2 CUMBERLAND VALLEY COUNTY OFFICES BOLDLY ROBBED Money, Stamps and Cigars Taken From Desks at the Hugerstown Courthouse Ha;?erstown, Md„ Jan. SI. The boldest robbery in years was commit ted when a thief entered the courthouse, rifled all of the offices on the. first floor, including those of the clerk of the court, sheriff, tax col lector, board or education and county commissioners. A small sum of money ajiil softie cigars was taken from tne office of C'lerk Edward Odwald and t lot of stamps and some clgarets Troni the tax collector's office. The •lief broke the locks on all or the loors and ransacked desks, cabinets nd other places in a search for noney. The boldness of the thief waF only equaled by that of a rob er who stole a valuable overcoat rom the county jail on Monday. The !oat belonged to a friend of Sheriff mil el Starliper. Wade's Mother Will Turn Over Trunk He Sent Home ITuaprstown, Md., Jan. 31. Mrs. mother of Theodore A\ . Wale, of Buena Vista, Pa., who was kill.'d hore two weeks ago by a pistol slv.i in another man's home, it is sta.ed, says she will turn over the trunk that was sent to her by her *•111 at Piedmont. W. Va., to the own er. The trunk, it is reported, con tains a lot of women's clothing and some Jewelry and was sent by Wade to his mother shortly before he was killed. Mrs. Wade said the trunk an i contents do not belong to her. and that she wants the owner to have ii em. Mrs. Wade said her son vis it-Hi her on . Thursday before the tiagedy and that he seemed to bo depressed. She begged him to stay Ith her. Wade replied, it was stat- Pl\ that he had to go to war any. h.-w. and that he had something to i>> "down there," before leaving. He Ir.'t despite his mother's teajs and [ lending, and the next she heard from 1;i5 was that he had been killed. CALVIN THI'MMA DIES Kagerstown. Md., Jan. 31. Calvin Thu'mina, of this city, received in formation of the death of his father, l"'i:h Thumma. at Shippensburg. on Tuesday, aged 72 years. Besides his > i'V- Mr. Thumma is survived by three children, Mrs. A. V. Rebok and M's.-t Catherine Thumma. Shippens. liurg. and his son. here, and four brothers and sisters, living in Penn sylvania. it\ii.itoAni:it commits si innF, llagerstown. Jld., Jan. 31.—Edward F. Fleagle, G3. for thirty-four years | in the employ of the Cumberland Val ley Railroad as a trainman and watchman here, committed suicide at ' his home by shooting himself in the; head with a pistol. After locking | ail of the doors, Fleagle sat in a ' chair, gripped a revolver and pulled ti'e trigger three times before a bul- J !• t was discharged. His wife, re turning liom . climbed through a win do v i'.nd found her husband dead, still j ~rip; ing the weapon. <;EORGE F. BEARD DIES Waynesboro. Pa.. Jan. 31.—George F Beard died at his home on Mon ti y tvening, following a paralytic stroke three days ago. He was aged S4 years. Mr. Beard was born at I v >untaindale, Adams county, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Beard, and nloved to Waynesboro thirty years ago. Surviving are these children: Mrs. M. W. Wile, Wooster, Ohio; Mrs. C. A. Coffman, Mrs. Frank I. Criswell, all of this city; also seven teen grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. AIWMS COUNTY UNIT LEAVES j Gettysburg, Pa., Jan. 31.—Adams County Aviation Unit, No. 1, re ceived orders to report Tuesday eve ning and leave for Harrisburg next morning, from which place they v ere sent to a training station. They were given a military escort by the college battalion and the college band to the train. Land Speculation Is at the Root of the Idle Acreage Problem in U. S. At this moment there are 400,000,- j AGO acres of idle land in the United States of America! Seventy-three per cent, of the arable land of the country is therefore idle. Forty live per cent, of the actual laid-out farm land—nearly half—is idle! For approximately thirty years land in tho United States has not 1 cen priced according to its earning capacity, but according to its specu lative value. Farm land in the West has not been bought for farm ing purposes; bless you, no, farming was never thought of except as bait on a prospectus. It was bought as an investment. From 1900 to 1910, for example, while available acreage in the United States increased five per cent, and the number of farm ers increased a trifle less than eleven per cent., the value of farm land in creased 11S per cent. These land values are increasing at the rate of five per cent, a year or better, and their ownership is concentrated into very few hands. Three per cent, of the population own nearly all the land values in the I'nited States. As soon as one gets a sense of this clearly in mind there is no trouble • ibout explaining this phenomenon of idle land. It seems like the acme of absurdity to say 60, but as an in dustry there is not one cent of money in farming. All the profits are in the rise of land values. No matter, therefore, how great the pressure on production, no matter how much an increase of the food supply is need ed, these immense stretches of land remain idle because it does not pay to cultivate them. They are held at a monopoly price so far ahead of their earning capacity that the ca.p ital charges eat up too much of the Income. V Obviously, too, this is quite irre spective of the price of farm prod ucts, for as prices go up, land values go up ahead of them; thus any at tempt to make farming profitable by raising prices—like the proposal of !3 wheat—becomes the proverbial game of out-running the constable. I observed that California, for In stance, has carried collective mar keting to a point far beyond most of the West, and her agricultural industries are In a position to com mand good prices and get them; • yet good land Is priced there at >BOO and SI,OOO an acre, which no one can possibly pretend is a capital measure of Its earning capacity or anything like it. It is a monopoly price based on speculative value. Therefore one proposing to become a working farmer even in California cannot make his land earn fair re turns on what he pays for It. California was very courteous to me and I do not wish to single her out unfavorably; so I hasten to say that the fault is not yith the Cali fornia landlords, but with the ab sence of a land policy in the United States. In other words, farming as an industry is a failure. As an in vestment only has it any financial soundness. —Albert Joy Nock In Century. THURSDAY EVENING, Grocers Will Check Up Food Hoarders at Carlisle Carlisle. Pa.. Jan. 81.—Plans to prevent hoarding which might re flect on tTiose m Business were dis cussed last evening at a meeting of the Retail Grocers' AssoclaUon of Carlisle, held in connecUon with an address by Dr. H. H. Mentzer, coun ty food administrator. The purpose of the new government regulations was explained and the members of the association pledged co-opera tion. The main trouble here has been from women antl men going from store to store laying in sup plies of sugar, flour and the like, the whole being in excess of the amount allowed and a system of checking and reporting is being planned to catch the most flagrant violators. TO KNCOURAGE FOOD SAVING Carlisle. Pa., Jan. 31.—The Cum berland County Public Safety Unit is- planning for a campaign during the month of February to impress the need of voluntary food saving in all sections. Members of the speakers' bureau will take up the question at a series of meetings; school teachers will discuss the pro ject in the schools and ministers, religious workers and others will be asked to co-operate. SHORT ' SESSION OF COURT Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 31.—The quar terly session of Surety Court held this morning was one of the short est on record. Hut three minor cases were listed. Settlement of the dis putes out of court is given as the cause. A number of important cases are listed for the criminal session which opens next week, foremost amng them being the charge of attempted shooting brought against Isaac Bow ermaster. of Southampton township, one of the most picturesque figures in local court annals, who has fig ured in trials here for the major part of his twenty-eight years. MRS. GEORGE PEFFER DIES Mechaniesburg. Pa., Jan. 31. —Mrs. George *Pefter, of near Churchtown, died yesterday afternoon at the home of Ednor Lutz, West Alain stftet. Mechaniesburg, after three months' illness of larynitis. In order to be near the doctors for special treat ment she came about one week ago to her niece, Mrs. Lutz. and death came unexpectedly. Pefter was aged 48 years and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Her husband and the following chil dren survive: Mrs. Charles Harper, of near Hogestown; Mrs. Hobart Souders, of Monroe township; John. Edgar, Anna and George, at home; also, two sisters and one brothers, Mrs. M. A. Goodhart, of Church town: Mrs. William Martin, of near Boiling Springs, and Ed. Beck, of Shepherdstown. Funeral services will be held on Monday at her late home near Churchtown and burial will be mat' in the Mount Holly Springs Cemetery. WIIXIAM McWIIiLIAMS DIES Dillsburg, Pa., Jan. 31. —William McWilliams, aged 63 years, died at his home in South Baltimore street, on Tuesday afternoon suffering for several months from an affection of the heart. He is survived by his vife, one daughter, Mrs. Carrie Baum, of Harrisburg, and two sons. Augustus, of Dillsburg, and James, of Western Pennsylvania. Arrange ments have been made to hold the funeral to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock, services at the home with burial in Dillsburg Cemetery. MEMORIAL. DAY ORATOR Gettysburg. Pa., Jan. 31.—Bishop William F. McDowell, of Washing ton, D. C., resident bishop of the Episcopal area of which the Har risburg 'district of the Methodist Episcopal Church is a part, has been secured by the Grand Army post to be the Memorial Day orator on the Soldiers' National Cemetery in May. NO FIRE IN CHI'RCH Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 31—As their contribution to the coal conservation plan of the country, the Methodists will have no fires in their church during the entire week, except Sun day. All necessary week night ser vices will be held in homes of the parish. BAKING "VICTORY BREAD" Waynesboro, Pa., Jan. 31.—The lo cal bakers promptly complied with new order of the food administration for the use of five per cent, of other cereals than wheat flour in their bread. The new loaf can be called the "Victory Loaf." The bakers have not changed the size or the price of the loaf —16 ounces for 8 cents. ANOTHER GARAGE FAI.I.S The roof of a garage belonging to Charles I. Newcomer, at Fourteenth and Regtna streets, collapsed under the heavy weiht of snow, and buried five cars under the c bris, late yes terday. One was wrecked. The gar age was the second to give way yes terday under the snow accumulated on the roof, the one-story frame gar age at 1031 Market street, having col lapsed and buried eighteen cars early yesterday morning. The arage at Fourteenth and Re gina. was a one-and-a-half-storv brick structure, built about five vears ago. The Cereal Food you should use these days is Grape-Nuts 1 This food is a sugar saver—contains over 10% sugar by weight —not "put there," but developed in the mak ing from prime wheat and malted barley. Ready Cooked No Waste A food for the times ti 3^-Sla Splendid Work For Red Cross Done by Woman's War Relief Division Bptendid work 1* being don* at the local Red Cross Headquarters in the Facer Building, Walnut and River j streets, by the Pennsylvania Railroad Women's War Relief Division. The first working day in the new quar ters w as observed to-day by the or ganization. A largJi number of the members were presant, sewing for the soldiers in the camps and trenches. Prior to this time the workers had two sewing days each week in work rooms at the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. j Through the generosity of Miss Anne i McCorniick, chairman of the Red Cros.s I workrooms, they have been given the use of the rooms for .Wednesday of ! each week. The officers are: Mrs. N. 6. Longaker. hlef; Mrs. H. J. Children's knitting and embroidery classes ® utter * f >atternß Publications department Saturday Mornings rear main floor BELL 1001-3586 UNITED HAKKISBURG. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1018. FOUNDED 1871 - -j ( " " ; O A nf You'll be surprised how little money it will take to Bowman s Headquarters for See Announcement Ol share in the list of a Knitting Yarns —competent instruc- F^fnTture' 1 sde"on Friday Bargains To-morrow! ***° fa pp argl - ODDOSite Page. It's a banner bargain opportunity by reason of the * ee " Odd Neckwear date—the store's business year which comes to a close fort^)o d pTtterL-36 . • tonight. . inches wide. Friday Sale, , Clearing out an odd _ # 01. j vard 0 womens neck \\ J ri 1 C f"C —Stock counting has been completed and tomqr- ' v wear—mostly collars VV aIoLD row's offerings are made up from ' " c 0 r ' BOWMAN'S— second Floor r rfday bale, each, smaii lot of dark g -orete "'pcyisis-- Merchandise That Is Slated By Depart- R ... "" - Bc white collars and cuffs trimmed with tilet lace ✓ r tvlDDons BOWMAN s—Main Floor sizes 36 to 46 men t Managers to Be Gotten Rid of Cretonne . , ." • i.: t _ h \. c \, taupe All the odds and ends—all the lines that will not be am ,l 6 inches Extra qua ii ty cretonne na^y-— trimmecf"ith & ribbon ties ' and beads- carried into another season-all surplus lots which have sizes 36 to 46. Friday sale, been developed by its inventory process —will be swept Friday Sale, yard $1 59 ou t *he store by prices which mean BOWMANS— Main Floor ■ Most Substantial Savings ■~ ===L ~- _____ - " lv ° l 5 White voile with tape Flan.elette Robes Friday Sale of Wall raper Come in the morning to-morrow !f possible, frida/'saljfZrd" W ' dC ' Fianele.te 7Z~. ; 77 ~~7~r ' Note: —All the bargains are not advertised —Careen robes and heavy bath of?an m p a ay! > brown and green* "Friday Sale,'roll, price tickets designate the various underpriced lots. \2. l /zC ™'', e e s 3 ~ a in 191/nr Whi, S n,ent of s!z .l| a wa°nt- Sold with cut out borders to match. Basement Toweling Dress Goods v<* C °'°" ' Sa' e ' Willi V. sale> 13 off regular p rices yq Bargains yJd, -WMAN'S-Second Floor BOWMAN'S—Third Floor roll, — inches wide. Fri- / ( 5C Kleeno oil treated BOWMANS- second Floor day Sale, yard, „ Sold with borders to match. mof>s. Friday Sale, , $169 ~ i ~ UUUII First class paper hangers furnished and esti- , Bed Spreads French serge navy, I Coates spool cotton. Friday Sale, spool .... I mates given. / „ , , . , marine, Belgium bliie, Stewarts duplex safety pins 1 BOWMAN'S Fourth Floor. Scrub bmshes - Well — • made solid backs. In- Friday salC( inches wide. Friday Try-me hook and eyes Wash Goods Couch Covers day. Sale, Sale, yard, _ Beat-all hair pins / |A|* ~ meri f a f1 n ir i--S a !nchM Extra heay y st "P ed 10c BOWMAN'S— second Floor Solid lace pins-12 on a card j light * n a d couch covers with fringe . Silk and cotton poplins |^ on ® stl!clto f"' wide. Friday Sale, yard, Friday Sale Griddles - made of , _ . - a fine range of colors Boyd Improved ribbon leaders | T ?1 c day bale, d Dish Towels -36 inches wide. Friday Kohmoor spring dress fasteners ( £tlK ' CI OC soap stone inc goou, - - Warren's collar supports I m Mm. Eiderdown suitable old fasliioned kind. Fri- Bleached crash dish ' " ' Hat pins—6 on a card * j for kimonos —27 and 36 j BOWMAN-S— second Floor da}-, towels—red and blue bor- 89c Peter Thompson emblems inches wide limited! ders. Friday sgle, each, u , . J quantitv. Friday, Sale, Sl*9B . All wool black storm Uncle Joe s button and carpet vard, . OC serge —46 inches wide. thread . r Brassieres Ice cream freezers BOWMAN-&_seond Floor Friday Sale,' yard, *r xt . r;l f l ua | ® ,lk .' c se;llT1 , 15C Gem make - 3 qt. size. , binding-S yards to a bolt-assort- F Floral batiste .plain Friday S.h, Axminster Rues I 5L39 ° Lingerie braid—lo yards to a box grounds with neat figures hook COCO Axminster Ku g ß Black astrakhan-suit- > Hair curlers ' Sale 'vard S " front model with under $2.89 In all over and floral able for coats or trimming Stickerei washable braid-three ' arm shield. Friday Sale, Pancr Balers Fridav patterns subject to —4B inches wide. Friday yards to a bolt 1 19C Of? aper Balers 1 nda> ißht mismatchings- Sale, yard, Children's hose supporters CeillS ZSC balc ' 9x12 ft. Friday Sale, COCA Buttons—odds and ends—3, 4, 6 CAru Silk and cotton ma- _, A , 12 on a card. LALH crepe-fast colors -36 BOWMAN-S-Second Floor I SI 850 ' BOWMAN'" 3 Main Floor inrh wide. Friday Sale. *IO.OU BOWMAN'S-Maln Floor I BOWMAN. Main Floor. y" r d. Toilet paper good BowMAN's-Kourth On r House Dresses quality Friday Sale, Kimonos r CI T . Silk 1 a ~llo Velvet Rugs 3 Men's Shirts Silk 'and cotton ma- Percale house dresses ® TOIIS, LdC •> Flannelette kimonos . . Satin messaline— 36 dras—in neat stripes —in light and dark stripes .p . . Rir „ r . _ ran In rich conventional —in several styles of Men's working shirts j nc h es w jd e . Friday Sale 32 inches wide. Friday and figures assorted 0 patterns 27x54 inches. good, warm, soft mate- of heavy plain blue mate- varf i Sale, yard, sizes. Friday §ale, also be used for a berry Friday sale, rial—full cut and well rial. Friday Sale, OQ QC P ress - Friday Sale, made—floral patterns— CQ SI.OO • wJt colors, rose, gray, lav- OUK* BOWMAN'S Main Floor BOWMAN'S—Second Floor BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor <?nder and blue—sizes BOWMAN'S —Main Floor rn „„ rCP * , ° t"' 1 — — . ■ 36 to 44. Friday Sale. * ra . n .^ e colors—4o inches , | • Grub Box good size. " ■ wide. Friday sale, yti„ •' Women s White Skirts Friday Sale, Body Brussels 89c Men's Night Shirts QI on Footwear t . . 98 C RuJrs • BOWMAN'S Third Floor . - White skirts with six ° Men's muslin nigfi? _ Crepe meteor 4O Women's fine patent inch ruffle of neat em- BOWMAN-S— Basement In beautiful chintz and Rlanltpf* shirts—sizes 15 to 20. inches wide. Friday Sale, colt and gun metal dressy broidery —assorted ; allover patterns—in blue, Friday Sale, ya™. boots—regular height lengths. Friday Sale, green, rose, tan and ..... . , . . . AO low and high heels-cloth Clearing mi* an brown-8.3x10.6 ft. Fri- White bed blankets- bC 3>i.o and kid tons. Fridav 4oC Clearing OUt an j__ blue or pink borders— , . . . Qsi/. o ™ y cc v 75 ; nr v.„ c r n ' BOWM.VN'S— Main Floor Colored velveteens—27 oale, pair, BOWMAN'S— second Fioof A • size incnes. rri- O I $2.40 Assortment of $25#00 day Sale, pair, '■ yard 6 ' r '^ a ySale, Women's button shoe's Bloomers I Framed Pictures | | bowmans-Fourth Floor | 09 Men's Hosiery | C 1 —various black leathers ~ ; " ~ -medium heels - small Pink batiste bloomers hXSmf; IriL Flaimel BOWMAN-s-second Floor Men's plain and fancy Striped Jap silks -36 a vera ee C h aH' th e'""for mer with 'enforced leg- day Sal" Shaker flannel - rem- .* hose FrWavSale oat inches wide. Friday Sale, nrice Fridav Sale oair small s,zes " Fnda - V Sale - nant lengths—good nap— Curtain Materials y ard ' OA olfc . 27 inches wide. Friday 39c 31.i>" 7 BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor Sale, yard, English madras—some , BOWMAN'S^—Second Floor _______ 101/ wifli BOWMAN'S—Main Floor ( BOWMAN'S—Main Floor Women's spats —extra lZ'/yC colored figures^ — high cut ten button good heavy quality. Fri- height-white only. Fri- Women's Hosiery Men's Underwear > fioo, day Sale, yard, Inventory Remnant Sale aa\ sale, pair, Ticking ' 25c ' —~ .00 Women's thread sille Men's heavy cotton ' r ~ , . Filet net small and Chiffons - GeoYgette Crepe - Braids-Laces _Kiar-u *r,A u* a , Feather and dust proof , 1 uet net — small and —Trimmings Flouncings, etc. A grouping of Women's felt slippers ro iors' mill trrnnrlc 1 c sir s and , ticking—blue and \\4hite large patterns ecru all remnants from the above lines. • Friday Sale, - a clean up of several p r iir drawers. Friday Sale, striped-useful Jengths. only -40 inches wide. choice at, ' / lines. Friday Sale, - ' ' _ - n . Friday Sale, yard, I riday Sale, yard, w • 75c 69c 69c ' 29c ' /2 price • BOWMAWO W WJC w BOWMAN'S—Main Flo 9 r. BOWMAN'S Main Floor BOWMAN'S Main Floor. F, oor BOWMXrrS-Second Floor BOWMAN'S—Second Floor . Hxmmnma gßfttTtSaximw Babb, secretary; Mr*. J. T. Balaley, treasurer. "We hope," says Mrs. laongaker, "to have Just as fine a representation of our members present at each week's workinug hours. lam delighted with the number who have come to the rooms to-day. It shows that the wo men of the Pennsylvania Railroad are loyal and patriotic to the core, and that they are willing to do their ut most to carry on the war for victory." Grocers Must Obey New Rules on Flour Order * A telegram, urging that stringent measures be taken with dealers who do not follow the rulings of the food administration, has been re ceived by Donald McCormick, food administrator for Dauphin county. The wire gives amounts of flour to be cold to Individual purchaser* and the profit to be exacted by retail dealer*. Tfte message follows: "To prevent hoarding flour fol lowing the President's proclama tion, suggest you enforce ruling ref erence quantity sales of flour out lined in our letter of December 19. The sale of flour by retailers, mill ers or other dealers in towns or cities, to individual consumer* shall be in one-eighth to one-fourth barrel quantities or less. In rural or for eign communities, in one-fourth to one-half barrel quantities or less. Gross maximum profit for whole salers in aour should not exceed from B0 to'7s cents per barrel. Profit exacted by retail dealers in original mill packages should not exceed from 80 cents to $1.20 per barrel, depending upon character of service performed. Where retailers sell in amounts less than original mill pack age, the gross profit should not ex ceed one cent per pound. Any profits in excess of these or in exoess of that obtained in pre-war times will be considered case for an investigation. Substitutes for wheat flour should be sold at not more than a reason able advance over actual purchase price of particular goods sold with out regard to market or replacement value at time of such sale." PINOCIILE NOT GERMAN Game Originated by Anthony and Cleopatra " It's all right, brother, and the boys In St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit and other sportive centers can resume their evening sessions over the green tablecloths with "pinochle" as the piece de resistance without fear of being accused of having too friend ly regard for the Kaiser. "Pinoch le" Isn't German at all! After much heated discussion and many acrimonious debates, a Den JANUARY 31, 191 S. ver savant has delivered the follow ing explanation of the origin of the ] popular card game, which will pro- | vent the war from Interfering with the evonlng pleasure of bachelors, policemen, club habitues, et cetera, ad infinitum: "Pinochle is not of German origin. It was originated by Anthony and Cleopatra just before the battle of Acttum. "It so happened that two serv ants of Cleopatra had decks of cards of exactly the same backs. One of the decks was given to Cleo and the other to Anthony, and those two jolly playmates, 'folding the cards when not too busy fondling each ther, devised, by mere accident, the game Yiow known as pinochle. "As for the name, 'pinochle,' It is derived from the Greek adverb 'plnexoyozoas,' meaning 'not much like,' and the Hindu noun "ochle zoozoo,' meaning an Implement usea In building a flro, a poker; hence the meaning: 'Not much like poker.'" Don't Neglect your stomach. Keep it strong and well. When food disa grees with it, strengthen it with BEEMAM'S PILLS targeit Sale of Any Medicln* in the World. Sold mrrwban. la boiu, IOCH 25C.
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