WOMAN CLUBBED TO DEATH AFTER WAGE ARGUMENT Posse Hunts Negro Who Slays Employer With Butt End of Shotgun .Pittsburgh, July 17.—Miss Alma M. Malin. 45 year old, a retail coal deal er of Versailles borougn, adjoining McKeesport, was clubbed to death in her home about 10 o'clock yesterday •morning by Edward Brown, a negro, who wielded the butt end of a shot gun. Brown, 45 years old, a giant negro, who had been employed by Miss Malin as a coal wagon driver, went to her home this morning armed with a shotgun to demand payment of money which he insisted was due him. During the argument which en sued he killed his employer and escaped. A posse, consisting of county de tectives, headed by Chief Robert Braun and McKeesport police, are hunting the slayer in the vicinity of McKeesport. Brown is nearly seven feet tall and weighs between 225 and 230 pounds. He has a scar on his left cheek. He wore a cap and a blue suit. Word was received here last night of the arrest on a train near Con nellsville. Pa., of Brown by Deputy Sheriff Grim, of Greensburg, and he is being held in jail thtrc. He con fessed, the authorities say. OFFERS PLANTS TO U. S. Atlantic City, N. J„ July 17. Members of the National Associa tion of Dyers and Cleaners, In con vention here, in a message sent to President Wilson to-day placed their plants, numbering approximately 1,000, at the disposal of the Govern ment. They also pledged themselves to keep clean all the national colors on display in their respective com munities. Resinol will help to make it well and relieve the smart and pain. Do not neglect a spot of eczema, rash, or other itching, burning eruptions and sores, because children's skins are easily irritated, and if the hurt is neglected, obstinate trouble may per sist in later life. Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap were originated by a doctor and have been used by doctors for many years. All dealers tell them. Many Children are Sickly. t MOTHER CRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN TRADE MARK Cases of Summer Complaint, Stomach and Intestinal disturbances are frequently corrected by the use of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They tend to Cleanse the intestinal tract and promote digestion. Pleasant to take and give satisfaction. A certain Relief for Feverishness, Constipation, Headache, Teething and Stomach Disorders and remove Worms. All drug gists sell them, 26c. Bead a few extracts from the hundreds of unsolicited letters we receive every year, the originals of which are on file in our offices • n^ bto Fn°XmT R n°R R A T ' SBWEE J P^ W - POWT I ERS FOR CHILDREN at different DERS FOR CHILDREN are grand. They timci for past nine yearn, and always found were recommended to my inter by a doctor, them a perfect children'! medicine and very I am giving them to my little three year old latiifactory In every case." wonderfully*" Ter ' ,be " ' ,ickiDg Up „"I think MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET "I received a .ample of MOTHER GRAY'B th?ne I have ever tiMdfand my lUUe'boy^fi bible* lik**)to°take\§emaiid cry for'more." POWDPRB DR rif°T'rt En d'h AY ' 8 BWI E P L" lve fonnd them mt " time to produce *ho POWDERS as directed, and have no trouble desired results. Wc are never without them." in givrng them to the children as they are .IT ~,.J _ NNR MNT „ E . P much nicer to take than oils or lyrupe. I will s\VffiT POWniiS pnR rmt nppw always keep them on hand." ??k CH I„2 EN fora •ttt > • ifnfnnr*Ti >w m long time, and find them more btneflcial than We have used MOTHER GRAY S SWEET any other medicine." Used by Mothers tor over thirty yean. Do Not Accept Any Substitute lor MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS. The Man With-the-Iron-Mask nervous or sleepless one feels like a new being. A man or woman of real red blood is ready for any or all tasks. Gain, strength, energy, vigor by going to your nearest driiggist and obtaining a 60c bottle of Irontic Tablets, or send 10c to Dr. Pierce for trial package. You will find that instead of pale cheeks, feelings of lassitude, tired, worn out before day is half done, your cheeks will have color, you will feel strong and vigorous, and you are "ready for the fray." Start now and you will have no so callcd "spring fever." , WEDNESDAY EVENING, PITTSBURGH FIRE FIGHTERS WANT RAISE IN WAGES Threaten to Resign in a Body Unless Granted sls ♦ More a Month Pittsburgh, July 17—Practically every fireman of the Pittsburgh Fire Department will resign Sunday next, at midnight, unless the Mayor and City Council accede to their demands for a sls a month wage Increase ac cording to announcement n.ade yes terday by officers of the City Fire men's Protective Association, an or ganization affiliated with the Ameri can Federation of Labor. It is esti mated that about 700 fire fighters of the 918 men in the department are members of the association. The Federal War Board entered the dispute last evening when Francis Feehan, supervising inspector in the Pittsburgh district for the State De partment of Labor and Intiustry, was delegated in a message from Wash ington, to represent the bor.id in an effort to prevent the wholesale resig riations. Mr. Feehan, who will meet with members of the Firemen's Association to-morrow said to-night that the Federal War Board takes the posi tion that "Pittsburgh is too important a factor in the war to permit any in terruption of its fire fighting service at this time." The board will first offer its service looking toward a set tlement of the wage controversy, but, if the situation reaches a deadlock, then the board will take the neces sary step to prevent the impending paralysis of the fire department's ac tivities. Food Prices Increase 3 Per Cent, in a Month Washington, July 17.—Retail food prices in the United States increased 3 per cent, from April 15 to May 15 of this year, according to estimates to-day by the bureau of labor sta tistics. During the year ending May 15 last there was an increase of 5 per cent, although most vegetables showed a decline. Boiling beef increased 3 2 per cent, during the year; cornmeal, 30 per cent.; milk, 26 per cent., and pork chops, 20 per cent. For the live years ending May 15 last there was an average increase of 63 per cent, in the price of food, ac cording to the bureau's statistics. BOY SCOUTS ON OUTING Halifax, Pa.. July 17—Sixteen mem bers of the Halifax Boy Scouts are spending the week on Duncan's is land at Benvenue. Robert Feter hoff is chief cook. The camp is 'daily visited by many of Duncannon's peo ple. CHAI TAI <ll : A AT GETTYSBURG tiettysburK, Pa., July 17. A Chau tauqua will be held again this year and August 22 to 27 has been set as the time. The program will be largely patriotic, with the usual musical and entertaining features. Special tickets for the men at Camp Colt have been prepared. UOBS T6 THE ARMY Troy Woods, colored, was sent to Camp Meade by City Draft Board, No. 1. this morning. He was ordered into the Army by his local draft boarC In Richmond. This person was a mysterious pris oner of France who was closely con fined for twenty-four years by the State and died in the Bastille in 1703. He may have been a twin brother of Louis XIV. Who knows? In this century, it is no mystery how we can get strong, for by putting iron in our blood we become strong men or women. The strong men of to-dav are men of red blood- Men gain energy, vim, vigor, by taking a new combination of soluble iron with valuable native herbal extracts, call ed "Irontic." This is the discovery of Dr. Pierce and his able assistants at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo. By experiments and actual test this new combination of iron will act as a tonic, increasing the appetite increasing the number of red blood corpuscles, thereby feed ing the nerves on fresh blood. The whole system feels the invigorating tone, and instead of being pale, weak, CEDAR RUST NOW BEING FOUGHT State Inspectors Getting After Apple Pest; Whekt Pest Getting Much Attention State inspectors V\ y/j are making stren \\\ uous efforts in the vvoXew southern Penn belt" which has been extending westward the last jiIiBIBOBJBI pest known as the letl cedar rust. This pest, which has an affinity for apple trees which threatens to be extremely costly to the hundreds of Pennsylvania orchardists, appear ed a few years ago and studies were made by agents of the State Depart ment of Agriculture in a number of localities. The loologists are now working in the apple belt which extends through Franklin, Adams and part of York county and are also giving attention to some centers of infec tion which have been discovered in Perry and other Juniata Valley counties. State Zoologist J. G. Sanders is making an effort to check black stem rust in wheat in this state and urging that wheat be sown as late as possible to prevent the havoc of the tly next spring. Many IJOnds Out.—Certificates of notification covering Issues of many thousands of dollars worth of securi ties by Pennsylvania electric com panies have been announced by the Public Service Commission. The Metropolitan Edison Co., of Reading, gave notice of bond issues aggregat ing $142,500; Pennsylvania Utilities Co., Easton, $143,000; of equipment trust certificates and $53,000 of notes; Barnesboro-Spangler Electric! Light Co., Philadelphia, preferred stock, $83,000; Chester Valley Elec tric Co., Coatesville, preferred stock, $25,000; bonds, $55,000; Penn Cen tral Light and Power Co., Altoona, bonds, $29,000; Hamburg Gas and Electric Co., Hamburg, notes, $50,- 000. To Regulate Streams—Steps for a state regulation which will prevent harm to cattle from polluted streams in farming districts will be consid ered by the State Commission of Agriculture when it meets here to morrow. A committee of the Com mission and State Health authorities has been considering regulations. Merger Completed.—The merger of the state and national employ ment agencies with the State Council of National Defense has been com pleted and the signs to be placed on the offices will show that the con solidation is official. The fact that the state agencies have comparative ly little funds with which to operate had a good bit to do with the grasp that the national government se cured. Harbolil Resigns.—Dr. P. M. Har bold, one of the well-known educa tors of the state and a frequent visi tor, here has resigned as principle of the Millersville State Normal school. He had some? differences with the trut-tees. Fox Takes Seat. —Justice E. J. Fox yesterday took his seat as a member of the Supreme Court, com pleting the bench. The Supreme Court handed down a number of de cisions. The Philadelphia register of wills fee case which has attracted much attention at the Capitol was also argued. Agents Make Inspections.—W. J. McGary and Edward Wilson, special agents of the State Board of Public Charities, were here yesterday and to-day on some special inspections. Mr. Wilson has charge of the remov al of the insane persons from the 1 York county almshouse to this city because the York county authorities failed to comply with state order. General Hillings Here. General Willis J. Hulings, of Oil City, former and former congressman, was at tlie Capitol to-day Will Pay Friday.—The payrolls for the organizations of the Reserve Militia at Mt. Gretna are being made up at the Capitol and Chief Clerk B. W. will pay the men for their services on Friday. Not Many Markets.—The reports coming here are to the effect that farmers throughout the state have not taken much interest regarding the curb markets. In several cities they were no more successful than here. , No Action Yet. —No acUon indi cating when the fate of district ap peal board No. 2 of Philadelphia will be decided was taken at the state draft headquarters to-day. Ma jor W. G. Murdock, the chief draft officers, has not yet returned from Wilkes-Barre where he went for a conference with members of draft boards regarding drafting of min ers. The headquarters Js working on the quotas for the next move ments and matters are apparently awaiting Major Murdock's return. Not In Favor of Soldier Votes. — According to what has been learned the last few days War Department officials are not much in favor of the votes of Pennsylvania soldiers being taken hy commissioners to be named by the Governor. For some time past there has been talk that the Governor would have the nam ing of at least 100 commissioners to go to France. It is not certain, however, what the national gov ernment will permit and some trips may go by the boards. MAY PROSECUTE POOLROOM GAMRI.ERS Mayor Keister last night declared that action will be taken against pro prietors of poolrooms who Sllow gambling in their establishments. He declared that the practice has become prevalent In some of the Market street poolrooms. A railroader, who claimed that he lost $65 last week, first brought the matter to the mayor's attention. action has been taken against any of the proprietors thus far, but.the suspected places are be ing watched. CRUSHED BETWEEN ORE SHIFTER AND BUMPER Clifford Tinsley, aged 44, a machine repairman employed at the Central Iron and Steel Company, is In a seri ous condition at the Harrisburg Hos pital with contusions of the body, and possibly internal injuries. He was caught and squeezed between a bumper and an ore shifter. He lives at 1501 South Allison street. EMPEY A CAPTAIN IN N. A. Washington, July 17.—Arthur Guy Empey. who, while serving with the Canadian Overseas Forces, took part in several Important battles in the first year of the war, was to-day com missioned a captadn in the National Army. He will be assigned to the Adjutant General's department. ENI.ISTS IN NAVY William Henry Hohner. who lived at the Y. M. C. A., has received a re lease from his local board and enlist ed In the Naval Reserves. He enlist ed at Philadelphia. City Board, No. 1, was his local board. Use McNeil'a Pain Exterminator—Ad. BLAJEWISBURG TELEGRAPH [ MIDDLETOWK ) Wounds Suffered in Action Kill Howard Staub The Pastor's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church held a chicken and waffle supper in the bor ough park last evening. The Mothers' Congress Circle met in the Red Cross rooms last evening. Some of the little sacks given out on July 1, were returned. Ell Metzler, Roy Boughter, Charles Sipe, Jacob Beckey, Harry Ney and William Bausman, of Royalton, left this morning for Paris Island, S. C„ for training in the United States Ma rine Camp, Word was received in Middletown yesterday that Howard Staub, who enlisted in the United States service shortly after the declaration of war, died In. France, from wounds received in action. Staub boarded at the home of Mrs. Fissler, Brown street, and was employed at the Middletown Shoe Factory. His home was at Big lersville. Ell Metzler, who enlisted in the Marine service and a member of the Royalton United Brethren Church, was given a farewell party at his home in Royalton. on Monday even ing by the members of the choir. Refreshments were served to Mr. and Mrs. John Sides, Mrs. Frank Kohler, Mr. and Mrs. John Leonard and fam ily, Mr. McClenegan and family, Mrs. Barbara Metzler, Miss Anna Blough, Miss Edna Updegraph, J. Faker, C. Fink, Miss Pauline Updegraph, Miss Margaret Snavely, Miss Lillian Kin dig, Miss Kathryn Fink, Miss Fannie Boughter, Miss Kathryn Eichelber ger, Miss Letonia Mathias, Miss Beu lah Wolf, Miss Alice Fager, Miss Dorothy Metzler, Miss Kathryn Met zler, William Lerch, Edward Beck, Leroy Boughter, Harold Wolf.f Wil liam Neeter, Lester Cunningham, Charles Sipe, William Fink, Eli Metz ler, Harry Henry, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Metzler and family and Mr. and Mrs. William Metzler and family. George Conrad, of Royalton, was before Burgess S. B. Gingrich, charg ed by officer John Noon, with viola tion of the borough speed ordinance and was fined five dollars. John Brown, Market street,, for vio lation of the curfew ordinance, was fined one dollar. Mrs. John Hawk, who spent the past several days at Philadelphia, as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Alden Drabenstadt, returned home yester day. Local Draft Boards Asked For Trained Men The local draft boards have receiv ed two more calls for inductions of specially trained men into the Army. One call is for 412 men to be trained as chauffeurs at the University of Pittsburgh. One hundred and forty four men are wanted for duty as sheet metal workers, electricians, bench woodworkers, chauffeurs, wireless operators and carpenters, to be sent to Erie, Pa. The -men must have a grammar school education and be qualified for general military ser vice. If the quota has not been filled by July 22 it will be filled by com pulsory inductions. Another induction call is for 1,200 men for duty on fire and guard ser vice at points of embarkation. The men must be qualified for limited ser vice. The men must be sent to Syra cuse Recruiting Camp in the five-day movement beginning July 29. WOULD GET DIZZY Had Pains Around Heart says Edward Gaines, 130 Liberty Btreet, Harrisburg. "My stomach was all out of sorts, I had pains around heart, would bloat and belch with gas, my liver was bad, was filled up with catarrh, and was hot land feverish and out of order gen erally. I heard of Sanpan and gave it a trial, and all the above ailments disappeared like the wind and am better than ever." Sanpan, the great Spring Tonic, is being in troduced at Keller's Drug Store, 405 Market street, Harrisburg.—adv. I Value—Plus— I In Simms - made §9 clothes, suits, top- gg i coats, etc., you get ga value-plus in cut and gfl cloth. §3 • • • The very best war time fabrics, the cor- jin rect style, the very best tailoring skill, gg fIS enter into our tailor- gju jS ing. Every require- go ment to satisfy our selves and please you. §3 SC7 • • • /©) oS Right clever tailor- go >£§ men have we in our §§j shops —as clever as *§> ever threaded a needle. Their time ©S and talent are spent in j§S tailoring to measure {§( suits of the very high est grade. gg Why not yours? §s?j • • • fpH Custom-Made |§ Shirts I A. J. Simms § I 22 N. 4th St. I Eleven Harrisburgers Are Enrolled at Columbia Eleven Harrisburgers are enrolled in the six weeks' summer course at Columbia University, New York City. Columbia's courses this year have been regulated to meet war time re quirements. Of the 636 courses. 64 of them are special war studies. Red Cross work, food conservation, in struction in navigation and wireless operating, in addition to the numer ous 'branches of pedagogy are in cluded in the curriculum. The eleven Harrisburgers register ed there are: Miss Isabelle Gertrude Griffith, 800 Capital street; Miss Helen Krall, 322 Emerald street; MHaßCT——r "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" Store Closes at Noon on Thursday Shirt Sale Ends Saturday This "Live Store's" mammoth "Shirt Sale" will end Saturday and if you want to enjoy the privilege of buying from our I immense stock of choice shirts at these low prices you had better make haste while this shirt sale is in "full bloom." „ No one can conscientiously critize us for not having made this great "Shirt Sale" public for it's J talked about in every city, town and hamlet throughout this section of the country On the other hand we have shared the full bene- ,i> fits therefrom for the response to our "July Sale" has been greater than ever before We're making new friends daily who are sav- f I ing money by patronizing Doutrichs. Shirts" wvw%wvv " vww " AH $5.00 Silk Shirts > $3.89 I All $5.85 Silk Shirts $4,89 I All $6.85 Silk Shirts $5.89 I All $7.85 Silk Shirts $6.89 I All $8.85 Silk Shirts $7,89 I All SIO.OO Silk Shirts $8.89 I Every Shirt in Our Entire Stock Reduced ~ WMWiiWWtWWV>VVWMWWWWWWM%WW>WWtWWWtVWWWVMWWWMMWWW\WWW t Work Shirts For Everybody at Less Than I They Cost Wholesale Today I Best Blue Chambray 89c Best Black Sateen 99c Blue Chambray Shirts (2 loose collars) .. 1u.51.19 All Boys' Shirts and Waists at Reduced Prices, Kaynee Waists 69c July Clothing Reductions I All $20.00 Suits I All $25.00 Suits All $35.00 Suits I $17.50 I $22.50 I $31.50 I All Blue Serges—Blacks and Fancy Mixtures Hart Schaffner & Marx I ® Kuppenheimer Clothes ® I 304 MARKET STREET HARRLSBURG, PA I Miss Mary C. Butterworth, 211 Fors ter street; Miss Helen Louise Wallis, 236 South Thirteenth street; Miss Eda M. Caton. 2 8 Evergreen street; Miss Helen Elizabeth Underwood, 304 Market street; Miss Lois Kamer lin Booker, 530 Maclay street; P. L. Hocker, 2522 Lexington street; John J. Brehm, 502 Emerald street; Miss Elizabeth S. Baker, 159 Paxton street, and Miss Carrie Estella Myers, 62 North Eighteenth street, seventh grade. LIGHTNING KILLS STOCK Waynesboro, Pa., July 17. - The severe electrical storm that passed through this portion of the Cumber land Valley did considerable damage to property. Hail destroyed the corn on several farms. Lightning struck JULY 17, 1918. and burned the barn of Benjamin Heck man with all crops. On the W. J. Grove farm, St. Thomas, two colts were struck and killed. MOONEY ORDKKKD TO SAN QUK N'T IN TO PAY PENALTY By Associated Press San Francisco, July 17.—An order committing Thomas J. Mooney to San Quentin Penitentiary to await execution there on Friday, August •3, was given the sheriff here to-day by Superior Judge Franklin A. Grif fin, before whom Mooney was con victed of murder in connection with a preparedness day bomb explosion here. Mooney was granted until to morrow to arrange his affairs. This Leaves the Skin Free From Hairy Growths (Toilet Talks) A simple method for completely removing every trace of hair or fuzz is here given. This is painless and usually a single treatment will ban ish even stubborn growths. To re move hairs, make a thick paste with some powdered delatone and water, spread on hairy surface and after about two minutes rub off, wksh the skin and the hairs are gone. This method will not mar the skin, but to avoid disappointment, be certain you get delatone. 7
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