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LXXXIII— No. 76
Charged With Stealing
$20,000, HarrisburgMail
Clerk Is Arrested Today
Postal Authorities Believe Allison Hill Man Took Money
That Disappeared July 5, 1912; Two Packages of
SIO,OOO in Currency Was Lost; Big Force of In
spectors Have Been at Work on Case; to Get Hear
ing April 9
Charged with stealing <30.000 In
United States currency from two reg
istered mail packages, each contain
ing <IO,OOO, William R. Baum, HO
years old, a railway mall clerk of 330%
Crescent street, tilts city, this morning
wap arrested by James W. Snyder,
deputy United States marshal.
The packages of currency alleged
to have been stolen by the Harris
burg mall clerk were en rotue rrom
St. Paul National Bank, St. Paul,
2100 MUSICUNS TO
SWELL BIG PARADE
OF STATE FIREMEN
Nearly Every Company to Be Here
Will Bring Band; Thousands
to Be in Line
Twenty one hundred musicians and
4,500 fifemen as members of more
. than 100 companies have to date sig
nified their acceptance of the invita
tions extended by the general commit
tee of Harrisburg in charge of plans
for the State firemen's convention in
i October.
Nearly all the companies will bring
bands, and as a result the parade is
expected to be the biggest musical
procession that ever went through the
Ftreets of Harrisburg. In addition,
eleven companies with full apparatus
will swell the column of the parade.
This preliminary canvas of tire com
panies shows an almost unanimous de
sire on the part of companies through
out the State to make the trip here
' In October. It is expected that hun
dreds of other companies will arrange
to be here in addition to those enu-
I merated below
j The following acceptances are re
ported up to date:
I Innes Hose Company, Canton, forty
men and Canton Cornet Band; Wil
j liam Penn Hose Company, Philadel
' phia, thirty-five men; Hancock Chem
ical Company, Norristow'n, 100 men
and Liberty Band; Swarthmore Fire
Association, seventy-five men and
band; Brandy wine Fire Company,
rfoatesville, 125 men and Coatesville
Kand of thirty pieces; Keystone Hook
r B»nd Ladder Company, Jlyerstown,
fifty-six men and Acme Band; Lehigh
[Hook and Ladder Company, South
/Bethlehem, fifty men and band of
(' thirty pieces; Lebanon Hook and Lad
■ der Company, forty men and band of
(thirty pieces; Susquehanna Fire Com
pany, Columbia, sixty men and band;
Hygienic Hose Company, Steelton,
J Bixty men and Penbrook Band; Wash
ington Fire Company, Ashland, fifty
men and Ashland Band of thirty
pieces; Goodwill Firo Company, Leba
non, forty men and band; Volunteer
Fire Association, Philadelphia, forty
ttien and band of twenty-five pieces;
Westgrove Fire Company. Westgrove,
/hirty-two men and band of twenty
/pieces; Union Firo Company, Carlisle,
/ fifty men and band; Pioneer Fire
' Company, Marietta, 100 men and
band of twenty-five pieces; Humane
Kire Company, Norristown, sixty men
and band of tw?nty-flve pieces; Good
will Fire Company, York, seventy
five men and band; Rescue Hook and
Ladder Company, Mechanicsburg,
fifty men and band; Washington Hook
i nnd Ladder Company, Beading, sixty
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Late News Bulletins
HOME RULE DEBATE STARTS
London, March 31.—After a week or sensational developments In
connection with the Ulster situation the House of Commons to-day
started the debate on the second reading of Uie home rule for Ireland
bill. It is ea-pected the measure will occupy the House for at least
three days.
TORREON HAS NOT FALLEN
Washington, March 31.—the Mexican embassy here to-day received
the following message from the foreign Office in Mexico City: "Torreon
has not fallen and the government Is quite confident that it will not fall,
according to the latest reports received by the government from the
front."
KOETTERS GUILTY OF MURDER
Chicago, March 31.—John B. Koetterg to-day was fonnd guilty of
murdering Airs. Emma Kraft, of Cincinnati, and his punishment fixed at
life Imprisonment. The Jury took the case yesterday afternoon. Koof
tors killed Mrs. Kraft In a Chicago hotel with a hammer after Obtaining
possession of her money.
NEGRO WOMAN LYNCHED
MUSKOGEE, Okla.. March 31.—Marie Scott, a negro woman who
Sunday night killed Lemuel Peace, a young white man, by driving a
knife into his heart, was taken out of the Wagoner county jail early to
day and hanged to a telegraph pole. The mob which wns'musked, over
powered the jailer, a one-armed mnn, threw a rope over the woman's
head and dragged her out of the jail.
PAY 5 CENTS OR RIDE FREE
Toledo, Oliio, March 31.—City Solicitor Tliurstin to-day advised
that patrons of the Toledo Railways and Light Company refuse to Dav
more than three-cent fare. The company still continues to refuse to ac
oept three cents and carries patrons who refuse to pay five cents
Thousands are riding free. ,reo -
Wall Street Closing.—Chesapeake & Ohio, 63%: la-high Vallor
114%; Northern Pacific, 114%; Southern Pacific, 95 V; Union Pacific!
160; C.. M. & St. P., 100)4: P. R. R, Reading. 166 ; Canadiaii
Pacific, 207*4; Amal. Copper, 78l'. S. Steel, «:i %.
Minn., to a New York city bank. The I
money disappeared July 5, 1911'. Ever!
since a large force of Inspectors has i
been at work on the case. t
Baum was arrested this morning
just as he was leaving his home to re-1
port for duty at the Pennsylvania'
Railroad station. He was taken to'
the office of Leroy F. Wolfe, United ]
States Commissioner. In default of l
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DEMOCRATS FALSIFY
IN EFFORT TO SHOW
ENROLLMENT GAINS!
Transpose Figures and Pad Re
turns in Attempt to Make
Showing in County
Notwithstanding the efforts of the
MoCormlck and Ryan factions of the
Democratic party to get out a full en
rollment in Dauphin county this
Spring, In order to make a big show
ing at the primaries, the enrollment
figures, so far as they are obtainable,
show that the Democrats have gained
only 616 over the Wilson vote In 1912.
On the other hand, with no effort on
the part of the Republican party to
run up the enrollment this Spring,
the figures on tile in the office of the
County Commissioners show a gain of
3,274 over the Taft vote Ir. 1912, in
itlie districts outside the city. Repub
| licans regurd this as a splendid sViow
j ing, in view of the efforts of the Dem-
I ocrats to line up voters and their own
inactivity in this respect.
The McCormlck newspaper organ
this morning attempts to make it ap
pear that Democratic strength shows
a phenomenal Increase as a result of
the enrollment this Spring. How ac
curate Its figures are may be Judged
from the fact that in the first precinct
of Swatara township the Patriot gives
the Republicans a total of 38 votes.
The enrollment books show a total of
j 64. The Patriot gives the Democrats
j63 in that precinct; in reality they
j have 45. in the second precinct the
Patriot has a total of 41 Democratic
; votes: in reality the Democrats liave
38. In the third nrecinct the Patriot
| claims 115 votes for ttie Democrats
and 97 for the Republicans. In real
ity the Republicans have 115 and the
Democrats 97. In the fourth precinct
the Patriot gives the Republicans 106;
in reality the Republicans have 109.
! The Patriot claims a gain of 93 votes
in Swatara township. In reality the
gain of the Democrats over the vote
for Wilson in 1912 Is just 13 votes.
The figures at the office of the
County Commissioners are not totaled
by precincts and It would require a
full day to work them out accurately
on that basis. The foregoing figures
are sufficient, however, to Illustrate
the desperate efforts to which the
Democrats are going to make it ap
pear that their party is gaining
strength throughout Dauphin county.
RIYOURA ACCEPTS PLACE
Tokio, March 31.—Visoount Ketgo
Kiyoura, former minister of Justice
and minister of education, to-day ac
cepted the task of forming a new
cabinet to take the place of that un
der the premiership of Count Yama
moto which resigned office owing to
the naval scandals.
HARRISBURG, PA., TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1914.
SEITZ RE-ELECTED
CITY SOLICITOR;
MAYOR 15 PEEVED
Royal Says He Hadn't Been Con
sulted, So He Opposes Every
thing as Usual
RITZMAN APPOINTMENT IN I
Council to Meet Monday to Con
sider New Police and Food
Inspection Jobs
t -»
Council's Action
in To-day's Session
Daniel S. Seitz. re-elected City
Solicitor for H term of two years,
by 4 to J vote. Present term ex
pires first Monday of May, 1014.
Major John K. noyal opposed ac
tion. rhorKlnK irregularity; said he
hnd not been consulted.
Koval motion to lay appointment
over for week falls by 3 to 2 vote.
Taylor motion to
election of solicitor for term dating
from flrsf Monday, In .January, lOt-1.
In accordance with provisions
Clark act. adopted by 3 to - vote.
Resolution appolntlug Dr. Allen T.
Rttziuan. aMlntant health officer 01-
'°Vw ordinances ottered Includedt
Providing *B0t» from mercantile
license taxes to pay salurj of li
cense tax officer; authorising I" 11 ""
chase of street sprinkler and street
sweeper, not to exceed $1,000; chang
ing names of streets and
transferrin)! unexpended 1013. bal
ances to various departmental funds.
Complaint received from A. H.
Metzgar relative to storage of gas
oline on premises of neighbor, re
ferred to Commissioner of Public
Property M. Harvey Taylor.
Council decides to meet Monday,
I at 4 o'clock, instead of Tuesday, at
1 o'clock, next week, when ap
pointees for food Inspectors, police
I captain, Ave patrolmen will be pre
sented.
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Dan iel S.
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especial need
for the election at this time, and that
he believed the action was "irregu
lar," Mayor John K. Royal alone vot
ed against the selection of Mr. Seitz.
When Commissioner M. Harvey
Taylor read from the Clark act the
provision of the law under which the
election of the city solicitor was sug
gested, Mayor Royal merely said he
didn't construe the law that way.
The Mayor immediately upon the
introduction of the Taylor resolution
moving for the election of a city so
licitor, enlisted the aid of Commis
sioner Gorgas and offered a counter
resolution to lay Taylor's resolution
over for a week. Council defeated the
Royal resolution by a vote of 3 to 2,
Commissioners Bowman, Lynch and
Taylor voting for it.
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DEMOCRATIC POSTAL
SCANDAL WILL REACH
INTO OTHER COUNTIES
Sale and Purchase of Post Offices
Not Confined to York and
Adams
I
Special to The Telegraph
Philadelphia, March 31.—-Sale and
purchase of Post Office appointments
exists in other counties of Pennsyl
vania than York and Adams counties,
according to United States Senator
Penrose, who said that the
I recent exposure of the method by
jwhich these federal places were bar
tered and paid for soon would be fol
lowed by others of a similar nature.
He said the evidence was in process
of collection. He would not say what
other counties were affected.
Senator Penrose's assertions were
i peppery. He charged In addition that
i campaign contributions were being
! solicited from federal officeholders In
violation of the penal laws. He char
acterized the Democratic leadership of
Congressman Palmer In Pennsylvania
as high-handed and inexperienced.
"There is hardly a Post Office ap
pointment in the State that has not
rent the Democratic party in the sec
tions affected. So high-handed are
the methods of the unterrlfied and In
j experienced leaders that their agents
[are abroad openly soliciting contribu-
Itions from federal officials in the pre
jclncts of federal buildings, contrary
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He Swam Creek, Ran
Home, and Crawled Into
Bed to Escape Police
I When chased yesterday by Patrol
man Shelhass, in South Ninth street,
Stove Jacklovltch jumped Into Paxton
creek, ran to his home nearby, and
crawled Into bed. where he was found
I later by the 'officer.
Jacklovltch, with Andy Roslovitcli,
were 'Shu.rged with beating up Andrew
Mlclovitch, who testified against an-
I other foreigner In police court yester
day. Mayor Royal fined each (10, ,
COUGH WILL RESIGN
CONTROLLERSHIP OF
CITY. HEANNOUNCES
Will Take This Step So Council
Can Provide For His
Successor
AWAITED BLAIR DECISION
Seitz Thinks Proper Procedure Is
For County Official to Quit
Formally
Within the next few days County
Controller Henry W. Gough will for
mally resign as the City Controller of
Harrlsburg, it is understood, and so
provide the opportunity for Council
to appoint his successor under the
new commission form of government.
The County Controller's action Is
made possible by the decision yester
day of the Blair County Court to the
effect that the county controllership
act of March 27, 1913, is constitu
tional.
When the act creating the office of
county controller became effective the
only county in the State in which the
legality of the law was questioned was
Blair county, in Dauphin, Erie and
some other counties the question of
whether or not the county auditors
should audit the accounts of 1913 was
raised and the decision in this problem
is still pending in the Dauphin County
Courts.
Throughout the State, however, the
various county contrcllers were con
tent to abide by the decision of the
Blair County Court, Mr. Gough along
with the others. His term as City Con
troller didn't expire, however, until
1916, but he said he considered that
his office as City Controller fell when
he took over the office of County Con
troller.
Cough's Position
The offices are not Incompatible,
however, and In the absence of a de
cision which would lead Mr. Gough to
resign formally. City Council took no
action toward electing a successor to
Mr. Gough as City Controller.
"To my mind,' said Mr. Gough this
morning, "my position as controller
i for the city ended when I took the
oath as County Controller. Our Coun
ty Solicitor didn't see fit to raise the
question of constitutionality of the act
of March 27, 1913, because he held
that the construction of the act as
raised In Blair county was entirely too
teelHiical and wouldn't hold In the
courts. So I decided to await tte de
cision from Blair county, although in
the meantime I didn't think it neces
sary to resign as City Controller. I
have not been In the city's employ and,
of course, I drew no pay from the
city."
"However." continued Mr. Gough,
'if it is considered necessary- by the
City Solicitor that I should formally
resign as City Controller, why I shall
certainly do so."
City Solicitor Seitz said to-day that
he had not been informed of the Blair
County Court's decision, other than
what was contained in the newspaper
reports. In discussing the County
Controller's view, Mr. Seitz said he
believes It will be the proper pro
cedure for Mr. Gough to formally re
sign.
MASONS TO EAT BOAST BKEK
Elaborate preparations have been
made for a roast beef dinner to be held
this evening, at 7 o'cl-ock, by Perse
verance Ijodge. Free and Accepted
Masons. The dinner will be held in the
aHsemblv room of the Mastonic Temple,
Third and State street. More than 400
members of the organization will be
present.
HUMAN SKYSCRAPER
SMS TOMORROW
FOR PACIFIC COAST
To Leave Telegraph Building
Promptly at Noon on His
Extended Legs
F. E. Wtlvert, human skyscraper,
who will walk on stilts with a mes
sage from the Harrtsburg Telegraph
to the Panama T'aciflc Exposition, and
to the people of the United States
along the route, will start on his long
hike to-morrow at noon from the
Telegraph Building.
Promptly at noon the ten-foot eight
inches of humanity, clad in khaki and
a top hat and bearing a placard on
his back with greetings from this
newspaper, will launch himself West
ward. His wife and child will pre
cede him, and traveling by train, will
greet him in various cities along the
way.
Wilvert. will visit officials of each
town along the route, securing their
signatures to authenticate his visit,
and will also send, from time to time,
accounts of his trip to the Telegraph,
so that readers of this paper may fol
low him as he journeys "over hill,
over dale, through brush, through
mire," forcing his way up and down
grade with a persistent pace, and his
wooden leg extension will beat a tattoo
along the dirt pavements of Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mis
souri, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming,
Idaho, Oregon and California.
Wilvert lias slightly changed his
route through Pennsylvania, and in
stead of going via Marysvllle, Duncan -
non and Altoona, the revised direction
will be as follows: Leaving Harrls
burg, to Mechanlcsburg, Carlisle,
Newville, Shlppensburg, Chambers
burg, Bedford, Stoyestown, Johns
town, Derry, Latrobe, Greensburg,
Jeanette, Irwin, Braddock, Wllklns
burg and through greater Pittsburgh.
THUMB CRUSHED
T. S. Milllken, 'of 204K Herr street, an
employe at the Division street freight
station of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
had a crushed thumb treated at the
Harris burg Hospital this morning.
PRESIDENTS PANAM
ATTACKED BY REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS IN
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Paris, March 31.—Mme. Thcobold Chartran, widow of the famous
French artist, Is expected to prove to be a valuable witness for the defense
at the trial of Mme. Henrlette Caillaux for the murder of M. Gaston Cal
mette, editor of Le Figaro. Mme. Chartran testified at the preliminary
hearing that Calmette held 111 his possession letters even more personal and
Intimate than the one he published, which resulted Indirectly In his being
shot by the wife of the ex-Minister of Finance.
DICKINSON NAMED
FOR JUDGESHIP IN
NEW PA. DISTRICT
Chester Man Nominated For Place
Today by President
Wilson
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., March 31.— The
nomination of Oliver B. Dickinson, of
Chester, Pa., to be United States dis
trict judge for the new Eastern Dis
trict of Pennsylvania, was prepared at
the White House to-day by President
Wilson for transmission to the Senate.
Minister Who Raised
$2,000,000 to Pay Off
Small Mortgages, Dies
By Associated Press
Chicago, 111., March 31.—The Kev.
James Rowe, 64 years old, who. Is said
to have raised more money to pay the
indebtedness of small Methodist Epis
copal churches than any other man.
died suddenly early to-day at his
home here. For six years he had been
corresponding secretary of the Chi
cago Home Missionary and Church
Extension Society, .of . the Methodist
Church. In this capacity he Is cred
ited with raising more than $2,000,-
000 to pay off church mortgages.
CHAUFFEUR CARRIED RE
PEATERS
By Associated Press
Terre Haute, Ind., March 31.—When
the trial of Mayor Donn M. Roberts,
charged with election frauds, was re
sumed in the circuit court to-day,
Walter A. Myers, a chauffeur, was re
called for cross examination. Myers
yesterday testified that for three days
last October he had hauled repeaters
to registration booths in this city and
later had driven repeaters to different
voting precincts at the election in Nn.
vember. .
CLARK REFUSES TO
FOLLOW PRESIDENT IN
JUMPING PLATFORM
Suggests Two Years' Suspension of
Tolls; Says Stand May Cost
His Political Life
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., March 31.
Speaker Clark took the floor to-day
In the Panama Canal debate with the
suggestion of a two years' suspension
of tolls. Speaker Clark said in ex
plaining his position:
"Most assuredly the 'mistaken
economlc-pollcy' reason of the Presi
dent is untenable and fades away be
fore the stubborn facts of our history.
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Shortest Will Gives to
Wife Estate of $35,000
Special to The Telegraph
Sunbury, Pa., March 31.—in one
of the shortest wills ever entered of
record in the office of John I. Carr,
A. D. Blasser, who was a wealthy re
tired Herndon farmer, gives his ?30,-
000 estate to his wife in these words;
"I give my wife, Elizabeth, all I have."
His property consists of farm land,
timber and limestone lots. Ho is also
reputed to be a heavy stockholder in
several banks. The will was made
October 9, 1913, and witnessed by
Robert Rieger and W. W. Derrick,
both of Herndon. Jacob Hoffman,
Herndon, is named as the executor.
WILLIAM F. KIRBY ELECTED
By Associated Press
Little Rock, Ark., March 31.—Of
ficial returns from seventy-two coun
ties and complete but unofficial re
turns from the remaining three coun
ties in Arkansas give William F.
Kirby, associate Justice of the State
Supreme Court, a majority of 184
votes over United States Senator
JameL P. Clarke in the contest for
the Democratic nomination as United
States Senator from Arkansas which
lis equivaent to election. •
16 PAGES • POSTSCRIPT.
Independence of Underwood
and Clark Lauded by
Speakers; Wilson's Posi
tion Condemned
MANN SEES DANGER TO
(/. 5. IN TIME OF WAR
Humphrey Denounces Posi
tion of Administration;
Repealer Will Be Passed
| By Associated Press
Washington, March 31.—1n an at
mosphere of tense excitement, the
struggle in the House over President
Wilson's proposal to repeal the Pan
ama tolls exemption, was to-day
pressed to its last stage.
A full attendance on the floor and a
throng of anxious spectators, such aa
the House has seldom seen in the gal
leries, waited for the concluding ver
bal battle and the deciding vote which
was expected late this afternoon or
early to-night.
On the program for speeches were
Speaker Champ Clark, Republican
Leader Mann, both opposed to the
"•resident, and Representatives Sher
ley and Covington, for the admlnlstr&«
tlon.
Leaders on both sides worked fev
erishly on the floor, and the cloak
rooms, and the whips reported sev
eral changes in the line up, although
the changes generally balanced. Ad
ministration supporters confidently
claimed the repeal bill would pass by
a majority of from 60 to 75.
Cheers and applause greeted the
opening of the dav's debate. When
Representative Humphrey, Republi
can, of Washington, declared that
"but for an Injustice the. great and
patriotic speaker of this House would
to-day be occupying the White
House," the galleries joined the floor
In a round of applause.
Mann Sees Danger Ahead
Republican Leader Mann told the
House three questions were involved
in a repeal of the Panama tolls ex
emption—treaty rights, moral rights
apart from treaty construction and
the economic policy Involved. He
maintained that no construction of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty compelled the
United States to charge the same tolls
on its own ships or those of Panama
as were levied on those of other na
tions.
"If we now agree to the English
construction, it Is certain that in the
future when we have a war with
Japan, or China, or some other coun
try, questions will arise in reference to
tlielr use and our use of the canal, es
pecially as to war vessels, and in
that time of stress we will he met with
the contention by England, the pres
ent ally of Japan, or by some other
country, that wc have already con
strued that treaty in such a way that
we cannot protect the canal without
bringing a protest from England, or
other countries, which will embarraas,
If not defeat, us In the war.
"I want to treat England fairly, but
1 believe that under the construction
of the treaty we have the right to do
as we please in this matter, and that,
it is an unfriendly act of England
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I THE WEATHER
For HarrUburg and vlctnttyl Fair
to-nightt Wednesday unsettled?
not much change In temperature.
For Eautern Pennaylvamai Fair
to-night i Wednesday rfondyi
moderate to brisk northerly
i winds.
Hlver
' Showers Monday retarded to •"»«
i extent the falling waters In -the
M reams of the Susquehanna river
my stent, causing the upper portion
of the West Branch, which was
tailing, to become stationary, and
producing a slight rise tn the
.lunlata river. The North Branch
and main river and the West
Branch below Benovo, continued
to fall steadily, as expected.
The streams will continue to re*
I cede to-night and Wednesday and
| probably tor several days.
General Conditions
I showers have occurred within the
Inst tnenty-tour houra at nearly
half the stations represented on
the map. Snow tell at aome placea.
In the Bocky Mountains.
No decided temperature changes
have occurred since last report.
Temperaturei Ba. m., 43t 3 p. nu, 54.
Sunt Hues, 0i53 a. m.| sets, 6t28
p. m.
Moom First quarter, April X 3)41
p. m.
River Stage! 15.8 feet above
low water mark.
Yesterday's Weather
lllghes't temperature, 44.
Lowest temperature, 88.
Mean temperature, 41.
Normal temperature, 44.
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Linking Push
To Pull
When the manufacturer of a na
tionally advertised product comes
into the columns of this newspa
fier with his announcements ho
s spending money to pull cus
tomers Into the store of the mer
chants who keep his wares.
It Is up to the merchant to put
Ills push behind the manufactur
er's pull.
l J ush and pull together accom
plish much.
Push and pull In this sense
! mean Intelligent co-operation.
That means bettor service to
I the public.
And the natural rewards of
better service are increased busi
ness arwi profits.
The linking of Push and Pull
in the eo-operativo way la the
right way.
The Bureau of Advei tising.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association, World Building, New
York, will be glad to answer any
questions about co-operative
work with dealers In newspaper
advertising campaigns.
Booklet on request.