MBMMB The New Store of Wm. Strouse To-nig|ht at 8:00 The EVOLUTION of A HAT will be re peated in the windows of THE NEW STORE OF WM. STROUSE at the request of many people who failed to see last week's interesting demonstration. DON'T MISS IT! The New Store of WM. STROUSE FAVOR LAW TO MAKE CORONER BE PHYSICIAN [Continued From First Page] fits, the good done by exhibits ot condemned weighing and measuring devices, the relations of merchants and inspectors and heard the reports of both county and city inspectors. Penny postage, postal savings, the postmaster's influence and economic postal suggestions were discussed by the State Postmasters. The Coroners heard papers relating to the coroner's office in various localities of the State. Weight System Should Supply Dry Measure Say State Sealers Harry A. Boyer. inspector of weights end measures in Dauphin county, in an addrePb this morning at the session of the Pennsylvania Association of Sealers of Weights and Measures, ad vocated continuous campaigns in every county with exhibits and talks about confiscated scales and measuring de vices. Mr. Boyer declared that the best ad vertisement of the work of the sealer was the exhibition of condemned scales and measures which were found below standard. He spoke in favor of a ptimanent exhibition and said that sealers and inspectors should make every eiiort to bring their work before the eye of the housekeepers. U Charles J. Silverson, chief inspector f in Bu!;imore, made the opening ad dress and told of the work being done In that city. Extemporaneous speakers of the morning expressed themselves in favor of abandoning dry measures and sub stituting the weight system instead. A number of the county inspectors in short remarks told of the big improve ment and advantage the weight system was found to'be in all cases. George B. Musser. inspector in Mifflin county, in discussing the sub ject of "Hucksters and Peddlers." de clared that they should be compelled tn use \\eights. Other speakers were I>. W. Simpson, of Indiana county; A. G. Relnhurt. Westmoreland county, and W. B. Dunn, inspector in Altoona. Inspector Dunn gave a short historv of the opposition that the sealers met with when the weights and measures law wentinto effect and declared that at first 73 per cent, of the inspections showed that the retailer was giving overweight and overmeasure and rob bing himself of his honest profits. Philadelphia Wants Convention A move was started this morning by Philadelphia inspectors to have the conference of the sealers held there in 1917. Invitations were read from Mayor Thomas B. Smith, the Philadel phia Chamber of Commerce and John Virdin, chief of the Philadelphia bu reau of weights and measures. No ac tion was taken this morning. James Sweeney, chief of the State Bureau of Standards, mad? a few remarks and said that he believed the convention should be held in Harrisburg, the lapi tal of the state. At the afternoon session George B. Moore, chief inspector of Allegheny county, spoke on "Relations of Mer chants and Inspectors" and urged the co-operation of the sealers with honest merchants. John Umstead, inspector in Phila delphia, told of the "Results of Weight and Measure Inspection" and told of the work of the department in making tests. John Lyons, of the Acme Tea Company, then spoke on "Honest Mer chandising in Compliance with the Spirit and Intent of the Weight and Measure Laws." He said that within a short time food manufacturers and large dealers will find it a paying proposition to pay their own men to inspect scales and measures and ad- Just them so that they meet the State law requirements and give honest weight. Reports of city and county inspectors were made late in the afternoon. Busi ness sessions, with the election of of ficers, will be held to-morrow. ' Favor Law. Requiring Coroner to Be Physician ■Following a general discussion of subjects presented during their con vention here, the Pennsylvania State Coroners' Association adjourned this afternoon to meet next September at Wilkes-Barre. These officers were elected: President, Dr. Charles L. Ashley, Luzerne county; first vice-president. r S. J. Jamison, Allegheny county; sec ond vice-president, James T. Heffran, Washington county; secretary and treasurer. Dr. G. H. Moore, Washing ton county. Dr. R. L. Perkins, Harrisburg, act ing deputy coroner of Dauphin county, this morning lead a discussion, the question, "Relation of Coroner's Offlco to the Doctor." Many of the dele gates said they favored legislation re quiring all coroners to be physicians or surgeons. Dr. W. E. Delanev of Wllliamsport addressed the morning session on "Du ties in Performing Postmortems and Fees For Same." Dr. W. S. Wads- CASTORIA For Infants and Childrm Bears tha The Kind You Have Always Bought f&Z&u WEDNESDAY EVENING, I | worth's, of Philadelphia, subject was ■ "Postmortem Examinations'-'; and Stanley Kurylaski, attorney for the 1 coroner of Luzerne county, told about ■ the coroner's work in the anthracite : regions. Adjournment this afternoon follow ed a general discussion of subjects | which came before the convention yes terday and to-day. Postmasters Hear Growth of Postal Savings System Harrisburg will in all probability be selected as the permanent meeting place for the annual conventions of the Pennsylvania Postmasters Asso cition. This question came up late this afternoon as an amendment to the by-laws. Indications were that it would pass unanimously. Speaking of Harrisburg, President W. D. McGinnis, of Connellsviile. said: "Harrisburg is the only logical place for a convention of postmasters. It is centrally located and has excellent facilities. We always have a larger attendance at conventions held in Har risburg than in any other place. Everybody likes to come to this city. We are treated fine and our meetings are always a success." Prominent speakers on this after noon's program, which started at 3 o'clock, included A. Mitchell Palmer, of Stroudsburg, Democratic national committeeman: Third Assistant Post master General A. M. Dockery and Postmaster James Kingsbury, of Potts viile. The report of the committee on resolutions and election of officers con cluded the business. The annual banquet will be held to night at the Harrisburg Club. Post master Frank C. Sites, of Harrisburg, who is chairman of the committee on entertainment, will be toastmaster. Two of the speakers will be Fourth Assistant Postmaster General James I. Blakslee and A. Mitchell Palmer. At this morning's session Postmaster T. E. Tierney, of McKees Rocks, talked on "Postai Savings." He advocated wide publicity on the advantages offered those who wanted to save money and said that foreigners were largely in the majority as depositors in the postal sav ings fund. His office is the fourth best postal savings branch in Pennsylvania, fourth best second class office in the United States and fifty-second on the list of all postoffices in the United Stater. Postmaster Thomas E. Hodges, of Morgantown. W. Va.. made an in teresting address on "The Second Mile." He urged all postmasters to make greater efforts to go the second mile and said in part: "The first mile is your regular duties. You follow rules by compulsion. This is not all needed for efficiency. There is greater service to do. Go the second mile by trying to give still better serv ice than what the rules and regu lations call for. There may be rough traveling sometimes, because some people are hard to please, but in the end you will find everything running more smoothly." An interesting speaker last night was J. T. Cortelyou, post office in spector, in charge at Philadelphia. Co-operation was the keynote of his talk. He told of many investigations made which resulted in showing that a large percentage of complaints are without foundation. He praised Post master John A. Thornton as an ef ficient official. Inspector Cortelyou re lated a number of interesting stories showing how frequently complaints were made without reason. He urged still greater efforts toward co-operation in all branches and advocated more get-together meetings. He favored or ganization and hoped that every post master in the State would see the value of meeting at least once each year and hear what the other fellow had to say. Lewis B. Klohr, of the Agriculture Department at Washington, D. C., gave an interesting talk on "Marketing by Parcel Post." He showed an increase In business along this line and was of the opinion that the people were awak ening to the fact that marketing by parcel post brought a reduction in the high cost of living. At the late afternoon session, fol lowing the boat ride on the river, the speakers were E. J. Stackpole, former postmaster of Harrisburg and ex-presi dent of the postmasters' association; Thomas Woods, of Muncy, who spoke on "Our Rural Mail Delivery"; C. S. Vothers, of Mount Pleasant, whose subject was "Retirement of Superan nuated Employes," and Harrv W. Fee, of Indiana, on "Postmasters' Alps." PAGE ON WAY TO FRONT Udine. Italy, Sept. 13. —Thomas Nel son Page, the American ambassador, arrived here to-day for his visit to the Austro-Italian front. He was accom panied by Captain Elvln R. Heiberg, military attache, and Lieutenant-Com mander Charles Russell Train, naval attache, of the embassy. They were received by both the military and civil authorities and will be guests of the supreme commander of the Italian army while they remain at the front, which will be about a week. AMONG THE CITY'S VISITORS The Telegraph was favored with a call to-dav by E. L. Clifford, general manager of the Pottsville Republican and F. J. Toohey. Like all the other visitor* to the city, they were much impressed with the wonderful improve ment of Harrisburg. FRENCH CUNCH HOLD ON ROADS INTO PERONNE [Continued From First I'ag ] gain further ground to the east. Lon don to-day reporting the general situ ation unchanged. In Macedonia the entente offensive is developing along the western sec tor. Athens announces a Joint ad vance by FVench and Serbian troops who have captured Sorovitz, near Flo'rina, while Paris reports import ant progress, particularly a consider able gain by the Serbians near Lake Ostrovo. The Zaimis cabinet in Greece is out of office with the acceptance of resig nations by King Constantine. This is regarded in many quarters as pre liminary to Greepe's abandonment of neutrality and her entrance into the war on the side of the entente. Germans Proceed Methodically The German war office declares the operations against the Rumanians in Southern Dobrudja province are pro ceeding methodically. It also an nounces that German troops have been sent into Transylvania where they are In contact with the Rumanians who have advanced in the Hennannstadt and Hoetzing districts. To-day's French official statement re ports that Italian troops are actively engaged along the Macedonian front in the Balkans. They are operating west of the Struma near butkova. Berlin does not admit the successes In the Carpathians claimed yesterday by the Russians. On the conrrary it declares the Russian attack n.ado along a wide front, was brilliantly repulsed. Petrograd to-day reports that the heights taken by Russian troops were successfully held against counterat tacks. French in Sudden Blow Win Entire German First Line Trench Near Peronne London. Sept. 13. The French struck another swift blow north of the Somme yesterday. Foch's troops. In a vigorous assault, battered at the Ger man line from Combles to the river. Within half an hour they had won an entire first line of German trenches, taking more than 1,500 prisoners. i The quickness of the French thrust j took the, enemy by surprise. Before the attack could be checked, the Poilus had reached the road from Bethune to Peronne, where they carried by storm a system of trenches which had been strongly fortified. By this stroke, Foch has attained positions from which Peronne can be outflanked from the north. The French grip on the Bethune-Peronne road is an immediate threat to Mont St, Quentin, the very important height which is the key to Peronne itself. Menace to Combles Combles now is far behind the French line to the south. The British conquest of Ginchy—a loss which Ber- j lin admits to -day—opened the way 1 for a push north of Combles, with a i view of turning it on that side. The town, a very important position on! the German second line, will.then be j caught in another of the pockets that have marked the progress of the al- ! lied offensive on the Somme. A wedge has been driven between ! Bapaunve and Peronne. the first objec tives of the allied drive. The strategy of the entente command In the west is to widen the wedge gradually until the j Germans are forced out of Peronne I and the Bapaume by attacks from the i flank. Greece May Enter War, Is Belief After Acceptance of Zaimis Resignation Athens, Sept. 12. King Constan tine has accepted the resignation of! Premier Zaimis and his cabinet. The belief is entertained in the ; entente capitals that the retirement of the Zaimis ministry is prelimin ary to ths entrance of Greece in the | war with the Allies. Recent dispatches from Berlin and Vienna show that there also it is regarded as probable Greece will soon abandon neutrality I and join the entente powers. The precise causes which led to j the resignation of the ministry have 1 not been disclosed, on account of the I exceptionally rigid censorship. A [ London dispatch yesterday said M. | Zaimis had complained that inter- ' ! national incidents were preventing : him from dealing with the external ; situation. It is betieved in London ; that his resignation was due to the | fact that he accepted the premiership i , on the understanding that he was to maintain neutrality, and in view of! the Bulgarian occupation of Greek ; territory had found this impossible. Up to the time of the first dis- 1 patches announcing that M. Zaimis! had presented his resignation his re- i 1 tirement was unexpected, for it was 1 ; understood the premier had assumed | dictatorial powers and was in an ex- j ; ceptionally strong position. Political affairs reaphed a crisis after the Bul garians invaded Northeastern Greece and the followers of former Premier ! I Venizelos served warning on King : Constantine tnat He must abandon the [ advisers who. it wa< said, had misled i him and Informed him in favor of Germany. At the same time M. Venl i zelos expressed confidence in M | Zaimis who asked the king to support] and it was understood an agreement had been reached under which the Zaimis ministry was to continue in power with the strong support of the Venizelos party. After the fall of the Venizelos cab inet last October on account of the King's disagreement with its policy favoring intervention in the war with ' the allies, M. Zatmls was called on to form a cabinet. He announced a i policy of armed neutrality. The cab- 1 inet resigned in November but in June M. Zaimis was again placed at the head of the government. Although avowing neutrality, he was regarded as having a predisposition toward the entente. Hindenburg Appointment Quits U-Boat War Demand Berlin, Sept. 12. via London, Sept. 13. The weeks which have passed since the appointment of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg as chief of the general staff have been marked by I almost complete cessation of the dis- 1 cussion in regard to the resumption of submarine warfare on the old or a more vigorous basis. Nonpartisan newspaper observers who are In touch with leading statesmen and politicians express the opinion that for the pres ent at least there will arise no question of a change in submarine policy. The administration of Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg now feels itself fully in control of the situation In this respect. A controversy over the meth ods of the food dictatorship has now supplanted the submarine issue in the conservative and other newspapers which are opposed to the chancellor. Russians Have Orders to Kill All German Prisoners, Overseas News Agency Says Berlin, Sept. 13.—8y Wireless.—"Rus sian methods of warfare are described by several eye-witnesses,'' says the Oversees News Agency. "An Austrian sergeant major who escaped from the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH WONT BRIDGE BED OF CANAL County Commissioners Will "Fill in" Maclay Street Sec tion Instead Instead of build- J !■*} ) f IJj tng a new bridge Jg Pennsylvania canal at Maclay street in accordanofcwith the will 11 ' rnr - simply nil in the old ditch of the ca -2" j a to 11 lev el with the present grade. h„2i U n °J . the ol(1 has already t J!fw, ln and a few hundredsof tons additionally of earth will suffice. L, ?/ to establish a sufficient 0^. the continuance of the high nnL < v COBt as coni Pared to the P.,® of , a bridge, will be trivial. If . fu<ure railroad company desires to use the canal bed or to build tracks through the depression the right of way can easily be bridged. Returned From Fishing Trip. Tfnl :y .Recorder James E. Lentz and Jacob Alvord. clerk of the marriace bureau, fished yesterday in the Sus near Mt - Patrick. They salmon—they said. Discontiijue Suit. The recent suit of the State Highway Department against the Cain township, Chester county supervisors, to determine the | question of road tax collections, pay j ments and expenditures, has been dis continued. Draining Mountain Ro;ul.—The road leading over Peter mountain to the north of Dauphin has been com pleted from the base at the north side to the peak. H. W. Hoffman who is draining the road has been using sec tions of old kitchen range boilers for the purpose. Sues Railways Co. Suit was be gun to-day by Joseph Spagnoli against 1 the Harrisburg Railways Company for damages growing out of injuries" the plaintiff received when struck by a car. No amount was asked as no state ment was filed. S AL [Other Personals on Page 4] Y, W. C. A. Industrial Arrange For Winter Work j The industrial committee of the Y. W. C. A. held a meeting this morn |ing at 10.30 o'clock. Mrs.' Mabel iCror.ise Jones, the chairman, presided. ! Plans for the county fair were dis- I : cussed and it was decided to work for 1 a federation of the industrial clubs of ( the Y. W. C. A. by February with a standard of two hundred club mem bers by that time. Beginning in Octo ber. the industrial clubs will have 'charge of the vesper services at the Y. W. C. A. the first Sunday of each ! mqpth. After these meetings tea will ; be served and a social hour enjoyed, j -Noon meetings will also be held in the I following factories: Blough, Race j street cigar. State street cigar. Moor- I I head knitting mills. New Idea hosiery, j silk mill and the City-Star laundry. At this meeting Miss Florence Car roll was appointed chairman of the volunteer training class and Miss Anna Margaret Miller elected secretarj' of tiu industrial committee. CROWD HOLD MARSHMALLOW TOAST AT SPOOKY HOLLOW Miss Margaret Weltmer and Miss I Marguerite Butler entertained a' crowd of friends at a marshmallow j toast at Spooky Hollow. The evening [ was spent telling stories and singing songs around the camp fire. The parti was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. Stouffer. In the party were Gertrude | Drawbaugh, Mary Titzel, Evelyn Eck- I enbarger, Ethel Sheaffer, Lela Bock, ! Lily Boughter, Elizabeth Ulrich, j Martha Goodyear, Margaret Weltmer,' Marguerite Butler, Grant Wrenn, Geo. j Schellinger, Paul Clouser. Russell j Lowery, Irvin Shlpp, Alvin Bock. Rus- j sell Welsh. Weir Boch, Lower Both, j Lafayette Ferguson. CHARLES I/ONG PLEASANTLY SURPRISED ON HIS BIRTHDAY! Mr. and Mrs. William J. Long ofj 1 621 Oxford street gave a surprise party ; for a number of little folks at their ! home last evening in celebration of,i their son, Charles Long's, thirteenth] birthday The boys and girls enjoyed . games and amusements of all sorts. 1 Refreshments were served to Charles Long, Willis Brown, William Grafflus, 1 Margaretta Davis. Stewart Holland, Glen Bellinger, Parkes Bellinger, Mary 1 E. Long. Mary S. Long, Mary Hurst, Calvin Hurst, Mildred Hurst, Jack Davis. Esther Deppard, Joseph Good year, Ralph Schaffstall. Warren Cless, 1 Jennie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. j Long. I Russians, reports that soldiers of the 122 nd and 23rd Siberian rifles tcld him | three German infantrymen who were j captured were taken behind the lines and stabbed on command of Russian officers. A noncommissioned officer 01 the Cossacks said a Russian order had been Issued to kill prisoners. "Three Russian soldiers of the Fifth ■ Turkoman rifles who are now prisoners say the commander of their company | repeatedly ordered them nit to take 1 Germans prioncr, but to kill them. A 1 special order issued August 2 says: Comrades, when we attack, every one shall keep In mind that Austrlans may be taken prisoners but that Germans as far as possible shall be killed.' Two other prisoners, German speaking Rus sians, who belonged to the 39th regi ment, say that in July a regimental order was read to them forbliding them to take German prisoners." EXVER PASHA IN GERMANY London. Sept. 13.—Enver Pasha, Turkish minister of war, who Is at tending the general conference of rep resentatives of the central prwers at German hendquarters, visited Atibtro ilungarlan headquarters previously, 011 September 10 and 11, holding lengthy j conferences there according 10 a Reu ter dispatch from Amsterdam to-day. Major General Pomiankowsky, Aus trian military plenipotentiary to Tur key, accompanied Enver Pasha, as did also the German major general Von Blossow and Zekki Pasha, who is at tached to the suite of the German em peror. Afterwards the Turkish war minister dined with Archduke Fred erick, commander-in-chief of the Aus trlan army, the Bulgarian military at tache also being present as well as the members of the German military mission and the Austrian chief of staff. MAKE It AID OX SHIRKEKS London Sept. 13.—Military police car | rledi out an extensive raid for shirkers I 1 from military service to-day, at trie j , New Market race course. Just -before I the race for the classis St. was : started. In the principal enclosure the first hour's proceedings were almost fruitless, producing only .two slackers who both declared themselves Irish men and not liable to registration. To-morrow The 2nd Day Of The Big 4 Day Fall Opening Sale In The Bargain Basement. Another Big List Of Money-Saving Specials For Thursday ,\\ * 1 \ i™?. Spet i al „, Extra Special Extra Special Extra Special Extra Special Tn M?nV 6 n! , Pa J a !" a 8c Calicoes; (■ 85c Bed Spreads; _ „ , lowßUng; spe- Checks; O _ „ , . ' J)C snei iiii rn 10 Blr Rolls of 2V2C Special,' yd... °C Special yd.. ial '... 59C Toilet Paper; spe. jard ... ~ yard wide, px- .In blue and Hemmed Prn a p inn,L ydß ' l ° tra fine grade for gray and remnant chet Spreads, good l 'ial 2Sc a customer. underwear. lengths. desirable size. for v v ™ A 1..-1 I ) ($1.50 Bamboo Tables") „ KETTLE "" I Large size Bamboo Tables; Ji 01 !' 1 !'" WTTW| PI<EX covered* p P; 9$C ' Special, 7;) j 25c $1. Made f'■ ' —— - . 11/ V__'mm—mmmm,—J V ' . TOWELS and BLANKETS; sdhS3.fS 9c BED SPREADS 17c GOOD MUSLIN PILLOW ™ ° rea noraers - special, OQ-. CASES—3-inch hem; size 43x RED BORDER HUCK pp r 36 inches; special, 1 01/-- TOWELS—aIso plain white; size $1.25 DOUBLE BED SIZE each Y£t /2C 18x36 inches; dozen, 95c; OC. COTTON BLANKETS, in tan or 19c FINE GRADE PILLOW 3 for AOC gray, with handsome col- Qfl. CASES—hemmed; size 42 and .a,. M \p ti tji. icu , ored borders ; special, pair* 7o *- 45x36 inches; J 5 TOWELS—large size; |c" $l5O GRA Y COTTON BLAN special, each i " v ' hemmed- sneoial lt)C KETS, full size and good heavy 33c BOLSTER CASES—32x nemmed, special, each quality; colored bor- *1 OC 72; 3-inch hem; well OO- 33c EXTRA HEAVY TURKISH ders; special, pair D 1 £*%} made; special AiOC. BATH TOWELS; hemmed with WOOLNAP PL \JD BLANKETS FULL 81x90 HEMMED BED corded border; ofi _ full size and g ~ d heavy qual- SHEETS —with 3-inch hem; special, each AOC ity . all coIors ; • aAVq f°°l?" a o U i y: 55C $1.50 HEAVY CROCHET BED special, pair OZ.IS? rnnn oi'/il itv vim rv SPREADS; hemmed ready for $2.50 FANCY PLAID BLAN SHEETWuII Slx9o- will use; s P ecial - <M OE KETS, full sine; pink and blue madV; L spe^. fUU 81x90 ' each bl.tS plaids; special. Qg each C $1.79 CROCHET BED SPREADS S3 00 SI T MHI. R ni,p ktTv EXTRA HEAVY MUSLIN —full size and heavy Marseilles KFTS in h ,tiM t.,9£ SHEETS—size 81x99 and 90x patterns; special. 14Q and coloring Indian designs 99; extra good value; gg c each 3)1.49 spec ia° . .. . . $2.69 rr $2.00 GOOD HEAVY CROCHET *3.50 HANDSOME ROBE $1 MATTING 'I TT CASES SPREADS full size; hemmed BLANKETS, extra heavy quality good big size well gQ re ady for use; d>-| 70 and good designs; *q n e made; special special, each 1. / 3 special .*. bZ.95 ) 11 ' h * V 4 THiS BQX | THIS 75c rhis Large Size $f #Rrr Elf tary metal with clasp. AO f\l - WW * Speclal ooe 4oC ysc \l IS? ■ The player piano manufacturer who makes his own player action has a vantage ground that no other pos sesses and in the case of the Price & Teeple Piano Company this advan tage is pursued most effectively. Yohn Bros., 8 North Market Square.—Adv. Unltg MP e s gJt MPtL fPay Less vlk You pay far less for the best tires than for the poorest— That is why growing armies of \MI automobile owners have given \pn| ireui United States Tires such tre- |jjß mendous sales increases—they >Roy ., know how to pay less. A complete stock of United States Tires by GEO. W. MYERS, Cameron and Mulberry Sts. SEPTEMBER 13, 1916 ENTERTAINS WOMAN'S SOCIETY The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Ridge Avenue Meth odist Church held a meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Leonard of 1729 North streetlj to elect officers for the winter. The following were elected: President, Mrs. Reuben Morrett; first Vice-president, Mrs. W. "W. Hartman; second vice-president, Mrs. Sallie Kulp; recording secretary, Mrs. Harry Leonard; corresponding secretary, Mrs. C. M. Ewing-; treasurer. Miss Fannie "Weaver, Mrs. Harry Leonard was elected a delegate to the branch meeting at Lebanon, October 4 to 6. 5
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