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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
RETAILERS TO
ACT ON RAISE
IN MILK PRICE
To Increase Cost to Consumer
to Ten Gents a Quart;
Meeting Tonight

While retail dairymen of the city
have taken no concerted action on
raising the price of milk to ten cents
a quart, a number of the dealers
stated to-day they will be compelled
TO make the increase to the consum-
er when the wholesale price is ad-
vanced to "a cents gallon, August
Is.
Committees representing the pro-
ducers and the retail men will meet
in Harrisburg tonight to take final
action on the increase. On Saturday
night the dairymen of Dauphin and
Cumberland counties in session al
Franklin Hall, Mechanicsburg, voted
to advance their price from 20 to "a
cents a gallon A five-cent raise met
with much opposition and was voted
down.
The retailers were not represented
at the meeting on Saturday night, but
after the conference of the commit
tees this evening, they will probably
call a meeting and take definite
action on the advance.
Ice cream manufacturers so far
have taken no action on increasing
their prices, it was said. If the price
of cream is increased by the produc-
ers, it was predicted that ice cream
will be retailed at As cents a quart.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
SCORE NARROWLY
MISSED COLLAPSE
Had Underwood Building
Fallen Hour Later Would
Have Caught Many More

Occupants of the Underwood Type
writer building, 25 North Third
street, who had miraculous escapes
Saturday afternoon when that struc-
ture collapsed, have recovered from
the shock and injuries they suffered.
A score of other persons are congra-
tulating themselves that the accident
did not happen an hour later.
Dr. f. b. Wilson, of the Philadel-
phia dental parlors, had engagements
with twenty persons, all of whom
would have been in his office by 2
o'clock. At the time his own equip
ment was being destroyed, DR.. Viii
son was arranging over the telephone
for the purchase of dental furniture
machinery and equipment with an
other dentist who has enlisted in the
United States Army.
Officially, the responsibility of the
accident has not been placed. Al
investigation is being made by Build
ing Inspector James II. Grove. While
he has not made any statement, it is
understood that he will report
number of causes for the collapse.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
More Petitions Filed
For Many Minor Offices

Only candidates for the minor mu-
nicipal offices in the county filed
their nominating petitions to-day
with the County Commissioners. The
nominating petitions must be filed
II later than August %. August so,
$, ptember 4 and September 10 are
the registration days in the city and
the county authorities to-day posted
notices to that effect at the vorious
city polling places. These candidates
filed their petitions to-day:
George S. Winters, Republican. in
spector of elections, Sixth Precinct,
Second Ward. These Derry town
ship Republicans filed: S. S Balls
baugh, auditor Jacob II. Balsbaugh,
baugh, auditor; Jacob H. Balsbaugh,
justice of the peace; John e. Fors,
atX collector; Martin b. Nye. assessor;
Martin Yingst, supervisor; Clayton o.
Gish inspector; John G.. Longeneck-
er, judge. Other petitions were: A.
F, Fries. auditor, Republican. Steel
tom William II. Stipe, Democrat, pre-
cinct assessor, Second Precinct, Sec
ond Ward, Middletown; William f.
Nipple, Democrat, councilman, First
Ward, Middletown; H. G. Aungst, Re-
publican judge, Second Precinct,
Third Ward, Middletown; Simon
Stark, Republican. Judge, First Pre-
cinct, Third Ward, Midletown; Will
liam II. Cassel. Republican, super
visor Lower Paxton township,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
Give Birthday Surprise
to Edwin S. Herman, Jr.

Miss Albeda Herman, who is sum-
mering with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin S. Herman at Aqueduct,
arranged a birthday surprise for her
brother, Edwin S. Herman, Jr., in
viting several of his friends to an
outing in the country on Saturday.
The party enjoying canooing,
swimming and a trip across the river
where they held corn and frank
furter roast.
In the party were Miss Dorothy
Cox, Miss Nancy Mccullough, Miss
Marguerite Sucker, Miss Almeda
Herman, Betty Oenslaser, Edwin s.
Herman, Jr., Frank Payne, Jr., Fred
erick Stone and Donald Oenslager.
DR.. and Mrs. G.. NJ. Rhoads, Mr.
amid Mrs. Alfred c. Kuschwa and
little Miss Louise Kuschwa, are home
after a delightful motor trip to
Eaglesmere.
e. II. Cahill and family, of Camp
Hill, motored to Mt. Gretna for a
weekend stay with RI and Mrs
George +. Bill at "Idler's Camp"
Miss Katharine Wharton, who is
summering near Elizabethtown will
visit Miss Virginia Downes at Car
Isle, the latter part of the week.
Miss Mae Myers, of 1922 Briggs
street, will be hostess to the r. f. o
NJ. club of the Y. w. c. A., Thursday
evening at her home.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
READY TO SEIZE
WHEAT TO KEEP
PRICES JUST
Whole 1917 Harvest Will Be
Taken Over by U. S. if
Necessary

Washington, Aug. 13.-The Food
Administration announced last night
it's plan for controlling wheat, flour
ment is prepared to take over the
whole 1917 wheat harvest If neces-
sadly to conserve the supply, obtain
just prices for Americans fighting
forces and their allies and reduce
costs to the general public in the
UnitedStates.
Establishing of buying agencies at
all the principal terminals, licensing
Of elevators and mills, fixing of a
price to be considered fair, regula-
ton of the middleman and of grain
exchanges. with the elimination of
trading in futures, are the chief
features of the plan. The licensing
will begin Septembr 1.
The minimum price of 81 for
wheat fixed by Congress does not be-
come effective until next year, but
the administration proposes to eX-
ercise a very thorough control over
this years crop through powers con-
ferred under the food and export
control bills.
No Present Determined Price
1t must be clearly understood
that the guaranteed minimum price
of SO per bushel for wheat, set out
in the Food bill, does not apply to
the 1917 havest, but only to the 1915
havest, and then under conditions
which must be elaborated. There is
therefore, no determination price fol
the 1917 harvest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
Philippine Islands Increase
Coin Circulation This Year

Manila.-While 1916 saw a gain
in the increase in circulation of
money in the Philippine Islands,
which amounted to 100000 pesos,
the first six months of this year will
exceed that record increase by g.
OO0,O pesos. The circulation since
January l has amounted to S5,000,-
900 pesos. These figures, say local
economists, reflect directly the high
ly favorable trade conditions that
have been maintained for more than
two years in the Philippine Islands
The wealth of the islands is in
creasing rapidly. In Manila alone,
the assessed value of taxable prop
erty to-day, is over 103, 100000 pes
os, which is more than 3,000,0 600
pesos above 1916. Recent agricul-
tural development in the provinces,
the extent of which it is impossible
to calculate exactly, makes it certain
that the increases in property values
in other parts of the island have far
exceeded Manila's record. The sue
cess that attended the single week $
campaign for subscriptions to the
Liberty Loan testified to the pres
ence of much available money IN
Manila. Banks and other agencies
which have all the funds which they
can readily make use of are another
testimonial to the prosperity of the
islands.
There is but one drawback to the
outlook-prices for sugar and copra
in the United States are such as TO
make it Improbable to pay the cur
rent transpacific freight rates. The
chief concern is felt as to sugar.
There are upwards of 1000 tons
| of low grade sugar from the crop
harvested last fall in the sugar prov
| inces, lying in warehouses. A large
| part of the sugar has heretofore
gone to China and Japan, but the
! conditions in China have practically
| closed the market there. An unusual
| ly large crop of Formosan sugar has
reduced the Japanese demand fol
| the Philippine product to mini
mum.
! Low grade sugar cannot command
| good prices in the American mar
kets, hence the present rate on sugar
| to the Pacific coast, which is $35 q
! ton, makes it's shipment to the Unit
| ed States a losing proposition. How
ever, it has been thought that the
| dispatch of the Communicated Ger
man vessels to the United States by
! the Philippine government would of
| fer enough available cargo space &c
transport the sugar. The government
/ has assured the sugar planters thai
their space needs would be met.
! Nevertheless the government, ir
order not to compete with CONNER.
cial liners, is making it's rates con.
form as much as possible to com
; mercial rates. Hence the rate on su.
| gar must be lowered or the sugar
men must be prepared to pocket 6
! considerable loss by sale, probably
| to Japan, in order to clear theil
warehouses which will begin to come
| in in November.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
READERS COUPON

keep the moisture in the soil. That
is, if the surface of the soil, all over
the garden, is kept finely pulverized
and dry, the moisture below the sur
face can be saved. The dry dust
mulch on the surface acts just as
a covering of leaves or strawey
manure would do, keeping the moist
soil below it protected from the sun
and wind. which otherwise would
cause it to be used up rapidly by
evaporation.
This frequent summer cultivation
should not be deep enough to cut or
break the plants roots. One to two
inches is deep enough. If you have
not got a wheel hoe, which is just
the thing for this work, get slide
or scuffle hoe. This will cost but
fifty cents or so; will do the work
much quicker and better, and will
last for years. A blade eight inches
wide is better than q wider one for
general use.
Keep All the Ground Busy
The quick growing crops. such as
radishes, lettuce, beans, kohl rabi,
early turnips, and peas, which every
one plants in the spring, are often
absent from the fall garden. There
is no reason why you should go
without any of these if you like
lUGlllt as lUGTb. Is SUN lllllc W pldll
them, and usually plenty of room to
fit them in after early crops just as
soon as the latter can be got out of
the way. Many gardeners don't even
wait for the first crops to be wholly
used up, but make their succession
planting between the rows of such
things as are nearly harvested, so
that they will be ready to take their
places without any lost time in be-
tween. Use summer or winter va
rieties of radishes for sowing now,
such as CHARTERS or White Stras-
burg. or Celestial or Chinese Rose.
For tunips Cor quick use, the old fa-
vorites White Milan and Petrowski
are good. Use early varieties of peas
or beans, such as Little Marvel or
Alaska. and Stringless Greenpod and
Longfellow.
Suggestions for fighting insects
and drouth will be given in the next
article on summer and fall garden
ing, which will appear soon. A full
description OF the varieties mention
ed above, with many others, and a
great deal of other helpful garden
information, may be had by sending
to w. Atlee Burpee q Co.. of Phila-
delphia, for their Midsummer Gar
den Book, which will be supplied
free of charge to readers of the
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH, il
they mention the name of this paper
when requesting it. Ask also for
their free book on Root Crops for
Stock and for Winter use.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
SCOUTS BRING
SUIT TO GUARD
ORGANIZATION
National Council Starts Action
in Supreme Court of
New York

The Boy Scouts of America has
begun a suit to protect its name and
the words hoy scouts and ''cout-
ing" The Boy Scouts of America
has a Federal charter and it's uni
form is safe, guarded by the army
law.
The suit is brought by the Ma
tional Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, through it's executive board
in the Supreme Court of the State of
New York against the organization
known as the United States Boy
Scout" for the uprpose of safeguard
ing the interests of the Boy Scout
movement and protecting the boy
hood of America and the general
public from being misled.
The counsel of the Boy Scouts of
America is former Justice Charles b.
Hughes, and the action is brought
by Messrs. Hughes, Rounds, Schur-
been taken with reluctance because
it had been hoped that it would not
be necessary. Recent activities, how
ever, have so seriously promoted con-
fusion and threatened such injury to
the Boy Scout movement that the
Boy Scouts of America felt duty
bound to take this step to protect
itself and the public.
The object of the suit is to re-
f~ni h Il of do inf NFgrn n Iylf
from the further use in it's name of
the words boy scout" scouting y
or similar words, and from doing
specific acts leading to confusion Of
the defendant with the Boy Scouts of
America in the mind of the public.
The Boy Scouts of America is op-
Grating under charter granted by
Congress Is, 1916, and is the only
boys organization in the United
States which is specifically authorIz-
ed, under section 1875 of the army re-
organization law of June 3, 1915, to
wear uniform any part of which is
similar to the uniform of the United
States Navy, Army or Marine Corps.
The Boy Scouts of America has as
it's honorary officers President Wood
row Wilson, eX-Presidents Theodore
Roosevelt and William H. Taft, and
a large number of the governors of
the various states.
It's executive board and officers in
clude President Colin II. Livingstone,
Mortimer l.. Schiff, John Sherman
Hoyt, Milton A. McRae, Professor
jeremiah E. jerks, Judge Franklin
c. Hoyt, Frank Presbrey, William d.
Murray, Charles p. Neill, George d.
Pratt, Daniel Carter Beard, B. l..
Dulaney, Robert Garrett, Charles d.
Hart. Charles c. Jackson, Ernest p.
Bickell and James r. West.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
MEN OF BELIEFS
OPPOSED TO WAR
TOBE ACCEPTED
Will Be Assigned to Noncom-
batant Places in Mobili-
zation Camps

Men of draft age who are members
of religious organizations with prin-
ciples opposed to war will be called
before exemptions boards for exam
ination in the same manner as other
men. If they pass they will be sent
to mobilization camps to be given
places considered noncombatant by
the President.
A telegram giving the ruling of the
War Department on this question was
received to-day at the State Registra-
ton Headquarters here. and was for
warded at once to all districts and
local boards.
The regulation referring to them
reads:
Any person who is found by local
board to be member of any we'll
organized religious sect of organiza-
tlon' organized and existing May IS.
1917 and whose then existing creeds
or principles forbids it members to
participate in war in any form and
whose religious convictions are
against war or participation therein
III accordance with the creed or prin-
siples OF the said religious organiza-
ton"
Inc duties which may be allotted
10 these men have not been made
! known. There are numerous army
organizations however, such as the
Hospital Corps, Quartermaster Corps
| known as noncombatant troops in
army organization. There will he
in addition many labor batta!lions
| messengers, motor drivers, clerks
and the like who will have no active
part in the fighting although thew
will be as much exposed to shell fire
in bringing supplies up to the line
and taking wounded back as are the
active regiments. Presumably OBJ
lection will be placed in these units
where the work will be to save life,
not to take 1t.
| Another order received from Cen
eral Crowder is directed against in
! structions issued by the Navy De-
partment saying that men after be-
| ing called for examination may en-
list voluntarily in the military or
naval branch of the service. The
order says:
"An erroneous il.5truction has
been sent by the Navy Department
to Naval Recruiting Stations to the
effect that persons could voluntarily
enlist in the navy after having been
called by a local board. The atten-
ton of the Navy Department has
been called to ills error and is being
rectified by telegram to-day. Please
inform all local boards that after a
person has been called by the board
he cannot voluntarily enlist in the
military or naval service and that
such voluntary enlistment will not
protect him from the penalty of the
law for failure to report to a loca
board"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
MIDSUMMER WORK IN THE
GARDEN BRINGS BIG RESULTS
Many Gard eners Lose
Everything BY Failing to|
Cultivate Grounds in Hot
Months
BY T.. +. ROCKWELL
Author of Around the Year in the
Garden" Home Vegetable

Garden" Home Vegetable
Gardening etc.
Copyright, 1917, by w. Atlee Burpee
& Co, Seedgrowers, Philadelphia.
Abraham Lincoln used to tell q
story, by way of illustrating what
the promises OF some of his political
opponents amounted to, of a splen-
did boulevard he once came across
in western city. 1t began as a fine
avenue, hanked with magnificent
trees on either side, and wide enough
for three coach-and-fours to drive
abreast. but just beyond the town
limits 1t became a dirt road, and
then a cowpath.. and finally became
a squirrel path that ran up a tree
and ended in knothole!
Some of our war gardens" are
going to end like that this year. Ev-
cry season in fact, war or no war
there are many gardeners who start
out most enthusiastically in the
spring and do eXcellently in getting
their gardens started, only to have
their good resolutions peter out"
toward midsummer, and finally let
things slide entirely. This means
that they not only lose the oppor-
tunity to get a fall as well as sum-
mer crop from their gardens, but
forfeit the benefits of much of the
work they have already done, and
by raising a crop of weeds, waste the
fertility of the soil and SOW a lot of
trouble for next season. Weeds are
always ready to go to work and pro-
duce a crop of seeds just as soon as
the gardener stops producing crops
of vegetables. Don't play into the
hands of the enemy! Even if you
can't push this years campaign any
further, at least hold what you have
on
Summer neglect of the garden is
caused more often by ignorance of
just what should be done than by
carelessneSS. It may seem waste of
time to cultivate soil from which
you have already succeeded in free
ing from weeds: or to pull weeds in
the rows of vegetables that have
made their full growth, and will be
gone by" in a week or two.
But it is not. All the soil between
the rows should be cultivated or
stirred frequently until you are
ready to take out the first crop
and plant another. Every weed that
is left, whether it is directly injur-
ing any vegetable or not, is robbing
the soil; and most of them will have
matured seed and thus provided for
many hours of tiresome labor on
your part before you suspect that
they are half-grown, because the
flowers and seed-pods are so incon-
spicuous.
How Dust Saves Water
Anyone can easily understand that
cultivation after wet weather,-as
soon as the soil is dry enough 10
work in without being sticky-will
help to loosen it up, and dry it out
by admitting the air. 1t is more
difficult to explain to the beginner
that frequent cultivation. in a long
period of dry weather, also helps to
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE


Philadelphia, Aug. IS. - Wheat -
No market.
Corn = Demorallzed and lower; No,
2, yellow. s2.2O@2.25. asked.
oats Market lower; No. 2,
white, S9@9Oc; No. 3. white. SS@S9c.
Bran - Market steady; soft winter
per ton, $41.0O; spring, per ton,
Refined Sugars - Market firm;
powdered, S.5O@9.25c; fine granulated
9.05c.
Butter - The market is firm; west
ern, creamery. extra. 42@43c; nearby
prints, fancy, Acc.
Eggs - Firm; western, Penn
sylvania and other nearby tirsts, free
cases, $11.40 per case; do, current re-
ceipts. free cases, $11.10 per case;
western, extra, firsts. free cases. $11.40
per case; do. firsts. free cases. $11.1G
per case.
Live Poultry--steady; fowls. 2S,@
25c; roosters. 16@17c; spring chick
ems, 22@30c; ducks, II 7GD19c.
Dressed Poultry, = Market steady
choice. 25@25hc; do. small sizes, is
@24c; old roosters, 1Sc; broilins
chickens, nearby. 25 a. sec; do, west
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
m ELEVEN GANG PLOW

els of wheat per acre is a conserva-
tive estimate and that the average
wheat yield for western Canada runs
fifty-four bushels an acre, it is esti-
mated that four million more bushels
of wheat will be grown this year than
last. Estimating five bushels of
wheat to barrel of flour, this repre-
sents 100000 barrels of flour. Each
barrel can be transformed into $50
loaves of bread, which gives a grand
total of two hundred million loaves
of bread, or food enough for one mil
.llon persons for one year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13

Canada plans to feed more people
this year than ever before. An in
teresting sidelight on what is being
done to put every available acre of
land possible under the plow this
year, is given in the following laconic
statement from the land department
Of the Canadian Pacific railway:
I'VE shall produce, over and above
last years crop, enough food to
supply one million people for one
year."
Next to the crown the Canadian
Pacific railway is tho greatest land
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13

owner in the British empire, pos
sessing approximately twelve mill
lion acres of land. Much of the land
sold has been bought by Americans
who, for various reasons, have not
made the most Of their opportunities
for cultivating it. Circulars were
sent to 1000 American owners of
Canadian farms in western Canada
asking them to cultivate their idle,
and, in most cases, virgin acreage.
Two thousand owners have placed
an average of 100 acres each under
crop. Considering that twenty bush
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
COMMIT SERIES
OF THEFTS;; TAKE
AUTOS AND CASH
Desert One Machine and Steal
Another; Break Into
Post Office

Waynesboro, Aug. 13.-Thieves
last night stole an automobile owned
by a lumber merchant of Hagers-
town, and drove the machine to this
place; deserted it and stole another
one belonging to Samuel e. Beeler;
then started on series of burglaries
in this section of the country.
The first place broken into was
Rouzerville, a small town near Pen
Mar Here the burglars forced open
window in a store and took an
empty cash register Their next
stop was Chromian where they broke
into the post office, but took nothing.
They also broke into the storage
house of the Western and Maryland
Railroad and filled the tank of the
auto with gasoline.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-08-13
NEW RECORDS ARE
MADE By STOCKS
Tobaccos, Motors, Shippings and Equipment Active;
Prominent Indus trials Firmer

Potatoes The market is
firm; Eastern Shore, No /. per
barrel, S2.5O@3.50; do, No. 9, per bar
rel, 81. .25 q rs; Delaware and Mary
land. No. l, per barrel. $2.75@ $50;
white potatoes, per bushel. $1,000
1.25; Jersey, No. l, per basket. coo
zoe; do, No. ., per basket. 500 45c.
$10.75@11.25; Kansas, clear, $l2.5D a
1900; straight, S13.00@13.50; patent.
$13.25 25Q13.75; spring. first. clear, old,
$I2.0OQ12.75; do, patent. old, $13.25 %
1875; favorite brands S14.00Q14.25.
Hay. : Steady; timothy. No. l,
large bales. S2O.50@21.O0; small bales,
$20:50Q21.Q0; No. 2. $17.5O@1S.5e; No.
8. S15.50@16.50.
Glover Mixed: Light mixed, $3.50
a 1850. No. l, do, $16.50@17.50; No.
2, do, S145O615,5O.