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You Are Invited to Attend
Harrisburg's Largest Demonstration of
Biscuits
JC*OR -theentire week beginning Monday, February
19th, we will have a special sale on a complete line
of this famous product just received from the above
Wonder Bakery—The biggest in the world —The
Cracker Palace where 350 delightful varieties are
baked. We extend a hearty invitation to all: at least
to be with us to sample the good things, if not to buy
—The Treat Is on Us.
Sunshine
Assortment
Packed at Our Counter
We will feature the Sunshine Parti-Box containing 223
pieces English style biscuit, among which are:
Advocate Csual retail price up to 70c
" per pound
Clover Leaves 1
Hydrox j
London J
O rb it L.
and Others
Also Assorted Box American O J*
Style Biscuits aiOC
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Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co. "' "ge.
One Package of These Free With Every
Sunshine Parti-Box or Assorted Pound Box
OTHER SPECIALS
Full Line Package Goods and Bulk Oyster Crackers,
Saltines, Saratoga Flakes, L. W. Sodas, Etc.
1 Bottle Olives 15c 1 Jar Cheese .. 10c
1 Pkg. Cheese Wafers .. 10c 1 Pkg. Butter Thins ... 10c
Regular price 35c Regular P rice 20<i
Special 22C Special 17*
1 can Tomato Soup .... 12c -^ ar J e^'-V
1 Pkg. Sunshine Saltines, 10c 1 Pkg " Goldcn Flakes .. 25c
Regular price 50c
Regular price 22c Special 45e
Special 20c" AUSTIN'S DOG BREAD
S. S. POMEROY,
Workmen's Compensation
Act Blanks
W ar prepared to hlp promptly any or all of th blanks
made necessary by the Workmen'• Compensation Act whicn took
effect. January 1. Let us hear from you promptly as the law re
quires that you should now have these blanks In vour possession.
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HARRISBURG, PA.
Bringing Up Father "*■ Copyright, 1917, International News Service - By McManus
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TUESDAY EVENING,.
"SAFETY FIRST"
FOR KING GEORGE
'English Ruler Takes Precau
tions When Inspecting Muni
tions Works
London, l-'eb. "o. King Georso left
his spurs, gold cigarette case, cigar
ettes and matches outside a munitions
plant during- a recent inspection as n
' precaution against everything that
' might cause an explosion. This ex
ample of the monarch was cited dur
ing the prosecution of a number of
munitions workers for carrying smo
king materials into a plant where ex
plosives were made.
In calling attention to the fact that
the workmen had endangered the lives
of 7,000 others in the plant, the prose
cuting attorney referred to King
George's act. "His Majesty," he added,
"did it cheerfully and willingly, and
if our monarch did it, surely the men
working there might follow his ex
ample by complying with the regula
tions made for their own safety." Not
fines but prison sentences of a month
were meted out to the offenders.
RENEW EFFORTS TO
CURB COST OF FOOD
[Continued From Mrst I'age]
Mayor's coming. "We are starving,"
Mrs. Harris told the Mayor's body
guard. "We demand help from the
; Mayor. "We will not be responsible for
what happens if we don't get it.'
Three Other Riots
Tho city authorities to-day renewed
their efforts to curb the rising cost
of food, which was responsible for
riots yesterday in thre different places
in the tenement districts. Joseph Ilari
t-gan. commissioner of weights and
measures, appealed to State Commis
! sioners of Agriculture and State De
partments of Food and Markets
throughout the country to co-operate
| in bringing food supplies to the New
i York market.
The situation resulted from an un
precedented jump in the price of sta
| pies, particularly potattoes and onions,
' variously ascribed to short crops,
heavy demand, ■ speculation and rail
way congestion.
The indignation of housewives In the
lower east side of Manhattan and the
; Williamsburg and Brownsville dis
tricts of Brooklyn overflowed when the
| produce peddlers quoted potatoes from
I five to seven cents a pound and onions
' from fifteen to sixteen cents. The
! police estimated that at least 1,000
j women took part in the riot in
I Brownsville. Push carts were over
! turned and set afire and vegetables
! were doused with kerosene oil. There
| were similar scenes elsewhere and the
| police had their hands full dispersing
, the angry women.
Plead For Food
| In Manhattan the push cart men
1 met the situation by calling a mass
meeting last night. They explained to
their customers that onions were cost
ing them as high as sls a bag and po
tatoes $lO a barrel. The crowd was
kept at a high pitch of excitement by
speakers who complained that they
were unable to buy enough food at
the present prices to give their fami
lies proper nourishment. In support
of this statement one woman placed
her five small children on the plat
form. The meeting appointed a com
mittee to call on Mayor Mitchel to-day
and demand that he take drastic ac
tion.
Commissioner Hartlgan, in his let
ter to the food authorities of the dif
ferent st.itej, asked what steps they
were taking to organize producers and
handlers of food for the purpose of
reducing costs. "This information,"
he said, "is sought for in the event of
any abnormal food conditions aris
ing by reason of extraordinary results
acccruing from obvious domestic and
; international situations."
i The Commissioner asserted that
I New York was the greatest logical
! food market in the world, and added:
i "It is evident, therefore, that much
I benefit can be given to producers,
; growers and shippers in your state
who may find the New York city i_iar
; ket a convenient and profitable out
j let for their products."
| Dealers said that within a year the
(wholesale price of potatoes had risen
| from $3.23 to $9 for a sack of 165
pounds and the price of onions since
December 1, 1916, from $3 to $13.50
for 100 pounds.
Gompers Makes Appeal
to German Labor Unions
Dondon, Feb. 20. Berlin Vor
waerts, says a Copenhagen dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph Company, pub
lishes the cablegram of Samuel Gomp
ers, president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, to President Leglen, of
the German Federation of Trades Un
ions. and the reply of President Legien.
Mr. Gompers cabled: "Can you bring
influence to bear on your government
so that a breach with the United States
may be avoided?'
President Legien replied: "Since the
war broke out the German laboring
classes have worked for peace, and they
are against every extension of the war.
The refusal of the enemy to consider
the sincere German peace offer, the con
tinuation of the dreadful war of star
vation directed against our women and
children and old people and the open
confession of our enemies that their
war aim is the annihilation of Germany
—all that has caused a sharpened sub
marine war. Influence on our side on
the Government is only impossible if-
America can persuade l'ngland to give
up her war of starvation."
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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
POTATO BOYCOTT
* STARTS PRICES DOWN
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organization jesterday by Mrs. Wil
liam Henderson, the club's president.
That dealers within market radius
of Harrlsburg intentionally arc with
holding potatoes for higher prices Is
the opinion of Mr. Reel based on re-
Itablo information gathered within
the last day or two. The boycott, said
he, is the weapon with which to fight
gougers. He pointed out the results
accomplished by the protest against
the proposed six-cent loaf of bread
and added that potatoes could be got
ten down to reasonable prices by co
operation of the consumers.
"1 have absolutely reliable Informa
tion," said Mr. Keel, "that dealers are
holding their potatoes for even higher
prices. There is no shortage of the
produce such as would warrant pres
ent prices.
Wise Will "Get Out From Cnilcr"
"One t>f the largest grain men in
York, a man well posted and whose
name 1 can hardly mention for publi
cation. has informed ne that there
are great quantities of potatoes on
hand. He forecasts a great drop in
price the day the public awakes to
the fact and refoses to pay the exor
bitant price demanded. He has even
advised his friends to sell their po
tatoes at $1.50 a bushel to get out
from under the crash that Is coming.
"The same is true in virtually all
parts of the state. A man who knows
conditions in the northern farming
districts has just told me that there
are plenty of potatoes, but the dealers
absolutely refuse to sell.
Holding Out
"There is no doubt in the mind
of anyone who has canvassed the sit
uation that big dealers are holding i
out for fabulous prices. A local deal
er told me last week that he has been
trying to buy 800 bushels, but the own- ]
er refuses to part with them.
Mr. Heel added that It is time con
sumers took an effective weapon in
their own hands. In endorsing the
bill introduced in tlie.Senata last nig.it
fixing sixteen ounces' as the standard
weight for a loaf of bread, he said:
"It is the.duty.of the people to pro
tect themselves. ' They should get to
gether and make It known to their
representatives that they want that bill
passed. • Bakers are making a high
percentage of profit on their product.
I am reliably Informed that the quality
of the bread now is not near lip to its
former standards and the loaf is much
smaller than it was."
Lofty Shoe Prices Are
Predicted by Retailers
Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 20.—Leather
shoes will advance in price $2 by au
tumn and the poor are advised to buy
shoes made of heavy fabrics and "com
pound" soles to reduce the cost.
This was the consensus of opinion at
the opening sessions yesterday of the
Pennsylvania Shoe Retailers' Associa
tion in the roof garden of the Bellevue-
Stratford Hotel.
Summarizing the discussions of the
day, A. H. Geuting, of Philadelphia, sec
retary of the National Shoe Retailers'
Association, said:
"Next (all men's 'moderate' priced
leather shoes will be S7 and $S a pair.
The liner grades will run from $lO to
*ls a pair. Women's 'moderate' priced
leather shoes will be from $6 to $8 a
pair and the finer grades will go as
high as S2O a pair.
"If the United States should enter
the war against Germany there is no
telling where prices will go. If such a
war is sustained, leather shoes will be
come a luxury and only the well-to-do
will be able to buy thetn.
Two Are Sent to Jail
For SBOO,OOO Swindle
Heading, Pa., Feb. 20. David
W. Rothensies and Frederick G. Ander
son. both lately of New York, and sev
erals years ago well known men about
town in Reading and with a record as
liberal spenders, were committed to
jail here yesterday to begin the sen
tences imposed upon them by the lo
cal court, having been convicted of a
conspiracy whereby investors from all
over Pennsylvania and several adjacent
States lost upwards of SSOO,OOO in a
local insurance enterprise.
Anderson and Rothensies carried
their case to both the Superior and Su
preme courts, which refused to interfere
with the sentences imposed by the
local court. In the case of Rothensies
this sentence is two years in jail at
! labor, with a fine of SSOO, and in the
lease of Anderson, eighteen months in
i jail, with a fine of SSOO, both to pay
i the costs, which amounted to about
' SSOO.
Gov. Lister, of Washington,
Signs "Bone Dry" Act
Olympia, Wash., Feb. 20.—Governor
Lister yesterday signed the "bone-dry"
prohibition act, which, unless referred
by petition to a popular election, will
become effective ninety days after ad
journment of the legislature early in
March.
The law prohibits possession of in
toxicating liquor by any person ex
cept clergymen for sacramental pur
poses. Wholesale and retail druggists
and manufacturing chemists can. han
dle alcohol only if granted a license
after public hearing.
DISCUSS GRADING OF WHEAT
By Associated Press
Chicago, Feb. 20. Grain men.
representing the leading market 3 in
the central west met here to-day to
discuss the proposed grading of wheat
by the Federal government.
Regulations concerning the moist
ure content of winter wheat were
considered. At a conference yester
day the grain men recommended that
the proposed Federal grades of red
v To-day, Wednesday and Thursday
FOSTER PLAYER-PIANOS
With Bench to match, scarf and 36 Music
Rolls, your own choice. Delivered after a 111
down payment of only •
Price of Outfit $4lO
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These Player-Pianos were made to sell at 5550 and are worth
every dollar at that price. They are full scale 88 note, equipped
with the latest expression devices, easy to operate, and posses a
rich singing tone. The case is a beautiful semi-colonial type,
finely figured mahogany or walnut, elegantly finished.
Such a low price as $4lO is possible only because we buy in
large quantities for three stores, and right now you can get one
on the lowest terms we have ever offered.
J. H. TROUP Music House
Troup Building 15 S. Market Square
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winter wheat and also numbers 3 to
5 of hard wheat be lowered one
pound a bushel for the test weight.
A SIX HUNDRED-CAR GARAGE
In a giant garage just constructed
in New York City, the exasperating
delays often encountered in getting
cars into or out of the aisle are elim
inated, because the garage has no
elevators and the cars are automatic
ally spaced on the floors in such a
manner that there is sufficient room
for each one to run out into the aisle
without, disturbing the others.
Inclined concrete ramps take the
place of elevators, each ramp being
twenty feet wide, says the Popular
Science Monthly for March. They are
arranged so that one line of cars goes
up while Another lino is coming down.
There ls%. concrete curb In the center
of each ramp, to restrict the lines of
cars to separate paths, so as to pre
vent collisions between cars passing in
opposite directions. Besides being a
great convenience to the Individual
automobile owner, these two-way
ramps will effect a saving of approxi
mately $18,250 in annual overhead ex
pense for the garage owner. The
ramps front floor to floor of the four
story structure take up the same
amount of room as elevators, but the
cost of building them is the only ex
pense connected with them. It costs
nothing to operate them when once
built. The designer of the garage, H.
B. Mulliken, of New York City, has
calculated that the cost of each ele
vator trip is ten cents and that the
average daily number of cars going
up and down would be two hundred
and fifty, making five hundred trips
in all. s
THE MATCHES OF YESTERDAY
Brandon, a small town in Suffolk,
England, still supplies the world with
llint-and-steel tinder boxes, which
e'ven the developed friction matches of
to-day have not made obsolete, notes
the Popular Science Monthly for
March. Elderly persons can still tell
us about the time when flint-and-steel
were universally used; when old rags
had to be charred for tinder, and
when the sparks had to fly to get
these to catch lire. Brandon flints have
always been jUßtly famous. They were
usefl in the kitchens at home, and on
cannons in the wars. They saw service
at Waterloo, In the Crimean War, and
even as late as In the South African
campaign. The first one was made in
1827.
FEBRUARY sv, ivi/.
U.S. BODY TO HEAR
OTHER PAPER MEN
Trade Commission Will Sum
mon More Manufacturers Be
fore Deciding Price Offer
Washington, Feb. 20.—The Federal
Trade Commission will withhold its de
cision on the proposal by a large group
of American andi Canadian newsprint
paper makers that the commission fix
prices for their prodi ct until other
manufacturers are heard. There is a
general belief, however, that most of
the manufacturers will support the sug
gestion and that the trade commission
will approve It.
It was learned that manufacturers
who did not join in the proposal have
been requested by the commission to
come Friday to present their views.
After they are seen an announcement
will be made. If the proposal is accept
ed the commission immediately will
take up the question of cost of produc
tion as a basis for prices, and at .the
same time probably will call hearings
at which both manufacturers and pub
lishers may present their ideas con
cerning reasonable charges.
No price can be set until a most care
ful examination of conditions has been
made.
Reforestration as a means of conserv
ing the country's wood supply was
discussed at a luncheon given to-day
by Frederick W. Kellogg, publisher of
the San Francisco "Call," to Govern
ment officials, newsprint makers and
newspaper publishers. A more serious
situation than now confronts publish
ers will have to bo faced, the speakers
declared, unless the Federal ar\d State
Governments adopt a comprehensive
reforestration policy.
A DOIJIJ WHICH IS MEANT TO BE
ABUSED
Eugen Sandow, the professional
strong man, has invented a physical
exerciser which takes the form of a
doll or figure. It is hung on the wall
and battered into submission; its legs
and arms are pulled at will without
causing it any inconvenience. The
inventor plans to supply the child with
a doll that can be turned into an un
conscious exercising medium, says the
Popular Science Monthly for March.
WHAT THE FIRST TELEGRAM
SAXD
Contrary to general belief, "What
hath God wrought?" was not the first
message to be sent by telegraph nor
was Morse the sender of the first com
munication, says the Popular ScienH
Monthly for March. Instead, It was
sent by one of the committee who
were debating upon the proposal of
Morse, the inventor, to string a tele
graph line from Baltimore to Wash
ington. Mr. Morse, who wanted to end
the discussion and at the same time
demonstrate his invention, strung a
wire from the committee room to the
top of the Capitol. One of the commit
tee, who was opposed to President
Tyler, wrote, "Tyler deserves to be
hanged." This was received by the
man at the other end exactly as it
was composed.
Girls! Girls! Have a
Beautiful Complexion
Be Good Looking
Am-o-nized Cocoa Cream Will
Bring Real Beauty to
Your Skin
Within 10 minutes after an appli
cation of Am-o-nized Cocoa Cream you
will find that you have doubled the
beauty of your complexion.
No matter how dark, dull or sallow
your skin may be, you can make it
radiant <and beautifully clear and fresh
by the use of this delightful prepara
tion.
Remember, Girls your face is your
fortune, and it will pay you to add
beauty and charm to your complexion.
The charm of a good complexion at
tracts and compels admiration as noth
ing else can. Am-o-nized Cocoa Cream
is just what you want to develop and
enhance your beauty.
You simply moisten a cloth with
warm water and wipe off your face so
as to open the pores then apply a
little Am-o-nized Cocoa Cream and see
how quickly it will double the beauty
of your complexion.
Give your complexion a chance. Keep
your skin clear, clean and healthv bv
the daily use of Am-o-nized Cocoa
Cream, and it will glow with the charm
of nature's own surpassing tints.
You can delightfully surprise your
self and your friends, too, if you will
use just one jar of this fragrant beauti
fier. Why not do this? Why not prove
Just how pretty and charming your
complexion really is, by calling to your
aid this exquisite toilet requisite? It
is sold by good druggists and depart
ment stores everyxyhero at 75c per jar.