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Dr. Bagnell to Tell Pipe
Bending Employes How
Yanks Fight in France
A patriotic mass meeting for the
2,800 employes of the Harrisburg
Pipe and Pipe Bending Company.
and their wives will be held in the
■ Chestnut Street Auditorium Satur- -
day evening of this week. Featur-1
ing the meeting will be a lecture-1
I address by the Rev. Dr. Robert Bag-,
nell, whose topic will be "The Amer
ican Soldier in France."
The tentative program arranged
calls for community singing, led by j
the Municipal Band: Invocation by
the Rt. Rev. Philip R. McDevitt.
bishop of the Harrisburg diocese. 1
and address by Dr. Bagnell. Admit
' tance to the meeting, which is in
tended for the men of the big local'
industry and their wives, will be by;
ticket.
Crowder Calls 2,000
Stenographers and Typists
Washington. Sept. 11.— Avail for
2.000 men qi ' fled for limited serv
ice and capable of working as
stenographers and typists was is-i
sued to-day by the Provost Marshal
General to-iluy. They will entrain
September 23, and will come from j
all states and District of Columbia.
• The number ■>: limited service men
| called to the colors is approximately I
60.000, the Provost Marshal Gen
eral's otlice leported. out of a total
so classified of 225.000.
WALKED IK ill Ills FATHER
Captain Clarence E. Myers, of the:
Forty-second Engineers, who had been
in France sinee last winter, walked!
in on liis father. Marry J. Myers, chief
compensation adjuster, in his office
at the Masonic Temple. His father j
thought he was in France, but the l
captain, who used to be an assistant
engineer of the State Highway l>e- 1
partment, had been ordered home to
instruct men at Camp Humphries. Va.. (
on twenty-four hours' notice. He just
let the surprise work out.
Resinol Clears
Away Embarrassing
Pimples
March 30.—"Some time ago pim
ples began to appear on my fore
head. and spread so that people
remarked about them, and I didn't'
like to go anywhere on that ac-1
count. I tried various creams,;
soaps and skin remedies, but noth
ing seemed to help me. A friend of
mine who had the same trouble
told me she cleared her skin with
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap,
so I tried them. After the first ap
plication all the redness and sore
ness disappeared, and after two or 1
three applications my friends began
to ask me what I used, my face j
looked so much better.
"Now 1 can go to places without;
being ashamed of those awful pirn-!
' pies, and 1 will never be without 1
Resinol ointment and Resinol Soap."
(Signed) Mis- Jessie Torrance, 67
Beach St.. Rutherford. X. J.
All druggists soil Resinol Oint
ment and Resinol Soap.
I Where Can I Find Relief From
Itching, Terrifying Eczema?
This Question Is Ever on the
Lips of the Afflicted.
Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, and
I other terrifying conditions of the
'\ln. are deep-seated blood diseases,
rnd applications of salves, lotions
and washes can only afford tempo
rary relief, without reaching the
teal seat of the trouble. But just
1 -cause local treatment has done
you no good, there is no reason to
despair. You simply have not
?■•light the proper treatment, that is
within your reach.
You have the experience of others
who have suffered as you have to
i aide you to .a prompt riddance of
I lood and skin diseases. No matter
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG telegrajph SEPTEMBER 11, 1918.
ALLIES BATTER STRONGEST
OF ENEMY'S POSITIONS
[Continued From Pago One.]
I British stand far inside the Hindenburg line after having broken
! the Queant-Drocourt switch. . • j
In this aggressive movement thd enemy last night sharply]
| counterattacked near Moeuvres, just to the east of Queant, and at
J Ecourt-St. Quentin, north of the Arras-Cambrai road. In both
cases the British held their ground, repulsing the Germans in stiff
: engagements.
French Pushing Forward
The French drive in upon La Fere, a northerly defense of the
! St. Gobain bastion, reported to-day to have made notable progress
with the capture of the town of Travecy, ori the Hindenburg line
' two miles directly north of La Fere. The holding of this ground
j would result in the outflanking of La Fere on the northerly side.
The Germans also have been attacking desperately on the
! French front where the line runs north from the Aisne towards
i the St. Gobain massif. They are attempting to drive the Franco-
American forces there off the Mont Rouge plateau, the allied occu
pation of which is threatening the flank of the line far to the
! cast. All their efforts, however, have been fruitless.
ALLIES FACE OBSTACLES
IN WAR NOT ON MAP
Rapidity of Pace in Drive
Forces Germans Behind De
fensive Lines of 1917; Line
Broken Between Queant
and Drocourt
By Associated Press
\\ ith tlie French Army In France,
i Sept. 11.—The rapidity of the splen
! did operation that wrested the initi
ative of the battle from the Germans*
and drove them behind their defen
sive lines of 1917 to recuperate their
forces and reconstitute their shat- :
] tered divisions no longer is the prop
er basis for calculating the speed of ,
i progress.
The Ailies now are in front of ob- j
stacles that do not appear on ordin- j
| ary maps by which the general ,
reader follows changes of the battle !
i front. No maps show them in all i
their details, but enough isWtnown of!
| them to reconstitute them in a gen- ]
I eral way.
Hindenburg Line First
First is the Hindenburg line sys- 1
i tern of field fortifications which the ;
| Germans built by the forced labor of j
prisoners of war and French and Bel- ;
g'ian civilians. It runs from Lens j
1 southeastward to the Aisne north j
lof Rheims byway of Queant, St. j
Quentin. LaFere and the St. Gobain |
forest. It consists of an elaborate ]
! system of trenches, multiple lines of ;
I barbedwire entanglements, concrete j
i positions for artillery, blockhouses j
i for machine guns, shelters for the
irffantry and is further protected by
Hooded stretches of country where j
the means were available for that j
' purpose.
Second I-lne to Meet
The second line of defense runs {
I how terrifying the irritation, no!
matter how unbearable the itchlriSf
and burning of the skin. S. S. S. will i
promptly reach the seat of the j
trouble and forever rout from the j
blood every trace of the disease. *
just as it has for others who have j
suffered as you have. This grand j
blood remedy has been used for |
more fifty years, and you have 1
only to give it a fair trial to be re-1
stored to perfect health.
Our chief medical adviser is an au
thority on blood and skin disorders,
and he will take pleasure in giving
you such advice as your individual
case may need, absolutely without
cost. Write to-day. describing your
case to medical department, Swift
Specific Co., 434 Swift Laboratory,'
Atlanta, Ga.
BOCHE SOLDIERS
REFUSE TO FIGHT
Amsterdam. Sept. 11. The
Twenty-fifth German regiment
mutinied at Cologne on August
31, according to the Telegraaf.
An eyewitness of the mutiny says
the soldiers, on being ordered to
leave Cologne for the western
front, lefused to hoard a train.
Another regiment was then
ordered to force the refractory
troops to board the cars, but they
refused to fire upon their com
rades. A detachment of the home
defense guard. composed of
| youths, then was ordered to un
dertake the task, and a fight fol
lowed in which eleven boys of the
defense guard were killed and
many others were wounded.
1 from the fortress of Lille to the
j stronghold of Metz. generally parallel
! with the Hindenburg line, to the re
: gion north of Rheims and at distances
1 varying from seven to twenty miles,
j From Soissons north of Rheims it
| runs southeastward joining the old
I front north of Verdun and continuing
! from there to Pagny on the Moselle
! river south of Metz. There are sec
! ondary lines attached to this sys
j tern, notably along the Escaut river
I from Cambrai north between the val
| leys of the Oise and the Scrre, and
; northeastward from La Fere along
! the Suippe river north of Rheims.
Third Starts at Scarpe Itlvcr
j A third line of defense runs from
the Scarpe river, south of Lille to
! the Mouse, near Sedan, then south
eastward to the iron region of the
| basin of Brley, which it protects from
i the west and the south, and joining
| the second line at the Moselle. There
| are secondary defense works to this
! line also in the region of Vervin's.
Fourth I.inc Incomplete
A fourth line as yet uncompleted
is intended to furnish a further de
j fense between the Escaut and the
; Belgian frontier and the Meuse at
'• Givet. Each of these lines furnishes
i a strong refuge for armies obliged
Ito retire upon it. The lines also
| offer to forces dwindling in numbers
; thq advantage of progressively short
* ening file battle front."
First Line Is Broken
The first of the lines already has
been broken between Queant and
Drocourt. The development of this
success rriay determine the question
whether the Germans can oblige the
Allies tp revert to trench warfare.
I The enemy second line of defense al
j most touches the Hindenburg line at
Cambria, just below the breach the
British forces have made in It. If
they are able to join the two lines
there the Germans still will have an
uninterrupted defensive position in
which the second line enters for only
the distance from Lille to Cambria,
' being continued to the Chemin des
Dames by the Hindenburg line.
FIVE-CENT FARE
SUFFICIENT, SAYS
LABOR BODY
State Federation Asks Public
Service Commission to
Probe Stock Value
Maintaining that revenue derived
from five cent fares is of such ex
tent that it will return fair dividends
on all physically represented
of the Harrisburg Railways Com
pany. the Pennsylvania Federation
of Labor has sent a letter to Chair
man W. D. B. Ainey, of the Public
Service Commission, requesting nn
investigation (.1 the physical valua
tion of the corporation on the initia
tive of the commission.
This investigation is asked before'
the traction company is granted the!
privilege to put in operation on Oe- '
tober 1 "an amended schedule of I
fares, varying from twenty to lifty #
per cent, of an increase."
Without excessive formality, the
federation makes the astounding dec
laration that (he $10,000,000 worth
of stock claimed by the company is
greatly in excess of the amount ac
tually Invested in the corporation.
More than $5,000,000 of this, the
letter affirms, is "unrepresentative
of any value." The public should not
he compelled to pay increased fares
that the company may pay dividends
on stock, representative of any real
value, the complainants declare.
That such an investigation would
not be without precedent and with
out the authority of the commission,
the letter point 3 out. An investigation
of alleged water stock was made in
the case of the Beaver Valley Water
Company, it is said, and other state
departments make investigations i
without "waiting for the precision of!
formal complaints" and the com
mission would be perfectly within its;
right to do the same, it is said in
support of the demands for action on
the part of the commission.
What will bo done by the commis
sion cannot be forecast. It is be
lieved. however, that Chairman Alney
will lay the matter before other
members of the body before the end
of the week.
In case it is decided to make the
investigation asked, it will be mere
ly a continuance of a previous study
of local transit conditions made
about a year ago. At that time cer
tain recommendations for the im
provement of service in Harrisburg
and immediate section were made
by the commission. None of these j
have yet been made, it is declared. ;
The letter from the state federation I
follows:
"We understand that th<? Harris- |
burg I-.ailways Company has filed, ]
with the Commission, an amended j
schedule of fares, varying from ;
twenty to fifty per cent, of an in- '
otease.
"On behalf <t the workers of *h3
city and vicnity, who are the main
patrons of this railway, we protest
against t! c proposed change in its
charges.
"We do so because it is our belief
that an increase is unnecessary to
acquire a reasonable dividend for the
Stockholders, if only the physically
represented stock be taken into con
sideration and the watered stock ex
cluded. It is generally understood
that thi.- company carries a total lia
bility of about ten millions, more
than half of which is unrepresenta
ttve of any value and therefore spur- |
ious. We feel that the public should
not be mulcted to pay a dividend on
nothing.
Point to Earnings
"The yearly financial reports of the
company show that its earning ca
pacity is sufficient to reasonably com
pensate the holders of genuine stock.
"We-iralievc it is within your pow
er to investigate and fix the physical
valuation of this Railways company
and, if tlia claim for an increase be
more than required to meet say, six
per cent, dividend on its actual worth,
to refuse to permit such increase.
"We remember that you so acted
in the ease of the Beaver Valley
Water Company, when it was decid
ed that the company could not fix
charges lo pay dividends on watered
stock. We hereby, petition you to,
take like action in this case.
"You will, perhaps, not feel dis
posed to recognize this protest be
cause it does not come to you clothed
in the formalities prescribed by the
commission, which places upon per
sons the burden of becoming com
plainants, with all that ensues; much
inconvenience and frequently ex
pense.
Asks For Action
"We believe that, for the $340,000
expended annually by the state to
maintain the commission, direct pro
tection should be afforded the public;
that a mere notification of an injus
tice being done to it by a public ser
vice corporation should put the Pub
lic Service Commission on the qui
vive to correct such injustice. Due to
the inactivity of the commission it
has come to he regarded as a sort of
'circumlocution office,' where the
study is 'how not to do it,' rather
than to give back to the state full
service for its money expended.
"If we complain to the Dairy and
Food Commission that the milk man
is adulterating his milk, the Food
Commissioner goes right after it
through his assistants. He corrects
the evil without waiting for the pre
cision of formal complaints, lawyers
and arguments pro and con. This is
what we believe the Public Service
Commission should do.
"So, we respectfully suggest that
you, of your own motion, proceed
directly to investigate the affairs of
the Harrisburg Railways Company,
determine its just claims upon the
public and act accordingly. Thus
wil! you conserve the purses of the
workers of our city from the rapac
ity of a greedy and badlymanaged
corporation." '
Courthouse Notes
Registrars Resign Resignations
from two more registrars were re
ceived to-day. They were C. Frank
Keffer, Third ward, First precinct;
Charies Rumpf, Ninth ward, Third
precinct. Two others recommended
for appointment are: Leonard
Dickey. Republican, Sixth ward.
Second precinct; A. A. Musser. Dem
ocrat, Seventh ward. First.
Reports Filed—Reports of distri
bution of funds of two insurance
companies were filed to-day. One of
them was in the case of Common
wealth of Pennsylvania vs. Citizens
Life Insurance Company of Amer
ica. Claimants asking $6,600 were
allowed $1,752.12, about 26% per
cent. "When the company went into
the hands of the receiver two of the
a rents were convicted on charges of
taking commissions on worthless
subscriptions. The other distribution
was in Commonwealth of Pennsyl
vania vs. American Union Fire In
surance Company. Under the first
and second distribptions claimants
■received 60 per cent.; and under the
final ore just filed will receive an
additional 10 per cent. A total of
more than $lOO,OOO is to be dis
tributed.
CITY LAWYERS
PLAN TO HELP
REGISTRANTS
Working in Relays They Will
Aid in the Filling Out of
Qucsttionnaircs
That they may most satisfactorily
aid registratrants of to-morrow in
properly filling out their question
naries, Harrisburg lawyers met this
afternoon in courtroom No. 1 by ar
rangement of the Dauphin County
Bur Association to make preliminary
arrangements for the work.
The plan adopted provides for the
division of all members of the asso
ciation, together with other lawyers
who volunteer their services, into
three divisions, to hold each division
subject to call two hours daily to aid
the registrants. Some of the group
will be on hand daily at courtroom
No. 1 between the hours of 11 a. m.
and 1 p. m., 4 p. m. and 6 p. m., and
< p. m. and 9 p. m. to aid the reg
istrants that may present themselves
during these hours and to call other
lawyers in case the pressure of reg
istrants becomes too heavy.
It is expected that the arrange
ment will become effective next Mon
day or as soon thereafter as ques
tionnaires have been mailed to the
registrants between the ages of 19
and 21, and 32 and 36. It will con
tinue in effect until all questionnaires
have been filled out. Registrants of
any board may come to Harrisburg
for aid, lawyers explained.
Judge George Kunkel was chair
man of the meeting. Job J. Cocklln
and Ralph Steever acted as secretar
ies. All Harrisburg lawyers willing to
volunteer their services for this
work have been requested to get Into
communication with one of the sec
retaries as early as possible.
Judge Kunkel. Charles C. C. Stroh,
president of the Dauphin County
Bar Association, and A. Carson
Stamm, are the chairmen of the
three legal advisory boards of the
city.
Those who will sit from 11 to 1
o clock, follow: Frank B. Snodgrass,
B. Frank Nead, William H. Hargest,
Guy Davies, M. W. Jacobs. Sr., Hor
ace A. Segelbaum, George Ross Hull.
John T. Brady. Elmer W. Ehler, S.
S. Rupp. David Kaufman. Nathan E.
Hause, A. Ross Walters, R. S. Care.
John H. Shopp, M. H. Doehne, W. R.
Sohn. William Hain. J. Douglas M.
Royal, Frederick M. Ott.
From 4 to 6 o'clock: B. M. Nead,
Karl E. Richards, George L. Reed,
M. W. Jacobs, Jr., Arthur H. Hull.
Job J. Conklin.
From 7 to 9 o'clock: Paul G.
Smith, Harry D. Jones, Horace B.
King, John Aldrieks, Robert Rosen
berg. George R. Barnett.
Steelton, William F. Houseman
and Frank B. Wickersham.
Paxtang. William H. Earnest.
Harry B .Saussaman.
All attorneys who have not reg
istered are to report to Mr. Conklin
giving the hours when they will
serve.
RUNAWAY HAS CLEAR TRACK
Altoona, Pa., Sept. 11.—Getting
beynod control of the engineer, a
train of foity-seven steel cars, coal
laden, dashed down the eastern
slope of the Alleghenies at a speed
of sixty miles an hour and ran
the entire length of the Altoona
yard without mishap. The runaway
was given a clear track. Valient
work by the crew in setting the hand
brakes finally stopped the train, on
which the air refused to work.
j&a 28-30-32 North Third Street af
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It is therefore with unbounded faith in Blouses
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have achieved for this season the pinnacle M illinery
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! EXPERT TO MAKE
! HOUSING SURVEY
FOR HARRISBURG
Lawrence Veiller, Director of
Naional Housing AsSYt.,
Engaged For City
HAS WIDE REPUTATION
Will Spend Two Days Going
Over City and Will Make
Address September 20
Lawrence Veiller, of New
York, a housing expert of
national reputation, will study
the housing situation in- Harris
burg Thursday and Friday, Sep
tember 19 and 20, with a view
to finding a reriiedy for the
present congested conditions.
The Harrisburg Chamber pf
Commerce has secured the
national authority to make a
first-hand study of the local
situation. Following a thorough
investigation he will make a re
port and suggest methods for
improvement to the Chamber of
Commerce members at a mem
bership luncheon in the Board
of Trade building at noon Fri
day. September 20.
"We know that housing condi
tions are bad," said Warren R. Jack
son. secretary of the Chamber when ]
announcing Veiller's visit. -'Wo
want some one to tell us what type
of houses are needed, the number of
houses, and where and how they
can be built. We want the specific
information Mr. Veiller can give us
after a thorough investigation."
Worlil-Wiflc Reputation
Mr. Veiller is secretary and direc
tor of the National Housing Asso
ciation, with headquarters in New-
York city. He has been instru
mental in solving the housing prob
lems of many cities whose needs
were similar to those of Harris
burg. '
Mr Veiller has studied housing
conditions for a period covering 20
years. Probably no other man is
beter qualified to come here, survey
the conditions, investigate the local
resources and decide just what can
be done.
A practical, workable, feasible
plan to remedy the present poor
housing conditions is what Mr.
Veiller will be asked to suggest
when he confers with the Chamber
of Commerce. Beside suggesting
means for increasing the number of
new houses, it will be his mission
while In the city to show how some
of the present unfit properties can
be improved or rebuilt Into modern
dwellings.
The National Housing Association
was organized to encourage improved
housing, prevent the erection of un
fit or impracticable houses, encour
age the proper maintenance and
reasonable improvement of old type
dwellings and to obtain reasonable,
scientific and businesslike housing
laws.
Besides architects, landscape ar
tists, city planners, building experts'
and public officials, the membership enough to last everyone in the fam
of the National Housing Associattonily for months.
is comprised of numerous business
men who bltve pointed to better liv
ing conditions, both urban and
suburban.
Camp Hill Youth Is
Called to the Navy
DONALD S. MILLER
Donald Mmettem Miller, only son
| of Mr. and Mrs S. S. Miller, of Camp
j Hill, enlisted in the Reserves
July 1, 1918, and was called to rc
j port for duty September 9. Millar
i has just passed his nineteenth birth
] day, and left for Philadelphia to
! day. He was graduated from Tech
| nical High school, in January, clas3
of 1918, and spent the balance of the
school year at State college. The past
several months he has been employ
ed by the government as checker at
Marsh Run. Ho is well known in
the city and has a host of friend 3
among the younger set.
Boy Shot Through Neck
While Playing Football
Loy Stine aged 13, son of Dr. and
Mrs. H. A. Stine, Sixteenth and Berry
hill streets, is in the Polyclinic Hos
pital suffering from a bullet wound
in the left check. Young Stine was
shot while playing football in the
i vicinity of Clov'erly Heights, early
| last' evening. The bullet, which was
I ,shot from a .22 caliber rifle, entered
j the lad's left cheek and came on in
: his neck. Every precaution has been
taken to prevent lockjaw' from set
ting in.
Dr. Stine, the bay's father said this
morning that he has been informed
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo
If you want to keep your hair In
good condition, be careful what
you wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali. This
( dries the scalp-, makes the hair brit
tle, and is very harmful. Just plain
mulsitled cocoanut oil (which is pure
land entirely greaseless), is much
i better than the most expensive soap
lor anything else you can use for
shampooing, as this can't possibly
injure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it in. One or two
teaspoonfuls will make an abund
ance of rich, creamy lather, and
cleanses the hair and scalp thor
oughly. The lather rinses out eas
ily and removes every particle of
dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive
oil. The' hair dries quickly and
evenly, and it leaves It fine and
silky, bright, fluffy and easy to man
age.
You can get mulsified cocoanut
oil at most any drug store. It is
' very cheap, and a few ounces is
that boys frequently use small call
bej rifles in this neighborhood and
lie will push the case, as soon as he r,
has sufficient evidence, to have In
some manner the use of rifles pro
hibited. The identity of tho person
who shot young Stine. had not been
learned up until a late hour to-day.
After investigation of the Wilmnn
fire yesterday. Coroner Eckinger an
nounced this afternoon that the suf
focation of Mrs. Laura Lockhart was
accidental. The cause of the fire is
believed to bo an overheated iron.
Don't get t aught in the I.AST HOUR Ml J
RUSH to register to-morroiv. Register
early. *
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