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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
STATE GIVES AID To
PUZZLED FARMERS
Secretary Critchfield Tells Them
How to Overcome Short
age of Potash
WAR HAS SERIOUS EFFECT
Germany Has Been Supplying the
Most of 100000 Tons
Used Here
WAR HAS SERIOUS EFFECT

Steps were taken to-day by Secre-
tray of Agriculture II. B. Critchfeld
to straighten out the tangle caused
in the fertilizer trade by the cessation
of shipments of potash from Ger
many. 1t is estimated that at least
ninety per cent of the potash used in
fertilizers in this state comes from the
VIZ torn empire and in order to con-
serve the stock in this country manu-
facturers will be forced to use
smaller portion than has been done.
To facilitate matters Secretary Critch-
field has issued a circular in which a
way is pointed out for the marketing
or fertilizers for the fall trade with
out making a new registration with
all that such procedure entails.
IL is estimated that 100000 tons of
1eru1zer are used annually in Penn
sylvania and large portion of this is
potash so chat the effect of the war
can be ascertained In 1913 about
three quarters of million tons of
potash of various kinds were imported
from Germany alone and there will
be very little this year. The imports
last year were: kalinite 465,S50 tons:
mauriate of potash 239,41S; manure
salts II t,646, and sulphate of potash
The letter of the secretary on the
subject is as follows
This Department recognizes the fact
that with the shortage there is likely
10 be in the amount of potash avail
able this fall manufacturers will find
1t difficult to prepare their goods for
the fall trade so as to meet the re-
quirements of the registration made
at the beginning of the year, and to
realize this situation as far as possible
this Department shall be entirely
satisfied to have manufacturers of
fertilizers reduce the per cent. of pot
ash they put in the goods they place
on the markets for the fall trade of
the current year without making an
additional registration of the same,
provided that no change is made so
far as the other elements of plant
! food are concerned and that they
Grace the figures that are now printed
on their sacks showing the potash the
goods contain and attach to the
sacks with good, strong twine or a
| wire tag on which is plainly printed
the revised analysis of the goods the
sacks contain and provided further
| that they send to this Department
notice of any change made in the per
cent. of potash, specifying the brands
of goods in which such change is
made"
where the change made in the
amount of potash is less than one per
cent. 1t will be satisfactory to this De-
partment to have the decimal or frac-
ton erased, leaving the percentage
! expressed in whole numbers"
For example, in case of sacks pre-
pared for a brand of fertilizer, the
potash guarantee of which is $50,
the so can be erased leaving the fig
ure stand showing that the potash
| content is per cent"
In such case it will not be neces-
sary to attach the tag spoken Of"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
HEALTH CONSERVATION

a T the recent conference of the
N English National Association for
the Prevention of Consumption
and Other Forms of Tubercu-
losis. Sir William Osler, regius pro-
fessor of medicine at the University
of oxford, made some noteworthy
statements.
He said that so widespread was the
bacillus that practically all human
beings. by the time they reached adult
life, somewhere harbored the germ of
the disease. but all did not die be-
cause of having certain powers of re-
sistance. or what is called immunity
from the disease. The disease in some
was active enough to produce symp-
toms, with the possibility, however, of
arrest or cure. In others again the
disease so progressed as to mark them
as doomed persons.
In his concluding words Sir William
indicated the causes of this bane of
humanity in the following solemn vet
hopeful dicta:
We have tracked the enemy and
know his every stronghold and we
know his three allies-poverty,
bad housing and drink. But though
Ine Tavages nave been reduced It
enemy. Before us a long, slow. hun
dred years war--or even longer
In winch, however cooperation and
enterprise will win out just as
surely as IT has done against typhus
and typhoid.
In this great war Pennsylvania has
taken front rank. It's Health Depart
ment, led by DR.. Dixon, has been
waging a winning fight against the
disease for years. 1t is only one of
the great conservation movements
fathered by Pennsylvania and it shows
that our public officials are thinking
along advanced lines and are putting
their thoughts into effective practice
for the benefit of all our people.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
TARIFF GHOST RETURNS TO
PLAGUE

[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger ]
There is no room for academiclans in
this crisis. Raising the custom duties
Democrats desire, but 1t will assist
American manufacturers, now face to
face with an emergency. as the Repub-
licans desire. Both parties should be
for it. Call 1t war measure or any
thing else, the conditions demand 1t.
The political economy of peace has
been Interrupted. 1t does not exist. 1t
is world catastrophe that our finan-
ciers and statesmen face.
No bond issue, no robbing of pos
terity TO preserve a revenue poIcy
tainly wrong when the world is at war.
An adequate revenue we must have.
The nation looks to Washington to
throw prejudice and, theory into the
waste basket. 1t expects Congress to
meet the eXigency without faction. The
cataclysm demands an immediate, If
ward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
ITALY AND AUSTRIA

tF'rom the Philadelphia Record
Italy's attitude toward Austria Hun
gary, her late ally in the Triple Ali
ance, and with whom she may soon be
at war. Leaving out of account old
grudges from the days of Italys weak
ness, it was only three years ago, when
she had her war with Tripoli on hand,
that the chief of the Austrian war staff
read in the Chamber of Deputies at
Vienna a plan for invading Italy and
taking from her by force of arms the
provinces of Lombardy and Venetin
which were once under Austrian con-
troll. No action was taken on this cold
blooded proposal, bNt, of course, 1t has
not been forgotten. Such incidents in
Austrian history go far to explain why
that. nation is so disliked by all her
neighbors except Germany.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

must be taken to assure the benefits
that are in sight.
The fact that our foreign commerce,
though neutral. has suffered almost as
must as If this was a belligerent ma
tion is largely due to the fact that the
country has not paid enough attention
to the systematic development of its
foreign trade to think out in advance
what should be done in such an emer-
gency. The National Foreign Trade
Council is now devoting it's energies to
the relief of this situation and to the
attainment through cooperative effort
of the permanent economic independ
ence of our foreign trade.
The Council consists of thirty-five
nationally representative manufactur-
ers, merchants, railroad and steamship
men and bankers. collectively standing
for the general interest Of all sections
of the country and all elements en-
gagged in or affected by, foreign trade.
1t seeks to cooperate with the gov
ernment and with commercial and in
dustrial organizations in pursuit of
greater national prosperity through
greater foreign trade.
Surely out of this intelligent and
forceful direction must come rich
trade returns.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST is
PIFTTE +!

Y yANCE c. MCCORMICK, Demo-
" cratic candidate for Governor,
is quoted as making this asser-
ton at the Path Valley reunion
on Saturday, where he violated the
request of his host by talking politics
when he was asked not to do so:
1t is no longer possible for a po-
litical party to let two or three men
go off in a room by themselves and
select candidates for us
Mccormick has evidently relegated
to the realms of his inimitable for
gettery the little conference at Wash
ington last winter at which President
Wilson, Palmer and Mccormick Sc
lected Palmer and Mccormick as the
Administration ticket in PENNSYLVANIA.
Possibly, also, the InvinCible One has
allowed to slip from his memory the
hulldozing, money-squandering cam
paign that forced the White House
Twins as nominees upon the Demo-
Gratis of the State. Or, mayhap, he
was foolish enough to make himself
believe he was quilting the farmers.
But, for the sake of argument, let
us accept the assertion at it's face
value and agree that sit is no longer
possible for a political party to let
two or three men go off in a room
and select candidates for us" What,
then, becomes of McCormicks oft
repeated declaration that DIR. Brum-
baugh and Senator Penrose are boss
chosen" candidates? Mccormick has
no other argument against DR.. Brum-
baugh than his charge that the Re
somebody other than the voters. He
knows that Dr. Brumbaugh is a thor
oughly honest, able man and that he
is better equipped in every way for
the high office to which he aspires
than any other of the gubernatorial
that his only hope is to place the tag
of boss rule on the Republican nomi-
nee. So he goes up and down the
State parading his own virtues and
shrieking boss rule" at every turn.
In one breath the Invincible One
asserts that DIR. Brumbaugh was NOM
mated by bosses" and in the next
he declares that "it is no longer pos
sible for two or three men to go off
In room by themselves and select
candidates. Logical, isn't he?.
There is just one word descriptive
of the campaign speeches with which
Vance Mccormick is entertaining the
rural populace these midsummer days
and this is it-PIFFLE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Warren Worth Bailey, the Johns
town congressman, who would tax all
land for government revenues, is a
publisher.
District Attorney r. H. Jackson.
of Pittsburgh, has started a probe of
food prices in his city.
A. j. Kilgallon, mentioned for
head of the A. o. H. at the Dubois
convention, is prominent in Pittsburgh
affairs.
Louis Wolf, the Philadelphia
business man, celebrated his fiftieth
birthday at his summer home in Lake
Placid.
-1gnatz Gressner, one of the Allen
town First Defenders, was given a
reception when he reached his seventy
ninth birthday Sunday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
PREPARING THE WAY

CONSTRUCTIVE statesmen and
the industrial and commercial
- giants of the United States are
fully alive to the opportunities
now presented as direct result of the
European war. Already the National
Foreign Trade Council, organized in
June to coordinate the trade activi-
ties of the nation, is busy and an i'm
portant conference has been called for
September / 3 in New York city. 1t is
the purpose of this body to bring into
harmonious cooperation the produc-
ing, manufacturing. transportation,
merchandising and financial elements
engaged in or affected by foreign trade.
Every business house. every firm.
whether in trade or in the professions.
every manufacturers association. board
of trade, chamber of commerce and
commercial lorganization-inf fact. every
man, woman and child in the United
States has a vital interest in the fur
thering of our export trade. 1t has
yearly assumed a more important no.
sition among the factors which deter
mine the welfare of the country. It
annually becomes more impressive in
Its function as balance wheel to our
constantly recurring periods of trade
prosperity and depression. The OBJ
jective Of the Council is a greater
national prosperity through greater
foreign trade.
Nor is this the only significant de-
Velopment of the suddenly
trade opportunities on this side the
Atlantic Ocean. Leaders in commerce
and industry all over the country are
wide awake and there is tremendous
activity in the preliminary steps that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

local girls how easy it is to swim and
win Carnegie medals.
There are three expert swimmers in
the diving act and they have consented
to go over to the island Thursday aft
ernoon, when girls over t6 only are al
lowed, and there give exhibitions of
be on hand at 5:45 ahd will probably
remain until about Z o'clock They
will gladly answer questions, as we'll
as freely offer instructions to ambitious
swimmers The Fountain Nymphs are
really clever acrobatic divers and fancy
swimmers, and are interesting CONVEX
sationalists, due probably to their ex-
tensive travelling and many varied as
we'll as exciting experiences.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
%1AY
/, Ning Dinger

One fellow is away this week,
And will be next week, too,
While others in the office have
Been left his work to do.
Another chap will start next week
For ten days at the shore
For those who will be left behind
More work will be in store.
And l am one of those poor boobs
Who'll be imposed upon.
While other fellows are away
Having all kinds of fun.
OF course, l know my turn will come
To sip of pleasures cup.
But, gee. l wish time would throw in
High gear. and hurry UP.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
WHY NOT

~ REPRESENTATIVES. government is
X fast disappearing under the
L - Democratic paternalism that is
overspreading the country. Will
liam F. McCoombs. chairman of the
Democratic nation-l committee, is also
chairman of a committee which is
preparing a platform to submit to the
New York Democratic conference on
August 26 and which has decided
definitely that the short ballot plank
will recommend that all State officers
be appointive except the Governor,
observation-disclosures and Comptroller.
The tentative platform will say also
that the Governor ought to have the
power of appointment and removal
without concurrence by the Senate.
Why not wipe out all elections at
once and permit few rich men to run
the government without let or him
drance?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
WHERE THE WAR BEGAN

tFrom the st. Louis Republic1
Servia to the point where she conceded
every demand except the presence of
Austrian ofhcers on Servian tribunals to
try alleged conspiratorE, Berlin had
wired quiet intimation to Vienna that
Germany would not support Austria If
she stirred Russia up by going to war
with Servia over so small a matter
Would there have been any war?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
AN EVENING THOUGHT

ITO be good company for our
selves we must store our minds
we'll; fill them with pure and
peaceful thoughts; with pleasant
memories of the past and reason
able hopes for the future. We
must, as far as may be, protect
ourselves from self reproach.
from care and anxiety"
Sir John Lubbock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
EDIToRIAL COMMENT

If Mr.. Wilson and Mr.. Bryan hold it
is a violation of the true spirit of
to lend to belligerent funds
that will be used to buy foodstuffs, for
example. why is it not equally viola
tion of that spirit to sell belligerent
foodstuffs New York Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

When the little men who have
usurped the management of the Demo-
cratic party in Pennsylvania meet the
party workers in the field at the No
vember election, they are certain to feel
the wrath of men who asked for bread
in the distribution of patronage and
got a stone.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

If ever this country needed big men
at Washington. now is the time, but
the people may be excused for doubling
when they think of the eminent Chau-
tauquan now sitting on the lid of our
foreign relations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
NEWS s TAI TRAIIIReeTTS1ESS ESSAe
tFrom the Telegraph. Aug. IS, 1854.
CAPTURE REBELS

Fortress Monroe, Aug 1S.-The
steamer Thomas A. Morg arrived here
yesterday from deep bottom with
twenty wounded soldiers of the Tenth
corps Our forces on the north side
of the James river has continued Sc
we're skirmishing every day this week
Our army has captured more prisoners
than have been heretofore reported,
but have no definite statement of the
number.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
FOUNTAIN NYMPHs TO TEACH
AT CITY SWIMMING HOLE

An added attraction has been arrang-
ed for the girls swimming hour on
afternoon, when the Foun-
tain Nymphs, appearing at the Colonial
Theater this week. will cavort, dive and
splash around at the island to show the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
PREPARE FOR DEFENSE OF CITY

Cairo, Aug. 1s.-A meeting of the
citizens of this place is called for
this evening to provide for the defense
of this city from the attack of the
rebel army. An expedition has gone
In pursuit of Johnson's guerillas, who
captured the boats at Saline Bar.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

No wonder the BARRIERS want to
charge more for shaves when the war
and the increasing cost of food are
making every mans face twice as long
as usual.-Philadelphi Ledger.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
UNION HOTEL SOLD

The Union House Hotel property was
sold this afternoon to Benjamin Buck,
the present occupant, for the sum of
$15,550.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

boy named Fink was killed on the
Broad Top Railroad on Monday. He
was asleep on the track when a fast
train came along and ran oves him.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
DEVELOPING PENNSYLVANIA

S an outcome of the great war
~ in Europe there may be de-
~ veloped two important transpor-
tation agencies in Pennsylvania
one at the port of Philadelphia and
the other in a ship canal from Lake
Erie to the South. This State is
deeply interested in all matters max
ing for its inevitable development and
all the people. whether they live in one
section of the State or the other, must
be interested in the creation of great
port at Philadelphia and the opening
of a ship canal in the west.
Philadelphia is the natural outlet
for the products of the State to the
sea and the lands beyond. 1t is for
this reason that the Legislature has
always favored every movement for
the building up of proper port in the
metropolis of the Commonwealth.
AS to the ship canal, which would
be largely constructed by the States of
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
it would furnish an outlet for the great
area west of the Allegheny mountains,
and whatever benefits the two wings
of the State also benefits the important
central section, which includes many
of the smaller cities and towns.
1t is estimated that the tonnage
which will be carried by the pro-
posed ship canal from Lake Erie to
the Ohio river would be double that of
either the Panama or Suez canals and
as the project seems entirely feasible
it may be expected that some definite
plans will be worked out in the near
future.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
VOLUNTEERS ARRIVE
a VACATION AT THE sEAsHor

company of volunteers from Ship
pensburg arrived here to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

PennsyIvania Railroad fve-day ex-
cursion to Atlantic City Cape May.
Wildwood Ocean City and other re,
sorts. Next Thursday See the Ticket
Agent-Advertiseme
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

The South American trade prize is
almost in our grasp, and the opening of
the Panama Canal so modestly ac-
eomplished last Saturday, was an au-
spicious clinching of a business oppor-
tunity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
YNt4Rss 4sfSsRI Seo NS5ES EfSoIFbAY

From the Telegraph, Aug. IS, 1S64.1
BOY KILLED BY TRAIN
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
Trouble Some-
..A2a

Any luck, Jim?
Nawl An Uncle
Eben Snitzer sez
back in 1859 he
got a couple of
nibbles right in
this spot,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18
OUR DAILY LAUGH
Not Work

MOI WOrk
Rev. Rightly -
My boy, it's a
shame you have
to dig a we'll on
the Sa bbath.
Johnnie-Well,
nuthin". I'm after
fishin' worms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

Exciting
The Native -
Fish? Why, say,
Bo, the fishes
bite so 'roun here
you have to get
behind a tree to
bait your hook!
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

Japan is showing an anxiety to go to
war that is hardly consistent with it's
recent peaceful protestations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

Peggy hasn't a
thought for any
body nowadays
except her new
car. She's perfect
ly in love with 1t.
Another case of
man being dis
placed by ma
chinerY.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

4 T the recent conference of the
n English National Association for
\ the Prevention of Consumption
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

Mccormick
in Bad All
Along Line
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

S an outcome of the great war
~ in Europe there may be de-
~ veloped two important transpor-
tation agencies in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-08-18

Y TANCE C. MCCORMICK, Demo-
NJ cratic candidate for Governor,
is quoted as making this asser-
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-07
FOR SALE

The Anderson hay yard, com
prising a full block, situate on
South Carson street, Carson City,
Nevada. Price, $1,000 to be paid on
reasonable terms, but at least one
fourth cash. There is a large and
substantial barn, wherein large
quantities of hay and grain can be
stored, and sheds and many stalls
for animals. There is plenty OF
room for a wood and coal yard,
Also, sleeping rooms for teamsters.
| believe the foregoing proposition
affords a fair opportunity to any
fairly energetic person to engage IN
such business in Carson. and | be-
lieve Carson will we'll support such
enterprise. Address Alfred Chartz,
Carson City, Nevada. mo-lm
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-07
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES

Sealed proposals for furnishing
supplies, delivered at the Nevada
State Prison, for one year, from
May |, 1914, to May |, 1915, will be
received up to April "a, 1914.
All articles to be hrst-class of
their kind and delivered in such
quantities and at such times as the
Warden may direct, quantity vary
ing each month as required. All ar
ticles not satisfactory to be return
ed at the contractors expense. Bids
to be directed to the Secretary
State Board of Prison Commissions
ers, Carson City, Nevada, up to
April "a, 1914.
The Board reserves the right u
reject any and all bids.
J. w. LEGATE,
Secretary of the Board Of Prison
Commissioners.
Dated March "a, 1914.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-07
EVERYTHING A MAN NEEDS
ST. COMPLETE SHAVING OUT
FIT $1-lO ARTICLES-1O

To advertise our Universal Shaving
Outfit and Universal Products we
will for a limited time only, send this
we'll worth $500 Shaving Outfit for
$1.0O. We sell our products to the
consumer direct and therefore you
ave all agents profits which you
know are very large.
l Hollow Ground Razor.
5-Inch Lather Brush.
Razor Strop, Canvas Back.
l Nickel Easel Back Mirror.
33-Inch Barber Towel.
l Bar Shaving Soap.
l Box Talcum Powder.
decorated China Mug.
l Aluminium Barber Comb.
l Bristle Hair Brush.
Not more than one outfit to each
customer. Agents need not write.
Each outfit packed in neat box
81 90.
UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS co.
Dayton, Ohio. t
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1914-04-07
Railroad Nav Suspend

The management of the Eureka
Palisade railroad asserts that they
will suspend operations May 81, d:
which time their contracts for haul
ing ore expire, unless the Railroad
commission dismisses the suit brought
against them. They claim the rates
required by the commission for haul
ing ore are too low to warrant a O
tinuance in business.