Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, September 05, 1918, Page 9, Image 9

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    RECEIPT GIVEN
HOTOUTICISM
Compensation Board De
nounces Method Used by
Insurance Men
The State Com
f\ \\ J/1 >ensatlon Board
vV\\ oday set aside
Wv\\A lle dnad receipt
T n the compensa
-ogan Miller vs
Ct? '' me r E> uk o,
I JMKlwmfinßtf C ha m b ersburg,
: MIQ tjIL vVlth a crltl clsm
>f the methods
mployed. Tho
opinion states
t.,w. ... ...auiance carrier of the de
fendant informed the claimant that
fl e aad a dra " to pay him and that
no * receive jj© wou i<j
Board to .the Compensation
"The claimant states that he did
not know what to do, he needed the
money badly" says the opinion,
■which notes that he signed the final
receipt. "Under such circumstances
as detailed by the testimony in this
case the Board can not approve the
methods used in attempting to ter
minate this agreement."
The widow of James F. Malone,
East Freedom, is held not to be en
titled to compensation from Green
field township, because injuries
which caused his death are found
to have been received In a fight and
not in a road accident.
The agreement In the claim of
Tachet vs Pennsylvania Coal and
Coke co., Beaverdale, is reinstated
with the suggestion that the claim
ant accept any offer of light work
from the corporation.
Creameries Sued —Dairy and Food
Commissioner Foust today announc
ed that prosecutions had been order
ed against fifteen creameries In
Chester. Montgomery, Bucks and
Delaware counties for sale of butter
containing from twenty to thirty
two per cent, of moisture. Sixteen
per cent., he said, is the maximum
allowed and the excess is being paid
for by consumers who should be
getting butter. An Inquiry Into but
ter made In Central Pennsylvania Is
also under way.
Papers Filed—Nomination papers
under the Fair Play party name
have been filed by H. J. Steele, Con
gress, Twenty-sixth; W. C. Hackett,
Senate, Eighteenth; W. M. Benning
er, R. H. Tracjf and Samuel Hutchi
son, Northampton legislative; Rich
ard Curry, Eleventh Philadelphia
THE GLOBE THE GLOBE
Do Your Shopping Tomorrow, Friday I
Owing to a religious holiday THE GLOBE will be closed Saturday j
until 5.30 p. m. Store open Saturday evening until 10 p. m. J
We're Ready Ulife/
For Fall—
Yes, splendidly ready with the most
beautiful assemblage of Fall Clothes it y
has ever been our privilege to show. ; f • \
These are the days to acquaint yourself % ill ♦
with the proper styles for Fall and
W inter wear. *
Acquaint yourself with what you have a right
to expect in the way of smartness of style—of
fabric excellence —quality—tailoring reliability
—and honest and biggest values.
The biggest and best values for the money will k**/
naturally be found in the best clothes. The U
highest standards of quality, service and value /.
are here in Fashion Park Clothes, Griffon Ultra | /
Clothes and other best makes. (if*//
$25 to S6O f " r r' /
The New Fall Hats Owing to Popular Demand
We Will Continue the Sale
September is Fall Hat time — of Silk Shirts Q
all the new and "different" styles at
—all the "live" ones are here in *T ... c . j ,
Stetson's, Schoble's, Young's and Until Saturday Oilly
other famous best lines. The most beautiful striped patterns
we've ever seen values up to $5.00
{D ri CJt and pure silks at $2.85 you'll never
010 / get them again at such a low price.
We're Ready For the Boys, Too—
In assembling our high-grade stocks of Boys' Clothes
every fabric was rigidly scrutinized so as to be sure to
provide the greatest service (parents will appreciate this) -Ju
—styles are smart military ideas that are bound to please
SIO to S3O jrfT
Our Boys' Hat Department and Boys' Furnishings Depart- !
are showing everything new to correspond with our Boys' g
Official Boy Scout Outfitters. |L
THE GLOBE
THURSDAY EVENING HAHJEUSBURG &&&£ TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 5. 1918.
legislative! .P. J. McHale, Fifth
Lackawanna legislative.
Withdrawal Filed Richard W.
Williamson, Huntingdon, to-day filed
withdrawal as Washington and Pro
hibition candtdato for Congress In
tho Seventeenth district.
Editors Hero—Editors of agricul
tural Journals from Pennsylvania
gatherod hare to-day to dlsouss the
coming tractor demonstration un
der national and state auspices with
members of the State Commission
of Agriculture and officials of the
Department of Agriculture. Over
thirty tractors aro expected to bo
ontored, practically ovory make In
agricultural work being represented
The Last Onto Goes —The State
Highway and Attorney General's De
partments to-day took over tho last
tollroad on the Lincoln highway Join
ing with the county of Lancaster In
buying ten miles of the Lancaster
and Susquehanna turnpike between
Lancaster and Columbia. The price
was SBO 000, shared alike by state and
county.
Valley Forge Park—Attorney Gen
eral Brown has given an opinion to
the Valley Forge Park Commission
in which he says that amendments
to the act of XS93 operate to appro
priate land "whose boundaries are
marked out and designated by the
commission notwithstanding the fact
that there are no moneys available
from specific appropriations to com
pensate owners of the land so ac
quired. The opinion was asked rel
ative to the powers of the commission
to secure additional land for the his
toric park.
U. S. R. C. Comes In —Chairman
Alney, of the Public Service Commis
sion, to-day heard the application of
the United States Railroad Commis
sion for abolition of a joint agency
at Cowanesque and of agency sta
tions at Potter Brook, Mills and
Osceola, all In northern tier counties.
The application was the first of the
kind to be presented. Complaints
against electric rates in Schuylkill
county and water rates in Somerset
were also heard, but no decisions
given.
New Notary—Anna E. Karmany, of
this city was commissioned a notary
public.
More Rates Go Up—Over a dozen
notices of Increases of rates were an
nounced as having been filed with
the Public Service Commission to
day. They included Boyertown
Electric, Annvllle and Palmyra Elec
tric Light; Wilkes-Barre Railway,
which goes to eight cents; Lykens
Light and Power, Anthracite Light,
Heat and Power, of Mahanoy City;
Hamburg Gas and Electric; Pitts
burgh Taxicab; Greensburg Gas;
Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction,
freight tariff; Yonc Railways, car
load lots; Columbia Water; East
Brady Gas Fuel; Chester Valley Elec
tric. steam for Coatesville and elec
tricity for Coatesville, Downlngtown
Parkesburg and other places; Blooms.
burg Heating; AUentown Stoam
Heating and Power; Black and White
Company. Philadelphia for taxlcabs;
and Gettysburg Electric Companies.
Alary To Speak —Chairman Alney.
of the Public Service Commission,
will address the State Electric Asso
ciation, as representative of the com
mission at Bedford to-morrow. The
complaint against the Willow Street
turnpike In Lancaster county has
been continued uhtll October 2 and
the Harrlsburg steam heat rate case
until September 19. The Mechanics
burg, Heglns and Hanover cases have
been heard, but no decisions render
ed.
JltUcymen At War— A dozen or
more jitneymen of McKeesport. who
have state certificates, to-day com
plained to the Public Service Com
mission that about twenty men were
running Jitneys without going to the
trouble of obtaining state sanction.
Ask Bids—Highway Commissioner
O'Neil has asked for bids for con
struction of 1.115 feet of new road
In Yeadon borough and 5.091 In
Llgonler. The last bid for the lat
ter work was around $90,000.
Bidders Shy —No bids were received
at the Highway Department to-day for
construction of roads in Lebanon,
Lancaster. Fayette and Warren coun
ties and on projects in West Newton,
Arnold and Adamsburg only one bid
each. For 9,550 feet in Sugar Creek
township, Venango county, two bids
were made, the lowest being $66,000
alone. The contract for the new
bridge in Lower Merion "township,
Montgomery county, was awarded to
Paul D. Kauffman, Reading.
CORSETS HALF ESSENTIAL
Washington, D. C.. Sept. s.—The es
sentiality of corsets Is 50 per cent.,
according to the War Industries
Board. This body, discovering that
30,000 tons of steel have annually
gone Into the stays of the nation. In
stituted an investigation, and. after
conferences with the manufacturers,
has ruled that the Industry can get
along on half as much.
MIDDLETOWN
Butcher Severely Hurt
When His Auto Overturns
P. R. Hallman, butcher, was se
verely injured while driving an auto
truck when he endeavored to pass
another machine and the truck
wheels caught in the trolley tracks
and the car upset..
He suffered a broken right should
er blade and severe bruises.
Fire destroyed the poultry build
ing at the fair grounds Tuesday aft
ernoon.
The organ contest of the Red Cross
has closed and was won by Bessie
Shott. She collected $43.59.
Bentley Buller and C. W. Wallace,
managers of the American stores, at
tended the first annual gathering of
Managers of the American Stores at
Philadelphia, on Monday.
Miss Sara Davis is visiting Miss
Minnie Melhorn at Shippensburg.
At a meeting of the Methodist
Episcopal Sunday school board. It
was decided to hold Old Folks' Day
and Harvest Homo services Sunday
morning, September 22. *
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Stptz and
children, of Columbia, were the
guests of the latter s sister.' Mrs J.
O. Covan, South Wood street.
Miss Sarah Hammond, daughter of
o M rs - Benjamin Hammond,
south Catherine street, and Corporal
Fred E. Knight, 634 th Aero Squad
ion, stationed at the local camp, were
married at the Methodist Episcopal
parsonage, by the Rev. James Cun
ningham.
The Middletown chapter of the
Red Cross have prepared five large
boxes for shipment.
The reservoir of the Middletown
"The Live Store" - "Always Reliable" I
I Doutrichs Will Be 1
1 Open All Day 1
I f Saturday j
i Two more days—"Friday" and "Saturday" in which to |
do your buying at our extremely low prices, we are glad that this "Live Store"
had plenty of merchandise this season and that we bought these tremendous stocks at such
low prices that we can benefit our many loyal customers who depend on us, we know they
appreciate the money sayings they get HERE During this Semi-annual "Strictly Cash"
Where Everything in Our Entire Stock Is Reduced, Except Collars
Day after day we have kept up interest in this greatest
of all clearance sale because those who came HERE in the opening days
Iwent home with the best merchandise they ever bought at lower prices than they expected,
then told their friends to come HERE This co-operation and confidence in Doutrichs has
given us an enormous increased business and "linked up" a great number of new customers
because they were able to get what they wanted when they did come.
No matter how foolish it seems to other stores that this "Live Store" !
is selling all its high grade stocks of Manhattan Shirts, Monito Hose, Munsing Underwear,
Signal Shirts, Sweet Orr and Freeland Overalls, Sweaters, Hats, Pajamas, Night Shirts, Etc., as well as
Hart Schaffner o Kuppenheimer f
& Marx Clothes I
We are going right through with it just as enthusiastically
as though we were making the long profit for we want you to share in the
savings that we made for you and ourselves buying long ago and storing the huge quantities
I of wearing apparel that would serve you well in months to come now that we have given you
every opportunity Don't miss it Come HERE and buy freely for the next two days
This sale will positively end Saturday.
We Will Be Open All Day Saturday
The Store Everybody Is Talking About
and Swatara Water Company Is low
at present.
Miss Blanche Brlnser and Miss
Helen Hocker ,of Richmond, V., are
visiting the former's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Brinser, East Main street.
Miss Ethel McNair, North Union
street, Is spending a week at Down
lngtown with Mr. and Mrs. George
Seltzer. •
Charles Rudy and James L. Ros
etta, of town, will leave on Friday
for Camp Dlx, Wrightstown, N. J.
William Rohrer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Rehrer, left this morn
ing for Camp Greenleaf, Ga. He is
the third son of Mr. and Mrs. Rohrer
to enter the service.
LYNCH NEGRO IN GEORGIA
Mason, Ga., Sept. 6.—A mob last
night lynch John Gilham, a negro,,
shortly after he had been delivered
Into the custody of county officers by
negroes who had captured him In a
swamp near here. Gilham escaped
from a chain gang recently and is
alleged to have attacked two white
women. It was said he confessed.
Bodies of Americans Who Lose Lives
in War to Be Brought Back to U. S.
Washington, Sept. 6.—Americans
who lose their lives In the war abroad ]
will be burled there only temporarily.
Where Identification Is possible, the
bodies will be placed in marked
graves, to be taken up when the war
is over and brought home.
This plan of the War Department,
was disclosed yesterday by the publi
cation of articles of agreement be
tween the army and navy regarding
the transportation of sick and wound
ed from overseas. A section of the
agreement says:
"The remains of all officers, enlist
ed men and civilian employes who
have died, or will hereafter In
France shall be burled In France un
til the end of the war, when the re
mains shall be brought back to the
United States for final burial.
"Such cemeterial facilities as the
army may have acquired In France
shall be available to the navy.
"The remains of all officers, enlist
ed men and civilian employes who
die on ships en route to or from the
United States shall be embalmed and
returned to the United States on the
ship on which the death occurred."
WORLD APPROACHING ORDER
C. E. Evans, writing from Chicago
to the Philadelphia Ledger, says of
trade and financial conditions: "The
world is beginning to feel the ap
proaching restoration of order. From
Paris to Chicago those most sincere
means of communication between
man and man, which we call se
curities. are telling of better times
coming. Confidence was weak a
few months ago. It has been get
ting strength every day since the
18th of July. The London security
market has been firm for some time
past, often strong."
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The Flag We
All Respect
A splendid service flag
with extra stars will be
given free with each copy
of The North American,
Sunday, September 8.
Don't fail to secure j r our
copy and in order to be
certain order early from
The Harrisburg
News Agency
108 Chestnut Street
Both Phone*