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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Asks Old Kid Gloves
For Soldiers Vests

"Wanted-All the old kid gloves
in the country. Soldiers need them. ="
This appeal is issued by the Over
seas Committee of the Emergency
Aid and illustrates how one of the
byproducts of civilization may be
utilized for the benefit of the Amer
lean soldiers. 1t is one of the les
ser calls, but one to which the pub
lie will respond generously when it
understands the use to which the
old gloves are put.
Old kid gloves are made into
leather vests for soldiers and, on the
word of men in the service who have
been "over there" no other gar
ment contributed by the loving
friends is so much appreciated.
Leather vests are not only as warm
as wooden sweaters, but they are
much more durable and infinitely
more sanitary.
England and France have been
stripped of their supply for the pur-
pose and there are no more to be
had because the munition factories
demand them for the manufacture
of glue.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
TOBACCO IS A
GOOD ANGEL TO
AFIGHTING MAN
Smoking Deemed Necessary
by Men Who Battle in All
Kinds of Weather

You've heard of my daddy, OF course'
He dies
Right ny In the blue OF the fsr-away
sktes>
And does such plucky and marvel
Gus things,
The spleadidest daddy that ever had
wings,
And every night. before going on to
sleep
1 look at the stars as they twinkle
and peep,
And whisper to One who owns air,
sky and sea,
Please bring my dear daddy back
safely to me"'
Ten thousand airships handled by
American boys will win the war,
That Is the opinion of Army experts
Of other nations than our own, II
this nation had started building sky
destroyers a year or so earlier We
would be flying over Germany now,
doing greatest devastation. The
fS er is the very bravest and most
daring of all modern soldiers. Death
has no fears for him. The rate of
is tremendous. but that does
not daunt our young manhood, No
finer type of man ever served in
armies than the skyflghter of this
war, and when the aviator finds that
tobacco is necessary to him, should
any stay-at-home person raise his
voice in protest?
The Red Cross nurses are of the
same opinion. hear this one:
Checkers is a favorite game with
our soldiers. But the greatest joys
are cigarets and maybe hand-mir-
rors. Cigarets there are, of course;
a world in which every one is not
smoking has ceased to be imagin-
able. If there Is any one who is
not. be sure it is merely to save a
cigaret for some poilu. Smoking,
once a calendar crime for some, has
lost all meaning, all relation. A
sane world may possibly again re-
cover a viewpoint about this habit.
but at present the cigaret appears
as a good angel. the ministerer of
suffering, the giver of a moments
pleasure where one longs to give all"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01

Petitions will be circulated in a
day or two for the denomination of
Congressman Aaron S. Kreider. Mr..
kreider was in Harrisburg yesterday
on business for the United Brethren
Church, with which he is prominent
ly identified, and discussed the matter
with friends who approached him on
the subject. They informed him that
Dauphin county will be solidly for
him and the same news is received
from Lebanon and Cumberland coun-
ties.
For months it has been known that
Congressman Kreider could have the
nomination forl the asking. He has
served in Congress since his election
in 1912 and has the confidence of
both Republicans and Democrats at
Washington. He has supported the
President in all the big war meas
ures and has at all times had the
interests of his district in sight as
well as those of the country at large.
He has served on important commit
tees of Congress and always gets a
careful hearing when he speaks either
on the floor of the House or before
committee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Plenty of Ashes but No
Collections For New Ash
Inspector to Inspect

Harry F. Sheesley, chief inspector
of the Bureau Of Garbage and Ash
Inspection, began his duties to-day.
George ]. Hutton, who was appoint
ed as an assistant, will begin his
work on Monday. Commissioner
Has1ler announced he will confer
with the two new inspectors this
evening to discuss their duties and
the system to be used by the bureau
in checking UP all ash and garbage
complaints.
Hagy Brothers, contractors for
garbage removal, reported to-day
they are on schedule with all col
lections and will complete work in
the upper end of the city shortly
after noon tomorrow. Because Of
the poor service given by the former
contracting firm, the new collectors
were delayed at first, as in some dis
tricts a wagonload of garage was
removed in one block. %
1t has not been decided whether
Council will act on Tuesday on
awarding a contract for ash collec-
tions, or discarding the bids. Some
officials said to-day they believed the
Commissioners can find enough
funds available to provide an addi-
tional 100000 to the $4,000 al
ready appropriated and will then lei
the contract. The councilmen, how
ever, would not comment on the
situation, only stating they hoped
to provide for the collection work
by contract
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Patriotic League to Be
Organized at Y. w. c. A.;
Pledged to Work For u. S.

Plans for the promotion and or
gahisation of Patriotic League
were discussed in a meeting held at
the Y, w, c, A, building this morn
ing, About $50 members have al
ready been secured In the city,
Membership fees are five cents. The
High school girls who attended ut
Camp Nepahwin are among those
who have signed the pledge, which
follows;
II pledge to express my patriotism
by doing better than ever before
whatever work l have to do; by rem
derlnS whatever special service l
can to my community and country;
of character and honor and helping
others to do the same"
The plan OF the league is to en-
courage patriotism and patriotic SER
vice, The league may be organized
in other organizations than the Y,
w. c. A. Mrs, William Jennings,
president of the National War Aid
Chapter, presided at the meeting this
morning. Among those present were;
Mrs, William Henderson, presi-
dent OF the Harrisburg Civic Club;
Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones of the
American Red Cross; Miss Peiffer,
Associated Aid Societies; Mrs Frank,
welfare worker at Bowman's store;
Mrs, Mary Hoffer, representing the
High School Club; Mrs. Henry Gross
and Mrs, Mary Snyder Rowland,
representing industrial department,
Y. w, c, A; Miss Ella Stitt, gen.
eral secretary, Y, w. C. A; Miss
Lois G., Scott, Industrial secretary,
Y, w, G, A. The organization is be-
ing formed under the auspices of the
Junior War Work Council of the Y.
w. c, A. Great interest is being
shown by members of the Y. w. C. A,
in the new patriotic organization.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Fort Hunter Hotel Without
License, Closes Its Bar

All liquor licenses granted in the
city and county have been lifted, pro-
prietors of hotels bars, breweries and
bottling establishments paying into
the county treasury $4,000. Last
year licenses netted s5S,SOO for the
county.
Two bars which had been licensed
last year were closed at midnight.
One of these is at the Fort Hunter
Hotel. A remembrance has been
filed by the owner of the property
against the holder of the 1917 Ii
cense who applied for its renewal.
The other place j. the Hotel Snyder,
of which the late Charles r. Snyder,
of Elizabethville, was proprietor. A
petition for a transfer of the Ii
cense to his widow willie be heard
March IS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
INSURANCE MEN
SELL WARSTAMPS
Metropolitan Agent Disposes
of $1,000 Worth, Another
$3.50 Worth in One Day

The Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company agents of Harrisburg and
Lebanon are doing more than their
"bit" in the sale of Thrift Stamps
The local Office, OF which John
Heathcote is the superintendent, has
undertaken to sell 100000 worth
this year, "and We are going to do
it," said Mr.. Heathcote to-day.
One man, william Bristol, already
has sold more than $4,000 worth of
the stamps and John Zarker, an
other agent, yesterday sold $3.50
worth in few hours.
our company is convinced that
the stamps are an excellent invest
ment," said Mr.. Heathcote to-day,
land strongly recommend them to
our policyholders. The allotment
we have undertaken to sell means
that each man of the thirty-one in
Harrisburg, and the four in Leban-
on must sell more than 500 worth
each week for the remainder of the
year. The men are all anxious to do
this work as n patriotic service. L
have just purchased 1876 worth of
the stamps and each man will at all
times have $25 worth in his purse
for SALE"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Runs Up Prussian Flag
and Is in Custody

Reno, Nev.-Herman Frederick
Wilhelm Babbel, an alien enemy,
was arrested in Salt Lake City on In
structions from Washington and in
termed at Fort Douglas for the dur
alton of the war. .Babbel recently
expressed the opinion that Germany
would win the war and get even
with the United States for taking
the part of the Allies, eff it took for
ty years"
Babel, who is ladies' tailor,
and who has for his customers many
of Salt Lakes fashionable women,
displayed the Prussian colors at his
place of business and made it a
point to tell his patrons that Presi-
dent Wilson was in the pay of the
British government.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Negress Known as
"Cheery" Dies at lO8

Los Angeles, Cal.-"Cheery" An
derson, negress, native of Louisiana,
died tt the Home for the Aged of
the Little Sisters of the Poor" on
Boyle Heights, at the alleged age of
10S years. She was given the name
of CHEEKY years ago because of
her constant bright and cheerful
spirit.
She had been an inmate of the
home for seven years, and in her
conversations she referred to hap
penings, with an intimate knowledge,
that cause those who cared for her
to feel that she was probably cor
rect in her claim to have passed the
century mark by fully eight years.
She had great grandchildren, who
are mature men and women.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Bomb in Federal Building
MystiGes Chicago Police

Chicago, March i.-Diseovery of
a bomb in the Federal building has
Furnished mystery on which "a
humber of government agents are
working to-day, The bomb was found
Yesterday partly hidden under a pile
OF rubbish In one of the rooms oc-
cupied by lawyers in charge of the
/, w, w, prosecution
The bomb was a heavy steel
cylinder twelve inches long and
about two inches in diameter, A
long fuse IN one end had not been
ignited, Experts of a powder COM
pany found the cylinder contained
a number of metal sIugs and an ex-
plosive powder They gave ii as
their opinion that the explosion OF
the bomb would have wrecked the
entire wing OF the federal building,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Glenart Castle Sunk in
Free Area in Breach
of Recent Hun Pledge
By Associated PresS

London, March 1.-Sworn state
ments made independently by two
survivors of the British hospital ship,
Glenart Castle, sunk Tuesday in the
Bristol channel, make clear that she
was destroyed by an enemy subma-
rine sighted in hailing distance with
in ten minutes of the time the ship
was struck, an official announcement
says.
"It will be noted" the announce
Castle was in a free area and was
sunk even in the breach of the Ger
man pledge given as to the immunity
of hospital ships from attack in that
area"
The total number of persons saved
from the ship so far reported is
twenty-nine. One hundred and fifty
three persons still are missing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Body of Reading Man 4
Recovered Following
Loss of the Cherokee
By Associated Press

Philadelphia. March 1. Signals
from ships have been received at
Lewes. Delaware, near the scene of
the laundering of the naval tug
Cherokee. on Wednesday, that bodies
of victims of the disaster have been
picked up in the ocean. According to
one report nine bodies have been
found They probably will be taken
to Cape May. .
Three of five more bodies of the lost
on the navy tug Cherokee, picked up
and landed at Cape May. n. j., have
been identified as follows:
James Sova, seaman, 512 South
Fifth street. Reading, Pa.
Rudolph Frank ELDERS, quartermas-
ter. Naval Reserves, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Frank Wargo, fireman, 732 Haple
street, Bridgeport, Conn.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
London People
Over Suspicious

London. - We are all apt to be
oversuspicious just now, of every
thing and everybody. An instance
of this regretable tendency is fur
nished by an edifying food queue"
story which is going the rounds here.
A queue had formed up outside a
butchers shop in a London suburb
and in order to make things easier
for all concerned, the shopman a
dopted the plan of letting his GUS
toners in in parties of eight or ten,
and of letting them out from the rear
noticing that, though many went in
none came came out, marveled great
ly, and when it came her turn. to
enter, she hesitated about doing so.
Hurry up madam" shouted the
butcher who didn't want to lose his
time.
But what have you done with all
the other people? was the start
ling inquiry.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01

Within the next two months 20,-
600 Britishers in the United States
must enlist in the British army, says
General w. A. White of the British
and Canadian Recruiting Mission.
There are some 100000 British and
Canadian subjects in the United
States. Americans are busy now
handling their own national army.
The British mission is capable of
relieving Uncle Sam of the trouble
tof handling the British and Canad-.
ians who want to go to the front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Girl Named County
Treasurer IN Oregon

st. Helens, Ore.-Miss Bessie Hat
tan, daughter of the late Judge r. S.
Haitian, has been appointed treasur-
er of Columbia county by County
Judge S. G. Morton.
Miss Haitian, who for the past sew
en- years, has been employed in the
county clerks office. is the first wom-
an officeholder in the county. She
succeeds j. w. Hunt, who has been
chief deputy to the county
clerks office.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
Plans to Drop His Bombs
Near Fathers Old Home

Madison, Wis.-'I'm going to fly
back to Berlin where you came from,
dad, and drop a bomb somewhere
near your old home"
That's the way Lloyd A. Lehrbass,
a student in the course in journalism
at the State University informed his
father that he had enlisted in the
aviation service of the United States
Army. The fathers reply to the mes
sage was: God bless you, son. I'm
proud of YOU"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-01
SEE OUR WINDOW DISPLAY
Children'S Footwear
Girls Tan Shoes

Dark Tan Lace ShOes-Very
dressy and serviceable. Sizes up
to 2. S4 values. Special at S2.45
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
FIRE ON FISHER ESTATE
Tramps Blamed for Destruction
of Barn i'm Oak Lane

Tramps lettering in large barn or
the estate of James Logan Fisher
Mascher street and city Line. oak Lane
are believed to have started a fire toda ,
that destroyed the structure
Just before ! O'Clock this morning the
skyline turned red with the blaze and
huge flames leaping upward brought
hundreds of residents from their beds
to the scene OF the coniIagrat ion
Firemen, responding 10 an alarm
fought vainlN against the fire feeding
on the big wooden structure and the
many tons of hay stored within. The
loss was estimated at $4,000.
The fire was discovered by James
Steib. a neighbor. returning to his home
Steib said he noticed flames tricklng
along the roof Of the harm and turned
in an alarm. but that the building was
enveioped in flames before the engine
had time 10 arrive on the scene.
Mr.. Fisher, owner Of he destroyed
barn. ~ a retired business man. who
owns the 200-acre estate on which The
barn was located. There was no live
stock in the barn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
JUSTTFlES ALLIED DlSTRUST
PAYER Finds Reason for No Con.
fdence in Germans

Amsterdam, oct. 2S-ln the course of
a speech i'm the Rcicnstag on Thursday
the German Vice Chancellor Friedrich
Won Payer, said that the enemy's bel'ef
and the assertion hat the German peo-
pie were politically deprived of their
rights and were SO oppressed and de-
pendent on small ruling circles that 1t
constituted a constant danger for the
peace OF the entire world. had been the
greatest hindrance to the attainment of
peace This hindrance. he declared. had
to be removed. and the Government had
instituted farrcachinE internal reforms
VIII oh we're long overdue
on the previous day he had said: I'VE
need confidence. not merely at home we
need the confidence OF foreign countries
even the confidence of our nemes. For
we want peace and we need Il. Our
enemies distrust our sincere intent ion to
conclude a peace Of justice They mis-
trust us mainly on the ground OF many
events in the past. concerning which we
cannot taxi ii amiss of them IL they
have certain doubts.
We have therefore. no use for any
one In the Government who still favOrs
a peace of force more than peace pf
Just ice. What we need in order to be
alb to exist Is an unequivOcal. honest
and straightforward policy That alone
can promote our welfare in the future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Official War Reports

London. pCt. ~
\ determined counter-attack was
made yesterday ON Famars and was
repulsed after street fighting in which
many of the enemy were killed.
We have improved our positions
slightly on the borders OF the Normal
forest and north of the Raismes forest.
British front in Italy. Sunday: The
line Of the Tenth Army is reported
tonight to run south OF. Stabinzzos.
Polo di Piayeborgo Hanettiborgo.
Malanotti. Lasegac and Tonon.
Prisoners counted up to 6:15 O'Clock
this evening amounted to $500. includ-
ing 2l officers of this number $3.50
men were taken by the Fourteenth
British Corps.
The number of guns at present
counted amounts To twenty -nire. IN
cluding six nine-inch howitzers taken
by the Twenty-th rd British Division.
AUSTRIAN
Vienna, oct. 81 (delayed).
Italian lheatre--On the plateau of
SETH tommuni the enemy Yesterday
again undertook a series of strong par
al thrusts which were all repulsed
der our defensive fire and the enemy
suffered heavy losses. In the noun-
tains east of the Brenta the battle
continued with undiminished intensity
anu the Hsht ragged the Whole DAY.
In the region Of Col Caprile the
enemy suffered through our counter
attacks the complete loss of the tenn
porary advantage gained by him.
The Fourth Division recaptur.d d
Monte Asolene by storm. Our bat
lalions launched an attack against
Monte Pertica and succeeded during
the evening in getting as far as the
foot Of Auppe 60 and during the
night this also fell into our hands.
Repeated attempts Cf the Italians
TO extend their gains in the region of
t'ontana Secca were in vain. Also on
the slopes of Monte Spinucci the stub
bOrnness of our brave troops prepa red
the same fate for the enemy attacks
as on preceding. occasions.
ON the Piave the artillery duel con-
t!nued yesterday. During the night
on DO sides of Montello an Entente
attack was launched on large scale
Al points where the enemy succeeded
in reaching the left bank of the river
bitter fighting is in progress.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Bombard Longuyon. Above
Nerdun. and Vital Rail.
road Held by Enemy
MENACE FOES SUPPLIES
Artillery lmperiIs German
Troop Movements-Second
Army in Woevrc
By the associated Press
y ith the American Forces Northwest

of Nerdun. oct 2S
American long-range guns this after
noon began firing on I.onguyon The
town of l.onguyon is twenty-three miles
northeast of Nerdun.
The American long-range fire also
is being directed against vital Vote de
Rocade on the railway line paralleling
the front. The Germans are depending
on this road to shift their troops and
supplies from one point to another.
Quiet reiened over the American front
northwest Of Ntrdun yesterday. Not
single infantry action of any importance
took place and there was q minimum
even of patrolling on both sides. The
artillery. which from the German side
was mildly active on the American
right during the night, ceased before
dayiigh, and was heard only inter.
mttently in the later hours.
Despite sunshine throughout the day
the visibility was so poor the aviators
could accomplish little. American hers
encountered few of the enemy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28

NG61tt ~ ~ Is 3esman time aN1 IN
Ct cesnplaiNed 81 was dueSto the forest-
hflnese of one young nun. The answer
she received was insulting,
Your letter is fun OF lies" was the
reply. and. being English. tina, is what
might be expected"
Robbed. Then StrauGied
The taking of the wool from every
home and Of every mattress and all the
linen from the beds and cupboards and
the brass from the door handles and the
lamps and ornaments was calling to the
people OF Bruges, but in order 10 replace
their woolen mattresses by straw they
had TO pay mark 25 pfennigs for every
kilo OF straw. or a hundred times more
than the pre-war price, and having taken
their goods and their factories the Ger
mans resold manufactured good accord
ing to the same scale of prices,
We were strangled after they had
robbed U.S." said one of the biggest man
ufacturers of Bruges. This gentleman.
who revived the old crafts of his city Of
schools OF craftsmanship in wood carv-
ing leather. stained glass and embroid-
cries. had many factories, employing
thousands of work people and fitted with
expensive machinery Ait those machines
have been taken away. and now, even II
peace comes. the work people will be
unable to continue their industry and
the lifelong labor OF the man who had
devoted himself to ideals of beauty is
utterly ruined
That is part of The f,edy of Bruges.
as OF many cities in fegium and north
ern France where the Germans dest troyed
scientifically the industry of the towns
and The villages in order to be free Of
their competition.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
OLD PAPER SJSPENDS
Sharon Editor Says War Rules Make
Business Difficult

SIar0 Pa, oct. 2S.-The Sharpsville
Advertiser. founded forty eight years
ago. and one of the odesi weekly news
papers in western Pennsylvania. has
suspended publication for the duration
Of the war p. J. Bartesnn is editor. In
announcing the suspension the paper
says
"rhe Government in it's regulation
and supor,isio OF many lines of en-
deayor has made various necessary
iilies. ordering some things Il. he done
and other things to be left undone. 10
the end that the days Of victory may be
hasiened. and among other rules prCmui.
gater are some affecting newspapers
which render the business more difhcult
and unsat isfactory.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-28
Bv the .fssOciated Press

Rome. Oct. 2S--The official state
ment ISSUED by the War Office last
night says:
THE attack Of our Tenth Army
across the Piave in the area of the
Island of Grave di I'apadopoli com
menced at 6:45 o'clock this morning
Tire Italian troops on the right met
with strong resistance. According to
the latest report, after heavy fighting
this resistance was overcome and the
advance successfully commenced.
'On our left, the British. troops are
advancing satisfactorily and have
reached their objective according Il
ance."