8 SHOULD EMPLOY COMMON SENSE IN "CLEAN-UP" No Need to Instill Fear Into Minds of Boys and Girls i.. By MHS, ANNA 11. \VOOI>. Mrs. Harvey Smith,. recording sec retary of the Harrtsburg Civic Club. In line with the earnest energetic wo inen of that progressive organization, is of the opinion that the streets of the city must positively undergo a thor ough clean-up before the warm weath er begins. But she says that common sense should prevail and not the pan icky fear bred of the oft-repeated Vnords, "epidemic," "disease" and "in fantile paralysis." "The children hear this talk." said Mrs, Smith, "and their little minds are poisoned by fear, Thero is so much In the power of suggestion that no tell ing. what may happen to the boy or girl over whoso head the dread of in fantile paralysis hangs like ft sword.' Mrs. William Henderson, as presi dent of the Civic Club, has answered lor the housewives of Harrisburg gen erally that they will each and all do their part toward accomplishing this \vork undertaken by women for tho Bake of the lives and health of their loved ones. Miss Mary Miller, of the Visiting Nurses' Association, has started a campaign through the medium ol practical education In the homes at tended, Wherever ft visiting nurse finds unfavorable conditions she per sonally undertakes the responsibility of seeing that an Improvement is be gun. Motherhood is tho same the W'orld over and women of the poorer classes will struggle, and tight to the last ditch for the lives of their chil dren once they can be convinced that danger threatens them. Unfortunately, convincing Is some times difficult work. Not long ago the city of Chicago was spending in the neighborhood of $6,000,000 annually for the removal of its garbage and ashes by contract, and It was not be ing done satisfactorily. After due Study of conditions in other cities and abroad, a Miss Mary McDowell, the representative of tho City Waste Committee of the Woman's Cltv Club, approached the City Ccuncil with the suggestion that she be allowed to ex plain to them tho benefit of municipal control of the situation as it had been Worked out elsewhere. The permis sion was refused and her repeated ef forts won her the appellation of "The Garbage Crank." However, Miss Mc- Dowell bided her time and the day came when she was sent for by the Council, her advice listened to and ueted upon and to-day the city clears $3,000 u year profit and tho work is done with satisfaction to tho property owners. During Miss McDowell's pe riod of watchful waiting suffrage was passed in Illinois but I am stating this ns a fact and not as a suggestion, that it had any Influence upon the ques tion under discussion. The point of economics Is probably one of the chief stumbling blocks for municipal adoption of ash and gar bage collection. It is undoubtedly ex pensive to build the necessary reduc tion plants, employ the necessary force of men, etc., but when the sys tem is once in good working order it lias been proven over and over again that it becomes a paying proposition. In 1909 the amount received by the city of Glasgow, of which I have epoken before, for clinkers for build ing purposes made from its turned refuse was *8,559.60. The grease which can be derived from garbage ■ells from S cents to 5 cents per pound depending upon market conditions and* fertilizer tankage sells from $6 to $lO a ton. In Columbus and Cleve land, Ohio, where reduction plants are municipally owned, it was found that a net profit could be secured of from 50 cents to $1.90 per ton. In Furth, Germany, a city of 60,000 in habitants where the most up-to-date and scientific method of disposing of city waste is used they are confident ly expecting that in a few years the Income derived from the paving mate rial and electric power generated by the municipal reduction plant will equal the cost of collection and dis posal of refuse. But primarily this should be a sani tary and not a financial question. "Who complains because a sewerage system is not self-supporting? The Telegraph urges all household ers, all men and v omen who have an Interest in their city's development and in the health of themselves and their families to write their opinions. Make your letters sav what you think and feel should be done by the men Who represent you in the city's gov ernment. It is your privilege, your right and your duty. mm COLD IN AJW "Pape's Cold Compound" is pleasant and affords Instant Relief. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a cold. It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, (tops nasty discharge or nose running, relieves sick headache, dullness, fev •rishness, sore throat, sneezing, sore ness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow leg and snuffling! Ease your throb bing head! Nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as "Papes Cold Compqund," which costs only 2S cents at any drug store. It acts with out assistance, tastes nice, causes no Inconvenience, lie sure you get the genuine. Don't accept something OXIDAZE Eob ASTHMA aEs bronchitis Brings quick relief. Makes breath ing easy. Pleasant to take. Harmless. Recommended and guaranteed by 3-orge A. Oorgas and other good drug gists everywhere. THURSDAY EVENING, WHY "SPRING" THIS ON A COLD AND SHIVERING PUBLIC? =~" ~~ ( m I r* ' ll f < • "4 V • V ( * 0 • > "I / A > ,-i V ■ "j •. i - •>. i.. * . '• *-• •& ir^~— — —sa? * . ** •f- > ~ ! J ' GREATEST THRKNGTHW& LIKE ENCOURA&INfrA &OODTJM- ' J l/A \ Clßfirt AND "THAT'STHE REASON FOR THIS - • ;g\ f \ rf&J \ FUTURIST PICTURE . /W I [ I J? II I t I C! ) i v [y| = CF OuP^SCOUTI^G^y N HES JUST LOOKING FOR THAT ■ne TON SEEN lESIERW MUST SATOUbHIW ~ .rP? * I FIRST W. GREEK BLOCKADE IS ABSOLUTE Canned Goods Up 500 Per Cent.; Cold Causes Great Suffering (Correspondence of the Associated Press) Athens, Jan. 35.—This message is sent by hand on the first ship carry ing passengers for America that has left Greece since the declaration of the allied blockade of Greece on De cember 8. The only persons allowed to depart to-day were non-Greeks who had previously obtained permission from the allied authorities and Veni zelists released from prison in com. pliance with the terms of the allied ultimatum of January 8. For per mission that the Americans so desir ing might be allowed to leave Athens, the American minister made personal requests of his entente colleagues which were granted in each instance. The blockade of Greece is absolute. The only vessels of any nation allowed to make Greek ports are the rare Ital ian ones, themselves forbidden to dis charge foodstuffs or mails for that part of Greece which is not Venizelist. Were the blockade to end to-morrow no foodstuffs from abroad could reach Greece under a fortnight. The price of ordinary canned goods has gone up 500 per cent. The banks refuse to ac cept drafts on fc reign countries as ow ing to the stoppage of the mails, there is no way of forwarding them for col lection. All Business The blockade was officially declared on December 8, but has been in prac tical effect since the first of December. No measures were taken to conserve the food supply unrtl December 20. Then bread cards were issued, the bread ordered mixed with cornmeal flour and barley and seven-tenths of a pound allotted per person per diem. To save coal the restaurants were or dered closed at 10 p. m., the moving picture theaters closed in the evenings and the electric street lamps suppress ed. Shops and stores were shut at six instead of eight-thirty, as usual. A sudden cold wave a. week ago produc ed great suffering among tbe poorer classes throughout Greece, a large ma pority of whom were already out of work owing to the stoppage of ship ping and the shutting dow nof all busi ness for export. Infants Dying Fast The prime minister Informed the Associated Press correspondent yester day that 29 infants between the ages of three and ten had died in Athens alone of Intestinal troubles due to the unfitness of the bread as food for chil dren. By mid-December the hospitals of Athens were compelled to refuse to accept further patients as they had! no food for them. All the wheat in private hands In Greece has long since 1 been confiscated by the government. The store of foodstuffs reserved for feeding the army has been reduced by ! half and the portion thus rendered available added to the public stock. On December 9. the Hellenic gov ernment sent a formal protest against the blockade to the other neuttal gov-J ernments through their diplomatic] representatives in Athens, Mr. Drop- ; pers. the American minister. forward-] ed the protest to Washington by mall, j On December 12, the Greek govern ment protested for the second time to J the entente powers against a continua tion of a blockade, the conditions of raising which had not yet been formu lated. A copy of this protest also was sent to the neutral minister at Ath- ! ens. No telegrams save official ones, in cipher, reciting these facts were permitted to pass the entente censors. Under these conditions Athens is and has been, perfectly calm. From the evening of December 2. following the withdrawal of the allied troops from the capital of Greece, order has been easily kept by a company of sailors. GERMANS DISP L A Y BRITISH TANK. Berlin, Feb. 20.—A shop window in the Unter den I„inden displays a model of the British tank, which at tracts large crowds of passersby. The model was constructed "from lite" by German soldiers on the Somme. WILI, Bl"Y MOTOR APPARATUS Columbia. Pa., Feb. 22—At a meeting of the Vigilant Fire Company Tues day night It was decided to purchase a motor-driven fire engine, at a cost of approximately $7,500. The Keystone Chemical engine is the only motor ap paratus now In use by the local flr department. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, Yki f AOrt*fexKalfforFeTerlhnet*, AT -L. lie adc■ e, Jmulk Htataaeh Troubles, Teething WjrV? ®Tb!} Brrak*nVcoldi any substitute. uoTlign CRAY CO.. L* Roy, *. *. Lovers Bid For Girl; Ask Judge to Decide Baltimore, Feb. 22. —Torn between] love and more love and loving both ] loves in equal measures, a prospec- 1 tive bride appealed to Justice Gerecht in Eastern Police Court today to auc- j tion her to the highest bidder of her two ardent lovers. The justice j finally consented to the task. The object of the affection of the two men is Mary Smith, nineteen years old, 758 West Lexington street. The rivals for her hand are Antonio Straccia, twenty-three years old, 371 South Front street, and John Sau-; soni, twenty-six years old, 1303 East! Baltimore street. Sausoni stands a 1 bit higher in her regard, but then j Straccia is nearer her own age and really "wants a soul mate." "I am going to marry him tomor row." Patrolman llealey declared the girl said, hugging Straccia. "I love you, John, dear," the police say she told Sausoni, embracing him j in the police station a few minutes j later. In the bidding before Justice Ge-i rocht Sausoni said ho had a good I business, loved Mary most, earned! S4O a month and will make an ideal' husband. He is the proprietor of a i cigar and fruit stand. Then Straccia ) presented his inducements that he i had a permanent position, earns $35 j, a month, besides getting free board' and tips. In the opinion of the court, the bids balanced. Until the girl can decide for# herself j which of the two men she will marry j or the men themselves decide by j other than mortal combat who shall! have her, she has been placed under j the care of Mrs. Mary Bruff, police-1 woman. Buncoed, Turns Tables On Crooks, Loses —Wins San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 22.—' James G. Spitzer, of Salina, X. D.,! who was fleeced out of $2,800 at Richmond in 1912, got nearly ono li&lf of his money back yesterday ai-d he is now looking for more bunco men who are seeking an easy mark. I After being swindled in 1912, Spitzer went to his South Dakota home to accumulate another bank j roll and with a determination to I come back to California to recoup his j losses. February 17, 1913, was the big day! for Spitzer. He was approached by i a bunco man in Oakland, who gave him SI,OOO in currency to bet on a! horse race. Instead of betting the! money Spitzer "beat it" for the police ; station. When the Oakland police calmly \ announced that they would keep the! SI,OOO as evidence. Spitzer let off a; wail of anguish that bounced off tne | Berkeley hills. No arrests were made and the police refused to turn the! SI,OOO over to Spitzer. It was put in the city treasury of Oakland. Spitzer sued and won his case In j the lower court. Yesterday the Ap pellate Court affirmed the finding of I the lower court, an opinion by As-' sociate Justice Richards stating that Spitzer "was in sole and peaceable possession of the money" when the; city took it from him as evidence, and ' that his title to it is good. Spitzer is now daring the bunco! men to come at him again, for lie feels that he is still SI,BOO shy on the original transactfon. Bodies Are "Salted" Away by Undertaker Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 22. A star- ' tling discovery was made by Sanitary 1 Inspectors Steinecke and Skirbol when. In answer to a telephoned complaint, they investigated the un dertaking establishment of A. L. Bal lard, a negro, und found the bodies of twenty-five children, a man an 3 a ' woman in the upper loft of his stable I at the rear of the undertaking j rooms. The body of the woman had been j there since May, 1915, Ballard suid, 1 and those of the children for several - months. They were wrapped in I rough wooden boxes. Coroner Jamison questioned the! undertaker. The iatter's excuse was, that in all of the cases the bodies! had been turned over to him for burial but because the fees had not; been forthcoming he had "salted" | them until the money was paid and j as a result had twenty-seven bodies! on hand. "Spots" on Sun'Ars ' 125,00.0 Miles Wide Washington, Feb. 22.—The Naval Observatory reports exceptionally large spots on the sun's surface the ' last three or four days. At its maximum dimension the largest is es timated at 125,000 miles across. Or.e spot In 1851 was 140,000 miles across, but they seldom are larger than this. The appearance of large sun spots, according to scientists, generally Is followed by magnetic disturbances in the earth's atmosphere. That It has any connection with the weather Is a theory not credited by professors. HXRIUSBURG ((Si*?® TELEGRAPH Eight New Carnations Soon Ready For Sale Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 2. Eight j new carnations, the result of years of i experimenting, will make their debut I to the flower-loving public in the next yer.r, having qualliled for the honori of being marketable at the annual carnation convention just held at In dianapolis. ■ The new blossoms are results of the work of five men, one—j N'ic Zweifai —being a Milwaukeean.! Mr. Zweil'el's new carnation is a large dark red one and is called the "Ed na." C. sr. Ward, of New York, has "on tributed "Crystal White" and "Cot-! tace Maid." The former is said to be the finest pure white carnation ever produced, and the latter is a salmon ! shade. "Merry Christmas"' is the name of j an unusually large red blossom, and the product of an Indianapolis horti culturist. "Pink Sensation," "Po- : cahontas," a beautiful maroon and "Yellow Prince" are the results of the untiring labor of F. J. Goddard, Uos ton, Mass. "Yellow Prince," according to C. C. Pollworth, is the first real success ful yellow carnation. "Though yellow carnations are in small demand here," said Mr. Poll worth, "they are having a large vogue in Europe. Experts have been experimenting for some years with the shade and 'Yellow Prince' is the best result thus far. ' "Carnations do not flourish nny where, as is the general belief. The finest ones come from Maine, Boston* j northern parts of Indiana, Illinois. ! Wisconsin and from New York. They are only grown successfully north of St. Louis .the southern ones not be- j ing marketable." University Opens Auto Ciass For Society Folk Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 22. —"1f car bon collects on the balance shaCt. does it make one part heavier than the other? "How do you adjust a muffler?" These are samples of the questions asked by Milwaukee society women at the weekly meetings in automobile instruction conducted by the Univer sity of Wisconsin extension division in its building, Oneida and Vaa Boron streets. The classes are conducted evy Tuesday afternoon by H. E. Wilson, of the Wilson garage, and are illus trated with lantern slides of automo bile parts. Every woman in the ciuss lias had a personal demonstration in the running of her car. Similar classes for men are held every Tuesday night. GEFOLWY USES ZINC WIItE In order to save as much as possible of her copper and iron. Germany has developed the zinc wire. She is now using it for both ordinary electric wir ing at home and for telephone work ! at the front, according to the Popular Science Monthly for March. Consider able trouble was experienced, how ever, in perfecting the various stages of manufacture. The process of draw ing the wire was especially difficult. But after innumerable experiments success was attained. The new wire has been found to have double the conductivity of iron wire. Corns Loosen Off With Magic "Gets-It" 2 Drops Do the Work, Painlessly.' "I tell you. before 1 heard of 'Gets- It' I used to try one thing alter another j r or corns. I still had them. I used bandages and they made my toe so big Corns Drive You Mmlf Try una They'll reel lUirht OH! tit was murder to put on my shoe. 1 used salves and other things that ate off more of the toe than they did the corn. I'd .cut and dig with knives and scissors, but now no more fooling for me. Two drops of 'Gets-It' did all the work, ft makes that corn shrivel and Bet so loose that you can just pick it light oft with your fingers!" There has been nothing new discov ered for corns wince "Gets-It" was born. It's the new way—the common sense. simple, sure way. "Oets-lt" Is sold everywhere. 25c a bottle, or sent on receipt of price by E. Uwrence & Co., Chicago. 111. Sold in Harrlsburg and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by Clark's Medicine Store. \v. 11. Kennedy and Oolden Seal Drug Company.-—Ad vertisement. iIL E. CONFERENCE HOLDS SESSION Pastors Make Reports; Sociolo gical Work Discussed by Experts Philadelphia, Pa., Fob. 2-. At the | Eastern Pennsylvania conference of j ihu United Evangelical Church, in ses ' sion at this place, hundreds of minis ■ ters and delegates gathered in the I Christ Church, to-day. Dr. C. A. Bowman, chairman of the | Sociologicui Commission, Myerstown, introduced Dr. Samuel C. Patten, who addressed the conference on the sub | ject, "The Social Idea," 10-day. The Rev. \V. 11. Sclilappicli, of Per kasie, statistical secretary, is kept j busy preparing tile annual statistical ! report of the conference, t The conference is working on rou- I tine business and reports are made by the pastors of their charges. A l is Temperance and Reform Al liance meeting will be held this even ! ins, when an OddrM ">' T. Alex. Cairns, Ph. D., a popular lecturer, of ! Xewark, X. J., will be given, on the subject, "L'nclo Sam on the Water 1 Wagon." The Kev. E. S. Woodring, ! of Tamaqua, is president of the Tem perance Reform Alliance. The following ministers and mem bers of the conference died during the past year and memorial services will He held during the session. The Kev. C. S. Brown, aged 80 yeai-s, Mohn's Hill; the lie v. Knos J. Miller, 7 4 years, Harris burg; C. E. Huber, 36 years, Adamstown. The wifo of one minister died during the past year: 1 Mrs. Leah MerU Butz, SS years, Allen j town. Dedications and reopenings of churches have been reported for the year: Harrisburg, C. M. Rothermel; I St. Paul's, Reading, H. E. Fasnacht; ! Brldgeville charge, M. D. Simpson; South Allentown; C. W. Heffner, and ! Pottsville, W. H. Christ. Here Are War Time Occupations of Women London, Feb. 22.—A London news paper bM published a list of Home of the war-time of women. They are: Munitions making, canteen work, form work, hospital orderlies, garden ers, recruiting lor army and navy, street car conductors, taxi and wagon drivers, porters, letter carriers, rail way car cleaners, dispatch riders at aircraft stations, fruit and hop pickers, vegetable raisers, window cleaners, volunteer firemen, stretcher bearers, elevator operators, locomotive engine cleaners, defectives- and policemen, mechanics, night watchmen, commer cial travelers, lamp lighters, dentists, stationary engineers. The labor exchanges created by the war report a demand far in excess of supply for women in all of the listed occupations. U. B. Sunday School Convention at Annville Annville, Pa., Feb. 2 2.—Last evening the twenty-sixth annual Sunday School Convention opened in the United Breth ren church here. Mr. Orwigr, of Phila delphia, state secretary of the Second division, gave an address, while Bent ley D. Ackley, who was "Billy" Sun day's pianist' at Philadelphia, had charge of the music. This convention is the culmination of several months' work In preparation. during which period every Sunday School In Lebanon "A Different Kind OPEN I °* " ,enelry Store " EVENINGS | 1 Do You Want a Watch, | l|| Ijjj 1 Watch Bracelet, Diamond or | | Chest of Community Silver? 1 r M ftj We know that there are a gre it many good, honest, reliable people who deny themselves the pleasures of wearing a Watch, Watch Bracelet, Diamond or ths use of Community Silverware, Kja for the reason that they are una le to pay the full purchase price of the desired article at one time. We've solved the problem for ikess people by forming | Our 500 Twenty-Five Dollar Club | the purpose of which is to supply every member with a thoroughly depend able, well-known and popular make Watch, Watch Rracelet or genuine, sparkling Diamond or a Chest of the celebrated Community Silverware and allow each member a period of weeks to make progressive payments ip until the amount reaches $25.00. Possession is given upon payment of the first week's amount. No red tape. On Plan A payments range from 30c and increase 10c per week. On Plan B payments begin at $2.20 and de crease 10c per week until full amount is paid. Come in to-day and ask us for further information or ask a friend whom fti .you know is a member of this money-saving club. | OPEN meMfGzfrlctnG. I .WATCHES DIAMONDS JEWELRY, ETQ | 206 Market Street | FEBRUARY 22, 1917, Offr* Near the Yoang Women's Christian Association A Big One Day Clean-Up Sale of I Odds and Ends. Read Them Alia Remember! We Buy No Goods For Sale Purposes. | Women's and Misses' O C Women's and Misses' Silk | Waists and Blouses, jDC Crepe de Chine lAA g Voile, Organdie and Crepe Waists. WAISTS .UU | Pretty styles, lace and embroidery Colors white, maize, rose, grreen I trimmed. Sizes 30. 3S and 4 4 only. l GIRLS' Women's ,and Misses' RAINCOATS . WINTER <£o f|A r HATS TO MATCH FKKK COATS V**ovU I Fine Poplins and Double Texture*. Of heavy wool materials. Neat C ilora Navy and Tan. Sixes 6 and styles Colors Bfown and aroen. 8 only. Guaranteed to shed water. Sizes lt>, 3i>, US and 42 only. HOUSE rv t■? Women's and Misses' CLOSE- i DRESSES i?DC FITTING Of genuine Amoskeag checks. PETTICOATS .... OvC I stripes and chambrays. Guaranteed black sateen and flowered B washable. Cut full; many styles to sateen; pretty dust ruffles and lit- ■ choose from. All sizes. ted tops. All regular waist bands. g A WORD ABOUT SPRING I We are about ready and we earnestly request you to visit us and see |j how we have prepared. Itemcmber, it is always a pleasure to serve you. |] We" never urge you here. Beware of the price cutters. They'll soon be o(T. Our low expenses R menu big saving* for you. county was visited by representatives, , made up largely of college students from Albright and Lebanon Valley Col j leges. ) Tomorrow there will be three ses sions, morning, afternoon and evening. | The Mite Society of the United Breth ren Church has planned to serve din- I ner and supper to the delegates. ! PONT BE AI'HAII) or DKBT In the current Farm and Firosido is an Interesting editorial which shows how debt is by no means the obstacle to success that it is generally held to be, and how sometimes, it is even a stepping stone to opportunity. "I have in mind a young man who wanted to go to the State agricultural college. He had no money, but knew ; something about personal credit and ] wasn't afraid of debt. First he found j a friend who had a thousand dollars : to invest. *Then he took out a thous- I ant dolla#*' worth of life Insurance, which cost hini about $22 a year, made his frjend the beneficiary, and turned the policy over to him as col lateral in exchange l'or the SI,OOO | cash. Four years later this young ! man graduated from college with j honors. Soon after, he paid back tho I SI,OOO with six per cent, compound | interest, married, had the policy I changed to make his wife the bene ■ tlciary, as she should be, and is now considered prosperous." HEALTH EXHIBIT AT COLUMBIA I Columbia. Pa.. Feb. 22.—A State | Health Exhibit in the Mellinger Build ! Ing here, under ihe supervision of I State Health Commissioner Samuel G. Dixon, lias attracted a large number of visitors. It will be open until Sat urday. , POSTAGE $lO AX OUNCE San Francisco lias had an interest ing history. The first settlement dates from 1776. The United States Hag was raised over the town in 1846. Two years later the city had an estimated population of twenty thousand, caused i by tho inrush of fortune seekers. The I first regular overland mall communi- I cation with the East was established ! by pony express in 1860, the charge j for postage being five dollars for half an ounce.—Popular Science Monthly Sore Throat and Chest CoSds Conquered Over Night with Mustarine Jukt nub It On, It Will Not Blister. i There surely is nothing so good on ! earth as Mustarine. Tile minute you | rub it on you'll know that the misery, ! pain and agony has started to go. It I penetrates and will not blister. 1 Don't worry about that Cold in tho I Chest, that hacking Cough or Sore ! Throat, for Mustarine applied to-night , will make you feel fine alid dandy by j morning. | Thousands use it for pain of Neural- I gin. Lumbago, Neuritis and for swollen, I aching Rheumatic Joints. Use it fur j Chilblains and Frosted Feet, j Druggists everywhere can supply you but be sure you get the original Mus i tarine in tho yellow box 25 and 50 cents. Never sold in jars. Get it at Clark's Medicine Stores. * Mail orders filled. Begy Medicine Co., Hochester, N. Y.
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