For Summer Camp or Bunga low —a ready-cooked ready-to-eat food—a food that keeps in any climate, that supplies the greatest nutriment in smallest bulk, Shredded Wheat Biscuit is the ideal Summer food, easily and quickly digested. Combines deliciously with fresh fruits. Always clean, always pure, always the Made at Niagara Falls. N. Y. $6,479 FUND IN COURT INQUIRY Before the School JL) ), I Board pays the $6,- 4 " 9 balance due on the contract for the erection of the new W. S. Steele school building:, the Dau fe£' v * 7">-phin county courts have to decide 5 n IflbdlßeK t0 the funds " * '*• The question of ■■MHaJI future disposition of the balance was put up to Judge C. V. Henry, Lebanon, specially sitting to-day, when William S. Roebuck asked for an injunction against John F. Barnhart and the school direc torate restraining them from paying over the money to Barnhart until a partnership accounting between Barn hart and Roebuck, a former partner, should be forthcoming. Judge Henry granted the preliminary injunction and fixed 10 o'clock Thursday, September 7, for a further hearing. Rush Hearing Goes Over.—Because TV. J. Carter, counsel, and some wit nesses were unable to attend to-day. further hearing in the Rush-East Hanover township boundary dispute was continued to-day until" Septem ber 6. Tax Collector For Daupliin.—Chas. E. Eby was appointed tax collector for Dauphin borough to-day, vice Charles H. Welker, resigned. New Haven Is Being Sued For $160,000,000 Xew York, Aug. 30. Former offi cers. directors and counsel of the Xew York, Xew Haven and Hartford Rail road were made defendants to-day in a liability and restitution suit for more than $160,000,000. filed in the United States district court by five Massachusetts stockholders of the road. The suit is based on evidence taken 8t the recent trial of William Rocke feller and other former directors of the road for criminal conspiracy under the Sherman anti-trust law. UOLD ARTILLERY FOR STRIKE By Associated Press Stroudsburg, Pa.. Aug. 30. Xot wiihstanding the fact that Battery B of the Connecticut Artillery was ex pected to be ordered to the border fore this, the men are still at the Toby hanna camp of instruction, but are on a two days' hike getting the advan tage of field work. It is believed here that the men are held pending the outcome of the nation-wide railroad Ftrike which is to be declared on Mon day next. \ WHILST THERE IS XO KXOWX CURE FOR Infantile Paralysis nor no known positive preventative, yet State Health Commissioner, Dr. Dixon, and all experts agree that the best preventative is a non poisonous antiseptic, such as Liquid Antiseptic in 34c and 670 bottles, applied two or three times a day by means of a Davol Magic Atomizer: Use McXeil's Stock Dip and Disin fectant around the home. SOLD AT Clark's Medicine Stores 300 Market St. and 306 Broad St. HARRISBURG, PA. Sasseitluni and Estimates lilTfn t'rn J. M. SMITH Hard Wood Floors LAID AM) FINISHED OLD FLOURS KE.VOVATED ITAIKs COViiKEH WITH HAHDWOOD FLOORS KEPT IN CONDITION Bell Pbinei 13U1 M. 121 a Brook wood St. Harrlabara, Pi, (fenifarlranft PPBBP Leadership isn't some thing to be acquired in a day or found by chance. Leadership is I that , which comes to those who have the ca- , pacity for such respon sibilities and honors. Gen. Hartranft was a leader because he pos- I sessed those attributes u that make for leader- m 'We chose his name | for our new nickel J cigar years ago, be- 8 cause we knew we H j| had a leader in nickel w jj cigardom. We are J proud of the name. 3 WEDNESDAY EVENING, STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS IN STEELTON Here are the youthful athletes who will be heard from in a few years In Steelton's High School athletic activities. They are the various championship teams from the borough playgrounds for the season closing to day. Each topped a league composed of teams from every playground and won their honors only after weeks of continued effort. ROMPER OUTING ATTRACTS MANY Thousand Children Participate in First Annual Playgrounds Closing Event More than 1,000 enthusiastic chil dren participated in the first annual Romper Day exercises on Cottage Hill to-day which marked the close 6t Steelton's initial playgrounds season. The exercises opened shortly after 9 o'clock and closed a few minutes be fore 5 o'clock this afternoon, when C. S. Davis, chairman of the Parks and Playgrounds Commission and the man who was largely responsible tor adoption of the present recreation sys tem, presented the pennant and rib bons to the various winers. The big maroon and gray banner which represents the 1916 playground championship was awarded the Cot tage Hill athletes who won six separ ate championships. These youthful athletes, coached by- James MeGovern. won the league championships in Junior baseball, junior volley ball, boys' tether ball and the three track meets. West Side won three first league places, including senior baseball, senior volley ball and girls' tether ball. Hygienic playground teams topped the senior newcomb and junior newcomb leagues. The lawn team captured the quoit league. To Raise Banner The championship banner will be raised above the Cottage Hill play ground and fly there throughout the year. To-day's attendance records surpassed expectations and reflected the widespread interest in the recently established playgrounds. Supervisor James R. Irwin was a busy man di recting activities and received many compliments from Chairman Davis and others for the remarkable exhibi tion staged on such short notice. Results of the events this morning follow: Midget quoit championship, won by Peace, Lawn; tether ball. Cotj tage Hill vs. West Side, won by for mer; junior volley ball, Fothergill de feated Hygienic; junior quoit cham pionship, won by C. Wilt, Lawn; mid get tether ball. A. Burkhart, Cottage Hill; senior volley ball, Fothergill de feated Lawn: Junior Xewcomb, West Side defeated Hygienic; senior quoits. Lawn defeated West Side; junior play ground baseball. Cottage Hill defeated Fothergill: kite flying contest, post poned until late this afternoon; junior tether ball, P. Toter, Cottage Hill; girls 'midget tether ball, Kathleen Davis, West Side; Junior. Xewcomb, Lawn defeated Fothergill; junior tether ball (girls) Madaline Dice, West Side: senior tether ball (boys) Cottage Hill; junior volley ball. West Side de feated Cottage Hill; senior newcomb, Lawn defeated Lawn: senior volley ball. Cottage Hill defeated West Side; end ball, Fothergill defeated Lawn: swat ball. Fothergill defeated Lawn; and senior newcotpb, Hygienic defeat ed West Side. THREE XEW TYPHOID CASES City health officials continued their inspection of Dauphin and Cumber land county farms and* dairies to-day in an effort to trace the source of the typhoid epidemic which is s'.owly spreading in Harrisburg. Three new were reported to-day, scattered in different sections of the city. Why Cutlcura Is So Good For The Skin and Scalp 1. —Because the Soap is a pure neutral sapona ceous solvent for im purities which clog the pores, often causing pimples and blackheads. 2. Because the Oint ment is a super-creamy emollient for soothing and healing conditions which cause the skin to redden, roughen, itch, burn, crust and scale. Sample Each Free by Mail . 32-D. book on the «iao. Addrwo post-cutf: Cutlcura. Dept. 18, Botton." Sold everywhere. Geo. R. Alleman, Prominent in Business, Falls Dead as He Tries to Start Machine While attempting to start his auto- j mobile, which had stalled on the Conestoga street hill last evening, ! George R. Alleman, aged 59, promi- j nent Steelton real estate and business- j man, toppled over dead beside his 1 machine. Heart failure is given as i the cause of death. Mr. Alleman resided at 245 South | Thirteenth street, Harrisburg, for sev- \ eral years but was identified with | Steelton affairs practically all his life. ; He wa3 a director in the Mechanics 'Trust Company, Harrisburg; president] | of the Steelton Building and Loan As sociation; treasurer of the Dauphin! Building and Loan Association and identified with many smaller enter- j prises. For many years he was a clerk in the Steelton Store and later! entered the retail business in Phila-! Idelphia. Returning to Steelton, he! became engaged in the realty business j and for awhile also operated a con tracting business. While in this work ! he directed building of the Valley ) Railways trolley line between Enola J ! and Marysville. He was a prominent' I member of the Independent Order of j j Odd Fellows, and of the Junior Order i American Mechanics. Funeral services will be held at his j ; late home Saturday. The Rev. Thomas 1 F. Reisch, Christ Lutheran Church, j Harrisburg. will officiate and burial i will be made in the Harrisburg Cerae- I tery. To Build Garage. J. W. Wan baugh has obtained a permit to build a frame garage in Xorth Second street for John Kelleher. Sells Property. C. Hess has sold to Alphonso Pugliese a double frame! dwelling at 353 *4 and South i Second street. Smith Is Held. Henry Smith was held for court after a hearin-g before i | Squire Frank A. Stees to answer a' charge of hitting Xick Zemic with a ] shovel. MANY FLOATS IN KIPONA PARADE [Continued From First Page] being postponed by order of the State Health Department is over, floats are rapidly being constructed and plans materializing that will make the first I annual Kipona the big event of the' season. To date there are sixteen floats that will definitely be entered, with the probability of several addi tions before the day of the carnival. These will be lighted from stem to stern and in addition to the 200 or more canoes that will be presented by the Kipona committee with uprights that may be fitted into the canoe for bear ing Japanese lanterns, the river will present a scene of splendor that -will convert the Susquehanna basin into a veritable fairyland. The following firms have entered floats: Harrisburg Light and Power Company, Kaufman's, Dives, Pomeroy i & Stewart, Bowman & Co., the Tele- i graph, the Star-Independent. George W. Bogar, J. H. Troup, Floyd Hopkins, Charles W. Stieff. the Globe, William Strouse, "Mayor" Harry J. Berrier, the : Rotary Club, the Jovian Order and the ; Bell Telephone Company. The South Harrisburg Amusement Companv, Ralph Miller, manager, will have two flats and a steamboat on the river and will furnish continuous vaudeville and music. Entries close to-morrow evening and will be received up to that time at the various boathouses along the ! river or at the offices of the Park De partment. The total membership of the Greater Harrisburg Xavy now numbers about! 325 persons. The war canoe race between two local high schools. Steelton and the Academy, which will be the big event of the afternoon, will be one-half mile in length, with a turn at the quarter mile point. All the crews are practic ing in small canoes until the big ones arrive, with the exception of Tech whose boat arrived last week. Hershey Gives Plot For Catholic Church Formal transfer of the plot of ground in Hershey by M. S. Hershev i the "chocolate king," to the Rev. Dr' M. M. Hassan, diocesan administrator for the Harrisburg Catholic diocese, for a site for the proposed St. John's Catholic Church, was recorded to-day. 55.000 IX PERMITS A 15,000 tail-end boost was given to August's building operations to-day when Walter H. Kuhn got a permit to build a four-story brick factory build ing at Carlisle and Holly streets at a cost of $4,000, and Clinton A. Sollen berger got permission to build an addition to 616 Camp street at a cost of ?1,000. Mr. Kuhn will manufacture potato chips at his place of business. TO-DAY'S TRANSFERS Realty transfers to-day included the following: Dan W. Cox to W. P. Starkly, Second and Kelker streets. $1; Anthony B. Davis to J. E. Hemperly. Susquehanna township. $1; Katie G. Rouse to Xorman H. Downing, to Xew ton G. Zelders, Knox street, $3, 65 a HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH HIGHSPIRE WILL TURN ON LIGHTS Street Lamps Go on Friday; Test Out System First Time Last Evening Highsplre's streets will be officially lighted for the first time Friday even ing when the contract for the new electric system between the borough and the Harrisburg Light and Power j Company goes into effect. Various sections were tested last evening and the sudden illumination attracted general attention. Groups l gathered here and there beneath the | lights to discuss the relative positions and it is quite likely that some of the j locations may be changed in order to ' extend the rays to the best advantage. ■ To-night more lights will be turned ; on and the tests will be iw order, it is 1 expected, from time to time until Fri- I day evening, September 1, when the \ whole system will be in service. P. & R. IS READY OFFICIALS SAY [Continued From First Page] j little sentiment in favor of a strike, I but the road men. It is said, are strong j for a strike, and will quit on Monday if ordered to do so. Local Reading officials are of the opinion that there will be little trouble in taking care of both passenger and freight traffic. Pennsy Gets Ready At the headquarters of the Philadel phia division of the Pennsylvania Rail- I road this morning preparedness plans were being worked out. A conference ; ot department heads yesterday did not I end until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. I At that time it was said no serious ' trouble was expected in operating trains on schedule time should a strike come. No interruption of the passenger j service is expected. With the embargo issued to-day it is expected that freight traffic will be cut down to such an ! extent that the force of trainmen which the company believes will re- ! main loyal will be able to handle the traffic. It is also reported that the i yards at Enola will be closed down [ during the strike and all freight busi- j ness handled in the Harrisburg yards. ! Preparations for feeding and lodg- 1 ir>g the men at the shops and round- I houses are complete. Cots, cooking | utensils, dishes, etc., have been deliv ered to the company. An additional order for 500 cots was ! to-day placed with a local firm bv the | Pennsylvania Railroad. They will be j used at the shops and roundhouses j and in the airbrake department at j Seventh and Reily streets. Badges j and riot clubs for the special officers . have been completed. Beginning Mon day morning at 6 o'clock, admission to railroad property will be permitted only on presentation of an identifica tion card or badge. FLOUR MILLS WILL CLOSE By Associated Press Minneapolis. Minn., Aug. 30.—Everv : flour mil! in Minneapolis will be closed thirty minutes after the order for a 11 netion-wide railroad strike becomes j effective, according to an announce- 1 ment to-day by the Washburn-Crosbv j' Company. All the mills in the city 1 are filled to capacity, with no available [ storage space and no way in which to move the output, says the statement. J A Discovery -about your WjTEETH v Ejg Tonight, if you will closely examine your teeth after ART brushing them, you will make a surprising discovery. CjKg \ Though 70a have been cleaning your teeth regularly, you will Smjfz. find an accumulation of tartar on the enamel and bit* of food de -1 posit hiding between the crevices. Your dentifrice has not been Jpg |\ REALLY CLEANING! Loss of teeth is usually due to one of two conditions—Pyorrhea y—<n I or Decay—both of which ordinarily develop only in the mouth / J where genn-laden tartar is present. £ I CLEAN your teeth—REALLY CLEAN them! Senreco, a den 'f it ial specialist's formula will do it. Senreco embodies specially J I prepared, soluble granules unusually effective in ?? J 1 cleaning away food deposits. Moreover, it is psrtic- A nlarly destructive to the germ of Pyorrhea. Go to your dealer today and get a tube of Senreco— 'CA ~S keep your teeth REALLY CLEAN and protect your* S oelf against Pyorrhea and decay. Send 4c to Senreco 304 Walnut St., Cincinnati, Ohio, for trial package. H JF The tooth paite that REALLY CLEANS lT7"* J Typhoid and Ice Cream The raw product used in RUSS BROS. VELVET ICE CREAM is sup plied by the Pennsylvania Milk Products Company, Harrisburg, Pa., whose dairies are in absolute sanitary condition, being inspected regularly by local health officials, as well as officials from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Health Departments. In RUSS BROS, plant the raw product is still further safeguarded by re pasteurizing and homogenizing. Rigid inspection is enforced throughout the plant daily. VELVET ICE CREAM is first quality, and may be eaten with entire confidence. Information from officials is to the effect that No Case in Pennsylvania Is Traceable to Russ Bros. Velvet Ice Cream AUDITOR GENERAL POWELL IS HOME Will Take Up Matter of Sol dier Vote; Talks on Finances Auditor General \ \ \ y/J Powell, adjutant of v\\\ the Tenth Regi 'sty ment of the Xation- al Guard now at the d Mexican border. IWmV has returned to the W7sgQrsf*y Capitol on a 30-day I BrtiVrftaJ furlough. He will r feW™MuT MpH spend the next two [ « weeks at his de jegJ— ' r -—partment- He will BH&atiBSMiSSiV also take up the matter of polling the Pennsylvania soldier vote "at the border. He returned to find warrants of his department awaiting payment at the State Treasury to the amount of sl,- 500,000 in excess of the available funds of the State. There is no pros pect at present for meeting all the bills of the State before the middle of November, by which time the big cor poration tax checks are expected. Au ditor General Powell was asked if he had any solution of the problem in mind. "Just before the appropriation com mittees of the last Legislature took final action on the appropriation bills.'' he said, "I spent several whole days and nights working out figures to show just what money would be available for the next two years. My efforts did not meet with the approval of the legislative branch of the government, and unless the legislative branch asks | me for help I do not believe I will do any more figuring just now. Anyhow, any figuring X would do would not help the situation." The Auditor General looks tanned and healthy and says he weighs more than when he left. He finds outdoor life agrees with him but says he has been working long and late. Clerks Dismissed. State Fire Mar shal G. Chal Port has notified three clerks of his department that their names will be dropped from the pay roll September 1. He explained that there is no political significance to the move and that the dismissals are for the efficiency of his department, as he intends to name at least three more deputies. Deputies Investigate fires and the number, Port says, is inade quate. The clerical force,on the other hand, it is understood, is too large. The work of the three employes dropped will be done by others in the depart ment. G. S. Williamson Here. G. S. Wil liamson, assistant manager of the New York World, and Mr. Spence. civil engineer with the New York State In dustrial commission, were In town to day and called on Commissioner of Labor and Industry Jackson and Lew R. Palmer. The purpose of their visit was not made public. Commissioner Jackson goes to Johnstown to-day and will make an address to-morrow morn ing before the convention of the League of Third Class Cities of Penn sylvania. Paul X. Furman will ac company the commissioner. Strikes Settled. The Bureau of Mediation has been busy settling strikes. A telegram from Scranton re ceived this morning stated that the strike on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad had been settled. The labor disturbance at the Franklin Manufac turing Company at Franklin was llke %vise settled through the offices of M. T. Frederick, acting under the direc tion of Patrick Gilday. William Young in Town. William Young, of the State Industrial Board, AUGUST 30, 1916. was here to-day. There will be a meeting of the Board at Philadelphia. time the explosives code and the crane code will likely be consid ered. Ithdra wal and Substitution. »viniam R. DeVlnney, candidate for U l6 use Representatives on the Prohibition ticket from the Fourth district, Allegheny county, has with drawn his name. In his place the name of J. Ralph Park, of the same place has been announced. Justices Named. The Governor this morning appointed L. L. Geiger, of Girard Borough, Erie county, and F. W. Akerly, Conneftut township, Erie county, as justice of the peace. Going Over Route W. R. D. Hall, statistician for the State Highway De partment, and W. R. Douglas, of the Department of Agriculture, are going over the course which has been laid out for the second agricultural tour. Public Service Complaints. —Com plaint was received by the Public Ser vice Commission from William Os borne and other citizens of Shingle House, Potter county, against the Pot ter Gas Company, alleging that the minimum rate for natural gas, estab lished February 22, 1916, for sl.lO per month, superseding a former minl Look Out for Imitations. Ask for DR. PRAY'S ORIGINAL Hab-lt for Corns Callous, Warts and Bunions. Price 25c. WWII pfter Established Moral: Nab-It is Best Corn Cure or Compet itors Would Not Try Knocking It. Truth in advertising is what we be lieve in. Don't be influenced by bunk, hot air, knocking competitors. Stop think—if Nab-It was not the best com remedy in the world, why all this knock ing? Go to any druggist today—buy a bottle of Nab-It for 25c; follow direc tions, and if you are not satisfied, take back the empty bottle and get your money. Don't suffer—don't let the agonizing, excruiating corns and callouses make your life a burden. Nab-It on that pain-racked spot will bring joy and immediate relief. No more pain, no more soreness. It's all gone in a Jiffy- If corn* or callouses are, like the high cost of Uvicg, "driving you mad," Nab- For Sale by George A. Gorgas, Druggist. HONEST VALUE Is what every man gets when he smokes a KING OSCAR 5c CIGAR The best tobacco money can buy is put in this 25 year old quality brand. JOHN C. HERMAN CO. Makers mum rate of fifty cents, is exorbitant. Complaint was also received against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by the Pittsburgh Brewing: Company, al leging an unjust and unreasonable in crease in rates effective July 22. 1916, on beer from Junction Transfer (Thir ty-third street, Pittsburgh), to Home stead. The former rate was 82% cents per net ton in carload lots and the new rate is $1.06 per net ton. Delegates Appointed. Governor Brumbaugh to-day appointed the fol lowing as delegates to the ninth an nual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association to be held in Philadelphia, September 12 to 15: A. G. Elklnton, Hoylan; Selden Twitchell, Bryn Mawr; Henry Palmer, Lang home; G. Frank Williamson, Media; Wm. A. Magee. Pittsburgh; Frank Disston, St. David's; William G. Sproul of Chester; William Pierce. Bristol; Daniel F. Lafean, York; Joseph P. Gaffney, Wm. P. Barba, Howard B. French, James B. Bonner, George F. Sproule, Wm. E. Bernard, William M. Mates, Charles Elmer Smith, Murdoch Kendrick, J. S. W. Holton, D. G. Graft, George S. Graham, George E. Edmonds, Peter E. Costelle. George P. Darrow, John R. K. Scott, L. J. Kolb, Wm. S. Vare, John Gribbel and J. Wallace Howell, all of Philadelphia. It is what you need. Nab-lt goes oa and the corn goes off. Relief is instant. No waiting. Put it on and the sore ness vanishes like a bad dream when the alarm clock rings. Nab-It acts like magic. Pain goes, soreness gone, corn goes too. It's fool ish to suffer when relief is SO EASY. Any druggist has Nab-It. Don't accept anything else, because NOTHING is is "just as good." 25 cents. Nab-It sold in red box. Note how it's spelled— NAB-IT. Knocking competitors, we challenge you to publish date of establishing. "Nab-It" is sold everywhere in 25 cent bottle or sent direct by Dr. A. Parker Pray Company, 406 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois. 7
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