NATIONWIDE
FOOD SURVEY
TO BE MADE
Department of Agriculture to
Estimate Country's Supply
of Edibles
Washington, D. C., Aug. 2 3.—The
govenment is to take stock of the
nation's food supply. In order that
the President, Congress and the oth
er officials of the government may be
able to base needed action on a
knowledge of what the national
larder contains, and how it meas
ures up to the needs of the millions
of breakfast, dinner and supper
tables of the nation, the United
States Department of Agriculture
will begin immediately to make a
quick survey o£ available foods and
feeds throughout the country. This
will cover supplies on the farms, in
factories and commercial stores and
warehouses, in retail shops, and on
the shelves and i the bins of the
family pantry. 'work will be car
ried on rJ<clpany by the Bureau of
Markets, the Bureau of Crop Esti-
the Bureau of Chemistry and
States Relations Service of the de
partment, with funds appropriated
for the purpose in the recently en
acted food production bill.
The survey is to be made as of the
date, August 4, and It is expected
that statistics on the amounts of
certain important products can be
supplied within three or four weeks
after the food survey is begun.
Inventories and Estimates
In carrying out the nation-wide
food survey, both actual inventories
and estimates will be employed. Es
timates of the food and feed prod
ucts on farms will be made for the
whole country by the Bureau of
Crop Estimates through 35,000
picked co-operators in the field.
Information regarding stocks in
wholesale, jobbing, storing manu
facturing and other commercial es
tablishments, including large retail
houses, will be obtained by request
ing from each concern a statement
of the exact amount of each of the
various products held by it. Com
prehensive lists of such establish
ments compiled by the Bureau of
Markets within the last few years
will be employed in this work.
The stocks on hand in small retail
shops will be estimated from infor
mation gained from a detailed sur
vey of stocks In a number of repre
sentative districts. Stocks in the
hands of all the consumers of the
.-ountry will be estimated similarly
from canvasses of a large number of
representative families, both in the
country and in the cities. The study
of families will be concerned even
more with the current consumption
per month than with the actual
stock of food supplies on hand. Small
reail stocks will be reported for
representative cities by the Bureau
of Chemistry through its food and
drug inspectors and State and local
health officials and inspectors, and
for representative country districts
by the States Relations Service
through county agents and local
farm bureaus and other local agen
cies. Through these agencies certain
selected districts will be canvassed
and an estimate will then be made
tor the entire country.
Products to Be Surveyed
The nearly 100 items on which sta
tistics are to be gathered include
strains and seeds, grain-food prod
ucts, dried fruits and nuts, vege
table fat 3, sugar sirups, starch, meat
and meat products, food products
preserved in tin and other contain
ers. dairy and related products, fish
and feeds.
The department's plans contem
plate making immediately a quick
survey of the holding of approxi
mately eighteen of the more import
ant products, following this with
monthly reports on such products
and making a more complete survey
after the crops have been gathered.
It is proposed to utilize in so far as
possible existing established agencies
within the department in the con
duct of the survey, but the depart
ment, of course, desires the hearty
co-operation and support of all State
and local agencies.
KASfSAS CORN RECOVERING
PROM EFFECTS OF DROUGHT
Washington, Aug. 23. Reports to
the Weather Bureau indicate that
most of the record-breaking corn crop
will be past the point where frost can
damage it at the average date of the
first killing frost, in spite of the fact
that the crop is from ten to fifteen,
and in places even twenty days later
than the average at this season of the
year in central and northern districts.
In Kansas, where the last forecast
of the Department of Agriculture in
dicated the production would be only
half that indicated a month previous
ly. The crop is recovering from the
effect of the previous drought to a
surprising extent, due to a recent
•ain.
W 1199 CAR
1 I
TIT HY do some housewives have to
V V take inferior goods at high prices?
Because they haven't yet realized that 1
it pays to do business with the merchant
who uses economical delivery equip
ment —the VIM Delivery Car.
The VIM is constructed solely to meet
merchandise delivery requirements—
the cheapest delivery unit to operate, the I
easiest to buy.
33,000 progressive American merchants are pay
ing for their VIM Trucks out ol their dalivory
Hiring*. |
Pull information about the VIM ' Deferred Pay
ment Plan on request.
Thoroughly equipped VIM Truck Sales and
Benrice Station in this city for the benefit of VIM
owner*.
I The ehiuia sell* for 178 J. Complete with Ot>™ Ei.
pnaa body MIS; with Cloeed Panel body |MS„- Ten
other aUaderd type* at body. All pricee P. O. B.
Philadelphia.
Andrew Redmond
Third and Boyd Streets Harrisburg, Pa. |
THURSDAY EVENING,
LACK OF SHELLS
LOST CAMPANA
U. S. Gunners Surrendered
Only After Ammunition
Was Exhausted
An Atlantic Port. Aug. 23.-~The
Standard Oil tank steamer Cair.pana,
whose captain and five of lier navy
gunners were taken prisoner by a
German submarine on August 6, sur
rendered to the U-boat, but oly be
cause she had not another shot to
fire. The ammunition, aft
er tiring: 160 shots, became exhausted.
This was the story told by J. H.
Bruce, third mate of the Campana,
who, with forty other members of
the Campana's crew and eight gun
ners, arrived here to-day on a French
steamship. The battle began at 5
o'clock in the morning and was waged
for four hours at a range of between
7,300 and 7,500 yards.
The U-boat fired 400 shots, only two
of which hit the mark. The Campana,
nevertheless, was outranged by the
two guns, one four-inch and the other
two-inch, with which the submarine
was armed. The U-boat also was fully
as speedy as the American vessel.
After the Campana hoisted the in
ternational signal for surrender, her
last shell gone, the submarine never
theless continued to fire, Bruce said,
and all hands took to the boats.
IVnlso For (iun Crew
"When Captain Oliver and the other
prisoners went below on the subma
rine," said Bruce, "they bid us good
by and the U-boat captain assured me
they would be treated as prisoners of
war and landed in a few days at a
German base, where the captain said
they would be given every opportu
nity to send word home to their fam
ilies. I was allowed to take a per
sonal message from Captain Oliver to
be delivered to his wife.
"The bluejackets with us were a
game lot. When the last shell had
gone they would have tackled the
Germans with their revolvers had the
word been passed to them. It would
have been a useless sacrifice of life,
however, as the Germans had us at
their mercy.
"The captain said his instructions
were to take all American gunners
and captains of armed ships prisoner.
He said, however, he was sorry the
United States was in the war because
lie iiated to fight Americans, as he
i 'i ilways found them friendly and
good sports. Americans, he said, wil>
. ~,.y light to the finish. He had no
use- for tlie French or the English,
though, especially the English."
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Protecting Dependents
When going away to fight for
your country or preparing your es
tate for your dependants In case
of your death:
Be careful to choose good and di
versified investments.
Have them carefully analyzed by
experts before purchase.
Keep sufficient ready money
within easy reach.
Do not invest in real estate ex
cept for a home.
Do not attempt to get too large
an income.
Permit a good trust company to
handle the estate for you if you
are called away from home to ser
vice.
Establish a trust fund during
your lifetime.
Keep your securities negotiable
and endorsed.
Insure land titles and register all
deeds.
File all tax bills with your deeds.
Tax exempt all bonds.
Make a short will, uncomplicat
ed in form.
Make the trust company your ex
ecutor.
Have periodical analyses of your
holdings.
Make provision for "switching"
an investment if it appears to have
turned out badly.
Keep as far away from law
courts as possible.—Arthur N. Slo
cum, in The Magazine of Wall
Street.
FELT TIRED AND HAZY
Sanpan Gives Results
says Eugene Howfard, 1129 Monroe
street, Harrisburg. I have been suf
fering for years with stomach trou
ble. I always bloated after eating,
had severe pains in stomach, belch
ed up gas, bad heartburn, was very
nervous and irritable, would get diz
zy, had no ambition, and in the
morning felt tired and hazy, and
was up several hours before I would
feel really awake and able to think
clearly.
I took a lot of medicine but It was
money thrown away until I started
in on Sanpan, which I saw so ex
tensively advertised.
Now I am feeling better than for
years, my stomach is fine, I don't
get nervous or dizzy, my head is
clear and I awake in the morning
feeling fit, and go to work with a
will. Sanpan surely gives results.
Sanpan is now being Introduced at
Keller's Drug Store, 405 Market
street, Harrisburg, where the San
pan man is explaining it to the peo
ple.—Adv.
I THE
AIRPLANE SECURITIES j
Since Blerlot made his flight across!
the English Channel in 1909 in a I
monoplane, driven by a twenty-five- I
horse-power engine, there has been a
wonderful development in motor con
struction. At that time the most pow
erful motor was the 100-horse-power
Antoinette. This year planes have
been built with a total of 2,000-horse
power and,more. So rapidly are im
provements Introduced that even a
machine thirty days old may become
obsolete on the battle front. Speed
has risen from fifty miles an hour to
130 miles—the maximum rate of the
J&swmmiZ
Store Opens 8.30 A. M.—Closes 5 P. M.—Excepting Thursdays (12 noon) —Saturdays (9 P. M.)
"ELI, 1001—235 UNITED HARRISBURG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1017. FOUNDED 1871
Friday Wall Paper Sale
Large variety of washable tile papers for bathrooms
and kitchens borders to match. Friday sale, roll, 18<*
Neat decorative pa- High class library,
pers for kitchens, bed- dining and living room
rooms, attics and back '
halls, (sold with bord- P a P ers - bordcrs to
ers), roll match roll 8^
Newest colors in sunfast oatmeal papers—9 or 18-
inch borders to match. Friday sale, roll 10$
Bed Spreads White Voile
Hemmed crochet Offering for to-mor
bed spreads, size 74x86 row only a quan tity of
inches a very good _ ... ..
■ ij. , . i verv fine Avhite voile,
weight and at present
price this is an attrac- inches wide; very
tivc offering. Friday special. Friday sale,
sale #1.39 yard 15$
In the White Goods Section
On the Second Floor
1200 yards of white Fancy white skirting—
linen finish suiting a a choicc co ii cct ion of pat
yery popular fabric for decidedly novel
the making of any gar- J
ment. Friday sale, yard, weaves very styhsh.
15f Friday sale, yard .. •"()$
Men's Dress Shirts
Offering for Friday a collection of high grade
percale and madras shirts, soft and stiff cuffs
Friday Sale 69$
Men's nainsook union I Men's bleached cot
suits 42$ I ton union suits ..59$
Hassocks U. S. Flags
Lot of hassocks in star Fast colors, size 2^x4
shape made of velvet , , . , .
i • feet, complete with pole
and axminster carpet, 1 1
Friday Sale 39$ holder. Friday sale, 8,"5$
Japanese Matting Rugs
Stenciled and woven rugs —good patterns in
green, blue, red and brown. ,
Size 6 ft.xß ft. 8 in. Friday Sale, $1.98
Size 9 ft.x 8 ft. 8 in. Friday Sale, #2.29
Size 9 ft.xll ft. 8 in. Friday Sale, $3.49
Friday Sale—Embroidery
Voile flouncing remnants of 2 to 5-yard lengths,
40 inches wide. Friday sale, yard 25$
Swiss embroidery in- Corset cover embroid
sertion, 1 and 2 inches cry, 18 inches wide, fine
wide, a lot of odd pieces cambric with open work
from various lines. Fri- patterns. Friday sale,
day sale, yard 5$ yard 22$
_____________
Cedar Tubs Brooms
Painted cedar tubs, The "Jolly" sweep
large size, 3 electric ing broom made
welded hoops, drop from high quality
handles. Friday sale, brown corn. Friday
83$ sale <>9s
t- ii i Toilet Articles
1 umblers Talcum powders,
Glass soda tumblers, 12- an( '
.... Powdrc de Riz 25)$
ounce capacity, bnday Large Chamois ... 8$
sale, dozen Toilet water, assorted
odors .... 23$ and 37$ !
/Z f\ Assorted soaps, 3 cakes
o )C fon
Hair brushes ... 39$
* HARHISBURG ££s£& TELEGRAPH
.swiftest European machines.
Now that the Government has pro
! vided a large initial appropriation for j
l 22,625 aircraft, which will probably be j
increased to a billion or more as ma
chines are needed, a vast field is open
| ing for aircraft manufacturing. Even
| tually the best brains In the country j
will be turned in this direction, with 1
the result of increasing the quality I
and quantity of the output.
The cost of airplanes, it may be i
added, ranges from $5,000 to $30,000
each, and it was stated in the discus
sion of the aircraft appropriation bill 1
in the House of Representatives that I
some of the large European war- I
planes cost as much as $75,000 each.
Airplane motors range from $3,000 to
$5,000 each. When airplanes are or
dered by the thousand these costs may
perhaps be reduced, but in any event
the profits are likely to be large.
Bearing these facts in mind, the fu-.
ture of legitimate aircraft companies
seems to be remarkably bright.—Wil
liam E. Carson in The Magazine of
Wall Street.
TRIPLE CELEBRATION
OF S. M. JONES AT WELLSVILLE
\ Wellsville, Pa., Aug. 23.—Threo
I events were celebrated here vester- |
j
j day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. '
J M. Jones, which included Mr. Jones'J
sixtieth birthday anniversary, a re
union of their thirteen sons and I
I
daughters, four grandchildren, two j
sons-in-law and two daughters-in- |
law, and the wedding-of their eldest |
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| SAVE MONEY! ■
j Buy tlic FRIDAY SPECIALS!
Every offering herewith quoted is a
rare bargain value. That's why we
want you to buy and get your full |
share of the good things this Friday.
1 Look For the Green Tickets |
:j: They POINT THE WAY to Decided Economies ii!
8 ft
House Dresses—Sizes 36 to 44—at 59c
I • •
A fresh arrival of gingham and percale house dresses light and
dark colorings of stripes, plaids, checks and plain colors —well made
and neatly trimmed.
A Big Friday Special, 59c
Kimonas Wash Goods Corsets
A splendid assort- Clean-up sal of rem- Offering a grouping
mcnt of high grade ki- nants 2to 10 yards of several styles of
monos, light and (jark voiles, tissues, silk and good model corsets in
, , . , , cotton mixtures, suit- , „. ,
colors, loose back and on salc gcc _ odd sizes A Friday
Empire waist. I'riday ond floor. Friday sale, clean -up unusual
sale $1.19 yard value, at (59$
600 Pairs of Women's Thread Silk AA
Stockings, double sole-, high spliced heel, T I \J\J
wide gater Tops, Friday sale pair, ....
Also a Friday sale of women's plain and fancy hosiery at, a pair 55$
Quick Clean-up of Women's Shoes
Women's pump and Women's high shoes Women's pumps in
Colonials, patent t<'> G f white duck, liigli small sizes only—price
gun metal and white \ J 1
duck. Friday Sale, pair, medium and low heel, to dispose of quickly.
$1.25 Friday Sale, pair, $1.75 Friday Sale, pair, 50$
Women's Children's Men's Suspenders
Underwear Underwear and Belts
Women's bleached cot- Boys' and Girls cotton Suspenders of lisle web
ton ve.'its, pants and vests; pants and union bing—mohair and leather
union suits, low price to suits in and ecru, ends belts in tan and
clean-up off lines. Friday first quality. Friday Sale, black. Friday Sale, each,
Sale, each iiss each 25$ 19$
White Voile Waists at $1.19
Special Friday sale of white voile waists plain tailored styles and
trimmed with lace and tucks a gathering of table waists in which some
arc a little soilod from display. Friday sale $1.19
Cleaning up a small lot of middy blouses at 09$
Gas Irons Tea Kettles I Bread Boxes
hairy Queen gas Aluminum tea ket- Oak bread boxes,
iron - equipped ; with ties, No. 8 size; heavy round corners, height
thumb screws to regu- J . *
late gas. Complete bad handles 6-quart 9% inches, width 9^
with steel tubing. Fri- capacity. Friday sale, inches, length 13'/j in
dav sale sl.lß $1.09 ches. Friday sale, 49$
k
son, John Victor Jones, at noon, to
! MiJjs Mary Fail, of Phillipsburg,
! Center county, Pa. The Rev. J. R.
i Jones, pastor of the Fourth United
I Brethren Church, York, was the of
! liciating minister and the ceremony
I was performed in the parlor at the
Jones' home.
I Forty-nine guests were entertain
| d at a feast which was served dur- j
j ing the afternoon. Following the wed
ding, the bride and bridegroom left
for a wedding tour after which they
I will live at Phillipsburg, where Mr.
i Jones is connected with one of the!
i mining concerns.
AUGUST 23, 1917.
i
IIRYANT WASHBURN, MOVIE
STAR, MUST E\Tl;il ARMY
Chicago, Aug, 1 . 23. Bryant Wash
burn, a widely-known motion picture
actor, must serve in the National
Army, Major B. M. Chipperfield, rep
resenting the provost marshal gen
eral, ruled yesterday.
Washburn, who had passed physical
examination, claimed exemption on
: the ground that he has a wife and
child dependent upon him. Secret Ser
vice agents learned, Major Chipper
j field said, that Washburn has a hank
account of $5,500 and that his wife,
who was Miss Mabel Forrest, an
I actress, appeared in pictures before
and after the birth of their child.
Friday Silk Sale
40-inch crcpe de chine in thirty-five of the best
colorings plenty of white and black. Friday
sale, yard $1.29
36-inch striped and 36-inch striped mes
plaid habutai silk and taffeta silk
washable. Friday .
sale 09* ! Friday sale, yd., $1.20 J ,
A grouping of silk remnants in plain and fancies,
2to 6-yard lengths. Friday sale, yard 98*
Brassieres Children's Hats
A clearaway offering Closing out a lot of
of odd lots, hook front fi . n * ""f r „ ie hats f ° r
' • girls 2 to 8 years, made
models, lace and em- Q £ organdie, lace, em
broidery trimmed. Fri- broidery and ribbon,
day sale 350 Friday sale ... $1.()0
In the New Muslin Underwear Section
on the Second Floor
Envelope chemise with i Closing out at big price
all-around lace trimming I reduction, a limited
in several different styles. ' quantity of corset cory-
Friday sale 59* ; ers. Friday sale .. 25*
Wool Dress Goods
36-inch Danish poplar cloth in pink, blue, gray,
brown, green and garnet, very serviceable for
children's wear 35 *
36-inch wool batiste, light and dark colors, 59?
48-inch French Serge in new autumn colors,
yard $1.89
Ribbons Cretonne
Lot of ribbon mill ends Pretty cretonne in set
—all kinds —2 to 5 inches and all-over designs—36
wide—left over from B. B. inches wide good
B. Sale. Friday Sale, yard, variety. Friday Sale, yd.,
' 5? 15*
Porch Shades
Porch shades made of wide green bamboo
slats—complete with ropes and pulleys.
Size 6xß ft. Friday Sale, $1.69
Size Bxß ft. Friday Sale, $2.25
Size 10x8 ft. Friday Sale, $2.98
Curtain Material
Curtain scrim, 36 inches wide, in iyory and ecru,
band borders. Friday sale, yard 100
Filet net 42 inches Fine curtain marqui
wide, in white, ivory, and sette> 36 inchcs widc> in
ecru very pretty and .
popular now for window lvor y and ecru ' a ver y
drapery. Friday sale, special offering for Fri
yard 29* day sale, yard 17*
Screen Doors Towels
c . G„;CV. A case of fine hem-
Screcn doors finish- stitchcd
ed in walnut or natura s j ze 3^ x ig i nc hes, good
stain, well constructed. weight Friday sale,
Friday sale 98* each 22*
Decorated China Jewelry Offerings
An assortment of dec- Fancy beads .... 19*
orated china consisting Graduated pearl beads,
of vases, hair receivers, 39*
puff boxes, powder boxc. gnentn, tod,
footed dishes, cake plates, ncck i accs> half price- .
salad bowls, olive dishes, Beautiful Dorint
nut bowls, creamers, beauty boxes 59*
mayonnaise sets. Choice Lingerie clasps, set,
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British Ship Losses
For Week Again Low;
Total Is 20 Vessels
London, Aug. 23.—The number of
British merchantmen sunk by subma
rines or mines in tl)e last week was
only slightly larger than the previous
week, when a considerable falling: oft
was noted.
According to the official statement,
fifteen vessels of more than 1,600 tons
wire sunk and three of fewer than
1,600 tons, In addition to two fishing
vessels, as compared with fourteen
large vessels the previous week, two
small vessels and three fishermen.
Since the middle of April 501 Brit
ish vessels, 373 of more than 1,600
tens, wre sunk. The weekly totals'
follow:
"Week Over Under
ending— 1600 tons. 1600 tons.
April -'1 40 l
April 28 38 13
May r> 21 23
May 12 is 5
May ill 18
May 26 18 1
June 2 15 3
June fl 22 10
June 16 27
! June 23 21
I July } IB S
July 8 14 •)
July 15 14 4
July 22 21 3
July 29 1" J
Aug. B 21
Aug. 12 14 2
Aug. 19 •• • IS
Totals 373 128
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