BUSINESSMEN IN MANY CITIES IN GRAFT MESH Ramifications of Contingent Commissions Plots Extend Into High Circles Washington, June 19,—Tho chad ow of complicity In the extensive scheme by whloh commlaalon ftifent* made millions out of government wur order* by acting an middlemen In obtaining contracts for manuftc turers, laet night extended to scores of businessmen and attorneys in Washington, New York, Boston and ofhr cities, an/l even to a few sec ret* rlos of members of Congreaa. These men, many of whom wer amateurs in the game of soliciting war contracts, promoted to u* their influence with government officials. Army officers or members of Con- Kress >o assure the awarding of con tracts to special concern."., and in turn were to recelve-componsatlon if the contracts were landed. A iarge proportion of those cases, disclosed by correspondence and other documents seized In the simul taneous raids yesterday on offices of several hundred manufacturing plants and forwarded to-day to the Department of Justlco, were not prompted by sinister motives, offi cials believe, and prosecution will not follow, Many others, however, ap pear tho results of carefully planned plots to squeeze mllllona from con tractors, who In turn were to add the contingent fees to prices which the government was required to pay. Army Officer Arrested The trial of the government's pur suit of sharp practitioners on war contracts to-day led to the arrest In New York of Lieutenant James C. Staley, a reserve army officers, on a charge of accepting money from the Truflt Raincoat Company, of New York, for a contract which lie j promised to procure, Tho urrest was mado by Depart- ' inent of Justlco agents who had fol- j lowed the officer during his Inspec tion of the plant of the raincoat com pany whose proprietors acted 11 cc- I operation with the government to de- | tec f the fraud. Officials would not discuss this j case. They Intimated that other ar- j rosta may be made soon In connec- j tion with the charges on which four ' men are now under Indictment her# —conspiracy to vtolate Federal laws! forbidding the subletting of con- f tracts and payment of contingent fees. New Phases Investigated Secret agents of the Department of Justice, Treasury and War and Navy Departments were at work on • new phases of the disclosure in Washington and elsewhere, while a corps of Investigators under the: direction of Assistant Attorney Gen-j eral Huston Thompson digested the ' evidence contained In the thousands I of seized documents. Attorney General Gregory took! the latest information on the raids to the Cabinet meeting, and Cabinet i members and heads of all executive | departments making contracts re-! ceived the Attorney General's rec- i ommendatlons, approved by Presi- j dent Wilson, for insertion in future I contracts of a clause binding the '• contractor not to pay contingent fees nor employ middlemen In negotiat- I ing a war order. ANAEMIA AND POOR BLOOf How Mrs. Burnett's Daughter Re covered Drewsville, X. H. —"My daughter : was anaemic, had poor blood and suffered from indigestion and bilious j attacks. As Vinol had built up my ' *on some time ago, I gave it to my ! ■ laughter,—she soon improved in i health, and it has built her up and j restored her health."—Mrs. X. Bur- ' nell. The reason Vinol was so success- | ful in Miss Burnell's case is because It contains beef and cod liver pep- ! tones, iron and manganese pepton- j ates and glycerophosphates, the very elements needed to build up a weak- ' ened, run-down system, make rich l red blood and create strength. George A. Gorgas, Kennedy's Med- ' icine Store. 321 Market street; C. K. I Kramer, Third and Broad streets; j Kitzmiller's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry street, and druggists everywhere. UN IIWIIIIB 7 Discount Here Are a Few of the Every roll in our stock of more than Latest —There Are 7,000 latest song hits, with words, new Many Others patriotics, operas, old-time melodies, A Little Birch Canoe and etc., is included. Hello, Central! Give Me Ten P er cent off regular prices on No Man's Land. one or more rolls; 1 5 per cent, off six K He Can Fight Like He or more. Can Love, Good-Night Ger- : : ~ , , . . , , , „ many ! Larly selection is advised. All rolls I'm Going to Follow the gladly played for you, or you may play B °K-K-K-Katy them for yourself in our trial rooms. There's a Little Blue Star F IF f li/i • II in our window. J. H. 1 roup lVlusic House That's What God Made Mothers For. Troup Building Three Wonderful Letters , .. , _ From Home. 15 South Market Square f• . WEDNESDAY EVENING, Group Picture of Good Will Fire Company Til * a & & i • £ £ * i £ & If jj Bk I a ' ' | &s£s In the above photograph is shown practically all of the members of Good Will Fire Company, No. 7, together with their high grade chemical fire apparatus. In the center of the above picture is shown John H. Williamson, president of the organization. \ big / >cß feet photo, of which the above is a facsimile, was on exhibition in a Market street store window for several weeks. WAR BOARD TIES KNOT IN KNITTING BY THE PUBLIC Wool Not Available Even For Red Cross' Until War Needs Are Met Washington. June 19. —Decision to 1 discourage the use of wool yarns for! nonessenfial purposes and! to exer-' cise rigid control over all supplies! allotted to the American Red Cross] was reached yesterday at a eonfer-j enee of representatives of the war industries board and the Red Cross.l Announcement that the indiserim-l inate use of wool by women in knit-i ting: useless articles and in duplicat. ing grifts of the Red Cross to soldiers land sailors is to be stopped in the i immediate future was made in a Joint! | statement authorized by the con j ferees, which said: "Red Cross chapters can*procure; ] their yarn only upon specific requisi tion through their indivdual head-' | quarters. To preclude the keeping of I I yard at home by individuals,-all w#ol I must be accounted for in linif#.ed garments after each issue. This f.\ovc will take all yarn in the Army and Navy colors from the public market, so that none can be purchased andi made up by indjvidutils into gifts. 1 j This will stop overlapping of efforts, so that a soldier or sailor receiving ; garments from the Red Cross will i not receive also duplicate garments ias gifts." l , The formal statement further as-i serted that in view of " he uncer-! i tainty of ocean shipping," it cannot j be stated definitely "as to what! j amoup.t of wool. If any, w r ill be avail-' i able for Red Cross purposes, after, the original military need. of the I government are satisfied. It Is be-: I lieved, however, that, unless unfore i seen conditions arise, a moderate; quantity of wool will be available for the Red Cross." 1 - 11 ■ HABMSBDRG TELEGRAPH Congregational Meeting to Follow Exercises at Messiah To-night's program in the dedi catory exercises of the new Messiah Lutheran Church structure, prom ises to be especially Interesting.! A musical program consisting of organ and choir numbers and a song by Jlrs. Lee Izer will be given. Preced i ngthe musical program a brief con gregational meeting will be held. At a social afterward, there will be re freshments served to the members and guests. Lutheran ministers from various j churches of the city and vicinity ad ! dressed the meeting? last night. A ' large number of people were pres jent. Frank A. McCarrell, organist , and choirinaster at the Pine Street ! Presbyterian Church, played several organ selections in his own inimi table style, and Mrs. Wilbur K. Har ris. soloist and directress of the Wed i nesday Club chorus, sang. The handsome green choir cur tains were presented to the church •by Mrs. John H. Ludwick and her mother as a memorial to Mrs. May j M. Anderson. ADDRESSES MEMBERS OF CHORAL UNION | The Rev. E. E. Curtis, pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, addressed a "get together" meeting of members of the Christian Endeav or Choral Union last night. A short play, "Seeking a Servant," was pre i sented, and musical program was ! given. Young Man Arrives "Somewhere in France" jggj WJM* W ; WILLIAM MOWER Private William E. Mower, son of i Mrs. Annie Shultz, 441 Market street, ! has arrived safely in France. Private Mower .enlisted July 15 and wfis j stationed at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., with Headquarters Company, One Hundred and Twelfth Infantry". He was formerly employed in the I composing room of the Harrtsburg | Telegraph. j Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. SHIPS WAIT ON STEAM POWER; SCHWABURGENT Many Hulls Afloat Ready For Engines and Boilers, He Tells Manufacturers By Associated Press Philadelphia, June 19.—Charles M. Schwa'b, director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, in an address at the national convention of the American Boiler Manufacturers' Association yesterday, urged the members to speed up the production of boilers for the ships now building all over the country. There are eighty or ninety hulls floating in the water to-day waiting for engines, boilers and other things, he said. I am going to publish, commenc ing with the first of the month," said Mr. Schwab, "in every newspa per in the United States, the relative performance of every shipyard and have the public know the men who have patriotically done their duty and those who have failed." Ad miral Fletcher, he said, will be at the head of the hoard that is going to publish this information. Mr. Schwab praised the energy shown by the shipbuilders in the northwest and Great Lakes districts and said he wanted the world to know that half of the ships which have Krone into the emergency fleet have come from the Pacific coast and the lakes. He added that "the great yards in the east have not really come into action yet." HALF OP RUSSIAN'S KRKED by kmsmv akk tubercular WaxhliiKfon. June 19. Half of the Russian prisoners of war now return ing home from Germany have tuber culosis, according to a report to the State Department last night from \ ologda. The Russians are sent out of Germany, the message said, with only the scantiest of clothing. Careless Use of Soap Spoils the Hair Soap should be used very care fully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. The best thing for steady use is just ordinary- mulsifled cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than the most expensive soap or anything else you use. One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thorough ly. Simply moisten the hair with va ter and rub K in. It makes an abun dance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing every par ticle of dust, dirt, dandruff and ex cessive 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. You can get mulsifled cocoanut oil at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every mem ber of the /amily for months.—Adv. NOCONVOYSFOR COAST SHIPS; ALL TO CROSS OCEAN Nor Will Naval Guns and Gun Crews Be Put Upon Shal low Water Craft WasJiinjjton, June 19.—The Navy Department Is keyed up to fighting pitch. Every additional sinking in the new hunting ground of the Hun submarine tautens the strain under which the Navy is working. There is no hysteria, no panic but there are Navy men whose nerves are Jumping and whose sensitiveness upon the subject of submarine operations along the New Jersey and Virginia Capes in giving to them tigerish dis positions. The Navy has announced that It will not play the Huns' game by withdrawing American destroyers from European waters where they are co-operating in antisubmarine operations with British destroyers. Neither will the Navy abate one jot its policy of convoying troop and supply fleets to France. This an nouncement means that there will be no convoys for coastwise shipping. At least there will be no convoying until the German submarines operat ing in American waters demonstrate their ability to harry coast ship ping more effectively than they have done up to this time. Meanwhile, questions that go to the heart of what is termed here the greatest news mystery of the day are these: What i.s the Navy Department do ing to defeat and destroy the sub marine or submarines operating off the eastern coast of the United States? What regulations are being en forced upon coastwise shipping by the Navy for the purpose of protect ing merchant vessels? Are coastwise merchant vessels being armed and manned by the Navy? Are convoys of destrovers be ing used or will they be used to guard against the attacks of sub marines upon coast going ships? What is the information received by the N'avy Department concerning the method under which the German submarine or submarines operate? Answers may not be given at this time in detail to all of them but an idea can be given of conditions as the Navy Department sees them and the conditions of mind in which that de partment finds itself as a result of the submarine raid upon the Atlantic coa^t. COOIJLY SKBS SHOP ItOlinßn Shriiiuidoab, June 19. Locked in n refrigerator, Joseph Strivinsky was compelled to watch hold-up men rob the cash register of 130 in the butcher shop of P. p. Alex, his employer. After hard work he succeeded In un fastening a bolt that r<Ueased a door tr. the top of the icebox. Half-frozen. Strivinsky crawled through the open ing and gave the alarm, but the thieves had escaped. W. C. T. U. TO MEET Harrisburg W. C. T. U. will meet in biweekly session in the Fourth Street Church of God to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. • n/H/M/MJ STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M —CLOSES 5:30 P. M. i WATCH AND WAIT I I For the Season's Biggest and Best! ■SALE OF SUITS! FOR WOMEN AND MISSES 1 Tremendous Savings | 126 SUITS! 7$ I'm F° rmer Selling Prices® fll W Were S2O, $25 and $29.501 t OON SALE FRIDAY ATI % $9.50 |fflT Read This Paper Tomorrow 1 1 For Complete Description of Suits 1 1 SUITS NOW ON DISPLAY IN WINDOWS I Remember-None Sold Before Friday | M/MMkWMJ STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5:30 P. M. 'fMJM/BM JUNE 19, 1918. O'LEARY REPLICA OF HARRY THAW, LAWYER CLAIMS Prisoner Tells < Newspaper Men in Court He Needed Six Weeks' Rest New York, June 19.—While Jere miah A. O'Leary, the Finn Fein leader charged with conspiracy to commit treason and espionage, who was brought here under heavy guard after having been arrested last week in Sara, Wash., as a fugitive from Justice, was pleading not guilty to the federal indictments against him, witnesses in the trial of his brother, John J. O'Leary, accused of assist ing him to escape, were testifying as to Jeremiah's physical and mental condition. The apparent object of this testimony was to lay the ground work of Jeremiah's defense when he is tried on the conspiracy charges. Arthur L. Lyons, who turned gov ernment witness after being indicted with John O'Leary for conspiring to remove the Sinn Feiner from the court's jurisdiction on the eve of his trial for publishing alleged seditious articles in Bull and who accompan ied Jeremiah to the west, described his traveling companion as being "very restless and nervous, with no fixed mental condition." When James R. Speer, a New York lawyer, who occupied offices with Jeremiah O'Leary, was asked on the stand his opinion of Jeremiah's mental state, he replied that he "looked upon him as a replica of Harry Thaw." The testimony followed the arrival STENOTYPE SCHOOLS BEST FOR BOOKKEEPING & SHORTHAND TOO By It. M. Dowen, PrenldeDt The Stenotype Co. TO AMERICA'S AMBITIOUS YOUNG PEOPLE— In deciding 011 n school —whether it be for shorthand, book keeping. higher accounting, banking, commercial law, bus iness letter writing, Stenotypy—the machine way in short hand—or any other commercial course, go to a school which has been authorized to teach Stenotypy. WHY? Business schools teaching Stenotypy are the cream of the nation's business colleges. Only the BEST schools are PERMITTED to teach Stenotypy. And the Stenotype Com pany alone controfc. the giving of that privilege. Their teaching standards, service and standing—the repu tation and the character of the men and the women at the heads of these schools —have been carefully investigated by us. It was only after they were able to satisfy our exact ing requirements that the privilege to teach Stenotypy was granted. So, if only the best schools are permitted to teach Stenotypy, they are the ln-st for bookkeeping, shorthand and other commercial subjects, too. WE TEACH STENOTYPY. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE OKUAKIZGD ISU4 OLDEST—LARGEST—BEST Tronp Building 15 So. Market Square Belt 485 Dial 4383 and arraignment hero to-day of Jeremiah who, after entering pleas of not guilty to the latest charges against him, was held without bail and placed in the Tombs prison. Be fore he was placed in his cell, Jere miah told newspapermen that he had 1 six weeks' rest, adding that he need ed it, for he was "in pretty bad shape." "MY IMDIGESTION IS GONITHE SAYS R. Sf. Rodenliisor Says That Ho Could Not Got Relief Until Ho Used Master Medicine TELLS HIS EXPERIENCE "I had been suffering off and on for years with stomach trouble," says R. M. Rodenhiser, a veteran • engineer on the Reading Railway, who lives at 1411 Market St., Har risburg, Pa. "I had been treated by some of the best doctors a.nd even went to a hospital but they told me they could do nothing for me so I had about made up my mind that I was In for it when I happened to read a Tanlac testimonial in the paper that seemed to fit my case. "I have gained 8 pounds, and I cannot find words to express my satisfaction with this splendid medi cine." Tanlac, is now being Introduced here at the George Gorgas' Drug Store. Tanlac is also sold at the Gorgas Drug Store in the P. R. R. Station: in Carlisle at W. G. Stephens' Phar macy; Elizabethtown, Albert W. Cain; Greencastle, Charles B. Carl, Middletown, Colin S. Few's Phar macy; Waynesboro, Clarence Croft's Pharmacy; Mechanicsburg, H. F, Brunhouse. The geuuine Tajilac bears the name, "J. I. Gore Co." on outside carton of each bottle. Look for it.
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