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PROHIBITION
IS GIVEN STUDY
State Chamber of Commerce
Puts Out Result of Survey
Without Any Conclusions
The Pennsylvania State Chamber
of Commerce to-day made public a
special report of the Legislative and
Research Bureau dt the Chamber on
the prohibition issue. The report
does not take sides and the general
tenor may be judged from the in
troduction, which points out that "if
the states to have sessions in lilß
and 1919 vote as they did in Con
gress on the Sheppard bill and all
the states that did not vote for the
amendment in both houses of Con
gress are excluded, the amendment
would not be ratified, as the total
vote would be only thirty-one, "but
that, "including those states which
had a divided vote in the Senate and
an affirmative vote In the House, the
amendment will carry with three
votes to spare."
"The national prohibition decision
as to the prohibition amendment can,
of course, be made regardless of the
vote of Pennsylvania, though there is
email doubt but that the outcome in
the Keystone State will be closely
scanned." the report continues.
"It is doubtful whether any public
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17-Hfc* j ivingston'S I
Market Square ■ Market Square
Entire Stock of Women's & Misses' Suits at % Price I
We received orders from our New York headquarters to clean
j\ up stock in order to make room for Fall Merchandise —we are com
\ pelled to buy early this year, as there is bound to be a shortage this I
Fall, hence these remarkable values. Mil |
yj h \ '\y\ Tailored Suits Braided Suits Colors are— ;,,st|
(MA 'U, Loose-Fitting Suits Button Trimmed Suits Pekin Blue, Sammie Tan, P
■j A Flared Back Suits Stout Suits Copenhagen Blue, Brown, I
/feat Semi-Fitting Suits Junior Suits Sand, Green, Olive, Etc.
Materials—Serge, Poplin, Poiret Twill, Tricotine, Gabardine, Black and White,
(p* Checks, Silk Poplin, etc. 7 \
NOW surrs : 57.98 5ow 8SUIIS : #8.98 sum :,s9.9B i
$22.50 SUITS, Ift Ott $25.00 SUITS, OQO ,
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Special Sale of Women's & Misses' Spring & Summer Dresses I
Taffetas, Serges, Silk Poplins, Crepe de Chines, Jerseys, Crepe de Meteors,
Satins, Voiles, Ginghams Organdies, etc. —all colors —all styles—all sizes—
Remarkable values. * -
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' $20.00 Dresses
aSSrfL Women's & Misses' Coals
Ages Ito 14 Years Just 300 coats left, and all reduced for quick selling SM^Laws*
A Wonderful Array of Poplin, Serges, Gabardines, Velours, Taffetas, Organdies, Satins, etc.
Bargains Satins, Delhi Cloth, Etc. Wais *s 980
$5.00 Coats $2.98 S?.00 Waists $1.49
$6.50 Coats ....... .$3.98 All Colors—All Styles—All Sizes $3.00 Waists $1.98
$7.85 Coats $4.98 _ „ $5.00 Waists <&*> qo
$8.85 Coats .". $5.98 $15.00 Coats . $9.98 $20.00 Coats ..$14.98 $6 00 Waists 98
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FRIDAY EVENING,
question so vitally affects ths wel
fare of mankind as does the liquor
question,'' says Alba B. Johnson,
president of the State Chamber of
Commerce, In a foreword to the pro
hlbltlon report. According to Mr.
Johnson, due consideration should be
given by the voter to the following
questions:
"Will prohibition promote the cause
of temperance, of security and obedi
ence to law?
"Is constitutional provision an In
vasion of the reserved powers of the
states, the maintenance of which, as
part of our system of government,
should be jealously guarded?
"In seeking to effect a moral re
form, Is there danger of committing
an injustice by the destruction of the
value of property long lawfully used
for a purpose now to be declared un
lawful?
"Will the removal of the open and
lawful sale of liquor under prohibi
tion make it less likely" that the
young will contract habits of intem
perance?
"As people cannot be made virtuous
by statute, is there danger of men
•nacting measures unsupported by a
substantial majority which tend to
make violations of law common, and
to bring all law into disrepute?
"Will prohibition prove advan
tageous to the nation, the state, the
community, the family and the indi
vidual?"
The report points out that 9.470
people are employed in the making of
manufactured and distilled (before
whisky was banned) liquor in Penn
sylvania; that the capital invested In
the trade is $59,861,000. and the year-
ly valuation of the same $67,504,300.
The subject of taxes and consump
tion per Individual Is gone Into at
some length. It being shown that the
federal taxes from Pennsylvania
amount to 11.671,716.3> and that the
drink bill of the state Is 1200,000,000
a year.
The report points out the wide
differences of opinion apparent with
respect to prohibition and concludes
with this observation: "Certainly the
provision in the second section of
the Sheppard bill for concurrent
power of enforcement and the legal
definition oof the term 'intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes' in the
first section of the Sheppard bill will
call for somewhat prolonged atten
tion should the amendment be rati
fied."
Misery In Austria;
All Yearn For Peace
„ Amsterdam, May 17.—The Tijd
prints the following much-censored
letter from its Vienna correspond
ent:
"The reason why all classes of
the population have regretted Count
Czernin's departure (from the For
eign Office) is that in him they saw
the herald of peace, and the people
want peace above all. The misery
is extreme. Hundreds of times daily
one hears the lament: 'How long
is this crazv destruction to last?"
"Only the conviction that the Em
peror honestly desires peace and has
given evidence of this in recent in
cidents keeps the people going."
SHIMMEI.L CK\TER PROGRAM
ATTRACTS BI<; CROWD
To help cover the deficiency in the
fund for the motion picture machine
recently purchased by the Shimmell
Community Center, the Reformed
Salem Sunday school class of M. L.
Foutz last evening gave an entertain
ment, attended by approximately 500
persons. Three reels of high-class
motion pictures were shown and the
Reformed Salem Church quartet took
care of the musical end of the pro
gram. Mulligan and Ikey gave some
sleight-of-hand performances. A short
talk on War Savings Stamps was
given by E. N. Hershey, president of
the center.
MORE THAN 9100 RECEIVED
I'OH CAMP HUTU WORK
More than SIOO was received last
night at the summer camp festival for
the benefit of Camp Boyd, Losh's Run,
the event being held in the Boyd Me
morial Building, of the Pine Street
Presbyterian Church. In addition to
the cash contributions a number of
articles which can be at the
camp were received.
Exhibitions of first aid work, knit
ting. photography and a play. "Our
Flag First," were included in the pro
gram. Refreshments were served
also.
TO INSTITUTE TEMPLE
Koraz Temple, No. 204. Dramatic
Order Knights of Khorassan, a side
order of the Knights of Pythias, the
fifth temple to be located in Pennsyl
vania, will be instituted May 29 at the
Pythian Castle with Nelson R. Potts,
imperial representative of the Kash
mere Temple. Reading, as the presid
ing officer. Plans to this effect have
just been announced by Charles W.
Erb, who is acting as chairman of
the general committee on arrange
ments. Installation plans provide for
a short parade of Khorassan Knights
as well as other Pythian members,
with the Commonwealth Band in line
and Harry A. Boyer as grand marshal.
After the institution of the temple, a i
war-time luncheon will be served.
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HARRISBURG tdSSk TELEGRXPIi
HISTORY'S HERO AND HIS GREAT DAY
International Sunday School Lesson For May 19 Is
"Jesus Exercising Kingly Authority"
Mark 11:1-13.
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS
Hundreds of thousands of persons <
have seen the large picture, "The
Conquerors," which was exhibited at
the Chicago Fair, and has since been
on exhibition in Philadelphia. No
one who has ever looked upon It can
ever forget it. The canvass portrays
the world's great conquerors mardh
ing. with banners and insignia, in a
solid column that dwindles off into
the indistinguishable distance. There
we see Napoleon and Caesar and
Alexander and Charlemagne and
Cyrus and Xerxe3 and Ptolemny and
the other men who beheld the world
at their feet.
Two facts about the great picture
at once suggest themselves to the
thoughtful observer. The first is that
these conquerors come to glory by a
pathway of death, destruction and
desolation. The canvas is repellent
to some sensitive natures because of
the two long lines of stark, grim,
gray corpses that flank the conquer
ors on either side. What a price
humanity had to pay that these men
might wear the laurel!
The other obvious remark Is that
the greatest of the world's conquer
ors is not represented. The victories
of Alexander and Napoleon were in
consequent and ephemeral beside the
conquest of Jesus. The veriest tyro
in historical study must peroeive that
the outstanding hero of the past
nineteen centuries is the gentle
Nazarene, whose sway has increased
and extended until to-day 600,000.000
of people who in turn rule the world
bow the knee to Him. Truly, as
cried Julian the apostate, "Thou hast
conquered, O pale Galilean!" And
the conquests of Jesus have not been
along a gloomy course of sorrow,
suffering and death. Life and light
have walked in His, footsteps. Civ
ilization has been His handmaiden.
Health, knowledge and happiness
have followed In His train. His tri
umphal procession down the ages has
been accompanied by the hosannas of
the myriads who have felt His help
or witnessed His life-giving touch.
Even the great war, when consid
ered in its loftiest aspect, is but a
phase of a triumphal progress of
history's Hero. Does it not signify
the ending of immemorial wrongs,
the emancipation of whole peoples
and the putting of life on a higher
and more Christian plane? Our Sun
day school lesson tits into the day a
thinking most opportunely.
The t.reatest Triumphal Entry
This triumphal entry into Old Je
rusalem on the first Palm Sunday
suggests stirring thoughts. For it
has prefigured Christ's triumphal en
try into human hearts and into all
the phases of life. Individual char
acters ascribe all their goodness to
the perfect One. learning lays its
laurels at the feet of a humble
Teacher who kept school at blue
Galilee. Medicine esteems as its
highest honor the fact that it walks
in the footsteps of the great Phy
sician. Art has reserved its ablest
brushes for the delineation of the
person of the Saviour. The lawyer
harps back to the dicta of the
Messiah for the noblest code that can
govern the conduct of men in their
relation one with another. Philos
ophy confesses that the greatest of
Philosophers was He whose teach
ings were so new that they startled
the philosophers who first heard
them, and whose gentle speech ex
pressed the highest wisdom. The
religious impulses of mankind find in
Him "the one altogether lovely."
The continual coronation of Christ
is the subiimcst spectacle of the cen
turies.
"Bring forth the royal diadem
And crown Hini Lord of all."
Of all this, how little conception
had the multitude which eagerly car
peted His path with their garments
and with branches hastily stripped
from the palm trees! And how lit
tle the baffled Pharisees understood
that their disappointed comment,
"10, the world has gone after Him,"
was in truth a prophecy of that day,
now arrived, when Jesus should be
the center of the stage of the uni
verse. m
Men do not understand themselves
and their own actions, much less
their neighbor and his deeds. No
body, save the lonely and sad-heart
ed Man who rode at the center of
this demonstration, received its sig
nificance as a startling fulfilment of
the inspired Scripture. Even His
disciples needed the light that came
by the Spirit's descent after the as
cension of Jesus to enable them to
Interpret it. To-morrow is always
needed to illuminate to-day. We
walk all unseeing through life, there
fore, we should walk gently and
humbly.
Hate For Hero
To-day It is the fashion to praise
Jesus. Even the men who honor Him
least in their conduct, and deny Him
the allegiance of their lives, are
quick to pay tribute to His charac
ter and to His teachings. In this at
mosphere of universal laudation of
the Son of Mary it is not easy to
realize the intense, bitter and un
reasoning hatred with which Jesus
was viewed by the Pharisees and
priests. He was hated for himself,
because He was a nonconformer and
a newcomer with unconventional
teachings. The old is the enemy of
the new; "things as th?y are" are
the worst foe of things as they
should be. The ossified religiosity
of the ruling class among the Jews
could not understand or tolerate for
an instant His fresh, vital spirit
from the hills. The crowning act
that evoked Pharisaical enmity was
the raising of Lazarus from the
dead. For this they hated both Laz
arus and the Lord since it increased
the latter's popularity. There is a
direct connection between the tri
umphal entry and the fact that the
Bethany home had given of its hos
pitality and friendship to Jesus.
So popular had the Master become,
for the moment, at least, that all the
snarling dogs of envy and bigotry
had to slink back, baffled. Into ob
scurity. "Behold, how ye prevail
nothing; 10, the world has gone aft
er Him," they said among them
selves. For in front of their eyes as
t they gathered in sullen groups was
this tremendous ovation, which
meant that Jesus was the idol of the
hour. He could even be crowned
king should He so desire. The dan
ger of popularity, in which flood
many a promising hero has been en
gulfed, beset Jesus in full tide.
But He was not disturbed. There
was not an extra beat to His pulse
because of it and not the slightest
flush of exaltation upon His cheek.
"He knew what was in man," and
He appraised the demonstration at
its true value. He accepted exalta
tion as He accepted humility, merv
ly as a part of the work which the
Father had given Him to do. To
Him the triumphal entry must have
been unspeakably sad, for He recog
nized that the fitful multitude—
many of these very same persons
who were shouting themselves hoarse
with "hosanna"—would within the
weak be crying as lustily "Crucify
Him! Crucify Him!" The palm
branches were but preliminary to the
tree upon which He would shortly
suffer. Ah, heavy was the cross that
the gentle Jesus bore!
A Conqueror'* Scourge
Conquerors get their name from
conquests, and conquests mean strife.
Jesus was a warrior. There is ever
need to recall the danger of over
emphasizing His passive virtues. To
stress His own low.liness and His
identity with the plain people and
his nonmilltary character, Jesus rode
a humble donkey, instead of a fiery
charger. Yet He came from one se
ries of conflicts and was facing oth
ers. Immediately after the Tri
umphal Entry He was to cleanse the
Temple. *
The world has not many paintings
or statues of Je:;us with a whip In
His hand. We do not like the atti
tude, yet it was, in a degree, char
acteristic. He came to cleanse as
well as to save. His love for a pure
church is typified by His driving out
the traffickers from the Temple. He
cares for the purity of God's house
and God's people almost as much as
He cares for the salvation of a lost
world. That is why He has in every
age called some men to be reform
ers, to call the church back to her
first estate. Only a pure church can
serve a sinful world. And Christ's
conquest Is Incomplete so long as His
own friends are living contrary to
His plain teachings.
'MEANEST TimCF" STEALS
EARNINGS OF NEWSBOY
Santa Monica, Col.—The cham
pion "meanest man" has been oper
ating In this city. He has been sys
tematically stealing pennies from
George Herrod, a fourteen-year-old
newsboy, who partially supports his
widowed mother and a large brood
of small brothers by his earnings.
Sums ranging from 18 to 42 cents
at one time have been abstracted
from under the lad's pile of papers
in front of the bank of Santa Mon
ica. These sums are sometimes the
fruit of an entire morning of hard
work.
The Santa Monica police are in
vestigating the thefts, and several
prominent men in the community
have promised to see that the of
fender is prosecuted to the full ex
tent of the law, if caught.
STEERS RUNAWAY TRUCK
When the brakes belonging to a
Highway Department truck became
loosened while standing on the hill
at Cameron and Mulberry streets, yes
terday, the truck crashed backwards
down the hill, narrowly averting a
collision with an automobile coming
down Cameron street. In which were
four women and a man. The driver
of the truck. Leonard Dickey, ran
after the runaway truck and climbed
aboard while it was backing down the
hill. In order to avert a collision with
the automobile, he upset the truck in
the effort to turn around the bther
machine. Dickey was not injured.
The New Store
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—knows when his associates are well dressed. He sizes
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' $ 5 to s ls
Peculiarity in Where? For
Straw Hats Underwear
no not in straw hats but in the —now that the hot weather is on
heads that wear them. Some heads the main platform and you are
take to sailors best some to soft roll fairly itching to get into summer
styles. Some heads get it into underwear—make up your mind
themselves that they never look to wear something that will give
right in a straw hat. Peculiarity you service along with comfort and
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are hard to please are those who weight underwear. Buy the kind
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Those who wear them are always and preference. You can get YOUR
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Sennits $2 to $3.50 B- y. a Underwear
Italian Mllans $5 ...any of them will fill the bill
Panamas $5 and $6.50 SI.OO to $4.50
The Man's Store of Harrisburg~3lo Market Street
MAY 17, 1918.