STATE TO INSURE . SUPPLY OF LABOR Defense Commission Adopts Plan to Make Certain of No Waste of Labor These Days The State Defense Commission last night made an appropriation of $lO.- 000 to launch the program of the State Committee of Public Safety to supply labor in Pennsylvania so that Men fitted for industries or for agri culture or for other lines which.must be stabilized during the war will be sent where best qualified to work. Appropriations of $28,500 were also made for activities of the committee. "The plan is to distribute labor so that there will be no wasted effort and so'that there will be no bidding for men to the detriment of one line or another. The problem is to get j the men where {hey are needed," said Governor Brumbaugh in explaining | the plan. "We have made an allow ance of SIO,OOO. Ultimately this work | •u in cost $25,000 a month." Lieuten ant Governor McClain. who explained I the farm labor situation, said that, Edgar C. Felton, of the Public Safety Committee, would have charge of tho j labor distribution. | The Governor also announced tna. funds had been assured for ten train ing camps tor boys to be trained nex fiimmer for farm work, the cost to run about SIOO a week per camp anti l.ad guaranteed SSOO to meet any aeficit for a midwinter corn, fruit, dairy products and wool show in this city to encourage those lines. Appropriations were made: \ olun teer police equipment. $5,000: admin istrative expenses of state committee nnd miscellaneous, $10,000; filled bodies work, *1,000: civil relief for dependants of those in war, etc., i ii'soo- and food conservation propa ganda. *IO,OOO. The prior amounts appropriated to the committee by the j commission but not all expended,, •were $157,000. There is still a con siderable balance, it is stated. Alfalfa Yield Is Showing Big Gains Pennsylvania's alfalfa crop for, 1917 is estimated by the State De partment of Agriculture at 133,84u, tons declared a creditable showing in a state which a decade ago was merely experimenting with the hay | making plant. The average produc-1 tion is Itiven as 2.8 tons per acre. j Other production figures made I public by the department show the; grape crop was seventy-live per cent. | of the normal and the average pro iluction of tobacco per acre was 1,36.) pounds against 1,340 pounds The average yield of honey for each col ony of bees is estimated at 33 pounds, a "big drop as compared with 1916.1 The average weight of wheat and , oats per bushel is given as better I lhan . .i-year average. Northern tier i ounties of Tioga, Susquehanna an i Bradford lead with the greatest number of 28,'500 silos in the state. Over 5,000 have been built in a year. | The small yield of honey is declar- j ed to be due to the loss in bees. G. H. Rea, the state apiary inspector, ■says of the loss in bees: "The loss is hard to estimate, but basing it on the effect it will have on the honey crop next summer it will amount to thou sands of dollars." Be Thankful For KING OSCARS at SIX CENTS Conservation is goin' to hit a lot of homes to-morrow. CJ A heap of folks are going to cut out a lot of the side issues of the old time Thanksgiving feast, and get along with a little less. CJ Goin' to have good stuff, understand, but not quite so much of it. CJ And they're goin' to be thankful for what they have. CJ Smokers are going to do their bit to ward conservation, too, by cutting down their usual daily quota of cigars. CI Going to have good quality, understand, but not quite so much of it. CJ The chap who used to smoke six King Oscars a day is going to get along on five. CJ FKels as though he doesn't want to in crease his cigar cost—but at the same time he's got to have that quality that has made King Oscars regular for more than a • quarter century. CJ And he's going to be thankful, too — thankful that there's one cigar in which . the same quantity of the same quality has been maintained, even though it does cost a penny more. CJ Better slip around to the nearest cigar store —now —lay a quarter and a nickel— -30 cents —on the dealer's case, and say "Five King Oscars." * CJ You'll be thankful all day to-morrow that you followed the tip. John C. Herman & Company Makers and Distributors of KING OSCAR CIGARS WEDNESDAY EVENING, Found S4OO in 1892, So Surrenders $1,026 New York, Nov. 28.—A man de scribing himself as HJalmar Held berg laid a. large envelope contain ing ?1,026 on the desk of Police Lieutenant McCann yesterday and asked that the money be turned over to the police pension fund. He explained that in 1892 he found a purse with S4OO in it in Central | Park. He had not made any partic uhir effort to trace the owner, he ad. I mitteo, and the fact had preyed on ! his conscience. 1-Ie was promised that if the owner did. not appear the money, which includes interest, would be put to the use he desired. TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY New Cumberland, Pa., Nov. 28. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Chandler, of Sixth street. New Cumberland, will entertain in honor of the eleventh j anniversary of their wedding day. | Mr. and Mrs. Chandler's house guests i are: Mr. and Mrs. G. \V. Shaffer, of ! Alnonu, and Miss Maybelle Shaffer, J of Philadelphia. BOYS' BRIGADE RALLY , New Cumberland, Pa.. Nov. 28.—. | The Hoys' Brigade will hold a rally | on Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, | .vhich will be followed by stereop tican views. The boys will be in uni | form. WOMEN If your retailer or dealer ofanrecN In e*eenN of tbe prlee* quoted lielonr Howard Heinz, Federal Food Ailuiln iMtrntor for Pennsylvania, wnnti yon to write bini a letter nt once and re port tlie matter. Addreaa thin let ter to the United State* Food Adniin intrntor, Morris Huildlnmr, I'blladel* phin. Consumer Retailer Should pay Turkevs: pavs per lb. per lb. Fancy .! $0.33-$0.37 *O.SO-*0.42 Fair to g00d... .28-. .32 .30- _.SS Cold Storage .. .30- .35 .32- AS Fowls: Heavy 26- .28% .20- .33 Medeium 24- .26 .27- .21) Light 21- .23 .23. .211 Chickens: Heavy, fresh ... .26- .29 .28- .33 Medium 24- .26 .27- .SO Pucks, fresh ... .23- .28 .2- .32 Geese .22- .25 .25- .28 Sugar: Granulated cane sugar in bulk, 8.35- 8.60 .09% (Per 100 lbs.) Potatoes: Pennsylvania .. 2.25- 2.60 .45- ,50 (Per 100 lbs.) (Per 15 lbs.) New Tork and western 1.90- 2.30 .35- .45 (Per 100 lbs.) (Per 15 lbs.) Butter: Fresh creamery extras, in tubs, .4S- .. .53- .55 Storage butter, fair to good .. .43- .45 .47- .40 Kggs: Cold storage, candled, ex tras, per doz., .36- .38 .38- .43 Cold storage, candled, firsts, per doz 34- .85 .37- .40 (Errs in cartons one cent per doz en above these prices.) I.ard: Best kettle ren dered, per lb.. .29%-.30 .32- .35 Compound, in bulk, per 1b... .23-.23% .25- .27 Beans: Navy beans . .15.00 to 16.50 .17- .10 (Per 100 lbs.) (Per lb.) Prices quoted for stores operating on cash and carry basis. Abnnilant: Cauliflower, cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, radishes white tur nips, pumpkins, parsley, lettuce, ro maine. Kxrmali Celery, sweet potatoes, yellow tur nips, grapes. Senreet Spinach, peas, peppers, eggplant, to matoes, apples, pears, grapefruit, oranges .lemons, bananas, cranberries, pineapples. STATE GAINS IN CEREAL ACREAGE Interesting Figures Announced by the State Department of Agriculture Today Pennsylvania farmers have in creased the acreage devoted to wheat for 1918 five per cent, over that of 1917, and have added 1.4 per cent, to the acreage in rye. The wheat acreage increase is given by the State Department of Agriculture as 68,484 and rye as 3,790. Inability to obtain labor is given as the reason for the failure to measure up to the reqests of the national government. Many counties, however, made a brave ef fort to save the cereal crop. The gains by counties are distrib uted as follows: Wlicat Estimated Acreage Seeded Acreage ' for 1918 Harvested Harvest 1917 Adams 55,824 54,729 Allegheny 15,654 15,052 Armstrong 17,999 17,646 Beaver 12,797 12,546 Bedford 29842 28,421 Berks 76,851 73,191 Blair. 17,176 16,204 Bradford 5,701 4,957 Bucks 33,162 31,583 Eutler 21,317 20,110 Cambria 3,955 3,803 Cameron 30 30 Carbon 1,594 1,533 Center 35,283 34,255 Clinton 10,697 9,905 Columbia 22,107 21,257 Crawford 13,325 11,897 Cumberland 63,238 61,396 Chester 48,840 45,645 Clarion 16,686 15,891 Clearfield 4,603 4,342 Delaware 7,520 6,016 Dauphin 32,847 30,988 Elk 224 220 Erie 7,049 6,527 Fayette 16,260 15,340 Forest 483 447 Franklin 93,475 89,024 Fulton 18,192 16,690 Greene 16,632 15,400 Huntingdon 25,415 24,205 Indiana 23,428 21,494 Jefferson 7,896 7,449 Juniata 19,612 18,858 Lackawanna .... 20 20 Lancaster 135,193 129,993 Lawrence 13,590 12,821 Lebanon 37,881 36,077 Lehigh 33,919 32;931 Luzerne 4,550 3,792 Lycoming 26,847 '24,858 McKean 284 142 Mercer 21,020 19,463 Mifflin . 22.G97 21,412 Monroe 1,608 1,592 Montgomery .... 25,075 23,881 Montour • 12,363 11,342 Northampton .. . 29,733 29,733 Northumberland 29,114 28,543 Perry 28,501 27,144 Philadelphia . . 1,375 1,297 Pike 148 142 Potter 157 138 Schuylkill 13,951 13,161 Snyder 24,692 23,742 Somerset 15,798 14,105 Sullivan 666 569 Susquehanna .... 388 234 Tioga 1,391 1,159 Union 21,312 20,492 Venango 4,645 4,341 Warren 949 887 Washington 29,946 27,987 Wayne 15 15 Westmoreland ... 83,506 32,530 Wyoming 538 508 York 103,004 100,004 Total 1,450,590 1,382,106 Rye Estimated Acreage Seeded Acreage for 1918 Harvested Harvest 1917 Adams 6,923 6,923 Allegheny 1,959 1,940 Armstrong 3,656 3,656 Beaver -i 414 436 Bedford 10,169 9,873 Berks 17,865 17,865 Blair 2,380 2,333 Bradford 6,836 6,104 Bucks 14,389 13,704 Butler 1,900 1,939 Cambria 3,648 3,612 Cameron 17 17 Carbon 5,269 5,269 renter 1,832 1,832 'iiester 1,391 1,391 Clarion 1,651 1,G85 • 'learfield 6,207 6,207 ■"linton 948 169 Cumberland 2,936 2,907 Dauphin 2,813 2,841 Delaware 375 .187 Uk 211 215 Erie 2,954 2,840 Fayette 615 634 forest 100 105 ••'ranklin 8,793 8,793 Greene 283 272 Huntingdon 3,661 3,661 Indiana 8,658 8,658 Tefferson 3,404 3,583 Juniata 1,107 1,107 Lackawanna .... 1,051 1,030 Lancaster 3,464 3,430 .awrence 940 931 .ebanon ....... 1,805 1,805 Lehigh 14,446 14,592 Luzerne 9,208 -9,117 .ycoming 6,205 5,966 McKean 76 69 Mercer 003 484 Mifflin 507 507 Monroe 10,831 10,218 Montgomery .... 10,113 9,818 Montour 1,699 1,573 Vorthampton .. . 16,919 16,919 Northumberland 5,900 5,842 ferry 2,731 2,677 Philadelphia .... 724 717 Mice 1,483 1,388 Potter 173 165 •Jchuylkill 13,45 12,817 Snyder 3,065 3,005 -Somerset 3,200 3,048 Sullivan 384 404 Susquehanna .... 791 713 Tioga 551 546 Union 1,007 997 Venango 149 14S Warren ........ 88 88 Washington 233 231 Wayne 1,008 998 Westmoreland ... 1,858 1,956 Wyoming 2,489 . 2,464 York 11,813 12,054 Total 267,386 263,590 Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman to Speak at Y. M. C. A. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman, world-re nowned evangelist and moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly of the United States, will be the prin cipal speaker at a mass meeting for men, to be held in Fahnestock Hall, Sunday afternoon. Music will be fur nished by the Stevens Memorial Men's Chorus. The Sunday afternoon meeting Is the first of a series of I weekly as semblies to be held throughout the winter. Dr. W. A. Granville, president of Gettysburg College, will spedk De cember 9: Dr. John C. Acheson, presi dent of the Pennsylvania State Col lege for Women, December 16; Stan ley Lefevre Krebs, widely-known lec turer and philosopher, December 23, and Dean Arthur Holmes, of State College. December 30. HXRRISBURG s#9|6& TELEGRAPH COMPENSATION RULINGS GIVEN Commission Makes Public De cisions of Unusual Interest in Many Walks of Life A woman employed in a laundry and who is hurt while washing, her own clothing in the laundry in ac cordance with practice, custom and usage, is entitled to compensation If she Is injured, according to one of a number of decisions handed down here today by the State Workmen's Compensation Board. It }s part of her own remuneration and it was in course of her employment. The case was rendered in Connelly vs. White Star Laundry, McKeesport. Mrs. Patrick C. Bergen, widow of a man shot by Italians whom he had ordered from the , Carson College grounds at Norristown is held en titled to compensation from the em ployer because when shot he wus en gaged in furtherance of the em ployer's business in keeping men oft the premises. An important ruling Is made In relation to officers of a corporation In the setting aside of the award in Bastheim vs. Henry Wilklns Co., Pittsburgh. The man was Injured while going home to prepare for a business trip. It is held that he was an officer of the company, being treasurer, and that he was not In the same relation as an employe. Soldiers—Sailors Diary and English-French Dictionary i Self-Pronouncing by Sound-Spelling Method Newspapers of the United States and Canada have arranged to supply the Soldiers-Sailors Diary and English-French Dictionary to all branches of the service. Distribution in this city will be made exclusively by the HARRISBURG fi§l§& TELEGRAPH On land and sea it will be a most Durable Textile Leather tM™eas°and aocSl asset!'' 5 '' 0 " 8 cherished possession. Send One to the Boy— These handsome gold edged books, richly bound in lasting material, staifified in gold, have been made luxurious as well as durable for the reason that they will be treasured in future years as valued possessions. It is the wish of the newspapers conducting this distribution that all shall obtain the book; but prompt action is necessary because the distribution must be completed at an early date; therefore clip coupon and get copy promptly. SPACES UNDATED WJ P* AND /"TH ID AIM SECURES MAILORDERS / O c. ONE LUIIrUN THE BOOK Faw " It does not appear consistent with i the occasion und policy in dictating the act that the Legislature had in j mind the anomalous relation of an executive officer who may do work 1 for his corporation of a nature sim- j ilar to that of its other employes | as being entitled to compensation in i case of accident," says the decision. I The salary was not interrupted dur ing the accident. In another case it is held that a 1 workman injured and totally disabed j for a time but subsequently given employment again is entialed to com<- j pensation for the period of idleness! even though making as much as be- ! fore the accident. In another case! a man being paid now more for the' same work as he did before an ac cident to an eyo is given only med ical allowance. In the case of Anna G. Kenvin vs. Lehigh Valley railroad compensa tion is awarded for the death of the husband at Hazleton and the plea that the accident happened while in terstate traffic was being handled is set aside, the board holding that when the interstate freight was tak en from cars the care became inter state until the time arrived to put them into lntostate business again, i "The method of remuneration does not control the pature of the em ployment In any degree," holds the board in Belmonte vs. Connor, Phil adelphia. in which it Is found that the deceased \vas at all times under control of the employer although paid according to the load quarried. An award Is refused in a case from Falls Creek where an employe failed to accept medical treatment which would have cured in a few days, and in another case a man is refused compensation because he left a. hospital and got treatment on his own responsibility. In a Mahanoy City case an award is made where it is found that pneumonia followed I an accident. In a Newell case a I man is awarded compensation lie-1 cause while cleaning concrete boards used for forms fell on him, breaking a leg. A new hearing Is awarded in Mains vs. Pennsylvania Kailroad, a Breech Creek case. COAL SHORTAGE RELIEF SAID TO BE IN SIGHT [Continued front First Pag©.] woifld wind up tde'.r supply, but when pressed the/ thought that three weeks would uo more accurate. However, there is no doubt that cdai is scarce and I would like to take this opportunity to make plain tile situation and suggest the rem edy. * Relief in Sight "When in Washington the other day I was assured that we would have plenty of coal here in a; couple of weeks, partly because the ship ments to the northwest and to New England have been shut off. Our sit uation here is lucky. Being near the anthracite mines wo will un doubtedly be favored *by the rail roads which have put an embargo on | shipping by reason of the conges tion of traffic. Soon, I believe, Har risburg will begin to feel the effects of this and coal from this congest ed territory will reach us in plenty. "And now in the mean time. The fact is that the dealers of Harris burg are doing everything they can to co-operate with the government, but it is the customer who makes the trouble and the scarcity. I claim that it is rank unpatriotism for cus tomers to demand heavy orders of coal for hoarding or because they have all the money they want and NOVEMBER 28, 1917 so >can outbuy the poor man. The 1 luberore is standing by the govern- ' inent. He is patriotic, but the man of wealth who is stowing awuy tons of coal and buying more than he actually needs is not helping a bit, to put it mildly. "The dealers are only too willing to send out on their wagons the smallest of orders. No one in this town has a right at the present crisis to order more coal at one time than will last him thirty days. It will be news to the public, X imagine, that this locality has been supplied with twenty per cent, more coal than was received at the same period last year. This shows that . Harrisburg has not been slighted. The railroad companies have given us the names of dealers and the amount of coal supplied them. If any one tries to hoard we will ffo after him and make him give up Just as soon as we have the proof. If the consumer will only show hlm selfself a patriot by patiently get ting along with a small amount of coal ahead, so that rich and poor alike, will not be deprived, we can promise that Harrisburg will feet her share before privation threatens, and that share will be as much as any locality receives. OPKNS TO-MORROW New Cumberland, Nov. 2 B.—To morrow the exposition under the au spices of the Ladies' Aid Society of Baughman Memorial Methodist Church will open in the social room of the church at 2 o'clock. Refresh ments will be served. Food will be ' for sale, especially on Saturday aft ernoon and evening. No admission ! wili be charged. Peach Tree Pest Needs Fighting Nom Damage to peach trees from peacl lent curl next year can be prevented by spraying them now with lime sulphur wash testing 1.03 specith gravity or stronger. There are sov. eral reasons in favor of late fall and early winter spraying of peach treel s i veil by Professor .1. Cf. Sanders Koonomie Zoologist of the State's De-> partment of Agrjculture. "I.—During the winter we frequent ly have a week or two of warn weather which causes the buds ol peach trees to swell. The bud scalei separate more or less permitting tlx Infection of the buds at that time. Nt amount of spraying during the lati winter and early'spring can control such infections. "I!.—lf the lime-sulphur has considi erable sediment in it. or if when tin commercial lime-sulphur is used tw< or three pounds of lime is slacked and added, it will give the trees I whitish color which will retard tin swelling of the buds during tin warmer spoils of winter. If the bud] i do not Bwell then they will not be in Jured by subsequent cold. Much, l)il not all, of our winter injury ti peaches in Pennsylvania is due ti I the swelling of the buds during warn I weather and subsequent severe coil weather. "3.—There is more time to spray ii the late fall and early winter than ii the spring. In the spring there ari so many things to do that the spray ing of the peaches is sometimes de layed so long that little or no pre vention of peach leaf curl has beei accomplished. "4.—The ground is drier and harde now than In the spring, making I much easier to get about through th orchard than it is in the spring who the frost is coming out of the ground "Spraying can be. done on all dav when it is not freezing, but spray ing must not be continued so late t the afternoon that the spray materli does not. have a chance to dry befoi freezing takes place." 13
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