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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-10
INFLUENZA
An Advisory Proclamation by the Stale
Board Of Health.

Whereas, INFLUENZA, a highly
infectious disease, in a severe and
fatal form, is wide spread in the At
lantic coast states, and being caused
only by the easily recognized Pfieffer
germ which is spread along lines Of
travel, and in communities and FAM
lilies, only by coughing and sneezing
people who ought to be in bed or in
their rooms, has been brought to
Kentucky and, not being an officially
quarantinable disease, threatens to
and is likely to become a widespread
epidemic in Kentucky unless the
prompt and intelligent cooperation
Of the people can be secured in COM
batting it, and,
Whereas, The precautions here ad-
vised, important as to coughs and
colds, are made especially so in the
emergency now upon us for the pro-
lection at all times of our soldiers
with thousands being called to the
the camps within the next few weeks,
as well as farmers, industrial opera
tives and the noble women daily
laboring for the support and comfort
of our own and the allied armies, and.
Whereas, The control Of this dis
ease. if successful, must come from
an educated public sentiment which
will periodically demand the volun-
tary and systematic isolation in his
home or in hospital during the
prevalence of the disease in any COM
munity, of every person who is af-
fcted with cough and sneezing, and
especially that such person shall not
enter or remain in any public con
veyance, picture shows, or other as
sembly until the disease is under
control. and that therefore.
Be it resolved, That this Board, in
the discharge Of a manifest public
duty and by virtue Of authority
vested in it by law. hereby urges that
all patriotic people who show symp-
toms of this disease, promptly Isolate
themselves in their homes, for the
protection Of the public, and in their
rooms for the protection of their
families, and that a mask of two
thieknesses Of gauze or cheese cloth
be worn over the mouth and nose
where for any reason such isolation
cannot be made complete; il advises
people to keep away from all places
of assembly in any community where
the disease is prevailing: and it here
by expressly forbids public funerals
for those dead Of the disease and
forbids itinerant shows of-every kind
from entering or making exhibits
within the limits of this Common
wealth. If these precautions are de-
manded by public sentiment and
systematically carried out by every
family and community, there need be
little cause for alarm. and the dis.
ease will soon be under control.
By authority of the Board.
j. G. SOUTH, President.
Rye middlinss, Cocoanut oil Meal,
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-10

Rye middlinss, Coeoanut oil Meal,
Tanksgs. horse and mule feed.
Hudson. Hughes and Farnau.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-10


The following letter from Private
Grover Huffman, telling Of the SPLEEN
did work of the Red Gross. which
must be great inspiration to the
ladies of the Local Chapter, is gladly
printed in these columns that others
may see and hear Of the work being
done by the American Red Cross.
To the Central Record.
Lancaster. X.
As have a little spare time this
morning Twill write few lines in
regards to the Red Cross workers.
left Camp Shelby Miss. Sept. IL.
1918, and am now in Camp Mills. n.
Y. | feel it my duty to write few
lines for the benefit Of the Red Cross
workers to the y, s. Soldiers. They
are fricEd 10 every boy that wears
the khaki. They treated the boys at
almost every town from Camp Shelby
to n. Y. They gave us fruit Of all
kinds and iced tea and cakes,
write for the purpose Of the people
helping the ladies that are doing
their bit for the boys that are fighting
for their freedom and for the dear
old red. white and blue think il
is the best thing that the people can
90. II helps the boys to enjoy their
trip, ] know by experience. hope
that the people will take more inter.
est in the Red Cross workers.
remain. as ever.
your friend,
Private Grover Huffman,
II. d. O., Co. l49 Infantry.
Camp Mills. n. Y.
The following letter to his mother.
Mrs. Mason Holtzclaw. from her son.
Howard, who is now in France, will
be eagerly read by his friends back
home.
Somewhere in France" Sept. 9Th.
Dear Mother
! will take the pleasure to drop you
few lines this beautiful morning.
! guess you thought was never 60
ing to write you. have been out
for three weeks and couldn't write.
This leaves me well as usual, and |
hope il will find you all the same.
Well mother. what is every body
doing around home? Busy | guess.
We are very busy hunting the Huns,
and are finding few. II : very IN
teresting too. This is sure some nee
weather we are having at present.
altho 1t is not as warm here az il is
in the States, The mosquitoes are
very bad at night. but we boys can
catch them. The war is progressing
nicely but can't tell whsa il will be
over. ! hope i will be over real soon.
50 we can come back to ol, dear old
no:hes. Well Mother, give my best
retsrds to all II my friends and tell
all to write TO me for ! sure do like TO
receive lots Of mail will close for
his time by asking you all to rcincm-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
Over hs Tos
IT. PemNo.

The highest prices ever paid. in
the neighborhood OF Lebanon for
mules were realized at a recent sale
by Harry Shearer, near Lawn. Four
pairs of mules were sold at S725,
sos, $3.50 and $3.50.
There is one verse in the Bible that
draft board officials in Pennsylvania
will never forget; it has been so over
worked by members of certain creeds
who do not believe in war, namely,
the fifth verse, twenty-fourth chapter
Of Deuteronomy, which says: When
man hath taken a new wife he shall
not go out to war, neither shall he
be charged with any business.
Every back yard in Germany has
a little fish pond says S. Chester
Lloyd, president of the National
Aquarium Society, and he goes on:
IF you want to help Uncle Sam win
the war keep ten fish in your back
yard" Mr.. Lloyd states that he
raised 10000 fish last year in three
50O-gallon pools. With little care; he
urges, the average city dweller with
back yard space can raise all .he
fish he needs for his table.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16

gods had qualities of mercy, of jus
tice, of gentlenesS. The German God
is that old savage god called Wooden,
who, 1t was supposed, was dethroned
in the German forests 1000 years
ago.
Across the brow of that German
God should be written in letters of
flaming light. Made in Germany"
because he has no existence any
where else.
And so L say that while it is a war
of democracy, n war for liberty, d
war for righteousness, war for
mercy, it is more than all this. 1t
is war between the hosts of Heaven
and the evil powers that have al
ways threatened righteousness since
the first dawning of time.
In the old wars, the defeated pa
triot, the defeated lover of liberty,
the defeated Christian could seek
some land somewhere else-maybe
our own beloved land-where liberty
of conscience reigned supreme, and
where he could find an exile from
tyranny and oppression. But if this
war goes against us there will be no
nook or Granny in all the world big
enough for the defeated lover of lib
erty, big enough for the defeated
lover of justice and gentleness and
right.
Do you realize that Germany, the
home of the divinest music which
has ever entranced the ear, has not
written any beautiful music of late
years? Do you realize that when
hate enters the human heart and
dominates the human life there are
no notes in all the gamut with which
TO weave divine harmony? Do you
realize that years ago beautiful, eX-
alted and inspiring poetry came ir
volumes from the German pen
But of late years the only German
poem of which know that has gain
ed fame is a. poem called THE
Hymn of Hate" And the German
Emperor decorated it's author!
If there ever was a war in which
the clergy should be united and
should be vigilant. 1t is this war in
which we are engaged. Every boy
who is wearing the American uni
form, whether he be in camp in our
own country or in the trenches on
the other side, or on the high seas,
is your comrade, my friends, because
he is helping you to win an everlast-
ing victory for the forces of right
eousness. which are involved more
than aught else in this war. They
are your comrades. They are the
comrade of all who believe that
there is a God above. who holds this
old planet in the hollow Of His hand,
and who has said righteousness
exalteth a nation. but sin is a re-
proach to any people"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
LET THE JAPS GO IN

nUSSIA having demonstrated
N that 1t is a willing party to the
kind of peace Germany pro-
poses for those upon whom it can
force its will. the time has come
when the interests of tho entente
demand that Japan be permitted to
enter Siberia.
We have the choice of Russian
domination or Japanese occupation,
and of the two the latter is by far
the more desirable. Japan has every
thing to gain and nothing to lose by
standing to her agreement with the
Allies and in fighting to bring Cor
many to her knees. A victorious
Germany would crowd her out of
Asia entirely. \ beaten Germany
will not be in position to contend
with the Island Empire vigorously
for the Far Eastern trade without
which Japan cannot continue her
ambitious program of power and in
flucnce.
We must choose between Japan
AMI Germany in China and Siberia.
All our interests demand that the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
FOOD VALUES

TOOD COMMISSIONERS JAMES
II FOUST sizes up the food situa.
ton pretty accurately in n re-
cent issue of the monthly bulletin OF
the Pennsylvania Department OF
Agriculture. Says Commissioner
Foust:
. People engaged in Belgian re-
hardest things they had to over
come was the fixed habit of eat
ing certain kinds of food. The
belgian people had to be taught
to eat cornmeal flour. They OBJ
jected to corn in any form. 1t was
new to them and they considered
il hog feed-unft for human con-
sumption. They would not eat il
until driven by necessity, and this
feeling made il very hard to feed
the hungry. The same thing has
been observed in other countries,
and in our large cities. People
form the habit of eating certain
foods and will not change. even
though il is easy to prove that the
new ration is balanced" and
cheaper. In Germany the neces-
stiles OF war and the stern ma
tional discipline have made it pos
sible to substitute new forms Of
food but, in general, people will
demand the kind of food they un-
derstand and like. There are
many families who consider such
food as cornmeal. beans and
rice as fit only for "Chinamen and
slaves" as one of them put it.
Most people eat with their mind
and eyes, and bread riots" start
not so much from scarcity of
nourishing food as because peo-
pie cannot get the kind of food
they like, That man is happy
and wise who knows the protein
in baked beans will keep him
going as we'll as the similar sub
stance in terrapin or roast duck.
All men will not admit that, and
thus the food distributor has his
problems.
Mr.. Hoover is authority for the
statement that this country cannot
be starved out and that we can con-
tinue to supply ourselves and our
allies with food for fifteen years OF
more. But he is careful to say. also
that we cannot do this and eat the
quantities of wheat, beef and bacon
we formerly consumed. We have got
to change our diet. We must accept
and rice and other SUBJ
stitutes for wheat and cut down our
meat consumption. We are already
doing these things, but we must in
crease our efforts. No, we are not
going to starve, but, as Mr.. Foust
saws. we are about to learn few
things about food values we never
before knew or thought about.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

Senator Charles II. Kline, of
Pittsburgh, rejoices in Christmas for
his birthday and Senator James B.
Weaver, of Westmoreiand, has
Memorial day for his natal day.
-Galen r. Hanley, connected
with the Susquehanna Galleries Co.,
at Mt. Carmel, as chief clerk and
paymaster, for thirty years, has re-,
tired.
William A. Barber, Reading
fish fancier, who gave many gold fish
to the city. has found hundreds of
them killed by chemicals used in the
water when the city filter plant was
out of business.
Samuel o. Wynne. just promot-
ed to be major and assigned to the
War College at Washington, is q
Phoenixville man.
Albert f. Turner, prominent
Philadelphian, is returning from q
trip to Hawaii for his health.
&C. j. Tyson, Adams county fruit
grower. is urging general growing of
fruit as patriotic duty. ~
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
A CALL TO PRAYER

TIME Methodist Bishops have is
sued a formal call to prayer
throughout the church during
the Easter season. In the trying
days of the Revolution Washington,
it is recorded, frequently invoked
divine aid. During the critical per-
iods of the Civil War Lincoln is pic
tured as laying his trials and trou-
bles before God in humble supplica-
ton. I'm God We Trust" is a na-
tional motto. If ever there was q
time when divine aid was needed in
guiding the hands of those in whose
trust the fate of the nation reposes,
it is the present. Prayer is a weapon
the Kaiser does not know how
to WELD and against which such has
he have no defense. Prayer, earnest,
believing, consistent prayer, was part
and parcel of the war programs Of
Washington and Lincoln. 1t ought
to be good enough for us.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
Verne Not Far WrOnq

DIR. G. Fl. Bedell. who has had over
twenty years experience with sub
marines, observes, in the Journal of
the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers, that as far as the hand
ling of a submarine is concerned. the
boats of the present day are as per.
feet as the Nautilus of Jules Vcrne's
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea-" They make his fancy fact
We may even, IL we so desire,
make our boat so that when it Is at
rest submerged a man with a diving
helmet may pass from it into the
sea and. entirely disconnected from
the Submarine or the surface. ex-
plore the ocean floor for an hour or
more. as Captain Memo of the Nauti-
lus did. That such construction is
not used is due to the fact that there
seems to be no material need for
such operations.
The Nautilus was driven by elec-
tricity. We also use electricity when
running submerged, but we obtain
our electricity from storage batteries
whereas. Captain Memo obtained his
from the sea. The great difference
between fiction and reality in this
case is that the Nautilus was able
to go around the world with one
supply of energy. while we are OBJ
liged to come to the surface after
one or two hundred miles for the
purpose of .recharging our storage
batteries.
The men on the Nautilus are sup
posed to have been able to see OBJ
jects at distances up to one-half ~or
three quarters OF mile by the light
OF the sun or by powerful electric
lamps. While we at this time prob
ably have more powerful electric
lamps. it is impossible for us to see
any great distance through water
no matter what method of lighting
is used.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
SCORE ONE FOR CREEL

"fIE TELEGRAPH holds no brief
for Mr.. Creel. the administra-
tion's publicity agent. but he
has taken a most sensible course in
protesting asainst the War Depart
nent's decision not to give to news
papers the addresses as we'll as the
names of men killed or wounded in
France. The names are of small
value, except in isolated cases, for
they may be and likely will be du-
plicated and cause all manner of
uncalled-for fear and apprehension.
The War Department withholds
this information for the reason that
the Germans may learn something
from these printed lists concerning
the numerals OF the American regi-
ments or divisions in front of them.
The idea is little less than absurd.
In the first place, the Regular Army
is not sectional. It's mem bership
comes from all parts of the United
States. Neither is the Rainbow Di-
vision. which embraces troops from
every State. The new National
Army is almost as diverse in its
make up. and the Pld National
Guard has been so torn up and put
together again that little could be
learned of its identity by a perusal
of casualty lists.
No American wants to know any
thing that would give aid to the
enemy, but every American insists
upon being informed upon every
question that can be answered with
out endangering our troops. The
lay mind can think of no good rea-
son for withholding these addresses
and it is to be hoped that Mr.. Creel
viii win his. fight for intelligent pub
licity.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
THE STATE PRESS

Germany has never yet beaten the
allies when she has gone up against
anything like equal numbers and
equal equipment. The French beat
the Germans on the Marne with in
ferior forces. The French and Eng
lish whipped them on the Somme.
For three years they have been
steadily beaten back on the western
front. And it is the western front
that is going to count in the end.
These successes of the enemy else
where are irritating. but they are
not of first importance.-York Ga
zette.
Some of our people who celebrate
German victories are the sons of the
men who came to this country to
escape from German military serv-
ice.-Reading News-Times.
The war has taught us much. It
has taught that youthful energy is
essential to some things. But it has
also taught that maturity brings
with it an equilibrium, a poise,
which likewise has its advantages
Johnstown Democrat.
as
The result of woman's suffrage in
New York neither disappointed or
displeased anyone. The women vot-
ed with their husbands and fathers
The usual Democratic results were
given in usual Democratic strong
holds. True there was nothing emo
tional in the issue. There was no
religious or Sectarian or confisca-
tional movement to call forth the
frenzies of sensauonalism,, so moth
ing can be said as to what would be
done when such are injected. as they
will be later.-Hagerstow Mail.
-
When we consider the enormous
frauds which were perpetrated on
the federal government in the MAX
ing and execution of all kinds of
contracts for supplies during the
Civil War. and which were contin-
uous from the beginning of that war
to the end, we should not feel dis
mayed at the disclosure of the plot
to rob the government of millions for
which clothing manufacturers, their
employees and a clerk in the quarter
masters department have been in
dicted. By comparison. we are en-
titled to be surprised and to con-
gratulate ourselves that there has
been so little Of this kind of dis
honesty in connection with this war.
Lancaster New Era.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
COOPERATION

ID EALIZING the futility of try
IN ing to conduct the war without
the aid of everybody able to
help and with the stinging rebukes
: of Senator Chamberlain and other
Congressional critics fresh in their
memories, leaders of the administra-
tion have concluded to seek the CO.
operation of both Senators and Con-
gresham. Much of the pickering and
quarreling that have marked recent
months at the Capitol might have
been avoided If this course had been
adopted earlier.
Congress is worthy of the trust and
confidence of the President and his
cabinet. Il has n very important
part to play in the conduct of the
war and it will be efficient only to
the extent of its understanding oS the
general scope OF the plans as they
are formulated and the emergencies
as they arise.
No American wants to know any
thing concerning the war that should
- SOhNSoASN LOA AllllIbdlS ASetSOHSi
but every American, Congressman
and Senators included, wants very
much. to know what is being done
and what is in prospect. The pro-
German propagandist and the rumor
nonger are as prolific with stories
of what is not being done as the gov
ernment has been reticent about
what has been done. Congress has
been almost as much in the dark as
the country. But now that important
committees of House and Senate
have been called into weekly consul
tation with administration heads to
discuss war plans, all parties and fac
tions being represented, the public
will feel easier in its mind and settle
down to work harder than ever for
victory, firm in the conviction that all
is going well, or, IL mistakes are
made. they are being quickly cor
rected.
n weekly newspaper statement fol-
lowing these newly-instituted confer
ences would have a tremendously
beneficial effect upon the people and
would greatly hearten them for the
grueling days ahead.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
PIGS AND CHICKENS

~ AISE a pig and be patriotic!"
X. Keep chickens in your
backyard and help lick the
Kaiser!"
How circumstances do alter cases,
to be sure.
Unless we err greatly, it was only
a short time ago that the Board OF
Health would have been hot on the
trail of anybody who even limited at
keeping pig" Hogpens and pork
diet occupied front page places as
joint horrors in the bright lexicons of
the professional "up-lifters." And
the man who fed his table scraps to
a half dozen hens that occupied n
small section of the backyard was
only one stratum higher than his
benighted neighbor who insisted
upon raising his own hams and ba-
con.
And now we are told that bacon
is one of the most nutritious of foods
and must be considered, while the
raiser of pigs and chickens is look
ed up to as a model member of the
community. There was a time when
the suburban rear lot not decorated
with a pig-sty was the mark of a
shiftless resident This was during
the period of our national life when
the chickencoop was as much a part
of the household furniture as the
cook stove, and almost as important.
1t looks as though history might be
about to repeat itself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
THE INCOME TAX
Price Paid For Stocks or Bonds Is Tax Basis

will that 1916 bought bonds
in 1917 value these securities dropped $4,000
difference q computing
liability
Unde the
mu resulted completed
to q a
NOTE-Ths ruling modified in the
Treasury Decision 2609
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16

Japs be permitted to take hand in
shaping affairs over which Russia
herself appears to be entirely too
much engrossed with playing sec
ond fiddle to the Kaiser to care much
about. The vast treasures of the
Orient cannot long remain scatter
ed about with a robber power
abroad. Better let Japan become
temporary custodian.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
Yep, He Got the Girl!

"I am amazed that you should
propose to my daughter. You have
not known her q week"
Yes, but l have known you for
some time, and everybody says your
daughter takes after YOU"
From the Oregon Journal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16

San Francisco Laundry Wagon
Drivers Union has secured two
year union shop agreement. which
provides for wage increases and i'm
proved working conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16

Utah State Free Employment Bu-
reau reports that during the first
half of January 502 persons made
application for work and 264 Sc
cured employment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16

Harrisburg's draft of twenty two
men marks the first who have gone
into military service from this city
other than as volunteers. This is a
record of which the community may
well be proud. But it is no disgrace
to have awaited the call of the draft.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
LABOR NOTES

Negotiations with the Foundry
mems Club has resulted in wages for
Philadelphia iron molders being in
creased 81 a day. Nearly 2.0O0 or
ganized employees are affected.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-03-16
Soldier Ss~44
PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES

PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES
Pack up your troubles in your old
kit bag and
Smile-Smile-Sm
II you've a lucifer to light your
fag-
Smile-Boys, that's the style.
What's the use of worrying,
1t never was worth while,
So-pack up your troubles in your
old kit bag
And smile-smile-sm