SELECTION OF SHE FOR GIRLS' SCHOOL DELAYED After Viewing Locations, Di rectors Decide to Take Final Action Sept. 7 City school directors postponed the selection of a site for the new flirls' high school until the meeting iPrlday, September 7. Th® board met in special session yesterday aft ernoon and viewed the two plots which are under consideration. One of these is located in North street, taking In the block from North to Briggs and from East to Cowden streets. The Wickersham building and a number of small residences are on this site. Directors estimate that to replace the school build ing will cost more than SIOO,OOO. The second site is located at FVont and Boas streets and is about 10,000 square feet smaller in size. Vefus T. Ritter, of Huntington, W. Va., archl the tect for tha school, accompanied the directors on the Inspection trip. He pointed out that by using the \Torth street site a building three stories in hoicrht wo v. Id be large; enough for 1000 girls, while in Front street, the structure would have to be four stories. He also mentioned the surroundings of the two build- \ ings giving the present advantages of the Front street site for locality i and district. Approve Harris Plans Final plans and specifications for the Harris school annex were ap- j proved .and bids have been asked, j These will be opened on Septem-1 ber 7. Secretary Hammetbaugh called the board's attention to the exces sive prices wanted by some of the city coal dealers to deliver coal from i cars to school buildings. Several ! directors criticised the dealers for asking from $2 to $3 a ton for haul- : ing the coal. The supply committee was authorized to handle the sltua- I tfon. THE TRUTH ABOUT ECZEMA ANO PILES Thousands and thousands of people, says Peterson, are learning every week that one 25 cent box of Peter son s Ointment will abolish Eczema and banish piles, and the grateful let ters I receive every day are worth mere to me than money. I had Eczema for many years on my head and could not get anything to do it any good. I saw your ad and got one box and I owe you many thanks for the good it has done me. There isn t a blotch on my head now, and I couldn t help but thank Peterson, for the cure is great. Mrs. Mary Hill, 420 Third Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. I have had itching piles for 15 years and leterson's is the only ointment that relieves me, besides the piles seem to have gone. A. B. Ruger, 1127 \\ ashington Avenue. Racine. Wis. Ise Peterson's Ointment for old sores, salt rheum and all skin dis eases. It banishes pimples and black heads n less than 10 days and leaves the skin clean, clear and pleasant to look upon. Druggists guarantee it.— Advertisement. Winter Buyers of Coal may experience great difficulty in obtaining their accustomed supplies. All indications point to an extreme shortage in Anthracite coal next winter. The fact there is an actual shortage—now—in the midst of summer when production is most favorable. Don't put too much dependance upon Govern ment regulation of coal. Government control of coal does not insure against famine. Coal prices are lower now than those that will be in effect next winter. By placing your order immediately you may se cure your accustomed kind of fuel besides saving money on the fuel bill. United Ice & Coal Co. Porster & Cowden Sts. f Home How easy it is for you to have the HARRISBURG lELEGRAPH sent to your soldier son, brother, husband or sweetheart every day and how deeply he'll appreciate this token of your love No matter where he is in the Army or Navy, in Train ing Camp or at the Front ■v Uncle Sam will see to it that he gets his mail. Call, Write or Phone The telegraph, one Directions For month, 45c. • rv SnbSCrlWnK The TELEGRAPH, three Give name, company, „„ • regiment. months, $1.35. tion ,S of camp a i?V°t C h; The TELEGRAPH, six United States. months, $2.50. If in France state that _ ... fact. Important: Notify the TEL name of * v# EGRAPH whenever address — changes. THURSDAY EVENING, EXPORTS CONTROL IN BUREAU HANDS President Relieves Depart ment of Commerce of Task and Cuts Red Tape Washington, Aug. 23.—Control of exports, heretofore administered by the Department of Commerce, was given by President Wilson to-day to the exports administrative board, of which Vance McCormlck is chairman. The purpose, officials explained, la to simplify procedure In granting export licenses. The change gives unusual powers to the administrative board, which was formed to serve as an advisory body to the exports council, compris ing the secretaries of State, Commerce and Agriculture, and the food admin istrator. The President's order will serve to make the exports council really the advisory body. Since the export control provision of the espionage act was put into operation more than a month ago. the administrative board has done much of the work of shaping an ex port policy. Its recommendations have gene to the exports council and from there to the President, whi in turn directed the Department of Commerce! but this was considered too cumber some. The administrative board has on it besides Mr. McCormick, who repre sents the State Department, Alonzo E. Taylor, representing the Department of Agriculture; T. D. Jones, represent ing the Department of Commerce, and John B. White, representing the food administration. CIVIL SERVICK TESTS The United States Civil Service Commission announces the follow ing examinations: September 18, mechanical and electricaJ engineer (male), civil engineer, construction engineer, experts in child welfare, assistant director, child labor division inspector, child labor division as sistants in the prevention of infant mortality experts in the prevention of infant mortality. September 19—Bookeeper (fe male), assistant in crop physiology, assistant inspectors, child labor division junior assistant in market ing dairy product*. September 19—Bookkeper (fte stenographer and typewriter, special agents and research assistants. September 26—Assistant in mar keting dairy products. Applications will be received at any time for the following exami nations: Teacher, Indian service, subinspector of ordnance. RENO LOSES MAYOR TO NATIONAL ARMY Reno, Nev.—Reno Is the first city in the West to lose its Mayor in the army draft. Roy Rrisch, alder man. who Is also acting Mayor, qualified recently before the exemp tion board. When asked if he wish ed to claim exemption as a vlcll of ficer, he said: "There will be plenty of men left for aldermen and mayor, but Uncle Sam seems to need soldiers. There for I will not claim exemption." FIX PRICE NEXT ON ANTHRACITE President Expected Soon to Duplicate Action Taken on Soft Coal Washington, Aug. 23.—President Wilson has paid another visit to the Federal Trade Commission offices and remained with the members for near ly an hour, going over various phases of the cpal situation. It Is expected he will not delay action long in fixing a price on anthracite, if the operators do not act in advance and order a re duction from the prevailing high prices. Nearly all the anthracite ot the country is produced In Pennsyl vania, the output for 1914 being 81.- 090,631 tons. The President also discussed the steel price situation, on which the commission has made an extensive investigation and report as a prelim inary for price fixing. The President's action in fixing a maximum price for bituminous coal at the mine in the various fields of the country was expected to bring forth a chorus of protests from the operators to-day. These protests did not materialize, so far as Pennsylva nia is concerned. There was a gen eral curiosity to learn how the coal Industry of Pennsylvania, the greatest coal-producing state of the Union, would receive the news that the Pres ident. acting under authority of the food and fuel control law, had fixed a maximum price of $2 a ton for run-of mlne, with twenty-five cents addi tional for sizes, and *1.75 for stack. These prices represent about BO per cent, of the present market prices. Pew Complaints to Senators Senators Penrose and Knox have stated they had received no protests from any of the large concerns of the State and were as yet unable to Judge how the Industry views the sit uation or whether coal can be pro duced profitably at these prices. Sen ator Penrose said he had received telegrams from a few of the smaller operators saying they could not keep their mines going at the prices named and that to do so would mean finan cial ruin. But none of the larger concerns has communicated with him on the subject. Senator Penrose said: "It is possible that they have not yet reached a full realization of what the President's action means to them and are waiting until they can esti mate whether they can produce at the figure fixed. They had expected to receive $3 a ton, which would have been very materially under the ruling market rates. I have no doubt that the same facts exist with respect to the coal Industry as apply to other industries, and that the smaller op erator will be harder hit by the fixing of this maximum price than the larger operator will be. because his cost of production is higher." GIVE TAXI RIDES FREE TO THE DRUNKS A dispatch from Trenton, N T . J., says that persons who enjoy taxicab rides can get thepi free in Mercer County by just getting drunk. The Mercer County Liquor Dealers' Asso ciation has announced that persons v. ho become Intoxicated In the county will be refused drink and then taken home in taxicabs. This action was taken to prevent the prohibition and local option sentiment from spread ing. POSSIBLE ORIGIN OF KHAKI There are many versions of the origin of khaki, but one that Is new to me comes from a veteran of the Munsters, who followed Nicholson through the breach at Delhi. During the siege there, he tells me, It wae noticed that the white drill uniforms of the regiment, then known as the old "Dirty Shirts." the first European Bengal Fusiliers, of the old company's service, proved excellent marks in the moonlight for the Sepoy mutineers who held the city. The men were told, therefore, to darken tbem by any means they could find. Their method was to boil the uniforms in the "dixies," or regi mental kettles. In which tea was made, together with bark stripped from the trees In the neighborhood, which made a fairly satisfactory brown dye. Time does not seem to have brought any improvement on the "Dirty Shirt" Idea, though It may have improved on their methods. VIOLIN* USED ITO CATCH FTSH Macon, Mo.—'*Theyl have a new wrinkle for catching fish at Elmer, and It is wonderful the luck they have." Alva Wllloughby, circuit clerk, remarked, swapping exoen. ences at the courthouse. "About fif teen of us pitched camp on a lake north of town and then set lines across zigzag, like German entangle ments, you know. When all was ready the fiddler sat on a log and played 'The Arkansaw Traveler' and other classis. And you ought to have seen the fish come in! By noon we had more than the party could eat. They tell me they always take a fid dler along when they go fishing up there." "I see," County Clerk Sears said. "The music charms them, and they go blindly toward it and are caught on the lines." "Not exactly," Willoughby replied. "You see. we out the musician at the other end of the lake and in paddling to get away from the noise the fish .run into the hooks." GF7T $2,050,000 WINDFALL Chicago— Two million and fifty thousand dollars, distributed in six Chicago banks, most of It in bills of large denomination, have been add ed to the fortune of the late John K. Stewart, manufacturer of automo bile accessories. Existence of this money was un known to the heirs, daughters, five and fiften years old, respectively, or their guardians until revealed in the Probate Court. The inheritance tax on the additional treasure amounts to $43,000. Mr. Stewart's estate was probated in June, 1916, and tax was paid on $4,000,000. Mrs\ Stewart died soon afterward in North Carolina. She lnstrusted, in addition to the $4,000,. 000 currency totaling $690,000 to Leander H. Lachance, her nephew. He brought It to Chicago and tax was assessed upon it. He is guar dian of the children. BIRD BURNS FABJIEB'S BARN Middle River. Minn.—Fire de stroyed the barn of William Huff, a farmer living nine miles south of here. Mr. Huff declared that the fire was caused by a bird which car ried a twig, one end of which was aglow, into the hay loft. Not far from the barn a brush fire was burning. The nesting bird car ried a twig which had been burning in the bush fire, but which was thought to have blown away from the immediate vicinity of the fire, to the barn. Mr. Huff, who was working in the barnyard, said he thought he. saw a slight trail of Bmoke as the bird flew pa#t him. but did not Investi gate. in a few moments the barn was afire. Two valuable horses were burned and the building destroyed. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH NOTHING AS BAD AS FANCY PAINTS Actuality of Situation Never Causes Tithe of Trouble Anticipated By Beatrice Fairfax. Nothing ever yet was as bad aa our active and morbid fancy painted it. Which has been said before! But it is well to keep reminding people of vivid and timorous imagination that the actuality of a situation never causes a tithe of the torture which the anticipating mind has at tributed to it. Recently I read an article which dealt with a borrowed idea, which I In turn shall borrow. "The brave man dies once; the coward dies a thousand deaths," are the lines I want to borrow. I should like to have them printed in letters about a foot high and given a whole page all to themselves. Really, they are Important enough for that. Par ticularly aro they important In these days when panic so often seizes by the throat. Recently I met a young chap who ■was invalided from France. He is a nervous wreck. Physically, he Is almost disintegrated and yet ho has never a wound—not even a scratch. For two years he was in the first a-io-12 THE LADIES' BAZAAR 8-10-12 S. Fourth St. | /f>s Right Because We Make It Right „ s. Fourth St. Once a season every enterprising merchant goes through his entire store and reduces prices right and left for quick clearance, \ in order to make room for the com- Y season ' s merchandise that we V j l3^ on or(^e £ Countr y ,s l Jr Every article offered during this sale l\Sll Ijofc)/)' ' iff jf' fiv W-w \ is of genuine value. Too late in the season \\ VA to °^ )la " 1 le P r i ce s that these articles of dependable Vf 4/ A '* IftiY iJ&X merchandise are worth ,we have sacrificed all thought of | P 1 " 0^1 * n s o ™ 6 cases ofTer them at a price even below \ uf 11l I %\ Ladies' and Misses' Sweaters • This Sale at $3.98 )\ \A z^V) IJ They are all wool, with shawl collars. You will find rj M them mighty comfortable when cool weather arrives. __ _i n wwr • n Assorted shades to select from. / Ihe tvent You Have Been WaitingFFo r n • l i m Our Semi-Annual Dress Sale Clearance of Desirable Blouses An opportunity the like of which you may X°u can replenish your wardrobe at a very never see again. Women's and Misses' smart sum- little cost by takmg advantage of this wonderful sale. nier frocks in dainty colors, color combinations, stripes and Very fetching styles at prices that cannot be duplicated, figured effects for ouUng, street and dress wear. An Assortment in Odds aid Ends Of In flowered a J ll collars and ***** WaiStS F ° r MiSSeS ' cuffs. Formerly sold as high as $2.00. Only one and two of style. Worth SI.OO. (CO/* SPECIAL THIS SALE ...VC SPECIAL THIS SALE 8 Dresses at $1 98 OTHER WAISTS including wide range of styles and models, in ODDS AND ENDS-Formerly sold as high as $6.50-1.1- S " ks ' and crepe de chine, From 08? to $4.98. ?wo of g styi'e pe French voile, lace trimmed, large cape collar and satin girdle. Onyx Hosiery One Lot of Sample Georgette and Taffeta Tan and red only, $1.25 Val- Combination Silk Dresses ues - SPECIAL THIS SALE... .3VC Combination georgette and taffeta silks; and crepe de chine f\ _ X J- A X A and taffeta. Small sizes only. Values to $20.00. <£f| HQ IJ ll I ||T 11T JfS/fv SPECIAL THIS SALE .. .IpV.yO VllW XJ\J \, U1 ■ ffo /- H Summer Skirt Clearance Silk Taffeta JDHI Your summer wardrobe is incomplete Cn'ofc i.mltfwk without at least two or three of these popular skirts— V/Ud tw IjfflkUm so appropriate for sports wear and general vacation use. In all - c _ MjJJ/MIX \ '\v^T the newest fabrics and colorings with fancy sports pockets, patch J? Ormerly oOIQ. at s2o*oo \4''/ ; | j; \ V pockets, separate belts and pearl button trimmings, Q 'I * 41,' Of ' fjfM 1.1 \ Those seeking unusual values in high-grade skirts wiil find Op6Cl(lL m tfllS oClle //j j j 1 h this Clearance Sale an important event, 111/, White Washable Skirts Odds and Ends CP C\ O # I\| I All sizes, but not in all styles, 690 to $2.98. \J >r4 * ft l\ f One Lot of 15 White Golfine Skirts T * 0 J lli Button trimmed, patch pockets and belted, <£-| r\Q Large sailor collars with novelty ifv^W , $5.00 Values, SPECIAL THIS SALE. pongee flowered center, belts with \k (Note— A part of our line of advance Fall Silks, Scrjres and POD- 1_ 11 . • L £■/-' \< lin skirts have arrived and are 011 display awaiUng jour inspection), DUCkle trimmed. and even the second line of trenches. For two years he dreaded the day when he must get into the third line —into action. In those two years he has. I sup pose, died more than a thousand deaths. By suffering In anticipation he has cut himself off* from being a real factor in fighting for the glory of France. There are tragically many of us who make our lives one long series of tortures Just as he did. Now, as a matter of fact, most real troubles are not as bad when you march right up to them and look them squarely in the eye as they were when you were thinking about them! "Who does not remember ly ing in bed, quaking and shaking in fear of some terrifying sound com ing from the black dark beyond the bed. A night of such horror actually takes years out of a life. If you 1 had the courage to get up, throw off the muffled covers and 'sally forth to Investigate the terrifying sound, it probably turned out to be a shut ter flapping in the darkness or a j curtain rattling, or some inanimate object blowing about in the breeze , 1 from an open window. The Need of Courage Lying still In the darkness of j mental cowardice and dreading any ' situation is very much like lying | muffled to your nose in covers and suffering agonies of fear over what is probably nothing worse than a little kitten scratching for admis sion at the hall door! "If pleasure Is greatest In antlcl | patlon, just remember that this is also true of trouble. For at the last, nothing is very serious. Mortals give things an importance quite beyond their gravity. The day of our death, like the clay of our birth, is shroud ed In forgetfulness, and if we do re member any of our trials and trou bles, it will be only to smlla that they should ever have caused us a pang," wrote Elbert Hubbard. There is a good deal to think about in that paragraph—ls there not? It is rather surprising how many of our brilliant authors have said that for us in prose or verse. But it has to be said over and over again and explained ever more and more emphatically. For you and I and all of us are chlldren—afrald of the dark. When we are kiddies, we weep and wail In anticipation of the tor ture we are going to be put to when the dentist fills our aching tooth. Later on, we are ashamed to make a fuss about it, but, shut up insldo of us, a dreadful fuss is going on. I think pain is a dreadful Bogey Man with which we frighten our selves all through life. Now, when we discover that the nursemaid or an older sister has frightened the baby with threats of what the po liceman or some mythical "Bogey Man" will do to him if he isn't good, we promptly reprove and re proach and give our orders that baby isn't to be frightened half out of his wits. Why do we do that? Not Just to save a naughty child —who probably deserved It—from a little disciplin ing fear. No not that! But to keep him from growing up with the wrong attitude toward law and or der and to stop him from being a coward. We want him to know that law is on his side that the policeman is his friend If he be haves. So we don't let baby get hold of the wrong attitude toward law and grow up in fear of it. Each of us needs the same sort of disciplining for ourselves. Life is a game of consequences when most AUGUST 23, 1917. of those consequencea we bring on ourselves. And things we ought to fear, because they are going to fol low inevitably from our own deeds, we branzenly neglect to dread. As An Example Last summer when the cruel plague of infantile paralysis took ttfc toll of life all about us, even grown-ups were panic stricken. Fear of the unknown caused horrible misery to many who escaped every thing but their own fear. I know of one family in particular who fled from New York with their three children. AVhere they were going they hardly know; but they must get away from the crowded city with its high death rate. The first sum mer resort to which they fled refus ed to vtake children from New York. The second had no room for any more guests. At the end of the dis couraging quest they settled down in a mountain resort of which they knew practically nothing. They could see that the sanitary conditions were not good—but at least they were far from New York. All three of the children were stricken with typhoid fever. The water in the little settlement was polluted! The youngest baby died. Fatalists said that the baby was doomed anyway. Yes, that is true, If you stop to think what made the doom! It was the blind, stupid un reasoning panic of the parents. Had they stayed In New York they might have taken preventive meas ures against the plague. And by cleanliness they might have avoid ed it. But fear drives you Into dangers greater and graver than what we dread with tragically blind and un reasoning terror. ITpe McNeil's Pain Extermlnator--A(l CAPT. VROOMAN COMMISSIONED Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 28.—Captain Walter F. Yrooman was to-day com-1 missioned by the war department aa commander of Troop I, First Penn sylvania cavalry. He succeeds Cap tain Charles F. Clement, promoted; to major of Division Headquarters police. He was formerly a lieutenant In the Regular Army. BOIjDIER TAKES BRIDE Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 23. —Miss Jane Meredith, of Sunbury, and Joseph F. Sstrausser, of Bloomsburg, a member of Company I, Thirteenth. Regiment of the National Guard, were married at Sellnsgrove. Lemon Juice For Freckles Glrlal Make beauty lotion at home for a few centa. Try Itl Squeeze the Juice of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complex ion beautlfler, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweet ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disap and how clear, soft and, white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harm less. —Adv, 4 9