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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Civil Service Tests
Will Be Held Here

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces the following ex-
aminations to be held in this city on
dates named:
October II - Clerk. male, Panama
Canal service; postal clerk. Panama
Canal service; multigraph operator.
October 23-Asslstant agriculturist
(male) in the office of Farm Manage
ment, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d. G.
Applications for the following ex-
aminations may be filed at any time
and competitors need not appear be-
fore board of examiners but will be
rated on the evidence submitted in
the application papers which is sub
ject to verification:
Inspector of artillery ammunition,
inspector of cloth equipment, assist
ant inspector of leather, assistant in
spector of small hardware, assistant
inspector of textiles, assistant inspec-
tor of leather equipment
Examinations for subclerical posi-
tions will be held on October IS. No
Vember s and % and December 6 and
13, 1917 Applications can be filed at
any time and will be considered in
connection with the examination held
next after filing the application.
Further information and application
papers can be secured by personally
calling at the office of the Secretary,
Board of Examiners, Post office, Iar-
risburg, Pa.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Roman Candle Bullet
Perfected; Finds Range
For the Fighting Men

Wilmington, Del, Sept. 26. = A
tracer" bullet that drives through
the air illuminated and allows rifle
men, antiaircraft gunners and avia-
tors to find the range of the enemy
mas Just been perfected for the use
of the United States government.
1t is so manufactured that it is pos
sIble to watch the course of the bull
let almost from the time it leaves
the gun and to observe it striking on
or about the target.
The effect of the bullets when fired
from a machine gun is comparable to
Roman candle display with the ex-
ception that the machine gun op-
crates with tremendous rapidity and
the bullets. fly in what seems. at
times, to be a spray of glowing fire
balls.
A test of the tracer" bullet was
conducted to-day under the super
vision of ordnance experts of the
United States Army and included
studies of tracer" bullets made in
this country by the DuPonts. by the
frankford Arsenal of Philadelphia,
and of somo made abroad. The bull
let's were tested in machine guns and
in rifles, the Vickers, Colt and Lewis
machine guns being used in the DEM
onstraction. The ranges at which the
tests were made varied at from 600
to 1000 yards.
The officers in charge of the test
and those present in an official capa-
city were: Colonel George Mont
gomery, commanding officer; Major
Cushman, technical supervisor; Cap
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Schooner Built by
Pitcairn Islanders

Levuka, Fiji.-The Polynesian Ga
Zette gives an interesting account.
related by Pastor f. E. Lyndon. of
Tahiti, of the building and first trip
of the Messenger, a 25-ton schooner
built by the Pitcairn islanders, The
extreme isolation of Pitcairn Island
has fortunately been broken to some
extent by the opening of the Panama
Canal. Westernbound vessels now
find Pitcairn a convenient port of call
to take in water and to replensh
their stocks of fruit and vegetables.
Before the war Pitcairn depended
mostly for mails and regular supplies
upon the periodic visits of British
warships. but during the last three
years there have been few opportu-
mites for the islanders to get into
touch with the outside world. This
isolation led them to undertake the
formidable task of building a schoon-
er, with the object of establishing
&C mmunication with Tahiti. Without
proper tools, materials or facilities.
and without experience, the natives
set to work on their task, praying
with simple faith that God would pro-
vide for their needs. Nails were made
from all the old iron on the island
and timber was procured from the ma
tive trees. Shortly after the work
had been started a boat called and
the captain was able to supply some
of the greatly needed tools. When
supplies ran short prayer was of
fered and always with the result that
the need was met. In this way the
Messenger was built in about eight
cen months. The schooner was
launched in the middle of January
and on March 1 she arrived at Pa
pete. The run to Mangareva," the
Pclynesian Gazette continues, "was
accomplished in four days. At this
place the boat remained one week
and then commenced its trip to Pa
petite. After a few days sailing out
on the deep they experienced heavy
weather and contrary winds. which
blew them due south for a distance
of 500 miles. For forty hours hurri-
cane weather was experienced, but no
water washed their decks and no
damage was done. The little craft
seemed to be borne along over the
huge seas by the angels as the ark
of old. For three weeks no headway
blown by the winds till they were
pleXity seized the crew. They were
Flown by the wind still they were
within 800 miles of Raivaevae, of the
Austral group, and had only two
buckets of fresh water left and very
little provisions. However, after cast
ing lots. and drawing in favor of Pa
petite, a favorable wind Immediately
srrang up, which carried them in
eight days to this port.
THE boat is real credit to the
islanders. The masts are short, but
have served their purpose during the
first trip. The captain, George War
rem. told me that of truth the ship
was built through prayer"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
FIRST CASUALTIES
AT CAMP HANCOCK
Men Hurt by Shell-Splintered
Rock Are Recov-
ering

Camp Hancock. August. Ca. Sept
27.-The eight privates of Company
*. of the old Thirteenth Infantry
Regiment. Scranton. who were injured
by live she'll" from a machine gun
spllntering rock near which they
were standing and pepperIng them
with sharp fragments of it. are re-
ported tonight to be recovering from
their wounds.
Each has been given antitetanus
treatment and will be kept under
close observation until all danger is
their wounds becoming infected is
over.
All of the other Pennsylvania boys
are reported in fine health and spirits,
despite the arduous drilling they un-
dergo for eight hours every day in
preparation for the realistic intensive
training they are soon to enter upon.
The demonstrator of the gun which
injured the Pennsylvanians. who was
explaining how it was taken apart
and put together again. apparently
did not know 1t was loaded" The
shell struck rock. sharp fragments
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27

of which struck the wounded menl
with bullet-like force.
Major General William P. Duva11.,
commander of the Department of the
Southeast. United States Army. will
come here on Friday to make his first,
inspection of the camp. He is. by
an odd coincidence. an Augustan.
Brigadier General William @. Price,
'Jr., who Is commander of the division
in the absence of Major General
Charles M. Clement, its commander:
Brigadier General Frederick w. Still
well. commander of the Fifty-ninth
Infantry Brigade; Brigadier General
Albert j. Logan. commander of the
Flfty-sixth Infantry Brigade. and
other commanding officers of the dlvi-
sion. were the guests of honor last
night of the Augusta Rotary Club. at
dinner held at the Albion Hotel.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
WINTER CARE
OF HONEY BEES
Must Be Warm and Quiet SO
They Are Not Reduced
in Vitality

Winter should be long period of
rest for the honey bees, but they
must be kept warm and quiet, or
by spring they will be so reduced in
vitality that spring dwindling will
result, and many colonies will die
out, according to a bulletin of the
State Department of Agriculture.
Those that do not die are usually so
weakened that they cannot build up
to sufffcient strength to take advan-
tage of the early honey flows. 1t
takes one-half of the white honey
crop to get such colonies in condi-
ton to harvest the other half and
this does not pay. The results of
this season have proved this fact.
Beekeepers who properly cared for
their bees last winter, harvested a
fair crop of honey, while the neglig-
ent beekeeper harvested little or
none.
Successful wintering of bees is COW
cred in the following points suggest
ed by the department:
l. Every colony headed by
queen not over two years old.
2. Not less than thirty pounds
OF honey, or an equal amount of
sugar syrup, sealed in the combs.
3. Plenty of packing of single
walled hives. Four inches on the
bottom, six inches on the sides and
one foot on top is not too much.
4. Wind protection is necessary.
ing, or an artificial windbreak is
good. Without wind protection
packing is of little account.
Requeening and winter stores must
be looked after while the weather
is warm. September is late enough
for this. Winter packing must be
put on before hard freezing begins.
Beekeepers who pack late sometimes
lose heavily.
Winter cases holding four colonies
crowded together may be made of
rough, cheap lumber, and a cover
made of roofing paper. small
entrance three -eighths by five inches
must be provided for the bees to fly
in good weather. Such cases, if
cared for, will last for years, and
will soon pay for themselves in the
extra honey harvested. If the bees
have a young queen and plenty of
stores they should be left in the
winter cases until ready for supers
next spring.
Pennsylvania did not produce her
share of the lone hundred million
pounds of honey extra, this season."
The nation needs the honey, and the
nectar 10 make it is going to waste
by the tons all around us.
Nectar is a waste product unless
gathered by bees. Every orchardist
should do his part and provide the
bees to gather it next year. You
can help in a very great measure
by giving bees proper winter protec-
tion, and providing the other sug-
gested conditions this winter. Re-
member that next years honey crop
depends largely on the care of the
bees this fall and winter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27

over the Germans and took positions
which they have been lighting for for
the last two years. You can read all
about it in the communicates. Our
first Post de Secour was two kilo-
meters behind the French trenches
before the attack; now it is where the
French first-line trenches used to be.
as they forced the Germans back in
some places over five kilometers.
Collect Souvenirs
Prisoners are coming in all the time
so of course we s 1T plenty of chances
to get souvenirs. such as gas masks.
bayonets, etc. One fellow was so
every Boche he saw for something
and when he finished he had whole
carful of stuff. Yesterday he re-
marked that Tomorrow is button
day" !. e. he was going to collect
several quarts of Boche buttons. Per-
scnally, l can't see the business of
going after all that stuff-that is. in
a wholesale way. The poor Boche
are all shot up. hungry. tired and
1ave lost practically everything they
ever owned and to rob them (prac-
tically speaking) of their last things
gives me a pain.
All tiiS W dN up ~ lit pOSl lIC TOdu
was strewn with helmets, clothing,
shellcases and holes, dead horses,
guns. broken cars and wagons and
heaven knows what else. Hundreds
of Boche prisoners were marching
down the road and fresh French
troops, ammunition trains, tracks,
cannon, etc, going up.
Dead Laid In Rows.
At our post, which, as 1 said be-
fore, is now at the former French
first line trenches with no shelter at
all and the open fields all around,
the wounded, French and Boche, and
the dead. were gathered. The dead
were all laid out in neat rows. which
is the only good thing I can say
about such a horrible sight. But
couldn't help laughing at the Boche;
we made them load our cars. then
they ran around in front. cranked it,
and stood at attention or saluted. We
also gave them our canteens to fill
and the sight of them hustling across
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27

| Franklin Etter. of this city. now
hg the firing line with the Ambu-
be Corps. tells of the "bits of ex-
|ment" he experiences daily in his
hth letter to appear in the Tele-
ph. He writes nonchalantly of
raids. the result of shellfire. after
ch the dead are piled "in neat
s." and how it feels to be under
lis letter in full follows:
August 23. 1917.
ear Family am taking a days
now after being on duty for the
twenty-four hours, and 1 surely
enjoying 1t.
think that the last time 1 wrote
was while we were on repos,
now we are right in it again. If
will notice the communicates in
papers on August 20, 81, 22 about
French offensive. you will see
re l am and what I've been doing.
'e left our place of repos on the
and made a 20-kilometer trip to
our division which was at an
er place, also on repos. We are
attached to part of the Foreign
ion and Territorial@Troops These
e stationed in little town where
Aisne river starts; the river runs
n the middle of the main street
he town and of course we all had
ump across River Aisne.
S l remember now I did write
a letter from that place and told
all about the Escadrilles.
he day before we left there, an
II fellow and myself drove the
ltenant and the Medocin Division
up to our new post and back,
of about sixty kilometers. The
day we all left and drove to
cantonment or place where we
e to live. which in this case was
open field. So we pitched tents.
ected our baggage and got set
The next day we went on duty
the day after that the attack
ted.
e have ten cars on twenty-four
rs duty. so that means we work
Y other day. The attack, accord
to all reports. was wonderful
ess. The French just walked all
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Farmers Expected
to Raise More Pigs

Ames, Ia.-"It's up to every farmer
to make at least three pigs grow
where two grew before If the Govern
ment establishes a ratio between the
price of corn and price of pork of
to 12 or higher. thus guaranteeing
for example, $12 for pork fed on 81
corn" says J. M. Evvard, pig author
ity who was called to Washington
recently by II. c. Hoover as a men,
ber of the livestock industry COM
mission. "At a IL ratio or higher.
which guarantees q profit for pork
considerably higher than for the past
10 years, every farmer ought to
raise just as many hogs as he can.
There should be a 25 per cent. in
crease or higher in the country"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
DISCOVERY IN CEYLoN

Ceylon. India. AS q result of q
mineral survey which has been con-
Quoted by the Imperial Institute in
Ceylon. the discovery has been made
of beach deposits of monazite sand.
1t is from this mineral that thora is
obtained for the manufacture of in
cahdescent gas mantles. For a time
the monazite deposits in Brazil were
the only known sources for the sup
ply of this valuable commercial COM
modify, and they. were controlled by
the German Thortum Syndicate.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
|AKE Up FEELING
FRESH AS A DAISY

Let Cascarets liven your liver and
clean your thirty feet of bowels with
out gripping. You will wake up feel
ing grand: Your head will be clear,
breath right, tongue clean, stomach
sweet, eyes bright, step elastic and
complexion rosy-they're wonderful
Get a 10-cent box now at any drug
store. Mothers can safely give
whole Cascaret to children at any
time when they become cross, fever
ish. bilious. tongue coated or consti-
pated-Cascarets are harmless.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27

tho fields to a spring tickled me half
to death. My knowledge of German
certainly has been working overtime
these days.
Every once in a while we would see
a bunch of Boche come tearing over
the hill without q Frenchman in
sight. They would stop at the post
and wander around waiting for some-
thing to happen. The French capture
them in the trenches. take their guns
away and start them on their way
back behinde the lines and go after
more and the Boche are just tickled
to death to be prisoners.
The preparation for the attack and
the Fir de Barage of the attack itself
were wonderful. The whole sky was
lit up with flashes and the roar was
terrific. Saucisses up everywhere,
signal lights,-red, green and white
aeroplanes flying around. artillery
wagons, trucks. cannons. etc, filling
the road, soldiers marching-every-
thing going on mixed up and so ex-
citing that 1 can't clearly remember
hat really did happen.
Three days ago l had quite an ex-
citing time. In the morning shells
began to drop around our camp. The
Germans were shelling a village be-
hind us and we were directly in line,
there; so we watched the shells hit,
saw the houses fall in and really en-
joyed ourselves.
Air Raid Near
That night the Germans made an
air raid on an aviation camp and
munition depot about a quarter of
mile away from us and dropped in
cendiary bombs. We could see the
bcmbs explode, and two made direct
hits but unfortunately one hit hos
pital and burned part of it. The other
hit munition depot and all night
shells went off and the sky was filled
with a red glare. There were about
six searchlignts playing in the sky,
rockets going up and French aero
planes looking for the Boche. Then
the anti-aircraft guns began and you
could see the red flashes of bursting
shrapnel in the sky.
Coming down from the post last
night L also had a bit of excitement.
The first thing that happened was
that l almost got pushed off the road
by big truck. Then 1 had to wait
half an hour while they put fire
out on truck loaded with big shells.
During that time l camped in a ditch
and waited for something to happen;
but it didn't, thank heaven Then,
just as L was going through an am
munition depot an aeroplane dropped
three bombs near the road, so l
stepped on the tail of old fiivver and
just touched the high spots. Outside
of that, nothing much happened.
The latest news is the the Ambu-
lance Service is to be taken over by
the American Army and we shall
either have to enlist till the end of
the war or stop when our time is up.
Am glad to hear that my box is
or the way. l surely will be glad
to get it. Thanks a lot.
Your letters arrived which l en-
joyed a lot.
VIII write later when I get the
chance. Until then good-by.
FRANKLIN.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
JAPANESE TEACHERS HELD

IOnuIuIu, IIaWaii.-FIVe Japanese
teachers, who arrived in Honolulu
recently to teach in the Hongwanfi
Mission, are being held at the United
States immigration Station for de-
portation on the ground that they
came here under contract. They are
now seeking their release through
habeas corpus proceedings instituted
in the Federal Court.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Baker Says Allies Will
Wait Till u. S. Army Comes

Washington. Sept. 81. - The Gov
ernment's first official statement con-
corning military operations in Europe
was issued last night by Secretary
Baker, inaugurating series which
in time will be devoted largely to ac-
tivities of the United States expedi-
tionary forces.
1t says that. while ascendency on
the allies, they are content merely to
wear down the enemy until the force
Of the American Army makes itself
felt in the field.
The statement is the first of a BIZ
weekly series promised by Secretary
BAKER. As American preparations in
crease to point where their publica-
tion viii not be dangerous, the Sec
retary Will include information of
Americas war work in his articles.
An export officer, of the staff of
the Army War College, has been des-
ignated to write the statements which
are not made public until after hav-
ing been approved and passed by the
general staff and Secretary Baker.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Mixed Nut $3.50
Mixed Pea $7.45
Difference $1.O5
1.-TWO years ago Nut Coal cost $1.8O
: more than Pea.

Nut coal being larger in size is not so
quickly consumed. You will use a smaller
quality Of Nut therefore, while the first cost
is more. Nut coal is cheaper in the end.
All coal contains some impurities Nut coal
contains about 10 per cent of slate and bone;
Pea coal contains about 20 per cent. slate
and bone.
When you buy the small pea coal you get 100 per
cent. more impurities to the ton than prevails in
the larger~sze.
Consider this matter carefully Results at the
lowest cost--of course, that is your aim.
United,Ice & Coal Co.
Forster & Cowden SITS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27

tain Clay and Captain Doe. all of the
Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia;
Captain Wright, Ordnance Depart
ment, United States Army; Captain
Gravely, Lieutenant Ropert, Major
MacDougal, of the United States Ma
rine Corps; Colonel Harris, COM
mandant of Fort Dupont, Delaware;
Colonel Willis, of the United States
Signal Corps.
The tracer bullet idea was evol-
we'd in Europe during the present
war. There had never been any
sure way to observe the effects of
rifle fire and to know whether the
bullets were reaching their objec-
tive. The usual method of using
them is to discharge one tracer"
bullet to five ordinary bullets the
tracer" bullet following the path
of the trajectory and showing the
range.
There was another important test
made to-day at the Delaware State
range on an incendiary bullet. The
function of this missile is to explode
indaIArSble liquids, such as gaso-
line used i'm the tanks of airplane en-
gines. The tank is perforated by an
armor piercing bullet and the gaso-
line ignited. A preliminary test on
this bullet was made to-day by fir
ing samples of them against hay
stack on which was placed a partially
filled can of gasoline. The gasoline
was ignited and the haystack con-
sumed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
Letters Fromthe Front
kIR RAIDS AND SHELL
FIRE GUST, BITS OF
EXCITEMENT" HE SAYS

B Franklin Eer of this city, along the firing line with
Ambulance Corps tells of the bts of excitement he expert
les daily in his eighth letter to appear in the Telegraph
He writes nonchaanty of air raids the results of shell fire
which the dead piled in meat rows and how it feels
under fire. His letter in full follows
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
t a 10 Cent Box of
CaSCaretS" for Your
Liver and Bowels.

o-niSht sure! Take Cascarets and
y the incest, gentlest liver and
el cleansing YOU ever experienced.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27
MORE CARS EOR

MORE CARS FOR GARDEN TRUCK
Palmetto, Fla. Figures by the
Seaboard Air Line Railway show that
used annually to transport garden
products from Manatee county alone
has increased from LOO to $500
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-27

VALUABLE PEARL FOUND
indianapolis, Ind A 2O-grain
pearl. found within a mussel shell
taken from White river along the east
side of Anderson, by Willis Baker, a
pearl hunter, says a dispatch from
Anderson, was sold for $475.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-09-27
HARRY CHRISTOPHER'S
DAUGHTER KICK ED BY HORSE

Glenburn, Sept. ga horse kicked
Evelyn Christopher of Van Buren,
township last Thursday and broke the
bone in her leg just below the knee. 1t
was a bad break as the flesh was torn
SO much that the bone could not be set
until Wednesday of this week. She had
driven the cattle to the barn and then
she went to drive in the horses. She
rode up close to one horse and it kick
ed at the horse she was riding, strik-
ing her in the leg about six inches be-
low the knee. Her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Christopher, took her to a
hospital at Minot Immediately and she
has been there ever since She is only
nine years old.-Glenburn Advocate.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-09-27
FARMERS TAKE NOTICE

Don't sign up on the Federal Farm
Loan plan, until you have got our
Amortization Farm Loan plan; it has
many features more favorable to the
borrower, one of these is annual inter
est rates instead of semi-annual rates
just as low. We have the agency for
a large Life Insurance Co. and unlim-
tied amount to loan on good farm
mortgages.
Our company loaned over One Mil
lion Dollars in this state this year
Let us tell you all about our plan.
T. F. RENWALD,
425 S. Main St.
Phone 664 White. Minot, N. D.