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SUBCOMMITTEE
BACKS BILL OF
WIDE POWERS
I
Overman Measure, Granting
President Much Power,
Receives Endorsement
Washington, Feb. 22.—Systematic
direction and control over the indus
tries of the country is contemplated
by the administration if the Over
man bill, granting broad powers to
the President, which the subcommit
tee of the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee voted yesterday to report to the
full committee, shall be put through
Congress with sufficient speed.
Tins control, it was said, will be
exercised through a central board,
which will direct not only all pur
chases of the various departments of
the government to eliminate the
present system of competitive buy
ing, but will supervise production in
accordance with the needs of the na
tion and the Allies.
According to present arrange
ments, officials stated, the war in
dustries board, which has been the
chief dependence of the various de
partments in obtaining materials
and placing orders, will be absorbed
and its utilized tinder
Food Will Win the War —Don't Waste It
Genuine Reductions
on certain lots of
SHOES
make the following numbers of special inter
est to you.
Men's Dress Growing Girls
Shoes Shoes
in black, gun-metal, in Patent Colt Button
good - year welts Jow heels. Sizes 2 1-2
Neolin soles, broad or to _ 4 - r A g° od S 3OO
English toes. $3.50 value for
values for $1.95
$2.45 I Ladies' Patent
All Sizes Leather English
Ladies' High Lace either ® white
Boots , tops. Mostly all wel-
Louis heels, either ted soles, with mili
solid black or com- tary heels. All sizes
bination colored tops. *3 A, £*
$4.00 values
$2.95 Ladies' Black
All Sizes English Shoes
i j jrv i rp Sizes 21-2 to 4
Ladies Dark Tan rj 'm
English Lace
Boots Ladies' Colored
military heels. Sizes Cloth Top Shoes
1 *<OA i ■ ° U J regU " welts,
lar $3.98 line for Sizes up to 5 1-2
$2.95 $1.85
G. R. Kinney Co. Inc.
19 and 21 N. Fourth Street
2 Good Coffees
Which for you? Both have that fine flavor and rich aroma
that brings you to the table early, anl makes you say " An
other cup, please."
Which for you? Try a pound of both, please, and see.
Golden Roast Coffee 30c lb.
is made from the best beans from the Highlands of Brazil 3t
is fresh-roasted daily, and comes in tin-foiled, moisture-moof
packages. It is a 356 coffee for 30c.
• Old Favorite Coffee 25c lb.
is a mellow, tasty coffee,.packaged in stout, moisture-proof bags
lined with glasserine. 4c is saved in the packaging So you
get a 30c coffee for 25c.
Your grocer lia* these
Kf'l ttvo good coffees; wiw® "" .
,N. ~rrr\ Mk for thcm
.i'gpß. H. LYON |||.i
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FRIDAY EVENING,
definite legal authority. Instead of
the advisory capacity in which It
now serves.
The war industries board will con- |
tinue to operate ast at present until i
the Overman bill shall be passed.
The President's official advisers say
Bernard M. Baruch, at present the
acting chairman of the board, will
be appointed to the chairmanship, to
succeed Daniel Willard, who resign
ed more than a month ago,to direct
the management of the Baltimore
|and Ohio Railroad, of which he is j
president. Mr. Baruch's appointment
I may be announced within a day or
j two. The delay has been duo to
the discussions between the Presi
dent and his cabinet, chiefly Secre
tary of War Baker, over the fur
ther steps contemplated In the re
organization of the War Department.
If the Overman bill i\?nacted and
the President is privileged to ignore
the present statutes requiring pur- !
chases by the various departments
and in turn their different bureaus
and divisions, an office bearing a
relation to industry similar to that
which Herbert C. Hoover occupies
in relation to food and Dr. Harry A.
Garfield in respect to coal may be
created. Such an industrial admin
istrator or dictator would be the of
ficial link between the government
and the industries of the nation, and
many persons close to the President
say Mr. Baruch will step from the
chairmanship of the War Industries
Board into that position.
I • MINISTER'S WIFE DIES
Marietta. Pa., Feb. 22.—Mrs. Anna
I Kreider. wife of the Rev. Jacob L.
! Kreider, or>: den township, died from
a complication of diseases. She was
4 7 years old and besides her husband
is survived by live children, her aged
father and a brother.
Fair Food
The following statement, revised to February 22. regarding fair
prices for food necessities, was issued to-day by the local Federal 1-ooa
Administration. „ .
Consumer prices are figured on a quotation "cash-and-carry oasis.
Credit and delivery prices may be higher. The Federal Food Adminis
tration has no authority to fix prices. It may, however, determine what
are fair prices, based on reason able profits to the wholcs&ler and re
tailer. If your retailer charges more on a "cash-and-carry" basis than
the prices named below, report him by letter to the Federal, Food Ad
ministration, Chamber of Commerce. _
Retailer Consumer
puys should pay
BKANS „„
Navy (pea), lt> ' 15V4 to ltic 17 to -0c
Gray (marrow), lb .... St to 11c
Lima, lb 16 to 17c. 18 to .Oc
White (marrow), lb - 17% c 1J to -Oi.
BUTTER .
Creamery, lb S3 to 57c M to 60c
Creamery, 1 lb. prints, lb. . 51c 5-1 to bc
Freeh Print, lb 54c
Tub, storage, lb 49c * to sjc
CORNMEAb
Package of 2 , / 4 lbs., pkg 17c 18 to .0c
Bulk, lb • 6Hc \ to 8c
City Market, lb. ,u
EGGS
Fresh, doz 55 to 60c ®0 to 65c
City Market, doz 55 to bOc
Storage, doz
FLOUR
50-50 flour, 10-tt). bag .J 0c
W4nter, 24-tb. bags 7., 11.33 $1.40 to 1.40
Spring, 24-lb. bags $1.55 to $1.60 $1,70 to SI.BO
LARU
Lard, lb f. 18 to 31% c 32 to 35c
Compound (substitute) 23 to 240 28c
POTATOES N
Pennsylvania, No. 1. bushel $1.50 to $1.60 $1.75 to SI.BO
City Marr.et, bushel $1.35 to $1.50
SUGAR
Granulated, cwt $7.85 lb. 9 to 9Hc
Complaint has reached the local Food Administration that flour and
like commodities sold in bags and marked to contain certain quantities
has not been holding out as net Weights. We suggest that consumers
experiencing this trouble get in touch with their local Weight and Meas
ure Bureau.
The following are the authorized substitutes for wheat flour: Hom
iny. corn grits, cornmeal, corn flour, edible cornstarch, barley flour, roll
ed oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat 'flour, potato flour, sweet po
tato flour and sugar bean flour. >
Dauphin County Food Administrator McCormick is in receipt of the
following advice from the Shredded Wheat Company: "Gentlemen, this
is to advise you that shredded wheat may be sold without substitutes."
CALIFORNIA ORANGES NOT
TO BE HAD IN THE CITY
California oranges, better known t
as th'e "seedless" variety, are hardly r
to be had in Harrisburg, and a con- t
tinued scarcity if not an actual
famine, of the fruit is anticipated by
wholesale fruit dispensers here, r
This wa sthe opinion of two of the *
leadinv fruit distributors in the city J
this mornlpg.
As a result of the scarcity, con- '
sumers are paying twice as much for *
California oranges as they did at this . 1
time last year. A box of California j
"Gold nuggets" which arrived in the i s
city yesterday was deposed of at j v
$7..50 wholesale. A *go aln
similar box would have sold for $3.50 ; i:
t the retailer. j 1
Fruit dealers give three reasons! t
for the shortage of seedless oranges. 11
In the first place the car shortage j
has cut down the shipments of or- | I
anges from California fruit dealers j t
to almost nothing. The long haul ' s
from fhe Pacific to the Atlantic I a
coast is also cutting down ship-1 r
ments of oranges to eastern markets, j I
The length of time required in the | r
transit from California to local mar- j a
kets in ordinary conditions is 14 a
days. Ordinarily the oranges can s
stand this amount of refrigerating
without ill effects. But under pres. d
ent freight condition the oranges are v
uonietimes in transit from 30 to 40 f
Gives Charming Memory [t.
Portrait of Lincoln,
Saviour of His Country [|
The Civil War was calling men jJJ
and women to duty. "We are com- | a
ing. Father Abraham, six hundred j h
thousand strong," sang the men. j
But there was need of women as i
nurses. That was before the day \ A
when well equipped, trained nurses to
weic ready for service. Among the f,
many agencies rfor relief was one _
got up by the Ohio Military. Agent.
A party of Ohio men were to 1 go to
help as best they could, under the j j
leadership of an earnest, practical j
Methodist minister. One experienc- I 1
ed woman was ready to go, and as j j
one woman could not go alone, 1 t j
was added as a junior member of I
the group. j
We had been tried at Aquia Creek, j <
where the poor bruised and broken ( ■
men wete brought from Fredericks- j j
burg alter the battle on their way to | i
Washington hospitals. Our party j j
had l>cen sent to several different j
points where there was plenty,of op
portunity for all our ministry under j
the direction of the doctors in
charge. We had been so close to the
front that we had heard the can- j.
nonading. and had cared for the |
men, black from the rifle pits.
At last our party was at City
Point; our supplies did not arrive as i
quickly as had we. The barrels and j
[ lioxes and bundles were on their j
A-av, so that the first night at the ;
Point we had only a tent. The grass ,
was thick and clean, and could serve j
jas bed and chair. Johnny, the |
drummer boy, rolled in a log, sa>- ,
J ing, -Here's a pillow for you. Sis
ter Ohio." At dusk a tap on our
i< nt pole showed us a caller. "Will j
vou ladies take in for the night, ask- ■
ed an officer, "Miss Barton? There
is no place for her tonight. She has
business in the morning at head- j
quarters. We cannot place her, as j
our supplies are not here."
We gave to Clara Barton a most j
cordial welcome. She slept beside
me, with the grass for a matures.;,
p;,rt of the log for a pillow, and half!
of my mother's big warm plaid .
Mank'.t shawl for a covering. In j
the morning, when she had gone, 1 ,
>vas standing at the tent door, look- j
ing out upon the scene of the camp j
activity, when not far awaiy, just ]
goo.l photographic distance, |
those two great men, Lincoln and |
iran\, in earnest emiversatlon.
Tiiere wore only a few flags flying
and there was no music; no glimpse
of a funny story on those strong, sad
lips The President looked as |
though he might have been awake a J
large part of the long night and in t
prayer. At a respectful distance |
from the two men stood a soldier, as i
motionless as a statue. They did notj
see me and I was careful not to
move; but upon my heart and mlndl
is graven a picture in which every
line of that face, that bent form, I
the earnest attention as he listened .
or spoke to the general near him i
stands out to-day.—Lucy S. Bain- j
bridge In the Outlook.
Captain of Steamer Got
Prescription by Wireless
Galveston. —The captain 'of a
tramp steamer in the Gulf of Mex- I
ico was lately taken 111 with pto- i
maine poisoning. With death star- i
Ing him In the face, on account of
inadequate medical aid, he decided
to call, by wireless, for assistance
from the physicians at a naval sta- j
tior 100 miles away.
The mrssago was picked up by a 1
liner 700 fniles away, and the ship's '
HARRISBURG TELEGRAFHI
[ days. Tto use the words of a loaal
receiver, when they arrive they are I!
in an "extremely deplorable con
dition.
Severe Frost
Added to the difficulties of trans- j
portation, is the fact that an almost !
unprecedently severe frost in Cali
fornia fruit regions during Decem
ber cut the orange Gjrop fifty per
cent,, say local denlers. This is
forcing California sliippars to sell ,
tlieir oranges locally.
The time is rapidly approaching, I
say Harrisburg wholesalers, when it!
will be impossible to secure seedless !
oranges in the eastern markets.. This j
is because California dealers will no |
longer take the risk of shipping j
their choice oranges, only to have
them spoil in transit.
The crop from Porto Rico and !
Florida is normal, dealers says, but j
this variety ofh oranges only aggre- j
gates 50 per cent of the total or- I
ange sale in this vicinity. For this '
reason the price of Florida and j
Porto Rico oranges has jumped al- j
most 100 per cent. The same or
anges that sold a year ago for $3.50, |
are now selling for $6.50, dealers j
say.
"To tell the honest truth," said a j
dealer this morning, "Oranges aren't |
worth a third what they're selling j
for, but what are we to do?"
surgeon made all haste to reply to j
this strange "S. O. S." with full and
detailed prescription, which was I
without difficulty made up from the
tramp steamer's medicine chest, and
the captain's life was saved. ' I
A fireman on a Canadian-Pacific j
liner which carries no surgeon was j
attacked in mldocean with internal j
hemorrhage. Wireless communica- |
tion was secured with an Alau liner ;
and details of the symptoms trans- J
mitted across 1,000 miles of ocean, j
A prescription was not only received 1
but daily consultations took place
for some flme, and the medicine was j
"changed" several times.
j With Fingers! j
Corns Lift Off!
t t 1
| Doesn't hurt a bit to lift an/ ;
| corn or callus rijght off. Try itl j
Li. IH IIIH I I ■ ■ ■ ■■■ II t j
For a few cents you
f 1 ™S can get a small bottle ol
the magic freezone re-j
v— J© cently discovered by a!
| 1 I Cincinnati man,
j \ / Just ask at any drug
II store for a small bottle
j] of freezone. Apply a few
I I drops upon u tender,
j I aching corn or callus anil!
I I instantly all soreness I
II disappears and shortly]
M you will find the corn orj
Jf callus so loose that you]
lift it off with the ting- i
isiQfci ers
Q* j Just think! Not one'bit
la || of pain before applying!
Jl' ill freezone or afterwards.
It doesn't even irritate
> the surrounding skin.
I T j 1 Hard corns, soft corns
I I ■! or corns between the
|" 1 toes, also hardened cal-l
J, Itises on bottom of feet,
JJI V shrivel tip and fall off
ASK without hurting a parti- .
j cle. It is almost magical.
I readies! Keep a tiny
; \j y bottle on the dresser and
1 1 L never let a corn orj cal
lus ache twice. —Adv.
Big Special Sale
Men's Working i
Shirts and Trousers
Special Value
Trousers $1.50 up
Shirts 85c up
These Arc AII I*rc-YVar . I Vices
pnd Qualities—Act Now
Consylman&Co.
1117 N. Third St.
I WM. STROUSE
I THE MAN'S STORE OF HARRISBURG
I Delivering the Goods-
I That's the main thing. That's what
Mk MHMA[ That's what George Washington did
'tmM % a ud that's why this country is the great
•' big free land it is to-day.
4 * He fought a great fight for a great
IMp . cause and he had the courage of his eon-
Every word he wrote and every word
lie spoke was believed by everybody.
v?! Ie implicit confidence people had
/j) \ * n llia^e bim a success and he
Kjj lield that confidence as the most precious I
IIL^ N hJ Every time you think of Washington I
S illtfi you revere him for the intrinsic worth he
i ymWrnJnffi- was to our Nation in its beginning.
. fff j jPj |' • What a wonderful reputation. He
IwW '/I lives TODAY in greater esteem for the
V ? V.- good he did THEN.
Our Final Reduction Sale
lis a great work for a great cause in our business.
We never carry goods from one season to the next. That's the grtjat cause for
OUR FINAL REDUCTION SALE. And we'll stick to our policy even against the
rise in prices for next year's merchandise.
The implicit CONFIDENCE the people have in our word and our methods is
the BIG REASON why our FINAL REDUCTION SALE has met with such
SUCCESS.
Every man and young man in this town should
Get His Suit and Overcoat Now
Hundreds and hundreds of men have already shared in the opportunities
this sale provides and there are hundreds more equally large opportun
ities awaiting those who come now.
No merchant can foretell what he will be up against next year in the way
of merchandise and prices but he can bet dollars to doughnuts that prices
will be MORE very MUCH MORE than they are now and there is noth
ing in sight to stop it excepting, the end of the war and goodness knows
we would all give everything for that.
1i Make Saturday YOUR day to get that
Suit and Overcoat
Were $15£L,511.75 Were
Were slS£Us 13.75 Were $25£%.519.75
Were $20^515.75 Were $30£1523.75
Were s3sff ,$27.75 ,
Boys' Suits, Overcoats and Mackinaws
Were $5- 00
Were $6-50 Now-* $4.85 Were sl2-75 Now-*. $9.85
Were $7-50 Now-*55.85 Were sls-00 Now-. $i 1.85 |
roar Money OUR POLICY : Built -
Refunded DO IT KETTER Values' I
THE NEW STORE OF WM. STROUSE—EVER NEW—3IO MARKET ST.