16 BACKS HOUSING CAMPAIGN; HOPES IT WILL SPREAD Canadian Builder Writes a Helpful Letter to the Har risburg Telegraph , X. R. Thompson, a -well-known general contractor, Identified with Schultz Bros. Company, of Brant ford, Ontario, now stopping at the Penn-Harris on a business trip, has written a letter to the Telegraph en dorsing this newspaper's housing campaign and expressing the hope that it may become state-wide. Mi*. Thompson has had wide experience in building and his observations are to the point and well worthy of con sideration. His letter follows: "I have just read your editorial in the evening paper regarding 'the Mayor's message' relative to housing conditions. "It is'along the right lines; what a shame it was not the Governor's message and made state-wide. "The proper way to handle a sub ject so big, so vitally essential that it may prove serviceable, is by joint co-operation between municipal and state authorities. "First—Pass a state building law so as to insure uniformity in build ings, that one locality or municipal ity may not have advantage over either the adjoining or distant mu nicipalities through having erected 'contagion traps,' so as to be able to advertise 'cheap' homes that really are the cause of expensive hos pitals, etc., etc. "Second —Place the state building lew under the State Department of Health to see that it is enforced. "Third—Have it necessary for all buildings to be designed by a reg istered architect holding a state li cense, so as to insure building code being enforced and attach a penalty to the architect of forfeiture of his -architectural license if the plans and specifications made by him are not in accordance with the state build ing law; and license the contractor and attach a penalty of forfeiture of his license if he builds other than according to state law. In this way Better buildings can be assured and first-class, reliable architects and builders will hardly complain as they have nothing to fegr, as better buildings are a monument to their daily works. "I said co-operation is the way to secure better buildings, I have outlined a short sketch whereby the the municipalities, the archi tects, the contractors and the med ical health officials co-operate. If that will not produce better build ings I would appreciate learning just how they can be obtained. / "Yours very trulv, "X. R. THOMPSON." TROOPSHIP SAFE IX PORT By Associated Press Ottawa, Jan. 16.—The militia de partment announced to-day the safe arrival at Vladivostok of the troop ship Protesilaus, recently reported in distress. | Tells How to Stop a > Bad Cough S Borprljtnc rMoils from this famous B old homo-made srrop. Koolly 0 prepared and costs little. If you bare a severe coujrh or chest cold accompanied with soreness, throat tickle, hoarseness, or difficult breath ing, or if yourfcliild wakes up during the night with croup and vou want quick help, try this reliable old home made cough remedy Any druggist can supply you with 2',4 ounces of Finex. Pour this into a pint bottle and fill + he bottle with plain granu lated sugar syrup. Or you can use clarified # molasses, honey, or corn. Syrup, instead of sugar syrup, if desired. This recipe makes a pint of really remarkable cough remedy. 36 taste's good, and in spite of ils low cost, it can be depended upon to.giye quick and lasting relief. You can feel this take hold of • cough in a way that means business. It loosens ?"d raises the phlegm, stops throat .tickle and soothes and heals the irritated membranes that line the throat and bronchial tubes with such promptness, ease and certainty that it lis reaily astonishing. Finer is a special and highly con centrated compound of genuine Nor way pine extract, and is probably the peat known means of overcoming severe coughs, throat and chest colds. There are many worthless imitations tof this mixture. To avoid disappoint ment, ask for "2Vi ounces of Finer" with full,directione and don't accept anything else. Guaranteed to give ab solute satisfaction or money promptly refunded. Tho Finer Co.. Ft. Wayne,. 2nd. Do You Realize— that you possess certain qualifications that are of more value in one line of business than in another and that it is your duty to seek out and get into the position you can best fill? The best way for you to secure the position you are best equipped for is to put an advertisement (describing your ability and experience) in the "Better Situation Wanted" column of the Harrisburg Telegraph THURSDAY EVENING It's Doubtful if Even Father Could Recognize 'Em f \ kuj ;lff rjk \ OLEO LICENSES IN 1918, $461,390 James Foust Tells of Work of Food Division For the Past Year In a statement of the work of the Dairy and Food Division of the Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture for the past year, along with a rec ord of the operation of the division from 1907 to 1918, inclusive. James Foust, Dairy and Food Commissioner, gives some information which affords an idea of the growth of the division's work, its cost and the benefits that have accrued. The business has increased stead ily in volume from year to year, with the result that last year was'a record breaker along all the lines of its ac tivity. The receipts from all sources during the year were $488,855.12, but in this connection it is interesting to note that only a very small por tion of this large sum was collected in the form of fines. Oleomargarine licenses netted $461,390.01 and cold storage licenses $3,300, a total of $464,690.01, leaving the receipts from fines but $24,165.11. Local Violations With comparatively few exceptions, the fines were imposed for local vio lations. The enforcement of the laws during the previous years had al ready brought about the breaking up of wholesale fraud and adulterations of staple prepared foodstuffs and the fines imposed in connection with this class of goods are negligible in num ber. Commissioner Foust was first ap pointed to his present position by- Governor Stuart in 1907. At that time thirty per cent, of all the pre pared foodstuffs on the market was adulterated; now adulterations are rarely found and the prosecutions are chiefly directed against local viola tors selling such articles as ice cream, milk, vinegar, sausage and other meats and against cold storage products. During 1918 samples collected by the agents and analyzed by the chemists of the bureau totaled 6.643. while the grand rtital for twelve years is 84,661. Cases terminated last year amounted to 1,133 and for twelve years 11,101. During the first two years of Mr. Foust's administration the bureau was self-sustaining; now the re ceipts are more , than six times the amount of the expenditures, the for mer being $488,855.12 for last year and the latter $81,586.3,1. In the twelve-year period the receipts have aggregated $2,408,957.89 and the ex penses have been $952,325.91. The re ceipts are deposited with the Stato Treasurer for the use of the Com monwealth and the expenditures are provided for by appropriation. Burning Oil Licks Up Million Dollars' Worth of Property on Docks By Associated Press Philadelphia, Jan. 3 6.—A million dollar oil flre at the docks of the At lantic Refining Company resulted to day from an explosion of oil aboard the tanker Roald Amundsen. The in terior of this ship was burned out and its (100,000 cargo of oil destroyed. The flames spread to the loaded tanker Copenhagen and it also was badly damaged. Ono workman jumped into the Delaware river to escape the burn ing oil and was drowned. Nine oth ers were taken to hospitals seriously burned. One or more may die. All are foreigners. An official of the Atlantic company is authority for the statement that the loss on ships, barges, docks and oil will be at least (1,000,000. Solomon Santo, Prominent in River Work, Is Dead Solomon Santo, aged 75, a promi nent figure in boating and navigation circles in Ilarrisburg, for many years, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 559 South Front street, from a complication of diseases. Mr. Santo was born near Dauphin, seveny-ftve years ago. He came to Ilarrisburg during his early life. He was engaged as a roller in the old Paxton mill, later operating a truck patch on Sheesley's Island. Twenty seven years ago he opened a sand and coal business with a partner un der the firm name of Santo & Peace. Retiring from active business life i three years ago, he spent the last years of his life quietly at his home, 559 South Front street, where he re sided for more than fifty years. Widely known through the entire Central Pennsylvania region, he pos sessed hundreds of friends. He was one of the most interesting men who associated with the old boatmen in the days of the canals and many were the tales he told of the old river day when in a reminiscent mood. He was In full sympathy with the project of making the Susque hanna river navigable and looked for ward to the time when Harrisburg would again become a river port. Mr. Santo was a charter member of the Paxton Fire Company and a member of Post 58, G. A. R. He is survived by two sons, Jacob and Isaac, and a daughter, Mrs. John Dickey. Funeral services will be held Sat urday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. E. E. Kauffnian, pastor of the Nagle Street Church of God officiat ing. Burial will be in the East Har risburg cemetery. M Stop I j§|| this! At first signs of a cold or grip take Lane's Cold &. Grip Tablets Don't waft. Delay often leads to pneumonia. Results are gaaraalceS. At your druggists. HARJUSBURG ftfgjjflu' TELEGRAPH IS INCREASING Four Crews to Operate on Schedule Over the Phila delphia Division Marysville, Pa., Jan. 16.—Further crews will again make regular runs into and from the Mcrysville prefer ence freight yards as the freight business starts to return to a normal basis. At present only four crews I from Jersey City make regular runs into the Marysville yards. But, as conditions are becoming normal, plans are being made to add other crews to operate on a regular schedule. Advertisements have been issued within the past several days for positions on four new crews which will operate on schedule time over the Philadelphia division be tween Marysville and Philadelphia. They are expected to make their first runs within the next several days. Additional crews are expected to be added on the Philadelphia and Sus quehunna divisions within the next several months: Up until about a year ago approxi mately two dozen crews were mak ing regular runs into gnd from the Marysville yards, but after the Fed eral Railroad Administration assumed control they were all abolished. Freight has been brought here since that time by crews which did not operate on any definite time, but were called at any time. FEWSY EMPLOYING MECHANICS The Pennsylvania railroad is ab sorbing some of the skilled labor that is being released as war indus tries are closing. Yesterday two score of mechanics were added to the forces at Altoona. Additional mechanics will be sent there as fast as they can be employed to fill va cancies. VETERAN'S PAID BY CHECKS Pensioned veterans of the Pennsyl vania railroad yesterday received their first checks paid under the new system. At Altoona, notwithstanding the fact that action had been taken contrary by the clearing house asso ciation, the banks cashed the checks. FAVOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP Sunbury telegraphers have gone on record as favoring continued control of the railroads by the Government. Tells of Horrors Seen in Belgium as Relief Worker Wahington, Jan. 16.—A story of German atrocities in Belgium was told to the Senate committee on propaganda by Grant Squires, a New York lawyer, one of the pioneers in Belgium relief work and now an of ficer of the military intelligence ser vice. He told the story aparently with reluctance. Senator Nelson brought out this testimony, appar ently to offset that of Edmund von Macli on the same sulject. "I entered Belgium in November, 1914, and helped in tlie organization of the relief committee in Liege, Na- - mur, Charleroi, Mons, Louvain. and one or two smaller towns," said Mr. Squires. "I saw cities leveled to the ground, civilian populations driven out of their homes with the butts of rifles, old men and women brained because they did not work fast enough to suit their new rulers in the baking of bread. X saw places where ba bies were crucified on the doors of houses. I saw bread lines. "I have seen mothers bring to me their babies to give them food, which I could not give them, because it was not possible to carry it around in quantities to feed a thousand or two thousand in a town. I have seen the insults of the German soldiery, mostly drunkards, visited on women, whom. they, met la the streets." ' NEW NUBSES HOME FOR THE HOSPITAL Handsome Residence Recently 1 ransformcd to Be Opened on Saturday Afternoon The Woman's Aid Society of the llarrlsburg Hospital announce the opening of the new nurses' home of the hospital at 115 North Front street, Saturday afternoon, between 3 and 6 o'clock ,tlie new building will be open for inspection and friends of the hospital may visit and inspect it. The hospital has been for some time leasing 117 North Front street, as a nurses' home and has here been furnishing comfortable accommoda tions tor fourteen nurses. The home at 115 North Front street, which Is now being opened was recently leased from Samuel Fishman. It was formerly the residence of W. O. Ilickok and was one of the best houses of its period, and is admir ably adapted to the purpose for which it has been leased. It was re modeled by the Women's Aid Society with the co-operatton of the board of managers and was furnished by the Women's Aid Society. Mrs. M. E. Olmsted, Mrs. Henry B. McCormlck and Miss Francis Scott were the committee of the society who had charge of the furnishing. An interesting fact in connection with the home, is that John B. Mc- Pherson, In memory of his daughter, Airs. William S. Bergner, presented to the hospital for the home, the household furniture which had form erly been the property of his daugh ter, who was until recently a resi dent of this city. "It is hoped that the people will avail themselves of this opportunity of visiting the home and in this way show their interest in their hospital for it belongs to them in so far as they make it their, own by giving toward it or helping it in other ways," is the closing paragraph of the invitation the board has issued to the public in general to attend. FIND GIRI, BEATEN TO DEATH A>w York, Jan. 16.—The police were confronted with a murder mys tery to-day, when the body of a 17- year-old girl, Mary Elizabeth Rlddell, was found in a vacant lot in the bor ough of Queens. The indications were that she had been beaten to death by a blunt instrument eonje time after leaving here at 7.30 o'clock last night. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart No Friday Specials Sent C. O. D., or Mail or Phone Orders Filled. Dress Linings 39c satlne, in ten colors and black; special Friday only, yard 35c 95c fancy Venetians, for coat linings; special Friday only, yard 60c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Black Dress Goods $1.75 all-wool costume serge, 42 inches wide; special Friday only, yard SI.OO $4.50 velour, 54 inches wide; special Friday only, yard..s3.so $3.50 all-wool French serge, 5 4 inches wide; special Friday only, yard $2.05 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Men's Cloth Hats Special at 59^ A selection of two hundred, in neat checks and Scotch mix tures; $1.50 value; special Fri day orfly. Men's and. boys' 7oc heavy cloth caps with inner bands; special Friday only 50c Boys' 50c knitted toques in plain and combination colors; special Friday only 35c Dives, Pojneroy & Stewart, Men's Store. Drug Sundry Specials Palm Olive shampoo; special Friday only 43c Aubrey Sisters 35c face pow der; special Friday 0n1y....25c Aubrey Sisters 60c beautifler; special Friday only 40c 10c Koko Palm Olive toilet soap; special Friday 0n1y... 5c 10c soap tablets; special Fri day only Tooth brushes; special Friday only 5c 50c white ivory hair receivers and puff boxes; special Friday only 25c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Grocery Specials Vanilla flavoring; special Fri day only, 3 bottles 25c Decker's oatmeal; special Fri day only, pkg 51^0 Yellow split peas; special Fri day only, lb 8c Sauerkraut; special Friday only, can Large can Red beans; special 1 Friday only, can .....10c Decker's Farena; special Fri day only, pkg Peter's 25c delicious cocoa; special Friday only, can.... 16c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. NEWS OF STEELTON CIVIC CLUB TO HOLD SUPPER Must Raise Funds lo Continue Work Being Done by the Visiting Nurse The visiting nurse committee or the Civic Club will hold a supper Thursday evening, January 23, In the rooms of the Red Cross head quarters, 112 North llarrlsburg street. Supper will bo served front 5 to 8 o'clock. Plates will be 00 cents. The supper is being held in order to raise the funds necessary for the continuance of the splendid work be ing done by the visiting nurso of Steelton, Miss George Winship. This is the first tihie that the club has appealed to public aid for help In support of this work, since June, 1916, when a street carnival was held. It Is hoped, therefore, that the supper will receive the most llborul patronage possible. Fiv/e hundred plates has been set for the goal, and little trouble is anticipated in secur ing -that number. In addition to the supper, homemade delicacies will be for sale. The work of the visiting nurse has been such that absolute suffering would result from the abandoning of the work. Her work takes her into the homes of families of every walk of life, and her help in ail kinds of sickness and emergencies has been such as to win for her the splendid commendation of all. Dur ing the influenza epidemic her work was the means of saving hundreds of lives and untold suffering. The committee in charge of the supper is: Mrs. Arvilla Keister, Mrs. Richard McKay, Mrs. W. F. Darby, Mrs. R. M. Rutherford, Mrs. W. H. Nell, Mrs. John M. Heagy, Mrs. Wil liam J. Middleton, Mrs. F. A. Rob bins, Jr., Mrs. E. R. Whipple and Mrs. Charles A. Alden. STEAI.S IVORY BALI, Jefferson Stevens, colored, wes yes terday arrested by Officer Wynn, charged with larceny. It is alleged that he stole an ivory cue ball from a Macedonian poolroom on the West Side. He is being held for trial be fore Justice Steese. Men's Neck Mufflers 65c and 75c knitted and flat silk neck mufflers with fringed ends; special Friday 0n1y...50c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Men's Store. Purses: Men's and Women's 50c purses; special Friday only 10c 10c hair nets, cap and fringe; special Friday 0n1y...4 for 25c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Streets Floor. Embroidered Novelties Centerpieces, work bags, cor set bags, dresses, children's bon nets, lunch cloths; ready to be embroidered; special Friday only 25c D. M. O. cotton perle cotton, largo balls; special Friday only, large balls 8c Skein floss in assorted colors; special Friday only, dozen,. ,10c Split zephyr and Saxony yarns, special Friday only, skein... 5c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor. Clothes Hampers Reduced White enamel sanitary clothes hampers: J3.98 size, special Friday only .$2.05 $5.25 size, special Friday only $3,90 $5.50 size, special Friday only $4.15 $6.00 size, special Friday only $4.50 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. Handled Floor Mops 59c dustless floor mops with long handle; special Friday only .45c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. Men's Arctics $1.75 heavy one-buckle arc tics; will fit over full toe shoes; all sizes,' 6 to 11; special Friday only $1.45 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, / ' Street Floor. Housewares Specials Decorated cups and saucers; special Friday only, pair.... 15c $1.19 aluminum cranberry and jelly moulds; special Friday only 50c One <lozen boxes of safety matches; special Friday only 10c 25c bottle sewing machine oil that will not gum; special Fri day only 15c $2.75 round gas heaters with blue-flame Bunsen burner; made of polished steel drum; special Friday only $1.19 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. JANUARY 16, 1919. Steel Plant Makes Adjustments in Working Hours of Shop Men A '• w schedule of working hours went Iniu effect tills morning at the local steel plant. The men working In the shops will hereafter work from 7 o'clock in the morning to 4.30 in the afternoon, with a half hour off for lunch, making a nine-hour day. Night, turn* will differ in length, the shortest night turn being ten hours. A great part of the plant will re main on the eight-hour basis upon which It entered some time ago that Is, an eight-hour day, with time and half time for all work over eighth hours. Those departments of the plant which liy their nature demand con tinuous work, will remain on twelve hour shifts. Tlile Includes the open hearth, blast furnaces, rolling mills, and coke ovens. Croatian Colony Elects Officers at Big Meeting At the meeting of the Croatian col ony of Stoelton for relief work in Croatia, Nlavonia. D'almatia, Istria, I Bosnia, Hcrzcgovnla the following of ficers were elected: President, John Hlovinac; vice-pres ident, John Uvornekovicf secretary, Mato Pavlovlc; financial secretary, John Trulac; treasurer. Mark Ilren. The lie v. A. Zuvlcli, rector of St. Mary's Croatian Church, presided at the meeting. More than S3OO was col lected for a Croatian Orphan Fund. The money will be sent to Croatia as soon as possible. By unanimous ac tion a protest against stationing armies in Croatian territory In Istria or Dalmatia was voiced. The Rev. Herbert Pulsifer Seriously 111 With Influenza The Rev. Herbert Pulsifler. chap lain of Yates Episcopal School for Boys, Lancaster, is seriously ill with Influenza, and his recovery is doubt ful. Mr. Pulsifer is well known in KteeKon, having been for a number of years a special Lenten preacher ut Trinty Church. Hines to Ask Congress For $500,000,000 More in Big Railroad Program Washington, Jan. 16.—The rail road administration. Director Gen- Wash Satin $1.75 wash satin, 36 inches; special Friday only, yard. .$1.30 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Jersey Silk $2.00 Jersey silk suiting; In a broken color assortment; 36 inches; special Friday . only, yard $1.30 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Flooi\ Women's Shoes $2.50 black satin slippers with hand turn soles and satin cov ered heels; special Friday only, $1.19 $3.00 patent coltskin button shoes in long vamp style and plain toes; stitched soles with high heels; special Friday only, pair $2.45 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor, Rear. Furniture Polish Matchless liquid gloss furni ture polish: 25c size, special Friday only 13c 40c size, special Friday only 20c 50c size, special Friday only 30c Wizard mop cleaners, used for cleaning all kinds of mops; spe cial Friday only 7c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. Pompadour Taffeta $2.00 light blue pompadour taffeta, for evening wear; special Friday only, yard ~51.30 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Envelope Chemise Two styles of $1.50 envelope chemise, in nainsook; square and round necks; trimmed with embroidery yoke with lace edge or embroidery edge; special Fri day only 95c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. Bungalow Aprons $1.95 bungalow aprons, In blue chambray, trimmed with plaid ginghams; special Friday only . ..V $1.50 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor Boys' Winter Hats Small lot of velvet and cloth hats In broken styles and sizes; special Friday only 25c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor, Front. eral Walker D. Hines. annou yesterday, is is preparing: to ask < Kress for another revolving fun $500,000,0d0, to be used in finar the program of railroad impi meats and betterments plannet the government. This program, already begun, for a total of authorized capital penditures, which must be pro\ for for the years of 1918 and 1 of $1,627,000,000, and the dirt general estimates that the mlnlt additional budgets for 1919 mui $350,000,000. PALACE THEATEI Today—"AMMO.VY" —6 ltcd Special Tomorrow EDDIE POIiQ in "Boating Back*' / T N HE PRICE may g up, owing to mark< conditions, but THE QUALITY < GOLDEN ROAST COFFEE WILL BE MAINTAIN —and quality, we b< iieve, is what you wan first, last and always R.H.Lyo Importer, Harrisburg Curtain Goods Odd lengths of 25c to 39c scrim, madras, voilo and mar quisette; plain or fancy hemmed edge; special Friday only, yard IB< Dives, Fomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor. Curtain Madras 85c fancy curtain madras, tot doorways and draperies; short lengths, 1% to 3 yards; special Friday only, yard 50c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor. Cotton Dress Goods 59c poplin, 36 inches; solid shades; ' special Friday only, yard 47c 69c suiting, 36 inches; solid shades; gpecial Friday only, yard 55c and 69c imported madras shirting; colored stripes; special Friday only, yard 42c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Basement Cotton Goods 39c plain ginghams, 32 inches; pink, blue and tan; special Fri day only, yard 33c 35c serpentine crepe, in let mono patterns; special Friday only, yard 19c 39c kimono fleece, wool finish, fancy figures; special Friday only, yard 25c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Cretonne Remnants 50c to 65c remnants of fine cretonne; light and dark color ings; special Friday only, yd. 89c Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor. Colored Dress Goods SI.OO French serge, 36 inches wide; in good shades; special Friday only, yard 69c $1.95 plaids, 42 Inches wide; special Friday only, yard..sl.49 $1.25 French serge, 42 Inches wide; in navy, plum and Copen hagen; special Friday only, yard 89< $3.00 French serge, 4S Inches wide; in good colors; special Friday only, yard $2.61 $3.50 serge, 50 inches wide; in navy; special Friday only, yard $2.92 $3.00 check suiting, 54 Inches wide; in two shades; special Friday only, yard $2.69 $3.00 Scotch mixtures, 54 inches wide; special Friday only, yard ~..52.69 Dives, Pomsroy & Stewart, Street Floor.
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