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MRS. MARTIN SIDES
WITH STRIKERS
Author of "Tillie, a Mennonite
Maid," Defends Carmen's
Right to Organize
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Does an individual laborer have so
much as a fighting; chance in dealing
with a great and rich corporation?
Can he do aught but accept what is
offered him—on pain of starvation?
That unorganized labor is steadily
forced downward toward want, misery
and degradation is a fact which no
' student of social economy would think
of disputing. Do the capitalists who
fiercely maintain that their employes
shall not organize consider that the in
dustrial conditions which prevailed be
fore the unions came into existence
were ideal?—when the workman was
the living tool of his employer and the
conditions of his existence and that of
his family were so deplorable as to
call forth the "sweet charity" of those
who did not need to labor.
Between the work class and the hu
man selfishness and greed which al
ways tends to exploit, enslave and de
grade them, what barrier can be inter
posed save the organization of the la
borers? Shall the government be
forced to come effectually to their pro
tection? These are American citizens
who must not, and shall not. be put
into vassalage by our industrial sys
tem, but, who have rights; who "know
their rights and, knowing, dare main
tain." "We cannot," says Dr. Wash
ington Gladden, in the Outlook, "af
ford to have any other kind of citizens
in this country." The laborers de
mand industrial, as well as political
freedom—by which they may them
selves have some voice as to the con
ditions and terms of their labor.
It is a shameful state of things that
any American citizen should be afraid
to complain of abuses for fear of his
family's starving! Robert A. Woods,
a student of labor conditions, says that
the average employer of labor who
opposes unions, holds employes guilty
of impiety and deserving of instant dis
missal if they undertake to enforce
their claims in such a way as to em
barrass the momentum of great busi
ness administration. Submission to
such a point of view reduces the labor
ing class to serfdom.
Says Dr. Gladden: "I do not think
that a wise statesmanship will consent
to see the masses of American work
lngmen put in a position like this.
Some way must be found by which
they may keep their liberty and pre
serve their manhood."
Union organization is the only
known means by which they may ob
tain and preserve this power and
avert the degradation of their class.
I have never heard any other way even
suggested. By means of unions they
do maintain their freedom. John
Mitchell said: "Trade unionism has
justified its existence by good works
and high purposes. It has elevated
the standard of living of the Ameri
can workman and conferred upon him
higher wages and more leisure. It has
increased efficiency, diminished acci
dents, averted disease, kept children
at school, raised the moral tone of the
factories."
It is the unions which have forced
modern legislation for the bettering of
labor conditions. The appalling de
terioration of the working classes due
to the unspeakable conditions that ex
isted before the days of unions, has
been arrested, and the life of the la
borer has been greatly improved. Even
Pittsburgh, with all its great extremes
of poverty and wealth, is a paradise
compared to what it was before unions
existed. Students of social science af
firm that the improvement there is due
mainly to the influence of labor organ
ization which has enabled the laborer
to resist oppression and secure for
himself at least some little share of the
wealth which his labor creates and
which could not be created without
him.
Professor Harold Rogers of Oxford,a !
philosophic statesman, declares that so !
great have been the benefits which i
unionism has brought to the laboring j
classes and to the community at large
that if he had the making of the laws !
he would exclude from the franchise
all workingmen who were not mem
bers of trade unions, as he considered 1
them to be obstacles in the way of the
advancement and uplifting of the race.
Surelyj the man who would exter
minate .unions is taking upon himself
a rather heavy and solemn responsi
bility for his fellowmen.
HELEN R. MARTIN.
Riverside, Pa.
PEACE SUNDAY AUGUST 6
By Associated Press
New York, 28. Dedication of Sun
day, August 6, to prayers for peace by
Christians throughout the world, is
urged in a call sent out by the World
Alliance for Promoting International
Friendship through churches. All
churches are asked to hold special ser
vices.
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FRIDAY EVENING,
TRUST COMPANY
TO HOLD FUNDS
Commonwealth's Contract as
Trustee Holds Good Until
1932
If Dauphin county
yAI ft 111 decides in the future
to float another bond
issue the s,nkin s
, 'unds will be han
died by a commis
tTH nßWßfflil H h° n cons ' st ' °f
■U fj SRnfflREB mls si oners, the
BMMfIIjUBW ' Treasurer and the
The care of the
present funds, however, will remain
in the hands of the Commonwealth
Trust Company, the trustee, in accord
ance with the agreement made some
years ago.
That decision was reached to-dav
following a conference of the county
officials, Warwick M. Ogelsby, trust
officer for the company, and Philip S.
Moyer and Charles H. Bergner, attor
neys, respectively, for the county and
the banking insUtution.
Inspection of the recent act of 1911
developed the fact that the new com
missioners of the sinking funds must
consist of the county officials, although
the old agreement cannot be broken
in so far as the present funds are con
cerned. These issues expire in 1918,
1931 and 1932.
Viewers Sat On Window Sill.—Be
cause City Council chamber was occu
pied, the viewers recently appointed by
the Dauphin County Court to present
the schedule of benefits and damages
incident to the prading of Reel street
from Mahantonpo to Division sat in
formally on the rotunda window sill
for a while this morning. After No. 2
courtroom was prepared for them they
adjourned to hear witnesses, but none
appeared. Tha improvement cost
$1,160, all of wl.ich was assessed upon
the abutting property owners as bene
fits. Xo damages were charged. The
Harrisburg Realty Company and E. Z.,
H. S. and J. K. Gross are the bene
ficiaries.
RIOTS MARK N.Y.
TROLLEY STRIKE
More Than 100 People Injured
in Clashes; Police Arrest
Many
By Associated Press
New York, July 28.—The National
Organization of Street Railways Em
ployes to-day continued efforts to
unionize all the motormen and con
ductors of New York city.
After a day marked by rioting and
bloodshed the operation of cars in the
Bronx was suspended at 9 o'clock last
night. The police made nearly 100
arrests yesterday and last night, but
the strike leaders asserted that few of
the men arrested were members of the
union.
It is estimated that more than 100
persons were injured in clashes.
Twenty cars were badly damaged.
No attempt has been made to fasten
on the strikers blame for the fatal ac
cident that occurred in the Bronx late
last night. In this accident a strike
breaker as motorman was killed and
two policemen and three strike guards
employed by the railway company
were hurt. The car jumped the track
and struck an iron pillar and five min
utes later three empty cars in some
mysterious manner rolled down a steep
hill and crashed into the wreckage.
SIZZLERS AHEAD;
RELIEF IS BRIEF
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eral degrees than the maximum of the
night before. Later in the morning
a slight breeze arose and appeared to
temper the heat somewhat.
"Deaths, directly due to the heat,
numbered 17 for the 24 hours ending
at 6 o'clock tHis morning."
River Is High
The Susquehanna river has been on
a rampage for twenty-four hours and
put a crimp in boating and swim
ming sports. The water was up to the
seven-foot mark last night at 8
o'clock. To-day at noon the water
had receded seven inches, and was
still falling. It is expected to reach
the five-foot stage by this evening.
The heavy rains have stirred up the
mud and the river besides showing a
strong current is not fit for bathing.
For this reason the municipal bath
houses at Seneca street and those on
McCormick's and Hargest Islands will
be closed for several days.
TRACKMAN'S WIFE
SAVES R.R. HEADS
Runs Mile to Flag Train After
Rig Landslide; Two Presi
dents on Flier
Special to the Telegraph
Port Jervls, N. Y., July 28.
| Through the prompt action of Mrs. Al
! Fred Maillett, wife of the Erie section
foreman at Shahola, Pa., a serious
| wreck with probable loss of life was
j avoided.
In the midst of a heavy rainstorm
' she ran from her home a mile along
j the Erie tracks with a red flag and
I halted a special train of four cars
running as a section of a Chicago ex
press and conveying Erie President
Frederick D. Underwood and A. L.
I Kohler, president of the Union Pacific
| Road, from Chicago to New York
City.
About two hundred feet east of the
Maillett home, the mountains along
the track rise to a considerable height
at what is known as Handsome Eddy
Rocks. The severe rain had caused
the earth and stone to loosen and slide
down the steep incline, covering both
tracks for a distance of nearly half a
mile and to a depth of several l'eet.
As soon as she saw what had hap
pened, Mrs. Maillett secured a flag and
ran twards Shohola just as President
| Underwood's special was coming east
on the westbound traexs. The train
was running at a fair speed, as it was
using a track other than its own
I when Engineer George W. Murray
i saw the woman waving the red flag.
| He brought the train to sucn an abrupt
stop that both railroad heads got a
shaking up. Mr. Underwood sent
word to the woman stating she practi
cally had carried out the Erie slogan
of "safety first."
FIRE AT HAZUETON
By Associated Press
Hazleton, Pa., July 8. Fire of un
known origin early this morning de-
I stroyed the warehouse of the Penn
j sylvania railroad freight station here
and five cars of freight. Estimated
* loss, $75,000.
PROBE BAD MEAT
STORIES AT CAMP
!
Mt. Gretna Authorities Say the
Rlame For Rad Food Lies
Elsewhere
By Associated Press
| Mt. Gretna, Pa., July 2S.—General
j Stillwell has conducted an investiga
j tion with regard to the presence In
i the Third Brigade camp of a quantity
j of bad meat which was refused by the
cooks of a company in the Ninth regi
ment Wednesday. At headquarters it
| was said that fault in the matter does
i not lie here In camp and the blame
; will be placed elsewhere.
Threatening weather hung over the
camp to-day. The troops had antici
pated striking canvas, leaving only
their shelter tent standing, in antici
pation of breaking camp to-morrow.
One of the companies in camp may
see border service. Word of the
transfer of Company F of the Fourth
Infantry on duty at El Paso to the
engineers corps was received in camp
last night and it is possible that a
company from Sunbury, belonging to
the separate battalion will go to El
Paso to take the place of Company F
which joined with Company A of
Scranton and Company B of Phila
delphia, will complete a full battalion
of engineers from this State at the
border.
Adjutant General Stewart was ex
pected at camp to-day ana may give
the final word as to whether the Third
brigade will be turned into an
artillery regiment.
TRIP TO SHORE HALTED
Young Men on Way to Atlantic City
Arrested on Charge of Theft
Special to the Telegraph
Lancaster, Pa., July 28.—Rudy
Piatt and Walter J. Brunner, of Har
risburg, and W. J. Mummaw, of
Enola, young men who stopped off in
Lancaster last evening on their way
to Atlantic City, are in jail charged
with larceny. They were arrested this
morning and accused of stealing goods
worth about SIOO from the stores of
Hager & Bro., Taylor & Watson, Groff
& Wolf, W. G. Baker, James A. Miller
and Edward S. Kress.
They attempted to escape on a trol
ley car but were caught with the
goods in their possession.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Shell Holes in Fort Douaumont From Aeroplanes
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beean shAirf h«f* een a P < ? bje S t of German attack since the Verdun tight
thf thnn?«T!iii nn «L m , ade by th ® m 'B h 'y German shells which have fallen by
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Expect 2,000 to Attend
State College Picnic
It will he Stats College uay at Her
-1 to-morrow. There will be
2,000 Penn fetate Alumni members on
nana for the big time. Of course the
student body will also be largely rep
resented. Eight autos will make the
titp from State College, and a number
of auto parties will come from Wilkes-
Barre.
Harrisburg will be largely represent
ed. A train will leave at S o'clock to
morrow- morning to carry the big crowd
from this city. Returning the train
leaves the park at 9:45 at night.
One big feature on the program will
be a baseball game between the Alar
rjert and s-ingle men. "Bob" Huber, class
190 a, the famous varsity baseball cap
tain. will lead the married men. Lined
up with him will be ex-varsity stars,
whom were captains.
Birdie Cree. the former New York
American star, will lead the single men,
and will have six former 'varsity stars,
including Hesselback, now with thu
Athletics. Included among those who
will attend will be: President E E
Sparks, of State College: Walt Mitchell",
president of the board of trustees and
Rov Smith, secretary of the Alumni
Association.
TO SUCCEED
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JUDGE JOHN H. CLARKE
Judge John H. Clarke, of the United
Slates District Court at Cleveland
has been nominated by President
Wilson for associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court to suc
ceed Associate Justice Charles
E. Hughes.
In Cleveland Judge Clarke for a
long time was associated in politics
with the late Mayor Tom Johnson
and Secretary of War Baker. He has
been classed as a Progressive Demo
crat arid has taken part in several
leform movements.
TOLLS LESS TH AX EXPEXSHS
Washington, July 28. Panama
canal tolls were $4,286,551 less than
expenses in the year which ended May
31. In the months the canal was
closed by slides the losses ranged be
tween $546,000 and $643,000 a month,
totaling for the six months from Octo
ber to March inclusive $3,553,627.
Tolls collected during May amounted
to $368,023, the largest month since
August, 1915.
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TRAVELETTE
By NIKSAH
MALACCA
Malacca is a sleepy, even-tempered
old town that might be said to medi
| tale over its own past greatness ex-
I cept that it does not seem to be medi
i fating ahout anything at all. Few ships
stop there, few white men live there,
ihe busy neighboring cities of Penang
and Singapore refer to it contemptu
ously as 'Sleepy Hollow." Only the
| Chinaman, always a nhisosopher, who
, likes to spend his declining years lis
tening to the tinkle of wind-bells and
I crazing into some lily-pool, often re
l tires to Malacca when he has made his
fort une.
Why they put Malacca where it is
1 irives the visitor something to specu
late about. There is no visible har
jbor; the city is apparently set down
at random on the curving beach. Long
gravelly shallows extend far out from
shore, making it impossible for ships
of any size to run close in. An old
pier stretches its length far out into
the ocean, like a stiff arm reaching
out for the lost trade, but even the
pier is not much of a help to really big
ships.
Few people land at Malacca. The
I arrival of a stranger on the beach at
' tracts attention c->en from the impres
sive crowd of Malays and nondescript
Orientals who lounge about the shore
end of the old pier. At first, glance
this seems to be a yellow city, for in
all its hundred thousand people there
arc only about a hundred Europeans.
Malacca Is not a city of empty hous
es, because the Malays and the poorer
Chinese have joyfully moved into any
accommodations they found vacant;
but it is distinctly a city where many
i of the houses have seen their best days.
| There is an old cathedral built by the
Portuguese overlooking the city. The
roof has fallon in and tropic insects
scuttle up and the walls. By day
it is given over to dust and ghosts, but
when darkness settles over the waters,
they light a great lafitern in the old
tower, and mariners steer their course
by the nark of the ancient church.
There are two explanations of Mal
acca's present sleepness. The politi
cal economists say that the trade has
gone to Penang and Singapore; but
there are some who will tell you the
story of St. Xavier. That good man,
who worked doughtily for the faith
I in the Orient, tried to convert the peo
| pie of Malacca, but they proved ob
durate. At leaving, the saint shook
i the dust of Malacca from his shoe 3;
land it has never recovered since.
Buys 111 Man Shroud
and Is Awarded SBBS
Milwaukee. Wis., July 28.—Testi
: money to show that Agnes Gacka, de-
I fendant in a civil suit for the posses
] sion of SBBS left by the late Frank
; Gray, bought the clothes in which the
: deceased was buried and did him
other favors, was introduced in the
j trial before Judge Blenski.
She further contended that Stephen
Gray, the administrator and plaintiff,
had not seen the dead man for eigh
| teen years before he died, while she
; cared for him in his last illness and
i was promised the SSBS. The jury
found for the woman.
JULY 28, 1916.
GLOBE EMPLOYES
OFF TO HERSHEY
Big Doings Planned by Com
mittees; Go to Park by
Auto Truck
The Globe employes with their ;
wives, sweethearts and just plain j
friends went on their annual outing
to-day. About a hundred left the
store at noon in auto trucks for Her
shey Park where a rip-roaring time
lay ahead. A baseball game between I
two teams of the Globe Right Posture i
Baseball League and numerous other <
athletic events featured the afternoon.
The events and the prizes Included:
Sack race, safety razor; shoe race,
necktie; 100-yard dash, free for all,
cuff links; tug-of-war, between mar
ried and single men; tujr-or-war, be- i
tween Right Posture teams; 100-yard
swim, pennant: peanut race for wo
men, ivory tray; candle race, handker
chief tray; three-legged race, pocket
jbook; wheel barrow race, silk hose.
Committees
| The committees included;
General H. A. Plank, chairman;
R. B. Robison, W. A. Smith. John G.
iOch, Benjamin Strousc, Miss Florence
Bankes and Leon Harris.
Athletic Milton M. Strouse, chair
man; Lou Cohen, Norman Jones. John
G. Och, Julius Settino, Millard Greek,
John Bowers.
Baseball John G. Och, chairman;
Albert Cohen. Henry Heist, Leon Har
ris. Wilmer King. Robert s>et:>y. John
Garrett, Nelson Hibsmati.
j Prize Committee —W. A. Smith,
j chairman; Walter Heist, Ferdinand
Beck. W. B. Roberts.
Publicity H. E. Moyer, W. B.
Roberts, R. B. Robison, H. A. Plank.
Transportation R. B. Robison,
chairman; Frank M. Entry, Ed. Weit
meyer, Lewis Cohen.
Refreshment Miss Florence
Bankes, chairman; Miss Bertha
] Blaine, Miss Sara Heiser, Miss Lillie
iFoulk, Miss Tura Walker, Miss Marlon
| Strouse, Mrs. Benjamin Strouse.
, Music Frank M. fCntry 1 , chair
man, Nick Cantone, Angelo Russo,
Ray Cassatt, A. W. Plank.
! Table Thomas Thornley, chair
' man, John Randolph, Eli Allen.
Decoration George W etver,
chairman: John Bowers, Ray Cassatt,
Albert Cohen.
Vaudeville Lou Cohen, chairman;
Henry Heist, Joe Kenny, Leon Har
ris. ,
Harris Cohen, Worth
Half Million, Leaves
SIOO Public Bequest
In his will filed late yesterday aft
ernoon for probate, Harris Cohen, one
of the city's wealthiest merchants, left
but one public bequest. That was for
a hundred dollars, the Harrisburg hos
j pital being the beneficiary. Mr. Cohen
! also set aside a fund of SSOO for the
j upkeep of his grave. The remainder
jof his half-million dollar estate was
I bequeathed to his three grandchildren,
I Charles S. Goodman, Mrs. Thedore
j Samuels and Mrs. Julian Samuels, of
St. Louis. The Harrisburg Trust Com
pany is named as trustee.
The merchant who. died a few days
ago in St. Louis, in his eighty-fourth
year, made his will February 29, 1916.
The trustee is directed to pay the
I grandchildren from the proceeds of
| the estate share and share alike in
| SI,OOO instalments yearly after each
attains the age of thirty. Mr. Good
-1 man is to have $25,000 upon reaching
his twenty-fifth year "if in the opinion
of the trustees and at least one of his
| sisters, his habits ana business
i acumen warrant the bequest." In
i structions are given to the trustee to
| make no sale of securities unless there
| is evidence of a falling off in the mar
ket prices.
Pittsburgh Streets Not
Swept Since Wednesday
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 28. Reports
to Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong So-day
indicated that every man .in the street
and park cleaning bureau had joined
the strike inaugurated by their lead
ers earlier in the week to enforce a
' demand for an increase in wages of
five cents an hour, bringing the num
ber of strikers to 1100. Not a street
or park has been cleaned since Wed
nesday. and in some sections condi
tions are rapidly taking on a serious
aspect. In the Hazlewood district
where there are five cases of infantile
[paralysis appeals of the health auth
orities for volunteer water wagon
drivers to flush the streets and pre
| vent a spread of the epidemic, has
I met with no response rrom the
[strikers. No money will be available
| for higher wages in this cepartment
j until next year, and city officials said
i that if the men did not return to work
| to-night others would be employed to
take their places to-morrow.
EXECUTE CAPTAIN
OF MERCHANTMAN
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ters here as a brutal violation of in
ternational law likely to result in
prompt retaliatory measures by Great
Britain. They contend that if a hostile
submarine approached the Brussels it
was in effect an attack ana Captain
Fryatt in making a counter attack by
attempting to rani subjected himself
only to treatment as a prisoner of
war in event of capture.
The United States government is in
terested in the incident and what may
follow it. particularly because of the
bearing it may have upon the diffi
cult problems involved in submarine
warfare. Reprisals by the allies, it
is feared might be followed by a
i change in the German submarine
| policy which has been satisfactory to
1 the United States since the last as
surances that merchantshlps would
i not be attacked without warning or
without provision for safety of pas
; sengers and crews.
W. R. Houser Goes Up
Ladder With L C. S.
I W. R. Houser. superintendent of the
' Harrisburg District of the Interna
-1 tional Correspondence Schools of Scran
-1 ton. to-day was promoted to the auper
! intendencv of industrial extension work
with headquarters in Harrlsburg, cov
ering the Central Atlantic States
I Mr. Houser has been with the com
| pnnv twenty years and has gone steao-
I ily up from a solicitor to. his present
high post with the concern. He is
prominent in Masonic circles and it>
well known throughout the Eastern
United States. His offices will continue
to be in the Harrisburg Telegraph
Building.
BRIDEGROOM IS 70
Media. Pa., July 28. —News leak
ed out of the marriage a week ago
of Thomas J. Osbourne, Democratic
politician and one time manufacturer
of this county, to Miss Elizabeth C
Clayton, a former teacher in the
Media public school.
Mr. Osborne is past 70 years old.
His wife died several years ago, and
he has four children and a number
of grandchildren Mrs. Osbourne is
4 0 years old and a graduate of the
West Chester State Normal school.
STEWART VISITS
MT. GRETNA CAMP
Adjutant General's Office Has
No Information Regarding
Recruiting Plans
Adjutant-General Thomas J. Stew»
art to-day visited the recruit camp at
Mount Gretna and no information
could be obtained at the Capitol in his
absence regarding recruiting plans or
reports that Major L. V. Rausch, camp
quartermaster, had been detailed to
look after camps in New York state.
According to reports reaching here
from New Vork. Washington and
Mount Gretna, the recruiting officers
have been ordered to home stations
to recruit.
General Stewart was in Washington
yesterday. To-day he conferred with
Colonel H. S. Williams, senior recruit
ing oiflcer at Mount Gretna.
Major Jere M. Lcaman, one of the
| commissary officers at Mount Gretna,
who was here last night to see the
j general, said regarding charges that
I commissary officers of regiments were
■ asked to receipt for rations which
; they claimed they did not receive,
I that some of the regiments did not
draw all of the bread to which they
i were entitled under regulations and
• which was bought for them as re
quired by regulations. It was at the
I storehouses for them, but, not being
| drawn, remained until given away. It
lis held that the regiments were en
j titled to the bread, that it was bought
: for them, and that, being charged up
I to them, must be receipted for.
j Chalter I. Stineman, of South Fork,
t a nephew of the late ex-Senator W. I.
i Stineman, of Cambria county, has been
(appointed a clerk in the department
I of the Secretary of the Commonwealth
j to succeed the late Richard J. Yothers,
of Uarnesboro. Cambria county. Mr.
Stineman was formerly a clerk in the
railroad service iii Cambria county.
Patrick C. Boyle, of Oil City, was
to-day reappbintid a member of the
i State Board of Public Charities.
S. Jarvis Adams, of Pittsburgh, to
day filed his withdrawal as Bull Moose
candidate for congressman at large.
He withdrew a few days ago as Wash
ington party candidate
C. W. Walters, of Lewistown, has
liled complaint with the Public Service
Commission regarding service of the
Lewistown and Reedsville Railway
Company in Lewistown borough. The
company will be asked to make an
answer. Complaint has also been made
by the borough of Wesleyville against
the crossings in that town of the New
York Central and New York, Chicago
and St. Louis railroads.
REAL ESTATE
July Building Figures
'Way Behind 1915 Record
Unless city building operations tako
an unusual boost within the next few
days July will go down in the city s
building history as one of the smallest
, months in several years so far as the
| expenditure for new structures is con
i cerned.
I High cost of materials and labor is,
of course, attributed as the cause.
' Building inspection officials hope that
| the month's record may yet be mate
j rially increased by the permits for the
j proposed new Pennsy freight station
in the lower end of the city and the
; Doehne hotel operation at Fourth and
Chestnut streets. These jobs will cost
approximately $400,000 and $500,000
respectively, it is understood.
To date however, Julys permits
! total but $80,375, nearly $65,000 less
than July. 1915, when the total outlay
i mounted to $144,325.
SELL CHURCH PROPERTY IX
WILI.IAMSTOWX FOR $2500
The principal property transfer re
corded in city or county to-day by
Recorder James E. Lentz was the re
cent sale by William James of a
property in Williamstown to the Holy
Ghost Greek Catholic Hungarian
Church of that place for $2500. Other
realty transfers included the follow
ing:
Arthur R. Rupley to Charles A.
Hannah, Lower Swatara, SSOO, and
these in which the consideration was
$1 each: Harry M. Hershey to E. M.
Hershey, Lower Paxton; Howard De-
Hart'to Edwin M. Hershey, 131-33
South Third street, E. M. Hershey to
Howard DeHart, Susquehanna town
ship; E. M. Hershey to Clair M.
Stengle, Paxtang. and J. Grant Koons
to Hyman Rubin, 126 North Cameron
street.
. BAN ON OP!I'M IMPORTS
London, July 28. The importa
tion of opium and cocaine into the
United Kingdom is prohibited by a
royal proclamation issued to-day.
There has been considerable agita
tion lately in this country against the
sale of cocaine which, it is said, has
been used in increasing quantities dur
ing the past few years and particularly
has become the habit of many people
since the outbreak of the war.
EXCESSIVE MEAT EATING
Most people who are troubled with
flatulency eat more meat than is good
for them. Flatulency is wind on the
stomach. Excessive meat eating or de
fective nerve force ia responsible in
most cases.
Cutting down the amount of meat in
your diet and taking a course of treat
ment with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to
strengthen the weak nerves thatcontrol
the digestive processes is well worth
trying if you have wind on the stomach,
sour tisings in the throat, a feeling of
weakness in the stomach and palpita
tion of the heart. Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills are recommended for thin blood
and weak nerves, whatever the cause.
Send today to the Dr. Williams Medi
cine Co., Schenectady, N. Y., for the
diet book "What to Eat and How to
Eat." It gives information regarding
the tonic treatment for many forms of
stomach trouble. There cannot be
perfect digestion without a sufficient
supply of red blood and there is noth
ing batter than Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills to enrich the blood and tone up
the stomach.
Your own druggistsells Dr. Williams*
Pink Pills or they will be mailed, poet
paid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per
box, six boxes $2.50, by the Dr. Wil
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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