COAL BINS TO BE FULL THIS WINTER GARFIELD PLEDGE Nation's Fuel Administrator Sees No .Danger of Shortage Washington, July 27.—"There will ' be no shortage of domestic coal this winter. The householder need not fear a reoccurrence of last winter's ' famine." This was the pledge of Fuel Ad ministrator Garfield to the country jestetday. "The apparent industrial shortage will he met, I believe." he continued. "And this shortage now t is more of a shifting of supplies j temporarily from one field to an- | other than a real shortage. "For instance three-fifths of New j England's industrial requirements i for the winter must be in before Oc- : tober 1. while all of the upper lakes' ' needs must be in by December 1. We ! are forcing this coal through now j ahead of the allotments to some of j the other states, whose coal can flow ! to them all winter." The fuel administration is per- ' fecting its coal budget. It has re- ] reived-estimates of the fuel require ments of each state by industries and these industries are graded accord- ! ing to their priority rank. The re- ! quirements are being shown by the I states, together with the coal fields i where the supplies for each state ' originate, and the amount allotted j each state from each of its supply ; fields. Conversely, it also has lists and j maps of the production fields, show- 1 ing the consumption districts trib- j utary to each and the amount of coal ! allocated to each consuming * field from each production territory. In this way the country is zoned by production fields and consump tion areas and if any production i field falls below its estimated output ! tbe map at a glance shows the pro- | duction fielding area affected. In this way the coal with a surplus nearest to the consumer can be scientifically switched. "We won't be gracing coal hap hazardously as we had to do last j winter when the shortage devel- i oped." said Doctor Garfield. "This i way we'll know every minutes just where each state stands and how to quickly care for its needs." RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY. X. J. HOTEL TENNESSEE Tennessee Avenue and Beach. Ocean view. Bathing from hotel. Showers. JlO up weekly. }2 up daily. A. HEALY. Hotel Willard j£ h k Av * Center of all attractions. European plan only. Fire-proof. Attractive outside rooms. Running water in every room. Rates $1.50 day up. CHANNELL ————— l arllr Ares. Situated in the heart of City. Has a beach-front view. Capacity 250. 19th season. American and Euro- . pean plan. Reasonable rates. Book let. Garage. A C. Channell, Owner. HOTEL BOSCOBEL Kentucky av., nr. beach; baths: ele vator; fine table; bathing privileges; special rates; booklet. Always open. Capacity. 350. A E. MARION. i CONTINENTAL I Tennessee*** near Beach: always opn; pri- I Tate hatha; runnin water in roonaa; alerator; I excellent table; white service; orchestra. I Am. plan; 13 00 tip dailr: H7.50 tip weekly ; Booklets. Garage M. WALSH DUNCAN 12..10 T.I, n- trki y . 4m. Plan ELBERON & Fireproof Annex. Tennessee Av. nr. Be?ch. Cap. lOQ. Central; open surround intra; opp. Catho lic and Protestant Charche. Private baths. RUNNING WATER IN ALL ROOMS Excellent table; fresh vegetables. Windows | screened. Wh-.teservice. Booklet. K.I. ILDY.IfD. THE WILTSHIRE Virginia AVfc and Beach. Ocean view. Capacity. 250. Private baths, running water in rooms, eleva tor. etc. Music. (3 up daily. Special weekly. American plan. Open all year. Booklet. SAMUEL ELLIS. HOTEL ST. CLARE Penna. av., near beach and Steel Pier; superior location; private baths superior table, etc.; tine porches : iawns. A O'REILLV HENNESY. Proor' JULIA A. MILLER. Manager. GRAND ATLANTIC Virginia Av. near beach. Capacity <OO. A strictly modern hotel after ex tensive alterations. Private baths runing water in rooms, elevator, etc Notable table, white service. 13.00 up iaily, special weekly. Booklet. W. F. SHAW. CHESTER HOUSE. i 5 & 17 S. Georgia Ave. nr. Beach. Two squares from Reading Station. J2 daily; Jio ud weekly. Mrs. T. Dickerson. HOTEL KENTUCKY^ Kentucky Ave., near Beach. Ca pacity 400. Majority rooms with hot and cold running water. 35 with Drl- 1 vate baths. Telephone and electric lights in every room. Elevator from street level. > ine dance floor. American Plan Rates $2.50 to J4 daily, *12.50 to S2O weekly N. B. Kennady, Proprietor WILD WOOD, X. J. " CONTINENTAL Write for booklet. RESORTS MT. GRETNA, PA. When You Motor, Plan Your H|& MT. GRETNA y Ij, r" he Most, Wonderful of Pennsyl vanla's Far-Famed Sum 'i.ic grandeur, the inaivelous color, the charming vistas, the restful atmosphere are beyond comparison with any other sec tion HOTEL CONEWAGO On a bluff overlooking the picturesque Lake Conewago, 700 feet above sea level, Is a paradise for tired bodies and fagged brains. Every comfort and convenience. Wholesome amusements. Electric lights. Hot and cold running water in rooms. Best of food. Purest artesian water. Electric elevator. Garage, tennis, croquet, music,' dancing. Ideal for a week-end, a vacation period or all summer. For booklet and full information, write " Manager, Hotel Conewago, Mt. Gretna, Pa., or CORNWALL & LEBANON R. R., Lebanon, Pa. SATURDAY EVENING, NEWS OF WEST SHORE MAY ADD TWO CENTS TO FARE Valley Railways Co. Appoints Committee tt> Consider Increase in Rate Lemoyne, Pa., July 27.—Appoint ment of a committee to consider the proposed increase of fares on the Valley Railways Company lines from five to seven cents took place at the monthly meeting of the board of directors .of the company yester day afternoon. The move to in crease the fare has been discussed at the meetings of the directors for months, but up to yesterday no ac tion was taken by the board. That there was a move to in crease the fares on the Valley lines was made known by President Bish op earlier in the month. At that time Mr. Bishop said that the in creased tariff had been discussed by the directors for a long time and that some action would be taken at the meeting of the board in July. Mr. Bishop declared that if an in crease was made it would be two cents. If an application is made to the Public Service Commission by the company for an increase, it is likely that there will be much opposition. Already the West Shore Firemen's Union and the Camp Hill Council are working to prevent an increase. If an increase in fares is made we will demand the extension of the transfer zone," President J. Fred Hummel of the firemen's union de clared. WEST SHORE CHURCHES Camp Hill. Pa.. July 27.—The morning service of the Presbyterian Church to-morrow, to he held at 11 0 clock, Rev. Raymond Ketehledge pastor, will preach on "The Heal ing Christ. ' Sunday school will be held at 9.45 o'clock. At the Camp Hill Methodist Church . the Rev. Joseph Rrenneman. pastor, will preach at II o'clock and Sunday school will be held at 9.45 o'clock. ••The Prayer of a Frightened Prophet will be the subject of n sermon by the Rev. Charles O. Houston, pastor of the Church of God. to-morrow morning at 10.30 o'clock. The congregations of these three churches will unite in the eve ning service. Now Cumberland. Pa , July 27. The Rev. \. T. Rue. pastor of the Baughman Memorial Methodist Church. will preach to-morrow morning at 10.30 o'clock on "The Secret of a Happy Life" and in the evening on "The King Plaving the l-001. ' Sunday school will be held at 9.15 o'clock and Epworth League at 8.30 o'clock. I/cmoyne. p a ., July 27. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Church of 1 hrist will hold aV Ice cream festi val at the church this evening. The proceeds will go to the debt fund. Members of the church are laying plans to pay SI,OOO on the debt in October. Sergeant William H. Felix, Lewistown Boy, War Hero Lewistoun, Pa.. July 22.—A torv of the bravery of Sergeant William H. Felix, a Lewistown boy, in an en gagement in France proves him one of the heroes of the war. Sergeant Felix, when the crew of an automatic rifle had been disabled, singly took possession of the gun and calling to a private to bring up ammunition to it. he covered the advance of his platoon. PARADE AT LANDISBURG I-andisburs. Pa.. July 27.—Patrio tic addresses by State Senator Scott S. Lei by, of Marvsville. and Charl-s W. Lehr. of Newport, will feature the big patriotic celebration here to night. With the proceeds to be de voted to the Red Cross, the event will be conducted under the auspices of the Lar.disburg auxiliary of the Harrisburg Red Cross chapter. A big parade is included in the ar rangements. Music for the evening will be furnished by the Elliottsburg and Newport Bands and after the speeches a concert will be given by the Newport Band. OLD BOATMAN DIES Marietta. Pa.. July |7. —John Shearer, aged 72. one of the last of the canal boatmen and a native of Wrightsvillc. died Thursday. He, had been blind for years. A sister living at Wrightsville, survives. APPLY A - NEW TOP COVER To Your Old Car and Make It I. >ok >ew Prices 00 to 9t'.00. Parcel* Pot Paid Yon Save 2-3 price of a new Top, and can apply it yourself. Why sacrifice your old car? Many are better than the new ones. Get our catalogue. It's a money saver. We specialise In Auto Topa, Top Cover*, Tire*, Seat Cover* HAMILTON *TYRE CO. 2M Hamilton St. RESORTS MT. GRETNA. PA. Another Telegraph Employe Reaches Foreign Shores : : ' : WALTER EBT I>cmorne. Pa.. July ?7. —Walter I Eby. son of C. L. Eby, school di rector and superintendent of the I'nited Evangelical Sunday Schpol. has arrived overseas. He is in the i Engineer Corps and was one of the contingent that left in May for Camp Lee. He is widely known here and was an active Sunday. school and church worker. He was employed in The Telegraph Printing Company Job Department, ESiTERTAIXS BIBLE CLASS Shlrcraantown. Pa.. July 27.—Mrs. Warie Miller, was hostess, for the Helping Hand Ladies Organized Bible Class of the United Brethren Church, of Shiremanstown. at her cottage at Mount Olivet, her guests included: Mrs. George Danner. son Arthur, Mrs. Lloyd Miller, daughters. Pauline. Ro maine and Marie; sons, Mervin and Lloyd, Mrs. George K. Eshleman, son Kenneth, Mrs. Gilbert Starr, sons Donald and Kenneth, Mrs. Charles Brehm. son Cletus. Mrs. Frank Esh leman, Mrs. Samuel Drawbaaugh, Mrs. John Nesler, son John, Mrs. Elizabeth Bigler, daughter Lillle. BOY'S HAND INJURED Marysville, Pa., July 27. —Four- teen-year-old George Low had a finger of his right hand almost sev ered and two others badly cut on Friday when he got his hand against a circular saw. Young Low was throwing the sawed-ofT pieces of wood from the support on which they rested after being cut off, when his hand slipped into the saw. FESTIVAL ON CHURCH LAWN MarysTllle. Pa., July 27.—The primary class of the Methodist Epis copal Sunday School will hold a festival on the church lawn on Monday evening. Music will be fur- ' nished by the Marysville Concert j Band. Knights of Columbus to Visit Doylesburg by Auto For a Day's Outing At a recent meeting of the Har risburg Chapter of the Knights of Columbus, at which members of the Lewistown and Chambersburg chap ter* were present, steps were taken to arrange an outing on a Sunday this summer by which the members and their families could meet at some center for a day's recreation. It occurred to those present that Doylesburg. in the famous and beau tiful Path Valley, Franklin ocunty, would be the most centrally located i an dsuiufble place for the outing. It was' also brought to the atten tion of the that on the hird Sunday in August, the day on,which the Rev. P. J. Phelan, of the Cathe dral, will celebrate mass at St. Mary's Church. Doylesburg. and by the presence and co-operation of the Knights of Columbus, that event would be more than ordinary. By leaving home about 7 a. m. the visitors will reach Doylesburg bu auto at 10 a. m. and assist at mass at 10.30 a. m. Then after a dinner on the church grounds and a visit to the picturesque valley with its sloping mountains all could return | by different routes, so that the out ing could be new and interesting from beginning to end. All these points considered, It was agreed to make the trip on Sunday, August 18. to St. Mary's Church, Doylesburg, and John J. O'Hara. Lewistown, Pa., was appointed chairman of a com mittee to make all necessary ar rangements. St. Mary's Church. Doylesburg. dates back to 1802 and is one of the oldest Catholic churches in Penn sylvania. It is, therefore, commend able that the Knights of Columbus of the surrounding towns. Harris burg, Carlisle. Lewistown and Cham bersburg, should decide to journey to this ancient churcn and strug gling mission. Needless to say that it will be appreciated by the good people of the mission parish, and no pains will be spared in enter taining the vistors and in encourag ing them to make this event an an nual affair. Further arrangements will be an nounced later, as it is expected that a large number will take part in ;his outing. Mr. O'Mara appointed the following committee to make fur ther arrangements; Joseph Tur brtdv and Herbert Rodenhaver, Chambersburg; E. R. Eckenrode, E. J. Seitz, Dr. J. C. Ludes and David E. Tracy, Harrlsbu"rg. ARRESTER FOR FIGHTING Edward Hunter and James Ford were arrested last night on the charge of fighting on the streets at Cowden and Walnut. DIKEMAN ARRESTED George R. Dikeman was arrested last night on the charge of aiding young girls to make the acquaint ance of strange soldiers. ARRESTED FOR THEFT Steward Zerr, of Reading, was ar rested by Detective Speece last night on the charge of stealing SSOO from Athens George, proprietor of the Palace confectionary store. He had SBO in his possession when arrested. It is said he had been working for George for eleven days. JOSEPH BREWER DIES Marietta, P4„ July 27. Joseph Brenner, aged 84, the oldest man In Bainbridge, died Thursday. He was a veteran of the Civil War. A granddaughter living at Harrisburg is his only survivor. Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. : — Adv. HAMUSBURG TELEGRAPH PRIVATE BANKS MAKE SHOWING Increase in Business Almost 100 Per Cent. Since 1916, Lafean Reports Iv\\V y'W/ of the state have 100 per cent, since I to a comparison Rjjpl&laiUKJfll Banking Commls day he num b er of private banks operating under state license decreased from 105 in 1916 to 194 in 1917, and 99 in 1918, hut the volume of business was al most doubled in the period covered by the report. The cash deposits on hand Novem ber 17. 1916, were J153.755.13: De cember 11. 1917, $299,245.73 and June 29. 1918. $350,242.35. The total assets of the banks for the periods 'indicated were $5,341,965.27; in 1916, $5,491,545.54; in 1917 and In 11918. $9,031,316.93. The capital in vested in these banks also shows bis I increases in the three years. $1,618. 742.53 in 1916; $2,183,320.70 in 1917, and $2,153,320.70, and in 1918. $2,311,713.06. In the first year named the surplus of these private banks amounted to only $914,157.24. he year following it had grown to sl.- 523,065.51, while at the close of June in the present year it had increased to the large total of $2,311,713.06, while undivided profits shrank from 1 $403,124.42. to $312,620.71 in 1917, aiW to $212,549.92 in 1918. | This showing of the private banks I Commissioner Lafean considers re | markable, especially in view of the , fact that all of them purchased I heavily of Liberty Bonds and financ | ed the purchases of their customers. 32 Members of Troop 7 Leave For Week's Camp Amid much commotion, thirty-two members of Troop No. 7, Boy Scouts of America, left Harrisburg this morning at 5.30 o'clock on their an nual camping trip on the big auto truck of Tom Bogar. Under the supervision of Scout master Jerome R. Miller and Assist ant Scoutmaster Will L Bailey, sev eral hours were spent this morning loading their camp baggage and eat ables on the big truck, before leav ing for Loysville. Perry county, near which town this year's camp will be held, Eight days will be spent by the Scouts at this camp ground. This evening the Scouts will partici pate in a big Red Cross parade at Landisburg. near Loysville. Horace B. Pratt Wins a First Lieutenancy Horace B. Pratt, 1918 Bellevue Roard, for the past four years elec trical standard tester in the bureau of engineers of the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Engineers' Reserve Corps. He will leave Harrisburg within a week for special electrical duty. Mr. Pratt attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he re ceived his preliminary technical training. He has had nine vears of military training, having served for five years with the Massachusetts National Guard and four years in Company K. Eighteenth Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard. DENTISTS NAMED ' i The following dentists have 'been appointed to care for the teeth of i the selectlves who are awaiting or ders to leave for camp: Dr. W. B. Mausteller 1422 North Second street; Dr. D. I. Rutherford, 1 108 North Second street, and Dr. A. IS. Koser. 214 North Second street. The draftees, hundreds of whom left for camp last night and other hun dreds awaiting calls, can get atten tion at these dentists. RESERVES MAY GET GOVERNMENT RIFLES At their drill on Island Park last evening members of the Harrisburg Reserves heard with much interest the announcement that the govern ment will furnish rifles to them, to gether with other home defense or ganizations. Last evening's drill was in preparation for the flag presenta tion ceremony to Company I. Penn sylvania Reserve Militia, on Tuesday evening. Sergeant George N. Barnes, of the Reserves, drilled a score of youths of draft age last evening. The Reserves will have officers on the island each Monday and Wednes day evening to impart similar in struction. EIGHT GIRLS REPRIMANDED Eight girls who were arrested on the charge of being too friendly to soldiers, were reprimanded by police i and then discharged. Their parents will be notified to keep them oft the streets at night. ARRESTED EOR GEN PLAY John Williams was arrested last night on the charge of drawing a revolver on Detective Speece after Grover Martin of the Martin hotel, had thrown him out. GORSON'S Used Cars all used cars are j us have found ' ill ! our car* are higher in value and lower in price than car* ' * bought elsewhere. For proof—ask any one of our thousand* of customer*. CONVEN , ENT TERMS ARRANGED 1000 CARS TO SELECT FROM 1918 81TTZ Roadster. 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July 27.—The German attack yester day morning near Meteren had oven mors disastrous results for the enemy than was first believed. It proved a complete failure. It appears the Germans intended to reach the Guza Road, to the south of Meteren, from where they could menace the town. Accordingly they sent over two companies from each regiment of the Twelfth division, which has just replaced other troops who had been badly mauled during the month. The Twelfth division came up from Italy. One regiment wears special "Kaiser Karl" shoulder straps, won for its services in" the Italian theater.. This regiment, however, will greti no decorations for the deeds it per-; fclined to-day. Scotch troops met j It and inflicted heavy losses and pre- j vented the* Germans from getting j anywhere near objectives. The Germans managed to get c-re small outpost; that was all. In the same locality the Austral ians are busy knocking the Germans about. Their shells have chewed up nearly all the crossroads, dumps and other targets within range. The rain of the past few days has muddied this front of swollen rivers and streams, making the low ground extremely soft and mushy. If Ger mans from getUng anywhere near to the north it will not require much more rain to require a change in thorn. The Germans to-day retain vir tually nothing of the ground they conquered in their great attack of July 15 along the Marne, -says Reuter's correspondent .it French headquarters. East of Hheims, the correspondent adds. General Gouraud's army by a series of brilliant local operations, has expelled the enemy almost everywhere from the narrow bell he occupied in Gouraud's advanced zone. Germans Use Reserves As a result of the past week's ac tivities the whole situation on the western front has been transformed. The Germans, according to dis patches from the front, have used sixty-five divisions on the Cham pagne front, and the whole of the Crown Prince's reserves have been exhausted. The only fresh reserves remaining to the Germans are less than thirty divisions attached to Crown Prince Rupprecht's armies. The German situation in the salient, although awkward, is not un tenable. The enemy's difficulties are not greater than those in which the British army was placed many months in the Ypres salient, before the capture of Messines ridge. The Vpres salient was five miles wide and five miles deep and was dominated by the enemy. The present German salient is now twenty miles wide and twenty miles deep and similarly, is deminated by the Allied art'llery. Cancel Retirement Orders Evidence has reached the Allies it: the shape of captured documents <o sihow that the enemy had made up his mind on the day after the Al lied offensive began to undertake a retirement to a line along either the Ardre or Vesle, and had actually given orders for this, but these orders were later cancelled, pre sumably owing to the difficulty of ef fecting an orderly retirement in the pinced salient, and it is no-.v possible the German command has decided to retain the present positions as long as possible. Meanwhile, the military writers point out the Allies are using up the German reserves in a battle when the Germans are continuously in a disadvantageous position, so the sit uation is entirely satisfactory to the Allies. If the enemy remains in the salient he cannot possibly undertake any important offensive therefrom, and the Allies could hold the salient lightly and devote their energies elsewhere. One reason for the Germans' aban donment of the plan for retirement is found in tl.e reports of Allied air men. which show tremendous con gestion along the lines of German communication. PROGRAM ARRANGED FOR CAMPMKKTING Newton Hamilton, July 27—The Newton Hamiltan campmeeting will open this year. August 2. Dr. Clar ence True Wilson, of Washington, will deliver a temperance address at the opening service. Rev. J. B. Betens, of McVeytown, will be the preacher on Saturday evening, Au gust 3. The program for Sunday, Au gust 4, includes a union Sunday School on the grounds at 10 a. m. A sermon by Rev. O. B. Poulson at 11 a. m. Children's meeting at 2 p. m. A sermon by the Rev.' S. S. Carnell, of Mt. Union, at 3 p. m. In the even ing the Rev. D. N. Miller, of Lewis town. will preach. The meetings will continue until Tuesday August 13. SINGLE 'PHONE SERVICE TO TAKE PLACE OF DUAL Systems in Big Cities of the Country Are to Be Merged Washington, July 27.—Plans for the consolidation of the Bell and in dependent telephone systems in American cities whieh have the dual service now are being worked out by David J. Lewis, director of opera tions of the federal wire service, for submission to the post office commit tee on telephone and telegraph. The plans Include the consolidation of the two systems in Philadelphia and in other Pennsylvania cities. The investigation so far made by the federal officials leads them to believe the task of consolidating the Bell and independent local exchanges will not be so serious as it was thought at first. There are now about 1,500 independent systems in the country and the inquiry indicates at least 1,000 of them can be merged for working purposes with the Bell system without serious trouble. The inquiry also has developed the fact that only about 15 per cent, of the private telephone users have two phones where the dual system pre vails. That information has led the federal experts to believe the merg ing can be done easily. Although no announcement of plans will >be made until the matter of merging has been discussed with representatives of both the Bell and independent systems, the federal ex perts declare the two cxthanges will be linked up so a Bell phone user can converse with members of the independent system. The federal of ficials believe they are not justified at the present time under govern ment control in going further than making the physical connection be tween the two exchanges. The ques tion of linking the two exchanges, it is asserted, will not he difficult. Persons or business houses having both telephones will have the privi lege of discontinuing one of them without losing its service. The installation of an automatic telephone system in Washington to supplant the manual system Is rec ommended strongly by the bureau of standards of the Department of Com merce after an exhaustive investiga tion into the phone situation here. The recommendation was submitted to the District Public Utilities Com mission which is holding hearings on an application of the Chesapeake and Potomac Company for authority to increase rates. The report sets forth It would cost about $8,000,000 to supplant the present manual system with automa tics. It also states the Chesapeake and Potomac Company would save $1,000,000 annually in operating costs with automatics, besides giv ing Washington an increased and more efficient service. Also, it was explained, it would not be necessary to increase rates. It is known members of the tele phone-telegraph committee personal ly favor the installation of automat ics in Washington, but whether they will take that radical step has not been determined. TWO ARE CHARGED WITH W HITE SLAVERY Tony Murphy and Grace Burke, 16 Cowden street, will be given a hearing to-day on the charge of holding Emma Knoll, 14 years old, a white girl, for immoral purposes. The young girl will appear at the hearing to-day. f I } The Jitney Is Duplication of Energy and Causes Waste •( '! ' # • I At a certain prominent which is compelled to go on corner where traffic waits and maintain its service for the street cars four jit- carried 1 6 passengers up nies came along and picked town in the same direction up 1 2 people. with the 4 jitnies. Those twelve people It costs as much to run a could have gotten a street street car uptown with 16 / car iri a few minutes. passengers as it does with 40. The street car was fol lowing the jitneys at that Is it conservation to have particular corner and 6 4 jitnies and a street car people got onto the street * carry 28 passengers up car. town when the street car can carry all of them? The street car had 10 passengers when it reached The government has that corner and the other 6 asked all people and all made 16 passengers alto- business to conserve. , gether. A duplication of energy Look at the duplication is not saving, it is wasting, of energy and the waste of fuel and man power. Wasting of fuel and man i power makes the cost of The four jitnies required operation higher and the 4 drivers and used up gaso- street car fare must be line while the street car made proportionate. 0 Harrisburg Railways Company \ JULY 27, 1918. To Open Bids For County Bridge at Hummelstown Bids for the new bridge to be con structed across the Swatara creek west of Hummelstown on the main highway between Harrisburg and Reading, will be opened August 23, according to county officials. The Plans and specifications prepared by County Engineer Clinton M. Hershey have been approved. The structure will be of concrete, 630 feet long, 30 feet wide an dwith a long approach protected on both sides by stone I walls as guards. County Commissioners C. C. ICumbler, H. M. Stine and H. C. t Wells, Chief Clerk Edward H. Flsh i er, Solicitor Philip S. Moyer and i Controller Henry W. Gough will 1 leave August 5 for Pittsburgh to at tend the annual convention of coun ty commissioners of the state. Recommendations for abolishing the offices of coroner. Jury commis sioners an dward collectors, substi- Copyright registered, 1918 The Part that Should be New If you're driving a used car you ought to give it a fai- show by adding a new battery. But be sure the battery is new. Insist on the Bone Dry Willard with Threaded Rubber Insulation, which you know is new when you buy it. We carry a complete stock of Bone Dry Batteries —every one brand new. That's because they are not filled and charged until we make them ready for your use. Ask f or the free booklet, "196,000 Little Threads," it tells how Bone Dry became possible and why it benefits you. Front Market Motor Supply 109 Market Street 7 1 tutlng collection of county the city by the county treasurer, • to he considered at the convention. No World's Series, Says John Tener By Associated Prtss Boaton, Mass., July 27. There will be little demand for a. world's acriel this year, in the opinion of John K. 'Tener. president of the Natfonal I.engue, in commenting last night on the effect of the decision of Secre tary of War Raker that the "work or tight" rule would not be applied to baseball p'layers until September 1. President Tener believed, however, that interest in the races in the Na tional and American leagues would be maintained right up to the first of September. He was shown Secretary Baker's statement last night as he passed through this city on his way to his summer home, at Salisbury Beach, but declined to make further comment until after he had had op portunity to give it more careful reading.
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