14 REFUSE TO COST THE CITY SIOO,OOO FOR COLLECTION Council Lets Ash Problem Drag While Professing Great Optimism While no official estimate has been furnished city council of the prob able cost of municipal ash collec tions next year and private removal of garbage by contract, in official circles to-day it was said this cost may be about SIOO,OOO for the tirst year or the equivalent of the amount of revenue raised by two mills of the tax rate. It has been stated by members of council that an increase from nine to ten mills in the tax rate is almost inevitable and the problem which may confront the officials will be to prepare a budget and then count on eight mills for revenue when the other two are used to pay for the refuse collec tions. Residents of the city realizing the importance of providing for the collection work are looking forward to the end of next month with ap prehension. While an estimate is being prepared on the probable cost of equipment and labor for mu nicipal ash collections so far nothing definite has been done toward organ izing this branch of the work which is to cost close to SIOO,OOO. Commissioner Morgenthaler said to-day he expects to submit his esti wate next week at the council ses sion at the same time recommenda tion is made for the award of a garbage contract. Should it be ap proved and included in the budget only six weeks remain until the present contract for ash and gar bage collection ends. Excessively Optimistic Some of the members of council expressed confidence in not having asy difficulty when the contract ends n>xt month hut persons who suffered the intolerable conditions of last winter with backyards piled high with ash receptacles filled and un cwptied for many weeks, are pre dating a repetition of this situation iwless something is done soon. The big item in cost for the ash collections will be labor but in ad to this the equipment cost will -JJ|u to the erpense for the first year, least a dozen two-horse teams. ;out six or eight carts, thirty horses and complete sets of harness will be needed. It is claimed by Commis sAner Morgenthaler that there *#ould be no trouble in getting the wagons and horses on short notice. ht the next question to be settled will be to put some one in charge of the municipal collection work. Without a superintendent to direct the work anrl no stable organization of districts, length of hauls to dumps and other important regulations many persons acquainted with con ditions of the last few vears declare it will take weeks to get this part of the work in shape. Ant'-Sa!oon Workers Confident of Prohibition Dr. E. . Claypool. district super intendent of the Harrisburg district for the Anti-Saloon League, hits just returned from Washington, where he attended the organization's national convention. He tells of the conven tion in the following' interview: "The enthusiasm was preat as the possibility of the carrying of na tional prohibition seemed near. Re peatedly the speakers emphasized the fact that the battle in Congress next Monday, and the campaigns in the for ratification will be the Hardest part of the long battle. The demand for the stopping of the waste was insistent. During the convention the House of Representatives set next Monday, December 17, immediately after the reading of the minutes, for the con sideration of the Senate resolution submitting national prohibition. This resolution has alreadv passed the .Senate and if it passes the House bv the necessary majority on Monday, does not need the approval of the President in order to become effec tive. Congressmen state that action on the bill is sure before the close of the legislative day, Monday. It is hoped that Aaron S. Kreider, repre sentative from this district, one, and possibly two of the four Congress men-at-iarge for Pennsylvania Thom as E. Crfego, Mahlon M. Garland, Jo. seph McLaughlin and John R. K. Scott, may be induced to act in ac cord with the principles of demo cracy and give the states their con stitutional right to reject or accept this amendment. It has been urged that expressions of the desire of dry people be immediately telegraphed these representatives. "Arrangements have begun for the Anti-Saloon League Day in the churches of Harrisburg and vicinity the last of January, which will be the beginning of the Pennsylvania drive for the ratification of this amend ment." | i '_ pear in this paper. Used and highly endorsed by former United States Senators and Members of Congress, well-known physicians and former Public Health officials. Ask your doctor or druggist about It. 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SUGAR FAMINE IS PURELY LOCAL, SAYSSPRECKELS Raw Product Now Going to Canada Recausc of Higher Price By Associated Press Washington, Dec. 14.—Declaring there is no shortage of sugar in the United States and that the famine is local to the Atlantic seaboard. President Spreckels, of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, testifying •to-day at the Senate committee's in vestigation placed the responsibility on the food administration. Sugar, he declared, was now passing through New York for Canada because of higher prices. , The sugar going through New York, Spreckels said, was raw and the Canadian refiners paid a higher price. "We entered into an agreement with the food administration to pay a certain price for raw sugars," said Spreckels. "We adhered to that agreement and the product normally imported into this country went abroad because better prices could bo obtained. We were forced to lose our refineries for lack of supplies." Mr. Spreckels said there were still 900,000 tons of last year's crop un used :id estimated the 1917-1918 crop, exclusive of that produced by Germany, her aVies and Russia, as 1,- 2H0.000 tons in excess of the amount produced in the same territory last year. 7 and 9 South T TT7 f TLT* fl7 and 9 South Market Square\lsl V lIM UO 1 \JITi Q \Market Square Last Week of Our Manufacturers' Clearance Clearance of 500 7 Clearance of 500 WONDF.RFI II SAI F , Women's and Misses' "S3 id( U Women's and Misses' of Manufacturers' Samples COATS ffl £ Saß* COATS 200-DRESSES-200 Velours, Pom Poms, Seal f JER Navy, Black, Brown, Green, For WOMEN and MISSES dSi&kWk us es, i e mes, Mixed I |j|Jl jf .** lk/T\ Burgundy- Tan, Plum, Sand, Serges, Taffetas, Charmeuse, Crepe de Chine, BMBe I weeds, htc. , J Vtm ° live > Gra y Beetroot, Etc. Poplin and Combinations. Wklm. $15.0° COATS (to QO M\ IP %Jk $22.50 COATS (Miao| "!???'. ' $6.98 JH(r All Sizes -tpOvft/O I 'h' ' U 100 in this lot • pl $15.00 Women's and Misses' SIB.OO COATS.(fI AQn j'' ft }i > j $25.00 COATS iM rAQ 11 Dresses M f I|| Up to 44 . TO^jp- 7 pi I Extraordinary 20.00 Women's and Misses' nn on taatca". ~ J\ Lagfe, 22.50 Women's and Misses' CIQ OC I Bill! I® II $20.00 COATS d* *1 OAn S > $30.00 QOATS £.OO $2.49 sio.lo sZllZl ■ Hit COATS Plush-Son,e — — If— XMAS SUGGESTIONS $5.00 Coets . . $2.98 $10.50 Coats . . $6.98 $ Su,U ' lO If $35.00 Suits, $6.50 Coats ... . $3.98 sl2.ooCoats . . $7 .98 Now JjL Now \ ?Zac^ oatß ' ' $4,98 slsooCoatß • • $8.98 CIO QO /W i/Tl // // $1 QOO Comb and Brush Sets 29c, 49c to $1.98 $8.85 Coats . . $5.98 $16.50 Coats $9.98 *r * vO jjj c/O Military Sets 19c, 25c, 59c ~ T— T Manicuring Sets, 5 and 7 piece sets ... 25c and 59c Uearance or Manufacturers Samples in Our Men's & Boys' Dent. eß ;"® n i ßa8 * 49cand98 C , J * Ladies Silk Hose 49c, 98c and $1.98 Mens and Young Mens Men's and Special Values in Men's aild Men's, Ladies' and Children's Umbrellas 98c to $2.98 TRENCH Q t linPOP™ V K/l 9 B ° yS D 9'■ Men's, Women's & Children's Bath Robes, STYLES 1 STYLES * oun S Men s Overcoats & Suits 69c to $4.98 Brown, Blue, Olive, Gray, Tan OverCOatS A " and M ACKINAWS Teddy Bear , $ 2 - 49 to $4.98 Sls on m" "1 v iXtUre r f . a 'L kindS ta Tren M a j U J Plain $3.50 valuessl.9B s6.sovaluess3.9B 98ct'S2M $15.00 Men s & Young Men s Suits, $8.98 Models 54 qq va i ue - 49 $7 85 values $4 98 * ,imono f 98c to $2.98 ! l ia'2lSl en#^: YounMen,BSuitß $ 9 - 98 SIB.OO O'Coats $11.98 $5.00 values J Vo ™ en ' 8 Misses' and Children's Furs $1.98 to $25 f9n^J? e " 8 ?v OUng ?J en ' BSuilß ' $11 - 98 s2o.ooO'Coatssl2.9B s6.sovaluess3.9B slo.3svaluess6.9B Wai#tß 98c to $5.98 fOO 22 Men s & Young Men s Suits, $13.98 $22.50 O'Coats $13.98 $7.85 values $4.98 $12.50 values $7.98 Cape and Scarf Sets 49c to $2.98 MA An M, S 7 IOUngI OUng Men ' s Suits ' $14,98 $25.00 O'Coats $14.98 $8.85 values $5.98 Sizes 2to 18 years Boxed Handkerchiefs 5c to 25c SJO.OO Men s & Young Men's Suits, $17.98 530.00 O'Coats $17.98 $10.75 values $6.98 Sizes 34 to 46 ALL GIFTS PACKED IN NEAT HOLLY BOXES COLONIAL ROAD TAKEN BY STATE Highway Department Fin ishes Arrangements For an Important Stretch of Road Joseph W. Hunter, Second Deputy State Highway Commissioner, in charge of toll road matters for the department, announced late this aft ernoon that the section of the Old York road, extending from Philadel phia city line to about a mile north of Hatboro. Bucks county, had been acquired by the State Highway De partment at a cost of $105,000, which includes the various tollhouse properties along the turnpike. The records concerning this high way date back to the days before the revolutionary war. and the armies of General Washington were moved over it before and after the battles of Germantown and Trenton. The section of the Old York road, extending from city line to Willow Grove, was controlled by the Chel tenham and Willow Grove Turnpike Company. That section of the Old York road, from Willow Grove to Street road, was controlled by the Hatboro and Warminster Turnpike Road Com pany. Old records show that on June 27, 1693, a petition was presented to the Governor and his council, by the in habitants of Cheltenham, in Phila delphia county, "for a convenient road to the town of Philadelphia, while it may be done without injury to the improvements of the inhab itants. and asking that the surveyor Daughters of 1812 Hear Patriotic Address From J. E. B. Cunningham "Harrisburg holds a unique posi tion in this war," said J. E. B. Cun ningham in addressing yesterday's meeting of the Keystone chapter of the United States Daughters of 1812, held at the Civic Club. "In every campaign it has surpassed its quota and its citizens must now bring tlifiir minds to realize that the only meas ure in the coming Red Cross cam paign is the outside measure of its strength and resources." He told the women that it is their duty to get back of the boys in the trenches, that the women of the al lied countries are the most considera ble sufferers and that it is the duty of every American woman to increase the Red Cross membership. The nominating committee, Mrs. Charles S. Rebuck (chairman), Mrs. David 8. Funk and Mrs. Charles F. Etter, presented the names of the following officers who were unani mously elected for the ensuing year. Regent, Mrs. James B. Mersereau; first vice-regent, Mrs. Charles J. Wood Jr.; second vice-regent, Mrs. Kistler, of Carlisle; corresponding secretary, Miss Matilda Helster; re cording secretary, Miss Grace McClin tock; assistant recording secretary. Miss May Fox; registrar, Mrs. John F. Whittaker; treasurer, Mrs. James E. Dickinson, and Mrs. R H. Col burn, historian. The meeting closed with the singing of the national an them. Tea followed with Mrs. George Preston Mains as hostess. general attend a meeting of the council July next." The first artificial road ever con structed In America was on a por tion of this highway and was con structed of logs and planks. In 1894, when trolley tracks were laid, some of these logs and planks were unearthed. To Install Fraternity at Franklin and Marshall Lancaster, Pa., Dec. 14.—Exten sive arrangements have been com pleted for the, installation of the? recently authorized Alpho-Theta. Zeta of the Lambda Chi Alpha fra-j ternity at Franklin and Marshall,! which will take place to-morrow! when all the active and many of thej eighty-five alumni members of the' Harbaugh Club are initiated into the' national organization. The installa-! tion and initiation ceremonies will be held at the home of the Harbaugh Club, 536 West James street. War-1 ren A. Cole, of Swansea, Mass., grand j high alpha, of the organization, will be in charge. Included among alumni of the' Harbaugh Club in the Harrisburg' district are: The Rev. W. R. Hart-j zell, of Penbrook; Professor Paul N. i Fox, of New Bloomfield. and A. W. 1 Lick, of Marysville. L. C. Lightner, I of Marysville, a senior at Franklin i and Marshall, was chairman of the 1 general committee in charge of the. petition to Lambda Chi Alpha and! subsequent arrangements. Hoover Lifts Embargo Placed on Canned Beans By Associated Press Philadelphia. Dec. 14.—Federal Food Administrator Hoover to-day modified the embargo on the can ning of baked beans, permitting twenty-live per cent, of the pack to be canrted. Because dried beans can readily be transported in bulk, Mr. Hoover sometime ago prohibited the canning of this article of food. Red Cross Gets Splendid Aid From Colored Workers Among the splendid work being turned into Red Cross headquarters, is that brought by the Wickersham Auxiliary, recently orgauized through the efforts of Mrs. 1,. R. Palmer. Various colored churches and or ganizations of the city are represent ed by members in auxiliary. The executive committee is composed of colored women and colored clergy men compose the finance commit tee. Officers include: Miss Mary Bal timore, president; vice-presidents, Mrs. H. H. Cooper, Mrs. R. J. Greene, Mrs. R. J. Briseo, Mrs. Walter Tolli var, Mrs. E. L. Cunningham, Mrs. Minnie Taylor, Mrs. Beverly Ward; secretary, Mrs. Terrell; treasurer, Mrs. Mary Zigler; registrars, Mrs. Daniel Potter and Mrs. C. 1,. Carter. Dr. C. H. Crampton is chairman of the board of directors. The finknee committee, the Rev. W. C. Ray, the Rev. Beverly M. Ward, the Rev. Winlield, the Rev. H. H. Cooper, the Rev. A. J. Greene, the Rev. R. L. Brisco, the Rev. Walter Tolliver, the Rev. E. L. Cunningham. School Board Unable to Secure Instructor Gettysburg, J J a.. Dec. 14.—The local school board is up against it in the commercial department of the high school. Ldist week Prof. R. E. Sun derland. whose home is in Clearfield, was released in order that lie could do his bit in the quartermasters corps of the Army, it being his inten tion to enlist. Since that time every effort lias been made to secure a teachecr, but as yet without success, it apparently being the case that everybody capable of doing this work either has a postiion or is in Govern ment work. Council to Draft Budget With Increased Expenses The first meeting of Council in executive session to start prepara tion of the 1918 budget will prob ably be held next Monday night. Practically all the various depart ments have submitted estimates of expenditures for next year and these will be taken in turn. With a probale expense of SIOO,- Break In First dose of "Pape's Cold Compound" relieves tlie cold and grippe misery—Don't stay stuffed up! Relief comes instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose run ning, relieves sick headache, dull 000 for ash and garbage collection! for next year, in comparison wltl about $35,000, the present contrac cost; $25,000 for improving Nortl Third street, increased cost in labo and materials for the various de partments, and reported requests it a number of departments for othei salary increases, Council will prob ably have one of tho most difllcul budgets to make up since tho com mission form of government was In augurated. DISIiOCATES ANKLE Miss Bessie Huber, 1602 Derrj street, fell while on her way to worl this morning, dislocating her ankle a Cold Few Hours ness, feverishness, sore throat, sneez ing, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stufted-up! Quit blow ing and snuffling! Ease your throb bing head! Nothing else in the worl gives such prompt relief as "Pape' Cold Compound," which costs only few cents at any drug store. It act without assistance, tastes nice, cause no inconvenience. Be sure you g the genuine.