SAYS ICE WAGON
KILLED DAUGHTER
Steelton Foreigner Demands
$5,000 of Detweiler Brothers;
Charge Negligence
Su,t f ° r $5,000
JJ]l )<JL damages incident to
the death of > his ~~
tr Steelton, a g a i n st
lIIRIIiKItM Detweiler Brothers,
UhiIEIM iBnK one of thehoroUKh s
son filed the action
in the Dauphin county courts.
"While no statement has been filed
as yet, counsel in the case said that
gross negligence on the part of the
driver of the Detweiler ice wagon,
which ran down and killed the little
girl at the upper end of Frederick
street, July 27, will be alleged. The
child was playing near her home at
the time.
Tax Penalty Soon. —ln a brief state
ment to-day City Treasurer Harry F.
Oves called attention to the slow tax ■
settlements for this year and reminded |
the property owners that the 1 per |
cent, penalty on city taxes and the j
6 per cent, on school taxes will be im
posed after October 1.
Visitcil Recorder. John T. Carr. ,
Sunbury, recorder of deeds for North- j
umberland count}-, called upon James \
E. Eentz, Dauphin's recorder.
Approve Street Paving. — Acceptance
of the newly paved sections of Cum- |
berland street, Fourteenth to Fif- I
teenth, and Reel, Seneca to Schuyl- ;
kill streets, was approved to-day by ;
City Engineer M. R. Cowden.
Mobley Resigns.—William Mobley, j
one of the assistant Janitors of the
Courthouse, has resigned to accept the 1
janitorship of an apartment house in
Pittsburgh. His successor has not yet
been chosen.
Submit 28 Accounts. —Twenty-eight
executors', administrators', guardians'
and trustees' accounts will be pre
sented to the Dauphin county orphans'
court for confirmation Tuesday. Oc
tober 10. There are two first accounts,
one second and partial and the others
are first and final accounts.
Tn Bankruptcy Court. —Creditors of
Stapf & Benfer, contractors, will meet
at 2 o'clock Tuesday, September 19,
in the oflices ol' Referee John T. Olm
sted. to elect a trustee. John W.
Shaffer, Paxtar.fr. October 9. will ask
the Federal court of the Middle dis
trict of Pennsylvania for a full dis
charge of debts as a bankrupt.
Holler Prepares Accounts. The
Dauphin county common pleas court
will be asked September 28 to approve
the following accounts, prepared by
Prothonotary H. F. Holler: Union
Trust Company, guardian of George N.
Hartman, Steelton; Michael E. Stroup,
committee of Henrietta A. Geety, city;
E. M. Hershey, assignee for Phares R.
Haliman: Commonwealth Guarantee
Trust Safe Deposit Company, assignee
of John B. and Mary Roberts: Harry
McCombs, guardian of Charles W.
Happies, a weak-minded person.
At. the Registrar's Office. George
W. Wolford's will was probated yes
terday afternoon by Registrar C. R.
Danner. The members of the family
are bequeathed the estate and Mrs.
Annie E. Wolford. the widow, Is the
executrix. The will of Eleanor Brown
was also probated and Mrs. Margaret
Gohl was appointed executrix.
Report On Township Funds.—Swa
tara township school auditors. Harry
L. Hoover and Edwin J. Brehm, late
yesterday filed their report for the past
year, as follows: Receipts, $24,111.83;
expenditures, $24(043.75; balance,
$68.08.
Sustains Park Head. —Request for a
new trial which William Russ, the
plaintiff, had asked in the suit he in
stituted against Park Commissioner E.
Z. Gross for a S3OO claim for rental
for the Commonwealth band, was re
fused yesterday in a brief opinion
handed down by President. Judge
George Kunkel.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION ON
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In this county. Paul A. Kunkel, ex
president of the association, and sup
erintendent of the Salem Church Sun
day school, made the address of wel
come. E. F. Weaver, county president,
responded after which reports were
submitted by the officers. The report
of the corresponding secretary showed
that there are 64.114 members of
county Sunday schools, with 4,68 3
teachers and officers. Of this num
ber 4,640 are In the Cradle Roll de
partment; 3,027 in the Home depart
ment, and more than 51,000 in graded
classes.
Addresses of the afternoon were
made by Maud J. Baldwin, State sup
erintendent of elementary gra.de work,
and W. D. Heel, of the State associa
tion field force. At the business ses
sion several committees were ap
pointed.
To-night Colonel H. C. Demming
will speak on "Harrisburg's First Sun
day School" and W. G. Landes will
speak on "Sunday Schools, Yesterday.
To-day and To-morrow," Sessions of
the convention will continue to-mor
row morning, afternoon and evening.
Guardsmen Have Lower
Sick Rate Than Regulars
Washington, D. C., Sept. 14.—Re
ports from the southern department
for the week ending September 9 re
ceived to-day by the War Depart
ment show the percentage of sick
among the National Guardsmen on
the border to have been 1.91 with
three deaths, one each from appendi
citis, dysentery and gastric ulcers. For
the preceding week the percentage
was 1.92 and nine deaths. Among
the regular troops the rate of sick
was 2.15 per cent, with four deaths
against 2.84 and one death for the
previoug week.
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STATE SEALERS WHO CLOSED
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lution, which was passed unanimously.
The plan will be outlined by the legis
lative committee of the association. In
commenting on the price of bread
Harry D. Reel, Harrisburg's sealer, de
clared that from investigation in this
city he found that two 5-cent loaves
weighed more than a 10-cent loaf,
which, he claims, refutes the state
ment of the bakery proprietors that
housewives save by buying the larger
size.
Cliange Name
The resolutions committee, of which
Harry A. Boyer, inspector of Dauphin
county, is chairman, recommended that
the name of the organization be
changed from "Sealers of Weights and
Measures" to "Inspectors of Weights
and Measures," and the name "in
spector or inspectors" be substituted
in the constitution and by-laws in
place of "sealer or sealers." The rec
ommendation was passed unanlmouslv.
Other parts of the report, all of
which was adopted, Included a recom
inendation to the legislative committee
to urge laws to have all drv commodi
ties sold by weight instead ot measure.
The committee also urged that in
spectors make every effort to have the
proper authorities install public scales
in markets, to be maintained by the
weights and measures bureau, for the
benefit of the public. Votes of thanks
were extended to all who aided in
making the convention a success.
Xnme Officers
The officers elected this morning fol
low: President. William L. Janssen,
Scranton; first vice-president, R. B.
Clayton, Ashland: second vice-presi
dent. William Mourer, Danville; third
vice-president. George P. Musser, Yea
gertown; secretary, Benjamin M.
Sharp, Philadelphia: treasurer, John
A. Leinbach. Lancaster; sergeant-at
arms, Myric Jeffries, Pittston.
The executive committee reported
this morning that the convention next (
year should he held in September, in !
Philadelphia. President Reel over
ruled tho report, but his action was
appealed. The appeal carried and
after a lively discussion the inspectors (
present voted to go to Philadelphia, i
one of those opposed to holding the
convention in the Quaker tow was 1
Chief Sweeney. Upon the installation
of President Janssen the members '
passed a resolution increasing the dues I
to $2 a. year, after which President 1
Janssen announced the following
standing committees: Legislative, W. i
M. Berlin, Greensburg: John Umsteadi
Philadelphia; Charles C. Townsend 1
West Chester: H. G. Walker. Jones
town; Charles P. Glover. Laureltown; !
B. R. Keck. Clarion: William J. Mat- 1
thews. Scranton; membership, Ben M.
Sharp Philadelphia; John A. Lein- !
bach, Lancaster: F. N. Roll, Wilkes-
Bnrre: C. W. Rabb, Rloomshurg: Theo
dore Seraphin. Philadelphia: D. W. !
Simpson, Indiana: James Krick. Sink- '<
ing Springs; resolutions.HughSchlegel, ;
Chester; George A. Raffensberger, Get
tysburg; F. A. Foreman, Chambers- '
POSTMA ST ERS WHO AT
sara,? as Se, " on " ,n
The convention closed shortly before
noon. Much of the routine business of
the organization was completed in the
morning and a number of representa
tives of weight and measure manufac
turing concerns spoke of a few im
provements to he made in some of the
scales now being manufactured. A
number of the representatives declared
that when gasoline pumps give short
measure the trouble usually origi
nates from improper installation.
Postmasters Close After
Bouqaeting the President
Praise for Woodrow W T ilson and the
men at (ho head of the United States
postal department featured the ad
dresses last night at. the banquet of
the Pennsylvania postmasters. It was
held at the Harrisburg Club and was
the closing feature of the seventh an
nual convention held in this city.
A. Mitchell Palmer, former congress
man and a member of the Democratic
national committee, said President Wil
son is responsible for the postal con
ditions. The banquet was attended by
two hundred, including the wives of a
number of visiting postmasters. The
toastmaster, Frank C. Sites, referred
to the success of the convention and
expressed his gratification over the se
lection of Harrisburg for the meeting
next year.
Another speaker was Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General James I.
Blakslee, who told of the efforts to
extend the free rural delivery lines
and explained the postal savings fund
methods.
Following an address yesterday aft
ernoon by John A. Thornton, post
master of Philadelphia, the committee
on resolutions reported. President
Woodrow Wilson received an enthusi
astic endorsement. Recommendations
were made for a retirement system for
superannuated employes and for more
publicity on the value of marketing
by parcel post. These officers were
elected:
President, Horace Lehr. Easton; first
| vice-president, R. T. Hugus, Jeanette;
| second vice-president, John Kelioe.
, Pittston; third vice-president., Frank
C. Sites, Harrisburg; fourth vice-presi
dent, Henry Good, New Castle: fifth
vice-president, W. H. Strauss, Johns
! town.
Conferees Are Investigating
Causes and Effect of
Mexican Mining Decrees
I New London, Conn., Sept. 14.
Am'erican members of the interna
! tional commission meeting here were
i occupied to-day with the Mexican
conferees in investigating the cause
and effect of Mexican mining decrees
| and in advising with Major General
: Bliss as to the military situation on the
border.
' There is little prospect that the
RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
joint commission will return to the
formulation of a border protocol un
til the American members have
reached a tentative agreement among
themselves as to the wisest course to
pursue. They will then present their
ideals to their Mexican associates for
general discussion. It was indicated
to-day that questions of real estate and
other taxes in Mexico as they effect
American property will be looked into
by the Joint commission when its ex
amination of taxes has been completed.
In the case of land taxes under Car
ranza decrees a punitive damage is
assessed against lands lying idle which
American interests have complained to
the State Department amounted to
confiscation of their holdings. As in
the case of mining taxes, Carranza of
ficials have asserted that their pur
pose was to foster small operators and
to compel the abandonment of large
land holdings.
Edward A. Rouse Opens
Optical Office in City
For the convenience of his patrons
in surrounding towns, Edward A.
Rouse, optometrist, has opened offices
in Harrisburg at Z'i North Fourth
street. Mr. Rouse has for years main
tained a successful optical practice by
traveling through the towns surround
ing Harrisburg and making residential
appointments for the examination of
eyes and fitting glasses. The growth
of the business, however, demanded a
central location where the patrons
could come without delay, if neces
sary. The suite of offices have been
fitted with every necessary conven
ience, and the scientific instruments
required to test defects of vision to de
termine the exact formula necessary
to the proper fitting of glasses.
Urges Strict Quarantine
For Infantile Paralysis
Reading, Pa., Sept. 14. The
Homeopathic Medical Society of Penn
sylvania adjourned its annual conven
tion here this afternoon. A feature
of the day was the address of Dr. C. S.
Raue, professor of Children's Diseases
in Hahnemann Medical College, Phila
delphia, on "Infantile Paralysis." He
advocated a strict quarantine. Dr. Wil
liam M. Hillegas, of Philadelphia,
spoke on "Immunity in Hay Fever."
He advocated the point that the surest
cure for hay fever is "climatic re
moval."
Dr. E. A. Krusen. of Xorristown
was elected president.
TISZA REACHES COMPROMISE
Berne, Switzerland, Sept. 14.—Wire
less dispatches from Budapest an
nounce that a compromise has been
reached between Premier Tisza and
the leaders of the opposition. The
premier has consented not to adjourn
Parliament before the end of the
month and the opposition leaders have
agreed not to criticise the military au
thorities but only the administration
and its foreign policies.
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P I Therefore—the Twin-six first model Twin-sixes were ]!|:M
|g type of motor is the dom- too satisfy fore- |
if inant equipment of the seein S buyers. jj| j| j
j i| modern aeroplane. Greater, much greater is H
I * In sky-flight and track- the call for the new model— jjjii j
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REAL ESTATE
CAN'T BUILD AN
APARTMENT HOUSE
Dauphin Court Asked to Pass
' on Problem in Shearer-Gir
vin Controversy
The question of wnether or not an
j apartment house can be considered a
single dwelling will likely be threshed
out in the Dauphin county courts in
the near future when the action be
gun to-day by O. R. Girvln against
Joseph L. Shearer, Jr., is heard. The
suit is to recover some $5,000 in
claims growing out of a recent sale
of a plot of ground from Shearer to
Glrvin more than two years ago.
The plot is at the junction of Sec
ond and Woodbine streets and the
deal was closed July 30, 1913, ac
cording to the statement tiled with the
Dauphin county court to-da.v. Ac
cording to Girvin, Shearer agreed to j
sell the ground for $9,350 and Gir
vin paid SSOO to bind the bargain.
The understanding WHS that the re
mainder was to be paid in two
months.
Girvln said that forthwith he be
gan the erection of an apartment
house on the site and up until April j
24, 1914, he had expended $1,151.54. |
On that date Girvin says he was pre- :
vented from erecting the apartment!
house nnd attorneys aiiid this was be- I
cause the deed had stipulated that a
single dwellinghouse only could be \
constructed there. Whereupon Girvin
began his suit to recover $5,000
damages.
TO-DAY'S REAI/TY TRANSFERS
Realty transfers to-day included the
following in city and county: W C
Porr to John D. Banks, 1914 Chestnut
street. $100; Alexander R. Roberts to
David H. Wise, Fifth near Camp.
$2,900; Charles Etsweiler, George H
Rowe to Benjamin F. Klinger, all in
Millersburg, for slßw, $175 and $1,150
respectively; James W. Garrett to
SEPTEMBER 14, 1916.
Charles E. Covert, 2612 I/exington
street, sl.
POSTPONIC SALE
Because the highest bid was insuf
j ficient the proposed public sale on the
| Courthouse steps to-day of two lots
| owned by the Elizabeth Free estate,
I Dauphin, l was indefinitely postponed.
I Charles W. Blosser, tne executor tried
j to sell the properties.
I
TO BVILI) TWO DWELLINGS
Permission to build two 3-story
brick houses in Lexington street,
I north of Mahantongo street, was
grunted to-day to Joseph W. Garrett.
1 They will cost J4.000.
Deaths and Funerals
MRS A. E. KNEPP
Funeral services for Mrs. A. E.
, Knepp, aged 81, who died at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Harry E. Wheel
; er, 1264 State street, last night will be
! held this evening at 8 o'clock, with
J the Rev. S. Wlnfield Herman, pastor
of the Zion Lutheran Church, officiat
ing. She is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. H. E. Wheeler and Mrs. H. H.
Laub, of Lewistown. and four sons,
William T., of this cltv; George M„
Kansas City, Iowa; A. Swartz, North
east, Pa., and Clyde 8., of Lewistown.
Undertaker Shoop will take the body
to Lewistown where services will be
held at the home of her daughter,
Saturday afternoon. Burial will be
made in the Lewistown cemetery.
HENRY S. BIGLER
Funeral services for Henry S. Sig
i ler, who died at his home, 128 Balm
street, Tuesday night will be held In
the Wesley A. M. K. Church Saturday
j afternoon at 2 o'clock. He Is survived
1 b yhis widow, Mary Sigler. Burial will
I be made in the Lincoln Cemetery with
j the Rev. W. A. Ray officiating.
MH<I CATHERINE REITZEL
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine
Reltzel, aged 89. widow of the late
Philip A. Reitzel, who died at the
Messiah Home, 1175 Bailey street, yes
terday afternoon, will be held at the
home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
with the Rev. E. E. Curtis, pastor of
the Westminster Presbyterian Church,
of which she was a charter member,
will officiate. Burial will be made in
the Harrisburg cemetery.
PLOTTERS' PLEAS DISMISSED
New York, Sept. 14. The pleas of
Frank v S. Monnett, former attorney
general of Ohio and Jacob C. Taylor,
I r 'rnsidnt of Labor's National Peace
Council, that prejudicial conduct by
t vtrumen* prosecutors brought
about their indictment here, were dis-
I .mssi'd to-day by United States Judga
I Hand. Monnett and Taylor and oth-
I ers were accused of violating the
Sherman law by fomenting strikes in
1 munition works and on ocean steam
! ship piers.
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rOBACCO-CHEWIT!
Most Wholesome and Enjoyable
Form of Chewing Tobacco
Is the Plug Form
'AMERICAN NAVY" TASTIEST PLUG
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tented tobacco users are the men who
chew. It's the only way that the whole
some, mellow-sweet leaf gets close to
the tongue and pleases the palate with
rich, juicy flavor. And when the palate
is pleased, digestion is aided and the
general health promoted.
But the form of your chew is highly
important. While tobacco is made in
various forms for chewing, it is a fact
that 110 form has ever been discovered
which will compare in healthful and
satisfjing quality with the old-fashioned
Plug-
Chew a first-class plug tobacco, like
American Navy, with the delicious, ap
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pressed right into it and kept there, and
you get ail the enjoyment and benefit
out of tobacco that the choicest leaf
can give you.
No "scrap" chew made can compare
with American Navy. In "scrap" only
pieces of leaf are used, while the whole
rich leaf goes into the American Navy
plug. Also "scrap," being loosely pack
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fruity flavor of the leaf like a hard-,
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will open your eyes to the genuine en
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pressed into golden-brown plugs and
chewed. In Sc and 10c cuts.
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