r. M. C. A. WAR FUND TO HELP U. S. FIGHTERS WIN BATTLES lean Recreation and Camp Comforts to Be Given Men at Front With Proceeds of Funds New York. Nov. 12.—Plans for the itlon-wide drive for the big fund ith which, through the Young Men's hristian Association, the needs of merican soldiers and sailors will be et. have been announced at the iternational headquarters of the ssociation in this city. The drive egan yesterday and wiTl close No ;mber 19. The sum to be raised is lirty-live million dollars. Every ate, city, town and rural district ill contribute to the raising of the ind. the amount of which was fixed naticnal conference recently in this city, composed of repre ntative men from all parts of the nited States. Not only will the comforts and care hieh the big fund will make possi e be extended to America's fighting en, but to the men of France and the other allied nations with hom our troops will soon be fight g shoulder to shoulder. Every ■nny of the fund, it was announced, ill be used in caring for the needs ' the troops. The work will be done irough trained men which the oung Men's Christian Association ill provide. Twofold Object The object of the fund is twofola; - provide comforts, care and rec ation to the men in camp and thus i keep up the morale of America's fhting forces. This the military ithorities and those who have vis t-d the camps in France regard as greatest importance to the success American arms. The sudden change om domestic to camp conditions, c distance from home and the nec sarv rigorous routine, observers y, call for a kind of care that the rmy authorities are not in a posi jn to provide. General Pershing, in August, au orixed the statement that the eatest service America could imme ately render was to extend the )ung Men's Christian Association ork to tile soldiers of the French my. tired and worn by their val nt and successful resistance to the peated waves of Teutonic attacks, it icipating the same conditions nong our own troops, the Young pn's christian Association began rly in the war to prepare to care r our soldiers and sailors. Tne fer of service the association made as accepted gladly by the Goveru ent authorities, and hundreds of en trained in "Y" work were soon camp. There are now 2,500 of ese men serving American soldiers id sailors. Many Y. M. C. A. men ere called in the draft and shoul red their rifles, since no man is ■epted for Y. M. C. A. work unless has been exempted by the Gov nment or whose name is so far vvn the list that he is not likely to called for some time. A lireat Work With the hundreds of thousands ot n the draft called to the colors, e Y. M. C. A. was overwhelmed : th work and responsibilities. From | ■ camps came a cry for more help, i t only from the soldiers themselves t from the officers, who value the <rk the association renders. Ac rdingly. a national conference wa> !.i and it was decided that not a nt >ss than $35,000,000 would ade aw ly nn*e; the war needs con anting the association, for not only s there a call for help in the nerican camps, but from camps of i ied nations as well. Approving the work of the assocla ■n. President Wilson, in a message ! n it. Mott. general secretary ot ' p National War Work Council of e Y. M. C. A., said: "May I not. in. Mif the approaching meeting of | Work Council, express to u the very high value 1 have at- ! ltd to ilie work which has been! cmplished by the Young Men's , ristian Association in behalf of the , isoners of war and the men in the lining camps of Europe, and may ' not express also my sincere per- j f igineers at Meade Reviewed by Biddle amp Meade, Nov. 12. Major n-'ral John Biddle. assistant chief staff: Brigadier General Frederick Abbott, Brigadier General K Eveleth nslow and a host of friends of the I enty-third Engineers reviewed the j ■ss parade and competitive drill of ■ regiment yesterday on the parade >und. Thousands of visitors were camp to witness the drill. t was the first competition of that ;ure at Meade, and tiie prize win 's were as wollows: First. C Com jy: second, B Company; third. A mpany. k.fter the drill there was a buffet j icheon served in the regimental ' ss nail, which was decorated for ' ! occasion. la.ior Duncan Alexander and the tish and French officers who are •e will start to-day to instruct the n in modern warfare. The first sons will be given the officers and iude bayonet work. One man from h company will be assigned to the 00l which the allied instructors 1 conduct, and after they have .duated will return to their com lies and teach the men. By this ans trench warfare, gas and flame rk in the "gas house" and other ] ms of warfare will be taught, 'he intensive training beginning lav will embrace two schools, open | I trench warfare. wernor Brumbaugh Visits Camp Oglethorpe hattanoo.ra, Tenn.. Nov. 1. Gov- | or Brutnoaugh, of Pennsylvania, 1 ompanied by Mrs. Brumbaugh, j ml>c-s of his staff and their wives, ! nt most of yesterday at Fort Ogle- j rpe. In the morning the party i •e guests of Colonel Abner Picker- j . commander of the fort, and visit the different organizations, olonel H. I A Slocum, commander of np Warden entertained h a luncheon at noon. Gover- Bruinbau£h made an address to Pennsylv&nians at the camp, stai that the people at home were ud of the record they were making stood squarely behind them. He i tendered an informal reception the Keystone State Cadets and ted trenches which they had dug er instructions of French officers, ernor Brumbaugh spoke at the t Methodist Church last night. th brt ' ■H home defense I against bronchial affections MONDAY EVENING, scnal interest in the large plans of the War Work Council for the work which is still ahead of the associa tion?" The point is emphasized that while the sum to be raised is nine times as- groat as the usual total annual budget of all the Young Men's Chris tian Associations of the United States for their own work in this and other countries, yet not a cent of this war fund is to he used for anything but for the care of the lighting men of this and other allied nations. The Y. M. C. A., it is pointed out. is only the administrative agent, and the or ganization which supplied trained men for the work. Ho* Done Much i The association, with the compara- | tively meager funds that it has had j at Its disposal, has erected and; | equipped hundreds of buildings and j ! scores pf tents in the cantonments, j | camps, military and naval stations in ! j tl'is country. It has enlisted, trained and put into service upwards of two . thousand secretaries, almost all of ; I whom serve at marked personal j | financial sacrifice. It has also sent . [ several hundred secretaries to France | i and England, following them with j equipment and supplies. It has erect- | I ed "huts" at the base camps of the j | American forces and in Paris. Lon i don and elsewhere and has provided j | substantial quarters where both en | listed men and officers can find I wholesome food and lodging under American supervision. In a word, the association has provided for the men I "homes away from home." j Now the association proposes to' | extend and enlarge its work, doub ling the number of secretaries, build ings and equipment, and furnishing the necessary supplies in the fact or steadily rising prices. It is announced that for this work among the men of the American Army and Navy in this country. $11,120,000 is needed. For work for American forces in France and England the sum of #ll.- 994,000 will be required. For work in the Russian army $3,305,000 is asked: for work in the French army, I $2,649,000. and for work in the Ital ! Lan army. SI.OOiJ,OOO. High military j officials in all these armies are cali j ing for this friendly co-operation on | the part of the American association, i Added to this. $1,000,000 at least will ! be required for work-in the prisoner- . | of-war camps and $3,932,000 to pro | vide for the inevitable expansion a ' evidenced by the daily and almost ■ hourly experience of recent months. Hooter of Xame* The members of the Isudget com- ; mitee which recommended $35,000,900 ; as the sum necessary to carry this ! enterprise until July 1, 1918, are as I follows: Cyrus H. McCormick, Chl | oago. chairman: George W. Perkins Arthur Curtiss .lames and Coleman , di.Pont, New York: F. W. Ayer, Phila ! delphia: William Cooper Proctor, Cin cinnati. George Warren Brown. St. j I.ouis; Samuel Mather. Cleveland; George Wharton Pepper, Philadel- j ! phia; Harold I. Pratt. New Tork; W. Averill Harriman. New York; H. H. Iceland. Detroit; John Sherman Hoyt. New York: J. I- Severance, Cleveland, and W. M. Kingsbury, A. C. Bedford, j J. N. Jarvie, William Sloane, Cleve- , land H. Dodge, John E. Mott, all ot >~w York. Members of the ways and means committee appointed are: L. A. Cros sett. Boston, chairman; R. A. Long, i Kansas City, Mo.: Ralph W. Harbi- j son, Pittsburgh; Robert Garrett, Bal- j timore; R. E. Olds. Lansing, Mich.j John J. Eagan, Atlanta: Burke Baker, j Houston: George W. Marston, San Diego; E. J. Couper, Minneapolis: j T. H. Scott, Chicago: John Stewart I Bryan, Richmond: W. H. Crosby, Buf falo: Wi'liam M. Kingsley. New- York: C. S. Ward. New York; L. W. Messer, Chicago; O. E. Brown, Nash ville; Fletcher S. Brocknian. New York: John W. Ross. Montreal: Fred I Eldridge. New York, and L. L. Pierce, San Francisco. Farmers Demanding Speakers on Soils Demands for men qualified to speak on agricultural topics at gatherings of farmers during the winter have come to the State Capitol at a rate which has seriously embarrassed the men in charge of distribution of lec turers on the staff of the State De partment of t Agriculture. These re quests, which include a number of questions sent in by men interested in farmers' institutes which start Thurs day in five counties. Lancaster and Washington among them, are marked 1 by a desire for men with specialized information. More requests for men who know soils and fertilizer have been made than for a long time. This sudden call for men to address farmers is the greatest ever known and indicates that in many parts of the state farmers are getting up series , of meetings to discuss the problems of next year. These meetings will be held under the auspipes of granges, community clubs, corn clubs and plain associations of farmers. As the | state lecturers arc all taken up by in stitutes some of the department of ficials have agreed to go on tours, and the State Committee of Public Safety has been asked to help by pro- ; viding funds and men to meet some of the requests for speakers. Thousands of Bushels of Corn Saved by Weather Waynesboro, Pa., Nov. 12.—These ; frosty nights and bright sunshine days, continuing without interrup,- ; t.ion for more tlian a week, have meant the transfer of thousands of bushels of corn froin the shock to i the corncrib for the farmers in this i region. Everywhere all available hands and teams are going like bea- ; vers from early till late, and by the . end of next week the crop will be ' about two-thirds harvested. The odd sight that Is not familiar ; in th'ese latter days—though the rule in earlier times in Pennsylvania—is the presence of women at the shock with their skivers tossing out ear for I ear with the men on the other side. The women folk become highly skill ed In the shucking art. as in every- | thing else, and really get out more corn than the men. as they do not lose any time lighting their pipe or taking a fresh chew of tobacco. Smallpox Spread Concern of State State health authorities are consid- ! erably concerned over the spread of i smallpox in labor camps and in com-*! i munities where construction work has I been undertaken as well as in indus trial centers. Outbreaks occurred last winter and spring in a number of places where men had been brought j from the South, but rigorous quaran tines and wholesale vaccination soon . ended them. Now smallpox has appeared in four I counties and in each instance is shown to have been brought into the state, i Furthermore. It has developed that J not as much care has been taken in ! regard to vaccination in rural com- i munities as formerly and that labor i camps have not been visited regular- | I.v by the doctor with the "points." | BELL 1801—2356 UNITED The Merchants' P —One of the serious problems of the merchant to-day is how to secure enough merchandise to meet the demands of his patrons. —The question of "supply" is an all absorbing one. Even the most casual reader of the market reports can realize, in a measure, the seriousness of the situa tion. I —Fortunately, this store is protected by contracts made months ago and is in a more favorable condition than many es tablishments to supply your needs. —The completeness of the stocks will be apparent to all who visit the store. Especially strong will be the mammoth showing of Holiday mer chandise from now on. Bed Blankets—Auto Robes —Bathrobe Blankets \ • in a timely exhibit—presenting values which bring to you , some Very Exceptional Saving Chances i —There are cold days and nights coming—and the warm blankets and robes will give you the solid comfort so much appreciated during the spell of Winter. —All standard warm bed blankets—the pretty and serv iceable Beacon bathrobe blankets—handsome and durable : auto robes—all in great variety at the most reasonable prices obtainable. Grey mixed wool blank- Beacon bathrobe blank- j ets, with pink and blue bor- ets in Indian, floral and ders —double bed size. Pair, striped patterns, with cord $4.80 and tassel to match; boxed, Plaid wool blankets in at .. ~s.'{..>o and $4.50 tan and white and gray and Traveling and lounging wlutc—small mixture oi robes— Jacquard comfort- I cotton-double bed size. - B <> to Pair J7.4ii ~ , , . . . i White wool blankets : blankets ,n animal with just enough cotton to "•,[ , OI ?' < e> |g ns sonic j prevent shrinking-bound s,lk b ound-all sizes, with mohair-double bed ' 9< * to i size—blue or pink borders. Auto robes and blankets ' j Pair •. $8.7."> i' a large assortment of j White woo] blankets with piaids and plain colors— colored borders bound fringed blankets in Scotch j with silk ribbon. Pair, s9.<M> plaids, at SO.OO to $20.00 All-wool blankets in Plush robes in black, white plaid single and blue, brown and gray— double bed size. Pair, some interlined with tub -810, sl2 and up to $lO ; bcr $4.00 to SIO.OO BOWMAN'S—Sf.cond Floor. This l' r ill Be a Lively Sale of Fine Ribbons —First you will be tempt ed with some half-price of- < fcrings and on top of that a —~iT—^ choice from a great rem nant lot at advantageous jj jj N. The assortments which // ' are offered for selection y bH are varied enough to •. \Q j meet every demand you \ i l^ may make upon them. jjljJO OSanl adding to the attractive ness of some gift article— | 1 I for hair bows, trimmings, —\L—" bags and what not. —Fancies, moires and taffetas in remnant lengths—4 to & inches wide. ard J{s<? —5;000 yards of the best quality satin ribbons in 3 to 8-inch .widths—a wonderful color range. Yard 190 to —Velour ribbons in light and dark shades—7 inches wide —excellent for bags. Yard • $1.45 —Lingerie ribbons in pink and blue—widths up to 1 x / 3 inches. Nos. 1 and \) / 2, at, piece Wider widths of lingerie ribbon at 10£ to 180 yd. —Bag frames in green gold and oxidized—plain, engraved and with stone settings. Prices 500 and $2.00 BOWMAN'S--Main Floor. HAMUHBURG TELEGRAPH' &swma4& HAHRISBI'RU, MONDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1017. Commencing Tomorrow!, Tuesday, the Millinert) Event ,& Season Brand New Trimmed Hats $£T 00 In a Rousing Sale at O#™ —All occurrence worthy of the Bowman Milli- -Instead-Bowman hats have "style"—it's the ncry section —the Millinery Sale of Sales. ~np tMno. ti„t A . t r , on e tiling that has drawn the fashionable women ot —Whether you have already purchased a hat or t | le c j ty to b uy thcir m ilH nerv . whether you would like a new hat —you cannot af ford to miss this great $5.00 sale. " —Truly adorable hats for Winter wear—correct —There'll be wonderful enthusiasm about buying hats for afternoon "occasions"—walkin°" hats these Paris copied hats—lovely New York hats—ail hats for suit wear—hats to match all sorts of cos (.aptnatingh new. tumes —hats for every purpose—for young women —And you can depend on this—it will pay you and matrons and elderlv women, richly to attend this millinery event. -—Every woman can have a magnificent, dashing, —These are exclusive hats —gold lace —gold bro | aristocratic hat lor only cade velvet —small panne velvet, fur turbans, velour, —Xo woman who will see the smartness of these etc.. etc . ; hats will confuse them with the commonplace, ordi nary hats so often featured at many places in com- —Have we made it plain that it is the most rc monplace sales. niarkable millinery event of the season? Wonderful F • —_____________ —— . BOWMAN'S—Third Floor. ! L- From the Best Mills Come These Handsome First Quality BED SPREADS _ at)d in comparison with to-day's prevailing figures the prices quot | ed are low enough to warrant your A buying freely while the lots last. V.-4 The various sorts arc within the v£ lB j|l reach of everybody's purse-strings Sfi SflS HI —the right good, sensible qualities gSJ J and kinds which should appeal not : d@T" — bKj | only to housewives, but to hotel and boarding hquse proprietors. Hemmed crochet bed Scalloped and cut corner spre&ds, closelv woven and crochet bed spreads—sub well finished.' size 74x86 to slight mill imperfec . . ... lions, size 80x90 inches, at inches, at $1.29 $2.00 Hemmed crochet bed Scalloped and cut corner . - no • i i crochet bed spreads, size spreads, sue /oxbS inches I 80x90 jnchc>i at _ —an exceptional value and | Scalloped and cut corner a splendid spread for hotel j satin finished bed spreads, and boarding house pur- > s '* fe 80x90 inches, at slt.l{> noses !< v) ! Hemmed satin bed ! *i spreads —a good, heavy Hemmed crochet bed i spread, beautifully finished, spreads bleached snow size 80x90 inches, at $3.75 white-rich and attractive j , Rl l>Plcttc bed spreads, , . „„ . , I hemmed, size 02x90 incncs, designs, size ,6x*B inches, | at s l<39 Size $3.00 inches, at $1.75. BOWMAN'S —Second Floor. Toy land—Joyland As You Choose - —The Christmas toy and superior to the average dis- . play. , —A city of dolls—a city of all classes from rag baby to queen. Turkey Roasters . BOWMAN'S—Basement. NOVEMBER 12, 1917. | an of Real Italian Filet Lace J liis is the genuine linen lacc—handmade by the wom en of Italy. 1 lie thread in making this lace is pure linen and j great skill is necessary in the making, which is restricted to a limited number of the women, who lia\J£ been trained to | this work from childhood. I lie lace is marketed in France, chiefly in Paris, and it i-< very difficult at this time to buy it at any cost. I lie patterns arc extremely elegant and original in design ; and is remarkably durable and in big demand for and cuffs, dress trimmings and for lingerie. We arc fortunate in showing a fresh arrival of this real fdet lace from over the sea in widths from % to 9 inches and priced at, 50c to sl2 BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. Dinner Sets For ! Thanksgiving; And Some Very Attractive Prices 100-piece Am erican 'vfc' \j|j( yjl porcelain dinner set, with IKkv : a rich border decoration in Dresden effect with garland of flowers in pink and blue. Set, $32.50 100-piecc Japanese china dinner set gorgeous decoration yet artistic—must be seen to be appreciated. Set . . $30.00 107-piece Tlieo. Haviland china dinner set, neat pink sprav decoration with gilt handles. Set $45 00 BOWMAN'S—Basement. 3 I'OI'XDED 1871
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