MTUMINOUS COAL \ DEMANDS LESS Eduction Cut 35 Per Cent, to Keep Market prices Firm AUono, Pa., Jan. 28. —Bituminous •oal roduction in the Ceitral Penn lylvaia field has been educed ap jfoxiiitely 35 per cent, b.cause of a ack odemand for coal. lather than lemorijze the market b> cutting jrices, perators are closing down the nines mporarily. A litth coal has jeen scj under the government price it 32.91 but it had already been nined ad was loaded on cirs await ng shißent. Coal operatob say the supply i long all over the country, sspeciall in New Rnglans, where nany orhe large consumeis have a stock on and sufficient to ast them rom fouto seven months. At tide water pots the demand las also suddenly ropped. The outok for both minei and op 'rator in \e central coal fiells is be soming dfeer each day ard many ■nlners wi be out of empoyment. \bout ten iy s ago two operations in •his eectioi closed down, one at iVoodland t d the other at Kersey, 21k Countj since that time the lumber ha.continued, until to-day t is estimad that fully 25( mines n this terrhy are at a sttbdstill. these are mall mines, employing rom ten ttifty men. Nine of the argcr minest the district has clos :d. It is estimed that there, were iOO wagon-loiing mines in this sec ion, and of at number compara ively few ar w orking In the vi inity of Phillsburg production has alien off alaiingly and the- few nines now opet.ing have only a few nen at work. t Reynoldsville pro luction is at a andstill, and at Kit anning many m have been dis harged for lac or orders. All of the lai. mines of Cambria Jounty are woing, but a score of he small ones be shut down com iletely and probty forty others are vorking only hatime. These shut lowns are, in tl main, due to the act that only thjest quality of-coal s in demand andiat the small pro ucer, who could .1 any kind of coal >efore the war end, has no market or his product i this time. The aild weather also, responsible for lie falling off in -eduction of the mailer mines in tg section of the tate. ■ \ As a, loitive, and for stomach trouble, Dr. ■ K \ Caldwcs; Syrup Pepsin is a wonderful ■ \ remedy J suffered greatly from indigestion ■ ■B r ■ \ a ' l d f oi d relief after using one bottle." T 1 H| \ U r ? m letter to Dr. Caldwell written by ■ jH \ Cecil F gerald, 829 14th St., Parkersburg, ■ ask 1 yV. Va. ■ I Constipatiq is a condition that should 9 never be negated. The eliminative process H | is an essentiafactor in digestion and on its proper functining depends the welfare of the H entire system. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Hi relieves constijtion without griping or other H discomfort. ■ DR&ALDWELL'S I Syrup Pepsin ThtPerfect Laxative Sold by lruggists Everywhere 50 ts. (S.) $l.OO A TRIAL BOTTLE CAN BE OTAINED. FREE OF CHARGE, BY WRITING TO Da W. B. CALDWELL, 459 f ABHINGTOK STREET. MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS IAFE7GINtirREMEDY I BUNGS SURE RELIEF or 200 years GOLD MH)AL or four every day. The healing oil Oil has enabled suffing soaks into the cells and lining of the to withstand attack of kidneys and drives out the poisons, liver, bladder and stoiach New life and health will surely fol- and all diseases conniited low. When your normal vigor has the urhary organs, ant to been restored continue treatment up and restore to healthor- for a while to keep yourself in con weakened by disease. Tese dition and prevent a return of the lmportant organs must be disease. B,7 ed tl,e lK bUod; do 7°" '7" U " tU f°" inCaPttb,e work you' arc doomed. fighting. Start taking GOLD sfeeplessness, nervos- DAL Haarlem Oil ( apsules to- Bs, despondercy, backache, sttn- da >- Your druggist will cheerfully trouble, pans In the loins ltd refund your money if you are not abdomen, gravel, rheumatim, satisfied with results. But be sure and lunbago all warn j>u to get the original imported GOLD with /our kidneys. GO:D MEDAL and accept no substitutes. Haarlem Oil Capsules i-e In three sizes." Sealed packages. remedy you need. Take thiie At all drug stores. ißretz Bros. Hardware Stand 209-211 CHESTNUT ST. H NOW OPEN 7 OR BUSINESS 1 Full line of hardware, aluninumware, cutlery, paints, oils, H&lsss, farm implements, tool:, gasoline and Auto Oils. Will be known hereafter at the ■CHESTNUT STREET HARDWARE AND MOTOR TRUCK SUPPLY CO. J. E. DARE, Proprietor l^srr7 ill *7 latest IMIHT.I apptt- ■LIL.MSBWCT aacea, laelndlac em ntyni- /v A ■■ fffimHUHf aßparttna, aaakea gSf ;>: ■ tXmZEmtm tn<tiM and Ul deatal JF I wk yoaltlvdr palaWaa X AT k. ■ K/MINATION X. RW I FREE • XACX SIS aaawaa and r— — X Vv X Mitt OF" dally aSo ■ ctraam X !•• w Jaadar. Wed. T •"Ml dCy • ""m? ••***•* ttu ■£ raoxa sszs-n. j f m a*rr nui or Jr FATHISTT fl^nn Wr / (Oear the Bah) PA. „ d.t . Mt TUESDAY EVENING, HAHRISBURG W&&S& TELEGRAPH JANUARY 28, 1919. Millerstown Soldier in Army Five Years, Killed Sergeant Edward Wmm s - Knight, of Mil lerstown, after five aHMMpI years' army ser vice, was killed in France with the American Expedi * tionary Forces on September 27, 1918, IWBMraf advices recently re k celved by his sis > tlUHft. ' ® Miss Laura Knight, 1116 North Third street, tell. Sgt. Ed. S. Knight Only 21 years old at the time of his death, he enlisted when sixteen years old. He was dis charged at the completion of his term, but was called for reserve ser vice on June 5, 1917. R. F. WEBSTER IS HONORED BY OWLS R. F. Webster. 223 South Four teenth street, state organizer of the Order of Owls, has just been notified by the supreme officers of this order that he has been promoted to the third degree. This degree is but one removed from the supreme degree of the order, and is confined to fifty members of the entire organization, who have distinguished themselves in its interests. Mr. Webster previously held the second degree, which was conferred upon him at South Bend, Ind. He holds the record of organi zation work. His present headquar ters are at Philadelphia. He was formerly assistant manager of the New Idea Hosiery Company, of this city. POSTAL TELEGRAPH PROTESTS HIGH RATES The Postal Telegraph Company is prepared to put into effect, but not without protest, the telephone rate increases, which were to go into ef fect lats Tuesday, Clarence H. Mackey, president, says in a letter addressed to Union R. Bethell, chair man of the operating board of the United States .Telegraph and Tele phone Administration. Mr. Property owner! List with us and hurry the sale. Backonstoss Bros., Real Estate, Russ Bldg. APPEALS BOARDS DO GREAT WORK Act 0n327,742 Petitions; Grant the Greater Number Filed Major W. G. t\ V //I Murdock, the .x\\ state's chief draft XVvX.SIcTv offlcer.today com pleted data which jjxefnKro&L-! shows that the ninc district ap -11 jßwltlatf Pennsylvania act- S@9UREJBJKK ed on 327,742 ap- BaßjßMUat peals and claims. Wp—*g3fcl Of this numben 227,065 were granted and 100,677 denied. These figures represent an immense amount of work by the boards and a great deal of investigation and time spent in hearings, "said the major. "There were 56,558 appeals and 271,184 agricultural or indus trial claims." Under the old system of fhe first registration there were 29,262 con sidered of which 17,000 were de nied; under the questionnaires of the first regsltratlon there were 171',- 517 considered 50,000 being denied; under the second and third registra tions there were 21,852, over 8,000 being denied; while under the fourth registration there were 105,110 con sidered. in this latter number 1,- 871 appeals which were granted and 2,601 rejected; 77,465 industrial and agricultural claims, granted and 23, 173 dented. In addition to these figures there were 1,058 appeals from physical ex aminations acted upon. • Can Shoot Hoodies. The State Game Commission has received word that the federal authorities have de cided that reed birds may be shot in Pennsylvania and adjoining states in September and October. A few years ago under a treaty with Can ada the shooting of these birds, which are known as rice birds in the south, was forbidden. Wclmer Numed.—Governor Sproul to-day sent to the Senate the appoint ment of Albert B. Weimer, of Phila-' deiphla, t<r be reporter of the deci sions of the Supreme court. He suc ceeds Attorney General William I. Schaffer. The governor also sent the appointment of Robert S. Gawthrop, of West Chester, to be first deputy attorney general, and William M. Hargest. Harrisburg; Emerson Col lins. Williamsport; Bernard J. Myers, Lancaster and William I. Swoope, Cleartield, to be deputy attorneys general. Proposes Organization of Discharged Soldiers Into One Organization The first annual convention of the American Army Association, to be composed of the members of the armies stationed in America and overseas during the war, will begin Sunday, April 6, with memorial ser vices, and continue five days. Mayor Keister has received notification from Haywood H. Hill, Jr., secretary of the National Association, of the proposed organization of discharged soldiers all over the country into an association similar to the G. A. R., and has been asked to co-operate in bringing the soldiers of the county together into an organization. The local county unit will elect Its officers and delegates to the na tional convention, where the officers of the association will be elected. State Governors, Senators, Mayors and army officers ranging from gen erals to privates, are already mem bers of the association, which now reaches into 41 states. Methodist Churches to Maintain "Good Will'' Schools For Soldiers By Associated Press New York, Jan. 28. —"Good will," schools to provide industrial re-edu cation for soldiers and sailors will be maintained in thirty cities through out the country by the Methodist Episcopal Church with its share of the 310,000,000 to be raised next month for reconstruction work by fourteen Protestant denominations. This announcement is made here by the Interchurch Emergency Cam paign Committee, which will direct the drive. "Good will" schools have been es tablished at San Francisco. Los An geles, Denver, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Boston and Brooklyn. Steps are under way to establish soon other schools in New York, Jer sey City, Wilmington, Baltimore, Syracuse, Providence, Newark, . hil •idelphia,- Pittsburgh, Buffalo, St. Uaul and Dayton. N. Y. Republicans Make Prohibition a Party Measure Albany, N. Y., Jan. 28.—-Ratifica tion by the New York Legislature of the federal prohibition Itmendment is assured because the Republican members of the Senate by a vote of 25 to 4 made it a matter of party politics last night. The decision to make ratification a party measure was reached at the end of a meeting of the Republican Senators which lasted more than three hours. The Thompson-McNab ratification resolution will come up in the Sen ate on the general order calendar to-day and if not finally disposed of before the end of the day, will go over to to-morrow when its adopt ion on third reading will be a cer tainty. OPPOSE POOL Cleveland, 0., Jan. 28.—Lake coal producers, shippers and upper lake dock operators, at u meeting here, unanimously opposed the continu ance of pooling lake coal. The con ference was called by the Oreand coal exchange. Mechanicsburg Lad Home After Serving in Navy After serving on Wf lhe Un®!". P1 y - gt mouth, since May, lit , ;• John R. Mountz, ,on ot Mr ° and I Mrs. S. J. Mountz, of Mechanicsburg, I has been diacharg -9 ed from the United States service, and returned his fjßikdpliHHl home in the Cum -1 " berland county John R. Mounts town. Why pay rent! Own your home. Backenstoss Bros., Real Estate, Russ Bldg. Sgt Dineley Says Marne River Fight Was Bloody The heaviest fighting seen by the 103 rd Ammunition Train, of the Key stone Division, made up largely of youths of this ter ritory, was at the Marne River, Ser geant S. P. Dtfte ley, of Company F, writes to his fath er, Samuel Dineley, lll Chestnut street. Sgt. S. P. Dineley The fighting was so hard, he s&ys, that "there was so much bloodshed that the river was' stained with blood from bank to bank. But the Dutch sure had to move; we drove them about 35 miles in about seven weeks, so you can imagine how fast they retreated and the Americans were right on their heels," he adds in describing the re treat of the German forces. Flizabethtown Five Beat Commonwealth Travelers The Elizabethtown Big Five took the Commonwealth Travelers into camp by the score of 18-15, although Commonwealth had a lead of 8-4 at the end of the first half. The game was very fast. The lineup; COMMONWEALTH F. G. Fouls. I T. Crane, f 1 Oj Reed, f 3 0 1 Frank, c 0 5 W. Smith, g. ... 1 0 | Millef, g. 0 0 ! Bell, 0 0 ELIZABETHTOWN F. G. Fouls. Sherk, f 0 0 S. Crane, f 2 0 Yoder, 2 0 Shank, g % 1 6 Sshleman, g 1 0 FALSE' FIRE ALARM Several companies responded to a false alarm turned In from box 234, Hummel and Swatara street, at 12:45 o'clock last night. The community has a higher regard for you if you own your home. Back enstoss Bros., Real Estate, Russ Bldg. CORNS Lin OUT! COSTS FEW CENTS Drops of magic! Doesn't hurt one bit! Drop a little Freezone on a touchy corn, instantly that, corn stops hurt-- ing, then you lift it off with the fingers. No pain! Try it! A / IQJJ Why wait? Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of Freezone for a few cents, sufficient to rid your feel of every hard corn, soft corn or corn between the toes, and calluses, without soreness or irri tation. Freezone is the much talked of discovery of the Cincin nati genius. HARRISBURG EVIDENCE FOR~ HARRIS* PEOPLE Tlic Statements of Harrisburg Resi dents Are Surely More Reliable Than Those of Utter Strangers. Home testimony is real proof. Public statements of Harrisburg people carry real weight. What a frlond or-neighbor says compels respect. The word of one whose home is far away invites your doubts. Here's a Harrisburg man's state ment. ' And it's for Harrisburg people's benefit. Such evidence is convincing. That's the kind of proof that backs Doan's Kidney Pills. M.. B. Havlland, railroad engineer, 313 Boas St., says: "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills several times in the past few years and I sincerely advise their use to anyone troubled with their kidneys. Whenever my back has been weak or lame and has ached, or the kidney secretions have been irregular in passage, t have bought a box or so of Doan's Kidney Pills at J. Nelson Clark's Drug Store. Doan's have never failed to rid me of the complaint." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Havlland had. Foster- Mllburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. BRONCHIAL ASTHMA Mrs. Graf Says Vlnol Cured Her Darlington, Pa.—"l suffered from brouchial Asthma so badly I would often have to sit up half of the night or lean over the back of a chair, and so weak I could hardly walk across the floor. I had spent lots of money for different Asthma medicines without help—but Vlnol helped me so I sleep well, and am so well and strong I Am doing all my work on the farm."—Mrs. Emma Graf. Vinol is a constitutional remedy which contains beef and cod liver peptones, iron g.nd manganese pep tonates and glycerophosphates. We strongly recommend Vlnol. George A. Gorgas, druggist: Ken nedy's Medicine Store, 321 Market St.; C. F. Kramer, Third and Broad Sts.; Kitzmlller's pharmacy, 1326 Derry St.; J. Nelson Clark, and druggists everywhere. P. S.—Stop scratching; 6ur Saxol Salve stops itching. We guarantee it. I "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" . I r H wr -IB' Jmm Jm f pP " ""■'.'' !!I 'jl'M folVli | ***^* < *** < **" , "**^^,——* >,,, ** , ** , ** , *** , * , *^**fra>W><iMmimm^aM—■—— *********" '■■ .... '.•X ■ >■■■■•. ••' Asv^^^v Y'^' : 111' <S ~ >'ii ""• i t Copyright 1918. Ikt How* of Kuppafctlat , Selling I Dependable Merchandise I Will never keep customers out of your store, but it will do for any store what it has done for this "Live Store" That is, build up an enormous business. But you must sell dependable merchandise and prove it every day you are in business It won't do to start off with good intentions and then loosen up on your methods until the buying public loose confidence in you. # I" " Always It's worth noticing the progress of this "Live Store," although Doutrichs has been in Harrisburg but a few years and had a "Big" Handicap to overcome —We are now enjoying the distinction of having a greater volume of business than ALL the other clothing storCfe in Harrisburg, so you can easily see that we have the confidence of the people, through square-dealing, honest representation, greater values and the complete satisfaction you get here with every purchase. < This Is the Store Everybody Is Talking About Hart Schaffner & Marx Kuppenheimer & Society Brand Clothes IfcWlliUlSiiUif ij . Pl^^^^&Stffi9BUsßEs9BSH|22J ri— Reliable I 304 Market St. Harrisburg, Pa. 9
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