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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-12
NO TRACE FOUND
OF MISSING TRIO
Disappearance of Pittsburgh
Girl and Two Relatives
Is Deep Mystery

Philipsburg, Pa.-Members of the
-4ate Police force searching this
section of the country during the
past week in an effort to secure some
clue as to the mysterious disappear
ance of Charles Osterhaut and his
daughter, of Bald Eagle Valley,
and his niece, Miss Agnes Campbell,
% years old, of Pittsburgh, have not
secured the slightest inkling as to
their whereabouts. The niece is said
to have been sent to this mountain
Gus section on account of her health.
Osterhaut lived back in the coun-
try, and while he and the two girls
disappeared June Is, nothing was
known of it until the State Police
were started on the job last week.
On Sthe date mentioned Charles
Csterhaut, accompanied by Miss
Campbell and his daughter, went to
Port Matilda, where Mr.. Osterhaut
received a registered letter contain
ing $500 which had been sent him
by his mother, who lives in Pitts
burgh, for the purpose of paying off
mortgage on his farm. The three
persons were in an automobile, and
Mr.. Osterhaut, after receiving the
money at Port Matilda, had started
Tor nome. 1t has been learned that
while on the way home he stopped
at a farmhouse and purchased fifty
bushels of oats, six bushels of which
he loaded into the automobile.
They then started for home. Since
that time nothing has been seen of
the automobile or it's occupants. On
Wednesday Osterhaut's two broth
ers-in-law, named Collins and Camp
bell, of Pittsburgh, arrived here and
they have not been able to find any
clue concerning the missing party.
While part of the road over which
the automobile travelled is noun
famous and has several dangerous
places in it, no evidence can be
found where the machine dashed
down the mountainsde.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-12
Plan to Keep Huns
Forever From Pacific

Washington. Senator Salisbury
of Delaware, president protein of the
Senate and a close student of East
ern affairs has introduced a resolu-
ton for concerted action by the
United States. Great Britain and
Japan to keep Germany out of the
Pacific Ocean. Senator Salisbury
expects to seek general discussion OF
his resolution by the Senate at the
first opportunity.
"I want to keep those modern
pirates from infesting the Pacific
as they have other waters" said
Senator Salisbury, in explaining the
purpose of the measure. "I want
to see the United States and Allied
nations do something concrete and
definite now towards preventing the
spread of the fiendish doctrines of
kultur to portions of the globe not
yet badly infected. I am in favor
of league to enforce peace, but
that, in the nature of things, is some
thing that must wait awhile, until
we have conquered. But here is
something we can do now right a.
long that line. The combined
strength of the United States, Great
Britain and Japan could keep Ger
many out of the Pacific forever.
Russia, too, should be allowed a
part in this union when she is able
to play It. We must show our faith
in Russia's ability and intention to
come back and resume her seat in
the circle of free and enlightened
nations China also, believe ought
TO receive encouragement along that
line"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-12

Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator-Ad
Evening star., 1918-12-15

work, take the place Of the artificial
hands during work. After the day
In the shop the latter are clamped in
place with the donning of the out
door garments.
For the man who has lost . leg in
battle opportunities are legion for
making living, and the United
States government Is prepared to At
him for that which he prefers and
for which he 10 best quAlined. In
his case. a. in that Of the one-armed
man. IL IL considered best for him
TO follow tho trade or profession
which he left when he entered the
war. IL It was one which promised
q future OF independence. II he was
inadeQuately equipped for hts for
mer job. Uncle Sam gives him the
opportunity to complete his training
tn q thorough manner. II he pre-
feYs to take up new employment
he is allowed to follow his choice.
The result IL that today In the Uni
ted States, Great Britain and France
ono finds the reconstruction centers
training their men who have lost a
leg In every form Of work. They
have taken up engineering, drafting,
designing, electrical work, account
ing. bookkeeping and clerical work
generally with earnestness. For the
Evening star., 1918-12-15
Reconstruction Work for Our Wounded Heroes

French farmer who lost his arm is
now . skilled cutter in Paris bind
cry, and his output at motor-driven
machine is equal to that Of man
with both his arms. A former Belgian
waiter who lost an arm was retrained
as . sign painter and Is making a
good salary. An armless mechanic
now earns double his former salary
as foreman in a machine shop since
re-education in one of the hospital
schools.
When France hrst began to rehabil-
itate her disabled soldiers she found that
many Of the men objected to be trained
for new jobs, fearing that IL re-educated
for independence they would lose their
pensions as war invalids. They were
then reassured that the pension would
depend wholly on the degree of In
jury received in battle, and that their
re-entrance OF the industrial world
would have no influence on it's pay
ment.
The same rule applies to the United
States. A man will receive his in
surance in relation to the extent Of
his disability only, and his case will
in no way be affected by his ability to
repder himself independent.
Evening star., 1918-12-15

at one when the word 10 mentioned
In connection with himself. There
are. therefore, no Illusions in his mind
as to the re-education for future busi-
ness for the War-dAmaSed solder or
sailor. In reply to . question on the
subject he sAid: prom his neck down
q man is worth about $3.50 q day:
from his neck up ho may be worth
$10o. .oe0 . year."
For tho man who has lost an arm
in the strife tho means OF re-edu-
cation for the resumption Of life's
burdens are many, and he has . wide
choice from among those offered by
the government today. TypewritinE
and stenography, telegraphy. draft
ing, engraving, typesettin4. carpen-
try, signpainting, weaving and the
new trade OF oxy.acetylene welding,
toelmaking, Agriculture, gardening
and a host of other trades and pro-
fessions are open to his choice, with
training given without cost under the
governNent's direction.
II q man has given double that
portion to his eountry's cause he may
still Be qualified for the duties Of
sunertntendence or Ter fmparting in
struction in lines Of work in which
he may have been engaged before
the war. In euch cases the techHsdue
Evening star., 1918-12-15
Md I'M 1.

furnishes good living for . man in
. populous community. and the touch
system Of typewriting 10 one of the
most popular vocations chosen by
men who have lost their sight. BY
others simple carpentry IN taken up in
the re-eAucating process a. q chosen
trade by means OF which to rs-enter
the world Of industry. To have the
men instructed properly In this
branch the division Of reconstruction
combed tho Aeld Of experience In
England. France and Italy that only
the best methods might be impaired.
That a man may lose both arms and
legs and still be q valuable member
Of the professional world has more
beneht OF the boys who may have
been 50 disabled in the present war
Michael ]. Dowling, president Of a
bank at Olivia, MINI. who lost those
members In a fierce Minnesota bliz-
safd many years ago, has told what .
man 20 handicapped may yet accom-
piish. Mr.. Bowling declines to re-
gard himself as a cripple and laughs
Evening star., 1918-12-15

keepers and typists they are gradual
~ coming into their own again. AS
tailors. shoemakers, carpenters, weav-
ers, small toolmakers and makers Of
parts in big machine shops they are
learning to take their places once
moro in the industrial scheme Of
things In all the principal countries
involved in the war.
The experience Of successful yoca-
tional transitions caused BY disabiH-
ties in the var 10 instanced by ono
who has seen them in Canada, Ene-
land and In France. He tells Of a
former butcher whose right arm was
shot on. This man Is now a successfui
telephone engineer, A day iaborer on
the roads lost his leg In battle; he IN
now following the trade of shoe-
maker. Another man. a former rar-
dener. who lost hts leg is now an elec.
trtcian In magnetic works. A Cana.
dian lumbern'an who gave his leg was
successfully re-educated in motor me.
chantcs: another disabled lumbArman
QualiAed for civil service and in now
holding a two thousand dollar lob in
the customs service. An ex-carpenter
who lost his right hand Ia nov a
building inspector. A French how
formerly q waiter. badly wounded in
thigh and arm, has won his diploma
as wireless operator. A former
Evening star., 1918-12-15

trades they are being made capable
to At In wherever q skilled hand is
needed. Men with one or more mem
bers missing are today employed by
the hundreds In one great engine
making factory, and they are being
sought a. operators Of the camera
for moving picture making concsrns.
They are being trained by the gov
eminent as skilled cabinetmakers.
musical instrument makers, tool
makers. switchboard operators, typ
lists. agrlculturtsts and in many other
vocations.
Although the walk OF independence
is q bit harder for the man who
has lost both legs. he is given the
promise Of making good through the
means provided for him by his ap-
preciative government. The profess
sional men are being helped by spe-
cial advanced courses in their par
ticular lines OF study, whether that
study may have ben the languages,
or an art or science. As mechanical
craftsmen and designers. they are
making good. as accountants. book
Evening star., 1918-12-15

Of the trade is taught, supplemented
by . course In business administra-
tion which ATS him for his new duties.
Thus, former journeyman brick
layer who lost both arms in the war
was given a course Of instruction in
the Interpretation of plans and was
able to take = position as q con-
structive foreman of a bricklaying
gang.
By means of artificial appliances of
modern mechanical invention some
Of the men who have lost both arms
are today enabled to use their arti-
ficial hands in the pursuit of their
normal employments. A few book
keepers in France are among this
class, and many agriculturists are
there carrying on their farm work
with almost as great success as for
merry. In some Of the trades me-
chanica1 appliances, set Of them
perhaps for different forms of manual
Evening star., 1918-12-15

' HE American soldier who has
suffered q hard deal at the
hands of the Hun is to have
that deal ameliorated to the
utmost Of human ability by
Uncle Sam. And, fortunately for the
soldier who has been injured in war,
for his family and for society in gen.
eral. the man who has been disabled
physically or mentally is not per-
mitted to leave the guardianship Of
his paternal government until every
thing has been done to restore him
to the best possible physical and
mental condition. This is part Of
the governments program for the re-
construction Of its disabled soldiers
and sailors, and this 10 the part OF
the national reconstruction plan,
which not only was ready when hos,
tilities ceased, but was In spiendid
DISABILITIES of q degree to render
rehabilitation necessary have neen
comparatively light In the American
Army. This renders the federal ma
chinery. set in motion many months
ago. sufficient for all the cases esnnt snat
and are likely to be presented In the
future for reconstruction, and Uncle
Sam is seeing to 1t that the man
who comes under his hands for re
making after wars damage goes out:
n not as sound q physical man as
when he offered up his living body
to the cause of world democracy. at
least rs at mentally and vocattonally
ito 70 back into the world OF WORK
ss ever hs was; ,nd ana Nm N %any hsyora E.ssS
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24
A Popular Record of Our National Forests

agency Of lightning, Mr.. Boerker says:
"Lightning sets fire to trees, especially
dead and dry ones. In the California
mountains lightning storms without ram
are frequent and these do great damage.
The author has seen as many as nine for
est fires started by a single storm inside OF
half an hour"
Among the subsidiary functions of the
National Forest Service is the study OF
poisonous plants by the Bureau of Plant
Industry and the means of reducing the
losses occasioned TO live stock by eating
these plants. "While the handling OF
stock to avoid the poison areas can chm
mate the Losses 10 o small extent, it has
been found that the most expeditions rem
edy is in digging ont and destroying the
poisonous plants. On the Stanislaus Ma
tional Forest in California a cattle range
of about 1900 acres containing about
sixty-seven acres OF larkspur was cleared
of this weed at cost of about $695. The
average loss of cattle IN previous years
had been about thirty-fOur head. Fol-
lowing the eradication of the larkspur
the loss was four head. The net saving
was valued at 81 ,S00." In other national
forests similar operations are gong on for
the destruction of poisonous plants. The
authors statement on this subject con-
tradicts the prevalent notion that domcs-
tie animals, especially cattle, are wise
enough to abstain from eating deleterions
vegetation.
Mr.. Boerker's book is a convenient and
most useful work of reference on every
thing worth knowing concerning the crea-
ton, organization and administration OF
the national forests of the United States
OUR NATIONAL FORESTS. BY RICHAES
H. DoUAI BoERKER- The Macmillan COM
pany. $3.50.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24

THE devastation caused by the recent
Il forest fires in Minnesota, in which
hundreds of lives ana millions of dollars
worth Of property have been destroyed,
has called attention to the necessity Of
Governmental protection against such dis
asters, the magnitude of which renders it
impossible fer individuals to furnish the
requisite safeguards. A timely account Of
what the national Government has already
done in this direction is given in the vol
ume entitled Our National Forest, by
Richard B. Douai Boerker, an accom-
plished expert in forestry, who knows
whereof be writes, because he is able to
speak from his own personal observation
and experience. He explains the condi-
tons which gave rise to forest conserva-
tion ind then describes the organization
and administration of the national forests,
the extensive measures adopted for the
protection of standing timber against fire
and the methods whereby the national for
ests have been made to yield consider
able income to the Government In no
other single book that we know of are the
many interesting facts concerning our ma
tional forest system so fully elucidated.
The Government and the Forests.
As the owner Of vast tracts of public
lands, the Government OF the United States
possesses the same power as that which
belongs to any individual or corporate
land owner IN regard to the management
and disposition of the timber thereon.
When, however, the Federal authorities
acquire timber lands from private owners
for the purpose of establishing national
forest reservations they act in a Govern
mental capacity on the ground that the
general public welfare demands cOnser-
walton Of great forests especially near the
sources of the principal rivers Of the
country.
The relation Of forests to the rainfall is
q comparatively modern concept in physi-
cal geography. Only slight reference to
the subject is to be found in the earlier
text books. Within the last twenty-five
years, however, it has come to b gen.
orally recognized fact among men of sci
ence that the conservation of the forests
near the headwaters of great rivers is es-
sential to preserve the fertility Of the ag-
ricultural lands IN the watersheds, TO
maintain the navigability of the rivers and
also to prevent destructive freshets.
"The practice Of forestry has, therefore,
become an important part in the house
hold economy of civilized nations. Every
patton has learned through the misuse of
It's forest resources that forest destruction
is followed by timber famines, foods and
erosion. Mills and factories depending
upon a reguiar stream flow must close
down or use other means for securing
their power which usually are more ex-
pensipe. Floods, besides doing enormous
damage, cover fertile bottom lands with
gravel, boulder and debris which ruins
these lands beyond redemption. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24

the Weeks law over 100000 acres III The
States Of Georgia, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
These lands are now under protection and
will gradually be consolidated into ma
tional forests" The Weeks law, passed
on March l, 1911, empowered the ma
tional Government, with the consent of
the States in which the forests might be
located, to acquire forest lands on the
watersheds of navigable streams in the
Appalachian and White Mountains. All
lovers Of the White Mountains will re-
joiee at the practical certainty which this
legislation guarantees that thin great res-
rsatiOn resort viii thus be preserved for
the benefit Of all the people.
Fire Protection.
The most active duty Of the National
Forest Service is the protection of the
forests against fire. During the year 1917
there were 1874 forest fires in the ma
tional forests, of which 1862 occurred in
California. We suppose that most persons
if asked what was the commonest canse Of
forest fires would attribute them to the
agency of the railways running through the
forests, but as a matter of fact it appears
that lightning causes forest fires far more
frequently than railroads. Thus in 1917
lightning eaCsed q per cent. of the forest
fires in the national forests; unknown
agencies, II per cent; campers, II per
cent; incendiaries, u per cent; railroads
only 13 per cent; brush burning, per
cent; sawmlls, 3 per cent, and all other
causes 4 per cent.
The q per cent. of fires caused by light
ming are obviously not preventable and
these can be dealt with only by getting
to them as soon as possible after they are
started. Towers and other forest fire
lookOuts are maintained by the Govern
ment, in which forest rangers are stationed
to WatEh for fires, and since the estab-
hshment of these stations outbreaks Of
fires have been dealt with far more sue
cessfully than before. In reference to the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24

The Oxford University Press has Just
published volume by Prof. W. P. NJ
Kennedy, Department of Modern History,
University of Toronto, entitled Documents
Of the Canadian Constitution, 1759-1915
Opp xxi. 7G7). 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24

birds, fish and game which dwell in the
forests disappear With them. Springs dry
up and luxurious. well watered country
becomes a veritable desert. In short, the
disappearance of the forest means the dis
appearance of everything in civilization
that is worth while"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-24
Edna Ferber's

Book of short stories is of a quality that
entities it to stand alongside of Richard
Harding Davis, o. Henri, and Kipling,
though her style is entirely her own.
Though each story in this collection is
nplete in itself, they fit into each
other, making a picture of small-tOwn
life that you will recognize and under
stand. A book to give and keep-worthy
Of many readings. Net, 81 40
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
Arkansas.
Missouri.

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terest or taxes; highly productive land
photographs and full information. Nun
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Missouri,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
REAL ESTATE WAHfID
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RECEIVERS SALE.

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longs TO the company, the tosls and ma
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vicinity Of said yell and plat showing
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upon request.
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All further Information conc4fning the
property above referred to and CONCERN
Ing tho affairs OF said company, known
to said reoelver. will be hrNlahed upon
Address the undersigned, u Ntuo, Okla
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request.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-02-13
Speaking of
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