NO MINIMUM WAGE WILL BE FIXED BY U.S.LABOR BOARD Because of 'Ab normal Conditions*: Wage Increases Are Granted Aug. I.—The national labor board has granted wage increases in each of the twenty-five street car cases before it. involving Chicago. Newark. N. J.: Albany. N. V.: Cleveland. Detroit and a long list of smaller cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The axact amount of the increases in each city are to be announced to day, the formal statement being de layed because of the amount of cler ical work involved. But the prelimi nary announcement yesterday made It clear there would be no general minimum wage fixed for the entire country. The minimum wage ques tion and the street-car cases were considered together by Joint Chair men W. H. Taft and Frank P. Walsh, of the board. "The determination and applica tion of a fair living wage will be de cided on each case on the basis of j particular facts ascertained." the board announced. 228 Cases Pending It will take the conditions sur rounding the cost of living in each community and the peculiar condi tions surrounding the trade involved. | as a basis for each decision. In the street car controversies, the board's f examiners have been amassing much ietail on each of the cities, which has been tabulated for the informa tion of the joint chairmen. But the , 1 oard is angered at the tremendous number of appeals brought before it. which it regards as unnecessary. There are now 22* cases pending on us docket, affecting at least 1.000.01'0 ■ len. and probably having to do with . t're comfort of 5.000.000 people. Most j of these cases, the board feels, should have been settled without the; expense of the appeal. It made no forma! statement on these, except to score the profiteering capitalist who refuses to accept the statement of principles of the board as the basis of relations with labor • Hiring war times and equally the labor organization which makes these times an occasion for unrea sonable demand. Indignant at Vast Profits Information before the board that the General Electric Company was showing net earnings as high as SIOO,OOO a day. while the returns to the Steel Corporation, even with the . x.-ess profit tax figured, were greater than e%er before, heightened its in-' •iignation. L a Boys ai Girls cC] TSCiearilieSKlnSi K witucuticura §- L. W fr-mt :um Sc A ! WOULD GET DIZZY Had Pains Around Heart says Edward Gaines. 130 Liberty St . 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 and fev erish and out of order generally. I heard of Sanpan and gave it a trial, and all the above ailments disap peared like the wind and am better than ever. Sanpan. the great Spring Tonic is being introduced at Keller's Drug Store. 105 Market St., Harris burg.—adv. UU U The REMEDY and the NEED of the Times If you are lacking in Vim Vigor. Vitality, get a box of tiiese Ld( e Stimulating Tablets to-a>. A new discovery by a :nan well past mid ii'e life who needed such a remedy. No opiates or habit-f->rmir g drjg's. Your druggist may not have them yet. Don't wait, send $1 for 50 to Manley Product* Co.. Bo* 100(1, (•rant fit}', (HitlLrtnd P, 0.1, Staten Inland. >. V. FORGET YOUR RHEUMATISM Not Vecosary to Have Your Trou bles With You Any Ixuigcr Don't suffer when you can get "Neutrone Prescription 99." Rheumatism, one of the most com mon ailments is one of the hardest to cure, because of its being a blood disease. Any remedy to be effective must purify the blood and kidney*, i common sense teaches you thU. That is why "Neutrone Prescrip tion 99" is so successful, it is a om bination of blood purifying agents prepared from the prescription of a specialist. It relieves those sore, inflamed joints and muscles. "It puts out the. tire." It does all these things, re-! stores your health, makes you happy iind free from pain. Go to your druggist to-day and get, a 50c or 11.00 bottle, then say. .-,.r>d bye Rheumatism Mail ordei - ed on 11.00 size. For sale in Harris burg by G. A. Gorgas. 16 North Third ttreet. and P. R. R. Station.—Adv. OUR FIRST THOUGHT Was to make a Building Up Tonic so good that people wouid continue to use it whenever needed and now as years go by the children of our first customers are using DR. CHASE'S Blood & Nerve Tablets Which rentals Iron, Nux Vomica, Gentian We think so much of them our reives that we keep them on our table Jt *t as regular! - ' as the salt and pep so that any member of the fam ily can take them. They must have merit when a doctor takes his own medicine. Weigh Yourself Before Taking Price 00 cent.*; Special strength {to ceatn. I nited Medicine Co., 224 X. lOth Philadelphia. !■_ THURSDAY EVENING 'NATION ASSUMES CHARGE OF LABOR IN U. S. TODAY War Industry Requirements Are Apportioned on Basis of State Population Vow York. Ausr. I.—The federal j Kovernment to-day took over in every i state in the I'nion. the recruiting of J common labor for the furtherance! of the war. l-abor requirements fori war Industries have been apportion ed to the various states on a basis of population, and as men are needed they will move forward to meet the | demand, wherever this may be. The i aim is to eliminate the wasteful i turnover of labor: stabilise wages; increase the production of essentials! and give efficient support to the man! in the trenches, who needs from six to ten men to work for him in this country every day he is in France. j Announcement of this plan was made at a luncheon given in New York City yesterday to Secretary of Labor Wilson by Grocvenor B. Clark son, secretary of the Council of Na tional Defense, to a gathering of newspaper publishers. Mr. Wilson made an address, in which he dwelt upon the problems facing the gov ernment in the matter of mobilizing labor in the United States, and the steps taken to meet the situatio'.i. John E. Densr.iore. director general of the federal employment service, outlined in detail the drastic plans which will result in prompt transfer of workers to the tields where they are most needed, and from the non essential to the essential industry. Independent recruiting of common labor by plants employing over 100 men wilt be diverted, effective Au gust 1, to the United States employ ment service, and there will be re strictions upon private advertising tor labor. At the same time the pro-, ject will be conducted with the least possible injury to labor as a whole. | Under the methods adopted the \ country has been divided into thir-! teen federal districts, each district i in charge of a superintendent of the federal employment service. The state within each district are in turn in charge of a state director, who has full control of the service within his ; state. In each community there has been formed a local community labor I board, which has jurisdiction over; recruiting and distributing labor in its locality. These boards will, if nec-1 essary. ask employers of non-war i workers to give up labor to meet the needed requirements for war pur poses. A shortage of 500.000 unskilled workers in war industries is shown in incomplete reports to the Depart-1 ment of Labor's Federal Employ-' ment Service, which to-daiy took over the recruiting of this class of ibor for war industries employing .i maximum force of one hundred or more persons. Final reports, it was announced, are expected to show a percentage of one million workers. War industry was defined in the announcement by the employment service as "the manufacture or product* or erection of structures directly or indirectly supplied to some departments of the Govern ment for use :n connection with the war. Coal mining also was ilassiried as "wholly war work." While they will be protected from I l ecruiting by other industries, rail icads and farms must obtain their unskilled labor by other means titan through the Federal Employment Service, the announcement said. MIDDLETOWN ' Harrisburg Railways Uses New Track For First Time The Harrisburg railways has com- , pleted its new trolley line west of town, which was used for the first | time yesterday morning. Several '.iirge steel girders have arrived for the new bridge across the tracks of i the Pennsylvania railroad connecting, Wilson street to the pike. The fill- ! ing up of the approach will be start ed soon. Mr and Mrs. George Cain, South j Wood street, received word yester day that their son, Samuel Cain, a member of the 3l*th Infantry had' arrived in France. Charies Smith, a military guard, at New Jersey, is spending several days in Rovalton with his parents. Mr. and, Mr William Smith. Water street. ' Ira Brinser and Harry Coble, when Br:nser's truck became unmanageable while coming down Swatara hill | were slightly injured. After th® ma chine had been righted, the men were able to come to town in it. Mrs. Elizabeth Walton, aged S5. resident of Royalton for many years, died at her home on Tuesday after noon. She is survived by the fol lowing children: Mrs. John Kurtz. Mrs. Edward Kurtz. Mrs Harry Myers. George Walton, of town; Mrs. Samuel Nev Mrs. John Doup and Wal ton. of Royalton. and brother, Wil liam Blllett. Baltimore. Md.. and twenty-one grandchildren and thirty- j nine great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held from her home at Royalton on Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Burial will be in the Middletown cemetery. The Mother's Congress Circle wi'.l hold a benefit musical for the Red Cross Saturday evening. August 3 on the lawns of Mrs. A. L. Etter and Miss Annie Raymond. North Union street. Mrs. H. W. George and children are spending several weeks at their cottage. "Woodscent," Mount Gretna. Mrs. Clarence Sweeney. of New Cumberland, spent yesterday in town I as the guest of her mother. Mrs. Kllen Beaverson, Swatara street. The monthly meeting of the Sun day school class of A. S. Quick*!. of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, will be held at the home of Miss Lizzie. Hatz. Rovalton. this evening. Harry Famaker. Jr.. Pine street. is ; spending August at Philadelphia with ; her aunt. Miss Minnie Thomas. William Beachler. of Stubensville. i Ohio, and Miss Charlotte Beachler. of Pittsburgh, are visiting their grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Beachler, North Union street. CHURCH USED FOR STILL CAMOUFLAGE Hunts* lUe. Ala. j— A church has been used as a camouflage for a whisky still in Cullman county. Revenue officers grew suspicious when numbers of men who were not regarded as church-going individ uals made regular trips in the direc tion of the church. A raiding party located a big whisky still within a few yards of the building. We have a large cabinet talking machine which we would ilke to trade for an upright piano. Troup Bros., 317 Chestnut street. —adv. JSjourm&nS BEL.L. IWM—OM T XITEU HARJUSBUKU. THURSDAY. AUGUST 1. 101 S. FOI'NDED IST! Toilet Requisites ~~~~— Hosiery Dentifrice a cleansing I and preserving tooth paste. ■ _ ■ I W _ _ Mens half hose—plain v r rid ay Bargains s&res D. & R. perfect shaving _ P a ' r cream and perfect shaving t n 1 stick soothes while it lath- \£j * 1 • • 1 Alt ers Fndav sale. Arter Inventory—a semi-annual event is as timely as Women's stockings 21c pre-inventory to pick up odds and ends. Departments bX'iL"i k having completed stock taking know what must be brunette, containing putt. 1 J • 11 11* • if Fridi, > Sale cleared away and what the discontinued lines are. 59c 34c Articles and materials that in many cases cannot be du- si ik V ™Th n i plicated because .of changing industrial conditions, are 'Mia. Friday, special. j ust as good to you, but a store, when possible, tries to 89c keep in stock such staple merchandise as can be replen- ivw Dre. shin. Lmpress natural rouge— * 1_ J . f"11 1 for all complexions Friday ISnCCI tO 111 l TCpCat OrderS. Percales, soft cuffs, good . patterns, broken lines, a lit 19c Ihe consequent changes in patterns and manufac- soiUd FrMav Witch Hazel cream—good turing processes therefore makes it possible for thrifty j 69c ,or s „^ ur " and ,an. Fr- persons to pick up many an odd piece of merchandise Women 1 . Union suit. 29c at a price reduction which otherwise would not applv. Bleached cotton and silk r ~.,p.. . rIT J lisle, low neck, sleeveless S aie.' ac n Friday is a special day on which to find them. The kuV^rida'rsse, *<s2*; 69c green tickets indicate these specials. 7 9c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor ( BOWMAN'S Main Floor. Women', Hand Bags Draperieß White Good. Jewelry Sil i • u i u Domestics ' All-leather, hand bags oOincn Met net —white Absorbent diaper cloth, Odd pieces and discontin- 36-inch printed foulards, (Duplex) opens and closes e^ u - ne^' , patlern ' In * in 10-vard pieces— ued lines of jewelry for dark grounds with white Unbleached sheetimr —Bl with a snap, prevents the - • - 18 inches wide, per piece. quick selling Lavalheres, fior U res; to close. Fridav inches wide— smooth, even loss ot money and valuables. #1.40 cuft links, beauty pins, bar £ - thread-will bleach easily. ntted with coin purse, plain X) inches wide oer niece pms, lingerie clasps and <• • Friday Sale, yard. and fancv lining. Fndav ~ ~ u incncs %viae - P er Piece, brooch pins hndav bale. OQ ' Sale, each 3tvinch rose. blue, green $1..>0 each. rq and brown Marquisette, Haw mttnn reach is * QCf. some figured. Fridav Sale. , ".. r ., 23c 36-inch silk ginghams, SDC yard. inches wide. Friday Sale, Summertime silks and fancy Art Ticking-31 mche* Utility bags—made of } " Photo Frames stripes and plaids. Friday h old "feathers. P FrkUv Sale' black Dupont patent leath- 18c Sale, ard, yard, " " ' er. with long strap handle. r • i- rrtlll .Vi Made of dark metal, easel CI 1C am Duplex safety lock very "" j h frin h . Heavv Turkish bath tow- frame; for soldier and sailor $1.15 45 c SS MHwUSS each els. with letters US. A. Potos Friday Sale. each. de cWne _ ," K irt • u u- 1 4- • woven in at one end; size 1r > k - Awning strtpes—remnant long 10 inches high. Fn- <gi 05 30x21. Friday Sale, each, 15c "(> big line ot colors. Fndaj lengths, suitable for small day bale, each, Cl QC Worsted striped couch 50c Hat Pins $1 4Q I Sale ' yard ' covers—large size, several . ... . ■ BOW MAN'S- -Main Floor colors. Fridav Sale, each, Mercerized damask nap- Sterling s i.'\' er assorted BOWMAN'S— Main Floor . kins—hemmed and ready patterns. Friday Sale, ™ $1.39 for use; size 18x18 inches. each, Embroidered, hemstitch 3ress Goods Friday Sale, dozen, p pillow cases, 45x36, Bowman's second Floor IjC <nn our different patterns. Fri -32-inch Minerva plaids r $1.39 Silk Gloves day Sale, each, for smart, up-to-date weave _ Beads q —fast colors and of extra Corsets White flaxons and voiles 432 pairs of nationally- *rOC fine qualitv. Fridav Sale, in short lengths. Friday Fancy colored glass beads. advertised silk gloves, 2- vard. lot of fine white and Sale, per yard. Friday Sale, string, clasp and gauntlet, in white.. owman s second Floor flesh coutil corsets, medium black, black contrast, gray. 45c a,ld bigh bust, long hip— 19c lUC tan. brown and navy biue— good, strong hose support- every size in lot to 8, but 4 m , 36-inch silk and cotton ers > embroidery trimmed— White pique—36 inches Flag Pins not ever 7 s i ze * n evcr y co ' J Wasn uOOQg poplins, in light shades only. ] sizes. Friday Sale, ' wide, in short lengths. Fri- or. You will be wise to Friday Sale. yard. each ' j day Sale, yard. , Assorted styles. Friday come early. -Friday Sale, pr, Remnants Business in <r 0 r i Sale, each, our wa h goods department t)9c JSC /DC this season has exceeded all lOc expectations and* we have 36-inch Palm Beach suit- BOWMAVS-Swond Floor Bowman's - Second Floor I . BOWMAN'S Main Floor on hand a wonderful assort ing. in natural and gray * ment of remnants in all shades: very special. Fri- kinds of wash fabrics, from day sale. Fifth Floor Filled JVith Fine Furniture SrISrSTS 1 big clearance of these, re- Quality Construction and Price Reduction ttWsiTA Fndav Sale, vard, 1A 89c 19c T 32-inch superfine quality 36-inch batiste, in a good I || Citt WiLi # u beach cloth in three choice assortment of colors. Fri- XIX colorings, tan, Copen, rose, day Sale, yard, Friday Sale, yard, Aucfust Furniture Scilc , D T5 the finest quality, in brown, Shoes and rumps =i ■ = Belgium, Copen, Alice Blue, Women's high white can- When we were advised that the | I f"~" We do not attempt to say what rose, apricot and°goM—v'erv Sale o pVir 3n capacity of the various furniture 'ft uture ma . v have in store. We special, l riday Sale, yard, factories was to be utilized to a simply quote facts based on what QC^. SI 89 . , , , . r . S* has transpired. great extent for war work, as well J. i 1 7 Women's combination as in other industries, we naturallv A ® urn ' ture purchased must 36-inch silk and cotton kid pumps, white kid Co- took , he precaution to visit the lead- i 'ft "tT V NLp ,nC . aSUre "" ,he Bowm " "h'ades houials. Friday Sale. p.. r. It. Jg ard m order that ,ve may guarau.ee htk'/riday^e/yard'' fl1 i tiflT} IB quality to our customers. J sl.oy such purchases as we deemed es-1 I AJ ij_ ■ Therefore, the leading and largest 49c u sential to provide for a rapidly- ' r IT T ' n makers of dependable and artistic \\ Omen S UaiK orow n, — s ■ill , AA ' It 1* i Ar.rt and erav cham- growing furniture business. J"T TJfinSSSSSSSSSk. JM furniture are represented in this 44-inch plain color voiles narK anu ..g.. g /*, . I | ! sale. fine grade in a complete pagne and patent 1 The resu j t , s an exce ptionally 1 I line of colors. Fridav Sale pumps, lriday -ale, pair, fine assortment o{ furniture at llhl VT ¥ | The Bowman Club Plan offers yard, $2.98 Prices, that we cou.d uo. dupiic.te | • Mr . to da> If we were to go to the fac " | I preferred, a small deposit will se \\ omen s Dorothv Dodd tones. Tins advantage is yours, as | |t_|J I | cure your purchase for a reasonable 36-inch coin spot tussah- ? r uT leather heel" Fri' the reduct,ons are therefore great- | UHI I length of time. a desirable fabric for sport iav paTr' er thau ,hey could he if the eutire | I Prompt delivery ~y motor truck. $3.98 ' 1 or.e will pay the frei.h.wdisun, TsTots^id^sl'yd.; BOWMAN'S—Fifth Floor. BOWMAN S—Main Floor ————DUC ' - ) ' HAKRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 1, 1918. 3
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