Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-19
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The. Pennsylvania organization of
the Improved Order of Red Men.
which has decided to once more
honor Harrisburg as its State Council
city is not only one of the most in
fuential but one of the strongest
numerically in this vicinity. The
convention to be held here next June,
in accordance with the decision of
the great council sitting at Scran-
ton, will be the third in fourteen
years: The last time the council fire
was kindled here was in 1909 and
in 1904 n notable gathering was held
in this city. Both occasions were
marked by the usual picturesque
parades. There are no less than
seven tribes of the order in Harris
burg and with the auxilaries and
side degrees they comprise about 81
500 persons. In the county outside
of the city there are tribes in Will
Jamestown, Millersburg; wiconisco,
Highspire, Middletown and Steelton,
there being two in the latter place.
On the West Shore there are tribes
in New Cumberland and West Fair
view, many Enola men being affi-
lated with the latter organization.
Thus 1t will be seen that there are
sixteen branches in what can be
called the Harrisburg district and
many prominent men are members.
The Red Men, who are noted for
the way they stick together and the
practical manner in which they give
aid to widows and orphans, have not
only gatherings which attract much
attention because of the parades and
the bright costumes, but the sub
stantial character of the men who
make up the membership. The in
vestments of the tribes are said to
be very heavy in this section.
Some of the men who run lunch
rooms in Harrisburg are inclined to
despair over the appetites of the
soldiers which threaten to bring
them into violent collision with the
federal food administration and they .
are wondering whether it would be
! worse to turn down the soldiers or
buck Administrator Mccormick. The
trouble seems to be that the soldiers
have awful appetities. They work
e hard and they have big hungers and
t get plenty to eat. There are no food
e administration rules for fighters.
And when they come here on fur
loughs they eat the bread allowed
S in short order and want more. The
I restaurant men can not serve II and
e the soldiers will not take a refusal.
DR.. ]. George Becht, secretary of
the State Board of Education, is
e home from trip during which he
r delivered a baccalaureate address up
= state. The Doctor was rather proud
s of some of his statements and was
discussing them with Emerson Col
Inns, fellow graduate of Lafayette.
: A friend inquired the subject of the
e interesting discussion.
n "Oh," said Mr.. Collins. George is
= just telling men of some points in
his address, his baccanalian address"
"Oh, that's the way you charac-
: terize it, is it?" quoth the Doctor.
! We'll, the Fourth of July is coming
= and 1 shall find some term to de-
r scribe your flights. 1t may be diff
: ficult, though"
The French war balloon automo-
bile which the Harrisburg recruit
ing office has on display in this city
is the only one of it's kind in the
United States. 1t was brought here
as a model for our army engineers
and is so perfect in it's details that
they have been unable to improve 1t
greatly. save to better the engine
and make the whole thing a trifle
more imperyious to the wear and
tear of war. =, Enclosed under the
rear hood, which covers the portion
of the car just back of the drivers
seat, and which looks much like the
front end of racing car is a wind
lass with sufficient rope attached to
let the balloon attached go into the
air at least a thousand feet. On the
same windlasS are telegraph and
telephone wires and the observer in
: the balloon is always able to COM
municate with the ground below. If
: an enemy aeroplane heaves in sight
/ while the balloon is UP the signal is
given for descent, the windlass be-
gins to work, down comes the balloon
and off goes the automobile with it's
light but bulky load 25 miles an
hour across the landscape. The ma
chine which is on exhibition here
has seen service all along the French
front from the British line to Switz-
erland. 1t is of very heavy construc-
ton in order to keep the ground
against the tugging of the balloon in
a heavy gale. The United States
will build some hundreds of these.
Colored men who come from
southern states to work in Industrial
establishments and on construction
operations in this part of the state
have been showing a tendency to go
a into fields and help out farmers since
|, the warm weather began. Many of
- the colored men have been recruited
from agricultural regions of the
y south and working in the fields.
| comes natural to them. The differ
| ence in wages does not appear to
bother some of them because they
have been making good money in
the mills and as they are provided
| with plenty to eat on the farms they
| seem to be content to do bit in the
| fields. Many of the colored men have
become "war gardeners" too.
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