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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Governor Urges Churchmen
to Vote For Candidates
Pledged to Prohibition

"It is the urgent duty of every
church member to strike vital
blow at the liquor traffic by voting
at the primaries and at general cleo
ton only for such men as will be
pledged to assist in ratifying the
Sheppard prohibition amendment"
spoke Governor Brumbaugh last
night at Stevens Memorial Metho-
dist Church. He was addressing
the mems Bible class, one of the most
industrious and enterprising' asso-
Citations of its kind in the city. There
were $50 of these workers present
last evening, nearly the full mem
bership, and their response to- the
Governors eloquent appeal was to
sign pledge cards to work and vote
only for the sort of candidates speci-
fed.
The Governor had for his sub
ject The Duties of Christian Citi-
zenship" and a good part of his talk
was devoted to the situation which
will present itself when the soldiers
return from war. The Federal gov
ernment, he said, had discovered
that you cannot make good soldiers
with rum and so it has eliminated
the evil. 1t is now our bounden
duty TO wipe out the evil at home
so that when soldiers return they
may have no more temptation than
when in camp or in the trench.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
CAMP CURTIN SCHOOLS ~
SUPPORT WAR WORK

The teachers and pupils of, the
Camp Curtin building have respond
ed generously to all the war relief
movements inaugurated during the
past year. All pupils have been
enrolled in the Junior Red Cross,
with added contributions sufficient
to register 200 pupils more than the
entire enrolment. One school, on
the basis of twenty-five cents per
member, scored 400 per cent, and
another 275 per cent. Seventy-three
pupils enrolled as Senior Red Cross
members. The pupils alone have in
vested $3.50 in Liberty Bonds and
over $500 fin Baby Bonds. One
hundred and twenty-four of them
are now buying Thrift Stamps; they
also contributed $40 to the Y. NJ.
c. A. work. A goodly number of
sweaters, scarfs, helmets, wristlets,
knitted by pupils, and sufficient
patches for fourteen comfort robes.
One school has sent 3S6 magazines
and booklets to navy yards, and has
made eighty-nine hospital scrap
books and sent them to France.
Great quantities of rags have been
shipped by the smaller children. Be-
sides this the teachers have invested
$1.325 in Liberty Bonds and con-
tributed SIS toward Y. NJ. c. A, X.
of c., and similar work. Several
of them have sent two boxes of
clothing and other material to
France, costing over $22. Surely a
creditable record for the pupils and
teachers of Camp Curtin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Many War Gardens Still
to Be Allotted by c. of e.

The double attraction of q war
warden, plowed and fertilized for the
nominal price of S1.50, provided by
the Chamber of Commerce, and $500
worth of realty valuable prizes an
nounced the Mechanics Trust
Company has not resulted as yet in
stirring up great enthusiasm for the
cause. Up to date 101 persons have
signed the contract to farm q war
den, but this leaves about $50 plots
that are ready now for planting,
apd that have not been applied for.
The agricultural committee of the
Chamber of Commerce is not at all
anxious, believing that warmer
weather will bring out the amateur
farmers in plenty, but the point is
that n number of seeds should be
planted now. Make your application
Immediately IL you intend to enjoy
the great blessing of raising your own
garden produce.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Cost of Ash Cleanup
Averages $500 a Day

Harrisburg's general ash clean
up cost $4,122 from March z to 80,
inclusive, according to a bill which
has been submitted to Commissions
S. f. Hassler by the Bureau of Ash
and Garbage Inspection. The daily
cost ranged from $3.50 to $215 de-
pending upon the number of men
and teams emplSged.
Commissioner Hassler said the
bill was slightly higher than had
been anticipated, but declared the
cleanup was being done systemati-
cally and with fair weather should
be completed before May 1. The
charges on the bill are made as fol-
lows: Jumbo ash wagons, $40 n
day; dump wagons, sS a day; carts,
Sc q day; laborers, SO a day; three
foremen, $40 a day. The three fore
men are kept on daily it was ex-
planned, while the number of wagons
and carts varies. depending upon the
number of men who report in the
morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Kansas City Suffers
Fire Loss Of $2,500,OO0;
Several Fires at Once
BY Assoeiated Press

Kansas City, Mo-, April 5.-Con-
fronted by loss of approximately
S2.500,000, the wholesale district to-
day began to take stock of the dam
age wrought by a fire which last
night destroyed three city blocks of
buildings and damaged many others.
Thomas p. Flahive. chief of police.
said reports to him indicated the fire
had started in several places at the
same time" He said he had no pos
tive information that the fire was
Intentionally set. Other reports were
that the fire started in car of bas-
kets. No war materials are stored
OF being manufactured in the dis
trict, it is said.
Six firemen were injured, none Sc
riously, and boy was run over and
killed by firemans motorcar.
Buildings occupied by eighteen busi-
ness concerns were destroyed. The
old Astor House. famous years ago
when the Union station was located
in the West Bottoms. was one of the
buildings destroyed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
News Items of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania

Selinsgrove. - Howard Davis
Schnire, president of the First Ma
tional Bank of Selipsgrove and di-
rector of the First National Bank OF
Sunbury, died at his home here from
pneumonia, after being i'll only three
days.
SeIinsgrove.-Disco of what
is believed to be petroleum has been
made at Verdilla, near Selinsgrove,
Snyder county, and options at a thou
sand dollars an acre taken on over
500 acres.
Sayre.-James Boice, rs years,
at the Robert Packer Hospital from
injuries received from being struck
by an automobile here.
WiIkes-Barre.-Ano case of
spinal meningitis developed here,
the patent being Leonard Lowery,
aged five years. The spread of the
disease is causing alarm in the city.
Easton.-More than $500 has been
subscribed by Eastonians for a sword
for Major General Peyton C. March,
and it is hoped to present 1t to him
May 81.
Mount Carmel.-With the Span
American war veterans as q
guard of honor and with many other
patriotic bodies in the line of March,
Private Joseph Caretskie, who died
suddenly at Camp Custer, Battle
Creek, Mich, was given a military
burial here yesterday. He was the
second Mount Carmel soldier to die
in an army camp.
Lancaster.-For the fifteenth con-
secutive term, E. M. Kaufman has
been elected treasurer of the city of
Lancaster He was q former news
paperman.
IancaSteP.-The ninth internal
revenue district has turned into the
United States treasury the last
month more than S1,000,00O. The
special revenue for war purposes
amounts to over 100000
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Alkali Makes Soap
Bad For Washing Hair

Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali, which is
very injurious, as it dries the scalp
and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulsified cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseIess. It's very
cheap, and beats the most expensive
soaps or anything else all to pieces.
You can get this at any drug store,
and few ounces will last the whole
family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with wa
ter and rub it in, about n teaspoonful
is all that is required. 1t makes
an abundance of rich, creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and is soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy, and easy to
handle. Besides, it loo3ens and takes
out every particle of dust, dirt and
dandruff.-Adv.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
American Mechanics in
France Are Numerous
and Always Brilliant
By Associated Press

London, April 5.--A tribute to
American aviators with the British
army in France. who are numerous
and always brilliant" is paid by the
correspondent of the Daily News. He
says American aviation mechanics
also have rendered splendid aid.
Describing the airfighting on the
western front the correspondent
says never before in any army have
airplanes been used in such great
concentration. On one sector of the
battlefront as many as 800 machines
are in the air at one time. The use
of machine guns on enemy troops,
guns and transports by low-fying
machines, he adds. has been carried
TO a point far beyond anything in
previous experience.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
FRECKLES
Now is the Time to Get Rid of These
Ugly Spots

There's no longer the slightest
need of feeling ashamed of your
freckles, as the prescription of othine
double strengths guaranteed to
remove these homely spots.
Simply get an ounce of othine-
double strength-from any druggist
and apply a little of it night and
morning and you should soon see
that even the worst freckles have
begun to disappear, while the light
er ones have vanished entirely. 1t
is seldom that more than an ounce
is needed to completely clear the
skin and gain beautiful clear COM
pleXion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this is sold under
guarantee of money back if it fails
TO remove freckles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Austrians Believe
Negotiations Are on
With United States
BY Associated Press

Zurich, April 5.-Austrian parlia,-
mentary circles believe negotiations
have been opened between President
Wilson and Count Czernin, the Aus
tro-Hungarian Foreign Minister. A
telegram from Vienna to the Neueste
Na chrichten, of Munich, says:
Count Czernin's speech has Great
ed profound impression in Austrian
parliamentary circles. where it is be-
lieved communications have been
opened between Count Czernin and
President Wilson, which already
have reached further than Count
Czernin's statement shows"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
Impossible to Confirm
Report, Says Vienna
Rr Associated PreSS

London, April 5.-The Neue Freie
Presse, of Vienna, taking hand in
the peace offensive of the Central
Powers, reverses the Clemenceau
story told by Foreign Minister
Czernin. Before the offensive on the
western front, 1t says, President Will
son and Premier Lloyd George fa-
vored discussing peace terms. but
Premier Clemenceau vetoed the sug-
gestion and finally caused them to
adopt his standpoint of war to the
end. The paper adds:
"It is impossible to confirm this
report absolutely. but there is con-
siderable truth in it,"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
COUNTY BONDS REDEEMED

Officials of the Commonwealth
Trust Company in charge of the
county's sinking funds reported to-
day that s11S,O00 of the 1921, 900
bond issue of 1903 had been paid
since Monday when the securities
became due. On the first day bonds
totaling almost $4,000 were pre-
sented and redeemed. With $4,000
still outstanding the total bonded
Indebtedness of the county is $3O2,-
600 and the net bonded debt about
$4,000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
DIR. REED TO SPEAK IN TEMPLE

"7The Signl1canCe OF the Third
Liberty Loan is the subject of an
address to be made this evening by
DIR. George Edward Reed. eX-presi-
dent of Dickinson College, in Ohev
Sholom Temple, Second and South
streets. The regular sermon of Rabbi
Haas will be eliminated this evening
for the lecture.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
DIR. BECHT TO SPEAK

The Sunday afternoon mass meet
ing at Fahnestock Hall will be ia
vored with the presence of DR.. j.
George Becht, executive secretary of
the board of education who will talk
on Soldiers of the Soil" Music will
be furnished by the Studio quartet,
led by c. Phillips, organist of the
Grace Methodist Church.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
NURSE SAFE ACROSS SEAS

Dauphin, Pa, April Sword has
been received by Miss Anne r. Mil
Ter that her sister, Miss Helen e.
Miller, who is with the United States
Army Nurse Corps, Base Hospital
Unit No. 116. has arrived safely over
seas
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05
PALMER MOVES
in ALIEN CLAIMS
Compensation Precedent May
Be Established in the State
Involving Millions

A. M / t C h e III
Palmer, Federal
custodian of alien
property, h a S
filed more than
fifty petitions Cor
reinstatement Of
claims of nom
resident enemy
aliens for COM
p G n s q t / o n for
deaths of work
,,Nn~ -. DA-~cx,l
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05

Use McNeirs Cold Tablets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-05

We aake 4 . point 10 e
enjoy and appreciate styI
Any number Of smart q
IRON in . wide range Of
fabrics and eolo6inss--
select mixtures. rough
tweeds, serses and
worsseds In smart styles.
cheek and plain eaeeta
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
ARE HUNTING FOR OIL
NEAR RAPID C|TY,S.D D.
Memories Of an Early Strike
Give Hope to Prospector of
the Present.

Rapid City. 8. D., Jan. 16.-f'or the
past two or three years there has been
considerable interest displayed in this
city in oil activities in Wyoming n a
number Of people haVe made considera-
BILE money in investments there. In the
last year there has been some activity
in oil prospecting in the section between
the Black Hills me Missouri river and
within the last few days an oil rig has
been set up within five miles OF Rapid
City and now 1t is drilling for oil there.
Some biologists have scoffed at The
idea that oil would be found in COM
mercial quantities east Of the Black
Hills. They claim that most of the oil
to be found in that section would be
only in small pockets and would not
give a production sufficient to make
marketing it profitable to the pro-
ducers. But oil has been struck in that
territory. in fact on the very ground on
which drilling is now progressing.
Sam Morris 80 years ago owned a
ranch five miles down Rapid Valley
from Rapid City. He was DESTROYS Of
putting down n water well close to his
barn. He drilled to a depth Of several
bundled feet and thought that he was
about TO strike water when out Of the
two-inch pipe at the top of his well
shot "a stream Of black liquid which
had "a very disagreeable Odor. He was
disguised with the job and caused the
well to be plugged. At that time 1t
was not thought hat the black stuff
vas any good, although there were
some who knew it was oil. They, how
ever, feared that it could not be COM
mercialized and so did nothing about
the matter. Seventeen years ago A. j.
Mccain formed a company and under
tool to get leases on a number Of farms
in the vicinity Of the Norris ranch as
well as on that but found the owners
loath to give the leases. This company
finally gave up the ghost and nothing
more was done until a few months ago.
Then a company composed of local
business men was formed under the
name of the Liberty Oil & Gas Develop
ing Co., n they have now a large
acreage under lease this side of the
Black Hills in South Dakota and they
are undertaking to find the lost well
on the old Morris ranch, which is now
owned by Marsh Higgins. They have a
drilling outfit that is capable of going
TO a depth of 1000 feet and expect to
make a strike that will prove this sec
ton of the country to be an oil produc-
ing one.
In addition to this company several
other companies have leased land in
western South Dakota and near Ard
more oil is now being pumped from one
well put down during the last yea
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
STATE LANDS BRING
IN HANDSOME REVENUE

Pierre, s. d., Jan. 1.-THE state Of
South Dakota "a year offers for sole
from 10000 to $50, 900 acres OF state
lands on easy terms and at 5 per cent
interest. These lands vary in price and
character from the richest agricultural
land to arid grazing lands, m offer
splendid opportunities for settlers, es-
pecially those who desire the pursuit Of
stock raising.
The state still owns approximately
2,339,9l2 acres Of common school land
and 597,2S5 of endowment and public
buildings lands, making a grand total
Of 2,937,197 acres.
AT the close Of the fiscal year, June
30, 1917, the permanent school fund
amounted to S9,112,076.O7. The de-
ferred payments in school and con-
tracts amounted to $4,S20, 226. "a, max
Ing a grand total of 1892, 303.01. This
entire moun is drawing interest at
the rates Of 5 n 6 per cent
The interest and income apportioned
to the common schools December /,
1917, amounted to s1,113,324.12, which
amounted to 1922 per capita for the
school population of the state. Besides
this, there was apportioned to the diff
ferent educational institutions for the
fiscal year of 1917, Sill, 925.S9
The state has approximately $4,000
acres of timber and in the Black Hills
from which some Of the mature timber
Is being solo and cut out at the present
time. On the school land in the state
game preserve alone, near Custer, on a
careful estimate there is 800, 600, 600 feet
OF saw timber which is sure to bring In
a good revenue for many years tc
come.
1t is believed that when the schoo,
lands are all sold there will be a per-
manent fund Of at least $780, 00, 000.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
CENTERV|LLE, S. D, HAS
DISASTROUS Blaze
Turner Hotel and Contents De.
stroyed by Fire Early This
Morning.

Centerville. S. D., Jan. 1.-THE Tur-
ner hotel. with It's furniture, etc.. was
destroyed by fire discovered at 1 o'clock
this morning. Though the hotel was
filled with guests all of them managed
to escape and but few Of them lost n
of their belongings.
The office Of DR.. Clara McManus.
near the hotel, "a also destroyed. DR..
McManus was in Sioux City, so the loss
there could not be a~scertained.
The fire several times communicated
with a nearby elevator, but owing to
the vigilance of the firemen, these fires
were quickly extinguished. The fire
men suffered much in their work owing
TO the temperature which was near the
so below mark.
The hotel building Is owned by +. s.
Carpenter. of Des Moines, Ia, and was
valued at $4,000. Insurance carried
amounted to $1,000. The furniture and
other contents OF the building were
owned by c. M. Dake. the landlord, and
were valued at $1,000. Dake carried
$4,000 insurance.
The fire is believed to have been
caused by an overheated furnace
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
REGISTER S. DAKOTA
WOMEN FOR WAR WORK
Well Organized Companies for
Securing All Names to Start
January H..

Sioux Falls, s. D., Jar 12.-With thS
machinery throughout the state
thoroughly organized, the South Da-
kota division Of the women's commit
tee OF the council of national defense
will launch a months campaign on
January 81 for the registration or
every m in the state for war serV-
ice. according to an announcement OF
the executive committee Of the state
organization here. Mrs. Il. ZetlitZ, or
Sioux Falls, appointed by the commit
tee as state chairman of registration.
will direct the work Of enrolment.
The registration Of approximately
OF women in South Dakota over 16
years. Is the aim of the state officials.
Hundreds Of district workers have
been appointed in every section or the
state to carry on the enrolment In
counties. townships and towns. Regis
tration headquarters will be opened in
every county at which will be kept the
registration cards for the county. state
headquarters, 1t was announced, will be
opened here.
Cards bearing spaces for the name,
address, age. occupation, education, de-
pepdents and training or experience OF
the registrants will be placed in the
hands OF every woman in the state
to be filled out. In this way the wom-
an power of the state will be cata-
logued The registration cards also
provide a method for women who wish
to devote their services 10 war work
to volunteer. Under the caption "serv-
Ices offered on each card. the regis
trants are requested to specify the ex-
tent of time and labor which they are
willing to give to war work.
After the registration campaign Is
concluded every card will be indeXed
at the county headquarters. A sum-
mary OF the information secured in re-
gard to the power Of every
county will be transmitted to the
headquarters n then placed on file
at national headquarters in Washing
ton. In this manner. ii is pointed out,
the government will have at hand COM
plete information in regard to the
available women workers i'm the coun-
Try and can easily select the women
pest fitted for wal service.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
RECEIVERS WATCH THAT
WAS LOST A LONG TIME

Elkton, S. d., Jan. 16.-J. O. Roberts,
now of Pipestone, Mimi, but formerly a
resident of the territory near Elkton.
opened a package a day or two ago, and
found i'm il a watch which he lost 81
years & while a poo Dakota home
steader While blowing one day nearly
a third of a century ago he lost the
watch. The watch was plowed up by
Arthur Lees, the present owner of the
farm, last fall, but not until a few days
ago did he turn the old timepiece over
to Miss Kate Roberts, of Brookings,
who lost no time in wrapping it up in
a package and sending it to her brother
at Pipestone. The watch was badly
damaged by it's long exposure to the
elements, but is considered valuable
as a curiosity and will be kept as a sort
Of family heirloom because Of its unique
history.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
BIG RED CROSS AFFAIR
FOR ABERDEEN TOMORROW

Aberdeen, S. j., Jan. lathe Red
Cross field day" at Aberdeen tomor-
row promises to 80 an impressive affair.
The exercises w begin at the Masonic
temple at $3.50 'ock tomorrow morn
ing, n conclu with an address by
the Rev. FredC k Perry, Of Detroit,
beginning at til, ,rpheum theater at 8
o'clock in the Iening. Among the
speakers Of the ny will be Robert j.
Gamble, OF Siou Falls, state chairman
Of the Red Cros: T.. T. Heffelfinger, of
st. Paul. chair ! Of the northern di-
vision; c. y. H. ., OF Pierre, chairman
Of the Hughes comfy chapter; Mrs. T..
L. C%arpenteY, Miss Edith Barber, j. II.
Gerould. Mrs. +. l.. Fridley, Miss Caro-
line Crosby and DR.. Frederick A. Perry.
All phases Of Red Cross work will be-
discussed at the various meetings, some
OF which will be held at the Masonic
temple, others in the municipal build
ing, with the final mass meeting in the
evening at the theater The affair is
under the auspices Of II. G. Jewett,
chairman of the Brown county chap
wholesaler Of Aberdeen. who has de-
voted his entire time for several months
to Red Cross work.
Mr.. Jewett, by the way, "squelched"
a suggestion that he become a candi
date for the republican nomination for
congress in the Second district in his
usual vigorous fashion. Nothing to it;
nothing to it at ALL" he said. I'm in
Red Cross work, head over heels, and
nothing else"