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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
SOLDIERS VISIT HOMES

MiIlersburg, Pa, FEB. 1S.-Prlvate
Harry X. FRANKIE, Of the twenty
eighth United States Aero Squadron.
now at Hampstead, Long Island,
spent Sunday at the home Of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. \ Franka.
in Union street. Jimmie" as he is
more familiarly known. expects to
soon cross to France with his squad
ron. His brother. Berklay, of the
Thirty-siXth Aero Squadron. has
been in France since early last fail.
Sergeant Harris Johnson, OF Camp
Meade, Nd, spent Sunday at che
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. J. Johnson, of Pine street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Thriftiness in the Home
Comes From These
Great Savings
Regular SOC Household Knives. 33c

are
other kitchen are and it seldom that they
fine cutting edge with beech cocoaboa aluminium
Dives PomeOy Stewart, Basement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
REVIVAL AT DALLAsTowN

Dallastown. Feb. 1S.-The Rev. o.
Z. Krenz, of Dillsburg, conference
evangelist for the United Brethren
Church, is conducting a series of re-
vival meetings in the United Breth-
rem Church here, of which the Rev
DR.. G.. W. Sherrick, formerly of
Chambersburg. is pastor. The Rev
Mr.. Krenz will continue the meet
ings throughout the coming 1-tk,
including Sunday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
rHREE HANE sCAnLET EENEn

Halifax. Pa. Feb. 1S.-Mr. and
Mrs. John Laudenslager. living in
Halifax township, two miles east of
town, are sorely afflicted with scar
49, fever, three of their children be-
ing down with the disease. The old
est child ill is a girl Of 10. the next
a boy of years and the youngest
baby of Il months.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
AGED WOMAN kNITs

Halifax, Pa, Feb. 1s.-Mrs. Phoebe
Krick, aged so years, living in Fifth
street, is doing her bit for the SOL
diers. She has already knit fifteen
pairs of woolen stockings and last
week she received box of yarn TO
be used in knitting her sixteenth
pair.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

Printed marquisette for doorways and windows
in blue tan and black ground with touch of
color; SO inches wide yard .................5 SOC
New double printed cretonne heavy tapestry
patterns; yard Observation-Disclosures. Soc and 81 90
Chintz patterns in cretonne and nursery
patterns, yard ..................... soc
Skoline and satine in many new patterns and
coorngs yard ....................,.25 Csc to soc
Dives, Pomeroy &
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Notable Grocery Specials
Fine Quality Granulated
Sugar, &C a Pound

Limit of pounds to customer; telephone c. O. D.
sales none delivered. On sale Tuesday only
Elgn butter lb
Blue Valley butter fresh creamery lb
imberger cheese fine quality H.
SHOULDERS hickory to pounds
Mascot laundry 100
randmas white laundry 10
California muscatel ratsins
"a 4Oc
Maacaibo blend roasted
Yellow split peas lbs
Eagle brand milk saves sugar.
Red Seal ye
spcd packed tomato special
Winesap fancy apples dozen .43
Hunts quality puns large
Baseme
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
MADE FIRE WITH COAL OIL

Millersburg, Pa, Feb. 1s.-Mrs
Mary J. Heckert. of Pine street was
called to Dalmatia on Friday on ac-
count of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Beattie, being seriously burned about
the face when making fire in the
kitchen range with coal oil as
quick kinder.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

Oil window shades in odd sizes of brown, green
and tan. Mill and Factory Sale Price each soc
25c and 29c double printed etamne with flat
hemstitched hem and 'colored borders. Mill and
Factory Sale Price, each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 19c
zoe plain white curtain muslin in dotted figures
or check designs. Mill and Factory Sale Price,
yard Observation-Disclosures. 4
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

Splendid lots read for Tuesdays sale
- shoes that toe the mark of quality
squarely and give assurance of good
wear - pay less than their regular
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

soc hne ribbed black silk Isle hose heamless
Mill and Factory Sale Price ......... o5c
Infants 5Sc white ribbed silk and wool hose
sizes to ~. Mill and Factory Sale Price 500
Dives, Pomeroy Il Stewart Street Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18

Dives, PomerOy & Stewart. Third Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Fruit of the Loom"
Bleached Muslin, in the Mill
and Factory Sale, yd., zoe

Lengths Of 10 yards SO inches wide representing
Value that of will be glad to avail themselves of
tomorrow.
45x36-inch beached pillow Mill and Factory 10c
Price,
45sss & bGesnsd each; ne%sitohed pillow cases Mill and Csc
aSigSh Sch bIsaSned leach pillow case muslin Mill and 29c
3 HTso%h @ 6eaShsd eds sheets es with With seam in center 69c
@ 7szsoneh 0 Oaehsa sheet sheets ga with center seam Csc
r slxsOnoh Oeaehed sheets Mill and Factory Sale $1.5O
~ s1xss sleaehed sheets Mill and Factory Sale $16O
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
$500 Irish All Linen Damask 90 30
In 8 Beautiful Patterns, yd., epL.

1t is likely that good value in Irish anen damas
will be possible until long after the The width is u
inches the of atracveness that very
winning.
cloths wide
in Factory Sale C10
TOWELS
C towels, frnged and hemmed. 1O1hc
&c towels 1Eo
- NAPKINS
mercerzed pattern table cloths 60 90
above cloths CO
LAWNS,
inc inches wide Mill and Factory Sale 1Or
Price yard
pr,,a l7 ydpS India lAnon Mil and Factory Sale 1212c
25c wh Mill Facory Sale
Dives,P Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Hosiery For Children Reduced in the Sale

1ec fine ribbed black cotton seamless hose. Mill
and Factory Sale Price Observation-Disclosures .15c
25c fine ribbed black cotton seamless hose. Mill
and Factory Sale Price .....................1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Marqusette Scrms Cretonnes For Spring Drapery Uses

Plain satine, Sc inches wide, yard ......... soc
Plain scrim and marquisette; SO to so inches
wide; in and white yard. 25c, 39c to soc
Fancy flat hemstiched scrim and marquisettes
yard Observation-Disclosures. 25c I5c
Soft net curtains in ecru and white allovcr pat
Scrim and marquisette curtains, pair $3.50 TO 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-18
Home Draperies, Window Curtains
and Curtain Materials Reduced in the Sale

S200 and $500 lace scrm curtains, in odd
patterns; in white and ecru; and two pairs of
a kind Special pair .....................$1 .$1O0
$3.50 to $1.75 Roman stripe couch covers in red
and green Mill and Factory Sale Price, each $3.50
$3.50 couch covers in heavy allover patterns in
dark colors Mill and Factory Sale Price, each $19S
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
HALF MILLION GERMANS
MUST REGISTER SOON

The week of February was set
aside by the department of justice for
the registration of the half million
unnaturalized Germans in the conti-
mental United States by police and
postmasters in pursuance Of President
Wilson's alien enemy proclamation d.
recting this action as means of min
imizing the danger from enemy SYM
pathizers in the United States.
Registration will involve the gath
ering of detailed information concern
ing the business, relatives and habits
'of every German, together with his
photograph and finger prints. After
he must carry a certifi-
cate card, and may not change his
place of residence without approval
of the police or postmaster. Viola
tion of the regulations will be pun
lshable by interment for the war.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
NEW DRAFT ORDER
MAY BE POSSIBLE
MAY REGISTER ALL MEN WHO
HAVE REACHED 21 SINCE
LAST JUNE

Washington, Jan. 4.-Immediatc
registration for military service of all
men who have become 81 years old
since the first draft registration, was
urged by Provost Marshall General
Crowder in his annual report.
If this is done and similar registra-
tion held each year, 100000 physically
fit men in class one, Crowded states,
would be available every 12 months.
The possibility and belief of this
office is that it will in all probability
be possible to fill all military needs
from class one:
That skilled laborers and farmers
would be drafted from the deferred
exemptions was intinlated should the
situation demand.
The situation in this respect is seri-
GUS now, particularly in the shipbuild-
ing industries and in factories, work
ing on war munitions.
It is probable that there will be a
shortage of farm labor in the spring
although the new draft regulations
will relieve that situation. The re-
port was placed before Congress with
1 request which changed the plan OF
quota. The first draft quota were
based only on population but General
Crowder asked that a new basis be
made to include a number of men in
each district. Dissatisfaction was
:aused in many districts because OF
the vast number of aliens all of whom
were exempted making the quota
much higher than the average
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
Weekly War News Digest
ADDITIONAL CLERKS REQUIRED
TO DISTRIBUTE CHECKS
70 DEPENDENTS

Distribution of allowance and allot-
ment checks to dependents of enlisted
men of the United States has required
an extra night shift of clerks and
typists in the Bureau of War Risks
Insurance. The first checks represent
allotments made by enlisted men from
their November pay, together with
stipulated Government allowances.
Every enlisted man in the military
and naval forces of the United States
who has a wife and children depend
ent on him is required to allot for
heir support at least SIS month,
,11 not more than half his pay. To
his the government adds monthly al
owances.
Commissioned officers are not re.
,u:rcd to make allotments, and the
government does not provide allow.
ances for their dependents.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
1Oe GERMAN SHIPS
DAMAGED By CREWS NOW
in SERVICE FOR THE NATION

Sailing under American names in
he service of the United States are
109 German ships damaged by their
crews prior to their seizure by the
government when war was declared.
They add more than 100000 gross ton
mage to the transport and cargo fleets
in war service for the United States.
There is evidence that a German
central authority gave orders for DAM
age to these ships, so that none could
be operated in less than 18 months,
and documentary proof that the en-
emy believed much Of the damage to
be irreparable. In less than eight
months all the ships were in service.
The former German liners, sailing
under distinctly American names, are
now fitted as troop and cargo ships
Each is convertible to a completely
equipped hospital ship for return-voy-
age service.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
LOST RELATIVES IN
BIG HALIFAX DISASTER

The following from the Underwood
Times tells Of the sadness that has
come into the home of the Alex Nc
'Donald's, former residents of Wash
burn:
The terrible Halifax disaster
brought deep sorrow to the home Of
M r. and Mrs. Alex Mcdonald, the lat
ter's sister and husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Duncan Cameron, with married
daughter and three girls, losing their
lives in the dreadful calamity, also
nephew, the son of another sister.
Mrs. Totten, who with her husband.
still survives, though injured-the
walls and roof of their house falling
in. The home of the Camerons burn
ed to the ground in twenty minutes,
the son-in-law, who happened to be
away from the house when the ex-
plosion occurred, being the only sur
vivor of the household. The other
young man was in military service
his body was recovered-but there
was no trace Of the others.
Ever since the fret news of the en-
plosion the McDonalds have been try
ing to get word as to the fate Of their
relatives, wiring both the city's po-
lice department and the Red Cross.
but nothing was learned until Mon
day. Dec. 81. when they heard from
the Tottens. The letter said there
were days after the accident that
they were too dazed to remember or
think clearly. 1t also said that c0f
fins were piled high one above the
other and many bodies buried at the
same time in long trenches-the pro-
ceeding made necessary by the ex-
tent of the disaster.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
1,389,388 More Would Be AcCepted Fl
S in
Crowder.

Washington, Jan. 4.-Increasing the
draft age from 81 to 40 or As years is
one OF the probabilities Of the f.l-
ture," according to Provost Marshal
General Crowder in his comprehen-
sive report to the secretary Of war.
The draft OF the older men should
be mainly for skilled war labor, but
also to distribute the burdens OF the
war.
Plenty of Young Men
There are plenty of young men for
the first line fighting, Crowder had
shown, but he also points out there
is a danger of "injuring the coming
generation" by taking away too many
of the "agressively patriotic young
men,"
Out of the 10,6S3,249 men between
the ages of 81 and 46, Crowder esti-
mates 3,525,472 are unmarried and
that 80 per cent of the latter figure.
er 1,389,388, would be accepted for
service under the present regulations.
Crowder also said: Under the na-
tional selective service system, which
seeks to distribute the burden, equal
ly among the willing and unwilling, 1t
is important, if not essential, to in
clude the older men because the
smaller proportion of them is likely
to enlist
Record Kept of Skilled Labor
Under the new system a card index
CT the abilities of every man will be
compiled in Washington after the
questionnaires are all returned. In
this way the government will be able
to put its finger on men in certain
trades just when they are needed.
"The whole labor problem can thus
be controlled" Crowder pointed out.
Adjustments in order that this na
tion may be in the most advantage
Gus position ever occupied by a belli
gerent power in war would then be
possible"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11

such lines, will naturally be In posi-
ton greatly to aid the government
census when such census is taken
No doubt many attempts will be made
to evade the official government cen
sus and information on the enemies
in your community will therefore be
of greatest value"
"You are enjoined to watch the
speech, associations and activities of
every man whom you may suspect of
disloyalty and to send in the immedi-
ate report. For further Information
md instructions regarding the work
of the Vigilance Corps of the Amert-
can Defense Society address National
Headquarters, "A East 23rd Street,
New York City"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
VALUE GIVEN ON NINE
NORTH DAKOTA CROPS

A. J. Suratt of Grand Forks, state
field agent Of the U. s. department of
agriculture. estimates the value Of
the nine leading crops Of this state
during 1917 at $220.315, 600. More
than half the value is represented by
wheat, which Is worth more than
Oats worth $22,94S.00o
are second In value, closely followed
by barley worth s22.s12poo. Rye is
fourth in line. being valued at $1s.2os,~
900. Potatoes with average value Of
$3.50 lead in crops in point OF
acre value. wheat being second at 31S-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
Worlds Peace Plan
Again Made Public

ut will be our wish and pur-
pose that the proposals of peace,
when they are begun, shall be
absolutely open, that they shall
involve and permit henceforth
no secret understandings of any
kind. The day of congress and
aggrandizement is gone by;
so also is the day Of secret COW
cnants entered into in the inter-
ests of particular governments,
and likely at some unlocked for
moment to upset the peace of
the world" said President Will
son when he addressed congress
on January 8th.
The president presented a de-
finite program for world peace,
containing fourteen specific con-
siderations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
Special Session Has Been
Called Of the Legislature

Governor Frazier has issued a
call commanding the meeting Of
the 18th general assembly on
Wednesday, January 23rd.
It Is called to revise the Coun-
ty Seed Bonding law, owing to
the poor crops the past two
years.
Several other propositions al
so are being considered by the
executive.
Congress has been asked for
$50,000,000 to be appropriated
for aiding the farmers, but no
action has been taken as yet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11

Miss Blenda Anderson. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Anderson. has re-
signed her position as teacher Of
grammar in the junior high school in
Bismarck on account Of poor health.
She was in a hospital in Bismarck be-
fore the holidays and was some bet
ter, but has found that she cannot
carry on her work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
C0nsCripti0n Of
Capital Not Good

ernment could take over industries
On a large scale. even by confiscation.
and supply itself with products more
cheaply than it can buy them of priv
'ately owned industries is purely an
assumption. The record of govern
ment operations does not justify it.
A speaker for the Socialist party
in the recent New York city campaign
is reported as follows:
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
DEFENSE SOCIETY MAY
BE SOON ORGANIZED
A Home Guard in Washburn Might
Take the Place if Organized
At Once
PREPAREDNESS SHOULD BE
THE WATCH WORD
Recommended That All Citizens Be
Classified And Probably Also
~,'..- ~ Watched a Little

C. w. Poe, president of the city CON-
mission Of this city, made public a
request received from Richard M.
Hurd, Chairman of the Board of Trus-
tees of the American Defense Society,
urging citizens here to organize local
vigilance corps, for the purpose of aid.
ing the government in putting an end
to German propaganda and enemy
activity which has been responsible
for fires, ammunition plant explosions.
sabotage, food scares and other at
tempts to damage the morale of the
American people.
Recent events in this country make
it plain that the German method Of
propaganda which has been so effec-
Give in Russia and Italy is now being
[attempted in: this country with an
alarming degreesof success" accord
ing to the appeal to Americans now
being issued by the American Defense
Society. German propaganda has
long been supplied to our troops in
the national encampments. The ship
building program is being interfered
with by German-inspired strikes. Ger
mans are directing the boarding of
food supplies to an extent that panics
have already been prevalent in the
leading cities. Newspapers are Civ
ing daily reports of fires in ammuni-
.tion plants and grain depots and the
country is now on the verge of an
even greater calamity in the shape Of
a railroad strike of unprecedented ex-
tent which threatens to cripple our
national industry"
Vigilance Corps can readily be seen
when it is known that in this country
alone there are today several million
alien enemies representing Germany,
Austria, Bulgaria, Turkey and other
countries sympathetic or allied with
the Prussian autocracy. Almost with
out exception these enemies are free
to 60 about as they see fit, and while
the government has done much~toward
Tightening the censorship of mails and
cables, nevertheless there are number
less channels by which these enemies
are fh touch with the directing genius
Of German propaganda in Berlin:
II Americans mean to stand by the
men at the tropt. whose lives ara al,
ready being sacrificed, and to stand by
their government, the opportunity is of:
fered in the additional service they
can give to, this work Of the American
Defense Society. !, # III: ,::..,.. Z: .,s
The plan OF organization undertaken
Fly the Society and recommended to
loyal Americans provides for the en-
rollment, of . small American Vigil
|ance Corps In every city and town
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11

which shall classify all residents under
the following terms:
1. Loyal
2. Disloyal
8. Doubtful
4. Unknown.
Following the general classification
of citizens the Committee Is urged to
make further designation of the fol-
lowing list:
I. Alien enemy.
2. Pro-German.
3. Anti-Government.
Unofficial announcement has al
ready been made at Washington that
the government is about to register
the alien enemies in America. Your
Committee already having acted along
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
:5f All mhu Hatr muulh
1!uur Ma

If all who hate would love US,
And all our loves were true
The stars that swing above us,
Would brighten in the blue;
If cruel words were kisses.
And every scowl smile
A better world than this is
Would hardly be worth while;
If purses would not tighten
To meet brothers need
The load to bear would tighten
Above the grave Of greed.
If those who whine would whistle
And those who languish laugh
The rose would rout the thistle.
The grain out run the chaff;
If hearts were only jolly
If grieving were forgot.
And tears of melancholy
Were things that now are not,
Then love would kneel to duty,
Then all the world would seem
A bridal bower of beauty
A dream within a dream.
If men would cease to worry
: And women cease to sigh,
And all be glad to bury
Whatever has to die; .
II neighbor spake to neighbor
: AS love demands Of all, i
The rust would eat the saber,
The spear would stay on the wall;
Then every day would ghsten,
~ q. And every eye would shine. .
And God would pause and listen,
Il. And life would be divine. ..-.
.. ',.* =. ~ :..:z s;.:. Washington Sta
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Continued on page 81
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-01-11
DRAFTING OF MEN UP TO IS
IS FORECAST BY GEN. CROWDER


Great World War in
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
+ Largest and oldest pa j.
+ per in Mclean County,
+ Esta ablished as The Times +
+ on May 10, 1883. +
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Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-11
BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Births--Joseph and Mary Mslevec, 7Os
Hickory street. girl; Bert and Wilma Hull.
ISIS Burt street. girl: Nick and Marie
Babe, s5ea w street. girl; Lew and Bertha
Garrison. els South Thirty-third street. girl;
James Il. and Mary Broll, 17to Missouri
avenue. girl; Anton and Sadie Bus
tn. Thirty-third and L. streets, boy;
Johan and Katarina Kava, tf2S South Thir-
ty-eighth street. boy; Henri and Egi Lyrdek,
A0so South Thlrty-seventh street. boy;
Tomas and Josefa Kaluza, &so7 South Twen-
ty-ninth street. boy: Lysle l. and Mary 8,
Abbott, s2le Poppieton avenue, boy; ]. IT,
and Dora II. Parrish, Sixty-third and
Charles street, boy, Lawrence T. and Anna
NJ. Bogus. ISIS Parker street, boy; Robert
and Emma Knudsen, 4s2s Bedford avenue.
boy, Salvatore and Carmela Nastasi. 1854
South Thirteenth street, girl; Raymond l..
and Luiina Willis. 6ets lizard street, boy;
yaciav and Anna Pesek, 522s South Twenty
second street. girl; Anthem and Anna
Ncrstowskie. slis w street. boy; Edward
and Marie Hlavacek. 1919 p street boy;
Charles and Katherine Kunci, s72s South
Thirty-firs street. boy.
Deaths--Lulubel,a Gordon, ~, belS South
Twenty-seccnd street: Edward w. Peterson,
80, hospital; Solomon Apple, II. 1887 Park
avenue; Gudan Hawley, 1s, stoS Florence
boulevard; Ethel Parker Tinsley, 81, Omaha;
John Helmberg, So, 4017 Hamilton street:
Mira Lottie Roudehush, 10, hospital; Edwin
Smith. ~. 1890 South Thirty-ninth street;
Elizabeth Kastner. a. 475s North Four
tecnth street: Bessie Elliott. IS, as2S Popple-
fap