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Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
A MATTRESS ON A WARSHiP.
It Is Both Comfortable Bed ard a
Fine Life Preserver.

Fine Lire FreSerVer.
1t must afford considerable consola-
ton to the navy recruit to realize that
the mattress ON which he sleeps so
comfortably at night will stand him In
good stead in case Of an accident to the
ship. In fact, the very buoyancy which
makes it such a comfortable bed is also
the quality which makes it possible for
it to be converted at moments no.
tice into life preserver, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly.
The mattresses are stuffed with ka-
pok, a lighter than cork material which
is imported from the West Indies in
bales similar to bales of cotton. 1t Is
made from the seeds and silk of tree
not unlike the cotton wood tree, but in
stead Of being in puffy balls the kapok
is in slender threads, which when CON-
pressed make mass that is six times
more buoyant than cork.
Thin layers of the kapok are inclosed
in strong ticking for the mattresses.
Each mattress is provided with tapes
long enough to tie around the body and
over the shoulders. 1t requires only : q
minute to adjust them.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Remaining Indians.

Some years ago, in order to make
their inheritance Of land more simple
and, secure, our government commits
stoned DR.. Charles A. Eastman, a
Sioux Indian, to rename more than
$4,000 Sioux with their family names
The task was a tremendous one and
full of difficulties.
Where possible DR.. Eastman kept
the original Sioux name Of some men,
Der of a family, as in bestowing the
name "Matoska," meaning white
Bear" on the family Of that chief.
Sometimes the combination Of wife's
name and husbands name has pro-
duced a musical result, such as "Wi-
mona Otana." The favorite name fer
women means "she who has a beauti-
full home" which DR.. Eastman has
Anglicized IN the patronymic Good
house." But by far the hardest task
was in finding new names for the abb
surdities of Indian nomenclature.
"Bobtailed Coyote" was a young In
dian who has come to prefer himself
as Robert T. Wolf" After a long
struggle with Rotten Pumpkin DIR.
Eastman at last recorded the owner of
the name on the tribal records under
the noncommittal title of Robert
Pumpkin. Los Angeles Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
PLUCKY K0RNIL0FF.
Russla's Famous General Made Him.
eelf q Popular Hero.


General Korniloff is considered the
plIckiest general In the Russian army.
The story of his career reads like
fairy tale.
Short of stature, with brlstling MUS
tache, korniloff, who is a general OF
the Siberian cossacks, first became
known during the Russian retreat In
the Carpathians in 1915. Against des-
perate odds he held out with his divi-
sion till he himself was taken prisoner
by the Teutons. For several months
he was informed in Austria and had
very hard time there.
In 1916 he decided to escape Dis
guised as a peasant, risking his life on
many occasions, he walked hundreds
of miles across the Carpathians into
Roumania When he finally arrived in
Russia he was greeted with unbOunded
Joy by the army. His feat also made
him very popular with the entire ma
ton. This made it possible for him to
gain the great honor, Immediately after
the revolution, of being the first COM
mandant of the revolutionary army at
Petrograd.
In. this capacity he was dispatched to
TsarSkoe- SelO to arrest the cZarina.
The scene that followed his arrival at
the residence of Nicholas Romanoff OH
March q has become historic.-New
York Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Liberia.

1t is generally asserted that Liberia,
the west African republic, has one of
the hottest climates known on the face
of the globe, and certainly there are
few spots on the map which have a
greater rainfall. There are two rainy
seasons, one in June and July and the
other in October and November, and
the yearly downpour amounts to nearly
thirteen feet of water.
The country is rather remarkable for
it's flora and fauna. There is one spe
cies of tree that grows to a height of
200 feet and twenty-five species Of
trees, shrubs and vines that produce
rubber. Among the animals encounter
ed in the wild districts are the pigmy
hippopotamus, the bay thighed Diana
monkey and the zebra antelope.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
She Knew What to Take.

Five-year-old Mary. who Is always
anxious to be in everything that goes
on. lives in a small town where the
long suffering minister still endures
donation parties to make his back sal
ary Just before the last one she beg
ged eagerly:
Cant take somethin'. too. muv-
ver?"
"No. If your father and take some
thing, that will be plenty"
But the child could not bear to give
up the idea. So she ransacked the
whole house for something suitable
Finally she appeared before her mother
with worn and faded dress of her
own.
please, muvver, can't take this?
See, it's not speck Of good for any
thing" she urgea.-Christian Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Only One Cost SystaEn.

The only cost system which is worth
the use Of paper and ink is that one
which is an integral part of the gen
eral books Of account. The day of the
memorandum cost system has definite
ly passed. There is no way Of proving
cost results except through the gener-
al ledger, and since figures not known
to be accurate are worse than worth
less, being dangerous because mislead-
ing, it naturally follows that without
adequate general ledger control the
cost system is a menace to those who
rely upon it.-Stephen Gilman in In
dustrial Management.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Splendid Test of Patriotism.

One of the most remarkable subscrip-
tions ever raised in Great Britain was
the one initiated by Pitt in 1899, in
which year England rejected Napo-
Icons proposals Of peace. Pitt ap-
pealed to all who could afford it to
contribute voluntarily toward the ex-
penses of the war. 1t was a splendid
test of patriotism. Over 100000 was
actually raised in this way-a much
more imposing sum than it looks when
one considers that the population, large
ly poverty stricken, was then only
about one-fifth it's present size.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Red Dragon of Wales.

Henry VII, the first of the Tudor
mOnarchs, introduced the red dragon
Of Wales into the royal standard after
the battle of BOsworth.
Queen Mary had it removed, and
Queen Elizabeth replaced it, but it was.
finally displaced as one of the quarter
ings by James l. in favor of the uni
corn and has never since been accorded
a place on the monarch's personal flag.
King George, however, when the
Welsh Guards were added to the army
a few years ago, approved of the red
dragon being emblazoned on the kings
color Of that regiment.-London Chron-
fc1Q
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Mechanical Genius.

A celebrated engineer being examin-
ed at trial, where both the judge and
counsel tried in vain to browbeat him,
made use of the expression In his evi-
dence, ''The creative power of a me-
chanic," on which the judge rather
tartly asked him what he meant by
"the creative power of mechanic" !"
why, my lord" said the engineer, II
mean that power which enables man
to. convert horses tail into a judges
Wigr'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Persian Mare.

True porcelain was never produced IN
Persia, but hard paste porcelain in Per-
sian forms and styles of decoration was
made in China for the Persian market.
Wine, ewers with powder blue glaze
and gold overglaze decoration. small
vase and bowls with bronze luster
glaze and designs reserved in white
are found in collections of Persian
ware, but these are unquestionable Of
Chinese origin.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
To Impress the Neiuhhors.

Mr.. Wigsby-See here, my love, there
is some mistake. The expressman left
seven trunks Oh our front porch. Mrs.
Wigsby (who has just returned from
the mountains)-Imbecile! Don't you
understand? He's coming back after
dusk for the extra five.-Boston Tran
script.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Compulsory Cleanliness.

Il don't believe in compulsory mill
tary training" said Meandering Mike.
"A man should not be compelled to
fight"
dat amt de point" rejoined Plod-
ding Pete. "If you get into trainin'
you don't know whether you'll ever
have to fight or not. But it's a sure
ting dey'll make you use soap an wa
ter regular, which is contrary to per-
sonal liberty. ."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Another Royal Disaster.

"Our baby is thorough democrat"
said the father proudly.
"Umph!" said the not overinterested
friend.
"Yes," expanded the father, "he was
playing with the chessmen the other
day, and now we can't find the kings
and queens.''-Buffalo Express.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Rain as a Sanitary Agent.

Frequent and moderate rain is an ef-
fective sanitary agency. 1t cleanses the
ground and air. 1t absorbs and carries
down into rivers and thence to the
sea the excess of carbonic acid pro-
duced from fires and light and other
sources.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
The Serene uninformad.

What a man doesn't know doesn't
hurt him." said the superficial philoso-
pher.
NO" replied the cynical statesman
''but If he gets into responsible po-
sition what he doesn't know is likely
to hurt a whole lot of other people"
Washington Star.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Embarrassing.

JUDGE find you guilty of beating
your wife and fine you $40.
Prisoner-Could you trust me for it
till tomorrow? I hate to brace her for
it right nOw.-Vancouver Province.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Frequently the Case.

I'VE endeavOred to keep an account
of our expenditures, but. after all, it
didn't give us very clear idea Of
where the money went"
"Why not?"
Because both my wife and myself
had too many items that we wanted to
list as sundries. Lamb.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Makes For Trouble.

"Just because man is always giving
himself away is no sign that he has a
generous disposition"
mo, 1t isn't. But unless his wife has
generous disposition it's sign that
he is always in hot water."-Birming-
ham Age Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
sources.
Goinq Stronn.

Bertie-You ought to get something
for that cold, BERTHE. Bertie-Well.
how much will you give me?-London
Sketch.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04

Every man has right to judge one
individual only. and that is himself.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Opportunity.

OPPUTIUnIIy.
1t Is maxim agreed upon in agri-
culture that nothing must be done too
late, and. again, that everything must
be done at its proper season, while
there is third precept which reminds
US that opportunity lost can never be
regained.-Pliny the Elder.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04
Insomnia.

Deep breathing is one of the best
cures for insomnia, as it draws the
blood from the brain to the lungs.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04

Many a mans vices have at first
been nothing worse than good quail
ties run wild.-Hare.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-10-04

The sting of a reproach is the truth
Of it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Knights of Malta to
Entertain Here Tonight

Arrangements for the visit of
Grand Commander III. NJ. Askin, of
Carlisle; Grand Captain General S.
Raymond Snyder. OF Chambersburg;
Grand Sentinel j. Smith Riehl. of
Sunbury. and the Rev. l.. S. Kersch-
ner, formerly of this city, now pas
tor of the Reformed Church at New
port, to the Star of America Com
mandery No. 113, knights of Malta.
and the members of the other three
communicates of the city, tonight,
have been completed. The comman-
deries of Harrisburg, Steelton, Mid
dletown and Mechanicsburg have
been IL. ted to be present at the
occasion. 1t has been announced that
one hund. ed and fifty men are ex-
pected 1T the meeting, which is to be
held largely for the purpose of stim-
ulating interest in the order in this
district There will be speeches by
the visiting officers, and by the Rev.
Mr.. kirschner. The visiting members
are expected to arrive early this
evening and will go directly to the
Star of America Commandery rooms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
RESISTANCE OF ITALIAN
ARMY IS STIFFENING
CONTINUED from First Page. ]


form this help is taking has not yet
been disclosed
Raids and small operations are
very active along the Aisne front
and northeast of Ypres in Flanders
Battle Is Resumed
The battle in Flanders was re-
sumed by the infantry this morn
ing when the British moved forward
to the attack north of the Ypres-
Roulers railroad. Field Marshal
Haig announced the renewal of the
offensive in his usual laconic style
adding merely that the troops were
reported to be- making good pro-
gress.
The line of attack takes in the
Passchendaele region, where the re-
mainder of the ridge of that name
and the town itself are nearby Brit
ish objectlves. The thrust here is
also carrying the entente forces on
a direct line toward the railway
junction point at Roulers, approxi-
mately five miles distance.
Germans Repulsed
On the Aisne front in northern
France where the French in their re-
cent advance northwest of Laon
have jeopardized the safety of a con-
siderable section of the German lines,
the Germans delivered an attack last
night in an effort TO push back the
French in the region of Cerny. The
French easily repulsed this assault.
The artillery battle is continuing
in the sector in which the French
made their advance, where the hos
tile forces are now lined up on op-
posite sides of the Oise-Aisne canal.
In the Verdun region General Pc
tains troops last night regained
more of the small strip of ground
lost in a recent German assault in
the Caurieres wood sector east of
the Meuse.
The first casualty among the
American forces on the fighting
front in France was reported, in
the wounding of a lieutenant of the
signal corps. A shell splinter struck
the officer in the leg, inflicting a
slight wound.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
MAN KILLED IN
STREET BY AUTO
IS UNIDENTIFIED
Victim Bears Nothing to Show
Who He Might Have
Been

Coroner Eckinger to-day is unable
to find any Identifying mark on the
body of the aged man. struck by an
automobile at Second and Locust
streets last evening. A card bear
ing the name of A. Cohen, 926 North
Sixth street. is the only clue to iden-
tity, and when members of the Co
hen family were questioned, they
knew nothing about the man. Miss
Esther Cohen, 92S North Sixth street,
said that the man did not, in any
way, answer the description of the
A. Cohen, who is at present work.
ing in Pittsburgh.
The man was knocked down by the
automobile driven by w. w. Leck,
one of the officials of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, Steelton. Leck was
in the parade crowd at Second and
Locust, and when he was told to go
ahead by the traffic officer, started
his machine. Just at that moment,
the victim of the accident walked IN
front of the car and was struck by
the machine. He was rushed to the
Harrisburg Hospital and died in a
few minutes. His death was due 10
compound fracture of the skull.
The victim is between so and SO
years of age. has gray hair. a clean
shaven face, and wore a blue suit.
There were no papers In his pockets
save the one card, and a small
amount of money. The body was
placed in the Harrisburg Hospital
mortuary, and will be held for tden-
tification. Coroner Eckinger VIII hold
an inquest after the body has been
identified.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
DIR. PRUGH CALLS
FOR PROHIBITION
Temperance Worker Asks
President to Intervene
During War

DR.. B. E. P. Prugh, chairman of
the Pennsylvania State Prohibition
Committee, with headquarters in
Harrisburg, to-day sent a letter to
President Wilson appealing to him to
''use the power invested in him by
Congress to prohibit during the war
the use of all foodstuffs in the manu-
facture of any intoxicants whatever"
In his letter DIR. Prugh expresses
appreciation of the vast burdens the
President is called upon to carry ana
he calls attention to the Presidents
appeal to every man, woman and
child in the United States to con-
serve food. He also points to the
fact that prohibition of manufac-
ture and heavy taxes have run the
price of whisky so high that many
drinkers have turned to beer, and
continues:
The natural consequences will he
that the manufacture of beer will be
largely increased; and since beer
uses more food stuffs for it's making
than whisky, the prohibition of the
manufacture of whisky will serve
rather to accentuate the shortage of
food than to lessen it, because of the
increased use of food stuffs in the
making of beer.
THE fact that enough food stuffs
yearly have been taken for the
manufacture of intoxicants to have
produced daily 100000 pound
loaves of bread, if the said intoxi-
cants had been simply harmless,
would in such time of stress have
been amply sufficient cause for the
prohibition of their use for making
drink. When we add to this their
fearfully damaging results to the Ma
ton, the loss of more than 40 lives
daily, the expenditure of more than
two billions of dollars annually sim
ply in buying these beverages, the
mass of crime committed for which
judges and grand juries have told us
at least so per cent can be laid at
the door of drink, the taxes heaped
upon the law w-abiding, sober people
to pay for wreckage of the saloon,
and the immeasurable untold sor-
rows and suffering heaped upon in
nocent families, when we consider
that you use the power vested in you
by Congress to prohibit during the
war the use of all food stuffs in the
manufacture of any intoXicants
whatever? In the solution of our
food problems, therefore, is this
particular effort, dependent upon
you, too much to ask of you at this
time, as your individual service to
be rendered in your official capacity
as the President of all the people,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30

ARE EXPLAINED
Letters Mailed and Delivered
in City Will Cost Only
Two Cents

The Harrisburg post office has is
sued the following notice to the pub
lie on the new postal rate:
Effective November 2 the new
postage rates will be rs follows
Letters and other first-class mat
ter. except drop letters and postal
and postcards, will be subject to
hostage at the rate of tS cents :or
each ounce or fraction thereof.
The rate on drop letters will be
cents an ounce or traction thereof.
khis applies only to letters mailed
ror local delivery, which includes
PaXtang borough, Riverside from
Division street to Vaughn street, and
from the river 20 the Pennsylvania
Railroad, Pleasantview from Eigh-
teenth TO Twenty-second street, and
from Walnut TO Herr streets, and
the i've rural routes from Harris
burg.
THE rate on postalcards IS two
cents each, whether written or
printed. The postage on printed
cards bearing the words postcard"
or private mailing card" which do
not nave written message, is one
cent each.
Upon every parcel or package
transported from one point in the
oiillSu old -eS 10 anOCnef Dy DdrCel
post on Which the postage amounts
20 twenty-five cents or more, there
shall be paid q tax of one cent for
each twenty-five cents or fractional
part thereof, charged for such trans
porteUSn to be paid by the con-
signor.
The tax on fourth-class matter
referred TO is no applicable on par
cells on which the postage amounts
10 less than twenty-five cents. On q
parcel - bject to twenty-five cents
postage the tax is one cent; on par
GELS on which the postage amounts
30 from Twenty-siX cents to fifty
cents the tax is two cents each, and
so on. Parcels shall not be ac-
cepted for mailing, unless both the
required postage and tax are fully
prepaid. Special internal revenue
stamps shall be used to pay the tax,
which will be sold by postmasters to
their patrons. Ordinary postage
stamps are not TO be used to pay this
war tax. The internal revenue
stamps affixed TO parcels in payment
of the tax must be Cancelled by the
sender, placing or causing to be
placed, thereon his written or
stamped initials together with the
date upon which the stamps are at
tached or used. In no case how
ever, should the sender cancel post
age stamps affixed to parcels; such
stamps must be Cancelled only by
postal employees"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Capitol Hill Notes

Road Contracts Let-State High
way Commissioner ]. Denny O'Neil
to-day let contract for the construc-
tion of 6,537 feet of reinforced con-
crete road in Montgomery county to
the Amber Davis Co., of Philadel-
phia, at their bid of $44,349.
Commissioners Meet Here-Gov-
ernor Brumbaugh and representa-
tives of the Department of State and
the Attorney Generals Department
met with the Soldiers Vote Commits
sioners in the Capitol this afternoon,
the commissioners having been sum-
moned here to receive instruction as
to the method by which the vote will
he taken. They were given copies
such other literature and copies of
laws as they will need. The Gov
ernor to-day appointed the follow
ing. additional commissioners: For
Camp Meade, j. o. Asbury, Phila-
delphia; NJ. ]. Emery. Ariel; Ben
jamin E. Henson, Philadelphia;
Joseph L. Thomas, Bristol; Charles
Wygant, Guys Mills. Camp Lee, Will
liam Coates, Pittsburgh; Camp Sher-
man, Earl 1. Koch, Reading; Fort
Oglethorpe, John B. Bumgardner,
Chambersburg; Fort Niagara, c.. w.
Wilson. Miff1in.
Water Company Dccision-The
Public Service Commission to-day
rendered a ruling in the case of Fred
Franzel ct al VS.. the Winburne Water
Company, ordering the company to
relay certain of its lines, provide
proper service and submit a new
tariff cov4ring such service.
VIII Visit Camps-Governor Brum-
haugh will visit certain of the South
ern military camps wnere Pennsyl-
vania men are stationed following
election. Arrangements are now be-
ing made.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Consul Frost to Tell of
Rescues of Hun Victims

The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the mass meeting OF
the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce. Chestnut Street Hall, Thurs
day evenin, which will be addressed
by Wesley Frost, u. S. consul at
Queenstown, ireland, has arranged
for the Steelton band to furnish
music.
The committee on arrangements
has asked the following to act as a
reception committees: Farley Gan
nett, William r. Graupner, w. M.
Eager, f. r. Eckenrode, c. X. Boas,
AL. K. Thomas, V. w. Kenney, Ira
C. Kinder. F. ]. Brady, Henderson
Gilbert, w. H. Bennethum, Jr., j.
w. Bowman, Lee Goldsmith, John
C. Herman, Allan Donaldson, Walter
Johnston. George Carl, DR.. II. NJ.
Kirkpatrick, John c. Orr. S. S. Pom
eroy, H. w. Stone. Robert A. Boil,
John f. Sweeney. f. V. Larkin.
Consul Frost has had charge of
personally investigating the sinking
of practically all of the great pas
senger liners that have been sent
down in the graveyard of the great
Atlantic, the Lusitania being the
most noted case requiring his atten-
ton.
Consul Frost will tell those pres
ent at Thursdays meeting the re-
suits of his numerous trips out to
sea in charge of rescue fleets, the
facts developed at his personal Off
cial interviews with the survivors
and other interesting an dthrilling
details.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-30
Alien Enemies Must
Be Discharged From
All Government Plant
BY Associated Press

New York. Oct. SO.-A letter warn,
ing that alien enemies must be dis
charged before November 1 was sen
by United States Marshal Power IL
Brooklyn t-day to hundreds of ship
yards, drydocks. machineshops> an
manufacturing plants along the wa
terfronts of Brooklyn, Queens. Lon
Island and Staten Island. All Ger
man aliens, whether or not they hol =
Government passes to restrictea 8
zones, who are still employed afte
tomorrow will be interned at tn
Ellis Island immigration station.
Marshal Power said he was con
vinced this measure was the only on
which would put n stop to the water
front fires which have been numerou
in Brooklyn since America entered tn
war. There have been thirty-two o.
these and the damage has amounte
to millions of dollars, repPesentin'.
loss of munitions and food intende
for the entente allies. None of these
has been traced to German origin, tn
marshal said. but virtually all
them were of incendiary character
in the opinion of investigators.