16 SHORTAGE OF MEN, NOT MONEY, SAYS F. A. VANDERLIP Warning Against Danger of Paper Money Inflation, a Possible Danger By Associated Press St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 13.—Warning I against the danger of paper money | inflation as a means of financing the war was given to-day by Chairman Frank A. Vanderlip, of the War Sav ing Committee, in addressing a bank ers' luncheon in behalf of the War Saving Stamps campaign. The government faced a shortage of men and material, not money, he declared, and therefore the printing press could never satisfy the needs arising from the war. "There are some impressive rea sons why this campaign for economy should have the strongest support of men of large affairs, of great cor- ' porations, of savings banks, and of all interests that are concerned with the luture security value," Mr. Van derlip continued. "The alternative of financing this war out of current savings will be the attempt to fi nance it by inflation; not by the in flation of bank credits alone; that is 1 p.hnost inevitable. The danger is I that we might come to inflation by j the issue of paper money. "At no time in the world's history \ when paper rtioney inflation has any- i where been tried was there a cor- j porate condition such as we have to day; a situation where there are ( many, many billion dollars of se curities issued by public service cor- j poration whose income is fixed by law. The advancing price of all | things which corporations must have to live, the prices of labor, fuel, equipment, supplies of every sort, J would show quick response to the inflation of the currency but the in- 1 come of those corporations would still be governed by legal contracts or governmental -emulations." Xmas Gifts 1 When the reasonable cost is consider ed. what will make a"nicer Christmas] gift, especially for a member of the ! family, than a pair of eyeglasses? The improved vision and comfort they afford will be appreciated for a long time. Eyesight Specialist I'd NORTH THIIII) STHKET Schlei.siier Kluildlng 1918 Calendar Samples and Job Lots at Bargain Prices First come, first served. Orders promptly filled. Call Bell Phone 1577 R. MYERS MIX.. CO. Cumberland Sts. Second Floor —Above Shoe Store Second-Hand Pipe Tubeing and Colui ins contractors, builders, plumbers, steam Biters and all who wish piping with pressure guar antee can find here a variety of sizes and grades at money-saving prices. We have all kind* of pipe for steam, water, gas and pipe for reinforcing concrete. Also pipe tor culverts and building columns. \ CAMP CURTIN PIPE SUPPLY CO. 7th and Curtin Sts. Bell 1093-R A i4an's Gift From a Man's Store ft Wm. Strouse m •• < tjHj <• •> > < ♦! ►> <♦ •> < <♦ :• •> •> As.> .> ,j A A > | CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE % iSfcmjlliLiLiLiiy'ißaalyC'' nt the close of business, December 11, 1917. MRequired by Hie State Commissioner of Hanking. t 1832-1917 Trust Funds $652,493.88 * THURSDAY EVENING, GARFIELD WIRES INTER FERENCE IS NOT ALLOWED Fuel Administrator Warns Ohio Executive That Gdv ernment Is Supreme OHIO PEOPLE SUFFERERS Following Many Complaints, Governor Takes Coal Situ ation Into Own Hands By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 13.—Fuel Admin istrator Garfield to-day informed Governor Cox. of Ohio, that he would not be permitted to interfere with the distribution of coal in Ohio under the direction of the state fuel ad ministration. Dr. Garfield sent to Governor Cox the following: telegram: "I nn .it respectfully but firmly re quest that you do not Interfere with the orderly distribution of coal in Ohio under orders issued by my au thority to Hi.mer H. Johnson, Federal fuel administrator for Ohio. He has full authority to act. and F. C. Baird is co-operating with him. I must insist that the state authority be not permitted to interfere with the action of tii® I'nited States fuel adminis trator." Washington, Dec. 13. —Any press ing need for coal in Ohio that Gov ernor Cox can show will be met im mediately, Dr. Garfield said, by the fuel administration. Seizure of coal by the Governor, reported in press dispatches, will only bring confusion and add to the difficulties of the sit uation, Dr. Garfield declared. Arrangements for supplying coal to the places in which the Governor has information there is a shortage, al ready have been made. Pastor Faces Death. in Snow to See Son Altoona, Pa.. Dec. 13.—1n an .ef fort to meet his son, who was pass ing through this city on a train east. Rev. J. E. Irvine, pastor of the Wil liamsburg Presbyterian Church, walked ten miles in below-zero weather from Williamsburg to l-lol lida.vsburg, where he caught a trol ley for Altoona. When he arrived it was found that both ears were so badly frozen that he may lose them. Early Morning Fire Damages Lemoyne Home Lemoyne, Dec. 13.—Fire early this ! morning damaged the home of Wil -1 ham Erb, in Plum Alley, near Olin ! ton street. The lire was discovered J shortly after 2 o'clock and is be j Moved to have started from an >ver- I heated stovepipe. Mrs. Erb, with | lier two small children was aole to ; get out of the building and ►otind l an alarm. Mr. Erb was at work, j The damage will amount to sev eral hundred dollars. Wesley Retser owns the building. BETTER TONE IN DAY'S OPENING Assurances Thet Investors Are to Be Protected in Event of Federal Control of Railroads Responsible For Better Tone By Associated Press New York. Dec. 13.—Wall Street. ' —Assurances that Investors are to be protected In the event of federal con i trol of the railroads probably ao j counted for the better tone In the I early stages of to-day's stock mar ; ket. Rails made substnatial fractional advances and leading steels, Amer ican Smelting, Marine pfd and a few specialists were higher by a few points. Offsetting features included the four point decline in beet sugar and two in Ajax Rubber. Liberty i Bonds were unchanged. The early movement carried Union | Pacifier Canadian Pa-iflo, Southern Pacific, St. Paul pfd., Reading and . Southern rallwtftt from 1 to 2 points j over yesterday'sTinal quotations. In- j dustrials, Marine pfd.. and promi nent equipments and utilities rose 1 to 3 and beet sugar recovered 3 points. The general setback ensued j later on, relatively large offerings of | General Electric, Texas Company j and Mexican Petroleum at 3 to . 5 point recessions. Steels and coppers led another rally at noon. Foreign , wir bonds were heavy, also domestic rails. Liberty 4's sold at 97.38 .to j 97.48 and the 3V4's at 98.52 to 98..b. j \K\V VIIIIK STOCKS j Chandler Brothers and Company members of New York and Phtladei ohia Stock Exchanges 3 North Mai i ket Square, HarriHburtf; 133b I slreet? Philadelphia: 34 Pine street | ; New York furnish the n _ f " 1 m I quotations: 9Pf, " ! Allis Chalmers 1;' t American Beet Sugar . >3 American Can Vi •* American Locomotive .. 48 American Smelting 68% b* Anaconda Atchison '* 4 , [Baldwin Locomotive ... .2 ; Baltimore and Ohio 40% 46,fc Bethlehem Steel (B.> ... '? irit'l Butte Copper ..... j® '* California Petroleum I9* " Central Leather •' * ' Chesapeake and Ohio . . 43% 4-* Chi.. Mil. and St. Paul.. -.6% 36% Chino Con. Copp?r 39 o/i Corn Products ' 8 Crucible Steel 49% 4% | i Distilling Securities ... . Erie ■* '* s '-' K ' General Motors o * ' ' i Goodrich. B. F • ' 7 Great Northern pfd Hide and Leather 'i • ' Inspiration Copper 40 , International Paper - j Kennecott Copper Kansas City Southern. . . 1% * | Lackawanna Steel j® < 'Lehigh Valley *, Merc. Marine Ctfs. .... • 1' < Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd. - " * Mexican Petroleum .... 71j% Miami Copper ' Midvale Steel J®* New York Central 6i .> /■_ X. Y.. N. H. and H N. Y., O. and W 7 ' Northern Pacific ( | Pennsylvania R. R *•> * | Pittsburgh Coal . 41 ■ ! Railway Steel Spring .. 40 40 Ray Con. Copper 21% Ji* Reading Railway Republic irtfc and Steel. .OA 68% i Southern Pacific 1 j 1 Southern Railway - * j Studebaker - 10 jU.S. 1. Alcohol 106 103 .U.S. Rubber ** R# | U. S. Steel 10 „ T , I U. S. Steel pfd 13 ■ Utah Copper Virginia-Carolina Chem. 30% 31 I Westinghouse Mfg 35 A , Willys-Overland J ' ' Kiwanis Club Gains New Members at Noon Luncheon I Members''of the Kiwanis Club, of j Harrisburg. -Held an enthusiastic j meeting at the Elks Clubhouse at noon to-day. P. B. Rice and George I H. Barnes, known as the "oral boost -1 ers." spoke of the Kiwanis Club and | the enthusiastic spirit of co-operation behind it. C. C. Merrill, Charles H. | Earner and Charles K. Boas were the "silent boosters," who furnished sou veniers and favors for the affair. Sev enteen new members were taken in at the luncheon, and the total is now forty-three members. The aim of the club is to have 100 members. One interesting feature is the rule that each member must use the others' nickname at the club affairs. A j fine of ten cents is the penalty for ; violation of this rule. That the law | is in working order, Charles 11. Bar i ner, president, can testify, for he was I fined forty cents to-day. I W. R. Armstrong, local organizer, ; reports that businessmen of the town j are greatly interested in the club and its co-operative features. The mem j bership list is steadily growing larger 1 and larger. | Bell Telephone Company Employes to Get Increase Announcement of an increase in salaries to affect all employes of The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsyl \ania was made at the local offices to-day. The plan is so arranged that the men with smaller wages will re ceive the larger increase proportlcn : ately. j The increase is .January 1, j ami takes the place of the bonus of I three weeks' salary granted last year. • Roughly, the increase this year is twice that of last. HARJRISBURG *&&&£ TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA I'IIODDCB By Associated I'rcss Philadelphia, Dec. 13. Wheat Steady, No. 1. reii. I'i.i i. .No 1, soft, red. $2.25; No 2. red. $2.24; .No. 2. soft, red. $2.22. No. ". red. $2.21; No. 3. soft, red. f2.IV; No 4 red. *2 17: No. 4. sift, red. $2 15 Corn Market nominal; No. 2, yellow. $2.354f2.4U; No. :< No 4 aul No 5. vellnw nominal Oats—Market firm and higher; No. 2, white, 8®89V&c; No. 3, white, 88® 88V4c.. Bran Tne market is !lrm; soft winter, per ton. $46.00®40.50; spring, per ton, $45.50®46. Refined Sugars Market firm, powdered. 8.45 c; line granulated. S i*se, confectioner.- A. 8.25 c. Butter Market firm and higher; western, creamery, extras, 50c; near by prints, fancy, 50c. Eggs—Firm, higher; Pennsylvania, and other nearby lirsts, free cases. $17.10® 17.40 per case; do., current re ceipts, free cases, $16.80 per pase; western. extras firsts. fr>-e uafc $17.10® 17.40 per case; do., Ilrsts, free cases, $16.80 per case. L.ivo Poultry—Steady; fowls, 21® 24c; rooster. 18c; spring chickens. 20®24c; ducks, Peking, 34®26c; do., Indian Runner, 20®22c; turkeys, 27® 28c; geese< 22@28c. Dressed Poultry Firm; turkeys, nearby choice to fancy, 35®36c, do., fair to good, 32®34c; do., old. 34®36c; do., western, choice to fancy, 33®34c. do., fair to good, 31® 32c; do old toms, 30®32c; do., old. common, 23@25c; fowls, fancy. 27%®28c; good to choice. 25®26c; small sizes. 20® 24c; old roosters, 22c; broiling chick ens, nearby, 28@36c; do., western, 28® 30c; roasting chickens, western. 21® 29c; ducks, nearby, 23® 26c; do., western. 22®25c; geese, nearby. 22® 24c; geese, western, 20® 22c. Potatoes—Firm, good demand; New Jersey, No. 1, per basket. 75®0uc (33 lbs.); New Jersey. No. 2, pet basket. 40®60c; New Jersey, oer 100 lbs., SI.BO ®2.00; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs., $2.00 ®2.50; New York, per 100 lbs., sl.Bin i "ii">Z l \S // X -**~ kslyhjh! ' ■ -*i r;r^ v,Gc '! i EACH .UA.R;. R-!KCSCI-.-r2 to MILES RAILROAOS. ev _^,__•:iriCAT-*>i r'.f.UlT B -WHE.RE TE.N AUSTRO-' L ;S. CE.RMAN DIVISIONS ARE VIATEL Having failed to pierce the Italian line on the lower Piave (1) or to break through between Mt. Grappa (2) and the upper Piave, the Austro- Germans, have started a new drive. With 200,000 Austrian troops massed on the mountains, they are hammering at the passes which lead to the. Asiago Plateau (3), the Astico Valley and the Petti Comune. Should the Italian line break here the invaders would menace Vicenza and from there go straight across the open plain to Padua and Venice. Grand Jury May Consider Indictment Against Mayor | By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 13. Judge Wessel, in quarter sessions court to day, upheld the legality of the 1' ifth ward murder conspiracy hearings held before Judge Brown, in the Mu nicipal Court in October. Judge Wessel declared that Judge Brown was clearly within his rights when he sat as a committing mag istrate to conduct the This means, according to the Dis trict Attorney, that the present grand jury within a few days, may consider indictments against Mayor SmHh and eight other in the Fifth ward case. They are A\ llliam F Finley. a Select Councilman, Isaac Deutsch. the Vare leader of the Fifth ward; David Bennett, lieuten ant of police, and five policemen. The Mayor and the others were attested following the shooting of l ie< rge A. Eppley. a policeman, by New \ork gunmen during the Pri maries September 19. The trial of "Butch" Mascia, who shot *-PP' e *' is scheduled to start next Mondaj. TWO MORE KNI'IST Two more men were added to I Uncle Sam's fighting forces from J*" I Bell Telephone Company in this city to-day when Joseph I>. Smith of the plant department, and C harlc ® " Hamill, "f the accounting depart merit, enlisted in the ground service