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NOT STOP MERRY
MAKINGATPARK
Employes of the Silk Mill Fool
Jupiter Pluvius on Big
Outing
Dark, threatening clouds didnt
Ysox'r'ft of effect on the btß crowd
have a bit ot eiieci ■ -uarrisburg
of picnickers from
Silk Mill who left for Hershej this
morning in three special cars, at
mohed to a Reading express
diafely th wasMn an uproar,
Kid's M Pl " v ""
ruin the game. , cpt-ies of an-
TViiia jo the first of neilx,.
pany, and It was '*™ a y ct that the
men were father badly "^numbered.
0 i as
ffiKeS Munts r ito-ou;ghnut
n ?ae^ves ab alo U^a^re
from which dangled the succulent
sinkers and tried to get outside
them in double time.
Lunch was the order of the da>
at noon and after that came the
baseball game between teams i from
the broad silk department and the
ribbons. Later there was a bowlang
contest and the feature of the day
was the dancing contest, when nu
merous couples to the tunes of the
regular Hershey orchestra, whirled
about the floor in an effort to de
cide who were the most graceful
terpsichorean artists.
Later this evening the program
was to include community singing,
and the party intended to leave
Hershey about 7.30. The results of
the games with the first prizes and
booby prizes follow: Button sewing
contest: Isaac Blizzard, knife;
booby, John Warner .baby bottle.
Wheelbarrow race —Thomas Bren
nen, silver cigaret case; booby, Isaac
Blizzard, doll baby.
Pin contest—Minnie Ginslider,
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A Coal Shortage
Absolutely Certain
William B. Wilson, Sec
retary of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor, says:
"We are facing a serious
shortage of labor."
Curtailed labor means
curtailed production, which
is already millions of tons
below normal.
Walker T. Hines, Direc
tor General of U. S. Rail
road Administration, says:
"Consumers who delay will
find it difficult to get coal later."
These governmental
agencies have sounded the
warning against delay.
What are you going to
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TUESDAY EVENING,
1 ONE REASON LIVING
J COST REMAINS HIGH
Washington, July 22.—A total
value of $121,000,000 has been
placed upon the surplus food still .
held by the War Department by
General Peyton C. March. Chief \
| of Staff. This Includes $23,600,000
| worth of bacon; $24,000,000 worth
, of corned beef; $20,500,000 worth
of roast beef, and $20,000,000
! worth of frozen meats and poul-
I try. The surpls at the time the
armistice was signed represented
i eight months' supply for 5,000,000
men, and according to the tcsti- !
raony practically no steps were !
taken to dispose of this surplus
until last May.
pink Georgette crepe silk waist;
Ethel Sharon, toy reins.
Three-legged race—Earl Neely,
John Warner, Maynard Robbins, (
Cloyd Christian, Jumping ropes.
Potato race for fat ladies—Laura
McLain, imported bead necklace;
Alice Brown, toy ironing board.
Doughnut eating contest —Myrtle
Rupp, box of candy; Ada Ward, toy
figure.
Peanut race—Alice Brown, pink
Georgette crepe silk waist; Mary
Mead, toy dinner pail.
Bean guessing contest Carrie
Kennedy, silk umbrella; Anna
Householder, rattle.
Nail driving contest Ella Pet
ers, Hllite crepe silk waist; Anna-
Belle Rodgers, tin watch.
Fifty-yard dash—Mary Klem, toi
let water; Ma r y Wheeler, drum.
Egg race—Ethel Sharon, box cf
sl!k hose; Annie Spotts, toy figure.
The general committee in tbarge
cf the pieni- and W'IO are in the'
main responsible for its great suc
cess is composed of G. F. Koster,
chairman; IL.rry B. Orr, I, Poor
n-an, C L. Grimm, Rob; t Iloyles,
Irwin Crawford and Jlarry Maul.
Agree to Reinstate
Telephone Workers
Who Went on Strike
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 22. Officials
of Cleveland telephone companies
in conference yesterday with Chair
man Koons,' of the Wire Control
Board and a committee of the Cleve
land City Council agreed to rein
state employes who have been on
strike and who have been charged
by the companies with committing
certain overt acta.
Bonniwell Whacks
the Reorganizers
Action of the Democratic State
committee officials in trying to raise
the wind for the 1920 Presidential
delegation election campaign, on
which hinges control of the party
machine in this State, was denounced
by Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, nom
inee of the Democratic party for
Governor last fall, in a scathing let
ter put out in Philadelphia last night.
Philadelphia newspapers regard it
as of importance and the Inquirer
says the judge fired the first gun in
his campaign to unhorse A. Mitchell
Palmer and Vance AlcCormick as
leaders of the Democratic organiza
tion of Pennsylvania. He brands
the State committee which they con
trol as "a combination of traitors,
who having become Republican by
their action, have no ripht to even
the label of Democracy."
"Their place is in the Republican
party-, or in the Prohibition party.
Let them go there," writes the Judge
in a scathing arraignment of the
Palmer-McCormick combination.
Judge Bonniwell's fulmination
came in the form of a letter address
ed to the Democratic officeholders of
Pennsylvania and the provocation
for h(g communication was a letter
addressed to the Federal offlcehold
ers with a view to raising funds to
start the campaign for the election
of delegates to the next Democratic
National convention who will be sub
servient to the Palmer-McCormick
leadership.
Girl Buys 5-Year Supply
| of Finery on Bad Checks
Pottsville, Pa., July 22.—Valen
tine Schoenberger, postal inspector
of this city, found that Miss Frances
Foulk, a pretty Frackville girl, 19
years old, had five years' supply of
clothing, shoes and feminine ac
cessories laid by in her home, which
it is alleged she obtained by send
ing bogus checks to Philadelphia
business houses.
The checks were invariably re
turned marked "no funds." The
young woman's mother, included in
the charge, was acquitted at the
hearing before United States Com
missioner J. L. Channel, of this
city, but the daughter was held in
S3OO bail for trial at the October
session of the, United States district
court at Philadelphia.
Hendrickson, Trustee
of Dickinson, Is Dead
Philadelphia, July 22.—Charles E.
Hendrickson. former justice of the
New Jersey Supreme Court, died to
day at his home in Red Bank, N. J.
He was 76 years old.
Mr. Hendrickson was prominent
in the affairs of the Methodist Epis
copal church and was a trustee of
Dickinson College.
COMPLAIN OF SERVICE
Complaint that the Reading has
refused to establish a milk shipping
station near Herndon was filed with
the Public Service Commission to
day, farmers contending that they
are compelled to make haul to
Shamokln. The coikplaint Is the first
of the kind in a long time and an
answer will be asked from the com
pany.
DOLLAR REACHES PAR
By Associated Press.
Buenos Aires, Monday, July 21.
The American dollar reached par in
foreign exchange quotations "to-day
for the first time since the United
States entered the war following the
arrival of 350 kegs containing $17,-
000,000 In American gold coins which
reached here on the steamer Vauban,
on Saturday.
STRIKE NOT EFFECTIVE
By Associated Press.
Paris, July 22.—The proposed in
ternational demonstrative strike,
called for yesterday "but postponed"
by the labor federation, was not fully
effective anywhere in France, ac
cording to reports from the princi
pal cities. At Brest only dock work
ers went on a strike. Miners in the
department of Gard also stopped
work.
PICNIC POSTPONED
The Fourth Reformed Church
Sunday school picnic, scheduled for
to-morrow at Reservoir park, has
been Indefinitely postponed. This de
cision was reached by the commit.
I tee in charge following the an-
I noftneement yesterday of Mra. Fritz.
U.S. ARMY TO SELL
FOOD IN EUROPE
Meanwhile Stocks Are Held to
Keep Prices High
Here
Washington. July 22. An effort
to explain why the canning interests
of the country persuaded the Army
to withhold from the market this
season almost 400,000,000 cans of
vegetables, aalmon and pork and
beans was made by Prank Oerber,
president l of the National Canners'
Association, at a hearing of a House
subcommittee investigating War De
partment expenditures. His state
ment followed closely in substance
testimony given by War Department
officials and others who have en
endeavored to clear the mystery.
Members of the subcommittee -re
main skeptical.
While the hearing was in pro
gress, Newton D. Baker, secretary of
war, at the center of the executive
branch of government, announced
the departure for Kurope of C. Wil
ling Hare, of Philadelphia, director
of sales of the division of purchase,
storage and traffic, and a staff of
22 experts. This body will try to sell
in Europe the surplus of Army sup
plies. It is said to include a portion
of the 400,000,000 cans of vegetables
if satisfactory prices for this ma
terial cannot be obtained in tljis
country. ,
Strong Influence* Alleged
That the canning interest used
their strongest influence to keep
this large amount of food off the
market in order to make double
profits was charged by Chairman
Reavis, of the subcofhmittee, and he
tried to get Mr. Oerber to admit this
charge. His questions were pressed
so sharply that Representative Don
ovan, a Democratic member, inter
ceded for Mr. Gerber several times.
The War Department it was learn
ed maintained the attitude that
Army surplus' stocks should be dis
posed of without adversely affecting
American markets, and its plan ap
parently is being directed with no
Intention of causing a drop in prices
in this country.
Would Sell Army Food
Through Mail in Effort
to Cut High Prices
Washington, July 22.—Disposal of
the Army's large stock of food sup
plies through the Post Office Depart
ment by means of the parcel post
was proposed yesterday in a bill in
troduced in the House yesterday by
Representative Clyde Kelley, Penn
sylvania.
Mr. Kelley's bill authorizes the
War Department to repack the sup
plies in small mailable packages
suitable for use by the small con
sumer. The War Department would
be required to post price lists in all
post offices for the articles as they
are repacked. Orders would be ac
cepted through the various post of
fices and the parcels shipped collect
on delivery from the various places
where the food is stored.
"There is practically no way for |
the Army food to be distributed thor
oughly and equitably throughout the
country," Mr. Kelley said: "A few
cities are purchasing some, but these
purchases are making only a small
hole, in the large supply and but
comparatively few persons can take
advantage of the lower prices. • I
believe by distributing this food
through the parcel post system the
price of living could be materially
reduced.
Romance Starting in
France Culminates Here
By Associated Press.
New York, July 22.—Miss Gladys
E. Mclntyre who, with her sister
Irene, gained fame making dough
nuts for doughboys at the Salvation
Army huts in France, was married
last night to Russell A. Harmon, of
Floyd, Va., formerly a lieutenant in
the 26th (New England) Division,
it was announced to-day. The wed
ding was the culmination of a rom
ance begun in the Toul sector of
France where Mr. Harmon's regi
ment was stationed and where the
Mclntyre sisters began their Salva
tion Army work.
DISCUSS RAILWAYS
Washington, July 22.—The New
York Street Railway situation was
the chief subject of inquiry to-day
before the Federal Electric Railways
Commission. Job E. Hedges, re
ceiver for the New York Railways
Company, discussing that company's
affairs, said it was not that
of many other companies through
out the country, testimony regarding
which already had been heard by
the commission.
UP TO EXPERTS
Chief of Mines Button was to-day
Informed by the Attorney General
that questions relative to establish
ment of barrier pillars in mining op
erations are not tp be determined
by the Attorney General, but by the
mine experts who constitute the
proper tribunal under the law, and
that the mine inspector in charge of
the district must arrange a meeting
and hold hearings.
FIRING IN BERLIN
Paris, July 22. —Firing took place
yesterday afternoon in Berlin be
tween troops and processions of
strikers carrying red flags. In various
parts of the city, says a Havas dis
patch from Berlin under Monday's
date.
SAFETY GATES
The Public Service Commission to
day made an order that the New
York, Chicago and St. Louis railroad
must forthwith establish safety
gates at Parade and Liberty streets
in the city of Erie to be operated 24
hours a day.
All Boys' Straw Hats You Should See the Women
D J J . N ~ I Buying Boys* Wash Suits
Reduced at Uoutrichs at Doutrichs July Reductions •
AD $2.00 Boys' Straw Hate $1.59 AU $2.50 Wash Suite $1.89
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All $4.45 Boys' Straw Hats $3.39 All $3.50 Wash Suits $2.89
All $6.50 Boys' Straw Hats $4.89 All $5.00 Wash Suits $3.89 r
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HiRRIBBTJRO TEIJEGRXFH
| FOOD PRICES
HITS COED STORAGE
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
In reply to your query in the
Telegraph of July 18, I would sug
gest that every cold storage ware
house be registered and licensed
and the amount of meat be limited
to each warehouse. No packing
firm or firms should be allowed to
sell in any foreign market meat or
meat products cheaper than in our
own markets.-
Further I would open our mar
kets for South American meat.
That I think, would solve the meat
problem and the same with butter
and eggs. I would force all storage
warehouses to unload every pound
of butter and every case of eggs
at a given period eaph year, the end
of February for eggs and the end of
April for butter or whatever time
the Department of Agriculture
deemed the proper time for doing
so.
This, I think would take out of
cold storage "ancient foodstuffs"
and give us what we have a right
to demand, wholesome food.
Then with regards to garden
produce, I would encourage every
family to grow as many vegetables
as possible and shun the Harris
burg markets as much as possible
for there is no difference between
the majority of those who bring
produce there and the crooks on
Wall street, whose one aim in life
is to "fleece the lambs."
Yours sincerely,
"ONE WHO GROWS ALL HE
CAN HIMSELF."
MUTUAL BENEFIT STORES
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
We should suggest establishing
"Mutual Benefit" stores similar to
those conducted by the "Grangers."
These stores could be established
by the sale of shares of stock, limit
ing the purchaer to one SSO or SIOO
share, as the case may be, and by
so doing secure a larger number of
stockholders.
These stores would be managed
by a board of directors elected by
the shareholders. Goods would be
sold at only such profits as to meet
the running expenses, with a pos
sible arrangement, whereby stock
holders could buy for a little less
than the general public.
As an experienced groceryman we
are of the opinion that such stores
would be a decided success with a
very great saving to the public. A
number of these stores could buy in
carload lots and save the middle
man's charges which in many cases
are exhorbitant.
Similar stores are being conducted
in the cities, by private capital, with
decided returns to the owner. All
these profits could be given to the
patron, through lower priced goods,
A READER.
WATER SEEKS ITS 'LEVEL
New Cumberland, Pa.
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
You ask for opinions as to how
to reduce the high cost of living.
'Water seeks its level" and when
salaries of all public servants and
public officials by Congress and
Legislature are continually being
increased, this extra burden must
he paid from somewhere. It does
not matter who is taxed or what
commodity is taxed, the extra bur
den that has been added to the
commodity, will eventually land at
the door of the consumer. tnd
while we are on the subject, sup
pose there should a panic come
It's more fun—
when you take a
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KODAKS—OUTFITS—SUPPLIES
DEVELOPING—PRINTING
Goxgas—3 Drug Stores
16 N. Third St.—Peon-Harri* Hotel—Penna. Station
Stop—Look—Listen
Toe the Tape and Be One of the
Starters on Thursday, July 24th
the White House Club
Where the B. P. O. Elks No. 12 will hold their
Greatest Event of the Season
Music—Shows—Stunts N'Eveiything
Only Elks Welcome
along some day and everything be
come very much cheaper, and no
work at that. Would this grand
big army of public employes and
officials stand for a reduction of
salary?—We believe not.
We also believe that, had increas- j
ing of the salaries not been created
right and left throughout the coun
try, that the cost of living would
have adjusted itself to a normal
condition. There is no such thing
possible as giving something for
nothing and when the budget is in
creased in State and Nation mil
lions and billions of dollars, it na
turally must come from some
source.
Respectfully yours,
READER.
HOUSEWIVES TO BLAME
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I believe we housewives are
largely responsible for high cost
of vegetables and fruits. There are
lots of beans, beets, cabbage and
peas, and early apples on the mar
ket—These are locally in season,
but many times they "go a begging
for the simple reason that all
through the matkethouse are toma
toes, green corn, peaches (naif
ripe), etc., for which we pay an
enormous price because they are
"shipped from the south. h>
not use what we have as it comes
instead of buying the , hiß . h
unseasonable stuff and
tired of it before our own crops
actually mature. HO uSEWIFE.
TO BEAT THE GOUGER
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
How to beat the gouger and the
[ food profiteer in these times when it
seems as though most dealers are try
ing to get their "pound of flesh
quite a problem.
There are a number of things
that could be done, which would
show up some of the dealers who
over-charge, and eventually bring
down some of the prices.
If someone was to investigate the
cost of various foodstuffs and pub
lish the costs alongside of the
prices charged the consumer—that
is the prices charged by the differ
ent dealers—l believe it would re
sult in the people largely patroniz
ing the merchant who sells for the
lowest prices.
Find out what the fish merchant
pays for fish and then tell the pub
lic how many hundred per cent
profit it pays when it buys porgies
at 24 to 30 cents per pound.
To show how the public is gouged,
take the cost of soft drinks (al
though not to be classed as a food
product, but it shows how the sys
tem works) which cost 30_ to 40
cents per case and sold at 5 cents
and war tax, making 6 cents per
bottle and I know of one dealer
who charges 7 cents —I suppose he
gets 2 cents war tax. But the funny
part of this is that in most instances
the bottler pays the war tax —leav-
ing the merchant a neat profit at 5
cents per bottle.
I live on the "Hill," a small sec
tion of the city which only numbers
about 30,000 population, and has a
small markethouse to accommodate
it's "small" population—let alone
the folks rwho come in from the
suburbs to do their weekly-market
ing.
It is a market for its size—
but far from large enough for the
section it serves. But even at tljat,
I believe we could manage to get
along with it, were it not for a cer
tain number of corner grocerymen
who attend the market, bright and
early, and buy up the choicest of
everything and carry it back to
their lairs to be disposed of at a
handsome advance.
Now for one way to beat them at
their own game. I would suggest
that every housekeeper attend mar
ket and buy direct from the farmer
who sells his produce direct to the
consumer, as some Of them refuse
|to sell to dealers. And in the sec
ond place, find out if youp grocer
competes with you at market, and
if he does not, buy your groceries
from him. I know of good grocers
on the "Hill" who do not buy green
goods, eggs, chickens, etc., at the
public markets, and therefore are
not competitors of the consumer.
"W."
Governor Vetoes Five
Bills Relative to Suits
Against Commonwealth
Governor Sproul to-day announced
his veto of five bills relative to suits
or claims against the State, one of
them on the ground that he had re
cently approved an act providing a
method whereby money erroneously
paid into the State Treasury could
be recovered.
In vetoing a bill to allow George
E. Vickers, editor of the Evening
Herald, of Philadelphia, to sue the
State on a claim assigned to the
estate of R. A, Balfour for publish
ing constitutional amendments the
Governor says that he is informed
that a check for the bill was sent to
the owner of the paper and cashed,
and that the Balfour claim arises
out of a 'statement that Mr. Balfour
advanced a sum equal to that due
for publication of the amendments,
took an assignment and gave notice,
contending that the State should
have paid him instead of the assign
or. The Governor says the assign
ment does not bind the State. An
other veto is of a claim for $1,628
with interest of John E. Joos, grow
ing out of publication of mercantile
lists in Allegheny in the eighties.
The Governor says that the Supreme
Court expressly decided that what is
claimed is not valid, and that any
appropriation would be a gift. A
claim of $1,248 of the Bank of Com
merce, of Philadelphia, similar to
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J. M. Brightbill Sanner Hardware Co. Hardware
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The Fraaciaeua Co. C. T. Rice
JULY 22, 1919. ,
that in the Vickers case was vetoed
for much the same reason.
A bill appropriating SI,OOO to pay
losses of cattle in the foot and mouth
disease epidemic was declared to be
in reality a claim of John F. Stone.
"This bill is an attempt, under the
guise of a general law, to secure the
claim of Mr. Stone," says the Gover
nor.
LANSING TO LAND TO-NIGHT
Washington, July 22. Secretary
I J.ansing in a radio dispatch to-day
Ito the State Department, said he
j would arrive in New York to-night
I from France and reach Washington
I to-morrow to resume his duties as
Secretary of State.
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i '* Grade-A-Milk
JJ Each Day--
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Chas. A. Hoak
PENB-ROOK Both
PETITION
M ' c - Alientown,
filed a petition to be a candidate for
the Comn , °l Pleas Bench 1" Lehiglx
county. -^Ss ocla te Jud K e Potions
were filed by Newton B. Stetl" Penns
Creek, and t} av id A. BlacK, Water
Fall. Fulton county.
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