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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
ANOTHER HEAVY
DUTY PNEUMATIC
The Miller Rubber Co. Enter
Field of Special Truck
Tires

Word just comes from Akron that
the Miller Rubber Company. manufact-
urers OF Miller Geared-to-the- -Roard
Tires, is the latest entry in the Heavy
Duty Pneumatics field.
For some time. leading question in
the tire world has had to do with the
Miller entry into this important branch
of manufacturing. With the advent Of
Miller Uniform Cords, little more than
a year ago, il was reported that Miller
would soon enter the truck tire field
Officials of the company, refused, how
ever, to discuss the situation.
1t now develops that for several
months the company has been distri-
buting big 36 6 Uniform Cords among
some of its branches for thorough test
ing in heavy duty way. So encourage
ing were the reports received that some
SO Cords have already been built
and it is planned to also go into
production of 40 s tires in the near
future.
The testing of Miller Cords for truck
service was attempted where the serv-
ice would be the hardest. In Cali
fornia. for example, the Sc Cords
were turned over to some of the largest
meets OF III lne
To-day, one finds Miller Uniform
Cords on the cars of the Eldorado stage
Line: the Bradford Baking Company
operates its large feet of delivery trucks
on Miller Cords: more than 40 ousses
of the White Bus Line, operating from
Los Angeles to San Bernardino and in
termediate points. travel on Miller
Cords, and the Mountain Auto stage
Line runs up into the Big Bear Conn-
try with Miller Cords for shoes
War restrictions having been htteo
Off our output. we can safely announce
our plan for building pneumauc ures
for trucks" said F. {. Millhoh' GeneraI
Sales Manager of the Miller hupuei ~
Co. we have delayed making oenhi.e
announcement because of the uilcer rIAIiI t
conditions of supply and production Una.
have prevailed during the last year oI
40 We also waited until we hao gwen
our Cords a thorough testing IN heSSS
duty work. The end Of the war "oIA
Hnds us we'll equipped for greauS III
creased tire production and the .0
were more than satisfactory. ACCOM-
inglv. we are adding Heavy Duty s.,a r.u
mates as a part of our regular prouue-
ton"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
$4,000 MEN TO
WORK ON ROADS
Vast Extent of State Road
Building Program Is Shown
By Estimates

Pennsylvania's great road build
ing program will employ twice as
many men as known in the busiest
years of highway development and
according to men at the State High
way Department fully $4,000 men
will be given work at the height of
this years construction season.
Some idea of the extent of the pro-
gram can be gained from the state
ment that the department intends
to build 600 miles OF primary road
system this year and is shaping its
plans to that end. Contracts for
the primary system will be let soon
and by the time dirt flies" on that
construction it is believed dozens of
miles of State-aid and "ffty-tfty"
highway will be under way.
The estimates that fully 10000
men will be employed on work i'm
mediately under the State depart
ment, including construction and
preparation of materials. This
number will be independent of the
men to be employed by counties on
their own programs and by town.
ships, although the State will CO.
operate with such activities. Just
how these primary road contracts
will be handled may be gained from
the plans of the department which
call for $50 contracts of approx
mately four miles each. The con-
creting crews of contractors vary in
size, but the average is of 20 to 25
men. while Is to 25 men, on an
average, are employed on grading
Fifteen men comprise the average
crew of material handlers, and
workmen of other classes will bring
the average on each job to not less
than rs men. A total of $50 con-
tracts for 500 miles of construction
means the employment in actual
road building of 1900 to $4,000
men; that is. in construction of the
states primary highway system.
But nearly as many men will be
at work preparing the materials
which are to go into the roads.
They will be found in the stone
quarries, the cement mills, in iron
works where concrete reinforcing is
manufactured, in sand banks and
on sand dredging operations, in the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
HAD CANNON. But

Iichtenstein once bought cannon
for saluting purposes, it is said. ana
crr,dn't use il because even when
backed up to the Austrian frontier
~ shot fell into Switzerland and
.he gun kicked over into Austria
This nrincipality comprises sixty
square miles of Alpine scenery ana
after immemorial contentment under
a succession of rulers, the population
~ ten thousand now demands a re-
public. Lichtenstein remained neutral
throughout the war. The revolt is
interesting because at present the
ruling prince collects nothing from
his subjects. and practically pays an
the expenses OF government and the
maintenance of public utilities IN
Guiding the churches.-From the De-
troit News.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22
sr,, co|CERT ASSURED

Tho Tenth Annual star NoHceEI
under the auspices of Saint Angus,
tines P. E. Church. will be heid
at the Technical High School Audi,
torium, on Tuesday. April 22nd. and
Madam Florence Cole-Talbert, lyric
soprano has been secured as the
principal star. Wares Cossey OF
Cleveland. Ohio. the well know oarl-
tone. will render some farovite
songs. Professor Lyndon Hoffman
Caldwell, of Syracuse University, one
of the leading musicians of the
country, will be the accompanist.
Every effort is being made to make
this Tenth Annual Concert, the best
on record.
Tickets will be on sale within a
few DAYS.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-03-22

manufacture of piping. the manu-
facture of hituminous and other sur
acing materials, and on similar
work.
1t is estimated that the primary
road building will require 10000
men.
At the height of the season in
1918 approximately $500 men were
employed by the State Highway
Departments maintenance division,
keeping the State Highway system
in repair. This will bring the total
to 27,500. County and township
construction, construction by bor-
oughs, and the employment by
township supervisors of thousands
of men on full or part time will still
further increase the grand total.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
MAKE SHIP OF TWO WRECKS
of Other and Have New
Destroyer.

Washington.-A novel example OF
naval salvage Is now on duty with
the British fleet in III. NJ. S.. Zubian,
an almost modern destroyer, which in
structure as well as in name is the
successor of two destroyers damaged
during the war.
When III. M. S. Nubian was run
down and almost cut In half, 1t was
learned at the navy department, the
after portion of the ship, less than
two-thirds of the original vessel, was
brought into port and the work Of re-
building undertaken. Before great
progress had been made, however, the
destroyer Zulu, a sister ship, was sim
ilarly down, and more than a third
of her stern sheared away.
British engineers were prompt to
see the opportunity, and within a
short time the stern Of the Nubian
had been combined with the undam-
aged bow Of the Zulu and the COM
plete destroyer launched and commits
stoned as the Zubian.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
ARMY SUPPLY MEN ORGANIZE
Society of "Quartermaster Officers Of
Great War" Is Launched in
Washington.

Observation-Disclosures of "the
Society of Quartermaster officers of
the Great War" was announced here,
the signers of the articles of incor-
poration being 81 officers of high rank,
including the heads of all the various
branches of the army supply service.
Thousands of experts from civil life
were drawn into the army to make
Up the quartermaster machine, and
the avowed purpose of the new or
g~anization Is to make these trained
men available for service for the next
few years, at least, in case of another
emergency.
Assignments of general staff officers
to make the annual inspection of MILL
tary departments of educational insti-
tutions at which regular army officers
are on duty were announced by the
war department.
Lieut.. Col. John ii. Hester was de-
tailed to Ohio, Michigan and Indiana /;
Col. Harry l.. Miles to Iowa, Nebras-
ka and Minnesota, and Lieut.. Col.
Thomas W. Brown to Illinois and Wis.,
consin.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
FEAR BANKS, HIDE THEIR COIN
Miners In the connelIsvilie Coal Re-
0lon Believed to Have Million
Dollars Cached.

Uniontown, Pat is estimated that
hidden In various places under beds
and carpets or buried in the earth
there Is more than 5 1,OO0,0O0 in the
COnnellsville coke region. The foreign
ers. for the most part, have little
faith In banks, and, Notwithstanding
numerous robberies in the community,
continue to conceal large amounts of
money around their boarding houses.
It is not an m sight to see
a foreigner, in paying a bill, take mon
ey from a roll containing several 500
notes. County authorities fear a gen.
eral raid by burglars on the aliens
homes, and continually urge the bank
ing Of the large rolls which many Of
the coke workers carry around in their
pockets.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
GEOPHONES TO SAVE MINERS
War instrument viii Fix the Locations
Of Men Entombed by Ex-
plosions.

Washington.-The geophone, invent
ed during the war to determine the
exact location of sounds above and
beneath the surface Of the earth, soon
will be used extensively In mining OPP
erations in this country, the bureau Of
mines announced.
The instrument proved Of great
value to the allies before the cessa-
ton of hostilities in determining the
location of hostile batteries and In de-
tecting the approach of the enemy.
Digging OF trenches or tunnels In the
earth also could be located with great
accuracy.
Almost equally valuable uses will
be found for the geophone in mining
operations. the bureau stated, either
for sounding purposes or In determin-
Ing the location of incl blocked from
escape by cave-ins or explosions.
Many lives are lost each year in
mines through inability of searching
parties to locate men thus held prison
er, and In such cases, the bureau
states, the instrument could be used
to great advantage.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
BOSTON GAINS FISHING TITLE
Steam TrawIers Have Most Success
ful Season Experienced. in
Many Years.

Boston.-Raids of German subma-
rines, Influenza and a twelve-week
strike of fishermen on steam trawlers
did not prevent 1913 being the most
successful season experienced in years
by Boston fishing companies, accord
ing to the annual report Of the Bos-
ton fish bureau.
Arrivals in 1918 numbered $3.50,
bringing 9~7,176,034 pounds of ground
fish and ~12,S50,987 pounds of other
fish. The report says this catch es-
tablishes Boston as the worlds lead
ing fishing port.
Fishermen earned high wages, the
report says, the schooner Frances 8.
Grueby, with a gross stock Of $780,
600, leading the fleet. Each member
Of the crew earned about $500.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
HUNS LAY TRAPS
FOR YANK MONEY
German Is Making the Best of the
Business of Occu-
patton.
LIKE AMERICAN CITY
6ootblack Stands, "Photos on Buttons
While You Watt" and German In
20 Lessons" Among Lures
Which Get American Money.

Coblenz.-Coblenz is beginning to
with each additional day Of occupation
the old burg seems to acquire more
American touches-particularly since
1000 doughboys are blowing in daily
on leave, to say nothing Of the perma-
nent American garrison Of approx
mately 1900, and the beaucoup off,
GERS in transit to and from France or
just dropping in from the provinces,
the bridgehead and the Hinterland-
for a taste Of metropolitan high life.
Coblenz, with a native population Of
$4,000, has a permanent and floating
American population Of at least 10000;
and as the American soldier Is very
much In evidence, out to see and do
everything he can and some things he
can't, the unreasonable pictorial i'm
preston Is unacceptable that we own
the town. Which we do.
The Teuton, with an i~neradicable
elementary business shrewdness. Is
making the best Of the business of
occupation by catering to the big pur-
chasing power of the American SOL
der In every conceivable ingenious
way, and you note evidences on every
hand that the commercially live Ger
man In Coblenz is getting his full
share Of the new prosperity springing
from American dollars, or their equiv
alent In francs and paper marks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07

American Women Struck, Bibles De-
stroyed, Churches Looted, Is Report.

American Women Struck, Bibles De-
stroyed, Churches Looted, Is Report.
Washington, May THE American
headquarters of the provisional gov
eminent of Korea, with representa-
tives in Washington, has issued a
statement giving ar account of the
Korean revolution as e e by an Amer
can woman. Details of an assault on
two American women by Japanese
soldiers were told and treatment af-
forded ~revolutionists by the Japanese
was described.
Korean schoolgirls were tied to the
telephone poles and fogged publicly
by japanese gendarmes," says the
statement. Christians in Jail are
tied to crosses, stripped of their cloth
ing and beaten. Churches are being
looted. Bibles destroyed and other
evidence given of the Japanese at
tempt to stamp out the revolt"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
COMING HOME
SOUTH DAKOTA TROOPS TO LAND
MAY IA.

pierre, May Although u
Dakota troops went away over 1000
strong as the Fourth infantry, they
were divided In the foreign service
and so some portions have returned
However, the largest number left IN
any one formation was the l47th
field artillery. and they are expected
to arrive at Philadelphia on May IA.
Governor Norbeck and possibly a
number of other residents OF this
state will go to that city to meet TINS
contingent and give a South Dakota
welcome. The 147th field artillery
includes what was Company A, OF
Pierre; Company B, of Sioux Falls
Company d, Of Parker, and Company
n. OF Lead. The companies from
Howard, Mitchell and Redfield be-
came the 116th supply train, and the
companies from Rapid City, Lennon
and Aberdeen were made the l4Sth
machine gun battalion. Part of them
have returned home, the rest being
in the army of occupation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
U. S. ARMY RULES ON BOOZE
Any Beverage Containing IA Per Cent
Alcohol Held to Be intoxicating.

Washington, d. Csc far as the
army is concerned, any beverage con
tanning IA per cent of alcohol will be
considered Intoxicating" This deci-
sion Of the Judge advocate general
was approved by Secretary Baker.
The official ruling was made In an
swer to requests from camp and or
ganization commanders for an inter-
probation Of section II Of the selective
service act governing the prohibition
Of alcoholic liquors In or neal mill
tary camps.
The decision that IA per cent Of
alcohol would be considered the dead
line by the military authorities is un-
derstood to have been based on an
opinion of the army medical experts
that this would intoxicate the average
healthy soldier. IL sufficient quantity
Of the beverage were imbibed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
ALLIES RECOGNIZE FINLAND
Confirmation of Collapse of Hungarian
Government Received.

Basic, May denomination of the
unconditional surrender Of the Hun
garian government has been received
in a dispatch from Vienna.
The government of Finland will re-
ceive recognition from the Allies, pur-
suant to a decision of foreign minis
tiers, according to a report.
The power of the soviet government
at Budapest seems to be crumbling
rapidly. Reports agree that anarchy
reigns in the city, with many execu-
lions being carried out by the soviet
leaders. Czech troops are said to be
only 20 miles away.
With the circle Of anti-bolshevik
forces rapidly closing in from the
southeast, east, northeast and north,
the bolshevik government of Russia
also appears to be hard pressed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
pate any considerable trouble in car
ing for the situation.
WHEN TO GATHER ROOTS AND
HERBS.

For medicinal purposes roots and
herbs should be gathered when their
medicinal properties are at their
best. For instance, roots of annual
plants should be dug just before their
Towering season, and roots of bien-
NAL or perennial plants after the
tops have dried. All these things
are taken into consideration in gath
ering the roots and herbs. many tons
of which r used annually in pre-
pairing that most successful Of all
remedies for woman's ills, Lydia f.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
HARVEST PROBLEM
IMMIGRATION HEAD SEES NO.
TROUBLE GETTING HANDS.

Pierre, May THE coming
threshing season will not see Sc much
trouble in getting harvest hands, in
the opinion Of Charles McCaffree, of
Pierre, immigration commissioner
and federal director Of the employ.
ment service. Mr.. McCaffree returned
from Kansas City, where he was in
conference with A. l.. Barkman, as
sistant to the director general of the
United States employment service and
In charge OF the harvest hand situa-
ton.
Mr.. Barkman is the man who took
up the problem during the war when
1t seemed almost insoluble and
brought the wonderful crops of the
past years into the granaries of the
country. Mr.. McCaffree says that the
whole southern section, where har-
vesting has already started, or will
soon. has been carefully plated and
work Is proceeding in the northern
states.
/ Figuring on an acreage basis, the
probable needs of various sections
are set down, and district offices of
ne United States employment Serv-
~ working through county agents
and local officers. will be in a posi-
ton 70 distribute the men where
needed and ct the proper time. There
viii be more men available this year,
the sysfena II In good working order,
and Mr.. McCaffree does not antici-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
SHE KIDS THE UNDERTAKES
sixteen-Year-oId Pennsylvania Girl
Calls Them UP With Fake
Death Stories.

Allentown, Pa.-Charged with hav-
ing sent all the seven local undertake
ers on wild goose chases through fake
telephone calls, Elsie Orcorto, aged
sixteen, was taken into custody by the
local police and put in charge of the
probation officer, Thomas b. Kellow.
Several rural undertakes were also
among her alleged victims.
1t is charged that the girl summoned
the funeral directors to a number Of
local homes by telephone on represen-
tations that a member of the family
had died.
Sometimes the fake calls were made
late at night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
"I'm Not an Idiot"
Crown Prince Says

Copenhagen. - The former
crown prince, interviewed by a
correspondent of the Berlingske
Tidende, admitted the possibility
of his being tried by an interna-
tional court, but declared he did
not believe he would be exc
cuted. He stoutly maintained
that he is not an idiot. He
frankly admitted his unpopular
ity.
people say / melted war, but
Clemenceau has done so all his
life," Friedrich Wilhelm was
quoted as saying. II was Of the
opinion Germany ought to be
prepared, but I did not desire to
cause war.
II do not ask people to con-
slider me especially intelligent,
but l am no idiot or degenerate,
as English and American papers
say / am.
~ know Germany Is the most
hated nation In the world. Why?
Because the reichstag never
voted anything for propaganda
until too late. When the war
began we commenced propa-
ganda. but, alas, what propa-
ganda !"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
ar Fashionable Shines"

A local Teuton genius, for instance,
discovered for the first time that
doughboys would part with money for
having their shoes shined, and now at
least a dozen shoe-shining emporia
have blossomed out in Coblenz and
are prospecting nightly. The curious
fact Is that until the coming of the
known in Germany, likewise public
b~ootblacking stands on street corners
and shoe-shining establishments gen.
orally.
American prosperity, too, came to a
German family which set up a large
umbrella" in the market place of Co
blenz, and under this shelter proceed
ed to operate one of those photos on
buttons" cameras while you wait. A
good-natured crowd of ~doughboys is al
ways hanging around this open air es-
tablishment I'm fair weather waiting
their turn to get their photos on but
tons OF postcards at five marks per
dozen. German photographers gen.
orally are prospecting, and making a
determined bid for the doughboy bust
ness.
AS another commercial novelty In
Coblenz you note that several vacant
stores have been turned into shooting
galleries and are drawing a respecta-
BILE doughboy patronage. One such
shooting gallery on the Rhine Strasse
advertises In the window a "Prize
Shooting" The prize competition
costs the doughboy 20 cents a shot ;
there are numbered prizes and you get
whatever number corresponds to your
score when you quit. If you score 35
hits you can select any prize In the es-
Enlistment. If you are out merely for
target practice, with no ambition to
win a prize, you can blaze away for 10
pfennigs a shot-or, say, a shade more
than one cent.
German Shooting Gallery.
More elaborate is u newly opened
German shooting gallery in the Lehr
Strasse. Here you find automatons
and elaborate picture targets that are
y ~ AiohiVh NASh you iht thC JUL .
eye. Also, there are nickel-in-the-slot
picture machines and musical traps
for small coins. This establishment,
particularly at night, Is crowded with
doughboys; few male natives stray in.
German women found 1t an attractive
resort for a while, but now a sign In
the window warns them that Women
without male companions are not al
lowed within"
Many shops have appealing English
signs In their windows. Some Of them
confidently assert that English
Spoken" Is within. German vendors
Of picture post cards and souvenirs
continue to do a particularly thriving
business. A shop In the ''Coblenzer
Hof," fronting the Rhine, for instance,
advertises Twenty Views of the Rhine.
Here for Sale, 8 Marks"
Despite the INSTRUMENTATION rule
many German booksellers guessed,
and guessed right, that numerous
American soldiers would pay real
money to pick up a smattering Of con-
vocational German; and in all book.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
TaiI Soldier oassed.

Cleveland, Ohio.-If "the bigger they
are the harder they fall" Private
("Cupid") Miller Of Cleveland was the
hardest hit man In France during the
'late unpleasantness." He is seven
feet two inches high, and said to be
the tallest man in the United States
army. He was gassed In Argonne for
est, according to word just received
from him. An enclosed photograph
shows two "buddies" of his standing
under his outstretched arm with sew
eral inches to spare.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-05-07
General Strike Move at Reading.

Reading, Pa, May 1.-THE next
forty-eight hours will determine the
outcome of threats of a general in
dustrial tie-up in this city, as a re-
suit of the Carpenter Steel company's
discharge of $50 men following their
remaining away from work to parade
May day. Efforts are being made to
call out every workman remaining OF
the 1900 employed there. Other un.
ions are being ~canvassed to deter.
mine the advisability of calling a gen.
eral strike.