits, despite the arduous drilling they un dergo for eight hours every day in preparation for the realistic Intensive training they are soon to enter upon. The demonstrator of the gun which injured the I'enns.vlvanians. who was explaining how it was taken apart and put together again, apparently did not know it was "loaded."' The shell struck a rook, sharp fragments of which str'uck the wounded meBH with a bullet-like force. Major General William P. DuvallJ commander of the Department of thj Houtliea.it, United States Army, Willi come here on Friday to mako his flrsti Inspection of the camp. He Is. by( an odd coincidence, an Augustan. Brigadier Oeneral William G. Price.j Jr., who la commander of the division, In the absence of Major General | Charles M. Clement, Its commander: | Brigadier General Frederick W. Still well, commander of the Fifty-ninth j infantry Brigade; Brigadier General Albert J. Ijogan, commander of ths Fifty-sixth Infantry Brigade, and other commanding officers of the divi sion, were the guests of honor last night of the Augusta Rotary Club, at a dinner held at the Albion Hotel. DISCOVERY IW CEYLON Ceylon, India. As a result of ft mineral survey which has been con ducted by the Imperial Instltuts in Ceylon, the discovery has been mada of beach deposits of monazlte sand. It Is from this mineral that thora la obtained for the manufacture of In candescent gas mantles. For a time the monazlte deposits in Brazil were the only known sources for the sup ply of this valuable commercial com modity, and they were controlled by the German Thorjum Syndicate. Guticura Soap —and Ointment— Clear the Skin Buuing furniture is really investing in life time necessaries —so use good judgment. 7
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