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SMOKE FUND IS
BOOSTED BY $lO
DONATED AT PLAY
Max Reiter Takes Collection
a I Jewish Play For Boys
in the Trenches
The Telegraph's tobacco fund was
given a boost to-day when a check
was received from Max Reiter, of
the jewelry firm of Max Reiter
Company, 18 North Fourth street.
The money represents the fund col
lected under Mr. Reiter's direction
at a play given in Jewish Wednes
day evening. Practically the entire
audience contributed.
If you want to do your bit' in fur
nishing a dash of home and comfort
to the gallant lads in Uncle Sam's
service send in your contribution to
supply pipes and tobacco. This is no
trifling matter. Think of the illus
trious Sir Walter Raleigh whose pipe
is now considered one of the most
precious relics in all England. Tradi
tion says that this pipe was smoked
by the unfortunate Sir Walter on the
scaffold just before execution. Even
the cold-blooded, brutal executioner:
was moved at the distinguished vic
tim's longing for a last smoke and
granted him time to take a few final
whiffs before bringing down the fatal!
ax. Ever since then this pipe has been
preserved in London, bearing the in
scription: "The original pipe of the
celebrated historian of the world,
who first introduced tobacco and po
tatoes into England."
If Sir Walter Raleigh relished a
smoke at the point of death then why
should not the fighting Sammie in
these days of terror? Snug and safe
over here American men and women
are prone to forget the hardships of
the battling youth abroad. The Red
• 'loss folks, the Y. M. C. A. superin
tendents all tel us of the beneficent
effects of the pipe and cigaret for the
weary recruit and especially the
wounded. The look of bliss and con
tentment that wreaths the counten
ance of the hero in throes of suffer
ing from bullet or shell will repay
you for any sacrifice. Gut down your
rations for a day, Mr. Smoker, and
spend that money on your fighting
I'ellowman.
The following contributions have
been received for the tobacco fund:
Previously acknowledged ...9780.78
Mrs. M. Webber 25
Mm Reiter collection 10.00
.1. M. White 50
W. 11. Khatto .25
$791.78
Alll SOCIE7TY BAZAR
I.emoyne, Nov. 23.—Plans for a
bazar and bake sale to be held on
December 1 4 and 1 5, have been com
pleted by the ladies' Aid Society of
the local Church of Christ.
Facts About the Sugar Situation
Our Government has asked you to use sugar spar
ingly. We believe that the people of this country
will be glad to do their part to conserve the sugar
supply when they know the facts.
These facts are as follows:
More than two-thirds of the source of Europe's
sugar supply is within the present battle lines. This
has resulted in greatly reducing the production .of
sugar in Europe.
England and France and other countries have been
forced to go for sugar to Cuba.
Ordinarily, nearly all of the Cuban raw sugar comes
to the United States and is refined here, chiefly for
home use. This is not the case now.
In view of the exceptional world demand for sugar
there is no surplus, and barely enough to tide us over
until the new crop comes in. The people of the New
England and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar
sparingly. No one should hoard or waste it.
This Company has no surplus sugar to sell. 'lt is
working with the Government to conserve the supply,
and to take care of the Allies so far as possible.
Do not pay an increased retail price.
The Franklin Sugar Refining Company
"A Franklin Sugar for every use"
Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered, Confectioners. Brown
FRIDAY EVENING,
PROPOSED TAX
IN ARGENTINA
Argument Is Put Forward
Against Levying Tribute
Upon Exports
Buenos Aires, Argentina.—A great J
deal of criticism is being heard j
throughout the republic against the j
government's proposal to tax exports j
in an endeavor to solve the financial !
difficulties of the nation. It is gen
erally argued that instead of a tax
being levied on production, it should
be put on land and cattle holdings, i
A hectare, which equals about two!
and a half acres, planted with wheat I
will produce from ten to twenty fan- !
egas (from oighteen to twenty bush
els). The proposed tax on a 10-fan
ega crop would be equivalent to |
$14.86 United States gold per hectare.i
or on, say, a 250-hectare block. $3.-]
715.25.
A hectare of good land under sheep!
will carry three head, which will j
yield about ten kilos of wool. Thus j
from 250 hectares would be yielded ;
about 2,500 kilos of wool. If these j
sheep were sent off fat for export, |
the weight of meat would be about |
eighty kilos per hectare, or 20,000 .
kilos. The proposed export tax on
wool is to be four pesos per ten j
kilos, amounting to $424.60, United j
States gold for the $2,500 kilos. The I
tax on this meat would come to i
about $2,548. Thus the stockraiser |
with 250 hectares would pay in all |
$2,972.60 of taxes on his stock and
w 001.
On the other hand, the man with
3,000 or 4,000 hectares of land that
lie neither crops nor has stocked does
not contribute one cent to the
national revenue.
People who are opposing this tax j
on exports argue that a tax on land
would be much more equitable than
taxes on products. Such a tax, they !
say. would strike some of the big
mortgage companies that are holding
lands for fancy prices. Moreover,
were the tax made fairly heavy, it
is believed that the land held up
would soon be brought into use. for
the tax would force holders, to make
their land produce. By taxing land
for revenue purposes owners would
be encouraged to make the best use
of their holdings. If best use be
made, it would result in increased
production, which in turn it is
claimed, would mean an increased
supply of, and, consequently, lower
prices for, prime necessities. If, on
the other hand, revenue be raised by
taxing products, th'en the harder a
man works the' harder he is struck
by taxation.
DISSOLVE PARTNERSHIP
Dillsburg. Pa., Nov. 23.—P. A. I
Comfort and Roy Myers, proprietors
of the Keystone garage, have dis
solved partnership and Mr. Myers
withdrew from the firm and Mr.
Comfort will be sole proprietor.
MOTTERNWILL
GET NEW RESPITE
State Board of Pardons Re-1
fuses to Recommend Clem
ency For Blair Slayer
The State Board of Pardons has
again continued under advisement
: the application for a rehearing of
; the application for commutation of
I the death sentence of Henry Ward
; Mottern, Jefferson. The Board re
; fused the plea for clemency for
Frank Alfred Wendt, Blair, convicted
0 fthe murder of a policeman.
Both men are under sentence of
electrocution in the week beginning
, December 3. Mottern will probably
ibe granted a respite if his case is
| not disposed of before that week.
! He has been twice refused a rehear
| ing after having been denied recom
mndation for commutation and six
| respites have been granted in his
| case.
| Lieutfenant Governor McClain,
chairman of the Board, declared!
during the session tliat the Board!
, would not show much consideration
i to, pleas for pardon for professional I
j automobile thieves. Two such ap- 1
j plications were denied. In the case!
j of D. O. Downing, Clearfield, whose j
I mother appeared with the lawyer;
urging a pardon for her son, the
| Board took the case under advise
ment pending some inquiries. The;
I mother offered to take the son on!
j her farm and look after him.
. The new rules of the Board were
put into effect. ,
Decisions were announced as fol-l
j lows:
Recommended—Rosario Battag
lia, Philadelphia, second degree mur
der; Emanuel Jackson, Armstrong,
second degree murder; Robert Alex
ander, Cumberland, burglary; Levi
Kearns, Allegheny, felonious assault;
: Cosmo di Hicolini, Columbia, rape;
1 Tony Marro, Butler, assault with in
tent to kill; Alice Bradford, Arson;
I Joseph Mazur, Montgomery, mans
slaughter.
Refused —Joseph Clesee, Philadel
phia, aggravated assault; Elmer
Glossenger, Wayne, assault; Paul
Eetsclie, Allegheny, manslaughter;
William Barnes, Berks, larceny.
Rehearings Refuse^ —Louis O.
Hinc, Philadelphia, murder, com
muted; Charles Valentine, Chester,
rape; Granted —Fred Tantal, Phila
delphia, pandering, Roy Kirkwood,
Armstrong, arson.
BAI/ANCE YOUR DIET
The experts conducting recent diet
experiments admit that the menus
often do not contain enough vege
tables to constitute a perfectly bal
anced schedule. Doctors tell us that
at all times of the year spinach is
one o' the most valuable of vege
j table foods. It is especially good in
i Winter and is one of the cheapest of
| fresh vegetables in the market.
Spinach should always be cooked
in enameled ware. In that way it
retains not only its flavor but aiso
its bright green color which is eas
ily darkened.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Soldiers of the 320 th Field Battalion Signal Corps Volunteers
are training hard at Camp Dodge, lowa. The above 'picture was
taken soon after the arrival of'the last squad of recruits, the ma
jority of whom were sent from Ilarrisburg. In the above pic
ture are thirty-eight members from this city and vicinity. Many
of them were former Pennsylvania Railroad employes, filling cleri
cal and shop positions. This camp is now one of the largest in
the West and is made up mostly of volunteers.
U. S. Transport Cuts
Convoy Chauncey in Two;
Both Ships Without Lights
Washington, Nov. 23. The Ameri
can destroyer Chauncey, sunk Monday
with the loss vf twenty-one men, was
cut in two by the transport Rose,
the Navy Department was advised
yesterday by Vice-Admiral Sims. The
after part of the destroyer sank im
mediately, carrying down three offi
cers, including the commander, Lieu
tenant Commander Walter E. Reno,
and eighteen enlisted men. who were
believed to have been' alseep in their
quill tors.
The Chauncey undoubtedly Was con
voying the Rose and both V vessels
were running through the war zone
without lights. The transport struck
the destroyer on the port side abreast
the fourth funnel and plowed through
the frail vessel.
The Rose was not identified by na
val officers here to-day, there being
no record of an American transport
by that name, and Admiral Sims was
asked to clear up that point.
Two Locomotives Hourly
Product of Baldwin's
Philadelphia, Nov. 23.—A few days
ago Alba B. Johnson, president of the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, made
the statement that the Baldwin
works was turning out seventy-eight
locomoives a week, or more than one
for every working hour. Persons who
thought they were hardened to the
feats of industrial genius sat up,
loosened their collars and said:
"Phew!" Startling as the informa
tion was, it has developed since that
this achievement was merely kinder
garten work.
It was learend yesterday that the
Baldwin plant will turn out 100 loco
motives this week, or two an hour.
This does not include trench engines
for use in hauling munitions at the
-front and which are regarded as the
small fry of tlte business. Expressed
in terms of dollars the week's pro
duction will strike something in the
vicinity of $4,000,000.
Evangelistic Services to
Close at Tabernacle
i The final sermon of the evangelistic
r services being held in the Tabernacle
Baptist Church, by the Rev. Dr.
| Charles Hendrie Shaw, will be deliv-
I ered this evening. Dr. Shaw spoke
l last evening on "Abused Opportuni-
I ties."
j The inspiring music of the services
has been under the direction of Mrs.
K. J. Decevee. Special noonday meet-
I ings were held in various shops and
I factories throughout the city. Dr.
spoke at these manufactories:
Blough Manufacturing Company, Har
risburg Silk Mill, Moorehead Knitting
Company, Dauphin Cigar Factory and
j the New Idea Hosiery Company.
Capitol Hill Notes
Member Visits Representative
William Kase West, of Danville,
was at the State Capitol late yester
day.
Important Conference—Dairy arid
Food Commissioner Foust is home
from the food conference at Phila
delphia, where important matterss
relative to the food situation were
discussed. He says that it was of the
utmost value to the state.
Public Service I'lnn —The State
Public Service Commission has ar
ranged to forward to all electrical
companies operating in Pennsylva
nia a uniform system of accounting
similar to that submitted to the wa
ter companies of the state in the last
ten days. The plan is to hold a series
of hearings at which representatives
of the companies can state objections
or give suggestions. The comments
upon the proposed system for water
companies are being digested.
'IX' EAT SAUKHKKAIIT
Preparations are being made for
the annual Thanksgiving Day dinner
for the prisoners at the Dauphin
county jail, Warden Mcllhenny an
nounced yesterday. The dinner will
Include pork, sauerkraut and pota
toes. A barrel of sauerkraut, more
than one hundred pounds of pork
and about five bushels of potatoes
will be needed.
THIRTY LEAVE DISTRICT
Thirty men were sent from the Har
risburg recruiting district yesterday.
Arthur Brown, 1787 Seventh street,
enlisted in the Stevedore Regiment.
He was the only Harrisburg man en
listed yesterday.
Suburban Notes
LIVERPOOL.
Miss Blanche Rhoads has returned
to Harrisburg after visiting relatives
here.
Miss 'Elizabeth- Coffman has re
turned to Mechanicsburg, where she
is a freshman at Irving College, after
visiting at her home here.
Mrs. H. A. S. Shiler and two daugh
ters have returned to their home here
after visiting in Millersburg with
friends and relatives.
T . t
FOOD CARDS FREE
The Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce lias 011 liand a quan
tity of food conservation pledge
cards which it will l>e pleased to
give any person who calls at the
rooms in the Dauphin building
or sends request by mail. There
is no cost involved in tills regis
tration and the results ure many
iK-lpful hints from the Govern- i
ment as to how to save without
hurting.
GOETHAIiS FILES ROUTES
First Slept Taken in $15,000,000 Jer
sey Highway Project
-,. T E, ent .9. n ', J -—General George
V. Cioethals, supervising engineer of
the New Jersey State Highway sys
tem, on which $15,000,000 is to be
expended, filed his first report on
the work, which shows the routes
mapped out with estimates of costs.
No construction work will be done
until April 1, 1918, with the excep
tion of work which had to be done
m the building of roads to Camp
Dix at Wrightstown and Camp Her
ritt, at Teoafly. On these two roads
SIIB,OOO will have to be spent Jan
uary 1.
The proposed system, to he paid
for by a direct school tax. has with
stood legal and political 'attacks, and
officials see no hindrance now to the
actual beginning of the work. The
State Highway Commission esti
™a,tes the tax will make available
$3,165,000 for the first year's work,
' n , to which there will be
$1,000,000 from the motor vehicle
tax for repair work.
MEETING OF MACCABEES
Cumberland, Pa., Nov. 23.
The Woman's Benefit Association of
the Maccabees will hold a meeting
at. their hall in Tlrird street this
evening. After a regular business ses
sion, refreshments will be served.
WHAT AMERICA MUST DO
In the Face of Russian Anarchy
and Italian Reverses
. Germany will be defeated by France, Great Britain, and the United States, and at the last, the
lion's share of the task will belong to the United States. This opinion, advanced by many competent
observers since Russia's lapse into anarchy and Italy's staggering' reverses, is accepted by our press
in all parts of the land in a spirit of quiet and unfaltering resolution. "We have drawn the sword and
we might as well throw away the scabbard," exclaims the Chicago Herald, "for it is to be a fight to a
finish and German successes in Russia and Italy indicate that the struggle may be prolonged.''
The only German drive that the Allies have reason reajly to fear, many of our papers declare,
is the coming drive for peace terms that will leave Germany secure in the possession of her present
absolute control over middle Europe, and which will doubtless find expression through various pacifist
outlets in America. "What I am opposed to is not the feeling of the pacifists," says President Wil
son, "but their stupidity. My heart is with them but my mind has a contempt for them. I want
peace, but I know how to get it and they do not."
The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for November 24th, deals with the present
war crisis and it throws a flood of light upon the subject that is stirring the soid of America.
Other important topics covered in this number of "The Digest" are: 1
America's Vast Labor Army to Cooperate and Win the War
Union Heads in Many Branches of Industry Declare Their Adherence to President Wilson's
Program for a "Stand-Together" Policy Until the War is Won
China Objects to Our Japan Pact Negro Segregation Unlawful
The Dawn of Order in Russia The Causes of High-Food Prices
The Jews to Rule in Zion (Prepared by the U. S. Food Administration)
Volcanic Ireland Near Eruption Ingenuity of the Camera-Man
Wine For the French Soldiers Sanitary Soda
The Microphone in the Trenches Voting by Electrical Signal
Shakespeare Has a Chance in London A War Call For the Schools
Varieties of Anti-Germanism Shall We Despair of Civilization?
The "Poilu's" Protest Against Unclean Plays News of Finance, Industry and Commerce
Many Striking Illustrations Including Full Page Reproductions, and Cartoons
"Digest" Readers Acclaim Its Worth from All Quarters of the Globe
From the steaming jungles of Senegal, the fertile the day. Other letters tell how it keeps the prospectors
plains of the Argentine, the temple shades of Japan, the in a far-western mining-camp in touch with the world's
teak forests of Burma, the coco-palms of Hawaii, the affairs and how it is passed eagerly from hand to hand
blue-gum groves of Australia, and the far-flung by the "Tommies" and "Sammies" in the trenches on the
acres of Saskatchewan, a single mail recently brought to Somme. Wherever men gather together it is read from
the editors of THE LITERARY DIGEST a sheaf of. cover to cover for its crisp, condensed, and wholly im
letters telling of the writers' gratitude for the oppor- partial summaries of current happenings. It is cosmo
tunity afforded by this most comprehensive of news- politan in its scope and universal in its sympathies. To
recorders of keeping posted on all the great events of read it is to become a citizen of the world.
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SMALLPOX AMONG
ELECTION BOARD
Latest Development in Clear
field County Situation
Causes Tart Comments
Five additional cases of smallpox |
In Blue Ball, Clearfield county, were
reported this afternoon to the office [
of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Health
.Commissioner. Clarence Peters and!
Leonard Small, two of the patients,!
were officers of the Election Board |
which sat on Election Day with Wil- j
liam Motter, who came down with i
the disease on November tenth, and'
who, it is feared, had infected voters!
and election officials. These two
members of the Election Board are
the first cases whose trouble can be!
traced directly to contact with Mot-1
ter. The other three patients are}
Brandt Smeal, Ellory Kyler, and Ol
lie James, all of whom had refused
to > P vaccinated when the State
Health authorities went to Blue Ball
upon notification of the first cases.
A rumor has also reached Dr.
Dixon that there are several cases
of smallpox in Sandy Ridge, about I
six miles out from Blue Ball. Yes
terday three cases in Boggs town
ship, Center county, were reported to
Dr. Dixon, also traceable to the Blue
Ball cases. The Commissioner is
sending Dr. Hull to the scene of the!
trouble again to check up on the
new cases. "The smallpox cases in
Blue Ball, where innocent persons
have suffered from this loathsome
disease," said Dr. Dixon today, "are
all directly traceable to a case where
NOVEMBER 23, 1917. •
an attempt was made to hide a
smallpox victim and deceive health!
officials. The originating case oc-!
curred in a home at Point Lookout
near Phillipsburg, where a young 1
gir! who had come from Ohio with
the disease developing, was stricken
unmistakably. She was secreted and :
her case was not reported until con- i
•tact with her spread the disease in
Blue Ball, and the Health Depart- |
ment knew nothing of the situation 1
Break a Cold
In Few Hours
First (lose of "Pane's Cold Compound" relieves the cold
and grippe misery—Don't stay stuffed up!
Relief conmes instantly.
A dose taken every two hours until
three doses are taken will end grippe
misery and break up a severe cold
eijher in the head, chest, body or
limbs.
it promptly opens clogged-up nos
trils and air passages in the head,
stops nasty discharge or nose run
ning, relieves sick headache, dull-
| until it suddenly found itself with
seven cases' reported from there.
' Tliese seven cases had spread addi
-1 tional infection through contact be
-1 fore we arrived on the scene, and it
iis these cases which are coming
i down now. No more drastic evi
j dence of the need of the public's co
operating heartily with heulth olfl-
I cers could be adduced than the sit-
I nation which now threatens Blue
Gall and the surrounding territory."
ness, feverisliness, sore throat, sneez
ing, soreness and stiffness.
Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow
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gives such prompt relief as "Pape's
Cold Compound," which costs only a
few cents at any drug store. It acts
without assistance, tastes nice, causes
no inconvenience. Be sure you get
the genuine.