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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
ADJUSTABLE FLOOR DOUBLES
AUDfTORIUM'S USEFULNESS

At Los Angeles a combination audi
torium and ballroom has been con-
structed along interesting lines The
floor rests on powerful electric jacks
and by merely throwing a switch it
can be raised or lowered so as to fit
the room for whatever function it is
to serve. Normally the floor is about
three feet below the level of the stage.
When there is to be dancing, how
ever, the seats are removed, the cur
rent turned on. and the floor elevated
to the same height as that of the
stage. The latter is then thrown open
so that one large room is provided
The floor can be raised or lowered in
about five minutes time.-From the
November Popular Mechanics Maga-
zine.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
PENNA. GRADS MEET

Pittsburgh, Pa, Oct. 81. - The
fourth annual meeting of the Asso-
ciated Pennsylvania Clubs composed
of graduates of the University of
Pennsylvania opened here to-day with
delegates present from all parts of the
country. Officers will be elected to-
morrow after which the visitors will
attend the football game between the
Universities of Pittsburgh and Penn
syNania in body. Governor Martin
G. Brumbaugh and Dr. John A,
Brassehear, of Pittsburgh, will be
among~the speakers at banquet to-
night for the visitors
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27

pated in the recent French advance
north of that city:
I'm four hours by magnificent as
sault you wrested at one blow from
powerful enemy. ground northwest
of Verdun bristling with obstacles
and Notifications which he took eight
months to tear from us bit by bit at
the cost of desperate efforts and con-
siderable sacrifices You have added
fresh and splendid glory to the flags
of the army of Verdun In. the name
of that army. thank you. You have
deserved well the thanks of your
country"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27

freedom from opiates or narcotic
drugs makes it the ideal family laxa-
tive.
To avoid limitations and ineffective
substitutes be sure you get DR.. Cald-
wells Syrup Pepsn. See that fac
simile of DR.. Caldwells signature and
his portrait appear on the yellow car
ton in which the bottle is packed. n
trial bottle. free of charge, can be
obtained by writing to DR.. W. B. Cald-
well. 455 Washington St, Monticello,
Illinois.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
4 Free Prescription You Can Have
Filled and Use at Home

Philadelphia, Pa. Do you wear
glasses? Are you victim of eye strain
B or other eye weaknesses? If so, you
will be glad to know that according to
DR.. Lewis there is real hope for you.
Many whose eyes were failing say they
have had their eyes restored through
the principle of this wonderful free pre-
scription. One man says, after trying
it: Il was almost blind; could not see
to read at all. Now 1 can read every
thing without any glasses and my eyes
do not water any more. At night they
would pain dreadfully; now they feel
fine all the time. 1t was like a miracle
to me-" \ lady who used it says: THE
atmosphere seemed hazy with or with
out glasses, but after using this pre-
scription for fifteen days everything
seems clear. / can even read fine print
without glasses" 1t is believed that
thousands who wear glasses can now
discard them in a reasonable time ana
multitudes more will be able to
strengthen their eyes so as to be
spared the trouble and expense of ever
getting glasses. Eye troubles of many
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
DIR. TRUEBLOoD DIES

Newton, Mass, Oct. 27.-Dr. Benja-
min Franklin Trueblood, author,
educator and publicist, died at his
home here last night. DR.. Trueblood
was born in Salem, Ind, in 1S47. He
was president of the Wilmington
(Ohio) College from 1874 to 1879 and
of Penn Coifege, Oskaloosa. Iowa,
from 1879 to 1890. He was general
secretary of the American Peace So
ciety from 1892 to 1915.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
TO HONOR CLARKE

Manila, Oct. %. The Municipal
Board has voted to name a street in
honor of Senator James p. Clarke, of
Arkansas, author of the Clarke
amendment to the Philippine bill IN
the United States Congress under
which the islands would have been
given complete independence in four
years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
Italian Dirigible Brings
Down AeropIane After
Long, Thrilling Fight

Rome, Oct. 20, via Paris, Oct. 27.
A fight between an Italian dirigible
alrshlp and an Austrian aeroplane at
a helght of more than three miles
over the Albanian coast, resulting in
the aeroplane being shot down and
the dirigible afterward being DESTROY
ed by its own officer inside the Aus
trian lines, was told to-day when King
Victor Emmanuel conferred medals
for valor on three members of the
Italian air corps.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
Halloween Committee
to Complete Plans Monday

The Harrisburg Chambe rof Com
merce committee in charge of the
Halloween committee which will have
charge of the street cabaret in Market
Square next Tuesday evening will meet
in the rooms of the Chamber of Com
merce at 4 o'clock Monday. October 80,
TO plan the final details of the event
that will take place Tuesday evening.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
Counterfeit Stamps
Are Being Circulated

Los Angeles, Cal, Oct. 27-Coun-
terfeit postage stamps. so deftly made
that for some time they have escaped
detection, are circulating through the
state, according to Federal officials
1t is believed the counterfeiting has
been done somewhere in Imperial VAL
ley and officials say they expect to
make arrests. This is the first in
stance of stamp counterfeiting on
government records here, it is said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
LESS SUFFERING HERE

New York, Oct q. = Only 6,014
families applied for relief to the
United Hebrew Charities here last
year, as compared with 1924 in the
previous year. The report of the or
ganization published to-day shows,
however, that those who needed relief
suffered greater distress than usual on
account of the increase IN the cost of
living.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27

lost but nine of the crew have been
saved.
III. M. Torpedoat destroyer Nubian.
commander Montague Bernard, r. N.
was disabled by a torpedo and taken
in tow, but owing to the bad weather
the tow parted and she has grounded
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27

was sunk. TIE whole of her crew was
saved
Two of the enemy destroyers were
sunk and the rest were driven Off"
II. M. Torpedoboat destroyer FIirt,
Lieutenant Richard p. Kellett, r. N,
is missing and it is feared she may be
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
LAUDs FRENCH TROOPS

Paris, Oct. &C. - General NiveIle.
the French commander at Verdun has
addressed the following proclamation
to General Mangjn and the Officers
and men of his command who partici-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
JUDGE MCARRELL TO SPEAK

The Young Peoples Society of Mes
siah Lutheran church will be ad-
dressed tonight by Judge Samuel J..
M. McCarrell. He will discuss Young
Men in the World at Work for God
and the Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-10-27
Won MACKENSEN ON
TRAIL OF ALLIES

[Continued From First Pagel
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
AN APPEAL TO CITIZENS
OF WASHINGTON

The joint finance committee of the Associated Charities and
Citizens Relief Association of Washington appeal to the
citizens Of Washington who have not contributed this year
their work for the relief and prevention Of distress the Dis
trct Of Columbia for 0OO With this in hand these
organizations will be able to continue their efforts without
abatement for the months The asked for
conservative estimate OF what is still needed the
prompt and adequate response to the calls for assistance
which coming daily these social service organizations
Both charities entirely dependent upon voluntary gifts They
endorsed by the Charities Endorsement Committee Their
audited by certified Their books
member They the two large nonsectarian
charities dealing with problems poverty the District Of
Columbia irrespective Of creed. ...
An early and generous this appeal urgently requested
(Sgned)
Associated Charities:
CUNO II. RUDOLPH President
JOHN JOY EDSON Treasurer.
Citizens Relief Association:
DR. WILLIAM c. R1VES, President.
WILLIAM H. FLATHER Treasurer.
Joint Finance Committee:
MILTON E. ALLIES, Chairman.
HOWARD S. RESIDE, Treasurer.
Social Service House, 923 H street northwest.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08

with the belief that the United
States is the only nation of iplport-
ance west of the British Isles. Most
of us retain that subconscious feel
ing in later years and have it Jared
out of us only after rude awaken
ings through information that has
to be thrust upon us.
Nine. Nelson believes it would be
worth while to sacrifice something
of our knowledge of Europe for a
more intimate knowledge of the
annals of the American republics.
In them exist experiments in poll
tics and in democracy that furnish
Illuminating information to the stu
dent of politics and economy. South
America has not been solely a hodge
podge of revolutionary states. Some
of the countries there have histories
worthy Of the closest study; none
more so than the Argentine Repub-
lie, whence Nine. Nelson comes.
Nine. Nelson has demonstrated
the superior merits of education in
spreading propaganda. Instead Of
preaching the advance of women
instead of urging them, when they
were unprepared and untitled, to
jump into the arena of economic and
political life-she has gone among
the South American nations spread
ing the gospel Of education for
women in colleges and universities,
until nearly every such institution in
important Pan-American nations has
thrown open its doors to women. Her
claim that education of the young,
instead of preaching to the old folk,
is the way to better International
ism among Pan-American nations is
worthy of consideration.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
"YEAR TEXT" TOPIC
AT GUNTON-TEMPLE
Rev. Charles Everest Granger wM
Preach At Morning Serv-
ices Tomorrow.

At Gunton-Temple Memorial Presby-
terrain Church tomorrow at II o'clock,
the Rev Charles Everest Granger will
preach on the year text for 1916. and
year text cards will be distributed At
this service Mrs. Frank A. Moses.
daughter of DR.. Allison, former pas
tor, will sing.
At the pleasant hour service. at s:45
o'clock. Page Nick. Etchison. director
of religious work of the Y. NJ. G. A..
will speak. DR. Granger and Nj. Klein
viii sing together.
Monday night at o'clock a stereopti
con lecture on Belgium and Holland"
will be given by the Rev. DR.. Earle
Wiley. of the Vermont Avenue Chris
tian Church. the first Of n course Of lee
lures during January. February, and
March.
The Boy Scouts will meet in the
chapel Of the church Thursday evening
at $50 O'Clock. when ]. W. Patton. ma
uonal field executive. will be present.
Mr.. Patton will also address the s
o'clock meeting on The Religious Life
Of the Boy
At the service last Sunday morning
fifteen began the new year by uniting
with the church. nine of whom joined
on profession OF faith and three on re-
affirmation.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
LESSONS ON BIBLE
TAUGHT BY MAIL
Calvary Baptist Church, New
York, Headquarters for New
est Religious Effort.

Bible lessons by mail is the newest
undertaking in religious circles OF this
country. The Rev. Or. Joseph W.
Kemp. late Of Edinburgh, Scotland,
founder OF the Back-to-the-B Bible move
ment, will act as instructor OF the
course, and headquarters arc being es-
tabished in Calvary Baptist Church'
West F'ifty-scvcnth street. New York
city. The course Is open to all church
goers of Christian denominations. anu
extends over about a year and a han
There arc already enrolled in this BIZ
bic correspondence course, founued Dy
DR.. kemp in Scotland, more than o.opo
persons from practically every country
in the world and of almost every trade
and profession. Since coming to this
country DR.. Kemp has established a
public course in midwcek Bible study
for New Workers, and the correspond
ence course will supplement this for
those I'm other parts OF the country. ..
No one will make any i.oney from
these Bible lessons by mail, only small
dues being charged to pay for printing.
stamps and salary of office secretary.
Once o month there will be written
examina ton and answers passed upon
by DR.. Kemp At the end of the period
diplomas will be given those attaining
a certain mark.
About three years ago DR.. Kemp
founded in England the Back. .to-the-
Bible" movement. which was destined tn
sweep over the world with phenomenal
success. There are few more press
ing needs to be found among Christian
Workers" says Or. Kemp. than Il
| thoroughly good and competent working
knowledge OF the word of God Calvary
Baptist Church, where Or. Kemp Is now
| located. has long occupied picturesque
position among New Yorks better
known chuches
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
Y, v, CA. TO HOLD
AVESPER SERVICE
To Be Under Direction Of Girls
Work Committee and Miss
Mignonette o. Buckingham.

A vesper service will be held at the
wv. c., A. tomorrow afternoon at 4:3o
o'clock. under direction of the girts'
work committee, and Miss Mignonette
Q. Buckingham. girls work secretary.
Miss M. Parrish viii preside, and tho
following program will be given: Prayer
by Miss Florence NJ. Brown, general sec
retary Y. w. G. A.: violin solo, Miss
Elizabeth Wilbur: responsive reading;
Psalm 103. Miss buckingham; hymn.
Father of Lights" address. "A Girl
and Her Dreams" Miss Mabel n.
Thurston,
Afternoon tea will be served during
the acquaintance hour following tho
vesper service. The Junior clubs, COM
posed Of groups from GoldcnberHs,
kann's. Woodward & Lothrops. and tho
All Around Club girls. representing a
membership Of 1l4 will participate in
the program.
An offering will be made by each club
for the missionary work of the associa-
tion. which finds expression In contri-
buting to the support of the Y. w. G.
A. at Buenos Aires.
Music will be provided by the associa.
Miss EIizabeth Wilbur. composed Of
Misses Beatrice Bulla. Lillian Whit
taker. Ruth Cobb and Josephine STAN
baugh. Miss Frances Chickering Is
pianist. The girls chorus is composed
OF Mrs. Lillian Strieby. Misses Edith
Eopp. Mary Fisher. Euzelia Palmer,
Margaret Young. Susie Lindsay, Adele
Norton and Helen Nickel.
,Ushers for the service will be the
Misses Ruth Bladen. Margaret Barnes.
Marion Thomas and Freda Hammond.
Presiding at the tea tables will be the
Misses Hazel Mccullough. Harriet Mar
tin. Pauline Ryan and Pauline Lawson.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TO-DAY

Lecture, The Christian Life" Prot. Ebert
Russell, ISL ] street, y. M
Meeting, Washington Branch of the Howard
Alumni Associat ation. in Library Hall. How
ard campus. q. m.
Meeting, Society for Philosophical Inquiry
Public Library. 4;S p, m. lecture by Rev
Meeting, Federation OF Citizens Associa-
tions, with address on The Commis sion
ers' Plan for the Public Schools" by COM
missioner Newman. Chamber OF Commerce
rooms. s p. m.
Folk lore entertainment, Mrs. Virginia
Woodin, Parish Hall. Takoma Park, S p. m
Meeting, National womsns Peace I'arty
New willard. 10 a. m.
Vesper services, Holy Name Societies OF the
District, Church Of the Imma culate Con-
ception, Eighth and n streets northwest.
Address. Browning" Prof. Samuel ]. Nc
Walters, before District Federal ton OF
Woman's Clubs. Public Library. D. III.
Lecture-recitsl. "James whtcomb Riley
Newton w. Preston, before Maine Asso-
citation, 522 Sixth street northwest. y. m.
New members night y. w. c. A. D.. m.
Gil. National Union, Typographical Temple,
y m.
Social and supper, Socialist Party, sI1 L
street northwest, to p. m.
LAYING OF cornerstone OF new Federation OF
Labor building. Ninth street and Masss-
chusetts avenue northwest. L noon.
Odd FELLOWSHIP triarchs Militant: Canton
knights of Pythias-Ways and Means Com
mittee semi-lnonthly business meeting.
Address. THE Limits OF Science DR.. Ed
ward Y. Richardson, before Society for
Philosophical Inquiry. Public Library 4:4i
p. IN.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08

giant kelp of the Pacific coast, the
alunite deposits of Utah, the field
spar rocks Of our Eastern noun
tains, and the mud of Searles Lake,
in California, will furnish ample
supplies of potash in the future, and
that cheaper electric power will ex-
tract nitrogen from the air in such
quantities and at such rates that we
shall not have to depend on Chile,
this outlook is only cold comfort to
the farmer now preparing to make
ready the soil for the next crops.
He will have to learn to utilize all
those sources of potash which have
been recklessly or ignorantly wasted,
Tree trimmings, brush cuttings, use
less stumps should be burned and
the valuable manure obtained be
applied to the crops most needing
it, while leaves and all material
used as bedding for cattle should
be heaped up with organic material
now wasted and furnish valuable
compost.
Fodder raised on the farm leaves
cottonseed meal to be used as fer
tilizer. The dried blood and tankage
of slaughter houses is too valuable
to be wasted as it often is.
The mother of invention will show
the farmers new ways to husband
their resources.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
CONCRETE PAN-AMERICANIsM

There has been a mass, a be-
wildering mass, of conversation dur
ing the past week about uniting the
American republics. Much of the
talk about creating unity of
thought, feeling, and purpose, has
been vague and indefinite. Out of
it, some have felt, has come little in
the way of plans for bringing this
about.
The concrete suggestions made ~
Nine. Ernestina A. Lopez de Mel
son, as reported in an interview in
The Times last evening, are refresh
ing. She believes the trouble in
bringing about greater solidarity
among Americans has been that the
eyes of students always have been
turned to Europe. "We have com
pleteIy forgotten" she says, that
we should seek stimulation and
models of action on this side of the
Atlantic"
Nine. Nelson regards the "great-
est sin against Pan-Americanism"
the education we give children in the
schools. Instead of delving into the
history of Europe, and even touch
ing upon that of Asia, she would
have some attention paid to the his
tory of other nations in the West
ern Hemisphere. Each year thou
sands of Americans graduate from
high schools, and even from colleges,
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
FEEDING THE CALF

Take SIS worth of yearling calf.
Take SIS worth of fodder and feed
it to the calf. If the calf isn't worth
more than $50 by that time it is
plain to be seen you've embarked on
a losing deal. Better have sold your
calf and your fodder separate in the
first instance and spent the rest of
your time selling lightning rods.
That is the way our farmers
figure and that is why there was
some very earnest discussion recent
ly before the American Association
for the Advancement of Science in
Chicago. The particular science
which it was sought to advance was
that of stoking the calf so there
would be profit in it. 1t seems
now there isn't.
"Thcre has been a constantly de-
clining per capita consumption of
meat in the United States" said
President H. J. Waters, of the
Kansas Agricultural College, "yet
we eat almost double the average
individual amount Of meat con-
sumed by the people of the world.
Meat production or any form of ami
NAL production must yield larger
tangible profit than is obtained
from the selling of raw materials
from the farm before we may hope
to keep enough people engaged in
the meat business to supply our
needs"
For twenty years, DR.. Waters
showed, animal production has been
losing ground. Within the memory
e of men now living the raising Of
cattle consisted simply in following
them about as they grazed on the
unfenced prairies and of killing of
part of the herd whenever the
market seemed favorable. That
was making nature foot the bill fol
the calf's keep. 1t was getting
something for nothing, which ISM
business, but charity.
But with food animals constantly
diminishing in proportion to popu
lation something else has to bt
done. Here is problem for oul
ambitious youth. Let them con
slider the calf and tell US what t.
do about him. 1t may be pressing
problem in their generation.
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
WASTE OF FERTILIZERS

A serious situation laces the
farmers in their spring planting. In
no other recent period has the neces-
sity of going bach to old-tme meth
DDS, when the farm provided its own
fertilizer, been so urgent.
In 1913 the value of commercial
fertilizers used in the United States
was about 1925, ,2SO,0OO. This in
cluded the potash salts, more than
S2O,0OO,00O, practicalIy all from
Germany; nearly $4,O0O,0OO of am
monium sulphate from England,
which as well as the potash has
been shut off, and the nitrate of
soda from Chile, which is used al
most entirely now for greenhouse
and trucking purposes.
Though there is no doubt that the
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
SLUMS IN WASHINGTON

Washington has been hearing
some unpleasant truths about itself
recently. Before the American Civic
Association noted city planning
expert said that the city planning
OF the National Capital extended
only to it's front doors. He asserted
that the interiors of blocks had been
neglected, that houses were not pro-
vided with adequate lighting, and
that our back yard planning had
been almost negligible.
Now comes Senator Works, who
has shown himself friend of Wash
ington, and calls attention again to
our slums. We are accustomed to
proudly tell strangers that we have
no slum sections. That may be true;
but we do have slums in homeo-
pathic doses, surprisingly near our
best homes, and adjoining our best
streets. In the aggregate these
slum blocks, courts, and alleys
would not form a slum section which
any city would like to own. Be-
cause our sore spots have been scat
tered they have escaped the notice
Of many casual observers.
Perhaps Senator Works arraign-
ment of some phases of Washington
affairs is too severe. We do not be-
lieve the city to have been dominated
by slums, by saloons, by red light
district, or by vice of any sort. But
previous surveys have shown that
there is plenty Of room to clean up.
and after eliminating a few spots
like Willow Tree alley there is
enough left to be done without set
Ting back upon our oars.
Fortunately Senator Works, un-
like some other critics, puts the
blame where it belongs, squarely
upon the shoulders of Congress. He
points to the condition that long has
distressed Capital residents, of a
Congress spending money without
question upon all sorts of pork bar
rel and vague reform schemes
throughout the country, and then
pairing appropriations to the penny
when it comes to maintaining the
National Capital,
The Washington times., 1916-01-08
Kit Carson Post to Install
Officers Next Wednesday

Officers recently elected will be in
stalled at a meeting OF Kit Carson Post
of the Department OF the Potomac.
Grand Army of the Republic, in tho
Grand Army Hall at 1i12 Pennsylvania
avenue northwest next Wednesday eve
ming. The installing officer will be r..
Il. Harlow. of Post No. 8, Commander
John McElroy announces.
The Officers to be installed are John
McElroy, post commander; Henry c.
duncan, senior vice commander; John
T. Ryan, junior vice commander: A: b.
Bennett. Quartermaster; II. i. Hayden,
surgeon. T.. ID. Godfrey. chaplain: w. T.
Kelly. officer of the day, and J. +. Col
Inns. officer of the guard. John JOY
Edison. \. J. Cunning and George II.
Slaybaugh will be installed as trus-
tees.