12 ALL NEWS OF THE RAILROADS ENGINEER JOINS HONOR ROLL MEN „ \ , Robert M. Holder Quit Active Duty Yesterday; Has Ex cellent Service Record — mmmmmmm ———n ! A 4% # i I # # ' I # 4 A jh am A * if * # i ROBERT M. HOLDER Starting with October 1, well-known and faithful employo of I tho Pennsylvania railroad will be i numbered with the Honor Roll men. j His name is Robert M. Holder, occu-! pntton an engineer on the Middle i division. He was placed on the re-' tired list yesterday after a long, service record. Engineer Holder's railroad career dates back to his eighteenth year, [ when as a .veiling man, he entered i the service of the company at Spruce 1 Creek, with the work train force.! Sometime later he was made a lire-; man and ran out of Tyrone. • Becomes Engineer He tilled that position until pro-' moted to an engineer, several years' later. This position he held 33 years, and has been In the "Company's em ploy for 4 7 years. For the past 15 years he has been engineer on the "Way" local run-] ning from Huntingdon to Harrisburg. He made his last trip on Septem ber 27. During his service he has hauled important trains, and his; associates always held him in the; highest esteem. Since his retire- j nient he has received many con gratulations and best wishes. MMM. I Dry and good as new! no getting around the fact that X DRY CLEANING adds months of wear 1 to any garment. You never think of new clothes until the old garments begin to look frumpy and soiled. Nine times out of ten all that's necessary is a p trip to the cleaners. fl Dry cleaning gets out the dirt, the spots; freshens, brightens*clothes; puts them in shape for more service. Don't spend money for new clothes when DRY CLEANING brings back that look of newness to your suit and overcoat. Will Call if You'll Phone FINKELSTEIN | I'lennrr and Dyer 1322 North Sixth Street 1134 Market Street SUBURBAN PROPERTY FOR SALE This attractive dwelling located on Paxtang Ave., Pax tang, containing 12 rooms, bath, pantry, sewing room, linen closet and sleeping porch, with a lot 85x177; all modern im provements; exceptionally well built of the finest and best materials; garage an*l chicken house on rear of lot. BRINTON-PACKER CO. Second and Walnut Streets TUESDAY EVENING; Organize Two Branches of Women's War Relief Branches of Department No. 2. ! Pennsylvania Railroad Women's Di- I vision for War Relief, were organized j to-day at Parkesburg and Columbia. | A special train with members of the | Harrisburg division left at 11.30 to ! day on a special train for these ' points. Mrs. W. B. McCaleb, wife of | Superintendent William B. McCaleb, i of the Philadelphia division, is super intendent of Department No. 2, an*l Mrs. IS. F. Dunlap, wife of the local . passenger trainmaster, is assistant superintendent.. A number of members accompanied these officers to Parkes . l iirg and Columbia, .".t the former 1 place the meeting was hold at 1.15 p. m. at the Community House, and at ) Columbia at 3.30 this afternoon. Department No. 2 has assigned to i it the care of families of Pennsylva ! nia railroad employes. This will in- I elude not only the families of those | employes who have joined the mili i tary forces of the nation, but also it j will be the idea to extend the activ ities of this department to include the families of employes who for any i cason may become incapacitated. Reading Lines Busy With Freight Shipments The train crews on the Harrisburg Division of the Reading Railway were unusually busy on Sunday. A iotal of 4.638 cars was transported I east and west on the Lebanon Valley. Most of the castbound shipments j were bituminous coal, coke and mer ; chandise freight. of the large j amount of freight passing through I Rending 3.000 cars were handled on ! the East Penn. i On the main line south the train ; men moved 4,566 cars and north 3,519. jlt was-a very active day and the total j number of cars hauled on the divi sion was 17.217. | At the present there is a great : shortage of gondolas and the Reading ' Company is having trouble in supply- I ing the trade. Boxcars are more ■ Plentiful. An enormous amount of j pig iron and other products from the j big industries require gondolas. Name New Solicitor to Succeed N. S. longaker Charles H. Mathews, Jr.. has been appointed district passenger solici tor of the Pennsylvania Railroad foi j the Philadelphia district, succeeding N. S. Longaker, who has been ap ; pointed to division passenger agent at Harrisburg. ' Mr. Mathews was born in Philadel phia, May "1, ;SSI, and was graduated frori I'vimvtoii in the class of 1905 He entered '.lie railroad service in the saP'e year as a e!rit in the pas senger department. Mid was later ; t'uiif inspei-t- r. lit- iibeen nttaeh- I i d to the c.lTi' c of the division pas s ngir agent here suite October 1 1913. RAILROAD MAN GIVES LECTURES Conductor and Former Min strel to Talk on "Giants of the World" ■ BOYD S. FOWLER The Wisconsin minister who la filling the position of brakeman on ; a railroad has nothing on Boyd S. j Fowler, of this city, a Pennsylvania I railroad conductor. The latter looks J alter his railroad duties, and is also ; a big success on the lecture plat ! form. He has been heard in this city ; and elsewhere, and everybody says ! Conductor Fowler is magnetic, con 'l vineing and original. At Camp Curtin Memorial M. E. Church to-night he will lecture on j "Giants of tho World." It is some ] lecture according to criticisms by ! ministers and others. In addition to ! the lecture the trainmen's band un : der the direction of W. F. Engle will 1 give a concert. The program is ; scheduled to start at 7.45. Has Unique Career Conductor Fowler is no stranger ' in railroad circles, and he is known | all over the main line. He has had a unique carrer. At one time he was j prominent as an end man and come- , j dian with the trainmen's minstrels.; !He is also a cornet soloist. He work- • ; ed as brakemafti and conductor for | fourteen years in this city. During i the Stough campaign he "hit the ; | train" and since that time he has; , been doing a power of good among ! his fellowmen. He resides at 224J> Atlas strr*c, this city. Wherever he! i has lectured strong endorsements, | have followed. Re-elect M. C. Kennedy President of C. V. Railroad At a meeting held yesterday at Chambersburg the board of directors of the Cumberland Valley Railroad re elected Moorhead C. Kennedy, presi dent. The directors were previously re-elected by the stockholders. No action was taken on the appoint ment of President Kennedy for duty ] in France. It is understood that in | the event of the United States gov i ernment making President Kennedy 1 one of the commissioners to take up j work in France, he will be granted j leave of absence by the directors. Directors re-elected were: i John P. Green, M. C. Kennedy, Spencer C. Gilbert, Samuel Rea. j George H. Stewart, L. 8. Sadler, W. j j W. Atterbury. Henry Tattnell, George . ! D. Dixon, A. J. County and W. A. , Patton. Minister Takes Up Duties as Brakeman Rhinelander, Wis., Oct. 2. The I Rev. Frederick Wedge is now a freight brakeman in the employ of > the Northwestern road. He passed the required examination for en i trance to the train service in Antigo and made his first "run" between Antigo and Ashland. The Rev. Wedge ! says he likes railroad work and In tends to remain on the job until he ! has saved enough to pay his debts ! and put away a little egg in the bank. According to bis statement he will receive about $125 per month. Railroad Notes Samuel G. Hepford. general athletic director of the Philadelphia division | of the Pennsylvania railroad, is plan- j ning a shoot for Saturday for the : ; championship team. It will be held at j Sixth and Division streets. Express business on both the Read ing and Pennsy is breaking all rec ords. Extra cars are being used on all passenger trains. A big freight wreck at Alliance. Ohio, on the Fort Wayne branch of the Pennsy, tied up traffic from {ha I west. Trains were from two to four j hcurs late reaching this city. Lieutenant of Police Edward J. | Cranford, of the Philadelphia division, | police department, who was on spe | cial duty on the Allegheny division l during the strike, was taken ill yes terday and returned to his home In j this city. Chief of Police Victor Grove, of ! Steelton, called on his former fellow officers to-day at the Pennsylvania railroad station. This was the first meatless day on the Pennsylvania dining cars. Vege tables and fruit were features on the menu cards. Joseh Heltzinger, a well-known ! passenger engineer on the Harrisburg i division, of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad, who has been stcK ' at his home in Reading the past ten 1 months, celebrated his sixty-fourth birthday anniversary on Monday. Because of the promotion of five clerks, five new young women clerks were employed in the office of Lewis ; Fecker, chief caller at Sunbury. They are Miss Margaret C. Hendershot and Miss Alice N. Riegel. of Northumber | land, and Miss Edna E. Auten. Miss i Florence M. Shaffer and Miss Mildred ; Wetzel, of Sunbury. E I.ECTKI) SK< It IST AH Y The Rev. E. L. Hyde will open a series of evangelistic services in the Camp Curtin Memorial Methodist Church next Sunday. At the meet ing of the official church board held i lst night, Fulmer J. Relf was select ed secretary for the coining year. TO FAT CORS Members of the West End Rcpub l lican Club will attend a cornroast at the North Third street headquarters ; to-night. The auditing committee ' | will make Its report. HAURIS3URG 8&&S& TKX.'BCNCXFFLL SPECIALTIES STRONG TRADING FEATURE Rails Again Heavy, Yielding Under Adverse Influence; General List Reacts After Opening By Associated Press New York, Oct. 2.—(Wall Street) —Specialists were the strong fea ture at- the opening of to-day's trad ing in stocks, such issues as Amer ican Can, Baldwin Locomotive, Dis tillers, Malting, Mexican Petroleum, Royal Rutch and Marine pfd., gain- I iug 1 to 1 % points. Rails were again heavy under the adverse influence created by new low records for St. Paul, common and preferred. Steels were fractionally higher but cop pers moved Irregularly, the general list reacting later. Liberty Bonds were active at 99.94 to par. NEW YORK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, members of the New York and Phila delphia Stock Exchanges 3 North Murket Square, Harrisburg; 1336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street. New York—furnish the fol lowing quotations. One. 2 P.M. American Can 46% 46*4 American Locomotive .. 61% 60 American Smelting 97% 96% American Sugar 11l 111 Anaconda 71 70'4 Atchison 96% 95is Baldwin Locomotive ... 64% 63 Baltimore and Ohio .... 61 % 59% Bethlehem Steel 95 92% Butte Copper 25 24% Canadian Pacific 147*4 147% Central Leather 86% *5 Chesapeake and Ohio ... 55 53% Chi., Mil. and St. Paul... 52% 51 Chino Con. Copper 50 49% Corn Products 30% 31% Crucible Steel 73',4 72',4 Distilling Securities .... 43 40% Erie 20% 20 General Motors ........ 96% 94 Goodrich. B. F 43'.4 43% Great oNrthern, pfd 103 102% Hide and Leather 12% 12 Inspiration Copper 49% 48% Kennecott t 38% 38% Kansas City Southern .. IS 1,7% Lackawanna Steel 82% 81 Vi I<ehlgh Valley 59% 59' i Maxwell Motors 33 32% Merc. War Ctfs 28% 27% Merc. War Ctfs. pfd .... 88% 87 Mexican Petroleum .... 94% 94% Miami Copper 33% 33% Mid vale Steel 50% 51 New York Central 75% 73% N. Y.. N. H. and H 25 25% Norfolk and Western ... 110 108 Northern Pacific 99% 95% Pennsylvania Railroad . 52 51 % Ray Con. Copper 24% 25 Reading 82 81 Republic Iron and Steel 83 81% Southern Pacific 91% 90% S-'tudebaker 44% 43% U. S. I. Alcohol 138 138% U. S. Steel 110% 109'4 Utah Copper 91 90 H Westinghouse Mfg 46 * 4® Willys-Overland 25 25% War Gardener Raises Great Crops on Very Small Piece of Land H. H. Baer, 1909 Penn street, was so successful with his war garden this summer that he has asked the Chamber of Commerce to assign him the same plot next year. The report of what Mr. Baer raised on his lot might make even a professional trucker green with envy. To-day Superintendent Shirley B. Watts re ceived the following letter from hint: "1 was more than pleased with the results of my little war garden at Division street. 25 by 45 feet in sue. So far I have taken from the garden 1 % pecks of tomatoes, six dozen ears of corn. 12 heads of cabbage, one bushel of potatoes, seven pounds of soup beans (fine), 154 pecks of string beans. 3 quarts of lima beans 5 quarts of seed onions, 1 peck of beets. % peck of peas. 90 radishes and one" lot of lettuce. At present there are two rows of turnips, a few ears of corn and six rows of celery still in my garden. I would like to have the same plot for next summer or if you can give me something larg er up town I would prefer it. I enjoy farming, as It Is very fascin ating as well as a help flnanctallv especially to one who has two chil dren going to high school and another pretty soon to go. 1 write this letter to thank the Chamber as well as to encourage this kind of work on the Chamber's part." Kelkcr Street Market Will Be Modernized by Its Latest Purchaser B. F. Blough, president of Blough Manufacturing Company, who has purchased the Kelker street market from Dr. Robert H. Moffitt, announc ed to-dav that extensive alterations and remodeling work will be started at once to make the markethouse up to-date In every respect. It Is planned to have the market open on Tuesday and Friday morn ings as before, and on Saturday fi*om 8 o'clock in the morning until 8 in the evening. Tt Is said that with the success of the new move plans will be started to have a big daily market following the methods used in larger cities. In connection with the market house sale as was announced, several days ago, the Harrisburg Automobile Company has purchased the adjoining oronerty from Kelker to Dauphin on Fulton street, and will erect a mod ern garage there. These two realty transactions will mean the develop ment ow more business near the cen tral part of the uptown district. New Officers Elected by Keystone Republican Club Reorganization of the Keystone I Republican Club was effected last | evening in the office of Alderman John H. Shaner. The following of ficers were elected: John H. Shaner, president; William Shade, vice-presi dent: Fred Kelnzle. secretary, and Harrv C. Shaner. treasurer; trustees, H. W. Sallade. Frank Barr, Charles C. Osborne. The club was chartered last April, and after the summer season has again organized to advance the in terests of the Republican party. TICKET CLERK HIES Millersburg. Pa., Oct. 2. H. C. Hoff, Pennsylvania railroad ticket clerk at Millersburg for many years, died at his home in North Market street early this morning after sev eral weeks' illness of heart trouble. Mr. Hoff Is a native of Willlamstown where he was agent of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company. He is survived by his wife, three daugh ters and two sons and was 60 years <Sd. The funeral will take place from his late home Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Mussel man, of the Lutheran Church, of which he was a member, will offici ate. Burial at Oak Hill Cemetery. To MKT AT DAUPHIN* A meeting of teachers and direc tors of tliP Middle Paxton township and Dauphin borough schools will be held to-morrow evening at Dauphin. Assistant County Superintendent W. R. Zimmerman will speak on "Pen manship," introducing a new sys tem which will be used In the dis trict thi3 year. PHILADELPHIA I'ltODL't 12 By Associated Press Philadelphia. Oct. 2. Wheat Steady; No. 1, ed. $2.27: No. 1, soft, red. $2.25; No. 2. red. $2.24; No. 2, sott, red. $2.22; No. a. red. *2.21: No. 8. sott, red. $2,111; No. 4. red. $2.17; No. 4. soft, red. $2.15. Corn Dull and nominal; No. 2, yellow, $2.19®2.22; No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. yellow, nominal. Oats Easier; No. 2. white. 6544) 65% c; No. 3. white, 64®64%c. Bran Market steady; soft winter, per ton. $37.00; spring, per ton. $35.0045)35.50. •Kenned Sugars—Unchanged; powder ed, 8.45 c; tine granulated, 8.35 c; con fections' A, 8.25 c. Butter The market is firm; west ern. creamery, extra. 46® 47c; nearby prints, fancy. 50c. Eggs Steady: Pennsylvania anil other nearby firsts. free cases, $ 12.00 per case; do., current receipts, free cases. $12.30 per case; western, extra firsts. free cases. $12.60 per case; do., tirsts, free cases, $12.30 per ease. Live Poultry Firm; fowls, 25# 28c; roosters, 20®21c; spring chick ens, 25© 29c; do., ducks. 23® 24c, old ducks, 20®23c. Dressed Poultry—Firm; fowls, fancy, 31®32c; do., good to choice. 29®30c; do., small sizes, 24®2Sc; old roosters. 22c; broiling chickens, nearby, 2<i® 30c; do., western, 264f28e; roasting chickens, western. 28® 30c; spring ducks, 22®24c. Potatoes—Market steady; Eastern Shore, No. 1. per barrel, $3.00®5.50; Eastern Shore, No. 2. il.oim 2.40; Delaware and Maryland No. 1. per barrel, $3.00®3.50; potatoes per bushel $1,004? 1.30; Jersey. No. 1. per basket, 80®90c; do.. No. 2, per basket. 40®60c. Flour Firm with a good Flour Market tirm with a good demand; winter straight, new, $10.25® 10.50; Kansas, clear. new, $10.25® 10.75; do., patent, new. $11.25® 11.50; do., fancy, patent. $1.50® 11.7 a; spring iirst, clear, old, $11.50® 12.00, spring lirsts, clear, new. mill ship ment, $10.25® 10.75; spring patent, spot, $12,754/13.25; spring patent, new mill shipment, $11.25® 11.50; spring fa vorite brands, $12.054f 12.75. i Hay Scarce and firm; timothy, | according to location, No. 1, large hales, $22.00022.50; No. 1. small bales, $22.00®22.50; No. 2, $20.000 21.00; No. 3, 018.00© 19.00. Clover mixed, light. $20.00®21.00; No. 1, light mixed. $19.00® 19.50; No. 2. light mixed, $17.00® 18.00. CHICAGO CATTLE By Associated I'ress Chicago, Oct. 2. Cattle Re ceipts, 11,000; weak. Native beef cat tle. $7.20('0 17.50; western steers, $6.35 ©15.00; stoclcers and feeders. $6.25® 11.25; cows and heifers, $5.00@12.10; calves. $9.5051 15.75. Sheep Receipts, 23,000; strong. Wethers. $9.00©12.75; lambs, $13.25© 18.25. Hogs Receipts, 8,000: slow. Bulk of vales, $18,504' 19.35; light, $18.15® 19.30; mixed. $18,154(119.50; heavy. $18.15® 19.50: rough, $18.15® 18.35; pigs, $14.25©18.10. FIGHTING IN AIR SAVES LONDON IN RAID [Continued front First Pugc.] cial constables who said they wit nessed It by means of powerful binoc ulars. Although the machines were thousands of feet in the air, the fire of the machine guns could be heard distinctly below. When the echoes of this fight died away the anti-air craft gun in the city ceased but it could be heard in the distance in dicating that the enemy was being driven off under a heavy bombard ment. Raider Loses Way According to a report from an Es sex district a heavy mist which came up while the raid was In pro gress caused one raider to lose his way while going back to the coast. The German flew very low and could be seen clearly and appeared to be enveloped in a ring of bursting shells. | Seemingly trapped, the airmen be- I gall a series of dips and other hair | raising stunts. He succeeded in ! breaking through the shell fire and I made for sea, pursued by a streak of gun fire. As soon as the signal was given in London that all was clear the streets, tubes, restaurants and hotels resembled New York on election night. There were great crowds everywhere laughing and joking and many were singing. Others were searching in the bright moonlight jfor fragments of shrapnel for | souvenirs. Drop Bombs in Hurry Although details were slow in | coming In, it was apparent that the I barrage of the anti-aircraft guns I again was effective in thwarting the i German efforts. As on other nights, I the guns made it so hot for the raiders, that they drapped bombs in open places, their one concern being apparently to unload and get away. The growing confidence of Lon doners In the ability of the anti aircraft guns to keep the raiders at bay was shown by the fearless ness and good behavior of the crowds. The tactics of the Germans are so well known that they cause spirited betting among sportsmen as to the time of probable raids.. It is pointed out in this connec- Get Proper Glasses Unless the lenses you're wearing now are still ac curately adapted to your weak* ened or Imperfect vision they're doing a lot of harm. Let us examine your eyes to make sure. It's time well spent. Our charges are rea/- sonable. Our service com petent, conscientious. cm (£ohl.^inkcnbnch&Kmi9§ OPTOMETRISTS AXO OPTICIANS • N0.22 N. 4TM.ST. HARRISBURO. PA* tion that tlio Germans work Ilka automatons and are not yet able to deceive anybody but themselves. Early editions of the morning newspapers which were sought eagerly by the crowd which had re mained up late point to the feeble ness of the German boast to "burn up London." They also call atten tion to Germany's lying claims" re garding "bombs dropped on military buildings in inner London and numerous fires." The newspapers publish accounts of the thrills given London in the last week and com mend on the nne behavior of the populace. They print maps showing German towns within bombing distance of France and urge "bomb Germany now." Germans Desperately Seek a Means to Stop British Advances on Belgian Front Although the Berlin military writ ers are admitting that the Germans can hardly regain the Initiative on the western front the German high command is evidently doing Its ut most to keep the British from mak ing the best use of their advantage in Flanders. Apparently dreading the effect of the next British stroke. Crown Prince Bupprecht has been launching at tacks upon Field Marshal Haig's troops in their advanced positions. In an effort to disarrange the Brit ish plans. Similar tactics were adopt ed last week on the eve of the re newed British thrust, heavy counter attacks being delivered on the even ing of September 25 when it be came evident to the Germans that Haig was about ready to launch his drive. The record shows the effort of last week to have been futile. It is too Who Reads the Harrisburg Telegraph and Why? * A Mighty Important Quest tion That Every Ad vertiser Should Con sider Well When purchasing merchandise for his ,' store, the wise merchant doesn't make quan- Because it reaches the fundamental of the transaction. Pri -75 per cent of the marily the quality must be right. homes in its field, r™ , . . . , .. _ . and because it has he same sound principle should dominate faith in the article it h* s purchase of newspaper advertising space. H a r r is l/u rg Tele- P eo P* e read a newspaper and their graph employs its reason for reading it are vitally important fac own columns to give t°rs in its worth as an advertising medium. you this message. T , f . , .. T . , J. ... therefore, in the consideration of any news reach yotT * ' paper, the advertiser should analyze it care " . full y from this angle—"Who reads it—and B. M. Ogelsby, why?" Advertising Manager. To assist advertisers in thus analyzing the Harrisburg Telegraph these few facts are printed. Who reads the Harrisburg Telegrapli—and why? The muck-raker?—No! Muck is filth—the columns of the Telegraph are Mean. The sensationalist? No! The Telegraph is conservative—it prints only authentic news —news that will give the reader a correct rec ord of events —at home and abroad. The back-biter? No! The Telegraph de votes its efforts to building, not to destroying. It wants to mould public opinion in a con structive, not a destructive, way. The pessimist? No! The Harrisburg Tele graph believes in Harrisburg and Central Pennsylvania—in the citizens of its commun ity—and that a great future lies just ahead. Who does read the Harrisburg Telegraph, and why? That big army of people who want the cor rect news, up-to-the-minute, in a clean, bright constructive way —a newspaper, the reading of which will inspire confidence, good will and constancy. That is why in 75 per cent, of the homes in its field the Harrisburg Telegraph is a daily visitor. That is why people are willing to pay more to get it than other papers cost They WANT it. Not ALL the desirable homes receive it each evening—BUT PRETTY NEARLY ALL. And eventually all those who want clean, correct, cheerful, wholesome and satisfying reading about the evening round table of the home, will welcome it. In the meantime, the advertiser can tell his message through the of the Tele graph to pretty nearly all of the desirable homes in Central Pennsylvania where this newspaper is WANTED MORE THAN ANY OTHER. And it costs less to do it! OCTOBER 2, 10 early yot for the effect of the pres ent attempt to be developed. The British commander, however, reports that the attacks themselves, Ave In number, were complete failures, the German* not being able to make any appreciable impression on the Brit ish positions along the Ypres-Mentn road and at the southeastern edge of Polygon wood, where the thrusts were delivered. With the whole German line In i Flanders hanging in the balance, as; the military maps show, small sur-! prise is expressed that the German, command Is making such desperate efforts to balk the British plans and 1s fighting hard for .every inch of ground protecting the Lille-Osten railway, a scant six miles beyond the present point of the advancing Brit ish wedge. On their front in Northern France the French are holding themselves in restraint at present, oermitting the Crown Prince to hammer at their lines in attacks which almost invari ably are repulsed with heavy Ger man losses. Two attacks by the Ger mans in the Oraonne sector on th 3 Alsne front last night were repulsed. Efforts by the Germans on two occa sions to recapture trenches which they had lost in the Beaumont re gion in the Verdun front also were unsuccessful. While Britishers are urging re prisals for the German attacks on London the French are actually con ducting such retributive enterprises. Sunday night they bombed the Ger man city of Stuttgart, 100 miles be hind the frontier and last night the reprisals were continued on a larger scale. Stuttgart was again visited by l-'rench airmen and the Prussian city of Frankfort-on-the-Maln, with about 200,000 population and more than 125 miles from the French bor der, also was subjected to aerial attack. The Prussian towns of Tre ves and Coblenz were other places bombed by the French raiders. CURB MARKETS IN STATE INCREASE Howard Heinz Says That the Idea Is Taking in Many Cities This Fall Plans are complete for the opening of additional curb markets at Soutb Bethlehem, Chester, Pottsville and Mt. Cartnel. Before spring has ar rived it is certain" that a large num ber of cities ana towns throughout the entire state will have adopted tin curb market as a strong ally in th solution of the food distribution prob lem. Howard Heinr., director of the Food Supply Department of the Pennsylva nia Committee of Public Safety, Is dp lighted with the success of the old time marketing system ax a means to bring producer and consumer Into di rect contact and reduce tlie cost ol living. He pointed out how the first curb market established at AUentown has now expanded to three separata markets in different parts of the city. Scranton made an experiment with one. It was patronized so well that four curb markets are now in opera tion. Johnstown lias two and Hazle ton. Pittston, Coatesvllle, Altoona and Chambersburg each have one. The curb market is an interesting) institution. Not only does it encour age the farmer, who gets bettet prices for his products, but the con sumer gets the profit that ordinarily would go to the midleman and th goods purchased are fresher. Retail merchants are directly benefited through Increased trade activity lie cause of the farmers whd come to town and who have money to spend
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