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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17
CASTOR B. Means Acquitted
of Wealthy Widows Murder

Concord. n. c., Dec. 17.-Gaston
3. Means was acquitted here yester-
day of the charge of Staying Mrs.
Maude A. King, the wealthy New
York and Chicago widow. The jury
received the case last night, but af-
ter two hours deliberation announc-
ed a verdict would not be returned
until to-day.
Mrs. King was killed at Black
welder Spring, a lonely spot IN the
country near here, August 20 last
when. with Means and party of his
friends, she had stopped on an auto
mobile drive to practice pistol shoot
ing.
New York. Dec. 17.-Gaston B.
Means. acquitted of the murder of
Mrs Maude A. King, faces indict-
ment in this county for forgery and
embezzlement, District Attorney
Swami announced to-day.
There is concrete evidence in our
hands tending to show that Means
forged many documents. on which
he obtained large sums of money
from Mrs. Kings estate" said Mr..
Swami, land there is evidence point
ing to him as the embezzler of The
major portion of Mrs. Kings
wealth"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17
Workers at Booth

All over Harrisburg to-day will
be found booths behind which are
well-knoWn Red Cross workers who
will take memberships for Harris
burg chapter.
Mrs. ]. A. Plank is director in
charge of all the booths. The loca-
tion of the various stands, with the
names of those in charge of each,
are as follows:
The Capitol-Miss Helen Gurnett.
Post OffiCe-Mrs. George r. Hell
sey.
Y. NJ. c. A.-Miss Mary Mitchell.
Kresge Store-Miss May Williams.
Bowman's-Miss Julia Stamfn.
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart-Miss
Romaine Boyer.
Kaufman'-Mrs. S. Reese Coover.
Library-Miss Eaton.
Majestic Theater- Miss Rebecca
Gross.
Colonial Theater - Miss Susanne
Westbrook.
Telegraph Building - Miss Jo-
sephine Schwartz.
Patriot Building-Mrs. Howard NJ.
Bingaman.
Pennsylvania station-Miss Leona
Scott.
Reading Station - Mrs. Stanley
Backenstoss.
Robinson & Co., Third and Ver-
beke-Miss Kathryn Gorgas.
Central Book Store - Miss Pearl
Yohn.
Booth at Headquarters, Market
and Court-Miss Virginia King, Miss
Jeane Cameron and Miss Eleanor
Clark.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17
FERDINAND ID. BAsHoRE

Funeral services for Ferdinand D.
Bashore, aged "a, will be held on
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home of his brother, John II.
Bashore, 1923 Green street. Mr.. Ba-
shore was proprietor of the cigar
stand at the old United States Hotel
in Market below Fifth street, for
almost forty years. He is survived
by his brother and three sisters.
Burial will be made in the Harris
burg Cemetery.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17
HENRY p. FLETCHER
is HOME FROM MEXICO

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 17.-Henry
p. Fletcher, ambassador from the
United States to Mexico, was in San
Antonio Friday enroute to his home
in Pennsylvania to spend the holl-
days. Ambassador Fletcher said that
the situation across the Mexican bor-
der was rapidly clearing.
LMr. Fletcher will spend a few
days with his friends in this sec
ton. He is a brother of ex-Sheriff
Rowe Fletcher.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17
nm Cnre q CnId in nne nnr

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUiNINE
Tablets. Druggists refund money If
it fails to cure. e. w. GROVES sig
nature is on each box. soc. Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17

TContinued from First Page.l
is operating in the FIRST ward. He
has no membership cards or out
tons, and according to the reports,
has not yet secured any subscrip-
tions. First ward residents have
been warned of his operations.
Mrs. Ross Hickok, captain of the
first precinct, Fourth ward, reported
1877 members as her total.
Thanks From Camp
A letter from David NJ. Hefflefing-
er, former Harrisburg boy, to Mrs.
X. l.. Gillespie, secretary of the local
Red Cross Chapter, says:
L want to thank you and the
Harrisburg Chapter, Red Cross, for
the article that you sent me. | am
pleased very much with the clothing;
1t is a great comfort to the soldier
during the winter months.
The American Red Cross surely
is backing the boys at the front and
in the training camps and are play
ing large part in winning this war.
1t is wonderful moveme ent and this
country (our country is to be con-
graduated upon the interest it has
taken in this work.
Knits at 80
Among the articles turned in to
the local chapter this morning, was
sweater knitted. by Mrs. Mary l..
Haverstick, 1924 Green street. Mrs.
Haverstick is so years of age. Her
work is among the best received at
the headquarters.
Grace Methodist Church auxiliary
turned in some splendid work this
morning including eight sweaters,
five scarfs and one pair socks. This
is the first report from the new
auxiliary. They have made a splen-
did showing.
open Friday evening of this week.
They will be closed Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week
because of the holiday season.
Christmas Fayors
The local workers have solved the
problem of Christmas giving. A
dainty little card, attractively ar
ranged is on sale at the local head
verse on the card, tells of its pur-
pose:
Let us send to each other just cards
this year,
Then, through your Red Cross and
mine,
We can send our gifts of Christmas
cheer
To our boys on the firing line"
All profit from the sale of the card
goes to the Red Cross Society.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17

Use McNeirs Cold Tablets.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-17
THOUSANDS ARE
OPENING HEARTS

TContinued from First Page.I
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
.CO[ORED TROOPS
ARE NOT WANTED
NEGROES MAY TRAIN AT
COLUMBIA CAMP.
Governor Protests to War De-
ment-Asks That Such Ac-
ton Be Prevented.

Columbia. Aug. 1S.-Strhng pro-
test against the training of negroes
and Porto Rican troops at Camp
Jackson was lodged tonight with
Newton ID. Baker, secretary of war.
by Governor Manning. The gov
ernor also addressed a telegram to
the members of the South Carolina
delegation in congress urging their
cooperation to prevent the mobili-
zation of the blacks at the Columbia
cantonment
Governor Manning sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the secretary of
war:
Il protest with all my power
against mobilization Of Porto Ricans
and negroes of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Florida at Camp Jack
son, at Columbia. 1t is essential that
negroes and Porto Ricans should
not be mobilized at same camp with
whites. / wish to protest in person
to you Tuesday morning next"
Governor Manning also addressed
the following telegram to the mem
bers of congress from South Caro-
lima:
Newspapers report that 10000
troops from Porto Rico, besides all
negroes drafted from North and
South Carolina and Florida, will be
modified at Camp Jackson, at CO.
lumbia. Probably Porto Rican
troops are composed largely of mu-
lattoes and whites mixed together
and accustomed to conditions Of
race equality. l urge that you unite
with me to prevent this disaster to
this State. Will you meet me in
Washington at Willard hotel at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning, 21st inst,
to protest to secretary OF war and
to insist change of this order?
Please answer"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
MARRIED MEN AS
CLASS NOT EXEMPT
POWER RESTS WITH PRESI-
DENT, HOWEVER.
MIR. Wilson's Reply to Senator
Weeks Interpreted to Favor
Married Men.

Washington, Aug. 1S.-Renewed
discussion of the status of married
men under the selective draft service
law has been aroused by publica-
tion of President Wilson's letter to
Senator Weeks dealing with this and
other subjects. In many quarters
the Presidents statement that he
had no doubt Senator Weeks point
as to the exemptions Of married men
was well taken, was interpreted as
an indication that he approved ex-
emption of any of family who had
not married merely to escape mill
tary duty.
The president has full power to
direct that the regulations govern
ing selection be amended to this ef-
feet. A proposal specifically to ex-
empt all married men was made
when the bill was in the senate, an
amendment to that exact by Sena-
tor Smith. of Georgia being lost by
wide margin. This fact. together
with the regulations later promul-
gated by the president making ex-
emption possible only in case of act
Ual dependency, are taken as indi-
cations that no general exemption
for married men as a class will be
given now.
In cautioning local boards against
attempting to fill quotas by selecting
an inequitable number of men who
have waived exemption and are
therefore, practically volunteers,
General Crowder said that greatest
care must be exercised in sending
forward at least ten per cent of any
quota.
THE last ten per cent" he said,
must be slected with great care to
be sure that no one in the whole
quota is sent for military duty while
a selected person with an earlier or
der of obligation for military SER
vice is allowed to remain at home"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
PLANS TO SPEED UP
ANTI U-BOAT FLEET
Builders Decide Then Can Save
Time and Money.

Builders Decide Then Can Save
Time and Money.
Washington, Aug. 17.-Co-opera-
tive purchasing OF materials for ship
construction was decided on here to-
day by representatives OF the coun-
try's shipbuilding plants to elimin-
ate competition and to insure
prompt delivery of supplies. CEN
trail purchasing officer will be named
to work with Major r. f. Wood
purchasing officer for the Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation.
The builders operating yards in
which the government has requisi-
toned vessels under construction.
were called here by Rear Admiral
Capps, general manager OF the fleet
corporation, to discuss speeding up
building OF the vessels. Purchases
of materials for completion of yes
sells will be made by the individual
yards.
The conference developed that
some yards have commitments for
more steel and other materials than
they need and that others have not
obtained enough. A readjustment
OF commitments will be made
through the priority committees OF
the War Industries Board.
The buying agent will be chosen
by the New York Shipbuliding Cor
poration and will open Offices in
Washington Immediately.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
VOLUNTEERS FOR THE ARMY
Total of 19O,347 Places Regulars
Above War Strength


Washington, Aug. 16.-War vol
unteers for the regular army have
reached a total of 19O.347 men,
bringing the roll to 1000 in excess
of the authorized war strength.
Since the total quota for the ex-
panded army was filled, several days
ago, recruits have continued to en-
list at an average of more than l.
600 men a day. They will be need
ed and the recruiting service will
not relax it's efforts.
There still are twenty-five States
that have not supplied the number
of men allotted to them in the dis
tribution of the total quota. but
some OF the other States have fur
nished their quota several times
over.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21

League" ii added, was communi-
Gated to the league by an officer of
the United States navy. That man
was forbidden by an order of Jose
phus Daniels to tell the facts him
self.
I'm communicating his informa-
ton to the league he violated An or
der for which, II his name became
known. he would be courtmartialed
and broken over the wheel"
Secretary Daniels declined to COM
ment on any part of the statement.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
WIND BLEW MONEY AWAY.
Storm Strikes Camp as Soldiers Re-
ceiVe Pay.

StoT" otiiNSS NaHip aS SoiuieTs ~
ceive Pay.
Macon, Aug. 16.-A wind storm
that struck Camp Harris this even
ing while the Second Georgia In
fantry was being paid Off, carried
away $1,000 in currency. The
money had been collected in a pan
by Lieut.. John West, OF the Ala
bama company, in payment for can
teen checks. and he was approach
ing the canteen to make the trans
fer when the storm broke. Four
hundred dollars in bills were picked
up by soldiers, but the balance has
not been found.
West was a banker before joining
the Second regiment.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
NICHOLAS CALLS CRITICS
OF WAR POLICY TRAITORS

E Union. S. c.. Aug. 18.-Speak Z
. ing at a patriotic massmeeting =
. here today Representative Sam Z
= uel J. Nichols, member of the =
= house committee on military af- Z
E fairs, said Traitor is the appro- =
= propriate word to apply to those Z
= who are going about the country Z
= criticizing the governments war =
. policy" z
= Those who consider the war Z
e in the abstract" he said, "or
. that Is not associated with the Z
= nations full purpose to main Z
. tain American rights. are not Z
q with US" Z
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
ANTI-DRAFT MEETING HELD.

Opponents of ConscriptiOn Pass
Resolutions.
Dublin, Ca, Aug. 17.-Opponents
of selective conscription from three
counties met here today, heard sew
eral speeches against the Draft Act
and passed resolutions calling ION
all to defend the rights of free
speech and the freedom of the
press" Local newspapers, which. it
was alleged, refused to publish ad-
vertisements of the meeting were
denounced in the resolutions.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
TWO DIVISIONS TO
GO TO FRONT
THUS MAKING A TOTAL OF
$4,000 MEN.
Final Allotment of State Troops
Among Army CantOnments
Are Announced.

Washington, Aug. 1.-two army
divisions instead of one, comprising
total of at least $4,000 men, prob
ably will make up the contingent OF
the National Guard to go to France.
Although no official confirmation
was obtainable, there were evidences
today that the composite Forty-sec-
ond division, whose organization re-
Gently was announced, will be ac-
companied by the Twenty-sixth,
made up of New England guards
men. No New England States are
among the twenty-six having repre-
sentation in the composite division.
The commander of the Twenty
sixth is Major Gen. Clarence Ed
wards, now acting as commander of
the department OF the Northeast, and
1t is presumed he would go to Eu-
rope with the division.
Tonnage Available.
report was current today that
sufficient shipping will be available
for forwarding two divisions within
the time fixed for the departure of
the Forty-second and that the
Twenty-sixth had been elected to go
because it comes from a compact
area and is composed, for the most
part, of regiments of high rating.
The Forty-second division is being
modified at Mineola, Long Island,
under the new European standard
which requires that the strength of
the individual infantry regiments be
Increased more than so per cent.
Additional Units.
The process necessitates the addi-
tion OF some units not included in
the original order. for where one
company of infantry, for instance.
was to have come from any State.
companies have been consolidated to
give the $50 men necessary. Thus
hundreds of men have been trans
ferred to fill up the regiments select
ed to go. All the other National
Guard divisions will go through a
similar process on their arrival at
their divisional camp. :.
No hint has been given as to the
probable time 1t will require to pre-
pare the Forty-second for embarka-
ton. AS 1t is a wholly new organi-
cation. 1t is logical to assume that it
will take some time to get 1t into
working shape.
The Original Plan.
The original plan for a composite
National Guard expeditionary force
is known to have provided for two
divisions made up OF the composite
plan.
The war department announced
today the final allotment of State
troops among the army cantonments
and made public the list OF colonels
assigned to regimental commands in
the various divisions both of the ma
tional army and the National Guard.
Disposition at Cantonments.
Secretary Baker today approved
the disposition Of the $4,000 men
OF the first draft as recommended by
the provost marshal general. The
average number OF men allotted to
each OF the sixteen cantonments Is
approximately $4,000.
Those allotted to Atlanta, include
the troops from Tennessee, Georgia,
Alabama, (part) 40.875.
Columbia, s. c., South Carolina,
North Carolina. Porto Rico and
Florida, 45,215.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1917-08-21
sGREAT ISSUE OF TREASURY
+ CERTIFICATES is ORDERED

+ Washington, Aug. 1S.-An-
+ other issue of treasury certifi- :
Z Gates of Indebtedness, totalling :
+ 100000 and payable No :
+ vember 80, was launched today .
+ in furtherance of the prepara- .
+ tions for financing the second .
+ liberty loan. A $300,00O,000 .
Z issue of certificates for that pur- .
+ pose recently was offered and .
+ largely oversubscribed.
= Subscriptions are to close at {
+ noon next Saturday, August 25, .
= and the certificates will bear in
= terest at 1-2 per cent. .
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-16
Putnam Our Town

l know Putnam and l love Putnam And 1 want to help il be As great a town to every one
 As it seems to be to me. 1 praise Putnam and 1 cheer Putnam And try to spread it's tame; And 1 know what splendid thing
 'twould be
 If you would do the same 1 trust Putnam and boost Putnam And 1 want to do my part To make 1t a town that all may praise From the depth of every heart! 1 like Putnam and l sing Putnam And 1 want my town to grow; If 1 knocked Putnam or blocked Put That wouldn't be fair, you know. l think Putnam is the very best town In all the world-to me; Or if it's not, l want to get out And try to make 1t be- l talk Putnam and l preach Putnam As think a fellow should Who has more at stake than to
 win or make
 For the love of the common good. 1 bet on Putnam and 1 bank on Put
 nam
 And 1 think 1t fine to feel When you know your town and you
 love your town
 That it's part of your honest zeal! I'm proud of Putnam and l love Put
 nam,
 And want to help it rise-  And that's the way to help town Not curse it and despise!
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-16
Meeting for Religions Education
To Be Held in Baptist Church. Putnam,
 March Fist

Putnam has been selected as one of the ten centers where the Connecticut Sunday School Association is to hold a
 meeting ot religious education. It will be held in the Baptist church, Wednesday, M irch 2lst. Special plans ed.
 The purpose of th meeting is to pre- sent methods of Teacher Training Temperance and Missionary Instruc.
 tion in the Sunday cAool, and to show
 how they can be put into operation.
 A hsIf.hour of the program will be given to each subject. About twenty minutes of the time will be used in outlining plans and the balance for open discussion. At the close of each session brief summary of the work will be made and pledges of service taken. Two teams of specialists have been secured to present the subjects.
 The speakers will be Rev. Frank Wade Smith, New York; Rev. William J JdtIleS Sly, b.f Ildltioiut NcS. W. T. Thayer, Wallingford; Oscar A. Phelps, Hartford; Miss Clara E. Wells, Hartford; Mrs. Maize B Clarke, Hart ford; Mrs. Cora Downs Stevens, Cana. an; Wallace I. Woodin, Hartford; Rev. Milton s. Littlefield, D. D., NewYork.
 Baptist, Congregational and Metho- dist churches are cooperating. Fol lowing each afternoon session the deie- gates will separate into their respec- tive denominational groups for con. ference. This will enable the director of Sunday school work in each denom- ination to put before his people any matter which concerns specifically de- nomin ationaI work. Program: and 7:15 Service of worship 2:l5 and 7:30 Temperance Instruction 2:45 and Missionary Instruction 3:l5 and S:30 Teacher Training 3:45 snd g Summary
 and 9:I5 Adjourn
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-16
IMPROVING THE GRASS CROP

With one-half of New England farm land in grass and with nine out of ev- cry ten farmers raising hay, grass is the most important single crop in the eastern United States. Even as far south as Virginia and Maryland. six out of every ten farmers include this crop somewhere in the rotation, and more than one-tenth of the land Is all ways fin sod."
 A better hay crop Is the key to more profitable farming. When the hay crop Is fertilized 1t is no longer necessary to feed everything grown on the farm. Often, were all farm products fed on the farm charged up at full market price, 1t would be found that the re- sulting manure costs many times its actual worth. Prof. J. s. Gates of the government department of agriculture, says under the changed economic con ditions the old doctrine that every thing grown on the farm should be fed there, is fallaciOus, and quite often costs the farmer pretty sum. Chem ical fertilizers, when prices of the crops grown warrant a liberal application fully maintain soil fertility Especial ly is this true if the crop grown leaves in the soil considerable residue of organic natter"
 More Hay Per Acre.
 The acres of the average eastern hay farmer are regrettably low in yield, so low that many crops are ac- tually grown at loss. These low yields are often caused by allowing the land to stay too long time in grass. Still more often the farmer negleets to feed the crop and yields become small CT and smaller, since Something can never be made out of nothing" Yet the late Mir. Clark of Connecticut raised hay crops of five and six tons per acre He did on one acre as much as some of his neighbors required four acres to accomplish.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-16
The Political Situation in Thompson
Democrats Have No Candidate for Rep. resentative, E. H. Corttis Tax Collector

The democratic caucus, to have been held in Thomp pson lsst Friday after noon, to nominate . candidate for rep. resentative to succeed the late repre- sentative Louis P. Lamoureux, was allowed to go by default. Leaders of the party decided not to put . candi. date in the field and 1t therefore leaves the republican candidate, Joseph Bonin, as the only nominee. The form- ality of an election will be held March 29lh when MT. Bonin will be elected.
 The selectmen of the town have ap. pointed E. H. Corttis tax collector to ill the vacancy caused by MT. La moureux's death. MT. Corttis is present county commissioner of Wind- ham county, one of it's best known cit izens and an influential member of the republican party. He was recently elected to succeed himself as county commissioner for < term of three years by the general assembly.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-16
Lines to Be Remembered

Today is your day and mine; the only day we have; the day in which we play our part. What our part may signify in the great whole we may not understand; but we are here to play it, and now Is our time. This we know: It is a part of action, not of whining. It Is q part of love, not cynicism. It is for us to express love in terms of human helpfulness. This we know, for we have learned from sad experience that any other course of life leads toward decay and waste. -n.yid Starr Jordan.
Putnam patriot., 1917-03-16
Advent Christian Church

Sunday services. Morning service at 10 30. Sunday school noon. Young peoples service at 6l5. Evening ser vice at :.
 Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7.3O. ~s
 Rev. c. H. Stones subject for Sum- day morning will be "Christ's suf. fering for us." In the evening "Seven indispensable things" will be his sub ject.