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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
RAILROAD RUNBL.ES
|PHILA. DIVISION
MAKES A RECORD
Pennsylvania Employees Buy
$1,064,750 Worth of Liberty
Bonds; to Award Flags

Harry Leonard, chairman of the
Philadelphia Division. Pennsylvania
Railroad Liberty Loan Committee,
to-day announced the splendid re-
sponse to the call of the nation on
the part of the employees of that di-
vision. A total of s1.064.75O was sub
scribed by the men. of which S557,25O
goes to the credit of employees fesid-
ing in Dauphin county and $502,1OO to
the city of Harrisburg.
There was much competition on the
part of departments for the Honor
flags offered by superintendent Smith
for the departments making the best
record for bonds purchased, but the
percentages have not yet been worked
out for the awarding of these flags.
One of the chief bidders for flag
was the signal department, which
under b. F. Dickinson, supervisor of
signals. reports that 230 employees
subscribed for a total of $66,90O. or
an average of $29O.S7. The first APP
peal netted $26.4400. but when it was
feared the loan was not going well
on account of the influenza epidemic,
Sacrifice campaign" was made
which brought in $40.500 more.
The record of the Philadelphia di-
vision is equal to any in the country,
the officials believe. and the men are
| intensely proud of this latest dis
play of the patriotic devotion of the
railroad men of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
WILSON'S ANSWER
TO BE GUIDED BY
ALLIED COUNCIL
Official Text of Peace Plea Is
Now in Presidents
Hands
BY Associated Press.

Washington, Oct. 23. - Although
no intimation has been given as to
the course President Wilson will fol-
low in regard to the new German
note, there is a growing feeling here
that he will be guided largely by the
decision of the supreme war council
at Versailles, as the paramount issue
is a military one, involving with
drawal of the Teutonic armies from
France and Belgium as the first
requisite to consideration of the Ger
man plea for an armistice.
The official text of the German
reply as received yesterday by the
Swiss legation, together with the
English translation prepared by
Frederick Oederlin, the Swiss charge,
was delivered today to Secretary
Lansing. The official translation was
expected to clear up rather vague
phrases referring to an armistice
contained in the unofficial version.
Difference of Opinion
In Washington there still is a diff
ference of opinion as to whether the
German note will draw an answer
from the President. Those contend
ing that it would not pointed to the
fact that Mr.. Wilson had character
lied his reply to the first note as a
decision" meaning that there could
be no further discussion of the is
sues involved. The other view which
found expression in official and dip
lomatic circles was that reply
would be made and that it would
deal chiefly with the. military prob
lem.
Huns Play For Time
In some quarters there is be-
lief that the German denials of
cruelties and ruthless destruction
were designed to prolong the dis
cussions by drawing specific citations
of instances of such acts. Diplo-
matte observers, however, believed
that these as we'll as Germany's
claim to the establishment of a par
liamentary government would be
left to the future.
In the general view, the only i'm
mediate question is whether the Ger
mans desire peace to the extent of
admitting military defeat in the
field. Nothing short of such an ad-
mission, which would leave the de-
tails of an armistice to the Allied
command, was regarded as accepta-
BILE.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
MEAT CAUSE Of
KIDNEY TROUBLE
Take Salts to flush Kidneys if
Back hurts or Bladder
botherS.

If YOU must have your meat every
day, eat it, but flush your kidneys
with salts occasionally, says a noted
authority who tells us that meat
forms uric acid which almost para
lyzes the kidneys in their efforts to
eXpel it from the blood. They be-
come sluggish and weaken, then
You suffer with a dull misery in the
kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness,
your stomach sours, tongue is coated
and when the weather is bad you
have rheumatic twinges. The urine
gets cloudy, full of sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
obliging You to seek relief two or
three times during the night.
To neutralize these irritating acids,
TO cleanse the kidneys and flush off
the body's urinous waste, get four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy here; take tablespoonful in
a glass of water before breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salts is
made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia,
and has been used for generations
to flush and stimulate sluggish kid
neys, also to neutralize the acids in
urine, so it no longer irritates, thus
ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot
Injure, and makes delightful effer-
vescent lithia-water drink.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
Official Casualty List
Confirms WOunding of
Two Harrisburg BOYS

Reported in to-day's casualty list
as being severely wounded while a
letter he wrote his wife dated Sep
tember "a saying that he was re-
covering in a base hospital from the
affecs of a gas attack on August
l, the physical status of Private Har-
ry James Shimp, husband of Mrs.
Mary c. Shimp, of 612 Church
street, remains somewhat in doubt.
Wounded or gassed, Private Shimp
belongs to Company D, 112th Regi-
ment. He trained at Camp Han
cock and was foreman of the
Pennsylvania railroad before enter
ing the war.
A letter received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas j. Beck, 1890 Market street.
parents of Robert Wilson Beck, with
the American Army in France, have
confirmed the report of his severe
wounds contained in the casualty
list to-day. Beck was wounded in
the hip by an explosive shell August
7th.
Both seriously i'll with pneumonia,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse B. Smith, of
Mechanicsburg, received yesterday
word that Mrs. Smiths brother, Pri-
vate John H. Paul, had been wound
ed, degree undetermined. Though
Paul lives in New Kingston, Cum
berland county, Mrs. Smith was given
as the soldiers nearest relative.
Mrs. Sarah Calvert of West Fair
view, has received a wire from the
War Department stating that her
son., Private Silas Franklin Calvert,
has been wounded in France. Cal
vert is 81 years of age and enlisted
in Company d, old Eighth Regi-
ment, N. G. p, now the 112th In
fantry. He was wounded on August
"a, the nature of. the wounds not be-
ing known.
According to yesterdays casualty
list Corporal Charles c. Bream Of the
103rd Engineers has been wound
ed in action. Parents of the soldier.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. ]. Bream, of 121
Hoerner street, have been apprais-
ed of the fact by telegram from the
War Department. He enlisted in
Philadelphia where he formerly
lived.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
RAILROAD MEN
MAY HOLD OFFICE
Director General McAdoo
Modifies Political Order
Affecting Employees
BY Associated Press


tioR of the recent order forbidding
railroad employees or officers from
holding office or participating in
politics was announced to-day by
Director General McAdoo, so as to
permit the men to hold municipal
offices and to be delegates, but not
cchairmen of political conventions.
This action, urged by the four
leading railroad brotherhoods, was
taken, 1t was explained, because OF
the discovery that many communi-
ties consist almost entirely of rail-
road men, from whom ncssarily mu-
nicipal offers must be elected. The
new regulations conform to rules
prevailing for navy yard men and
other government employees.
Under the modification a railway
employe. or officer may not be a
member or officer of any political
committee or organization which so.
licits funds for political purposes;
act as chairman of a political con-
vention or use his position in the
railroad service to bring about his
selection as a delegate to political
conventions; solicit or receive funds
for political purpose or contribute
to a political fund collected by ar
official or employe of any railroad oI
any public official; conduct q politi.
cal campaign; attempt coerce ol
intimidate another officer or EN-.
ploye in voting; or neglect railroad
duties to engage in politics or USE
with an election.
Municipal offices, it is specified
must not be permit ted to interfere
with railroad duties. Employees elect
ed to political offices before Angus
81, when the original order was is
sued, will be permitted to complete
their terms. Likewise if they hat
become candidates they are not re
uuired to withdraw.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
Six Big Elevens to
Play For War Fund

New York, Oct. %. = During the
month for funds to continue the
various'w war work activities. sports
will be relied upon to furnish
large contributions.
William r. Roper told the Gem
eral Sports Committee yesterday
that three football games will be
played at the Polo Grounds on No
vember 8, 16 and 90, instead of
one game. He said that the plans
of the committee were nebulous
and that letters had been written
to five hundred colleges, asking
them to get into the drive.
Cornelius j. Sullivan announced
that John d. Rockefeller. Sr., had
donated 1900 medals to be played
for in golf competitions at clubs
the country over on Saturday,
November 16. He has issued an
appeal to all the clubs to take
part. The trophy will be called
the Victory medal and will bear
a likeness of General Foch, who
is an ardent golf enthusiast.
" lille Hoppe, the billiard cham
pion. will play for the fund. but
Insists on choosing his own op-
Eugene Grace, president of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, sent
word that he would pay the eX-
penses of a tour of the country
by the Bethlehem soccer team, ma
tional champions and the Bel
gians who have been asked to
come here.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
COMMISSIONERS
GOING TO CAMPS
AT Least Sixty Will Be Named
by the Governor to Take
the Soldiers Votes

Election commissioners will be ap-
pointed tomorrow by Governor Mar
tin G. Brumbaugh to take the votes
of Pennsylvania soldiers in the camps
and training stations in this coun-
try. The number has not been de-
termined as the governors office is
still in communication with camps
where commanders have not sent word
as to the number of keystone State
men under them, but it is believed
that there will be at least siXty-two
named.
The governors office to-day tele-
graphed to men suggested for ap-
pointment asking whether they could
accept the posts and when they are
appointed notice will be given to the
Secretary of State at Washington,
but the camps where they are to take
the votes will not be assigned until
shortly before the time for them to
start. 1t was also stated at the gov
ernor's Office that the commissioners
would not be called here at one time
to take the oath and receive instruc-
tions, but would be summoned in
small groups.
Governor Brumbaugh said to-day
that in deciding to name commission
ers he did so in order that every
Pennsylvania in camps in this coun-
try would have chance to vote. War
Department regulations, he said, pre-
cluded sending any commissioners
abroad.
The general plan is to send nine
commissioners to Camp Lee, three
each to Meade and Oglethorpe; two
each to Dix and Sherman and one to
the others, including Wadsworth,
Humphreys, Seattle and Greene.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
Horses Arriving Now
For the Great Show at
Madison Square Garden

Coming from Pride Crossing.
Mass, twenty eight horses entered
by Judge william H. Moore in the
National Horse Show, beginning
November IL at Madison Square
Garden, arrived in New York yes
terday and were taken to his pri-
vate stable in West Fifty-e eighth
street. This Is the first string Of
show horses to reach New York for
the coming exhibition at the Gar
den, and from now on shipments
from Canada and the West will be
coming in at frequent intervals.
Included in the string were the
four gray coach horses, Lord Gray,
Lady Gray, Toronto and General.
that have won two legs on the AL
fred G. Vanderbilt Memorial Gold
Challenge Cup for road four-in-
hand teams, and that will compete
again this year. j. Campbell
Thompson, who won the first COM
petition for the gold cup in 1915,
will be one of Judge Moore's
principal competitors. He has as
sembled a brand new team made
up of gigantic gray hunters, the
wheelers standing 1862 hands high
and the leaders 1871 hands. Every
horse in the team has either fol-
lowed the hounds or won prizes
over the jumps in the show ring.
and it is said they can trot a g.
minute gait before loaded coach.
Old rivals in the show ring.
Judge Moore and Mr.. Thompson.
have had entries in the annual
competition for the Vanderbilt
Cup every since it was first Of
fered. When Mr.. Thompson de-
feated Judge Moore in the first
contest the latter Immediately set
to work to assemble a new team.
and at the National Horse Show
of 1915 his new famous grays
turned the tables on the winners
of the previous year. 1t was then
Mr.. Thompson's turn to go on a
hunt for new horses. He bought
at least a dozen prospects" from
which he selected the four he is
going to show at the Garden. This
team was entered last year, but
the death OF his kinsman, John
D. Crimmins, on the eve of the
competition caused him to cancel
all his entries. and Judge Moore's
team had a walkover. The latter
now has two legs on the trophy
and another victory would make
1t his permanent property.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets, the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards, a practicing physician
for IL years and calomers old-time
enemy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic constipation and torpid livers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but a ahealing, soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" of these
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tab
lets. They cause the bowels and liver to
act normally. They never force them
to unnatural action.
If you have a dark brown mouth"-a
bad breath-a dull, tired feeling-sick
headache-torpid liver and are consti-
pated, you'll find quick, sure and only
pleasant results from one or two little
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two every
night just to keep right. Try them
1Oc and 25c per box. All druggists.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
Liberal German Papers
Demand Kaiser Get Out

Amsterdam, Oct 2S.-The liberal
newspapers of Germany are de-
manding the abdication of the Kai-
ser and some of them go so far as
to threaten him and the other Ger
man rulers guilty of precipitating
the world war with the gallows.
The Frankische Tageblatt, of Nu-
remburg, Socialist newspaper of
the milder sort, says:
william had stood otherwise be-
fore history, had he, like Charles ",
renounced his power instead of be-
ing forced to lay down his crown
and marshals staff and enter pri-
vate life at President Wilson's be-
hest.
Had he sacrificed himself for
the people and better peace condi-
tions a fortnight ago, he had left
the throne with his opponents, even
the Social Democrats, gratitude.
ut is the misfortune of kings
that they refuse to hear the truth,
though Social Democrats have per-
ished telling them. The war against
foreign enemies being lost, now the
enemies of our peoples free develop
ment should be deprived of power" 4"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
British King Says
Allied Victory Is
Within Our Reach

London, Oct. 23.-King George re-
ceived large deputation of Inter-
parliamentary delegates at Bucking-
ham Palace. The deputation included
thirty British representatives twenty
two from France, eight from Italy
and one from Belgium.
More than two years have passed"
he said, 'since the first visit of the
Interparliamentary Committee of the
French Chambers, when you and we
were in the throes of a conflict the
issue of which then seemed to many
foreign observers, uncertain, although
you and we never doubted that our
cause, being the cause of right and
humanity, would prevail.
Now the armies of France, Italy,
Belgium and the United States. side
by side with ours, are driving the
enemy before them. his forces shat
tered, his people clamoring for peace.
"VictOry is within our reach, and
we are all agreed that Ii must be a
complete victory"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
Walter Camp Now in West to
Start Mighty Sports Campaign

Walter Camp, Yale's former athletic
head, now athletic director of the
United States Navy Commission on
Training Camp Activities, has gone
west to assist in organizing the cam
paign in the Northwest for the $780,
000,0 which it is proposed to raise
in the November War Work Drive,
partly by using the athletic resources
of the country. This is the announce
ment contained in a New Haven dis
patch to the Christian Science Moni-
tor, a recognized authority on mat
ters of this sort. Commenting on
the famous athletes tour, the Monitor
has this to say:
Conferences are planned with ath-
letic officials at Detroit and at Chi
cago, representing universities, anna
teur athletic clubs, professional sport
organizers and Navy officials, relative
to. organizing the athletic program
for the week of November 11-17. Mr..
Camp will appeal to Northwestern
athletic leaders for general support
of the plan and will indicate details
of the organization for the biggest
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
Railroad Rents Fixed
by Director McAdOO

Washington, D. c.. Oct, 23. = Di-
rector General McAdoo yesterday
signed the first contracts to be enter
ed into between the Railroad Admin
istration and railroads under Govern
ment control. fixing the amount OF
annual rental and other details.
The first contract executed was
with the Chicago & Northwestern
and its subsidiary companies, calling
for a total annual rental of $23,364,
OPS, The second was with the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy at q
rental of s35,3OO.O79. Others were
with the Chicago. St. Paul, % Mime.
Colorado Southern & Wichita Valley
at $2,S33,57S, and the Fort Worth
& Denver City at $1.S91,3S6
When the contracts have beer
signed by the officials of the railroad
companies they are brought to Wash.
ington for examination by Railroad
Administration officials and for any
changes believed necessary and are
signed by the Federal managers OF
the road concerned. Some eighty
roads under Government control have
asked for extra compensation, it wa:
announced, and the applications nov
are pending.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23

drive in the history of American ath-
letics.
Mr.. Camp is a firm believer in
using the ATHLETICS of America for pa
triotic purposes. He believes that the
great Northwest furnishes one of the
most fertile fields in America in which
to develop the idea and he will spend
several days in organizing the move
ment. As athletic head of the Com
mission on Training Camp Activities
he will map out the program for the
Great Lakes Naval Training Station.
where H. P. Olcott, the former Yale
varsity star, is athletic director. The
athletic possibilities of the Great
Lakes Station. the most extensive in
the world. for the coming drive, are
practically unlimited. No five univer-
stiles in the country were ever able to
match, in combined strength the foot
ball resources of the teams which
Coach Olcott has this fall. The pro-
gram which the Great Lakes athletes
will frame for the war drive is ex-
pected to prove the most extensive of
any American organization of any
kind
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-23
RED CROSS IN
FRANCE WANTS
MORE WORKERS
Harrisburg Women Asked to
Enlist For Service
Overseas

The American Red Cross has re-
ceived a cable calling for two thou
sand women for canteen and hos
pital hut service overseas, to be sent
over during the next six weeks. OF
this number the Pennsylvanta-Dela
ware division must furnish $50. Har-
risburg has been asked to contribute
literally to the division quota.
Explaining the needs for the
workers, bulletin from division
HEADQUARTERS to the local chapter.
received this morning has this to
say:
I'm order to render the most ef-
ficient service to troops, in canteens
and hospital huts abroad, these
women should be strong, cheerful.
good-looking, energetic and typical
ly American. Their very appearance
should have an invigorating and re-
freshing quality, which will bring
something familiar, homelike and
pleasant into the strange and ex-
hausting conditions of army life.
Women who are good mixers
and have a social gift, are particu-
larly valuable for this work; music,
ability to read aloud we'll, and to or
ganize entertainments, are import
ant assets. The knowledge of French
is useful, but not essential. An abil-
ity to do good team work with the
other women in charge of the hut is
essential. Candidates must be be-
tween the ages of 25 and 80.
An additional call for 1900 nurses
aids has been received from Europe
by the division headquarters. Penn
sylvania has been asked to report
as soon as possible as to the num-
ber of women she can furnish for
this important duty.
Applicants who desire to enter
Red Cross ranks as holders of these
positions may enroll at headquar-
ters of the Harrisburg chapter,
American Red Cross, in the base
ment of the Harrisburg Public LII
brary, it was announced to-day.