14
HOOVER EDICT
ON BREWERIES
ROUSES "DRYS"
"Unthinkable," Says Origi
nator of Move to Have Pres
ident Issue Manifesto
W R*hinKton, June 6.—Herbert C.
Hoover, United States Food Adminis
trator, In a letter written yesterday
to Senator Morris Sheppard, of Tex
as, and in a public statement, while
advocating national prohibition, re
fused to make the Food Administra
tion the agency for prohibiting the
brewing of beer and stated that
such action would result in an "orgy
of drunkenness."
Mr. HoQver's statement, made after
a conference at the White House, j
followed the line taken by President
"Wilson in his communication to the ]
Senate.
The position taken by the Food
Administration was thpt the prohi
bition of the use of grains for brew
ing purposes would cause exhaustion
of the available supply of beer with
in a short time and result in much
greater dissipation through the add
ed consumption of whisky, brandy
and gin, of which the country still
has a two years' supply.
"Relative to the discussion over the
suppression of the brewery," said Mr.
Hoover, "I wish to say emphatically
that from a strictly food-conservation
point of view I should like to see
the use of foodstuffs suppressed in I
all drinks, hard and soft. This Is
not, however, the whole story. If we
stop brewing, the saloons of the
country will still be open, but con
fined practically to a whisky and gin
basis. Any true advocate of temper
ance and of national efficiency in
these times will shrink from this
situation.
I'm* nex|iiinil>illt.v on People
"If the American people want pro
hibition, it should prohibit by legis
lation to that end and not force the
Food Administration to the respon
sibility for an orgy of drunkenness,
ft is mighty difficult to get drunk
on 2*4 per cent, beer; it will be easy
enough if we force a substitution of
distilled drinks for it.
"The Food Administration has gone ;
as far as it can toward temperance
without precipitating a worse sltua
t ion. If th<. American people or Con-|
Kless will stop the sale of distilled i
liquors, the Administration will tlnd j
no difficulty in stopping brewing."
House Will ItcMiNt
That the House will not give up t
the tight so easily was made equally
evident by Representative Charles
H. Randall, of California, originator
of the amendment.
"No matter what the Senate does
with the bill, the conferees will be
instructed to include either the orig
inal amendment or one with the
same force when the bill is returned
t" the House." Mr. Randall said.
"A record vote will be taken on the
matter."
later in thp House he asserted
that opposition to the amendment
was developed by the brewing inter
ests. and added that the discovery of
whisk.v and beer bottles in the Con
gressional office building recently
was the result of a "plant."
In an interview Mr. Randall de
> mred it "unthinkable" that Mr.
Hoover should have made the state
nt that the amount of grain used
thi manufacture of beer is "neg
'7 Vl l.lr
If Iv d:d make such a statement,
will surely hear from the coun
-1 y." Mr. Randall said. "If that Is
then the bread which he has
• ked the housewives of the country
sai> also is negligible. It is un
thinkable that Hoover, who is the
high priest of saving and has re
peatedly asked that the thinnest slice
of bread ami the thinnest slice of ba
< on should be saved, can have made
tuch a statement."
••Tangle llejonil Solution"
Mr. Randall exhibited a letter writ
ten by Herbert Hoover on January
of this year in which he said with
regard to the possibility that the
• ountry would be put on a whisky
basis should the manufacture of beer
be prevented, "I will confess that in
this latter matter I have received
much argument pro and con, but it
appears to me to be a tangle beyond
solution by the Food Administra
tion."
"No more whiskv can be made, and
ACIDS IN STOMACH
CAUSE INDIGESTION
Create Gas, Sourness and Pain
How To Treat
Medical authorities state that near
ly nine-tenths of the cases of stomach
trouble, indigestion, sourness, burn
ing, gas, bloating, nausea, etc., are
due to an excess of hydrochloric acid
in the stomach and not as some be
lieve to a lack of digestive juices.
The delicate stomach lining is irri
tated. digestion is delayed and food
sours, causing the disagreeable symp
toms which every stomach sufferer
knows so well.
Artificial digeßtcnts are not needed
in such cases and may do real harm.
Try laying aside all digestive aids
and Instead get from G. A. Gorgas or
any druggist a few ounces of Bisu
rated Magnesia and take a teaspoou
ful in a quarter glass of v'ater right
after eating. This sweetens the stom
ach, prevents the formation of excess
acid and there Is no sourness, gas or
pain. Bisurated Magnesia (in powder
or tablet form —never liquid or milk)
is harmless to the stomach, inexpen
sive to take and Is the most effi
cient form of magnesia for stomach
purposes. It is used by thousands of
people who enjoy their meals with no
more fear of indigestion.
BOWMMrS~
47-
Anniversary
See Paees 2 and 3
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THURSDAY EVENINC
Arrives Safely Overseas
With Keystone Battery
■* mm
J i(R'
HAROLD E. COOPER
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cooper, of 901
South Twentieth street, received
word that their son. Harold E. Coop
er, Battery F, 108 th Field Artillery,
has arrived safely overseas. "Hal''
was formerly a member of the Gov
ernor's Troop and served on the
Mexican border. A brother, Clar
ence C. Cooper, is also with Uncle
Sam's fighting forces in France,
I if the manufacture of beer and wine
is prohibited, the present high prices
which 1 am told obtain for whisky,
will soar until it becomes a drink
which only millionaires could buy."
Mr. Randall further said:
"It is in the power of the Food
Administration to commandeer the
whisky which is left in the country.
This power was given to it, instead
of being exercised by Congress last
year, at the express request of the
' Administration. I would like to
i know why this power has not been
used. Whisky could be redistilled
into alcohol for the use of munition
making at two or three cents a gal
lon. Instead of doing that, I have
read that new grain and feed are be
ing bought for this purpose."
HUN ADVANCE IS
HELD IN CHECK
[Continued from First Page.],
west oLSoissons, they attacked along
the Ailette river, northwest of that
city, to straighten out their line and
thus guard against a flanking opera
tion by the 'allied armies. They
gained considerable territory in this
maneuver but were held after they
had progressed approximately five
miles. Since that time the French
have held their positions, with the
Oise river forming a first line of de
fense, and little fighting of a signi
ficant nature has occurred in that
sector. ,
Military experts have expected an
attack on the, allied line running east
of Montdidier, past Noyon and
thence along the Oise to the new
lines formed since the German of
fensive on the Aisne began. It may
be that the fighting reported in the
French official statement marks the
initial stages of an attack there.
Improve Their Lines
Further south along the line run
ning from the western suburbs of
Soisson to Chateau Thierry the lines
is standing firm before the German
thrust. The French have succeeded
in improving their positions north
and west of Hautebraye, a little vil
lage on the right bank of the Hoxien
river, north of the Aisne.
• On the rest of the front, especially
at Longpont, Veuilly la Poterie and
west of Rheims, the artillery tire has
been violent. Along the front held
by the British there have been raid
ing oprations but no fighting of a
serious character.
Determined German efforts to
break through the wall of allied de
fense on the western wing of the bat
tle front south of the Ailette are
meeting with failure. For two days
the Germans have attacked strongly
at isolated points but have made only
slight progress.
At some points ground has been
regained by the French, and Wed
nesday they took more than two
hundred prisoners from the enemy,
in addition to inflicting heavy losses
on the German units which failed in
attempts to push back the French
defenders. The latest French gain
was made around Vingre, north of
the Aisne, where the Germans were
driven from all the ground they had
gained there in recent days. In addi
tion the French took more than 150
prisoners and some machine guns,
(k-rmanx Repulsed
Enemy efforts have been strongest
along the Qise and on the eastern
edge of Retz forest east of Villers
t'otterets. In attempting to cross the
Oise near Montalagache, the Ger
mans were repulsed completely.
Ground was gained by the enemy
troops near Longport, east of Villers-
Cotterets, but the French counterat
tacks threw them back with the loss
of 50 prisoners. Elsewhere along the
salient through Neuilly. Chateau
Thierry, and along the Marne, where
American troops are in the line, to
Rheims, the Germans have been un
able to advance.
The Berlin official statements on
the fighting grow shorter. Wednes
day's reported only a slight advance
along the Aisne Tuesday and local
Hghting near the Ourcq. The situa
tion is unchanged according to the
Wednesday evening announcement
from German headquarters.
Front Quiets Down
There are yet no signs that the
enemy is preparing for still another
blow in his campaign to crush the
French and British before the Amer
icans enter the Hghting in large
numbers. On the Flanders and Pic
ardy salients small raids continue
and the artillery fire is about normal.
American troops around Neuilly,
northwest of Chateau Thierry, re
pulsed Tuesday night and Wednes
day strong German efforts to ad
vance. The American machine gun
fire broke up the German attack in
confusion. West of Montdidier and
east of Lunevllle American patrols
have been active. An American party
of thirty men penetrated the third
German line east of Lunevllle and
out fought a party of 200 Germans.
Heavy losses were suffered by the
Germans, while the American casual
ties were slight.
Austriuns Hold Back
Although artillery activity has in
creased along the entire Italian front
from Stelvlo to the AdriaUc, there is
no indication that the Austrians are
yet ready to launch their offensive,
for which it is known they have
made preparations.
There has been an increase In In
fantry fighting on the Macedonian
front. Allied troops have with
stood successfully Bulgarian attacks
against the new Greek positions at
Skra di Legen, near Cradisnitza and
between Lakes Ochrida and Presba-
COUNTY TOURED
BY FARMERS IN
BIG AIJTO PARTY
Dissemination of Useful In
formation Is Attained in
Day's Outing
Two hundred and fifty farmers
and their friends in thirty-five
automobiles left Market Square
this morning to take part in
the farmers' auto tour of southern
Dauphin county, arranged by the
Dauphin County Farm Bureau. Or
chards, dairy farms, and other points
of interest from agricultural stand
points are being visited by the farm
ers that they may become better ac
quainted with many up-to-date
mtehods of doing things on the
farm.
Hog farms, dairy farms, peach or
chards, agricultural experiment sta
tions, etc., were visited this morning
and are being visited this afternoon
throughout the southern end. A tour
of the northern end of the county.
Agent H. G. Niesley says will be held
during late summer or early fall.
Inspect Big: Farms •
Leaving Harrisburg at 8.30 o'clock
morning the party made its first
stip at the llonnymead farms a half
hour later, where a half hour stop
was made. The model Bonnymeud
dairy barn with its high grade cat
tle was inspected. One hundred and
four Holstein and twenty-two
Guernsey cattle are kept at this barn.
Later on the same farm a 250-acre
alfalfa Held was examined. Alfalfa
| culture was explained by Hiram Bil
lett, the farm manager. He declared
that '"alfalfa is the best and cheap
est feed for cattle."
The next stop was made at the F.
B. Suavely farm, where a mixed hay
Held was inspected. Growing in this
field was alfalfa, alsike and red
clover. The effects of lime fertiliza
tion was noted. At the A. B. Shenk
farm, fertilizer experiments on four
plots of ground were observed. Of
these plots, all planted to wheat, one
was fertilized with ammonia and ten
per cent, phosphoric acid, on the
second nothing was used, on the
third fourteen per cent, acid phos
phate and on the fourth a solution
of three per cent, ammonia and eight
per cent, phosphoric acid. Experi
menters said that the fourteen per
cent, acid phosphate fertilizer was
the best and at the same time the
cheapest for wheat fertilizer.
On the Shenk farm a Delco light
ing plant was examined. This plant,
costing approximately S3OO, fur
nishes sufficient power to light the
house and all farm buildings in ad
dition to furnishing all needed
power on the farm. The plant is run
on kerosene and primed with gaso
line.
Lunch at Herslicy
The next stop. was made at the
Hershey farm where a corn variety
test was observed. An experiment
with seven varieties of pure bred
and five local orn was observed. A
SIO,OOO bull weighing 2.133, a
Percheon stallion and 600 full bred
hogs were seen. An examination of
the breeding pens was made.
The 250 farmers after these ob
servations went to the Hershey Park
where they took their luncheon
which they had carried with them.
G. L. Bulkey, dairy husbandry ex
pert of the extension department of
Pennsylvania State College, deliver
ed a short address to the farmers.
This afternoon a modern calf
horn on the Hershey farm was ex
amined. On the S. T. Whitmer farm
the recently remodeled and up-to
date dairy barn with their many
Holsteins was inspected. A potato
spraying demonstration was given
on the Beaufort farm later in the
afternoon and the poultry plant of
the same farm was examined.
The party expected to reach Har
risburg shortly after fi o'clock.
NEW PRINCIPAL
. FOR CENTRAL HIGH
rContinued from First Page.]
mained one year. He then was prin
cipal of the Cohoes High school. New
York City, for three years; the Lock
port High school. Lockport, N. Y„
for six years, and the Youngstown
High school, Youngstown, Ohio, for
three years. He was selected by Dr.
Downes from a list of almost one
hundred applicants who at present
are teaching in many sections of the
country.
Dr. Downes will also recommend
to-morrow the reappointment of
Prof. William E. Strawinski to the
Technical school faculty. Professor
Strawinski, until two years ago, was
in charge of the English department
at the school but resigned to accept
a position at the Horace Mann High
school. New York. After remaining
there two years he said the climatic
conditions affected the health of his
small child and he applied for reap
pointment here. R. A. Barnard, a
giaduate of the Central High school
and Princeton College, and at pres
ent teaching in the Trenton High
school, will be recommended for ap
pointment as a teacher at Tech.
The board will be asked to name
Miss Delia Simonetti, of this city, as
assistant attendance officer, the of
fice having been created recently
upon the recommendation of Dr.
Downes.
Other business on the calendar for
the session will include action on
renting the Technical High school
auditorium on June 10 for a mass
meeting when an address will be
given on "The Redemption of Pale
stine;" June 20 for commencement
exercises of Dunmire School of Music
and July 22 for memorial services for
the Knights of Pythias.
The resignation of Miss Nora M.
Koons, a teacher at the continuation
school since it was opened a few
years ago, will be presented. The
directors will also tfear a committee
representin gthe Harrisburg branch
ol' the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Monthly estimates from the archi
tects on the amount of building con
struction work on the new junior
High schools will be presented by
them.
DIVORCE GRANTED
The divorce decree separating
Nora M. from Roy W. McCarty sign
ed by Judge W. Rush Gillan, Cham
bersburg, was filed to-day at the
phothonotary's office. The case was
heard in 1915 by Judge Gillan who
was specially presiding at the time.
AT RELATIVE'S FUNERAL
County Controller Henry W.
Goush has been called to Pitts
burgh to attend the funeral of a
relative. He was expected to return
to the city again late to-day.
SHERIFF SELLS PROPERTY
Ten properties located in the city
and county were sold under the auc
tioneer's hammer at the quarterly
sheriff sale at the courthouse this'
afternoon.
< OVriNCK BBMION
The session of Naturalization Court
scheduled to be held to-day, hus been
postponed until November 14, Govern
ment officials reported.
HAKRISSTTaG TELEGRAPH
MARKET LEADERS
IN UPWARD MOVE
Investment Rails Are Neglected—New Haven Reflects
Pressure of Previous Day—Liberty Bonds
Maintain a Steady Course
By Associated Press
York, June 6.—Leaders made
only nominal changes, mainly up
ward, at the opening of to-day's
stock market, but the list Boon de
veloped irregular tendencies. Gains
of fractions to a point in equip
ments. tobaccos, fertilizers. Industrial
Alcohol and Atlantic Gulf were bal
anced by the heaviness of Marines,
the preferred losing 2Vi points. In
vestment rails were neglected, but
secondary issues, including New Ha
ven, reflected a continuance of yes
terday's pressure. Liberty Bonds
were steady.
Recessions from early high quota
tions ran from 1 to 1 % points in
equipments, Mexican Petroleum.
General Motors, Tobacco products
and shipping. Marine pfd was the
most uncertain feature, its irregular
is giving no hint of expected action
by ihe directors later in the day. U.
S. Steel and low priced rails led the
general improvement at noon. Lib
erty 3%s sold at 99.66 to 99.72, first
4s at 93.60 to 93.00, second 4s at
93.42 to 93.54 and 4>4 at 95.94 to
96.16.
\EW YORK STOCKS
i handler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar
ket Square. Harrisburg; 336 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street,
New York—furnish the following
quotations: Open. 2 P. M.
Allis Chalmers 3314 33
Amer Beet Sugar 6714 68%
American Can 44% 4494
Am Car and Foundry .. 79% 79%
Amer Loco 63 63%
Amer Smelting 75% 75%.
American Sugar 110% 110%
Anaconda 63 63%
Atchison 84*4 84 %
Baldwin Locomotive .... 88% 87%
Baltimore and Ohio .... 56% 55%
Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 82 81%
California Petroleum ... 19% 20%
Central Leather 65% 66
Chesapeake and Ohio ... 58% 58%
Chi, Mil and St Paul ... 44 44
Chicago. R I and Pacific 23 23%
Chino Con Copper .... 39 38
Col Fuel and Iron .... 47% 48
Corn Products 40% 40%
Crucible £teel 63 % 62%
Distilling Securities .... 59% 58%
Erie 16 15%
General Motors 123 124%
Hide and Leather 13% 14
Hide and Leather pfd .. 68% 70%
Inspiration Copper .. .. 49% 49%
International Paper .. .. 36% 37
Kcnnecott 32% 32%
Kansas City Southern .. 18% 19%
Lackawanna Steel .. .. 85% 86%
Lehigh Vallev 59% 59%
Merc War Ctfs 29% 28%
Merc War Ctfs pfd .... 105% 102
Mex Petroleum 93% 93%
Miami Copper 27% 27%
Midvale Steel 50% 50%
New York Central .... 72 72
N Y, N H and H 41% 41%
New York, Ont and West '20% 19%
Norfolk and Western .. 103% 103%
Northern Pacific 86 86
Pennsylvania Railroad . 43% 43%
Pittsburgh Coal 48% 43%
Pittsburgh Coal .. >. .. 48% 48%
Ray Con Copper 24% 23%
Reading 89% 89%
Republic Iron and Steel. 85% 86%
Southern Pacific 83% 83%
Southern Ry 24% 24%
Studebaker 42% 43
Union Pacific 120% 121%
U S I Alcohol 123% 122
U S Rubber 57 57
U S Steel 100 99%
U S Steel pfd 110% IJ"%
Utah Copper 77% 77%
Virginia-Carolina Chem . 49 49
Willys-Overland ...... 19 19%
Western Maryland .. .. 14 14%
Westinghouse Mfg .. .. 42% 42%
American Y. M. C. A. Aids
in Helping Troops Leaving
Soissons; One Passes Out
By A ssociated Press
Paris. June 6.—American men and
women attached to the American Y.
M. C. A. units with the French
troops played heroic parts in the re
cent retreat east and west of Sois
sons and one Carl Lyttle, of North
Brookfleld. Mass., is believed to have
lost his life. Amid a rain of gas
shells Lyttle went into a certain
burning village to rescue refugees
after the troops had come out. He
has not been seen since.
Y. M. C. A. workers stayed with
the troops (luring the rear guard
fighting, gathering and distributing
supplies. Four Y. M. C. A. men join
ed the staff of a base hospital swamp
ed with French and British wound
ed, and worked twenty hours a day
as stretcher bearers and nurses.
Women workers particularly dis
tinguished themselves. One, Miss
Maria Herron. of Cincinnati, a sis
ter-in-law of former President Taft,
remained in a'hut serving food and
coffee to the soldiers until the vil
lage was set on Are by German
shells. Miss Jane Boiler, of Cincin
nati, only left a few at Soissons a few
hours before the Germans entered
the town.
Trial of "Preacher" Ben
Johnson For Slaying of
Two Likely Next Week
Ben. alias "preacher" Johnson,
colored, will probably be called for
trial in (criminal court next week on
charges of murdering Odell and
Tucker Copelin, both colored, in a
fight on Easter Sunday morning. The
indictments will be presented to the
grand Jury on Thursday morning and
the trial may be started in the after
noon.
Court officials said it is likely the
trial of Harry Dickerson, colored,
also charged with murder, will be
continued until September. Because
of the small trial list Judges Kunkel
and McCarrell will hold court ses
sions and no judges from nearby
counties will be called to the city.
MINION OF I,AW GETS
BIG WILDWOOD CARP
Summer weather proved too tempt
ing for Alderman Fritz Kramme and
his constable, "Sam" Garland, yester
day. The two went to Wildwood
Park, and the Alderman comes back
with a story that he hooked an eigh
teen-pound carp. The carp was a fe
male and he left it get back into the
water. Garland came in for his share
of the glory, helping to pull the carp
out of the stream.
SUSAN McCORMICK
Susan McCormick, formerly of
Harrlsburg, died Tuesday at Wash
ington. She was aged 76. The body
will be brought to Harrisburg to
morrow afternoon by E. La Fackler,
unde. taker, and brief services will
be held wjth the Rev. J. Bradley
Markward, pastor of Bethlehem Lu
theran Church, officiating. Burial
will be in ' the Harriaburg Cemetery.
PHIL.AOBI.PHIA STOCKS
By Associated Prets
Philadelphia, June 6. Wheat
Market guiet; No. 1, red. J2.5T.
No. 1. soft, red. J2.25: .No. Z. red. 2 Ji
No. 2. soft. red. J2.lt.
Corn The market is firm; No.
2. yellow, $1.68® 1.70; No. 3, yellow.
$1.64(0)1.66.
Oats The market is steady;
No. 2. white. 81%® 82c; No. 3, white,
80®80%c.
1 : ; The market Is steady; soft
Igu-I. |>UI ton. f 4t>.sU d 4i.uu, fprlu,
l<vl lull. {4-1.1,0® 45.00. *
Butter The market is steady;
western. creamery, extras, 44c;
nearby prints, lancy, <Bc.
lisss —Market higher; Pennsylvania
ana other nearby tirsis, tree cases,
$11.40 per case; do., current reecipts,
free cases. $10.95 per case; western,
extras, firsts, free cases, $1.40 pel
case; do., firsts, free cases, $10.95 per
case; fancy, selected, packed, 44®46c
per dozen.
Cheese Firm; New York, full
cream, old, 22®25c; do., new, 23®24c.
Reilned Sugars Market steady,
powdered. 8.45 c; extra fine, granulat
ed 7.45 c.
Live Poultry Market lower;
fowls. 33®34c; young, soft-meated
luusurs. yuuiie., sta&gy roust,
ers, 24(0 25c; old roosters, 21®22t;
spring chickens, 50@56c; leghorns,
42®44c; ducks, Peking, 28®30c; do.,
Indian Runner, 26®27c; turkeys, 27
® 28c'; • geese, nearby, 25® 26c; west
ern, 25® 26c.
Dressed Poultry Steady; turkeys,
(itaruj, choice to fancy 3j®4oc; uo.,
!air to good. 32®37c; do., old, 37®38c;
do., western choice to fancy. 37® 38c;
do., fair to good. 32@36c; d0.,01d toms,
30c; eld. common. 30c; frash
fowls, fancy, 33®36%c; do., smaller
sizes, 33®35c; old roosters, 20c; spring
ducks, 41@43c; frozen fowls, fancy,
35®35%c; do., good to choice, 32®
34c; 4)0., small sizes, 28®30c broiling
chickens, western, 40@42c; do., roast
ing. 34® 38c. ,
Potatoes Market lower; New
Jersey. No. 1, per basket *3o®soc t3J
lbs.). New Jersey. >s... 2. per <>uske:.
16®2Rc; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs.,
$1.30@1.70; New York, per 100 lbs.,
$1.50® 1.70; western, per 100 lbs., $1.25
®1.55, Maine, per 100 lbs., sl.teo(tf
1.80; Delaware and Maryland, per 100
IVb., 90c®$1.10: Michigan, per 100 lbs..
$1.00@1.15; Florida, No. 1. per barrel.
$3.00®5.00; Florida,! per bushel
hamper. 75(®85c; Florida, per 150-lb.
bag, $3.00@3.50; South Carolina, per
barrel, $2.50®5.00.
Tallow The market is dull;
prime, city, in tierces. 16% c; city,
special, loose, 17c;. prime country,
?F k - 15@15%c; edible, in
tierces, 18c.
Flour—Steady; winter wheat. 100
per cent, flour, $10.75®11.00 per bar-
IfrAiM 1 ] 8 . 88 w heat, 100 cent, flour,
♦ 11.00® 11.25 per barrel; spring wheat,
100 per cent, flour, $10.50© 10.75 per
barrel.
Hay The market is dull; timothy,
No. 1, large bales. $30.00 per
ton; No. 1, small bales. $29.00®30.00
P T er ton; No. 2. $27.00®28.00 per ton;
•Vr nitv,?!2.oo® 24.00 per ton; sample,
*15.00® 18.00 per ton; no grade. $lO 00
® 15.00 per ton.
.Clover Light. mixed, $27.00 f
52 n; No * mixed.
125.60@26.60 per ton; No. 2. hifht mi*-
ed. $18.00®20.00 per ton.
CHICAGO CATTLE
By Associated Press
Chicago, June 6. Hogs R
e-25.0 lower. Heavy butchers,
f' 8 -<°®16.70; light butchers, $16.75@
16.90; prime, heavy, $15.90® 16.35;
heavy, packing. $15.50® 15.80; selected,
light, $17.00® 17.10; medium and light
mixed, $16.50016.75; bulk of sales,
$16.40® 16.85.
Cattle Receipts, 10,000; very little
done, strike preventing getting the
cattle into the pens. Choice steers,
averaging 1,300 pounds, sold at $17.65.
' hheep Receipts, 8,000; lambs
strong. Top shorn, $17.75; top spring
lambs, $20.50; sheep steady.
205 Properties Sold
in City During May;
Assessed at $590,659
Two hundred and five properties
in the city were sold during Mav, City
Assessor James C. Thompson reported
*on J„ he Properties are assessed
at $.>90,659. During the first five
months of the year 788 were sold,
valued at $1,981,902. The report of
sales in the various wards follows:
_ Assessed
~ ar ? Number Valuations
™L c .°" d 71 i:i9.808 00
X hird .. 17 245,810 00
f ixth 20 69 910 00
U 130.570 00
fS!®?. 1 " 56 109,715 00
tenth 96 242 9°5 00
Twelfth . 59 109,355 00
Thirteenth 6J 84,040 00
Fourteenth 7 13.910 00
50,000 More Men For
Railroads in France
By Associated Press
Washington, June 6.—Organiza
tion of five new regiments and nine
teen battalions of railway engineers
for service In France, has about been
completed by Samuel M. Felton
director general of Military railways!
They will add 50,000 men to those
already engaged in railroad con
struction and operation in France,
said an announcement by th War
Department to-day.. Nine regiments
have gone across. Six are engaged
in construction work and three in
operation.
The government, to-day's an
nnnnnnment Sald ' haS s Pent $160,-
000,000 on railway materials for 1
France.
► LET'S ALL LIVE IN RIVER-VIEW ;
I —TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN —
► E. M. HERSHEY THE OWNER OF i
RIVER- VIEW
THE ONLY SUBURB
| Herewith Makes the Announcement That on <
I Account of the Favorable Weather Condition <
: THE SALE WILL OPEN ONE WEEK SOONER :
► NAMEIY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE 14th AND 15th .. ;
; FULL PARTICULARS LATER
For Information Call Bell 1390, Dial 3573 4
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**A A A AAA AA A |__t:
DAUPHIN SIGNS
UP 1230 YOUTHS
FOR WAR SERVICE
City and County Draft Boards
Bcgistcr Many Under Se
lective Service Act
Twelve hundred and thirty Dau
phin county youths yesterday regis
tered for war service with the three
city and three county hoards under
the selective draft act. A number of
out-of-town youths were registered
by the boards, but they are not in
cluded in these totals. The county
total will be raised after all regis
tration cards of Harrisburg and
county youths registering in other
cities have been received and filed.
The total city enrollment yester
day was 592, while the county enroll
ment was 638. The registration by
boards was. City Board No. 1, 130;
No. 2, 227; No. 3, 235; County Board
No. 1, 271; No. Z. 217; No. 3, 150.
\ ery few youths are believed to have
failed to register.
While practically all of the regis
trants were unmarried, quite a few
of them had already taken the mari
tal vows and several of them were
already fathers. One proud regis
trant reported that he had a quintet
of youngsters.
Several men registering yesterday"
just attained their majority on. rtrg
istiation day, while several others
l escaped it last year merely by one
day. City Board No. 1 reported sev
eral instances of this kind. Robert
H. Geisel, 513 Race street, and Jo
seph Herbert StaufTer, 1502 North
Sixth street, just became 21.
State Y. M. C. A. Boys.
Camp Begins June 21
Athletic and spiritual instruction
na a general Rood time are the aims
of the State Y. M. C. A. Boys Camp,
which is to open at June
-1. the camp is located sixteen miles
north of Harrisburg. It is an annual
institution and boys from all over the
state are planning to come to the
woodland tents this summer.
The camp is a complete village,
with diningrooms. kitchens and tents.
It is under the leadership of H.
Schmidt, state boys' work secretary,
! and his corps of assistants. A number
| of applications for admission have al
ready been repeived at the Caider
Building headquarters of the associa
tion and more are coming in daily.
King George Picks
Standard Clothing
l/ondon.—King George, while on
a visit to the woolen manufacturing
towns in Central England, has in
spected several factories engaged in
making cloth for the new standard
suits for civilians. Upon completing
his inspection the king made the first
exception to his resolution not to
have any more new clothes during
the war and selected a length of
brown standard cloth to be made
!nto' a 57-shilling suit for country
wear.
King George expects to spend next
week in inspecting troops in the Al
dershot district.
WILL CHANGE BUT ONE
PLAYGROUND IN CITY
Only one change in city play
ground locations will be made this
year, park department officials said
to-day. The play plot maintained at
the Lincoln school building grounds
will be transferred to the Wood
ward at Eighteenth and
I Boas streets, Commissioner E. Z.
Gross and Supervisor J. K. Staples
announced. Instructors for the vari
ous plots will be named in a few
days as a number of applications
have already been received. Super
visor Staples to-day ordered athletic
goods and other supplies which will
be needed for the opening of the sea
son June 17.
OWNERS GET DAMAGES
With the construction of .a turnout
in Berryhill street between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets by the Har
risburg Railways Company, all prop
erty owners along the street have
been allowed damages because of the
change in the street paving. The
total amount allowed to owners is
$296.86 which will be paid by the
railways company through the city
treasurer's office. Notices to the
property owners affected were sent
out yesterday and at noon to-day
more than SIXS of the money had
already been paid back.
POINTS TO WATER PENAI/TY |
City Treasurer C. E. Weber issued i
a statement to-day calling attention)
to the 2 per cent, penalty added June!
1 on all quarterly bills for water l
which were dated April 1. These!
bills were due at the net charge dur
ing April and May, Mr. Weber stat- i
ed. After July 1 a one per cent. |
penalty will be added each month <
while the bills remain unpaid.
HUIIjDING PERMITS ISSUED
A building permit, was issued to-day
to Blot and Baust, contractors for the
A. E. Alleman estate, for the remodel
ing of the brick building at 400 Mar
ket street. The total cost of the al-' ;
terations will be $2,500. Another per- i
mit was issued to Samuel P. Bern- 1
liardt for the erection of a one-story i
frame building at the rear of 611 1
North Fifteenth street, at a cost of $55.
PROBATES ONE WILIj
The will of J. H. Smith, latQ of the
city, was probated to-day and letters
testamentary issued by Register Roy
C. Danner to Ellen Earner and Clyde i
Emory Smith.
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JUNE 6, 1918.
Brethren Hosts Open
Sessions at Hershey
With Bible Institute
Thousands of members of the
Church of the Brethren from every
portion of the United States are In
Hershey to-day attending the an
nual confeuence of the denomina
tion being held In the Immense con
vention hall. The conference opened
last night with a Bible institute. T.
T. Myers spoke on "The Atonement
Needed," and Dr. F. F. J. Holsop
ple, formerly of Harrisburg, address
ed the assemblage on "The Book of
Jol—lts Structure." Dr. Holsopple
v/iis formerly superintendent of tho
I Hnrrisburg district of the Anti-
Saloon League. He is well known in
this vicinity.
This morning the meeting opened
with a song service, followed by an
address by H. K. Ober, of Elizabet h
tewn, on "The Sunday School Super
intendent." Dr. Holsopple spoke on
"The Book of Job—lts Doctrinal
Teachings." The afternoon session
was opened with an address by the
Rev. Mr. Ober on "Qualifications of
the Sunday School Teacher." I H. !
Brumbaugh spoke on "The Person
ality of the Apostles."
Dr. Holsopple will address the
evening session on "The Problem of
Human Suffering" and T. T. Myers
will speak on "The Atonement Pro-
I vided."
Prober Uncovers Sale
of Meat Unfit For Army;
Vicious, Says Chantland
By Associated Press
Washington, June 6. —Further evi-
I dencc of the sale or offering for sale
of unfit meat for the Army has been
discovered by the Federal Trade
Commission, W. T. Chantland, chief
examiner, declared to-day when rep
resentatives of Wilson & Company,
Chicago packers, appeared to deny
charges that they sold unfit meats.
Representatives of Wilson & Com
pany asked for an early hearing on
the charges made in a complaint the
commission had filed against them.
"We cannot proceed to a hearing
immediately," said Mr. Chantland,
"because other substantial instances
j are under investigation.
| "I think lam justified in saying
itha they are vicious and should be
j considered in this case. They go to
I the very root of the indicated de
fense of Wilson & Company, that
the instances cited in the complaint
were sporadic and occurred through
oversight." It was decided to begin
the hearings asked for June 18. *
57,399 Men Register
in 267 of 282 Local
Draft Board Districts
State draft headquarters announc
ed at 3 o'clock to-day that 267 local
draft districts had reported register
ing yesterday 57,399 men who had
become 21 since June 5 of last year.
There are 282 districts in the state.
In class A, white men, there had
been registered 47,183; class B, col
ored men, 3,335; class C, aliens, 6,-
861.
In Philadelphia the registration
was 12,068, there being 9,305 in class
A, 1,256 in class B, and 1,507 in
class C.
Owing to light registration in two
Philadelphia boards, permission has
been asked to make an investigation,
it being reported that aliens refused
to register.
All local boards have been ordered
to send their lists to headquarters by
June 8. Harrisburg board No. 3, John
C. Orr, chairman, has the distinction
of being the first to report.
LEGAL NOTICES
To Bondholders of Penna. Milk pro
ducts Co:
WE hereby notify holders of Bonds
Nos. 439 and 456, to present them to
Union Trust Co. of Pennsylvania for
payment on or before July 1, 1918, as
interest on same will cease on that
date. ,
(Signed)
PENNA. MILK PRODUCTS CO.
niIBBER STAMnft
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The Federal Machine Shop
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Harrisburg, Pa. j
CALL FOR WAR
SERVICE OUT TO
EVERY NURSE
Meeting at Hospital Saturday
Night Is in Interest of
Enlistments
For the meeting of graduate
nurses to be held in the Harrisburg
Hospital Saturday night, in the In-*
terest of enlistment of nurses for war
service, a general invitation has been
extended to all graduate nurses of
Harrisburg and vicinity, whether
these nurses are visitors to the city
or residents.
Dr. Jes3e Lenker, who has seen
service at Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Indiana, will speak on the practical
work and the needs of nurses. Miss
Frances Scott, superintendent of
nurses at the Harrjsburg Hospital,
and Miss C. E. I,andis, superinten
dent of the Polyclinic Hospital, will
preside at an informal discussion,
following the address.
The government has waived re
quirement of state registration for
graduate nurses who have been grad
uated before January 1, 1918 and
leading schools of the country, real
izing the need of training nurses,
have established summer schools for
nurses, notable among these schools
being Vassar, Smith and Wellesley
colleges. The alumni of these col
leges are given an opportunity to i
study nursing, and they will then
be expected to go to nursing schools
under the direction of the govern
ment. after which they will be sent
to the Army base hospitals for serv
ice.
Members of the committee in
charge of the campaign are: Mrs.
James I. Chamberlin, chairman; Mrs.
Lyman D. Gilbert, Miss Frances
Scott, Miss C. E. Land in, Dr. Jesse
Lenker, Miss Slicer, Mrs. Mabel
Cronise Jones.
Miss Jane A. Delano, national di
rector of the department of nurs
ing of the American Red Cross, In
commenting on the government rul
ing mentioned above, says:
"The general nursing needs of the
country can best be met by mobiliz
ing practically our entire nursing re
sources through enrollment of all
graduates of registered schools
whether individually they have regis
tered or not. Nurses can be assign
ed to classes of service for which
they are especially fitted, and many
married nurses not registered can
be inducted to enroll for nursing ser
vice in hospitals and dispensaries."
In a statement Issued yesterday,
Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War,
has called upon the general public,
civilian hospitals and graduate nurs
es to assist in every way, the drive for
the nurses, according to Washing
ton dispatches.
Arkansas Valley Rail
way, Light & Power
Company
Bond Secured 7% Notes
Due December 1, 1920
To yield '
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Details on request
Bonbright & Company
MORRIS WISTAR STROUD, Jr.
Manager
437 Chestnut St., Phila.
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