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The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27
PLATINUM USERS
 LATEST SLACKERS

Washington, June 26 - (Special.) The newest type of stacker and one who is doing his country great amount of harm. is the man or woman who buys or encourages the purchase of platinum jewelry, according to the bureau of mines. department of the il- terior For the country is and for many years will be desperately in need of the scarce and precious platinum in it's industrial work and must have it if the war machine is to go full speed ahead.
 A plan proposed by the federal of ficials would stop the use of platinum in jewelry, not only for the war but for all time Officials of the government who are in close touch with the sit- uation are filled with apprehension as to the future supply of platinum. As far as can be learned. 1t Is believed that aside from the large amount of plati- nun metals in the form of manufac- tured tewelry. a large part of which is in private ownership, there is less than 25 per cent of the normal stock of unmanufactured platinum in this country available for the needs of the war.
 In an effort to fill the immediate pressing needs of the government in it's war programme. the war industries board has ordered that T5 per cent of the stock of platinum in the hands of manufacturing jewellers be comman- deered and also the complete stock held by refiners. importers and deal. CTS. but this, it Is said, will only fill a small gap and that temporarily.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERAID THURSDAY, JUNE 27 1918

Stockwells started back to Africa, 1 leaving their s-year-old boy in Amer ica for the doctors said his return would probably prove fatal Another test of heroism and devotion that few would care to have. The Stockwells were accompanied by three mission aries sent by the womans department Misses Etta Lee Woolsey. Kathron Wilson and Etha V. Mills. With these endorsements the work will be we'll manned and should go forward at rapid rate.
 '~rhe mission now has two stations and work is being done also in a mum ber of surrounding villages, in one of which church has been built. At Oduku catechism class of 40 has been organized by one of the native preachers The average weekly church attendance is 400 or more. There are 11S earnest church members and more than 800 candidates under instructions Many messengers have come from dis- tant villages, pleading in vain for mis- sionaries. Sixty-nine boys and young men are enrolled in the training school preparing for evange1istic work. The total school enrolment is 150 or more
 "A grammar and dictionary of the language have been prepared, geo pages of Dr. Morrison's Lessons from the Bible have been translated and printed and also a considerable part of the New Testament A songbook of 30 hymns has been translated and 1000 copies printed. The Ten Com mandments. the Lords Prayer and the Peatitudes have been printed in leat- let form and widely distributed. pr. l>Mumpower treated last year in the hospital and dispensary 2439 patients, performed 32 operations and treated 275 dental cases
 EXPENSE $13,000 A YEAR Up to this time the expense of the mission has not exceeded SIS 000 year. the major part of which has been sup piled by the Epworth league. The church at hnnnA Skn11ld cn,,nt i4 a ..-...l1..- .. :. q
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27

fit consisting of pith helmets, khaki suits, walking shoes, leggins, mosquito boots, barometer, compass, medicine chest of tabloids, etc. We sailed from Antwerp, Belgium, and about four weeks later we arrived at Natadi. at the head of naviga- tion on the Lower Congo
 AT STANLEY POOL
 'The next day we began a railway journey of two days to Stanley pool, thus passing quickly through the zone which was so trying to missionaries in the early years. After ten days at the pool wait ing for d boat we resumed our journey into the interior, and a month later. going by way of the Congo, Kasai and Lulua rivers, we arrived at Luebo, the center of the Presbyterian work.
 Here we found Dr. w. M Morrison, who has since gone to his reward, and seven other missionaries who welcomed us with great cordiality. We remained two weeks and were astonished at the wonderful results of the work of 20 years. Here also we found a colored woman from Alabama, the principal of the girls school, who had sold her little home in the southern state and paid her own way Ito Africa, and at the age of 70 was still teaching and training the young women who are to aid in the work of making homes, establishing day schools, and evangelizing the remote interior.
 After our most delightful stay with our Presbyterian brethren, we started from Luebo overland on our tour of ex-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27
Bishop Lan1buth Tells ofHis lUoRen1arRable
 Journeys Into Africa
Describes How They Made Friends With Great Chief Who Rules 100000 Natives in Heart
 of Congo Section

Nashville, June 26.-(Special. Every thing is colossal said Bishop Walter +. Lambuth of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, in an interview recently given out in Nashville, Tenn. Bishop Lambuth has made two trips into the very heart of Africa, and is the founder of the Congo mission among the Baste- tele tribe of warriors, 100000 strong.
 When asked to tell some of his ex- periences on his two trips, Bishop Lam- bdth said
 "The continent is 5000 miles long and 4000 miles wide at it's greatest breadth and contains Il, ,50O,O0O square miles. You can lay the United States, Europe, India and China upon Africa and still have enough left out of which to carve Great Britain. It has nearly twice the popula- ton of the United States, and 75,O0O, ,O0U of these are absolutely unreached by the gospel.
 Africa has the longest river in the world, the greatest desert, the biggest cataract, the longest lake, and the deep- est and darkest area of need.
 On my first trip, Prof. John Wesley Gilbert, colored man of Paine college. Augusta, Ga. accompanied me. He met me in London, where we secured an out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27

a joy to supply the men and the money needed to make the Congo mission the great power for God and for human redemption that it is capable of becom- ing"
 In concluding his interview Bishop LambuJh said:
 "A program of spiritual strategy and preparedness has been outlined by the Missionary Centenary movement which proposes to assume our share in the evangelism of the 100000 Africans m the Belgian Congo, one-third the size of the United States and with immense natural resources for the support of a great population; to cooperate with other missions in reaching the large number oi tribes, in reducing the Ian guage to writing, and the education and elevation of an ignorant and super stitious people, and to educate and train body of native teachers and evange- lists through whom the remotest villages can be reached and a native church es- abolished which shall be self-supportinS and self-prcpagating.
 'The Centenary movement proposes to send 10 mer and eight women within the next five years; to train 100 teachers and 50 evangelstis; to build IA houses for missionaries, four school houses, anl 5S churches, the churches to be built by native contributions of material and labor; to build three workshops and three small hospitals, the latter having accommodations for from eight to 10 beds; to set up a small printing press for lesson sheets, tracts, and printing the Scriptures ir Batetela, and lastly to pro vide small steamer for transportation of missionaries and supplies on the tributaries of the Kasai and Sankurn rivers'
 The general conference of the Metho- dist Episcopal church, south, which re- gently closed it's session in Atlanta, Ga, requested Bishop Lambuth to devote one year to religious war work. and he has Iii 1s<arr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-06-27

ploration with 60 carriers, who bore our tents, hammocks, provisions, cloth, salt, medicine chest, etc. Our pocketbook con- sisted of IS sacks of salt and many bales Of cloth, money being of no value in the remote interior. For three days we were blocked, because of our inability to se- cure more than 40 carriers After an appeal by Dr. Morrison, the ruling elder and leading evangelist of the 300 teach CTS and evangelists volunteered to go with us and 9 members of the Presby- terian church, one of whom was con- verted cannibal
 "Our caravan stretched half a mile along the trail, Professor Gilbert at the head of the column and I myself bring ing up the rear to prevent stragglers from running away or from falling into the hands of the savages. There were sections through which our men would not go alone, and we passed through two villages at war with each other, SA having been killed on one side and none on the other.
 HARDSHIPS OF JOURNEY
 "On our entire journey we crossed many rivers and streams, waded through swamps, met 50 chiefs, visited 200 vil- lages, treated 400 patients, camped in a number of cannibal villages, were exposed to African fever, bitten a number of lliIcS Dy lilt lSGlSt lty NAlAAC Ot tAAS lower river: but we escaped all these dangers, and penetrating to the heart of the Batetela country, arrived at the village of the great chief, Wemby-Niama, who was by far the largest man we met in all our travels.
 At first Wemby-Niama was inclined to bs distant and suspicious, but suddenly his whole demeanor changed. He could not conceal his joy. He had discovered a long-lost friend in Mudimbo, the evangelist, whom he had not seen for nearly twenty years and whose father was also chief and had been shot down in a wild raid upon his village. Then our converted cannibal cook turned out to be another friend of his boyhood days.
 The chief had assigned us to an in- different house on the side of the street. He now took us to his own house and, ordering his servants to bring out the biggest goat in the village, two baskets of rice one of yams, and an abundance of fruit, made us at home. We remained four days and at his urgent request to return we determined to open the mis.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
Republican Factions in
California Disappear;
National Chairman Saws

san Francisco, April 15.-Will H.
Hays. chairman of the Republican
National Committee. makes an
nouncement that factions in the
party in California, which attracted
national attention in the Presiden-
tial election of 1916, when Wood
row Wilson carried the state, have
disappeared.
Raymond Benjamin. chairman of
the Republican State Central Com
mittee called upon Mr.. Hays; so did
Percy v. Long, who said he could
properly be designated a Republican
although still holding the office of
chairman or the Progressive State
Central Committee and w. TT
Crocker. national committeeman
from California, who was found in
the conservative wing of the party
in 1916.
A Nevada delegation including
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
CAMP PLANS
OF BOY SCOUTS
Members of Camp Hill Troop
May Build Cabin Along the
Conodoguinet Greek

Capip Hill, Pa, April 15.-Plans
Tor the annual camping trip along
the Conodoguinet creek are being
made by members of the Camp Hill
Boy Scouts, Troop No. i, under the
direction of the scoutmaster. the
Rev. Raymond A. Ketchledge. pastor
of the Camp Hill Presbyterian
Church. The camp will be held in
the next few weeks.
Enjoying the weekend trips. the
boys are talking of erecting a small
clubhouse along the creek so it will
not be necessary for the scouts to
carry tents and cooking utensils
alcng with them. Funds for the an
nual camping trip will be gathered
by the scouts through a play which
will be held in the Camp Hill school
auditorium
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
Orient Is Awakening,
Evangelist Declares

"The Great Awakening of the
Orient" was the subject of Evange-
list Virbrook Nutter's talk at Chest
nut Street Hall last evening. He
predicted that the ''heathen nations
will take an active part in world af-
fairs before this war is over and
that such will be the stupendous re-
suits that the end of this war means
the reign of sin broken forever and
the establishment of Christ's ever
lasting Kingdom. illustrated songs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
BLISS NATIVE HERB TABLETS
GREATLY RELIEVE RHEUMATISM

:aking them regularly for time
was surprised and delighted IN
ny Improvement. I am a staunch
ldvocate of Bliss Native Herb Tap-
let's"
Bliss Native Herb Tablets are
put up in a yellow box of zoo tab
let's. We guarantee that IL they
don't do all we claim for them
your money will be refunded. start
in to-day and begin taking them
One tablet at night will make the
next day bright.
The genuine bear the photograph
of AlonZo o. Bliss; look for
the trade mark on every tab IN /
let. price 81 per box. Sold by VAI
Kennedy's Drug Store, and ~
localagents everywhere.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15

Many sufferers from rheumatism
acute or chronic. have been greatly
benefited by the regular use OF
Bliss Native Herb Tablets. Every
day brings us letters from people
IN different localities testifying to
the good they have derived from
This standard preparation. Being
free from harmful drugs, they do
not injure the stomach, but on the
contrary purify the blood. cleanse
the kidneys. and act on the liver.
r. NJ. Bressie, of Oklahoma,
states-"After suffering severely
from rheumatism for about five
Years, ! was persuaded to give
Bliss Native Herb Tablets a fair
rial. 1 purchased a box, and after
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
PROGRAM CLOCK INsTALLED

Cnmp Hill, April I5.-The eIectrtc
program clock, ordered by the schools
ias' fall, has just been installed.
This clock rings all bells in the
building and thus does away with
the necessity of push buttons:
Three programs are operated by the
clock. one for the High School, one
for the departmental work in the
grades and the third for the outside
door gong.
The clock was purchased by funds
raised by the High School pupils. 1t
is a beautiful piece of mechanism
and adds to the attrs ctiveness of
the High School assemblyroom.
Some idea of the congestion of the
railroads may be gained from the
fact that the clock, though shipped
by express from Indiana on Febru-
airy Is, arrived last week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15

Whitman Sylmus. chairman of the
State Republican Executive Com
mittee; Q. y. Simmons, q former
Progressive leader in the state, and
Colonel III. b. MaXon, former ma
tional committeeman from Nevada,
also called upon Mr.. Hayes Ito as
sure him that we are with him"
they said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15

Patriotic Girl Gives Her
Prize to War Orphans

Camp Hill, April 15.-Miss Betty
Phelan, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Phelan, of South Bowman
avenue. has given additional proof
of her patriotism. Miss Betty was
not content with winning the Baby
Bond" which was given by the Cum
terlsnd County Public Safety Com
mittee to the pupil of the Camp Hill
schools who secured the most Thrift
Stamps during the recent campaign.
Upon receiving the Baby Bond"
she Immediately donated its equiva-
lent, crisp $40 note. to the schools
for use in helping to support the
SIX Belgian war orphans whom the
schools are taking care of monthly.
Miss Betty surely is doing her bit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
PATRIOTIC RALLY TOMORROW

Camp Hill, Pa, April 15.-The pa
triotic rally which. was to have been
held last Tuesday evening at Camp
Hill will be held tomorrow evening
at 7.S0 CLOCK. The bad weather
caused the postponement. DR.. n. A.
Hagerty and DR.. II. II. Longsdorff, of
Carlisle, will be the speakers. The
new Liberty Loan and food conser-
vation will be topics for discussion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
BOYS GO TO FARMS

Camp Hill. April 15.-High School
boys are responding nobly to the call
for farm help. To date. four boys
have gone to the farms, having obli-
gated themselves to work there until
the fall term of school begins. One
of these boys, Edward Harrison, has
gone to Western Canada to work or
a large wheat farm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
WILL OIL MARKET STREET

Camp Hill, April 15.-Having Civ
en- up all hopes of having Market
street paved this summer. Camp Hill
Councilmen have made plans to have
the street oiled and repaired. The
State Highway Department, it is un-
derstood. has been unable to ge,
reasonable bids for the work and
will not take any action at present
on the paving proposition. The
street now is in poor condition and
N otorists are complaining.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15

were put on the screen and the audi
ence joined heartily in the singing
program conducted by T. II. -Barritt.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15

Mr.. Nutter will lecture at the same
place tonight on "Will Jesus Come
Again."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
SERMON BY SUPERINTENDENT
Now Cumberland. Pa April L.

A large audience attended the serv-
ices in Baughman Memorial Meth
odist Church last night to hear the
sermon by the Rev. DR.. Swartz, dis
trict superintendent of the Central
Pennsylvania conference of the
Methodist Church, who spoke in the
interest of the Sunday school drive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
DOG LAW WILL
BE ENFORCED
State Officials Get Ready to
Prosecute For Failure to
Act Promptly

Officials of the
S t a t e Depart
ment of Agricul-
ture, who are
preparing to ask
the legal end of
the state govern
ment to institute
p r o c Q e d / n g S
against officers
who do not en-
force the dog Ii
cense code, are of
the opinion that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
WILL BUY MOTOR APPARATUS

Camp Hill, April 15.-Members of
the Camp Hill Fire Company are coll
lecting contributions for a fund to
be used in purchasing a motor
chemical apparatus. r. E. Cahill,
president Of the company. has charge
of the campaign. The old hand
drawn chemical is now inadequate.
Council may be asked to consider
installation of flreplugs in the bor-
oCgh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
Personal and Social Items
of Towns Along West Shore

Carter Wear, stationed at Allen
town, spent the weekend at his home
in Third street, New Cumberland.
Gurney Ruby. of Camp Meade,
Nd. spent several days at his home
at New Cumberland.
Mrs. Glenn Yinger, of Lewisberry,
visited Mrs. Crumlich at New Cum
berland on Saturday.
Miss Edna Kilmore, of Hummels-
town, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. Limbaugh, at New Cum
berland.
Miss Grace Bond, of York. is visit
ing relatives at New Cumberland.
Mrs. William Rosenberger is i'll
at her home at Bellavista.
Mrs. Kirk Davidson and children.
of Lemoyne, were guests of Mr.. and
berland, yesterday.
The Rev. A. B. Ayres. of New
Cumberland, and the Rev. A. B.
Mower, of Wormleysburg, exchanged
pulpits with the Rev. F. F. Kohler,
pastor of the Grace United Brethren
Church at West Fairview and
preached at the morning and even
ing service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Erford, OF
Camp Hill, spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. Harry Shaull. at West
Fairview.
Mrs. Kinhart, son and daughter,
of Harrisburg, visited at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Givler. az
West Fairview.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Whitman
and children, of Wormleysburg,
spent Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Reitzel, of West
Fairview.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvan Blair and
son, of Harrisburg, visited his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Gambler. at
West Fairview.
Mrs. d. w. Miller and son. Ker-
NIT, of New Cumberland, visited her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. Stiles, at
West Fairview.
Mrs. Samuel Sperior, of Harris
burg, spent Sunday at the home of
her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
Ensley, of West Fairview.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-15
ELMER nEWAIH DIES

ELMER DEWAIT DIES
New Cumberland, Pa, April 15.-
Relatives in New Cumberland re-
ceived word of the death of Elmer
Dewalt, which occurred near New
Kingston. Mr.. Dewalt lived here
until a year ago.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-21
THREE MILLION IN
ARMY BY AUGUST |
SUCH is STATEMENT MADE BY
GENERAL cRoWDER TO
SENATE COMMITTEE.
Extension Of Age Limit in the Draft
VIII be Necessary by January !
If the Present Rate Of Calls
Continues.

Washington Three million Ameri.
cans will be under arms by next Aug
nst /, the senate military committee
was told on June Is BY Provost Mar
shall General Crowder.
Extension of the age limits in the
army draft viii be necessary, General
Crowder said, IL the present rate OF
draft calls Is continued. He estimated
that the men in class l would be ex-
hausted soon after next January /.
General Crowder said that ], 347, 001
of the 2,42S,O00 men placed in class ]
already have been called to the colors.
He estimated that some 100000 add,
tfonal men for the first class will be
secured from the men who registered
June s.. and that another 100000 vii,
be added by the Reconsideration Of
men in the re-examination Of the ques.
tIonnaires now being made.
acquisitions from the draft to com
plete the 100000 total by August ],
General Crowder said, have been made
OF these 100000 will be draft regis,
| trants and the others volunteers and
national guardsmen.
4, Everybody thinks there will bt
heavy calls during the fist six months
of 1912" was significant statement
made by General Crowder. Genera
Crowder approved the general princi
pie of the bill introduced by Senator
France of Maryland, extending the reg
istration ages to from Is to 45, thereb!
providing additional men for militar!
and Industrial service. He did not
however, approve the age limits tixet
in the bill.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-21
kU kLux KHAN AFTER sLAckERs.
Men Who viii Not Work or Fight
Severely Dealt With.

Memphis, Tenn.-The Ku Klux Khan
is growing. 1t promises to assume the
place it held right after the civil war.
Reports from Texas, Oklahoma,
Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, AL
ALBANIA, south Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, indicate that the khan is get
ting together in hundreds of commu-
mites.
Death is the extreme penalty, vet
seldom administered. Tar and feath-
ers and the lash are most commonly
used.
One of the most striking results
growing out of the khan is found
among negro Iaborers. A negro who
will not work is a Stacker. He is
given a warning by the Ku Klux
Khan. A second warning is never
given. Most often it is not necessary.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-21
Mrs. Ruseh Declares loyalty.

Havana.-Mrs. Adolphus Busch, who
arrived here from Berlin by way of
Spain Saturday, issued statement
through her attorney, Henry D. Halves,
Saturday, saying her sympathies were
wholly on the side of the United States,
that she was an American-born, loyal
citizen and had wanted to return to
the United States ever since Americas
entry into the war.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-21
plsleral Ealser Run pown.

New York. Jeremiah A. o'l.eary, a
fugitive from justice since the eve OF
the OATS set for his trial on charge
~ violating the espionage net BY pnb-
teation ~ sstlltlous matter IN The anti.
British periodical Bull, aud later IN.
dieted Tor conspiracy 60 commit tre1.
son. was arrested a. Sara, Wash, and
- ga bis way back 10 Sow York IN
the eastetly u federal agents,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-21
Ensmv Rand on Yank,s sails.

With the Army in France.-About
six hundred German shock troops raid
ed the American first line positions al
the village of Xivray in the Toul sec.
tor, early Sunday morning. Some Of
the enemy got into Xivray, but were
soon driven out. At other points the
Germans We're badly beaten.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-06-21

Oakland Cal Residence property
here owhed hy Frana H0pp, former Ger.
saaa consul At San Francisco and now
HerytnE term 10 the federal penlten-
iiary AZ Mcneil Island. NASH, for yio-
lallan Of American neutrality, WAS az.
iAehed BY the federal government sat.
arsiay In a move % c0tlecf the zine u
$1,000 iBpoSea GA Bopp IL addition
10 bis penai term % two years,