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DRY NATION IS
ASSURED BY VOTE
IN LOWER HOUSE
Wilson's Signature Only Is
Needed to Make Wartime
Prohibition Effective
Washington. Sept. 24. —National
Prohibition effective next July 1 for
the period of the war, was approved
last night by the House, which
adopted 174 to 34, the Senate Pro
hibition Kider 'to the $12,000,000
Emergency Agricultural Appropria
tion Bill.
The measure now will be sent to
conference for adjustment of dif
ferences between the two houses on
appropriation items.
After voting in the committee of
the whole to accept an amendment
permitting the importation of wine
until next May 1, the House later
reversed its decision and by a vote
of 121 to 59 retained tho original
Senate provision that importation of
wine must cease when the measure
becomes effective with its signature
by the President.
The amendment was approved by
the House Agricultural Committee
to meet an objection by the govern
ment of France, Italy, Spain and
Portugal.
All other efforts to amend the
legislation also were defeated.
A proposal by Representative
Kahn, of California, Republican, to
extend the effective date for pro
hibiting the sale of wine and beer to
December 31, 1919, was defeated,
112 to 52, as was one by Representa
tive Beshlin, of Pennsylvania, Dem
ocrat, to change the date for
stopping the manufacturing of beer
and wine from next May 1 to De
cember 1, 1919.
5-s-s-h! Overalled Girls
at Downtown Garage Bring
Hundreds of Motorists
A certain gentleman by the name
rrt Hohenzollcrn, possessed of a repu
tation for murdering innocent Bel
gians, looting towns and generally
endeavoring to pose as a second Sa
tanic Majesty, received a blow on
the face yesterday if ho chanced to
hear of the ew scheme evolved by A.
G. McMullen, manager of Mac's Gar
age. Believing firmly in the prose
cution of the war and the need of
the automobile business while the
war is being carried on, Manager
McMullen has opened a school for
mechanics to be held thrice a week
in his commodious garage. Six pu
pils of the schools, all girls, already
clad in overalls, are taking the place
of men who are fighting for demo
cracy. Esther Hall, first among the
graduates, dispenses gasoline and is
attached to the service department.
Ellen Lightner is in charge of tools
and stock. Other girls now working
at the garage are Miss Mary All
wine, Penbrook: Miss Kathryn My
ers. New Cumberland; Miss Nell |
Brightbill. 560 Camp strfeet and Mrs ;
M. McNauehton.
"Ghee, it' 3 great!" said a bright
little lass as she adjusted the carbu
retor of a Ford. "1 alwuz wanted to
know what made these things go!
Now 1 know! It sure Is great stuff!"
"Yeh," boomed the alto voice of a
husky tire repairer, "you girls are
learnin' fast! Le'me tell y' some
thing. T never saw anyone learn the
trade so quickly!"
"Mac," the popular manager, re
gards the scheme as a great stunt
since it reduces his labor trouble
and makes the place very popular
among men motorists. Furthermore
he claims that in two months every
motorist in the city will be flocking]
to his garage to sec the girls!
Mercersburg Academy
Opens Fall Sessions
Mercersburg, Pa., Sept. 24.—With
more than 400 students enrolled,
Mercersburg Academy has opened its
1018-1919 term. The Rev. William S.
Mudge, pastor of Falling Spring
Presbyterian Church, delivered the
opening address. He appealed to the
boys gathered about him to be pa
triots through being men. The be
ginnng of this session marks the
twenty-sixth year of the headmaster
ship of Dr. William Mann Irvine and
its begins very auspiciously.
it has been a particularly difficult
matter this year to secure teachers,
but parents have appeared more
than evei; anxious to give their boys
a thorough educational training as
quickly as possible.
The large enrollment is partially
accounted for by the fact that Mer
cersburg is offering this year a course
in military training under the super
vision of an army officer. A short
time ago the headmaster visited the
War Department at Washington for
the purpose of ascertaining what the
wishes of the government were con
cerning the military work of the boys
in school. The information received
there from the officials will be made
the basis of the military training at
•t.-rcersburg. in addition, the notable
r ord of Mercersburg in the nation
c service has attracted many boys
t the academy. Almost 800 of its
. ' mini are now under the colors and
rteen have won signal honors in
cign fields. It is believed that this
Hilary record will have a notable
■ ' net on the tone and spirit of the
'demy this year.
K'wanis Clubs to Hold
Convention at Lancaster
L. F. Neefe will leave to-morrow
for Lancaster where he will attend
the district convention of the Ki
wanis Club as the delegate from the
local club.
James A. George, manager of the
Victoria Theater, will give a season
ticket to the theater as the attend
ance prize at to-morrow's Kiwatiis
luncheon which will be held at 12:15
in the assembly rooms of the Cen
tral y. M. C. A. building. Next week
Mr. George will give as the silent
boost, passes to "Les Miserablcs,"
featuring William Farnum. An in
teresting meeting is promised for
this week by the entertainment com
mittee. A good speaker Is to be pres
ent, the announcement says, but *he
name Is carefully withheld. "A sur
prise is in store," it is predicted.
Boosters of Loan Get
Greetings in Congress
Washington. Sept. 24.—The con
tingent of French legionnaires, tour
ing the United States in behalf of
the Fourth Liberty Ixian, yesterday
visited the Senate and the House and
received a great demonstration. In
their picturesque uniforms they went
first to the Senate where Vice-Presi
dent Marshall greeted them, and
then to the House where the cheer
ing continued several minutes while
members and visitors in the gallery
arose. .
The legionnaires later were review
ed by President Wilson,
TUESDAY EVENING,
Two Company I Boys
Are Wounded in Fight
Two casualties of Harrlsburg boys
who were members of Harrlsburg
units in the old Pennsylvania Nation
al Guard, are reported to-day. Harry
Beshore, 352 Harris street, formerly
with Company J, was severely
wounded, and Charles R. Hocker,
Dunkle and Greenwood streets, with
the same company, was shot through
the arm.
Beshore, a nephew of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Beshore, enlisted with
Company I, of the old Eighth Regi
ment, in* May, 1916, when only 19
years old. He was with it along the
Mexican border in the summer of
at your home. g Relief Truck when it calls IJJy Pomeroy Sc Stewart |B uyw w S. S. regularly and help win the I
_ 40th Anniversary Specials _ _ t 4oth Anniversary Specials
Equip Your Home With Oil Important Shoe News For
Heaters Now BMOI M ■, R
Anniversary Prices Show Savings Worth While lVien cm CI OOyS
j atklition to the economies that arc made possible oil account of the store's 40th birth- * Wpnr Thic MCLYIU ItCUIS FTOIYI ReOUlar Stork RpdllCpd
day| it wi be found to be a matter of the highest importance to equip rooms and hallways „ Wear 1 his 1 1 1 uliL HCyUIUi OIUUi IXtUULtU
Oil sJftn'mnr ~ * c BquQC OJ HOTIOT It is doubtful if as interesting a group of shoe items will be presented again for months
Un sale to-morrow in the Anniversary Sale will be The Fourth Lib to come. To-morrow's savings in the Anniversary Sale.
Brass Fount Oil Heaters With Smokeless Burners Loan opens next Satur Men's $5.00 oxford calfskin shoes with red fibre Goodyear welted soles and rubber heels.
With japanned trimmings; regularlv $7.15. Special $0 40 day Anniversary Sale Price $4.40
With nickel trimmings; regularly $8.15. Special " st!4o With millions of our Boys ' $ 2-75 RUn metal calf shoes in bluchcr st y le on full toe lasts, with extra heavy
Regular $44.00 gas ranges. Special $4o!oO boys ready to make the standard fastened soles. Anniversary Sale Price $2.40
Regular $30.00 gas ranges. Special • 20 40 suDreme sacrifice no Little boys' $1.75 gun metal calf shoes in button and lace styles on full toe last with
Regular $48.50 gas ranges. Special S4;L4O one with a spark of solid leather stitched soles; sizes 10 to 13J4. Anniverary Sale Price $1.40
ir . ... , . Miscellaneous Attractions in the Basement loyalty and an earning Misses', Children's and Infants' Anniversary Shoe News
$£.lU \\ earevcr aluminum 6-qt. kettle. Special $1.40 ability will deny the . f
55c aluminum cover to fit 6-qt. kettles. Special ' 40# overpowering duty of Misses $1.75 gun metal calf button shoes with heavy soles and low flat heels. Anni
-59c nickel frame custard cups. Special 40# buying Liberty Bonds versary Sale Price $1.40
$1.60 pie server with nickel frame. Special $1 40 to the limit of his or Children's $1.75 gun metal calf button shoes, with black cloth tops; footform lasts with
50c_ round coal sieves. Special 7.7.7.7.7.7.'. .7 40# her ability. spring heels; sizes 6 to 8. Anniversary Sale Price $1.40
$1.75 alarm clocks. Special V..........V..... $1.40 Let us all enroll and Infants' $1.75 black and brown kidskin button shoes, with heavy weight soles; sizes 2to 4.
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. wear this badge. Anniversary Sale Price $1.40
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor, Rear.
"
A Christmas Gift to the Boys at the Front Furniture Featured in the Anniversary Sale
Can Be Sent From Our Paris Office 4. -c ac\ 4-
The War Department lias found it impracticable to permit the ! JA/GCIIIC^ tIORS 01 40 -L GF (^Gllt
/ I '——- sending of gifts to the boys ' over there" however, we have just |7 vpr ., • 1 . t ,•. ell
concluded an a mnrr™,„ t - f i T) • • 'x- 1-7 o j Lverv item in this announcement is in regular stock at its full
Yl. 1/ \ concluded an arrangement with our Paris office, at No. 17 Rue de nrirn nt r •. , • £ • , , , , 11
y. lj Lr, ( I'Schinnier ,hrnkv h; c f i fii j price at the time ot writing. Ihe furniture chief wished to be well
J\Ju It I scniquier, wnereby it is possible for home folks to provide suit- ronroconioa A. c i i i 1 ,1 —^
able Christmas gifts for the boys who arc enlisted in the service of represented in the Anniversary Sale this week and announced the
*ys4Democracy. tollowing pieces at reductions of 40 per cent: /
(oft have just procured from our Paris office a half dozen cata- fo'o- r ockcrs , ] / i. '
/ logues from which innumerable gift selections might be made. TywH. eat j lcr seat arm chair I Anniversary Sale Price, / ' \
By calling at the store and making a selection from any one of fin en lN SC3 * 3rni cka ' r Reduced 40% / i IT W i 1 \
these catalogues, you can be assured that prompt delivery will be s mahogany chairs J /fl \\ f \
\ mad ° whercver the soldier may be billeted. $9.50 Jacobean oak chair 1 flOi Jcl I \
r T S " ggeStiVe itCmS 3rC givC " hcrewith ~ $18:50 fibre°fa a ble !!!!!!! T AnniV ßeduced S 40y PriCC ' SO ffl I J
Lmforms, overcoats, hats, caps, suspenders, belts, $19.50 old ivory reed settee !'.!! J
shirts, ties, underwear, socks, shoes, boots, leg- $26.50 brown reed settee \ 11 U
if\ VVa AW gmgS ' puttees, handkerchiefs, towels, comb, $25.00 grey enamel reed settee !!!!!!!!!!!!!] . . \ "I
vs '(Sw Vv 1! brusb ' pocket knives, pencils, wristlets, helmets, $4.95 toilet table benches ; Anniversary Sale Price, V TTfT ■ J
IvWl gloves, folding cots, sleeping bags, portable $37.50 large upholstered chair j Reduced 40% \ ® /
shower baths, flashlights, thermos bottles, razors, .$39.00 large upholstered chair J X
• shavin l? out fits, pipes, cigarette case, tobacco, sl3soo four-picc6 old ivory bedroom suite j..
games, wrist watches, compasses, binoculars, s P'cce old ivory bedroom suite [Anniversary Sale Price,
kodaks, cameras, films or plates. ?-r> " la °^ an y ba " clocks [ Reduced 40% a£3^.
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Rear. $5900 ' Umed ° ak tablc bed >
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Fourth Floor. •
New House Dresses For The Anniversary Sale Offers Unusual Savings
Fall and Winter i n Men's and Young Men's New Fall Suits
they'd 1 Newsso.ooSiiits News4o.ooSuits News3s.ooSuits
chambrays are of good quality. / \ $40.40 $34.40 $28.40
Every house dress in this complete Anniversary showing Was ordered / /j l
months a S o, when prices were considerably lower than they are today. I Jjk 1 Men who appreciate new styles in new clothes should he greatly interested
Complete sizes and many styles for small, medium and large women. \ f\\ ) ,n le P art the Men's Clothing Section is taking in the Anniversary Sale.
Anniversary prices for Wednesday are .$3.40 and $4.40 instead of $3.95 and \lf lj Fight out of regular stocks that were only recently received, these fine suits
$4 ' 9:V Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, second Floor. M Jj America ' s foremost makers of clothing, come these new suits that are
/ft, 1 ' Vtfmm ottered much below their regular prices—to make it worth a man's while to buy
" his new Autumn clothes here and now, while the Anniversary Sale is in progress.
Women's and Misses' Anniversary Specials styles in velours, worsteds, tweeds and mixtures.
• . -j— .-l -w— ■ ii 1 xxT* If I Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second F'oor, Rear.
in Coats For the Fall and Winter Seasons ''
$30.00 Coats Reduced to $24.40 98c Brushed Wool Caps and 100 Pair Women's Shoes at $5.40
$37.50 Coats Reduced to $29.40 Scarf Sets in the Sale si fit sary offering that offers a
.50 CrOcits Reduced to .... . $29.40 oF AC\r* x \ft g rac^e tan ace s h°c
$45.00 Coats Reduced to $34.40. . , . , wi with mcdiltm hecls at this
©ro cr\ o j d „ rli-tnr, r! 4 Af l ai/i Misses and 9Bc brushed wool cap and scarf sets in ffl 1. savin g price.
"Jpu£ ,OU ixeaucea lO .... , rjp4U.UU Copenhagen, rose, white and delft with combination colors. An- y\. Women's high button
„ niversary Sale Price 40# shoes in natent colt an'tt
i\es, omeroj tewart, Second Floor. Women's and children's $l.OO brushed wool caps, all colors. ""linmctal with kid atfd cloth
Anniversary Sale Price 40# X— . - or/ . o a
Women's and children's $l.OO long wool scarfs, all colors. ==a; aa- = l lops, sizes ~A to ft. Anni
40th Anniversary Specials Anniversary Sale Price .......... *; 40# versary -ale Frice $3.40.
Women s Coat Sweaters . Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Market Street.
A O * 1~ * m 1 $4.95 mercerized coat sweaters, plain and combination colors. . . —, T
Anniversary bpecials m iowels Anniversary Specials That Lower
50-inch large Turkish Bath Towels. Anniversary Sale Price A mvjittaiiciq'wtt Q*l
the Cost of Foodstuff
Linen hemstitched huck towels, 18x34-inch. Anniversary Sale Price, dozen $0.40 47x11111 VGI SHi y kOll VOI*WHI*O The Grdcery Section offers these savings for the Anniversary
Lunch Cloths —in linen drawn work— • "1 Sale to-morrow —
' S Fruited wheat and oats, a new English breakfast tea. Anni
-30 inches; $2.50 value, at $l4O breakfast cereal. Anniversary versary Sale Price, 60c value,
54 inches; $5.00 value, at p ? 19g R °S ers silver P latcd oran e e s P°P ns - Anniversary Sale . Sa^ a f a Toni B anfVaghetti'. s An° P °New pancake fiour;' seif-rising 0
$2.25 Union Damask, 70 inches. Anniversary Sale Price, yard $1 40 p • "'VVV'hi V' '• sl * 4 ° Bale Price '. G ,arKC I c A n e n ' verBary Sale PrJce> 3 pa^"
, XT i • , t . _ J * 50c Rogers silver plated baby spoons. Anniversary Sale P k * s 40c 40c
22-inch Napkins to match. Anniversary Sale Price, dozen SK4 4(1 Price • At\* cieanßcr, sifting-top cans. An- Perfect olive rings, used with
. ~ , , , . . . ; . x iiv-c 4Ue nivprsarv Sale Price, nine tall salads land sahdwlchcs. Anni
s3.oo mercerized table cloths, 72 inches square. Anniversary Sale Price $22.40 39c white ivory hair receiver and puff boxes. Anniverary cans • 4e versary Sale Price 40c
50c Longcloth, 40-inch. Anniversary Sale Price vard .in* a l e Price Borax soap. Anniversary Sale h Pe^' 8 , B " pe^ latlve . dell cious
. ® J. live, y<x\ 11 4U# cn i t . ~ • ' Price, seven cakes. 40c breakfast cocoa. Anniversary
$4.20 Nainsook, 36 inches. Anniversary Sale Price, 12-yard niece *•{ 10 59c pearl bead necklaces. Anniversary Sale Price 400 Babbitt s best laundry soap. Sale Pricef five 10c can
soc gold filled cuff links. Anniversary Sale Price 40# Anniversary Sale Price. 7 bars 400 8 20c canB fl.oo
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. ' Steel-cut coffee. Anniversary ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart
—-— ' Sale Price, 8 lbs 91.40 Basement.
/ - . , • ~ ' .
1910, and trained during the past
winter at Camp Hancock with Com
pany I, 112 th Honlmont. Ha was
formerly omployad as a fireman on
the Pennsylvania railroad,
Hocker was shot In tho arm, but Is
now convalescent, ho writes his par
ents. Only 20 years old now, he en
listed with tho National Ouard Com
pany in June, 1917, and had been In
training at Camp Hancock, Qa., be
fore going overseas.
To Increase Values of
Rent Profiteers' Houses
That the rent profiteer will have a
taste of his own medicine when coun
cil meets as the board of revision
HAJRRISBURG TELEGRAPH!
and appoals, was declared by Mayor
Kolster yesterday, who said ho will
havo tho assessment of properties
owned by profiteers raised to the
value they evldenty think their prop
erties are worth when setting the
amount of rent to be paid by their
tenants. He made the declaration
following the discovery that a row
of seven houses in Schuylkill street
on which the rent has been raised,
were assessed at $1,650, while the
owner declared they were worth
$2,500, when telling of the increase.
Mayor Keister said it is his opinion
that properties should be assessed at
their reaj value, which would bring
about a lower mill rate.
RETAIL GROCERS TO MEET
The Retail Grocers' Association
will hold a meeting in tho Harrlsburg
Chamber of Commerce offices this
evening to decldo on the closing
hours for this winter. From 7 a. m.
until 8 p. m. is tho proposed sched
ule, with Thursday afternoon closing
continued indefinitely, to conserve
fuel.
FEW HEAT COMPLAINTS
Of the 800 subscribers to the steam
heat service of the Harrlsburg Light
and Power Company, nardly a dozen
have complained of the failure of
the company to turn on the steam.
This failure, to do so is at the order
of the state fuel administration,
which desires to conserve the fuel
ordinarily used to furnish heat for a
few of the consumers during the
early weeks of the fall.
State Police Chiefs
Plan Clearing House
For Stolen Articles
The meeting of a committee of po
lice chiefs to discuss the proposed
"state clearing house for stolen prop
erties," took place in the Senate this
'afternoon, beginning at 2.30 o'clock.
The purpose of the committeo is to
plan for such a close co-operation of
police departments throughout the
state that it will be impossible for a
thief to get away with anything
merely by leaving the scene of the
crime. The committee is composed
of the following chiefs of police:
Chief Edward T. Hallissey, of Hav.
erford county, chairman; Chief
SEPTEMBER 24,1918.
Charles Miller, of Reading; Chiof C.
B. Thomas, of Jenkinevlllo; Chief F.
W, Tepel, of Wllllamsport; S. W.
Schwab, of Johnstown! Superinten
dent of Pollco Robinson, of Philadel
phia, and Chlof J. E. Wetzel, of Har
rlsburg,
SERIOUS SHEET SHORTAGE;
NEEDED FOR HOSPITALS
Harrlsburg, as well as all other
cities in the United States, is facing
a serious sheet shortage, according
to the representative of a large sheet
and blanket manufacturing establish
ment, who was in the city yesterday.
The-shortage will be due to the fact
that Uncle Sam has contracted for
all the sheeting now being manu
factured for use in the hundreds of
hospitals now under his supervision.
Owing to the fact that the shelves of
local merchants are well stocked,
tho shortage will not be appar nt
until they try to purchase new ,
stocks. *
Gompers and U. S. Labor
Mission Call on Royalty
London, Sept. 24.—Samuel GoQuur#
president of the American Federation
of Labor, and the labor mission were
received by King George yesterday*
Gompers had a chat with the king
on labor problems and the mission ofl
the American labor leader to lings ,
land. Queen Mary joined them later*
The royal couple engaged in con-*
vernation with the mission for mora
than an hour, both expressing higti
appreciation of the attitude of laboQ
toward the war.