WILL ACCEPT " WAGE INCREASE Shopmen Adjourn Convention Without Taking Vote on Strike Detroit, Mich., Sept. 13. There is little prospect of an immediate " strike by the six hundred thousand maintenance of way and shop em ployes represented in the convention here of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and 'Railway Shop laborers. This was the statement of brotherhood officials A plate without n roof irbleh dofif aot Uiterrier* nrlth tnatc or aptnii plates Repaired While Yon Walt DENTAL lYlHvfl 0 OFFICES 810 31 AHKFT STItCICT Work Harder and Save More THAT sums Up the views of some < of the leading financial authorities as to the best means for bringing d ° w " Fie". Hon. W. P. G. Harding, _ dfo Governor of the Federal fcflMpyV : l!;j ffjWf| ![' Reserve Board, has issued j"' 'h fll; wfijfilji iwfs!| lltfl! 1 l a statement to the effect j . !•jg ji ESS HJfi The Dauphin Deposit Trust Company now has a Savings Department and invites savings accounts, upon which it will pay interest at 39b a year, com pounded semi-annually. Every member of your family ought to have a savings account. Even if I you already have a savings account, start another one with this strong old institution for yourself or for someone in whose welfare you are interested. ' MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MarrSslaitir^Fa. Buckwheat Coal Price $6.90 For 2,000 Lbs. j THERE has been 110 ehange in the price of Buck wheat Coal this summer. We have 110 assurance how long the present rates will remain in force. Buckwheat Coal is the most economical fuel vou can use for steam and hot-water heating plants. The cost this month is $2.10 per 2000 lbs. less than Pea size coal and nearly $4.00 per 2000 lbs. lower than Egg and Stove sizes. Buckwheat Coal is recommended for early fall and winter use. Save the more expensive fuel for the severe weather. Buckwheat Coal gives good results when used with Broken Egg, Stove or Nut Coal. The smaller fuel fills up the chinks between the big coal making the fire more easily regulated in the burning and results in the saving of many dollars. Buckwheat Coal for banking fires at night, will save the use of more expensive fuel. Put several shovels full over the fire in the evening, scarcely any coal will be consumed during the night. When the drafts are turned on next day fire responds quickly. ' We strongly advise putting coal in early. The quality is much better than will be shipped in winter when the cars arrive frozen from top to bottom. Coal is always better prepared in mild weather. There is a big difference in the value of well pre pared and poorly prepared coal. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster and Cowden Streets 7th and Woodbine Sts. 6th and Hamilton Sts. 7th and Reily Sts. 15th and Chestnut Sts. SATURDAY EVENING, [at the conclusion of a closed session I of the convention yesterday. Virtually the entire afternoon it | was stated, was taken up with argu- I ment of the wage controversy and I contrary to expectations, the question : of u strike was not brought to a vote. | The national committee which conferred with the railroad admin istration officials in Washington on wage matters made a verbal report to the convention, recommending, it was announced that the organization •'bide by President Wilson's plea to accept four cents an hour increase | and postpone action on wage de | munds until conclusion of the Gov j ernmcnt's efforts to bring living i | costs to normal. The sense of the 1 I discussion was that this recommen- j dation be followed. The committee , j reported that the railroad wage 1 | board has promised to standardize ! wages as requested. The convention also approved recommendations by Grand Presi- j dent Allan E. Barker for the estab- \ lishment of a chain of departmental j mail order stores and entering var- t ious manufacturing lines as part of i the brotherhood's plan to fight high I living costs. The executive commit tee was instructed to gather data on these matters and take necessary ac tion. HOMELIKE "Father," said vivacious Vivian,: as she sat in the lounge of the ex- j pensive hotel, "this place seems just' like home." "Yes, it's the dearest spot on j earth," promptly replied father, I putting away his fountain pen after writing a check for that week's bill. I —Answers. ' Royal Splendor Marks Presidential Junkets Washington, Sept. 13, —The Presi- I dent's train, on which he is touring i the country, for the purpose, ill part, | of dealing with the high cost of liv- ; ing, is described by admiring chron- j iclers as the most "pretentious"train | that has left the Union Station in Washington for many years. This is in harmony with the pala tial character of the George Wash ington on which the President went I jto Europe and in keeping with -he i fact that the American peace mio- | ! sion at Paris consisted of 1,300 per sons and had an expense account , which has dazed Congi ess. Like- j wise it is in consonance with the | fact' the railroads of the country i i are now in control of the President and the railway deficit ascends while j the cost of living does not dimin i ish. I The Czar of all the Bussias or ! the Potentate of India never aspired ' to the costly trappings that mark the progress of President Wlison about the world. THE WISDOM OF PATIENTS! Jones: That doctor ain't! Not be at large. Who does not like To overcharge. { Bones: Henceforth desist i From such complaint; Believe, old chap. That doctor ain'tt* / —Cartoons Magazine. RXJEtRISBURG TELEGRjtPH IAUTO DIVISION MAKES A RECORD ; Claimed to Be the Cheapest : Operated in the Country For I Amount of Work Done and cost of Highway Da partment to have been $184,899.51. The revenue derived from licensss issued in the same period is given by the department as $4,392,236. The license plates cost the States $107,303.09 and deliveries S3S,- 444.96, the salaries and other ex penses of the division are given as $44,201.76. The Department claims that the cost of operating the di vision is the lowest of any in the United States. The division of the licenses is given as follows: Motor vehicles 407,923; motor cycles 21,107; trac tors and trailers 2,778; dealers 8,690; drivers (paid), 70,565; driv ers (free), 118,977, duplicates and transfers, 24,987. Since July 1, many additional licenses have been issued. ! State to Answer—Answer of the I State in the equity action tiled ni j the Dauphin county court to re j strain payments ot' appropriations ito 6G hospitals and homes, on the j ground that they are sectarian in stitutions, will be filed early during the coming week. It is possible that the State may demur to some of the form of proceedings. The Attorney General will appear for the Com monwealth in the argument. Governor Speaks—Governor Wil i liam C. Sproul will welcome the members of the State Medical So ciety to Harrisburg for their annual i meeting in the week of September | "2. The meeting will last several days and there will be a number of j special meetings, including a confer | once of industrial surgeons to be ad j dressed by State officials. Compen | sation, rehabilitation and similar problems will be discussed. Hunting Up haw—The legal and banking departments of the Stare government started to-day to look up the powers of the common wealth in regard to actions against persons who wilfully keep houses empty in the face of a demand for dwelling places in order to manipu late prices and for control of al leged unfair operations by building | and loan associations as a result ot . the complaints made yesterday to I Governor William C. Sproul by a i committee of Philadelphia tenants, j The inquiry will be of state wide i importance as if it is found that the State has authority it may in voke to correct the abuses they will be applicable not only to Philadel phia but to Pittsburgh or any othei place where a scarcity of dwellings exists and houses have been found ' kept idle for rent or price juggling, j State officials regard the matter as | of not only economic but legal im- I portance as it would involve some | laws passed for protection of prop l erty owners. Under the Stati j hanking code the State has author ity to examine into building and loan associations and if any trans actions which • are not in accord with law are developed the State will prosecute them. licll Case Comes Up The Bell Telephone Company's application to continue the war-time telephone rates in Pennsylvania and the ob jections of the city of Pittsburgh to them as unreasonable will come be fore the Public Service Commission next Wednesday by which time the ; preliminary report on the investiga tion which the Commission has had : its accountants make will be before the Commission. The application is to make the rates effective from De cember 1, as the Federal ruling was that the war-time rates should be I i effective until that time. There will ] probably be further hearings in the matter. | The Commission is scheduled to | i hold an executive session and to hear | ; argument here Monday morning, ; ' one of the cases being on demurrer i of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit | Co., to a complaint regarding dis- J continuance of service on Thirty j third street and Thirty-sixth street, ! .-"hiladelphia. Hearings will be held j .11 Harrisburg Thursday and in Phil .ulelphia Friday, the latter list in j eluding steam heat, trolley and elec | ,ric and gas service complaints from | .he Philadelphia district. Nine Homicide Cases—Nine of the I twenty-eight cases listed for the September meeting of the State 1 Board of Pardons, which will begin I the sessions after the summer ad | journment, involve homicides of va j rious degrees, in the nunftier being !an application for a rehearing for j William Josiah McMeen, of Juniata j county, convicted in 1895 of murder i and commuted the following year. I i The McMeen eaSe has attracted I much attention, as the trial was a | sensational one. In 1909 and 1914 ,he was refused pardon. Three men | sentenced to die are asking commu- Itation: Robert Loomis, Northamp ton; William Evans, Dauphin, and Lewis Page, Fayette, convicted of second degree murder in Somerset, | Allegheny and Lackawanna are ask | ing for pardon, one convicted in j 1911. The others are manslaughter ! | cases from Lackawanna and Schuyl | kill counties. Meadvillc Armory —The State Ar i mory Board has arranged to make an extension and improvement of the Meadville Arnjory and bids will prob -1 ably be asked during the fall. This I armory was originally a residence ' and was concerted into an admim- I istration building, drill facilities being provided later. It will be one of the first of the armories to be improved following the war and will j house one of the companies of the new National Guard. THOUGHT SHE HAD MOVED Mrs. Clancey was a very sarcastic I woman, und it wus probably due to this fact that she had a falling out | with her friend. Mrs. Murphy; who lived in the apartment just under 1 her. tine day, while Mrs. Clancey was j feeling particularly mean, she I looked down from her window and i saw Mrs. Murphy also enjoying the | scenery. She could not resist the ' temptation to take a shot at her. '•Oi say. Murphy," she called 1 down in deep sarcasm, "why don't ye take your ugly ould mug out iv the windy and put your pet monkey !in its place? That's give the neigh bors a change they'd like." Mrs. Murphy looked up. "Well, now. Mrs. C'luncey," she slowly raid, "it was only this main i in' that I did that very thing, an' the poleecman came along, an' whin he saw the monkey he bowed and smiled and said: 'Why Mrs. Clancey, whin did ye move down stairs?"— Dallaa New*. MARKET BASKET HABIT [From the New York Sun.] There was a time long ago when the Woman Who Sees Things went to market twice a week carrying a basket and filling it with good things to be taken home later by a small boy on his express wagon. That wasn't in New York, it's needless to say. But the habit of the basket still persists and often she takes one J "77te Live Stor£ ; fj I "Be Sure of Your Store" | Stetson Hats I It's easy to determine which is the favored store in this city when it conies to buying men's wear. This "Live Store" is headquarters and it certainly is getting the Hat and Clothing business to a greater extent than any past season. The popular H "Velour Hats" j That you see so many of have been responsible for bringing a great many new customers who never saw anything quite so interesting as these attractive Velours. My but we are selling them. The nice part about these Velour Hats is they can be worn for several seasons; they hold their shape and will stand all kinds of hard usage. If you've never worn a Velour Hat try one of Doutrichs wear-long Velours. They are beautiful blends of Green, Gray, Brown, Fawn, Castor, Tan, also Black. We had thousands of them, so you know it's an authoritative style this season —You should see the immense stock of Fall Hats at this "Live Store." We have the largest stock of Stetson and Mallory Hats of any store in Pennsylvania and plenty of qualified salesmen ready to serve Have you seen those high grade suits we are selling at I $35 S4O $45 I They are great values. Better come in and look them over. 304 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa. with her if her purchases are going to be heavy enough to make a paper bag awkward. Sometimes people stare. Even shopkeepers look askance, and once she was told that they did not permit baskets in the place. It was too easy, said the proprietor, to slip something in them. But good luck led her one day to a tiny place around the corner which she had SEPTEMBER 13, 1919. never patronized. The little old man behind the low counter smiled a special welcome. "It do be good," he said, "to see a lady bring a basket to shop now adays. Long ago they always did, and it was a foine class of payple we had, to be sure. But not now no more. Perhaps if folks knew that wrapping paper costs sivin toimes os much as before the war they'd take to baskets. 'Twouid be one way of rejucin' prices and we could wait on thim twice as fast." And he tucked in her parcels grate fully. "Why do they say knots on the ocean Instead of miles?" "Why, you couldn't have an ocean 'tide' without knots, could you?" Memphis News-Scimitar. 9
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