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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
; WELL KNOWN. PEOPLE

John Wanamaker is still malsY
ing Sunday addresses at churches KA
Philadelphia in spite of his agSe
which he says spurs him on to
greater efforts.
Bishop McCort, who is rector
of the church of which the late
Bishop Shanahan was long rector
dedicated the new church at MI l.
vern, one of the finest in subuN NSN
Philadelphia. Y
Senator e. F. Warner has been
made fuel administrator for Car
bon county.
-Penrose Robinsonj burgess of
Hatboro and we'll known here, has
been made secretary of the Abing~
ton Memorial hospital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
Some Army Yarns
Herbert Cory Has Collected the Tales Soldiers Tell

thing besides war. We had an ONE
] let and two bottles of beer. What do
you think they charged me-"
The answer might have been any
thing.
1.-TWO hundred francs" said the
boy. 1T took all my money except
a few francs. I've cabled home to my
father in Canada. If he doesn't come
! through I've got to go back to the
trenches before my leave is up"
His was not an isolated experience.
| The men come here unwarned and as
| trustful as children. They so want to
have a good time-a clean time, free
of mud and Boche shells and the fear
! OF death. They do not know the Ian
guage and they do not ask the prices,
and they listen to plausible strangers.
One English women tries to protect
them. She stations herself at the
railway station and talks to them
when they come out.
She is the only one that 1 know of.
No one else seems to care.
DO you want to go to quiet and
clean hotel?" they are asked when
they walk out of the railway station
! on arrival.
That is what they want above
everything else. They want quiet
and cleanliness and rest Most cf
! lHtHl 80 " bCu dN " NlONh oh hi6h
and do not get up until Q o'clock in
! the morning. Because the tout who
| addresses them is seemingly respecta-
| ble and can talk English they go
with him. The hotel is cfean and
quit-and they wake up in the morn
ing without sou.
Only the man who has gone
| through this experience can realize
what a tragedy it is. 1t may mean
/ that he must cut short the cherished
! leave to which he had been looking
| forward with such sick anticipation
| through so many weary months. To
rob a soldier on leave is the cruelest
| thing in war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
HAS ARMY OFFICERS SUPPORT

n FFICERS of the United States
army who have commanded
regiments in the Philippines
China and the Canal Zone are hop
ing that the Army Y. NJ. c. A. will
be given the funds which are re-
quired to establish at the camps and
cantonments places for the soldiers
to gather and to keep out of mis-
chief. Testimony as to the value OF
the Establishments which the War
Council is providing for the enlisted
men in their free hours at camps
such as was given a few days age
by General John J. Pershing is
backed up by statements of expert
enced officers of the army. They
contend that now is the time to pro-
vide the places so that the men un.
dergoing training may get accus.
toned to wholesome amusement
when off duty and that money to be
contributed can not be better spent
than in looking after the welfare oil
the soldiers and in furnishing rest
places for mothers and sisters and
wives who may visit the camps.
The joint drive this week in be.
half of the funds for the War Coun.
ell. in which the Y. NJ. C. A. and Y
w. C. A. are participating, will en-.
able immediate extension of work al
the camps of the drafted men, where
thousands of young men, just taker
from home life, are seeking relief
from the monotony of drill, just as
when they get to the front they will
need some place for rest after the
depression Of duty in the trenches.
General Samuel w. Miller, who
was the first cQmmandant at For
Niagara, and who commanded posts
in the Philippines and the Cana
Zone, and who was with the Nation.
al Guard when modified for Mex.
lean border service, is one of the
officers who believes in keeping mer
fit to fight. General Millers com.
mands have always been noted fol
discipline and good health. There
is no question but what lookinl
after the men on and off duty bring,
results. Good healthful amusement
q place to go, good influences, kind
ness and consideration are invalu.
able" is the way he puts the propo.
sition of keeping soldiers out of mis-
chief, as well as providing place
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
Over tie lob
cn PeNna.

That must have been some battle
over in Plainfield. N. ]. where the
drys won over the vets by just one
vote. 1t is said the saloon keepers
would have pensioned for life the
deciding voter, could they have nail
ed him before he dropped in his
ballot.
They have clever horses down in
the vicinity of Middletown. Local
paper tells how Jake Miller was
kicked on the back part of his neck
by horse and knocked across the
stable with such force as to throw
his face against stone wall" We
trust this unfortunate gentleman re-
covered Friend Face.
The recent election in Reading of
four American party candidates to
common council is taken there in
that German stronghold as a bitter
rebuke to the pro-German element
The four men elected are pronounc-
ed in their antagonism for all Ger
man sympathizers, and made no ef-
fort to conceal their sentiments;
nevertheless they won out handily
A pathetic war story comes from
Cumberland, Md, where Mrs. Agnes
Turnbull sucumed to q long illness
but not until she heard from her son
in the Army. At point of death, the
doctors declare that she was only
kept alive by hoping to receive q
letter from her son in a cavalry regi-
ment. A few moments after this
longed for missive arrived the moth
er passed away. a prayer on her lips
Here is probably record Tor con-
tinues term of employment. Thomas
Hungerford died in Reading recently
at the age of eighty-one, and after
working fifty-eight years for one
firm as a molder. He was the last
of his family.
The 1900 members of the United
States Ambulance Corps camped al
Allentown, many of whom are from
this neighborhood, have the right
idea about preparation. No soft tent
life for them. No, indeed. They take
turns at regular trench life, living
in a damp ditch day and night; eat
ing and sleeping there. Some of the
boys use sod for roofs, while others
scout about for tar paper. They
make their own fires and do their
own cooking. And they hike all over
the country for firewood, This is
the life.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

CT the association. Although there
was a suggestion in the majority re-
port of the committee that the mat
ter be referred to some other tribu-
nal, the association did not make
that suggestion a part of the motion
acting on the report. This latter
was the recommendation of the
minority report of the committee.
d. c. Braden, of Beaver Falls,
who was elected jury commissioner
of Beaver on an Independent ticket,
found the fact that he had only one
arm of value to him in his canvass.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
NOT MUCH MIGHT IN A MITE

TN he 1sloTy OF ING WIDOW mite IS
recalled every time the sub
ject of giving is discussed.
Many folks use it as an excuse for
giving 81 when they should have
given $40. The widows mite is so
small that it is frequently over
worked. Just remember when the
war work council camnaigners visit
you, Mr.. Businessman, that you are
no widow and that there is not much
might in a mite.
If the widow had been earning
from 81 to SIP a day hers would
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
DO. YOU KNOW

That Harrisburg was one of
the cities which offered hospitals
to the nation in 1898 and cared
for men taken sick in camps?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

"I went into a restaurant on the
boulevard with a girl" said a SOL
dier. Picked her up on the street
I know. was a fool-but she talked
English and I was frantic to look at
a pretty woman and hear of some-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

have been shame instead of fame
had she offered her mite when the
contribution plate came her way.
Give as the Lord hath prospered
thee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
WELL-KEPT SECRET

The best-kept secret of the past
ten years is the fact that the Colo
mel can see with only one eye
Springfield Republican.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
Pro6ted Not By GOSPEL

For unto us was the gospel preach
ed. as we'll as unto them: but the
not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.-Hebrews iv, 2.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

The first outbreak of serious
disease in Harrisburg was yellow
fever in 1890 and 1t killed a NUNS
Der of prominent citizens.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
A LOVE POEM

Now Autumn's here
Each long. chill night,
We yearn for thee,
Oh, Ann Thracite.
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

for them to read or write letters or
enjoy themselves inside instead of
outside the camp.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

War isn't all horror and slaugh-
ter. If it Were the men couldn't
stand it. There are interludes
when humor fits in quite properly
and there are stories which go
the rounds of the camps and
trenches just as after-dinner
anecdotes are circulated in civil
life in times of peace. Herbert
Corey, war correspondent for
the Associated Newspapers, after
writing of the activities at the
front, has set down some of these
army stories and sent them by
mail to America. Here theY are:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

Ell. .STACKPoLE,P Pres't s. EditoTiH- Chief
F.. r. OYSTER, Business Manager.
GUS NJ STEINMETz, Managing Editor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

Published evenings except Sunday by
THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO.,
Telegraph Building, Federal Square.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

Here is probably record Tor con-
tinues term of employment. Thomas
Hungerford died in Reading recently
at the age of eighty-one, and after
working fifty-eight years for one
firm as a molder. He was the last
of his family.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

- Investigation by the grievance
committee of the Allegheny County
bar Association OF the charges made
son failed TO disclose sufficient ovi-
dence of wrongdoIng on the part of
the district attorney to warrant
ceEsure. according to the report of
tie committee made at a meeting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

Another interesting thing about
this concentration OF HARRISBURG
journalism in the early seventies
was that in the Dock building there
was the Patriot business office and
a barber shop and telegraph office
on the first floor; the editorial and
composing room on the second, a
Job plant on the third and on the
ton floor Col. Ripper's Stats Zeit-
ung which was written, edited and
set up under the roof and printed
i'm the cellar. The German printers
specialized in throwing quads to or
gan grinders who thought they were
cash until they hit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13
OUR DAILY LAUGH
REVERSE
ENGLISH.

Are you get
ting behind the
government . in
our war
l didn't have
to-the govern
ment got behind
me. I'm draft.
ed in the Ma
tional Army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-13

A party of Australians went out to
see the town. They insisted on deck
ing their taxis with British flags.
Wont go unless we get the flags.
was the ultimatum. Tired of being
taken for Americans"
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04

caissons, the driving Of tunnels and the building of steel barges and tow
 boats, says the Power Wagon, from which this interview is taken. Pres
 ent contracts include work for the Bethlehem Steel company al Sperrows
 Point, Md; the Republic Iron and Steel company at Youngstown, O.: the
 Trumbull Steel company 1t Warren
 O.; the Whitaker Glessner Steel com
 pany at Portsmouth. O.; the Labelle
 Iron Works at Steubenvllle, O., and
 the Carnegie Steel company at Clair ton, Pa.
 The warehouses and fabricating
 plants are in Iittsburg, as well as the
 machine and repair shops. The mo- . tor trucks are shifted from one job to another as the occa sion demands Rapid Delivery
 The facility with which our ma
 chimes can be moved from one con-
 tract to another" continued Mir Da- 1 va, fairly breathes economy. It is
 almost impossible now to hire drivers
 and teams for short-tim jobs in the
 various cities where We operate. The
 rental is prohibitive. and frequently
 such equipment can not he obtained
 at any price. If we did not have our
 own motor trucks. we could not hope
 successfully to complete some of the
 jobs.
 : We are not dependent on the over
 loaded freights for the transportation of the motor trucks. An extra supply | of gasoline not only puts them on the | job in a hurry. but even transports g few pieces of extra equipment The
 machines clean up their work and are immediately ready for another job ] Can you imagine our using horses on such contracts"
 Motor truck delivery of material and equipment from our Fittsburg
 warehouses and shops to jobs any
 where within radius of eighteen to twenty-five miles is more quickly and economically accomplished than by any other method. Just the otker day one of our contracts in Bentley vile. thirty-flve miles from Pittsburg, required the immediate delivery of q
 concrete mixer to replace one which : had failed. shipment by rail would ] have been q matter ot days: horse transportation was not to be coasid- cred. You can imagine the mental re- ! lief afforded the foreman when Ilotor truck No. 3. which left Pittsburg at i, noon on the day of the accident, pulled up to the job at o'clock in the after noon with a new machine"
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04
EAST MOB|LZES
 AUTOS FUR WOMEN

To take care of women and children. ernor Mccall of Massachusetts has been offered the use of 1000 light au- tomobiles and the services of large corps of trained women drivers. The was undertaken by prominent mo- torist at the suggestion of women , drivers and is the direct outcome O: the motor car mobilization in the east preparedness campaign.
 As soon as a rupture with Germany became q certainty, offers of cars ana drivers began coming in to C. s. Hen shaw. Dodge Brothers dealer in Bos- ton. and owing to the number of wo- men drivers who volunteered. 1t was decided after conference with the au- thorities that the most useful service to which a reserve corps might be turned would be the removal of wo- men and children from any threatened area. practically every other branch of activity having been covered in plans already made
 IL is the purpose of this reserve corps 10 work in connection with the women's organization now preparing for active service and il is expected mat in the course of the next few days several hundred more women will be enrolled
 Some of these women are already expert enough to act as emergency mechanicians with the wDmens diyi- sion. thus releasing for actual military s.iNlce number of mel. drivers who would otherwise be unavailable.
 Although only 1000 Dodge Brothers cars were offered to the governor. Mir. Henshaw states that from inforrna ton already at hand he would be able to supply two or three times that num- Der CT cars and drivers is called upon. MT Henshaw was the leading spirit in the previous motor car mobllizations.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04
TRUCKS TAKE UP
 WORK IF HORSES

The motor truck versus the horse In the contracting business?" repeated A. Davia, purchasing agent of the Ora Vo contracting company. Pittsburg. in repiy 10 question. We do not need further proof of any kind to answer that question decisvely Come and work with us a few days Sit here Dy thls telephone. make not of the urgent calls from our superintendents for quick delivery of almost anything from concrete mixer to additional workmen, then go out on the jobs and learn why these requests for imme- diate delivery service arise unexpected ly and why they must be filled without even an hours delay, and you will wonder how it was ever possible to complete such contracts without a fleet Of heavy y-duty machines.
 Urged on by producing necessity We ventured the purchase of a three ton motor truck in 1913. Could that costly machine ever do enough work to make the investment show a pro- fit? What would we do if il broke down? Those were a few of oul worries. We even kept several teams Of horses ready to take up the work where we confidently expected the motor truck would quit. We were all ready to hook on and pull it out of the mud, but we ended by pulling the wagons out instead.
 Before the end of the year We had installed another three-ton machine and . light delivery wagon. Gasoline was cheaper than oats and is yet The motor trucks were over the hills and on the job before the teams had even started their weary climb.
 Trucks Replace Horses
 We were independent in many cases of railroad transportation. Ma terial and equipment ordered in the afternoon were delivered before the receiving doors of the freight depot opened the next morning.
 During 1915 we unhesitatingly purchased two 4h ton motor trucks to replace a small stable of horses and bade goodbye to the delays that had hampered our -foremen and work men and to the worries and troubles that used up so much of our mental energy"
 The Dravo Contracting company operates as a general contracting firm, bat speciaiizes on heavy foundation work, the laying of substructures for bridges. the sinking of shafts and
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04

road act and has been awarded s302. 127 for the construction of rural post roads and will receive it's quota of the $l.000,0 ,0000 annually appropriated by the government for the development of trails and highways in national forests.
 The Automobile Club of Southern California with it's lo.203 members which cla inns to be the largest organ ization of the kind in the world. de- ciares that California is leading all states in highway development It has adopted the slogan. California, the Land of the Golden Highways" which christening was given by eastern mo- torists after touring through hundreds of miles of orange groves.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04
M KINNEY CORD
 IN NEW HOME

Geo Mckinney of the Mckinney Cord Motor Go. local state distributors Ter the Paige. announced today that they had leased the building now oc- cupied by McArthur Bros. and on April first would move into their new home. The past week local decorators nave been busy with Mckinney draw lng plans for their new home. Me- Kinney says that when the decorators get through. that they will have the most beautiful sales room in the state.
 Jack Campbell the factory represen- tative was all smiles when asked how the plans for the new Paige looked to nm. You can take it from me" he said, the new home of the Paige will De in Keeping with the Paige slogan.
 The Most Beautiful Car in America
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04
MOTORCYCLE RAGING
 BANNED IN FUTURE

Realizing that the demand for more speed at the expense of other desir able comforts is not as intensive or extensive as once was the case, mo- torcycle manufacturers have decided to retire from the supporting end of the racing proposition. Time was when racing was a much greater fac tor in accentuating sales but since special racing machines and paid ex
 pert riders were introduced, it's infld
 ence as sales producer has wancd, according to the sales mana gers of the various factories in the industry. The
 manIfa rturers areue that mt two nc
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04
GOLDEN STATE SPENDS HUGE SUM 0N ROADS

Arizona should be ashamed of her self In the matter of highway im- provements.
 II proposed county bond issues all are carried, California will have ap- propriated sl0l ,00o,G00 Tor improved highways by 1918.
 Of this enormous sum, S15000. 900 of state funds now is being expended completing the two great trunk state roads and laterals running north and south. Eight counties are spending local funds ranging from s300,0O0 to s2,200000.
 California was the first state to ap- ply for funds under the federal 1id
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04

cent of the motorcycle buyers of to- day demand speed as primary con- sideration and can see no need for a machine outside of police and sheriff service that should travel 75 or 80 miles an hour The advertising form erIy gained by racing will be replaced hy more intensive newspaper adver- tising and better merchandising.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04

Recent advices from Germany indi- cate the effect of the war has been malked in the design of German com mercial vehicles The trend has been toward American ideals of construction rather than the German, since German designs have been found too rigid for successful negotiation of rough roads; clearances were too low for new roads, and the vehicles were too heavy and their wheelbases often LOO long for d short enough turning radius.
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04

Not only a good road, but the besr road from coast to coast, is the only thing that will satisfy its sponsors.
 A hard surfaced road its entire length within the next three to five wears
Arizona republican., 1917-03-04

Hire little salesman al Ths R-- publican office.