REAL BUSINESS
AT AUTO SHOW
Many Come to See Motorcar
Exhibits and Dealers
Report Sales
Last evening there was an excel
lent attendance at the automobile
show. People who have deferred
their visit because of traffic uncer
tainties and unfavorable weather
conditions all came to the show and
dealers front adjoining counties are
here in great numbers to inspect the
models and transact business with
the local distributors.
If the snow made the going a little j
uncertain, it certainly brought home'
the message of closed cars for winter!
usage and the convertible types for
a 11-the-year-round \itility. The cur
tains of touring cars have the un- ;
happy knack of being open at in
opportune moments. Snow was drift
ing into many of them this week and \
closed cars stood out in comparison,'
with their radiation of security and'
comfort. Luxurious, yes, but strict- j
!y useful when the personal equation
is considered.
Real businesses reported by many
of the dealers ond when people buy
motorcars with snow drifts almost!
blocking al Ithe city streets and mak
ing many roads almost impassable,]
one can readily forsee what the do-!
mand will he as soon as spring ap
proaches. Every indication points l
to a successful season for passenger
cars and an exceptional demand forj'
motor trucks because of the railroad
congestion and increase of business i
in every line of Industry.
This evening and to-morrow
should be record attendance if the,
weather is favorable, as the showj
closes to-morrow evening.
Little Publicity Given
to Surcharge Made
by County Officials
Much surprise was expressed in
eounty official circles because of the
mysterious manner in which it was
decided to enter a surcharge against j
Coroner Ecßinger for $2,170.84 in ■
fees which it is contended he should
not have received.
It developed to-day that the court
ruling on which the county commis
sioners and county controller based
their action was discovered weeks
;tgo, and that when it came to light!
bills which Coroner Eckinger had|
filed were not approved.
A letter notifying Coroner Ecking
er of the decision and requesting J
him to refund the amount which iSj,
now surcharged was addressed to v
him December 31. No reply has been
received according to the county of
ficials who are interested in the pro
ceedings, the Coroner since lha. dale
lias neither presented additional bills.
It was first discovered, accord
ing to an explanation made to-day,
that witness fees which Coroner Eck
inger had received in 1914. 1915 and
lfllti in certain cases should not have
been paid. These totaled $690.50.
Late in November or early in De
cember another investigation was
made and the opinion in connection
with payment of sums for qualifying
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I
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Announcement
Effective on and after February
6th, 1918, the Chassis price of
"The Autocar Motor Truck"
Will Be $2050
Orders placed before February 6th, 1918, will be
accepted at the present price of slßls, only for de
livery as soon as we can possibly deliver. . *
In order to protect our 6000 customers, and
others who are in the market for Autocars, we must
reserve the privilege of limiting the number of
Autocars that we will sell at the present price to anv
one business house..
The Autocar Company
Ardmore, Pa.
January 24th, 1918
Harrisburg Dealer, Eureka Wagon Works, 616-618 North St.
A. H. Bailey W. Ross Bealor, Salesman
FRIDAY EVENING,
i COUNTY BAR TO
r ELECT OFFICERS
Charles C. Stroh to Be Hon
ored by Association of
Attorneys
Nine of the de
.JLI ). 11l fendants appear-
Judge McCarrell,
mo st of tI) e
youngsters had
committed their first offense and were
released on probation.. One boy was
sent to Glen Mills, and another to
the Paradise Protectory, at Abbotts
town.
The defendants discharged before
Judge Kunkel were Morris Glover,
aggravated assault and battery;
Samuel \V. Brady, larceny; David W.
Sliolly, larceny from the person;
Charles Hoffman, felonious entry;
William Perkins, serious chargje;
Millie Bennett, felonious entry: Mabel
Uettcnbaugh. serious charge: Joseph
Smith, carrying concealed deadly
weapons: alirl Potteiger, larceny.
\niimil liur UeetlDK — The annual
meeting of'the Dauphin County Bar
Association will be held this even
ing. Officers who were nominated at
a recent session and who will be
balloted for follow: President.
Charles C. Stroh; vice-president. John
It.. Geyer; treasurer, W. H. Musser:
secretary, Job J. Conklln; directors,
William M. Main. Benjamin F. Um
crger, T. S. liargest, Charles H. Berg
ner. J. B. Patrick; censors. John Fox
Weiss, Frank 10. Zeigler, Arthur H.
Hull. B. Frank Nead, Jr., Harry B.
Saussaman.
rre-eniptlon* Kllol The Town
Meeting party was pre-empted to
day in (lie Nineteenth Congressional
district. Thirtieth Senatorial and
First Representative districts of
Blair county in papers filedl to-day
at the prothonotary's office.
Will Filed The will of Dr. I
11. James has been filed for probat
with Register Danner.
>IIIS S\K\H JAXK MY Kits
Mrs. Sarah Jane Myers, aged 42
: years, wife of John Myers, of Enola,
(died yesterday afternoon at the home
of her brother. William Foultz, 22!'
South Fourteenth street. Funeral
I services will be held Monday after-
I noon, at 2 o'clock, at the home of the
I brother. 229 South Fourteenth street.
Services will be conducted by the Bev.
Ellis X. Kleiner, D. D., pastor of He
formed Salem Church. Burial will be
made in East Harrisburg Cemetery,
resides the husband the survivors
are: Two .-••ns. Stewart Myers and Ed
i gar Myers. The latter is in service
at Camp Hancock; four brothers.
I John Foultz. Stewart Foultz, Walter
I Foultz and William Foultz, and one
sister, Mrs. Ruth Palmer.
nquests and returning view reports
was noted.
Upon the failure of Mr. Eckinger
to make any reply to the communi
cation addressed to him a meeting
of the Commissioners. County Con
troller Henry W. Gougli and Coun
ty Solicitor Philip S. Moyer was
held on January IS when action was
taken on the plan to surcharge the
coroner with amounts which had
been paid to him prior to the find
ing of the opinion. It was decided
to make the surcharge in the an
-1 nual report.
The question will be submitted to
the court later for final disposition.
sick headache, dullness, feverishness,
sore throat, sneezing, soreness and
stiffness
"Rape's Cold Compound" is the
nvickest. surest relief known and
cost>- only a few cents at drug stores
It acts without assistance, tastes nice,
and causes no inconvenience. Don t
accept a substitute. Insist on
"Pape's"—nothing else.
DAUPHIN'S ROAD
CHIEF ABOUT DUE
Folstrom * Turns Down the
Job; Hi Sinimars Is Men
tioned For the Position
Oscar Folstrom, an uptown resi
dent who was tendered the vacant
place of superintendent of state
highways in Dauphin county, by
Governor Brumbaugh, has declined
the job. Folstrom has been promi
nent in. politics, but not in road
work.
It was rumored about the Capitol
to-day that Hiram McG. Simmars,
who was clerk to Mayor Meals some
> ears ago, and is well known in the
city, is about to be tendered the
i place.
The State Forestry Commission
. to-day laid over all matters relative
to additional forestry lands and dis
; j cussed ways and means to get labor
i to carry on the extensive plan for
I reforestation which has been outlin
ed. The state lias large numbers of
j young trees in its nurseries which it
| is planned to set out in half a dozen
) sections and has asked State College
. for students who will work during
, | the summer.
Tile Heading Cliamlx'r of Com
merce to-day tiled formal complaint
with the Public Service Commission
against the Heading railway's grade
crossings at Penn, Cherry, Franklin
| and Chestnut streets in Reading,
i submitting plans for elimination and
lan engineering report. The cham
; ber requested an early hearing. The
j city of Reading filed a similar com
j plaint some time ago.
Residents of I.ehanon county t<>-
! day tiled complaint against the new
fare schedule of the Kphrata and
Lebanon Traction Company, which
i will be asked to make an answer by
the commission.
Notices of increases were filed l.v
the Wilkes-Barre Railways Company
increasing fare from live to six cents
and discontinuing commutation tick
: ets; Citizens' Gas and Fuel Com-
I pany, Oxford; City of New Castle
Water Company. Newcastle, which
, advances rates twenty-five per cent,
j and making charges for water for
! schools, streets, drinking, fountains
and public buildings; Hrockway
Telephone Company, Brockwayville;
I Altoona Gas. Light and Fuel Com
pany, and Dushore Electric Com
| pany, the latter abolishing the flat
; rate.
Mayor A. T. Council, of Scranton,
who has been advised that he can
i hold both the position of mayor of
that city and state registration coni
! missioner, came here to see the Gov
, ernor to-day, but declined to make
j any statement. The Governor also
I refused to discuss the visit. There
| ivree reports to-day that Mr. Con
j nell might hold the place until the
j time comes for the registration com
missioners to begin sittings.
Nathaniel Murray was to-day ap
pointed a justice of the peace for
Upper Tyrone township. Fayette
county.
The Progressive Wage F-arners I
Building and Loan Association, ofl
ITurrlsburg, was chartered to-dav
with .$1,000,000 capital bv Mahlon A.
{ Govens, W. T. Shields, W. S. Will-1
iams and F. E. Culllns, Harrisburg, I
land John W. Starns, Steelton. The!
Lykens Valley Coal Sales Company,
Potts\ ille. wan chartered by people j
> from that city with $5,000 capital.
Contracts for reconstruction of
j two sections of state highway in I
j Erie county which will aid in link-!
ing up New York. Pennsylvania and i
Ohio roads were let to-day by Com
missioner O'Neil, who stated that'
they \vere needed for transportation j
j of military supplies and foodstuffs.
Bids for road construction in Clear
field borough were rejeeted because
Clearfield authorities refused to join j
I in contracts. <
tHAD BRA
"The reason !
you don't like 1
Wagnerian mu- !
sic is *lhat you |
"That's one of '
my two objec- i
tions to it. 1 [
| don't under- |
stand it and I '
don't like fh j
way it sound;
HAJEtRXSBURG TELEGRAPH
THRIFT STAMPS
HAVE READY SALE
City Has Done Well Toward
Starting Saving For Buying
of the "Baby Boonds"
* .
"Harrisburg started off the year in
| style in buying Thrift btamps ami
Baby Bonds," said Postmaster Frank
C. Sites to-day. The postmaster has
been working with William M. Don
aldson to get the Thrift Stamp idea
before the people of the county, and
the newspopeis and the letter carriers
have been speeding things up. The re
sult has been that in spite of tlje
weather, people have learned how to
start saving for the stamps all over
the county.
To-day was the first day for the
$4.13 price for the Baby Bonds, but it
did not seein to matter. The last few
days people have been busy buying
the bonds at $1.12, and there was a
small-sized rush yesterday. In some
instance* people planked down the
price for a SIOO Baby Bond. This
they got by paying cash, and the dis
count was something worth while.
Postmaster Sites says that thus
far $51,000 have been taken in the
stamps, in January tiie sales were
s:i4,oon at the l'ost Office, $25,000 be r
ins for liarrisburg. These figures are
Incomplete as far as the county is
concerned, as there are many returns
yet to come in.
HOUSEHOLDERS TO
GET COAL FIRST
[Continued irom First I'ago.]
Mr. Hlckok said. Not a car of coal
arrived in the city yesterday, and
the coal secured by Mr. Hickok may
not be started toward Harrisburg
until to-morrow. Mr. Hickok re
ceived no assurances front either Mr.
Potter or the operators, that Har
risburg will be taken care of in the
future. The temporary relief secured
by the local fuel dictator at his con
ferences with Potter yesterday, were
the only promises he could secure.
Mr. Hickok said he was only one of
several score of county fuel admin
istrators who were at Philadelphia
yesterday.
Mr. Hickok warns all coal con
sumers that they must continue to
use coal sparingly. Household coal
users must also resign themselves to
an ever-increasing use of bituminous.
Half of the coal promised for next
week is bituminous.
The Philadelphia and Reading
operators, ami the Pennsylvania
operators, promised to send some
anthracite coal to the city. The
Reading will send fourteen cars and
the Pennsylvania eighteen cars, it
was announced. This will be dis
tributed to the dealers according to
their needs, Mr. Hickok said.
I'rged to Help Selves
People are being urged to go to
their dealers and buy coal in small
quantities and carry it home when
they cannot secure regular deliver
ies. A scale of prices to regulate the
sale of coal in small quantities is
being arranged by the local fuel
commission, working with the retail I
coal dealers. Mr. ilickok said this
morning that he conferred with the
Federal Trade Commission while in
Philadelphia on a list of juices for
coal in small quantities, and found
that local dealers have been selling
their coal in bushel or two bushel
lots at very fair prices. There are
one or two cases of gouging which
will be investigated and prohibited;
he said. Mr. Hickok will talk to the
dealers this afternoon on the matter
of regulating those prices, he said.
Investigate Reports
The fuel commission has been in
vestigating reports of coal hoarding.
Jn some cases they have gone intot
cellars that were reported overload
ed, with the intent of removing and
redistributing coal. Mr. Hickok said
that have not found any extreme
cases. Where customers overloaded,
he said, severity of the winter has
already consumed nearly all their
coal supply.
Ross A. Ilickok, fuel administra
tor, has received added instructions
from Washington regarding fuelless
Mondays. Since the announcement J
came that all amusements, including
billiard and poolrooms, may remain
open, he has received a telegram I
that cigar stands, or barber shops, in !
poolrooms or billiard parlors, must
lie closed on Monday, but may open I
on Tuesday, when the billiard and
pooltahles are not allowed to oper
ate. in other words, proprietors of
cigar stores, or barber shops and
billiard or poolrooms, combined, will
be allowed to have heat in their
buildings both Monday and Tues
day, provided both businesses are
conducted in the same room, but
will be allowed to operate half their
business on each day.
Holiday Closing
Regarding Monday closing on the
11th, tlie>lay before Lincoln's birth
day, theaters, which remain open on
Monday, must close on Tuesday,
Lincoln's birthday. The only excep
tion to this rule is that theaters may
reopen on Tuesday, the 12th, with
a patriotic entertainment, but not a
theatrical entertainment. They must
receive special permission from Mr.
Hickok to take advantage of this
one exception.
ITALIAN TRKATY IS QUOTED
Counsel for the parents of John
Libcrato, who was killed in a stone
quarry two years ago, quoted party
of a treaty with Italy which quar
antces "Italian subjects a right of
action in tribunals here." The at
torney cited the treaty when it was
claimed nonresident alien dependent
parents are not entitled to any bene
fits under the workmen's compen
sation act. Liberato's parents are
living in Italy.
IUTLIXfi OX ACCOUNTS
A ruling wus made by Judge Kun
kel that under a new act executors,
administrators, trustees or guardians
will be required before filing their
accounts to give a special written
or verbal notice to any claimants
i<glnst the estate, announcing when
(he account will be filed for confir
mation by the court.
JSoamanZ
—23*11 VMTIQH If ARRISBI H<;, FRIDAY, FKIIRI'ARY 1, 1018. FOUNDED 11 A
This Is Really a Happy Season in NatureM
The snow—the storms, are glorious; everything that nature gives us is for a purpose the 1
reason of which is often unknown to us; so we must take it as philosophers. If there were no
seasonable changes life would be vastly different you may be sure perhaps no life. We are
adapting ourselves to a more inspiring view which a comprehension of our place in the universe has
given us. - *
Spring will soon be here—the sun will smile from a higher point in the sky the trees will be
come radiant the grass will carpet the earth - the raindrops laugh. Everything in nature will
begin anew, growing with beautiful perfection.
It is this store's pride that happiness comes through daily trying to reach that ultimate perfec
tion of service, which always seems a little beyond human endeavor.
With the Near Beginning of Changing Seasons Comes the First News of
Women's Early Spring Apparel I
This first showing of new spring apparel has a ■ ■ -
distinctive air of exclusiveness. * JT
The designs—the trimming —the lines all have tsJSfefc
a smartness that will find favor with the fashionable
New Suits New Coats
New Dresses
—Suits of serge, gabardine, poplin and KMBgpply Tfifttfhi
Guernesy cloth in Eton jacket effects, plain tailored T \ ■
—Coats of crystal cloth, bolivia and burella for 1 \ \ 1
dress occasions and khaki in new military models.
—Dresses of serge, silks in plain and fancies— ///
soft foulards and jersey cloth—styles for dress, * * y
business and sport wear. Sggggaw; ~
There Will Be Marked Public Inte
SALE OF FURNITURE 1
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Bj J ] j —And —we base our prophecy upon the large number; 1
= rj] 'I of visitors who took advantage of the preliminary review
L Tj -i \_:j - during the three courtesy days—and upon advance selection^
4jj mac^e ow^n 8 to the economies the presentation affords.
Please bear in mind that the furniture offered here is oil
the uncommon sort —not the thrown-together sort made by^
yTff factories whose specialty is the poor stuff made for alleged
j lL "sales"; but furniture of superior construction, of art, of dur- '
m ability—a combination that characterizes every piece.
Yes The February Furniture Sale Is On —And Will Grow in Volume as the Month Goes On |
More of the Good Values Follow:
American Walnut Dining Suite
Popular William and Mary period. One of the most
tractive dining suites displayed in the department. 60 inch
buffet—4B inch top extension table —new style china closet —
tapestry upholstery on chairs. 9 pieces. February Sale
Price SIOB.OO
Dull Mahogany Dining Suite
Suite includes buffet, 48-inch top extension table, china |
closet, 6 chairs with black leather seats. 9 pieces. February
Sale Price
Golden Oak Dining Suite
54-inch buffet, 48-inch extension tabic, china closet, serving
tabic and six chairs with leather seats. 10 pieces. February
Sale price #89.00
Ivory Vanity Bedroom Suite
A very attraclivc suite with a vanity dfesser. The finish
is old ivory—chiffonier is the low boy style without mirror.
Full size bed. 3 pieces. February Sale Price 5H128.00
The Bowman Restwell Mattress
in the February Furniture Sale specially priced at ... .$8.90
This mattress is made for Bowman & Company and only
the very best of materials used in its manufacture. All sizes—
roll edge—one or two parts.
Some Good Values in the
Housefurnishing Basement
French plate mirrors—with oak frames—loxl4 inches,
98? —10x17 inches, $1.50 —12x16 inches $1.75
Wash boilers —heavy tin. Price $2.15
Galvanized wash tub —Rochester make—with wringer at
tachment $2.00
Old-fashioned sad iron, nickel plated—weighing about 5,
6 and 7 lb. at 50?, 60? and 70?
Sleeve iron—nickel polished base with point .00?
Toilet Paper 4 For 25c
Large rolls—good quality paper—excellent value.
BCXWMAN'S—Basement.
■ FEBRUARY 1, 191S
j *y-y "fy Brass Beds as
Pictured '
lil'i tJiiH P° sts with fivc substau- ,
V' I | '"'Willi! Iliflf'lll tial 1-inch filling rods „
I I I Jlujy U head and foot. February
j -Sale Price $14.9. >
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Twin Poster Beds
Dull Rubbed it jj
Mahogany (j
Size 3 ft. 3 in. wide, sub- 3 — 1 IfTHTD !
stantial size posts, beauti- Jn > | o
ful turned cross rail in ,Jr - funl'
foot end. Sold single or —-——■ il . '.j
])airs. February Sale I —CTj3
price #18.50 each
BOWMAN'S—Fifth Floor ©
Window Ventilators
Selling large numbers of these window ventilators —; m
easily put to use as a screen—allowing fresh air in the room
minus the draft—9-inches high extending from 23 to 37 inclvs ;
in width. Price : 3!if
Two Very Excellent Offerings of
HUCK TOWELS
Union linen buck towels—hemmed—size 16x30 inches.
Union linen buck towels with figured border and space for
monogram—size 18\33 inches : 3,"><4
BOWMAN'S—Second Floor.
< v Oil Stoves
Featuring the best oil stoves—scientifically constructed to j
burn the least amount of oil and yet give the best results.
Oderless Smokeless
#4.50 to SB.OO
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