"Give Us Cars and We Will Produce the Coal," Says President Hayes Indianapolis, Jan. 17.—Delegates attending the coal miners' conven tion here read with great interest to-day the announcement from Washington shutting down indus tries for five days because of the! coal shortage. Leaders said the men; art fully alive to the situation and j reiterated there/ was nothing the! miners could do so long as the raii-i roads are unable to handle the out-j put. The attention of International President Frank J. Hayes was drawn i ic dispatches from the east suggest-' irig an increase in production, Hej said tiie men had done all possible to increase the output under present railroad conditions. "Give up the cars and we will give you the coal," Mr. Hayes said. "The! present number of mine workers in ' the country working eight hours' every day can increase the produc tion three hundred million tons .11 year, if given the facilities. We have complaints from miners who say 1 they are not working full time." ) When the convention met to-day it; proceeded with consideration of reso-1 lutions reported by the resolutions committee. The convention reatflrm- eel its s;and against the employment ot' private guards by corporations and the importation of strike breakers. Council to Hear Gross and Treasury Candidates at Friday Night Session < 'ouncil will meet in special ses sion to-morrow evening at 7.30 o'clock to take up the charges made against three of the candidates as made by Commissioner Gross. The mating will be open only to commissioners, the three candidates iind newspapermen, the councilmen deciding that there.may be a crow.l 'V of curiosity seekers gather if the > general public is permitted to bs present. Caillaux Outlined a Political Program Home, Wednesday, Jan. 16. —The Giornale D'ltalia continues to pub lish details of the documents found in the safe deposit box in a Florence bank which had been rented by for mer Premier Caillaux. One of the documents is in the former premier's hand writing and gives a sketch of ii proposed political program if he should/ again be called to become 1 r in icr of France. It gives the l'f mes of senators, deputies and gen erals who would be called to collabo rale in a ministry. Soldiers Soothe Skin Troubles rjtewith Cuticura Soap 25c. Ointment 25c 4 50c ; Phosphate Will Strengthen Your Weak Nerves J 'I: i'< 1 ;ISTS SI PPLY IN TABLET I IV.IJ.M AND PIRCHASKRS RE- > CKIVIC BINDING GUARAN TEE. SATISFACTION OK MONEY BACK W.'ak nerves rob men and women <• nil the ioj of life and quickly re !<••.> the strong and robust to a con > oil inn wbirh is pitiable in the ex ii.-mo. This condition is brought al>out .-lowly and stealthily in the Majority of cases, and the poor suf f'ier rails to realize what is wrong until faulty memory, indecision, lack .f for work or recreation, in- M iunU or some otiter unmistakable .-1 i.iploni indicates weak nerves It i- tin II Hint many people make the I"- mistake of resorting to the use <-•' so-called nerve tonics, alcoholic! Miimiinnts or drugs. Nothing could nj more harmful or more dangerous. ! The nerves an weak and exhausted, l Ih'\\ need food and nourishment—l n>i lni!?< that will lash them into i< mporary activity, l-'eed your nerves .•uirl they will become strong again a i d your health will improve in con sciuenee. That is the advice of pres •m .lay physicians and specialists, and the nerve food they recommend is just one ."i-gr tablet of pure bitro phosphale taken during or immedi ately after every meal. Simple ad viec, but its excellence lias been prov ed over and over again, and, as a package containing sufficient bitrp phosphate tablets for two weeks' treatment can be obtained from anv druggist at reasonable cost, the rem edy is within the reach of everv suf ferer from weak nerves. Moreover the whole risk of the trial is assumed I y the manufacturers, for every pack air.- of bitro-phosphate tablets is ac companied by a binding guarantee of satisfaction or money back. It is sold in this city by Clark's Medicine Store, C. M. Forney, florgas. Kennedy and all good druggists.—Advertisement AVOID ALL II IF KIDNEYS AND , BLADDER BOTHER Uric Acid in meat excites Kidneys and irritates the Bladder. Take Salts at first sign of Bladder weakness or , Kidney-Backache. Kidney and Bladder weakness re sult from uric acid, says a noted au thority. Tho kidneys tilter this acid trom the blood and pass it on to the bladder, where it often remains to irritate and inflame, causing a ourn ing, si-aiding sensation, or setting up an irritation at the neck of the blad der, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the uight. TUe sufferer is in consume ureati, me wa ter passes sometimes with a scalding i .-ensation and is very profuse; again | there is difliculty in avoiding it. Liladder weakness, most folks call it. because they can't control urina tion While it is extremely annoy ing and sometimes very painful, 'liis is really one of the most simple nii ments to overcome. Get about foui | ounces of Jad Sails from your phar-1 niactst and take a lablespoonful in a 1 glass of water before breakfast, co <-! linue this for two or three davs. i This will neutralize the acids in the 1 urine so it no longer is a source of' irritation to the bladder and urinary l organs which then act normally! again. Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmles.-vi and is made from the acid of grapes' nd lemon juice, combined with, it Ilia, and Is used by thousands of ' .oiks who arc subject to urinary dis-| orders caused by uric acid irritation i .lad Baits is splendid for kidneys audi causes no bad eflects whatever. Here you have a pleasant, efferves cent llthia-water drink which quick-j ly relieves bladder trouble.—Adv. THURSDAY EVENING. Impossible to Pay Men During S-day Suspension, Say Steel Co. Officials I'ittsburgh. Jan. 17.—Steel com pany executives here today frankly si.id it would be impossible for them to follow any suggestion looking to the payment of their employes dur- I ing the five days industrial suspen- I sion ordered by the national fuel 1 administration. Fully sixty per cent I of their employes, they pointed out, I were paid by the ton, and of the I remaining forty per cent the day la | borers, many changed their jobs 1 from week to week. One large in | dependent concern said they lost and ; employed about 100 laborers every , day. and the mills of the United States Steel Corporation lost and employed no less than tiOO daily. The same situation was reported liom the glass factories and potter ies of Western Pennsylvania and Ohio, where piecework is the order and very few men are employed at a flat daily wage. Harrisburg Railways Co. Will Confer With Valley Officials on Curtailment | Frank I!. Musser, president of the I Harris >urg Railways Company, J slated Ibis afternoon that as yet he j has been unable to study the full or j iler of the fuel administration in . i Washington, but that later l in the i . day lie and other officials of th'i i I company would confer with C. H. ! Bishop, president, and other otfi- I j "iale of the Valley Railways Com- I j pan.v on any necessary curtailment, j "\V< will be ready to do our part." < Ina'd Mr. Musser. lie indicated that | ju statement on the situation which ! | may develop, may be forthcoming j | later in the day. | Any change that must be made j I will mean a rearranging of sched- ! I tiles and this will be undertaken at oi:ce so that the company will be in j readiness for any development. E. F. Entwisle Takes Up Duties at Steelton E. F. Entwisle, newly-appointed: assistant to F. A. Bobbins, Jr., gen eral manager of the Steelton plant j of the Bethlehem Steel plant, as sumed his duties this morning, lie 1 came to Steelton from Lebanon,; ! where he was in charge of opera- 1 j tions of the Donaghman plant, for six months. I Mr. Entwisle is wildely known by I businessmen and employes of thei i plant having been connected wi'h ! the local concern for one and a half) years prior to his appointment -it i I ebanon. Changes in officials at the: Steelton plant announced by Presi-i ilent Grace of the Bethlehem Steel Company on Tuesday, were complet- I ed when Mr. Entwisle took charge of j his new duties this morning. Stores Not Closed Except on Mondays I Proprietors of downtown stores J said this afternoon they had been; ■ overwhelmed with inquiries from i J persons who misunderstood the fuel i regulations. All stores will be open I is usual to-morrow. Stores in gen -! | eral will be closed on Mondays only for the next ten weeks. Managers of Theaters to Confer on Change Managers ol" all theaters in the j city probably will meet this evening I to discuss the fuel administrator's I closing order as it applies to them. ! All hotel bars will J>e closed as 1 ordtied, it was said br members of | the Retail Liquor Dealers' Associa- I tion. British Troops Make Successful Raid fty . ts.uh'iatrd Press London, Jan. IT.— British troops| ciirrie dout a succesful raid last night J north of St. Quentin. to-day's war! office report says. The German artil- j lery was active in the Ypres sector.; Flsewhere there was nothing to re port. Reading Iron Company Grants Wage Increase Hy .Associated Press Danville. Pa., Jan. 17.—The I!ead-| ing Iron Company to-day granted an j increase of sixty cents a ton to pud •llers.- The addition makes the price paid this class of workmen sll.fio a ton, the highest rate in the history j of the iron industry. Monitor Sunk by U-Boat; Crew Safe By Associated Press London, Jan. 17.—The American! sailing vessel Monitor has been siin'v by a submarine near Fuerteventura. I one of the Canary islands, ;i ills- j patch from Palmas to the Wire- i less Press reports. The crew wasl l saved. IJKMOYNK UI:I CROSS NEEDS ' LARGI: XL'MBER OF WORKERS Lenioyne, Pa., Jan. 17.—Mrs. S. W. Long chairman of the Lenioyne Red ! Cross Auxiliary Chapter sent out an j urgent call to-day to all members I to attend a special meeting of the] chapter on Friday evening at 7.::o o'clock in the headquarters at the' West Shore bakery. Jt is very im-i portant that there be a full attend- I ance, as a special order has been re- j ceived for doubling the output of I surgical equipment. C. E. COVERT NAMED TO PLACE ON PRISON HOARD! The court to-day re-appoint£d Major S. Hart to the board ol j prison inspectors and named i Charles K. Covert to till the two years of the unexpired term of the I late John H. Mcllhenny. Mujor Hurt, i who has been a member of the board j for years was re-elected president recently. The term of B. Frank ober expires also, and his place is to: be filled by the commissioners. Ow ing to the illness of Commissioner i 11. C. Wells this was postponed until ! a later meeting. OFFICERS ELECTED The thirteenth annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Federation of His torical Societies late to-day elected the following officers: President. Captain H. M. M. Rich ards. Lebanon; vice presidents. Dr. Hugh Hamilton, Harrisburg; Prof Charles F. llimes, Carlisle, Burd S/ Patterson. Pittsburgh; secretary. Dr. S. P. Heilman, Lebanon; treasurer, Thomas L. Montgomery, Harris burg; executive committee, term ex piring 1918, Prof. Albert 10. McKin ley, Philadelphia; J. Andrew Wilt. Towanda; term expiring in 19I!] Edwin C. Jellett. Germantown: Caroline \V. Smeilley, Frankford; to I'm expiring in Hon. Charhs I. Landis, Baird Halberstadt. Cse McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. ( Butterick patterns and publications ■ The Annual Rug Sale With Its on sale pattern section, rear #lf Manifold Economies Is Now street floor S&r MM in Progress HUM, in:u—aaao t.MTKU IIAHHISUURU, THIHSDAV, JANUAKY IT. IIHS. FOIMJKU IK7I j —I /? . i Buy Thrift Stamps Very Little Money Will Go Exquisite Embroideries at Get the habit! When making a _ TTT r-r* Very Low Prices purchase in the store stop at Infor- Q I nnp' YV CI V I O-nfirrnW mation Office, rear of street floor, "j laUIIUVV Presenting the daintiest embroideries in lovely 1 , r 1 o. new designs—worked 011 beautiful sheer mate and buy one or these otamps. rials— They're 25c each and you draw 4 r* ® 1 • O 1 • ■— - rriday Bargain bale LtX,, t = - __ = embroidery—fine for trimming underwear or chil- Wny not start to-morrow —you . . ~ dren's dresses. benefit with a gilfc edge Government I. Ills sale is >v licit its name implies—a. liar^uin investment incidentally you help sale. It places at your disposal at big price savings ; 4 a yard our Government. • goods that have commanded regular standard prices. torches onidoth_2 Womw>, Women'. —lt is seldom the case that any line of At 17c a yard '• T-ffKfflWlNH' White Skirts . Bathrobes goods is bought up iii its entirety; there is Swißs edges , 4 6 inches widc-embroidcrcd Made of fin, quality I Blanket robe.' in bine. b ° Ulld l ° be SO " ,e left OVen as COIISe- of ma.erial-blind and openwork [cotton, trimmed with em- i tan. red and gray—floral quence, this store carrying a niultitiide of I I broidery rurtlc. Iridav | an j conventional pat- i • t> J l i .1 1 At 17r varrl >aic s , crns Corduro) robes lines of goods, has many of these surplus At wc a yard 69c ' in laveiuler . P'k, rose lots, reillliailtS, odd pieces, etc., on hand i m i; 0 2 V T r e '"broidery—lß inches wide—all aid blue. A srood size 1 o\er embroidered patterns. bowma.\"s—setomi Kioor . jn bmh stvles after a week's busincss-so they are gath- Wash Fabric. ered together and sold at lowered prices At 25c a yard Pflph Frirljiv . ss flouncin g 27 inches wide—embroidered T-. ~ , • BOWMAN's —Third Floor J 111 small dainty patterns—excellent for lingerie bine quality percales, in or children's dresses, light and dark colorings— % o 1 1I7"11 r 36 inches wide. Friday j O-mOITOW S Will Hf* OnP Ol BOWMANS-Mam Floor. Sale vard Women's Kimonos ~ ~ ri , 21c , Utmost Importance eiour Ribbon, ai " s ' hiderdown 111 kimono , ... ■ I ??. ,_n . , , . and kindergarten designs patterns in pink, ; K _^ ell^ nt t . f ° r making Ready -to - wear veils >7 anf i i/, inches wid • i rosc ' S ra y- blue and lax- _—' bags in light and daru in back, brown, taupe and i Fridav Sale vinl ' ' ender fuM cut ~~ wdl Amber Hnnnc shades 6 and 8 inches purple—up-to-date styles. I -v • ' • made comfortable Final riesriwav of P vvidc - Friday Sale, yard, Friday Sale, ic r • >izes 36 to 44. Friday i inai Ol Sale, \\ r TP J IT *. Amber aud shell hoops | bßc 50c Silk and cotton shirt- ; WOmenS 1 rimmed Hats for bags-oval and round BOWMAN'S—Main Floor ! BOWMAN'S Main Floor \boul ,0 ,alc Win ba.s n,c„,din K sbapc, Friday Sale, pair. I .ho, wide. Friday Sale. i !,-*. and brocaded styles 39c Extra Important Offering of Choice at 50c bowman s _ Se cona noor jl/C House Dresses (Come quickly) F rCOCiI Ktmnants of giiighams, About two dozen untrimmcd velvet hats going T T , _ , ~. . i \ ones, madras and per- M a(le of percaleand at each Hand Embroidered A l>'"'ted quantity—6oo yards only—42-incli ,ca es in 2to 10-yard chamb in various ' ' r ft erge in the following colors lengths a general clear- . M . F JUL A * • XT M N I . i ance of short ends from st > ' cs a " sizes in the BOWMAN'S —Third Floor. Art Linens av y Marine, Belgium Blue, Sand, Garnet, regular stocks. Friday lot but not in each style. L_ Prune. Friday Sale, yard. Sale, yard, Friday Sale, Towels | r j I Lot No. 1 consisting I I BQp lAo CC 7- , , ... , Remnants of aprons, towels, child'? „ OuC lUC OOC l*ancy Jacquard lurk- ~ . BOWMAN'S— Main Floor. I BOWMAN'S—Main l-'ioor BOWMAN'S— Second Kioor islt towels, with pink and n.p.. p-.J. *-oa', sin t waists, collars, blue borders size 23x L/reBB 008 hats, caps, bags, corset Friday Sale in the - ,6 - Fri Salc - ,loKC "- . Face cloths - honey. se bowma' K„.r 11 Curtain Sl-98 40C comb weave. Friday Sale, \ medium bust, loni; , File, lace curtains- Mercerised „onli„_ '.as jet heater-the Tulip bulbs-all col- 6 for 25c ' _ hravy Frlda y neat designs in wliite, 50 inches wide-rose, well known 20th cen- ors Fridav 9nle <\n-s- rnn ,.,. „ . T ,. .. "- . c - i ivory and ecru 2/ 2 <. . _ . i • i- ii. rlUd . oaie, tioz BOWMAN S—Second I'loor coutil Fridav Sale \\T 11 n i i •. blue and crecn Fn tury make—gives light en . LOU " L luld - Wall Paper yards long. Friday , gittn. nt and heat at the same i o " " fiQr* Sale, pair, ( ' :, y a 'c, yard, time —just the heater Friday Shoe Snaps rt .. ,Special ei cn I for a small room. Fri- Casseroles brown | BOWMAN s-second Floor .>1.51) da - v Salc > enameled casserole in- . Women's button and j New patterns wall ScQtch madras gun . Roman stri , CQUch 0 Q f rte Wlth ueat go i d Friday Sale, pair. I English madras in fringe—4 inches wide plated skirt guard-- baud decoration. Fri- / |O C • 5c a roll white and ecru —36 colors, orange, blue. ,7) '^'" IH Fridav da - v Sale BOWMAN - m n I BOWMANS-Second Floor BOWMAN'S— Fourth Floor niches wide. Friday green, rose and ecru, of gas. Friday >aie, BOWMANS-Mam Floor | J Sale, yard, Friday Sale, yard, , Cut glass-numerous Coatings Silks and Velvets 19c 85c Galvanized tu ) pieces to select from, . • . „.i . Laces KIUVMAN-S -Sh-.n..i i-ioor. good size heavj including footed bon h ' tJ a ' • Black peau de cygno Chester make with | J(JIIS vases etc. Fri- hea\y coating 4 pat- Point de Paris, shadow An( \ wringer attachment, j Sale. ff r , nS °"'3 r - briday an( i fji ct i aces in 2to 5- .. CK HmtoD*- /' J Friday Sale, Sale, yard. inch widths white and nK ' c firm cjuality MlOtiSeßeeptflff sJTy (sOOuS | £Q 75c Qftr* cream. Friday Sale, yard, lustrous, satin finish. , Cut glass nut bowls tii.fi " l nday Sale, yard. Bleached muslin—36 inches wide-cut from Hand duster - made _ anexcelk . nt c]iance Linest_ black astrach- OC 1 00 the piece. Friday Sale, yard, of black cotton and is , . . • . n i ere ~t an inches wide— \ cn ise allover lace, IS pIUU perfectly dustless-just cut g i ass to your col- da inChCS . wid r e ~ m ° st , ly Striped and plaid ha- 14c the thing for pianos, i ect j on Fridav SIIP - * yard ' cream color. Friday Sale, , l | l P cu ana P ia J a etc -tes not scratch. $9 CQ yard. huta, - warp, pr.. ~S6 BtoKlKd sll e c ti„ g _Bl inches wide-cut (ro,„ Fnday Sal " sl-69 „.wJ£2L Floor 15c yTrd? 3 W,dC ' I ' nday ' A well know and. Friday Sale, 19c I'otato ricer—can al- BOWMAN'S- Main Floor : - vard ' Counter duster-bet- so be . sed as a i mas ' ,e . r _ . , Al\/ r Jiu^brush 3 " "Friday d.v Sale" 0 Fflday WctiSt Sale Natural Shantung— j I = Chinese make—32 inches Hemstitched pillow cases—size 42x36 or 1 q £tuC Lot of crepe de chine, georgette crepe and wide. I riday Sale, yard, 45x36 inches—made of good quality muslin. Fri -1C • . ~ , . pussy willow silk waists in colors, flesh, white, CQ . day Sale, each, Liquid* Veneer the Uutt cJ!J K ' rustic" 1 black, navy and dark green—small quantity but well furniture Kir/Sair " \ i" lot (or early choosers- Black velour plush /or 22c ne FHdr'y • 20c '■£s£., $2.29 ir'inSs Reached shaker flannel-remnant lengths- Sale. g a]e j J 27 inches wide. I'nday Sale, yard, 2iC toffee mill—tu last- Two assorted groups of broken lots of linen, AA * ■