CHARGES OF COAL i HOARDING SHOWN FALSE IN PROBES Work Done by Commerce Chamber Kept Hundreds From Suffering When the fuel situation became acute during the month of January ind hundreds of Harrisburgers were at their wits' end to get sufficient - ipply to carry them through the Terrible weeks of zero weather, the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce stepped into the work and through its central office carried the city through the most trying time the city has faced in recent • years. Emergency coal orders to the num ber of 1.360 were Issued through Ihe office of the Chamber and tilled through the patriotic co-operation .f the Harrisburg coal dealers. \ report under the date of March 2. telling of the coal famine has been submitted to the board of directors of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce. by John P. Ouyer. who was placed in charge of the work for the ■ rganization. The Fuel Administra tion used this service to a great ad vantage. Four thousand calls were handled >y the Chamber of Commerce. 200 personal calls by the citizens, he remainder being telephone calls. 162 reports of coal hoarders. over- Hair Often Ruined By Washing With Soap Soap should be used very care fully, if you want to keep your hah looking its best. Most soaps and pre pared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle and ruins it. The best thing for steady use Is iust ordinary mulsitied coooanut oil i which is pure and greaselessl, and is better than the most expensive or anything else you can use. One or two teasjoonfuls will ••Icanse the hair and scalp thorough ly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing ev ery particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. Tou can get mulsified cocoanut oil at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every member of the family for months.— Adv. Our First Thought Was to makr a Building l p Tonic so good that people would continue to use it wh>n#ier neded and now as > cars go by the children of our first i ustomcrs are using DR. CHASE'S Blood ai&Nerve Tablets Which Contain Iron, Nux Vomica, Gentian We think so much of them ourselves ' 'at we keep them on our table just as regularly as the salt and pepper so that any member of the family can take them. They must have merit when a doctor takes his own medi cine. Weigh Yourself Before Taking Price DO rents; Special Strength IX) • cents. I nlted Medicine Co- 22-4 Jf. loth St.. Philadelphia* Pa. SUIT NEW BUT HOLEJN SHOE Bad Teeth Like Bad Shoes Spoil Fine Dress and Good Looks PEOPLE NEGLIGENT IN CARE OF MOUTH Senreco Tooth Paste Power ful To Save the Teeth and Prevent Diseases "Ail dressed up with a hole in hie ■ho*" was a bit of sarcasm a girl flung at a young man friend whose en tire outfit was new except his punc tured shoes. Right enough, too. Either to man or woman a shabby pair of shoes would spoil the appearance of the most elegant garments eve*- ■worn What about the teeth? Dreai in ail the finery you please, If you open your tnoutfc exposing a decayed set of teetjfe your attractiveness enda right there* That's a hole la the shoe for you. This applies both to men and women. Girls, and young men, you lose half the admiration which would be direct ed toward you if you have bad teeth.' Tou can't be pleasing with * mouthful of decay. You can't r-e healthy either. The condition of the teeth have a telling In fluence on other organs of the body. Bad teeth affect the Intestines, atom aoh, heart, and eren the eyes. Medi cal soieece shows that bad teeth pro ouce unhealthy conditions all over tho body. With Senreco Tooth Paste at you# aerrlce—a scientifically prepared pre - ven Live of Pyorrhea—there's no need cf falling a prey to these Ills. No >eed of having a mouthful of decayed Jeth. Used regularly on a set of -ooe any evidence of coal hoarding. 71 such charges be ins investigated. Une Harrlsburger reported to have 7 tons on hand was found to have but one bucket of coal in his bins. The Harrisburg police depart ment. Technical High school stu dents and the Bell Telephone Com pany, co-operated In this work, the entire expense of which was born by the Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce. Mr. Guyer's report to the Chamber of Commerce follows: Much to Liook After "Herewith is submitted a report covering my operations for the Chamber of Commerce in the con duct of the Fuel Administration work during the coal panic, beginning January 14, 1918. "The work in which 1 was engaged consisted in getting out emergency orders to citizens unable to secure coal through their regular dealers; investigating coal-hoarding com plaints; over-charge complaints against dealers and failures to de liver coal by the dealers. "To date there have been received and investigated through this bu reau. 1,166 requests from as many families fcir emergency coal orders, while a total of 1.360 emergency orders have been issued, a number of the families being obliged to re peat their orders from one to three times during the past six weeks' time. Of these calls. 237 were what has been termed "sick calls." which came from physicians, police or social workers from the various charitable organizations of the city. These were attended to within six hours from .their receipt, excepting in three in stances. when dealers either failed to get through the snow blocked streets, or the wrong address was given, as was the case in one. "These cases were listed from among 4,000 telephone calls and visits to the office. The telephone calls numbered 3.800 while more than 220 citizens came to the offices of the Chamber of Commerce to make known their plights. "Until February 2. investigations of the condition of the consumers coalpiles and state of health were made by the city police department. After that date, four students from the Technical High school have handled the work. "All of the cases listed for imme diate relief were either those tf families with sickness in their midst, or containing very young children 6r aged persons. In the tilling of the orders, there was slight difficulty ex perienced with three dealers, two of whom were cut off from their regu lar supply of coal for a brief interval until the Dauphin County Fuel Board and Fuel Administrator Ross A. Hiekok were assured of instant and complete co-operation. Handle 4.0(10 Calls "In the handling of tbese more than 4,000 calls, the office force Of the Chamber of Commerce is to be commended for the ability exhibited in handling the work and also for the tact and patience employed In dealing with citizens in all stages of dispair and anger. There was but one citizen who left this oflice or quit the telephone in anger, and in that instance the person was so wrought up over the failure to se- cure coal, that the fact that Chamber had already ordered a sup ply to the housa could not be ex plained. for lack of intervals be tween tirades. Later the man tele phoned his appreciation of the emer gency order given through this office. "There were received a total of 162 complaints regarding coal, hoarding by citizens, over-charging and failure to deliver emergency orders by the dealers. Of the "failure-to-deliver" orders. 18 were serious, with the result that two dealers were notified that their coal | supplies were withheld until explan ations were made to the Fuel Ad ministration. One other dealer was advised that his coal shipments would be withheld unless he gave preference to requests from this bu reau. Of the "over-charging," com ■ plaints, two illustrations will serve to show the nature of these com plaints and the basi of them. "One man reported a charge of $7.35 for 1,000 pounds of hard stove and pea coal. His receipt showed 1.000 pounds delivered and the price as mentioned Investigation showed the dealer's books had credited the man with 1.000 pounds delivered, but another 1,000 pounds to be de livered when received, as the parti cular coal desired was not to be had in sufficient quantity at the time of the first delivery. The second: a receipt for $7.00 for bituminous coal, one ton. was found to be an extra grade of blacksmith coal, which cost the dealer more than $5 on his siding. 71 Charges Fall Flat "There were 71 coal-hoarding charges made by citizens through letters, telephone or in person. All were investigated and IS of the l more serious were subjected to in ■ quiry from two sources. All these | investigations were secretly made. so that none of the citizens reported j as coal-hoarders knows of the acti vities of the Fuel Bureau in his particular case. In not a single in stance was there to be any evj ! dence of coal-hoarding. This in face !of the fact that of the 18 cases i listed as almost certain hoarders of ! coal, not one was reported less than I three times, from as many sources j —while one case was reported 8 | times from as many sources. "Such a report indicates the pat riotism of Harrisburg's citizens. Taken with the many instances which came to my personal knowl i edge where citizens with very mode j rate supplies of coal freely provided their less fortunate neighbors with fuel sufficient to last them till this bureau could get to them with an emergency order, it makes a record which I would suggest be made pub lic. "That you may be informed as to the nature of the coal-hoarding com plaints. I submit the details concern ing some of the more serious re ports: , "One man had on hand ton of bituminous, reported to have 32 tons. Another had 2 tons on hand" reported to have 10 tons stored: a third had ton, reported 5 tons stored: a fourth had I>£ tons on hand, reported 5 tons stored: a fifth had 'i a ton. reported 5 tons stored. The climax being the investigation of a Harrisburger who had one bucket although he was reported to have 7 tons stored. "It is my belfef. based upon per sonal investigations of 41 of the more serious cases and reports from investigations on all the others, that there was practically no coal-hoard ing in this city at any time durine the winter. "That the service that the Cham ber of Commerce was able to ren der the citizens during the panic, was appreciated was indicated by more than a hundred telephone ctlls of thanks which was received by the bureau during the course of the six weeks' work. In addition, most of these citizens returning for the sec ond order from this bureau express ed their appreciation of the service j rendered. "The office force of the Chamber of Commerce rendered an emergency service which was an unusual as was the occasion for it. There were five or six dys during which the tele- I ohones were operated continuously from S.2U until 3 and 3 o'clock, without Intervals for lunch or atten tion to the regular office routine. This service Included the secretary, assistant and two additional steno graphers engaged for the war period. "The work of the four Technical High school students in handling the investigations is worth com mending. for they not only rendered a service to the public, but to the dealers as well, as the system of handling signed cards to the citizens whose condition was found, upon in vestigation to be as represented, did away with collection troubles which arose during the first two weeks of the panic. , "The special service rendered by the Bell Telephone Company was such that there was absolutely no "wire trouble" that I can recall. A sort of preferred wire service to points I desired to reach in hand ling the work was given this bureau in addition to an unusually speedy handling of in-coming and out-going calls. "Emergency calls are decreasing rapidly, and at present there are more than 20 a day. of an average, of which number less than half re quire our service. This is a big change from 60 to 75 a day regis tered during the first three weeks of my service, and indicates that the panic is about to become history. "During the past \hree weeks I have been handling investigations of Food Administration regulations, in addition to the Fuel Administra tion work This work is resulting in from ten to thirty calls a day being Only 3 More Shopping Days Till Easter Only 3 More Shopping Days Till Easter BELL 1901—2356 UNITED HAKRISBI H(., WEDNESDAY, MAHIH '27, 11)18. FOUNDED I*7l Inspiration In Spring Coiffures A % # Suits Are the Yogue / : There is simply no end to the variety of stylish and T T *rp I ~ pleasing; effects one can arrange with a Naturally Wavy ▼ X X CX V A "" /Tjl n j TRANSFORMATION Easter Is Near ft We have them in all shades and styles at JM .!>,, BOWMAN'S—THIRD FLOOR - The woman who wishes to be well-dressed \ 1 r T I* '1 1 season must have a dressy suit. And if // &.\ | Blouses OI Individual she has a dress suit, a sports suit will be re- ' fi/V\ j H quired tor general purposes. A Tgly (jm* CiY\r\ 11 f'VT' The suit is the thing this year, more so than UCdlilj ever and this store has them in as beautiful l an array of stylish models as can be seen any- P* We took no chances, but bought liberally to V' A meet an exceptional demand, predicted by thie >1 AsAJbltfyh * rftN TO® fashion authorities that counsel with the vast // i \m /|jj ° |i |\ purchasing organization of this store. That \ ' \ 0 I j, >•* the judgment was not misplaced is evidenced by sales records for suits at this store that have \ V /rVQ / exceeded the most successful days of preced- Every model in the assortment of blouses was chosen be- 8> Y { cause of exceptionally good style points, or because of some And Spring has just begun, SO we have mill- / il particular beautv of material or artistic trimming feature. •_ 1* j j c •. .• j.* • • f®' \| cFffflSSS®Sr [ r , * ... f . , , -i ~ nplied orders ror suits time and time agair in . X WttßSflmf Lovely Georgette crepe, in white or flesh, beautifully j l i r i ' I \ WntmtN&r trimmed with insets, folds, tiny buttons. pleats, novel Drder to keep the assortment or styles, luci- "> \ sleeves and graceful Mandarin neck. terials and colors up to the height of complete- JS/ ' % Others in French voile, a material that is getting more neSS ' /f/t nff/ >mmw scarce every day and almost impossible to duplicate. ' ' /// J JJf// Tailored blouses of handkerchief linen in new blue and •, (DOCT a- (£2"" (£* I vllifttV rose. Severly plain, but smart in their simplicity. 1 tO tO ////<&)! White satin blouses, beautifully tailored, with touches of . J2£Jj pin-tucked Georgette crepe. Moderately priced tailor- Suits of tricotine, excel- / \ And attractive models in biege Georgette crepe with turn- semi-tailored suits. lent quality serge and cor- \ / A\ back cuffs and frill jabot of ecru filet, net edged with real 1-ton jackets, ponv coats, rect p 0 j ret twills tailored \vsu filpt larp single, double or triple cir- , , ) . Yf —? I V a Ce- ri.lar npnltims TarlrPtc models, Slliart dreSS SUttS Ml 1 / tUVsA. Net blouses beautifully braided in soutache and others . , det P ac P h a b,e and -some with side panels /fl\ / trimmed with narrow valenciennes lace in addition to the f ~ , . „ , //vIW \ / braid vestees of white, pale gray and unique cuffs, and all 1 / . ' „ ■ ~ . . . . . , or beige. ' Suits of dark with some touches that \ / An excellent assortment of tailored, plain or elaborately serge black and white mark them as individual * \ / trimmed or braided—high or low neck—white and colors, check or of very fme basket Quality garments-put up in \ / m A rvf" . ' G* 1 f\ weave in popular Spring styles that are now all the \\ / ,p4.95 to $16.50 colors -. ' m, A Sleeveless Coat Suits, made of Jersey wool in P ret ty color tones, and other attractive suit model- \ Choose East v • From m * '\xminst6i* ■•Youseem,ohav.,,ar B e r assortmento, rugsth „an. GloyeQualityExtraordinary Favored Styles in Coats we have seen," is the way numbers of people express them- . The famous p Centimcri selves as they come up to the fourth floor. Ihe selection in- £ • eludes many floral, all-over and medallion patterns in Ax- I fitting & ( - 0 ' &l° % # es are known to Coats are here in tile newest minster rug>. All the new shades are repiescnted. 1 have no superiors in qualitv weaves ~ Bolivia, Wool, \ elonr, sf'l w!° H'li! no and ar tj s tic workmanship. Serge, I ricotine, Satin, laffeta, 7 6x9 ft JH'4I.OO They are here in exceptionally Jersey, Poplin, Mixtures and 8.3 x 10.6^ft.*!!'.! 2'i.soi *25.00.t0 large variety of style and color Novelty fabrics. Assortment in -9x12 ft 126.30, jKM.OO, 932.30 —Van Dyke Florine AI- eludes a generous assortment of jr \ H3 2 xl f 2 ft Najberta—Sevelle Phebeous - sizes for women. every color, gray, brown, tan, champag Springtime Frocks and 04 /11 Ofl lal and black w , " ntra !"' black sc " Separate Skirts M Jh\' Made of clean rags in hit and miss patterns. Also a full line of the popular Chateau gloves in all the in such diversity of pretty styles Ofl/l/ui 4x 7 it leading shades, and in all sizes. Another of the best-known each model oossessinp-it* owrwlk- TlVv 6x 9ft *.>.00 makes is that of Perrin & Cie in all colors, and black and j i • ■ si Bxlo ft $7.50 white. Fabric gloves of Kayser silks in all colors and siies, tincl teatuies to make choosing a W 9x12 ft #10.50 as well as the Kayser chamoisette. pleasure. BOWMAN'S-—Fourth Floor. ROW MAN* B— -Main Floor B t,oor - BOWMAWS—Third Floor received by tills oftlee, about one tlfth of which result In ttons being made." Men Called by Second and Third County Boards Sixteen men have been called from the Elizabethville and Paxtang dis tricts to tne National Army, it was I announced to-day. The country's first j contribution to the draft is forty eight men. including twenty-two | from city draft districts, and ten I from the Steelton district. The names of the men from the city districts and Steelton were announced several days ago. These men have been call ed from the county districts: Kliwihethville District Harry M. Sweigard, Enders. Allen C. l.entz. Elizabethville. Michael Kelly. Wiconisco. Lewis C. Buftington, Elizabethville. Alfred W. Clemson, Halifax. I'uxtaug District j Herman G. Garman, Harrisburg, j R. D. 2. GeorgeHuss. Hershey. Robert W. Stubblebine. Derry '•Church. George H. Fisher, Harrisburg. R. D. 1. John E. Keck, Harrisburg, R. D. 3. Antonio Arcifretini. Rutherford. Yembrennidi Gioconde, Swatara Station. I Thomas Craig. Cricket Club. Phila delphia. Luigi Rownneci. Swatara Station. 1 -Harry M. Rhine. Grantville. Antonio Ceccqni, Swatara Station. BIBLE STUDENT TO LEAD CONFERENCE Dr. Harris H. Gregg Selected For Week's Work yt Y. M. C. A. That Dr. Harris H. Gregg, noted Bible student, is to hold a Bible Con ference at the Central Y. M. C. A. building. April 21-28, is the an nouncement made by Robert B. Reeves, general secretary of the as sociation, to-day. Tentative plans have been completed and all ar rangements made for the' confer ence. Mr. Reeves' announcement follows: "In accordance with the custom of holding annually at the local Y. M. C. A. a one week Bible Confer ence, the board of directors voted at a recent board meeting to bring to Harrisburg again. Dr. Harris H. Gregg, of Chicago, who will conduct a series of Bible studies in Fahne stock Hall, for all the church people of Harrisburg who might be inter ested. • "Mr. George W. Reily. who has been largely responsible in past years, for the successful, conduct of this Bible Conference, was appointed by the board or directors to again take charge of the conference, this year, and appointed him chairman of a special committee to make all arrangements, in co-operaUon with Secretary Reeves. "Mr. Relly, who Is an old friend of Dr. Gregg;, secured him for the week beginning April 21st and end -1 ing April 28th. The conference will | open in Fahnestock Hall at 3.30 i o'clock Sunday afternoon. April 21st and close on the following Sunday, April 28th, at the same hour. On the Intervening days from the 21st to the 28th, Dr. Gregg will hold two Bible meetings each day In the hall, one at 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon and the other at eight o'clock in the evening. Both men and women are invited to attend all the sessions. "Dr. Gregg, was once State Bible Missionary for lowa, aiul was as sistant to Dr. James H. Brooks, pas tor of the great Washington and Compton Avenues Presbyterian Church of St. lx>uls and later he succeeded pr. Brooks as pastor of this church, and remained there fif teen years, in a very successful pas torate. H took a special course of study at the McCormick Theological I Seminary, in preparation for his Bible conference work, in which he is now solely engaged. Dr. Gregg, while in Harrisburg. will be the guest of Mr. Reily. "This Bible conference will close for the season, the series of meet ! ings for men. that the V. M. C. A. ! has been conducting in Fahnestock j Hall each Sunday during the past ! winter. These men's meetings will | be resumed next October." i Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator —Ad, Holy Week Is Observed in Catholic Churches Holy Week is being observed In the Catholic churches of the City, this week, preparatory to Kaster Sunday. Special services are being held in St. Patrick's Cathedral, and in other Catholic churches of the city. Holy Thursday. Bishop Philip It. McDevitt will conduct the services for the Blessing of the Oils. Services will be giu at l:30 o'clock. About thirty-live priests of this diocese are expected to attend the service. On Good Friday, the "Three Hours' Agony" will be given in St. Patrick's Cathedral from noon until 3 o'clock. The Rev. William M. Stinson. vice president of St. Joseph College, Philadelphia, will conduct the exer cises. This beautiful devotion was never before given in Harrisburg, and a largo congregation is expected to be present. The exercises will consist of seven discourses on the seven last words spoken by our Iord on the cross. Between the discourses Father Stinson will lead in prayers and lit anies. The hymns and ps<ns will be rendered by the newly-organized Cathedral Choral Society. Bishop McDevitt will be the pontiff at the Master services in the Cathe dral. Sunday. Kaster wili -be cele brated in every Catholic Church in the city. CHOI It TO SIKG The choir of the Reformed Salem Church will sing "Rejected." from "The Cross Victorious," at an evening service to be held in the church edi lice. Good Friday evening. Several tenor solos and bass solos will bo given. Kidney Sufferers Have Feeling of Security You naturally feel secure when you know that the medicine you are snout to take is absolutely pure atad contains 110 harmful or habit produc ing drugs. Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot, kidney, liver and blad der remedy. The same standard of purity, strength and excellence is maintain ed in every bottle of Swamp-Rqot. Swamp-Hoot is scientifically com pounded from vegetables herbs. It is not a stimulant and Is taken in teaspoonfii' doses. It is not recommended for every thing. According to verified testimony It is nature's great helper In relieving and overcoming kidney, liver and bladder troubles. A sworn statement of purity is with every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Hoot. If you need a medicine, you should have the best. If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root Is what you need, you will tlnd it on sale at all drugstores in bottles of two sizes, medium and large. However, if you wish tlrst to try this great preparation send ten eenis to Dr. Kilmer & Company. Binghani ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention th • Harrisburg Daily Telegrajjh. 3