2 BIG SURPLUS OF BELIEVED RAID POTATOES READY! ATCOBLENZWAS FOR CONSUMERS BY AMERICANS Farmers Urged to Sell and Housewives to Buy Nour ishing Tubers To effect a saving in wheat and other foodstuffs and nt the same time pi event the waste of great quantities of potatoes now hold by the farmers, the Dauphin County Foo,d Adminis tration to-day urged all farmers to make haste and dispose of their po tatoes In the shortest possible time. "There are thousands of bushels of potatoes in Dauphin, Cumberland and Perry counties, for which Harris burg is the logical market," declared Walter S. Schell. an authority on this subject, this morning. Potatoes are not in demand abroad to the extent that other foodstuffs sire, it is said, and, therefore, should be consumed at home as a measure to conserve other less plentiful food stuffs. The price of potatoes now is unusually low, which is one reason I iiat prevents the farmers from un loading their stock on the market. It was pointed out by the local farm agent this morning that within two months new potatoes will be for sale, and the price will drop still lower, so that it is useless to hold the potatoes for higher prices. One reason cited for the failure of the farmers to place their potatoes on the market is that they are busy plowing at this time of year. The unusually severe winter and the fact that the fanners have been snowed in has hitherto prevented them from getting their supplies to the market, which accounts for the large quanti ties on hand. The potato crop was unusually large last year. It was said this morning that large quantities of potatoes were sold last week, but not enough to unload the stock held by farmers. A "Potato Week" to dispose of the supply was suggested to the Food Administration by Mr. Schell. The necessity for dis posing, of the potatoes was heartily endorsed by Mr. McCormick this morning. To Remove Dandruff Get a small bottle of Danderine at any drtig store for a few cents, pour a iittle into your hand and rub well into the scalp with the finger tips. By morning most, if not all, of this Mwful scurf will have disappeared. Two or three applications will de stroy every bit of dandruff: stop scalp itching and falling hair.—Adv. V 1 ~' S the fir Cat Waf " 4 time sweetmeat. 4 omy of asc package 3 J C Sv T MEAL * ' -iShh J The Flavor LastsTjM TUESDAY EVENING, Germans Both Skeptical and Fearful of Attack by U. S. Flyers _ I/ondon, March 19. —Fifty persons were killed and great material dani- I ago was done by bombs dropped by ' allied airmen when they raided ■ Coblenz, Germany, on March 12, ac | cording to a neutral traveler who ar i rived Monday at The Hague, the j Times says. | "The people believed the raiders were Americans," the traveler said. "I was in the neighborhood of a big j munition works at Mulheim (north i of Coblenz and also on the Rhine) | at ten minutes past noon when sud i denly all the factory whistles started j blowing and the sirens were sounded. ! Many women rushed from the works i for the bombproof shelters, while | passing street cars were stopped as I the crews bolted into houses. Four j or five airplanes were visible in the clear sky. Expected Sooner or Later "Presently some one exclaimed: i 'They are Americans!' Another per- I son screamed aloud, 'The Americans | are coming:' A Dutchman I knew [ rushed up to me and said: 'Didn't I j tell you the Americans would conic I sooner or later'." } "I cannot say -whether the ma chines actually were American, but | the striking thing was the evidence i that there has been general skeptic | ism whether American airplanes | ever would come and equal fear of ; them when they do." j The neutral traveler added that j although the machines merely | passed over Mulheim on their way to ' Coblenz. it was not until 4 o'clock | that the "all clear" signal was I sounded. j Coblenz is the capital of the Rhine j provide of Prussia. The British war i office announced on March 12 that [on that day British aviators had i dropped a ton of bombs on factories, ; stations and barracks at Coblenz. Berlin always has denied any se j rious losses caused by allied air ! raids over German territory, but if llfty were killed at Coblenz, the Brit- I ish raid resulted in more serious j losses than ever have been reported ! from Germany before. Committee to Fix Prices Announced by Council Washington, March 19.—Creation ! of a price-fixing committee under the War Industries Board, which will pass upon prices for all basic raw materials purchased by the govern ment and established a price fixing ; policy from time to time to be np ' proved by the President, was an nounced to-day by the Council of isational Defense. CENTRAL BUREAU! TO DIRECT COAL SALES IN CITY New Hules Laid Down Fori Supplying Next Winter's Fuel Supply The central coal bureau, composed ■ of four members ofthe Harrisburg Coal Dealers' Exchange and a mem- j ber of the county fuel commission, : will be established after April 1 to 'handle all coal orders which the j dealers cannot till. This was an-! nounced among other plans for tak- j ing caV-e of the coal consumers dur- | ing the coming year, by Ross A. Hickok last night. All orders will be taken through ; the various dealers as usual. Deal- | ers who are unable to till their or- | ders will return them to the cen- j tral bureau, which will reassign j them to a dealer who can supply j them nearest the community to which the coal is to be delivered. Dealers were authorized to accept orders for delivery after April 1. Consumers are urged to stock up as early as possible for next winter. When a consumer has lilled out his card, two-thirds of his regular sup ply will be supplied by his dealer. When all the consumers have re ceived two-thirds their normal sup ply, the dealers will begin to stock them up to their full normal supply. Dealers to Deliver All consumers, to secure coal, must fill ovjt a coal card stating the amount of coal purchased from April 1, 1917, to April 1, 1918, and if a greater supply is wanted for the coming one-year period beginning Apri 1, reasons therefor must be stated, and size and kind pre ferred. Dealers will supply the cards, as previously. These cards will be compared with the records of the previous year. The records will be compiled from the sales rec ords of the dearers. Emergency orders will be taken care of by the central clearing house but may be accepted by all the deal ers. Under this class are homes without fuel, under quarantine, where there is sickness or aged, in firm or very young people to be taken care of. The central office will also hear complaints of con sumers who are unable to get their Orders filled in reasonable time. The cards will be made out in triplicate—one for the dealer, one for the central office and one for the consumer. Financial terms will be arranged by each dealer as pre viously. These rules apply to the city only, but the county fuel administrator will confer with borough and town officials alid county coal dealers on the best- methods to handle the situ ation throughout the county. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH OFFICIAL CO < Address Date IX ACCORDANCE with tlic regulations of the United States Fuel Administrator, purchasers are required to make true declaration in answer to the following questions: Name of dealer No.. Quantity and kind required for year ending March 31, IKI9 Quantity and kind desired for immediate delivery Quantity consumed during year ending .VI itch 31, 1918 Quantity now on hand .' Kind of building No. rooms Kind of heating plant Have you any untitled orders with other dealers? If so, amount and with whom? I hereby certify that the above statements are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. ~ ' Cash Received v Xame 1; '~< Any person who wilfully makes a false statement upon the fore going application is subject to prosecution under the I/ever Act, which Imposes a penalty of $5,000 line or two years' imprisonment or both.) I • JOKE COSTS BOY BOTH HIS FEET Surgeons Compelled to Am putate to Save Life of Credulous Youth >\ hen the gallant boys from the i upper end of Dauphin county stopped I in Harrisburg on the way to Camp Meade, the Williamstown quota in particular received much attention from a big crowd of spectators who gathered at the Pennsylvania Rail road plaza. In the horse-play and general merriment, a Polish boy, evi dently very good-natured, and a sort of popular butt of the company, was a soul-ce of entertainment, and when the boys left there was many a shout of "Good luck. Tony." His last name was Valisko, and a more loyal, more agreeable Americanized foreigner, never pledged his life to Uncle Sam. I It was this unfortunate hoy who I has lost, both his feet, as told in dis- I patches from Baltimore, because un- \ thinking comrades teased him to a > point of frenzy and madness. Tony ! is now lying- in a hospital cot near j Baltimore, his sturdy legs amputated i and in a dying condition. "They're going to court-martial you ( and shoot you to death—that's Army j laws," they informed Tony, when he < had committed some trifling inisde- ! mtanor. "Kvidently, the Polish boy | had seen enough of military discipline j to believe this, and-so one bitter cold ; night he stole awaj' from camp. All j one Sunday night he struggled! through the snow, for the snow was, deep then. When his feet began to freeze, he took off one shoe and hob bled along as best he could. Not un til Tuesday evening was he seen again, making his forlorn appearance at a farmhouse. "The Army was going to Shoot me," told the unschooled Polish boy, "so I ran away."' This situation alarmed the farm people, and instead of giving the wan derer protection, it was suggested that he retur# to camp right away. The certainty "of death there and his intense suffering, drove Tony tempo rarily insane, and he seized an ax. brandishing it after a group of men who had gathered. A platoon of sol diers eventually came and "captured" Tony, and every effort was made to save his frost-bitten feet, all in vain. Infection set in, and amputation was | necessary. Poor Tony! ' Graduate of Conservatory of Music to Give Recital Meehaiiiesburg, Pa., March 19. j This evening Miss Corelli Martin, j member of the class of 1918, Har-1 i risburg Conservatory of Music, will [give a violin recital for graduation] | ir. the auditorium of the Conserva-1 tory in North Second street. Miss i | Martin, who is a musician of ability j and rare talent, has won a v. ell-. ! merited reputation in this locality, j I She was a private pupil of Madame i Lucelle Du Pre, of the Du Pre Vio-j lin School at Denvir, Col. In addi-i tion to her work at the Conservatory, I Miss Martin has been taking prjcitc I lessons from Madame Von Tlereghy. ] Miss Martin is the daughter of Mr. | and Mrs. Charles Martin, South j Market street. Mechanicsburg. r i Contest For Superintendent of Cumberland Co. Schools Carlisle, Pa., March 19. J. Kelso' Green, of Carlisle, county superin tendent of Cumberland schools for nearly fifteen years will face opposi tion when the directors meet here early in April to elect an official for the next four years. Prof. Green, who is widely known in educational cir cles through the state from his ac- j tivity in school affairs, is a candidate I for re-election. Announcement was made to-day that T. Ralph Jacoby, supervising' principal of the ' Mechanicsburg; schools, will also be an applicant for j the post. Jacoby was a candidate in j 1914, but was defeated. The general! 'impression here is that the contest! will be close, but that Prof. Green; will be returned. The assistant su-! perintendency. now held by W. G. i Kice, of Carlisle, an appointive of- i fice, also hinges on the outcome. CONGRESSMAN FESB TO SPEAK ; Carlisle, Pa., March 19.—An- i nouncement was made to-day of a : big war meeting and smoker to be held by the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening when Simeon *D. Fess, a member of the foreign affairs committee of the House and representative of the Xinth Ohio district, will speak to the members and guests. His subject will be "The International Situation and the Part We Are to Play In It." He will pay special Attention to the Siberian situation. MILLERSTOWN Mrs. John TayVor was at Harris burg on Friday to see her sister, Mrs. Harry Pines, who is recovering t-fter an operation, performed several weeks ago at the- Keystone Hospi tal. The Rev. C. F. Himes will go to Williamsport this week to attend the annual Methodist conference in the Newberry Methodist Church. Miss Annie Thompson, who spent several months with her sister, Mrs. James Roifnsley, has returned : tp her home ill New Buffalo. Miss Lillle Nanklvell, of Steelton. spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nanklvell. Mrs. Howard Ward was a recent visitor at. Harrisburg. Mrs. Chester Wright, of Newport, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amos Stahl on Sunday. W. H. Hopple, of Newport, spent' j Sunday with his brother, 11. D. llop j pie and family. I Miss Edith Rounsley was at New port on Friday. ISSUE TRIAL LIST j FOR APRIL COURTI Thirty Common Pleas Cases j to Be Heard Next Month i fo '" the session of I y Common Pleas' Jgr Court beginning | April 81 was issued j * ißlisiTf** peal by defen-| dant: Cora Maug-i ans vs. Valley Railways Company, trespass; Martin D. Deimler vs. Her shey Chocolate Company, assumpsit; Oscar Fox vs. Hershey Chocolate Company, assumpsit; Harry F. I.ongeneclter vs. Hershey Chocolate Company, assumpsit: William F. Ilabbyshaw vs. Hershey Cho?olrite Company, assumpsit; R. J. Klelnfel-i ter vs. 1 lershey'Chocolate Company;! l-'lovd F. Ream vs. Hershey Chocolate! Company, assumpsit; Charles B. Mil- j let* vs. Hershey Chocolate Company, assumpsit; Charles Kann vs. Joseph Hoffman, assumpsit; M. D. Knowi-i ton Company vs. Ferriday Paper Box! Company, appeal by defendant; Fe ter Fissner vsf. Cliarmes M. Eissner, I trespass; John O. Gohl and Harryl Bruaw, trading as Gohl and Bruaw| vs. Charles Uttley, appeal by defen-1 dant; Merchants Ice Company vs. Charles Ott, appeal by defendant; ,T. Hungerford vs. Jacob Yoffee, et al„ trading as Keystone Bottling Work. - ?, appeal by defendant; Charles Wer ner vs. Wilhelm J. Mehring, Jr., tres pass); Ellen Nelley, et al., vs. Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, issue; I Cornelius Kocher vs. J. E. A. Moyer, 1 appeal by defendant; Carmela Dili-| bertis in her own right and Domenlc) Dilibertis, et.al-, by their mother and j next friend vs. C. W. Dutz, trespass; Capitol Hardware and Supply Co. vs. Springfield Fire and Marine Insur-1 ance Co., assumpsit; Elias Wagner i vs. Joe Donato, appeal by defen dant; Henry IT. Jennings and Her man Jagle vs. George L. Smith, as sumpsit; Samuel Green vs. William Strouse, appeal by defendant; Tran tum and Danzer vs. Lewis Silbert, sci. fa. sur. mecli. lien; Mary Chard vs. Raymond Fleischer, trespass; Wil liam W. Dickey vs. Sigler Piano Player Company, appeal by defen dant; David Hoffman vs. Charles E. T.ebo, trespass; Phoenix Machine Company vs. I. B. Dickinson, appeal by defendant; .A. Douden Planing Mill Company, vs. M. A. Rosenberg, appeal by defendant: Arthur .T. Quigley vs. Norman C. Ileckert, tres j pass. Hearts of America Transplanted to France, Sec. Baker Tells Soldiers By Associated I'rcss tin Hoard Secretary linker'* Sporinl Trnin In Krnnee. Sunday, March 17. — "While we are busy at home," said Newton D. Baker, the American Sec retary of War,, in a talk to officers at* the American staff school to-day. "with our industrial preparations and training of troops, our hearts are transplanted to France. My visit has | brought me a great uplift in spirit. I As a boy takes apart a watch to see ! how it -1 stand functions of its parts, I • have been taking this Army apart." | War Council Agreed i N on Many Vital Points Paris (Monday), March 18. —Pre- i mier Clemenceau arrived to-day from London, where he attended the i Supreme War Council. He was ac j companied by General Bliss, chief of i the American general staff; Pre- I mier Orlando, of Italy, and Signors | llissolati and Bianchi, of the Italian i cabinet. I "We were able to come to an ! agreement without difficulty on a I great number of important points," | he said. GEORGE HIBBHMAN BURIED Marietta. Pa., March 19. —The fu ! neral of George Hibshman, to-day j from the Church of the Brethren, at Ephrata, was one of the largest held | in the church in years. Ho was wide ly known as a legislator and agri culturist and people from a distance attended the services. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Ma sonic fraternity. He was burled in | the Hibshman Cemetery, wljich has j been in the family for more than a century and a half. 'jwmun™- Corn for j E Breakfast J -and there's no form J I equal to ! MST fll ; TOASTIESKIi as MARCH 19, 1918. ' MINE BATTERY ' DESTROYED BY U.S. ARTILLERY | Located by Patrol at Night; | Destroyed by Gunners Next Day By Associated Press With the American Arniy in France i j (Monday), March 18.—It is now pen | missible to announce that American i artillery in the Lunevllle sector has located and blown up a> battery of mine' throwers, one of which a few days ago obtained a direct Ifit on a dugout in which were a number of American soldiers, most of them of 1 Irish descent. j The battery had been causing a i great deal of trouble for several I days, and (he Americans were de termined to put it out of action, ilt \)*is located after considerable | trouble and the artillery concen trated high explosives on it. U A patrol of twenty-four men, halfl , Americans and half French, last! night went Into German lines from /777777TJ777777Tgr777777jg7777772T777777jg777T7T|ji QALkINQ IWGOLDEN RULE DEPT. STORE will We Will Start a Sale Tomorrow of an Immense Shipment of Trimmed Hats | Hundreds of Small, Large Styles to \\ \/f Medium Choose From Shapes I ' At the Remarkably ■ W • Low Special Price \ sl-98 JMt I . > \ Don t miss this sale. You will need a new / I \ Spring Mat —and this is the place to get it. \ We are sure no better lot of hats could be v u offered at such a low price. • i\ * —; Don't wait until the assort menta are Come at Stunning dress hats in all # .Ji I A most tempting lot at an M the newest and most fetch- I almost unbelievable Io w W - , ing shapes and most alluring I pl .j C e for hats of this quality color effects. _ I uni i sty i e . New Lot of Silk Dresses Just Arrived mg New Spring OA 2 Taffeta Silk % IwV A, jjh For Women J - UI ikM and Misses L / V 1 We were certainly fortunate in being able to get Jj / \ I 1 Til this lot of silk dresses to sell so early in the season at [I \ I I i\tct .this wonderfully low price. They are in all those new \)[ / U — H, fl 1 1 and charming styles and the prettiest colprs. Every \T^' /J I \ dress is well made and there are to start with. , I / | \WI Be sure, to pick yours out early, tomorrow. 11; w sK^^i4- 5 ° if i JIP and Misses at.. |fT / 1 Xow if you want a new Spring suit get It at once I , H at Salkin's. There are no suits to equal these at the M p / price. These are poplins and serges in the new colors j ,and the very latest models. Another Lot of New Spring About Fifty New Spring Coats For Women dAA Taffeta Skirts in (f*p F/\ and Misses Will Be tyU Plain Colors and^/'^ Marked Special at Plaids, Special at • mbi42B-430 Market StreetH^Mai an isolated portion of the sector. It \ completed its mission of reconnais- 1 sance, bringing back the desired in- \ formation. The patrol had a short c skirmish, but obtained no prisoners, i Yesterday extraordinary artillery - activity developed in the Cliemin des-Dames sector, where some troops from New England are in training. The enemy began a gas bombard ; ment late Saturday night and con -1 tinUed It until yesterday. A vigor | ous reply was made by both Amer j ican and French batteries, which ] gave the Germans about four times as much*as they sent over. Massa-: ' cliusetts troops bore the brunt of a I | portion of the bombardment. Six j j thousand shells were fired yesterday | 1 from the sector in which the Amor- I j leans are stationed, a large propor- | j tion of them being gas shells. ! Citation of three mere American | soldiers, carrying with it the French ! War Cross, was announced at Amer- I lean Army headquarters to-day. 'ARE Yt)U FAT? JUST TRY THIS j Thousands of overfat people have! become slim by following the advice of doctors who recommend Mar- | mola Prescription Tablets, those harmless little fat reducers that sim plify the dose of the famous Jlarmola Prescription. . If too fat, don't wait for the doc tor's advice. Go now to your drug gist or write to the Marmola Co., 564 I Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich., and for Toe procure a large case of these| tablets. They reduce two, three or four [ pounds a week without exercise, diet- | I ing or any unpleasant effect whatever. | 'if too fat, try this to-day.—Advertise-j, mont. i while on the Lunevile sector six of llcers, six sergeants and two pri vates were receiving the War Cross at an impressive ceremany just back of the fighting line. tIF YOU HAD ft NECK LONG AS THIS FELLCV AND HAD DRETHROAT INS I LINE iUID QUICKLY RELIEVE IT. r > A plate without a roof, nrblch it> not Interfere wltb taste M cveecb. Plate* repaired nhlle joa malt. Come In (he uionilngi have jrour teetb made (he Mine day. MACK'S ."-3SU aio siAHKii'i s'rnKST ' *■
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