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German Spies Outwitted
by Using American Slang
Ix>ndrm.—Clever as the German
spy may be, (Treat linguists as they
claim to be, Americans have found
their vast and rich range of slang
completely baffles them.
An American officer in Belgium I
working with the Relief Commit-1
siOn before America entered the i
war, told how he conveyed to a;
friend the information that the.
President's life haft been attempted
by a German, in a way no one but
an American would understand.
"In a barber's shop wore several!
German officers. Entered Sperry,!
of California, who had Just returned
i'roin a trip in the provinces, and;
would be likely to know nothing
about the report. It would be well
if he were informed before report-:
h>g at the Pass Zentralc. So the in
formation was coded, and the fol
lowing dialog occurred:
" 'Nix on any of these spangled
delicatessens getting wise, but if
there were any wully extree in '.his
• org. they's be scared-headed about'
a Ileinie who just tried to put over
the Czolgos on the Main Squeeze!"
"A pause and then back from
the lathered lips in <he other chair:
" 'I getcha. Steve. What's the o.ext
call for dinner in the dining car?'
" 'You can search me. But X think
it- is all to the merry.'
" Say when will all those guys stop
trying to steal second with the bases
four
j " "What do you expect from bush
league beans? The skids for them.
But tell me. am I taking too Ion? a
lead off first?*
" Aataboy! These gasabos will
never tumble to the line in a thou
sand years." "
§ .Venus of Milo
There is only one genuine Venus of
Milo. Whatever is genuine possesses
a degree of excellence never found in
imitations. There is only
One Genuine Aspirin
Beyer-Tablets of Aspirin contain the genuine, which has been made in
the United States for more than ten years. Every package and every
tablet bears
"The Your Guarantee
Bayer Cross— f e J of Purity"
| The trade-mark "Aspirin" (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.! Is a guarantee that the monoacetie*.
acidester of salicylicacsd in these tablets is ot the re.iable Bayer manufacture.
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A Soldier's offering to his
sweetheart is naturally the
sweetmeat that gave him
most refreshment and great
est enjoyment when on duty.
TUESDAY EVENING,
| Sauerkraut Renamed
Into Patriotic Dish
Pittsburgh.—Sauer-kraut is no
more in this city. The local food ad
ministration. believing that the Ger
i man name has resulted in many- pa
| triotic persons refusing to partake of
I it, has decided to adopt an American
name for the companion of frank
| furters and has, accordingly, christ
; ened it "pickled cabbage."
Manufacturers of the dish yester
' day notified the food administrator
! that kraut is not receiving its share
; of attention from the public, and the
' sympathetic interest of the food ad
ministration was immediately arous
\ ed.
Later, Administrator George issued
j a statement, wherein it was declar
ed that, notwithstanding the hyphen,
the food should be oaten, and that,
; in order that it might not bo con
sidered an unpatriotic dish, ho chris
j tened it with the wholesome Ameri
fcan name of "pickled cabbage."
<;IYES POOD DEMONSTRATION
Meatless meals receipts published
last evening should have been cred
ited to Mrs. G. P. Vanier in
stead of to Mrs. C. t \. Alden,
as stated. Mrs. Vanier has been giv
ing many demonstrations and her re
ceipts are considered very,helpful. i
GIFT FOR EMPI.OYE
F. W. Long, an employe in the
rolling mill department of the local
steel plant, who has resigned to ac
cept a position as chief inspector for
the government, yesterday was pre
sented with a traveler's outfit by em
ployes of that department.
ISTEELTON NEWS ITEMS j
COUNCIL MUST
CUTEXPENSES
Scarcity of Funds Evident in
Activities of Borough
Fathers
That few improvements and un
necessary repairs will be made to
' streets was emphasized by Council
in monthly session in the Council
j Chamber last evening. Chairman
! Henderson of the highway commit
tee. said that the department will
make repairs to the streets this year
only where they are badly needed.
The Citisten Fire Company on ac
count of the high cost of labor and.
material has decidet' to postpone the
building of an additional story to the
tirehouse until next year, it was an
| nounced at the meeting.
Council turned a deaf ear to sug
gestions for improvements in South
• Third and Chestnut streets, made by
Councilman Smith. Councilman
Smith declared that Council is dis
criminating against the poorer class
es when it refuses'to make these im
provements. Council's efforts to re
trench in expenses is largely due for
its refusal to take proper action.
Councilman Smith's motion that
E. C. Henderson be forced to im
i prove a sidewalk in front of the
i property which he owns on the west
j side of Chestnut street between See
! ond and Third streets, was with
: drawn after a hot debate. Council
| man Henderson declared that the I
grade was not properly established
'and that he would not make repairs'
until he had the accurate lines. The
' grade will be established during the
month and the quesUon come up be
fore Council at its meeting next
month.
Solicitor Wickersham last evening
submitted a report on an investjga-
I tion into whether or not Council can
, force the Harrisburg Railways Com
| pany to pay a tax on its property in
i the borough. Suggestion that action
j along these lines be taken was made
1 by Councilman Reider at the meet
i ing of Council last month. Solicitor
I Wickersham reported that the only
• way the borough can collect from
i the trolley company is to force the
I company to pay the expenses of in
i spection of lines and other equip
-1 ment under the policing powers of a
borough. A motion made bv Council
man Reider that the solicitor draw
up an ordinance embodying his find
ings and present it to Council next
month was passed.
The appointment of the following
assistant fire drivers was confirmed
last night: East End Hose Company.
Joseph Senior. S. K. Van Zant and
W. W. Brackenridge: Paxtang Hook:
and Ladder Company, Thomas
Keener.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
IMAY INCREASE
I SCHOOL TAXES
New Directors to Be Elected:
at Meeting of Board
Today Is Rumor
■ ! That the borough school tax rate!
> lor 191S will be increasecllfcom thir
l i teen to fifteen mills wasjin uncon
l j tirmed report in to
i day. It was said also tliaj the resig
. j nation of N. C. Zerby, a member
I! of the school board, will be accepted
• j and that a schedule of salary in
creases for teachers will be brought;
"j up for action at the meeting of the!
: , directors to-night.
' 1 Humors which were not confirm- j
' ed or denied by members of the j
' board were to the effect that Charles j
' H. Beidel. a barber, and a well-;
known resident, would be elected to.
' succeed Mr. Zerby, and that William j
1 F. Houseman, an attorney, would be,
elected to till the vacancy caused by|
1 the resignation of Quincy Bent. Mr. j
'; Bent who was president, resigned to j
' go to Bethlehem several months ngo.!
'. G. S. Vickery, a prominent menmer,;
; | it Is said, will be the next president,
and John Reider, treasurer.
. i The election of superintendent for;
four years is scheduled for the action J
of the board this evening and there
' is little doubt but that L. E. t McGln- |
nis, who has been superintendent:
for more than thirty years, will be
re-elected.
Mr. Zerby, who has been a mem
| ber of the board for about seven
. years, has resigned on account of |
| moving to a farm near Dillsburg. j
, He has been active in borough ac
tivities and is very well known. I
Steelton Banks Elect
Officers and Directors
The board of directors of thoj
Steelton National Bank and Steel
| ton Trust Company have elected M.
A. Cumbler, vice-president, and j
. Mark Mumma and Thomas J. Nel-;
. ley. directors of both institutions.
M, A. Cumbler was elected to till'
, the vacancy of the late W. E.
Abercrombie. Mr. Mumma, who is
county treasurer and T. J. Nelley.
president of the borough council. I
I both prominent residents, were elect-1
)i ed to fill vacancies existing on the]
i boards for sometime.
f MIDDLETOWN I
V '
, Start Crusade Against
Vice and Liquor Here]
Initial steps to put an end to the!
free hand of liquor traffic and vice \
in the neighborhood were taken,
yesterday by the chief of police in ]
charge of the government buildings
here. All saloons in the vicinity of
the government work have been or- !
dered not to sell liquor in bottles or,
any form in which it may be taken |
from the barrooms. Heretofore;
liquor would be purchased and given
to men In uniform. This request was
made to Middletown and Highsplre
I hotel proprietors and will be passed
I to Harrisburgr hotel proprietors.
i Two young girls giving their
names as Catherine Miller, aged 19,
of Allen, Cumberland county, and
Alma Webb, aged IT, of 404 North'
• street, Harrisburg, were arrested by I
special officers on the aviation j
grounds on Sunday night at 11 '
o'clock for disorderly conduct. The
charge was preferred against them ,
on information received by T. V. >
Gardner. They were placed in the:
borough lockup and were given a '
hearing before Burgess S. B. Giug
rich, where they pleaded guilty to'
the charge. After the hearing they!
were fined $lO each or thirty days in!
i the county jail at Harrisburg. They
: being unable to pay the fine were!
taken to Harrisburg by T. V. Gard- j
ner. Another arrest was made last:
evening when a man who was caught i
loafing around the grounds was taken
in charge and placed in the borough
lockup last evening.
Council in session last evening
discussed the curfew law. The Moth
ers' Congress Circle was represented
by Mrs. Ira Springer, Mrs. 11. B. Gar
ver and Mrs. B. E. Longenecker. The
| Ministerial Association by the Rev.
Fuller Bergstresser, the Rev. James
Cunningham and the Rev. I. H. Al
bright, who gave quite a talk on the
subject and were very much in favor
of the law, several citizens were also
present. John Croll and Edward
CVoll also spoke. Former chief of
police, T. V. Gardner, of Steelton.
was present, and spoke on how the ]
law was enforced at Steelton. The 1
Council then took up the matter and
passed it on first reading. Captain
Kinnard, of the aviation grounds,
was present and asked the Council
for a key to the lockup that in case
he makes any arrests for loafing
around the grounds that he can place
them in the lockup.
Three fire companies will be re
quested to make a report every month
to the Council on their building
property and finance. The property
owners in North Upion street be
tween Main and Water streets, and
on the southslde of Catherine street,
1 from Water to Main streets, will re
pair their sidewalks. The . Atlantic
Refining Company quoted prices on
oil for the streets at 7 1-2 per cent,
per tank lots F. O. B. The U. G. I.
quoted prices for oil at 15 cents per
gallon in tank lots F. O. B.
The school board last evening
changed the commencement exer
■clses from May 30 to May 23. The
baccalaureate sermon in the Pres
byterian Church from May 26 to May
19. Grammar school entertainment
j from May 24 to May 31. The Hatz
oratorical contest from April 12 to
April 16. Dr. Matterson C. Peters, of
New York City, has been secured as
speaker at the commencement "ex
ercises. The Mothers' Congress Cir
| cle was given the use of the High
j school room to practice for their
j play.
! The Middletown Tennis Club met
: .-it the home of Harry Smith, North
j Union street, last evening, and elect
led the following officers. President
E. C. Leber; vice-president, Edgar
I Xuskey; secretary. Ivy Hoffman;
: treasurer, Harry Smith. Work on the
repairing of the grounds will be
| started shortly.
) The Ministerial Association in
| monthly session at the United Breth
j ren parsonage. Spruce street, yester
) day afternoon discussed the curfew
j law. In the evening they attended
I the borough council meeting where
the subject was brought up.
. Christian Luft, who had been a
school director of Royalton for the
past sixteen years, has resigned the
same at the meeting of the board
held last evening. Mr. Luft. moved
from Royalton to Harrisburg last
week.
Local Banks Selling
New Liberty Loan Bonds
Although no campaign has been
launched in the borough for ihc
sale of Liberty Bonds officials of
the various banks here report large
sale of bonds up to the present time.
Officials this morning stated that
a mass meeting will be held later in
the week to launch 'a drive official
ly. Frank A. Robbins, Jr., chair
man of the committee, had nothing
for publication on the plans this
morning. "Steelton has been asked
for $400,000. and we will get It," a
bank official declared this morn
ing.
nUEHEXY FUNERAL
Funeral services for Michael
Breheny, aged 82, a resident of this
borough for thirty-six years, who
died at liis home in Pine street, yes
terday from complications, will be
held from St. James' Catholic Church
Friday morning, tho Rev. J. C.
Thompson, officiating. Mr. Breheny
came to the borough in ISB2 and
until about six years ago was em
ployed at the local steel plant. He
Is survived by the following children:
Mrs. Ella Dunn, Miss Elizabeth
Breheny and John Breheny,' of Bos
ton. and Miss Catherine Brelieny and
Patrick Breheny, of the borough.
CRITCHLEY FUNERAL
Funeral services for Mark V.
Critchley. who died in a Philadel
phia hospital, will bo held from the
home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
William Critchley, Harrisburg and
Lincoln streets, to-morrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. A. Sawyer,
pastor of the First Methodist Church,
will officiate. Burial will be mtide in
the Baldwin Cemtery.
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substitute, it is the successor to tracted from the white meat of table, in comparison with the
butter. It tastes exactly like the cocoanuts the fat from the best creamery butter. This is
finest creamery butter and is as same tropic delicacy you use where it wins butter lovers.
digestible as butter, with the shredded on cake. . „
same high nutritive value. t _ This J appetizing product is
Troco solves the hutter nmK. churned with pasteurized milk by 1 • results or from the
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W. A. Gernert, 1201 Mulberry St. Hull Bros., 1718 N. Third St. B. B. Drum, 1801 N. Sixth St
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Steelton Women Taking
Contributions For Sale
Steelton is expected to make a
large contribution to the Harrisburg
Rummage Sale. A committee of lo
cal women Is working hard so that
this borough will make a good show
ing. A statement issued by tho com
mittee in charge this morning fol
lows:
"A rummage sale is to be given
in Harrisburg, in the Board of Trade
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week and every woman in
Steelton Is urged to send old cloth-
I ing, such as shoes, stockings, shirt
waists, coats, hats, underwear, any
: thing in fact that is wearable, and
old furniture, pictures, books, bric
j a-brac, china, rugs, also jellies, can
; ned fruit and groceries.
I "Since Steelton people enjoy the
■ same privileges as the residents of
I Harrisburg, the committee feels that
: Steelton should show Its appreciation
I in this way.
"Contributions of any kind will be
! called for Tuesday ot Wednesday if
i Mrs. W. F. Darby, phone 03. Mrs.
I William Nell, phone 56. or Mrs. Solo
i mon Hiney, phone 23Y, aro notl
| lied."
CALVIN' DOUGLAS ILL
Calvin Douglas is in a serious
condition at his home. 246 South
Second street, having suffered a
stroke of apoplexy.
STEEL PLANT FIRE
I Fire last evening in the gas en-
I gine room of No. 3 and No. 4 blast
I furnace of the local steel plant,
caused slight damage.
APRIL 9, 1918. .
Hart SchafTner
Buy Liberty Bonds
—AND—
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Clothes
TWO GOOD INVESTMENTS
One good thing to learn is that High Quality is the
Truest Economy; that the best—man or merchandise—at
a fair price, is cheaper than poor stuff at any price.
IIART SCHAFFNER & MAR% clothes are the best
clothes made. We sell them at a fair price, the service
they give you is cheap at the price.
Look for the label—a small thing to look for, a big
thing to find.
H. MARKS & SON
Fourth and Market Sts.
THE HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX AND
SOCIETY BRAND CLOTHES