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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
BOARDING POTATOES

THERE is some evidence that
farmers are storing potatoes in
order to take advantage of what
they believe will be a repetition OF
last winters high prices. They are
wrong in their assumption. There
will be no extraordinarily high prices
this year, for the reason that thou
sands of persons raised their own
supplies who did not last season, and
in addition the farm yield has been
greatly in excess of that of 1916.
There will be no shortage of potatoes
the coming winter. and consequently
no very high prices.
BY boarding the farmer not only
deprives the poor of storing their
winter supply in the fall. but he also
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
MOTOR CLUB REGULATIONS

r F YOU drive an automobile write
President ]. Clyde Myton, of the
Motor Club of Harrisburg, for a
copy of the traffic regulations he
has recommended to members of
that organization-and study them.
They have not been officially ap-
proved by city council, but they bear
the endorsement of Chief of Police
Wetzel and if you abide by them
you will be pretty certain not to get
into trouble with the police.
Reckless driving, speeding and
utter disregard for the rights of
other drivers and those of pedes-
trians have gone to such lengths in
Harrisburg that Mr.. Myton and the
head of the police department are CO.
operating to break up the practice
the Motor Club president by suggest
ing proper regulations for autoists
and the police chief by ordering his
officers to arrest all violators of traf-
fic rules.
Both are to be commended. The
automobilist with no regard for his
own life or the lives of others
should have no place on the public
thoroughfares. Punishment-as Sc
we're as the law allows-is the only
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
AUGUSTUS WELCOME

Not merely as expressing her ap-
preciation of the material benefits
which she is deriving from the pres
ence of some thirty thousand Penn
sylvania soldiers in her midst, but,
more particularly, as voicing her
genuine admiration for these gallant
men-whose personality and deport-
ment have deeply impressed all the
people of this community-Augus
has undertaken to extend to-day a
sort of formal Welcome to the Off
GERS and men of Camp Hancock.
Obviously, it is a somewhat diff
cult matter for community the size
of Augusta to do, either in a public
desire to do by way of extending its
hospitality, individually and collec-
lively, to so large body of men as
comprise the Pennsylvania division;
so that, of necessity, whatever 1t is
able to do in a private way, as well
as whatever it may do in public
way, even though it may embrace
only a portion of the Pennsylvanians
encamped here for the winter, must
and, we are sure, will, be accepted
as an attention due to all OF them
and intended for all of them.
So 1t is that, to-day, when only
about one in ten of the men at Camp
Hancock will take part in the big
military parade and only about one
officer in three will attend the recep-
ton at the Armory-due, OF course,
to certain recognized local limita-
tions-it must be accepted that Au-
gusta's welcome goes out to every
man and every officer. from the low
est rank to the highest. of the entire
division.
And, right here. let it be repeated.
these Pennsylvania soldiers have
made a most marked impression
upon the people of Augusta; not
alone for their fine military bearing,
but for their high order of intelli-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
I'm unrhnrt A cihhnna a.,

DIR. Herbert A. Gibbons, forme|
Philadelphian, is now residing Il
Paris.
The Rev. DR.. J. Wilbur Chan
man, prominent in evangelistic word
is speaking in central counties.
&C. b. Connelley, who is candi
date for council in Pittsburgh,
dean of one of that city's colleges.
Robert Wetherill, receiver 4
one Of the big Philadelphia construd
ton companies, has been engaged i
the machinery business for years.
Judge T. M. Bailey. of Hunting
don, is just finishing his fall term q.
court in Bedford County.
-Sudge Harvey w. Whitehead, 4
Lycoming courts, has not lost hi
fondness for deer hunting.
Judge J. N. Langham, of Ind
ana County, is one of the best story
tellers in public life in Wester
Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

takes the risk of rotting, which is
more prevalent in some sections this
year than formerly. Hoarding pota-
toes is not good business at this time,
either. for the reason that at the least
sign of such "gouging" as was ap-
parent on the part of middlemen last
spring, the government doubtless will
fix maximum price. and If that hap
pens the farmers. chances are, will
not be the beneficiaries.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
A MIGHTY POWER

-HE wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters of Harrisburg men in
the service of Uncle Sam constitute
mighty force. There are in the
Army. the Navy and the various
branches of the military organization
of the United States more than two
thousand residents of this city. Each
of them has left at home women
who pray for their safety and long
for their safe return. Every one of
these, each in her own individual
way, is doing something to promote
the health and the happiness of her
absent loved one. But they are un-
organized. these beloved and loving
women. Devoted as they are they
cannot work alone as they could in
a body. It is a new illustration of
the old adage that ''in union there
is strength"
How happy then is the thought
which has prompted Mayor Bow
man to have Madame Schumann-
Heink, who has two sons in the
United States Army and two in the
Navy, speak to these women in mass
meeting at the Orpheum Theater
Friday afternoon, preliminary to the
formation of a permanent organiza-
ton for work designed to carry COM
forts and little luxuries to the boys
in the trenches.
There is no more devoted body of
women anywhere than those of Har-
risburg who have watched their
loved ones march away to fight the
battles of democracy. They are brave
and patriotic. They are keenly in
terested in the outcome of the war. !
They want to be sure that our SOL
diers have every chance for life In
battle and every possible convenience
and means of wholesome pleasure in
camp. Formed into great society
these women will exert a powerful
force in the community to induce
others to make sacrifices for the
Each of them should wear
a proper pduSSs 50 Nhdt tASS hoS
stand out as honored residents of the
city. Each of them should be recog-
nized as a woman who is doing her
bit"
Every woman who has son, a
husband, a father or a brother in
the service should attend the meet
ing Friday afternoon. to hear the
message Schumann-Heink brings to
them-the message of a woman of
Austrian birth and German education
who has given four sons to the SER
vice of the United States. Under
her inspiration it will be surprising,
indeed, If a large and influential So
ciety of women is not formed to in
terest themselves in behalf of our
soldiers in the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
PATRIOTIC PENBRooK

II ENBROOK people have every
right to be proud to-day. The
thriving little town which will
be. one day part of the bigger city of
Harrisburg, subscribed for $4,000
worth of Liberty Loan bonds. No
other town in the Harrisburg district
did so well, in proportion to popula-
ton. Penbrook is patriotic in the
way that patriotism counts most
these trying days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

thing such as he can understand;
but there are others who are merely
thoughtless. and these should be
reached through the excellent sug-
gestions presented by Mr.. Myton to
the public through the columns of
the Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

the income tax and profits tax
are expected to yield more than
$500, 100000, or, as the Spring
field Republican puts 1t, the Gov
ernment will now take from
wealth some two billions of dol
lars a year which wealth kept to
itself before the Great War be-
gan, and this exaction will be
Increased next year and the year
after if the war does not end in
the near future" When the New
York World makes a close ex-
animation of the new. Revenue
law, it actually finds that except
for postage-stamps, practically
every dollar" of its two and one
half billions is to be exacted from
wealth and luxury. Perhaps 1t Is
because they hold both views of
the law to be justified that Con-
gresham Kitchin and Senator
Simmons, respectively responsible
for the legislation in the House
and Senate, express such satisfac-
ton with it. Mr.. Kitchin has been
quoted as saying that the burden
of taxation "is shifted around
eauitably between rich and poor,
and while every one has to pay,
none has to pay unfairly" And
he adds: I'VE had before us
virtually all past bills of this
country and many OF those drawn
in foreign countries since this war
began, and this is a better meas
ure than any of them" Yet
other members of the two Houses
of Congress admit that there are
imperfections in the measure and
talk of amendments to be made
when Congress again meets. The
New York Evening Sun finds in
the law serious 'inequities," "ob-
scurities," 'incomprehensibilities"
and "unworkabilities." But as
against these flattering words
from Washington and sharp criti-
cisms from New York, we find
The Tribune, of Oakland, Cali
fornia, judicially remarking that
with the exception of minor de-
tails of distributing taxation against
{ t4t.InaJe objection> might
have been offered, the Admins
tration appears to have devised a
und, workable plan of financing
The war"
rive million Americans who
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
AS ,YE SHALL BE JUDGED

For there is no respect of persons
with God. For as many as have
sinned without law shall also perish
without law; and as many as have
sinned in the law shall be judged
by the law; for not the hearers of
the law are just before God, but the
doers of the law shall be Justified
Romans II, 11-13.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

being one or these nNe mllllOn.
Because. you can not buy any
article that has been freighted by
rail or water, you can not ride on
n train, send a telegram, visit a
theater or ball park, buy a bottle
of patent medicine, a baseball bat
or any other kind of sporting
goods. a tube of tooth-paste or
any other toilet article, own an
auto, a motorcycle or a motor
boat, draw a time draft, buy a
bond or share of stock, or send in
a proxy for an election, without
paying tribute to Uncle Sam"
From the cradle to the grave
most of mans activities will now
be taxed, points out an Associated
Press correspondent, since "baby's
first dash of talcum powder, un-
der the 2 per cent. manufac-
turers' tax on cosmetics, Will help
the government carry on the war;
and after death the Federal col
lectors will be on hand to get the
inheritance tax, at advances on
the present rate of from l per
cent. on $50,000 to 10 per cent.
on S1,000,00O."
WIN certain SACepIlOHSi llS
new taxes became effective when
the President signed the bill on
October 3. The increases on first
class mail increases do not go into
effect until July 1, 1918. AS the
Washington press dispatches in
form us:
New income and war~eXcess
profits taxes are based on income
of the 1917 calendar year and
payable before March 81, 1917.
"All stamp taxes. including
those on parcel-post packages will
become effective December l.
Amusement admissions and taxes
on club dues will go into effect
November 1, as will taxes on
freight and passenger transporta-
ton, sleeping car, drawing room
and steamship berths; pipe line
transportation; insurance policies
and telegraph and telephone mes
sages costing fifteen cents or
more"
The so-called excess-profits tax
not only furnishes nearly half of
the total yield of new war taxes,
but it has been the chief cause of
controversy during the long weeks
while the Revenue Bill was under
consideration in the Senate, the
House and the conference room.
writes n postal-card will be caught,
r two cents each, by the provisions
L A. a.. ~.-sU 4. 49, -T.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
Drafting Every Pocketbook
Literary Digest.]

livery PoCKETBOOK IN THE COUNTRY is
T. touched directly indirectly by the new wartaxes
observe press writers in Washington and elsewhere,
although time the Revenue Law is being
characterized as "a conscripton of wealth. Out of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

So 900, and every unmarried woman with income
over 81 OO0 and profits reaches every
poration with net income $S,000 and every part
nership and individual operating business which yields
more than $4,000 net income during this year." But
one need quick to congratulate oneself On not
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
IuNIATA FISHING

Ed Jenkins, McVeytown, caught
400 Juniata salmon in the Juniata
river this season.-Exchange
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
DO YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg shared mate
rally in that gain of bank re-
sources reported by the state in
five months?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
OUR DAILY LAUGH
WELL,

SCREENED.
1 never see you
sitting in a ham
m o C k with q
young man.
I should say
not. My ham,
mock is out of
sight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
Ar THE TABLE

do you know anything about
camoufiage?"
mo. never eat foreign cheeses."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

The person who writes postal-card will be caught
cards will sell for two cents each by the provisions
of the bill Letters will be three cents One will be taxed
when he goes to moving picture show If the admission
than five cents, one-tenth of the cost of the
ticket Coffee and sugar were stricken from the bill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
WEDNESDAY,, OCTOBER "a, 1917.

Moral courage is nothing IN the
toorld but Just the capacity for do
ing tohdt TOE knoto toe ought to do
PHILLIPS BROOKS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
HTSTORIC HARRISRTTRC

Iron nails were among the fir
iron and steel products of this ell
which now makes tons of steel eveI
hour
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

III, get ~ day.
Federated shopmen employed by
the st. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road have secured an eight-hour day
and satisfactory working rules.
Membership of the local trades un-
ions in Toronto, Canada, during the
last six months, according to the Off
cial figures. increased about .S5 per
cent.
England's House of Commons has
approved of the Governments pro-
posal to fix minimum wage of 25
sEillings n week for agricultural la
borers.
Three EnElishmen, members of the
Industrial Workers of the World,
have been arrested in Australia
charged with being members of an
unlawful association.
Our Federal Bureau of Education
states that approximately 100000
foreign-born whites residing in the
United States do not speak English.
Port Glasgow (Scotland) School
Board has agreed to allow all full
whose present salaries are less than
that amount.
William Brownie was elected pres
ident of the Weavers Society of An
derston at the one hundred and
eightieth anniversary meeting, held
in Glasgow, Scotland.
At the mining camp of Sandon,
Canada, and the surrounding mining
camps, the miners have, refused to
be docked a days pay a month by
the companies for the patriotic fund.
The number of manufacturing
plants in the United States engaged
in the making of dyestuffs has in
creased in three years from five to
nearly 200.
Montgomeryshire (Wales) Educa-
tion Committee has decided to give a
war bonus of f12 los to teachers
earning f55 or under. and f15 to those
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Montgomeryshire (Wales) Educa-
tion Committee has decided to give a
war bonus of fig los to teachers
earning f55 or under. and f15 to those
earning over f55.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Five million Americans who have until now been
taxed only indirectly by their government will find the
new law directly affecting their incomes. us Washing
correspondent of the Cleveland Press calculates for
the income tax reaches down and takes It's levy
from every married woman with an income over
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Among visitors to the city yester|
day were Col. Il. A. Watres, formeI
lieutenant governor and grand mas
ter of the Masons of Pennsylvania
He was here to attend the meeting o|
the State Armory Board on whici
he has served for years and Il
whose business he gives close atten
ton.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Membership of the local trades un-
ions in Toronto, Canada, during the
last six months. according to the Off
cial figures. increased about .S5 per
cent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Federated shopmen employed by
the st. Louis and San Francisco Rail-
road have secured an eight-hour day
and. satisfactory working rules.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24
LABOR NOTES

Union plumbers at East st. Louis.
I'LL. get 81 a day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

The number of manufacturing
plants in the United States engaged
in the making of dyestuffs has in
creased in three years from five to
nearly 200.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Some men are
stuck on their
Jobs and some are
not stuck enough.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

England's House of Commons has
approved of the Governments pro-
posal to fix n minimum wage of 25
shillings q week for agricultural la
borers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING Co..
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

At the mining camp of Sandon,
Canada, and the surrounding mining
camps, the miners have, refused to
be docked a days pay month by
the companies for the patriotic fund
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Three Englishmen, members of the
Industrial Workers of the World.
have been arrested in Australia
charged with being members of an
unlawful association.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

William Brownie was elected pres
ident of the Weavers Society of An
derston at the one hundred and
eghtieth anniversary meeting, held
in Glasgow, Scotland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Port Glasgow (Scotland) School
Board has agreed to allow all full
time female teachers ESQ per annum
whose present salaries are less than
that amount.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-24

Our Federal Bureau of Education
states that approximately 100000
whites residing in the
United States do not speak English.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21
GIVE U-BOAT RECORD
1880 900 Tons Since February 1, S
Germany's Claim.

London, July 21.-Since the first of
February Germany claims to have
sunk close to 4,750,000 tons of neutral
and allied shipping, according to Ger
man official figures received in Ger
man newspapers today.
The figures given were:
February, ISL 500 tons.
March, 8S5, 900 tons.
April. 1901, 900 tons.
May, $4,000 tons.
June lover a million, with a num-
Der of commanders reports as yet not
received
June, the German newspapers de-
clared gives indications of being a
record breaker"
When Germany inaugurated the
submarine warfare, her officials pre-
dicted sinkings totaling one million
tons a month. Recent estimates here
have placed the actual figure at about
100000 tons.
The German tonnage figures were
contained in official reports amplify-
ing on cabled dispatches of Chancel-
lor Michaelis' speech to the reichstag
and showed a monthly average of
about 925,300 tons.
The Teutonic editors pointed out
from the figures given of the alleged
sinkings, every months total exceeded
the entire tonnage of the German
merchant marine seized by the United
States.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21
CAN'T ESCAPE DRAFT
Men Called for Service Not Allowed
To Join Volunteer Unit.

After a registered person has been
called for military service by his local
board and directed to appear for
physical examination, he ceases to be
eligible for voluntary service
This is a copy of telegram re-
ceived this morning at the local re-
cruiting office from Washington, de-
claring that men selected for service
could not volunteer their services but
must take their positions assigned by
the local boards in the drafted army.
Recruits will, however be accepted
from registered men who have not
been notified of their liability of serv-
i've and from those whose number was
not drawn until the full quota of tn ,
district had been filled, allowing for
exemptions too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21
INDIANS GREET THEM
Belgian Mission Given Novel Recep-
ton at Tulsa Today.

Tulsa. Okla, July 21.-The Belgian
war mission was welcomed into the
southwest today by some of the orig
inal Americans. A tribe of Usage In
dams, respondent in gay shawls and
beaded clothes comprised an import
ant part of the municipal committee
that greeted the visitors. Chief Bacon
Rind, head of the tribe, spoke the
words of welcome in an Indian mono
tone that sounded like small auto
mobile engine just getting started.
His speech was Interpreted by another
Usage with the characteristic Indian
name of Mccarthy. Chief Bacon Rind
told the Belgian visitors that he well
coined them as members of the great
Brotherhood of Man whose lives and
customs had been different from his,
but whose ideals and sentiments were
the same. He also wished them a
prompt restoration of their devastated
nation and said he prayed for a speedy
ending of the war.
The Belgians were greatly interested
in the Indians. Baron Moncheur re-
piled to Chief Bacon Rind thru his
interpreter, and all of the members of
the mission were introduced and shook
hands with him and ether tribesmen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-21
GET A DOPE VENDOR
Federal Agents Believe Distributing
8 Center Is Located Here.

z Federal agents thruout the central
west are today searching for NOR
phine- and cocaine distributing center
Being maintained in defiance of dras-
tic federal laws and of which they be-
Heve Harry Jarrett, arrested here is
an agent. Jarrett is a negro. He lives
at Thirteenth and Golden avenue. He
was picked up by the police while he
was carrying a large quantity of
=dOpe" On his person.
Accor ling to federal agents. Jarrett
has been selling his wares to negroes
and whites alike for several months.
The most of his trade, according to
evidence, was in the river district. A
list of his customers shows that there
are number of persons in this city
aftiicteI with the drug habit.
jarrett, when arrested, was said to
be selling his wares for several dollars
a deck" and making a fabulous
profit The usual price for a deck, -
or small amount of the drugs before
the anti-drug law, was rs cents. Jar
rett faces a federal warrant issued
today, and will check up, against a
tive-year sentence in the Leavenworth
penitentiary. He has waived prelim-
mary hearing and in default of bond is
IN the Shawnee county Jail. Federal
agents believe he is only one of many
agents working out of an illegal dis
tributing center.