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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Bread Sickness

Official admission has been made
in Germany that, owing to the very
bad bread epidemic bread sickness
is prevalent in many places.
The present war bread becomes
bad very rapidly during hot weather,
called hay or potato bacteria. The
people are officially informed that
the best way to prevent the bread
going bad is to wrap it in linen and
hang it up as used to be done with
ham"-of happy memory.
The German authorities are much
concerned about the harvest, and it
is impossible to avoid the conclusion
that the prospects are not so bright
as was anticipated. Early vegetables
have been more of a mirage than a
reality, and the quantities which ap-
peared on the town and city mar
kets have been so small as to be al
most negligible. The same may be
said of fruit, very little of which
found its way to the shops and mar
kets. Growers held it up, and dis
posed of 1t at high prices to those
who cared to come and fetch it. Po-
tatoes are still being dealt out in
quantities of two to three pounds
weekly.
Most of the schools have beer
closed to allow the children to work
in the fields, where they are Joined
by students from the colleges and
universities. The heavier work i:
done almost entirely by women, but
it is greatly hampered by lack OF
machines and draught animals
Large numbers of COWS are being
used instead of horses and oxen.-
London Times.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
CIVIL SERVICE FOR POLICE

law as apo.eS tpo eiF to Sh the poiise
department will grow in pop
ular favor or be repudiated at the
next session of the Legislature will
depend largely upon the conduct of
the force. Most of the cities of the
third class have been embarrassed
with all manner of legislative nos
trums in the form OF alleged reform
measures and the placing of their
police forces under civil service reg
ulations is a radical step.
The late Mayor Charles A. Miller,
who was intimately familiar with
most of the proposals for reform for
cities in the class of Harrisburg, was
somewhat doubtful about the eff
cacy of the civil service law as 1t
affects the police departm ent, because
il invited a continuance in the pub
lie service of men without any quail
simply because they were already on
the payrolls. He felt that it would
impose upon the cities concerned
| guardians of the peace who had been
appointed under old conditions and
whose fitness might be open to Sc
rious question. This is precisely the
attitude of the public at the present
time regarding the operation of the
new law.
The people are willing to wait a
III O., 10, "a. -.
of the efficiency of the present force
in Harrisburg, but unless and until
the department justifles it's retention
as a whole in the public service by
close attention to the interests of
the people there will be increasing
doubt as to it's utility. Nobody ques-.
tions the dcsirability of civil serv-
ice in the police department.; the
only question is whether officers ap-
pointed under old conditions should
be retained under the new law with
out rigid examination as to their
| fitness.
Another lameness is the shifting of
responsibility to the entire body of
jury upon every police appointment,
instead of final and definite authority
being placed with the Mayor.
| During the sessions of the Third
Glass City League here these and
other matters will doubtless be fully
ventilated and there ought to be no
| hesitation in discussing the weak
spots of any laws which now regu-
late the affairs of municipalities of
the third class. These conferences
are extremely beneficial only when
the shortcomings of administration
are frankly and honestly discussed.
Under the commission form of mu-
uicipal government the interest of
the people in their own affairs has
somewhat abated and it will be even
more necessary than heretofore to
arouse public sentiment to the sup
port of proper measures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Rising Prices in Japan

A bag of rice, which only few
years ago cost $1.25, now sells at
$3.50. an increase of 100 per cent.
But this staple is only typical of near
ly all other articles of household use.
No legitimate reason exists for this
increase. Rice is raised in Japan.
Wages are slightly higher. no doubt.
but not sufficiently so to add 100
per cent. to the cost of an article
of necessity. Such a rise in price of
necessities Is an avoidable hardship.
The government can check 1t, if
wisely directed. The rice market,
like wheat in America, should be
the last to suffer from violent man
ipulation. 1t is the food of the peo-
pie and government should fix linn
it for its price.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

here. they must have street car
service that will transport them
promptly and in comfort. Traffic
between this city and Steelton should
grow rapidly with the development
of the steel industry at. that point
and now is the time to begin
to prepare for handling the increased
number of people who will constantly
find employment at the Schwab
plant.
The way has been opened for gen.
eral improvements. The public will
watch the developments with in
terest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
How to Dry Corn

Old timers remember with keen
relish the dried corn of earlier days.
and housekeepers of to-day will find
corn dried by artificial heat delicious
in flavor and superior to canned
corn.
Select young, tender corn of an
excellent variety. If the field corn
is used. select as you would for
cooking. Boil or steam on cob eight
to ten minutes, using one teaspoon
full of salt TO a gallon of water. Drain
and with sharp, flexible knife cut
from the cob, cutting off first the
top of the grain, then half way down
to the cob, then scrape or press out
the remainder, being careful not to
get the chaff. Spread a thin layer
on the tray of the dryer and lay
thermometer in tray. Begin drying
at ITO degrees and raise tempera-
ture gradually to 145 degrees Fab
renhcit. Dry three to four hours,
| stirring occasionally to get uniform
result.
A little experience will enable
you to determine when the corn is
properly dried. 1t should feel tough
without being moist, but not too
rattly hard. Place in boxes when
cool, and once each day, for three or
four days, pour from one box to an
other to insure a uniform degree of
moisture. This process is called
conditioning" If the corn seems
too moist return to drying trays for
a short while.
Dried vegetables and fruits should
be stored so as to protect from mois-
ture. A cheap solution is to place
small quantities in paper bags-say
enough for a meal or two-and store
in tightly covered lard tins. Exam
inc next day, and If sweating" dry
little more, To prepare dried corn
for cooking, soak two to four hours,
allowing two cups of water to one
cup of corn and use as fresh corn.
This dried corn, without any fur
| ther cooking, makes a delicious
breakfast food when served with
fruit or eaten with milk. If de-
sired for this purpose, however, it
should be cooked fifteen minutes in
stead of ten before drying.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

Charles William Bergner, o.
Philadelphia. well known to many
Harrisburg people, has been commits
stoned second lieutenant of artillery
William b. McCaleb has beer
president of the Philadelphia diVi'
sion, Pennsylvania Railroad Veteran
Association ever since his appoint'
ment to the head of the division
Previous to that he was president
of the Middle Division Veterans AS
sociation. since it's inception.
Captain John S. Fair, formerly
q member of the editorial staff oi
The Aikoona Tribune, has been rec
ommen0ed for promotion to the ranI
of major.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
WHITE BREAD THE
BEST WAR;. BREAD

thirty-two pounds and a bushel of
wheat sixty, hence the ratio of
prices, instead of being four to one
on bushel basis, is more nearly
two to one on an actual price
(pound) basis. In milling oats 80
per cent. or more of practically
worthless oat hulls are removed. AS
feed, oat hulls have very low
value, as low, if not lower, than
straw. This materially increases the
cost of the edible part of the oat.
Two hundred pounds of rolled oats
in wood at wholesale costs about
50 when oats are 70 cents per bushel.
Oats can not be used alone for bread.
as they contain no gluten that Will
undergo a. bread-making process.
Not more than 80 per cent. of oats
can be mixed with wheat flour, and
then the loaf is soggy, poor, and un-
appetizing. There is no adj
vantage whatever from an attempt
to use this so-called oat-flour in q
bread mixture, even If the wheat
costs four times as much per bushel
as the oats.
RYE and whole-wheat mixtures
have been recommended for cheaper
ing bread The amount of rye that
is available is limited, and should 1T
be used in any quantity its price
would soon be on par WIN Wneat'
Ordinarily, at the grocers, rye flour,
and whole-wheat flour are retailed
at the same if not a higher price than
the white; hence their use would
make no reduction in the cost of
bread where home-bread making is
practiced. Then, too, the whole
| wheat flour is not as nourishing as
the white Tests by our Ma
tional Department of Agriculture
have shown that it takes upward of
| LOG pounds of whole wheat. so per
cent. extraction or gray flour, to
equal in nutritive value 100 pounds
of straight white flour. Hence it is
that our what crop can not be
stretched as q bread-producer, and
be made to furnish any added nour-
| ishment by grinding a part of the
wheat offal into fiour.-The Literary
! Digest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Labor Notes
By Briggs

Women employed in journalism
in Japan receive from $40 to $25 a
month.
OF $4,000 miners in the Birming-
ham (Ala.) district, over $4,000 are
organized.
Moving picture operators at Au-
gusta, Ga, are 100 per cent. Or
ganized.
Telephone girls at Wallace Idaho
have secured a six-day week.
Plumbers at Monroe, La, have Sc.
cured 81 a day increase and A.
hour week.
Organized labor, at Richmond
Ind, was instrumental in establish
ing city market.
Labor unions at Linton, Ind, hav,
launched a cooperative store fol
mem bers.
Marseilles. ILL.,, will pay city en-
ployes the union scale of wages.
Textile industries in Columbus
Ga, permit employment for 900
people.
One of the largest laundries il
Seattle, Wash, is a cooperative af
fair, owned by union labor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
READ THIS TO YOUR BOY

"HE sad accident at the Philadel-
phia and Reading railroad
bridge yesterday afternoon in
which little Lucian Wilson met a
tragic death, contains a lesson for
thousands of Harrisburg children.
Hundreds of fathers and mothers
who read the story will cuddle their
youngsters just a little closer to
them tonight, and the occasion
might be made fitting one for a
heart-to-heart talk.
There is nothing in the story of
the little lads death to show that
he was not observing and careful
while playing about the streets. In
fact, neighbors of the bereaved fam
lily tell how the little boy could
scarcely await the opening of the
school term, that he might enroll for
the first time and begin the studies
which should make of him good
and useful citizen. 1t is more than
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

THE best war bread is the best
quality of white bread that can
be made" This is the dictum of
Professor Harry Snyder, Minneapo-
lis chemist, formerly of the University
of Minneapolis, set forth in an ad-
dress at a convention of the Tri-
State master bakers at Cedar Point,
Ohio, on July II last. Professor
Snyder believes that nothing can be
gained from the standpoint of nu-
triton or of cost by using so-called
dread substitutes" even of such
substances as rye, corn, and whole
wheat. He is, to be sure, in favor
of their use from the standpoint of
conservation. There may, in other
words, not be enough wheat to go
around, and 1t may be necessary to
eke it out with inferior breadstuffs
but nothing is gained, he thinks. by
persuading consumers that in so do
ing they are really getting something
better than white bread. In fact,
other cereals may best be admins
tered in breakfast food form, and
not as bread at all. Says Professor
Snyder:
white bread is the best war
bread. Every war in which this
country has been engaged from the
Revolution to the present time has
| been fought and won on white
bread. White bread is the
best in times of either peace or war
It it were not. any real defects II
might possess would long ago have
been discovered and white bread
would have been discarded.
MANY honest attempts have beer
made to find substitutes for bread
Rand our journals, both popular an6
| technical, are full of suggestions.
That white bread is the
cheapest and best can be shown ii
one or two of the proposed "substi.
tues are examined a little in detail
Consider, for example, oats a.
70 cents per bushel and wheat al
| $3.50. Naturally it would look as il
| it would be economical to use oats
as literally as possible in a bread
mixture. A bushel of oats weighs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
You Know This

Every time you conquer the blues
you acquire a new fund of courage.
Every time you stop to think you
save. yourself a lot of trouble-that
is, IL you think right.
You know that the outgoing tide
always comes back. You know that
in every adversely there is always
present the compensating element.
You know that after every dark day
the sun Is sure to shine. that the
birds will sing, that the flowers will
fling out their fragrance, and that
the brooks will run by with their
songs.-The Silent Partner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg-made pipe
is in the water supply systems
of Spain and Mexico?
Who Am I?

am the tub of the universe.
The predicament of the moment,
The Jewel in the contractors crown
The crimp in the pay envelope.
l am the friend of the wastefu
cook,
The niger in the woodpile,
The little thing to look for,
The large thing to find.
l am greater than a hundred how
itzers,
And ten army corps,
And Josephus Daniels.
am the difference between win
ming and losing.
I am the reason why.
/ am the garbage pail.
Christopher Morely in Life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Onnortunities Now

1t was Charles M. Schwab who, in
speaking to young men recently said:
What would not give to be one OF
you, starting in life, beginning at this
auspicious moment?
This remark came from the heart
and should make a lasting impress
sion on every young man. 1t does
not have the ring of remorse, but OF
true regret.-Silent Partner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Poe;t;c4 im
Pe~~o4etOo~io
BY the Ex-Committeeman

Sensational attacks upon the liquor
interests of Delaware county were
made last night at meeting in
Broolline, Delaware county, in the
interest of the candidacy of James
l.. Rankin, for Common Pleas Judge.
Both of his competitors for the
nomination, Judge John NJ. Broomall
and former District Attorney AL
bert Dutton MacDade, were assailed
and the orators pictueed Mr.. Rankin
as the logical candidate of the voters
opposed to the liquor traffic.
A. B. Geary, a member of the bar
of Chester, and Collector of Gus
toms William H. Berry, made the
principal speeches.
Mr.. Geary, in prepared address
recited license court history of the
county and charges that the Nc
Clue interests dominate the political
situation and influence the granting
of liquor licenses. The jury ballot
box stuffiing case was recalled and
blamed upon the liquor control of the
politics of the county.
There will be three candidates
for mayor in Franklin this year.
They are e. J. Miller; George w,
Haight and John P. Emery. Mr.. Mil
Ter has been a member of council
for four years, acting as superintend-
ent of finance. Mr.. Emery was q
member of council before the COM
mission form of government for third
class cities was adopted and also
served one year as mayor. Mr.. Haight
has been a citizen of Franklin foI
more than thirty-five years, first
going to Franklin as agent for the
Adams and United States Express
companies. For more than twenty
five years he had charge of the ship
ping department of an oil company
going on the retired list on August
1, 1916.
Samuel D. Fessler, of Holidays.
burg, a candidate for the Republican
nomination for director of the poor
has resided in that town thirty-foul
| years. He was in business many
years and was a councilman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Saviors of the Country

Only the clear-headed citizer'
standing for clean, honest and ecd
nomical government acting togeth4
earnestly and intelligently, can saS
the individualism of American cit.
zenship as IL emerged from Yorl
town.-Houston Post.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Kaiser told Ambassador Ger
ard that he would remember the
United States after the close of the
war, and there is every reason to be-
lieve he will keep his word.-New
York Morning Telegraph.
Stated otherwise. the purport of
Deputy Loringhoven's speech to the
Reichstag is that the German troops
gloriously tipped over the cart, but
the allies feioniously prevented their
taking the apples.-New York
World.
The time to discuss peace will date
from the day the enemy asks for
terms, instead of offering them.-
Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Root says Russia's riots do
not amount to much. He's. seen a
few Republican National conven-
tions.-New York World.
The American public labors siy
days and on the seventh wears itself
out riding around in automobiles
New York Evening Sun.
Maybe the real reason of the Rus
sian disorders is that Russians have
to call one another such terrible
names.-New York Morning Tele-
graph.
Camouflage is an ancient art. We
used to achieve 1t with a big geog-
raphy when we wanted to read
"Peck's Bad Boy" in school.-Kansas
City Star.
Perhaps in time the people of the
United States will be officially ex-
horted to exercise in eating the same
common sense nine-tenths of them
have always exercised.-New York
World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
Samuel D. Fessler, of HOLIDAY.
Happiness

Happy is the man who knows
when to close the shutters to his
eyes, dam the way to his hearing
and seal the trapdoor that is below
his nose and above his chin.-Silent
Partner.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
"Gott Shafe Enolando

Another of the horrors: English
soldiers are letting their mustaches
and boards grow to save time. Gott
shafe England. - From the New
York Mail.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
BETTER CAR SERVICE

the Commission to the company
suggesting many changes and ask
ing for conferences with the COIN
pany's officials and the prompt ac-
ceptance by the company of the in
vitation to confer, with President
Musser's promise of hearty cooper
alton for the betterment of the
situation, all bespeak early correc-
ton of conditions that have been
Irritating the public for some years.
Obviously, it will not be possible to
make all the changes suggested by
the commission within a few months
o" even within the year. TO build
new line to Steelton via South
Second street, another to the Hill
via Herr street and to reconstruct
the system through the Capitol Park
zone, with double tracks over the
proposed Walnut or State street
viaduct are not matters to be ac-
complished in day. But, as Prcsi-
dent Musser has intimated, there
are places where betterments can be
made at once, and it is proper that
these should be taken up with the
Commission at an early date, as
soon as the survey report Of the
street car conditions in this city
shall have been filed by Bion Arnold
the Chicago expert engaged for the
work.
The big betterment that will grow
out of the intervention of the Public
Service Commission is that a pro.
gram Of, street railway extensions
improvements and changes will bt
outlined as result that will form
the basis for developments coverinl
a period of years. Instead of grow
ing at random, the railways will bt
extended along lines carefully
thought out and approved b,
transportation experts of nationa
reputation.
1t must be said for the peopl,
that they have not been getting tn,
service to which they feel they ar,
entitled, and for the company tha
all of the trouble is not due nithe
to intention or neglect. AS tn
Commission hints in its letter t.
the company, there are places wher
cars are delayed by congestion o
thoroughfFes due to unregulate,
vehicular traffic and at other place
cars stop at too frequent intervals
These conditions must be rectifed a
the same time we are requiring tn
trolley company to expend it
thousands upon thousands of dol
lars in track and system improve
ments.
The letter of the Commission dis
plays an intimate knowledge of tn
local street car situation. For ex
ample, the new proposed cross-tow
line at Herr street has been a subjec
under discussion in that part of tow
for several years. and as for steeltor
it is perfectly evident that if ou
people are to continue to work /
the big mills oethat town and resid
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
IN LUCvvr.

Wifey-Uncle
George is going
to visit us this
fall, SO he
writes.
Hubby-Good.
Now we can
write and ask
him for an In
citation to spend
my vacation on
his farm with
you and the
youngsters.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

The time to discuss peace will date
from the day the enemy asks for
terms, instead of offering them.-
Chicago Tribune.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29
A GOOD REA-
SON.

Why is y o Il r
husband so in
sanely Jealous of
you?
He doesn't want
me to find out
what a fool l
was to marry
him, I guess.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

E.J. .STACKPOLE,P Pres't s. Editorin- Chief
F. r. OYSTER. Business Mdnogcr.
GUS NJ. STEINMETz. Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

Mr.. Root says Russia's riots do
not amount to much. He's. seen a
few Republican National conven-
tIons.-New York World.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-29

The American public labors siY
days and on the seventh wears itself
out riding around in automobiles
New York Evening Sun.