COACH RECRUITING PARTY MEN
IN ARMY INSURANCE DETAILS
Major George V. Triplett, Jr., of Washington, Arrives in
Harrisburg to Give Person at Instruction to Force—
Recruiters Invite Queries of Veterans
As soldiers are demobilized, and
return to their various occupations
in civil life, it becomes increasingly
difficult to inform them fully as to
the privileges and advantages under
the several plans of conversion of
their war risk insurance. To the
jcnd that information may be as
generally distributed as possible.
vry effort is being made by the
"War Department and the Bureau of
"War Risk Insurance to give wide
publicity to the terms of the new
policies, in'order that soldiers may
not inadvisedly drop their present
Government term insurance. Major
George V. Triplett, Jr., of the Adju
tant General's office at Washington,
arrived in Harrisburg to-day for a
conference with the army recruiting
party of this district, at the recruit
ing office. 32 5 Market street. The
recruiting sergeants from Allentown,
Altoona, Chambersburg, Johnstown,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Pottsville, Read
ing, Shenandoah and York were
present to receive the latest insur
ance information.
'"There are six forms of policies
to which the present insurance may
be converted," said Major Triplett
to the recruiters. These are:
(a) Ordinary Life.
(b) 20-Payment Life.
(c) 30-Payment Life.
(d) 20-Year Endowment.
(e) 30-Year Endowment.
! 0 7Recommend
Resinol
to that friend with
skin trouble
i If yon have a friend suffering
with eczema or other itching,
burning eniption, whs; greater
kindness could you do him than
to say:
" Why don't you try Resinol ?
I know you have experimented
with a dozen treatments, but I
believe Resinol is different. It
does not claim to be a 'cure-all'
simply a soothing, healing
ointment, free from all harsh
drugs, that physicians prescribe
widely in just such cases asyours.
Do get a jar today ! "
Resinol Ointment is sold ty alt druetists.
I" maiHIMIMIM^
YeOlde Colony [i
i Chairs and Rocker
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Here you'll see them in all the
unique, quaint designs that will send <H
your memory back to ye olden times. g
Substantially built of mahogany
||l and beautifully finished. j||
The Fiddle Back—
The Spindle Back—
l| The Flag Seat— pi
The Plymouth and
Windsor Types
i| and all those styles so dear to the If
j|g lovers of furniture of other days—all
fill are here. M
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
(f) Endowment maturing at
age 62.
The insurance may be converted to
any of the six forms mentioned above
at any time within five years, by the
simple process of sending an appli
cation for conversion to the Bureau
of War Risk Insurance, Washing
ton, I). C. The gresent form of in
surance may be carried as it is for
five years, but no longer.
Or.e of the most valuable features
of Government insurance is that no
physical examination is required.
This is especially important to men
who have received# injuries or be
come impaired in health while in
.the military service, and desires in
surance of a permanent nature. The
Government asks no questions about
a man's physical condition at the
time of conversion.
In the event the insured is car
rying 110,000 insurance, and dies,
his beneficiary will receive $57.50 a
month for 210 months, or twenty
years, or a total of $13.500.00 If
the insured becomes totally and
permanently disabled—for example,
through the loss of both eyes, both
legs or both arms—the proceeds of
the policy immediately becomes pay
able to him, and he will receive
$57.50 as long as he lives, or as long
as the disability continues, without
the payment of any further prem
iums. This disability feature of the
policy is included without any addi
tional cost to the insured.
It is difficult at times to make
soldiers understand that the Gov
ernment is not trying to make money
out or ttiem. It is impossible tor the
Government to make money out of
the rates which will he charged.
Operating expenses, salaries. etc.,
are paid by the Government sepa
rately, and do not come out of the
premiums This enables the insur
ance to be issued at a remarkably
low rate.
All policies are participating, and
the dividends from interest on the
reserve and low mortality savings
are payable to the policy holders.
A particular effort is being made
to impress on each man the fact
that every feature of this insurance
was designed to help the man in
the service—everything is in his
favor. The fact that the Govern
ment lost about seven hundred mil
lion dollars on losses duririg the war
is sufficient proof of its purpose.
This Will Remove
Hair or Fuzzy Growths
(Toilet Tips)
A safe, certain method for rid
ding the skin of ugly, hairy growths
is as follows: Mix a paste with
some powdered delatone and wa
ter, apply to hairy surface about 2
minutes, then rub off, wash the skin
and the hairs are gone. This is en
tirely harmless and seldom requires
repeating, but, to avoid disappoint
ment, it is advisable to see that you
get genuine delatone.
The soldier bus everything to gain
and nothing to lose by continuing
his insurance. A man who has ex
pressed his determination to secure
for himself and his family the per
manent protection of the United
States Government by keeping up
his Insurance policy, has proven
himself a citizen aware of his duties
to himself, to his family and to his
community. He now has the op
portunity to lay the proper founda
tion for his financial future. Life
Insurance furnishes the one sure
means of providing against any fu
ture tlnancial emergency.
Life Insurance on the new plan
is more than protection for the
man's family; it is a guarantee to
him of an old age pension, and it is
the only old age pension which he
will get. The former pension sys
tem has been done away with in
favor of the compensation feature
of the War Risk Act. The insur
ance is in addition to this compen
sation. This plan of insurance, with
its cash and loan value features and
disability beneiits, not only offers the
soldier an opportunity to provide
continuous protection for his family
and himself, but encourages habits
of saving and thrift.
Soldiers should not jump at con
clusions from inaccurate informa
tion. They should go to some one
competent to advise them fully and
accurately on the subject before
dropping their term insurance. Full
information can be secured from
any of the recruiting offices in this
district.
Complaints will naturally aris£
from failure to secure prompt re
sponse to inquiries, etc., to the Bu
reau of War Risk Insurance, but
when it is considered that this bu
reau was suddenly called upon to
administer an insurance proposition
greater in volume than that handled
by all insurance companies in Amer
ica put together—about thirty-eight
billion dollars—it will be under
stood how completely everwhelmed
it was with work. Over fourteen
thousand employes are continuously
on duty in Washington engaged in
handling the vast detail of the work.
It is expected that before long the
work will be up to date, and prompt
and accurate service given to every
one.
Colonel Kemper's men at the
Army Recruiting Office will cheer
fully answer any questions about in
surance problems.
British Tradesmen Hope
For World-Wide Union
London. July 23.—Creation of a
world-wide union, with interchange
able membership cards and wherein
support, financial or otherwise, will
be given to any striking national or
ganization, is the dream of the
British trade unionists who will at
tend the Amsterdam international
labor convention, it is learned.
The scheme, virtually the one big
union idea on an international scale,
was disclosed by Fred Bramley, as
sistant secretary of the British Trade
Union Congress.
"In addition to the creation of a
dynamic international trade union
which would function actively over
the entire world, including Ameri
ca," Bramley said, "our ambition is
to provide machinery whereby all
the union strength in all the coun
tries of the world can be marshalled
to assist any member craft union
fighting a battle for a worthy cause."
First Death in Richter
Family in 55 Years Takes
Wife and Mother at 79
Gettysburg, Pa., July 2S. —Mrs.
I John Richter. of Berwick township.
; died at her home yesterday, aged
I seventy-nine years. Mr. and Mrs.
i Richter were married fifty-five years
I ago. Four children were born to
them. With the going out of the wife
and mother the first death In the
| family occurred.
Mexican Bandits
Kidnap Americans,
State Department Hears
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 23.—The kid
napping of Lawrence L. Shipley, an
American citizen, by Mexican bandits
near Fresnillo, Mexico, last Satur
day, was reported yesterday to the
State Department. Shipley is a
native of Yerington, Nevada.
Ukrainian "Reds"
Take Konstantinograd
By AssociateA Press.
London, July 23. —A wireless dis
patch received from Moscow, dated
Tuesday, says a Bolshevik wireless
message received there asserts that
Ukrainian Red troops have captured
Konstantinograd, 4 0 miles southeast
of Poltava, and that the Poles oc
cupied Tarnapol Monday.
Bill Would Deport
513 Enemy Aliens
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 23. —Deporta-
tion of 513 enemy aliens for viola
tions of various war statutes is pro
posed in a bill unanimously reported
yesterday by the House Immigra
tion Committee. The aliens are now
interned at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga and
Fort Douglas, Utah. They would be
permitted hearings by the Depart
ment of Justice before deportation.
Use Flame Throwers
in Locust Plague
Paris, July 23.—Flame throwers are
being employed with great success
in fighting a locust plague in the
south of France, says a despatch
from Avignon.
CORN ESTIMATE TO LARGE
Poplar Bluff. Mo., July 23.—Crop
estimates of the Secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture are said
to be considerably wrong for this
section of the State, according to
reports of prominent millers. Esti
mates in this section have been too
large for this year. Almost a con
stant downpour of rain for a month
cut the acreage of corn planted one.
fourth, according to C. F. McMullin.
The prospect of a crop on that
diminished acreage is only 50 per
cent. This applied to all the corn
crops In this section will bring an
average of only about 36 1-2 per
cent, this year, according to his
estimate. Wheat crops have also
been overestimated. It is said that
in Southeast Missouri the crop this
year will not possibly average more
than 70 per cent, and possibly Just
60 per cent.
FIX BOUNDARY
Qtiayaquil, Ecuador, July 23 de
layed).—The final agreement on the
boundary between Ecuador and Col
ombia was signed at Cartagena, Col.
ombia, to-day, according to advices
received here.
Use McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv.
EAJHUfiBURG TELEGKAFO
Give Opinions as to How
To Cut the Cost of Living
PATRONS of the Telegraph have taken up the movement
against the high cost of living, and arc coming forward with
suggestions as to how they think the prices should be slashed
downward. Various methods are suggested, although the cold
storage house, the middleman and the profiteer would be guillo
tined if the readers had their way. Here are some of the letters
that have been received during the past few days:
All For Pleasure
Maytown, Pa.
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
In one column you praise the
President for vetoing the daylight
saving bill, while in another you de
mand the reason for high prices,
agricultural prices in particular.
You favor the bill in order to have
time for more pleasure going. Every
excursion and all pleasure meetings
being one hour earlier. If farm
people wish to go they must abide
by time set by city people. One
hour counts a lot some days on the
farm. Vegetables, fruits and grains
must be gathered when just right or
there is sure to be waste and added
expense.
Rest and work are more impor
tant than pleasure. Most farmers
arise about 4 o'clock in order to
get tho needful work through by
sundown. How can he work an
hour earlier and retire one hour
before dark with our boys and girls
in towns and cities seeking the so
called "needful pleasures?" A
farmer cannot get men to work on
the farm after the shop whistles
blow. And can he expect his own
boys (if he is fortunate enough to
them) to work on when they see
the hired man quit? They are only
human and get restless. And with
so much time before dark they are
spending more evenings in towns
and cities; get home late; are not
rested for the next day's labor. Con
sequently work lags, and farmers are
worried to the point of leaving the
farm altogether. This might seem
a little thing to city people whose
work is so different. But farming
is a business as much as printing a
paper or any other city business.
And if the workers put no life or
interest in their work it cannot suc
ceed. Farmers must depend on
young men for help and when they
all are bent on pleasure seeking it
is impossible for him to produce at a
low cost, and be able to meet ex
penses which have more than
doubled since 1914. I hear people
say: Oh! the farmers are getting
rich buying autos, etc. Lots of
those autos are not paid cash, and
are finally paid at the sacrifice of
many other necessities. Why do
city people take delight in buying
high-priaed clothing and expect to
get food (the most needful) at or
below cost of production? Then
when labor, clothing, repairs, news
papers and everything a farmer buys
has advanced, how can he continue
business if he does not have an ad
vance also? It seems unreasonable
for city people to abuse the farm
er whom they must depend on for
their very living. It is biting the
hand that feeds one. The main rea
son for daylight saving seems to be
for pleasure. If the morality of
Washington is endangered by pub
r Low Cost of Packard Truck
Transportation I
One Hundred Eight Quarts of Milk Carried a Mile for One Cent
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TO "build better than you know" is re' Aethods of transportation by means of suggestions
sponsible fjr an occasional lucky record in and analyses made by representatives of the
~ a motor truck as well as in anything else. Freight Transportation Department of the Packard
But consistency is the jewel for which the business Motor Car Company of Philadelphia,
man is looking when he works out his motor By means of carefully kept costs (National
transportation problems. And it is only achieved Standard Truck Cost System) it is shown to be
when builders of motor trucks know the high possible to transport milk byPackard trucks at the
mark at which they must aim and refuse to place marvelously low cost of 9 2 /° cents per ton mile, i
their name on anything lower. Intelligent transportation engineering will im-
Nearly everybody knows the high standard prove the operation of any motor truck. But to
j ij] of automotive engineering that Packard Motor insure dependable figures year in and year out it
Trucks are required to meet before they are ever is necessary to have a dependable motor truck
given to the public. a truck with a practical record long enough to
But comparatively few people realize that after prove design and engineering perfectly sound.
Packard trucks have been delivered to their That Packard trucks meet these requirements • I
owners, their performance is subjected to a closer has never been open to question.
scrutiny by the Packard people themselves—and Add then the knowledge and ability of the I
a more intelligent scrutiny than any owner Packard Freight Transportation. Department and I
could possibly give them. y OU have all the insurance a business man could
Cooperation between the Packard truck owner ask that the very important delivery end of his
j and the Packard organization result in the most business may be scientifically handled.
efficient transportation and in costs which can be The Packard Freight Transportation Depart
depended upon to stay low. ment is instituted for the benefit of all business
An instance of such Co-operation is where the men regardless of the make of the trucks they
Hershey Chocolate Company, of Hershey, Pa., is already own. We shall be glad to hear from
improving the routeing of its trucks apd its other them. No obligations.
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i Packard Motor Car Company of Philadelphia I
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lie dancing, why should tho mo
rality of our country boys and g'.rls
be endangered by the dancing fioors
scattered throughout the country.
And why do we need a substitute
for the saloon?
A certain amount of pleasure- i 1
going is good, but it seems overdone ! '
these days when it is getting so that j J
the young boys and girls have no ! 1
time to be or think serious. Their 1
whole mind seems to be on short
days, high wages and pleasure trips.
I would like to know what others ;
think of qjl this pleasure and its con
sequences. A READER.
Puts It Up to Women.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
No doubt the prevailing high i
prices of living are unnecessarily i
high and the effective remedy to j
prevent it is a problem for us to-day. j
The farmer no longer loads up his i '
marketing on his wagon or truck I
and goes to the market of his choice I
and sells his produce for whatever
he can get as in former days. That I
does not appear to be the method
of that line of business to-day, for
there is some one who tells him
what he must ask for his produce,
and the farmer is not allowed to
deviate from that price. Rather than !
do so he must take a chance of los- i
ing his products especially if they be
of a perishable kind. It is unfair
to the sellcv and buyer to have
middle men tome in and dictate
what the produce must sell for. To
prevent this unfair method of sell
ing let the buyers agree among
themselves that they will not pay
above a certain price for articles
they do not have to buy. If some
of our housekeepers, ladies of power
and influence in the community,
were to head a movement in that |
direction there would be no trouble !
in getting a following that would j
be respected and bring about the de- |
sired results. The various organi- j
zations of which most of our ladies I
belong and who are the principal!
buyers for the table at our market !
would do wisely by taking a step j
in that direction. Our authorities :
should take steps to break up this •
unfair dealing in our markets. Res
urrect the old ordinance and if tha%
is obsolete make a new ore to suit j
the conditions of the times.
Buyer.
Wants Perotlical Reports
Harrisburg, July 23.
To the Editor of the Telegraph :
Everybody's doing it —kicking on j
the high cost of the necessary pro- |
vender that goes to fill the never
stay-filled market basket. The lay- i
man is protesting so vigorously and
so constantly that, if the question is j
not soon settled in a manner that is ]
satisfactory to the consumer, we may t
see howling mobs mad with hunger!
a hundred times more destructive
than the mobs that wrecked ven
geance in various European cities.
Then thero is the man who pre
sumes to "know" the situation, ac
cusing the other fellow with flagrant
profiteering to help some canning in
dustry or sonic combination of
wholesale houses, all of which is
confusing to the lay mind. We also
are told that in tho various cold
storage plants throughout the coun
try there are hundreds of millions
of pounds of food being held, pre
sumably for speculative purposes,
certainly not for the benefit of tho
consumer.
We would suggest that if the dif
ferent cities of the country erect
and manage cold storage houses it
would be a big step in the solution
of this vital question. Corporations
build big cold storage plants and pay
handsome dividends on the invest
ment, and if they can do that there
is not a municipality in the land that
could not do equally as well. It
would give the trucker, fruit grower
and poultry man a chance to dispose
of his stock without it yielding an
enormous profit to the middleman.
Laws could he framed to require
weekly or semi-monthly reports of
amount in storage and the length
of time It would be allowed to re
main there, thus insuring the con
sumer fresh, wholesome food at all
times and at a nominal cost. Wc
do not think we arc mistaken when
we say that the trend of the times
points very strongly to this very idea
as the only solution for the protec
tion of the health and care of our
ever increasing population. Start
the ball rolling. Let Harrisburg
blaze the way.
Chas. L. Rupp.
Calls Forcstnllor a Leech.
Harrisburg, Pa.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I have been greatly interested in
the different articles appearing in
your paper pertaining to the pre
vailing high prices of produce on our
city markets and I think this could
be remedied to a great extent, if not
entirely eliminated.
Our Mayor, or city council, shouM
corhpell every farmer, or dealer, to
display on his stall a card, or notice,
declaring that all the goods, or pro
duce on his stall, was produced or
grown by him. Also they should
impose a heavy fine on any one, dis
playing this sign or notice, who was
This Week—
All Boys' Wash Suits Reduced at Doutrichs
AH $2.50 Boys' Wash Suits $1.89
All $2.95 Boys' Wash Suits $2.39
All $3.50 Boys' Wash Suits $2.89
All $3.95 Boys' Wash Suits $3.19
All $4.95 Boys' Wash Suits $3.89
JULY 23, 1919.
not a producer. Stalls not display
ing this sign should then be strictly
avoided.
This method would put the fore
staller or middleman entirely out of
business. A law of this kind could
certainly bo enforced, as It would be
similar to the commodities law. com
pelling manufacturers and others to
specify the weight, count or measure
of package goods.
The forestaller or middleman is
nothing more than a leech or barn
acle; they don't produce anything
whatever: they simply live off the
rest of the people. They should be
put out of business forever; their
occupation is positively non-essen
tial.
The way society is constituted at
the present time, there are, nt a
rough guess, fifty per cent, of the
able bodied people not producing
anything but a bank account, so that
means, that the other fifty por cent,
must produce twice as much as they
themselves need, in order to provide
for the drones or nonproducers.
Tf every able bodied man were
compelled to enter some producing
occupation it would make this old
world a far better and happier place
Careless Shampooing
Spoils the Hair
Soap should ho used very care
fully, if you want to keep your hair
looking its best. Most soaps and
prepared shampoos contain too much
alkali. This dries the scalp, makes
the hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is
Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo
(which is pure and greaseless), and
is better than anything else you can
use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly.
Simply moisten the hair with water
and rub it in. It makes an abun
j dance of rich, creamy lather, which
rinses out easily, removing every
partieie of dust, dirt, dandruff and
I excessive oil. The hair dries quickly
I end evenly, and it leaves the scalp
I soft, and the hair fine and silky,
bright. lUßtrous, fluffy and easy to
manage.
You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil
shampoo at any pharmacy, it's ve.ry
cheap, and a few ounces will supply
every member of the family for
months.
In which to live, but as It now la thai
many must toll that the few marl
revel In luxury. s
A Victim.
CALL DELL 4781; DIAL 3804
If you have a piano In your ham
that you are tired of here's your
opportunity to exchange It for a,
wonderful talking machine, equal to"
the human voice.—adv.
RICH AND PURE
RED BLOOD FOR
THE CHILD
If Created This Summer Will Make
the Youngster Strong and Fit
For School This Fall.
For the cross, inactive, peevish,
child whose disposition is sulky,
whose play is languid, a vital thing
to look to is the blood.
Novo San
I.NKW BLOOD)
will redden their poor blood, enrlcV
and renew weakened blood and put
the vital elements of red and white
corpuscles into the child's blood
veins. Nourishment to the blood is
necessary in a rapidly growing child
to add energy and power to this fluid
which gives strength and life to the
body. That is what must be done for
a growing youngster whose blood is
depleted through over exertion and
strain during excessive growth.
Faithful Mothers want their chil
dren to keep robust, to be strong and
able to keep up with other children
in School. Assure this triumph for
your children by attending to their
health and strength now.
Make this Summer truly a vacation
—and witli its recreation bring re
creation of health, life, joy and
growth, through the energy supply
ing fluid of the body—the blood.
Get a trial package of this blood
builder Novo-San—try it for twelve
days and really you'll be pleasantly
surprised at the great improvement
In t.he child. Good druggists like H.
C. Kennedy or Geo. A. Gorgas have
it at small cost, and in case your
child is not improved 50 per cent, in
health—go to the druggist with the
empty box and he will refund your
money.—Advertisement.
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