MIDDLETOWN IS MADE"DRY"BY FEDERAL ORDER Drastic' Step Taken to Pre vent "Bootlegging" Near Soldier Camp Initial steps for putting the boot legger and speakeasy keeper out of business were taken by the federal authorities last Saturday when Unit ed States District Attorney R. L. Burnett, of Scranton, directed United States Marshal James S. Magee to go to Middletown and close up the wholesale and retail liquor shops there. Increasing numbers of soldiers at the aviation supply station who are v securing booze in this city and en virons has led the military and fed eral authorities to take the step. Similar conditions at Marsh Run, where large depots under the Quar termaster's Department are prac tically completed, accelerated the government's decision to suspend operation of the liquor shops. The government has already es tablished "dry" zones about its plants throughout the country and the pro hibitionary encircling of Middletown has long been expected. By some, the action taken at Mid dletowft suggests that Harrisburg may soon become dry if the bootleg ging continues, as this city lies within the five-mile radius about Marsh Run and is subject to the "booze" ruling affecting localities situated near government plants. EARLY ACTION IS ASKED ON CASES Supreme Court Will Be Urged „to Move Things Along in Traction Appeals The Superior Court of Pennsyl vania has been petitioned by a num ber of up-state boroughs and munici palities, principally in Allegheny and Erie counties, to advance for argu ment cases involving the raise of passenger railway fares, recently heard and passed upon by the Pub lic Service Commission. The commission also Joined in tlie petitions to have the matter heard as speedily as possible. ' The partic ular cases tefore the court are as follows: The borough of Wilkinsburg vs. Pittsburgh Railways Company; township of Harbor Creek et al vs. Buffalo and Lake Erie Traction Company; borough of Wilkinsbutsj vs. Penn and Franklin Streets Rail way Company; same appellant vs. Consolidated Traction Company; borough cf Edgewood vs. Wilkins burg and East Pittsburgh Street Railway Company; borough of Wil kinsburg ys. the same; city of Mc- Keesport \s. Pittsburgh Railway city of McKeesport vs. same; borough of North Braddoek vs. same. , In the petitions, it is explained that the aptieais taken by the re spective boroughs and municipalities involve ordinances-prescribing maxi mum fares, "as conditions of consent of the local authorities to the con struction of street passenger rail ways, all agrc-eably to Article XVII, Section 9, of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. HELD ON SERIOUS CHARGE Harry J. Robinson, colored, of Win chester, Va.. who was arrested by Harry C. White, of the White Detec tive Agency, on the charge of entic ing Bessie Lofton, aged 16, from her home, in Winchester, and living with her at 1105 North Seventh street, as husband and wife, is in the Dauphin county jail awaiting the arrival of au thorities from Winchester, who will take him back to Virginia to answer a charge of violating the Mann Act The gil l was taken to her home Sat urday night. healed that ugly skin eruption! Resinol Ointment heals skin irrita- Resinol heals skin sicknesses be tions that if neglected become serious. cause it contains harmless antidotes One small pimple or slight blotch for such conditions, mars the most beautiful face. A patch Resinol Ointment was originated by of itching eczema or other skin ail- a doctor for the treatment of eczema ment causes great discomfort and and other skin affections, so you need much misery. not hesitate to use it. At all dealers. 80 We Give Individual Instruction? I DO WE ADVANCE A STUDENT AS RAPIDLY k AS HE OR SHE IS ABLE TO GO! YES, ALWAYS. Some finished in half the time required by others I -r-' Records have been made recently as follows; H Shorthand—Typewriting Course, 4y 2 mos. Stenotype—Typewriting Course, 3 mos", 10 days. Pi , Bookkeeping Course, 3 mos., 1. week. U Bookkeeping and Stenotype Course, 6 mos., 3 weeks. NAMES and ADDRESSES on application. The course finished bv H these record students is not a HALF-course, but a STANDARD I ACCREDITED Course, AFFROVED by the National Association B of Accerlted Commercial Schools. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE I —AND— I Harrisburg Business College I I Troup Building IB South Market Square Kfl ENTER ANY MONDAY H I Be" 485 Dial 431)8 M MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 16, 1918 FIRE SWEEPS JUNK YARDS; LOSS IS $lO,OOO Middletown Has Spectacular Blaze When Rags and Paper Burn Middletown. Sept. 16.—Starting last evening in piles of inflammable ma terials at the junk yards of the Mid dletown Iron, Metal and Coal Com pany, in Brown -'sfreet, fire complete ly destroyed the yards, buildings and a large supply of coal which bad Just reached the place a few days ago. The loss will reach $lO,OOO and is partly covered by Insurance. The origin of the blaze is unknown. Pedestrians who were on the streets saw the flames and smoke and sent in an alarm. The borough fire com panies by efficient work kejjt the fire confined ,to the Junk yards' although at times sparks were carried by the wind to other parts of the town. No other firps started from . this cause however. Thousands of dollars worth of rags, paper and junk held by the company have been totally destroyed or dam aged by the water. Several carloads of coal which were shipped -to the company recently could not be saved. Two mules were .taken from the stables. Shapiro Brothers and Brenner are said to have the largest Investment in the company. One of the Shapiro brothers at the time when the fire was at its height attempted to enter the office of the concern and save valuable papers, but a number of sol diers prevented him from entering. GETTING READY FOR NEW CALLS Local Draft Boards Urged to Prepare Their Men For Com ing Movements to Camps Local draft* boards throughout Pennsylvania are beihg urged by the State Draft Headquarters to com plete the examination of both white und colored men remaining in Class 1 so that the four pending calls can be tilled with dispatch. The quotas lor the colored men called to go next week to Camp Upton will be issued in a few days and those for the October movement of 9,000 white men to Camp Lee and 2,457 to Camp Humphreys will be finished in a few days and be sent direct to the boards. It is believed *that soYne boards will have difficulty in filling their quotas and others will be called upon to provide the men, In a few days'lt is expected that orders for the issuance of the ques tionnaires wilt be received from Washington. Meanwhile local boards are being urged to make all of their preparations for prompt mailing of the papers and for the classification of the registrants of September 12. Thomas J. Dolan and Oliver W. Perrln, the two newly-appointed ad ditional members of Philadelphia appeal board will assure their duties at once. The only movements this week will be men going to Lehigh Uni versity and other educational insti tutions for special courses. CHILD HIT BY AUTO Suffering from injuries and bruises about the head, sustained last Satur day afternoon when he was struck by an automobile while playing in Cum berland street, Frederick Woodward, four years old. son of Frederick H. Woodward, 1630 Wallace street, lies in a serious condition in tho Harris burg Hospital. AUTOISTS STAY HOME ON "GASLESS" SUNDAY Harrisburg autoists are given plenty of time to "retire" on Sunday, as. with hardly an exception, they are obeying Fuel Administrator Garfield's request that pleasure riding in auto mobiles on tlie Sabbath be discontinu ed to save gasoline. IFARM IS URGED FOR HUNTINGDON State Charities Board Would Have an Establishment Along Francies Lines Recomincndi- VS.W farming operation VSNA\ A fjo be conducted in connection with Huntingdon Rc - ' form ato r y na3 1 WfrfQßo§Yl been made by the ! j<j||33Sya State Board of i and the necessary I ..-fJLp.J additional leglsln- HBttßlill' tion will probably jbe asked this" winter. Studies of ! farms conducted in other states | have been made by Bromley Whar j ton and other officers of the board ! and have been under consideration | for some time. ! The farm project is declared to bo ' feasible because of state ownership of land and Mr. Wharton has report ed that it would help build up young men and provide valuable training in farming, at the same time removing the prison atmosphere, although it is explicitly stated that there is no reflection being made upon the con duct of the institution at present. The example of the farming .work done at the Western Penitentiary and the beneficial results is pointed to as an argument in favor of the reformatory farm. Compensation Dates —The State Compensation Board has announced its Pittsburgh hearings for October 1, 2 and 3 and that hearings de novo will be held on September 25 in Philadelphia by Chairman Harry A. Mackey and in Huntingdon by Com missioner James W. Leech. Hear ings on petitions for commutation and review will be held by Commis sioner Leech at Johnstown on Sep tember 30. ' * ' Inspectors to Meet —Inspectors of weights and measures from all of the: cities and counties of Pennsyl vania will gather here on Septem ber 25 for a three-day convention. Suggestions for changes in laws and experience in enforcing them the last year will be discussed. Old Guard Nearly Gone. —Trans- fer of eight officers of the old Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania to t'ue National Guard reserve in orders is sued at the Adjutant General's otfice leaves only a sergeant remaining of the old National Guard of Pennsyl vania, all of whose officers and men except the administrative depart ments went into Federal service'last year. The Officers transferred are Adjutant General F. D. Beary, Colo nels F. G. Sweeney and W. J. El liott, Lieutenant Colonel H. A- Ar nold, Majors J. Warner Hutchins and A. G. Rutherford and Captains George C. Jack and John D. Meyer. Upper End Rates Up.—The Perry County Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Pfoutz's Valley Telephone Company, operating in Upper Dauphin, Perry and Juniata counties to-day filed with the Puolic Service Commission notices of in- I crease of rates from $l5 to $lB and some new classifications. ! liOguc Withdraws. —J. Washington Logue, of Philadelphia, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, fil ed notice of his withdrawal as Dem ocratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth district. The Democratic execu tive committee will fill the va cancy at the meeting in Philadelphia September 24. Big Complaints In. The Public Service Commission was to-day asked to enjoin the Metropolitan Edison Company, Reading, from enforcing new rates alleged to be in violation of long term contracts by Carpen ter Steel. Bethlehem Steel, Reading Steel Casting, Parish Manufacturing and A. Wilhelm Companies, and Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart, Read ing Lebanon Valley Iron and Steel, Lebanon Steel Company Foundry and Luria Iron Companies, Lebanon, and the E. and G. Brooks Iron and Birdsboro Foundry and Machine Companies, Birdsboro. The Warner Sugar Refining Com pany, New York, attacked the rates of the Coudertport and Port Alle ghany railroad for logging trains; G. Henry Sehmunk, Marks, com plained that the South Penn Oil Company, was' about to discontinue gas service in some sections. Reviewed His Army.—Major' W. G. Murdoch, the state's chief draft officer, went to Camp Colt to-day to review his army. He will arrange for transfer of inducted men to draft hoards as clerks. Middlctown Case. The. Public Service Commission will to-morrow hear the argument in the Middletown water cases, which involve water service over the lower end of Dau phin county. Governor's Rctnrn. Governor Brumbaugh, who was expected here to-day, will probably not return from his vacation in Maine until late in the vrtiek. Raiiseli Moved.—Lieutenant Colo nel L. V. Rausch, former superinten dent of the State Arsenal, who has been in charge of construction at Camps Hancock and Wadsworth has been ordpred to Camp Shelby. To Act on Bids.— Highway Com missioner O'Neil will probably act on a number of additional bids for high way contracts this week. Some of them which were opened recently were referred to Washington for ac tion. / Enola Church Members Hike to Summerdale Enola, Pa., Sept. 16. —Twenty-five members from the Evangelical Church, of South Enola .indulged In a moonlight hike to Summerdale on Friday night, stopping at the home of William J. Snyder, where a war conservng luncheon was served, consisting of hot biscuit, hot choco late and fruit. The evening was spent in singing, piano playing and chatting: The party was chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mclntire, South Enola, returning home two hours later. Those present were: The Rev. H. M. Buck, Dr. and Mrs. Rudy, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Minnich, Miss Ethel Minnich, Mrs. Ida Bowers and son. Robert, Ruth Stofer, Esther Neldig, Viola Reed, Frieda Reed, Gertrude Reed, Mary Otstott, Sarah Myers, Miriam i Moorhead, Ruth Moorhead, Esther Lydic, Sarah Ly dic, Gertrude Deibler, Clarence Bain, bridge, Esther Balnbridge, Charles Balnbridge, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Mclntire, and children, William, Louis and Beulah. HOLD LAWN PARTY Eliznbethvillo, Pa., Sept. 16. —A lawn party was held at the home of H. H. Weaver on Friday evening. The lawn was beautifully decorated with Japanese lanterns. Those pre sent were: Misses Daisy and Mabelle Weaver, Dorthy and Esther Mar gerum, Emma Stroup, Florence Whitman. Elma Moyer, Amy Swab, I Ottie Hartman, Grace Forney, Marlln and Eldred Swab, John Fauber, Ralph Whitman, Morgan Botts, Evan | Deibler, Marlln Ender. U-Boat Shells Troopship 80 Miles Oft New York New York, Sept. 16. A British ship, engaged 1 hthe transport serv ice, was shelled by a U-boat within eighty miles of the entrance to New York harbor. The German fired five short, but his aim was poor and the steamshiip, aided by a heavy fog, escaped. There were many passengers on the ship, among them Canadian officers, returning home on sick leave. The first shot .fired by the raider landed within a few yards of the ship, hut the others went wide of the mark. JITNEY DRIVER CHARGED WITH RECKLESS DRIVING Charged with reckless driving, H. W. Shoffstall, a jitneur, 1317 Second street, was arrested Saturday night by Motorcycle Officer Fetrow. Other charges made again Shoffstall include driving without tail light and having his license tag covered so that it could not be read. He put up a $lO forfeit for his appearance this morn ing in police court. THIRTEENTH WARD TO UNFURL SERVICE FLAG A street parade and flagraising will be heid to-night by residents of the Thirteenth Ward, when a service flag with more than 100 stars, will be un furled in honor of the boys from that community now in the Army or Navy service. Weather conditions permit ting,. the parade will fo'rm and move promptly at 8 o'clock this evening. "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" C : j . . *r> & w | Copyright 1918 liart Schaffner & Mane " ..... ,J You Can Save or Waste in Buying Clothes There are many ways to serve Maybe you can save money by the country besides fighting. Men on the not buying any You may have clothes farm, men under fighting age, men in business keep- enough If you need to buy, save by getting the ing things going for the fighters; all can serve in best clothes possible—the kinds that last long—good some way Serve in your clothes-buying. durable fabrics, staunch serviceable clothing. Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes They're made to save, not to waste materials and labor, they're the kind it pays to buy Let us show you the new war styles when you decide you want clothes, they are refined, simple and saving. Try the Dependable Doutrich Service That Everybody Is Talking About "Manhattan Shirts" "Stetson Hats" L -* ' ' I i BLACKBIRDS TO GET NEW SEASON Sentiment in Favor of Change of the Shooting Period Is Gaining Now ■Officials of the State Game Com mission have been receiving thoughts I from people in regard to the black-! bird season and the new plan ofj issuing pamphlets containing the names of violators of the game code. Two issues of the latter publication have been made and as the offenses include both game and fish law vio lations covering the spring season some residents of Pennsylvania come in for jolts. The state commission is committed to the policy and the Au gust list is now in the hands of the printer and will be issued in spite of suggestions to forget it and much ad vice on the subject. In regard to tho blackbirds, there Is much discussion of a plan for ad vancing the season. The birds are legal game after September 1, but the sentiment expressed at the Wild Life League meeting at Conneaut Lake in favor of an early August date is finding much support In east- ern counties. In'the northern part of the state August 1 is favored, but about here the feeling is as in the southern tier, from August 10 to 15. The birds become a nuisance in outs fields and .orchards late in Augusf in the farming sections, and while this year they have remained in great flocks into the second week of Sep tember there have been other years whan they were migrating in im mense numbers by September 5. The blackbird has been extensively shot this year, but the hunting will make comparatively little Impression upon the flocks, which have been greater than known in years. Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, the State Game Commission secretary, is out with a warning against the killing of warblers and other small insect-eat ing birds. They have been the piey of boys and many have been shot. "Let them take to sparrows or help thin out the slarling," remarked the veteran sportsman. "Just now we want to keep every insect-eating bird we have." Reports coming here tell of an abundance of wild grapes and other food In the southern and mountain counties and of wild turkeys being very numerous. Many quail have turned up in unexpected places. JUST BEFORE RETIRING Take Horxford'n Add Phosphate Relieves thirst and fatigue, re freshes the system and rests a wearied brain. Non-alcoholic. Buy a battle.— Advertisement. , 1413,000 Barrels Gasoline Saved on Two Sundays Washington, Sept. 16. The saving of gasoline effected by the first two of the voluntary inotorless Sundays asked for by the fuel administration aggregates at least 413,000 barrels, according to a statement by the ad ministration. Don't Experiment With Catarrh; It Often Leads to Dread Consumption You Will Never Be Cured by Local Treatment With Sprays and Douches Catarrah is a condition of the blood and can not be cured by local applications of sprays and douches; this has been proven by the thou sands who have vainly resorted to this method of treatment. Catarrh should not be neglected or experimented with. The wrong treatment is valuable time lost, dur ing which the disease is getting a firmer hold upon its victim, and making it more difficult for • even the proper treatment to accomplish results. V Though Catarrh makes -its first appearance in the nostrils, throat and air passages, the disease be- ißabk. for BUNIONS CALLUSES Immediate Relief— 2s cents GORGAS DRUG STORES comes more and more aggravated and finally reaches down Into the lungs, and everyone recognizes the alarming condition that results when the lungs are affected. Thus Catarrh may be the forerunner of that most dreaded and hopeless of all diseases, consumption. No local treatment affords perma nent relief. Experience has taught that S. g. S. Is the one remedy which attacks the disease at its source, the blood, and produces sat isfactory results in even the worst cases. Catarrh sufferers are urged to give S. S. S. a thorough trial. It is sold by all druggists. You are in vited to write to the medical depart ment for expert advice as to how to treat your own case. Address Swift Specific Co., 436 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga. 9
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