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rden Plots Justify
Use of Playgrounds
he fifty-four garden plots at Fif
lth and Vernon streets under the
ervision of J. F. Ferguson have j
re than justified the taking of j
playgrounds and turning them;
> preparedness gardens. These i
dens have all been tended to (
children ranging from eight to
teen years of age, and they cer-!
ily have been industrious and
,• are getting very gratifying re-)
s from their labors.
11 the staple vegetables have:
n planted in this lot of ground, i
se lots will average the children
dollars apeice. Some of the;
ht beets and cabbage that have
grown around Harrisburg are
these lots.
his comes under the general su
vision of S. B. Watts, supcrin
ient of garden plots for the Har-j
urg Chamber of Commerce.
NAME OMITTED
1 the list of candidates for city
501 Director, published yesterday,
name of E. B. Hoffman, 1223 Green
et, Republican candidate for the
;e, was omitted. Mr. Hoftman
I his nominating papers on alon-
He is a Civil War veteran and
■iotic Instructor of Post 58, G. A. R.
Additional Classified
Advertisements on
Opposite Page
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GAKAGIiS
LACK'S GARAGE——Live and dead
age; new fireproof building; full
of Tires, Accessories. Repair shop
t door. 203-205 S. Seventeenth SL
WM. PENN GARAGE
6 Muench street. Limousines for
erals. parties and balls; careful
,-ers; open day and pight. Bell
4.
ICCKSSOKIKS AND KKP.UKS
IRE REPAIRING Best of work
ranteed at reasonable prices. Call
give us a trial. Good Service Tire
1019 Market street.
NE 1914 Ford, one 1917 Mctz
;k for sale. Also general repair
work properly done and guaran-
I. Also storage, at the SUNSHINE
ft AGE. 82 South Cameron street.
Ie Service. Stanley Service
Velie Harrisburg Co.,
Successors to
Paul D. Messner.
Automobile Repairing Supplies.
1118 James St.
I 4027. Dial 5921.
k'HEN YOU BREAK a part or parts
machine, see us before order
new parts. We can repair the
ken ones and make them good as
t by the Oxy-Acetylene welding
:hod. Work guaranteed.
DAYTON CYCLE CO.,
N. Third St. Bell 385 J.
KIND your car to us. Experts on
ition and carburetor troubles,
best giade repair work. LEMOYNE
ro SHOP Lemoyne. Both phones.
LEGAL NOTICES '
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
EALED BIDS OR PROPOSALS will
received by the Directors of the
pi- until Friday Morning, August
1917, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., for the
Iding of a Piggery at the Diuphin
inty Almshouse.
ull details as to terms, plans and
cifications can be had at the Office
the Directors of the Poor, Court
ise. Harrlsburg, Pa.
lu- right is reserved to reject any
all bids.
THOMAS S. MANNING,
President.
PROPOSALS
ce of the Board of Commissioners
f Public Grounds and Buildings,
[arrisburar. Pa.
EALED PROPOSALS will be re
ted by the Superintendent of Pub-
Grounds and Buildings, Harrls
g. Pa., until twelve o'clock noon,
•sday, September 11. 1917, for fur
liing all material and labor requir
in the reconstruction of Barn de
ayed by fire July 21, 1916, on the
perty of the State Lunatic llos
-11. located near Harrisburg. Dau
n County, I'a., as called for In the
ns and specifications prepared un
tile direction of the Board of Coin
isioners of Public Grounds and
Idings.
'lans. specifications and bidding
nks may be obtained by prospec
? bidders on application to the Su
intendent of Public Grounds and
ldings. Harrisburg, Pa.
. certified check drawn to the order
the Commonwealth of Pennsvlva
in the sum of Five Hundred Dol
s < sr,oo.oo> must accompany each
posal. Proposals and checks must
In sealed envelopes marked "PlO
- for Rebuilding Barn at State
natlc Hospital. Harrlsburg, Pa."
GEORGE A. SIIREINER,
lerintendent of Public Grounds and
tulldings.
OYD W MITCHELL
Secretary.
CHARTER NOTICE
COTICE is hereby given that an ap
:atioii will be made to Vue Gover
• of Pennsylvania on September 10,
7. by C. K. Deen, R. S. Coover and
ward Bailey, under the Act of As
ably of the Commonwealth of
insylvanla, entitled "An Act to
>vide for the incorporation and
;ulation of certain corporations,"
>roved April 29, 1874, and the sup*
nients thereto, for the charter of an
ended corporation to be called,
iIK WITMAN-SCHWARZ COR PO
TION," the character and object of
ich is buying and selling, trading
I dealing in all articles of food,
ifectionery, groceries, wood and
[low ware, hardware specialties
1 -general merchandise .and for
'se- purposes to have and possess
i enjoy all the rights, benefits and
vileges of the said Act of Assembly
:1 its supplements.
BEIDLEMAN & HULL,
Solicitors.
Proclamation
iVIIEKEAS, the Hon. George Kun-
I. President Judge, and Hon. Samuel
I. McCarrell, Additional Law Judge.
Oyer and Terminer and Quarter
ksions of the Peace of the Twelfth
flieial District, composed of the
inty of Dauphin, having issued
Mr precept, bearing date the 13th
Y of August. A. D. 1917, to me di
ked for the holding a Court of Oyer
fl Terminer and General Jail Dellv
r and Quarter Sessions of the Peace
Harrisburg for the County of Dau
in, and to commence the fourth
>nday of September, J917, being the
h day of September, 1917, and to
itinue two weeks.
Notice is therefore hereby Riven to
( Coroner, Justices of the Peace. Al
•man and Constables of said County
Dauphin that they may be then anil
>re in their proper persons at lu
lock in the forenoon of said day.
th their records, inquisitions, ex
inations and their own remem
inces. to do those things which to
>ir office appertain to be done, and
>Be who are bound in recognizances
prosecute against the prisoners that
s or shall be in the jail of Dauphin
unty be then and there to prosecute
iinst them as shall be just.
I'en under my hand at Harrisburg,
he 13th day of August, A. D. 1917,
jeingr the one hundred and forty
irst year of Independence of the
"nited States.
W. W. CALDWELL,
Sheriff.
eriff s Office, Harrisburg, Pa..
August 15. 1917.
LICENSE TRANSFER NOTICE
NOTICE Is hereby given that an ap
catlon will be made to the Court of
arter Sessions of the Peace of Dau
'n Connty on Tuesday, September
1917. at 10 o'clock A. M., or as soon
sreafter as said Court shall be in
islon, for a transfer of the retail
uor license now held by Gertrude
Brandt, known as the "Baldwin
use, Nos. 373 and 37R South Front
•eet. First Ward, Steelton, Dauphin
unty, fa., to Howard F. Morris.
HOWARD F. MORRIS,
Applicant for .Transfer.
FRIDAY EVENING,
COAL STOCKS ARE
MARKET FEATURES
Wall Street Regards Favorably Anthracite Rates Fixed
By President Wilson; Steels, Springs, Oils and
Tobaccos Are Active
[ i By Associated Press
j New York. Aug. 24 (Wall Street). —
I Coal stocks were the strongest fea
,! tures of to-day's early dealings, the
schedule fixed by Washington for the
; anthracite product evidently being re-
J garded as favorable. Gains of 1 to
! -'i points were made by Reading, Le
high Valley, Norfolk and Western and
Delaware and Hudson, other rail*
sharing more moderately in the rise.
Steels, springs, oils and tobaccos were
included among the other active
strong issues at average advances of
a point.
Profit taking caused moderate re
actions in coalers but elsewhere im
provement over first prices ruled U.
S. Steel gained a point. Oils, the
weakest stocks of the previous day,
rose 3 to 5 points and Marines
strengthened. Smelting featured the
metals. Central Leather, the equip
ments and St. Paul and New York
Central advatfred with other rails.
! Trading fell away towards noon and
(prices became moro irregular. Lib-
J orty Bonds sold at 99.94 to 99.98.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Bros. & Co., members of
the New York and Philadelphia Stock
Exchanges*—3 North Market Square.
Harrlsburg; 1338 Chestnut street, Phil-
I odelphia; 34 Pine street, New York
furnish the following quotations:
Open. 2 P.M.
I Allis Chalmers 27 27
American Beet Sugar .. 87% 89
American Can 73% 73
American Locomotive 66% 67 ?
American Smelting 999s 100
American Sugar 117 117%
Anaconda ' 74 74 % I
Atchison 98% 98T
Baldwin Locomotive .... 66 66%
Baltimore and Ohio .... 67*4 68-i
Bethlehem Steel 115% 115%
Butte Copper 35% 35% j
Canadian Pacific 162% 162% |
Central Leather 87 88% i
Chesapeake and Ohio ... 58% 59%
Chi.. Mil. and St. aPul.. 67 68%
Chi., R. I. and Pacific... 28 ' 29?*
CRno Con. Copper 54% 55%
Colorado Fuel and Iron. 46 47
Ccrn Products 32 32%
Crucible Steel 77\ 78%
Distilling Securities .... 27% 27%
Erie 23 23%
General Motors 112 112%
Goodrich, B. F 48 48
Great Northern pfd 104% 105
Gieat Northern Ore subs 33% 34%
Inspiration Copper 53% 54 fi
International aPper .... 31% 31%
Kennecott Copper 41 41%
Kansas city Southern... 19% 20
Lackawanna Steel 85% 86%
Lehigh Valey 61% 61%
Maxwell Motors 32% 32%
Merc. Marine Ctfs 32% 33%
Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd. . 89% 90%'
Mexican Petroleum .... 94% 96
Miami Copper 36% 36%
Mldvale Steel 56% 56%
New York Central 83% 83%
N. Y.. N. H. and H 32 32%
Norfolk and Western ... 117 117%
Northern acific 101% 102
Pennsylvania R. R 52% 52%
Pittsburgh Coal 46% 49
Ray Con. Copper £6% 27
Reading Railway 87 BS%
Republic Iron and Steel S6 87
Southern Railway 27% 27%
Studepaker 52% 52%
I'nlon Pacific 135% 136
U. S. I. Alcohol 135% 140%
V. S. Rubber 61% 6J%
U. S. Steel 120% 121%
Utah Copper 101 102
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
By Associated Press
Chicago, Aug. 24. Board of Trade
closing:
Wheat—September, 2.12.
Corn —December, 1.10%; May, 1.07%.
Oats —December, 54; May, 57%.
Pork September, 43.05; October,
42.70. '
Lard September, 23.10; October,
23.07.
Ribs September, 23.67; October,
23.50.
NEGRO TROOPS RIDDLE
TEXAN CITY IN RIOT
[Continued From First Page.]
treme cruelty, according to early re-
Mattes was surrounded by the riot
ous soldiers, riddled with buckshot
and his body hacked and stabbed In j
many places with bayonets. Thei
body was almost unrecognizable.
W. A. Wise, a mechanic employed 1
at Camp Logan, while trying to save
an unknown wounded man was shot I
three times in the left arm and once I
in the back. Wise said:
"I heard shooting and at Brunner
avenue a man whose name X never
learned, fell apparently dying, in
the street. Blood was gushing from
his breast. I rushed to his assist
ance and called 011 an automobile
driver and others for help. While |
, we were trying to place the dying j
man in the car bullets spattered all
about us and the men who were)
helping me fled."
"We have been laying here like!
dogs—not knowing what to do," \
said Ed. Fuchs, half-brother to j
Alma Reiehe*t, a 15-year-old girl,
who was shot early in the riot.
Girl Is Wounded
"The store was closed when the
negro soldiers passed and we were
frightened when the shooting be
gan. Alma had run in from the
sidewalk. She was shot in the atom*
1 ach."
At the home of Mrs. Mary Wink
ler, 4910 Lillian street, was enacted
one of the most brutal incidents of
the night. When the mutinous sol
diers passed her son, Fred Winkler,
and William J. Drucks, stepped to
the front porch to see what provok
ed the loud talking. Winkler flashed
on the gallery light and Drucks got
as far as the steps when a bullet
penetrated the heart of Winkler and
the right arm of Drucks was shat
tered at the wrist and above the
elbow.
Hold Back Guard
For hours the Winkler family re
mained in darkness while Drucks
lay upon the bed bleeding, and the
body of young Winkler remained on
the porch.
The Texas National Guardsmen
here awaiting entrainmcnt orders to
go to Camp Bowie, were without
arms and their officers quickly mo
bilized the men at armories and held
them under restraint, in one case
behind closed iron gates, to pre
vent their being uselessly sacrificed
before the guns of the negro muti
neers.
Poller Killed
The dead police officers were
among the first to reach the rioting
negroes. Rufe Daniels helped to
make thearrests yesterday that led
directly to the riot.
Officers Daniels and Rainey were
killed and Moody, Wilson and Patton
were wounded a considerable time
after the outbreak started.
"Patton and Long were mounted
and Moody, Carson, Carter and
driver and X were in an automobile
slightly behind them," said Desk
Sergeant Wilson. "At the corner of
San Felipe and Wilson, we suddenlv
met them—there must liave been at
CHICAGO CATTLB
By Associated I'rcss
Chicago. Aug. 24. Cattle Re
ceipts. 2,600; strong". Native beerf cat
tle, $8.25(615.50; western steers. $7.00
® 12.40; stockers and feeders. $6.10®
0.25; vows and heifers, $4.65<ti13.00;
calves, $U.50®16.00.
Sheep Receipts. 14,000; (strong.
Wethers, s7.7s<ff 11.10; lambs, $1.0.50®
18.85.
Hogs - Receipts, 8,500; to-morrow,
5,000; dully and SI.OO lower than yes
terday's average. Early top, SIB.OO.
Hulk of sales, $16.25<?i 17.30; light,
$16.00®17.40; mixed, $16.00 ® 17.50;
heavy, $15.90® 17.30; rough, $15.90®
16.20; pigs, $11.50® 14.75.
riIII.ADKM'HIA ITtODUCB
By Associated liress
Philadelphia, Aug. 24. Wheat
No market.
Corn Nominal; No. 2, yellow,
91.8191.93.
Oats Nominal; No. 2, white. 80®
81c; No. 3, white, 77®80c.
Bran Dull and weak; soft winter,
per ton, $35.50; spring, per ton, $33.50
@34.50.
Refined Sugars Market steady;
powdered, 8.60®8.85c; tine granulated.
8.40@8.75; confectioners' A, 8.30®
8.65 c.
Butter Market firm; west
ern, creamery, extra. 43®44e; nearby
prints, fancy, 47c.
Eggs—The market Is higher; Penn
sylvania and other nearby Urals, tree
cases, $12.30 per case; do., current re
ceipts, free cases, $12.00 per ease;
western, extra, tirsts, free cases, $12.30
per case; do., firsts, free cases, $12.00
per case.
Live Poultry—The market is steady;
fowls, 24@25c; roosters, 16®17c;
spring chickens. 22®80c; ducks. 20®
21c; oid ducks, 17®20c.
Dressed Poultr;- Market steady;
fowls, fancy, 26%®27c; do., good to
choice, 25%<g)26%c; do., small sizes. 19
6 "Bp! old roosters, 19c; broiling
chickens, nearby, 25@33e< do., west
ern, 25®28c; spring ducks, 21(S>22c.
Potatoes—Market steady; Eastern
Shore, No. 1, per barrel, $2.50@3.25;
do.. No. 2, per barrel, $1.25(fi2.00;
Delaware and Maryland, No. 1. per
barrel, $2.7503.25; Jersey;, No. 1, per
basket, 65®76c; Jersey, No. 2, per
basket, 30(f 40c.
Flour The market is dull
and nominal; winter stralEht
new, slo.oo® 10.50; Kansas, cleaj-, new
$10.75® 11.25; do., straight, new, $ll.OO
ti 11.50; do., patent, new, $11.25011 75-
spring firsts, clear, old, $10.75(U'1l 70 :
do., patent, new, $11.25@11.88: do*
patent, old, $12.50® 12.75.
Hay Steady; timothy. No. 1
arse bales, $20.00®21.00; No. l, smali
*7 0 -00©2 1 .° 0 ; No. 2. $17.50®
lbo6@li:o. 1 tls - 50 @ lti - s °: sample,
®Fi 0 nY r J ni *? d: ., Li s h > mixed. $17.00
® 18.00; No. 1, do., $16.00017.00- No
2, do., $14.00® 15.00.
least fifty of them. They opened Are
without warning and Pattern was
shot through the arm and Long's
horse was killed. The officers threw
themselves to the ground and open
ed tire. Then the negroes dodged
around and the corner and when
Rule Daniels went around the>corner
they opened fire on him.
Kept In Camp
"He killed one negro but thev sihot
him several times as he lay on the
ground. He took to cover and re
turned the fire. Mr. Moody's leg was
broken. Patton was shot through the
eg and I got a slight wound in the
leg.
Company G, Eighth Illinois In
tantry, was not involved in this trou
ble in any way. They were kept in
their camp by their officers and not
one of them was seen on the camp
streets.
Enters Protest
C ongressman J. H. Eagle, of Tex
as, listened to all the reports which
came in and to-day sent this tele
gram:
Secretary of War, Washington
"Houston, Texas, Midnight, Thurs
day, August 23.—As Congressman
from this district, I report death and
wounding of several persons, result
of sending negro soldiers here. With
out stating who is to blame, it is
clearly a race riot and is a tragedy
sufficient to compel the statement
that it is a tragic blunder to send
negro troops to southern camps. I
protest vigorously against the' Illi
nois soldiers ordered to Houston be
ing sent. By all means order them to
•Northern training camps and
promptly order the negro troops who
are already here sent elsewhere.
"(Signed)-,
"JOE H. EAGLE."
Martial Law
As the result of the rioting Hous
ton and its environs are to-day un
der martial law with Brigadier' Ge
neral John A. Hulen, in command.
This action was taken by Governor
Ferguson upon request of acting
Mayor D. Moody about 12.30 this
morning, and later was followed by
an order by Major General James
Parker naming General Hulen as the
officer in command. General Hulen
at once gave orders for the dispersing
of crowds who still thronged the
streets at that hour, for the prompt
arrest of such of the negro soldiers
us were not in camp, under guard
and for the closing of all saloons
and drinking places until such time
as he may direct.
C. W. Hahl, was shot at repeated
ly as he lay prone with a wounded
policeman at liis side. The officer was
shot a second time but Mr. Hahl
was only "burned" by a bullet across
his back .
Coolly Take Aim
"I saw one policeman drop and a
mounted officer's horse fall," said
Hahl. "Being unarmed I got behind
the car and then dodged to the
shadow of a building on the corner.
There was a policeman, already there,
shot in his gun arm, and disabled.
"The negroes deliberately shot
down every white man in sight.
Then they came on up the street to
ward us. They were walking and
shoting coolly and with delibera
tion, halting to take aim.
Gave Up Selves
"We flattened ourselves on the
ground next to the building in the
shadow. When they spied us they
halted. I heard the bolts of the rifle*
click back and decided that we were
both dead men. One bullet Just
grazed my back, burning me pain
fully. They went on, leaving us for
dead.
"When they had gone on we found
a stalled car on the sidewalk. In it
were two dead men, an army officer
and a policeman."
Bitter Feeling;
Major Snow, commanding the bat
talion of negroes, stated that the bit
ter feeling among men of his com
mand had been Increasing since they
were sent here from Demlng, N. M„
three weeks ago. He said;
"Thursday morning a Houston po
lice officer arrested a negro woman
and in doing so, I am informed slap
ped her luce. A soldier of the
Twenty-fourth who had been drink
ing remonstrated with the patrol
man for what he considered his un
necessary violence in striking her.
The offlcers then began beating the
soldier with his pistol.
"The man's face and head were
badly cut by the pistol butt. He wa
arrested by the same officer and
taken to the station where he is now
held.
Hit by Policeman
"Thursday afternoon, according 10
reports made to me by Corporal Bal-
TELEGRAPH
RNP NOTES OF THEBOY StOUTS^^^I
PROBE UPHOLDS CONTENTIONS
OF THE BOY SCOUT LEADERS
The many protests from prominent
people against the use of their names
by the United States Koy Scout that
came to the attention of the New
York Times caused the paper to
make an investigation of the matter.
In its Issue of August 10 the Times
gives in a long article the results of
its investigation, in part as follows:
What Was bistwewl
The unauthorized use of the names
of prominent men by the United
States Boy Scout has led that or
ganization to change its letterhead
three times in the last month becauso
of the objection of persons whose
names were used. A letterhead on
which a letter was-written under date
date of August 6. however, still car
ries the names of a number of men
who, investigation shows, gave no
permission to the. organization to
display them. Some of these men
strongly resent the use of their
names, the more strongly because
the names, as members of the na
tional advisory council, are being
used on stationery sent out in a cam
paign for funds, and friends have
told them that they have made con
tributions because these names ap
peared on the appeal.
"Commissioner John Duval "Gluck,
of the United States Boy Scout, ex
plained yesterday that the policy of
the United States Boy Scout with
regard to its 'honorary commission
ers' had been to use the name of
the man chosen unless he forbade it,
taking it for granted that silence
gave consent. When asked where
the organization got its list. Com
missioner Gluck said he understood
that the list had been taken from a
National Guard program."
The editorial opinion of the dally
press is voiced in the following edi
torial, which appeared in the New
York Evening Sun on Auuust 6:
One Hoy Scouts Organization
The national council of the Boy
Scouts of America is doing a na
tional service in seeking; to protect
the name by a court order. It is no
case of petty jealousy between simi
lar organizations. For years the
MANY ATHLETIC
STUNTS PLANNED
Troop 19 Going in For Foot
boll, Boxing, Wrestling
and Other Sports
The Boy Scouts of Troop 19 took
a hike to the mountains near Roclc
vllle on Saturday afternoon.
Robert Hamer, patrol leader, dis
covered a large copperhead snake
among the brush. Calling the atten
tion of Assistant Scoutmaster John
Paul, to the snake, they both went
after it, but it escaped.
i Towards evening the scouts came
upon a Rtring where they ate supper.
Some of the scouts passed the fire
building and cooking tests.
Those who were on the hike were:
Robert Hamer, scoutmaster; John
Paul, assistant scoutmaster; Francis
Paul, Kirk Moyer, Charles Moyer,
Louis Gibbons, Edward Paul, Augus
tus Towsen and Eugene Doyle.
Plan Athletic Work
Tho Scouts are planning athletic
work for the coming season. Foot
ball, basketball, wrestling, boxing
and other sports are included. Under
the instruction of Prof. Peet and
John Paul the boys, are subject to
rapid progression. The meeting hall
will be turned Into a gymnasium hall.
A football team will be picked soon
and a captain elected. The boys will
practice on the grass plots in front
of the church. Tlvey are also working
hard on drilling.
The troop needs financial aid. An
entertainment may be given in the
fall by the Scouts in order to raise
pome money. A proportion of the
meeting room may be turned into a
basketball floor. The meeting night
will be changed to Friday night
when school begins. Challenges will
be received from other teams wheti
the team is organized.
ACTING SCOUT SCRIBE,
my military police force, a
soldier of iny command was arrested
by an officer. Corporal Baltimore,
who Was merely wearing his mili
tary police badge asked the police
man, purely for information, he
says, why the man was arrested.
"The policeman told him it was
none of his business, lie then, Cor
poral Baltimore and the arrested
soldier both state, hit Baltimore
over the head with his pistol butt.
Corporal Baltimore rin up the
street, the policeman firing at him
as he fled. He took refuge in a
house und-er a bed. The policeman
followed, dragged him out, used fur
ther abusive language to htm and
struck him more with the pistol.
Kxeltecl in Camp
"When the men in camp heard of
these occurrences Thursday after
noon, it excited them greatly and
they made open threats of retalia-i
tion."
General Hulen has a considerable
force in the city and has been rein
forced with 350 coast guardsmen
from Galveston who have five ma
chine guns. General Hulen believes
he has the situation well in hand
and that there is small prospect of
trouble. He placed guards at every j
gun store in the city, displaced the 1
negro soldiers guarding Camp Lo
gan with his own men and has
declared that there is to be no dis
crimination In arresting armed men I
V/ar Department to Push
Investigation of Rioting
By Associated Press
Washington, Aug. 24.—Official re
ports on the troop rioting at Houston
began arriving at the War Depart
ment early to-da>; and were hurried
to Secretary Baker as fast as they
came in. They were coming from the
commanding general of the southern
department, whose investigation
possibly may be supplemented by a
special inquiry by the inspector gen
eral of the arm; - as the affair is re
garded as most serious, particularly
in view of the fact that the negro
troops concerned were Regulars and
not National Guardsmen or draft
troops.
The similarity of the occurrence to
*he celebrated Brownsville rioting,
as the result of which President
Roosevelt summarily dismissed two
battalions of negro troops, is mark
ed, and officials Indicate that th af
fair will be Investigated Just as thor
oughly and dealt with as vigorously
as Its nature demands. They realize
that it accentuates the delicate ques
tion of mobilising negro troops in the
South, against which protests have
I been coming from the States and
which has confronted the War De
' rartment with a very embarrassing
campaign has been going on to
evolve and administer a great work
ing plan by which the boys could be
aided in their quest for health, hap
piness and the power of peace.
Ernest Thompson Seton, Dan
Beard and others were among the
American pioneers. Baden-Powell,
however, crystallized In England all
the best ideas from every source into
the unified conception of to-day. And
America has in her turn been
strongly influenced by his work. Al
though English and American bodies
are in friendly and helpful corre.
spondence, they are not directly af
filiated. The Boy Scouts of America,
nevertheless, constitute the one or
ganization of the kind recognized by
most of the great national and inter
national agencies for work among
boys.
In the Liberty Loan campaign the
Boy Scouts of America raised
$20,000,000 directly, besides con
tributing an incalculable force to the
success of the general . movement.
To-day Mr. Hoover recognizes this
organization as one of his valuable
aids in food production. But greater
than any of these specific services is
the general preparatory work al
ready done and now going on.
It has been charged at times by
extreme pacifists that the Boy Scouts
helped to perpetuate militarism.
This is absolutely false, since a basic
principle is consideration for others,
the opposite of ruthless and tyrannic
bureaucracy. On the other hand,
the organization has always fostered
such love of human liberty nnd such
cherishing of the noblest Ideals as
would cause young men to enter a
contest to put down cruelty and ag
gression. The outdoor life and the
habit of obedience to reasonable au
thority would make men the best of
soldiers.
The decision of the court will be
awaited with interest by the whole
Scout brotherhood. It is hoped that
the court may be able to provide
much-needed relief from the unjust
burdens which have been placed
upon the Boy Scouts of America by
, the United States Boy Scout.
Mechanicsburg Scouts
Visit Headquarters
Harrisburg headquarters was visit
ed last Friday by three Scouts from
Mechanicsburg, who rode over on their
bicycles and paid their respects to
Harrisburg office. They reported that
there are practically two troops in
Mechanicsburg, which have been
formed since May.
The Rev. B. L. C. Baer is Scoutmas
ter of the troop to which the visitors
belong. The three boys who made
the trip are David Coover, Herbert
Sultzaberger and Mervin Keller. They
would be glad to hear from any of the
Harrisburg Scouts.
Each Scout Will Get
His Own Meal on Hike
Troop 13 will go on an overnight
hike. It will meet at the Boyd Me
morial building. Saturday afternoon., at
3:30 o'clock. The object of the hike is
to pass the cooking test, and euch
Scout will prepare his meals over hi:-
own fire. The other object is the
Stoverdale cave. The troop had an
interesting meeting this week, and re
freshments were served at its end.
The troop will try to have fifteen first
class Scouts by September t.
WM. FENSTEIIMACHER.
Scribe.
COI.ONRI. WILLIAMS GOES WEST
Colonel R. C. Williams, of the
United States Army, stationed here
as inspector of the National Guard,
leaves, to-night for Chilltcothe, Ohio,
where he w'ili command one of the
new regiments to be orgapized at
Camp Sherman. This camp will get
some Western Pennsylvaniaris. Gen
eral C. S. Farnsworth, formerly sta
tioned here, and who will command a
brigade to be formed at Petersburg,
Va., was here to-day and was greet
ed by Colonel F. li Beary, Deputy
Adjutant General. He resided;here
for seyeral years.
MRSKIESO SICK
SEVEN MONTHS
Restored to Health By Ly
dia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound.
Aurora, 111.—"For seven long
months X suffered from a female
my sister asked me to try Lydia E.
Pinkhums Vegetable' Compound. I
took six bottles and to-day I a
healthy woman able to do my own
housework. I wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia IS. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and
find put for themselves how good
It is."—Mrs. Carl A. Kieso, 696
North Ave., Aurora, 111.
The great number of unsolicited
testimonials on file at the Pinkham
Laboratory, many of which are from
time to time published by permis
sion, are proof of the value of Ly
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, in the treatment of female
ills. •
Every ailing woman In the United
States is cordially luvlted to write to
the Lydia E. Pinktiam Medicine Co.
(conlidential), Lynn, Mass., for spe
cial advice. It is free, will bring you
health and may save your life.—Ad
vertisement.
The Harrisburg Academy
The Junior Department re
opens September 24th.
| The Senior Department re- •
opens September 25th.
The school accommodates pu
pils under three arrangements:
First—As day pupils.
I Second—As five-day per week
I boarding pupils.
""hlrd—As regular boarders.
All pupil* are grouped in
small classes. Each student
receives private instruction
and supervision during study
periods. For catalogue and de
tailed Information, call at the
Academy office or write the
I Headmaster, Arthur K. Brown,
Harrisburg, Pa., Box 817.
BOY SCOUT TREAS
AND EXECUTIVE VISIT CA
A fine level, fertile field lately given
over to oats or barley, backed by a
fringe of splendidly nurtured trees
following the contours of a. little
stream, and in the center a precise
attractive looking "company
street bordered with a full score of
white canvas tents, and the whole
landscape seemingly a teeming jum
ble of happy carefree boys this
was the sight we saw and the first
impression we got as our car swung
?'?. un< ! a bend that brought us into
full view of Camp Stine, at Craigs
hfad, four miles out of Carlisle, on
*4 e _ ior * c road, where the members
or Troop 11. Boy Scouts of America
or Harrlsburg are encamped for two
long. happy, never-to-be-forgotten
weeks, said Scout Executive Stine,
n.i.l r , e , Ulrnp< ? from a visit to camp
with Howard C. Fry, treasurer, "it
was a sight that made us pause and
exclaim upon the apparent strategy
„ j w r : a .l l R director in selecting such
a delightful spot, at once so profes
sional looking to the observer and
impressive in Its sudden appearance."
air. Stine said: "A sharp turn to
f.. , Bl ' tl a creeping forward for
nrty reet over a narrow wagon trail
?.?„ narrw er bridge, and then a
V*i?i e left brought our
the JLmU" e i? striking distance of
J,,® „ Had it not been for the
mln* downpour of rain that had
aodd en field out of the inter
rarm'ancl w " would have
™[ .f° directly to headquarters tent
ever HA? °i v. he camp street. How
task of ir-tH invite a nasty
insK or RAttine the car out of n
the severTf ', lor ' <1 1 ( ' d to foot il across
us but flrL hUndr . P J 1 yards between
the bovs ~.wi ♦ to rouso
scouting ? their alertness unci
nals sent hv ll v, by ROmp code sig-
I' wrote n, y ,he Klaxnn To this end
book the f a „,r , T r fronl my note "
Morse: (. . . * I"* , Intor natlonal
••Th enmp.
There wft were warmly welcomed
Woman Only Member Left
of Church Congregation
Vineland, N. J., Aug. 24. The
congregation of the Free Methodist
Church has dwindled and the trus
tees have died oft until there is only
one left She lg Mrs. Mary Arm
strong and the question arises does
she own the church; if not, who
does?
The site was deeded forty years
President Wilson's
Coal Prices
For September
are higher than the standard wholesale rates now in effect.
There must be an increase in Harrisburg retail prices on Sep
tember 1 of from 40c to SI.OO per ton based on the United States
Government's new schedule for Anthracite Operators.
The present retail prices, however, have been in effect since
May 10, notwithstanding there has been the following increases
in wholesale rates:
June I—loc per ton
July I—loc per ton
August I—loc per ton
August 15—25 c to SI.OO per ton by some operators.
President Wilson's new schedule is from 40c to $1.30 per ton
higher than the prices issued May 1 upon which are based the
August retail prices.
The coal dealers' cost for doing business to-day is higher than
on May 1. Labor costs more, horse feed is higher, all other mate
rial used about a coal yard such as shovels, screens, repair parts etc.,
art more expensve now than on May 1.
Leaving out of consideration the difference in the dealers cost
of doing business to-day over what it was on May 1, the September
retail prices must be 40c to SI.OO per ton higher according to the
size of the coal.
The freight rates on Anthracite Coal from the mines to Har
risburg over the P. & R. R. R. is $1.25 per ton for Pea size, $1:45 per
ton for Egg, Stove and Nut. On the P. R. R. the rate is $1.35 for
Pea size and $1.50 for Egg, Stove and Nut.
Many items of expense enter into the dealers' cost of doing
business. The largest of which is labor. The following are some
of the biggest items: Cartage, 75c to SI.OO per ton; Administra
tion, advertising and selling expenses 20c per ton; yard expenses,
20c per ton; interest on investment 5c per ton; taxes'and insurance,
10c per ton; bad accounts, 2c per ton; depreciation on plants and
equipment. 10c per ton: general expenses, 10c pier ton; loss through
short weights on cars, degradation and depreciation on coal, 15c
per ton. To these expenses must be added the dealer's profit which
is seldom more than 20c per ton.
It is important to note that the President's Anthracite scale
applies only to the railroad-owned mines, which are Philadelphia
and Reading R. R., Jersey Central R. R., Delaware and Hudson
R. R., Delaware, Lackawanna and Western R. R., Lehigh Valley
R. R.
All other producers of Anthracite coal, of which there are 125,
possibly more, are permitted to charge 75c per ton more than the 5
above railroad-owned, companies. The retailers must buy a large
amount of coal from these 125 companies who are privilegad to add
75c per ton over the U. S. Government's schedule. This fact alone
will have considerable bearing upon local coal prices.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Harrisburg and Steelton, Pa.
AUGUST 24, 1917.
by the boys and their genial and
cient scoutmaster, Mr. Manser, wfl
tendered us every courtesy and pe*
sonallji/ecorted us about the camp.
"The camp is situated upon a well
drained portion of a farm bordering
upon the main highway and is hand
ily reached by both campers and vis
itors from the railroad station at
Craigshead. • At the back it is skirt
ed by a heavy growth of forest which
gives plenty of opportunity for the
finding of shady nooks on a hot day,
while the Yellow Breeches creek bor
ders one entire side of the site and
offers tempting hire to the swim
mers of which there are many on all
kinds of days. At the extreme end
of the camp is the cookhouse and
mess tent, and just below this group
Is the headquarters of the scoutmast
er. Theu on either side of the street
extend the white tents of the Scouts
to the end which is punctuated by a
khaki tent owned snd occupied bv
the busy young assistant to the
scoutmaster. Mr. Strouse. Hardly
had we finished our inspection of the
camp when this klndlv and efficient
ofTicer informed us that dinner was
ready, and he then escorted us to our
places at the table where we were
served with an excellent ifnd bounti
ful repast served by our old friend
of Camp Harris fame, Chef .Faving
er, who certainly knows how to dish
us the grub for a boys' camp.
"A fine spirit of camaraderie pre
vailed upon the part of all the flftv
boys and men at the mess table and
though the keen eye of the scout
master was constantly on the alert
for breaches of etiquette he found no
opportunity for censure. Dinner hav
ing been topped off with a fine large
piece of watermelon, we sat In with
Mr. Manser for a short chat about the
general run of the camp, while a few
boys played ball In front of their
tents and others In greater numbers
made preparations for the swim to
come later in the afternoon. The
rain, which had heen falling all this
time, having now ceased for a spell
we thought it a good time to get
started home, and so we bade the
boys goodby."
ngo to the trustees and the congre
gation, and it is claimed that the
church never belonged to the con
ference on that account. The prop
erty Is worth $2,500.
SALONIKI BURNS AGAIN
By Associated Press
Athens, Thursday, August 2S.—A
second fire is burning in Salonlki
where great damage was done last
Saturday by a conflagration which
destroyed a considerable part of the
A hK-M
lookinK
ful heels. :
C. Burt and^H
:
Wonderful*
In low shoes. £
Is here It will pay
them now and keep
next summer at
prices. JJOW shoes
to one-half oft -the
prices; 200 pairs, size 3
3Vi at ( three prices,
$1.50 and *2.40, former
up to $5.00.
PAUL'S
FOB SHOES
11 North Fourth St.
: ■->
The Philadelphia
Dentist
Is Now Located at
1 N. Market Square
Over Knisely's Cigar Store