12 RAILROAD RUMBLES MAY RELINQUISH SHORT R.R. LINES Disposition to Be Made This Week by Bailroad Ad ministration Short railroad lines in this vicinity may be turned back to private owner ship in the very near future. For some time valuations have been es timated in order to show financial -ind equipment conditions. Clerical Tories representing the Inter "tate Commerce Commission have been working in Perry county and I'ong the short lines connecting with lite main line of the Fenns.v between Harrisburg and Altoona. A dispatch from Washington says: "Disposition to be made of the short-line railroads was discussed by the official staff of the Railroad Ad ministration. Later a report on nego tiations with the lines was taken to lb,- White House to be laid before President Wilson by Walker D. Hines. assistant director-general, and John Rarton Payne, chief counsel of the Railroad Administration. A number of short roads, mainly industrial lines, may be relinquished this week, it was said. If Congress fails to adopt the pending resolution, providing for extension from July 1 to January 1 of the period in which the Railroad Administration must de cide whether to turn short lines back to private management, all short lines may be relinquished formally, and those that the Government wishes to retain taken back later. Freiitht Rate* Higher Freight rates on virtually every railroad in the United States were twenty-five per cent, higher yester day. The recent advance ordered by Director-General McAdoo to meet in creased operating costs, resultant from the increase in wages to rail road workers, became effective Mon day at midnight, and became appli cable to all freight billed for transit after that hour. Freight in transit when the new rates became effective will be carried at the old rate. As most of the short-line railroads, not under Government management, have filed new schedules with the Interstate Commerce Commission car rying rates conforming to those or dered by Director-General McAdoo. the rate increase virtually was uni versal. The new rates apply both to inter state and intrastate shipments. Spe cific advances are made for coal, coke, ores, stone, brick, grain, cot ton. livestock, meats, sugar and other commodities shipped in large quan tities and for export ajid import rates. With the going into effect of the new rates, traffic committees of railroad traffic men prepared to hold hearings on the many protests re ceived and make recommendations to the Railroad Administration. These hearings and recommendations are expected, it was stated, to result in a number of minor changes in the rates. Railroad Notes The annual dance of the Friend ship and Co-operative Club is the big event on to-night's program. It will be held at Summerdale Park. Gr&fflus Drake is master of cere monies. X. W. Smith, superintendent of the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and other officials from Altoona, came to Harrisburg at noon to-day to attend the big dance of the Friendship and Co-operative Club at Summerdale to-night. The monthly meeting of the Friendship and Co-operative Club will be held to-niorrow night at Eagle's Hall, Sixth and Cumberland streets. John D. Long, the president, has arranged an interesting program and is anxious for a large turnout of members. Bolger Beam, a retired Pennsyl vania Railroad engineer, entertained a number of railroad friends at his home in Camp Hill to-day. John A. Bumbaugh, ticket ex aminer at the Pennsylvania Railroad station, and Mrs. Bumbaugh, are on a week-end vacation. They will visit friends in the eastern section of the state. General Superintendent W. H. Keffer, of the Reading Railway, is making daily inspection trips over the system. A number of firemen are being ex amined for positions of enginemen on the Reading division of the Read ing Railway. The examinations are being made at the Philadelphia and Reading Y. M. C. A.. Reading, by Foreman of Engines John Scheifele. The work of calculating the back time due to the railroad men is pro gressing so rapidly that it is now thought that the men will be paid all back time due them since January 1 by the end of August. The clerks are now calculating the extra time due lor January. Restaurants to Cut Beef Off Menus At a meeting of seventy of the pro nrietors of eatinghouses and restau rants yesterday afternoon it was de cided that the use of beef will be t-ibooed in public eating places for thirty days. The regulations call for four beef meals a week, but the lo cal proprietors have gone the Food Administration "one better." UNDERTAKER 1741 Chas. H. Mauk n BOTH I> PRIVATE AMBULANCE PHONES Step in and see for yourself how satisfactorily and reasona bly we refinish silverware, brass bedsteads, chandeliers and metal goods. Band instruments, automobile lamps, windshields, radiators, ec., repaired and replated. Remember, your satisfaction is our aim and g-uarantee. WEDNESDAY EVENING, ;New Express Company Elects George C. Taylor i Now York. June 26.—George C. I Taylor was yesterday elected presl , dent of the new American Railway j Express Company, which next Mon -1 day will assume control of virtually all the express lines in the United i States, under a contract with W. G. I McAdoo, director general of rail ! roads. j Incorporators of the organization ! also elected the following officers: I Chairman of the board of directors. 18. D. Caldwell; secretary, F. P. j Small; treasurer, C. S. Spencer. These directors-were chosen: Alex ! under J. Hemphill. Charles D. Nor- I ton, Morton I". Plant. William M. ! Barret, John G. Milburn, J. Horace [ Harding. James S. Alexander. ! Charles A. Peabody. Henry W. De- Koi est, Jacob H. Schiff and Messrs. ] Caldwell and Taylor. | The directors appointed the follow | ing executive committee: Messrs. i Peabody, Hemphill, Harding, Barret, i Caldwell and Taylor. Short Railroad Line Ready to Quit Business Washington. June 26. Word | reached the railroad administration | ' yesterday that the Morgantown and ! Kingwood Railway, running forty- ! j eight miles between Morgantown and j Rowlsburg, W. Va., connecting with a number of coal mines, would sus- j ! pend operations July 1 because of a | deficiency in earnings. Railroad ad j ministration officials said they would 1 take no action to assure continuance 1 lof operation until the line had ac tually suspended. They intimated. I however, that the government would not tolerate actual shutting down of the line because it serves coal mines, considered war necessities. Passengers Must Pay For Telephone Charges Further burdens are being placed on railroad travelers by Federal Railroad Administration authorities. The latest expense created is ; that of the telegraph charges for | sending word ahead for Pullman 1 reservations. Formerly these charg es were paid by the companies, but under a recent ruling which be | came effective several days ago, travelers are compelled to pav the J charges. Standing of the Crews HARRISBURG SIDE Philadelphia Division The 115 | crew first to go after 4 o'clock: 103 117. 101. 108. Flagman for 117. i Brakeman for 103. I _ Engineers up: Stauffer. Ream, j Smith, Gaeckler. Anderson. | Firemen up: Shriner, Troccohi, t Emerick, Northcutt. Howell, Swartz I Dickover, Gettle, Craley, Middleton, j Copp, Heiss. | Brakemen up: Hoyer. Bentz. Ham mon, Heisinfrats, Miller, Corbin, Mongo, Maurer. Mlddlr Division—The 38 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 32, 37. 21, 15. 19, 306, 215, 254, 243, 227, 253* 33. Fireman for 21. Brakemen for 21, 33. Engineers up: Brink, Asper, Bliz j zard, Swigart, Earley, Rathfon, Ba- I ker, Titler. Firemen up: Buss, Paul. Powell. King, Delancey, Acker, Stutts, Hol singer, Warner, Markle, Morris. Roddy, Simino. Conductors up: Crimmel, Lower, Hoffnagle. Brakemen up: George, King. Keis ter, Rhoades, Monzello, Sterner, Beers, Baker, Shull. Yard Board—Engineers for 3-7 C, I 10C. Firemen for 2-15 C, 23C, 26C. I Engineers up: Sheets, Bair, Eyde, j Keever, Ford, Klerner, Crawford I Miller, Biever, Ulsh. Myers. Shipley] I Firemen up: Smith, Swope. Hop-; kins. Rein, Rhenn, Brown, Shaffer ! Bell. Garverick. Ulrich, Xichol! ! | Beard. EXOLA SIDE Philadelphia DivUlon The 241 crew first to go after 2.15 o'clock' ! 250. 243. 254, 203, 221. 242. Firemen for 250, 243, 254, 221, 242. I Flagmen for .243, 254. 221. Brakemen for 218, 243, 241. Conductor up: Rudy. Brakemen up: Irvin, Gotshall, ' ' Gettle, Wilson, Harmon, Farley. I Middle Division—The 123 crew first ito go after 3.15 o'clock: 256, 107. Brakeman for 123. Yard Board—Engineers for 4th 126. '137. Firemen for 4th 126, Ist 106. 2nd i ' 106. Engineers up: Zeiders. Hanlen. ! ; Brown. Bruaw, Potter. Herron. Luff" i Bair, Quigley. Firemen up: Yeagev, Fish, Dan- ' ner, Handiboe, Felix, Miller, Haver- I ' stick, Garlin. Baker, Nolte. Weaver, ! I Wallace, Martin. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Division—Engineers up: D. Keane, W. D. McDougal, O. L Miller. J. J. Kelley, J. A. Spotts, J. H. Haines, j H. F. Krepps, S. H. Alexander. F. McC. Buck. J. Crimmel. H. E. Martin. | R. M. Crane. W. C. Graham, R. E. j Crum, G. G. Keiser. j Firemen up: E. J. Sheesley, C. L. Dunn, J. C. Kcrber, S. H. Wright, S. | R. Mearkle, R. A. Arnold, P. E. Gross, G. B. lluss, J. L Fritz, E. E. Ross. 1 C. L. Sheats. Engineers for PAI79. PA49. Philadelphia Division Engineers up: V. C. Gibbons. A. Hall. Firemen up: E. D. McNeal, F. L Floyd. Wm. Shive. W. M. Welch. J N. Shindler. R. K. Strickler, W. K.! Aulthouse. E. C. Naylor, M. G. ShafT- ! ner. W. I* Spring Fireman for 30. No Philadelphia crews here. . THE READING The 24 crew first to go after 1 45 j o'clock: 15. 19, 3, 68. 21, 69, 61, 65,! 18, 1, 52, 7, 54, 63, helper crew 101. Engineers for 63. 69, 15, 2, 61 63 68. 7, 15, 19, 21. Conductor for 52. Brakemen for 53. 61, 63. 63, 69, 68 7, 15, 18, 21. 24. Engineers up: S. Beecher, H. Moyer. Ditlow, D. Barnes, Jones, Hol lenbach, Bates. Firemen up: E. Saul. Wengle. Snyder, Pish, Vogelsong, Grady, Anspach, Kline, Putman, Shana brough, Burtnett. Bashore. Hetrick, Boltz. Brakemen up: Bashore, Seiler. PI.AN MOUNTAIN HIKE The Rockvllle mountain will be the objective point of a hike for boy members of the Central Y. M. C. A. to-morrow. The boys and their friends will meet at the "Y" at 8.30 and at the end of the carline at 9 o'clock, and will take lunch with them. They will return in time to take a swim at the P. R. R. y. M. C A. pool at 4.30 o'clock. ' • OFFICIOUS AGENT HAS LAWS OF HIS OWN AT MT. UNION Has Whole Town Up in Air; Frightens Boys and Parents Mount t'nion, June 26.—Hundreds of people in Mount Union, Ganister hill, Allentown and Kistler are up in arms to-day In indignant protest against the action of a man who rep resented himself as being an inspec tor for the State Department of Labor and Industry, who called at the Pennsylvania railroad station a few days ago and forbade the boy agents for various newspapers from lifting their bundles of daily news papers. As a result people who de pend upon their daily papers fot the latest news, have been tempor arily forced to do without informa tion. Threatening a fine of as much as S2OO if any boy "under 16 years" de livered a daily newspaper, the in spector threw consternation into the Dives, Pomeroy Special Savings Usher in the First of theSummerHalf Holidays Tomorrow Women's Fine Quality Men'ssl.2s&sl.soNegligee Clearance Thursday Morning Crepe de Chine Waists Shirts Thursday Morning of Girls' Straw Hats at 50c In the Thursday Morning Sale 95 c Aboi „ three dozcn stvlcs are !n thc lot > —,, Actual $7.50 & $8.50 Blouses to Go For $5.00 From regular stock, compris- including fine straws that were formerly /Si| FT, f ca " ing shirts of better quality than ?M9, ?L9S lo ?30 °- We ' d rathcr dis P osc<^^^^ i <.„> son from one of America s best I J-f t v- ,; ff . , . . S Miasm ■ i known makers, made of fine arc obtainable to-day at $1.25 and U1 - v ° P re%cn taking T quality crepe, in flesh and Ju <M en *r J . . . them on our inventory sheets. ff Y& AXk white; subject to slight dust &3jffjl]]k? l - 50 - Madc Wlth laundered or /M j| marks: all sizes. Extra special so ft fold cuffs in novelty or neat P ° mer ° y & Slewart - Second F,oor - VJ Jflj on ]y $5.00 stl "iP e patterns; sizes 13]/ 2 to 18. A !\white china silk waist; sizes 36 <f\" igs * * lur " da - N 11101 n '" 6 on '- ' Need Any Pillow Cases? VM/f)VW HI to 46. Thursday * 1 QC Dive, Pomeroy & Stewart. Men'. Store. ]f\ IHI morning only .... < Buy Them Thursday Morning """• ssgfr'""""- Union Made Overalls Re- p~! prices on fine bleached Pillow Cases— Women's & Misses' Colored duced For Thursday 42x36 a3p Regular $2.00 Steifel blue apron overalls and coats; in j t f White Goods Remnants at In a Special Sale Thursday Morning spec,.,! Thursday ,,.£ e®- Pomeroy & Stewart, Men's Store. Pr ipp Thursdail Mnminn Fine quality colored voile and gingham voile dresses, in l l ttc 1 IIUI t>UUy IVlUllllliy plaid designs, the styles are jaunty and new, with large TVll 1 TC?rI Ofr ™ A choice Stuping of the leading white dress goods styles sailor or double shawl collars. Regularly $14.50. ICQ 1 ftUrSQcly MOlTling ODGCIciIS of the season in remnant lengths/ of plain and embroidered Extra special Thursday morning v w # w - 1 - voiles and skirtings. Actual $15.00 to $20.00 white voile dresses in sizes 16 to C* 290 Nainsook, 36-inch, 10-yds. to piece. Special price, $3.35 40. Extra special Thursday S7 25 vJwlUl JJICoO VjOOUo 39c striped Voile, 36-inch. Special, yard 39£ morning * n . ... , 50c Stripe Gabardine, twilled, pique and check oxford skirt- Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. Minerva 1 laids, 10 styles. Special, yard, >9C ing. Special Jl9O A Trio of Good Silk Offer- Jersey Cloth, tan and Copenhagen. Special, yd., $1;95 j y . 00 Rcar . ings For Thursday Morning yd " 111 10 Dozen Cotton Waists at $1.59 Crepe de Chine; 40-inch, white and colors. Special, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Street Floor. 79c Morning $2.00 Gingham pla,d S , s tr,p cs and check,. - Voiles and Batistes in plain y^zjflfPPk $2.00 oyster white silk pongee, 36-inch. Special, yard, # / Nv T-To"nrl 1 styles with tuck trimmings or / \ Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. —Street Floor. II1"™ xldl I\J. _L 11?Oj _L O 3 for 50c combinations of tucks with em-j [y ) Women's $5 Sweaters, $3.65 In plain colors, fancy silk patterns Jjiytjbroidery or lace. Regular $l.OOl *} \ TI, J TR and polka dots all of good quality A.' ft A i hursdav Morning b M waists—just 10 dozen at this \ .vAudf JMt Special All Sizes for a marning's active selling. Spe- special price. in a good style for sea- cial. 3 for 30# ri'nrtA/tm A LjfSdf Smb. Sho , re ' '" OUntainS ° r for se Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Men's Store -S (j ITIQhOTtI A P TORS ng at me in evenings or Gingham aprons without bib, neat blue checks. Special, 35^ utftr" r A collar ..d s„h ,dd ,o Market Baskets-Just One '"SRHav™! ' Of the Basement's Women's White Lace Shoes '' ' ' 7 Saving Items si. is willow Market Baskets, Special ' 9 0c $2.50 white canvas lace shoes with canvas covered heels. Fine DreSSCottonSSpecially Wear : Ever Alumln . um . . C ° ver , e(i . . 5 . ' ,Uart . . WindVor ket yf ß *, and $3.50 oxfords'and pumps'in patenVcoit/ta^calf e , ___ l - # nickel plated casseroles with fireproof White lining." Special and gun metal calf. Special $1.98 Priced Ihursday Morning „5£ r. , 25c Japanese candle shades. Special "" ifL ...... . Specials are tne exception this season—but we want a SI.TS Heisey's needle etched table tumblers. SneclaV ' „ SI.OO black canvas Tennis Shoes, with red rubber soles, all Bies, busy morning on the first half holiday of the season. Si rd Special 7 3c 50c silk and cotton plaids, 36-inch. Special, yard 29c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart.—Basement. ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. —Street Floor, Rear. 49c Satine, 36-inch, silkly finish. Special, yard ! 2#c ' " 39c Poplin in solid shades, mercerized finish. Special, yd 25c * -r . • I - i Mercerized Table Cloths T)„ Qp m prrt"- • y Gingham plaids.i i / , TTT 1 v Special, yard ..r HC / T,On n P Vv 07*1" li Y All V* $1.50 round scalloped mercerized pattern table cloths, mill 1 ~ i ' T Vi -1- UUI stains, 64 inches. Special $1.25 100 Pair Women's White AJjf Attention Thurs- * 1^™! W day Morning B ath Room Rugs-Special M , , J _, „ . . 39c to 50c Cretonne. Special, yard 256 , ~ _ , T , ft;| sale of the bummer embraces 29c to 39c plain white Scrim with colored border, 36 inches. Bic- Coloniel Bath Room Rugs. K Cial, yard . 19u Special $1.69 b Nu Buck Canvas Reinskin r . o , l 2 ®"^ lnen6 Couch Coverß - plaln center with border. s Pe - 75C rubber door mats. Special MX -JHR— :!e in h| gh lace boots with high heels and plain IXIIIIIIIXO LjCLQS Samples of Wilton Carpet—27xs4 • , -ou-■ j n ' r, t ut > inches, $6.00 to $7.50 grades. Special 9fi'A.9s tocs - $1.39 Knitted Bags in Rep with fancy trimmings. Special. $1.50 Hassocks. Special.... 98^ Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart.—Market Street ' i". SI.OO Hassocks. Special 69ft btrcet. Dlveß , pomeroy & Stewart.-Third Floor. v Dlveßi p om^roJr & stewart.-Thlrd Floor. * HARRIBBURO TELEGRAPH! ranks of the youthful salesmen who have been supplying the people of this section with daily papers and inflicted a loss of many dollars upon these boys whom he prevented from disposing of their supply of papers. Calling at the home of D. C. Beal man, whose son sells the Altoona Mirror, this inspector who gave his name as Van B. Thomas, of Hope well,' Pa., informed the father that he should "consider himself under prosecution" for violation of the Child Labor Law. Mr. Bealman de clares his son is 15 years old and therefore does not violate the Child Labor Law. which sets the minimum age at 12 years. The inspector, Mr. Bealman de clares, brushed aside this objection and insisted that the father "call at thc Beers Hotel at 8 o'clock in the evening, tix up the papers, and pay a tine." He intimated, according to Mr. Bealman, that he "would make the fine as light as possible," but re lated the story of how a widow wo man in Pittsburgh had been fined for a similar "offense." "TO Fix l*p Fine" When Mr. Bealman called at the Beers Hotel, as ordered, he was in formed. he says, by a clerk, that In spector Thomas had been ordered to go to Huntingdon and that he was to inform Mr. Bealman that he would be back "to-morrow to fix up the line." Representatives of one of the Harrisburg newspapers were in town looking up Mr. Thomas yester day, however, and he did not re turn to collect his "fine." At the Bealman home the inspec tor learned that during the summer school vacation a son, William, aged 15, earned u. little extra money by delivering baggage and light pack ages with his father's team. This, the inspector declared, according to Mr. Bealman, to be a flagrant viola tion of the law and immediately dis patched a smalller boy to bring the youthful culprit home with tho team. "This makes the second count for you." Mr. Bealman says the oflicer declared to him. When agked by Mr. Bealman if it was legal for his son to pick potato bugs or weed the garden, thc officer, according to Mr. Bealman, declared well, he didn't know, but he guessed that since he wasn't paid for that work it would be all right. An Air of Mystery Considerable of an air of mystery was thrown around the inspector's work in this place, it was found by representatives of a newspaper that hurried here from Harrisburg yes terday. The six agents for one of the Har risburg evening papers who get their bundle* at tho Pennsylvania station were very much frightened by the strungcr, who merely informed them that he was a detective, according to one of the boys, and that he would line them heavily if they lifted their bundles. One of the boys, who is well over the minimum age set by the child labor law, transfers the bundles from the Pennsylvania to the East Broad Top railroad station. This youth had Just completed his transfer of bundles that serve nearly .1 thousand readers along the Broad Top and had come back to serve his subscribers, when the inspector met him and prevented him from obtain ing his bundle. Employes of the railroad baggage room declared yesterday that the of ficer steered clear of all men and did not reveal his identity or business to any ont until ho could pounce upon the boys and throw a scare into them. Later he called at the Brlggs News Agency, in the center of the town, and ordered that a son, who picks up a little extra money during the sum mer vacation by collecting laundry packages, stop at once. At this place, according to Mrs. Briggs, the officer declared he was going to have a hearing for Mr. Bealman before the Mayor. Inquiry at the office of the Mayor and the local aldermen elicited the informa tion that no arrangements had been made for any arrests by the inspec tor and nothing was known of any hearings. Representatives of newspapers are conducting a further investigation into the action of the mysterious in spector. BIG, SWIFT HUN RAIDER ACTIVE IN WEST INDIES Appears First 200 Miles East of Bermuda and Shells American Ships IVorfolk, Va.. June 26.—Reports of the presence of a fust and lieavlly armed German raider in West Indian waters were brought here yesterday by masters of vessels arriving from Central and South America. Thc ship is said to be of the cruiser type with a rakish build and clean lines. The raider first made her appear ance 200 miles east of Hamilton, Ber muda, where she is reported to have sunk a large British steamship. Two American ships were shelled, but managed to escape. The fact that the raider made no effort to attack at least two vessels which sighted her led the captains t i believe that she is a "mother ship** ■ for submarines which recently were 1 operating oft the Atlantic coast. The raider was described as about 270 feet long, with a speed estimated at from fifteen to twenty knot* an hour. Some of those who sighted tim craft expressed the belief that sho was a former fruit steamer plying between the United States and Cen tral America, which had been cap tured and armed by one of the sub marines operating oft the coast. it also was said that both the British anil American navies have been notified of the presence of the raider and that steps are being taken to protect shipping. WiiMhlngton, June 26.—At the Navy . Department last night it was said that no report of a raider In West 4 Indian waters or on this side of the Atlantic had been received at the de partment. It was regarded as pos sible that a raider might have slipped through the naval cordon around tlio North sea, or that a steamer cap tured by a submarine had been armed. TEXAS IS NOW "DRY" Austin. Tex.. .Tunc 26.—The liquor business in Texas was abolished at midnight when the state-wide pro hibition law became effective. Sa loons closed at 9.30 last night not to open again.
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