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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
Length of Wheelbase
and What Should Govern

The following is from the leading
article by ]. Edward Schipper. the
technical expert of "Automotive In
dustries:"
I'VE should focus our attention on
two matters-wheelbase and dis
placement. Weight per inch OF wheel
base can be materially reduced. We
have been wasteful of wheelbase be-
cause we have not economically used
space. Every inch of unnecessary
wheelbase means unnecessary weight
This, in turn, requires gasoline, oil
and tire up-keep. One typical me-
dium-priced car was shortened seven
inches in wheelbase three months ago.
The car has equally as much room in
the tonneau and two inches more
room in the front compartment. This
is one example of what can be done.
IL is not necessary to sacrifice space,
but to utilize it.
why is there no real high-priced
car on the market with a wheelbase
around 112? Because the public would
expect to see q big car for that
money. This condition is changing.
explicit directions for shortening
wheelbase cannot be given for every
make of car because space is lost by
different cars in different ways. This
is because the wheelbase has been
fixed before the car is laid out and
Is simply utilized because it is there.
Almost universally, engines are too
large. 1t would be perfectly feasible
to secure all of the good performance
that anyone could demand in a five
passenger car with an engine of 200
cubic inches displacement. An engine
of this size, regardless of the number
of cylinders used, would require but
short hood. Perhaps one of the
greatest errors the sales department
has injected into the industry is the
matter of talking horsepower. 1t has
led indirectly to the use of large en-
gines, whereas horsepower means
nothing"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
S1S2
Relief Work Organized

Organized relief work is now un-
der way in Lock Haven. Charles
Jobson, superintendent of the New
York and Pennsylvania Paper Com
pany mills, has been chosen general
chairman of the relief committee,
which has been given $4,000 by the
City Council as an emergency fund.
Word comes here that every town
and city in this section of the state
is raising a relief fund to buy bread,
oil and oil stoves for the stricken
people,
AS inventory is taken it develops
that the loss will be much higher
than first believed. The loss is esti-
mated at three quarter million dol
lars. The loss of the paper COM
pany alone is 100000.
Fearful of a pneumonia epidemic,
local physicians aided by represent
atlves of the State Health Depart
ment are taking all possible pre-
cautions. The dormitories of the
State Normal. school have been
with 500 beds.
Suffering in Lock Haven is acute,
according to a dispatch received here
by the Mayor last night.
Lock Haven in great distress.
Most urgent need at this time
for contributions of cash which
should be sent Charles A. job
son, chairman of the general
committee"
1t is in response to this urgent ap-
peal that Harrisburgersihope to raise
the 81 900 subscribed by the Cham
Der of Commerce for Lock Haven
relief. The snowstorm that swept
this section of the state yesterday,
carrying with it nearly zero tenn
perature, has added to the intense
suffering of the almost isolated town.
1t has been estimated that the ex-
tent of the damage may increase
from 100000 to $1,000,000.
From Remove, special trains of
food and clothing were sent yes
terday afternoon. Pumps to aid in
clearing out the cellars were also re-
ceived from the little railroad town.
Williamsport was prompt in sending
food and provisions, the mayor ac-
companying the special train to-
make survey of the situation with
view to rushing more aid.
Bellefonte, Tyrone, st. Marys, AL
toona and Philadelphia are the cities
that, along with Harrisburg, have
pledged themselves to offer finan-
cial aid,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
Back A9ain!

The Snow King is back
on the job again, big as
life!
1t cost the city about
$4,000 to remove part of
the snow from the streets
from the last blizzard
and Old Sol helped the
good work along in great
shape.
But not all the snow was
removed. How could it
be? The city and the sun
didn't have fair show.
The big snow storm cost
us $4,000 more to oper-
ate the cars this January
than it did a year ago.
And that was for power
and car service alone-not
including the hundred and
one other things needed for
the maintenance of the
street car business and
which cost more to buy,
when we can buy them.
A snug sum, you will
say.
YesI But it's our busi-
ness to give service and we
used all means available to
open traffic.
1t took tons more coal to
get up power and even at
that with the iced rails the
going was slow at best.
And the big sweepers
wore away like soap on an
emery wheel when they hit
those snow drifts!
HARRISBURG RAJ
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
SENATE PASSES
RAIL BILL; SHORT
LINES INCLUDED
All Efforts to Limit Wilson's
Power Over Systems
Are Defeated

Washington. Feb. 23.-The admin
istration's railroad bill. which pro-
vides for the payment of compensa-
tion totaling more than $950,000,0
a year to the roads while they are
under government control, was pass
ed by the Senate last night by a
viva voce vote, with only one vital
amendment.
This amendment provides all
shortline railroads shall pe taken
over by the President and enjoy all
the benefits of the act. 1t was pro-
posed by Senator Cummins. who
struggled for hours for reduction
of the compensation rate specified in
the bill. This amendment will un-
settle the administrators railroad
policy to a great extent, but it re-
ceived overwhelming support from
both sides of the chamber, the vote
being 5S to IA.
Loyal supporters of the admins
tration voted for the amendment,
as they joined in the opinion OF
many Republicans that should the
Shortline roads be left unprotected
they inevitably would be forced in
to bankruptcy or would become, as
was said, easy prey Tor the great
sS seems.
Vote on Short Roads Amendment
The vote on the Cummins amend
ment to bring the short lines into
the Federal system follows:
FOR the amendment: Democrats
-Ashurst, Beckham. Fletcher, Gore,
Hardwick, Henderson, Hitchcock,
I4vllts, Johnson, OF South Dakota;
Jones, OF New Mexico; Lewis, Nc
kellar, Martin, Myers, Nugent, over
man. Phelan, Pittman, Ransdell,
neeu, Ropinson, Sheppard, Shields,
Simmons, Smith, OF Arizona; Smith,
OF Georgia.; Smith, of South Caro-
ma; stone, Swanson, Thomas, Till
man, Tammell and Wolcott-33.
republicans - Cummins, Curtis,
Dillingham;, lTernald, France, Ere
.....,.....,.,olr, Gronna, Hale, Harding,
Johnson, of California; Jones, OF
Washington; Kenyon, Knox, Lodge,
McCumber, McNary, Nelson, NeW,
Norris, Page, Sherman, smith, of
Michigan; Smoot, Sterling and War
ren-25.
Total, 5S.
Against the amendment: Demo-
crats-Bankhead, Gerry, kendrlck,
King, Kirby, Pomerene. salisbury,
Shafroth, Underwood and Nardaman
10.
publicans-Kellogg PoindeNter,
Townsend and Watson.
Total, IA.
Presidents Power sustained
The final vote on the bill was cast
after amendment designed to limit
the Presidents power in controlllhS
the roads, had been defeated. Sena-
tor Cummins, who attacked the com =
pensation basis fixed in the Dill in
minority report when it was return
ed to the Senate by the Interstate
Commerce Committee, submitted an
amendment late in the afternoon TO
reduce the compensation to nat .
per cent. upon the capital stock OF
the roads after payment OF hNed
charges.
In presenting the amendment the
Senator declared it was substantial ~
the same as that which he proposed
yesterday and which was defeated.
lie said if it was again defeated he
would offer an amendment granting
per cent to the roads, ana ne
would continue offering amendments
until he was certain he had ascer-
tanned the definite opinion OF the
Senate on the basis of compensa-
ton fixed in the bill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23

; men on guard duty. 1T was hard
work." wrote one of the lassies, "and
we We're all cold and wet, but not
nearly so cold and wet as the men
on post. who had to fight their way
forward and backward through the
falling snow and wind. You should
have heard them thank us for the
coffee, which we gave them every
half-hour or So"
Twelve Hutments Opened
Twelve hutments have already
been opened adjacent to camps or
cantonments in this country Most
Of them, in addition to having games
and eatingrooms, have a number of
comfortably furnished bedrooms.
where mothers of the men in train
ing can be entertained.
Raymond b. Fosdick. who keeps a
very watchful eye upon the social
operations in and about the training
camps, recently said of the work ac-
complished by the Salvation Army:
81 can truthfully say that what has
teen done by your organization un-
der our general direction has been
well done" Many more of these
hutments are to be erected and those
already in operation will soon be en-
larged.
Real Regard For Workers
Much comment has been made
upon the fitness of the Salvation
Army for this particular work and
rCne of it has been unfavorable. No
other organization has so many de-
voted women thoroughly trained and
ready to sacrifice their comfort and
leave safety and home for the un-
certain and strenuous life in war
camps. The Salvation Army girl who
goes to the front goes with the
knowledge that she must face the
same dangers and hardships as do
the soldiers and that she must work
even harder. It is no wonder that
the soldiers of the eXpeditionary
forces regard them with a very real
and affectionate respect.
The Kiwanis Club, of Harrisburg,
have taken upon themselves the task
Of raising Harrisburg's $4,000 Febru-
airy 2S and March 1, and, since the
Harrisburg habit has been to go
"over the top" by more than the re-
Quired amount, it will in all proba-
bility do the same for the Salvation
Army.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
Engineer on Wrecked
Engine in Critical Condition

Joseph p. Schell 1912 State street,
the engineer who backed his engine
into the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway station yesterday morning
while carrying an injured boy to the
city hospital is still in a serious con-
dition. His injuries have deprived
him of the power of speech. although
condition is said to be critical.
Theodore Levan, 627 Benton street.
the boy he was taking to the hospi-
tai after a car had run over his arm.
His condition is fair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
Graduates Of Shipping
Board Take Employment

New York, Feb. 23.-First grad
yates of the United States Shipping
Board training ship Calvin Austin
to-day entered upon their first ship
board employment. The Austin, the
first of a squadron of. training ves-
sells for the schooling of American
sailors, firemen, oilers, coal passers,
water tenders, cooks and stewards
for the nations merchant marine,
docked here early to-day to dis
charge class of fifty of her 410
apprentices who have qualified for
regular services in these positions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23

Rattan for the sweepers
is as scarce as hen S teeth.
Ships can't bring rattan to
this country when there
are no ships
Take car wheels, for in
stance.
Time was when we used
steel wheels. Not so now!
Best we can get - best
anybody can get-are cast
iron wheels.
And they can't be gotten
in a days or a months or
six months notice.
We've had car wheels
ordered for a year = and
we'll take all we can get.
A wheel might go flat
the first day out. 1t might
run for six months and not
go flat.
When it does-we send
the car to the repair shop.
And the car has to be
lacked up, the whole
truck taken out, the wheel
taken off the axle and an
other wheel put on.
That's a job that takes
time. And it causes a
shortage Of cars.
And cars can't be bought
for love nor money.
We want the cars. We
want to give the service.
And we're going to over
come the obstacles the very
best we can with the means
at our command.
WAYS COMPANY
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
CITY'S SHARE IN
ARMY HUTMENTS
FIXED AT $4,000
Salvation Army Proposes to
Erect One Hundred Huts
Immediately

Announcements have been made by
Commander Evangeline Booth that
the salvation Army proposes to i'm
mediately erect fifty additional hut
ments in France to be administered
by 100 American Salvation Army Of
ficers, mostly women, and 500 lay
workers This win cost about ST.
100000 of which Harrisburg's share
TO he raised is $4,000. Commander
Booth announced that the hutments
already in operation have become so
opular with both officers and men
that she sees no limit to the amount
of work that the Salvation Army
VIII be called upon to do.
Baker Approves
IN commenting upon this work,
secretary of War Baker recently
wrote: I'VE are very glad to OBJ
serve that the Salvation Army is
Lending its powerful and in many
ways its unique aid in the general
cooperation OF the community at
large with the military activities of
the country. This cooperation is a
} CIV thing in the worlds history and
,he War Department welcomes and
IS grateful for such help as you and
our associates can give"
Quite as interesting are the letters
that come from men serving their
country in France. Il am hanging
out at the Salvation Army hut most
of the time" writes one boy to his
mother, and the four American
women make it seem more like homo
than any place | know They serve
cake and chocolate every evening.
All of the fellows like it,"
Army Lassics Give Aid
When the first snowstorm of the
season swept down upon the Amer
lean camps the Salvation Army
lassies stayed up all through the
night, making steaming hot coffee,
which they carried out to all of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
Stamp Buying Will Build
Character, SAYS Vanderliu

Los Angeles, Feb. 23.-To tight
like superhuman beings and to
achieve the seemingly impossible are
requisites for Americans in winning
the war, Frank A. Nanderlip, presi.
dent of the National City Bank OF
New York, and head of the govern
ment's war certificate and thrift
stamp campaign, declared in a state
ment published here to-day.
Purchase of thrift stamps will not
lessen the buying capacity of indi-
viduals, Mr.. Vanderlip said, but by
building character will teach how to
spend wisely.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23

The Flying Cor2s and the Navy are
services that attract a great many
of the ;oyai Harrisburg boys in serv-
ice. There seems to be spice of ro-
nance and adventure in these arms
that is lacking in infantry work. An
enthusiast, we'll known here, Carl G.
Hamaker, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
c. Hamaker, 1927 North Fourth street,
was one of the first to hear the call
for Uncle Sans great Navy. He is
now stationed at Norfolk, Va
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
MINISTER TO PREACH

New Cumberland, Pa, Feb. ga
The Rev. f. l.. Kerr, of Lebanon,
will preach at the st. Paul's Luth-
eran Church tomorrow during the
absence of the pastor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-23
VISITS HERE

Miss Mylecraine, formerly con
nected with the State Board of Edu-
cation in this city, and at present af-
filiated with Mrs. Joseph Fels, single
tax school in New York, is visiting
in Harrisburg. Miss Mylecraine was
member of the Ford peace party in
the winter of 1915.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-10

WE MUST buy bonds to the last cent of our
WWabiEty, because our country IS fighting for
its very ife Make no mistake, citizens of
America, the crisis is just that-sUe are fighting
for our Uery life.
We must fight this war through. We must
fight It through to peace the basis Of which
will be written by and allies.
Germany must not write single clause IN
the Treaty. She must be whipped until she will
sign q treaty every word Of which will be drawn
by the Allies. Germany must not be ellowed to
dot or t.
Why?
Because Germany has become nothing but
robber empire, a murderer empire, an empire
the rest Of the world. Such purposes admit Of
no compromise. We must conquer or die If
do not conquer SHALL nevertheless. die
and die slaves.
Germany began with the intention Of rob-
bfng France Of her iron her coal her best land
and her great factories: Of making Belgium with
her rich Mines great cities and immense fac
tories part Of Germany; of gaining the Bel
gfan coast. from which she might conquer Eng
land and Of combining under her flag the hordes
Of MOhammedan Turks, and all the Balkan
States. that She might train soldiers IN count
less Millions build navies to sweep the oceans
and conquer the world "a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-10

This war was to be a step toward world
conquest
If we do not fight the war through to COM
plete victory she will still Keep on and she
will succeed. She will surely succeed!
Russia with her nearly 2OO.OOO.OOO people
lies PROSTATE at Germany's feet. Germany could
now give up the Balkan States. give up Belgium,
force Austria to yield up the Italian territories.
give up conquered France, yes, she could give
up these. and even Alsace-LorTaine. and If al
lowed free hand IN Russia, she would still
have a victory greater than any Of which
she ever dreamed at the beginning Of the war.
Give her control Of Russia and she can and
will. within a few years come back with power
to take back A1sace-Lorraine, crush poor Bel
GUM once more and destroy exhausted France.
sweep every vestige Of resistance from Europe.
Asia and Africa and then what?
Then she will thunder at our doors-fom
Asia she will invade the West, from Europe
on the East, and from any possible seized vantage
point on any side
If Germany has control the terms Of
peace, we who read this will live to one Of
the Kaisers six sons Emperor Of America.
The time to whip Germany is notO!
II is neUer!
The Princes of Germany shaking dice for the United
States!
It wM take money, money, money. that may send
men, men, men!
The Washington times., 1918-08-04

Love will find way" says the true old
saw and it doesn't seem reasonable that
these two, loving each other. shouldn't
Ffve found some means of communicating
AT any rate, after the divorce was
granted Mrs Borden. the Calico King
sent for his son.
I'm going to send you abroad for awhile,
Matt" he said. I'm sending a tutor with
you, and you can catch up the year you've
lost from Yale and graduate after all
And while Matt was travelling about in
then peaceful places. his divorced bride,
money in her pocket, came quietly back
to New Haven and to her room over her
fathers shop. She bought a comfortable
little house with some Of her money and
Copyright, 1918. by star Company.
The Washington times., 1918-08-04
g Brown BROS

share in the estate nor its profits Nor
should the woman who was then his wife,
nor any offspring of that marriage, ever
participate in any way in the estate.
NJ. c. D. Borden lived for seventeen
years after the execution Of the will. Fe
waxed great in wealth and good works.
Fall River competitors feared him. Fall
River mill operatives revered him For
when the other mill owners had arraTgsd
a plan to reduce wages the Calico King
raised them 10 per cent. In face of this
rise his rivals dared not by a wage -reduc-
tion bring about strike.
But while he was as a wise father to
the mill hands of Fall River. and his soul
expanded to the beauty of art. he refused
to play the father-in-law to Millie Neg
bauer and his heart was closed against her
as the gates of heaven to the wicked
The Spanish war came and young Mat
thew joined the Rough Riders and went to
Cuba. He was desperately i'll at Camp
wyckoff His wife joined him there and
nursed him through the illness. His COM
rades named her the Angel of the Camp
But the Borden who had come of line
of Bordens that had dwelt in this country
for 200 years. the latter day Pilgrim
Father. never relented Eighteen years
after he made the will he died. His disin-
herited son had an interview with his
brother His mother could not help him,
nor the little granddaughters. for she had
died before her husband. The interview
among the three brothers all pronounced
satisfactory" DR.. Borden received at
least a portion of the income from what
should have been his third of the $6,O00.0o0
estate. But his ill-star shone above him.
Two years after his fathers death he vas
instantly killed while trying to drive his
automobile across railroad track in front
of an engine.
The three daughters. represented by a
special guardian. asked that the will be set
aside on the ground that the cOdicil w"z
contrary to public policy" The referee
has said NO" The Surrogate's Court has
said No"
From the grave the hand OF hate had
closed upon the widow and her three
daughters The sum which had been ar
cumulated by her husband during his life
was negligible. And at last the uncles of
the three little Misses Borden decided to
give them a portion of the income from
what would have been their fathers share
had he given his children a different
mother.
The Washington times., 1918-08-04

of the two during that timei It was just
about enough-however much it was-and
when the boy got his diploma the bank &C.
count was as bare as Mother Hubbard's
cupboard.
Old Matthew, it is said, lost his imper-
turbability for once when he learned what
was being done with his money.
at was collusion!" he is said TO have
roared. They intended to do this all the
time. They robbed me Of that money
Well. she shall never have another cent
of mine be | dead or alive! But they'll
find out they didn't fool me after all" he
ended
The lot of a young medical practitioner
is not an easy one. Mrs. Borden had 10
mortgage the little house. Still the road
was hard The mortgage fell due and they
had no money Young Matt swallowed his
pride and wrote his father. The old man
read it without expression and threw 1t IN
the waste basket. The little house was
sold.
They'll find out they didn't fool me
after all, the CallCO NlHS Hdu Saiu +Ai''
no doubt Dr. Borden and his wife did think
often of the fortune that the old man would
leave. And even if he doesn't forgive uS
he will the children" no doubt they rea-
soned For children had begun to come
making their home happier and their
struggle harder. And it was refinement o!
resentment that allowed them TO go on
hoping without an inkling of the truth.
For on the very morning that the Callco
King had sent his son away to Europe ne
had called in his lawyer and made new
will
He provided in what was to become the
much-discussed Article Eighth OF his last
testament that all of the estate Of when
he should die possessed should be divided
into 'as many equal parts as he had wife
and children" The income from each
should be enjoyed by the benehciarles'
under certain restrictions. Mrs. Borden
should have them unless she married
again in which case they would totally
cease His three sons should acquire them
when they had reached the age OF thirty.
Their children should receive the prin-
cipaI. equally divided, at the death Of their
parents
But as an afterthought, which took form
next day in a codicil, he wrote: Since
my son Matthew made a year ago an un-
fortunate marriage" it began. and there
followed a statement cold as ice, unyield-
ing as steel. that so long as he remained
married TO that person, or in the case he
should remarry her, he should have no
The Washington times., 1918-08-04

former wife went to Worcester, Mass, and
were rewed.
This time he did not beard the old man
in his den He simply notified him that
he had always loved, did love and always
would love the tailor's daughter, and that's
all there was to it.
The calico King" did not answer the
letter. but his rage was great. For, fol-
lowing the ceremony, the two went to the
little New Haven house that was now fin
ished and that he knew had been built by
his money his unwelcome daughter-in-law
had taken for her divorce-that his money
had built and furnished.
And it was the balance Of this money
that sent young Matt through the medical
course at Yale and paid the living expenses
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