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RIVER OPENING
GAVE GERMANY
BIG ADVANTAGE
Heavy Traffic Now Being
Moved Along Danube; Mil
lion Tons in Five Days
Eielgrade. Serbia, Jan. 17. —(Corrc- j
Bpondcnce of the Associated Press.)— j
What great military and economic ad-'
vantages were grained by the Germans 1
end their allies with the opening: of
traffic on the Danube, has been shown |
by the activity in shipping which de-1
a eloped directly the Serbs had been j
driven from the banks of the river.
Fighting along tlie Danube was still.
in progress when the Austrians started
10 clear a channel through the mine
lields which the Russians. Serbs and
Knglish had laid out. Meanwhile large
tows, carrying military supplies need
ed by Turkey and Bulgaria, were being
brought down the river from Austro-
Hungarian and German ports and as
sembled at Semlin, ready for the min-;
ute when navigation became possible. :
Austrian river monitors, notably the;
Sava and Tones, had in the mean- '
time patrolled the Danube as far as 1
Palanka and i later to Ruschuck, both
Bulgarian ports, and in so doing had
cleared the (Ivtl of some Russian
armed merchant vessels stationed in
the Rumanian port of Turn-Severin.
That these vessels were not sunk or
captured by the Austrians is due to the
Jact that, on the day which the Asso- i
ciated Press correspondent made the'
trip up the river as a guest on the;
Sava, they were being convoyed down:
(stream by Rumanian monitors, the
Russians themselves (lying the Ru
manian flag.
Scene of Activity
The Bulgarian port of Lom Palanka
was the scene of great activity. For
over fifteen months no boats from up
ptreani had arrived there. Now the
Jetties were crowded with barges from
Austria and Germany. On the pre
vious day King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
and Premier Hadoslavoff had been at
Loin Palanka to assist in the resump
tion of traffic between Bulgarian and
the Central Powers, an event which |
Germany and Austria-Hungary
thought important enough to have in
augurated by Duke Albrecht of Meck
lenburg, brother-in-law of Emperor
William, who was a passenger on the
first convoy arriving.
' or the first two weeks nothing but
military supplies were shipped down
stream, principally arms and ammu
nition for Bulgaria and Turkey. Both
these countries stood in need of heavy
artillery and artillerq ammunition.
Some of the later boats brought a
large number of heavy motor trucks,
combat and scout aeroplanes, ambu
lances and sanitary supplies. Since
then ordinary merchandise has been
admitted to shipment. The returning
barges ami boats carry raw material
of all. sorts and foodstuffs. During
the last few days a regular passenger
and mail service to Lorn Palanka has
been in operation, until to-day traffic
on the Danube may be considered nor
mal with the difference that never be
fore had it known such proportions.
The military supplies of which Bul
garia and Turkey can make use are
many, and on the other hand, Austria-
Hungary and Germany offer an eager
market for the agricultural and ani
mal industry products of the two first
mentioned countries.
Needed Ammunition
Some anxiety had been felt in Con
stantinople and lately in Sofia that the
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I KEYSTONE STATE FAIR
ONE OF THE REALLY | WILLIEAD
GREAT SHOWS OF THEM ALL
h momentous event were to exhibit
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heavy demand which the war made on
their relatively scant stores of artillery
ammunition might soon create a prob
lem it would be difficult to solve in
case a free route of communication
were not opened up. This, in fact,
was the principal reason why the
long delayed offensive against Serbia
was undertaken, when it was, though
the attitude of Bulgaria necessarily
played an important part in this. But
German and Austrian war stores were
not the sole factor. The Central Pow
ers could make good use of Turkish
and Bulgarian wool, skins, hides, cer
eals and copper ores and Turkey and
Bulgaria needed the revenues which
would come from the sale of these ma
terials. It is to be doubted that his
tory ever before presented an instance
in which the opening of a line of com
munication met so adequately the
needs of four allied peoples engaged in
war, or that from this condition so
urgent a necessity had sprung. For
the first time since tlie outbreak of
the European war Germany and Aus
tria-Hungary are relatively indepen
dent economically, while Turkey and
Bulgaria now have within their reach
an inexhaustible supply of war ma
terials. inexhaustible to-day because
the German and Austro-Hungarian
arms and ammunition manufacturers
now have access to the great mineral
stores of the Balkans and the Ottoman
Empire. The shortage of copper in
the Central .States has been ended by
the taking of the copper mines near
Milanovac and elsewhere in Serbia.
Bulgaria, too, has a larger number of
copper mines, the best of them near
Mosdro, on the Mesdra-Lom Palanka
branch railroad, and the Turks can
meet any possible shortage with ores
from Anatolia, notably from the Smyr
na region. Chemical raw material
also may be brought from Turkey in
Asia and a paucity of cotton for ex
j plosives is now altogether unlikely,
since this staple is produced in consid
able quantities in the Cilician plain. It
is of interest to learn that even a.
placer gold Held has fallen into the
hands of the Central Powers, that near
Milanovac, Serbia. Washing is now in
progress.
Kasy Tralli*;
In a single day the Associated Press
correspondent saw as many as nine
tows go down the river, each consist
ing of a tug and seven barges—the
latter each carrying the equipment of
one hundred freight cars, giving the
traffic a total of 6,300 carloads or 215
trains of average size. For the five
days spent on the river the total can
not be less than 40,000 carloads, or,
with bulk and weight, brought into re
lations. over a. million tons. Many of
the tows came directly from Germany,
the names of the barges' homeports i
and the distances traveled indicating
that they had been concentrated in the
Austrian reaches of the Danube when
the offensive against Serbia had not
yet begun. As an example of German
and Austro-Hungarian thoroughness.
GO NO FARTHER^
The Evidence I 9 At Your Door
Harrisburg proof is what you want
and the statement of this highly re
spected resident will banish all doubt:
George F. Powley, 271 Herr street.
Harrisburg, says: "Four doctors
treated me unsuccessfully for disor
dered kidneys and Bright's disease.
The kidney secretions were unnatural,
contained sediment and caused me to
arise many times at night A lame
back disabled me entirely. I couldn't
bend over without pain and I became
very dizzy at times, especially morn
ings. Six boxes of Doan's Kidney
Pills entirely rid me of the trouble
and the cure has remained perma
nent."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that
j Mr. Powley had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
I Props., Buffalo, N. Y. —Advertlse-
-4 went.
the preparations for the resumption of
Danube traffic are noteworthy.
Already train connections for mili
tary purposes exist between Berlin and
Constantinople and, according to as
sertion made here, a through passen
ger and express freight service will be
in operation within three weeks via
Belgrade and Nish. The Serbs were
not given time enough to destroy this
line as thoroughly as it was expected
they would and as a result of this peo
ple here hope to travel soon on the
"B" Express,. a train that will link
"Brussels - Berlin-Budapest-Belgrade-
Bulgaria-Byzanthium."
WHERE YOU BUY
By Frederic J. Haskin
[Continued from Editorial Page.]
cause of their superior organization
and buying facilities. Critics of the
chain store system point out. however,
that being owned outside of the com
munities' where they are located, they
take away money which would other
wise remain at home. Chain stores
are also criticised for price-cutting,
especially on nationally advertised and
standard goods. This evil, however,
is not inherent in trie system and can
be remedied by proper legislation.
The Important fact to be noted,
however, is that chain stores repre
sent the incursion of big business in
to the retail field. , They are the
modern tendency toward organization
and co-operation applied to store
keeping. They are numerous, pros
perous and increasing. Therefore, it is
important that the consumer should
understand them both as a buyer and
as a citizen.
The most reliable estimates place
the number of chain store systems in
the United States at about 2,000, ag
gregating more than 25,000 separate
stores. They include grocery, five
and-ten-cent, tobacco, drug, shoe, hat,
confectionery, jewelry, meats, dairy
products, liquors, furniture, clothing,
hardware, automobiles, corsets, flow
ers, books and many other things.
These stores fall Into three classes:
Retailers', jobbers' and manufactur
ers' chains.
Retailers' chains have sometimes
been formed by a gradual extension,
a man who made a success In one
town setting up a store in another.
In a few instances, retail corporations
have been formed for the purpose of
establishing chains. In other cases
the chains are co-operative, a num
ber of retailers forming a corpora
tion. All of these combinations have
been formed because of the increased
buying power or efficient, advertising
and better methods generally which
result from their organization.
Jobbers' chains have sometimes
been acquired accidentally when the
jobber had to buy the stock of a re
tail store in order to save himself
from losses and so gradually got in
to the retail business. In other cases,
jobbers have been forced by com
petition to establish stores of their
own. It is a noteworthy fact that in
some instances jobbers have acquir
ed factories as well as retail stores,
the middleman thus eliminating both
the end men.
Nearly all of the manufacturers'
chain stores come into existence be
cause the manufacturers could not
find satisfactory outlets for their
goods through ordinary stores. Type
writer and cash register chains are
among the most typical and familiar.
Shoes, confectionery, hats, sewing
machines and phonographs are also
extensively sold in this way.
There Is one other type of chain
store, and that is the consumer's co
operative store, it. has not yet at
tained a. great deal of development In
this country, but Is well known in
Kurope. There, It might be added,
the tendency Is strongly toward the
chain store, either co-operatively or
privately owned.
PARCEL POST AS
MODERN MARKET
Bulletin Explains Postal Rates,
Measurements and Describes
Container
Washington, D. C., Jan. 18. The
farmer who wishes to sell his pro
ducts by parcel post and the house
wife who wishes to use this method
of securing country produce l'or her
table, will find many useful points in
Farmers' Bulletin 703, "Suggestions
For Parcel Post Marketing." This
bulletin, in addition to explaining the
postal rates and measurement limits
for parcel post matter, discusses in
some detail the types of containers
which are most successful and the
methods of grading and packing pro
duce, so that it will reach the con
sumer in good condition, and be at
tractive in quality and appearance. In
treating standards for parcel post
shipments, the bu'.ietin tells how to
select, handle and pack poultry, and
how to grade and pack the various
fruits and vegetables which the ave
rage farmer is likely to market
through the post office.
The bulletin points out that one Of
the common obstacles to establish
parcel post communication between
farmer and consumer is that the
farmer may be unwilling to offer
goods at a price which attracts the
customer, or that the consumer may
offer a price lower than the farmer
can obtain at a local market. To
quote the bulletin:
"Not only must the farmer have
Doctor Says Nuxated Iron Will
Increase Strength of Delicate
People 200% * n Ten Days
la mau; laatancea—Peraona hare Buf
fered uutold agonr (or year* doctoring
for nervous weakness, stomach, liver
or kidney disease or aome other ail
ment nhtn their real trouble was luck
of Iron In the blood.—How to tell.
New York. N. Y.—ln a recent dis
course I)r. K. Sauer, Specialist, of this
city said: If you were to make an
actual blood test on all people who are
111 you would probably be greatly as
tonished at. the exceedingly large num
ber who lack iron and who are 111 for no
other reason than the lack of iron. The
moment iron is supplied all tlieir mul
titude of dangerous symptoms disap
pear. Without iron the blood at once
loses the power to change food into
living tissue and therefore nothing you
pat does you any good; you don't -set
the strength out of It. Your food
merely passes through your system like
corn through a mill with the rollers so
wide apart that the mill can't grind.
As a result of this continuous blood
and nerve starvation, people become
generally weakened, nervous and all
run down and frequently develop all
sorts of conditions. One is too thin;
| another is burdened with unhealthy
;fat; some are so weak they can hardly
I walk: some think they have dyspep-
I sla, kidney or liver trouble: some can't
j sleep at night, others are sleepy and
! tired all day; some fussy and irritable:
| some skinny and bloodless, but all lack
physical power and endurance. In such
cases, it is worse than foolishness to
take stimulating medicines or narcotic
drugs, which only whip up your fag
ging vital powers for the moment,
| maybe at the expense of your life later
| on. No matter what any one tells you.
if you are not strong and well you
I owe It to yourself to make the follow
ing test. See how long you can work
lor how far you can walk without be
coming tired. Next lake two ttv«-
something additional to the usual
price to compensate him for the ex
tra work, container, and postage re
quired, but the consumer must also
have something to attract him to
marketing by parcel post. In deter
mining what the price shall be, both
the farm price and the retail price
paid by the consumer when he mar
kets in the ordinary way should be
taken into consideration. The con
sumer must receive either a better
article at the usual retail price or an
article of the grade usually purchas
ed at some concession in price.
"It is probable that the point which
will make the strongest appeal to the
average consumer is that he can se
cure by parcel post a freshei*, bright
er. more attractive, and thus possibly
a better product that he can obtain
otherwise.
"The average producer, as a rule,
does not realize the importance of
appearance as a factor in selling
goods and frequently is careless and
indifferent in preparing produce for
market. The consumer, on the other
hand, relies very largely upon ap
pearance In selecting food supplies,
and unattractive articles are passed
by promptly.
"A personal acquaintance should be
established betwen producer and con
sumer, when they come into busi
ness contact. This will help a great
deal in furthering parcel post mar
keting, and also will eliminate many
of the misunderstandings which may
occur from time to time. A definite
understanding should exist as to the
duties of each In regard to remit
tances, claims for damaged or spoiled
produce, and the preservation and re
turn of containers."
OUT OF WOKK, ENDS MFE
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 18. Despondent
because he had 110 regular employment.
Roy Meiske-- of Lititz, committed sui
cide In the absence of his wife and
two children, by wrapping himself in a
blanket in the kitchen after turning on
several Bras jets. Ills wife found the
body upon returning home.
grain tablets of ordinary nuxated Iron
three times per day after meals for two
weeks. Then test your strength again
and seo for yourself how much you
have gained. I have seen dozens of
nervous run down people who were ail
ing all the time double, and even triple
their strength and endurance and en
tirely get rid of their symptoms of dys
pepsia, liver and other troubles In from
ten to fourteen days' time simply by
taking iron In the proper form, and
this, after they had in some cases been
doctoring for months without obtaining
any benefit. You can talk as you
S lease about all the wonders wrought
y new remedies, but when you come
down to hard facts there is nothing
like good old iron to put color in your
cheeks and good sound, healthy flesh
on your bones. It is also a great nerve
and stomach strengthener and the best
blood builder 111 the world. The only
trouble was that the old forms of In
organic iron like tincture of iron, iron
acetate, etc., often ruined people's
teeth, upset their stomachs and were
not assimilated and for these reasons
they frequently did more harm than
good. But with the discovery of the
newer forms of organic iron all this
has been overcome. Nuxated Iron for
example, is pleasant to take, does not
Injure the teeth and is almost Immedi
ately beneficial.
NOTK The manufacturers of Nux
ated Iron have such unbounded confi
dence In Its potency that they author
ize the announcement that they will
forfeit SIOO.OO to any Charitable Insti
tution if they cannot take any man or
woman under sixty who lacks Iron and
increase their strength 200 per cent,
or over In four weeks' time, provided
they have no serious organic trouble.
Also they will refund your money In
any case in which Nuxated Iron docs
not at least double your strength In
ten days' time. It 4s dispensed'in this
city by Troll Keller, G. A. Gorgas,
and all oilier druggists.—Adv.
BOYS TESTIFY IN MtilOK CASES
Sfecial to the Telegraph
Lebanon. Pa., Jan. 18.—* Seven minors,
bovs ranging ill age from 17 to 20
years, yesterday testified to having been
served with beer on one or more occa
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a perfect apple.
The fact that we are shipping this fine
fruit to New York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton and Roanoke, etc., etc., should be evi
dence enough that these apples are without
a rival in any apple market.
You are very fortunate here in Harrisburg
to be able to obtain such fancy high grade
fruit. It is not often you have such an op
portunity to obtain the finest fruit grown.
Staymen Winesap Apples are excellent for
every purpose.
These apples are for sale by all
leading grocers and fruit dealers.
Don't take any other.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Distributors
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sions during: the past year at the Hotel
Stratford, this city. The granting of a
1916 liquor licorise to its present pro
prietor, ,T. Wister Sperry, is being' op
posed'.7by the No-L-icensc League of
county