RAILROAD RUMBLES CAR CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVING New Equipment Is Arriving Daily; .Washington Re ports Encouraging Car movement on the Pennsy -and Beading for August is moving above (all previous records. During the past two weeks there has been an excep tionally large movement of empty cars. Under Government orders cars tare being moved promptly after being unloaded. According to one official, the Federal directors are anxious to gt-i ull coal moved except local sup plies near the mines, before the crop movement is started. The shipment of grain is to be given special atten tion at all points. New ears are also arriving daily. . Cars needing repatrs no longer le inain on sidings. While there may be pome still out along the main line ol the c arious railroads, shop tracks near the shops are given a dally supply and with the shopmen working over time the supply of cars is on the in crease. There has been a demand tor coal ears A dispatch from Washing ton says: tllK t'onl Cur Output -Railroads have received 10.694 new coal ears from the builders since January 1 and have put them into active service, the Railroad Adminis tration reported to-day. This shows that more than half of the 19.560 freight cars of all kinds delivered to goads under government control have tx .11 coal carriers. Further efforts of the railroads to stimulate production and distribution of coal were Indicated by the report that a large proportion of the |9,.199,<* OOa authorized this year for construc tion of new sidings and industry tracks were for spurs to coal mines. "The total number of cars produced this vear bv American builders is 48.- most of which wetit to the allies CI to military railways In France, the Railroad Administration announced. JHI SETTLEMENT IK REACHED AT MIXES Wtlllnnvstow n. Pa-. Aug 19. —The Short Branch Colliery bf the Susque hanna Coal Company was still idle this morning because of the strike of the drivers for Increased wages. Fourteen hundred workers about the mines are idle an a result of this strike. The men held a meeting on Saturday, but no settlement has yet been reached. 34 XKRISItI'KG SOLDIERS \UK ADVANCING Edward C. Kalbfus and Harry L. Brinser, two tine Harrlsburg officers In the United States Navy, first saw service together In the Spanish- American war. both leaving Anna polis In the same class. They have Just been promoted to the rank of avMng captain. Ira Kindter, who left Harrlsburg aorne weeks ago for a training camp. Is now undergoing instruction with a view to lppointment as an officer. MRS. LEWIS OF BROOKLYN Tells How She Was Made Well by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Brookiyn. N. Y.—"For one year I v s miserable from a displacement. r '1 which caused a 11 [WWII general run-down condition, with i 1 1 headaches and ' ii® ' pains in my side. ii'SfWh 153 lab. My sister induced *■ me to try Lydia E. |ljK>- . gl Pinkham's Vege ifh n table Compound. HNRgr (I l found It helped .|t|e gj me very much % " : " and such a splendid tonic \ - that I am recom > mending it to any ——l women who has t i.i.iiu troubles."—MßS." EI.SIE G. LEWIS, :!(> Vernon Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Such conditions as Mrs. Lewis suf fered from may be caused by a fall or a general weakened, run-down condition of the system, and the most successful remedy to restore strength to muscles and tissue and bring about a normal healthy condi tion—has proved to be this "famous root and herb medicine, Lvdia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If you have disturbing symptoms y°u do not understand, write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.. Lynn. Mass. The result of their forty years' experience is at your service. For Baby Rash Itching, chafing, scalding, all irrita tions and soreness, nothing heal* like Sykes Comfort Powder Its extraordinary healing and soothing power is noticeable on first application. 25c at the Vlnol and other drug stores The Comfort Powder Co.. Boston. Mass. VIRGINIA HOUSEKEEPER Tolls of Remedy for Chronic Coughs Crockett, \ a.—"l had a chronic cough, was run-down, overworked and hardly able to keep about and do my housework, when my druggist asked me to try Vinol. I quieklv im proved by its use, my cough has dis appeared and it has built me up in every way."—Mrs. H. Honnshell. The reason we guarantee Vinol is because It is a constitutional remedy containing beef and cod liver pep tones. it builds up the entire system and removes the cause of coughs and colds. George A. Gorgas, Kennedy's Med icine Store, 321 Market street; C. F. Kramer. Third and Broad streets; Kitzmiller's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry street, and druggists everywhere Adv. * , The Harrisburg Academy A COUNTRY DAY AND BOARDING SCHOOL REOPENS MONDAY. SEPT. 23. The New Junior School Plant for young boys is the finest in this section of the United States. This Department accommodates young boys from six to twelve years of age. as day and resident pupils The Senior Department com prises six years of scholastic work and is designed to prepare young men for entrance to any College or University. The School provides: Small Classes. Individual Instruction. Military Training. All Open Air Sporta. The time required for a pupil to complete his preparation for college entrance depends solely upon his ability, and industry For new catalog, Dormitory fioor plans, and additional detailed in formation, communicate with ARTHUR E. BROWN, Headmaster. P. O. Box >e th Hoi.l t,lere are 100,000 cars on i adjacent ?ine® Hnd ° hi " llallrod and ! i rolMng stock "k oxpect, ' d to send in cu bennt oh so,,n ; 'S the place ed on th • apo ork Will be start i tars" dismantling of 1.000 steel I 1 erectSngHahon'"v, be "! 8 pliU '* d '°r the l i s ruction bm .° W ,n pr "<* of con thabuHd'in^his"inn veV ,r h al 9,0 el for , the ground tkL 5" b , een put on 1 the outer woli foundations for 1 !iTB-AS3BSiSI ! detail with *i ' be mod *rn in every 1 i ueian. with all motor-driven tools. j Pennsylvania Prepares For Electrification ' ,vu" r I"",?" 1 >'sars the Penn sjLania Railroad Company has been ( P iparing for the electrification of its illv!," Jj 16 ', U has purchased land : tng the Juniata at numerous points i . west of this city and also along the i northern and southern reaches of the Susquehanna, where dams and power- I | houses can be erected when the time i j is deemed ripe. ' In a recent article on the electrift- : : cation of railroads, Joh.n Walker Har- I 1 ~?? on has this to say on the subject: I "The electrification of the entire railway system of the United States Dire P e r ,° P e7/ d '' y , William G, McAdoo ' tiG enera l of Railroads, is prac vlew ,7'i ' easlbJe: according t„ the >iew or leading experts. Thev retCHid but l ', r °ri leni no I°nger a technical, , wni.ni I ' ne ' lt lhis mlkhtyl lioject i carried to completion, who pa .y th cost of installation? 7 ,la t i ailroads would be tible to meet I ' ment! PenSe! ° f S ° Vast an i "Mr. McAdoo, on his return from j his vacation in the West, spoke of' carrying the plan into efleet by tiie i use Of water power. Whether the elee- : trlcal energy be obtained from the I turbines at the base of cataracts, or from the burning of coal in regions where rivers are few and far between, : the conditions and advantage of elec- | trical operation would be much the same, "The best example of the utilization of water power getting current for j driving the electric locomotives is fur- ! nished by that 440-mllc stretch of the t'hicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Rail- ; way between Harlowtown, Mon., and Avery, Idaho. Another strip of 217' miles of electrified railroad is nearing j completion between Othello and Ta- I 1 coma." Standing of the Crews HAB HIS BURG SIDE I'hilmlelphin Division The 221 crew first to go after 1 o'clock: 221, i i 241, 223, 207, 248, 201. 247. Engineers for 201, 207, 247. | Firemen for 207, 247. Brakeman for 248. Brakemen up: Smith. Trostle, Gar- ■ \ land. Middle Division —-The 226 crew first to go after 2 o'clock: 227, 214, 247. ! Fireman for 236. ! Firemen up: Harris, Hoislnger. Conductors up: Klotz, Leonard, Crimmel. | Brakemen up: George. Zimmerman. 1 I McNaughton. Grim, Linn. Yard Board —Engineers for 1-7 C, j 5-7 C, 11C, 1-14 C. I Firemen for IC. 1-7 C, 12C. 2-14 C, I ' 16C, 23C. Engineers up: Sholter, Snell, Barto- ' I l"t, Getty, Bardey, Sheets, Bair, Eyde, : Klerner, Boger. j Firemen up: Soles, Heckman, Ben | nett. Gruber, Shambaugh, Carpenter, : ; Lewis. Lauver, Shoemaker, Lake, I s,aff - E.VOLA SIDE Philadelphia Division The 105 , j crew first to go after 1 o'clock: 11S, 101, 113. 110, 126. 111, 114. Engineers for 101, 110, 113, 118, 126, 1 | 128. Firemen for 110, lis, 114. ! Flagman for 118. Brakemen for 101, 113, 114. 126. ; Engineers up: Conway, Smith, Bas ton, Mohn, Dolby, Hall, Rennard, Slife, Houseal. Geiger. Klineyotlng. j Firemen up: Kahn. Howell, Grims- i ; ley, Glberson. Keeler, Abel. Klrchoff, ; Kintz. Sheets. Stitzel. Brakemen up: Burns, Halfleib, Bar- ! nett. Heibner. Sherman, Forrest, Dor- i ! sett. Middle Division —The 106 crew first to go after 12.45 o'clock: 120, 118, j : 250. 243. Engineers for 106, 118. Brakemen for 106, 118. Yard Board —Engineers for Ist 126, j I 2nd 126, 3d 126, 2nd 102. i Firemen for 3d 129, 4th 129, 4th 137, i ! Ist 102, Ist 104. Engineers up: Fenical. Bair, Brown, ! ' Barnhart, Quigley, Ewing, Potter. I Firemen up: Fitting, Yeager, • Mar-j j tin. Karn, Price, Weaver, Miller, j i Reaney, Wallace. PASSENGER SERVICE Philadelphia Division Engineers i [ up: Pleam, Lippi, Hall, Gibbons. j Firemen up: Shive, Althouse, Ever- I | hart. Middle Division Engineers up: j j Riley, Alexander, Keane, Crane, < Crimmel, Graham. Keiser. Firemen up: Fletcher, Kelly, Ar- i ' nold, Sheats, Fritz. THE READING i The 58 crew first to go after 3.30 | o'clogk: 62. 51, 59, 19, 66. 63, 7, 1, 11. I 69. 20. 53. 3, 16. 60, 70, 52. Engineers for 52, 53, 59, 62, 64. 66, ' 69. 70, 3, 11. 19. Firemen for 51, 52, 53, 59, 60, 63, I 66. 1, 3, 11, 16. 19. 20. Conductors for 51, 20, 69, 70, 1. 11. ' Flagmen for 69. 70. 1, 3, 7, 20. Brakemen for 51, 53. 63, 69, 70. 1, 1 i 7, 11, 16, 20. Engineers up: Anders, Wynn, Lac- 1 key. Linn. Bordner, I. Anders, Felix, } Anspack. Firemen up: Schwartz, Grimes, ' King.sborough, Erb, Bender. Esterllne, ; Eslinger, Wray, Keller. ; Conductors up: Hall, McCullough. Hetrick. Shuff. Flagmen up. Otstot, Sourbeer, Spangler, Kopp. Powley, Swart, Dahr, I Strohm. Brakemen up: Long, Thomas, Burt . nett, Deber, Reeder, HuTitsberger, • Bowen, Royer, Fauber, Chronister, I Kendrick. I j CORRECTS EXCESSIVE THIRST Horsford's Arid Phosphate | Relieves the parched throat and i mouth, and prevents the dry feeling ; due to heat. Substitute for lemons.— [ | Advertisement. I War "Looks Good" to Boys Who Are Doing the Work 1~ ■ Xl/j I CORPORAL, S. C. CLOUSER "I'll bet the war news looks (rood i to you, don't It? I know it looks good J to the rest of us." This Is the mes ; suge from Corporal S. C. Clouser, of | the 4 73d Aero Squadron, who is now jin France clawing the Hun. "Am | having a pretty good time here." he ; writes. "We go to town any evening that 1 take a notion. Plenty to eat, | a good place to sleep, but still I'd rather be in narrisburg than here and have peace all over the world. \ et as long as the war lasts I don't i want to come back." Corporal Clouser's letter was re ceived by his aunt, Mrs. Sadie Rey ( holds, 13 Aberdeen street. His moth • er is Mrs. Alonzo Clouser, Elliotts i burg. Railroad Notes Operator Sam Howard is recovering from a severe attack of illness, and is j seen about the streets again. Train Dispatcher A. V. Rumba ugh has returned from an extensive vaca ; tion. Miss Xellie Work, formerly night chief of UP. has been transferred to the telephone exchange. "Doc" Hays, night chief of the VP ; force, reports living is as high in AUGUST J AUGUST FUR S N A I L T E URE FU ™ E 1.1. inni— 2:R, I" NIT ED HARUISBHK;; MONDAY, AUGUST 10, uus. FOUNDED 1871 Work Well Done BLACK SILK SALE "I know what pleasure is, for ' i i have done good work. _ Stevenson * f/ Market conditions this year compel us to In the world of to-day, there is no room for slackers. V jJLt—QikS ! hold our Black Silk Sale earlier than other years. I) 111 If aS een our cus^orn to hold this sale in September. I lie great task in which the Americans and Allies are JIWe have anticipated the recent advances by purchasing last March engaged calls forth the best efforts of every patriot, f| : , , , ~. whether soldier or Civilian. If we cannot fight with the • fjj' for September delivery. But here they are ahead of delivery brave boys in the trenches, we can assist in numerous . 'e! therefore, our reasons for earlier ways at home. The important thing is to find our work tm~Bft.S3iSf > IffiraQ fill 0 it • . i , , •// / and then do it. * ff : Selling at prices that next month will command Another important thing is that the better we do our ■■ tO 33 l m 3/0 higher work, the more pleasure we get out of it. So with the IIT It i s now your turn to anticipate your early Fall wants. same spirit that is shown bv our fighting men at the fQ * mA . A