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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
FIRING SHELLS CHARGED WITH
GASOLINE <IGNITES ON IMPACT

In their great attack upon Mes
sines Ridge, states Popular Science
Monthly, the British brought into
play new weapon, the inflammable
shell. I'VE didn't use gas in the at
tack" said one correspondent, "but
every known form of offensive
weapon i think we did supply in
Guiding q new horror known in the
army as oil cans or boiling OIL
These on concussion burst and scat
tered confiagration over wide area.
We know from the prisoners taken
that they caused terror and did an
immense amount of harm"
Light on the nature of these fam
ing projectiles Is given by an Amer
lean patent which was issued to
Henry Dean of Michigan early in the
war. A chamber containing high-ex-
plosive powder is situated in back of
the solid nose of the shell and right
in front of the firing torch. Sur
rounding this highly inflammable
torch is the charge of gasoline which
takes up by far the greatest portion
of the interior of the projectile.
Thus, when the nose of the shell
strikes against the trench wall, the
concussion sets off the gunpowder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
HARRISBURG TO READING
bod pike practically all the way)

d pike practically all the way)
HARRISBURG. Market Square.
Market and Second streets;
northeast on Market street,
with trolley (two blocks).
Turn right with cross-trolley
on Fourth street. ascending
grade onto Mulberry street
Viaduct, avoiding right-hand
road halfway across.
Four-corners; meeting trolley,
turn diagonally right into
Derry street, crossing railroac
(1.2 M.
Fork; bear right under railroad
leaving trolley and through
covered bridge (Swatara creek
So m.), joining trolley (from
left, S.6 m.); cross trolley GO
HUMMELsTOWN; straight.
Fork; bear left. leaving trolley;
cross railroad 10.4. 1913 m.).
Toll gate; pag 1902. aeaving
coupon at each succeeding toll
gate; cross railroad at SWA-
TARA STATION Gao m.).
joining trolley (from the
right, 1872 m.); pass chocolate
factory in village of HER
SHEY GAS M. leaving and
join trolley; leave coupon G5
M. entering
PALMYRA. Straight through,
crossing trolley twice; leave
coupon (19.6 M and go
through village of ANNVILLE
Cos M; leave coupon (21.7
M, 23.5 M. crossing railroad
24.9 mo- into Cumberland
street,
LEBANON. Cumberland and
Ninth street; straight ahead
on Cumberland street; leav-
ing coupon (26.7 M; cross
railroad at AVON C27.4 m.) !;
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
THE CAMOUFLAGE SOLDIER
a DECOY FOR THE GERMAN

We have heard OF TIN soldiers, but
1t has rename toraJ; Burgess, an
Illinois. to bring to our attention a
camoufiage soldier of papier mache.
His plan is to place large number
of these dummy soldiers beside the
regular troops on the firing line, to
serve as decoys for the Germans. I'm
able to distinguish between the real
and faxed soldier, he believes the
Germans will waste a great amount
of ammunition on the papier mache
figures. In this instance, every hit
will be as good as miss.-Popular
Science Monthly.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
Italian Confesses Killing
Harrisburger in New York

killed Captain MulIin, Of the Philadei-
phia police department, after stub
born battle. has confessed that he
also killed William b. Dunbar, of
Harrisburg, at Aurora, n. Y, on July
IL. Rosso said that he killed Mullin
because he thought he was a high
wayman,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
SOLDIER FROM HERE IS
COMMENDED FOR STAND

For his stand on morality among
soldiers. William Berkstresser, of 243
South Thirteenth street, Harrisburg,
fantry, n. G. p, stationed at Camp
Hancock, has won the admiration of
the press of Augusta, Ga. Gordon
Berkstresser, a brother, is also sta
toned at Camp Hancock, being an en-
listed man in COMPANY ID.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
NO ELEOT sCHooL BOARD

New CumberIand, Sept. IA
meeting will be held in the Church of
God next Wednesday evening, at
which time the official board will be
elected for the coming year and
delegate chosen for the eldership.
which will meet at Altoona the
first week in October.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
pERny sOIDIERS, REITNTON

New Bloomfield, Pa, Sept. 14-Sat-
urday, October 6, is the date set for
holding the soldiers reunion for
Perry county at New Bloomfield. A
citizens meeting will be held shortly
to make arrangements.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14

trolley.
4S.S Turn left at crossroads. leaving
trolley.
44.4 Turn right with macadam.
44.6 Left fork with macadam.
45.0 Turn right upgrade on Bethle-
hem Pike. keeping left at
fork 45.3 on Stenton avenue,
through Chestnut Hill (45.S
m), across railroad, through
edge of Germantown (47.6 M 4.
4S.S Turn left on Haines street.
49.1 Turn right on North Broad
street.
5O.4 Right fork on asphalt and un-
der railroad
56.4 PHILA ID Il LPH I A. Goodrich
Building, 519 North Broad
street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
READING TO PHILADELPHIA

Miles.
90 READING. From the Square
go east on Penn street
OF Keep right with trolley on Per-
kiomen avenue and keep
straight where trolleys leave
to left and right; at fork near
hotel keep right then straight
through.
S4 BAUMSTOWN.
1915 DOUGLASSVILLE. Cross rail-
road.
III POTTSTOwN. Straight through
on High street and through
SANATOGA, LIMERICK and
TRAPPE.
29.2 COLLEGEVILLE. Go straight
through and at fork beyond
bridge keep left through
LOWER PROVIDENCE.
83.5 FAIRVIEW, Straight.
800 Pass roads on right to Norris
town.
42.7 BARREN HILL Left fork with
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
HILADELPHIA TO ATLANTIC CITY

Miles.
90 PHILADELPHIA. From Good
rich Building. $40 North Broad
street go south on Broad
street; turn left on East Mar
ket street to
90 PHILADELPHIA-CA EN- Fer
ry; from Ferry keep right
into Federal street (trolley).
90 Turn right with trolley on Had
don avenue.
2.7 Turn right after cemetery. leav-
ing trolley.
40 Cross railroad; follow Goodrich
Guide Posts through
Sc MAGNOLIA.
III OVERBROOK.
1873 BERLIN.
1872 Left over railroad bridge and
right.
23.1 over railroad bridge.
24.2 ANCORA. Left over railroad
bridge.
25.5 Straight on.
2S.6 Turn right into
29.S HAMONTON (city map). Turn
left on Egg Harbor road,
4os EGG HARBoR CITY. Straight.
1910 POMONA.
Sis Right at end ofsroad.
61.6 ABSECON. Cross railroad; fol-
low Route to.
60.S ATLANTIC CITY Getty map.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-14
leave coupon at toll gate (2s.2

leave coupon at toll gate (2s.2
m. 29.2 m. 31.2 M. into
S2.1 MYERSTOWN (S2.6 m. Straight
through village (trolley ends).
Leaving coupon (32.S m.), con-
tinue through WATERLOO
(35.S M. 36.3 M, and join
trolley (3S.5 m, through WO-
MELSDORF 600 m.). leave
coupon (39.9). through village
of ROBESONIA (41.5 mo-,
(42.5 M. AIS M. leave cou-
45.S wERNERSVILLE. Toll rgate
(44.4 m.), leave coupons; go
through SINKING SPRINGS
(4S.0 M, oversrailroad bridge
(50.6 mO. and bridge over
Schuylkill river (53.0 m.), into
Penn street.
5S.4 READING. Penn Square.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

China threatens to break with
Germany. China has a population
of four hundred millions. If the
men of China were trained soldiers
t~would be very easy matter for
the Monaghan empire to invade
Russia and overwhelm Europe. 1t
may come to this some day. Field
Marshal Wolseley predicted this in
the long ago. Wolseley was a fam
Gus fighting man and one Of the
foremost military authorities of the
age in which he lived. japan is be-
hind China in the attitude the Chi
nese government has adopted. Jap
an is belligerent and is supplying
Russia with munitions of war. Is
this European conhagration destin-
ed to burn its way around the
world9 Who can tell7
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

building up and developing our com.
munity.
1t is the SPIRIT BEHIND thes,
actions. 1t is the BROAD ant
JUST view taken by the CITIZENS
Of the community view that
RECOGNIZES the VALUE of the
enterprise sought, that COMEDIES
its USEFULNESS as FACTOR in
the community.
We are all human. We like to
be appreciated at what we feel and
know to be our real worth. Even
the hardest headed business man
among us is susceptible to a juss
appreciation Of his worth to the
community.
SO when we show to industry
that we WANT it; when we say to
it, by our words and our actions,
that we APPRECIATE it and VAL
UE it at its TRUE WORTH, then
it is that industry conceives a desire
to be among us and of us.
Our town will be as big as our
genuine ambition. 1t mill be as
progressive as we are. And The
spirit of the population we attract
will be OF THE SAME KIND as
our own spirit.
You never find live person under
a slab in a graveyard. And towns
are but collections of people and en-
terprises from which those people
live.
WHAT ARE WEI
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
ENCOURAGE HEALTHY
ADJUSTMENTS

~
The writer of this article remem-
Ders, when d boy, reading boe+
that produced the most lasting I'm
preston was the seemingly utter
absence of amusements among the
children of that day. And we re-
member wondering if those. sober
little children ever smiled, and if
they really enjoyed committing to
memory Psalms by the yard.
We should encourage healthy
amusements, in old as well as in the
young.
Fun-pure, unadulterated, care
free enjoyment, unhampered by
thought of anything serious-is IN
necessary to the right development
of the human animal as is daylight
to the plant. We qualify it only
by adding Sin moderation"
Were you ever on large stock
FARM where numbers of colts were
herded in a pastureP If so, you
have noticed that very little of their
time seemed to be given to the SER
ious problem of cropping grass.
When they were not engaged in
games of romps, teasing each other,
they were proving over the field,
investigating every nook and cor
ner. Their restlessness and curios-
ity were never satisfied.
Young people-and many older
ones, too-are just like those colts.
Life is not serious problem to
them. That comes only in late,
years. They know not, as yet, that
life holds for them any serious
problems to be solved. In fact, they
couldn't understand them if con-
fronted with htem.
Since, then, our young people
WILL have amusements, what are
we of this town doing about it?
Are we furnishing it for them, or
are we simply permitting them to
seek such as they can fnd9
We should keep in mind the fact
that just as they are incapable OF
graspnig the serious side of life, so
are they incapable of judging the
merits or dement's of their amuse-
ments.
1t is our duty as guardians of the
morals of the community to see
that our young people are not onp
kept free from the WRONG amuse-
ments, but are FURNISHED with
the RIGHT kind.
An up-to-date opera house or
CLEAN moving picture show is a
modern necessity in every town. A
6rst-c'ass gymnasium, ball park.
etc, are essential to the right de-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
velopment Of our young people.

velopment of our young people.
The churches and parents are
charged with the moral development
of our children. The schools ar
held accountable for their mentality
and educational qualifications.
Blu. amusement alone can develop
that physique which will insure
success in the commercial pursuits
of later life, and which will supply
the health that leads to ripeness
of age.
Study this subject over carefully,
you mothers and fathers. Consider
the buoyant spirits and overlooking
energies of your boys and girls,
and recognize the plain truth that
they MUST have an outlet. Then
ask yourself the question: "Are we
furnishing them SAFE and HARM
LESS means of diversion9"
Never fear but they can find
amusement in plenty if we turn
them loose to hunt for it. They'll
find it, and it may suit them, but
will the QUALITY suit us9
1t would be well for us to pause
in the chase of the dollar long
enough to make sure that the young
people of our community have
sufficiency of SANE and HEALTHY
amusement.
We spend thousands in fitting
them to chase the dollar. 1t were
better if we spent a portion of those
thousands in tiding them over the
period of their, lives when, they are
most liable to contract habits that
will UNFIT them for ALL of life.
Our boys and girls will be what
We make them-or permit them to
make of themselves.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
MoNTGoMERY's STATISTICS

County Clerk Keller Greene has
just completed a reorganization Of
the figures of the county assessor
and the board of supervisors with
respect to Montgomery's taxable
property and statistics. There is
on the books property assessed at
$7,797,673 subject to taxation, di-
vided as follows: Lands, "a, 425, 945 ;
town lots, 81, 49O,96O; cash, ETC.,
1867 $50; personally, $1,OS4,710;
banks, $685. 0S. In addition there
are 1925 legal voters in the coun-
ty on whom a poll tax is assessed.
The county has 2,311 children of
school age. In 1916 there was rails
ed 2,558,200 pounds of tobacco on
2,52312 acres. In that year there
was also raised 3O6,959 bushels of
corn on 9,92O1a acres; 1910 bush
els of wheat on 1,O1O acres; 400
pounds of hemp; 5,O3712 tons of
hay; 1850 bushels of oats; 720
bushels of barley; S,741 bushels of
grass seed. onlyG44 dogs were To-
Gated in the county which is quite
an increase over past assessments.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
MAKE YOURSELF VALUABLE
WHAT ARE WEI.

Young men, the first question your
employers ask themselves when bust
ness becomes slack and it is thought
necessary to economic in the mat
ter of salaries is, "who can best be
spared9" The barnacles, the shirks,
the makeshifts, somebody's proteges,
somebody's nephews and especially
somebody's good for nothing, young
men, please remember that these
are not the ones who are called for
when responsible positions are TO be
filed. Would you like to gauge
your own future for position Of
prominence? Would you like to
know the probabilities of your get
ting such position7 Inquire with
in! What are you doing to make
yourself valuable in the position you
now occupy? If you are doing
with your might what your hands
find to do, the chances are tive to
one that you will soon become so
valuable in that position that you
cannot be spared from it, and then.
singular to relate, will be the very
time when you will be sought ont
for a better place.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
AN AGED WOMAN
Tells How Vinol Made Her Strong

In her eighty-second year Mrs. John
Wickersham, of Russellville, Pa, says:
II was in a rundown, feeble condition
and had lost flesh. A neighbor asked
me to try Vinol, and after taking two
bottles my strength returned; am
gaining in flesh, it has built up my
health and l am feeling fine for a
woman OF my age, so I get around and
do my Homework"
The reason Vinol was so successful
IN Mrs. Netherlands case was be-
cause it contains the very elements
needed to build her up.
VIM. S. Lloyd, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
TOWN IMPROVE
mENT SERIES
(Contributed.)
A 4 Il 4
EncOuraae Location Of Industries:
(Contributed.)

Do we want more industries, more
people, more wealth in this town
If so, here are few vital points to
consider.
The live town is always on the
lookout to add another industry to
its list.
Industries make work. and work
attracst workers, and of worker,
the town is built.
A manufacturing plant added to
your town means a positive addition
to the earning capacity of every
citizen of the town. SO that, in
encouraging new industries you are
not only patriotically aiding your
community, but you are directly
promoting your own fortunes.
We have seen a few so-called
business men who were satisfied
with the population of their com
munity-didn't want any more peo-
pie, didn't want any more trade,
didn't want any more money.
Those men were dead and didn't
know it-but the community DID
know it.
The town that makes deter
mined effort to attract men and in
dustries will GET them. Its facili-
ties may he limited; its wealth me-
not be great; its situation may even
not be advantageous. Bet a LIVE
PUBLIC SPIRIT-an appreciation
of every added assets the feature
that most attracts the intelligent
business man who is seeking To-
cation.
No manufacturer wants to con-
duct a business in a dead town. 1t
matters not that the town may not
use a dollars worth of his goods.
The very atmosphere of the dead
town is Ike d wet blanket Oh his
business.
The town with pep, with ginger,
with hustle, injects the same quail
ties into every business within its
environs. Shrewd business men
know this, and hunt for just such
towns.
If We would grow as a town we
must show that we WANT growth.
And we must offer INDUCEMENTS.
For instance
We want to land manufacture
ing plant. We go after it. The
managers stipulate for a convenient
site Donated. We donate it. We
secure the plant.
Now. did the donation of the site
secure that plant7 1T DID NOT.
That was the smallest consideration.
The SPIRIT that PROMPTED the
donation was the magnet that die
the pulling. The managers of-the
enterprise wanted to locate in
community where that spirit ruled.
They could afford to pay for site,
but there was no way of determin-
ing whether the community really
WANTED their enterprise in it's
midst.
And thus it goes on and on.
1t is not the bonus, or the site, or
even the exemption from taxes that
is hte real power in locating new
pntarnr.iSac that ora 10 old IN
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

John Hodge, British Minister of
Labor, has made it known that the
war is to be terminated by the end
of the coming summer. John Hodge
may be War Minister of the Brit
ish Empire, but this does not make
him a true prophet. If Germany is
facing straightforward this is the
claim advanced by the British mill
tary critcis and experts, then the
great war should end within the
next ninety days. But is Germany
facing starvaiionf
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

What's the use of shaving as
merchant, or lawyer, or doctor, or
even as an editor7 A Chicago
states attorney has unearthed auto
mobile thefts amounting to $4,000
600 in four states during the past
two months.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

If it is a fact that housewives
will soon be unable to serve cab
bage, we at least have the consola-
ton of knowing that we will be rid
of the smell.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27
FIGURES SHOW INCREASE
IN COST OF PRINTING

An indication Of the rise in the
cost of materials used in printing
offices was shown by reports pre-
scented at the recent meeting of the
printers of Chicago and northern
Illinois, which caused them to in
crease prices 80 per cent. The fol-
lowing table shows the situation
generally over the country:
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

This is funny world, any way
you take it. Preachers keep right
ON heing matrimonial knots and
ihe judges promptly unite them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

Is there something you
need IN fhe follow
ing RSff
Birth Announcements
WEDDING Stationery
Envelope Enclosures
Sale Bills
Hand Bills
Price Lists
Admission Tickets
BUSINESS Cards
Window Cards
Time Cards
Letter Heads
Note Heads
Bill Heads Envelopea
Csllind Cards Leaflets
Statements
Mill Tickets
Menl Tickets
Shippind Tsds
II Announcements
Briefs
Notes
Coupons
Pamphlets
CATALOGUES
Blotters Circulars
Invitations Posters
Folders
Checks
BLEAK.
Notices
Labels
Ledal Blanks
Menu Cards
Placnrds
DODGERS
Post Cards
Proirsms
Receipts
Prompt. careful and e6f-
cienf attention given
Il 10 eOery detail
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

Fresh oysters every day at Van
arsdel's.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1917-02-27

Beef, pork, lamb and veal at Van
arsdelPs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
HAS UNUSUAL MANIA
Mexican Appears to Think Buying
Marriage License Great Sport.

Mexican with marriage license
mania is the latest at the Shawnee
county court house
Today, Amador Galban, a Mexican,
asked Miss Anne Ballard, clerk in the
probate judges office for a license to
wed Margarita Ernandez. Consider
able difficulty was encountered in
getting Galban to understand ques-
tons as to whether Margarita was
related to him and whether there had
been any insanity in his family.
Finally he understood.
Galban blushed furiously and didn't
answer the former marriage question
directly. Yet, he denied, in substance,
that he had been married. The Ii
cense was issued.
An investigation followed. On Octo-
Der %, 1917, license had been issued
to Amador Galban and Nicholaza
Lira. The license with the marriage
certificate space left blank had been
returned marked, mot used"
In Mexico the government charges
fabulous sums for licenses and il
takes rich man to get married.
Evidently, buying marriage licenses
at only So apiece is Amador's idea of
a good time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
SCENERY OF MERIT
Pom-Pom Brings Painting of Joseph
Urban to Topeka.

Mrs E. A. Bachelor, special repre-
sentative of the Henry W. Savage pro-
auctions, is in the city in the interest
of the coming engagement of Mitzl in
Pom Pom" which comes to the
Grand opera house Thursday night.
November %.
Mrs. Bachelor was formerly press
representative with the Boston Grand
Opera company and the enormous
New York Hippodrome organization
on the road last season. She now
brings the promise that Mr.. Savage
will send the complete original stage
settings for the four heavy scenes of
"Pom-Pom' and the entire big Pom
Pom" company and orchestra, the
railroad movement for which has been
bothering transportation officials for
some weeks owing to the troop move
ments on their hands.
This will be the first showing in To
peka of scenery designed and built by
that famous wizard of stage art, Jo-
seph Urban, who was first brought to
this country to execute artistic stage
effects for the Boston Grand Opera
company. Since then he has revolu-
tionized stage craft in America, both
in stage lighting and scenic art-in
fact he has, become the rage in the
theatrical world here as Bakst is in
Europe. His solidly built settings and
striking color schemes are as differ
ent from the usual stage scenery as a
real landscape is from a painted drop.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-11-15
CHEER AMERICA!
Wild Applause for Z. S. in
Italian Parliament.
Nation a Unit Behind Govt
Give Vote OF Confidence.

Rome. Nov. 15.-Great enthusiasm
and patriotic feeling marked today's
sitting of the Italian chamber of dep
uties Prof. Vittorio Orlando, in his
first speech as premier, struck the
keynote of his policy. namely that the
situation called for acts rather than
for words.
The premier spoke feelingly of the
assistance being rendered by the en-
which he expressed ,ns cordial graft
tude of Italy to the great American
republic" for her willing and powerful
aid aroused tremendous cheering.
Abiding to the creation of an inter-
allied supreme council and military
council, Professor Orlando replied
they would include representatives of
the United States.
Ex-Premier Gillotti who made his
first public appearance since Italy, en-
tered the war echoed PremierOrlando' s
words saying the whole nation would
follow the governments lead but
there must be no hesitation or nall
measures Former Premier Luzzati
declared in the name of his Venetian
colleagues that the people OF the
northern province were ready to SUI
fer martyrdom so that italy should
retain her faith in the great pr1ncl-
pies of independence and liberty.
A vote of confidence in the govern
ment calling for national concord was
moved by Former Premier Bozell and
was carried without division amid
great enthusiasm.