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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
- Red Cross Notes :

Is there any question about the
value of the Red Cross outfits which
Harrisburg Chapter of the Red
Cross is now providing for all en-
listed or selected men before they
leave Harrisburg for camp? If there
is, this letter, just received from a
boy in Columbus, o., is a satisfac-
tory answer:
Il wish to thank you and the Har-
risburg Red Cross for the comfort
kit and knitted goods so generously
given me. They are indispensable.
There are nights so cold that l sleep
in my sweater; and | use the kit at
least fifty times a day. Believe me,
cannot thank the Red Cross
enough. Hundreds of fellows with
out them remark that they would
like to have them-the comfort kit
most of ALL"
Reginald Wright Kaufman, an
accredited correspondent with the
United States Army, recently sent
these little anecdotes about our Red
Cross nurses in France:
well (ne Sald) tnere are SlNly-tWo
Red Cross nurses at this place. They
are cheerful, obedient. brave and
competent. | asked a patient from
a PENNSYLVANIA mining town what
he thought of them. He had recent
ly been brought from the trenches
with a shattered leg.
'1t gives me beneficent she'll
shock to look at them,' he said.
M ostly," a pretty nurse told me,
they need hot soup and coffee when
they get here-they're nearly always
chilled to the bone. Last night a
pneumonia case cane in. ] was on
duty and got him into bed. warm
and comfortable. He didn't utter a
word all the while. But just as ]
was leaving he opened his eyes.
Say he said, Can YOU speak
English
Surely, replied. I'm an
American
"'Are you really?' he said.
II nodded.
Well, he said I want to ask you
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
DESERTER ARRESTED

IcWIstOWn, Pa, AprlI 4.-Daniel
/. Lerch has been arrested by Sheriff
NJ. A. Davis on the charge of being
a deserter from the United States
Army. He was taken into custody
while at work at the Logan Iron and
Steel Plant at Burnham. Papers fur
nished the sheriff by the War De-
partment indicate that the man ar
rested was formerly a member of
Company I, Sixty-first United States
Infantry Regiment. He is charged
with deserving while encamped al
Gettysburg last December. The
mans home is at Reading.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
LANCASTER COUNT DEATHS

Marietta, Pa, April, 4.-Henry J.
Loucks. aged forty years, one of the
oldest and best-known residents OF
Springetsbury township, died at his
home at Loucks Mill. after a briei
illness. About 1880 Henry j
Loucks' great-grandfather, John G.
Loucks. settled near Loucks' Mill
He was a miller and farmer.
Mrs. Daniel Aughenbaugh, aged
80 years, of Conewago Heights, died
Tuesday night. Her husband and q
brother survive.
Mrs. Mary Park, aged 60 years
of Gap. died from a stroke. She
was a member of the Presbyterian
church, and an active member OF
the w. G. r. L. AdauGhter died
only a short time ago.
Amos Chearer, aged Il years. a
prominent farmer of Rapho town
ship. died Tuesday His wife, five
children. ten grandchildren, a sister
and a brother survive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
COTTON WORTH NEARLY
\ DOLLAR 4 POUND

Boston, April 4.-Nine thousand
bales of long staple Egyptian cotton
valued at approximately S4,50O,OOO
or nearly a dollar a pound was be-
ing unloaded here to-day for deliv-
cry to New England importers. The
ship also brought 220 tons of gum,
which put the value of the cargo
well above S6.000.000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
SENATOR LEIBY TO SPEAK

Liverpool, Pa, April A meet
ing will be held in the Lutheran
church tomorrow evening at 7.S0
o'clock. Senator Leiby. of Mary
vile, will be the principal speaker.
Special music will be rendered The
object of the meeting is relative to
the Third Liberty Loan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
umber of completed machines by

number of completed machines by
July.
Henry Ford's factories arc reported
to be turning out now more than
1900 cylinders day.
The consensus in Army circles is
that the airplane program is behind
time, just as is every other war pro-
gram, whether regarding ships, guns
or shoes, and that the airplane work
has. not been so much retarded as 9TH
eT industries.
The prime cause OF the delay. it is
explained. was the hard winter and
lack'of coal, which hit each and every
war industry in about the same pro-
portion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
MISS CAROLINE sLoTHowER DIES

WeIIsVIIIe, April 4.-Miss Caroline
slcthower. aged 60 years, died at her
home here Tuesday evening from a
complication of diseases Miss Slot
hover has been a resident of this
place for a number of years There
arc no close relatives. 4 brother
died several years ago.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
TO GIVE NIIrSICAIn

sonora musicale for the benefit
of-the Presbyterian Church of Camp
Hill Will be he'd in the home of How
ard r. Stocker at Camp Hill to-mor-
row evening. a feature of the even
lngs program will be a reading by
Mrs. Enterline.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
ARRIVES sAFELY IN FRANCE

Word has been received by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Middleton, of 1902 Penn
street, of the safe arrival of their
sen, Corporal Thomas Il. Middleton,
somewhere in France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
WILL DISPLAY FLAGS

Newport. Pa, April 4.-Burgess c.
w. Smith has made a request that
all Newport citizens display flags on
Saturday in observance of the first
anniversary of the entrance of the
United States into the world wan.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
TO HOLD PRAYER SERVICE

The weekly patriotic prayer serv-
ice will be held in Pine Street Pres
bytereian Church tomorrow after
neon at Sis o'clock. George Sutton
will sing 20 Lord Most Holy"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
''Corn-Less Day"
for Feet, Every Day
Use "Gets-It," the Great Corn
Discovery! Makes Corns
Peel Right Off!

Look at the illustration below. See
the two fingers peeling off corn as
though it were a banana peel! And
the man is smiling while he's doing
it! All done painlessly. joyfully. The
moment "GetS-It' touches a corn or
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
PETITIONS FILED
FOR NOMINATIONS
City and County Committee
men Circulating Papers
in Districts

Capdidates for
city and county
committees f o +
the various part
les are busy cir
culating nomina =
ton petitions in
the various dis
tricts in which
they are running.
A large number
of the papers are
being filed daily
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04

callus the growth is doomed. II
takes but two seconds to apply Gets
It," The corn pain is eased at once
! on can sit at your desk or walk
about, dance, think, love and work
with absolute ease. You can apply
'Gots-It'' conveniently almost any
where where you can take your shoe
and stocking off for a moment Oh
Two. "Gets-It" dries at once; then
lut your shoe and stocking on again
There's no further excuse for suffer
ing from corns and corn-pains.
"Gets-It' is sold at all druggists
tyou need pay no more than % cents
Il botue). Oh sent on receipt of price
hY T.. Lawrence q Co, Chicago, Ill.
Sold in harrisburg and recommend
ed as the worlds best corn remedy
Shy Clarke Medicine Store, H. c. Ken.
Eedy. g. A.. Gorgas, w. f. Steever
l<eller's Drug Store. Frank *. Kitz-
miller.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04
Infants Wrappers

Cotton = medium and
heavy weight-wool, me-
dunn and heavy weight.
sizes | to 4 years
seconds. Friday sale, each,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04

BELL. 199I-2356 UNITED
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-04

Silk and cotton poplins
in salmon, apricot, pink,
pale blue, pearl gray-3o
inches wide. Friday sale,
yard,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

, ernment while planning out the set I clement work in Victoria. Said he:
 subdivision of this kind has been going on for years It began in Ger ! many about generation ago. and that in spite of the bitter opposition
 of the large landholders. Many of the 1 big estates have been taken over by
 the government and divided up into small farms. This is especially so in Posen, in Prussia, near the border of Poland. It is there that the home coio- nization department has built farm set dement's, taking the big holdings and
 dividing them into small tracts Of from F to 65 acres each. The first of its projects was backed by fund of $214, 900, 900, and with that it bought lands amounting to more than 100000 acres and divided them into small farms, which are now occupied by settlers Before making the subdivi- sion the government fertilized the land macadamized the roads running through it. and built homes for the farmers and farm 1aborers. It ad- vanced equipment and seed to the farmers and gave them the lands on such terms that they had to pay only the interest upon the Original outlay for the first 50 years. After that the cash payment' for the land began. The interest rate was low. The scheme
 worked well. The average cost of land so bought and prepared is $95 per acre.
 After leaving Germany I went to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

| cils to purchase lands for such subdi- vision, either under lease or as free holds. The assistance to soldiers has taken the form of colonies, and -four of these have been established to date. Each colony is to accommodate about 100 families, and each soldier is t5 have from 10 to 25 acres according to the character of the farming. Two of the colonies will let out their lands on a 99-year lease, and in the other two the lands are to be sold"
 What is the situation in New Zea- land?"
 tNew Zealand passed it's first act about three years ago. and in 1917 tracts amounting to 5000 acres were set apart for the soldiers, and about S600,OOo appropriated for advances to them and for making roadways throuSh the lands so appropriated. The lands may be either bought on long time or taken out on 66-year leases, with a perpetual right to renewal at the rate of Az per cent on the capital value of the land So far about 16,000 sol diers have returned from the front and only 624 have taken uplands."
 'In the Island of Tasmania the gov ernment gives the scns.er $2500 and lands can be acquired either by pur- chase or lease. First-class land may be bought in 200-acre tracts at $5 per acre, ana poorer lanuS at as low as $125 per acre. No interest is asked for the first 12 months and no payment of the principal until after the first four years"
 How about Australia" I asked.
 "The question of the land settlement of Australia is not a new one," re- piled Dr. Mead That continent has been taking large tracts and dividing them up into small farms for the set tiers ever since 1901 Up to the time of the war Australia had purchased and subdivided more than 3000000 acres and sold this out at about SIS an acre, and during the five years preceding the war it had loaned more than S6S ,000 for such improvements. Last year the commonwealth, which iS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

Denmark" continued pr. Mead, "ant looked into the land which the Ger mans left when they stole the best part of Schleswig- -Holstein and am nexed it to Germany. Of the remain der there was something like 700J acres, which the Danes have divided into small tracts and sold to settlers at 10 per cent cash, the balance tosbc paid at or 4 per cent interest. That land, which the Germans evidently considered worth nothing, has been turned into excellent farms
 Tn. Ireland many of the large eS- tates have been bought by the British government and divided up into farms. That country, as you know,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
Washington. Il. c.
<<7IAvE spent the greater part of es this week in the interior depart


 fl7aIAvE spent the greater part of ee this week in the interior depart
 ll,ment looking into Uncle sam's
 new project for providing farm homes for the soldiers. The reclana7. tion service has the matter in hand, and Congress will have appropriated s1,o00,0O0 for beginning the work be- fore this letter is published. At least this is the outlook today. The scheme originated with secretary Lane, and it has been approved by the President. l. is based upon S00,o00,00o acres of des- erts. swamps and cut-over lands which our geological survey geographers and reclamation experts say can be re- deemed. Today they are as barren as no mans land between the trenches or that devastated by the Germans i'll Belgium or France. Tomorrow, using that word as a synonym of the future, large part of them will be produc ing crops as big as those we are now getting from the reclamation projecta of the far west; and at a not distant date they will probably have added a new agricultural empire and billions ot dollars to our national wealth.
 One of the best informed men con- nected with this class of land inn provement is pr. Elwood Mead a civil engineer, who has been engaged by the government to help in this work. Dr. Mead has been employed upon state and national reclamation schemes for the most of his life. He has been a part of our great desert projects and was chief of the irrigation and drain age investigations carried on by the department of agriculture during the decade which ended in 1907. After that he went to Australia to aid in trans forming some of it's great holdings into community farm settlements like that planned for the soldiers, and later came back to California to act as chair man of the commission for the inves- tigation of certain subjects of land col onization. In the latter position he has had to do with the dividing up of 600G or 1000 acres of the great Stanford ranch, which lies under the shadow of Mount Shasta, and making it into model farm settlement. Dr. Mead has also travelled over a large part of the world studying national schemes of a similar nature and is thoroughly abreast of all that our allies have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

the federal government of the six Aus tralian states, advanced s5Oo,O0O to set tiers, and it expects to increase that amount to s10,O0O, 900 during the com ing year.
 The government has now applied it's experience in creating subdivisions for incoming settlers to it's work Tor soldiers, and it contemplates an eN- penditure of $100 100000 on that ac- count. This is based on the numpcr of men in the army who have eX- pressed desire to take up lands. IT the United States does as mucn m proportion to it's population 1t Will eXpend $2,000.Oo0,000 upon it's homes for the soldiers"
 Tn addition to this" pr. Mead con tinued, leach of the Australian states has it's own arrangements for the SOL diers. New South Wales will give them lands to be paid for over pe- riod of 3S years, and will advance 9zoVV per man for making improvements. It is now preparing 100o farms or oO acres each in the Yanco irrigation area and it has purchased this year IS great estates for subdivision. Victoria mas bought more than 500,000 acres, which it is selling to settlers at $45 an aero It is opening up it's government lands, and buying large tracts for subdlVlsf9n It is believed that s25,OO0,00O will be added to the expenditures so far made to provide homes for the men now in France, who will want to go upon farms Queensland proposes to sell it's crown lands to the soldiers on long time at from s2.5O to $7.50 per acre. 1t will loan each soldier settler S2500 10 outfit his farm, and the repayment Of it's loans for the lands cover period of 40 years. The government gives the soldiers a lower interest rate than that of the civilian settlers. The province has already set aside 50, 900 acres for such settlement"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

has been cursed by the absentee land lord. and the most of it's evils are pri- marily due to the owners living In England and spending the rent there. About 15 years ago the British govern- ment bought 9.00o,OOO acres and di- vided it up into small farms. on which the necessary houses and other Improvements were erected. They sold these ready made farms to their former tenants at an average price of about $50 per acre, and the buyer had 6S years to pay for the farm and im- provements at BE per cent interest. Tn addition the government made per
 (Continued on Page EIeven)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
"California 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 a sure sign the little stomach, liver and bowels need a cleans ing at once.
 When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea remember, a gentle liver and bowel cleansing should always be the first treatment given.
 Nothing equals California Syrup of Figs" for childrens ills; give tea spoonful, and ;n 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 well and playful child again. All children love this harmless, delicious fruit laxa- tive" and it never fails to effect good inside cleansing. Directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups are plainly on the bottle.
 Keep it handy in your home. A little given today saves sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a bottle of california Syrup Of Figs" then see that it is made by the "Cahfornia Fig Syrup Company. Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15

I here asked Dr. Mead to tell me something df the big land subdivision projects of Europe, which he visited as an official of the Australian gov
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-12-15
FAT PEOPLE
 GET THIN

Best safe home method. Get a small box of oil of korein at the druggists, Follow plain directions under $100 guarantee. New book tells all about re- ducing weight quickly, pleasantly. last ingly, in plain wrapper free; write to Korein Co, NA-53S, Station F. New York. N Y.-Adv.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10
At HUNS
MISUSE Of RED
CROSS INSIGNIA

With the American Army in
France. Oct. 5.-(By maiD-Mis-
use OF the Red Cross emblem by the
German army is bringing bitter
comment from American officers III
position to know what is being done.
\ lieutenant in the medical corps
and an infantry officer assert that
all the stories told about German
army's devilish and inhuman tactics
are true.
Taught TO respect the Red Cross
flag, American troops were led into
many an ambuscade by Boche trick
cry in the display OF this insignia.
And what has incensed the Amer
leans the most is the fact that the
Germans refused to recognize the
Red Cross emblem at any time.
Before going to the iron: | was
inclined 10 doubt some OF the sto-
ries being circulated about the Ger
mans said the medical officer.
but after one month in the front
lines / can believe anything hat is
said against them. They are so
guilty of inhuman and barbarous
acts themselves that they refuse TO
respect the use OF the Red Cross
by the allies. Their use of the Red
Cross insignia is one of the bigges.
crimes they ought to be made to an
swer for after the war"
One Of the tricks used by the
Boche was to plan Red Cross flag
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10

in the tower of a church of a vii
lage in the path OF the advancing
Americans. Respecting it, the in
fantry would not call for any con-
centration OF artillery fire on these
buildings.
The American troops upon tax
ing one particular village advanced
upon a church, from which was dis
played 4 Red Cross flag, without sus-
pecting any trick. When they were
within short range a murderous ma
chine gun fire was poured into their
ranks from the windows and towers
OF the church. When the Amer
leans finally gained the interior, they
found six machine guns. manned by
platoon OF sturdy Bochcs-not q
sign OF any hospital or dressing
station. Needless to say. no prs
oners were taken.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10

counter OF a canteen as she pours
/ his cotfee--and there's home and
mother-or Mary Pickford smiles at
him from a moving picture screen,
and there's blessed darling America
in every line OF her; or Sothern re-
cites. or Elsie Janis dances, and he's
back home beside You, eager and eN-
cited, your little lad, with his hand
in yours and saying isn't it corking
mother -
Oh, loosen your pusse strings,
qour out the gold! Put yourself in
the other mans place. Pray for 4
vision Let some dream come to you
OF what it would mean ii you were
transported suddenly from the soft
ness and ease OF your life to a world
OF fire and flame and horror.
Wouldn't you want the light OF
little hut to shine out for YOU Z
Wouldn't Won want the smiling Wo-
mans face. the touch of friendly
hand, wouldn't you think of that
hut as the only oasis in a Desert OF
Dreadful Things?
Put yourself in his place, and ii
YOU cant fight with him, at least
spend your money for him. Spend
as much as you can-and then spend
more. He's worth it, and he's worth
it not only because he's your lad and
nv lad. but because he's fighting
ior the honor OF your country, and
for the worlds need OF freedom
from the Hunl
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10
A Bit OF Home.

Then along comes a Salvation Ar
my angel. with piece of pie and
there's a bit OF home-or a pleasant
middle-aged woman smiles over the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10
To Impress the Judge.

Boston Transcript: You say
she has engaged a dramatic in
structor. Does she intend to go
upon the stage?
"Oh, no. She has sued her hus-
band for divorce and is preparing
for her appearance in COURT
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-11-10
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