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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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