BAKER CALLED TO EXPLAIN HIS DRAFT DELAY Senators Ask "Why in June He Urged Postponing Any Enlargement Washington, Aug. 7.—The Senate Military- Affairs Committee, which yesterday began consideration of the new man-power bill extending the draft age limits to 18 and 45 years, has summoned Secretary of War Baker and General Peyton C. March, chlef-of-staff. to appear before the committee and explain why, in view of the figures submitted by General Crowder, provost marshal, showing that class 1 is now virtually depleted, they urged Congress five weeks ago to postpone enlarging the draft. General March informed the com mittee that he will appear before that body during the day. Secretary Baker left Washington Immediately after the new draft bill was intro duced in both branches of Congress, on a trip to Leavenworth, Kan., but the committee sent word to him that the bill probably will not be reported to the Senate until after he has testi fied as to his reasons -for asking for delay just before the recess of Con gress started. Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of the Senate Military Committee, said after yesterday's meeting that the bill can be reported to the Senate next Monday, provided Secretary Baker returns to Washing ton and appears before the commit tee previous to that time. Would Call Baker to Account When the committee met yesterday there was a general disposition among the members to call the Sec retary of War and the chief of staff to account for the statements they made to the committee during the last week in June. At that time both the Secretary and General March informed the committee that there was no indica tion that clasa 1 of the present reg istration would be exhausted fior some time to come, and asked the committee to kill the France amend ment to the draft law, changing the age limits to 20 and 45 years, which was then on the point of being passed by the Senate. The France amendment was killed, as they re quested, and the present recess ar ranged. Britain Raising 500,000 Fighting Troops in India I.ondtn. Aug. 7.—(via Montreal.) —Half a million combatants are be ing raised in India this year, it was announced in the House of Com mons to-day by Edwin Samuel Mon tagu. the Secretary for India. Nu merous noncombatants likewise were being employed .• The June figures, he added, reached the record of 50.000, and provinces from which previously few recruits or none at all had come were now supplying: their quota. The secretary emphasized the fact that Indian troops were playinp the chief part in the campaigns in Meso potamia. Palestine, and East Africa. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR WHY IT INCREASES Hair growth la stimulated and Ita frequent removal la necessary when merely removed from the surface of the akin. The only logi cal and practical way to rtmoit hair Is to attack It nader the iko. DeSliracle, the original sanitary liquid, doer thla by absorption. Only In, iae UcMtrscle haa a money-back guarantee In each package. A jilet counters in 60c, SI and *3 li a, or by mail from as la plain wrapper on itutM of price. KREfci book mailed la plaia scaled envelope .-n request. UcMtrarle. 13* th St. and r**rk AffXw York r V FOR A k IfJk L fek CORNS M 9 1 7 JO M H BUNIONS CALLUSES Immediat# Relief —25 cents GORGAS DRUG STORES Don't Experiment Wit! It Often Leads You Will Never Be Cured by Local Treatment With Sprays and Douches Catarrah is a condition of the blood and can not be cured by local applications of sprays and douches; this has been proven by the thou sands who have vainly resorted to this method of treatment. Catarrah should not be neglected or experimented with. The wrong treatment is valuable time lost, dur ing which the disease is getting a firmer hold upon its victim, and making it more difficult for even the proper treatment to accomplish results. Though Catarrh makes its first appearance in the nostrils, throat lnd air passages, the disease be- Skin diseases ■ quickly yield to UpSsl Don't let that itching skin- menting eruption, unless it is doe I trouble torment you an hour longer! to some serious internal disorder. I Just spread a little Resinol Oint- Resinol Ointment usually gives I ment over the sklc skin and see if even prompter results if the sore I the itching is not fpeedily relieved. placet are first bathed thoroughly ■ And even more important— with Resinol Soap and hot water. I this toothing, healing ointmertt A touch of Resinol take* the heh and I rarely fails to clear away promptly r1 * h °o ot andaoothc* ■ ______ g . | i , IM cools lun-barnM, wioo*ban>M IUB. every trace of the unsightly, tor- At *u d—Ur,. WEDNESDAY EVENING, EXPRESS NEEDS A CERTIFICATE Important Jitney Ruling Made by Commissioner Alcorn in Scranton Complaint Maaßaßik The Public Ser i \ \ 4 //j vice Commission \\\ A,*// In a decision to \XV\\le ffTt' ,lay b5 Commis- sioner James Al corn lays down 'he law In regard fpjfaDQSSK to what constitu- II HCHWHtoS tllt es a jitney ex akHr'tlnlil l >ress service. The decision orders a Scranton Uidivid ual trading under j, un express company to stop operating until he secures a certificate from the commission. In the testimony of the respondent he declared that he was not a pub lic service carrier and that he only hauled under a special arrangement packages for a limited number of merchants in Scranton. the bulk of them being from wholesale houses to retailers. The commissioner says that the actions of the respondent "are not entirely In harmony with his statements as to the business he conducts." It Is found that he trades as an express company and thus holds himself out to the public as being in the express business and also had cards printed to the same effect. "This respondent is conduct ing an express business and is re quired to have a certificate of public convenience" says the decision. "The complainant applied for and re ceived a certificate and that such certificate may have value no one should be permitted to carry on the same kind of business without a cer tificate." Books For Soldiers—State Libra i ian Thomas Lynch Montgomery has I been asked by the American Library | Association's national headquarters !to secure more books for the sol j diers. Thus far the national organ- I ization has sent 600,000 books over j seas and several hundred thousand | more will be needed soon. The I books are packed tu boxes which serve as cases and are on for use on transports and then assembled be fore reaching France whence they are sent to camps. War Plea Overruled —The Penn sylvania railroad Is directed to re establish the agency station at Grover, a town in Bradford county, and a plea that the closing of the station was a war conservation move is overruled in an opinion filed to-day by Commissioner Brecht, of the Public Service Commission. The ! opinion reviews the conditions pre , vailing in the district, where it is alleged that muefc Inconvenience is caused to people who have to buy tickets on trains and owing to changes in methods of handling freight, remarking that there is a gain of one man. "It is apparent from the net ef j f£ct of the respondent's method of ! conserving manpower in this !n --! stance that the traffic situation with i respect to Grover has not been ma j terially affected by war conditions," I remarks Mr. Brecht, who says that the volume of business, the trouble | caused by inability to get prompt service at times in transmitting ship ping orders over the telephone, the demand for convenient express ser vice in a farming community for shipment of butter, eggs, etc., and the "very substantial increase" in Ideal business indicate that the agency should be restored. ftood Hay Crop—Figures compiled at the State Department of Agricul- I ture indicate that the average of the J first cuting of hay in Pennsylvania I -his year will be 1.45 tons per acre, ; which was the mark of 191" and ; 1914. The year 1916 was the best | year. Figures for 1917 for rye are given as 173 bushels to the acre and I for oats. 35.2. } " State WUI Act—Drastic steps are 1 to be taken by the State Department i of Health against people responsible | for pollution of the water supply of '< the Beaver Valley Water Company. : An investigation is under way. Flans in a Month—lt is expected that Superintendent George A. Shrelner, of the Department of Pub : lie Grounds and Buildings will have the detailed plans for the proposed bridge from the park extension to j the brow of the hill in a month when they will be submitted to the board. Spoke at Big Meeting—Gabriel H. Mover, of the Auditor General's of fice, was the speaker at the big pa ' triotic meeting at Altoona last night. I Catarrh; to Dread Consumption j comes more and more aggravated j \ and finally reaches down into the : I lungs, and everyone recognizes the 1 j alarming condition that results I when the lungs are affected. Thus! | Catarrh may be the forerunner of that most dreaded and hopeless of all diseases, consumption. No local treatment affords perma j Rent relief. Experience has taught : that S. S. S. Is the one remedy I which attacks the disease at its source, the blood, and products sat isfactory results in even the worst cases. Catarrh sufferers are urged to give 8. S. S. a thorough trial. It is sold by all druggists. You are in vited to write to the medical depart ment for expert advice as to how to treat your own case. Address Swift Specific Co.. 436 Swif Laboratory, Atlanta, Ga. Auditor General Snyder' stopped on his way to Pittsburgh. . To Prepare Plans—Plans for the reconstruction of bridges found not In good shape by Commissioner O'Neil on his tour of the western end of the state will be made at once. The Highway Department will let the work. 'w Justice*—William A. B. Ket ner was to-day appointed justice of the peace for U'llden township, Berks county and Abraham Jubeller for Menallen township, Fayette county. Mrs. Frank Welsgarver was appoint ed a trustee of mothers' pensions for Bedford cdunty. "For The War* - —The Public Service Commission has approved contracts and agreements for construction of the trolley extensions from Philadel phia to Hog Island and Chester for the duration of the war. KUUIIK OB Y. M. C. A.—According to a ruling made to-day by Deputy Attorney General Hargest a state em ploye who goes Into the Y. M. C. A. war service is not entitled to the half pay which the state of Pennsylvania allows dependants of employes enter ing the United States, military ser vice. The v opinion was given to Wil liam J. Roney, manager of the State Insurance Fund and holds that "The Y. M. C. A. Is not a branch of either the military or naval service. It is a voluntary organisation doing cred itable and commendable work in con nection with the military service." Xo Value—Engineers of the Public Service Commission were to-day de tailed to make immediate investiga tion of complaints from the borough authorities of Homestead. Munhall and Dormont that the water supply of the South Pittsburgh Water Com pany had failed the last week. To sll Company—Application for the sale of the Downingtown Electric Company, to the Chester Valley Elec tric Company was made to the Public Service Commission to-day. Hridjte Plniu In. Application was made to the Public Service Commis sion to-day for a certificate for the erection of the new Philadelphia and Reading Railway bridge across the Susquehanna to replace the steel structure now spanning the river in this city. There was no opposition, the resolution of the City Council of Harrisburg agreeing being presented by Attorney John T. Brady, while En gineer Paul Voorhees explained the plans. The stipulations provide for protection of the Harrisburg River Front and there is also a crossing agreement witH the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lemoyne. The bridge will be a double-track concrete structure. Full Crew Order. The Public Service Commission to-day issued an order in the full crew case decided against the Pennsylvania Railroad in which the company was found to have violated the provisions of the law in a Sewickley branch movement. The company is ordered to operate trains with the required number of men. Attending Meeting. Highway Commissioner O'Netl is attending the county commissioners' convention at Pittsburgh. He is a former commis sioner of Allegheny. Sitting In nttubnrxk. Commis sioner Rilling is holding hearings in Pittsburgh. Awnlt Action. The Public Service Commission is awaiting action in the Harrisburg jitney cases. There will be no steps taken for the present. I.erißlßtor Hew. M. B. Rich, member of the Legislature from Clin ton county, was a visitor to the Capi tol. 'Don't Be a Dead One,' Trench Posters Warn Wilmington, Del. ln a letter to his parents In this city. Private Leonard Thompson, general head quarters. Light Railways and Roads, A. E. F., inclosed copies of posters warning against German poison gas. "It's the old V. S. stunt of adver tising and putting the grin into the fight," is the comment of Thomp son. The posters read. There are three things to do when Fritz sends it over: 1. Hold your breath. 2. Get your mask on quick! . 3. Warn your pals. Don't take a chance: if yon do, you'll never take another. There are two kinds of men. The quick and the dead. Which one are you? Don't be a dead one. To talk -with your mask on: 1. Take a deep breath. 2. Remove your mouth-piece. 3. Talk naturally into your face piece until your breath is exhaust ed. 4. Replace your mouth-piece and breathe again. The hard-boiled guy said gas was "bunk"; Said it was harmless, only stunk: And that the cock-eyed world he'd tell That all gas masks could go to well They sent hard-boiled up to the line: Fritz spilled the "mustard" good and fine. And yet some folks still wonder why 'Twas "flowers" for the hard-boiled guy. It's all right to cook with gas, but who wants to croak with it? Get that mask on quick! Determined to Settle Embezzlement Charge Against J. R. Bennett Determined to settle the case against J. Robbin Bennett, a colored attorney charged with embezzle ment, compel for the prosecutor to day asked President Judge George Kunkel for a rule on District Attor ney Michael E. Stroup to show why the suit should not be disposed of i in the alderman's office upon the i payment of the costs and the refund of the money which Bennett is al leged to have misappropriated. Judge Kunkel promptly refused the rule stating that he would not establish the precedent of making an order o that kind against a prose cuting officer of the court. He sug gested that Fred C. Miller, attorney for the prosecution, arrange to pre sent the petition when the district attorney fs present and then arrange for an argument of the case. Mr. Miller in his petition states that the case can be settled accord ing to law upon the payment of the costs and the refund of the money to his client, but that District Attor ney Stroup in a letter to the alder man who heard the suit, directed it should be returned for Quarter Ses sions Court. Judge Kunkel remark ed that in case it is brought up for Jury trial the faqt that all costs had been paid and the prosecutor paid back in full would constitute a com plete defense. RUMOR SOLDIER'S DEATH MarysviUe, Pa.. Aug. 7.—Report* circulated in Marysville last night and to-day to the effect that Earl C. Robinson had been seriously wound ed or killed, are unfounded. His father. W. C. Robinson, has received no communication as he was sup posed to have done. Corporal Rob inson. a member of the band of the Eighth Regiment of the old Penn sylvania National Guard, Is at Camp Wadsworth, S. C.. with the Sixteenth Pioneer Regiment Band. BABRISBURG TELEGKAI-H I "The Live Store" I T,lUrS<lay ! St °tNoo°n eS | Thursday Make an Effort to come out tomorrow morning for this "Live Store" will close at noon. This greatest of all | Mark-Down Sale Is attracting keen buyers from But so far as this Live Store is all over Central Pennsylvania. You'll hear concerned, we're going to give our Custom most merchants say there's no use in cutting the ers the same square-dealing as ever before, and if we prices this year, fdr clothing and other fixings are were able to sell at reduced prices a few years gone cheaper than the present wholesale prices, and that's by we're not going to do any sidestepping and try to very true. .It may sound all right to say what's the make you pay more this season. Here is your one ÜBe ? . chance to save on good quality merchandise. . I Everything in Our Entire Stock Reduced II * (Except Collars) I All 59Q.00 SUITS, . . . s|g.7s I All SUITS, ... $1 Q. 75 I All 53Q.00 SUITS, . . . $*>3.75 I I. • AII SUITS, .. . I I . All s££.oo SUITS, .. . s29iZ§' ' I I All $40.00 SUITS, , . . I H I I Hosiery Trousers I ■ All 20c Hosiery ... J4c j All $3,00 Trousers .ft 2.39 All 95c Underwear . 79c E All $4.00 Trousers . 1Q lj I All2scHosiery ... i9c [ Ms4 . soTrougers All $1.25 Underwear . 99c I 1 All 35c Hosiery ~. 29c All $6.50 Trousers . $4.95 All $1.75 Underwear . ftl 39 I AurA 11 • All $7.50 Trousers . $5.95 1 I AU 50c Hosiery 39c - $8 sQTrousers $695 All $2.00 Underwear $1 , 59 gj All 75c Hosiery ... 59c \ All $9.50 Trousers . $7.95 ij AH $3.00 Underwear .$2 89 I Shirts of Silk "Fibre" and Madras • All SI.OO Shirts, . . 79c r— Work Shirts 1 All $1.50 Shirts, . . . . $1.19 ! | Blue Chambray Suits, j I 1 All $2.00 Shirts, '. . . . .59 II With coDar attached 99c jj I All $2.50 Shirts, . . . . $1.89 B,ue Chambray Shirts, All $3.50 Shirts, . . . . $2.89 I With2looßecoUarß sU9 || All $5.00 Shirts $3.89 i! r^s 8 " 4 ' "jj l AD $6.85 Silk Shirts, $5.89 AD $7.85 Silk Shirts, $6.89 wm^>ummmm ■■■■■■■■■ AUGUST 7, 1918. 9
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