CITY'S SHARE IN ARMY HUTMENTS FIXED AT $2,000 Salvation Ariuv Proposes to Erect One Hundred Huts , Immediately Announcements have been made by Commander Kvangeline Booth that the Salvation Army proposes to im mediately erect fifty additional hut ments in France to be administered by 100 American Salvation Army of ficers, mostly women, and 500 lav workers. This will cost about st,- "('O,OOO, of which Harrisburg's share to be raised is $2,000. Commander Rooth announced that the hutments already in operation h'ave become so 1 opular with both officers and men that she sees no limit to the amount of work that the Salvation Army will be called upon to do. linker Approves In commenting upon this work. Secretary of War Baker recently wrote: "We are very glad to ob serve that the Salvation Army is lending its powerful and in many ways its unique .aid in the general ' 1 -operation of the community at large with tile military activities of tile country. This co-operation is a 1 ( w thing in the world's history and !he War iJepartment welcomes and grateful for such help as you and \ our associates can give." Quite as interesting ay the leters that come from men serving their 1 mintry in France. "1 am hanging out at the Salvation Army hut most of the time." writes one boy to his mother, "and the four American <vomen make it seem more like home than any place I know. They serve cake and chocolate every evening. All of the fellows like it!" Army I.assies Give Aid When the first snowstorm of the season swept down upon the Amer ican camps the Salvation Army lassies stayed up all through the night, making steaming hof coffee, which they carried out to all of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce / Dauphin Building—Market Square PHONES 4120 Free Evening Smoker Meeting 8 O'clock, This Evening,/ Feb. 23 BOARD OF TRADE—FREE FREE TO MEMBERS OBTAIN TICKETS FROM CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPEAKER MAJOR W. A. GARRETT General Manager, Remington Arms Co. 1 he man who is making the new F.nfield rifles for our forces in France. Major Garrett has been in France recently lie was sent abroad by our Government some time ago as A member of the Commission of railroad executives charged with determining what railroad facilities would be needed by Pershing in France—from the port to the battle lines. Majqr Garrett returned tired with the same spirit that ani mated Dr. Hillis when he was in Harrisburg last fall. He is an eloquent speaker. New York and Philadelphia newspapers give him first page publicity when he talks there. The Major is a former P. & R. railroad executive. EVERY MEMRER WHO HAS A RELATIVE OR FRUOND IX FRANCE OK WHO IS UOIXK TO FRANCE SHOULD HEAR THE MAJOR Members who find it difficult to attend luncheons should attend this great free smoker meeting HOW TO CiET YOUR FREE TICKETS TO THE SMOKER: Call at Headquarters or Phone 4120 Help the Jewish Sufferers Come to the Colonial Theater Sunday, February 24th 2 P. M. and 7.30 P. M. and witness the picture For the Freedom of the World <1 Rabbi RumanofF will give a talk on conditions in Europe in the afternoon. <! In the evening Robert Rosenberg, Attorney, Harrisburg, and J. L. Entin, New York, will make addresses. Held under auspices of Workmen's Circle Branch 105. No Admission Silver Offering SATURDAY EVENING, . men on guard duty. "It was hard work," wrote one of the lassies, "and we were all cold and wet, but not nearly so cold and wet as the men on post, who had to fight their way fcrward and backward through the falling snow and wind. You should have heard them thank us for the coffee, which we gave them every half-hour or so." Twelve liniments Opened Twelve hutmentH have already been opened adjacent to camps or cantonments in this country. Most of them, in addition to having games arid eatingrooms, have a number of comfortably furnished bedrooms, where mothers of the men in train ing can be entertained. Raymond B. FoSdick, who keeps a very watchful eye upon the social operations in and about the training camps, recently said of the work ac complished by the Salvation Army: "I can truthfully say that what has teen done by your organization un der our general direction has been well done." Many more of these hutments are to be erected and those already in operation will soon be en larged. Itrul Itegnrtl For Worker* Much comment has been made upon the fitness of the Salvation Army for this particular work and r.cne of it has been unfavorable. No other organization has so many de voted women thoroughly trained and ready to sacrifice their comfort and leave safety and home for the un certain and strenuous life in war camps. The Salvation Army girl who goes to the front goes with the knowledge that she must face the same dangers and hardships as do the soldiers and that she must work I even harder. It is no wonder that I the soldiers of the expeditionary forces regard them with a very real j and affectionate respect. | The Kiwanis Club, of Harrisburg. I have taken upon themselves the task ! of raising Harrisburg's $2,000 Febru- I ary 28 and March 1, and, since the j Harrisburg habit has been to go I "over the top" by more than the re i quired amount, it will in all proba | bility do the same for the Salvation Army. VISITS HERE Miss Mylecraine, formerly con nected with the State Board of Edu cation in this city, and at present af filiated with Mrs. Joseph Fels, single tax school in New York, is visiting in Harrisburg. Miss Mylecraine was a member of the Ford peace party in the winter of ISIIS. STARTLING FACTS OF WAR TO BE TOLD [Continued from hirst I'uge.] LIEUTENANT SUTTON eral food administrator of this state. I Gradually the lid has been lifted i upon the actual food conditions af i fecting the allies and those who | attend the great patriotic rally Mon i day evening will Ret first-hand in i formation. There is a disposition in I the present crisis to lift the veil and allow the people to see for them- I selves what is transpiring and what I must he d(sne to win the war. Even I greater sacrifices than have been j heretofore indicated must be made; there is no longer any choice as to I what the people of this country must do. Indications are that the meeting | 011 Monday evening will he the great- I est outpouring of the citizens of Har i risburg since our entrance into the |-var. Enough has been allowed to leak out regarding the sensational disclosures thai are to be made to ex cite widespread interest and the 00111- i mittee in charge announced to-day ! Ihat there will bo 110 admission tlck | ets. but the general public would be welcome. A great feature of the meeting will bie the community l singing. 1 The singing or "Ole Black Joe," "Kentucky Home," "Annie Laurie," "Dixie," "Keep the Home Fires ! Burning," "America," and manv otli : er old-time patriotic airs will feature | the musical program. The soldir boys from the Middle town avi*lon depot and the Tech i High buys linve been invited to at , tend. In a letter to President Wilson. ] made public to-day, Gifford Pinchot says: 'The war has now entered a stage iin which the steadfastness of civil I populations ranks in importance | with the fighting spirit of armies, j Abundant supplies of food become a factor for the first importance In maintaining the morale of a people under heavy stress. "Great Britain, as we know, still 1 relies on the United States and Cana | da for 65 per cent, of its essential 1 foodstuffs. The Canadians are most ! seriously handicapped in flic effort i to increase production by the lack of man power because they have al- I ready sent to Europe so large a pro j portion of their men of military age. j It is well known that New Zealand. S Austrian and Indian wheat is In : accessible for lack of ships. The re- I sponsibility, therefore, rests mainly i upon the people of the United States. 1 Without the food which we alone I can supply, not only England, but : France and Italy, must lose their | power to carry on the war. * : "It is not famine we are facing in i the United States, as some have j sought to show, but a food shortage i so serious that it threatens to become I decisive. As a man of great author- I ity among American farmers has I said: 'This war cannot be won by .the forces of civilization unless the farmers of the United States can ! substantially increase their produc j tion of foodstuffs to feed our Allies and the people of our own country.' liut we are faced with the certainty ! of a reduction instead of an increase ; unless present conditions are promptly and radically changed. I "The farmers of the United States | are anxious to do their full duty in 'growing more food. Their leaders ] have been active in this matter for : months prist. But they are hampered I by conditions which they themselves j cannot control. Farmers generally 1 are now facing the most unfavorable condition of farm labor they have | ever known, in part because more j than one-quarter of the men who j have been taken for the National Army are farmers. They are short of | seed, agricultural supplies and cred ' it. and they declare that a crop | smaller than last year's is certain I • unless these conditions are changed I ■ for the better." ! LERAXON MIXISTER TO BREACH ! New Cumberland, Pa., Feb. 23. • j The Rev. K. I-. Kerr, of Lebanon, i will preach at the St. Paul's 'Luth- I e-ran Church to-morrow during the ' absence of the pastor. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SENATE PASSES RAIL BILL; SHORT LINES INCLUDED All Efforts to Limit Wilson's Power Over Systems Are Defeated Washington, Feb. 23. —The admin istration's railroad bill, which pro vides for the payment of compensa tion totaling more than $950,000,000 a year to the roads while they are under governnlent control, was pass ed by the Senate last night by a viva voce vote, with only one vital amendment. This amendment provides ail shortline railroads shall be taken over by the President and enjoy all the benefits of the act. It was pro posed by Senator Cummins, who struggled for hours for a reduction of the compensation rate specified in the bill. This amendment will un settle the administration's railroad policy to a great extent, but it re ceived overwhelming support from both sides of the chamber, the vote being 58 to 14. Loyal supporters of the adminis tration voted for the amendment, ab they joined in the opinion ot many' Republicans that should the shortline roads be left unprotected they inevitably would be forced in to oankruptcy or would become, as was said, "easy prey tor the great sj uieiua. \ ote on Short Roads Amendment The vote on the Cummins amend ment to bring the short lines into the Federal system follows: For the amendment: Democrats —Ashurst, Beckham. Fletcher, Uore, Hardwick, Henderson, Hitchcock, ouhnson, of South Dakota; Jones, ot New Mexico; Lewis, Mc- Keiiar, Martin, Myers, Nugent, Over- I man, Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell, | neeti, Uooinson, Shepliard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, of Arizona; Smith, | oi Georgia; Smith, of South Caro j una; Stone, bwanson, Thomas, Til 1 - j man, Tamniell and Wolcott —33. i.epuulicans Cummins, Curtis, • Dillingham, Fernald, France, Fro- Gronna. Hale, Harding. | Jonnson, of California; Jones, ot Washington; Kenyon, Knox, Lodge, ! McCumber, McNary, Nelson, New, ! N orris, Page, Sherman, Smith, of I Michigan; Smoot, Sterling and War ren—2s. Total, 58. i Against the amendment: Demo | crats—Bankhead, Gerry, Kendrick, King, Kirby, Pomerene. Saulsbury, 1 Shafroth, Underwoou and % ardaman —lO. Republicans—Kellogg, Poindexter, Townsend and Watson —4. Total, 14. President's Power Sustained The linal vote on the bill was cast after amendment designed to limit I tho President's power in controlling I the roads, had been defeated. Sena tor Cummins, who attacked the com pensation basis lixed in the bill in a minority report when it was return ed to the Senate by the Interstate Commerce Committee, submitted an amendment late in the'afternoon to reduce the compensation lo a ilat ;> per cent, upon the capital stock of the roads, after payment of fixed charges. in presenting the amendment the Senator declared it was substantially the same as that which ho proposed yesterday and which was defeated, tic said if it was again defeated he would offer an amendment granting 6 per cent, to the roads, and lie would continue offering amendments until he was certain he had ascer tained the definite opinion of the Senate on the basis of compensa tion lixed in the bill. CITY WORKING TO RELIEVE LOCK HAVEN tContinued from l-'irst Page.]' plorable condition ever expeiiencetl there. Receive Contributions That the '.dea for aid from tho flood victims of Lock Haven found a I response in Ilarrisburgers' hearts was attested by the contributions that have come in the few hours since the fund was underwritten. Contributions this morning are as f ? IU ,' WS: t 50 Cash * •*" Washington Fire Company ... •> Left at Patriot 5 John A. Affleck 1° Vlenriette A. Disbrow 10 | Henriette A. Disbrow $lO j William A. Wiesman 2 J Cash *0" $lB2 Kelief Work Organized Organized relief work is now un der way in Lock Haven. Charles Jobson, superintendent of the New York and Pennsylvania Paper Com pany mills, hus been chosen general chairman of the relief committee, which has been given $5,000 by the City Council as an emergency fund. Word conies here that every town and city in this section of the state is raising a relief fund to buy bread, oil and oil stoves for the stricken people.* . As inventory is taken it develops that the loss will be much higher than first believed. The loss is esti mated at three quarter million dol lars. The loss of the paper com pany alone is SIOO,OOO. Fearful of a pneumonia epidemic, local physicians aided by represent atives of the State Health Depart ment are taking all possible pre cautions. The dormitories of the State Normal, school have been equipped as an emergency hospital with 500 beds. Suffering in Lock Haven' is acute, according to a dispatch received here by the Mayor last night. "I.ock Haven in great distress. Most urgent need at this time for contributions of cash which should he sent Charles A. Job son, chairman of the general committee." It is in response to tlys urgent ap peal that HarrisburgersGiope to raise the SI,OOO subscribed by the Cham ber of Commerce for Lock Haven relief. The snowstorm that swept this section of the state yesterday, carrying with it nearly zero tem perature, has added to the intense suffering of the almost isolated town. It has been estimated that the ex tent of the damage may increase from $500,000 to $1,000,000. l-'rom Renovo, special (rains of food and clothing were sent yes terday afternoon. Pumps to aid in clearing out the cellars were also re ceived from the little railroad town. Williamsport was prompt in sending food and provisions, the mayor ac companying the special train to make a survey of the situation with a view to rushing more aid. Beilefonte, Tyrone, St. Marys, Al toona and Philadelphia are the cities that, along with Harrisburg, have pledged themselves to offer finan cial aid. 315,000 GET HUNT LICENSES Remarkable Showing, Consid ering Fact That Many Hunt ers Arc in the Army*, Allegheny county led the counties I of Pennsylvania in the number of hunters' licenses issued in 1917, tho I record-breaking year for issuance of permits for hunting according to tho | linal tabulation of licenses made at | the offices of the State Game Com j mission. There were 315,474 issued I to resident hunters and 585 to non residents. In 1913 there were 305,- I 000 issued in round numbers and I that figure has not been touched I since. As the statfe receives ninety ; cents on eacn license there will be j funds at hand for adequate pro j tection of game and for the fur | therance of tha game preserve plans and for extensive propagation. According to the ligures in the I Game Commission offices Allegheny j county issued 21,2 46 licenses, twice j as many as the next highest county, which was Philadelphia with 10,874, j although many Philadelphians took j out papers in counties where they I went to hunt, swelling the totals of j such counties as Clearfield, Frank lin, Adams and others. Luzerne was third with 10,828, Lancaster fourth i with 10,698, Westmoremand fifth with 10,601. Berks sixth with 10,528, and Dauphin seventh with 9,500. | Pike had the most nonresident li | censes with 122, Monroe being next i with 39 and Lawrence third with ! 29. The licenses by counties were as follows, the first column being resi dent and second nonresident licens es: Adams 2.452 5 Allegheny 21,246 4 Armstrong 5,412 o | Beaver 3,995 7 1 Bedford 3,792 15 ! Berks 10,528 1 | Blair 7,567 7 | Bradford 3,267 19 ( Bucks 4,618 20 Butler 5,041 5 Cambria 8,656 0 Qameron ' 780 8 Carbon 2,969 3 Center 4.241 5 Chester 7,554 3 Clarion 2,812 1, Clearfield 6,898 1 1 Clinton 2,822 <i Columbia 3,391 0 ] Crawford 3,477 9 Cumberland 3,304 1 Daifphin 8,500 3 Delaware 3,352 1 Elk 2,845 19 Erie 4.329 2 Fayette 7,2G0 3 Forest 785 10 Franklin 4,858 16 • Fulton 1,251 4 I Greene 703 0 ] Huntingdon 4,750 14 I Indiana 5,284 I I .lefferson 4,304 1 ! Juniata 1,375 4 I Lackawanna 6,420 3 ! Lancaster 10,698 0 Lawrence 4,086 29 I Lebanon 3,833 0 Lehigh 6,628 5 Luzerne 10,828 1 | Lycoming 5,907 20 ; McKean •... 3,160 5 j Mercer 3,821 18 | Mifflin 3,273 7 j Monroe 2,848 39 | Montgomery 7.132 I j Montour 858 3 I Northampton 5,245 9 Northumberland 4,742 0 I Perry .. . 1,997 1 I Philadelphia 10,874 12 ] Pike 863 122 Potter 1.308 16 Schuylkill 8,673 o I Snyder 1.214 1 1 Somerset 5,377 7 i Sullivan 797 2 ! Susquehanna 1,507 20 1 Tioga 1.832 18 i Union 1,403 3 Venango 3,854 6 Warren ** Washington ? Wayne 1,227 15 Westmoreland 10,601 0 Wyoming 945 (1 York • 8,372 4 315,474 588 U. S. Engineer Parades Lone Boche Purchased From Tommy For SSO With the American Army in France, Feb. 23.—A score of Amer ican artillery officers, rich with in formation and experience from one month's "postgraduate course" of training on the British front, re turned to their batteries in the ac tive American sector, bringing with them new conceptions, snap, vim, neatness and also humor. One bat tery commander said: "An American engineer at Cambrai met a Britisli 'Tommy' with a Ger man prisoner and said: 'Where did you get him?' The reply was, 'Over there,' pointing to tile battlefield. •Sell him to me; I will give you a dol lar and a half.' The answer was, •No.' 'Make it five dollars or one pound of your money.' 'That is too bally little. Yank,' was the reply. Then followed a young financial par ley, the American engineer finally paying fifty dollars for the German prisoner. He paraded his property through the streets of the French city of Arras until the British mili tary police compelled him to turn the man over to the concentration camp authorities." American artillery observers are now flying with French pilots over the American sector in French air planes. Graduates of Shipping Board Take Employment By Associated Press New York, Feb. 23. —First grad uates of the United States Shipping Board training ship Calvin Austin to-day entered upon their first ship board employment. The Austin, the first of a squadron of. training ves sels for the schooling of American sailors, firemen, oilers, coal passers, water tenders, cooks and stewards for the nation's merchant marine, docked here early to-day to dis charge a class of fifty of her 410 apprentices who have qualified for regular services in these positions. Engineer on Wrecked Engine in Critical Condition Joseph I". Schell, 1512 State street, the engineer who backed his engine into the Philadelphia and Reading Railway station yesterday morning while carrying an injured boy to the city hospital, is still in a serious con dition. His Injuries have deprived him of the power of speech, although he has regained consciousness. His condition is said to be critical. Theodore Levan, 627 Benton street, the boy he was taking to the hospi tal after a car had run over his arm, bad his arm amputated at t.he elbow. His condition ie fair. U. S. Naval Service Is Attractive to Harrisburger / jBIm ll - mßm S *1 jginK (;, i . • X CAUL/ G. HAMAKER The Flylnjx Corns and the Navy are services that attract a great many of the soya; Harrisburg boys in serv ice. There seems to be u spice ot' ro mance and adventure in these arms that is lacking in infantry work. An enthusiast, well known here, Carl G. Mamaker. son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O. Hamaker, 2227 North Fourth street, was one of the first to bear the call for Uncle Sam's great Navy. He is now stationed at Norfolk, Va. Stamp Buying Will Build Character, Says Vanderlip Los Angeles, Feb. 23.—T0 light like superhuman beings and to achieve the seemingly impossible are requisites for Americans in winning the war, Frank A. Vanderlip, presi dent of Ihe National City Bank ot New York, and head of the govern ment's war certiticate and thrift stamp campaign, declared in a state ment published here to-day. I'urchase of thrift stamps will not lessen the buying capacity of indi viduals, Mr. Vanderlip said, hut by building character will teach how to spend wisely. Back Again! The Snow King is back Rattan for the sweepers on the job again, big as is as scarce as hen s teeth, life! Ships can t bring rattan to this country when there It cost the city about are no ships— s2,ooo to remove part of the snow from the streets Take car wheels, for in from the last blizzard stance. / and Old Sol helped the good work along in great ' Time was when we used shape. steel wheels. Not so now! But not all the snow was Best we can get best removed. How could it anybody can get—are cast be? The city and the sun ron wheels. didn't have a fair show. a 1 v 1 And they can t be gotten The big snow storm cost in a da y' s or a month's or us $12,000 more to oper- six months' notice. ate the cars this January , VT , , , , , I.L •. J-J ~ We ve had car wheels than it did a year ago. , , f , ordered ror a year and And that was for power we take all we can get. and car service alone—not A wheel might go flat including the hundred and t ' ie . a y might one other things needed for run for six months and not the maintenance of the S° ™at street car business and iv/i i i which cost more to buy, . When 11 does-we send when we can buy them. A T pa "" sh ? p ' And the car has to be A snug sum, you will jacked up, the whole sa y < truck taken out, the wheel taken off the axle and an- Yes! But it's our busi- other wheel put on.- ness to give service and we . , , , used all means available to That s A a J oh that takes open traffic. tl , me ' An r d 11 causes a shortage or cars. It took tons more coal to And cars can't be biught get up power and even at f or l ove nor money . that with the iced rails the going was slow at best. We want the cars. We want to give the service. And the big sweepers And we're going to over wore away like soap on an come the obstacles the very emery wheel when they hit best we can with the means those snow drifts! at our command. HARRISBURG RAILWAYS COMPANY FEBRUARY 23, 1918. Length of Wheelbase and What Should Govern The following is from the leading article by J. Edward Schipper, the technical expert of "Automotive In dustries:" "We should focus our attention on two matters—wheelbase and dis placement. Weight per inch ot wheel base can be materially reduced. We have been wasteful o£ wheelbase be cause we have not economically used space. Every inch of unnecessary wheelbase means unnecessary weight. This, in turn, requires gasoline, oil and tire up-keep. One typical me dium-priced car was shortened seven inches in wheelbase three months ago. The car has equally as much room in the tonneau and two inches more room in the front compartment. This is one example of what can be done, it is not necessary to sacrifice space, but to utilize it. "Why is there no real high-priced car on the market witli a wheelbase around 112? Because the public would expect to see a big car for that money. This condition is changing. "Explicit directions for shortening wheelbase cannot be given for every make of ear because space is lost by different cars in different ways. This is because the wheelbase has been fixed before the car is laid out and Is simply utilized because it is there. Almost universally, engines are too large. It would be perfectly feasible to secure all of the good performance that anyone could demand in a five passenger car with an engine of 200 cubic inches displacement. An engine of this size, regardless of the number of cylinders used, would require but a short hood. Perhaps one of the greatest errors the sales department has injected Into the industry is the matter of talking horse-power. It has led indirectly to the use of large en gines, whereas horse-power means nothing." Pf "*V ** 'V V " 'if " V** " If"*j COLORED HOME SEEKERS!! ;, Relief in Sight For the Poor and Congested' T Housing Conditions Among the Colored j People of Harrisburg and Steelton, Pa. ' f A MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION , 9 The first series of the PROGRESSIVE WAGE-EARNERS' | BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION began Tuesday. February 5, 1 1918. Meets every Tuesday evening at 8 p. in. in tho law offices of ( 1 J. Robbin Bennett .Esq., 21 North Third street, Harrisburg, Pa., for ireceipt of weekly dues and reception of new members, f WALTER S. WILLIAMS 1 SECRETARY , 121 North Third St. Harrisburg, Pa. British Forces Capture Ancient City of Jericho; Little Resistance Offered London The British have captur ed Jericho, in Palestine, the war of fice reports. Since the capture of Jersalem the British have been pushing steadily ahead, striking out to the north and east. Official statements from Lon don in the last few days have re ported rapid progress, and apparent ly the Turks have offered no deter mined resistance. Aside from its historical import ance, In connection with the British plan to free the Holy Land from the domination of the Turks, the capture of Jericho is ot little significance. It consists merely of a group of squalid hovels and a few shops, with about 300 inhabitants. Its chief strategic value lies in the fact that it gives the British domination of the valley of Jordon. and also control of a net work of highways radiating from the town. A further advance eastward of twenty-tlvc miles, however, would take the British to the railway from Damascus to Mecca, which would cut off the Turks' line of communication with Arabia and greatly assist the re volting Arab tribes which are co operating with the British. Jericho is near the northern extremity of the Dead Sea, fourteen miles north east of Jerusalem. The ancient Jericho, which was sit uated to the west of the modern Jericho, was a town of considerable size. It was the first Oanaanite city to be reduced by the Israelites, who, the Biblical story relates, encom passed its destructions by the blow ing of trumpets. 3
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