NEW BREAD LAWS SORELY NEEDED State Sealers Will Shortly •Have a Conference With At torney General Brown Ea rly conference# I\\\ j /// will be held with N\\\ Attorney General f Brown by repre sentatives of the £jState Association °' Inspectors of I JnfilwllWlWtnr Weights and Meas -11 tires In regard to | the drafting of a "ff bill to place super vision of sales of bread under the Inspectors and on construction of the Inspection law as applied to gaspline pumps, which, It Is contended, through defects are costing consumers considerable loss annually. The State is now operating under a law passed soon after the Revolution In which it was provided that bread should be sold by the pound avoirdu pois and that the marketmaster should provide public scales for weighing. This statute, it is held by the inspect ors, is not workable, and they also contended at their recent convention hero that there was no' uniformity re garding the size or weight of loaves. Big Calendar.—The Public Service Commission will have hearings here all of next week except Saturday, the calendar iprepared being the largest in months. Three electric companies, a conduit company and a railroad company are also asking charters. Ac tion will likely be taken during the week on applications for permits for grade crossings in Philadelphia. Chemical Work Here New. All chemical work of the various branches of the State Department of Agriculture is now handled at the department's laboratory in this city. The laboratory is located in the Capitol Park exten sion and is doing all kinds of agri cultural chemical work, Including much which was formerly handled at State College. Pardon Board List —In addition to the application of Joseph W. O'Brien, who seeks commutation from a sen tence of electrocution for a murder committed in Montgomery county, the State Board of Pardons next Wednes day will hear an application for a re hearing of the plea of H. E. Filler, Westmoreland county, for commuta tion. This case has been In the courts since the summer of 1914 and after going to the supreme court of the United States was refused rec ommendation for pardon by the State hoard. He was granted a respite from July. William Webber, Berks; William Jones. Delaware, and Wil liam Eyeler, Adams, commuted mur derers, are seeking pardon. George Frularg, of this county, asks pardon after serving since September last year for bigamy. Two-Cent Order—What is probably the smallest postal money order ever received at the Capitol came to-day to Attorney General Brown. It came from a man who has been endeavoring to get the legal machinery of the State started to straighten out some imaginary troubles. It Is for just two cents to cover cost of postage. It cost him three cents to get It, and two cents to mall it Surface's Last Bulletin —The last bulletin to be written by ex-State Zoologist H. A. Surface, who retir ed last month, appeared to-day. It deals with thirty-seven varieties of * tree pests, including the tent cater pilar and the pests that have an af finity for everything from apple trees to horse chestnuts, quinces, rhododen drons and weeping willows. The bul letin is profusely illustrated by pic tures taken by Dr. Surface. Charters Issued—Nine charters for new corporations were issued yester day afternoon at the State depart ment They include big lumber and coal companies for western Pennsyl vania. Furman Was First—Paul N. Fur man, chief of the bureau of statis tics, holds the record for being first Jn getting his car into Harrisburg on the Governor's agricultural tour. He got here some time ahead of the rest of the line. To Bring Suit—lnstructions went out from the Department of Fisheries to-day for Immediate suits to be brought against polluters of the west branch of the Susquehanna and Bow man's creek. Curry Quits Alfred E. Curry, Washington party candidate for the Legislature in Armstrong county has withdrawn. Letter of Appreciation to Swift & Co. by C. of C. f There was made public to-day at the office of the Chamber of Com merce the following letter sent to Christ A. Hibler, manager of the Swift & Company, by the special committee on the overhead bridge controversy: "The undersigned, a special com mittee representing this organization was directed to take steps to test the legal right of the city to grant per mission for the erection of an over head bridge or runway between two sections of your plant in Seventh street. "This was a disagreeable duty in view of the fact tha tthe central busi ness organization constantly and al ways keeps in mind the promotion of the industrial and commercial interests of the city and the committee felt this action might in some measure be re garded as contrary to the policy and Bringing Up Father <p> $ Copyright, 1916, International News Service ($ (?j) > I? WCLU BY COLLY - ]( WE Vot><T NEEO )[ Au -11 p--— DOCTOR- I \ STRANGE? 11 IS THAT / • rssar us?ww Ms*- SATURDAY EVENING, Quality First A $56,000,000 "RUN" ON A CHALMERS CAR "Run"—is the word. It's like a ran on a bank. them SIO9O Detroit, they are very much taken back. Only it's a run on a car—a Chalmers car. It seems We get little of the "price" trade. Most of those endless. The people want more. who come to us have passed that era in car buying. And so more must be built for them—2o,ooo more. They want quality. And they know pretty well where to look for it. They look for it in the sound You remember awhile ago that six hundred men took of the engine, in the action of the clutch, in the one look at this new car and bought $22,000,000 action of the steering apparatus, in the sound of worth in forty very brief minutes. They were the the differential. Chalmers Dealers. They examine the radiator, try the brakes, observe Now they insist that more of the same kind be built the kind of glass in the windshield, note the kind of —more of the 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers. material in the top, and then poke around into the corners of the body. ' So the Chalmers executives have put through a fac- „ . , „ , _ _ tory work order for 20,000 more of them. That much done, they get mto die ear and try her out. for tiey are smart enough to know that the They built and delivered, in six months, 18,000. biggest result of quality is performance. That was all they intended to build for an entire Thal - S what üßually bring 9ns Bale . For perform, year. That completed their part of the $22,000,000 i 3 the iddJe fe name . she . g got au *' acceleration —so lively and full of spunk. We got them to build another 10,000. We thought And then she climbs hills so quickly and hugs the that would be enough to last through the fall. But road so well at a rapid clip. no, the 10,000 were quickly taken up during the llji i summer months. I beSt ° f she han(De9 so eaß ?y- Sheß obedient as any creature man ever made. So they are going to build 20,000 more. That Once you try her you, too, will understand the "run" means, all told, 48,000 cars—o $56,000,000 worth on her. It's a thing difficult to explain, but three of these remarkable 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers. editions of a car in a year's time is something to So you see why I use the word "run." The people ponder over. who know good cars—like Emerson's wise saying We have it direct by telegraph that Chalmers will about the man who makes a better mouse trap, etc., continue to make these 3400 r. p. m.'s next season, will find a beaten path to his door, even though he There's no time limit set. As soon as these last2o,ooo live in the woods—they create this ever-increasing are built and out of the way there will probably be desire to own a Chalmers. more. They have sought quality—not price. We seldom So you're dead safe in getting a model of a car that have people ask us the price of this car. When we tell has in no way reached its peak of popularity. * DEALERS: Keystone Motor Car Co. 52 .. 1019-1025 Market Street Snyder & Wingert, Chambersburg, Pa. C. T. Romberger, Elizabethvllle, Pa. A. D. Shatzer, Greencajstle, Pa. j New Eberhart Garage, Geo. F. Eberhart, Prop.. I —/ / C/ . Gettysburg, Pa. * M. E. Schlegei, Thompsontown, Pa. , Mgr. 4 purposes of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce. "When we were advised that your company, responsive to public senti ment in the matter, had decided not to exercise the privilege granted you by City Council, there was a general expression throughout the business community favorable to your broad minded attitude in the premises. "This committee wants you to know how greatly it appreciates the stand you have taken in harmony with the general improvement policy of Har risburg and assure you of the good will of the community." Market Is Featured by Impressive Buying of Rails; U. S. Steel Hits 108 New York, Sept. 16. lmpressive buying of railway shares which had its Inception In yesterday's late deal ings was resumed with great activity and breadth during to-day's short ses sion of the Stock Exchange. The advance was led by Union Pa cific, Great Northern, St. Paul, Atchi son, St. Paul, Atchison, New York ; HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Central, the principal coalers, Reading excepted, Cotton carrying lines and numerous minor issues. Gains of the first hour, in which dealings assumed enormous proportions, ranging from 1 to almost 3 points and the market's capacity, absorbing vast quantities of these Issues, was put to a test such as It had not experienced in many months. There was considerable realizing with resultant recessions of a point or more from best quotations. Another striking feature of the ses sion wai the new record scored by United States Steel at 108. In the main however. Industrials and recent favorite specialties were delegated to comparative obscurity. The only stock among the utilities to manifest strength and activity was Western Union which rose almost four points. Sales of the first hour aggregated almost half a mllllion shares. ♦ TOLLS EXCESSIVE, COMPLAINT Complaint was filed to-day with the Public Service Commission by C. E. Pugh to the effect that the Bridge ton and Newtown Turnpike roail, which has a three-mile highway In Bucks county, was not constructed as required, nor properly maintained and out of repair aud dangorous. The tolls are also alleged to be excessive. SEPTEMBER 16, 1916. MINE WORKERS NOMINATING Indianapolis, Ind.. Sept. 16.—Nomi nations for international officers of the United Mine Workers of America have Just been concluded and International Secretary William Green to-day sent out notices from the headquarters here to candidates who have been nomi nated. The nominees have until Octo ber 1 to accept. President John P. White, of lowa, who is a candidate for re-election, received nominations from 376 locals, and John P. Walker, of Illinois, was nominated for the presi dency by 329 locals. Secretary Gren and Vice-President' Frank J. Hayes have practically no opposition, it was announced. Out of a total of about 3,000 local unions In the organization less than 750 sent In nominations. PARALYSIS TAKES JUMP New York, Sept. 16.—Another slight Increase In Infantile paralysis is shown in the Department of Health's bulletin for the twenty-four hours ending at 10 a. m. to-day. Forty-one new pases were discovered, one more than yes terday, and there were thirteen deaths, a Jump of three. Federal officials In charge of the campaign against the dis ease found encouragement in the sta tistics for the week, showing only 264 cases, as compared with 352 during the previous seven days. 7
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