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When You Wash Your
Hair Don't Use Soap
Most soaps and preparedd sham
poos contain too much alkali, which
Is v«ry injurious, as it dries the scalp
and makes the hair brittle.
The best thing to use is just plain
mulslfled cocoanut oil, for this is pure
and entirely greaseless. It's very
cheap, and beats soaps or anything
else all to pieces. You can get this at
any drug store, and a few ounces will
last the whole family for months.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub It in, about a teaspoonful is
all that is required. It makes an
abundance of rich, creamy lather,
cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out
easily. The hair dries quickly and
evenly, and la soft, fresh looking,
bright, fluffy, wavy and easy to handle.
Besides, It loosens and takes out every
particle of dust, dirt and dandruff.
This Is the Birthday
Anniversary of—
John P. Melick, secretary of the State
Capital Savings and Loan Association,
and vice-president of the Union Trust
Company.
Smith Takes Oath as
State Commissioner
Thomas B. Smith, the new Public
Service Commissioner, to-day took
the oath of office and immediately as
sumed his duties. Mr. Smith came to
the city shortly before noon and ac
companied by Attorney General
Francis Shunk Brown went to the De
partment of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth where his commission
was waiting for him.
The oath of office was immediately
administered by Deputy Secretary of
the Commonwealth William Hertzler
and Mr. Smith was then congratulated
by Mr. Brown and others present. He
went to the office of the commission
and began to familiarize himself with
the details of the work, remaining at
the Capitol practically all day.
The commission will not be In ses
sion until September 7 and Mr. Smith
will be here frequently acting as resi
dent commissioner.
POSLAM HEALS
ALL ITCHING
SKIN HUMORS
The aggravation caused by Sunburn,
Rashes, Pimples, Oak or Ivy-Poisoning,
Blisters, Itching Feet, etc., is imme
diately stopped by Poslam. Soothing,
cooling, antiseptic, Poslam penetrates
to the seat of the trouble, controls and
soon eradicates it. No remedy so valu
able to have handy during' hot weather,
Should Eczema affect in any of its
forms, or Acne, Piles or Barbers' Itch,
Poslam is unequalled in speed, and
should bring you relief at once.
Poslam Soap excels in rich, whole
some qualities. Perfection for the skin
Try daily, one month, for Toilet and
Bath.
For samples, send 4c stamps to Emer
gency Laboratories, 32 West 2oth St
New York City. Sold by all Druggists!
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARHISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 18, 1915.
DETENTION HOUSE NOT
YET OPENED BY COUNTY
May Open New Set of Index
Books; Old Ones Are Not
Up-to-Date
of the new House
ot Detention was
county commisslon
ers at their regular
Minim
♦"JtJtAaiMt The commlsslon
ers were busy to
day on routine work. One question
given consideration by the commis
sioners was the opening of a new set
of index books covering county rec
ords, past and future. It was said that
the present index books are not up
to-date and frequently in searching for
past records, it is necessary to handle
a number of books before the required
information is found. No decision
was reached ae to future plans.
WARNEDTOKEEP
AWAY FROM GEORGIA
at midnight on its way to Brooklyn,
the home of Frank's parents.
At Fitzgerald yesterday Governor
Harris said he was instituting a
thorough investigation. He ordered
his office here to inform the sheriff of
Cobb county, in which Marietta Is
situated, that he would expect him to
make a detailed inquiry into the lynch
ing.
A coroner's jury, empanelled yes
terday, heard only two witnesses. By
them the identity of the body was
established. The jury adjourned until
next Tuesday.
Advance Squad Busy
Those who to-day studied more
closely the movements of the mob at
Milledgeville are convinced tnat a few
members were in the vicinity of the
town before the main party arrived.
It must have taken some time to cut
the telephone wires in the manner in
which it was done. None or tne auto
mobiles bearing the lynchers were
seen near here until they approached
the prison.
Those who tried to follow the decoy
automobile which carried the part of
the lynchers to near Isatonton where
a demonstration took place, said to
day that these plans had been care
fully arranged. Chains were plied on |
the tires which made trailing easy,
and after the machine crossed the
bridge over Little River, the chains
were removed which made it difficult
to follow the car.
Although nearly every town between
Milledgeville and Marietta over any
route the mob might have taken, had
been communicated with to-day, only
one man was found who had seen the
several automobiles proceeding to
ward the lynching scene. He lives
within a short distance of where
Frank was hanged.
Eight Men Drowned While
Fishing; Bodies on Beach
By Associated Press
Morgans Point, Texas. Aug. 18.
Eight men are reported dead near this
point. They were drownea wntle Ash
ing. Reports reached here from an
authentic source that the booses or a
woman, a baby and a sailor had been
beached near Sylvan Beach. They
were unidentified and apparently
floated from some place on the bay.
"MOVIK" STRIKE CAVSES NO
TROUBLE TO THEATER MEN
No trace of the threatened clty-wlde
"movie" strike, which started when
two operators at the Regent struck for
more money and less hours of work
yesterday, was in evidence this morn
ing when the various theaters opened
for the day's business. Peter Magaro.
manager, has replaced the dissatisfied
men with out-of-town operators and
the shows are going on as before.
MINISTER DROWNED
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 18. The
Rev. H. McKnight Moore, rector of
St. Phillips Protestant Episcopal
church. Philadelphia, was drowned In
the Delaware River to-day when a
canoe in which he was n passenger
upset while passing through a falls
below Lambertville, N. J.
TROPICAL STORM COSTS
LIFE AND PROPERTY
[Continued From First Page.]
ton Chronicle of yesterday, has been
established at Texas City and soldiers
are taking bodies from the water as
fast as they can be located.
Rweive Brief Reports
Disappointingly brief wireless re
|K>rts received from the army trans
port Buford by the station at Fort Bam
Houston at San Antonio gave only the
most meager report of conditions at
Galveston. No estimate was made of
loss of life, but a report of demolished
buildings along the water front left
the Inference In tlio minds of many
that deaths resulted.
Reports from Houston brought by
trainmen late last night told of two or
three persons killed, although other
reports declared there was no loss of
life. Conflicting reports as to damage
to property in Houston were received.
Some placed It at $1,000,000, some at
$6,000,000.
All reports early to-day indicated
that the force of the tropical storm
had been spent. Most places in the
storm district with which it was pos
sible to communicate reported a fall
ing of the wind and it is believed re
covery from the storm would be
speedy.
Prepare to Rush Aid
State officials announced they were
prepared to take the situation in hand
and promptly extend help where re
quired.
Thousands of residents In the coastal
plains country about Port Lavaca, a
hundred miles west of Galveston, are
sufferers, according to reports re
ceived here. The district Is one of
fiult and truck farms and the char
acter of the country Is such as to offer
full sweep to the gale. It was feared
considerable loss of life may have re
sulted.
Telegraph and telephone companies
have had large forces at work repair
ing lines Into the storm district and
early to-day a prompt resumption of
service seemed probable. It was be
lieved also that train service would be
resumed.
A long distance telephone message
received here this morning from Eagle
Lake, Texas, sixty miles we3t of Hous
ton, said the hurricane had completely
subsided there at 11 o'clock last night.
There had been some property damage
at Eagle Lake, but no loss of life re
sulted in that vicinity. All means of
communication with Houston, it was
said, still were Interrupted.
Believes Property Loss
Greater Than in 1900
Houston, Texas, Aug. 18 (via Temple
and telephone lines to Dallas). —The
Houston Chronicle prints the following
interview with J. R. Montgomery, a
Houston correspondent of the Galves
ton News, who got as far as Virginia
Point, the north end of the causeway,
Wednesday, and viewed the wrecked
city of Galveston.
"I am confident the number of dead
In Galveston is large. I could not see
an elevator on the port side of the city
and my opinion Is that the number of
buildings destroyed will run into the
thousands.
"I believe the property loss will be
greater than that of 1900."
Montgomery made his way to the
drawbridge of the Galveston causeway
and owing to the fact that this struc
ture was swept away he was forced to
return to Houston. The man made
the trip in an automobile.
"We encountered indescribable con
ditions," he said. "The road bridges
at Clear Creek and Dickinson were
washed out and we ran our automo
bile over the railroad bridge and across
the ties. We saw thousands of bales
of cotton on the prairies all the way
from Virginia Point (the mainland
end of the Galveston causeway) to the
town of La Marque, far inland. These
were washed from Galveston docks.
"The water must have been several
feet over the causeway and serious
damage must have been done to it by
the washing out of large quantities of
filling in the center."
The Chronicle also reported that it
received information that fifty persons
are dead at Texas City, but accounts
for only twelve soldiers, who perished
when the Thompson building at Texas
City collapsed. Tt is said these were
all private soldiers, no commissioned
officers having lost their lives.
The railroad drawbridge has been
washed away at Seabrook, about
twenty miles from Houston. Three
persons are reported to have lost their
lives at that point.
Damage to Cotton Crop
Will Reach Millions
By Associated Press
Austin, Texas, Aug. 18.—Damage
which will run into millions of dollars
has been done to the cotton crop in
Texas by the storms of Monday and
Tuesday. Reports from towns in Cen
tral Texas say that cotton open in the
bolls has been blown out of the bolls
and beaten into the ground by the
heavy rains which accomoanled It.
It is estimated that 50~ per cent, of
all the cotton in this section was open
and that from one-fourth to one-half
of the open cotton was lost. On this
calculation the damage will be from
15 to 25 per cent, of the entire cotton
crop of Central Texas.
Tents and Blankets
Are Held in Readiness
Austin. Texas. Aug. 18.—While state
militia officers sought to communicate
with Galveston to-day, tents, blankets
and cots were ready in the adiutant
general's department for shipment to
Houston or Galveston for the use of
How Fat Folks
May Become Slim
A SIMPLE, SAFE A\D RELIABLE
WAY THAT CALLS FOR NO
DRASTIC DIET, OR TIRE
SOME EXERCISES
, To be excessively fat is very mortify
j lng. People who are too stout are
j mighty sensitive on this subject. Style
[ and fat folks are strangers. There
■ fore people who are carrying around a
burden of unhealthy and unsightly ,fat
will be glad to know that they can re
duce their weight without starvation
diet or tiresome exercises.
| If you have been getting too stout of
] late and want to reduce your weight in
a simple safe and reliable way, spend
as much time as you can in the open
air, practice deep breathing and get
from any good druggist a box of oil of
korein capsules: take one after each
| meal and one before retiring at night.
; Weigh yourself once a week so as to
; know Just how fast you are losing
i weight, and don't leave oft the treat-
I ment or even skip a single dose until
| you are down to normal.
Oil of korein is absolutely harmless,
is pleasant to take, helps digestion,
costs little and is designed to reduce
fatty acumulations in the system
wherever located.
Even a few days' treatment should
show a noticeable reduction In weight
the flesh should become Arm, the sktn
smooth and the general health improv
ed. In fact your footsteps should even
become lighter, your work seem easier
and a lighter and more buoyant feeling
take possession of your whole being
Every person who is ten or fifteen
pounds over normal weight should give
this treatment a trial. You will prob
nbly Unci It is just what you need. —Ad-
vertisement,
the storm refugees as soon as the needs
of the sufferers can be ascertained.
Governor Ferguson took up the sub
ject of relief for Galveston with the
adjutant-general's department.
Property Loss in Texas
City Will Reach $400,000
Austin,' Texas, Aug. 18.—The mid
night edition of the Houston Post
says:
"Texas City has sustained a severe
blow as the result of the hurricane
which swept the gulf coast, an ap
proximate damage of $400,000 being
done there, but only eighteen lives
were lost. Information to this effect
was brought to Houston Tuesday by
E. V. Rhodes, superintendent of ter
minals for the Texas City Company,
who left Texas City at 4 o'clock Tues
day afternoon and was relayed by four
automobiles."
50 Killed When Building
in Texas City Collapses
Waco, Texas, Aug. 18.—A copy of
the sixth edition of the Houston
Chronicle of Tuesday says:
"Twelve soldiers were killed at
Texas City during last nlgnrs storm
when the Thompson Building, a new
three-story structure, collapsed. Eight
were killed by falling brick, while
four were drowned later. About 30 or
40 civilians, many of them women and
children, also lost their lives.
"Those killed were enlisted men.
"Military rule has been established
at Texas City and the soldiers are ttsh
ing'corpses out of the water ns rast as
they can be located.
"The first rumor to reach Houston
was that between 200 and soldiers
were drowned but this report was de
nied by A. H. Doty and I. J. Jloran,
who reached Houston late Tuesday
afternoon making a trip to Texas City
In an automobile on the railroad. They
said only 12 soldiers lost tnelr lives
and perhaps thrice as many were in
jured.
POINT ISABEL SAFE
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 18.—Point
Isabel, which yesterday was reported
to he flooded, is safe, according to a
special news dispatch received to-day.
The storm is said to have done little
damage on the coast from Corpus
Chrlstl to Brownsville and no lives
were reported lost.
EIGHT WASHED ASHORE
Austin. Texas, Aug. 18.—According
to the Houston Post story of con
ditions at Texas City, based on an in
terview with E. V. Rhodes, who
brought the Texas City appeal for aid
to Houston, the bodies of eight women
were found washed ashore at Texas
City Tuesday. These bodies are sup
posed to have come from Galveston.
In 1900 many bodies from Galveston
washed up at Texas City.
PUBLIC INDIGNANT
AT LIBELOUS ATTACK
[Continued From First Page.]
the ordinance through Council, and
because of the short interval remain
ing in which to do the work and the
uncertainty of the weather the light
company proceeded under the pre
sumption that the matter was settled
and that the work ought to be done at
the earliest possible date.
The long-distance telephone was
used In placing contracts for standards
and In arranging with the New York
office to finance the proposition. Yes
terday men went to work stringing
wires Into the conduits already pre
pared In the river wall and with
preparations for the Installation of the
standards as soon as they arrive. Both
councilmen and the company were
complimented by hundreds of people
upon the promptness with which the
work was being done.
Then came this morning's unjusti
fiable attack, with the charge that
councilmen are mere tools of the light
company. The whole story as told in
the newspaper mentioned is from be
ginning to end a fabrication of false
hood evidently put forward at this
time under the mistaken impression
that it would fool the people and make
political capital for the minority com
missioners, regardless of the fact that
the minority councilmen appeared to
be as heartily in favor of the light
company's plans as. were the other
three and therefore are as open to the
accusation of having been unduly In
fluenced as are their colleagues.
But the scheme is not to be allowed
to halt the work, which is the impor
tant thing, and it was roundly con
demned to-day by everybody familiar
with the lighting plan.
Falsehood Apparent
At the very moment the story was
being concocted Mayor Royal and Com
missioners Gorgas, Taylor, Bowman
and Lynch, with Robert W. Hoy and
other representatives of the light com
pany, were making a tour of the city
lighting system and planning for the
extension of the system. Notwith
standing that Mayor Royal and Mr.
Gcrgas rode in an automobile during
this inspection of the electric lights of
the city in company with an official of
the light company, not one word of
criticism or objection was raised con
cerning the preliminary work along
the river and Second street. In which
the company Is now engaged, and
which Is made the subject of criti
cism. Indeed, It has been generally
supposed that both of these council
men favored the plan, for the reason
that otherwise they would have raised
objections when It was first proposed.
The newspaper story further stated
that Commissioner Taylor was at that
time attending a political gathering in
the eastern part of the county when In
truth he was one of those who made
up the light inspection party. This is
or. a par with the rest of the libelous
tale.
Will Push the Work
Commissioners Bowman, Taylor and
Lynch who are heartily in favor of fin
ishing the work said this morning that
they intended to do everything in their
power to push the work.
Easy terms of settlement have been
made by the light company. For the
present, each of the fifty-four lights
along the river will cost $lO for the
six summer months while those In
Second street will be lighted at the an
nual rate of $24. The full cost of in
stallation, maintenance and lighting
on the wall for five years is $9,581 60
payable monthly on the basis of $1 -
916 32 annually. The full cost of in
stallation and maintenance for the 28
along Second street, to State is
$7,803.45, of which $1,450 is to be paid
at once and $1,270.69 annually. This
instalment plan gives the city the
lights at cost of purchase and Installa
tion without profit to the company.
When Council made up the budget
for the 1915 expenses an appropriation
was made for the Installation of addi
tional standards, so that to that extent
at least Council is on record as favor
ing the work now being done by the
company.
Light Company's Position
In an Interview this morning Robert
F. Hoy, speaking for the light com
pany. said: "I am astounded at the
unfounded newspaper attack on the
light company. The plan, as anyone
can readily see, was designed to give
Harrlsburg at cost what It would oth
erwise have had to wait several years
for. The light company, after re
peated solicitation, agreed to put up
the lights, string the wires In the con
duits already provided, give the people
the lighting system !n time for the
coming celeb -atlon, finance the opera
tion for the part and accept pay
ment when the city la able. T£e com-
We Have Always Sold
PICTURES
Our growing business in this line has induced us to greatly increase our stock,
and we have just established a finely-equipped PICTURE DEPARTMENT, in
which all lovers of art are always welcome, whether, as buyers or merely as visi
tors. We shall always show pictures of quality found ofrfy in the best art stores.
Our prices, however, will be upon the Furniture Store basis, which means that
we sell at practically HALF THE AMOUNT charged by exclusive art stores.
Don't Judge Our Pictures By Our Prices
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fumed finish; clear art glass.
Remember our August Furniture Sale. Extraordinary bargains throughout our entire
store this month.
BROWN & CO.
1217 N. Third Street
pany assumed all the risk. The city
has everything to gain and nothing
to lose.
"The newspapers have been giving
the celebration much publicity. We
knew that thousands of people will be
brought to the city for the event and
like all Harrisburgers we desired to do
our full part toward making the cele
bration a success, and for this reason
as much as any other we started work
on the improvement just as soon as
we felt we had the approval of Coun
cil and the people. It must be under
stood that this work cannot be done
in a day and the uncertainty of the
weather this summer is such that we
must move very rapidly Indeed if we
are to complete the work in the time
specified.
"Our company adopted the policy
years ago," he continued, "of co-op
erating with the city for the better
ment of lighting conditions whenever
possible. In the present instance, the
officials of the company have dis
played their Interest in the city by of
fering to put the standards In at cost
and to finance the Improvement. We
feel that the river wall lights, how
ever, have a wider importance than
that attached to their being in opera
tion during the celebration. Hundreds
of people promenade along the walk
during evenings and hundreds more
would use it had they the protection
which lights afford. Everybody agrees
that we must have at least temporary
lighting for the celebration, but the
company proposes to save this money
to the city, or rather, to put it into a
permanent lighting system."
Department of Justice
Is Considering Report
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 18. —With
the publication to-day of the Inter
state Commerce Commission's report
on the financial affairs of the Rock
Island Railroad, disclosing losses in
stock transactions totaling many mil
lions of dollars and enormous profits
to promoters of holding companies,
the commission's investigation, begun
almost a year and a half ago, was
brought to a close.
The commission charges the Rock
Islanti directors with misrepresenta
tion of assets In their reports to stock
holders. a practice which it severely
condemns, and suggests that those
guilty of such acts "should be subject
to adequate penalties." The report Is
now being considered by Department
of Justice officials.
BRAZILIAN MINSTER WELCOMED
By Associated Press
New Orleans, La., Aug. 18.—Rep
resentatives of the United States Gov
ernment, the State of Louisiana and
the city of New Orleans early to-day
welcomed Jose M. Cardoso ae OHvelra,
Brazilian Minister to Mexluo and who
for the last year has represented the
United States In the Mextcan capital
upon his arival here from Vera Cruz
aboard the United States gunboat
Sacramento.
MILLIONAIRE TAKES H!IS LITE
fly Associated Press
South Bond. Ind., Aug. IS.—E. G.
Eberhart. 49. millionaire philanthrop
ist, yesterday shot himself to death
at the grave of his son. Grief over
the death of the son In an automobile
accident In 1909 is believed to have
caused the suicide. Eberhart wag vice
president and general manager of
Mishawka Woolen Company.
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COMMENT ON SITUATION
London. Aug. 18.—The twin prob
lems of American cotton and Ameri
can exchange occupy a prominent
plt.ee In the editorial and news col
umns of the London morning news
papers of to-day.
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FIND REMAINS Or PAINTER
Paris, Aug. 18.—The remains of the
. famous Florentine painter, Fra Ange
t lico, who died In 1456, are believed ta
- be found in the church of Sajita Ma
- rla at Florence, according to a Rom«
dispatch to La Llberte.