2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS RED CROSS READY! TO FIGHT MALADY Mechaniesburg Chapter Con- j siders Ways and Means of Meeting Great Emergency Mechaniesburg. Pa., Oct. 16.—1n response to a call issued by.the pres- j Ident of Mechaniesburg chapter. American Red the Rev. H. j Hall Sharp, to consider ways and I means to meet any emergency j which might rfsult from a contin- j ued and widespread epidemic of influenza, an open-air meeting was j held at the homo of Mrs. R. Wilson Hurst yesterday John ( J. Mitleisen. representing the bor- ■ ough, the Rev. George Fulton, Penn- j sylvanla Council National Defense, and about ten active Red Cross I workers were present. It was de- I elded to appoint whrd committees ; who will solicit the registration of ; volunteer workers-t help as required , tnd as the situation demands. HUNDREDS OP NEW CASES Carlisle. Pa., Get. 16.—There is no letup in influenza in Carlisle and In other sections the number of cases reported each day is at the j high point. In Carlisle yesterday • there were 134 new cases and to-day j 140. Conditions at the Carlisle Hos pital, where many of the nurses: were suffering front the disease, are , becoming better. William Y. Yeingst, , af Mount Holly Springs, is among | the latest victims. Dr. George Leon hardt of Carlisle, died yesterday. I AUXILIARY REOPENS Mrs. Cora Kwing llarr. chairman or Rldgo Avenue Bed Cross Auxiliary, , announces that work will be resumed In Ridge Avenue Methodist Church on , Thursday of this week, hours the same | as usual, 9:30 a. m to 5 p. m. and i j to 9 p. nt. j MRSICK®F IS CONSTIPATED! LOOK AT TONGUE Hurry, Mother! Remove poi sons from little stomach, liver, bowels J Give "California Syrup of Figs" if cross, bilious or feverish No matter what ails your child, a sentle, thorough laxative should al r ways be the first treutment given. If your little one is out-of-sorts, i naif-sick, isn't resting, eating and u-ting naturally—look, Mother!' see f tongue is coated. This is a sure * gn that its little stomach, liver and bowels tire clogged with waste. When TOSS, irritable, feverish, stomach four, breath bad or has stomach ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of ■old, give a teaspoonful of "Cali fornia Syrup pf Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated poison, utr d gested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels with out griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving thus harfnless "fruit laxative." be , cause it never fails to cleanse the; liltlc one's liver and bowels and i sweeten rhe stomach and they dearly j love its pleasant taste. Full direc- I lions for babies, children of all ages l ind for grown-ups printed on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," then see that it is made by the "California I' g Syrup Company." HEALTH BOARD GIVES WARNING OF | INFLUENZA DANGER Ask People to Be Careful and j Take Proper Treatment, Promptly. Many Pneumonia Cases Follow Influenza. What to Do. To be prepared for the serious out breaks of Influenza and Pneumonia that are. now sweeping over the en tire country and that have seized on this community. Public Health Boards every wherebare issuing cautions and Instructions to the public not to neg lect treatment at the first symptom of a cold and to co-operate with the board and physicians in stamping out the spreatl of the disease. No disease develops so quickly or spreads so rapidly. The first symp tom usually is a sharp rise in tem perature to 103 or 104 degrees, head ache. pain in the back, throat feeling dry or sore. Unless promptly checked by proper treatment, the best plan is to go to bed and stay there for at least a week, keeping warm to avoid pneumonia, and let the minor ailment run its course and also prevent the spread of the disease to others. Most of us. in these busy days, can not afford, if it can be avoided, to lose a week or more of work, so it is All the more necessary that at the very first sign of grip or influenza a counter-acting treatment should be Probably no better or more effec tive treatment could be followed at such a time than to ret from the nearest drug store a complete Hyomet outfit, consisting of a bottle of the pure Oil of Hyomel and a little vesU poeket, hard rubber inhaling device Into which a few drops of the oil are poured. Tit is is all you will need. Put the Inhaler in your mouth and breathe Its air deep into the passages of your nose, throat and lungs. Every par ticle of air that enters your breath ing organs will thus be charged with an antiseptic, germ-klllitig balsam that will absolutely destroy the germs of influenza that have found lodg ment there. Yon can't do this too often. The Hyontei Inhaler is small and can be conveniently carried in a handbag*or In vour vest pocket. Every haL hour > or so throughout the day take it out and draw-a few breaths of Its pure, healing air into your nose and throat. ( Belief comes almost instantly. The Grip or Influenza symptoms subside. Congestion ceases, fever disappears, throat conditions become normal and you soon are feeling fine. The outfit Is not at all expensive, for the rubber inhaler will last a lifetime, while the oil of Hyomel can be obtained at lit tle cost from any reliable druggist. Lot* of people already have a I'vomel Inhaler. Take it out, charge i' and use it without delay. If you ( haven't one, get it to-day. t A few cents spent now may easily prevent serious illness and save you many dollars and help stamp out the fcoread of the disease. V/ErrHSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG SSS&i TELEGRAPH k OCTOBER 16, 1918. UNION COUNTY BOYS KILLED Former Members of Old First Penna. Cavalt*y Regiment Among Cusualties li'wisburg. Pa., Oct. 16.—Tele-1 grams from the War Department to j families here yesterday announced j the deaths of Private Ralph Dull j and Private Bright Krataer, both | of Lewisburg, killed In action in 1 Franco September 26. Both Private j Dull and Private Kratzer were mem- j hers of the One Hundred Third ' Trench Mortar Battery, made up, principally of members of the for mer First Pennsylvania Cavalry j Regiment. Kratzer served with j Troop M, of Lewisburg. on the Mex- j lean border. Dull enlisted when the j command was recruiting to full > strength following the call to arms! in the present conflict, and both left j with the organization when it de- j parted for Camp Hancock. Augusta, j Ga. There the organization was j broken up and these men were transferred to the trench mortar battery, which has been in France for nine months and which has been In active service for aniost six months. Aside from the announcement of deaths as killed in action in France on the above-named date, the tele grams carried no further informa tion. Dull is survived by his parents. ! Mr. and Mrs. John Dull, and one sister, Miss Laura Dull, all of Lewis burg. Kratzer is survived by his parents and several brothers, all residents of this section. Want 10,000 Names on Liberty Loan Honor Roll Carlisle. Pa.. Oct. 16. —The reply of President, Wilson to the peace ] proffer of Germany has done much i to stimulate interest in the cam- j paign for the Fourth Liberty Ixtan j in Cumberland county. So far 6,000 persons have subscribed slight- ; ly over 50 per cent, of the quota and | it is the belief of the organization j that 10,000 persons as a minimum should have their names on the various honor roils by the close of the campaign. A cgreful check-up | system has been inaugurated to j search out those who are able to ! subscribe and who do not do so. "Old Mother Cumberland" Will Surely Reach Quota Mechaniesburg, Pa., Oct. 16.—Not- j withstanding the handicap of the ; Influenza epidemic, activity on the part of men and women's Liberty i Loan committees for Cumberland county has brought forth such en- j couraging returns in the past few j days that George E. Lloyd, chair- , man Thirty-ninth Federal Reserve i Liberty Loan District, anticipates! that "Old Mother Cumberland" will j retain her place in the sun, and j reach her quota by the close of the campaign. Blaine C. Woods Dies at Trindle Spring Home Mechaniesburg, Pa., Oct. 16. —! Blaine C. Woods died yesterday noon at his home at Trindle Spring after j one week's illness of influenza which developed into pneumonia. He was I employed ab the Brelsford packing j house at Harrisburg as a purchaser of livestock. He was 35 years of I age and was a member of the Trin- : die Spring Lutheran Church. Mr. \ Wood is survived by his wife and nineteen-month-old son, George Eu- i George Woods, of Boiling Springs; j gene; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. \ also three brothers and two sisters, ; as follows; Emmltt Woods, of Pitts- 1 burgh; Loy Woods, of Lemoyne; i Clyde Woods, of near Carlisle; Mrs. John Leib, of Allen, and Miss Flor- 1 ence Woods, at homje. The funeral services will be held on Friday af- ! tcrnoon at 2 o'clock at his late home, : conducted by the Rev. Mr. Appel, i pastor of Trindle Spring Lutheran | Church. Burial will be made in the I Trindle Spring Cemetery. State Soldiers Reported in Hun Prison Camp Washington, Oct. 16.—Names of 84 I enlisted men in German prison camps, j all but one of whom are at Rastatt, { were announced to-day by the War Department. More than thirty are from Pennsylvania. Those at Ras tatt include: Harold Bulla. Blooms burg; Walter R. Brink, Wllliamsport; George D. Deitrich, Columbia; Frank G. Anderson, Beaver; Barton Dell rlnger, Wrightsvllle. TAKING SPJECIAL TRAINING Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16. —For train ing as motor mechanics, several Carlisle men left last evening for special study. They Include: -C. H. Humrich, George R. Lawton, C. Victor Boyer, Elmer E. Blake, Earl F. Carroll anß Clifton G. Rebok, to the University of Pittsburgh; Stew art P. Day, to Carnegie Tech, and Millard E. Landis, to State College. PRICE OF MILK ADVANCED Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 16.—8y an agreement among dairymen, sanc tioned by the food administration, the price of milk for Carlisle was to day advanced one cent, or making it nine cents per quart. This is the third advance in a year. Rising costs for keeping dairy cows are given as the causes. BACK TO PRINTING OFFICE Mechaniesburg, Pa., Oct. 16. After being employed the past four months at the Mather and Company hardware store, at Harrisburg, S. J. Mountz returned this week to his former position of forefttan at the Thomas printing office, Mechanies burg. Mr. Mountz was connected with the latter place for a period of about fifty years. CHALLENGE TO BUY Mechaniesburg, Pa., Oct. 16. — Joseph Z. Prowell, a West Main street hardware merchant, comes out with a challenge to forty-nine men of Mechaniesburg, who have al ready bough* a Liberty Bond to join with him In buying one more, be tween this time and Friday evening, October 18. Mr. Prowell is solicitor in the Fifth ward. ' •PLANE AFIRE; FLYER KILLED Columbus, Miss., Oct. 16.—Lieute nant Jasper French, of Chicago, was killed near here yesterday in an air plane accident In which his machine caught fire. His companion, whose name has not been ascertained, was seriously Injured. MAYOR CALLS ON ! CITY TO OBSERVE 'PREVENTION DAY' Harrisburg to Do Its Share in I Making Pennsylvania "Fireproof" | Urging a hearty co-operation on : ithe part of the citizens of Harris jburg in the observance of "Fire Pre vention Day," November ?, Mayor ! Daniel L. Keister to-day issued a : proclamation calling upon every one to do bis part toward "making Penn 'sylvania fireproof." j Fire Prevention Day will be ob 'served all over the state at the re- | quest of the state fire marshal's of fice. Plosters telling of the signifi- Vance of the day have been distrib- j !uted broadcast, and will be placed' 'in public places between now and } ! November 2. j The Mayor's proclamation follows: | Proclamation Whereas. The purpose of the Stats Fire Marshal in naming a day to be observed as "Fire Prevention Day" is with the idea of arousing the citi zens to the evils and magnitude of fire waste, and aside from their in dividual responsibility in eliminat ing a menace vitally affecting their own welfare, to impress upon them the importance of conserving Amer ican resources fro mdestruction by ;11 re: and Whereas, The menace of fire has never before in the history of our country been greater and the pre- [ servation of resources more neces sary; Therefore, I, Daniel L. Keister, Mayor of the City of Harrisburg, do proclaim Saturday, November 2. I 1918, as. "Fire Prevention Day" in the Ctiy of Harrisburg. and would make the following recommenda tions for the observance thereof: First —Examination of premises by owners and occupants with the view of removing and properly dls j posing of waste accumulations, and immediately arranging for remedy or correction of fire hazards. Second—Short talks by employers t<\ employes on the subject of fire prevention. I Third —Observance of fire drills 'in institutions, factories and other establishments. Fourth—Especial care in the 'handling of matches, lamps, lights, heaters, and all other forms of fire hazard. Fifth—To have all waste paper, packing material and other combus table rubbish put in metal contain lera and removed from buildings daily. Sixth—To have your basements nnrt cellars put in a perfectly clean condition. Seventh—Ascertain the location of nearest fire alarm box and study di jrections for sending in alarm. I The unprecedented concentration of population and values in Harris iburg Is such that a small conflagra tion might easily turn into a disas ter of the first magnitude. As Mayor of the City I hereby call upon *all citizens to co-operate for the public safety by following the 'foregoing suggestion^ DANIEL L. KEISTER, Mayor. To Complete Corn Test in Upper End, Friday The corn variety test which has i been conducted by H. G. Niesley, ) Dauphin county farm agent, will be ! completed at a meeting of the farm- . | ers of Lykens, Gratz and vicinity, | Friday morning, at J. M. Boyer's i farm near Gratz, where the test has I been conducted. The corn special- I ; ties of four Dauphin cunty farmers, j and four pure bred varieties, have i been planted side by side in ten .acre plots, and the results of the tests | will be determined at the husking | which will take place Friday morn ing. In the afternoon the Gratz Pig: j Club, containing ten members, will I be rounded up and prizes rewarded, ; Saturday the Matamoras Pig Club , will be rounded up at the farm of j L. B. Lehman, south of Matamoras. , j The Linglestown and Lower Swatara ' Township Pig Clubs are the only I ones besides these two not y*t ; rounded up. ! MERCER R. TATE, JR.. LEAVES FOR CAMP I Mercer B. Tate. Jr., left this morn j ing for Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, where he will receive training for the: I coast defense. Tate was graduated I j from the Harrisburg Academy and 1 was a member of the 1919 class at Le-' high University. U ■ p ■■ ÜBUWUPUBUWUUUBU U UMUfL-fU^uJMUIIJMU Toserve Uncle Sam is a chief duty of POST TOASTIES •these days.They do it by saving wheat and sugar TFley're also the most, delicious corn flakes imaginable. ' A * t. • /; ■ _ West Shore News I Many Deaths at Enola From Spanish Influenza Enola, Pa., Oct. 16. —The Spanish influenza epidemic has struck this i place with force and the Pennsyl | vania Railroad Company has been 'i hard hit in the local yards as well as | the merchants. Many men in the j roundhouse and car repair shops are j off on a<?count of the disease. Brake men In the yards who are able to work are making ten and twelve hours a day to help the company. In the roundhouse 67 persons are off. Many deaths have occurred during the past several dtfts, among those: Mrs. Clarence R. Rider and son, of Susquehanna avenue: L. L. Allander, of Summerdale; L. G. Barrow, of South Enola; Mrs. Emma Parmer, I of Halifax, who has been visiting Mr. ! and Mrs. H. C. Parmer and Miss i Martha F. Fleming, of South Enola. i Mrs. Allen M. Parmer Dies While Visiting at Enola | Enola, Pa., Oct. 16.—Mrs. Emma Parmer, aged 23 years, of Halifax, died here while visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Parmer, of Spanish influenza and pneumonia. She is survived by her husband, Allen M. Parmer, one daughter, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hummell, of Halifax, and a sister, Mrs. Joseph Harlan, of Harrisburg. Burial will be made in ,the Halifax cemetery. Enola Pushing Loan Drive to Meet/Town's Quota Enola. Pa., Oct. 16.—The Liberty I Loan drive has been heavily handi capped during the past several days and a special effort is being made that Enola will be able to meet its quota. The Enola car repair shops employes have already raised $24,000 and a club has been formed that each member deny himself to purchase a $5O bond during this drive. Forty eight persons joined the club. F. S. Craig, solicitor in the local yards, has secured $32,000, most of these being In cash. PROMOTED TO CORPORAL Marjravllle, Pa., Oct. 16. —Harry M. Deckdrd, now stationed at Camp Oreenleaf. Ga., has been made a cor poral. Deckard enlisted us an am bluanee driver last May. He was an employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. M. 11. GRIFFITH ILL MnrynvUlr, Pa., Oct. 16.—M. H. Griffith is seriously ill at his home on Front street with pneumonia. FEW CASES AT MARYSVILLE Maryavllle, Pa., Oct. 16.—There are very few cases of Influenza in Marys ville, but the doctors and undertakers have been kept busy assisting In the surrounding towns where the epi demic has been spreading rapidly. BURIAL OF MISS KIT7,MILLER New Camlierland, Pa.. Oct. 16. Funeral services of Miss Susan Kitz mlller will be.held Thursday morn ing at 9.30 from the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kitzmil ler In Fifth street. The Rev. A. R. Ayres, of Trinity United Brethren Church, will conduct the services. WORK ON HIGHWAY ' New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 16. I The State Highway Department has j begun work in Bridge street below j Second street. DDIES AT HOSPITAL New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 16. j William Martin, of Front street, died | at the Harrisburg Hospital on Mon day night from pneumonia. His wife ! is also ill with the disease. URBAN A. BENT DIES New Cumberland. ,P, Oct. 16.—Ur ! ban A. Bent died yesterday after ; noon of pneumonia at the home of I his father-in-law, Harry Hawn, in | Bridge street. Mr. Bent was 4jt years | old and was a salesman for the Ger i bet- Engineering Company. A week j ago he had an attack of Spanish influ ! enza which developed into pneu monia. He is survived by his wife. TO COMB INDUSTRIES E. C. Felton, federal director of Pennsylvania, yesterday issued 4 in structions for the Federal Labor Community Boards of the state to comb nonessential industries for skill ed and unskilled war workers to ex- I tend efforts to give railroads and I farms a full complement of labor, and to promote the equal distribution of I labor. A. Carson Stamm Is chairma* of the Dauphin County Board. CARLISLE MEN ON CASUALTY LISTS Several Members of One Hun dred and Twelfth Regiment Dead, Wounded or Missing Carlisle, Pa., Oct. —Carlisle and Cumberland county men suffered heavily in the fighting in France early in September, according to many telegrams which reached rel atives here yesterday afternoon, lust evening and this morning. Several deats, all in Company G, of the 112 th Regiment, formerly the Bth Pennsylvania, are reported with a number of the same men missing in action. Mr. and Mrs. George Stevens, of North Bedford street, received of ficial word of the death of their son, September 1. He was in the Guard for some years and was in service on the Mexican border in 1916. He was for a time employed in the Bow man & Company store, at Harris burg. His parents, one brother and three sisters survive. After they had heard conflicting reports for weeks, Mr. and Mrs. William Newcomer, Boiling Springs, finally learned last evening that their son. Orlando, a private in the 112 th, had been killed in the fighting early in July. He had previously been re ported wounded and later missing. Among men from this section re ported by War Department tele grams as missing In action early in I • . - jg sb Women of Central Pennsylvania DfH Are you putting forth your best effort in helping Uncle Srtm J33 r-j-i in this great crisis? Do you know that our soldiers are in need by W3 of clothing for the coming Winter? It is for the women of Kel gg America to make this clothing. == il Experienced Operators on Power J Sewing Machines Are Needed Set There are a large number of factories who have the materials lau (SSI to go ahead, but they need operators. We are one of these fac- RSI RSI tories. We have a large contract for shirts for the boys in the ESJ EH trenches. We have the machinery and the materials, but we GJ3 need help—and need it at once. EH t£ci We have an ideal, sunlight factory and many other attractive RjO working conditions which will appeal to you. If you are an ex- ITCI QSSJ pericnced operator and are making less than from $2.50 to $4.50 Eel CKj a day, see us now. We need you. ' j®l E9 Call at Our Office or Make Appoint- E3 py ment by Letter or Phone. See What K5 Kind of Work We Have For You. gg 1 JENNINGS MANUFACTURING CO. i 2012 N. Third St., Harrisburg, Pa. H i °* | U. S. Employment Bureau, Third and North Sts. If you are now on Government work, don't leave 0 I TELEPHONE SITUATION I I TODAY I I Today finds a smaller force g I than ever to handle calls. . The | I - remaining operators on duty are 1 I instructed to care for ONLY I I absolutely pecessary calls. The | I gravity of the situation has com- 1 I pelled the Board of Health to re- I I quest your cooperation; warn 1 I everyone in your home and office: 1 I Stop unnecessary calling in the I I evening, as well as during the • I day time. 9 If needless telephoning con- I tinues the Government and pub- • I I lie welfare requirements can be I I met only by denying service that I I does not measure up to these re- I I quirements. . I I THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY I I , OF PENNSYLVANIA I I,—— ■ a , - September are: Paul Goodyear, of Mount Holly Springs; Charles Clep 'per, of Boiling Springs; Emerson jMinnich and Clayton Kauffman, |both of the same town; Embry Bretz widely known as a baseball j player, and Charles Hoffsass, also lof Boiling Springs, are also missing, i Charles B. Lyter, of Carlisle, is wounded, and Corporal John Vance, lot Carlisle, und William E. Hershey, 'are missing. Police Chiefs Establish Clearng House to Catch Thieves in This City , At the meeting of the committee , for the establishment of a Clearing j House for the Recovery of Stolen : Goods f the Police Chiefs Association ' of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia yes ■ terday, at which J. Edward Wetzel, , i Harrisburg chief of police attended, i $2,000 was appropriated for the pur ; poses of establishing the central j clearing house. ! Two thousand dollars also was j appropriated for the purchase of : Liberty Bonds. Philadelphia will be i credited with $l,OOO, and Scranton, j where the next convention of the | Police Chiefs Association takes place, will be credited with the I other $l,OOO. | The clearing house will he located 'in Harrisburg. About the first of ! November the committee on the ! clearing house will meet in Harris- I burg and arrange for a suitable lo ; cation. After that arrangements will be made to print and circulate literature. The chief energies of the i Clearing House Association will be to trail automobile thieves. Auto- , multilists will be requested to join, with an admission fee of $l. .The efforts of the association will be con- ] centrated on the arrests of the thieves, rather than the recvery of the cars which very often are re covered after they have been aban doned. A handsome reward for the apprehension of automobile thieves will be offered, the chief said. The Clearing House will begin its operation about January 1. fter De cember uutomobilists will be ad dressed with the idea of getting them j Into the membership. Bolsheviki Say They Can't Locate Czar's Family Romp, Oct. 16.—As a result of the interest shown by Pope Benedict in j the former empress of Russia and her I daughters, the Austrian consulate at Moscow has made inquires of the j Bolshevik authorities relative to the J former empress and her family, j Hp was informed that their where ' abouts are unknown. As these attir | matives are doubtful, reliable per j sons have been commissioned to make j further Investigation. SNEAK OUT OF ZEEBRUGGE London, Oct. 16. —Several of Ger ! tttany's latest torpedo boats recently : left Zeebrugge, one of the German s • * • 4 E - T a man wear one of our suits or overcoats a few days and he will wonder how he ever had the misfortune to be burdened with ordinary clothes es-' pecially when ours are so economical. New Fall Suits and Overcoats $3O to $9O HAND TAILORED [ naval bases on the Belgian coast, I during a stormy night, according to | a Dutch frontier message forwarded | from Amsterdam on Monday to the | Central News Agency. The German warships were filled to their capacity | with soldiers and proceeded for Ger i many. The Germans also Rife re- I ported to be evacuating Ostend. I'll AN TAX ON BANK CHECKS ! Washington, Oct. 16.—A stamp tax ! of 2 cents on all bank chocks is pro j vided for la an amendment to the \ war- revenue bill adopted by the Sen j ate Finance Committee, which Is re vising the house draft. !ICATARRHAL DEAFNESS! pi MAY BE OVERCOME \ If you have Catarrhal Deafness or 1 head "and ear noises or are growing j hard of hearing, go to your druggist j and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double j strength) and add to it Vt pint of hot I water and a little granulated sugar. Take I tablespoonful four times a dav. This will often bring quick relief I from the distressing head noises, Clogged nostrils should open, breath | ing become easy and the mucus stop I dropping into the throat. It is easy | to prepare, costs little and is pleas -1 ant to take. Anyone who lias Catar- I rhal Deafness or head noises should give this prescription a trial.
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