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COM DEALERS
APPREHENSIVE
Consumers Warned to Buy
Early and Avoid Shortage
and High Prices
The combined coal dealers of the
city and suburbs to-day issued the
following statement regarding fuel
conditions:
<- The fuel administration again
Urges early buying of coal in its an
nouncement:
" 'lf the winter just ended had
been a severe one, the large stocks
which the industries and domestic
consumers had on hand last fall,
would now be entirely used up, as
suming that production had con
tinued unchanged.
" "Should next winter be much
more severe than the one just past,
a state of shortage is likely to re
sult, unless coal is mined and trans
ported during the coming spring and
summer.'
"Inquiry developed the fact that
mine production of coal is running
fifty per cent below full-time out
put. because there is such light de
mand.
"Local coal men emphatically
confirmed the statements of the fuel
administration. Their views are
practically unanimous. They say
that there must be demand on the
part of the consumer or the coal
will not be produced. This is so be
cause the anthracite producers have
storage facilities for only ten per I
Constipated Children Gladly Take
"California Syrup of Figs"
For the Liver and Bowels
Tell your druggist you want genuine
"California Syrup of Figs." Full direction:;
and dose for babies and children of all ages
who are constipated, bilious, feverish, tongue
coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on
the bottle. Look for the name "California"
and accept .no other "Fig Syrup."
Autocar Delivery Will
Satisfy Your Customers
The Autocar will stabilize and increase your busi
ness because it will give you delivery equipment that
will satisfy your customers.
Econdmical, sturdy, enduring, it is designed to give
the widest measure of motor-truck satisfaction at the
lowest possible cost.
Chassis The D. L. Ward Company, Philadelphia paper
manufacturers and distributers, have three Autocars
in daily use. The low operating cost and small main
tenance of the Autocar have considerably lowered
their delivery costs.
We are equipped to render complete
maintenance service to Autocar owners
in this territory.
EUREKA WAGON WORKS
616 North St. Harrisburg
Autocar
' • The Autocar Company, Ardmorc, Pa., Established 1897
EUREKA WAGON WORKS
A. H. BAILEY, Proprietor. W. ROSS BEALOR, Salesman.
616-618 North Street.
HARRISBURG AGENCY FOR
THE AUTO MOTOR TRUCK
THURSDAY EVENING, HXUMSBURGf nZTORXPH APRIL 10, 1919.
AUTO IS THROWN
50 FEET IN AIR BY
SQUALL; 1 DEAD
By Associated Press.
St. Louis, April 10.—One man
was killed and three others seri
ously injured last night when an
automobile in which they were
riding on a country road five
miles west of here was caught in
the vortex of a violent squall and
hurled fifty feet in the air.
cent of the year's output and the
dealers of the country can store
about another ten per cent. The
storage space for soft coal is prac
tically all in the consumer's bins. It
is evident that the consumers must
order and receive the coal, there
fore, or it will not be produced.
And even if it could be produced in
the six fall and winter months, the
railroads would be unable to handle
this concentrated over-production.
"The anthracite operators have
already announced an increase of
ten cents each month beginning May
1, up to and including September.
This plan will be followed by all
the companies, the early buyers will
not only be sure of their coal, but
save money.
"The dealers emphasize the neces
sity for orders, and frankly confess
they do not know what prices will
be. although not one could be found
who would say he looked for reduc
tions. Several dealers were so im
pressed with the seriousness of the
outlook that they said they intend to
announce through the press just
what they know about conditions so
that the consumer may at least be
fully informed on the subject.
"Personally, we believe we shall
order our coal. We well remember
the fall of 1916!"
; General Scott Quits
as Commander of Camp
Dix; Hale His Successor
By Associated Press.
Washington, April 10.—Major Gen
eral Hugh L. Scott, former chief of
staff, was relieved to-day of com
mand of Camp Dix, N. J., effective
upon the arrival of Brigadier General
Harry C. llale, his successor. He was
ordered to proceed to his home for
return to the retired list of the army,
from which he was recalled for war
service. 1
Brigadiers General Hale, George
H. Shelton and Charles H. Cole were
ordered to report to the headquar
ters of the northeastern department
at Boston for temporary duty with
the 26th Division in connection with
the parade of that organization.
General Hale came home from
France as commander of the 26th
and with the temporary rank of ma
jor general. He now has resumed his
regular rank as brigadier, and the
division on parade is expected to be
under its old commander. Major
j General Clarence R. Edwards, now
I commanding the northeastern de
pal tment.
THREE KEYSTONE
UNITS TO PARADE
[Continued from First Pngo.l
efforts to this end will be made by I
the War Department. Most Harris
burg men of the division are mem
bers of the 112 th Regiment.
As a result of the War Depart
ment attitude the plan of combining
the Keystone Division parade with
that of the seventy-ninth Division,
made up largely of Pennsylvanians,
is now being considered. This divi
sion is leaving its front position
in France to-day, but information
as to its return is still withheld.
"We put Philadelphia's plea for
la welcome to the entire Twenty
eighth Division before Brigadier
General Edward D. Anderson, of the
War Department, and asked him for
a definite ruling," said J. Jarden
Guenther, executive secretary of the
Philadelphia Council of National
Defense. "The answer that we got
was such that while it is possible
other regiments may be included in
the parade, it is highly improbable
that they can be."
"General Anderson said that New
York and Boston had failed to carry
out their parade in a manner sat
isfactory to the War Department
and that consequently all other divi
sional parades will be canceled," it
was reported by Admiral General
Frank D. Beary, who interviewed
General Anderson. "There will be
a parade in Philadelphia, but it will
not meet the demands of the State.
Not more than 5,000 men will be
available for parade purposes.
"Holding men for the parade at
New York led to congestion at can
tonments, both here and in France,"
they explained. "New York promised
that the men would not be held
more than six days, but they actual
ly were tied up for twenty-seven
days."
Officials in charge of the return
of the troops were disgusted at the
action of the War Department when
the clipped program was announced.
Virtually every one of them declar
ed himself as having been led to be
lieve by the War Department that
everything was satisfactory for hold
ing a big parade.
"The War Department now says
that it never promised us anything
at all," Mr. Guenther said, "but it
led us to believe that there would be
a parade if it were possible, and that
they would co-operate with us. Now
they say that we can have only these
three regiments."
Nurses who served overseas will
be accorded the place of honor in
t lie parade when it is eventually held,
it has been decided.
' t'se McNeil's Pain Exterminator--Ad
MOB STORMS OPENING
DOORS AT BIG SALE
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stove-pipe hats looked sad before
the doors opened. But twenty-un
dertakers' assistants and six colored
preachers gobbled them up in jig
time. The men's clothing depart
ment, with Mrs. Mercer B. Tate
chairman, was mobbed from the tap
of gong and the bargains there were
beyond belief. One elderly gentle
man had the misfortune to be try
ing on somebody's splendid tailor
made coat and turned around to find
that his own garment had disap
peared, with his insurance papers
an some other cherished things.
Small chance of recovering.
Starting in on the port side of the
apartment is a sporting goods sale,
the like of which had never been
displayed. Mrs. C. Howard Sauers
is chairman of this counter and her
assistants have all the patter of the
professional. "Come on now, folks,
here's your nifty golf sticks: come
on, lad, a fine catcher's mit, only 25
cents." Almost anything in the
sporting line is to be had at per
fectly silly prices. George Bogar
was most generous in filling up this
counter.
A featue of this year's sale is
that men and women get a fair deal.
Just as many things for the "he"
and the "she." The booths of wo
men's clothing, hats and sundries
were the scene of a perfect stam
pede, not to mention the long ar
ray of shoes. To ogle the display
is an eye-opener for the very poor
person who would never think of
contributing articles in such prime
condition. Take, for example, the
man who rushed in just after the
opening with a magnificent set of
false teeth.
Even False Teeth
"It's all I can give," he gasped,
pressing them upon Miss Creighton,
with emphasis. "But they cost me
$250 an' they fit most anybody. Curi
ously enough these teeth attracted
more attention than any other
article on the counter and finally
found a purchaser.
Hats! You should see the dis
play. "How much do you want to
spend?" ask the saleswomen.
"Here's one for $2: costs $l2 at the
store. Do you take it or not?" The
latest spring styles are there; bar
gains de luxe. And every auxiliary
of the millinery business has a
place. A huge bunch of hatpins res
cuded from the floor of the Colonial
Theater invite the buyer at a nsere
trifle.
The rug department was de
moralized temporarily this morning
by an excited man who had for a
couple dollars secured many yards of
excellent matting, long in bulk, and
he swung it around, capsizing the
whole department in his zeal to get
it out and transport it to his house.
The house furnishing emporium,
with its lamps and clocks, from five
cents up, attracted thousands to-day
and many persons about to start
housekeeping were able to purchase
for small sum their whole equip
ment.
Matching Popular
"What I want, lady." is a rhine
stone band to' mah hair" called a
robust colored woman, whose voice
could be heard above all. "I want
it to match my new evening gown."
The laugh was instantly turned on
the crowd, for there roosted just
what was wanted, a rhinestone band
for the bean. "If I can get slippers
to match, now" meditated the buyer
in the same stentorian voice, "I sure
ly gone to cut a shine to-night."
Some of the patrons wanted even
more than was so generously offer
ed. In selling a statue Miss Mary
Heister had some beads attached to
her own frock town off. "Hey,
don't' them beads go with the sta
tue!" demanded the purchaser billi
gerently. "No," retorted Miss Heis
ter, fully aroused. "They go with
me."
Magnificent clocks, cut glass, brass
beds, and everything to fit a house
keeper are in abundance and are
still coming in, for the sale will not
close until Saturday night. To-mor
row from 12 noon until 1 o'clock
there will be held an auction sale
with some uncommon offerings,
namely, a pedigreed Airdale terrier,
a giant blue rabbit, an antique clock,
cut glass pitcher, ball dress, bronze
statues and a number of antiques.
Mrs. Detweiler, who receives the
cash, asked that it be emphasized
that cash contributions are most ac
ceptable. Persons who have not the
time or inclination to send in goods
are requested to do their bit for the
hospital by sending in cash. About
$2OO came in to-day in this shape,
much more.
Rummage sale committees are as
follows:
Executive —Mrs. Marlin E. Olm
sted, chairman; Miss*.Anne McCor
mick, Miss Mary Hiester, Mrs. Meade
E>. Detweiler, treasurer.
Merchants —Mrs. Herman Astrich,
chairman; Otto W. Plack, sales man
ager and decorator.
Transportation—Mrs. John Fox
Weiss, chairman; Mrs. Frank Payne.
Publicity—M. H. James.
House Furnishing—Mrs. E. Z.
Gross, chairman; Mrs. George M.
Whitney, vice-chairman; Mrs. George
Kennedy, Mrs. Robert L. Lamberton,
Mrs. Spencer C. Gilbert, Mrs. George
D. Ramsey, Mrs. Walter H. Gaither,
Mrs. Henry S. Gross. Mrs. Henry B.
McCormick, Mrs. W. H. Spooner,
Mrs. John Campbell, Mrs. William
Jennings. Mrs. W. D. B. Ainey, Mrs.
Kent Gilbert, Mrs. William Paul
Starkey, Mrs. E. F. Dunlap and Mrs
David S. Fink.
Furniture—Miss Buehler, chair
man; Mrs. J. Miley Jones, Mrs. Ed
win S. Herman, Mrs. H. C. Ross, Mrs.
J. N. Moore, Mrs. W. E. Severance,
Mrs. C. E. Etter, Mrs. G. B. Tripp,
Miss Kate Cox, Mi's. William Gal
braith. Miss Etter, Miss Espy, Miss
Rachel Pollock, Miss Jennings, the
Misses Sieber, Miss Quigley, the
Misses Shunk, the Misses Seiler, Mrs.
E. L. Heiser, Mrs. Hinton, Miss Mar
tha Snavely, Mrs. Guy A. Colt, Mrs.
S. B. Cameron, H. A. Hiester, Louis
J. Houseal.
Carpets and Draperies—Mrs. David
E. Tracy, chairman; Mrs. John Kel
ley, first vice-chairman; Miss Loretta
Hemler, second vice-president: Miss
Kathryn Seel, Miss Edith Hemler,
Miss Teresa Martin, Miss Catharine
Moyer, Miss Florence Dellone, Miss
Wall, Miss GertrOde Wall, Mrs.
Henry G. Reuwer, Jr.
Shoes—Mrs. Ed. Simms, chairman;
Mrs. Jacob Miller, Mrs. A 1 Simms,
Mrs. Porter Hammond, Mrs. Charles
Troup, Mrs. S. Kades, Mrs. Charles
Adler, Mrs. William Wambaugli, Mrs.
Reul Sides, Mrs. Geisking. Mrs. Her
man Tausig, Mrs. E. C. Rauck, Mrs.
B. I. Rubin, Mrs. T. S. Keet, Mrs. W.
C. Metzger.
Men's Clothing—Mrs. Mercer B.
Tate, chairman; Mrs. C. Ross Boas,
Mrs. J. W. Bowman, Mrs. T. Park
Campbell, Mrs. C. E. Covert, Mrs. F.
M. Gilbert, Miss Anna Hershey, Mrs.
Simon Hirsh. Mrs. Joseph Kaufman,
Mrs. Edgar Marks. Mrs. J. W. Mil
house, Mrs. E. T. Murray, Miss Mary
Macßeynolds, Mrs. Joseph Nachman,
Mrs. A. S. Patterson, Mrs. W. 8. Seel,
Mrs. J. L. Shearer, Jr.: Mrs. Frank
C. Sites, Mrs. Frank C. Thompson,
Mrs. W. Frank Witman.
Women's and Children's Clothing
—Mrs. H. P. Miller, chairman; Mrs.
W. H. Nell. Mrs. S. Hiney, Mrs. W.
F. Darby, Mrs. L. H. Haehnlen, Mrs
E. Mauser. Mrs. H. R. Omwake, Mrs.
W. L. Scheffer, Mrs. J. C. Jessup,
Mrs. C. K. Deen, Mrs. S. P. Segel
baum, Mrs. S. N. Traver, Miss Caro
line Moffltt, Mtb. H. A. Chayne, Mrs.
H. R. Coover.
Millinery—Mrs. Ross A. Hickok,
chairman: Mrs. George Bender, Mrs.
Robert Rutherford, Mrs. Henry B.
Bent, Mrs. Robert McCreath, Mrs.
William E. Bailey, Mrs. Philip
Meredith, Mrs, Francis J. Hall', Mrs.
Andrew C. Sherer, Mrs. William E.
Wright, Mrs. Henry M. Stine, Mrs.
Robert Goldsborough, Mrs. J. K.
White, Mrs. John Graham, Mrs.
Klaer, Mrs. Frank Payne, Miss
Bertha Wittemeyer, Miss Josephine
Schwartz.
Pictures and Ornaments —Mrs.
John B. McAllster, chairman; Mrs.
John Reily, Mrs. Fred Coover, Miss
Letitia Brady, Mrs. John G. Gred
!er, Mrs. William Hain, Mrs. Jacob
son, Mrs. John Fox. Mrs. R. M. H.
Wharton, Mrs. E. N. Cooper.
China, Glass and Oiq Silver—Mrs.
Robert H. Irons, chairman; Mrs.
William Pearson, Mrs. Rollin Saw
yer, Mrs. L. D. Perry, Mrs. A 1 Selig
inan, Mrs. John Mahon, Jr., Mrs.
Herbert Snow, Mrs. Otto Buxbauin.
Mrs. Frank Robbins, Mrs. Samuel
Todd, Mrs. Richard McKay, Miss
Elaine Bergner, Mrs. A. B. Miller,
Mrs. E. F. Entwisle.
Books and Toys—Miss Matilda W.
Hiester, chairman; Mrs. Cowling.
Miss Cowling, Mrs. Orth. Mrs. Bald
win. Miss Constance Ferriday, Mrs.
J. Austin Brandt, Mrs. Lane S. Hart,
Jr., Mrs. A. G. Greely, Mrs. Boyd
Harrington, Miss Doris Rothert,
Miss Kathryn Hart.
Sporting Goods—Mrs. C. Howard
Sauers, chairman; Mrs. Mabel Cron
ise Jones, Mrs. Herbert E. Lucas,
Mrs. Edna S. Dunbar, Mrs. Edwin C.
Snyder, Mrs. Charles C. Stroh, Mrs.
E. T. Selig, Mies Ronmine Boyer,
Miss L. L. Teeter, Miss J. Robson
Macdonald.Miss Katherine Sweeney,
Miss Sara Weitzel, Miss Anne
Sweeney.
Notions—Miss Mary Creighton,
chairman; Miss Almeda Herman,
Miss Martha Bailey, Miss Elizabeth
Knisely, Mrs. Hoffer Detweiler, Miss
Ruth Payne, Mrs. Howard Binga
man, Miss Martha Fletcher, Miss
Elizabeth Ross, Miss Mary Meyers,
Miss Marion Hean, Mrs. Walter
Dearth, Miss Dora Coe, Miss Helen
Abercrombie.
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HO/A AID
I BREAD J
Jl/J OTHER knows how to AND a large family, espe
-I*l make bread; but what's dr± cially will be better pleased
the use in worrying mother with and happier and healthier with
the baking when you can get this bread. It cuts better and goes
such fine bread as HOMAID! further. Eat it—its' HO MAID.
Wrapped at the Bakery Sold at all Grocers
I The GUNZEMHAUbER Bakery Ij
18th and Mulberry Streets
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Hangs Himself in Garret
After Long Illness
George Zeigler, 40 years old, a
tinner of Ellzabethville, committed
suicide about 11 o'clock last night
by hanging himself in the gar
ret Pi his home. He had been under
the care of a physician for the past
several months and a close watch
was kept over him, but last night
he managed to elude members of
the 'amily.
While the family was preparing
to retire he slipped to the garret
and placed the noose about his neck.
His neck was broken in the fall, a
dis'ance of ten feet. His death was
instantaneous. His wife, three chil
dren and his parents, survive.
TO Bril.D ADDITION
Edward M. Scholl obtained a per
mit this morning to build an addition
to the three-story house at 1512 Der
ry street. The improvement will cost
1200. William M. Yocum got papers
to build a one-story brick garage at
tlie rear of 533 Emerald street, cost
ing $l5O.
Duplicate Assessments
of Coal Lands Removed
by County Commissioners
More than 3,000 acres of coal land
were deducted from the amount
assessed by the County Commission
ers as property of the Reading Iron
and Coal Company at a hearing be-
f is tha form of phosphorus discovered by pfcy- .1
f siologicsl chemists is the esseetisl ''salt"
I natnraTty found in brain tad aenre cells. It is
I chemically pure and is sold by druggists under a
I definite guarantee of satisfaction or momey deri
1 Git the genuine BITRO-PHOSfHATE—the
V eind thst physicians prescribe and recommend J
"fore the Commissioners, sitting as
a board of revision yesterday, as
having been assessed twice. Of this
amount, 2,223 acres were duplicated
in Middle Paxton township and 872
acres in Rush township. The assess
ment of $31,000,000 on the com
pany property was in consequence
of this reduction lessened by $l,-
500,000.
In another instantelit was shown
Carter's Little Liver Pais
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Constipated Makes Life
and Happy l j™-* Worth Living
Small Pill jSmtKf m Oil IS. Genuina baas signature
As c ££."!£££; pARTER'S IRON PILLS
many colorless faces bat will greatly help most pale-faced people
WITTENMYER LUMBER CO
WE lIANDRE ROUGH AND SURFACED DUMBER OF ALU KINDS
Special bills cut to order in Oak, Ash, Poplar, Chestnut and Pino
at our two sawmills, operating oil 500 acres of timber, four miles
from the city.
Office and Yard, Harrisburg, Pa.
J Office Tables
Desk high—plain or with drawers. Strong, substantial oak con
struction.
D. W. Cotterel
•Specialists in Offiee Furniture.
# N. MARKET SQUARE.
that the township lines of the min
ing engineer and of the coai com
pany did not compare. The coal
company is said to have removed
the line in order to include certain
tracts in one township. The com
pany taid this was done to expedite
the payment of taxes. As a result
of the discussion, several tracts were
removed from Rush township to
Middle Paxton township.