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POWER TO RETURN
RAILROADS RESTS
WITH LAWMAKERS
Interstate Commerce Commis
sioner Says the Congress
Should Act
By *Assectatid Press
Washington, Jan. B.—Congress and
not the President should determine
when the railroads are to be turned
back to private management, said
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Edgar E. ctark to-day, continuing
his testimony before the Senate In
terstate Commerce Committee at the
hearins on railroad legislation. Yes
terday he submitted a statement
from the Commission recommending
private operation of. the carriers un
der stricter Government supervision.
"To state it bluntly." added Mr.
Clark, "I think Congress ought to
withdraw from the President the
power to turn back the roads on an
hour's notice and Congress itscl
cught to determine when this shall
be."
Senator McLean, of Connecticut,
pointed out that legislation to re
voke the President's power to imme
diately turn back the properties
would be difficult to get through
Congress, emphasizng the possibility
of an executive veto. Also, Senator
McCtean said, the Administration ap
parently has engaged in "propa
ganda" in behalf of Mr. McAdoo's .
five-year extension program.
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
RAILROAD NEWS
DOG TEAMS DELAY
ALASKA TRAFFIC
With Trails Closed by Drifted
Snows, Teams • L'se
Railway Bods
Dog teams have been causing
much delay in truffle on the govern
ment railroad in Alaska, the "Alas
ka Railroad Record," a newspaper
published at Anchorage, Alaska, and
received here by Oliver D. Schook.
of the Public Service Commission,
tells. In its issue of December 3, the
paper, under the caption. "Dog
Teams Must Keep Off Track," says:
"Department of the interior,
"Alaskan Engineering Commission.
'•Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 3, 1918.
"Circular No. 349:
"To All Concerned:
"Drivers of dog teams are warn
ed to keep their outlits oft the tracks
and right-of-way of the government
railroad. On the SewnrdAnchorage
line and on the main line north of
Anchorage, the space between the
rails is used by dog teams greatly to
the danger of the outfits and their
drivers. Fo' .ny accident to them,
the government railroad cannot be
held responsible.
"WILLIAM GERIO.
"Engineer in Charge."
Sleds drawn by a number of dogs
are a common method of transporta
tion. and when snow-trails are clos
ed by drafted snow .the newly con
structed railway bed has been mono
polized. as noted above. Another
suggestive paragraph follows:
only obstruction now on the
Seward Anchorage line is the snow
slide, or rather, two snowslides, at
Mile 54 on the Seward division. Each
of thc-se slides is about 600 feet long
and forty deep deep."
Discussing the past year's weath
er record, the same paper says un
der roads impassable in May:
"From Houston northward in the
Talkeetna district, the roads were
practically impassable during the
month of May on account of the
depth of snow during the earlier
pnrt of the month and subsequently
on account of heavy rains and thaw,
making them very muddy. Through
out nearly the entire month, the
Susitna river was frozen over, and
ice did not commence breaking up
until May 26. It formed gorges and
floods and did some damage to both
roadbed and supplies."
Government to Sell All
Nitrate For Fertilizer
Through County Agents
N'otice has been received by 11. G.
j Xieslev, Dauphin county farm agent,
i that the United States Department
!of Agriculture will sell at cost a
' smalt supply of nitrate of soda for
j fertilizer to the farmers of Dau
; phin county.
I The price will be JSI a ton, free
[ on board cars at loading point or
port. Farmers are to pay in addi
tion freight to their shipping points.
[ Applications for a part of the nl
' trate bought by the government will
' be received only from actual farm
i ers or holders of farms for use on
I their land, and must be made
j through Mr. Xiesley, or a commit-
I tee to be named at the meeting of
I the Farm Bureau Executive Com
| mittee Saturday.
I Xo money will be required with
' the applications, but upon notice
from the authorized represcnta
! live of the Department of Agricul
ture, farmers who have signed ap
-1 plications must deposit with an
agency to be named by the farm
agent later, money to cover the cost
i of the fertilizer, except the freight
charge. Mr. Xiesley will furnish
I further information upon request.
Retention of Piecework
Vote Out Soon; Men at
Altoona Refuse to Vote
| The result of the vote taken yes
terday among railroad shopmen of
' the Allegheny region as to their de
i sires on the continuance of the piece
work system of payment aa generally
in vogue is expected Hte to-day or
to-morrow. Final results of the
votes in the several departments in
the hands of General Manager X*.
W. Smith, at Altoona. earlv to-day.
The voting proceeded smoothly in
the shops except those at Altoona.
There the men refused to vote on the
! question following a joint meeting
'of craft unions. They want to know
: lirst how the change will affect
! their earnings. They ire planning to
; name committees soon to confer with
j the Railroad Administration ofilclais
j on the subject.
Railroad Notes
When a drawhead pulled from a j
Pennsylvania Railroad freight .'oco- j
motive near Altoona, Charles Smith, 1
a freight brakeman of Altoona, suf- j
fered a fractured left shoulder
when he was thrown against the
cabin.
Frank Crepage, of Blair Four, a
lamp lighter on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, is in the Altoona hospital
with bad burns suffered when his
clothing were ignited from a lighted
torch while he was about his duties.
ITRXACE GRATES BURNER ♦
ENGINE HEATS BUILDING
Chambcrsburg, Pa.. Jan. 8. —A
railroad locomotive was used to heatj
the massive administration building !
of the Cumberland Val'.ey Railroad '
at this place when the furnace was'
put out of service because of burned-1
out grates. Some one unthinkingly :
: threw a large nunlber of old railroad j
tickets in the ashpit of the furnace,
with the Eesult that when the tickets
caught tire the grates were burned
out. A locomotive was run on a sid- |
ing near the building and a pipeline
connected from the engine with the
heating apparatus of the building.
The building was by thi3 method
comfortably heated all day.
P. R. R. OFFICIAL CHANGES
, It was officially announced yester
day that M. W. Clement, superln-
I tendent of freight transportation,
I Pennsylvania Railroad, had been ap
! pointed superintendent of passenger
transportation succeeding D. C.
Stewart. '
Mr. Clement will be sutSceeded by
J. B. Fisher, who was transporta
tion assistant to Regional Director
C. IT Markman.
The statement did not say whether
Mr. Stewart had been granted leave
Of absence or whether he is retiring
permanently.
8. C. BABBLE IN TOWN
1 .S. C. Babble, formerly assistant
I cashier of the local steel plant, now
cashier of the Wilmington plant of
the Bethlehem Steel Company, was
in town yesterday as the guest of
Fred Wlgfleld.
ASK GOVERNMENT
R. R. OWNERSHIP
Cumberland Valley Employes
Favored Plan at Chain
bcrsburg Last Night
Chanibcrsburg. Pa., Jan. B.—Gov
ernment ownership of the railroads
was favored last evening at a meet
ing the plan to Senators Knox and
land Valley Railroad Federation cf
of Labor in this place. Employes of
the railroad were present from <"ninp
Hill, Carlisle, Hagerstown, Martins
burg and Chambersburg.
Plans for pressing their desites
were discussed. Among other things,
it was decided to send telegrams urg
ing the plan to Senators Kno and
Penrose and to Congressman Focht.
W. J. Oettell and Charles C. Hayes
were the principal speakers.
At the conclusion of the meeting
officers were elected. H. H. Walck,
was made president and W. J. Gettel
secretary.
Local Railroaders Favor
Five-Year Government
Control of Railroads
Harrisburg Lodge, No. 153, Ameri
can Federation of Railroad Workers,
last evening passed a set of resolu
tions favoring the retention of rail
roads under government control for
the five-year period urged by Direc
tor General McAdoo. The resolu
tions in addition ask for legislation
with a view to the final acquisition
of all railroads now under govern
ment control.
| ' 3 "~ ST - ASTEE€li?s|
I Is A Money-Saving Sale No Thrifty j
I Of Wearing Apparel Can Afford To Miss 1
| Sale Begins Tomorrow Morning at 9 O'clock 1
I $3.50 Voile and ..........'i AU Furs J
| Organdie Waists at I All Women's and Misses | Reduced ||
I jsaSs- 1 Suits and \ I
!|g| ■ ASrKICH FURS aer too well known
|1 women folk s w ho have been waiting for our great January Clearance Sale and W to require description. Why not fjj;
I French Voile Waists expecting bargains in suits and coats will not be disappointed. Note the great savings " satisfy that desire for FURS NOW p
§jj ■on each of these offerings. " while the reduced prices are in g
jl Worth up to $9.98 at - B force?
| 4.98 m Suits at $1 A'OP Coats at £1 .86 ■ Women's Skirts 1
8 iraAdimbrofdcred- ™ J-U JV2SZ&J-U
3 ~7. IT -1 J ■ Green and Black-for- and black values up " I\UW g
4 slightly soiled. ■ mer ly $25.00. to $32.50. . ■ . g
4 B ■ D.UO
| • $2.50 Middies at ■ Suits x ■nn Coats at N Nav y and bu<* se, ge P „ch 1
OOyj ■ , V I * Of Broadcloth, Wool Xa /A " pockets, button trimmed. Ii
OOC - tv; , A ™. encai \ A' l " Velour and Mixtures, JUf JM J R
s£ , ■ P " anc * plush or fur collars. c
m White with blue collars— ■ Ve l 0 " 1 ! ~ Gre , en " Values up to $45.00. Pin id Stkirte
I sizes 14 to 22—slightly soiled. ■ ' nd '<*-**•*> '• ' *
j | Suits -afji QJO "L *24=l I
Worth UD to $9.98 at m All-wool Poplin and I Coats guaranteed— m
Serge—all the wanted JL lined throughout p E.
tyd f\C) ' * colors values up to values to $30.00. p Very beautiful Skirts—all new, up- g
m $35.00. $35 to $42.50 values now $29,66 and $39.66 to-the-minute styles.
All the newest weaves in coat M p
5 styles—with collars and cuffs of ■ Suits of Nav y B ] ue Tncotine and Black Finn inn Cnnf " jr j 1
brushed wool in contrasting shades p Broadcloth; some with Seal Collars—s4s.oo \sUUlo Underwear
a —Purple, Rose, Copenhagen and p values now Six very handsome Evening Coats that R
Corn—wonderful values. ' v . sold at $4O and $45 will bp sold at ■ RedUCtlOnS
I $29.66 . $15.00 and $20.00
p Envelopo Chemise of batiste, flesh, leg
Wool Sweaters • ; I |. 9 8c |
id „i 1 (bs* i\g\ 4. s Tailored Suits of Brown Poplin, Black Gabard- !| combinations of batiste, flesh color
WOrin Up ZO at " ine and Poiret Twill—values A p only; formerly sl.s*. Halo 98c •
QQ ° s4s '° o ' Sa,e Pricc All Our Highest Bloomers, flesh color, plain, striped jgj
m Suits of Navy and Burgundy Velvet, some with, S andjiheck materials. • sale 98c B
Big selection of these snug-fitting, jjj Sale Price...'.. . $38.50 Grade Coats Reduced |
warm Sweaters—Rose, Blue, Red, {§ All our better Coats—and that means the £
and Copen. 3 Suits of Navy and Brown Velour and Black classiest coats in this city—coats of Pom •
_Broadcloth; formerly $55.00. &9Q ££ Pom, genuine Bolivia, Silvertone. Fox §
_ _ . p Sale Price ufOt/.00 Cloth, Crystal Cloth and Broadcloth in all p SerOe DreSSeS
Children S Sweaters i Suits of Beetroot Broadcloth, Seal Trimmed, the new shades are now selling at 8 • -
Worth up to $2.98 at I si '* ncy b "nn V 4 to V 2 Price 1 Formerly $25 Now
*1 W 1 P,ice i $50.00 I S IZM
;g a.Ol/ | Extra Size Suits and Coats at Greatly Reduced Prices 1
9 All-Wool Sweaters in all colera B * All sires and colors—each a smart
i sizes 24 to 28. Remarkable values. km * ■■nii—llillinw rn distinctively styled dress.
HLAJRRISBU RG fclfgfeffE TELEGRAPH
Trustees For Mothers'
Pension Fund Named
With the appointment to-day by
Governor Brumbaugh of the trustees
of the Mothers' Tension Fund For
Dauphin County, as recommended by
County Commissioners C. C. Cum- (
bier, H. M. Stine and H. C. Wells, a
permanent organization will bo ef
fected nt a meeting to be held on
Friday morning at 10 o'clock in the
Grand Jury room in the Courthouse.
The trustees who were appointed
follow: Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, Mrs.
David E. Tracy, Mrs. Mercer B. Tate,
Mrs. David Kaufman, this city.: Mrs.
Robert M. Rutherford. Steelton; Sirs.
I D., P. Deitrich, SUddletowu, and Mrs.
John Lehr, Lykens.
The County Commissioners will ap
propriate a fund of more than '53,000
to be used for this relief work and
the state will set aside a slmilnT
amount. The trustees, after effecting
an organization, will receive and act
I upon ail requests, then submit them
ito the Commissioners and to the
| state. One-half of the amount al
| lowed will be paid from the county
j fund and the other half from the
j state.
Farmers Invited to Go
to State For Farm Week
The farmers at Dauphin cou:*iy
have been invited through H. G.
Nlesley, county farm agent, to at
tend the thirteenth annual Farmers'
Week at State College, February 2-i
to 28. About twenty-five farmers at
tended last year, and returned with
a knowledge that enabled them ma
terially in their year's work.
The following program has been
arranged: Meetings on soils and
crops, farm management and farm
machinery, dairy products, and mat*
keting, live stock products and mar
keting, poultry husbandry,: fruit
growing, vegetable gardening, flori
culture ad improvement of home
I grounds, household problems and
farm boys and girls problems.
Ten Die as Result of
Explosion in Film Exchangte
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. B.—Ten per- j
sons are dead to-day and a score of ,
others suffering from injuries as the :
result of a spectacular fire and ox- j
plosion which wrecked a film ox- '
change building in Ponn avenue late J
yesterday. The damage is estimated I
at $1,000,000.
WaJls of fiame turned the Interior j
of the building, an eight-story brick I
structure, into a raging furnace, j
Some of the victims, mostly' women,
were hurled from the building by
the explosion, while others jumped
from windows or were ylved in thril- '
ling rescues by firemen.
Investigations were begun to-day
to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Mrs. Shepard Speaks to
Audience of Women
Mrs. Lulu 1.0 vela lid Shepard,
spoke to a large number of Har
rtsburg women this afternoon in the
assembly room of the Grace M. E.
Church upon "The Mormon Temple
i Secrets." She will speak to-night
at 7.30 in the Zlon Lutheran
I Church, Dr. S. W. Herman, pastor.
Her theme will be ::The Mormon
Menace." Mrs. Shepard is drawing
! large audiences and is proving her
( seld to be "the silver-tongued orator
|of the rookies." She will address
| women only in the parish house of
the Hummelstown Lutheran Church
to-morrow at 3 p. m.
GVESTS FROM Allll IIX
The Rev. Dr. George B. Stewart,
I president of Auburn Seminary and
former pastor of the Market Square
Church, spent a few hours in Har
rtsburg yesterday en route to Prince
ton where he went to attend a meet
ing of the trustees of that institu
tion. Mrs. Stewart accompanied him
to Harrisburg and is spending a few
days with her brother, Lane S. Hart,
at Duncannon.
British Soldiers Object
to Delay in Being Mustered
Ouijt of World War Ranks
' By Associated Prtss
London, Jan. S. —Soldiers object
! Ing to delay In the demobilization
!of the British . armies engaged in
i further demonstrations yesterday.
| The vicinity of the wnr office wus
j invaded by lorries filled with men
and by marching soldiers. They came
| from the Shorchain camp. Many of
| them were on leavo front Saloniki
| and objected to betng sent back.
! The men were generally well-be
| haved and • treated the* matter hu
] morously, although they refused to
I disperse until a deputation was seen
j by officials, who assured them that
I Viscount Mllner, secretary of state
j for war, and General Sir William
Robertson, were then in conference
ion the grievances advanced by the
soldiers.
Red Cross Issues Appeal
For More Women Workers
To produce their shares of the big
' allotments given the Harrtsburg
chapter for this month. Red Cross
1 auxiliaries all over the city and
• county have issued appeals for
1 workers. The Red Cross auxiliary of
: the Fifth Street Methodist Church
■ will meet to-morrow to turn out a
" share. Bccnuse the need is so urgent,
s a full attendance of the members
f and volunteer workers has been re
i quested.
The Red Cross auxiliary of St.
| Andrew's Episcopal Church will start
its postholiday sessions to-morrow,
. | meeting thereafter every Thursday.
1 I'rhc working hours ore from 10 a. m.
fto 5 p. m. The knitting department
| has asked that all knitted articles
i be returned as soon as possible.
MEETINGS POSTPONED
On account of the prevailing sick
ness in the town, the Church of God
, at Highspire has postponed their
revival meetings for at,least a week.
JANUARY 8, 1919.
Pledge Billiop Dollars
to Combat Prohibition
Chicago, Jan. 8. —A billion dollars
has been pledged and 300 distillers,
the pledgers, are going to tight Uncle
Sain to the last ditch before they
submit to the annihilation of their
business by the bone-dry amend-
Run=Down People
Vinol is What You Need
Weak, run-down nervous men and women need
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HERE IS PROOF
Detroit, Mich. Traarluni, Texas.
I got into a weak, run-down con- " I keep house and I was weak, run
dition, no appetite, tired all the time down and nervous, back ached a good
and headaches but had to keep deal of the time, so it was hard to
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about Vinol and tried it—within two work-Vino] hasrestoredmy strength,
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George A. Gorgas, Druggist; Kennedy's Medicine Store, 321 Market
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fails.
ment. This was the ultimatum that
wound tip a two-day meeting of the
nation's distillers here yesterday.
The Supreme Court has been
chosen as their battleground, and the
constitutionality of the constitutional
amendment itself will be tested, they
say. Levy Mayer, a Chicago attorney,
has been chosen as chief counsel,
and will sa'ly fbrtli to battle with
practically carte blanche and * bil
lion-dollar fund.