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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
TECH BOYSSTUDY
NATIONAL LIFE
War Conditions and Big Busi-
ness Problems Are
Taken Up

Every student of the Technical
High School is studying the lessons
in community and national life, a
series of leaflets published each
month during the school year by the
Department of Education at Wash
inSton, which, is cooperating with
the United States Food Administra-
ton.
The leaflets treat of every phase of
the various conditions as they have
been produced by the wartime con-
ditions. Some of the leaflets show
how the National Government par
t!cipates through it's executive de-
partments in the economic organiza-
tion of the country, while others
treat of the necessity for economy in
every field. Manufacturing and dis
tIibution of products are also dis
cussed. The lessons are graded, and
are used in the high schools as well
as the intermediate schools of Har-
risburg.
"A Word a Day. is the slogan that
has been adopted by the sections OF
the junior class in the study of Eng
lish. New words are gathered from
conversation and reading, and each
one is to be used three times a day
dents vocabulary. The plan has been
adopted by the sections taught by
Professor A. B. Wallize. The effect
of the war upon fiction and poetry
is also attracting the attention OF
the students. Wartime conditions
produce a different kind of poetry
and fiction than is written in times
of peace, is what they are discov-
ering.
Elected Historian
The Camera Club will meet next
Wednesday afternoon after school in
the science lecture room. The mem
bers will discuss General Darkroom
Conditions" Earl ID. Schwartz will
preside.
Paul Shank has been elected his
torian of the junior class. He sue
ceeds one of the members who left
school. Gilbert Elmer is president
Andrew Musser, vice-president; Will
liam Fortna, treasurer, and Kennel h
Boyer. secretary.
A. b. Kuhn, a former Chambers
burg teacher, has charge of the
classes in Latin. Prior to coming to
Tech he taught at Bloomfield, N. j.
Professor Kuhn succeeds Merrill w.
Yost who was recently drafted into
the National Army.
William Watson, a member of the
senior class, sang keep the Home
Fires Burning" as a tenor selection
yesterday morning during chapel.
The entire school sang the chorus.
Professor J. w. Campbell is franz
ing a course of reading of books for
boys. The frame will be hung in the
hall. The selections are made from
a report on home reading by a COM
mittee of the National Council of
Teachers of English.
Reports have been mailed out to
the students of the upper classes for
the first semsster. The mildly err ex-
aminations were held last week.
Miss Saul. the secretary, will mail
the remainder of the reports during
the coming week.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hoke
Have Three Sons in Army

Linglestown, Pa, Feb. 16.-John
Hoke left on Sunday for a Govern
ment position in Ohio; he is the
third son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Itoke now serving in the Army
Miss Marion Smith spent Tuesday
with friends here.-Rally day eXer-
cises will be held Sunday afternoon
at the Union Sunday school by Mrs.
E. r. Rheims class of young wonl-
en- Mr.. and Mrs. James Kellar, of
Harrisburg, spent several days with
MIR. and Mrs. w. d. Koons.-Mrs.
edward Zeiders and Mrs. John Het-
rick spent Wednesday at Harrisburg.
john Barnhardt, of Harrisburg, on
Monday was the guest of G. b. Care.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezra Care and son
John were weekend guests of Mr..
| and Mrs. Allen Lebo, at Riverside
Mrs. Noah Umberger and daughter,
| Mrs. Hoover, of Rockville, spent sew
eral days as the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Grubb.-Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Irwin, Jr., and daughter, of
Pleasant View, spent Sunday as the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nagle.
Lieutenant Frank Hoke, of Camp
Meade, was the weekend guest of his
sister here.-Miles Fox, of High
spire, on Monday was the guest of
! friends here. = David Shade, of
/
here.-Mrs. Lille Pitman entertain
| ed the Embroidery club Monday eve
ning.-The Misses Shope, of PEN
brook, on Sunday were the guests
of friends here.-Victor Potteiger,
of Summerdale, on Monday was the
| guest of his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
| otteiger.-Samuel Shoop and Miss
Agnes Felix, of Harrisburg, were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G..
Zimmerman.-Mrs. Annie Nader and
Mrs. Spangler on Tuesday were Vis-
itors here.-Mrs. Charles Lyter and
sister, of Harrisburg, on Tuesday
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Valentine Painter.-Mr. and Mrs.
John Clay and daughter, Miss Flora,
| on Wednesday were the guests of
friends at Harrisburg and
Mrs Ray Fox and children, of Scott,
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. William Rebuck,
of Hainton, and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Koons and daughter, of Harrisburg,
on Sunday were the guests of Mr.. and
/ Mrs Miles Bolton.-Mr. and Mrs.
Orris on Sunday were the guests of
! friends at Harrisburg.-Mrs Ralph
Look, of Hummelstown, is spending
several days with her sister, Mrs.
Harry Bolton.-Mrs. Charles Look,
daughter Fay, Mrs. George Goss and
Miss Jane Care on Wednesday were
the guests of friends at Harrisburg.
| Mrs. Clyde Bolts and two sons, of
| Jersey Shore, are spending some
time with relatives here.-Mr. and
Mrs. Amos Brick spent Thursday
with friends at Harrisburg.-Miss
Miss Sylvia Zarller was the week
end guest of friends at Penbrook.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Automobile Increase
Efficiency and Save Time

In the present upheaval the ques-
tion to ask oneself is: Am I effic-
ient?" says e. c. Ensminger, bort
distributor.
I'VE all owe the best that is in us
to the great cause our country is
fighting for. Are you giving it?
Are you making the most of your
time?
The automobile is one of the
most potent means of putting you on
edge for your work and getting you
to it quickly. 1t is an all important
link in the nations transportation
system. 1t is a preserver of health,
ICES miles, demolishes distance. II
is the most essential of our products,
for it's use vitality concerns the manu-
facturer and sale of all the others
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Power Winch on Duplex
Truck HOists Smoke Stack

Due to the great demand from
lumber concerns, machinery houses,
Oil refineries and safe and machin-
cry movers for motor trucks euuipp-
ed with power windlasses, the Duplex
Truck Company is now installing on
its four-wheel drive truck, as special
equipment, a power winch of ten
ton capacity.
The power winch furnished with
Duplex Trucks is operated from the
transmission by worm and worm
wheel. An exclusive feature is the
fact that the winch is located under
the driver s seat and uses none of
the space back of the seat. 1t has
been throughly tested by the Duplex
engineers and is declared to be sat
lslactory in every way.
The accompanying photograph
shows a Duplex power windIass
hoisting a siXty-foot section of q
smoke stack at the Duplex factory
in Lansing. The section is forty
inches in diameter and weighs five
tons. 1t was easily lifted into place
by the winch, the hosting operation
requiring but a few minutes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16

II slowly eased down the firestep
away from him.
Jerry used to talk to the dead:
e would sit in a cemetery at night
while in rest billets, and receive
messages from them what can't
speak no more.
Sometimes, lyte at night, 1 can
ear far aw'y voices calm to me, but
as yet cawn't understand 'em, but
will will"
My blood began to curdIe.
Curly Wallace, placing his hand
on the speakers knee, softly said
"Righto, mate, we know you can
see far beyond us, but tell us of
'Aunted Jerry, and the poem e
wrote the day before e clicked it at
the lone tree"
Jerry's brother nodded in a COM
pretending way, and reaching into
the pocket of his tunic, drew out a
creased and muddy piece of paper
which he opened out upon his knee
and then, in an unnatural, singsong
voice, which sent shivers through
us, recited the following poem:
Between the lines, in No Mans
Land
With foliage gone, and trunk that's
torn,
A lonely sentry takes his stand,
Silently watching from morn to
morn.
On starlit night, when moon is
bright,
And spreads its rays of ghostlike
beams;
Against the sky, that tree of blight
A ghastly hangmans gibbet seems
When night is black and winds
faint sigh
Through its shell torn branches
means,
A call to men, TO die, to die
They answer it with groans and
groans.
But obey the call, for more and
more
And Death sits by and grins and
grins,
And watches the fast growing score,
There they lie huddled, friend and
foe,
Ghastly heaps, English, Hun and
French
And still those piles forever grow,
They are fed by the Men of the
Trench
No wooden cross to mark their fall,
No tombstone theirs, no carven
rocks,
Just the Lone Tree with it's grim
call,
Which forever mocks and mocks."
When Jerry's brother had finished
dead silence ensued. l nervously
lighted fag, and out of the corner
of my eye noticed that Sailor Bill
was uneasily squirming on the fire
step.
Letting out a sigh, which seemed
to whistle between his teeth our
guest carried on:
(To Be Continued.)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16

Great Beyond. AS this soldier stag
gered through the firebay, almost
bending double under the weight of
the ammunition, and passed from
view around the next traverse, it
seemed to me as if the Grim Reap
er had stalked through.
Shuddering a little, L instinctively
turned my eyes in the direction of
the rest of the crew. They were also
staring at the traverse, around which
the gloomy looking soldier had dis
appeared.
My heart sank to zero and I had
a sinking sensation in the region of
my stomach, and on the parados in
front of me, like a moving picture
on a screen, flashed a cemetery, dot
ted all over with little wooden
crosses. 1 felt queer and uneasy.
Curly Wallace. in low, half
frightened voice, exclaimed:
"Blime me, that was 'Aunted Jer-
rvs brother, the one who clicked 1t
by the old lone tree. If you blokes
want to get the creeps, you ought
to ear i'm talk. Some o. the fell
lows claim that its unlucky to get
i'm started. They sye that one O.
is carers is sure to click within a
few days time, but if you fellows
want to tyke the chance, I'll go over
to lis section, which is occupying the
second firebay on our left, and see
If 1 can get i'm to tell us about lis
brother. But, now mind, this fell
low is a little balmy in lis napper,
so don't myke fun of i'm
1 confess that [ was glad to be rid
of him, but my curiosity overcame
my fears, so l asked Curly to go
ahead. The rest of the crew weakly
assented. and Curly went after Jer-
rvs brother. In about twenty min
utes he returned with him. Jerry's s
brother came over and sat on the
firestep next to me. He sat silent
for a few minutes, and then, in a
thin piping, igh-pitched voice,
spoke:
80 you want to ear about Jerry,
do you? They called him 'Aunted
Jerry, but he weren't 'aunted; e
could just see could see into the
future; could sort O. tell what was
agoin' to 'appen. e could talk to
the dead, they they told i'm. 'E al
ways 'ad spirits around 'im-ghosts,
you call 'em, but there amt no such
thing as ghosts-they're souls avian
derin' around; they're about us now
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Anti-Freeze Economy,
Too, in the Cadillac

Alcohol is given q high efficiency
rating as an anti-freezing agent
when used in proper solution in the
radiator of motor-cars. The chief
obstacle to it's successful use is the
fact that 1t evaporates very rapidly
when the solution becomes heated
The Cadillac engineers have found
simple means of making successful
the use of alcohol. Their device is
''an alcohol retainer" which gath
ers the vapor rising from the warm
alcohol and water, reduces it to
Ilguld form and returns it to the
radiator.
The condenser by which this is
accomplished is protected by patent
rights. 1t is exceedingly simple in
construction and entirely automatic
in action, requiring no attention on
the part of the operator. 1t consists
OF small tank under the front
floor, connected by tubing to the
overflow pipes which runs from the
upper part of the radiator.
The tank is kept half full of the
same liquid as in the cooling system.
| Alcohol fumes driven from the anti
| freezing mixture in the cooling sys-
| tenn pass through the tube and are
forced up through the cool liquid
| IN the condenser. In bubbling
through the cool liquid the fumes
| are condensed, returning to liquid
| form.
AS the liquid in the radiator cools
and contracts partial vacuum is
formed in the upper part of the rad
iator. and atmospheric pressure or
! the liquid in the condenser forces
! surplus liquid back into the radia tor
1t is not unusual for condenser
equipped Cadillacs to be driven Ions
distances under heavy loads without
appearable diminution of the supply
of cooling liquid. A very eXacting
test made by the United States Signal
| Corps showed that only two table.
spoonfuls of water had been use6
in drive of ninety-three miles. In
another test, in Texas, during mid.
| summer, it was found necessary t.
| add only gallon and half of water
| to the radiator in 5000 miles of run.
! ming.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
DESERTER ARRESTED SECOND
TIME ON THREE CuAnnEs


Albert Beauchamp. 90. was arrest
ed by City Detective Hyde Specse in
Carlisle last night and is being held
until military authorities take him
to Washington.
Beauchamp is said to have stolen
IN officers touring car at Washing
ton and left it at a local garage
here. A description OF the man came
and Detective Speese arrested him at
Steelton. He was taken back to
Washington. where he escaped from
the military guard Word was re-
ceived here of his escar., and Speese
arrested him at Carlisle. He resist
ed arrest. and the Carlisle police
chief accompanied Soeese to this city
with the man, where he is now
lodged in the Dauohin county Jail
Beauchamp will be forced to an
swer theft, desertion and white slav-
cry. charges when he is taken back
to Washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Fuel Administrators Study
Coal Conditions in State

Fuel Administrator Ross A. Hickok
went to Philadelphia to-day to dis
cuss with State Administrator Potter
the best means for taking care OF
the coal resources next spring and
summer, in order that the shortage
of the present winter will not be
repeated next year. che conference
is called between all Pennsylvania
county fuel administrators and a
representative of DR.. Garfield. a
number of changes in the handling
of coal may be announced following
the conference. 1t is likely that a
zoning system will. be established I'd
and the price of coal from independ-
ent companies be reduced 90 cents a
TOM
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Goodrich Tire Company's
Most Successful Year

Net earnings of the B. f. Goodrich
Rubber Company during the year
1917 were the greatest in the Com
pany's history, according to a state
ment issued after the annual meet
ing held this week. They reached
S12, 900 which was over $3,000,-
600 the net earnings of 1916. No
statement was issued on the gross
business.
The figures do not include income
and excess profit taxes, which may
approximate $2,250,0O0, leaving the
net profit $1O.245, 900. In 1915 the
net reached $12,20O,00O. but there
was some of the taxation features
to meet that one encounters these
days.
Two preferred dividends and one
common dividend at the usual rates
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16

One sunny afternoon our gun
crew was sitting on the fire step of
Front Line trench, just in front OF
Gommecourt Wood.
Happy Houghton was busily en-
gagged in rigging up flash screen to
hide the flare of our gun, which we
were to mount on the parapet that
might.
Sailor Bill was sewing a piece OF
Khaki cloth over his tin hat, because
the night previous while on sentry
go, standing in the moonlight, with
his head over the top the rays from
the moon had reflected from his
steel helmet, and a couple of Ger
man bullets had knocked UP the
dirt within few feet of his head.
AS was usual with him, Hungry
,Foxcorft was wrestling with tin OF
bully beef, while Curly" Wallace
was hunting for cooties.
1key Honey, with our mascot
bJim, was sitting on the firestep, his
back leaning against the traverse of
sthe firebay, picking mud out of his
sharmonica with q silver of wood
Jim seemed happy and contented,
Rot knowing the fate in store for
Rim. Two days later poor Jim was
ktllSd by German bullet and we
a little wooden cross at the head of
his grave. After working a few min
Ites at the harmonica, Ikey would
pause, put it to his lips, and blow
into it, a squeaky, rattly noise re-
,sulting. Then, with a deep sigh, he
would resume the picking process.
had just finished a letter home,
and was signing for the time to come
when once again 1 would be able to
say hello" to the old girl with the
lamp in her right hand, guarding
New York harbor.
Although it was warm and sunny,
still the floor of the trench was about
three inches deep in soft, sticky
mud.
On my right I heard a low NUT
tering and a splashing in the mud,
and around the traverse, into our
firebay, carrying a box of ammuni-
tion on his shoulder, came the most
weird looking soldier 1 have ever
seen. AS he paused in front of me
ne turned his gaze in my direction
and a cold shiver seemed to run up
and down my spine as / looked into
his eyes. They were uncanny; a
sort of vacant stare, as if the own
er of them was looking into the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
SWISS TOLD RICHMOND, VA,
WAS TO BE DESTROYED

Richmond, Va.-According to a
private letter received here from
Mrs. Adrienne Rastello at Geneva,
Switzerland, newspapers of that city
recently published articles saying
"Richmond, Va, is about to be de-
,stroyed." She wrote to relatives
here to ascertain whether they were
well, and the city still intact.
According to Mrs. Rastello, the
capital of Virginia was among the
American cities mentioned as being
doomed for destruction. Mrs. Ras-
teIlo gave no details.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16

were declared. The net earnings
added to the previous surplus makes
total of $20,000.000 in undivided
profits.
f. C. VanCleef, attorney, was
elected secretary of the company
succeeding Guy B. Norwood, now
head of the Republic Rubber Com
pany. and B. Hough was added +;
the directorate to fill a vacancy. y
was voted to retire 5000 more shares
of preferred stock, which is being
gradually reduced each year out of
earnings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
Alien Enemies Discharged
From Yards by U. S. Order

Philadelphia, Feb. 16.-Shipyards
in and around Philadelphia yester-
day received orders from the De-
partment of Justice Washington to
discharge all alien enemies employed
in their plants. Shortly after this or
der was received the New York
Shipbuilding plant in Camden dis
charged more than thirty men who
had been working in that ward
since the beginning of the war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16
CHAUFFEUR KNTTS

Clarence Wealand has the unique
distinction of being one of the first
chauffeurs to bring a beautifully
knitted scarf to Red Cross headquar-
ters. If he cannot join the fighting
forces in France, Wealand is de-
termined to do his bit, knitting for
the bows in the camps and trenches.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-02-16

Thomas P. Moran, recruiting SER
geant, has received three additional
subscriptions of IS each for the pur-
pose of furthering recruiting work.
The men who subscribed are Paul
Johnston. William II. Lynch and DR..
George A. Gorgas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-30
Looking Blackboard In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

The Duplicate Whist club met Saturday
afternoon with Miss Irene Horner. This
will be the last meeting until fall.
At the Stedman club this evening papers
will be read by Mrs. L. B. George, Mrs. C..
f. Hardy and Mr. H. l.. Head. Mrs. J. G..
Wood and Mrs. Sarah Hargraves will read
poems.
Miss Eta Harding of Herin gton is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. NJ. E. Harding. She
will leave in few days for visit in Chi
cago.
The last meeting of the Sigma Sigma
society was held Wednesday at the home
of Miss Emily King. Miss Grace Harley,
of Michigan, Miss Jeanette Lord. Miss Ellie
Smith and Miss Marjorie Wheeler played
at the guest table.
The Modern Literature club will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock with Miss
Arlie Ewart.
Invitations have been received in Topeka
for the wedding of Miss Adah Jewett and
Mr.. John Harper Norton on June at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs Robert c. Jewett,
Keokuk, Iowa Mr. Norton is employed in
the Santa Fe general offices in this city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-30

A mother should announce her
daughters broken engagement at
once, to their most intimate friends;
either verbally or by note. The
friends should be careful never to al
lude4o it in the presence of the young
lady.
Questions Answered by Alicia Hoyt.
(Miss Hoyt will answer in this col
umn all questions on matters of
etiquette addressed to her in care of
this paper. If a personal answer is
desired enclose a 3-cent stamp.)
Mrs. N. j.: A lady should always
appear in street clothes in the dining
room of hotel for breakfast. She
need not wear wraps, but she must be
suitably dressed for public appearance.
She must never wear any sort of neg
Hgee outside of her room. She may al
ways wear a hat in the dining room,
even tho she is staying in the hotel,
unless she is one of a party of people
dining together, in evening dress and
Undated. At many of the resort ho-
tells, the women always dine in evening
dress and without hat; but many
things are different at resort hotels.
MOURNER: For a deceased sister,
a married woman who mourns accord
ing to convention wears black for one
year. At the end of this period she
may combine white with the black of
her costume; and it is considered
two years have passed. Crepe is not
now so necessary part of mourning
costumes as it used to be, many w0-
men of unquestionab1e taste wearing
plain black attire without any crepe
trimmings
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-05-30
WANTED-MALE HELP

wANTED-An old or young man as Dis
trict Agent for the Industrial Depart
ment of the Kansas Casualty & Surety
Co. the up to the minute Health and &C
cident company. Our monthly and quar-
No red tape; claims paid promptly. A
small collections to start with. No expert
ence necessary. All of Shawnee county,
Kansas, is given as territory This is a good
opening. Company assets almost a mil
lion. Company backed by biggest men In
Kansas. Call and see
r. J. HUPP
Agency Director, Fifth Avenue Hotel
WANTED-Man and wife, hotel laundry ;
man and wife farms; man and wife
cooks; man and wife farm manager. S75
month; farm hands; laborers; fireman; fry
cooks; porters; kitchen help; aborers;
A12 day. Furmans Labor Agency, LOG
West Sth.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. man to drive
furniture wagon. Frank Furniture Co.,
626 Kansas Ave.