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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Wheat Rulings Must
Stand, Says Administrator

Despite an avalanche of protests
against the enforcement of wheat
substitution, the United States Food
Administration sent communications
to local officials to-day with this in
junction:
Flour substitute regulation as in
terpreted by your state administra-
tion must stand. 1t is accomplishing
the purpose if flour stocks remain
comparatively inactive. Deviations
cannot be permitted. Situation crit
ical. Rule was made to save wheat
flour and help win the war"
At the same time a bulletin ar
rived giving the Administrators
precise attitude on milling regula-
tions. These explain that mixed flour
containing only fifty per cent. of
wheat or less may be sold without
accompanying substitutes, and mixed
flours containing twenty per cent of
substitutes or more may be sold to
bakers without additional substi-
tutes. The law requires that the eX-
act percentage of substitutes be
stated on the label of all mixed
fours. If no label appears, the flour
must be sold on the same basis as
ordinary wheat flour.
At the present time ali mills are
required to furnish a seventy-four
per cent. extraction flour. This is
still entirely wheat -four and should
be sold with substitutes in accord
ance with the regular ruies as to
wheat flour.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
BASEBALL MEN
NEED THIS CITY
Talk About Organizing League
to Protect New York
State Territory

Harrisburg will not be left out in
the cold when the time is here for a
revival of baseball. According to
those interested in this sport. there
VIII be way to wipe out the past
and start on a new scale. One boost
er said yesterday. "a rest will make
baseball fans in this city hungry for
the game, and there will be good
1ect that assures first class baseball"
A dispatch from Wilkes Barre, says:
plan that Will protect the New
YORK State league territory in Penn
syIvania and afford a farm for sew
eral big league clubs now is being
worked out by prominent men in Or
sanized baseball: 1t is said that a
Wnr of fSs League Hnder the
minor leagues. will be organized, taxi
ing IN clubs from Scranton, Wilkes
Barre, Harrisburg. Reading. Bethle-
hem and probably Hazleton.
But setting up fast clubs that vir-
tuaIly VIII be made up of professional
league players who are working in
industries in these cities and who are
wiling to accept small compensa-
tion. for two or three games each
week. the franchises of the four State
League clubs, including Harrisburg,
which forfeited its privileges early
last season, will remain the property
OF the Farrell organization, and
leagues of higher classification will
De prevented from Invading.
Hits International
This is believed to be a direct poke
at the managers of the international
League. The action of the moguls of
this league in postponing their final
meeting until March %, three weeks
atter the State Leaguers gather. is
pelleved to have been a move to await
the results of the Farrell circuits
session in the hope of anneXing Syra-
cuse, Albany and possibly Troy. 1t is
known that the men of the Farrell
wheel propose to begin the 1918 sea-
son II the international starts.
one of the club owners at Wilkes
Barre only the other day said: I'VE
must start IL the International does.
we must keep out territory. parti-
cularly Syracuse"
The men in the higher organiza-
tlon Tor several years have been cast
ing covetous eye towards the Saline
city holdings. only last season offer
ritory"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Harrisburg Shooter Makes
Good Score at Live Birds

A. II. Roberts, of this city, killed
IA out of 15 live birds at Reading
Saturday. J. G. Martin made a score
of II.
Frank NJ. Wertz, of Reading, out
shooting nineteen entries, carried off
the honors in the annual midwinter
live bird shoot of the Spring Valley
Shooting Association, winning the
William NJ. Croll trophy.
The challenge match for the John
w. Rauch trophy. emblematic of the
live bird championship of Berks
county, the special added feature
event, had Levi ]. Cramp, OF Gibral-
tar, as challenger, defeating James
w. Wertz. the Berks county Regis
ter of Wills, as title holder by a
margin of two birds. The scores:
William NJ. Croll trophy event, Is
live birds-Frank NJ. Wertz. 49,;
Henry Trivetts, IA; A. S. Roberts,
IA; C. w. Haigh, of Philadelphia,
IA; John G. Martin, IL; Levi J.
Cramp, 12; John ]. Marberger, 10;
A. A. Fink, 12; Luther d. Heist, u;
r. 5. Brubaker, IL; Percy T. Brown,
IL; Joseph e. Brooks, II: John L.
Hinchman,10 Charles Clarke, of
Philadelphia, 10; Peter Kline, 10;
Herbert NJ. Schwartz. 10; James w.
WertZ, 10; Adam X. Ludwig, 9; AL
fred Schmoyer. s; Oscar 1. Melot. s,
Challenge match, for John w.
Rauch trophy, emblematic cham
pionship Berks county, % live birds
Levi j. Cramp (challenger), of
Gibraltar, %: James w. Wertz
(holder), of Hyde Park, 90.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

Railroad tieups that sometimes
cause vaudeville performers to miss
their dates have no terror for
George NJ. Brown, who is the cham
pion pedestrian of the world, and
judging by the records that he has
made in many places, he ought to
be able to jump off of a train any,
where along the line and beat it, to
its destination in free and easy
walk.
After having won laurels and
titles as the worlds fastest walker,
Brown walked right into vaudeville
and made good. To stage his walk
ing demonstration he has evolved an
ingenious mechanism patterned aft
er the old-fashioned dog-power ma
chine which enables the develop
ment of full stride and scores the
laps of the mile as they are made.
The race between Brown and his
trainer is exciting.
During his amateur career Brown
hung up the following records:
One Mile-6 minutes A seconds.
Two Miles-13 minutes 54 sec
onds.
Three Miles-2O minutes and II
seconds.
Five, Miles-S4 minutes 26 Sec
onds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
New First-Aid Branch
of Red Cross Outlined

A new first-aid branch of the local
Red Cross chapter will be started to-
morrow evening in the Young Mems
Hebrew Association rooms, Sixth and
Sayford street. under the direction of
DIR. Louise Taylor. who is chairman
of the first-aid department of the or
ganization. This ewly-founded class
will meet on Friday and Tuesday
evenings hereafter for tuteIage BY ex-
perts from headquarters. the first in
structor being DR.. Jesse Lenker.
The class at present includes its
president, Miss Rose Garonzik; Miss
Josephine Coplinky, Miss Sadye CO.
hen. Miss Gertrude Kerson, Miss Pearl
Hubert. Miss Evelyn obrasky Miss
stein, Miss Minnie Kleinman, Miss
Sara Kleinman. Miss Bessie Myers,
Miss Bessie Frank. Miss Mary Gross,
Miss Fannie Williams. and Miss Lena
Garonzik. 1t is desired that more
girls join this class which will be
given the very best and latest i'm
struction. Applications should be
made out to the president, Miss Gar
onzik.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
LOWER RIVER IS
CHOKED BY GREAT
MASSES OF ICE
Immense Pack Ten Miles in
Length Backed Up at
Columbia

The great volume of ice that pass
ed this city early Saturday night
from the North Branch, has gorged
in the main stream of the Susquehan-
ma at a point between Creswell and
York Furnace, and to-day there is
an immense ice pack ten miles long
gorged between the banks of the
river from Columbia to York Fur
mace.
The ice gagged waters are seeping
their way through the foe and none
of the towns between is suffering
inundation from the high water.
Eight feet is the water stage where
the ice is packed.
The West Branch is cleared of ice
from the junction with the North
Branch at Sunbury to Milton, dis
tance of about IL miles. Above that
the river is still ice choked and a IA
mile gorge remains immovable in
the river from the Nesbit bridge,
four miles above Williamsport, to q
point above Jersey Shore. The ice
gorge has tightened in the present
cold wave and further movement un-
til warmer weather is doubtful.
Danger of flood on the West
Branch is averted, it is thought,
through the fact that the damned
water has found way through the
ice. The water receded two feet at
Jersey Shore yesterday and a foot
and a half at Williamsport.
When the ice from the North
Branch passed here Saturday night,
the river jumped five feet in two
hours, attaining a height of 16 feet
1t receded almost as quickly and this
morning the gauge showed state of
rs feet
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Hardscrabble Cases to
Be Argued Saturday

Because motions for judgment
have not been filed in all the Hard
scrabble appeal cases which were
either tried or settled at the special
sessions of court held recently, City
Solicitor John f. Fox and counsel
for the various property owners
asked to have the argument of va
rious law points on Saturday. The
Court agreed to the time sug-
gested.
1t was stated by the attorneys that
a number of points which are not on
the court record will be presented to
be filed in a day or two, as at pres
ent in most of the cases the only en-
try other than the original issue is
the verdict agreed upon by the city
and the owners. 1t was deemed ad-
visable they said. to have each case
complete and to argue the legal
points all at one time. The consti-
tutionality of the act of 1871 as to
whether the city is liable for dam
ages for improvements to proper
ties on public highways after that
date will be the principal point of
discussion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Local Southpaw Shot Is
Factor at Kansas City;
Scores Made Yesterday

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 1S.-The
international amateur wing shot
championship, the only hundred
bird race held in America, was won
yesterday by Harry Z. Snyder, a
Kansas City amateur, who finished
the event with only seven down, kill
ing 80. Frank Fuller, of Mukwon-
a go, Wis, with 90, ranked second,
while third honors were shared by
Kip" Elbert, of Des Moines, and
Voolfolk Henderson, of Lexington,
Ky, each getting go. f. W. Dinger,
of Harrisburg, Pa, southpaw
marksman, was the only entry from
the Quaker State to land big prize.
Dinger killed SO and won fourth
place, which was worth $315. Three
shooters split the fifth place prize.
They were L. 3. Melrath, of Phila-
phia; Riley Thompson, of Gaines
vile. Mo-, and Harvey Dixon, of
Oronogo, Mo-, with IS. Each got
$40. Harry Hoffman, the other
Philadelphia shooter. finished one
bird out of the money, his score
being 81.
The scores: Henry f. Snyder,
Kansas City. SO; Frank Fuller, Mok-
wonago, Wis, 90; b. F. Elbert, Des
Moines, Ia, 90; Voolfolk Hender-
son, Lexington, Ky, 80; L. w.
Dinger. Harrisburg, Pa, SO; +. B.
Aelrath, Philadelphia, IS; Riley
Thompson, Gainesville, Mo-, IS;
Harvey Dixon, Oronego, Mo-, IS; II.
&. Hoffman, Philadelphia, 81;
George Nicolai, Kansas City, 81;
Elmer Henshaw, Spirit Lake, Ia,
81; f. w Shank, Harrisburg, Pa,
81; William Wetleaf, Nichols, Ia,
81; r. J. Middaugh, Fremont, Neb.,
81; V. X Dodge, Lexington, KY, Sc;
William Ridley, Watcher, Ia, Sc;
g. NJ. Powers, Decatur, ILL.,, S5.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Commonwealth Trust

township, Commonwealth Trust
Company.
Named on Committee.-Profes
II. E. Shambaugh, county school su-
perlntendent, has been appointed on
committee of ten to make a study
OF the inequality of taxation for
school purposes in the state. The
report of the committee will be made
to the Department of Education of
the University of Pennsylvania and
Will be one of the topics of discus
sion at Schoolmen's Week, April II
to IS.
fiic EXception.-Council for the
Lancaster Automobile Club to-day
hled an exception to the opinion of
Judge McCarrell. who dismissed the
proceedings instituted by the organi-
zation in order to compel the Attor-
ney General to permit the use sof
the name of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in a suit against the
Manor Turnpike Road Company.
To Repair Bridge. - Repairs to
the bridge from Perry county north
of Duncannon, to Duncan's Island,
are being made and the bridge will
probably be reopened by Saturday
The Dauphin county commissioners
are making plans for extensive
bridge repair and painting work to
be done this spring also.
Confer on Road Work.-Commis-
sioners from Dauphin, Berks and
Lebanon counties met last week to
discuss the proposed Improvement
of the highway from Harrisburg to
Reading. So far none of the boards
has taken any action toward start
ing any work on the road.
Road Supervisors to Meet. - AN
road supervisors of Dauphin county
will meet in annual session on Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock in Court
room No. 2.
Ask License Transfer. The
transfer of the liquor license held by
Peter Adamiack, of Lykens, was
again asked in court to-day. Recent
ly when the petition was first pre-
to-day no one opposed the action.
The court reserved decision.
Convention Announced. - Notices
calling attention to the annual con-
Vention of county commissioners, to
be held in Pittsburgh in August, and
asking for suggestions of interesting
subjects for addresses and discus
sions were received by Dauphin
county officials to-day.
Interest in Report. - Because of
surcharges against the county COM
and the county treasurer
of Chester county made by Robert
G. Kay, county controller who was
by Governor Brumbaugh
to serve out the uneXpired term of
the late Isaac 7. Ash, Dauphin coun-
ty officials are watching with inter
est proceedings which will be fol-
lowed. Kay contends the commits
sioners should pay back money eX-
pended without proper advertising
or excessive in amount for certain
items.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
NEW RECORD IN
ALLENTOWN GAME
Tech Has Easy Time With
Tailenders; Captain Hus-
ion a Big Scorer

Technical High school basketball
quintet made Central Pennsylvania
League record Saturday night at Al
lentewn when the Maroon tossers
ran up So points to their opponents
IS, The game was played in the Al
ientowH Y, NJ. @. A. cage ana was
witnessed by a large crowd. To ada
10 Alientown's handicap. three OF the
players were out of the game because
of illness and as Il result Tech ran
away with the game from the start
The Maroon began the contest with
Dutch" Miller at forward and Smith
Mt guard. Five minutes before the
close of the game, Lingie substituted
for Miller, and Kohlman went In Tor
Beck.
Heher!ing, Meyer and Weston
were three Allentown players VINO
we're not in the contest. Captain
Huston gave his individual average
q. big boost by collecting 50 points:
This also is the highest number OF
points scored by one player in
single contest. The lineup and score;
- Id
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Live Bird Classic
Big Friday Event
State Champ ,nship

Harrisburg Sportsmen's Associa-
ton, Pennsylvsnia's livebird classic,
will be staged here Friday. The an
nual white flyer championship will
be the event. 1t will be an all-day
shoot and takes place on the grounds
of the association at Second and
Division streets. Entries close We'd
nesday Details will be completed
tomorrow when Z. w. Shank, pres
ident of the local association, and
f. w. Dinger, field captain. return
from the west.
They have been in Kansas City.
at the big livebird shoot. Dinger won
the interstate championship last
Tuesday. 1t is expected these Off
cials will have some new features to
offer. To-day there are sixty-fve
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
&W|EILYD
y w CORNER~ =

To make any kind of a shoot Il
successful event, an attractive pro-
gram is necessary. Shooters who are
real sportsmen, like to meet a big
field of opponents. To be sure of a
large class there must be contests
that are popular. With Fred A.
Godcharles as chairman of the pro-
gram committee for the big state
shoot in Lancaster in May, it is q
safe bet that there will be an army
OF trapshooterS on hand seeking hon
ors. His wide experience makes
him the right man to plan an i'm
portant shooting event.
1t takes six years to make a ham,
mer thrower, according to Martin
Sheridan and other authorities. But
if one thinks of becoming a ham
mer thrower he must begin dieting
at the age OF ten and aim to weigh
25O pounds when he is twenty-one.
He will need that foundation for six
years of strenuous training.
A dispatch from Denver, Colorado,
says: The automobile is rapidly
outing the country store in the west
ern country. Farmers and the in
habitants of small villages are ret
ting into closer touch with town
stores by an ever increasing use of
the motorcar. AS result, the store
of the pin to an anchor variety is
passing"
Harrisburg sportsmen will stage
an important livebird event Satur-
day. Shooters from all over Penn
sylVanla will come here for the an
nual Pennsylvania livebird cham
pionship. 1t will be held Friday
February %, Washington's birthday,
William Clegg, the present holder of
the title, has been holding his own,
and it will require something extra
ordinary in craftsmanship to win
over this crack shot from the
Quaker City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
POLICE TOROUND
UP GERMANS WHO
DID NOT REGISTER
Cards Gotten Ready For
Photos and Finger
Prints

Officials of the city police depart
ment are preparing registration cards
for the thirty-five American alien
enemies Gn..n who enrolled during the ten
days recently set aside by the De-
partment of Justice for the nation
wide registration of unnaturalized
German male citizens.
The photographs of the registrants
are being pasted on the registration
cards, and next week they will be or
dered to report for the cards, at
which time their thumb prints will
be placed on the cards.
The word has gone out from Wash
ington that police in the cities of the
united states are to proceed at once
70 round up the German alien enemies
who did not register. In New York
city the rounding. up OF the Germans
who failed to register will be started
hrst. The local police department
stringent roundup of the dodgers is
to be started here.
To Round Up "SIackers,
The Department of Justice speci-
micaiIy stated Yesterday. that after the
issuance of the, registration cards
next week, any German alien found
without one. will be interned without
question, The Harrisburg police de-
partment will do its utmost to round
up and turn over to the United States
authorities German dodgers who have
not registered.
1t was said by police officials this
morning that the police will be active
in the coming campaign. Germans sus-
pected to be unnaturalized and un-
registered will be interrogated with
out any hesitancy, and clapped into
tne proper hands as soon as they
are found to be dodgers.
A German seventy years old appear
ed at the police station this morning
with the statement that he had not
registered, and was in fear of intern
ment. Sickness prevented him from
getting to the police station to regis
ter, he said. 1t later developed that
he was not effected by the registra-
tion order, owing to the fact that his
father had become naturalized when
the son was seventeen.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Dual Monarchy May
Separate, Says Minister

That Austria-Hungary may be-
come two separate countries after the
world-war was the prediction made
by DR.. Robert Bagnell, pastor of
Grace Methodist Church in his SER
mon last night. Following the war,
there will be a period of reconstruc-
tion and unrest he prophesied.
DR.. Bagnell spoke in scathing
terms, of the strikers who stopped in
the midst of the Governmental ship
building program. to bubble about
esied that the greatest age of indus
trial activity the world has ever
known, will come after the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
HARD LUCK FOR
STEELTON TEAM
Reading Gets Breaks, Win
ming Out by Four
Points

In another tough-luck game at
FELTON, hall, Saturday, the Steelton
High school tossers were again nosed
out of a victory, this time Reading
winning 27 to 23. On the night pre-
vious Lebanon won an extra period
game by two points.
Inability to land field goals was
again the downfall of the Blue and
White. AT the conclusion of the first
half the teams were deadlocked at
Is points. McCauley was the only
home player who was able to tally
goals from the field with any ac-
curacy. He came up the floor four
times and Gagged the ball.
Morrett was. the other Steelton
player to score from the field. Cap
tain Coleman scored the remainder
of the points from the 15-foot mark.
He netted 13 out of "a tries. Cap
tain Nyquist was again in the lime
light for the victors. He Gagged five
goals from the field and made IL
out of 16 fouls. The lineup and sum-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
PITTSBURGH WINS

Bethlehem, Penn, Feb. 1S.-The
University of Pittsburgh five was
outdistanced this afternoon by Le-
high, 80 to 26. Lehigh played a
fast floor game and made the shots
for the basket count with few ex-
ceptions. Especially fine guarding
by Wysocli kept the ball out of the
danger zone for the Brown and
White, but occasionally Penman
slipped through and tailed. He was
the star man on the Pittsburgh
team, although Levine was not far
behind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

entries. This number will be in
creased to at least eighty by We'd
nesday.
Twenty Bird Race
The hampionship event will be at
twenty birds, handicaps ranging
from twenty-six to thirty-tw yards
There will be four divisions of
money and the purse will be open to
all. In addition to the state live
bird championship title the winner
will receive the Pennsylvania State
Challenge Trophy. The present hold
er of the cup and championship. Is
William Clegg, Of Philadelphia.
Other Philadelphia entries enclude
II. c. Hoffman and e. L. Melroth.
Lancaster, York, Reading, Marietta,
Sunbury, Wilkes-Barre and Milton
will send large delegations.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

Local shots were prominent at
Reading Saturday. There is every
indication that there will be q big
field of Harrisburg shooters in the
livebird event on Friday. E. w.
Shank and Fred w. Dinger, just
home from the worlds big livebird
shoot at Kansas City, will be in the
lineup. There will be others, in
Guiding C. w. Hepfer, J. G.. Martin
and A. II. Roberts. ''Izzy" Hoffman
and e. L. Melroth will come from
Philadelphia and the famous Wertz
clan from Berks countfswill also be
on hand. This livebird event is al
ways one of the most successful held
i'll the state.
Ty Cobb will stay with Detroit.
President Frank ]. Navin, of the De-
troit American League baseball club
says: II have often said that Cobb
will complete his major league ca
reer in a Detroit uniform and / will
reiterate that statement" said Ma
vim. Cobb will never be sold, trad
ed or released" However, money
talks and a record price from the
Yankees may cause President Navin
to change his mind.
Classification of the High school
relay teams for the big carnival at
University of Pennsylvania in April
places local runners in q fast bunch.
Here they are, Harrisburg Tech, Har-
risburg, Reading, Steelton. Johns
town, Williamsport, Greensburg,
Pittsburgh Central, Allegheny, Pitts
burgh Fifth Avenue, Peabody, Pitts
burgh South.
Manager Gordon Ford, of the Har-
risburg Independents, will please q
large army of patrons by getting
more attractions like that of Satur-
day night The Big Five of Lebanon
is booked for February 23. These
tossers are new to local fans, but
they play q sensational game and
walloped the Independents at Leba-
non recently.