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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05
FoUR-MINUTE TALKS

Almost every school in the city
has started having the boys and
girls give 4-minute talks in the diff
ferent rooms, and some of the chill
dren were wondering what to talk
about or why these talks were
given.
Do any of you know anyone who
has gone, away to be a soldier?
Where did he go? Why has he
gone? Why are we fighting the
Germans? What did they do to
our ships? Suppose a German air
plane should fly over our city.
What would happen to us? That is
why father or brother has gone
to show them that they must not
sink ships. to drive them out of the
countries where they have been
burning and killing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

Dear Aunt Molly: What ques-
ton can't you answer?-Betty
Price.
Dear Betty: The one question
which to me is the most mysterious
and only absolutely unanswerable
question in the whole world is the
question of Nothing.
Have. you ever thought much
about Nothing? have and l can't
seem to find out anything about
Nothing at all I've tried to pic
ture what Nothing would look like.
but all can think of is big black
creature with his head covered with
a deep dark hood. and after all that
is Something instead of Nothing.
In mathematics at college, we
used to try to figure out what Moth
ing was. but even then we called it
something. (Zero.) and when we
worked our problems, instead of
putting nothing down. we would put
down a big round o. Besides we
couldn't make it behave. If two
is divided by two the answer is
one; four goes into four, once:
nine goes into nine once; and so
Nohing must go into Nothing once,
or Nothing divided by Nothing
one. Queer business to start out
with Nothing and end up with
Something, isn't it?
INT I m hn
one who has puzzled over the Won
derful mysteries of Nothing. One
day each year is given over to cele-
brating the great spirit of Nothing.
and every red blooded boy and girl
has more fun that night than at
any other time-on' Halloween. For
the true spirit of Halloween one
should hear creaking footsteps
overhead, and when going to in
vestigate, find Nothing there. Or
one should see glazing eyes star
ing in at the window. but. when
turning on the light, find Nothing
there. Or best of all. one should
feel cold damp fingers on the back
of ones neck. and a chilling hui
man breath silently exhaled against
ones flesh, but. when wheeling
about, find Nothing standing be-
hind you, noiselessly awaiting his
time to clutch you.
Nothing-what is it? No one
knows. And where does Nothing
live? None can tell. Men used to
say Nothing lived in a hole, but
now We know that every empty
hole Is filled with air land mic
robes.) And then they said, But
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

led States Treasury Department,
through l.. B. Franklin of the Ma
tional Liberty Loan Committee. has
outlined a more comprehensive
plan than ANY of the previous ones
which the Treasury Department
wishes the great army of Boy
Scouts of America to follow.
After consultation with James E.
West, Chief Scout Executive, and
following conference in New
York at the Boy Scouts National
Headquarters, 200 Fifth Avenue, it
was decided to make it optional
with the different local councils of
the Boy Scouts of America, with
the approval of local Liberty Loan
Committees, whether or not the
scouts in a locality shall work as
canvassers throughout the entire
three weeks of the Liberty Loan
work to the last week only as
cleaners after the reapers."
Prints 100000 Manuals.
The Government has printed $780,
coo copies of a sales manual for the
scouts. 1t says in part: you are
the messenger of the United States
Government. Yes, you are more,
you are a member of Uncle Sans
team of trusted selling agents.
Look the part. You are the Presi.
dents messenger. Act the part. A
pleasant good morning may help to
sell a Liberty Bond. If you fail at
the first interview, a pleasant good
by may help you get another
chance. Never urge anyone to give
YOU an application for a Liberty
Loan Bond merely because it will
help your record; always for the
country's sake and as good bust
ness investment. Don't forget you
are working for the Government.
Live up to your Scout reputation
for cheerful and cooperative SER
vice"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05
New Girls Ask to
Join Girl Scouts

At the Girl Scout meeting which
was held at the Girl Scouts head
quarters at Sh NJ 10th street,
Tuesday evening. October l, the
following girls signified their in
tention of joining the organization:
Velma Leighton, Helen Miksell,
Bertha Folkner, Merle Edwards,
Esther Coppack, Mildred Gardner.
Helen Hancock and Ruth Brady.
These girls will not however, be-
come full Pledged members until
they pass certain tests which are
designated in the rules of the Or
ganization.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05
Corner

The editor will try to answer
questions readers OF the Junior
submit to her. She will not
promise to answer all of them.
The questions will be answered
i'm rotation. SO do not expect the!
ANSWER to be printed in the
same week in which you send
1T in.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05
"Cmbed the left
hardA unh

hard Hugh.
Lieut. A. W.
his military for his daring work fighting eight German
planes and escaping death While with his Eliot
height of
BY sklul directed fire
out of control He
posng of the three but batted against
until his machine caught fire Then the pilot
pending Climbing the bottom left hand side
the plane the pilot controlled the machine the
landing made No Mans
shell
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05
JUST ONE DETAIL.

First Officer: you attack in the
morning. Is everything ready we'll
in advance?"
Second Officer Practically.
We haven't decided yet what to do
with the German prisoners. Life.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

suppose we draw all the air from a
hole and make vacuum, then sure
ly We can find Nothing there" But
scientists tell us that even a vac
uum is filled with ether, so that
Something is there, also, instead
of Nothing.
In all the world Nothing seems
to be homeless, and indeed some
people have begun to doubt wheth-
er Nothing ever has made itself
known to us; and SO, Betty, I'm
sorry to have to admit it, but being
very limited in brain capacity, l
fear that one question l cannot ans
wer is about Nothing.-Aunt Molly.
Dear Aunt Molly-Why do stories
always end lived happily ever aft
er?"-Madeline Branson, age 9.
Dear Madeline-Because every
body naturally wants to te happy
so much that when they have a
chance to make the story book
folks do as they like, of course they
have them living happily on for
ever. If they did not have the story
book people living all right, it
would worry the readers SO much
they couldn't est easily. and SO,
when the good pilot of the story
leaves the command of the ship, he
has to assure everyone that there
will be good sailing and a safe voy.
age all the rest of the way through
life.-Editor.
Dear Bad Aunt Molly-Since you
didn't answer my other questions
like l wanted you to, please answer
this one right. Why is it that midg-
cts don't grow? What was the
midget's name in Neil O'Brien's
Minstrels Julia r. Burr.
Dear Julia Rebecca-Midgets do
not grow for two reasons, first be-
cause if they did grow they no long
er would be midgets, and second be-
cause something happened to stop
them from growing.
But if you want to know what
stops them from growing, there
may be several answers There
might be very weakened condi-
ton of the body tissues or of the
flesh cells. which would keep the
body from developing as large as
normal men and women. Or there
might have been an accident when
the child was baby where
by the baby was fed a mild
poison in some way, which
would stunt it's growth. Sometimes
dropping a baby will make 1t
bunch back dwarf, or sometimes a
disease will leave baby's legs
and arms SO weak that they never
grow But sometimes child 10
naturally born a midget.
The name of the midget in the
MINISTRIES was Major c. Nowak.-
Editor.
p. S.-There, Julia, does that
suit your fastideous aste?-Aunt
M.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

FOR SALE-Ladies' wheel. $500.
Call at 200 North Twenty-flrst ST.,
or phone 1904.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

WANTED-At once. to buy Green
Trading Stamps. Charles Walsh,
30S South Fourth street.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

FOR SALE-Airplanes for 20, rs
and 80 cents. Inquire of Leoline
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-05

Klus and Andrew Spaulding at
915 N. G. street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
Wounded Harrisburg Boy
Arrives at American Port

James II. Craig deputy secretary
of internal affairs, 1902 North Sec
ond street, has received a Red Cross
postal, announcing that his son, Car
roll p. Caig, has arrived at De-
barkation Hospital No. 2, Staten Is
land, n. Y, from overseas.
Carroll p. Craig graduated at the
Harrisburg Academy in the class of
1916 and entered the Department of
Labor and Industry as m messenger.
He enlisted in the Governors Troop
and left with that command for
Camp Hancock. He was afterward
transferred to Battery e, 1OSth Field
Artillery, 2Sth Division. He en-
barked for France last May, was
promoted to first class private, quail
fed as a wireless operator and was
attached to Regimental Headquar-
ters Company. On August IS he
was wounded in the leg by a piece of
shell VIXEN entering the village of
Chevy, about two miles south of Fis-
mes, since which time he has been
in hospitals in France. The only
information as to his conditions con-
tanned In the card is that he is feel
ing well.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
Three Gents For
the Soldiers
in France!

WV OULD you believe it possible
W. that any citizen of Harrisburg
could so little appreciate the
sacrifices and the hardships and all
that has been done for their coun
try by the American soldiers over
there as to contribute THREE
CENTS to the support of the seven
welfare organizations which are ad-
ministering to our fighting forces?
Another contributor gave ten
cents, less than the price of admis-
sion to a movie show, and still others
seemed to think they had been most
generous when they gave $1.00.
Were it not that Harrisburg has
demonstrated its loyalty and its pa
triotism and it's devotion to our SOL
diers in all the war activities the
conviction would be forced home
that there is mighty little patriotism
in this community. r.
But it is not so. The three-cent-
citizen and the ten-cent-citizen is n
rare exception to the rule, when as
is evident, one stops to consider
what our fighters have done and how
they have protected our men, women
and children from the awful condi-
tons which are now prevailing in
Russia. Germany and elsewhere in
the combat area.
However, the thousands of loyal,
patriotic men and women and chill
dren of Harrisburg are going to
answer the call for the big fund that
is necessary to keep our boys in COM
fort until they come back. Those
who have been so Indifferent as to
throw a few pennies to the soldiers
as they might to the beggar on the
sidewalk, must settle with their own
consciences. We leave them to their
thoughts which may be no more
pleasant than those which now con-
Germ the late Kaiser and his group.
OF course, those who are giving of
their penury are not in the class to
which this story applies. Those who
are poor in this worlds goods and
who have given all that they can af-
ford TO give are rich in comparison
with those who have large revenues
and large wages and who give dimes
where they should give hundreds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
Marks Time Until
FOch Announces
Next Move
TEUTONS SET
OFF MISSILES
Americans Join
With French
in Gaiety
BY associated Press


With the American Army at the
Front, Nov. 13.-The American Army
is marking time until orders come
from Marshal Foch for the next
move. The roads near the front are
filled with the panoply of the war
that has ended. The soldiers are
wondering when they will get home.
All day yesterday there were many
explosions behind the German lines
indicating that the enemy was blow
ing up ammunition dumps. Very
few German soldiers were seen along
the front line, giving rise to the be-
lief that plans already are under
way for the retirement back to their
own border.
cit is not probable that the Ger
mans were destroying ammunition
dumps after the signing of the armis
tice terms. Because of the cpngested
cables it is probable that portions of
this dispatch were written on No
Vember IL and in some unaccouht-
able manner We're delivered with and
as a part Of dispatches filed to-dayO
Must 60 Home Through LieEe
The German command will have a
difficult task. it is believed, to ac-
complish this in time, because since
the Americans have cut the MeZieres-
Longuyon line at Sedan. the Germans
have but one main line over which
to return to Germany. This line runs
through Liege.
The terms of the armistice forbid
American airplanes from going over
the German lines. and inasmuch as
no prisoners are being taken, it is
virtually impossible to get any in
formation as to the movements of the
German Army.
Wonderful Change on Wnr Front
The hours since the cessation of
hostilities have wrought wonder
full change on the front. Silence pre-
walls. Ambulances are parked along
the road. Laughing groups of Amer
lean and French soldiers are rejoicing
over their success. 1t is taken for
granted that war cannot start going
again.
only one thing goes on as it did
before-the work of the German pris-
Oners who are repairing the damage
German guns and mines have done to
the roads OF France.
Celebrations Continue
The celebrations over the signing
of the armistice in the towns in this
part of France continue with un-
abated joy. The villages are illum-
mated for the first time in four years.
Paris, Nov. 13.-With dawn of Mon
day there was no hint of the cessa-
tion of hostilities. East of the Meuse.
regardless of the situation, the Amer
lean second army attacked in force
[Continued on Page Ill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
WALTER SHAFFER, SHOT
DOWN BY ENEMY, is
FOUND IN HUN CAMP
Dauphin Aviator Reported
Lost in Air Battle Located
by Red Cross in Unnamed
Prison Cantonment
HAD SERVED LONG IN
FRENCH FLYING CORPS

Official word to the effect that Wal
ter j. Sraffer, the Dauphin aviator,
is q prisoner in q German prison
camp, was received from the Bureau
of Communication of the American
Red Cross last night by Miss Helen
r. Leib. of the local chapters Home
Service Section. Imm mediately after
the receipt of the news. Miss Leib
attempted to get into communication
with the parents of the flyer, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles S. Shaffer. Dauphin.
The proud possessor of a French
War Cross, Shaffer is widely known
throughout Pennsylvania. He wrote
series of remarkably interesting
letters descriptive of the life OF an
aviator overseas. which were pub
lished in the Harrisburg Teleg -aph.
They were eagerly read by thousands
and were later used in metropoli-
tan daily.
Shaffer held the rank. of adJutant,
the highest oncommissioned rank
in the French Army. He won high
honors by bringing down a balloon
and two planes IN action. The thrill
ling story of these exploits was re-
counted in recent letter published
in this paper .
Hs was a member Of the French
Flying Corps and was one Of the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13

The first reports of the homes
canvassers who began this morning
to visit every house in Harrisburg
for a contribution to the quota Of
S1S0,000 for the United War Work
fund will be received at headquar-
ters in the Gilbert storroom this aft
ernoon.
With ward quotas assigned and a
definite goal to work for the solicit
ors began their canvass early this
morning, determined to make the
meeting in the Chestnut Street Audi
torim Friday night, when the returns
are received, jubilation. The can
vassers hope to raise far more than
the city's quota in the whirlwind
campaign of to-day, tomorrow and
Friday.
Ward and precinct maps. with ev-
cry block marked out, were given to
ward leaders and precinct lieuten-
Continued on Page III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
Former Kaiser Styles
Himself Count and Plans
to Buy Holland Estate
Br ASsocinted Prcxr

London, Nov. "a Holland will
permit William Hohenzollern to re-
main on Dutch soil on the same
terms of internment as other high
officers of the German army. He has
taken the name of Count william
Hohenzollern and is expected to buy
an estate and remain in Holland, ac-
cording to an Amsterdam dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph Com
pany.
The Telegram of Amsterdam saws
he was allowed to take only his
personal property from his train, the
nonpersonal property which was
brought to Holland being confiscat-
ed, as is usual in internment cases.
Recent dispatches have stated that
the former emperor had taken a
carload of archives with him into
Holland.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
BETTER HOUSING
CONDITIONS MAY
COME WITH PEACE
Building Operations Expected
TO Pick Up in Short
Time

Now that Germany has been de-
feated. housing and building inter
ests hereabouts are looking into the
future for scarcely since the great
war started has the building fra
ternity of Harrisburg been able to
make any headway in construction
matters, particularly in reference to
houses, causing thereby as It did al
most everywhere else, the most en-
barrassing and cramped living con-
ditions in the history OF the city.
Peace having released the embargo
on building materials imposed by the
war, and having released also an
appreciable quantity Of labor which
is sure to seek more peaceful lines
of occupation than has been its wont
since the opening of hostilities. fer
ward d-looking builders of this city
see a bright future ahead for their
war-delayed plans of some construc-
tion. Apropos the building outlook,
John e. Gipple, president of the Har-
risburg Real Estate Board, had this
to say to-day:
Prices Arc High
"The housing situation in Harris
burg has been rcnse for over a year
and will continuS 20 be Tor some
time to come, but with the war now
over and the government probably
removing the embargo on building
materials, l am sure that the buill-
e"s of this city will 10 all they can
u meet the housing needs"
Vast and intrt@.I;e matters Of lIbcr
materials and the cost of the latter,
enter into any building forecast. Mr.
6ipple pointed out who gave 1t as
his view in referenc0o TO The last
named item, that cost OF materials
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
CROWN PRINCE,
UNFRAMED, HAS
REACHED EDFATHER
Rumor of His Death Uncon-
firmed by Official
Sources
REPUBLIC IS GROWING
Teutonic Austria Joins the
New German Re-
public
REPUBLIC IS GROWING
By Associated Press

The Hague, Nov. 15.-The
former German Crown Prince
arrived yesterday at Maastricht,
according to dispatch received
here.
Washington, Nov. 13.-It was
officially stated to-day that the
American government has no
confirmation of rumors that the
former German Crown Prince
has been killed.
Copenhagen, Nov. 13.-Gcr-
man-Austria has been pro-
claimed part of the German
republic by the state council.
says a dispatch from Vienna.
Copenhagen, Nov. 49,
The abdication of Emperor
[COntinucd on Page Ill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
United Cigar Stores to
Give Cent to War Fund
For Every Customer

For every customer who comes
into the three local stores of the
United Cigar Stores Company. Of
America, November IA, 15. 16, II
and IS, the corporation will give a
penny to the United War Work
Fund. This announcement was made
this morning by the local store
manager. In addition all custo-
mers will be asked to give contribu-
tions. 1t is expected that in all of
the stores throughout the nation
owned by the company, the con-
tributions will amount to more than
100000. t4.
Besides the amount contributed by
the customers and the firm every
employe of the stores will be the
subject of a personal appeal and
every effort will be made to have
100 per cent, stores officials stat
ed k.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
".The Heart Breaker"
Begins Today

DEGINNING to-day, the Tele-
ID graph begins the publication
of Mrs. Virginia Terhune Van
de Waters new serial, The Heart
Breaker"-a real American love
story which gives a fine picture of
life in small town.
This serial should be read for
it's fidelity to human nature by
every intelligent woman. 1t sets
forth the experiences, difficulties
and trials of two sisters whom the
deaths of their parents made or
phans early in life.
One sister has more attractive
qualities, while the other though
not so beautiful, is blessed with
many degrees more of common
sense. Their experiences are told
n a faithful, human way that
should appeal to lovers of all that
good in romance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
GERMANY'S PLEA
FOR FOOD TO BE
SENT TO ALLIES
President Wants Assurances
Order Will Be Maintained
and Distribution Just 3.
PROMISES QUICK ACTION
Wilson Calls Attention to AS
Surance of Versailles SUI
premc Council
PROMISES QUICK ACTION

Washington, Nov. 13.-Germany's
appeal for food has been answered
by President Wilson with the prom
Use that he will take up with the
Allies Immediately the question of
sending supplies If assurances can be
given that order will be maintained
in Germany and an equitable distri-
button of food guaranteed.
Lansing Answers Reply
Secretary Lansing handed to Min
lister Sulzer, of Switzerland, to-day a
reply to a note delivered yesterday
transmitting sIeSsage from Chan
cellor Ebert, urgently requesting that
the President inform him by wireless
whether the United States would
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
PERSHING'S ARMY
AWAITS ORDER OF
FRENCH MARSHAL
GERMANY MUST
OBEY DETAILS OF
THE ARMISTICE

London, Nov. 13.-rhc Allied
high command has sent to the
German high command by French
wireless IL message that there can
be no modification of the Condi-
tions of the armisticc, including
the anncXcs, ut this time.
IL is addc dthat Il supplement
tary period of 81 hours for the
cvacIe tiOn of Belgium, LuXcm-
burg and Alsacc-Lorrainc has
been added to the fourteen days
stipulated in the original text,
so as to permit the text to reach
German headquarters at the de-
sired time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
Wilhelm Says He Didn't
Flee From Falling Empire
BY Associated Press

london, Nov. ia published
statement, which the former Ger
man emperor wishes to be regarded
as his reason for going to Holland,
says that the journey was not q
flight, according to an Amsterdam
dispatch to the Daily Telegraph. His
departure from Germany was actu-
work of the new government by
ridding them of any embarrassment
his presence in Germany might
cause, such as an attempt to make
him the center Of royalist agita-
tion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-11-13
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinItys Fair
Tonight and ThuFsdny; not
much chnnEe in temperature,
lowest Tonight about 30 de-
RrCes.
For Eastern Pennsyzvnnlns Gen
orally fnlr tonight and Thurs
day; not much change in tenn
perature; moderate west to
northwest winds
River
The susquehnnna river and all Its
tributaries will continue to fall
slowly. A stage of about ~
feet II indicated for Harrisburg
Thursday morning.