14
MAJOR CASE IS
HERE TO INSPECT
SITE FOR DEPOT
He and Committee Arc Going
Over Ground at Middletown
and New Cumberland
"Major Case, of the United States
Army, is expected in llarrisburg to
day to go over the proposed avia
tion and military depots to be erect
ed near here," said Andrew S. Pat
terson, president of the Chamber of
Commerce. "When our comittee was
in Washington, Major Wells promis
ed us Major Case would go over the
two sites, at Middletown and New
Cumberland, with the commitee of
the Chamber."
Prom another source it was learn
ed that Major Case had arrived in
the city and has gone over the
ground without calling on the Cham
ber's committee. Whether or not he
would do so before going back to
Washington is not known.
The committee to which Mr. Pat
terson referred went to Washington
last week in the interest of the Mid
dletown site.
This committee was made up of
well-known Barrlsburgers, who have
no other end in view than to see the
lest site chosen. None of them are
property owners at either place, but
all are influenced by the belief that
Middletown is the logical location.
They are prepared to show the Army
engineers that there is little flood
danger and what there is can easily
be eliminated at smal cost, the fill
to be donated by the local steel com
panies.
The West Shore site is not well
located from a railroad standpoint,
traffic in and out after necessary
yards being constructed at great de
lay and expense interfering with the
It.wgratle freight line of the Penn
sylvania and the main line of the
Northern Central. The Middletown
site Is under lease by the Govern
ment. lias adequate highway, rail
road and trolley facilities and will
not be subject to costly sanitary en
gineering projects necessary to make
the 'cross-river site fit for the en
i ampment of a large number of men.
For a rush job, engineers say, the
Middletown site Is far superior.
World's Cereals Valued
- At $30,000,000,000
Koine. Thirty billion dollars'
worth of the six chief cereals used
tor food —wheat, rye, barley, oats,
corn and rice—is annually produced
by the farmers of the world, accord
ing to the Year Book, just issued
here by the International institute j
of Agriculture. I
"We find," declared the author of
the book, "that the ascertainable
yield of wheat throughout the world
exceeds a thousand million quintals
(one quintal being 3.0.7 bushels) and
represents at present value more
than £2,000,000,000. The yield of
maize is nearly as large as of wheat
and is worth £1,000,000,000. The
yield of potatoes is over 1500 million
quintals and of beet sugar more than
500,000,00* quintals. Every year the
world has at its disposal a total of
150,000,000 quintals of wine, $lO,-
000,000 quintals of coffee, more than
3,000,000 of leaf tobacco, and nearly
one million quintals of hops."
The vast consumption of coffee,
wine and tobacco may be understood
when it is estimated that their total
value exceeds £4,000,000,000.
Comparing the number of cattle
horses, mules, sheep, dogs, etc., to
the world's population, the Institute
estimates that Uruguay has eight
head of live stock to each inhabitant
Argentina more than four head, Au
stralia more than two, the United
States and Canada one head per per
son, and Europe only one for two
persons.
The Year Book is said to be the
most complete set of agricultural
statistics ever compiled and covers
ten years of agriculture throughout
the world. In it are given not only
estimates of production for all the
cereals and ordinary food products,
such a wheat, oats, potatoes, rice,
wine, sugar, coffee, tea, but account
is taken of products grown for tex
tile industries such as cotton, llax,
hemp, silk-worm, linseed and olive
oils, as well as the number and kind
of live stock —prices of all soil prod
ucts and the use of chemicals and
fertilizers.
Commission Charges
Unfair Practices
Washington. Feb. 25.—Complaints
charging unfair trade practices were
issued to-day by the Federal Trade
Commission against thirty-eight
manufacturing llrms as the result of
a long and intensive investigation
which has revealed "a very serious
and unhealthy condition in certain
lines of industry." It was the largest
number of complaints ever issued at
one time bv the commission.
The thirty-eight firms cited to-day
were given thirty days to reply and
ordered to appear for hearing on
April 8.
The (Hidden Varnish Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, was charged with
attempting to and suppress
competition by "systematically and
on a large scale'' giving employes
of customers, Drcspective customers
and competitors' ' customers gratui
ties such as liquor, cigars, meals,
theater tickets, valuable presents
and entertainment. "Secret pay
ments" also were alleged to have
been made to influence purchases
from tho Glldden Varnish Company
or to stop purchases 'rom the com
pany's competitors
70,000,000 TONS IKON ORE
Duluth, Minn.—The iron ore out
put from Minnesota during the com
ing year will approximate the 1916
record of 60,000,000 tons, according
to preliminary estimates of mining
experts made public to-night. Some
officials believe production will total
70,000,000 tons, but it was pointed
out that it would bo impossible lo
move that amount in view of the
fact that the Government has com
mandeered 110 lake vessels. More
over, furnaces at the lower lakes
have not the capacity for handling
so vast a quantity, experts de
clared.
The amount of ore moved will
depend on transportation facilities
and weather conditions late in the
season.
Independent mine operators on
the Lake Superior range are hope
ful of an Increase in price that will
in a measure ofTset increased pro
duction cost. Some operators of
underground properties feel that $1
a ton would be a fuir Increase, while
operators working open pit proper
ties with modern equipment arc not
expected to urge more than 50 cents
per ton increase.
MONDAY EVENING, TOJUOOSBUBSi FEBRUARY 25, 1918.
MONDAY TALKS
DISCONTINUED
l)r. Dixon's Illness Interrupts
the Series of Chats on
How to Keep Well
'"Minday morning health talks"
have been discontinued for the pres
ent by the State Department of
Health, because of the serious ill
ness of Commissioner of Health,
Samuel G. Dixon, according to a
notice issued to-day. These "talks"
have been a weekly feature of the
educational- work of the
Department the last three years, al
most 150 of them having appeared
ano hundred of Pennsylvania news
papers, as well as many in other
states, have presented them to read
ers on Monday mornings and even
on ether days of the week. They
have been written by the Commis
sioner and have set forth his views
on problems attending health and
well being during the war, home
sanitation and many other things
entering into daily life. These
"talks" have been printed in Al
bany, Richmond, Columbus, Boston
a'.'.d other state capitals as well as in
Washington, while they have ap
peared from time to time, and, in
some instances regularly, in news
papers in Canada, England and Aus
tralia.
The notice issued regarding the
"talks'* is as follows:
"Doctor Samued G. Dixon, Com
missioner of Health, is seriously ill
in the University Hospital of Phila
delphia. Doctor Dixon was on one
of his trips of inspection of the
State's Sanatoria last summer, when
he was stricken while at Mont Alto.
Ile remained thare several weeks
and later recovered sufficiently to
gf) to his home at Br.vn Mawr.
"During his illness, covering in
all, about six months, Doctor Dixon
has been in daily touch with his
office and has each week written his
little 'Talks on Health' in which he
is so much interested.
"For the present, however, his 1
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
/
Three More Days of Notable Value-Giving: Thursday the Last Day
Of The Mill and Factory Sale an
five work which we set out to do in the Mill and factory Sale and the February Furniture Sale comes to an end with the close of business on Thursday The homes of thousands of our natrons
Have been replenished and brightened with fresh new merchandise at savings which we may not be able to match for months to come.
their process f i er^ ) W ? s I . in act ' v ' t y °f buying which encouraged every section of the store to unprecedented value-offerings. Both these sales will be characterized to the end by the same kind of specials which marked
"Lest We Forget" i Quality and Big Saving Possibilities Ruling ' Several Thousand New
They tell us that four men are required at home to keep Tl A T q j- "V* I O\7 C? "f" "f" D
Frocks For Morning
one soldier in good trim at the front. That's pretty safe back- HC -LJ CX oU -L II XtJ Vl? 1J cX vJ-L LXlvl^
ing for the man who has been called upon to do our fighting " | In a Showing of Styles That Are Irresistible
our way!* " - k -°" e - in rai " d - MKO /tfMSfr February Furniture Sale
One good way of backing our soldiers is to remember our / /// j[ ft Trnj ;| Jj ,-s so exceptionally good that thrifty w °mcn
meatless and our wheatless davs. H/ \u/* \ Three days of special values remain in the February Furni- J . c '° Avc '.' V* su PPb themselves now jSKWaHRrV 1
1. V"-; > A With several attractive frocks. The ma
-1 o-morrow ought to be meatless in every home, at every j I Sale—and they promise to be days of rich savings to home terials are the best of their kind—ging- /aa |
restaurant. I I A ham, chambray and sheer weaves. It
Eat no meat tomorrow I I IOTP®SIH srtJ I " "" op l >ortum,y o( c " Joyme ,hc •". to MW ™, m,., ifeiSP
meat to-morrow. JJ \ he-month attractions. ~ iSIP WXP
. . -p -ii * t-v l There arc odd pieces and entire suites in richlv stained and gingham, in brown and white, blue and '// in
H r\nf- I O lTlO* Knrku C AVI w/ . white and black and white, with white pique T. 7 7
-L Civ L JLJUUJ\O vJII j enameled finishes—all lower in price than you will find them band 1 " U 'f ( ' 'j 11 * 01 * pockets - finished with wide /' *//J° "
J 1 TTT ■after the closing of the sale Morning dresses in solid colors of chambray or /J°i/J /„ J i cl
fhp \A/Qy alter tne Closing OI tne saie. stripes, n. blue and White, black and white J'ffj*
vllC VV Cv-L Card tables, 30x30 inches, in mahogany frame; Tapestry davenport, 78 inches long; extra soft " I J. p i"] k and . wh '* e: , c °' lar and cuffs of „„/ //ell \
snprinl o white pique; sizes 36 to 46, at $2.50 / . 7// /'„ I
.. ll'/® I m-t rk r- tmc% jm.uu spring construction; heavy roll arms; spe- Morning dresses in Billie Burko stylo, made /.' 77 ° •
h nrmpr 11 Hllhlishpn fit XI /.h tn.m/. °l d 'vdry chairs and rockers with cretonne cushion C i a i 553 00 of stripe and check ginghams, with large V. . /'" \ „ . I
' tIUL Lol 101 IUL <Jp 1 .60 IU <Jp £ seat; special • SO 95 T i !' white collar and deep cuffs of poplin; sizes 0 /o l
' Three-piece liber living room suite, special. .SoW.OO 36 to 46, at S3 00 J "
/\/^ f)JJ) fioc Mahogany chairs and rockers with spring cushion Solid mahogany living room suite; special..sos.oo Morning dresses in blue and white and pink
seat in tapestry; special $11.50 Three-piece mahogany living room suite, in tapes- stripe gingham with hand em- I
Far more interesting than fiction to those who want facts; ° ,d lVOry settec COVered with cret ° nne; try: chair, rocker and davenport bed with mat- and br oa d'' be It n tri rn me d' °w*t h P AT
, . A | . . t i a. t i 1 a 811. 9.> tress, special 900.00 tons . -,n gJ
hitherto inaccessible as to price, now shown at low enough cost Upholstered library rockers in mahogany frame; $125.00 davenport, 78 inches long, with loose spring Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. L_ "*
to permit everyone to possess them. special cushions; special $75.00 ~
When (lie Prussians Came to Poland, by de Turczynowiez Tapestry wing rockers in mahogany frame with 78-inch davenport covered with extra quality tap
'lighting In Plunders, by E. Alexander Powell. soft spring cushion seat; special $22.50 estry; looffc cushion spring seat; large pillow Ol J TnOdoUctPr QnAVfc^
T Accuse, by a German. Three-piece fumed oak living room suite with j arms; one of the richest and most luxurious OIICII 1 LLI II -L U. fcfeclllo QiL U fJUI Lib
I'an-ficrinaiiism, by Roland G. Usher. genuine leather spring cushions; special. .$47.00 1 pieces in the sale; special $120.00 ' J-
Tlic Kvldcnce in the Case, by James M. Beck. 04*1 1 • -1 • T _ 1 t
The Challenge of the Future, by Roland G. Usher. Dives, Pftmeroy & Stewart, Fourth Floor. I 1 n attti rv* ' I L-\ n4-
Adventurcs of a Dispatch Rider, by Capt. W. H. h. Watsoi* , * OIIIvO 111 d OHO W Illti X lICIL
The Great Push, by Patrick Mac Gill.
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Book Shop. T 1 • 1 if* 11 *
Uncommonly Good Towel ' Colored Dress Cottons Ready For
have come these luxurious weaves that promise to be in such
—. _ , high favor when the south sends its warm breaths north.
\/ HOC rN * Tl Plain Chinese and Japanese shantung in various weights: 33
v-aiutjo Sewing rCooms inchcswide - Yard si -°°' si - 25,5i - 75 - ?2o ° ands ~- 5 °
T ,1 t Ir\ j> ji yy "Rough pongee, in oyster white and natural; 50 inches wide.
In the Last Days of the Sale Yard $4.00
■r% •./• t-* , • tt * i i 1 1 Genuine tussah, in natural, khaki and white; 40 inches wide.
!2 C f^, y .T u S s h wa u s , h ci° ths ; Mill and Factory Sale price, 7* Delwhtful Patter us in V oiles, t oulards and Crepes Yard #3.00
10c 1 urkish bibs, in blue or pink. Special a J *
fnncv Turkish p-uest towels Soecial 1 Shanghia. a rough thread white Ruff-a-Nuff, a new Mallinson
29c fancy Turkish towels in stripe and ' check ' patterns As simplicity will be one of the foundations of the little frocks P, , * pm Ration m white navy, black,
Special 1J)<! for Spring and Summer these colored cottons are as they should || J3gS| $2.00 and $2.50 khaki, 36 inches wide;
75c white ribbed Turkish towels, with fancy border. Special, be-fanciful, but not overdone. Simple frocks need little em- W { l , , I t e ° sfaSVXlTpongee! Khaki Kooi; m" 'inches' wlde; 'tn
T , I*l 1 , . , bellishment besides natural draping when they are developed of 3B inches wlde ; y Hrrt * :s H0 white, natural and colors
sl.oo Jacquard weave I urkish towels, large size. Special. 590 f , • f fflffirftrrrrmr \ Jersey cloth, in white, tan and . '
v F v smart fabrics. liffiW: \ black; 40 Inches wide; yd. $3.00 JarU 9-00
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. # \ Whito La Jerz, 36 inches wide; Plain pongee; 33 and 36 inches
- On Sale in the 4th Street Jro| - "•
V/^AO T?r\y* "i"l no C S " k stripe pongee and madras in solid shades and with silk stripe /y~ \ ' JlWff
LrrOterieb roi ivieduess • ,a W fnttrin RprlHincr Mntovinlo
Silk stripo voile in white and colSred grounds with filk pin stripe or v H
' I '■]-| A\Oi/10 IT different colors; yard 33c U IfSiSlk
I V ' s " k muslin, 36 inches wide, in colored stripes and fancy plaids; yd., 45c \ /'J'Bll 1 T •
** Linen tlnish suiting, in plain shades; yard lc \J MMjwJn QT I I
Granulated sugar; limit 5 lbs. to a customer. Special .... 490 B..ca cloth, M t0.1... M., In pWn ,-ara .....s*, Q flfj dtUUW VAlbt
KM n: 1! k c.„ aac Can. and maple .yrup, can. ,270 On Safe in tile BaSCmCnt SeCtlOn I JQ IHB V. 1 ,"" a C 'i""!, "i", i';" 1 '
Crystallized ginger, delightful Society cocoa, fresh milled 24% 81x90-ilich bleached sheets. ) f $1.50 and $1 .(>(}
sweetmeats, B-lb, cans. ..$1.98 butter fat, 40c value lb' 81c Madras skirting, 30 inches wide; Wash suitings, in stripes and plain 45-inch bleached pillow case muslin. Yard 29^
pounds. ,V. reanler . y . Ü B3c Clover light honey, 1-lb. Jars.iiOo yard 23c "hades; po |yely fast colon,; 45x36-inch bleached pillow cases. Each 19c to 250
Rest pearl soup barley, 5 lbs. 43c Giant Cuban coffee, rich, smooth Percale, 36 inches wide. In good Gingham ih stripe patterns; yard, X. "<0 W' /Wi Baby Blankets in Pink and Blue
Sliced peaches, California fruit, in drinking, lb 35c styles on white grounds; yd. 23c 20c S CJ t i i I i r i i i r,.,
rich, heavy syrup, four large Large can sauerkraut 15c Poplin in a mercerized finish with Dress ginghams, 32-inches wide, /f LOVeIV ami warm antl uellgnttlll to look Upon 1 hey arc SO
cans sl.lO Sardines in oil or mustard 8c self colr> stripes and plain in fancy plaids and plain shades; . dainty they'll remind you of your little tot at home. Moderate
Tomatoes, No. 1 can.... c Spiced sardines, 15c value, can 10c shades; yard 23c yard 25c /gi&r ill price
Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart, Basement Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, * Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, liaseuicnt.
physicians have requested him to
conserve his strength, feeling that
the writing" of these "talks" taken
with his many other necessary du
ties was not fair to the treatment,
and, as a consequence, the weekly
talks will be sufficiently improved to
health . has sufficiently improved to
permit his resumlngthe work with
out unduly taxing his strength."
30,000,000 Soldiers
Crossed and Recrossed Sea
New York.—Those who have been
led by the loss of the Tuscanla to
consider the dangers attending the
transportation of men across the
water as something enormous will bo
surprised to learn that the chance
of losing one's life at sea on a
British or American ship is so small
nowadays that, in comparison, the
perils besetting a man living in New
York make him saem almost a hero.
Nobody knows how many American
troops there are in France. As
suming that there are 300,000,
which seems a fair estimate, and
taking into consideration the loss
of life among soldiers on the Tus
cania, Antilles and Finland, we And
that ttie chance of an American
soldier losing his life while on the
sea is only J in 1,829.
On November 1, 1917, Sir Eric
Geddes, first lord of the British ad
miralty, in reviewing the activities
of the British navy since the be
ginning of the war, stated that of
30,000,000 men who had crossed
and recrossed the seas only 2,700
had been lost by the action of the
enemy. This, it may be assumed,
included troops, crews and all others
having to take a sea trip on war
work. The loss of life, according
to these figures, was reduced to Vlie
astonishing low level of 1 in 11,111.
It must be borne in mind, however,
that the great bulk of these mil
lions transported under the protec
tion of the British navy were con
voyed across the English channel,
where the safeguards introduced
have proved so efficient that U-boats
have failed to sink a single ship
bearing troops. But, even allow
ing for that, the percentage of loss
of life is remarkably small and re
flects great credit on the efficacy of
the anti-submarine devices used.
BOOSTERS REWARDED WITH BANQUET FOR FAITHFUL WORK
■Tj - '- g - m JL Kf
Mr. and Mrs. Telegraph Reader,
meet these fourteen real, live Boos
ters. Perhaps you have already met
one of this smiling party but at any
rate you should know them all.
A Booster, by the way, is any
wide-awake member of the Tele
graph's circulation department. His
duty is to serve you better than you
can be served by any other newspa
per organization. It is because these
fourteen Boosters have achieved
just such a record that they gath
ered at the home of W. H. Kaylor,
2134 Derry street, Saturday evening,
for a little party.
Mr. Kaylor is manager of the
Elm street branch of the Telegraph
at 1721 Elm street, and with the as
sistance of these smiling Boosters
serves all Telegraph patrons on the
north side of the Hill. As a mark
of appreciation for the loyal work
of his assistants in boosting the
Telegraph's circulation in this dis
trict, Mr. Kaylor invited the boys to
his home for an evening's enter
tainment.
That the affair was a delightful
one is shown by the cameraman who
caught the boys' expression a few
minutes after the ice cream disap
peared. Can you blame Mrs. Kaylor
for smiling when she sees the ex
pression of pleasure shown by each
boy, each of whom insists that Mrs.
Kaylor is really the very best cook
in Harrlsburg.
Those in the photograph are: Mr.
Kaylor, Stanley Fellows, Edgar
Erisman, John Carl, Arthur Eris
man, Walter Eshenour, Paul Cover,
David Demmy, Clifton Palmer, Ed
win Clark, Elmer Place, Charles
Moyer, Thomas Jones and John
Graybill.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
102 YEARS OLD
\
Market Square Presbyterian
Celebrates Special
Event
Ceremonies and exercises commem
orating the 102 nd anniversary of Mar
ket Square Presbyterian Sunday
School were held yesterday in the
main auditorium of tho church. Dr.
J. George Becht, executive secretary
of the State Board of Education, spoke
on "The Bible as Literature and as
the 800-k of Life." He paid tribute
to the long life of t.he Sunday School,
one of the oldest in the country.
A rare instance of faithfulness In
attendance was shown by the Rev. Dr.
George Edward Hawes, pastor of the
church. William R. Steinmeier, 717
North Nineteenth street, lias missed
but two Sundays In twenty-eight
years. His wife has not missed a Sun
day for the past year, the two small
sons, two years, and the two daugh
ters being present every Sunday in
1917.
Membership of the school is 1088,
dividefl as follows: Cradle Roll, 120;
Primary Department. 174; Junior De
partment, 162; Intermediate Depart
ment, 139; Senior Department, 493.
Contributions for 1917 were $3,-
145.99 divided as follows: Primary
Department, $246.70; Junior Depart
ment, $1,124.51; Intermediate Depart
ment. $390.33; Senior Department,
$183.&5.
Tho following were prize winners
in attendance during 1917:
J. Henry Spicer, N. E. Hause,
Frank G. Fahnestock, Jr.. Mrs. Wil
liam G. Schooley, H. W. Wright, John
A. Fries, Jacob Stouffer, Burton E.
Commings, 10. P. Robinson. Mrs. Mary
B. White, W. R. Steinmeier, David
Charles, Chart; s W. Hartwick, Brenn
Fisher, Mrs. W. R. Steinmeier, Miss
Viola Bell. Miss Sarah Rauch, Miss
Lile Fisher, Miss Ruth Ktter. W. G.
Schooley, Ralph Byers, John De Gray,
J. T. Harris, Clarence N. Wolfley, Miss
Florence Fisher. Miss Mary Ferguson,
Miss Weigle, Charles C. Getter.
S. W. Fleming, 11. W. Fair, E. M.
Stoner, Edmund Critchely, Maurice
Taylor. Miss Caroline Keefer, Miss
Wright, Mrs. Hubley, Mr. Anderson,
Albert Sanders. Harry Sanders, Flo
rence Van Horn, Klizabeth Fisher,
Charles Craighead, Jack Glazier.
Elizabeth Harris, Mildred Fisher, Kt
ward Hawes, Percy Walker.
Mr. McKinnte, Mr. lieid. Elsie Coi
dron. Janet Thompson. Elizabet
Nuncmaclicr, Ruth Ntoner, Josephlr
Roberts. Robert Walker. Albert Taj
lor, Edward Taylor.
Hazel Fisher. Dorothy Myer
Nancy Steele. Ulanche Italne, Leonar
Looker. Russell Free. Delia Machj
mcr, Vera Walkden, Mildred Bower
Ella Nelson, John McCullough. Dot
aid Millar, Miss Roberta K. Ortii. Mr
George Roberts. George Robert
Maria Mausteller, George Burne
Louise Hickok, Claire Hartwick.
Elizabeth Hteinmeier, Ruth Naon
Steinmeier, Gertrude Imber, Robei
Nunemaclier, Mrs. John Nunemaehe
Erma Sclnniedel, Jacob Looker. Rot
ert Steinmeier. Alma Steinmeier.
A\ IMI'OIITANT I\<H litV
•Millionaire, to his daughter—Te
me, child, has that young man wl
wants to marry you got any mone\
Daughter—Money, father? Wli
he has just given me a cluster dii
mond ring studded with pearls!
Millionaire—Yes, I know. Has J
any money left?
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