MANY HOSPITALS TO HOLD CLINICS Eighty Per Cent. * Agree to j Treat Infectious Disease Over eighty per V\ \ J //J cept of the hospi- A\\ tals . in Pennsyl vXxVpn 1 ready complied V with the request j llof the State Hoard! Public Chari-j 1 titißHtifcJuf iUl d the State Bureau of Medical ■ gMCUMfcSiyiuli Education and Li-! W3 i■ i -J censure to pro-1 MBtMriflSSfiP vide for the treat-j ment of infectious diseases anji from information here it is believed that' the remainder of them will join in, the movement which was undertaken j at tho demand of .the National Gov ernment. In some of the hospitals; night clinics are being held, Phila-j delphla institutions having taken the j lead in this matter. A short time, ago the State Bureau gave notice| ihat hospita's failing to meet the re-) quirement would not have internes, recommended to them. I In several cases hospital boards j hn\e revoked provisions In bylawsl which prevented such treatment be ing gi.in and some have created de- j partinlits. The results of the re quests ot the stv,te authorities aro being gathered for transmission to Washington, which had asked action to conserve health and resources. Many Special Police —Reports be ing sent here by officers of boroughs r.nd public safety committees inter rogated by Adjutant Oeneral Beary as to strength 6( police forces and home defense organizations have shown special policemen appointed in many of the smaller towns and that there are scores of home de fense organizations in addition to branches of patriotic and other so cieties which have American alle giance as ond of thfeir requirements. The extent of the home defense movement is being indicated by the reports and it is probable that a special report will be issued on it. Hcpl.v F.xpeeted—"l expect to re- ! reive a' reply from the Philadelphia Board of Fire Underwriters regard- , ing necessity for the recent increase of fire insurance rates in Philadel phia and Eastern Pennsylvania in a short time." said Insurance Com missioner Charles A. Ambler to-day. "A committee of the board called upon nie and gave assurances that a reply would be made setting fortn the situation in detail. Meanwhile we are studying conditions." Big Case I'nder Way—The Spring field Consolidated Water case, the largest water case ever before the Public Service Commission, is now under consideration t>y members, but owing to the magnitude of the proposition it is possible that a de rision may not be reached much be fore the end of tho year, if then. The studies on this series of com plaints have been very extensive and also expensive. Dozen New Cases —Approximate- ly a dozen new cases have been list ed by the State Board of Pardons for the meeting December 20. There are half a dozen holdovers. Capitol Visitors — Representative Byron Milner, of Philadelphia; ex- Representative Frank X. Moore, of Bradford county, and George F. ! Brumm, Pottsville lawyer, were vis- 1 itors to the Public Service Commis sion pflices. Xo Dates Fixed—Major W. G. Murdock, at state draft headquar ters, declared to-day that no dates had been fixed for departure of drafted men. New Notaries Dyson Fisher, Burnham, and Irving K. Walborn. Lebanon, have been commissioned as notaries. Governor Invited Governor Brumbaugh has been invited to ad dress the annual dinner of the Scran ton Board of Trade to-morrow. Full Crew Case—The full crew <%ses will be heard by the Public Service Commission to-morrow. Discuss Koad Wrk—Highway Commissioner O'Neal discussed, road work with several delegations to-day and urged counties to get busy and co-operate. He will leave to-day for Pittsburgh to attend the Mackrell dinner. Meadville Protests —The city of Meadville has formally protested against tho new rates of the North western Pennsylvania Railway Com pany. Xo More Austrian* —State draft headquarters to-day sent word to all local draft boards throughout Penn sylvania not to forward to camps or any stations men who are Austrian subjects or declarants until further notice. Commander of American Engineers Who Fought With British at Cambrai w" j^ii "COI/. ICIKSTR^, Colonel C. H. McKinstry, who commands New York Engineers in France, many of whom participated in the Cambrai battle, fighting side by side with the advancing British. Some of the Americans were '•aught when the Germans flanked. They escaped the Germans by lying in shell holes and when the British drove back the enemy they borrow ed rifles and fought valiantly. They were highly commended by the Brit ish commanding general. tTse McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. A Man's Gift From a Man's Store M Wm. Strouse If TUESDAY EVENING, \ KXRRISBURG WWW TEtEGRXPH DECEMBER 11, 1917. MAILS FLOODED WITH BUSINESS Christmas Rush Brings Many Bundles in Parcel Post Not only lias the increase iu post age failed \o affect the business ot the post office, but records so far show that Christmas mail this year is heavier than ever. The same holds true of the express companies. Post master Sites has been compelled to hire Cxtra men, principally to handle the tremendous volume of parcel post. A high day's record for this week is 12G.000 letters and parcels. In connection with the parcel post traffic, Mr. Sites is anxious to have the public understand that all Christ mas packages should be securely wrapped. He also states that people placing parcels with a mailing cost of twenty-five cents or fraction thereof, in the various parcel post re ceptacles placed at different places throughout the town, remember that they are subject to a war tax of one cent. Tackages that do not contain tills extra stamp for the war tax are held at the local office, thus aiding in furthering the congestion. Within a few days a new parcel post room will be opened at 231 North Second street, and the first floor ot the old post office is also being pre pared to accommodate the expected rush. The Adams Express Company, too, lias secured new quarters for the temporary storage of expressage, the old Pennsylvania freight station be ing utilized. By an order of the officials of the express companies, the local con cerns are not permitted to reve for shipment any package or parcel ex ceeding 500 pounds. Notwithstanding this, the local companies are han dling very bulky shipments every day. A number of extra men have been secured by both of the express offices to aid in the rapid transpor tation of expressage. The express companies are some what handicapped in taking care of tile public on account of the press ot Government shipments, which must be given a clear track while other orders wait. High Wage Scale at Mines Said to Help Miners Reports coming from the anthra cite region indicate very plainly that the high wage scales which were put into effect December 4, dating from December first, have had the ex pected effect of retaining the mine workers and of encouraging all hands engaged in the industry to their best efforts. There are also evidences that the mine workers who have been drawn away from the pegion by the higher wages which they could obtain in other occupations are drifting back to the anthracite region now that the new wage scales have restored an even basis. The United Mine "Workers organi zation is naturally anxious to get back all its members so as to in crease the strength of the organiza tion and are working toward that I end. It is also true that the business men of the anthracite region whose prosperity expands with the output of the mines, are doing everything in their power to fill the of the miners to a maximum point. This outside co-operation is important to the general public by reason of the result—a greater supply of hard coal, and is of course appreciated by the operators. Custom Tailoring § Plus Experience p i Again, Please, Plus Experience You must know that £37 srl "bits of Experience" are sewn into the cor- oj) rectly tailored Suit or '-0, tS Overcoat. i§77 And so you should gj) give thought to the tailor you choose. Adapting styles to the individual; matching linings and trimmings S] —it is in these "little" gjH 0, things that experience gfj vS guides us to a good re &l suit: a well-made, rg, good-looking gar- M ment. • C&i . ■>§?) to Our 20 years expen- Egl ence allows us the 'p. (v! modest boast S? "We make good Clothes." gzJ KJ We would like your Kg opinion of our sclec tion of Domestic and j|>; Imported Fabrics of .• v guaranteed dye Worsteds, Cheviots, Tweeds, Stripes, £§< Scotch Cheviots, Trish S? {s> Frieze, English Mel- gw la? tons, Etc. gn p Custom-Made Shirts | A. J. SIMMS 1 HOG ISLAND TO BE GREATEST V. S. SHIPYARD \ Oil Hog Island, near Philadelphia, is being built for government use, the largest shipyard in the world. Ten thousand men are now at work on this huge undertaking. The first keel will be laid down in January. There will be fifty ways, side by side, extending over a mile along the Delaware river, where fifty government ships will be built simultaneously by over 30,000 workmen, A birdseye view of Hog Island, at this time, would show an apparently chaotic swarm of human ants, dragging lumber about, an apparently inextricable ritimbcr of trucks and teams crowding the planked roadways, always countless piles beinif driven into the sand, wooden buildings springing up in groups and singly, in every direction; engineers, foremen and guards on horses, riding about. This scene is changing daily, however, and within a few weeks another birdseye view w;ll show the orderliness of a vast plant, the output of which is to answer the cry for ships, ships, and more ships! I "77 le Live Stored "Always 9 | "Store Opens Tomorrow Night" | I Old Santa Says-—He's Glad I I . That some of the stores are going to open tomor- I I row (Wednesday) night—l'll tell you why—you see there are I a great many "fathers" and "mothers" who work hard all day long, the whole year through who get very little chance to go shopping with their families except of course, on Saturdays, but the trouble is that at a busy season like this it's pretty hard to hurry the extra buying that's being done in Harrisburg for everybody seems to be spending their money generously, and that takes time to do it right. I I've heard a great deal of talk about stores keeping open evenings, some people jf say it's a little "country like" not progressive and all that —My sakes! If you want to figure it that way they'd call "Old Santa" foolish for trying to make everybody happy, for that's "old fashioned" too, but we're all mighty glad to be old fashioned sometimes and it's a blessing that we are for it keeps the joy in life. Donf foroef \i wherryou. Thei"? i You can't imagine the pleasure I get out of Christ- I W&pjt mas shopping as my old sleigh glides about, stopping a few minutes here, a few there, somehow my faithful reindeer know just when we got to v t t .. .. Red Cross DOUTRICHS, they never pass THAT store, guess they remember it from last year You must buy three times as many ~ ™ / . . . . m I this year. L—ZILIZL f° r * *pent most of my time there during the Holiday season. Over 25,000 new cases of Tuberculosis have already been found in the first million men examined for the National Army. Thousands more will be invalided back home, unable to endure the It seems almost impossible that any one store in a War always increases Tuberculosis. city like this would sell so many "Men's" and "Boys'" Neckties I US Red Cross Christmas Seals fight Tuberculosis in your community believe that everybody who goes into DOUTRICHS buys a tie before they leave the and protect you and your boys from this disease. They cost one * cent each. store, not always because they intended purchasing one but Doutrichs have such a wonderful collection of irresistible beauties that they tug at the cord strings of your Buy a lot today, enough for your own needs and to resell some to purse they put them in a nice Christmas box FREE t I your friends who might otherwise neglect to purchase them. You must buy three times as many this year to help the Anti- Tuberculosis fighters in your community to care for the increase in pf mgt jf\ Tuberculosis brought on by the war. | ■■■ ■ U T |~ ■ ■ 1 i Buy Red Cross Christmas Seals! DUC pI*UU pI*DU | I Don't Forget—We Open Tomorrow Night I I 304 Market ' Harrisburg I H > ' mi ■■mm i ..mi—— . * I WHOLE CITY TO AID RED CROSS [Continued from First Pac.] next Monday morning will be over very soon thereafter. Each of the 1,724 team workers and the members of the exeoutlve committee for Harrisburg plans to recruit 20 new members for Harris burg Chapter of the Red Cross. If thet campaign lasts two days that means 10 a day. And interest in the Red Cross is so great that 10 a day per worker will be easily accom plished. * Report Twice Dnily There will be no get-together luncheons during this campaign. The workers in the 53 precincts of the city will report twice daily to their team captains. These captains will report to the ward commanders, and the commanders will report to head quarters. That is all there Is to it. In the districts outside of Harris burg the same formula will be fol lowed. Chairman Jennings has en listed some hard .workers, both men and women, in 27 towns. These cliairma will enlist the members of the teams. In various localities of the county the towns have been is suing challenges to each other. Dun cannon, for example, has whispered that it will surpass Newport; and Hershey serves notice on HummeLs town that its hitherto lead In mem berships is to be beaten by the Chodolate Town. Williamstown and Lykens are rivals. Members, Not Money The Christmas drive which be grins next week is ijor members, not money. The idea is to prove to the German autocracy that the people of America are back of President Wilson and the government of the United States. "There is no other way in which this can be done," said Charles C. Stroh, attorney, this morning. "The one way in which an American can put himself on record as being for the govermet in this emergency is through membership in the lted Cross. He can easily say that he is back of President Wilson, but his payment of one dollar for Red Cross membership proves that lie talks good words. Harrlsburg will show Germany that 30,000 people at least, living in this city, are back of the President and back of the boys in France and in the trainig camps." TURKIC WRESTLING WINNERS New York, Dec. 11.—In the inter national wrestling tournament held last night three finish matches were decided. Yusuff Hussane (Balkan) defeated Fred Pilakoff (Finland) with a crotch and head hold in seven minutes and 59 seconds. Joseph Rogers (United States )threw Harry Stevens (England) with a body hold in 10 minutes and 26 seconds. Wladek Zbyszko (Poland) con quered Pierre Le Beige (Belgium) in 7 minutes and 13 seconds with an inside arms and body hold. GIVES ILLUSTRATED LECTURE The Rev. Dr. L. B. Wolf, general secretary of foreign missionary board of the general sxnod of the Lutheran church delivered an illustrated lec ture on "Our Mission Field in South America" before the brotherhood and Bible class meeting of the Me morial Lutheran Church. he ad- dress waa given last evening In the church auditorium. To Keep Skin Healthy, Youthful, Wrinkleless Now that the social season is here, be especially careful to keep your skin in line condition. You know how conspicuous complexion defects p --pear under the bright light of the drawing or ball room. Also how very evident are some makeups when sim ilarly illuminated. I have myself dis carded cosmetics entirely, using a process which gives far better results, and Which leaves no trace on the skin. At night I smear on a tnin coat of or dinarv mercolized wax, wxslitiff it oft next "morning. This gradually ab sorbes the devitartized particles of surface skin; just as gradually the more youthful skin beneath comes forth, providing a complexion as clear, smooth and delicately tinted as a young girl's. Get an ounce of iner eolissed wax at your druggist s and trv this remarkable treatment Remember, too, that wrinkles, even the liner lilies, are not easily con cealed in a brilliantly lighted room. You can quickly obliterate these hate ful marks by bathing your face in a solution of powdered saxolite, ono ounce, dissolved in witch hazel, one half pint. And your face won t look sticky, as after using pastes.—Aunt Sarah in Woman's Realm. Keeping the Quality Up LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE, the World-Famous Cure for Colds and Grip, in now 30c per box. On ac count of the advance in the price of the six different Medicinal, Concen trated Extracts and Chemicals con tained in LAXATIVE BROMO QUI NINE, it was necessary to increase the price to the druggist. It has stood the test for a quarter of a century. It Is used by every civilized nation. —Adv. , 11
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