4 DESCRIBES LIFE AT CAMP HANCOCK Corporal Writes That Y. M C. A. Is Doing Great Work; Band Awakens Them J. Frank Palmer, of the llarrls burg National Bank, is the recipient of a letter from George A. Roberts, of this city, now a corporal In tho Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Band, stationed at Camp Hancock. Corporal Roberts tells of the life at the camp and speaks very highly of the work that tho Y. M. C. A. Is do ing. He is much pleased with the treatment that he has received at camp. He, bellevea that after the X'-lghth Regiment Is disorganized it will remoblllze at Camp Meade to go to Prance. His letter is as follows: Army and Navy, V. M. C. A., "With the Colors," Wednesday, Sept. 26, 1917. Mr. Palmer. Dear Friend:— 1 thought 1 would include you in my correspondence this evening. As; you may suppose, I am writing this letter at the local Y. M. C. A. build ing in camp. This organization de serves much credit for the work they do here for the soldiers. In the first place they furnish us with stationery and writing material free. Nearly every evening the boys who are mu sically inclined bring their instru ments and gather around the piano and play. There is also a phonograph with records. Plenty of reading is fur nished . the boys, which includes newspapers from "home," magazines and good books, and which may be taken to a soldier's tent to be read, and samie to be returned. Last Sun day afternoon the Y. M. C. A. had the "Orpheus Four," a quartet from Los Angeles, Cal., here to sing, and they entertained the boys. Every Sunday they have a concert of some kind. The Y. M. C. A.'s work among the men certtainly Is great and thor oughly appreciated by all tha "Yankee Boys." Band Awakens Camp Our day commences at 5.15, at which we (the baud) arise shortly before the rest of the camp, and line up with all the buglers in the Vear. (Twenty-four buglers). We then march up and down the whole regi mental street playing to awaken the camp, after which reveille is sounded by the buglers and tho whole camp arises at 6.45. Then we "fall in" for rollcall, after which comes mess (breakfast.) Band rehearsal at 9 to Jl. Mess at 12.15. Band rehearsal at 2 to 3. Drill, 3.30 until 4.45. Mess C o'clock. Guard mount is generally held at 5.45 with retreat played im mediately afterward. After "retreat" the "boys" have the time between that and "taps" to go where they please, provided they are in bed with "lights out" when "taps" are sounded, which is at 10.30 p. m., and If any man tries to get into the tent after that time without leave of absence by the noncommissioned of ficers, he is nearly always stopped by a sentry, and taken to the guard house (the cooler) for over night, and is reprimanded and punished In the morning. Rules are very strict here, not at all like on the Island at Ilarrlsburg. •Heavy Sand We have sand six to eight Inches in depth on which to march and drill and in dry weather it arises in great dust clouds and nearly chokes the men. The climate is great and the hoys all like it. The nights are very cool and sometimes cold, with days very hot. We get little rain. Our company was fortunate in obtaining three good cooks and I have noth ing to complain of the food. We also have a fine man in charge of the headquarters, First Sergeant J. Boy er, of Carlisle. He is one of the finest men I've met for some time, and is well liked by the whole company. Or ders just received state that our com pany will be broken up, and the or derlies, which, of course, includes Sergeant Boyer, will go to Camp Meade to mobilize (very likely for France. Tho band to which I be long will stay here indefinitely to train the draft "rookies." We do not expect to ever see France, but stay here as a depot station. Fire Call Sounds Last night actors from the thea ters in Aususta came out tQ camp fa distance of six miles! and enter tained tho men of the Eighth. The | War Duty This Side I the Trenches M N The United States Government needs men, muni tions and supplies and it needs them quick . Men it can conscript; munitions it can commandeer; money it must obtain from its citizens. The man or woman who invests in the Liberty Loan is not giving anything away but is simply lending money to the Government at four per cent interest. Method of payment makes it possible for everyone to own a bond. Denominations as low as 150. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company **A Franklin Sugar for every use" Granulated. Dainty Lumps, Powdered. Confectioners, Brown MONDAY EVENING, Eighth Regiment band also gave a concert. A few minutes after there was u "fire call" blown by. a bugler and this was taken up by every other bugler in the camp. \Ve immediately lined up and started out on the dou ble quick for the lire, which proved to be a small farmhouse outside the camp. Tho boys -worked on it, hut it had too much of a start before we could get the line of hose stretched that far. The camp is piped with lire plugs, water for which comes from Augusta. The electricians are finishing the wiring of the camp. We will have street lights and a bull- in eve v tent. Each company has their individual mess hall, kitchen, shower baths and lii trine. Tho ladles of Augusta show their interest in the hoys, and show it by coming to the camp every Thursday afternoon to do what sewing they can for the men. So far, Mr. Palmer, "yours truly" has been his own washwoman and seamstress. Kindly remember me to Mrs. Pal mer and also my friends in the Sun dav school and ('. E. I will be very glad to hear from you at any time. Sincerely, COB. G. A. ROBERTS, Elgth Penne. Inf. Hand, Headquar ters Co., Camp Hancock, Augusta, • Ga. Local Knights Are Helping Big War Fund Members of the Knghts of Colum bus in Harrisburg received notice on Saturday that the committee on war activities of the Knights of Columbus has raised 13,000,000, which is being devoted to the social, recreational and religious welfare of soldiers, sailors and marines as well as all other branches of the serivce. Service men, no matter what their nationality or creed, will benefit by the fund Which V.-MS raised by local councils of the Knights of Columbus throughout the country. In the cam paign they were aided by thousands of persons and the f<id, raised with very little publicity, iSi a monument to the energy of the promoters of the enterprise. Members of the organization in this city had a prominent part in the rais ing of the fund and not only contrib uted a large sum but were big fac tors in furnishing books and other supplies for the reading rooms In the cantonment camps. Tech High Notes Caterer S. S. Rutherford is proving popular with the Tech boys because of the splendid service that he is giving in the lunchroom. Ho aims to give lunches a little better and cheaper than the best in the city. The Tech boys are responding to the number of 450 for each lunch. The members of the senior class will meet this week to elect a presi dent. Harry Miller, who held that position, and who was a member of the basketball and football squads, has moved to Detroit and will not return to the school for his last year. Bees Lloyd Is vice-president. Almost 200 books were received In the library donated by the students of the school for the soldier boys in the camps. Members of tho school assisted Saturday in helping along the book proposition and canvassed parts of the city. In two minutes Friday morning the building was emptied of its 700 stu dents at a tire drill. Professor George W. Updegrove, with the twenty-four members of the orchestra, gave a demonstration to the school at a recent chapel exer cise of what the organization can do along musical lines. They responded to' two encores. With a little train ing, the club is expected to be the best in the history of tho school. The five-day drive for 500 mem bers for the Tech Tatler was begun to-day in charge of Joseph Schmidt and Earl Schwartz, circulation man ager and business manager, respec tively. SKVENTKEN SAI.OOSIS CI.OSED Allentown, Pa., Oct. 1. Seventeen licensed hotel bars in Lehigh county, two of them in the city, were ordered closed yesterday by Federal agents, a"s the result of a visit here during last week of Frank Garbarino, of Philadelphia, a special agent of the Department of Justice. No explana tion was given the hotel proprietors for the order, which had been expect ed for several days, because of simi lar action against liquor men In the vicinity of Army camps throughout the country. ARMY BAKERY ON SELDEN TRUCK This movable bakery constructed on a 3%-ton Selden truck chassis will supply Tlncfe Sam's fighting men ■with well-made bread and other things like mother used to make. The bread maker is the invention of James Garvey and its adaptation to motor trucks has been brought about THE TRUTH ABOUT GERMANY By MARIE BONINI BROWN Berlin Has Almost the Same Appearance as Before the War, but Beneath the Veneer is Despair and Misery One thing surprised me, In Berlin, and that was the slight difference if you looked only on- the surface be tween the appear ance of the city be fore the war began and after it had tlnue<i f° r three On the surface ev ery thing appeared the same. Despite the fact JB'.A fvjj that three-fourths fl of the man labor had f., 7v .iM Knno, tho streets, houses, parks and V P ub " c buildings kept their spic and span appearance. There were fewer soldiers In the streets than before the war, for in peace times Germany Is over run with soldiers. There were no young men to be seen, of course, nor even middle aged men. But there was no univer sal spread of mourning in wearing apparel, for, although practically ev - ery woman In Berlin had seen death enter her family at least once, and the majorlt? of them had felt Its bit terness many times, yet little black was worn. There was no appear ance of universal sorrow, either, al though there was a deeper gravity In the air than before the war. The amusements kept up, although no musical comedies were billed. The cinematographs kept open only from 6 to 9 p. in. so as to save the light. The price of admission at the cheap est cinematograph was one mark, about a quarter. One heard no pop ular songs on the streets or In the theaters—only patriotic airs. Few grand opera performances were giv en. In the cafes what few cabarets they had were rather dispirited. Tilings Arc 'Wearing Out But, when you looked closely, you saw that "things were not what they seemed." All the buildings, tho bridges and other structures which depended on paint to keep them fresh looking were shabby and worn. KAPRISBURG TELEGRAPH by Ralph Hamlin, representative of tho Selden Truck Co., of Rochester, N. Y. It mixes the dough, molds any shape desired and divides it into loaves of predetermined weight. The capacity of output is, ininmum, 3,000, and maximum, 6,000 loaves of any size, weight and shape desired In the homes the carpet's were wearing out, the curtains were get ting shabby. There .was no attempt at refurnishing or repainting inside. The floors lost their gloss and show ed the need of the paint brush. When we moved into the Hat this spring It was very shabby. 1 asked the woman from whom we rented if she could paper it and have it fresh ened up. She said no, not until after the war. It Is hard even to keep things clean, let alone keep them in repair, without soap. 'And there was no soap to wash one's face, not to speak ol' floors and walls aud chairs. The furniture In the stores is be coming exhausted and no person is making any more. Leather of course Is terrible scarco. Sometimps when I would go to havo the heels on my shoes straightened the cobbler would say he had nothing to fix them with. He would take oft the broken layer but had no more* leather to put a new layer on. When you had your shoes half-soled (and when you ute allowed only two pairs a year you are very glad to have thiß done), the cobbler would use a thick paper spe cially prepared. Vermin Cause Trouble There were few birds In tho parks. I had a beautiful bird, but it died, I think because I was giving it the wrong kind of food. I could not get regular birdseed, and I gave my bird a substitute they sold me. Evident ly there was no nourishment in it, or the wrong kind, and the bird died. There were fel birds in the parks. "Whether they died or were killed for food I do not know. I heard them say that, always, Berlin had a species of bird which destroyed the mos quitoes. This bird evidently died or migrated, for last summer the mos quitoes were terrible there. Of course every person who knows anything about European travel knows how the fleas plague the trav eler. They were bad in Berlin. They seemed to be so much worse after the war. And, after the war a re striction was made that X never heard of before —every person leav ing tho city had to swear that they had no fleas or lice with them—and those coming into tho city had to swear the same thing. If one had either fleas or lice, one had to get rid of them before one left or entered the city. Neither of these vermin is regard ed in Europe with tho same horror as they are here. In America for a person to have a flea on his body is a disgrace, a shameful thing. But in Europe you Joke about it and, when you meet your friend, tell them of some new way to get rid of the pests. No Building; No Roaplrs When they become too bad, \ would go into the bathroom, till the tub with water, take off my clothes and shake them well over the water. Then I would run that water out, run some more in and take a bath. I would be free of the pests then, until, from some public conveyance or some one's home, I would get a fresh supply. Or, I would shake them oft on the carpet and then sweep them out. They can't hop on the carpet. They stick. The soldiers suffer terribly from vermin. Even In the best quarters they have trouble. And the poor prisoners of war—l do pity thetn, for they have not the opportunity to pet rid of them that civilians or the Ger man soldiers had. During the war I saw only one building in course of construction, that was the terminal for a new sub way, and women were working at that. There are no artisans in Uer inany now and no time to build. The materials used for building also are needed for other purposes, so no re pairs are being made. The work of restoration inside and outside the homes and buildings in Germany will take a year after the war is done. What will have to be done in the districts devastated by the war itself Is beyond the imagination. Respect for Roosevelt Germans have great respect for Theodore Roosevelt. "Thank God, Roosevelt isn't Presi .Jdent of the United States," I heard dozens of times, before we entered the war. They don't seem to know much about our other military men. What they think of Gen. Pershing, of course, I don't know, as they hardly had heard his name when I started home. But I often have heard Germans say that they would like to capture Mr. Roosevelt and lead him down Unter den Linden. I believe that If, to-day, Mr. Roosevelt were leading troops in France it would have a greater depressing effect dn the Ger mans than anything else wt> could do. It Is a peculiar, almost supersti tious feeling they have about "Ted dy." If he has "bluffed" them he certainly has made good work of it Can't Understand Wilson On the other hand the Germans cannot understand President Wilson. in one hour. With five men em ployed, it will do the same work that 112 men are now required to perform the same functions In the Army. E. L. local represent- Hthe, savs if tne Government adopts this outfit the Selden company will manufacture it at the Rochester plant. They think because he has tried to be diplomatic and has given the "soft answer" so often that he is weak. And only when the American troops rcaly crash into the Germans will they believe that we mean actually to fight. The Germans couldn't understand "watchful waiting." Perhaps, by now, though, they realize that we do mean "business." The intolerance felt by the Ger mans against residents of Germany who belong to any of the warring countries is extended even to En glish, French or Italian women who have married Germans. These poor women are treated with what amounts to brutality in some in stances. Their children nre brought up by tho husband's relatives to hata the country of their mother, and the I mother cannot interfere. In society j these women are snubbed outrage ! ously, are treated with the utmost contempt, even if they try and do nothing against the feelings of their | German companions and relatives. An Unhappy Wife I knew one sweet little woman there, an English woman who had married a German officer. "When my husband is home," she told me once, "I dare not even think in English. I dare not discuss the war, I only can listen while he says terrible things against my country. He never is moved by any feeling of compassion for me. "I dare not either write home or receive letters from my -people. I must not speak English. I must ren der myself absolutely submissive to my husband's people and even then I have to endure all manner of slurs from them because I am English. Many a time, since this war, I have thanked God that I have no children. I can't go back to my country bo cause I have married a German. 'My life is miserable here, for I love my husband and this estrangement, be tween us hurts me. I am in a most unhappy position. To-morrow Marie Brown will con clude her wonderful series of articles on "The Truth About Germany." The subtitles of this final instalment are "In Warsaw" and "Germany and Austria." (Copyright, 1917, Pittsburg Press) (To He Continued) . Words Should Fit the User Ilid you ever stop to think thst words may be like clothes —too large or too small? That when they do not suit the thought they aro ill-fit ting, and unpleasant to the party who hears or reads them? Yet this is, indeed, often the case. And every persons should choose his words with care, so they may not be too big, like father's trousers on his little son, or too little, like a hand-me-down suit three sizes too small for a grow ing boy. Besides, a person who uses words that do not convey his exact meaning, loses the force of an idea that might accomplish much in deed and action. A lack of skill in the use of these tools of thought may serve to keep one down in the world when he belongs on top. If you once learn to use a dictionary, won will be sur prised at the rapidity with which you will advance. We had in mind the immense benefit to our readers when we chose The New Universities Dic tionary for general distribution in this community. Our coupon, publish ed daily in this paper, shows the gift nature of the plan, and should be cut out and presented at this office with our small distributing coat. WOMAN HOtW 111 PERFECT HEALTH What Came From Reading a Pinkham Adver tisement Paterson, N. J. —"I thank you for • the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies, as ' "|" i i i ||* hoy have made me felt so run down, fe, IB back and side, was Ut;- .1 tired, nervous, hftd roP' .> (J such bad dreams, did not feel like * J read your adver tlscment in the ' 'newspapers and • decided to try a bottle of Lydia E. . Pinkham' Vegetable Compound. It worked from the first bottle, so I i took a second and a third, also a i bottle of Lydla E. Plnkham's Blood i Purifier, and now I am Just as well as any other woman. I advise every woman, single or married, who It troubled with any of the aforesaid aliments to try your wonderful Vege table Compound and Blood Purifier and I am sure they will help her to get rid of her troubles as they did i me."—Mrs. Elsie J. Vaf) Der Sande, 3b North, York street, Paterson, N. J. Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi cine Co. (confidential), Lynn, Mass., if you need special advice. i CHRISTIANS CUT DOWN WITH AXES BY THOUSANDS Turks Ruthlessly Slaughter Men, and Women and Girls Are Carried Off Xew Vork, Oct. 1. The slaughter with uxea of all the Armeniun fuc ulty members of Anatolia Colege, •Vlarsovan, Northern Asia .Minor, 10- getner with 1.20U others by Turkish peasants whose pay for the work was the privilege of stripping the clothing oti their victims' bodies, is described here by the Rev. George E. White, president of the college, re cently returned to this country. The massacres were committed at night by order of the Turkish government, lie said, the Armenians being sent, out in lots of a hundred or two to their doom und their bodies rolled into prepared burial trenches. "One group of our college boys asked permission to sing before they died anil they sang 'Neareu, My God, to Thee,' then they were struck down," Ltr. Whito said. "The situation for Armenia became excessively acute in the spring of 1915 when the Turks determined to eliminate the Armenian question by eliminating the Armenians. The Ar menian question arise Irom political and religious causes. "On the pretext of searching for deserting soldiers, concealed bombs, weapons, seditious literature or rev olutionists, the Turkish officers ar rested about 1,200 Armenian men at Marsovan, accompanying their Inves tigations by horrible brutalities. There was no revolutionary activity in our region whatever. Killed by Ijots "The men were sent out in lots of one or two hundred in night 'de portations' to the mountains where trenches had been prepared. Coarse peasants, who were employed to do what was done, said it was a 'pity to waste bullets' and they used axes. "Then the Turks turned on the women and children, the old men and little boys. Scores of oxcarts were gathered and In the early dawn as they passed, the squeaking of their wheels left memories that make the blood curdle even now. Thousands of women and children were swept away. Where? Nowhere. No desti nation was stated or intended. Why? I Simply because they were Armenians and Christians and were in the hands of the Turks. • "Girls and young women were snatched away at every turn on the journey. The girls sold at Marsovan for from $2 to $4 each. I know be cause I heard the conversation of men enlialied in the traffic. 1 know because I was able to ransom three girls at the price of $4,40. "The misery, the agony, the suffer ing were beyond power of words to express—almost beyond the power of hearts to conceive. In bereavement, thirst, hunger, loneliness, hopeless ness, tho groups were swept on and on along roads which had no desti nation. "I received word from Ambassador Morgenthau that our premises would not be interfered with. Next morn ing the chief of police came with armed men and demanded surrender of all Armenians connected with the college, girls' school and hospital. We claimed the right to .control our grounds as American citizens, lireak Open Gates "More than two hours we held them at bay. They brought more armed men. They again demanded surrender of the Armenians. I re fused. They challenged me for re sisting the Turkish government. They said anyone who did so was liable to immediate execution. "They broke open our gates,' brought in oxcarts and asked where the Armenians were. I refused to tell. They went through the build ings smashing down the doors. Then our Armenians friends, feeling that further attempt on our part to save them would bring more harm prob ably than good, came forth, profess | Ten of the Most Popular ! I Victor Records j I I Today j ;LI Come in and Hear Them or Any of the Attrac- j 1 1 tive New Victor Records for October !J| Little Alabama Coon Mabel Garrison 01097 Any Place Is Heaven If You Are Near Me S I John McCorniack 01090 J KM?K™Sri&"n' 0 " n Maud Powell 04705 |H| star h I MUI K' C( l Banner Bouisc Homer 87277 HI i *f d<l, £, 1 Boy . . 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The mother sat on the load wltn her children about her, the father prepared to walk besldo the cart, i uifered pray er and then the sad procession carry ing seventy-two persona lrom the college ancl hospital moved away. "Tnese teachers were men of char acter, education, ability and usetul ness, several of them representing the line type of graduates from American or European universities. The company went in safety for about titty miles. Then the men were separated trom the women. Their hands were bound behind their backs anil they were led away. The. eight Armenian members of the statf of instruction of Anatolia College were among the slain. The women and children were moved on and on. No one knows where and no one knows how many of them are still living. Thousands Killed "The government officers plowed the Armenian cemetery in Marsovan and sowed it with grain as a symbol that no Armenian snould live or die : to be buried there. No Armenian student or teacher was left to Ana tolia College and of the Protestant congregation in the city of 950 souls, more than 900 with their pastors were swept away. It was a govern-1 ment movement throughout—a movement against the Armenian people. "These things are typical of what took place through the six provinces of the Turkish empire known as Ar menia. The Armenians are the Yan kees of the East—the manufacturers, capitalists, artisans and among the best of the farmers. One quarter of a million people suc ceeded in escaping into Russian Cau casus and among them American representatives have done wonderful work in caring for the sick, giving bread to the hungry, clothing the, naked, caring for orphans. Probably a million more went to Syria and Mesopotamia where they have been dependent upon American relief which is helping this worthy people to pull through alive." The number of Armenians who have been massacred, said Dr. White, is estimated by the American Com mittee for Armenian and Syrian re lief in New York City at from 500,- 000 to 1,000,000, while there arc a : million still living in need of imme diate aid, for which $5,000,000 a j month is urgently needed, without which thousands will perish in desti | tution and suffering. The committee I is so conducted, he said, that every £ I Sure | 1 5? !• I King Oscar I ' 4o 3 | 5c Cigarcl I t as good as e~wr. "Better fl | stick to this 26-yr. old favor- I Ite f° r smoke satisfaction i John C. Herman & Co. Makers H 'pos i^' C ° lleCt ' ed goes for rflil Djt White, now living in vj" apott*. was ordered to leaVß vanfty the Turkish governiJenlJ WKKMormerly pastor of theCot gatijinal Church In Waverly,jlf->^ Steamship Glenogle />"' Sunk; AH Handsi*; " jffh \fiw "York, Oct. 1. News v*ry ceiyed here Saturday night of tl pedplng of the steamship Gl< "j Hying the Chinese (lag, off than- by a German submarint *° weeks ago. She had a crew Chinamen. There were no suy nd :i pparently, and the sinking 'jtiM shjp with her crew was through the papers being ashore in Bantry Bay, Ireland^® TO ASK CONDITIONS B ■Paris, Oct. 1. A dispatch t3| Temps from Geneva says that P Benedict in transmitting to thlo'f tonte Allies the replies receive* t tie Central Powers will set fore nn accompanying note the theorjad Germany and Austria have accept basis of negotiation satisfactory, the allies and will ask the allied state their conditions. C == CONSTIPATIO] INVITES DISEAS: A reliable laxative In neee Mar.v to the coiiiiurt and heal 1 of liny bousclml because const Illation In u col illtlon that turrets, In K reiit( or less lU'Rree, practically rvrr member of the family. 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