MAY INCREASE VALLEY FARE TO SEVEN CENTS Railways Company Directors Go Into Session Late This Afternoon Final action on the proposed in crease of fares on the lines of the Valley Railways' Company from five to seven cents will likely b© taken at a meeting of the board of direc tors of the company to be held late this afternoon. This is the monthly meeting of the directors and is scheduled to be held in the offices of the company at Lemoyne. The outcome of the meeting, C. H. Bishop, president of the company was unable to forecast. He was of the opinion that the rate increase would come before tho board of directors and In all proba bilities some definite action would be taken. Mr. Bishop said that the fare in crease has been the subject of dis cussion at the monthly sessions of the board for several months. The directors never proceeded any fur ther than to discuss the move, Mr. Bishop said. An official statement on the proceedings of the meeting will be issued this evening, it is un derstood. There is much opposition to the rate increase on the West Shore. The West Shore Firemen's Union at a recent meeting appointed a com mittee to learn why It is necessary to Increase the rates. If an increase is made, officers of the Union de clare they will demand the extension of the transfer zone to include all West Shore towns. Camp Hill coun cil has authorized its solicitor to look up old ordinances to ascertain whether or not there Is any agree ments on file between the company and the borough that would prohibit an increase. Austrian Bogie Man Gets 7-Year Sentence Jlfw York, July 26.—Max Freud enbeim, an Austrian subject who was convicted of trying to turn the neg roes among whom he went as an in surance collector against the United States, was sentenced yesterday by Federal Judge Learned Hand to seven years in prison at Atlantta. Freuden heelm told the negroes that if they fought for the United States they would be mutilated by the Germans, but if they stood by Germany a king dom would be established for them 'n the United States ofter the war. ILFESFI 9B PLSIFL 3Me a Notion I CI,F"N.IIP " iP 77 '/<" 1 ""/,""" 'I," 1 ""/," '""/J'""ell Black Trimmed § g a s w .b 0. T I *ir T "us" ■* r a_ri. RULE DEPT. STORE V> ]J iVo, Tit's JVo Dream § H 3 C 4 C FOR FRIDAY AND = p 1 -jr.— 3c 10^t R "JL c 7c SATURDAY Featuring Unbeatable Values 77 w 8 Dress Shirts [ M"** 1 ' 5 ? FtS S H I ""* *"sU?" """"I | *"' * k -,"* / 7 r ' I DreSS Silk S H I R *%£*&„ fan J I Children's Stockings ' 0 8 -£ ?■=£_=* MOT's $2.00 N _Smm "L'tfi'S Ecru also b* N.i. <**■ ■" C *3 M. M.W fj K SUp^ V ydU . rße ves In negligee dress |7 collars. Sizes 14 to /l O c ~a , fi f „ v w Worsted Suits, in medium, Stockings, Black only. 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JlEe flno 11()le cotton c^hei; quantity Sp- 09 AC welted £!)( 2 ?*"■ 2 ? chemlse-You 11 wonder at g 9c In black, gray and 79 hose; fast black; sizes 9to OC- Sole price, cia l SOAO Soles OJ.DVI LM 3- Jt for white ' 10ft. First quality ynrd V FRIDAY EVENING, NEWS OF WEST SHORE Personal and Social Items of Towns on West Shore Park Singer and Frederick Ploy er, of Carlisle, were at New Cum berland yesterday. Mr* Crites, daughters Dorothy and Catherine, of Bakerfleld, Cal., are guests of Dr. S. A. Kirkpatrick'a family in Third street. New Cum ber'and. Mrs. W. O. Kelster, of New Cum berland, spent yesterday with friends at York. Miss Esther Weiser, of Lemoyne, is the guest of Mrs. Charles Welt mer at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rowlea recent ly entertained these guests at their home at Shiremanstown: Harry W. Shoop, of the 209 th Aero Squadron, Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Harry W. Shoop, son Harry, Jr., of Harrig burg; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Upper man, daughter,s Miss Isabel Upper man, Miss Winifred Upperman and son, Elwood Upperman, of Cham bersburg. Mrs. A. N. Warner has returned to her home at Mount Wolfe, after spending some time with friends at Shiremanstown. Miss Kathryn Zimmerman, of St. John's, and Miss Miriam Musselman, of Orr's Bridge, spent Wednesday with the former's sisters, the Misses Ruth and Pearl Zimmerman, at Shiremanstown. Mrs. D. W. Harman and daugh ter, Miss Martha Harman, of Shire manstown. were Harrisburg visitors yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Harman and son have returned to their home •at Bhiremanstown afjler spending several days at Dillsburg. Master Samuel Strong has return ed to his country home near Slate Hill after spending some time with relatives at Shiremanstown. GOVERNOR ACCEPTS PEACE LEAGUE PI,ACE Sot York, July 26—The League to Enforce Peace, officially announces that Governor Brumbaugh, of Penn sylvania, has accepted election as a vice president of the orgtnization. The Governor attended the national convention of the league in Phila delphia last May and spoke at the conference of Governor in Independ ence Hall. A photographic facsimile of the "win-the-war" declaration, adopted at that conference and sign ed by ten Governors and several ex- Governors, has been framed and sent to Governor Brumbaugh to hang in the executive chamber at Harrisburg. ENTERTAINED BIBLE CLASS New Cumberland, Pa., July 26. Mrs. Harry Ross, of Fourth etreet. entertained the Ladies' Bible elas of the Church ,of God at Eberley's Mills on Wednesday evening. Those present were: Mrs. Stover, Mrs. Newton, Mrs. Hart, Misses Hazel Drawfcaugh, Sarah Elchelberger. Anna Elchelberger, Sylva and Mar tha Zimmerman, Elizabeth Frazer, Verna Frazer, Gertrude Drawbaugh, Sarah Fetrow, Helen Knisley, Edith Heiner, Martha Hart, Mary Hart and Dorothy Newton. ' ALUMNI STREET BAZAR Lemoyne, Pa., July 27.—Arrange ments for a street bazar to be held on August 10 in Hummel avenue are being made by a committee of ten members of the Lemoyne High School Association. The bazar will be similar to that of the Red Cross auxiliary held some time ago. There will be ten booths, each in charge of four association members. Final arrangements for the affair will be made at a meet ing of tho association members to be held sometime next week. RED CROSS AT NEW MARKET New Cumberland, Pa., July 26. The New Market Red Cross auxiliary to the New Cumberland branch opened Its first meeting with ten members present. Three young wo men who expected to attend this meeting were unable to do so on account of being marooned on the island opposite New Market and were rescued six hours later by soma friends in a boat. The meeting will be held Thursday In future from 2 until 5 o'clock. PARTY ON BIRTHDAY Marsh Run, Pa., July 26.—A birth day dinner was served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Eshleman of Marsh Run* in honor of Mr. Eshleman's birthday. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Simon P. Eshla man and children, Charles, Blanche, Cora, Marie and Babe, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Gristlnger, M. M. Eshlemnn, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Eshleman. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Eshleman, Mrs. George Elchelberger, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Stoner, Mrs. Bertha Bowman and daughter Erna, John G. Eshle man, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wentz, Mrs. Maurice Cook and daughter Catherine, Emma Mae Eshleman, Miss Pearl Eichelberger, Miss Mary Eichelbergr. PEIPHER LINE ftKITS After being in existence for 58 years, the Peipher Line, the last pri vately owned freight company In Pennsylvania, will go out of existence on August 1, due to Government reg ulations. The Peipher Line is one of a half-dozen so affected. ' HAHRISBURG OSSBtt TELEGRAPH SUGAR RATION TO BE CUT TO TWO POUNDSA MONTH Portion Served in Hotels and Restaurants Is Also Restricted The Dauphin County Food Admin istrator has not yet received the su gar order from the Federal Food Administration restricting the allow ance of sugar per person to two pounds rather than three, but Is pre pared to enforce it when it arrives. It Is expected momentarily. The order was issued by the Fed eral Food Administration at Wash ington last night, and limits the use of sugar to two pounds per person from August 1 to January 1. Pub lic eating houses are limited to two pounds per person per niney meals. Tfre reduction became necessary when the domestic sugar crop proved a disappointment, and the supply from Porta Rico was below normal. Lack of shipping has pre vented a free movement of sugar from Java and other distant sources of supply, while 50,000,000 pounds have been lost in submarine sink ings. Conservation Necessary The reduction is necessary to meet the pledges of Herbert Hoover, Na tional Food Administrator, to the aU lies. England is on a two-pound, France, a pound and a half, and Italy a one-pound compulsory ra tion, and have lately become unable to meet even these rations, and have appealed to the United States for aid. In addition the American over seas army has drained the nation of much of its sugar supply. No further reduction was made in the soft drink allowance, which is already limited to fifty per cent. The food adiministration thinks the two pound limit on domestic consump tion will meet the increased de mands. While the limit of two pounds per person per month remains volun tary, it is pointed out that every state will be supplied with sugar on an allotment basis, and for every householder who uses more than his share, some other householder in that state must suffer the defici ency. UTILIZATION OF "RETURNS LOAD" ISNOWPLANNED Chamber of Commerce to Study Transportation by Truck Trains A "Returns Loads" bureau is be ing organized in the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce through the recommendation of the Manufactur ers' Council of the Chamber, work ing in co-operation with other Chambers of Commerce throughout the East, it was announced this morning. The purpose of the bureau is to in crease the efficiency of freight carry ing trucks which every day come to Harrisburg and after delivering their freight make the return trip unloaded. The return loads bureau will attempt to see that the trucks are utilized on their return trips by being loaded with freight. Wnsted Energy Similarly, it is pointed out, load ed trucks are sent from Harrisburg to other points. In the majority of instances, it is said, these trucks make the return trip empty. The large waste of energy and serious economic loss through carrying a load only one way is readily appar ent. The utilization of this power as a war economy measure is the pri mary purpose of the return loads bureau. The movement will not be one of competition with the railway car riers, Warren R. Jackson, secretary of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com merce said this morning, but rather supplementary to them because or dinary shippers must necessarily wait until essential requirements are taken care of (by the railroad com panies. "Railroad transportation is be coming more and more congested," Mr. Jackson added, "and the ordi nary business requirements of the merchants and manufacturers very properly have to give way while the railroads transport war munitions, war supplies, coal and food for the people of this country and the allies. The return loads bureau will aim to assist the railroads and express com panies by relieving them of the burden of short haul traffic." Reciprocal Relations Reciprocal relations are to be es tablished with the Chambers of Com merce in other cities where return loads bureaus are in operation and it is expected that the Chamber, through the medium of this depart ment, will be able to be of service to Harrisburg merchants and manu facturers, as well as to businessmen elswhere. GATHERING DATA ON HOUSING HERE < [Continued from First Page.] plenty of money—more than over before, Indeed, and that they are willing to pay fair rentals for decent houses. The great complaint is not so much with the rents that are charged for good houses as that there are no houses to rent. Big Demand For example, there is a big de mand for houses renting from sls to $25 a month, but none to be had. Families whose earning power has increased desire to better their sur roundings, but have no place to go. Newcomers in temporary quarters! cannot find homes to meet their | needs and men who have procured | work here cannot find houses for their families. As an Illustration, the Telegraph has In its possession the letter of a former Huntingdon man who desires to bring his family to Harrisburg but cannot because he has searched the city in vain for a suitable dwelling. This in stance might be multiplied many times. Wants to Move; Can't One man questioned by a Tele graph representative said he is earn ing from S2O to $22.50 a week. He is living in terrible surrounding* in three rooms. "Tell me where I can get a house for $lB or $20 —even $22 a month —within walking distance of my work (in the Pennsylvania railroad shops near Relly street) and I will gladly move into it." There are many such. "I am not complaining of rents," said another, "although In some quarters they are far too high, I think. There are many good houses that rent for what I regard as rea sonable figures, but they are all full. What good do they do me?" And so it goes. No opportunity to get out of the mire, even though the desire is there. The Owner's Side Of course there is the other side of it—the landlord's side. If 3ome families are living in poor surround ings by necessity there are others who simply refuse to live decently. Said one property owner yesterday: "I have read with interest what the Telegraph has had to say about housing and I would be glad to give you another view of it, /■ \ FOR A A JLJk AM ftk CORNS ■I ■ WM3 H H BUNIONS CALLUSES Immediate Relief —25 cents GORGAS DRUG STORES * J JULY 26, 1918. although I would not like to havel niy name made public for fear l| might be misunderstood. What you] say about housing in Harrisburg is absolutely true—every word of it. But the property owner is not en tirely to blame. There are scores —yes, hundreds—of renters who don't want to live decently. They are as much responsible for condi tions as many of the landlords. They smash up the houses and batter the plaster. They break windows and locks and smear the walls. They are careless, reckless and dirty. They do not deserve more than they are getting." This man believes that housing "TX7E are never without Dr. Cald * * well's Syrup Pepsin in our home and never will be as long as we can get it. We have used it for the past four years and it has saved us many a doctor's bill. It is fms for the children and they love to take it." (From a letter to Dr. Caldwell written by\ Mf. and Mrs. Harry Robbin, 2207 So. I A St., El wood, ind. / Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin The Perfect Laxative Sold by Druggists Everywhere 50 cts. G£)sl.oo Constipation makes children uncomfortable, cross N stirf irritable, just as it does older people. Dr. Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin acts easily and naturally and promotes normal regularity. A trial bottle can be obtained free of charge by writing to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 458 Washing ton St., Monticello, 111. RENT A TYPEWRITER Geo. P. Tillotson 205 Locust St., Opposite Orpheum Theatre. 9 must be regulated by the municipal* * lty. "Zoning and all the rest of It will help," he said, "but I believe we shall rtnally come to as strict a supervision of housing as we hav® now of contagious disease. I bo lieve in building ordinances, but or dinances will do not good unless you have conscientious officers to en force them. And It should be the duty of such officers to see to It that the tenant keeps the house in good condition—so far as dirt and care less handling are concerned —Just as much as it would be his duty to see that all homes offered for rent nre fit for habitation and that the rental is not unreasonably high."
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