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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
Army Trucks Delivered
Overland to Seaboard

The first United States Army truck
train running on its own power be-
tween Detroit and the Atlantic sea-
board left the Packard factory at 8
o'clock, December IA. The train is
designated by the Army as Supply
Division No. 3Os, Truck Company No.
2 and it is made up entirely of Pack
ara chainless trucks. Captain BEN
nett Boron is in command of the
convoy service, and Lieutenant C. A.
lIlley In direct command of the train.
This test of the practicabiiity of
sending new trucks from factory to
seaoord on their own wheels was
planne by the Quartermaster's Corps
OF the United States Army, in con-
junction with the Highways Trans
portation Committee of the Council
OF National Defense, and is a SUBJ
stantial evidence of the close-knit CO.
operation of the Governments afien-
cles Tor the prosecution of the war.
The men driving the trucks were
ordered to Detroit from Camp Sher-
mon. Chillicothe, Ohio, and from Mar
"a Texas. The trucks are three-ton
capacity and are fitted with bodies
bullt according to Quartermaster De-
partment specifications. Among them
were tank trucks, with gasoline and
oil. and one kitchen truck, carrying
the food supplies for the trip.
the Army men will be quartered
in armories in the various cities
along the route. which is generally is
fellows: Detroit to Toledo,C cleve-
land, Ravenna, Pittsburgh, over the
Lincoln Highway to Philadelphia and
thence to the seaboard
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
PERSHING MEN
UNDER ORDERS
TO KEEP SOBER
General Forbids Purchase of
Whisky, Champagne or
Other Alcoholic Liquors

With the American Army in
France, Dec. 24.-All alcoholic bev-
erages except light wines and beers
are denied to members of the Amer
lean eXpeditionary forces in France
by General Pershing in general Or
ders. Extraordinary measures are
being taken to insure sobriety and a
high moral standard in the Army.
and the officers have been informed
they will be. held to strict accounta-
bility for the fullest compliance with
the orders.
The text says:
Should men return to camp
intoxicated they will be seized
by the guard. Causes of drunk
enness should be subjected to
prompt disciplinary measures.
Commanding officers at all
places where troops are located
will confer with the French au-
thorities and use every endeavor
to limit to the lowest possible
the number of places where
liquor is sold.
Soldiers are forbidden either
TO buy or accept as gifts whisky.
brandy, champagne, liquors or
other alcoholic beverages other
than light wines or beers. The
gift or the retail sale of these by
inhabitants in the zone of the
Army are forbidden by French
law.
AS regards morality, the protec-
tion of the troops begins the
moment they land and continues
constantly thereafter. The order
says that at the ports of debarkation
by cooperation with the French
authorities and. II necessary, the
use of military secret police every
endeavor will be made to locate the
habitatlons and sections of town fire.
quented by Immoral women. The
frequentlng or visiting of these
places by members of the American
expedltionary force Is prohibited.
For the information of relatives
and friends of the troops 1t may be
said that ranking American officers
declare that tho sobriety and high
moral standards of the American
forces as II whole have deeply i'm
pressed the French civil and mill
tary authorities,
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A Chance
of Real
Soldering

waited for the United States to get
busy. cas- we all know that nothlhs
happened.
/ knew it was up to me to get over
ION my own" l applied to the Brit
ish Consul, ''camouflaging as a
Canadian, but it did not work. Ihey
would not send me to Canada. de-
cided to pay my own way.
One day l met an officer or the
Canadian Army and he told me that
if l did reach Canada L would have
to stay in a training camp for at
least six or seven months before be-
ing sent over. This did not suit me
in the least. [ was no rookie; IN
my opinion l was u trained soldier.
then decided to take matters into
my own hands and go to England
and shipped on the American Line.
arrived in London about ten
forty one night. The next morning
before eleven o'clock was private
in His Majesty's Imperial Army, a
soldier of the King. Then realized
that / was at last up against the
real thing and all of my pugnacity
oozed out through my pores. When
you get out of civilian clothes, into
uniform and close up to the fight,
you do not want to fight as much as
you did before, and | felt very ner-
vous. This nervousness never left
me during my stay on the Western
Front.
over a year later 1 was so badly
wounded that | was discharged as
physically" unfit for further war
service" and came back to the old
L S. A.
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Before l tell of
l. my first real ad-
l Start Gut venture / will give
to See the a brief resume OIL
xGTor15 my life.
l was born in
the SOS, closer to
the bottom than the top. When l
nrsu opened my eyes 1 breathed> the
air of the Rockies" To be exact L
was born in Ogden, Utah, on the
eleventh of December, 1888. My row.
ing started at the early age OF four,
This was in Cheyenne, WyomlnS' 1
used to play on the front porch. MY
mother must have suspected that l
was of a rowing nature, because she
took the precaution to put gaze
across the steps of the porch WIN
some kind of new tangled lock on
IT, which 1 was unable to negotlate.
1 used to work for half an hour at
n time trying to get the gate open,
but without success; in fact this got
to be a habit with me until my
father applied the slipper" several
times. This made me more cautious
and l worked in secret. Out in front
of our house were the sand hills OF
Wyoming. These had a fascination
for me and it was my greatest am
bition to explore them. one mo-
mentous morning, the grocery poy'
who was a great friend of mine,
showed me how to work the lock.
was full of childish glee, when, alter
a few attempts, l found 1t easy TO get
out into the world beyond. On the
morning in question my mother LETT
me in charge of the hired girl while
she went shopping. 1t was wash day,
and my guardian did not have much
time to look after me. She, not being
in on the big secret" put me on the
front porch thinking that l would be
safe. 1 waited my chance, and as
soon as I heard the noise of her
scrubbing on the wash board in the
kitchen l availed myself of the op-
portunity of getting out. When L got
out into the sand hills it was great
fun and l kept plowing forward;
After while l got very tired anu
tried to retrace my steps, but with
out success. 1 knew l was lost.
Then 1 did what all kids would do
under like circumstances. 1 blub-
bered for my mother. Pretty soon
a cowboy came along, took COM
passion on me, lifted me in front OF
him on his saddle and we rode
into the town of Cheyenne. All the
way he was trying to find out my
name. but all L could answer was
"Deyempy." OF course he could not
translate this into Guy Empey." He
carried me into a saloon, filled with
cowboys. and sat me on a barrel and
the cowboys crowded around and
seemed to be greatly amused. thor
oughly enjoyed myself for a while,
but then began to howl for my
mamma. l must have been a howl
ing success because even the cow
boys could not stand it. They gave
me everything in the saloon to play
with, but to no avail. My yelling
continued,
My mother. upon returning home
at about one o'clock that afternoon,
found the girl frantic with fright,
saying that l had disappeared. My
mother turned in the alarm and a
general search took place.
All l can remember is that my
father. with Il frightened face, rushed
into the saloon and, seeing me,
grabbed me in his arms and kissed
me. He then in triumph took me
home. great reception was await
ing me. and all the neighbors patted
me on the back. I was a great hero,
protein. When the neighbors left,
out came that old familiar slipper
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wood to the heating and power
plants of the institution. Therefore.
to-day, those state institutions feel
fairly comfortable as to the prospect
of getting through the balance of
this cold season.
Where there is a will there is
usually way, but our people 40 not
seem to appreciate their individual
responsibility. 1t is a pity Our pco-
pie do not realize that wuod and
coal or those combustible things that
Will produce heat are wor tn more to
us today than gold dollars. 1 feel
sure that If the heaps Of ashes men,
toned were covered with gold dol
lars there would be almost blood
shed in the scramble to collect them,
but those gold dollars will not give
you warmth in the very cold weather
or cook food, which Is essential to
life. 1t therefore becomes obvious
to anyone who will read or think
that the coal in these ashpiles and
the wood in fields, forests or on
the commons, are more valuable
under the present circumstances
than gold itself.
Let everyone turn his thoughts
TO his on individual responsibilities
and seek to detect any waste of COM
bustibles and conserve them with
more energy than he would conserve
the almighty dollar. No ashes
should leave the home that have not
been screened and picked. No wood
en- boxes or other things that are
made of combustible material should
be burned or wasted on the COM
mons, but should be stored with the
greatest of care for a day that may
meet you when life depends upon
heat"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
STATE DIVIDED
FOR BIG EXHIBITS
Important Arrangements Are
Made For the Opening of
Midwinter Food Show

Working under new plan to IN
crease the exhibits of the food pro-
duced in the State Secretary of Ag-
riculture Patton, has arranged for
division of the state into districts for
the big midwinter show of corn,
apples, wool, vegetables and other
farm products. The arrangement
was announced today and it is be-
lieved that it will bring in many val
liable items.
For the corn exhibits 5000 will
be given in prizes, for fruits and
vegetables, $3.50; poultry and eggs,
$3.50; wool, 500; potatoes, SIS; and
butter, $50
For the corn and potato contests
the state has been divided into four
districts so that certain sections of
the state which have distinctive
regulations in corn an potato grow
ing can be in competition against
each other and later the winners of
the division classes can be brought
together for the grand state cham
pionshlp. Corn exhibits will consist
of ten ears except the county eX-
hibits which will consist of ten ten
ear exhibits. There has also been
added big ear class, in addition TO
the thirty ear class. In addition
there will be the boys and girls corn
contest and this corn will later be
placed in competition With winners
for the state championship.
The list of classes and premiums
for the corn and potato contests is
as follows:
CORN CLASSIFICATION
District No. 1.
Adams, Berks, Bucks, Cumber-
land, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware,
Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Le-
Perry, Philadelphia, Schuylkill and
York counties.
list I'd I'D 4th 9TH
]. Yellow Dent $500 $50 $50 900 LOO
White Dent. 500 $50 2,6O 200 LOO
o. Yellow nS DSSHsu Dent, 500 $50 $50 200 LOO
District No. 2.
Armstrong, Bedford, Blair, Butler
Cambria, Center, Clinton, Columbia,
Fulton, Huntington, Indiana, Jun
iata, Lawrence. Lycoming, Mercer,
Miffiin, Montour, Northumberland,
Snyder, Somerset and Union coun-
ties.
list I'd nd 4th 5th
/. Yellow Dent $500 $50 2.5Q 200 Loo
. White Dent. 300 $50 $50 200 100
3. White Capped
Yellow Dent, 500 $50 $50 zoo 100
4. Flint ..,.,. 800 $50 $50 200 100
District No. 3,
Bradford, Cameron, Carbon, ClaT-
ion, Clearfield, Crawford, Elk, Erie
Forest, Jefferson, LaekawRnna, Lu-
zerne, Mexican, Monroe, Pike, Pot
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ter, Sullivan, Susuqehanna, Tioga,
Venango, Warren, Wayne and wy
oming counties.
1st I'd Sd 4th 9Th
/. Yellow Dent $500 $50 2.5C 200 100
2 White Dent. 500 $50 $50 200 100
3. White Capped
Yellow Dent, 500 $50 $50 200 LOO
4. Flint ...... 500 $50 ESQ 200 100
District No. 4.
Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette,
Greene, Washington and Westmore-
land counties.
1. Yellow Dent $500 800 $50 80 80 zoo i'oo 200
White Dent. 500 $50 $50 200 LOO
3. White Capped
yellow Dent, 800 $50 $50 200 /. 90
State Winners
/. Yellow Dent -. 500 90 $50 20 200 80 i5G 4tG
3. White Capped,
Yellow Dent 80. 400 800 200 LOO
Sweepstake - Best 1O-ear exhibit
in the show. All classes, $500.
shelling the greatest quantity of
grain, $500
Thirty Ear Class-Best exhibit of
30 ears of corn, any type, $1,000,
$500
Champion Ear of the Show-$5. 90.
A single ear not part of any other
exhibit must be entered in this class
County Exhibit
County Exhibit shall consist of ten
ten-ear exhibits, or 100 ears. Each
ten-ear exhibit in the County Exhibit
must have been grown by exhibitor,
so that these ten-ear exhibits may
be eligible to prizes in the regular
classes. First prize, $500; second
prizeD $500. Challenge cup shall be
given to the county winning first
prize in the county exhibit. This
cup shall be contested for each year
and the winning county's name en-
graved upon it each year.
Boys and Girls
For the best exhibit of 10 ears of
corn. grown by boy or a girl under
twenty years of age July l, 1917.
This class covers the entire state and
the corn will be judged also with the
state classes of district winners.
Ist I'd Sd 4th 5th
l. Yellow Dent s3.OO $50 200 $50 100
2. White Whit Dent 800 ESQ 200 l.5O 100
Yellow Dent 800 ESQ 200 1.5O 100
4. Flint ...... 800 $50 200 / so / 90
POTATO EXHIBIT
Ship by parcel post or express pre-
paid, one peck of potatoes to c. e.
Patton, Emerson Birmingham
Building. Harrisburg, Pa. For en-
try blank write to G. e. Patton, Har-
risburg, C. L. Preston, State College,
or apply at your county Farm Bu-
reau office.
District No. 1 (Same as Corn)
White Skin Potatoes 800 $500 $1.00
Pink Skin Potatoes 800 200 LOO
District No. 2 (Same as Corn
White Skin Potatoes 800 $500 $1.00
Pink Skin Potatoes 800 200 100
District No. (Same as Corn
White Skin Potatoes 800 $500 S1.00
Pink Skin Potatoes 800 200 LOO
District No. 4 (Same as Corn
White Skin Potatoes 800 $500 $1.00
Pink Skin Potatoes 800 200 LOO
State Winners
White Skin Potatoes 500 $2.0O 81. 90
Pink Skin Potatoes 800 200 LOO
Boys and Girls Glass
For the best exhibit of one peck of
potatoes grown by q boy or girl
under 20 years of age on july /
1917. This class includes the entire
state and the exhibits will be judged
also with the state class of district
winners.
list I'd I'D 4th
Potatoes ,,,,, $500 s2.OO s1.bO s1.OO
Pink Skin
Potatoes 80. 800 200 1.5O 100
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SANTA CLAUS In
AiRPLANE GREETS
FRENCH KIDDIEs
CONTINUED from First Page.l

lOOntinued from First Page
fiakes, much to the delight of abou
one hundred small children wh
huddled within the shelter OF tn
hangar.
1t is doubtful that children any
where had ever seen such sigh
before. When the youngsters ha'
gathered at the hangar Santa Claus
who was an American corporal, go
into big machine at a nearb,
hangar. He flew off and fifteel
minutes later there was a whirr o
engines over the children's head
and an airplane dropped to the snoy
covered field before them. The chill
dren had been told that Santa haI
abandoned his old sleigh for an air
TIL they saw him come down frorI
the skies.
In all the units entertaining chill
dren, each small guest received th|
present he most desired. There werl
at least a score of large community
trees and many smaller ones in thl
zone where the presents were dis
tributed.
Efforts were made to carry on
the program of football games, bII
some of these had to be canceleI
when the snow became too heavt
While Christmas dinner did not an
proach that of Thanksgiving becaus|
of lack of turkey and trimmings, TIL
army managed to enjoy itself chez
fully.
Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator-A
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nesting animals require the bea
of their parents. The cry of freez-
ing to death for want of fuel has
gone up and the responsibility been
put up to Government officials, rail-
roads, etc. We have heard. how
ever, very little about the individ-
ual responsibility of the great econ
omical scheme before us in the time
of war.
THE ashpile of the poor and
rich, on being exposed to a good
shower of rain, assumes an almost
black surface. a large proportion
of it is carbon and rich in heat pro-
ducing units. The forests, near and
far away, are full of good fire wood.
boxes, rubbish of various kinds, ana
we iind the cellars nearby expensive
anthracite coal. Many foreigners
put us To shame by collecting THESE
waste products that can be used for
rich in heat-producing material to
see them through the winter.
Some time ago, visiting one of
the large state hospitals and with u
full realization of the responsibility
of having thousands of patients un-
able to take care of themselves, [
found the heat question looming up.
To guard against the threatened
shortage in fuel we doubled up our
CRATES so that we could have those
on which we could burn wood, soft
coal or anthracite coal. This in
creased our chances of being able
to guard against having these poor
people suffer from cold during any
emergency that might arise. Before
leaving there l could hear the echo
of the woodman's AK telling trees
that would never be of any account
except for kindling-wood. This wood
was being stored. and as opportun-
ity came. with the teams going to
and from various points, we filled
our empty wagons and hauled the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE
WITH EMPEY
By Arthur Guy Empey

When I saw the slipper experienced
the same feeling that L had later
when on a trench raid in France ]
was hung in the German. barbed wire.
My father sure had the art of slipper
application down to fine point, be-
cause l lost all interest in rowing for
many moons.
From Cheyenne my family went to
Richmond, Virginia. At thi. place
went to school and was brought up
on McGuffy's Reader. This gave me
a great idea of an Englishman. All
l could see was big Grenadier in a
red coat chopping Americans into
mince meat.
From Virginia we migrated to
Canada. Two years later we left for
New York.
In New York went through pub
lie school, and twice just escaped be-
ing expelled. 1 organized the boys
of the class into a gang and we de-
cided to mutiny against our teacher,
Miss Hall, but the principal of the
school, Mr.. Lyons, soon wiped out
the mutiny and gave me another
chance to make good. When l re-
ceived my graduation diploma
breathed a sigh of thanksgiving.
From public school l went to Man
ual Training High School. The most
notable thing L did there was to make
left half back on the football team.
My great hero was Richard Henry
Dana, who wrote 1.-TWO Years Before
the Mast" l devoured this book sew
eral times and then decided to run
away and make the same trip, and
did so.
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SONS or REST WINS

took another victim into camp yes
terday afternoon when they defeated
the fast Coatsville five on the latteris
floor. by the score of 3S to 9O The
playing of CARRIER Storey and Cahill
featured the locals,
The line up folloWaI
Sons of Rest Cahiii, q,
Garner J. Buch,
Sullivan, Smith,
Storey. c Weiss, o
Bill. A. Buch, &
Cahill Zahn,
Field goais-Garner s, Sullivan 8,
Storey a, Bihl /, Cahill 2, ] Buch 4,
Smith 2, Weiss T. zahn 3. Referee,
Grimm,
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My First
Military
Training

per-" After being worshipped foI
about two weeks, L Joined the 47th
Regiment of Brooklyn, and soon be-
came Sergeant. The militia, in my
eyes, seemed tame, so l ran away and
enlisted in the navy. In two months
L became Third-cl Yeoman, hav-
ing passed the Yeoman Course in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Then 1 went
to sea on the rookie" battleship
Missouri. We nicknamed 'her the
Misery" l was lucky enough to be
on her when she rammed the Him
ois, and nearly foundered her in
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. After going
into drydock for two weeks at New
port News, Virginia, we left for the
target range off Pensacola, in the
Gulf of Mexico.
On April 13, 1904, while on target
practice, we had an explosion in the
after turret, which killed thirty-four
men. / barely escaped with my life;
in fact, | was smashed up a little and
was sent to the Navy Hospital at
Portsmouth, Virginia.
My folks concluded that they had
had about enough of my foolishness,
and got me out of the Navy. l was
highly incensed at this action, so enc
listed in the 18th United States Cav
airy, and inside of a year was pro-
NOTED to the rank of Squadron Ser
geant Major.
/ happened to be fairly good at
rough riding or Monkey Drill" and
was sent with the Second Squadron
to the jamestown Exposition to give
exhibitions in rough riding.
After three years I was discharged
from the 18th Cavalry, and came
home, but soon enlisted in the 11th
United States Cavalry and did duty
on the Mexican border during the
first trouble in 1911. 1 was dis
charged at San Antonio, Texas, re-
turned to New York. and went into
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26

After n little
less than a years
absence 1 again
returned to New
York. Once again
l was the hero,
Y,,inl1g thn HcIiTv
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26

I business for myself This was a dis
tinct failure. 1 could not settle down
so 1 applied for q position with a
well-known detective agency, and
after pounding my heels in the ante
room fer several weeks, now ana
then being given a shadow case,
! finally had the luck to go before the
Chief and with four other men
was sent down South on a moon
shine" case. L got in with a family
of "moonshiners" and liked them
very well; in fact 1 thought so much
of them that when the time came to
show them up it sort of went against
the grain, and L couldn't do 1t. IL
seemed like stealing candy from 4
baby. or course this severed my
connection with the detective agency,
and 1 shed no tears.
L then applied for a position with
the New York Telephone Company.
While with them joined the Mount
ed Scouts of the 4th Regiment OF
New Jersey and went through three
Maneuver Camps.
Upon the expiration of my term OF
service, which was three years, l
joined the Mounted Scouts of the list
Regiment, New York.
Then the war broke out and 1 was
all eagerness to get into the nSht.
had been playing at soldering, and
here was in the United States while
a real war was going on across the
water. What was 1 to do? L did not
like being neutral little bit, so Just
by luck 1 happened to get in with
an agent of the French Government.
At this time France was buying thou
sands of horses in the United States
and shipping them to France for the
,.I1 II F1O n
at last. My detective experience
stood me in good stead, and after
lot of maneuvering 1 finally landed a
job to go over on horse ship to try
and find out why so many horses
were dying on the passage over.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-26

Shortly after
my return from
this trip the Lusi-
tania was sunk,
and, like all
Americans, l was
pretty sore, and