300 COMPANIES CUT FROM BOOKS State's Auditor General Gets Rid of the Dead Ones After Inquiry in Delaware ■■■■■■■■■■aaai Three hundred \ \ \ tj J/j corporations or \ \\ ganized under the \v\\Ainy laws of the State 7 of Delaware have been stricken BSSfwSIIJiJJM from the books Wig □ QSQK the State of I fliCTiiniiriifteJ Pennsylvania by ' AsUmiNll IIMI Auditor General : gipßUiatillt Charles A. Snyder as "dead." These companies which had been granted license to do busi- | ness in this State failed to file re- i ports for capital stock and loans j taxes and for several years the | settlements for taxes against them | were estimated. Owing to difflcul- t ties experienced in locating offices | Mr. Snyder sent a representative to j Dover where it was discovered that the corporations had gone out of business or were not assets from a State taxation standpoint. During July the Auditor General collected $101,924.81 in delinquent | taxes, some of which had been ow ing for years. In the first six months of this year over half a million dol lars of taxes that were long over due were gotten in. Since January 1, 1918, the Auditor General's de partment has sent to the State Trea sury $2,318,556.25 collected as de linquent taxes. Telephone Activities Hearings , will be held by the Public Seiwice Commission during the coming week | in Harrisburg, Johnstown, Clear- j field and Hollidaysburg, mainly on j contract and jitney cases. There will , be no arguments or executive ses- ] sions. A number of the applications are made by telephone companies ] for use of facilities while the Laurel Hill Telephone co., asks the right to acquire interest of the Connellsville - Springfield Telephone company. A rural line asks the j right to start business in Westmore land county. The Johnstown hear ing will be on the complaint of the borough of East Conemaugh that the borough of Franklin refuses to join in approval of plans for a bridge, a proceeding of an unusual character. On Vacation —Berne H. Evans, counsel of the Public Service Com mission, is taking his vacation in New England. New Air Concern —The Pennsyl vania Aero Service Corporation, of Wilmington. Del., has filed a certi ficate with the State Department to extend its business to Pennsylvania. The company will manufacture and deal in airplanes and airships and also fly the same for commercial and exhibition purposes. The main office of the company will be locat ed in Philadelphia. John E. How ard is president of the corporation. Mr Millar Returns —A. B. Mil lar, secretary of the Public Service Commission who has been ill, has returned to duty. Smallpox at Johnstown State authorities are co-operating with Johnstown city authorities in the campaign against the smallpox in that city. There has been increase of cases lately. Mr. Patton Visits —Ex-Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton who now resides in Chester county, is here on a visit. Bank to Reopen—State Banking Commissioner John S. Fisher has approved a tenative reorganization plan of the Citizens Banking Com pany of Oil City, which closed its DON'T LOSE 101 CRIP; Make-Man Tablets Hold You This well known Iron tonic will increase your vitality, enrich your blood and tone your nerves. The tremendous strain the war has put on so many people com pels men who are weakened not to lose their grip on health. It is through iron in the blood that you can overcome any threat ened weakness. Make-Man Tablets will change your food into living tissue, muscle and nerve power. Contains no injurious drugs and can be safely taken by every suf ferer. The first box will give you confidence to continue and in a few weeks your strength will become more than normal and you will quickly find that your blood is rich er and purer in every way. Make-Man Tablets are sold at all reliable drug stores. Price 50 cents a box. Only genuine if our mono gram—M-M-T—appears on each box. Distributed by Ashland Sup ply House, 325 W. Madison street, Chicago, 111. \ SUNDAY EXCURSIONS SEASHORE ATLANTIC CITY, OCEAN CITY, SEA ISLE CITY. WILDWOOD or CAPE MAY AUGUST 10 SPECIAL EXCURSION TRAIN From Fare Lv. A.M. Harrisburg $2.75 4.40 Hummelstown 2.75 4.56 Swatara 2.70 5.02 Hershey 2.70 5.05 Palmyra 2.60 5.12 Annville 2.50 6,22 Cleona 2.50 5.26 Lebanon 2.50 5.33 Reading Termin. (ar rive) 8.15 (War Tax 8 Per Cent. Additional) RETURNING Special Train will leave Philadelphia. Reading Terminal. 10.00 P. Si., same date for above stations. These special excursion tickets will be good only on date of ex cursion on above special train In each direction; they will be ac cepted on any train, date of ex cursion, from Philadelphia to destination and return to Phila delphia. Tickets do not Include transfer through Philadelphia. Conven ient transfer between Reading Terminal and Chestnut Street Ferry by Subway trains. Children between 5 and 12 years of age, half fare. Philadelphia & Reading Railroad SATURDAY EVENING, doors about two weeks ago, accord ing to announcement by Deputy Banking Commissioner F. W. Jack son. "The details of the scheme are still to be considered and some changes may be required in them, but the reorganization Idea consid ered as a whole Is approved," Mr. Jackson said. Hunted on Reputation—Dozens of men went hunting blackbirds in Pennsylvania this week with only good reputations and a gun. Owing to the fact that the State Game ' Commission did not get the arm tags for holders of hunters' licenses from the printer, tags were not available and permission was given for men to wear their 1918 licenses or to produce such reports, the game wardens being told to go easy about enforcement of the license law where a man was known to be a law abiding citizen and In a county where the county treasurer had not received his supply of licen ses from the State printer. Brunner to Return —Arnold XV. Brunner, the architect of the State Board of Grounds and Buildings for the Memorial Bridge, new office building and Capitol park improve ments, is expected to return here in a few days with the changes in the plans. They will be laid before Governor William C. Sproul and it is believed that advertisement for j the bridge and office building can be made so that bids will be opened late in September. Forest Fire Loss—The people of Pennsylvania are losing approxi mately $50,000,000 a year because of forest fires and las year through the activity of State Forestry depart ment employes several dozen persons responsible for fires through care lessness were arrested and fines aggregating $6,000 were imposed. These facts and the declaration that if the State's forest fire fighting ser | vice is to be made efficient much | larger appropriations than the $90,- 000 allotted this year will be essen j tion are set forth In a report on [ forest fires issued to-day by the State Forestry department. The I department seeks to expand its fire service by location of several cen ters with complete forest fire equip- ] I ment and a call system for men. j In a number of places observation i towers have been established on j high locations and telephone alarm ! system outlined. The report gives I cause of fires which show that ' most of them are preventable if co-operation and funds are pro vided . 1918 Accident Record —The year 1918 had fewer accidents in the in dustries of Pennsylvania, but more fatalities, according to the bulletin of the State Department of Labor and Industry on accidents, which j reviews the reports of last year and those of 1916 and 1917. In 1918 1 there were 184,844 accidents with I 3,403 fatalities; in 1917, 227,880 | with 3,070 fatalities and in 1916, 255,616 accidents and 2,670 fatali- I ties. August had most of the acci dents last year with 17,514, while! March led in 1917 with 22,441 and | also in 1916 with 26,971. June had the most fatalities last year with 330. Of the accidents last year 53,783 were serious causing loss of fourteen days or more. There were 4,164 women hurt, 24 fatally. In all 69,920 cases were paid com pensation, 2,607 being fatalities. Women to number of 1,317 received compensation for injuries. The total amount of compensation paid was $4,780,197 for disability cases and $6,859,718 for fatalities, a total of $11,639,915. FEARS AMERICAN "INVASION" The Barcelona Journal Vanguardia i sounds a note of warning against the danger, very real in the writer's \ opinion, of the capture by foreigners of the natural wealth of Spain, and ! of her virtually becoming a colony j of the United States. A commercial Invasion from that ! country forms a frequent topic of ' conversation in Barcelona just now. j This is no mere rumor. That the j Americans intend to establish in j Spain one of their most lucrative j markets, and to work to their advan- I tage the neglected wealth of its soil, ' is proved by the recent establish- ■ ment of a number of American i banks, by the daily opening of i branches of leading New York | houses, and by schemes for the con- j st ruction of railways, to be managed | from the other side of the Atlantic, i The Pizzarros and the Cortes of i this conquest of Spain by America [ are affable managers, who are bring- j ing in their train an army of com- j mercial travelers, foremen, engi- i neers and clerks. With very few ! exceptions, Spaniards regard this in- i vasion with indifference, if not with j actual approval, arguing that in- ' dustrles once set up in the country i will remain there, supply work, and cause money to circulate. Let the Yankees come by all means, they j say. There is a tendency among the j majority either to enjoy or hoard j money made during the war and to I leave the development of national j resources to foreign capital. As a j result of the influx of wealth due to j the war may be noted the increase j of the theaters, music halls, and ■ luxuries of all kinds.—Living Age. OFFER ACCEPTED The man in the next flat was j pounding on the wall. "Look here!" ! he cried, "I can't sleep with your j kid yelling like that! It you don't I make hi mstop, I will!" "Come in, sir—come in!" said the I kid's father. "You'll be as welcome i as the flowers in spring." Edin- I burgh Scotsman. May Run Jimmy Wilde For House of Commons •Jlj n>rtxy Vt IcLe. A dispatch from London quoting the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, states that Jimmy Wilde, the noted British pugilist, "already the Hon of the lobbies," probably will accept a Par liamentary seat from a Welsh con stituency, where he ranks as a na tional hero not far below Lloyd George himself. Wilde was recently ' awarded a decision over Wilson IC'Pal") Moore, an American boxer, after twenty rounds. I"The Live Store" " Open Tonight" " Always Reliable " I At the very start-off Friday Morning this "Live Store" was humming with enthusiasm on account of the interested buyers who were here early in the morning to at tend our Big Semi-Annual MARK-DOWN SALE Where Everything Is Reduced Except Collars and Interwoven Hose I The splendid response at the very beginning of this sale proves its worthiness and we are assured of the success of this sale by the many favorable comments of those who were here the first day—But "Today" will bring greater crowds to this "Live Store" than ever before. It's getting pretty well noised about that we are selling our Spring and Summer stocks at remarkably low prices and in many instances actually less than we can replace them wholesale, but we are a "Live Store" and know ? what's best to stimulate business and particularly what is a service to our many customers and friends. why we would rather take the loss and win more friends, at the same time clean up all merchandise within thq season for which it was bought. This is The Store Everybody is Talk- Ha 1 ing about and you'll find, thrifty buyers here from /; ! every town and village within fifty miles from Harrisburg. j • They're coming to get the great values we are offering on f 111 fill ff-MH good merchandise. These satisfied and pleased customers are . lljip going back home and telling their friends and neighbors how j 1 11 JW* *. the people are crowding this "Live Store," taking advantage I | <■,. , x of our extremely low prices. It's no wonder this is such a busy / | Hjjß store —We are selling at substantial genuine reductions all j I Shirts, Hosiery, Underwear, Pajamas, Trousers, Raincoats, jfe | §• Hats and Caps. All Boys' Clothing and Furnishings and all I j-' I^ I Hart Schaffner & Marx j I; IKuppenheimer & V|K 1 Society Brand Clothes |j I Buy all you need—this is the time to ' jjpgjf A |lhß|| jl t HrpTfV 1 make a big dividend on your investment —prices will L m.JMpyv lljllßP'B ||| f J not be lower —it's quite the reverse, all merchandise will be II llf V 'iff | f higher. Spend to save, for it will be a long while until you see I I j \c '-laP $ IPI $4 11 ! such good merchandise at the tempting prices offered during ; j ' Mil il j All $25.00 Suits, -- - - $18.75 f I 'JjiP M f All $30.00 Suits, -- - - $23.75 'Wf M f" f ' ' 1 All $35.00 Suits, - - - - $27.75 M3lj| f ' Q All $38.00 Suits, - - - - $29.75 XfiHl 1 1 All $40.00 Suits, - - - - $31.75 I . _ _ _ , . . _ . .light 1919 Hart Schaffner fk Man All $45.00 Suits, ... - $35.75 WWWWWWMWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWI, I All $50.00 Suits, -- - - $39.75 || A u $lO 00 Boys' Suits $7.89 ;i 1 t All $12.00 Boys' Suits $8.75 H I see the Big crowds Tonight | || I 4 gaß HABJRJSBHR.G TELEGTLAPH AUGUST 2,1919. 1 9