The Hershey Press 1917-05-17

              $50,000 FOR THE
LIBERTY LOAN
Hershey s Subscriptions Will Be That
AmoQnt or More And Will Be Far
Above the Average for Coun-try-.
Reasons Why Every-one
Should Buy
It is .expected that the subscriptions
through the Hershey Trust Company for
the bonds of the $7,000,000,000 Liberty
Loan of . the United States Government
will be $50,000 or more. ,"
Applications are now coming in and
when the meaning and advantages of the
new bonds are thoroughly understood it
is expected that they will rapidly increase.
The Trust Company makes no charges
whatever for its services in the matter,
announcing :
"Your Duty to Your Country requires
(no matter what your station in life) that
you buy ' one or more of the bonds of the
$7,000,000,000 "Liberty Loan" of the Uni-ted
States Government.
"Though the loan is the greatest ever
made by any Government it is no greater
in comparsion with the wealth of the
country than was the loan of $500,000,000
voted by Congress in 1863 as recom-mended
by President Lincoln.
"We invite subscriptions from Corpor-ations,
Societies,' Organizations, and pri-vate
individuals for any amount you can
afford to subscribe, and will transact the
business absolutely without any charge
to the subscriber or remuneration of any
sort to ourselves.
"We do this as a Service to our Country
in order that every penny may go. to the
benefit of Humanity in the furtherance
of a world democracy."
The application blank reads:
Hershey Trust Company,
Hershey, Penna.
Gentlemen:
Please enter my subscription for the
"Liberty Loan" of the United States
in the amount of $
It is understood and agreed upon by me
that remittance will be made to you
covering the above amount in full as soon
as it is announced through the public
press that the bonds are ready for dis-tribution.
Name
Address
DAUPHIN COUNTY BARS BOYS
The farmers of Dauphin and nearby
counties evidently do not want schoolboys
to work on their farms.
Donald McCormick, chairman of the
committee of agriculture of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, is impressed with
this belief. One hundred and thirty-seven
high school' boys volunteered to go
on the farms to assist in raising food
products, The conditions were that they
receive $1 a day—those more than sixteen
years old—and seventy-five cents a day
under sixteen . years, with two Sundays
and two Saturday afternoons as holiday
periods each month. It was only one
of the conditions that they should not
be worked more than eight hours a day
for the first two weeks. A return postal
card was sent with the 600 letters ad-dressed
to farmers all over the district
and to these hundreds of letters but five
replies were received and of these but
one wanted help.
DANCE NEXT WEEK
The Fourth Annual May Hop will be
held next Thursday evening and will
attract a large crowd. Myer's String
Orchestra of Harrisburg will furnish the
music, which fact alone will draw a
number of people from Harrisburg, as
Mr. Myers and his orchestra have earned
an enviable reputation throughout the
county. Ladies will be presented with
souvenirs.
MR. DEVENEY'S NEW POSITION
N, A. Dcveney, formerly of Plcrnliey, is
now in the employment of the Govern-ment.
Until recently ho was bookkeeper
for the Homo Ice Company in Welling-ton
but recently ho accepted a position
in the Department of State, In a note to
the Press lie Bonds his best wishes to nil
his friends here and gives as his motto:
"Our life is an open ledger , each day a
debit. Can you show a credit to biiliuico
the account? If not you arc on the road
to insolvency, from which no bankruptcy
law ciin liquidate you, "
NO PEACE
It was expected that the German Chan-cellor
in IiIh speech on Tuesday would
outline Germany 's terms of peace, Ho
sidestepped the issue and merely made
n bid for n uopnnilo penco will ) Russia.
According to the news received , the
rocIuIIhIh In Germany appear to bo gain-ing
mid their leader has announced Hint
there must be a Republic In Germany,
In the meanwhile, the war kooh on with-out
elective action, The past week has
been one of fighting on tlio fremiti and of
fewer U-bout sinkings,
OWN YOU R HOME
IN HERSHEY
Fine Opportunities For Employees of
the, Hershey Interests. How., to
Save Money by Buying Now
Two Sales of Lots During :
the Present Week
A home in Hershey is a wise and safe
investment and the Hershey Industrial
School's offer of residences on easy .terms
has aroused great interest. A list of the
properties will be found on page eight of
today's' Press.. They comprise some of
the most desirable dwellings in the town.
They are offered to employees only with
the first choice to the present occupants.
They will be sold at exact cost and when
they were built the prices of materials
were far below what they are today. They
could not be duplicated now under an
advance of from 30 to 40 per cent. This
is saved to the employees who' wish to
own their homes. Furthermore the first
payment is only ten per cent of trie sale"
price, with the - rest in easy monthly
payments and with a deed arid a mort-gage
at 5 per cent when 25 per cent of the
price is paid. Two sales have been
made and others are under negotiation.
This week James Hetrich bought a 50
foot lot and.Wilson E. Rhoads a 50 foot
lot on west Granada Avenue. Each will
erect a double dwelling at once.
Hershey is the place to buy property,
for the town is sure to . grow and the
demand for houses will always be larger
than the supply.
10 VOLUNTEE RS
FROM HER SHEY
Young Men Who Have Passed Exam-ination
and Have Been Accepted
Ten of Hershey's finest young men have
have responded to the call of their country
and have entered different branches of
the service. Everyone of them , has
made an excellent record in Hershey
and all leave with the regrets and good
wishes of the people of the town. They
are as follows:
Charles Samuel Grube, Lancaster, Am-bulance
Corps.
Edward Schwenk, Schuylkill Haven,
United States Infantry.
Ivan Mease, Lancaster, Bookkeeper
in Quartermasters' Division.
• Edward U. Smith, Newport, Steno-grapher.
Joseph Heisey, Elizabethtown, Typist.
Paul Shultz, Lancaster, Clerk.
Philip Kraber, York, Field Artillery.
William Mumma, Lancaster, Signal
Corp.
. Clifford Gorsuch, Bowman Snavely,
Hershey, Officer Training* Camp.
THE WAR HUSBANDS
Discharges form the National Guard
because of marriage will be restricted
to men who were married before the war
was declared between the United States
and Germany, according to a general
order issued by the Adjutant General's
department, republishing some of the
orders from the War Department.
Supplementary to the orders that mar-riages
contracted since the war began
would not prevent men from being called
for service, the general order says, "Mar-riages
contracted now by persons other-wise
eligible for military service will not
be regarded as a bar to enlistment."
MR. MURRAY GOES TO LEBANON
James J. Murray, who resigned as
manager of the Hershey Employment
Bureau , completed hia service on Tuesday
and on Wednesday took up his new work
with the Bethlehem Steel Company in its
Lebanon plant, Mr. and Mrs. Murray
and their children have taken u house in
Lebanon, Mrs. Murray is from that
city. Mr, Murra y was connected with
the Ilershoy interests for over seven
years. He was with the Chocolate
Company until tlio employment bureauwas
started when ho was appointed its mana-ger,
lie inaugurated and directed its
work until his departure this week, He
was one of the popular and active men of
the town. Ho took with him tlio best
wishes of everyone, >¦
AT CENTRAL THEATRE
Norma Talmndge, one of tlio most
popular actresses in the movie world , is
booked to appear at the Central Theatre
Saturday evening with Ralph Lewis In
"Going Straight. " This picturo furnishes
plenty of thrills.
Wednesday evening, May &1, the Hoy
Scouts of Ilershoy will be in charges of the
hIiow and will exhibit a llii'llllng picture
illustrating tlio work of the scouts, The
picture will not be a dry ono; on the con-trary
It hIiowh the struggles and final vie
tory of tho scouts.
Monday evening, 'May 21, will have
ono of tho most powerful pictures on the
Hereon, "God 's, Crucible" featuring Myr-tle
Gongnloz and George Hernandez.
BABY WEEK DREW
LARGE CROWDS
There Were Ninety Two in the Her-shey
Store. All Ought to Have
Had Prizes. The Committee
Certainly Worked Hard
to Pick the Winners
Baby Week which ended Saturday
evening was a great success. Although
nearly every home observed it in some
manner or other the store, by virtue of
its position in the community, .was the
chief center of attraction. .Nearly one
hundred babies were there, the exact
number being 92. '
The store presented an atmosphere of
the home nursery. Everything pertain-ing
to the environment of the average
child was in evidence throughout the
various departments. Upon the arrival
of the juvenile members of the family,
they were escorted to the photograph
gallery. Through the courtesy, of the
management a photograph of the child
was taken and a cabinet size portrait
was presented to the mother.
Following this the baby was taken to
the judge's room where a committee,
selected by the Hershey Mothers' Club
under whose auspices the affair was given,
made an examination of the tots.
After due deliberation the committee
agreed upon the following awards:
Most perfect baby from one to six
months, Thelma Hershey, whose parents
reside outside of Hershey on R. F. D.
No. 1.
Lester Zimmerman whose parents re-side
on Caracas avenue was given the
prize for the most perfect baby from six
months to one year.
For the most perfect baby from one
year to two years the prize was awarded
to Katharine Yingst of Cocoa Avenue.
The other prize winners were. Harold
Gingrich whose parents reside 6n the out-skirts
of Hershey on R. F.. D. No. 2;
Mary Grubb, of R. F. D. No, 1 and Beat-rice
Wirth of Chocolate Avenue,
The committee which made the awards
consisted of Mrs. Aldus Wirth, Mrs.
Lawrence Edwards, Miss Kilrnore, Mrs.
DuBois and Dr. Zimmerman. The man-agement
of the store desires to express
to the members of the Mothers' Club and
others who helped make Baby Week a
success, appreciation of the fine work
rendered.
DR. BUTTERWICK
IS IN WICHITA
General Conference of the Church
of United Brethren is the Largest
Ever Held. Growth of De-nomination
Large
Pennsylvania is represented by forty-four
delegates at the twenty-seventh quad-rennial
session of the General Conference
of the Church of the United Brethren in
Christ, lield at Wichita, Kansas, May 10,
to 22. This conference is the highest gov-erning
body of the denomination. Six
bishops are in attendance, W- M.
Weekley, Parkersburg, W, Va., Bishop of
East District; G. M. Matthews, Dayton ,
0., Bishop of Central District; II. H. Fout,
Indianapolis, Ind., Bishop of Northwest
District ; C. J, Kephart, Kansas City, Mo.,
Bishop of Southwest District; W. M. Bell;
Los Angeles, Cal„ Bishop of Pacific Dis-trict,
and A, T. Howard , Bishop of Foreign
District. Three of these bishops have
spoken in Hershey.
The conference consists of more than
two hundred delegates, elected from all
parts of the United States, The first con-ference,
which convened in 181f> in a small
log schoolhouBC at Mt Pleasant , Pa,, was
attended by fourteen delegates, there hav-ing
been only twenty delegates elected, At
that time there was only one bishop, the
Rev. Christian Newcomer being elected
at the 18ir> conference. The second gener-al
conference took place just one hundred
years ago, Since then its sessions have
been held quadrennially.
Today the United Brethren Church has
in round numbers 3SO,000 members, 3<10O
houses of worship and 1200 parsonages,
whoso combined valuation Is over Hilfi .OOO,-
000, 11 Is now ono of tho ten lending de-nominations
in tho United States , besides
being tlm oldest and the next to the
strongest among the Amerlain-born de-nominations.
In tliu Knsl Pennsylvania Conference
group nro these delegates: Ministerial ,
Revs. D. D, Lowery and J, A. Lyter , of
HaiTlsbuiKi S. C. Enck, of Philadelphia; I,
H, Albright , of Mlclclletown; II. K. Miller ,
of Lebanon; R, R, Buttorwlck , of Hershey;
G, D. liiitdorf , of Lancaster , Lay, A. S,
Light, and K, P, Slricklor of Lebanon; A, S,
Kroldcr , of Annvillo; J, R. Knglo, of Pal-myni;
C, L, Gnibil l, Lancaster; II. J,
Roop, of lllghspiro , and 11. L, Carl of
Ilanisburg,
Copies of the Wichita papers sent to
the Hershey Press show that tho con-ference
is (ino of the biggest tilings in tho
histor y of that city, Dr. HutiufwicU. is
taking rt prominent part in tho proceed-l"
p.
WILL SOON HAVE
300 MEMBERS
Hershey Red • Cross Auxiliary Has
Passed the 250 Mark And Is In-creasing
Every " Day. Work
Room A Very Busy Place
Dance Is To-Night
There is "not a busier spot in Hershey
than the work room of the-Red Cross
Auxiliary on tie second floor of the
Central Theatre Building. Monday and
Thursday afternoons from 1 to 5 it is a
a hive of industry, with the women turn-ing
out bandages, surgical dressings, and
other things that will'be needed by the
soldiers.
A deeper interest has come into the
work since the people have realized that
war is here and that with the thousands
of men in camp many products will be
. equired. Each day brings new workers.
Every woman of the community who can
spare a few hours each week is urged to
help, whether she be a member or not.
For evening workers the room, was
open for, the first time on Tuesday even-ing
from 7 to 10, and once each week at
this time the room will be open for those
who cannot do their bit during the day.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
The cause is splendid and it should
appeal to everyone. •
The membership has passed the 250
mark and the daily increase promises
that the total will soon exceed 300.
This is excellent and is a great credit to
the workers.
Contributions are sought and more will
be needed all the time. There is a con-tribution
box in the Drug Department
of the Hershey- Store. Any sum how-ever
small will be welcome. It is by the
cooperation of everyone that the full
value of the Auxiliary may be made
effective.
Go to the Dance To-night
To-night in Hershey Park the first
park dance of the season will be given.
All the proceeds will be for the benefit
of the Auxiliary. Tickets are 25 cents.
There will be a fine attendance of the
people of Hershey and its near-by points.
It will be a very enjoyable affair and your
money will be for the good of the soldiers.
Buy as many tickets as you can. An
orchestra from Lebanon will furnish the
music.
The parties given for the Auxiliary
have been very successful and other
plans are being considered . The cost
of materials is high and thus there must
be a steady income to secure them.
MANY TON IGHT
IN PARK THEATRE
Elaborate Program Has Been Ar-ranged
for the Grammar School
Transfer. Addresses by the
Pupils And Plenty of Mu-sic.
Main Address
An elaborate program has been
prepared for the exercises to be held this
evening in the Hershey Park Theatre in
connection with the annual transfer of
the pupils of the grammar school into
the freshman class of the High School.
The program will begin promptly
at 7:30 o'clock and a cordial invitation
is extended to the general public to
attend,
This will be the last class which will be
promoted under the old system, under
which form Hie entrance into High
School marked a separate course of study;
that is the pupil leaving the grades em-barked
into a course which was alto-gether
new and which contained no studies
connecting liiin with his grade worlc.
Under tho new system which will be
established this fall the work of the
grades is gradually worked into the
higher branches or in other words the
schooling will be an ever advancing system.
Tlio program will include: Invo-cation,
Rev. R, I-I. Taylor; Address of
Welcome, Robert Bricker ; Story of Our
Flag, Edith McCafferty ; Advantages of
Compulsory Training, Paul Seitsclngcr;
"America First ," J, Carrie Kellar; Rec-itation
, Charles Robins; "Leadership, "
(Class Motto) Esther Kspcnshaclc ; Life
of Helen Kellar , Edith Light; "Toasts of
Our Class" Mury Edy; Piano Duet , Inn
Carpenter , ISliiol Mowrer; Recitation ,
Land is Gnrmnn; Class Prophecy, Fay
Frehn; Address, Hiram II, Shenk; Bene-diction,
Rev. J. Irwin Meek.
lho class roll is as follows: Arthur P.
I locker, teacher 8th Grade; Mabel Hom-gardner
, Caroline liarcl , Mario Cooper,
lithe! llelsey, Esther Esponshado, Viola
Fox, Bertha Finick , Sara Clarver , Maud
Gordon , J, Currlo Kellar , Pearl Lnndis ,
Marion Lecclrow, Edith Light , Fdllli
McCafferty, Ethel Mowrer, Florence
Sncnth , Eleanor Swartz , Marl on Yingst ,
Helen Buflington , Inn Carpenter, Mary
Eby, KrnestUia Niles,' Fay Frelin , Robert.
Brichcr, Paul Folly, Martin Forman ,
Lnndis Gnrmun , Paul Gingrich , Klmcr
Grubb, Elinor, Grcennwnlt, Walter Her-slioy,
Charles L, Robins, Paul Soltzlngor,
Rusael Lnrno , Harry Blough.
GARDEN DAY IS
NEXT THURSDAY
Hershey Small Farmers Doing Good
Work. May 24 Appointed by, Govt.
ernor As Day to Work .in Gar-dens
And Lots Instead of .
On the Public Roads
The cold spring has kept back all growth
and has been discouraging to the young
people who planted their little farms with
a hope that results would begin to show
promptly. . The windy . days and cold
nights have had their effect on everything.
However, the crops are only delayed.
They will be along shortly. The seventy
little fanners are keeping their lots in
fine condition.
They should all be on the job on May
24th, next Thursday, Jfor that is to be
the Farm and Garden Day in Pennsyl-vania.
It was the day originally in-tended
for good roads day but the Gov-ernor
wisely made the change and in his
proclamation which he sends to the
young farmers of Hershey, he says:
"When the proclamation for Good
Roads Day was issued on February
nineteenth no one could foresee the
events of the next two months. War
forced itself upon the country; men
are rushing to the colors; conscrip-tion
is a certainty within the next few
weeks; every industry is busy getting
ready for the conflict ; every man is doing
his bit in the way of preparedness—the
thought of the nation is turned to war."
So he ,calls upon all to do their duty in
food production.
SC0UTMOVEMENT
GROW S STEADILY
Hershey to Be Represented by Troop
of Boy. Scouts of America. The
Men 's Club in Charge of Ar-rangements.
Statistics
Show Large Increases
Final arrangements are being completed
by the committee in charge of the carnival
and dance to be held tomorrow evening
in the gymnasium of the Hershey Men's
Club for the benefit of the Boy Scout
Troop. Attractive booths and tables
will be in charge of the ypunger members.
Wednesday evening, May 23, the
organization will run the moving picture
show in the Central Theatre. A special
reel depicting the adventures of Boy
ScOuts will be shown. The money de-derived
from the entertainments will be
devoted to the use of the boys.
To thoroughly equip the 32 boys
comprising a troop of Scouts with all
the necessary paraphernalia will require
approximately $250. Through hard and
persistent work in gathering old papers
and selling them the boys have accumu-lated
$65, leaving a balance of nearly
$200 which must be secured.
That Hershey should be represented
in the field of the Scout activities is most
desirable and now is the time to organize.
Never before in the history of the Boy
Scout organization has the movement been
given the wide publicity and impetus
as at the present time, From one end
of the country to the other notable men are
speaking or acting in its behalf and it
promises to become one of the most
powerful orders for the preservation of
peace in the world.
Contrary to the idea of a large number
of people the Boy Scout movement in
no way encourages militarism. Ample
proof of this is found In the endorsement of
Eugene V. Debs, leader of the Socialist
Party which is strongly opposed to any
form of militarism , Mr. Debs in his
endorsement says, "Its literature con-tains
the strongest articles against
militarism , war and bloodshed , and some
of the noblest picas for human brother-hood
and peace I have ever read. "
The Boy Scouts of America maintain
that no boy can grow into the best kind
of man without recognizing his obligations
to God. Tins first part of tho scout's
oath or pledge is, "On my honor I will
do my best to do my duty to God and my
country. " Tho recognition of God as
the. creating and ruling power of tho uni-verse
and tho grateful acknowledgement
of his guidance is held to bo necessary in
directing the growing boy toward s tho
best typo of American citizenship.
The Boy Scout Movement is non-sectarian
in its attitude towards religion.
Its policy Is that the religious organization
with which he Is connected shall give tho
needed attention to Ills spiritual life
regardless of race or creed.
Every community should lend its
civic support to tlio movement, "The
boy of today Is tho man of to-morrow ,"
and tho early trainin g of tho youth will
count in his development as a usefu l
citizen, Effective citizens are intelligent
citizens, well informed as to the resources,
opportunities and needs of their city,
This Is ono of. tho most, interesting and
wonderful reHullH being achieved by the
Boy Scouts of America,
.Statistics show that, eighteen thousand
men are serving im scoutmasters.
NEW TAXES WILL
HIT EVERYBODY
They Will Take A Lot of Money Out of
A Town Lite Hershey. New Rates
On All Materials ; And It Is
Only a Beginning of th e .(
Heavy War Burdens ,
Now that there is a big war on hand it
must be*paid for, and the plan is to pay
as much as possible as it goes along. So
there is now in Congress the most com-prehensive
and far- reaching revenue bill
ever planned.
It puts a new tax on cocoa beans, on
sugar, on tin, on coal and on everything
used in the factory and in the making and
marketing of its products.
But the taxes are unprecedented in the
way they/ reach every individual. No
one escapes. For example:
From the rising of the sun until the
going?"down thereof and then 'throughout
the hours of relaxation and amusement,
and even after.he seeks his humble couch,
Mr. Average Man is going to find him-self
hourly pursued by Uncle Sam's tax
gatherer, with the monotonous reiteration
of "come across."
When he toddles into the bathroom to
brush his teeth, it's "5 per cent, please," on
his tooth paste. When he plops into the
tub it's 5 per cent on his soap and another
5 per cent on his shaving stick. As he
dresses, he will be taxed variously on any
articles of imported apparel he dons and
when he sits down to lace his' shoes he
groans at the thought that leather, al-ready
high, will be subject to a 10 per
cent customs duty on imported hides. •
His morning coffee is taxed 10 per cent
ad valorem,, customs duty and 1 centa
pound in addition as a consumption tax.
His sugar will be taxed 10. per cent ad-ditional
to present rates. Bear in mind,
that all these rates are but Uncle Sam's
portion and nobody knows what the mid-dle
men will tack on for their "rake-off."
He lights his cigarette while proceeding
to his flivver, realizing that there are
additional taxes on the cigarette, according
to weight. His automobile, if he buys it
after the law goes into effect, has been
taxed 5 per cent on the cost price at the
factory. His gasoline has not been taxed;
the Standard Oil Company didn't get hit.
Some More Impo sts at Office
Arriving at the office he finds a pile
of bills. There is 5 per cent tax on his
telephone bill, his electric light and his
electric power. Also a notice that his
income tax is to be more than doubled
and that the little legacy left him by
Uncle William will have to pay in.
When he mails checks for these bills
his postage has increased to 3 cents.
He takes a piece of chewing gum while
he reads his mail and that has paid 5
per cent. The express package to the
boys in camp involves a tax of 10 per
cent of the carrier 's rate and the box he
is sending by freight pays 3 per cent.
He sends a telegram to his customer in
Harrisburg saying he will come over—
5 cents tax on that. When he goes he
pays a tax of 10 per cent of the price of
the railway ticket.
Phoning back to the office for some
additional figures, he pays a tax of 5
cents on the message. He admires his
billboard advertising, but groans at the
thought that he is taxed 5 per cent on
that.
If he takes out an accident insurance
policy the tax is 1 per cent on the dollar of
premium, and the same on new lire in-surance.
If it is new life insurance it
is 8 cents on the $100 of policy, but
nothing for renewals. At the soda
fountain , he is taxed 2 cents a gallon on
his soft drinks,
Back in his office again ho finds that
he is taxed on all kinds of legal instru-ments,
surety bonds, etc, He is taxed on
capital stock issue, slock sales, sales on
the produce exchange , conveyances of
real estate and all that kind of thing,
Fun Costa Mor e, Too
Out to the golf club , then; as lie en-ters
the grounds ho remembers that ho
is taxed 10 per cent on his club dues.
When he loses the foolish «olf ball its
expense is added by a 5 per cent tax
on the cost,
In the evening, If he goes out , ho Is
taxed 1 per cent on each 10 cents of ad-mission
charged for the entertainment , and
realizes that tho same tiling will apply to
tomorrow 's ball game, If ho stays home
homo his vietrola or oilier musical in-strument
is taxed 0 per cent of its cost.
Finally, as ho crawls into bed , think-ing
that ho has been taxed to tho limit
and glad there Isn't anythin g more, tho
woolen ' blanket which ho draws up to
his chin whispers softly: "Your 'ro mis-taken;
10 per cent ad valorem on wool,
please. Good nlghtl"
ROOSEVELT'S ARMY
Congress had decided to authorize
Theodore Roosevelt to organize into four
military divisions tlio 200,000 men whom
ho wishes to lend into tho European
conflict. Tho bill will soon bo in the
hands of tho President, The general
opinion seems that to be lho President will
sign it.