RAILROAD RUMBLES
LOSES JOB FOR
IGNORING CALL
Railroad Men Who Violate
Rules Receive Pun
ishment
Rule violations on the Middle Divi
sion of the Pennsy for the week end
ing September 1. numbered 34. Strict
attention to duties is urged. One
yard brakeman was dropped from the
rolls for failing to respond prompt
ly after being called. Three employes
violated rule "G" and visited saioons
Imbibing too freely. One yard biake
man was suspended two weeks. Two
yard brakemcn eaech received a ten
dav vacation without pay and three
yard brakemen were each suspended
one week.
One freight engineman was sus
pended two days for failing to ac
cept signals promptly resulting in un
necessary detention; and one yard
engineman received similar punish
ment. Four • employes for causing
derailment of cars were on the car
pet. Two freight enginemen each re
ceived a two-day suspension and one
yard fireman was reprimanded. Other
offenses and punishment follow:
Accepting incompetent train order.
One freight engineman reprimanded.
Collision: One yard engineman sus
pended two days: one yard fireman
reprimanded.
Failing to respond promptly after
being properly called: One freight
fireman suspended two days; one
freight brakeman reprimanded; one
vard brakeman suspended one day;
ten vard brakemen reprimanded.
Not being on hand when wanted for
duty:- Two freight firemen repri
manded: one yard brakeman suspend
ed two days.
Shirking work and leaving place of
duty without permission: One yard
brakeman suspended two weeks; one
vard brakeman suspended one week.
Violation of rule 99 by failing to
properly protect train: One yard
brakeman suspended one week.
Sleeping while on duty: One yard
brakeman suspended one week.
Draft collision: One yard brake
man suspended four days, one yard
brakeman suspended two days: three
vard brakemen suspended one day;
seven yard brakemen reprimanded.
Absence from duty without permis
sion: One yard brakeman suspended
two days.
Reporting on the relief after be
ing called for duty: One yard brake
man reprimanded.
Failing to display signal promptly,
resulting in delay: One signalman
suspended one day; two signalmen
reprimanded.
Giving incorrect information re
garding train: One yard clerk repri
manded.
Failing to call employe in time re
sulting in delav: Two callers repri
manded.
Faulty inspection of car: One car
inspector suspended one day; two car
Inspectors reprimanded.
'HELPS LAY CORNERSTONE
J. B. Carruthers. state secretary of
the Young Men's Christian Associ
ation was among the speakers at the
laving of the cornerstone of the new
Lewistown Y. M. C. A. building yes
terday. The building will cost ap
proximately $150,000.
Cuticura Heals
Itchy Skin Trouble
Caused by Rash. Became
Almost Unbearable
" I had a peculiar skin trouble. It
was caused by a rash which itched so
dreadfully that I scratched
so hard at times it would
bleed. The skin was red
f ; and scaly, and if my clothes
/ touched it, the eruption be
came almost unbearable.
Si pT/ My arms, limbs, chest, and
FTi' face were affected.
" My sister told me about Cuticura
Soap and Ointment, and now I am
healed by using one cake of Cuticura
Soap and one box of Ointment."
(Signed) Edward Fritz, 2320 N. Fifth
St., Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1917.
Cuticura Soap daily and Cuticura
Ointment occasionally do much to
promote skin health.
Sample Each Free by Mail. Address post
card : "Cuticura,Dept. H. 80.t0n." Sold
everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c.
Having Answered the Call to the Colors,
by Enlisting in the United States
- Navy, I Have Placed
CHARLES B. ORR
in charge of my hat and fur business at 17 North Third
street. Mr. Orr has been identified with this busi
ness for nine years, is familiar with the hat wants
of the men of Harrisburg and'vicinity, and is quali
fied to render ihe same high grade service tq which
patrons of the store have been accustomed in the
past.
FRED B. HARRY
Hatter and Furrier
17 N. Third Street Harrisburg, Pa
|| A Tribute
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MONDAY EVENING,
M'ADOO TELLS
RAILROAD PLAN
Reports to President on Seven
Months' Success; High
Salaries
Washington. Sept. 9. William G.
McAdoo. director general of railroads,
yesterday submitted a report to the
President on the work of the lAtited
States Raidroad Administration dur
ing the first seven montba of its ex
istence.
Mr. McAdoo deals in great detail
with the problems of government con
trol of transportation. What is re
garded as a highly significant para
graph deals with the future of rail
road employes. Evidently with , the
thought in mind that government
control of the roads will prove no
J ephemeral experiment, the Director
General asserts railroad work should
jbe made sufficiently attractive to
i draw to it men of high caliber and
good quality. Millions have been sav
ed in salaries, however. The Director
General says: *
"Under private control, salaries as
high as $lOO,OOO per annum were paid
jto officers of Yailroad corporations,
j Under government control the highest
salaries paid are to the regional di
rectors (of whom there are but seven!
I and these salaries range from $40,000
j to $50,000 per annum.
Must Keep Good Men
; "The reduction of $4,614,889 per an
num in the aggregate of the salaries
paid to the more responsible officials
i has not been effected by forcing the
j experienced men appointed by the
! United States Railroad Administration
; to accept salaries incommensurate
with their responsibilities, although
in numerous instances these salaries
• are substantially less than those thev
had been earning as officers of the
railroads or could earn in private em
ployment. I have felt that it was not
only equitable but necessary that
I they should be justly remunerated,
i and that the rewards of brains, in
dustry and loyalty should be sufficient
j to continually attract able men to
: the service of the railroads as their
[ life's work. It is not a question mere
ly of operating the railroads during
| the period of the war—this requires.
it is true, the best talent that can be
! secured if the present extraordinary
demands are to be met —but it is a
question of the post-bellum period as
well, when railroad work must con
, tinue to be sufficiently attractive to
drawn constantly to it men of the
; right quality and caliber. Unless the
ranks are uninterruptedly recruited
with such men it will be impossible
to maintain the efficient organizations
which are essential to the successful
; management and operation of the
roads of the country."
Veterans Meet Here in
Annual Session Tomorrow
j The annual meeting and reunion of
the Veteran Employes' Association of
the Philadelphia Division. Pennsylva
nia Railroad, will be held in Harris
burg to-morrow. The sessions will
. open at P R. R. Y. M. C. A. at 2 p. m.
I F. W. Smith, Jr. superintendent of the
Philadelphia Division. will preside.
There will be no banquet. Prominent
i speakers will make addresses in the
afternoon Memorial services will be
' held for the following:
Joseph Aldinger, pensioner: Wil
! liam Anderson, inspector; G. W. An
i trim, agent; Jacob Barr. pensioner:
John Bowsman. shopman: Jerome M.
| Burd. engine inspector; Edwin Cook,
pensioner: George W. Fagec. pen
| sioner; W. H. Fisher, assistant train
master; D. L. Graeff. pensioner; John
j Hurley, pensioner; Charles E. Ihling,
, pensioner: John K. . Jackson, pen
sioner; James A. Lane, track foreman;
Hugh McClarin. switchman; Thomas
J. Millers pensioner; T. L. Palmer,
pensioner: W. H. Pepper, passenger
I conductor: Jonas Seller, pensioner;
! William F. Smuthwait. passenger
conductor; Robert S. Ward, freight
' brakeman; John L. Yeager, pensioner.
Railroad Notes
Plans for a uniform pension and in
surance system for railroads, is un
der consideration at Washington.
| General Director William McAdoo
1 and inspection party, will be in Har
! risburg Wednesday.
World's series players came east
yesterday on a regular train. • No
more special trains because there are
few followers.
CALL EVERYONE
TO SAVE RUBBER
Bov and Girl Scouts and
School Children Can Aid
Big Movement
SUGGESTIONS IN
OLD RUBBBER DRIVE
Almost every plumber has a
pile of old rubber which he will
probably be glad to give the Red
' Cross.
The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts
j can aid in making collections.
There Is wornout hose in al
: most every fire enginehouse in
; the city..
There are rubber tires in al
most every private and public
garage in thq city which will help
| the Red Cross —tires either worn
, out or nearly so: and there are
tires which can be repaired and
sold at better than old rubber
rates.
There are 14,000 school chil
dren who can help save old
rubber.
"How's the old rubber drive com
ing along?" a reporter this morning
asked Mercer B. Tate, chairman of
the S. O. R. (Save Old Rubber) com
| mittee of Harrisburg Red Cross,
j "O, picking up," minstreled Mr.
| Tate.
And that is just what it is doing.
Froc city line to city line, four di
rections. folks who want to help the
Red Cross are getting together all
j the old rubber they can find, so that
| they can throw it on the heap at
! Third and Walnut beginning Thurs
day morning.
Already half a dozen good automo
bile tires have been sent to Mrs.
Mabel Cronise Jones, and from what
Secretary J. Clyde Myton, of Harris
burg Automobile Club says, scores of
1 automobile owners are preparing to
) give the Red Cross this very valu
j able brand of "old shoes."
All of the city schoolteachers have
told or will tell their pupils of the
> drive planned for the last three days
| this week. There are 14.000 pupils in
i the schools. If each of these children
! were to carry to Third and Walnut
j on Thursday, Friday or Saturday only
one of the several pairs of wornout
: "gum" shoes which are to be found
i in every home in Harrisburg, the re
; suit would be astounding.
Woodmen Meet Here
For Central State Session
Many prominent , Woodmen front all
! parts of Pennsylvania and several
neighboring states, attended the meet
ing of the Central Pennsylvania dis
! trict. Woodmen of the World, held
yesterday afternoon in the Board of
j Trade Hall.
| A class of forty candidates was ini
: tiatcd during the session, under the
i direction of the degree team of Tren
. ton. N. J.. which came here with
1 forty-one members and its own or
| ehestra.
I Representatives from practically
every prominent lodge in the state
j were present, including the following
I prominent Woodmen;
j Daniel Young, head consul of the
district. Scranton; Sherman A. Ferrell,
| sovereign escort. Johnstown; R. F.
i Clark, district manager, Baltimore; R.
A. Anman. district manager Central
| Pennsylvania, Lancaster, all of whom
j took part in the patriotic demonstra
| tion at The close of the exercises.
The order now has $1,400,000 worth
' of Liberty Bonds, and will take $2.-
■ 000.000 worth of the next issue. There
■ are 28,300 members in the Pennsylva
] nia district and 818,000 in the district
! at large or east of the Rockies, with
assets of $43,000,000.
May Divert Traffic to
Schuylkill Division Line
Reading. Pa., Sept. 9. The rail
way officials in this city have been
asked to solve a problem which, if
satisfactory to the Railway Adminis
tration. will divert the bulk of the
passenger traffic from the Main Line
,of the Reading Railroad to the
i Schuylkill Division of the Pennsyl
; vania.
The proposition is to have the Read
ing take care of the freight and coal
j business, which is becoming heavier
1 each year and. in order to do this
without interruption from the passen
ger traffic, it is the purpose to relieve
the main line of that trade. The of
' ficials are now gathering the data
from those who figure in the handling
of the passenger trains and it is un
derstood that the information thus
gleaned will be placed in the hands
of the regional manager this week.
If the scheme is found to be prac
tical it is probable that the Reading
will operate a shuttle train between
the upper Reading station and the
Pennsylvania station at the foot of
. Penn street, in order to take care of
the passengers and baggage coming
in off the Harrisburg Division.
LETTER TRAILS SOLDIER
How big a task it is to have
soldiers in France receive their matl
was shown in a letter returned to
V. H. Bernheisel. of 1416 Derry
street. Mr. Bernheisel last March
sent a letter to his son. Raymond
Bernheisel, who is serving "over
there" with the marines. This let
ter was returned to him on Satur
day. Judging from the marks on the
envelope, the letler was sent over
to France. According to a letter re
ceived from the lad he had been
transferred several times and also
in the hospital. The letter bore
I marks of having trailed the soldier
1 from place to place.
HAHJRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH
FEWER AUTOS ON
THE AUGUST LIST
Decline in Receipts Is Shown
For First Time by State
Highway Department
Decline in the
\\ _ $ //) number of new
A\\ 114% automobiles put
into service in
f Pennsylvania is
indicated by the
August statement
of the automobilo
I djlMVtflWarf division of the
" &]Ww!9i<sSll Stat e Highway
, ggJgotSMliai(Jß| j) epa rtment,
S*lr which shows re
ceipts of $80,082
as compare ! with $82,699.50 for tho
same month of 1917. This is the
first month, cutside of November or
December, in recent years when a
big drop was shown.
The total revenue from motor ve
hicle registration for 1918. however,
is well ahead of that for 1917. To
September 1 the registrations had
produced $3.960.554.50 0r5512.386.a0
more than in the same period of last
year. There have been 354,000 pneu
matic-tired vehicles registered, this
class having the greatest increase.
Iji August there w.ere 10,771 pneu
mahc-tired machines of all classes
licensed, prodyring $50,422.50 and
1.325 solid-tired machines or trucks,
which brought in $9,247.50. In ad
dition Commissioner O'Xeil reports
August registration of 590 tractors,
many of them for farm use; 82 trail
ers, 1.471 motorcycles, 3.566 transfers
and 1.539 reissues.
Pennsylvania roads have been sub
jected to travel this year not only
by the greatest number of motor ve
hicles licensed by the state, but by
thousands from other states and
scores of Army truck trains, soma
containing as high as sixty trucks.
Reading Docs It—The State Board
of Education has Issued a circular
calling attention to need of more -a
tional grading and equalization of
number of pupils in rooms as a
means for better housing of pupils.
The work in Reading is commended,
it being stated that while there has
been "an increase in enrollment of
over 3,500 grade pupils since 1902.
the pupils are housed in four less
rooms now than in 1902 without
Crowding."
Executive Session —The Public Ser
vice Commission is holding an execu
tive session to-day. Local cases will
be considered.
I'P to 10,7211 —The latest report shows
that 10,729 volunteer policemen have
been commissioned in this state.
Wllletts Attending—Charles R. Wil
letts, of the State Department is at
tending the great council of the Red
Men at Chicago.
Xrw Inspector—Frederick Walzer,
Xarberth, has been appointed a state
factory inspector.
••Exams" on—Examinations of ap
plicants for licenses to operate mo
tion p.cture machines under the new
state code are being held to-day in
over a score of places in Pennsyl
vania. In Harrisburg there were
forty-eight applicants.
Hoards Cautioned Local draft
board members were to-day told by
state headquarters that they must
not hand out registration cards to
registrants before September 12 and
that where men have to register be
fore that date for any reason the
cards are to be mailed on September
12. They are also directed not to
hand the questionnaires to men when
registering and are cautioned against
re-registering men who may have
matters pending because of age.
Agreement Approved.—The Pub
lic Service Commission to-day ap
proved the agreement between the
United States Housing Corporation
and the Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Company, whereby the corporation
will loan the railway company $l,-
7 40,000 for new cars, construction of
lines and other improvements to. fa
cilitate movement of shipbuilders
and other government workers. Later
on ordinances ratifying the agree
ment will he passed by the Philadel
phia city councils and submitted to
the commission for final approval.
Dell Withdraws.—James G. Dell
to-day filed his withdrawal as a can
didate for the Legislature from
Huntingdon county on the Prohibi
tion ticket.
Major Here.—Major G- F. Ham
mond, of Philadelphia, medical aid to
the Governor in draft matters, as
sumed his duties to-day. He
will have charge of tne formation of
the medical advisory boards.
Complaint on Fare. — The Bell
wood Chamber of Commerce to-day
charged in a complaint before the
Public Service Commission that the
Altoona and Logan Valley Electric
Railway Company, discriminated in
rates of fare between Altoona and
Bellwoqd and Altoona and Tyrone
and Gaysport, the former charge be
ing fifteen cents and the latter ten.
The Henderson Coal Company, of
Pittsburgh, charged that the Amer
ican Express Company and American
Railway Express Company refused to
accept monty for a pay roll at Hen
dersonville until the day of the pay
distribution instead of accepting the
night before.
Heat Turned On.—Steam heat was
turned into the Capitol to-day for
the first time this fall, a drop in
temperature having made some of
the departments cold.
Governor to Return Governor
Brumbaugh is expected to return to
the Capitol from his vacation in
Maine late this. week. The Governor
will motor here from that state,
spending a few days in Philadelphia.
To Examine Site* —The sites of pro
posed changes of grade crossings in
Derry township near Swatara and
Hummelstown will be inspected to
morrow by Public Service Commis
sioners and engineers with railroad
and county officials. There are three
crossings on the William Penn high
way.
Board to Moot—The Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings is scheduled
to meet here to-morrow to open bide
for bridge piers, but no action in re
gard to Capitol park in expected to
be taken.
Rates Go V'p—The Mountain City
Water Company, Frackville, to-day
filed notice of increase in rates* for
water service, advancing minimum
charge per meter from $l5 to $2O.
The West Penn Power Company, filed
notice of increase in steam heat
rates in Washington and vicinity.
PLENTY OF COAL
FOR WINTER STEAM
C. M. Kaltwasser, general man
ager of the Harrisburg Light and
Power Company, said yesterday that
in his opinion the company has a
sufficient supply of fu%l to insure a
steady supply of light and steam
during the winter. The supply on
hand at present includes 38,000 tons
of river coal stored at the Ninth
street plant, and 17,000 at the Cedar
street building.
lIECHANICSBI'RG LAD IS
GASSED DI'RING BATTLE
Mechantcshurg, Sept. 9. Word
has been received here of the gass
ing In France, of Corporal Clarence
W. Herman, of D Company. 112 th
Infantry. In a letter to his mother,
Mrs. Dale M. Trego, he says that he
"swallowed some of the stuff." but
that he will soon be back on the
firing Una,
EIGHT HUNS ANSWER
FOR EVERY U.S. DEATH
Colonel Rickards, ot 112 th Infantry, Writes of the Terrific
Fighting at Fismes; Keystone State Has Right to Be
Proud of Its Soldiers in France
Oil City, Pa.. Sept. 9.—A vivid de
scription of the part the 112 th reg
iment, formerly the Sixteenth regi
ment, N. G. P., played In the fight
ing at Fismes during the early part
of August is contained in a letter
written by Colonel George C. Rick
ards, commander of the regiment,
which has just been received by his
wife in this city.
Colonel Rickards says that the
112 th regiment, with a battalion of
the 111 th from Pittsburgh in re
serve, accomplished in a day and a
night what two brigades had failed
to do in five days. The oil country
men killed three of tho enemy to
every American slain and took many
prisoners. Not a man of the 112 th
was captured. Colonel Rickards.
who probably did not expect his let
ter would be published, says;
"I have just come through hell,
with all of its horrors. I have won
a victory that.is the talk of the corps
and for which I and my command
have been commended by all, from
the corps commander to brigade
commander.
".With my regiment and 'a bat
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talion of the lllth in reserve I ac
complished In a day and a night
what two brigades had failed to do
in five days. \
"I cannot write of it now. It is all
too vivid in my mind.
Killed Many of Enemy
"I am unhurt. I have los a num
ber of men killed or wounded, as
was to be expected. Killed three of
the enemy to one of us and took
many prisoners. I had none that I
know of who was captured.
"I have a German officer, a pris
oner, sitting with me now. Had oth
ers. but sent them in to division.
Will send this one in a few minutes
if I don't kill him."
In another letter received from
the colonel he tells of the bombing
of a field hospital, and says that
many of the Hun bombs are falling
to explode now. Concerning the in
cident, he says:
"Or, the night of August 16 the
Roches went after a field hospital
that is situated about a mile from
where I am now. They dropped five
or six bombs in and about it, but
by some kind Providence not one
exploded. There were between 400
SEPTEMBER 9, 1918.
and 500 wounded and about thirty j
women nurses in it at the time. It's
a very unusual thing that shells and
bombs do not explode, ""perhaps on
an average of one out of five, but to
have the whole lot fail is a strange
thing and hard to account for. A
great many of the Boche explosives
are failing to explode now. Why we
doynot know, but we do know that
we are mighty thankful for it and
hope that the percentage will con
tinue to get larger as time goes on."
"The old Keystone state has rea
son to be proud of her troops,"
writes the colonel in another letter
written on August 16, received by a
friend here. This letter follows:
"We have just come out of a very
tight place. I have never been in
hell and I have prayed all my life
and continue to do so, to be kept
from it. But that bad place can be
no worse than what this regiment
has been through the past week or
more, and came out with honor to
every ofHcer and man, and a higher
place in the estimation of those
higher in authority.
Kight IJochcs to One American
"We have lost many of our com
rades, but the proportion is about
one to eight—that is, for every one
of our boys that the Boche got, he
had to give up not less than eight of
his.
'We have a lot of wounded but
the Boche has more. We itook a lot
of prisoners and munitions—the
Boche got none from us.
"The old Keystone state has rea
son to be proud of her sons in all
the organizations as I am of my own
regiment.
i "May the Gcnl of Battles continue
with us until the final victory, which
i will break forever the power of the
Kaiser and give to the world a peace
that shall last as long as the foun
dations of the world may stand.
"We should all like to be home.
but this work must be done first
and we ask the prayers and support
of all good people that we may ac
complish our mission in the short
est time and then return to God's
own country to enjoy the quiet and
peace of home and loved ones."
Careless Use of .Soap
Spoils the Hair
Soap should be used very care
fully. if you want to keep your hair
looking its best. Most soaps and
prepared shampoos contain too much
alkali. This dries the scalp, makes
the hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use it
Just ordinary mulsifled cocoanut oil
(which is pure and greaseless), and
is better than the most expensive
soap or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thorough
ly. Simply moisten the hair with wa
ter and rub it in. It makes an abun
dance of rich, creamy lather, which
rinses out easily, removing every par
ticle of dust, dirt, dandruff and ex
cessive oil. The hair dries quickly
and evenly, and it leaves the scalp
soft, and the hair fine and silky,
bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get mulsifled cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and
1 a few ounces will supply every mem
ber of the family for months. —Adv.
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