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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
FINAL APPEAL
ON BOND SALE
President Samuel Rea Makes
Public Plans For Pennsy
Employees

The second Liberty Loan campaign
among employees of the Pennsylvania
railroad has been on just two
weeks. In that time reports have
been encouraging and there is every
indication that the final week will
bring the goal expected by Preci-
dent Samuel Rea. The latter pledg-
railroad to aid the government in
making the loan a success. He is
receiving a hearty cooperation from
the employees. To those who have
not studied the Pennsy plan Presi-
dent Rea has issued the following:
Plans For Subscribers
Arrangements have been made
whereby the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company will secure for all employees
of the company and it's affiliated
companies, bonds of the United
States second Liberty Loan under the
following plans:
plan A-Subscriber may make
full payment for the amount of bonds
subscribed for at the time of appli-
cation.
plan B-Subscriber may make an
initial payment at the time of appli-
cation and make monthly payments
to any agent thereafter until the full
amount of subscription has been
paid.
plan C-Subscriber may make
an initial payment at the time of ap-
plicatien and authorize monthly de-
ductions from wages until the full
Of tho SthSprinfiOp haS haan
paid.
plan D-Subscriber may author
ize monthly deductions from wages
to the full amount of subscription
without making an initial payment.
PaymcntsRulcs
Bonds will be issued in denomi-
nations of $50. 500, $500. $1,000,
$4,000 and $4,000. Interest will be
adjusted on the basis of per cent.
per annum from November Is, 1917.
Subscriber upon making each cash
payment to an agent of the company,
should receive from him a receipt in
duplicate for the amount paid, the
duplicate to be forwarded by the sub
scriber to the controller, the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company, PhIla-
delphia, Pa, in an addressed envel-
ope furnished by the agent.
I'm the event of the subscriber
leaNlng the service OF the company
by which he is employed, or if for
any other cause the subscriber fails
to make monthly payments within
ten days after they become due. the
unpaid balance shall become due,
and if not paid all the rights of the
subscriber to the bonds subscribed
for shall cease, and said bonds shall
be sold for his account at the market
price and an account rendered 10
him with interest at per cent. and
the balance settled with him or his
legal representative.
Our country is in the midst of
worldwide war and the go ernment
must have every support ( carry il
on. Subscriptions to the first 8 y
per cent. Liberty Loan were very
gratifying: let us not fall behind in
this new per cent. loan. No safer
investment can be made
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
Towerman Pleads Guilty
to Causing P. R. R. Wreck

Beaver. Pa. Oct. 23.-Richard
Wright. railroad tower operator on
duty when the Pennsylvania Limited
carrying the National Baseball Com
mission was wrecked at New Galilee,
October s. with the death of a train
man, yesterday pleaded guilty to in
voluntary manslaughter in court
here and was paroled.
Wright told the court that he fell
asleep and did not awaken until the
limited thundered by on track over
which a freight train was approach
ing from the opposite direction. The
commission was on its way from Chi
cago to New York for the third game
of the worlds championship series.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
CAPT. HEAD
OF ROTARY CLUB
succeeds Buchanan at Presi-
dent; Eli n. Hershey New
Vice-PrcSident

Captain George +. Lumb, we'll
Enown attorney and in charge of the
ftate Police headquarters in this
ity, was elected yesterday as presi-
] lent of the Rotary Club of Harris
|SIrg to succeed Andrew L. Buch-
'an, who has left Harrisburg to be-
E6me district passenger agent for the
Pennsylvania Railroad at Baltimore.
Eli y. Hershey was elected vice
president to succeed Captain Lumb
nd becomes a member or the board
lf directors. This action was taken
II a meeting of the directors yes
|erday afternoon.
Captain Lumb has been a member
the club for years. He is a veteran
II the Spanish American and Philip
Inc wars and in addition to his prac-
ice of commercial law is, head of
he State Police under Major
Eroome, the superintendent. He has
Elken part in all movements for civic
|etterments since his residence in the
|ity, has been especially interested
b campaigns for the care of soldiers
II the front and in the training
lamps and is an enthusiastic Rotar-
bn.
Mr.. Hershey, who becomes vice.
President, does not know of his cleo
|on, being in Ohio at this time on n
business trip. He is head of the
Hershey Creamery Company, which
+ erecting the largest creamery and
ce cream factory in Central Penn
ylvania. all of concrete and erected
long lines approved by the best sani-
bry engineers in the country. He is
PRESIDENT of one of the parent teach
rs' associations in the Allison Hill
istrict, where he resides. He is a
brmer school teacher and has travel
ID extensively in Great Britain, Eu-
ope and Iceland.
George S. Reinoehl, division man
ger of the Bell Telephone Company,
Eas elected a member of the club.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
Railroaders Plan For
Big Patriotic Session

Plans were completed to-day for
history of the Friendship and Co.
operative Club. 1t will be a patriotic
session and will be held Thursday
night. October IS. The president,
William X. Drake, extends cordial
invitation to all railroad men to at
tend. Prominent speakers have been
secured and officials from Altoona,
Reading and other points will be on
President Drake has also arranged
for cigars and refreshments and
wants every member to bring along
a friend He was busy to-day get
ting the program in shape. and after
several conferences with number of
officials announced that there would
be the biggest surprise of the sea-
son Thursday night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
Soldiers Are Mobilizing
From P. R. R. Main Line

Soldiers on duty along the main
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad
ended their duties as bridge and
property guards to-day and mobiliz-
ed at Lemoyne. There will be 14S
when all have reported. They come
from Gallitzen end points east. After
two days at Lemoyne these soldiers.
who are a part of the Tenth Regi-
ment, New York National Guards,
will leave for Spartanburg, s c.,
where other details of the New York
Guard are in camp.
Captain Paul L. Barclay will place
soldiers were on guard. These men
will come from the Middle and Phil
adelphia divisions of the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

Cascarets are a treat! They HvGn
your liver, clean your thirty feet of
bowels and sweeten your stomach.
You eat one or two Cascarets like
candy before going to bed and in the
morning your head is clear, tongue
is clean, stomach sweet breath right.
and cold gone and you feel grand.
Get a 10 or 25-cent box at any
drug store and enjoy the incest, gem
tlest liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced. Stop sick head
aches. bilious spells, indigestion,
furred tongue, offensive breath and
constipation. Mothers should give
cross, peevish, feverish, bilious chill
dren a whole Cascaret any time.
They are harmless and never grippe
or sicken.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
Two Local Men to
Attend Baptist State
Meeting at Pittsburgh

The Rev. DR.. E. Luther Cunning
ham and Deacon William f. Brightly
leave tonight for Pittsburgh as mas
sengers from the St Paul Baptist
Church to the Pennsylvania Baptist
state convention which meets with
the Good Hope Baptist of that city
tomorrow.
DIR. Cunningham is a member of
the board of managers of the con-
vention and the chairman of its an
pointment committee He will be
away from the city for week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
Potatoes of Mr.. Umberger
Win First Prize at Fair

B. f. Umberger. of Duncannon,
widely known in this city, and ex-
secretary of te City Planning Com
mission. was awarded first prize at
the Newport Fair for the finest crop
of Irish Cobbler potatoes.
Mr.. Umberger's exhibit was entered
in competition with those of many
farmers in the county and was
awarded the first prize. His record
of production per acre was an excep-
tionally good one.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
HALLOWE,EN sOCIAI.

The ladies of Capital Legion. No
110S. National Protective Legion will
hold their annual Halloween social in
G. A. r. Hall, 26 North Third street.
tomorrow evening. A masquerade
program. and huge cake will be
awarded the winner. The hall will be
apprpriatel decorated with Haiiow-
cen novelties. About 200 guests are
expected
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
TIT mn
"Peruna Cured Me"

Mr.. Robert Fowler, Okarche, Ok
lahoma, writes: ITO any sufferer of
catarrh of the stomach am glad 10
tell my friends or sufferers of ca
tarrh that seventeen years ago 1 was
past work of any kind, due TO stom-
ach troubles. l tried almost every
known remedy, without any results.
Finally I tried Pcruna, and am hap
py TO say I was benerited by the first
bottle. and after using a full treat
ment l was entirely cured. 1 am now
seventy years old, and am in good
health, due to always having Peruna
at my command. l would not think
of going away from home for any
length of time without taking a bot
tie of Peruna along for emergency.
You are at liberty to use my picture
and testimony if you think il will
help any one who has stomach
trouble"
Those who object to liquid medi-
cine can now procure Peruna Tab
lets
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
Railroad Notes

Jacob Schnader, who has been off
duty on account of the illness of his
brother has returned to his duties as
tion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

William Shelley, a Pennsylvania
Railroad brakeman is off duty on ac-
county of illness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
THROWN RN MILE

When mule he was riding threw
i'm to the ground. Saturday evening
|rvin R Enders, Elizabethvi1le, sus-
hined a fracture of the pelvis. He
as admitted to the Harrisburg Hos
|ital yesterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

Charles KilIian and Harry Griffin
are doing night duty as ticket eX-
aminers at the Pennsylvania Rail-
road station. William Gowdy and
William Hoffman are on day duty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

Wendall Fackler, local manager for
the Union News Company is again
off duty on account of sickness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

Edward Miller, local ticket exam
iner at the Pennsylvania Railroad
at night during the absence of Luz
ther Meyer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

The Philadelphia and Reading
Railway carried 564 passengers to
Gettysburg on Sunday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

II. A wentz, a Pennsylvania brake
men, who has been OFF duty nine
weeks on account OF illness, is again
at work
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

Pennsylvania Railroad employees at
York station have been granted an
increase in wages varying from five
to fourteen per cent.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

9GSN~ AG%S@
BEL. 1"- UNITED H""..,"- .s.s1.. ss1s1" 1 "1 FOUNDED H-
UNCLE SAM:
Bowman's are with you in your hour of
need
The entire receipts of the business done at
Bowman & Company's store this week will be
devoted to purchase Liberty Bonds.
And in addition to this, Bowman & Company
will purchase extra Liberty Bonds in an amount
equal to the above making the stores entire
Bond purchase
Double the Amount of the Volume of
Business This Week
In other words, for every dollars worth of
business done this week, Bowman & Company
will devote two dollars to Liberty Bonds.
When our Secretary of War was in Harrisburg
recently, he laid much stress upon the magnf-
cent assistance which business men had given in
the way Of volunteer personal service at Wash
mgton, since the outbreak Of the war
But. the time has passed when mere personal
service will suffice. 1t becomes the duty of everv
business man and firm to place resources as
well as man power behind you in this crisis.
Seeing the situation in this light, Bowman &
Company has taken the step outlined herewith
This is not done with the mere thought of
increasing SaleS or for the purpose ofnducing our
patrons to put into merchandise money which
they should invest in Liberty Bonds.
1t is done solely with the thought that this
firm should do its bit
Upon the prosperity of the country depends
the prosperity Of Harrisburg and the Central
Pennsylvania field served by this company; upon
the prosperity of this particular locality depends
the prosperity of the Bowman store; upon the
successful prosecution of the war depends the
prosperity of the nation
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23
ASTHMASUFFERER

WRITE TODAY and I viii tell Won of
the simple home treatment for
asthma and bronchitis which has cur
ed many after physicians and change
of climate failed. | want YOU to t1v
II at my expense. Drop me a card
and I'll mail you a Csc sample boffle
FREE. Geo. ]. Thomassen. Roy
Ait. Des Moines. Iowa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-23

c. II. Weidenhift and c. d. Seig-
man, Pennsylvania Railroad brake
men, have reported on the sick list
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-04

close Of the war and go back to their
old home towns and districts in Rus
STA.
This is the prediction Of native
born Russians now living in Chi
cagO. Even this year, while the war
is still or, they predict that hundreds
will leave Chicago for the old cOun-
try. This movement has already
gone so far that West Side banks are
getting inquiries whether it will be
easy for Russian depositors to draw
out their savings and get back to
Russia safely during war time.
Il could name Otfhand more than
100 Russians and Russian Jews who
have told me during the last ten days
that they are ready to go straight
back to Russia the minute they are
sure there will be no unreasonable
governmental interference" said A.
S. TObinsOn, sup't of the Workers
Institute, 1905 Ashland av., and for
meTly an officer of the Hebrew In
stitUte.
Since the cars crown was
huOShCu OLL anu 0llCC luC1 z CFCA
promise that a republic will be estab-
Iished in Russia, with the same
measure of liberty that we have in
this country, there has been a wave
of enthusiasm for going back to the
old country. understand it perfect
ly because l feel the impulse myself
to go back. A large part of the Rus
sian population of Chicago consists
of people who were active against
the Russian bureaucracy. They
made sacrifices aimed at getting the
result which came so suddenly last
month in the overthrow of imperial
ism and the establishment of politi-
cal democracy.
I'VE have a class in English at our
institute. 1t has 80 members. Near
Iy all have indicated definitely that if
the promises Of a republic in Rus
STA hold good they will quit studying
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-04
RUSSIAN DEMOCRACY APPEALS TO RUSSIANS
IN AMERICA-MANY TO GO HOME

country. Most of these students have
money in savings banks, from a few
dollars to a few hundred dollars.
They have asked me whether the
United States in case of war will
seize bank deposits. In planning
their return to Russia most of them
assume that the steamship route
from the Pacific coast is the safest.
They are not afraid of being
called for military service in Russia.
They feel this country is going to
get into the war and if they must
have a hand in crushing the kaiser
and the HOhenzollern dynasty they
would prefer to do it in the Russian
army.
Within two years after the war
from 5000 to 10000 Russians will
have quit Chicago for the old coun-
try.
And with Russia a republic emf
grafton will be much slower and in
some periods amount to nothing. The
TACT is that the land of Siberia, al
though its name is terrible, is a coun-
try much like Kansas, Nebraska and
Montana. Its development is going
to be good deal like Western Amer
lea"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-04
TO PROTECT sTocKYARDs

TO PROTECT STOCKYARDS
In order to protect the stOckyards
against the schemes of agents Of any
foreign government the packers are
planning to build a stOckade around
the entire yards. 1t will have only
two entrances, both of which will be
heavily guarded, and barbed wire will
be placed all along the top of the
fence. Packers and city officials con-
ferTed on protection plans yesterday.
120 policemen will be assigned to
duty at the yards and three new fire
companies will be installed, equipped
and placed in operation at once.
-O-O
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bryce, former
ambassador to Washington, says en-
trance of the U. S. into the war
will shorten it,
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-01-13
MARK WALSER ACQUIRES
POPULARITY CUP|D'S
SPONSOR

Young man, are you looking for a
wife? If you are drop line to ludgt
Mark Walser, Reno. Nevada. Not
that the Judge is running a matrimo-
Mai agency but through an innocent
conversation which he held recently
with Toledo newspaper man he ha.
been made the recipient OF several
hundred letters from Ono girls who
are single, lonesome, and yearnne
for Nevada husbands, according to
the Reno Gazette.
Ii seems that while on an eastern
trip a few weeks ago the Judge
fel in with a Toledo newspaper man
who recalled as soon as he learned
that his acquaintance was IRON Ne
vada. that the commercial club
Jarbidge, Nevada, had once ADVERTISED
TO the world that Jarbidge was Ions
on unmarried men and short OF
women. In the conversation that iol-
lowed Judge Walser stated that this
condition prevailed in many Nevada
mining camps, and that day story
appeared in a Toledo newspaper to
the effect that Nevada wanted more
women for her young men, and tina
interested maidens should write to
Walser about it, hence the letters
They are coming in at the rate o.
from forty to fifty day. coming sc
last, in fact. that one is convinced tina
Ohio is shor on young mn who love
the music of wedding bells,
While few of the letters are appa
rently written in spirit of amuse
ment or curiosity, most of them ar'
serious. and they afford an interest
ing study, The majority are from
young women from twenty-five tC
thirty-fve years of age, and nearl,
all express condition of Loneliness
and desire for home life. Man,
speak of the difficulties of making de
sirable acquaintance in large cit,
where neighborhod life has ceased t.
exist, a condition that is engaging tn
serious attention of many eastern so
biologists.
Nevada, to many of them, is a LAM
Of gold. silver and romance.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-01-13
WILL CUT THE LEDGE At
GREAT DEPTH
Especial Service.)

Lovelock, Jan. l2.-Increasing val
ues in the black lime dixie at the hum
boldt Consolidated La Toska mine
are reported this week by Superin
tendent John B. Newman. and an
increased presence of porphyry in
trusions and ancient water courses
carrying values, he says, indicate the
proximity to the porphyry contact
which is the objective for which the
company has burrowed in the Hum
boldt range for six years. The tunne'
is now more than half mile in length
and has cut one vein carrying good
silver and gold values which has MOI
vet been worked any distance. The
plan is to cut a vein 300 feet below
the top of Indian Peak, where it was
worked somewhat in system OF eco
nomical ore extraction
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-01-13
AND TEACHER
MEETINGS ARE
ENJOYED

Friday night assemblies at whidl
pupils, parents and teachers of the
Yerington Grammar School may ek
JOY themselves socially have become
regular institution.
The first one, h,.d at the "Gym
on January 5 was keenly enjoyed By
large crowd. Two basket bal
games opened the 'Etcrtainmep,
The grammar school team in a fajt
clean game by thrilling plays and sch.
sational basket throwing, lost to tie
high school by score of IS to 22.
The town team tried to exterminate
their hated rivals by bunny hugging
and close dancing but the midnight
oil burners from the high school ma1-
aged with jiu jitsu and other WAYS
of darkness and tricks that were vain
to turn impending calamity into hi
larious victory.
For the winners Don Warren made
good medicine" by his skilled basket
throwing. With the material at hand
practice and trained team work VIII
develop a town team dangerous to
any foe. With that in view the gram
mar first team is working hard fol
its first game with an out-of-town ag-
gregation.
The contemplated massacre" will
happen on the evening of January 70
when the Union High School of Fal-
Ion will send its aggregation of chosen
victims for the sacrifice. AS each
contending team will be prepared
friends, sympathizers, and mourncr,
need not expect an "Alphonse and
CASTOR bowing match" From indica-
tons of the locals and the reputation
of the visiting "utlanders," it viii
probably be game notable for accu
rate tossing and ball passing. The
nightly yells that may be heard a
the Gym" are not the ghostly wall
Of haunting banshee, but the prac
ticed war wroop of the local savage'
who intend to freeze the hearts o
the invading hosts with terror of til,
fate that may be theirs.
| Win or lose, no effort will be omit
ted to make the visitors come agail
because they want another good time
The evenings pleasure will be con
cluded with a dance.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1917-01-13
EDUCATIONAL TROUBLE
UNIVERSITY REGENTS DEMAND RESIGNATION OF
PRESIDENT HENDR|CK AND THE LATTER
RESENTS IMPUTAT|ONS

I'm view of the fact that Regent
| Sullivan has demanded that the find
| ings of the executive session be placed
on record, requesting the resignatio
of A. W. Hendrick as President OF
the University, and in view of the fur
ther fact that his recorded opposition
thereto would create the impression
if unchallenged that the majorl
ity of the board were acting uni
fairly in the matter. the majority
members of the board, consisting Of
!. +. Abel. Edna c. Baker, and B. II
Curler. desire in behalf of the future
welfare of the University, and its abill
ity to get a successor to President
Hendrick big enough and broad
enough to pilot the University to sucl
cess. to state they consider it wholly
within the province of the legislature
to investigate any board of the Unit
versity. or the whole of it, and they
will welcome such investigation. WI
desire further to state that aside FROM
the specific charges that have fot
months been made against President
Hendrick, that on many occasions nd
did not keep his word, and that he exl
ercised an unwarranted interference
with the work of certain departments
which charges the executive sess1o4
and majority members of the Board
did not consider, and upon which they
make no findings for or against hirnf
We do find that the financial condit
tons OF the University and the condj
ton of the books in the Comptrollt
er's office. for which the preceding
board and President Hendrick and thd
past comptroller and the present
Comptroller are all responsible, is del
plorable And in view of the tact
that we. as majority members OF thd
Board. have found it impossible to gel
an accurate statement of the financial
conditions of the University, and III
view of the fact that President Hem
drick has in our judgment evinceS
such vacillation of character as to prq
clude the members of the Board q
Regents from imposing in him thu
confidence which the intimate rel$
tions. the business and fduciary, MAX
absolutely necessary. 3
And. in view of the further ia
that the President of the Universi
has lost the confidence of a large md
iority of the school men and woma
and people generally of the State I
Nevada. we deem it for the best intel
ests of the institution that his connev
ton with the University should
severed"