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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-24
THE FAT PROBLEM

As 10 fats. the problem OF the Porto
Rlcans was not substitution, but
replacement Butter has not been carried
hv local stores since November. The
price OF lard is pronibitive to poor people
Other substitutes on the American
market are not available There was
no choice: new fats must be found.
I .ocal tat supplies were therefore studied,
CocCa1ut butter was made by churniug
the cocoanut milk hy the same proc ess
used To produce creamery butter, This
is used on breads and vegetables. Co
coanut oil Is used for irving. and cocoa
nut milk to provide the fat IN boiled and
scalIoped dishes The cocoanut milk
is extracted and bottled in the schools
In the rural districts, cocoanut milk is
being used in coffee.
The use of aglacatcs. known m the
nitcd states as alligator pear, and
and the native cocoa in chocolate were
encouraged because Of the fat contents
of these products.
Like other people intent on saving
meat for the allies. Porto RicanS have
learned 10 use more and more hsh.
Fortunately their coastal waters abound
with food varieties that Porto Rcans
had forgotten how to catch and ENJOY.
A special campaign pointed out the
value of fish in diet, and brought iorth
large catches Porto Rico also produces
beans, peas and peanuts and their
planting has been simulated.
SUGAR LOVERS, LISTEN 70 TINS,
Sugar cane abounds in Porto Rico
and so, merely to feed herself if cut
lose from American Commerce. she
need not ecomomize it, But here
she practices the sacrifice Of self for the
allies Win h makes America deny her
self wheat flour Candies are elimin-
atel and fresh fruits used as sweets.
In order that Porto Rico may become
really self-supporting, she must no.
only learn TO use her own products,
but she must increase her crops. So
there, as here, the Liberty Garden has
been popular Flower gardens have
been foughed up and ut in beans and
gandulas. vegetable gardens have been
enlarged, and when land was not avail
able, FIVE gallon oil cans have been cut
ia half lenghwise and laid end to end
around the patio and filled with earth
The years program ended with a
| Conservation and Liberty campaign
Studies of certain topics during the day
IL the schools were followed at night
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
FORTY TRACTORS
FOR STATE FARMS
Commission Urges That They
Be Bought and Rented to
Farmers at Low Rates

Forty farm tractors for. the use
of the farmers of the Common
wealth in order to stimulate crop
production during the coming sea-
son was asked by the State Commits
sion of Agriculture last evening. The
commission by resolution adopted
just before adjourning asked that the
tractors be placed in the care OF
Secretary of Agriculture Charles E.
Patton. The commission plans that
of a trained operator who will be
sent to State College for one weeks S
instruction. The farmers will be
charged a nominal sum per acre~for
work done in planting and harvest
ing crops.
The Weeks bill now pending in
Congress, which prohibits the inn
portation of any nursery stock into
this country was endorsed to the
extent that it be amended so as not
to be injurious to the nursery and
fruit business of the state.
Commissioner Marvin e. Bushong
was appointed to act with Secretary
Patton in securing federal govern
ment cooperation for an adequate
supply and quick delivery of fer
tilizers and also to bring to the at
tention of the national food admin
istration the condition of cattle feed
ing in Pennsylvania and to take
steps for the raising of more calves
and increasing dairy herds.
In view of the fact that Pennsyl-
vania uses five million dollars worth
of honey and produces but one mill
lion dollars worth a year, the COM
mission will take steps to encourage
beekeeping by school children and
will urge the establishment of bee
clubs in the vocational schools of
the state.
The commission by resolution has
requested the Commission of Public
Safety and Defense to continue the
board of farm advisers this year
and asked for complete report OF
the work of the farm advisers dur
ing the past year. Steps to increase
horse breeding and the propagation
of swine We're discussed and the
State Livestock Sanitary Board was
asked to take an active part in the
campaign for more swine in the
state Secretary of Agriculture Pat
ton was complimented on his sue
cessful campaigns to increase an in
terest in sheep raising and plans to
continue the work were discussed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
Alkali in Soap
Bad For the Hair

Soap should be used very carefully,
If you want to keep your hair look
ing it's best. Most soaps and pre-
pared shampoos contain too much
alkali. This dries the scalp. makes
the hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is
just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(Which is pure and greaseless), and
is better than the most expensive
soap or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thor
oughly. Simply moisten the hair with
water and rub it in. 1t makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
which rinses out easily, removing
every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly. and it leaves the
scalp soft, and the hair fine. and
silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy
to manage. r.e-.,..
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and
a few ounces will supply every mem
ber of the family for months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
FOOD IS PLENTY
But TOBACCO IS
SCARCE ABROAD
Smokes and Corn-Cob Pipe"
Needed Most by Men
in France

When that first letter came from
Jim
We wondered what we'd send to
him;
Way over on that foreign shore
Where bullets fly and cannons roar.
Some said mince pie or apples Ilpe,
But Jim wrote Smokes and corn
cob pipe"
The Pennsylvania Committee of
Public Safety has been requested by
the federal authorities to make an
appeal to relatives and friends Of
the service men. as follows:
The Council of National Defense
desires to inform the people of the
country that abundant food is sup
piled to the soldiers and sailors in
the camps and cantonments, and
that the Sending of food to these
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
Meetings For Men Planned
by Carlisle Presbytery

DR.. ]. Wilbur Chapman, moderator
of the Presbyterian General Assembly
and a widely-known evangelist, VIII
address a meeting to be held in the
Market Square Presbyterian Church,
at 7.3O, Saturday evening. The Rev.
DR.. william f. Weir, general secre-
tary of the committee on mems work
DR.. Weir will speak in Emmanuel
Presbyterian Church, Sunday morn
ing, and sunday evening, at Market I
SQUARE Presbyterian Church. He will
also address the mems mass melting
in Fahnestock Hall, Sunday after
noon on the subject, 'Is the Church
Becoming An Obsolete Institution
These meetings are arranged by the
committee on mems work in the Car
isle Presbytery, consisting of the
Rev. Harvey Klaer. the Rev. II. Eyer
den, Henry B. Mccormick and j.
Henry Spicer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
HISTORICAL SOCIETY HEARS OF
MODERN MOUND BUIIDERs

DR.. c. S. Schmucker lectured be-
fore members of the Harrisburg Nat
ural History Society in the Technical
High School auditorium last night on
the subject. Modern Mound Build
ers." DIR. Schmucker is a member of
the faculty Of the West Chester
State Normal School. He is a ia
nous naturalist, author and speaker,
and his address last night was a
description of the life of an ant in
popular language. DR.. Schmucker's s
forte is the popularizing of science.
In plain language he told of the
habits, customs and colonies of ants.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
CENTRAL IRON AND STEEL
PLANT SHORT OF COAL

Officials of the Central Iron and
steel Company this morning announc-
ed that the open hearth of their plant
is operating at full capacity to-day,
and there will be no shutdown th.s
week, at least. The coal supply of
the company is low, and there may
be shoutdowns of various depart
ments next week. The Universal
Mill is shut down, owing to coal
shortage and the railroad embargoes
but the employees of the mill are be-
ing employed at other labor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
MURDER TRIAL POSTPONED

Sunbury, Pa, Feb. 7.-Henry and
Jacob Sallada, brothers, of Mahan-
tongo Valley, were arraigned be-
fore Judge Cummings, in the North
cumberland county court here, charg-
ed with the murder of Henry Sch
leig, a johnson City merchant, and
pleaded not guilty The case was
then continued until the May term
on motion of District Attorney
'Strouss.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07

men by their friends and families Is
not in any respect necessary; that
the aggregate quantity Of food thus
privately sent lie enormous and that
much of 1t, having been conveyed
long distances in heated express or
mail. cars, is more or less spoiled,
and consequently injurious to the
health of the men. Therefore, in
the interest of the conserN aticn of
food. and also the health of the
men, the Council of National Defense
requests the public to discontinue
the sending of foodstuffs to the
camps"
The Defense Council does rot go a
little further and suggest that you
send tobacco instead of eats. but
when the Red Cross people and Y.
NJ. c. A. folk sanction the smokes
for the tobacco fund you need have
no compunctions about doing your
share. The Red Cross is active IN
promoting tobacco generosity because
a smoke means so much TO the
wounded man. That these shipments
are weekly reaching the men is sub
stantiated by a letter jus- received
from Clyde A. Pratt, director of
clearing house. American Red Cross,
at Washington. He reports that the
last shipments numDercd 10 cases,
with additional shipm snts unknown
now on way from port to Paris. All
tobacco received has been distrlbut-
ed, says the cablegram from Eaiis,
to American soldiers. and all ship
ments are being promptly put into
the hands of our soldiers.
The Telegraph has been from tre
beginning identified with "our boys
in France tobacco fund and any
contributions sent to it will be i'm
mediately forwarded SO that they
may reach France as quickly as pos
sible.
The following contributions have
been received for the Harrisburg
Telegraph Tobacco Fund
Previously acknowledged E. 1921 90
George A. Leach, 252 Hum
mel ave-. LcmOyne, Pa. L 90
Catherine ID. Paget, Tokyo,
Japan .............. OO
Chas. p. Hubbard, Tokyo,
Japan .........,....' w
1924 so
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07

Ralph e. Monson, of York, Ne
braska, famous throughout the
United States for his daring as a
steeplejack, recently received mis-
commission in the United States Fly
ing Corps. Mr.. Monson boasted to
a friend that if he passed the ex-
animation for the flying corps, he
would climb the Eiffel Tower in
Arriving in Paris, he imme ediately
set about to fulfill his boast, and wa
quite a way up the tower when he
was promptly stopped by the excited
gendarmes and sentinels, who
thought he had taken leave of his
senses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
ORDERED TO PENITENTIARY

Carlisle, Pa, Feb. For an at
tempt to break Jail, Herman Led
better, aged 10, formerly confined
in the Dauphin county Jail, has been
ordered sent to the Eastern Peni-
tertiary for six months on this
charge and to serve the remainder
of his six months term in the local
Jail at the Philadelphia institution.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
Says His Prescription
Has Powerful Influence
Over Rheumatism
Discoverer Tells Geo. A. Gorgas Not
to Take a Cent of Anyone's Money
Unless Allenrhu Completely Ban
isheS All Rheumatic Pains and


ishes All Rheumatic Pains and
Twinges.
Mr.. James II. Allen suffered for
years with rheumatism. Many times
this terrible disease left him helpless
and unable to work.
He finally decided, after years OF
ceaseless study, that no one can be
free from rheumatism until the &C
cumulated impurities commonly can
ed uric acid deposits, were dissolved
fl. the joints and muscles and expelI-
ed from the body.
With this idea in mind he consulted
physicians, made experiments and
finally compounded a prescription tnat
quickly and completely banished every
sign and symptom of rheumatism
from his system.
He freely gave his discovery to
others who took it, with What might
be called marvellous success. After
years of urging he decided to let suf-
ferTrs everywhere know about mis-
discovery through the newspapers.
Geo. A. Gorgas has been appointed
agent for Allenrhu in this Vicinity
with the understanding that he will
freely return the purchase money to
all who state they received no benefit,
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
SEIZED COAL FOR HOSPITAL

Liverpool. Pa, Feb. 1.-Two car
loads of coal consigned to the Liv-
erpool spinning mill was seized bx
the government before it reached
Liverpool and was sent to a hospital
at Philadelphia.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
MARRIED AT PARADIsE

Leaman Place, Pa, Feb. 7.-Miss
Ivy b. Fralich, of Leaman Place,
was married to-day to Harry NJ.
Benner, of Lancaster, at the parson-
age of the United Brethren Church,
at Paradise, by the Rev. Allen G..
Nye, this wedding taking place an
hour previous to the above cere-
mony. The couple were unattended.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
FARMERS FEED GAME BIRDS

Marietta, Pa, Feb. Farmers
and sportsmen throughout Lancaster
county are distributing feed for birds
in order to keep them from freezing
and starving. There are some sec
tions where large flocks of quail and
other game come regularly to gather
feed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
CHAPTER HOUSE DANIAGED

Carlisle, Pa, Feb. Fire, caused,
it is believed by a cigaret butt fall
ing in a waste-paper basket, caused
about $500 damage at the house of
the local chapter of the Phi Kappi
Phi fraternity yesterday afternoon.
Clothing, Book and other articles
were destroyed and the building
damaged.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07

Major General Peyton c. March
is a Pennsylvanian, born at Easton
December 27, 1864, the son of the
famous Professor Francis A. March,
of Lafayette. He was Lafayette's
honor graduate in 1884 and grad
uated from West Point in 1888. He
is an artillery expert, but man of
great military ability. His service
in the Spanish and Philippine wars
attracted wide attention and he has
been rapidly attaining high rank in
the Army. Professor Thomas S.
March, state high school inspector
Is brother. as is Aldan March, etii-
tor of the Philadelphia Press.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07

CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATURE
Lewistown, Pa. Feb. &c. G. Cor
bin. of Granville. Mifflin county, now
member of the Legislature. has
announced himself as a candidate for
reelection on the Republican ticket
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
only ono aRROMO QUININEn

To get the genuine, call for full
name LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE.
Look for signature of Il. w. GROVE.
Cures a Cold in One Day 30c.-Ad-
vertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07

Washington. Feb. 7.-Announce-
ment was made yesterday by Secre-
tary Baker of the selection of Ma
Jor-General Peyton c. March, now at
the head of Pershing's artillery
FORCES in France, as acting chief OF
staff of the Army. General Tasker
II. Bliss. chief of staff, will nominal
ly retain the title for the present,
but will remain in France as Amer
lean representative on the interal-
lied war council.
The change brings in as supreme
directing head of the Army a vigor-
Gus man of 53. with the reputation
of having a big punch" in the can-
agement of affairs.
Major General John Biddle, assist
ant chief of staff, and now acting
chief, will remain as assistant tenn
porarily, but later probably will be
assigned to duty in France. Gen
eral Pershing will select a new ar
tillery chief to succeed March.
Secretary Baker reiterated that the
return of Geenral March to head the
staff had been under consideration
for some time. Only the question of
whether he could be well spared
from the eXpeditionary forces has de-
layed official announcement of his
appointment.
Although actual head of the staff
corps, General March will not receive
additional rank at this time. Con-
gress has authorized only two ap-
pointments in the general grade. one
to be the chief of staff and the 9TH
er the commander-i in-chief of Amer
ican forces in France. and the con-
tinuation of General Bliss in the
former office while he is serving on
the allied war council will prevent
the promotion of General March.
When Geenral Bliss will return has
not been determined. it was stated
officially.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-07
War Is All Gen. Sherman
&c. Said It Is

only worse! Men who used to the
G, r,, =. in the service
~ W 00o lilo They cannot be replaced
~ while the goes
He didn't have the tele- Fact is the army is calling
phone, the wireless, the tor more men.
submarine, the airplane, ,v,,
the car, the trolley , whlle we are hghGng
car the tank or tbe Is the greatest fight in all his
gun! tory h0lo your courage and
So he didn't have be worse
worry about getting
and materials to make all Always bear in mind
or these things that every inconvenience
But we've oot 70 have you go through is do
them to-day mgyour bit TOR the Nation
Every kind OF industry We more than anx-
and business in the land ious to keep the trolley
has been sacrificing what service good-for like any
they actually need other business enterprise
feed the mammoth indus good service makes the
try of with and trolley business profitable
materials And rightly sol
T ~ - - l. Where we have less cars
,,o,IJ .4G CT now--for the time being
- ~ '' just step up front when you
The materials that mer- get on the car and that will
camille establishments make room for more
crying for going into TL J.
motorman to take
Ihe metal needed for you to and from business as
trolley wheel IS diverted quickly possible Why
toward making SHE'LL not help them to help YOU?
HARRISBURG RAILWAYS COMPANY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-30
The Shaving Habit.

Nature evidently intended that mems
faces should be covered with growth
of beard, but not being satisfied with
natures arrangement In this matter,
rs In various others, most men pro-
vide themselves with razors and keep
most or all Of this hair shaved off,
observes the Pathfinder. Man Is not
the only creature that undertakes to
improve on nature In this respect. A
curious South American bird, called
the bonmot, takes a modified kind Of
shave at regular intervals. Long, blue
feathers grow to form this birds tail,
and on these feathers is a soft down.
For some reason or other the bird dis
likes the feathers In this form. There
fore, from time to time 1t ships of with
its sharp beak all Of the down from
their lower ends to within about an
inch Of their tips. The tufts left grow
ing are carefully kept in the form Of
an oval.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-30
"cALlFoRNIA SYRUP OF FIGS
CAN'T HARM CHILDREN AND
THEY LOVE IT.

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See If tongue is
coated; this is sure sign its little
stomach. liver and bowels need a
cleansing at once.
When listless, pale. feverish, full of
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat. sleep or act naturally, has stom-
ach-acke, diarrhoea-remember, a gen.
tie liver and bowel cleansing should
always be the first treatment given.
Nothing equals california Syrup of
Figs" for children's ills; give tea
spoonful, and in few hours all the
foul waste. sour bile and fermenting
food which is clogged In the bowels
passes out Of the system, and you have
a well and playful child again. All
children love this harmless, delicious
fruit laxative" and it never fails to
effect a good inside" cleansing. Di-
rections for babies, children Of all ages
and grown-ups are plainly on the bot
tie.
Keep 1t handy in your home. A little
given today saves a sick child tomor-
row, but get the genuine. Ask your
druggist for a bottle Of Cali
fornia Syrup Of Figs" then look and
see that it is made by the California
Fig Syrup Company"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-30
Power Of the Spirit.

The central thought which comes
from my experience with deafness is,
that remedy-recompense-here as
elsewhere, Is the natural law-that
nature seeks always to balance itself,
writes Margaret Baldwin, in the At
lantic. The only irreparable disaster
in deafness Is that one which would
despoil the spirit-the will; and here
again, rs was shown in depression, it
Is within the personality, within the
bounds and terms of our own under
standing, that exist the laws which re-
harmonize the discordant condition and
reinvest the mind with its conscious
power 10 dominate the forces and
events Of life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-30
Tornadces and Cyclones.

Weather men define Il tornado as j
violent windstorm. with rain or hail.
thunder and lightning, in which the air
masses whirl with great velocity
around n central core, while the whole
storm travels across the country in a
narrow path at high speed. The thun-
der and the whirling motion have given
rise to two theories OF the derivation
of the word as to whether it is derived
from the Spanish "tronada." thun-
derstorm, or from the Latin 'tornare,
to turn.
A cyclone, in the definition of the
weather bureau, is not necessarily a
WindStorm Of great velocity, but rath-
er widespread storm that moves with
no great speed. It's width may cover
several states. This cyclone, or area
of low prcssure--indicated as "low" on
the weather map-gives conditions es-
sential to tornadoes. Many cyclones
never develop a tornado, but a tornado
never develops without the cyclone, and
almost invariably the tornadoes occur
in the southeast quarter of the low
area. About 10 cyclones pass across
the United States each year, moving in
a general way from west to east. They
are of great benefit because they in
duce a movement Of surface air from
the south and southeast, and the rain
fail that makes the great interior val
leys a rich agricultural region is de
pendent upon these southerly, moist
urc- bearing winds.
Practically all of the cyclones Of the
warm season give rise at some time
or place 10 thunderstorms or hail or
violent winds. These winds may be
violent enough to cause destruction,
but unless they have the whirling COL
ttfnn Of air they are not tornadoes. In
the east it is rot always easy to dis
tinguish the funnel-shaped cloud, but
the lay of the debris after a storm will
tell whether there has been a twisting
motion.
Tornadoes almost invariably move in
an easterly direction and generally
from the southwest to northeast. The
average length Of the path of destruc-
ton Is about 20 miles, and this path
may not be continuous, if the funnel
cloud is not in contact with the earth
during it's whole course. Sometimes it
rises and goes for a considerable dis
lance before descending again.