8 RED TAPE CUT ON BRIDGE WORK Senator Smith's Bill Would Open Way For Econom ical Construction Senator Smith, Dauphin, introduced a bill in the Senate to-day which makes it possible for contractors to submit specifications and prices for county bridges, other than the ones originally advertised for by the coun ty commissioners. Thus, should bids for a steel bridge be advertised for, concrete firms might submit bids for a concrete structure, which the com missioners would be authorized to ac cept, if in their opinion it was the, better of the two. The Eyre bill authorizing the Gov ernor to appoint volunteer state po lice. and directed against Bolshevik and like activities, passed the Senate finally on a 26-3 vote. The measure now goes to the House for its concur- Senator Crow, Fayette, introduced an amendment to the non-partisan act providing that the non-partisan ballot shall be printed upon the regu lar party ballots. All ballots cast for non-partisan candidates upon the party ballots are to be counted as though cast upon the regular non partisan ballot. Senator Daix, Philadelphia, intro duced a bill providing for the licen sure of ticket brokers by the Auditor General at a yearly fee of SIOO. A bill prohibiting the use of trac tor engines and vehicles weighing more than fourteen tons upon state highways, was introduced by Senator Eyre, Chester The Senate adjourned until 9 o'clock Monday evening. April 21. Hair Often Ruined By Washing With Soap Soap should be used very care-! fully, if you want to keep your hair j looking its best. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too; much alkali. This dries the scalp, | makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. I The best thing for steady use is j just ordinary niulsitied cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless), and j is better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can use. I One or two teaspoonsfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp tlior- : oughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It makes J an abundance of rich, creamy lath- j er, which rinses out easily, removing) every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries l quickly and evenly, and it leaves { the scalp sott, and the hair line and ' silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. - You can get mulsified cocoanut' oil at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, 1 and a few ounces will supply every! member of the family for months. ATLANTIC 9 9 iPOLARINEI TRUCKS are smoothing out the trans portation troubles of the world. Atlantic Motor Oils have smoothed out the truck's troubles. If the wise owners of big fleets of trucks specify Atlantic only —and our records show that they do —isn't their conclusion worth something to you? Ask for Polarine or Atlantic Light, Medium or Heavy. ATLANTIC MOTOR OILS Keep Upkeep Down 7 ONION SETS Yellows, quart, lOO; peck, 75c; bushel, $2.50. White, quart, 15£; peck, $1.00; bushel, $3.50. EVERYTHING FOR THE GARDEN Deliveries Made Any Place in City "SERVICES AND EFFICIENCY"—OCR WATCHWORDS Both Phones—Use Them Holmes Seed Co. 106 and 108 South Second Street, Harrisburg, Pa. The Peace Time Quality of i i King Oscar Cigars will be remembered long after the price, which conditions compel us to charge, has been forgotten. .., John C. Herman & Co. j 7c ~ worth "• Maker* • t WEDNESDAY EVENING, WOOLWORTH DEATH RECALLS HISTORY Story of How He Accumulated His First SI,OO0 — Project to Start Five-cent Store Here Seemed Vague to Capital City I The death of Frank W. Wool | worth yesterday brought to the rec i ollectlon of many Harrisburgers the ! early efforts of this remarkable man, whose first successes were identified with the store which he established here far back in the month of July, 1879. Mr. Woolworth was little acquainted in Harrisburg and his projector setting up a "five-cent" store seemed indeed vague to most persons of the Capital City. The success extraordinary, busi , ness and career of this enterprising man began only a few years pre vious to that date and the narrative of what he did before reaching Har risburg is well worth reading. _ Al ways a reticent man, Mr. Wool worth eventually gave a good, con cise story of himself to Philip R. I Dillon who published it in the New i York World under the heading "My ! First $1,000." The article was time | ly, for at this time, 1912. Mr. Wool worth was involved in spending $12,- 000,000 in erecting the colossal Woolworth building which fronts Broadway and City Hall Park, and is now a landmark of America. To Dillon the famous merchant cx ! plained: "I was born and brought up on j my father's farm, at Rodman, Jef ' ferson county, N. Y.. in 1852, and I ! lived there until I was twenty-one I years old. I went to the district I school in winters, and later I went I two terms to a business college in I Watertown, N. Y. The education I I got in that business college did me j more good than any classical college i training I might have got. "I was never satisfied with the work of the farm. It was my early i ambition to get into the dry goods business. "When I finished the two terms I in business college 1 said to a bank 1 cashier: 'I am fitted to keep the books of the largest concern on j earth!' He warned me against con ceit. He told me I had only learned the theory and that I would have jto learn it all over in practice. He I was right. I "In March 1573, when I was twen ] ty-one, I commenced as errand boy with the dry goods firm of Augsburg : &■ Moore—afterwards Moore & Smith j—in Watertown, X. Y. Yes, I had i wasted time. I was pretty old for an errand boy. Salary? I worked for nothing! "The head of the firm told ma ! that I ought to pay him tuition dur | ing the first six months I was work | ing for teaching me the business However, we compromised. I agreed to work three months for nothing. ! and then, if I succeeded, I would get I $3.50 a week for the next three : months. When I began 1 had ssl in cash, which I had accumulated I by doing odd jobs outside of my farm | work. j "I had to open the store at 7a. m. land remain each night until 10 p. m. There was no work too mean or dirty for me to do. But I was a dull scholar. Before the six months were up 1 was discouraged. 1 thought it was impossible for me ever to learn the business. Still 1 went on. "The last six months of that year I got $4 a week. The second year I got $4.50 a week-for the first six months and $5 a week for the last six months. The next two years I got $6 a week. And out of this I paid for my board, washing and clothes, and saved a little. "In the fall of 1875 I applied for a position with another dry goods firm. I had the cheek to ask for $lO a "week, and was astonished when they hired me at that salary as sales man—in November, 1875. But this firm judged a man by the results he produced. I was not a good sales man! I was sharply criticised. My salary was reduced to $8 a week. I was so discouraged at my inability to sell as much as other clerks that 1 fell ill with fever and nervous pros tration. I had to go home to the farm for a year to get well. I "In June, 1887, I went to Moore & Smith's in Watertown in a salary of $lO a week. After a year my sal ary was cut to SS.SO a week, because the firm was not making money and could not afford to pay me the larg er salary, so I was told. In the mean time I had married and was support ing my wife and baby, and paying $lO a month rent. At the end of 18 78 I had saved SSO. "In September, 1878, one day Moore & Smith fixed up a little coun ter, three feet wide and five feet long, and on it were placed shop worn goods with a few new things to brighten it and a simple sign was put up—'Any article on this counter 5 cents.' Success was instantaneous. The counter was enlarged. In a little while half the store was devot ed to this line of goods. Other firms followed our lead, and Moore & Smith began to wholesale this class of goods to other merchants and did what was thought to be a tremend ous business. "Now was my opportunity. In January, 1879, I announced to Mr. Moore that 1 would like to open a five cent store' and I asked if he would sell me the stock on credit. I had only SSO. He said he would, providing 1 could get mv father's name on a note for S3OO. I did get my father's indorsement, and I se lected $322 worth of goods, and then struck out to find a location. ••After a long search, on February -4, 18.9, I opened my store in Utica, ■ treeing to pay S3O a month rent and I had a hard time convinc ing that landlord that 1 would be able to keep on paying that rent. 'At first the business was a suc cess, but later it dwindled to nothing. 1 sold out part of the stock for $l7O and the balance I shipped to Lan caster, Pa., and there I opened a new store on June 21, 1879, with a total stock worth S4OO. 1 was worth, net. $225. amounted to 1 immediately telegraphed Moore & Smith at Watertown to duplicate the stock. I felt sure that at ih® l 1 had my opportunity. "I opened a second store in Har risburg, Pa., in July of that vear. On December 28. 1879. I completed an inventory of my two stores and found that I was worth $1,500 net all my notes and debts having been paid. From that beginning we have gone on tipward to the present." Mr - Woolworth is remembered bv many Harrisburgers who came in contact with him in early days as a rugged "iankee type of man, not very communicative with strangers but genial enough with close friends. Energy was his first name and he gave the impression of having a definite mission in life which noth ing could deflect him from succeed ing in. His last years were spent mostly at his home, a splendid man sion in Fifth avenue. Ex-Governor Whitman to Head Campaign For Salvation Army \*ew York. April 9. —Charles S. Whitman, former Governor of the state of New Tork, has accepted the invitation extended by Commander Evangeline Booth to become na tional chairman of the Salvation Army home service fund campaign, through which the Salvation Army hopes to raise 113.000,000. which will be devoted to the care of the poor and unfortunate in the United States. It will begin on May 19, to last a week. Commander Evangeline Booth, of the Salvation Army in the United States, issued from Salvation Army headquarters yesterday a statement warning the public against im posters who have been collecting money on the pretext of seeking funds for the Salvation Armv home service fund campaign. This cam paign. Commander Booth said, will not open until May 19. and no one has yet been authorized to make collections for it. Independent Telephone Rates td Be Those of State Service Board By Associated Press. Philadelphia, April 9.—lndepen dent telephone companies have noti fied the Attorney General's Depart ment that they will charge only the rates approved by the Public Service Commission. This was in reply to the Attorney General's notification of the decision of the Dauphin county court grant ing an injunction against the higher rates fixed by the postmaster gen eral. The Attorney General has not heard from the telegraph companies. Yanks Who Saw Service in Italy to Parade in New York By Associated Press. New York. April 9.—Members of the 332 d infantry, the only organi zation of American "doughboys" to aid Italy in her victorious drive against the Austrian army, will pa rade here on their arrival this week, it is announced. The date for the parade has been set tentatively for April 17, and delegations of friends and relatives of the men from Ohio and Western Pennsylvania are expected to come here to aid in the welcome. As a mark of Italy's appreciation of the work of the 332 d. an Italian officer is accompanying the regiment home, and it was said that the Ital ian ambassador would come here I from Washington to review the pa- I rade. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAKING READY FOR RETURN OF IRON DIVISION Adjutant General Beary Se cures War Department's Fullest Co-operation Philadelphia. April 9. — Plans for the debarkation of the Twenty eighth Division nt the port of Phila delphia, decided upon by the War Department a week ago, are rapidly being perfected, it was disclosed to day after a conference between Ad jutant General Frank D. Beary, of Pennsylvania and Colonel McAn drews, of the Division of Operations of the general staff. No change is contemplated in the program of landing the One Hun dyed and Eighth Field Artillery and the One Hundred and Ninth and One Hundred and Tenth Infantry at Phil adelphia, and every effort will be made to parade the full division in Philadelphia following its inspection at Camp Dix. Both General Beary and Colonel McAndrews indicated to day the three regiments from Phil adelphia and vicinity surely would parade in the city and as many more of the real Pennsylvania units will take part in the celebration as can be included without seriously affect ing the War Department's demobili zation arrangements. General Beary Satisfied It is the plan of the War Depart ment to land the remainder af the Twenty-eighth Division at New York and send the troops on to Camp Dix for the divisional inspection. As the division during the last six months has been tilled up with a number of replacement troops from various sec tions of the country, it is understood some of these will be demobilized if they desire within forty-eight hours after their arrival at Camp Dix. Gen eral March, chief of staff, has recent ly ruled that soldiers shall not be held in camp against their will for parades, but in the matter of the Twenty-eighth, it has been indicated the Pennsylvania units will be per suaded to go to Philadelphia for the welcome home. General Beary left Washington for Harrisburg late yesterday pleased with the developments. He said be fore he left he intended shortly to get more details regarding the sailing arrangements, but would do this by mail, indicating his understanding with War Department officials was so complete another trip to Wash ington probably would be unneces sary. "General Beary called at the ttar Department," said Coflonel McAn drews' "to discuss some of the de tails of the return of the Twenty eighth, and he learned that no changes had been made in the pro gram virtually agreed upon a week ago when he and J. Jarden Guenther, secretary of the welcoming commit tee, came to Washington to present Philadelphia's case. "The One Hundred and Eighth Field Artillery, and the One Hun dred and Ninth and One Hundred and Tenth Infantry, the Philadelphia units, surely will be landed and per mitted to parade in Philadelphia. "It is General Beary's intention to submit some point for the further consideration of the War Depart ment regarding the time of sailing of a few additional units of the Twenty-eighth Division. This he will do by letter as soon as he returns. "W'hile every consideration will be given to any additional question re garding the units of the division, we are unable to say at this time what can be done beyond the present ar rangement, as everything must be done to prevent increased congestion at the port of New York. "Besides any plans for changes in sailing dates are likely to disarrange the entire embarkation and debark ation arrangement of the War De partment. It must be remembered that the department is receiving hun dreds of such appeals and it would be impossible to grant them all. "General Beary has been entirely reasonable in all the requests he has made which naturally adds to our de sire to go as far as we can in meet ing his desires as well as the desires of Philadelphia. Both he and Mr. Guenther have shown a thorough ap preciation of the situation." Personal-Social j CHANGE DATES OF MEETING The Hebrew Ladies' Aid Society of which Mrs. Eli Goldstein is sec retary, held an interesting session last evening at the Kesher Israel synagogue. It has been decided to hold meetings monthly, the first Tuesday evening of the "month in stead of the third as has been done. CAPTAIN STEESE IN CITY Captain George M. Steese, who has just returned from France, where he saw more than two years' service with the Engineering Corps and who is now stationed at Camp Humphries, is visiting his father in this city. HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETS The regular monthly meeting of the Historical Society of Dauphin County will be held to-morrow even ing at 8 o'clock in the society's building, 9 South Front street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Bergner, Miss Eloine Bergner, and Mrs. John Graham, 1627 North Second street, motored to Williamsport on Monday. Mrs. William T. Gonert, of Phila delphia. is visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. D. Dean, 430 Boas street. Mrs. William Meredith Wood, and small son William Meredith Wood, Jr., have returned to their home in Roland Park, after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. George Etter, 309 Pine street. Mrs. Dwight M. Ludington, of "The Terraces," New Cumberland, has left for a visit with relatives in Bal timore. Lewis Fisher and Lewis Vinicoflf, students of State College, will spend the weekend with friends in this city. """^c^STORK [An announcement under this heading must be accompanied by name to assure accuracy.] Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Coburn, 258 Verbeke street, announce the birth of a son, Charles Rossiter Coburn, Jr., at the Polyclinic Hospital, Sun day, April 6, 1919. Mrs. Cobourn was formerly Miss Helen C. Shaffer, of Uniontown, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Storey, 1937 Chestnut street, announce the birth of a daughter, Margaret Eliza beth Storey, Tuesday, April 8, 1919, at the Polyclinic Hospital. Mrs. Storey was formerly Miss Helen Rohrer. ASKS PRICE TO HEAD PA. GUARD Beary Picks Him to Command the Reorganized Body By Associated Press. Philadelphia, April 9.—Adjutant General Beary announced In Wash ington, according to a message re ceived here, that Brigadier General William G. Price, Jr., commander of the Fifty-third artillery brigade, Twenty-eighth division, has been in vited to become the head of the re organized Pennsylvania National Guard. The invitation is contained in a letter now on its way to General I'rice in France. General Beary said he believed General Price would ac cept and that his acceptance, would he received by Governor Sprout in time for the Governor to place the nomination before the present Leg islature. Positive assurance came from Washington yesterday that three regiments of the Twenty-eighth di vision would land in Philadelphia upon their return from France. Camp Hill to Collect Clothing For Refugees Responding to many inquiries, Mrs. R. U Myers, ice chairman of the Camp Hill Red Cross branch, announced this morning that the branch will conduct a campaign for clothing to be sent to the war sufferers, in the near future. The exact date has not yet been set and formal announcement will be made later. The Camp Hill branch has been numbered among the most active on the roster of the Harrisburg Chap ter, and high praise has'been accord ed the workers for their splendid ac complishments. I TOMORROW AND FRIDAY I Are Opportunity Days For You In | Our Big Sale of Home Sites In | Harrisburg's Finest Suburb I t pnrf D Lots 20x130 YV 'r ['"l' rhhH'-\ Are Now Selling I AND SI.OO ■MEMS Q7Q AND I ■ A WEEK .pBSS EfflßEHHffl ffilffi UP | I —j I j 111111 |jr j| j j— |i —11 ■ | 111 — nrr f i fi —\ 1 j|(B| r ..... „., -... -■ No Less Than 2 That's Our Easy L ots Sold To Payment Plan s GREEN " ST. i Any One Buyer That Makes It No Interest, No Possible For * Taxes.For 2 Every Man To l' II I fl-B-m TI 111 11 I I I 5 mTTTP YearS ° n T ' me U 1 i P Fi I IRI f I I IT ITI i Contracts Secure A Home , o* ~ i, I Q ~T~ a c • I \' J " "Sg" f jul ' \ Special Site at "Beautiful ™ - RIVER DRIVE" "T' Discounts For Si Estherton ,, Larger Cash l Eg REMEMBER THE SALE DAYS i •! 0 11th I I THURSDAY AND FRIDAY Apfll 1U &11 | IN "BEAUTIFUL ESTHERTON" We offer home site seekers the easiest possible buying terms in the finest spot surrounding Harrisburg. Thousands of peach, apple and pear trees, producing many thousand dollars worth of fruit each season together with the fact that land adjoining Harrisburg is certain to enhance in value make "Beautiful Estherton" an ideal as well as sure-to-be-profitable place in which to secure a home site. Buy now—build your home now—if every person who is contemplating building a home would only do so at once no returning soldier would need to wonder whether there will be a job for him after "Uncle Sam" gives him his honorable discharge. Call us on either phone and we'll send one of our representatives to take you out to "Beautiful Estherton" in an auto. Or take Rockville car and get off at Bogar Lumber Company. Representative on the grounds from 1 to 8 P. M. on Sales Days. Bell 1390 E. M. HERSHEY, Owner Dial 3573 I \IT I CLI J 36 N - Third St - I I " m * !• contend 1 I "The Lot Man" Sales Manager Flies From Long Island to Atlantic City in Less Than Two Hours By Associated Press. Atlantic's City, N. J., April 9. Traveling in an army airplane, Ma jor L. B. Lent, of the army flying corps, made a trip from Brindley Field, L. 1., to this city to-day in less than two hours. After leaving lied Bank at 12.15 he made the last leg of the journey at a speed of 100 miles an hour. The major was sent hero by the Aerial Division of the Department of the East to inspect the aerial landing Held in process of construction here for the coming Pan-American aeronautical meet. He I expressed himself as pleased with I the site selected. I.KTTKHS I.SSI'ED ON ESTATE OE MAN WHO IS "LEGALLY DEAD" Letters of administration were is sued to-day by Begister Fisher on the estate of Morris M. Sweigard. formerly of this city, who has been declared "legally dead" by the Court. Sweigard never was heard from after he left here some ten or a dozen years ago. He left a small estate which will be settled up by Samuel Sweig apd. TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAF NESS AND HEAD NOISES If you have Catarrhal Deafness or are hard of hearing or have head noises go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to it (4 pint of hot water and a little granulated sugar. Take one tablespoonful four times a day. This will often bring quick relief from the distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils should open, breath ing become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat. It is easy to prepare, costs little and is pleas ant to take. Anyone who lias Ca tarrhal Deafness or bead noises should give this prescription a trial. APRIL 9, 1919. Boy Scouts Help Fight Fire in First Mountain Harrlsburg Hoy Scouts had an op portunity yesterday to test their knowledge of woodcraft when they were called upon to ilght the forest lire on the Blue Mountains, behind Bella Vista. Twenty Scouts t f the city In two parties, went to the lire under the leadership of George 11. Wirt, chief tire warden. The lire was completely extinguished Hires hours after the Scouts reached the scene of action. lIAI.TON Wll.l. IS I'ItOIIATKII The will of Surah Button, late of this city, was probated this morning and letters on the estate wore issued A New Coal We are featuring a NEW COAL that is unquestionably The Best Coal On the Market This claim is borne out by the statements of those who have used it. Why not use the best? It costs no more. Before placing your order for coal it will be well worth your while to give our NEW COAL a trial. We are in a position to give prompt and efficient deliveries. Order Now Before Prices Advance McCreath Bros. 567 Race Street Both Phones to William Halton. On the estate of Mary McNalis, late of Williamatown, letters were granted to Aaron Ralph of the same borougli. 4VOID COUGHiT ena, COUGHERtfi 1 uro SHI'LOH HALF IhlJ- FOR CHILDREN,
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