STREET RAILWAYS FACING COLLAPSE Federal Investigator Urges I S. Control in Effort to Avoid Bankruptcy PROBLEM CHIEFLY LOCAL Public Service Commissions. However, Appear Unwill ing to Grant Relief Washington. Sept. 4.—The street railway systems in the United States ire facing collapse unless the Fed eral government comes to their aid. according to a report submitted by J. D. Beeler. Government traffic ex pert. Mr. Beeler has just returned to Washington from an inspection of conditions in the worst war-con gested centers of the East. This tour followed several months' work in Washington attempting to straight en out congested street car and other traffic conditions in the cap ital. He asserted most emphatic ally in his report that street rail way companies all over the country were running into bankruptcy and ultimate collapse. Taxes and Jitneys The situation, he said, is much more serious than is realized either by the local communities or the Federal government. Taxation, in creased costs of labor and material, jitney competition and other cir cumstances have all but put some companies out of business already. As the only practical measure of relief. Mr. Beeler urges the ap pointment by the Federal govern ment of a railway administrator to control all the tramway systems. Other similar recommendations have been made, and the matter has been carried to the President and to Sec retary McAdoo by the Capital Issues Committee and others. Problem Is I.ocal President Wilson and the Director Senerul of Railways have main ained the street railway problem is purely a local one and should be handled by public service and utility commissions. Early in the summer the President sent out an appeal to public service and utility commis sions to take cognizance of the situ ation and extend needed relief in the way of increased fares and charges. Utility commissions, however, largely on political grounds, it is said, have not acted. In view of their failure to accept the sugges tions of the President and other Federal authorities, officials here ire in a quandry as to how relief can be extended, as each transpor tation company is distinctly a local affair, and they have no national in terrelation. Conditions are different in every community. Be Careful in Using Soap on Your Hair Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali, which is very injurious, as it dries the scalp and makes the hair brittle. The best thing to use is just plain mulsified cocoanut oil, for it is pure and entirely greaseless. It's very cheap, and beats the most expensive soaps or anything else all to pieces. You can get this at any drug store, and a few ounces will last the whole family for months. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. about a tea spoonful is all that is required. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, cleanses thoroughly, and rinses out easily. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and is soft, fresh looking, bright, fluffy, wavy, and easy to handle. Besides, it loos ens and takes out every particle of dust, dirt and dandruff. Relief From Indigestion After Taking Tonall "I am glad to recommend Tonall," says Mrs. Sarah Wohrl, of No. 3 Wall street, York Pa. "I have only taken one bottle of Tonall and I re alize Tonal! contains just what my system required. I was in misery most all of the time, due to indiges tion, and I did not dare eat only light foods, which contain but little nour ishment. I was getting we"ker right along and becoming nervQUs. "My son got me a bottle of Ton all and said, 'Try it.' As a friend of his Charles Selemyer, of 240 East King street, had received such good results from Tonall, I thought it would also help me. I am feeling already like a different person in every respect. I eat what 1 feel like rating and am gaining strength every day." Tonall is sold at Gorgas' Drug Stores. Harrisburg. and also at the Hershey Drug Store. Hershey, Pa. ■■■■l A Well-known cloth ' f ing salesman of this city has become asso as Manager and Buy- BRIILIMIHI cr t^le Boys' and Children's Clothing and Furnishings De partments. Mr. Pelham invites his many friends to call on him at his new place VT T The New Store WM. STROUSE WEDNESDAY EVENING tIAR.RrsBTTRG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 4, 1918. 900 ENROLLED AT TECH HIGH SCHOOL Eight New Members on Fac ulty Because of Large Number of Freshmen With books, pencils, tablets arid all other necessary materials handed out yesterday to more than 900 stu dents. the thirty-five members of the Tech faculty began in earnest their fall work. To eight of the members it was their first day at Tech. and they were welcomed by the Maroon students. Three members of che Central faculty were transferred to Tech. because of the large freshman class. Paul B. Smith, M. O. Billow and Joseph Leswing came from the uptown institution. Among the new teachers in the city are: Denton M. Albright, who last year was super visor of the schools at Spring Grove. York county. He is a graduate of Albright College, and has been a teacher at the Juniata High school of Altoona. His home is at Han- Harry De Wire will teach first year English. During the past four years he has been associated with the Mlton High school. Mr. De Wire is a Bucknell alumnus. W. A. Brunner will teach history and physical geography. For seven years he was located as an instruc tor in York High school- He was graduated trom Lebanon Valley prior to going to York. Paul B. Faust has a bachelor of arts degree from Susquehanna uni sersity. During the last year at the university he was assistant principal of the Susquehanna Academy. Pro fessor Faust was principal of the Major Bent grammar school at Steel ton for three years prior to going to Selinsgrove. Samuel £.. Wilson will be an in structor of first year English. He is a Bucknell man, and has been teach ing in the Homestead High 3Chool before coming to Tech. W. E. Strawinski has also returned to Tech after being an instructor at the Horace Mann High school. New York city for two years. Before go ing to New York he taught two years at Tech. He will head the English department. Supplies were distributed to the three upper classes yesterday morn ing and in the afternoon the fresh men put in their appearance. All the boys were given their choice in the selection of clubs. To-morrow a chapel meeting will be held to ex plain the matter more fully, and the following Thursday the clubs will be organized. Friday, the last period in the mornir.g will be used for the regular chapel period. Because of the large number of students, two periods will be used for lunch. Half the school wilt eat the first period, and the remainder of the students will haye the second period for lunch. The dining room will he opened scon. Study periods will be held in :he auditorium- The third and fourth floor study halls were cut up in'o recitation rooms to meet the de mands of the large student body. The gymnasium will be used by Mr. Billow for public speaking purposes, during school hours. "Lame" Battalion Is a New Feature of War Paris.—"The awkward squad," fa miliar at the beginning of all citizen armies, has now been supplanted by the "lame" battalion, designed to re establish the men who have gone through the fire and to fit them for future service. So successful has the idea of a "lame" battalion been that from 70 to 80 per cent, of the soldiers receiv ng wounds in the legs or suffering from the usual foot and leg maladies of trench warfare have been re stored to full combat strength. The new course involves instruc tion of the wounded and weakened soldier in the proper posture of the body and its use in walking, running and riding. Special drills have been devised to overcome habits into which the invalided soldier has fal len. Instruction is given in the care of the feet, while special attention has been given to the foot and leg cases in 'he hospitals. Men with specially troublesome feet, weak backs, general bad pos ture or lack of endurance are sent to the special training battalion, where the fully erect, alert position of the body is emphasized. Four companies have been established in the battalion, with programs increas ingly difficult, so the schedule of the fourth company is only slightly be low that required for full combat fitness. United States Army medical of ficers report "experience has shown from one-third to one-half of the or dinary deformities from gunshot wounds are preventable. Surgeons must free themselves from their ten dency to treat the wounds and forget the function; to make a well man, but not a working one." VETERAN OF FORMER WARS COMMISSIONED Arthur Rupp Foust Leon WilsonCorporc'. E. Bender Robert B. Bender Sergt. L R. Gramra Lieut. C. E. Delaney Appreciating the merits of his technical training, the War Depart ment recently announced the ap pointment of Charies Herbert De laney, of this city, to be a first lieu tenant in chemical warfare service, to report to Camp Humphreys. Va. A son of the late Captain John C. Delaney, Lieutenant Delaney is a veteran of the Spanish-American War and with a record of two years service since then in the United States Cavalry. Lieutenant Delaney is the proud owner of one of the bronze medals authorized by an act of Congress for those men who served beyond the term of their enlistment during the Spanish-American War to aid in the suppression of the Philippine insur rection. In addition to this, he pos sesses a medal for service during this conflict with Spain and for service in the Philippine campaign. He saw service in the Regular Army during 1906-07, serving as a member of the Fifth Cavalry, located at Fort Win gate, N. M. Lieutenant Delaney's father was also a wearer of a Con gressional medal. This is the only known case on record where Con gressional medals have been worn by father and son. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford E. Bender, of Millersburg, are proud of their two sons now enrolled with the American forces for action against the mad Potsdam ruler. Robert B. Bender, a private with the 413 th Telegraph Battalion, is with his regi- ROTARIANS BACK NAVIGABLE RIVER Resolution Will Be Acted Upon at Next Meeting; to Ask Maj. Gray to Speak Major William B. Gray's belief that the Susquehanna river can be made navigable will be thoroughly investigated by the public affairs committee of the Harrisburg Rotary Club, and action will be taken at the next meeting of the organization looking toward endorsement and as sistance in creating sentiment for the proposed improvement. A resolution introduced by Wil liam M. Robinson, secretary, at the opening meeting of the club in the Y. M. C. A. building last evening called the attention of the Rotari ans to the address of Major Gray, in which he expressed the belief that the river can be made deep enough to accommodate shipping at ■c comparatively reasonable cost, and the articles on the subject in the Harrisburg Telegraph, and recom mended that the club get behind tile project and invite Major Gray to further address the club at an early date. The public affairs committee, to which President Eli N. Hershey referred the resolution, was instruct ed to report thereon at the next meeting of the club. President Requests Boy Scouts to Aid in Loan New York. —A letter from Presi dent Wilson urging every member of the Boy Scouts of America to aid the Fourth Liberty Loan was made pub lic at the sccut organization's na tional headquarters here. "The fact that the scouts secured 1,322.649 subscriptions representing $202,159,000 in the previous cam paigns is a convincing testimonial to the value of organized boyhood for the kind rf patriotic service that is worth while." the President said in his letter, addressed to Colin H. Liv ingstone, president of the Boy Scouts. The loan services of the boys have been "appreciated by the . whole na tion," he added, and the country, "already proud of them," expects ef fective work during the fourth cam paign. Mr. Livingstone replied to the President by promising that the scouts' coining efforts would "result in even- greater service than hereto fore." During the first three cam paigns one in every twenty-three subscriptions turned into the Treas ury Department was obtained by the Boy Scouts. Secretary McAdoo has recommended to the governors of the Federal Reserve Banks and to chairmen of Liberty Loan commit tees that the Boy Scout activities be limited to the final seven days of the coming campaign. Slept in Cemetery to Avoid an Operation Pittsburgh.—The "doctors' big knives" held lots of terror for little Johnny Kearns, aged nine but sleep ing in a graveyard did not. To es cape being operated on for the re moval of his tonsils. Johnny ran away from home and for four nights he made his bed in a cemetery near his home.. nient in France, taking an active part in the big battles now raging. The other son. Corporal Charles E. Bender, is at Camp Freemont, Cal., with the Headquarters Company of the 320 th Field Signal Corps. Foust Leon Wilson, of Grantham, serving with a tield artillery unit, is now in France. He had been in training at Camp, Jackson, S. C. Arthur Rupp, Shiremanstown councilman, is now in training for overseas service at Camp Lee, Va., having gone there during the latter part of August. A graduate of Ober lin College, he was employed as a member of the clerical force at the Steelton plant of the Bethlehem Steel Company. Since his graduation from college, he had assisted his father. John F. Rupp, florist and seedsman, in his" greenhouse at his home. Ruparka, near Shiremans town, and had worked in a munition plant. Serving with the Medical Corps, Sergeant Leßoy R. Gramm, son of William F. Gramm, 1718 Miller street, has returned to his duties at Camp Eustis, Va., after spending a ten-day furlough with his father. He expects to go overseas soon for serv ice in France. Recent contingents of men sailing overseas included numerous other Central Pennsylvania youths. Among later men to arrive in France from this section is Martin G. Reed, son of Mrs. Mary Reed, of Oberlin. He had been stationed at Camp Jack son, Columbia. S. C. NEW YORK PICKS ITS CANDIDATES FOR HIGH PLACE Whitman Endorsed by "Dry" Element of State; Smith His Opponent New York, Sept. 4.—Charles S. i Whitman will be the Republican's candidate for a third term as gov ernor of New York. He will be op posed in the coming campaign by Al fred E. Smith, president of the Board of Aldermen of New York, and the choice of the unofficial Democratic state convention. The party candi dates were determined at the pri mary election yesterday. Attorney General Merton E. Lewis, backed by several of the Republican leaders of the state, who sought the nomination in opposition to Mr. Whit man, was literally snowed under. With about half of the districts in the state missing his vote was 35,507 as compared with 95,785 for Whit man. Mr. Whitman had the endorsement of the Anti-Saloon League and the "dry" forces in general. Wouldn't Take Off Hat For Anthem; 30 Days New Y'ot'ii —A man describing him self as Edward Foster, 43, a carpen ter, living at 328 Eightieth street: Brooklyn, who was arrested August 23 at a war savings stamp rally in City Hall Park for refusing to take his hat off when a band was playing "The Star Spangled Banner," was sentenced to thirty days in the work house by Magistrate Blau in Tombs court. Morton Weil, a sailor attached to the United States natal distributing station at 280 Broadway, was the complainant against him. He told the court the man said: "I am not as crazy is some of you people." The technical charge preferred against Foster was disorderly con duct. GET YOUR Upholstering Done Direct by the 1 Alan Who Does You Can Save a Great Deal After vacation time la over, then la the proper time to have your upholaterlng done and make your home comfortable. We have no overhead expenaea, no high rent to pay, there fore we can afford to make our prlcea right. All Work Guaranteed Newmark & Cown 308 BROAD STREET HERD SLACKERS BY THOUSANDS IN N.Y. CORRALS 25,000 Federal Agents Halt 20,000 Men; Seize 10,000 New York, Sept. 4. More than 10,000 suspected draft evaders had been herded last night into the ar mories of New York and nearby cities after the most vigorous slacker hurt since the United States entered the war. It was estimated officially th.it from 25 to 30 per cent, of this num ber were ' willful slackers." The drive, which started early In the day in this city and nearby New Jersey communities, will continue until It Is believed all draft evaders have been caught, according to Charles F. DeWoody, chief of the New York bureau of investigation of the Department of Justice. It is expected the 25,000 government agents enrolled for the work, includ ing several thousand soldiers and sailors, will round up almost as many slackers to-day as yesterday. Last night hundreds of mothers, wives and sisters besieged the "cor rals." In many instances where prisoners had simply left their reg istration and classification cards at home the women obtained the pieces of pasteboard which meant liberty for the suspects. In other cases, where prisoners had willfully evad ed the call of duty, all the women could do was weep and plead in vain for their relatives' release. Trial Board Busy All Night Meanwhile, wih suspects arriving by the vanload every minute, the spe cial examining boards toiled far into the night, disposing of the cases as rapidly as possible. More than 200 prisoners, in whose cases attempts to evade the draft were proved, were summarily taken to Fort Jay and Camp Upton, there to don the uni form or, in some instances, to be court-martialed as deserters. Last night indications were that men caught to-day would have to remain in thte "corrals" for two or three- days, even if they were inno cent, before lheir examinations could be completed. As the task of housing, feeding and guarding the suspects became hourly more serious. Mr. DeWoody conferred here with Governor Whit man regarding the problem. It was saio at the conference the question of mobilizing the state guard was discussed, for it had been found the number of armed guards had to be increased during the day, not only to patrol stiects near the armories, but to accompany batches of prison ers to restaurants nearby. Many prisoners, it was said, preferred to purchase their own food rather than to partake of government fare, and this served to relieve the food prob lem. U. S. Agents Halt pearly 20,000 It was estimated that from 15,000 to 20,000 men between the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one were stopped and questioned. Hundreds of them were rounded up at the en trances to theaters and motion pic ture houses and it was found many of the 10,000 arrested were from out of town. This feature was explained by Cap tain David Asch, assistant to the di rector of the draft in this district, who" declared that "New York is the greatest slackers' retreat in Amer ica," and that "men who want to evade their duty have come here in droves from all parts of the coun try.'" Women aided in the raids by driv ing many of the hundreds of automo biles used in transporting prisoners from police stations to armories. In Paterson, managers of a shell plant protested when an attempt was made to round up a number of work ers during their noon hour. After it was explained the plant would be crippled at least for the day, arrange ments were made for examining the workers later. WOMEN TO HUN PAPER Atlantic City, N. J. —Beginning with the issue of Tuesday, Septem ber 3, women began to write, edit, manage and print the Atlantic City Evening Union, the only evening newspaper, and next to the oldest daily here. Mary North Chenoweth. a college graduate, and a leader in the woman s sphere of public activi ties, is editor-in-chief. She will have associated with her a staff of trained capable newspaper women. GIVE POSLAM II CHANCE AT THOSE PiMPLES Your friends and associates would rather see you without Pimples. It can only be detrimental to you to tol erate tliem. Why not be rid of this cause of embarrassment? You can do so easily with Poslam's help. Get some Poslam to-day and spread it over the Pimples to-night. Con tinue until they have disappeared. You will probably have some "Poslam left over to treat Burns. Itching Scalp, Itching Feet, Chilblains, Irri tations. You will be amazed to And that it goes so far and does so much. Sold everywhere. For free sample write to Emergency Laboratories, 243 West 47th St., New York City. ROTARIANS HOLD ANNUAL OUTING Have Ladies as Their Guests at Picnic and Dinner at Paxtang Park Members of the Harrtsburg Rotary C lub. to the number of several hun dreds, with wives and friends as their guests, attended the sixth annual out ing of the organization this afternoon at Paxtang Park. The arrangements were in the hands of C. Floyd Hopkins, Frank F. Davenport, Frank B. Musser, Dr. John B. Lawrence. Abram W. Myers. David W. Cotterel, Charles W. 801 l and Nor rjs S. Longaker, chairman. Through the courtesy of Mr. Mus ser many of the amusements of the park were thrown open to the Ro tarians. from the shooting gallery to the "merry-go-round." and the skee courts and the Japanese ball-rolling contests. The outing program started at 12 o'clock with a baseball game, cap tained by Preston Crowell, represent ing the fat men of the club, and airs. Eli N. Hershey, representing the women. An hour later, a tug-of-war. towel tag. bag race, peanut race, wheelbarrow race, twos and threes frog race, cotton fight and mixed race were scheduled, and during the two hours between 4 and 6 o'clock the Ro tarians and their guests enjoved the games and the "merry-go-round." Dinner will be served at 6 o'clock in the large pavillion, under the direc tion of Rotarian Frank Davenport, after which there will be music and a social hour until 10 o'clock. n/H/M/MM STORE OPENS 8:30 A. M.—CLOSES 5 P. M. WJUBJMJMJM SPFCIAI NfITIFF Store will be closed next Saturday, Sept. 7, Si gfc Ills I i\*Lt on accoun t Q f religious holiday but will be [|j OPEN IN THE EVENING FROM 6 TO 9 Sj jjpj O'CLOCK. Those who had planned to do their shopping in the day time |9J || next Saturday are kindly requested to visit the store during the week. Qjj | Do You Buy In 1 j Kaufman's Bargain Basement? I jn You b 1 i i Unique in Merchandise and Prices 1 (fl Completely ready For Fall and Winter 1 I Business with the better Merchandise at | | Kaufman's famous Underselling Prices | Jst | X\T HEN we opened our Bargain Basement several years | ago—with the opening of the New and Greater Kauf- |j man Store—we had in mind, along with other prominent fea- Sj tures, LOW PRICES FOR TRUSTWORTHY MERCHAN- | 1 DISE FOR HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. 1 i f| This plan, in reality, meant the carrying out in its true sense of | Kaufman's Underselling policy in our Bargain Basement, the |j principle upon which our business was founded and builded. ty II That the public appreciated our way of doing business is most forcefully demonstrated by the rapid and steady growth of our store. That our policy is sound, is seen in the way we i| lij continually carry out our plans. True, war time prices are U I higher than normal time prices—but that does not change this U | fact m •T >, —That Kaufman's Wartime Underselling Prices ii yJ M Mean Greater Savings To You Than Wartime Prices g; L - | Elsewhere. i | TODAY—YOU CAN BUY BLANKETS IN OUR BAR- j| < GAINM3ASEMENT at less than present prevailing prices. || s Why? Because we laid in our stock of Blankets many |j l|{ months ago. is U W | THAT IS ONE INSTANCE of the advantage in buying here. | There are others. You can learn by experience. |j i | BLACK SILKS we bought a long time ago, although they bj have but recently arrived for that new section in our Bargain b* jAU Basement. Silks at Kaufman's Underselling Prices mean verv is ill! 11l jliM apparent savings. BEDS, BEDDING. YARD GOODS, KITCHEN UTEN- U I SILS, HOUSEHOLD UTILITIES are other lines in our Bar- W I gain basement at Underselling Prices. |jj If normal times are good times during which to buy in Kauf | man's Bargain Basement —war times are better, for your dol- !|j s lar will do the utmost for you here. |a g> These Kaufman Store Talks as! will appear from time to time I I Rupp Favored For State Chairmanship Lawrence H. Rupp. district at torney of Lehigh county, is the man most favored for the chairmanship of the Democratic State Committee when Major George R. McLean retires as is expected he will do at the meeting of the committee this afternoon. Major McLean is now in the army and expects to go in active service soon. There is also talk of Parke H. Davis, of Easton, but Rupp seems to have the inside track. The belief is that the platforms will avoid the liquor issue, but an effort to inject it when the commit tee meets is very probable. Friends of Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell will be in the committee and will try to secure the endorsement of the judge's declarations. Owing to the tense situation be tween the judge and the leaders of the official wing of his party there is a large attendance of Democrats, in cluding the national representatives from this state. Most of the candi dates are also here. Draft Boards Asked to Report Situation All draft boards in Pennsylvania were called upon to-day by Major W. G. Murdock, the state draft officer to report to-morrow concerning the state of the supply of forms for the big registration on September 12, the ' appointment of registrars and prep aration of places for the registration. Special calls have been made for the names of registrars who serve with out compensation. Attention of all boards is also called to the fact that men who have not attained their forty-sixth birth- day on September 12 are required to register. According to what was learned ' here to-day the tlrst movements of drafted men for September are pro- • . ceeding according to schedule to the j camps announced and thousands more will move In the next three days. Boards are also getting the men of t the August 24 registration examined s preparatory to the October calls. i. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. ' BABY SCRATCHED j DAY AND NGHI l s Had Breaking Out All Over Face and On Head. Blisters t Came. Cuticura Healed. a 8 "My baby had a breaking out all over her face, and there was some on her head. Small blisters came, and then they burst and be came sore, red, and angry, and a dry skin came over them. She | scratched at them day and night, and she was so disfigured I was n ashamed for her to be seen. - "My mother suggested that we r get a free sample of Cuticura Soap e and Ointment and we did. It gave „ relief at once. Then we bought „ more, and in about four weeks sho _ was healed." (Signed) Mrs. G. S. Carr, Landenberg, Pa., Nov. 12, 'IT. e Nothing so ensures a clear skin _ and good hair as making Cuticura your every-day toilet preparations. Sniuple Eneh KRRR by MHII. Address postcard: "t'utlcura. I>ept. H, Bos e ton." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. I-' Ointment 25 and 50c. 5