10 WIRE REMOVAL MOVESSWIFTLY Walnut Street Should Be Clear by End of the Month All overhead wires and poles of the American Telephone and Tele graph company, in Walnut street from the river to the eastern city line and beyond to Penbrook should re moved by the last of August, City Electrician Clark E. Diehl said to day. Work on the removal of the over head lines has been started and many of the wires and some of the poles are down already. Cable lines from Court and Walnut streets to the river have been placed by the company and will be connected soon so that the overhead system between those points oan be taken down also in the near future. Removal of city wires and poles in the downtown district probably will be delayed a few weeks because of the work caused by the change of police headquarters, necessitating moving the fire and police alarm systems. Cable for these lines has been shipped from Wilkes-Barre and will be received here in a few days. The Harrisburg Light and Power company will be in a position to take down many poles and overhead wires also this month, Mr. Diehl said and may start the work soon. Humorist to Speak at the First Fall Luncheon of Chamber of Commerce Douglas Malloch. president of the American Press Humorists' Associa tion, has been scheduled to deliver the first address of the fall season when the luncheon meetings of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce are re sumed. it was announced at the Cham ber offices this morning. He "will ad dress the organization at its first Sep tember meeting, September 5, in the Penn-Harris hotel. "The Poetry of Business'' is the subject which has been selected by Malloch for the forthcom ing address. Malloch addressed the members of the Chamber at the "June Joy Jaunt" held recently at the Co lonial Country Club. Malloch has had a wide experience as' a newspaper man, poet, humorist, and philosopher, and is editor of "The Lumberman," with offices in Chicago, and contributor to numerous magazines and periodicals throughout the country. Regular no tices of the meeting will be sent to the Chamber membership in due time. SAND for building purposes. Contractors' require ments promptly sup plied. Good quality River Sand. United Ice & Coal Co. Forstcr & Cowden Sts. 0 0 1 • .0 A Word to the Wise | 0 Tomorrow, \\ ednesday, dresses will be A q featured in my Twice-a-Twelvemonth I • Sale. See items listed in this issue of the ? Y Telegraph. A 0 Q q The reproduced clipping from the New • York Mail of Saturday, August 2nd shows 0 V the trend of things. Call early tomorrow A 0 and forestall next season's prices. I • y ** **' 0 1 - ; , ■ . o 1 '< Wifie's Gowns Go Up, BF 0 ion ~ Hubby Must Dig Down n 0 n —v * r D A t Chicago. 'Aug.! 2.—A 10(1, per ! ■* Q t j) cent, increase in the cost of worn- j i <i on's gownslor fall and winter was 1 A • * predicted by delegates to the third 1 I annual convention of the Worn-- j A an's Wearing Apparel Association I • * ere -. 1 Wor 0 t 8? Increased 'of V labor J api r ! high' prices 1 of silk;and • cotton 0 I were given ad the basic causes. M * 0 j 0 1 '*w<( ni r? \ • # • • J a!} 0 0 Open all day Thursday. 0 TUESDAY EYENING, ROAD BIDS CUT BY HIGH WAGES None Received on Two High way Construction Projects; One on Seven Others f Wage and labor conditions were to - day declared by Highway Commts t sioner Lewis S. Sadler to be reasons y assigned to him by contracting firms' S for their failure to submit bids on y State highway construction. Oil - two projects no bids at all were re ceived and on seven only one bid. - Most of the others got only two or * three bids. There were 65,000 miles e of road submitted for bidders. Some s of the projects will be readvertised 0 and it is possible that bids on others 0 will be rejected. Only thirty-eight a bids in all were received. Awards 1 will be made later in the week. Only one bid was made on the 1 Clark's Ferry-Liverpool job and it was $439,676.22. s The low bidders were: y Beaver county. Pulaski ana e Daugherty townships, 6,788 feet e from New Brigton borough, S. B. i Markley. Rochester, Pa., $65,037.70. 1 Bedford county. Woodbury bor s I ouogh, 2,414 fet, Detwiler & Det e wiler. New Enterprise. $22,239.15. r [ Cambria county. Croyle township, I 6.634 feet, Croyle township super r I visors, Wilmer R. D. No. 2, $127,- e 217. s j Clearfield county, Lawrence and i I Pike townships, 17,977 feet, Dowl 'er & Anderson, Clearfield, $195,- 584.80. Clearfield county, Brady town ship, 8,118 feet, George Minns, Jr., Dußois, $68,179. Clearfield county, Chester Hill n borough, 4,333 feet, George I. Thompson & Co., Clearfield, $42,- 886.55. e Clearfield county. Sandy town - ship, 13,027 feet, Dale Engineering e Co., Inc., Utica, N. Y., $136,- n 990.90. Erie county, Northeast township, 18,9 40 feet. Griff Construction Co., - Erie, $137,611.55. - ; Fayette county, Dunbar township, _ j 5,950 feet, George S. White Co., | Pittsburgh, $65,403.30. " | Indiana county, Indiana borough, e j 8,188 feet, M. Bennett & Sons, In f | diana, $73,958.80. n | Lackawanna county, Elmhurst - I borough, 7,53S feet, H. B. Sproul ! Construction Co., Inc., Scranton, f , $56,507.20. y j Lycoming county, Muncy Creek - | and Wolf townships, Muncy and a i Hughesville boroughs, 24,226 feet, 1, I Winston & Co., Kingston, N. Y., a $198,041.88. h | Lycoming county, Piatt and Por -0 | ter townships, Jersey Shore bor s | ough, 14,284 feet: W. J. Gephart, - Pittsburgh, $126,271.96. e j Northampton county, Plainfieid township, 29,182 feet, E. P. Arbo - j gast. Stroudsburg, $217,812. Dauphin and Perry counties, Buf ! falo and North Buffalo boroughs, ! Watts and Reed townships, 41,753 feet, Winston & Co., Kingston, N. I Y., $439,676.22. Schuylkill county. New Castle, Blythe, Ryan and W. Mahoning townships. 22,435 feet, Edward J. j Corcoran, Plains, Pa., $325,120.06. Snyder and Juniata counties, Sus- I quehanna and Chapman townships, ! 25,737 feet, R. C. Fiss, Shamokin 1 Dam. Pa., 8267,972.26. Venango county. Sugar Creek ; township, 14,000 feet, C. F. Hamil j ton. Franklin. $131,697.98. i Westmoreland county, Derry township, 32,04 7 feet, McGrady , Brothers Co., Braddock, $389,580.43. H. M. HOFFMANN Professional Funeral Director Day and Night Calls Promptly Attended To. Pbone Bell 4101, or Call at *lO N. SECOND ST. V ' INTERESTING RAILROAD NEWS READING OFFICIALS TO WELCOME SOLDIERS TONIGHT C. E. CHAMBERLIN GEORGE O. SARVIS MAJOR M. A. LAUCKS Superintendent Harrisburg Division Assistant Trainmaster In Command P. and R. Unit P. and R. p. and R. Telegraph Battalion. DAVID P. TROSTLE L. H. Zimmerman JOSEPH T. WINTERS Chairman P. and R. Reception Vice Chairman Who Has Been Vice Chairman and Hard Committee Busy Man Worker READING SOLDIERS TO BE GIVEN ROYAL RECEPTION BY DI VISION EMPLO YES Employes of the Harrisburg divi sion, Philadelphia and Reading Railway, who saw sendee in the World War, will be honored to night by thcur fellow employes. A committee of which David B. Tros tle is chairman, has prepared an in teresting reception program to be observed at Tech High school audi torium this evening, starting at 8 o'clock# A special train will be run from Lebanon to accommodate the sol diers and their friends on the Har risburg division. The soldiers who will be honored to-night will num ber about 250 and include the boys who under Major M. A. Laucks, trainmaster for the Reading, served faithfully and did good work as members of the Philadelphia and Reading unit of the 414 th Engineers Battalion. Prominent Guests Prominent State and railroad of ficials will be present to-night. The welcome address will be by G. O. Sarvis, assistant trainmaster, fol lowing a selection by the Peerless Orchestra, .and invocation by the , Standing of the Crews HARRISBIRG SIDE Philadelphia Division. The 125 crew to go first after 4 o'clock: 103, 111, 119. Engineers for 125, 119. Flagmen for 103. Engineers up: May Miller, Gcmmill, Binkley. Blankenhorn, Brown, Fridy. Kope, Houseal, Schwartz, Wiker. Firemen up: Bestline, Northcutt.l Dallmyer, Stitzel, Strickler, Miller, Shiskoff, Kimmich, Fenstermacher, Falk. Dickover, Utley, Lenard. Brakemen up: Zeilers, Hughes, Beard. Craver, Murphy. Mongan. Kin nard, Schreffler. Zimmerman. Wert, Kassner, Yohe. Middle Division. —The 225 crew to go first after 1 o'clock: 241. 227, 33, 30, 28, 35, 34, 22, 20, 36, 21, 17, 26. Engineers wanted for 22. Firemen for 34, 22. Conductors for 33, 34, 21. Engineers up: Kreps, E. R. Snyder, Hawk, Xlckles. Smith, Kreiger, O. W. Snyder. Kline, Rath'fon, Leiter, Brink, Cook. Firemen up: Holsinger, Delancey. G. M. Bowers, Keith. Atkins, Xaylor, Woomer. Haskins, Clinger, C. H. My ers, Acker. Conductors up: Hoffnagle, Bennett, Corl, Lower. Brakemen up: Bitner, Roebuck, De- NOTED RESIDENTS PUBLICLY TESTIFY One million Pennsylvanians are now taking Tanlac and testifying to its merits as a superior tonic, com batant, invigorant and stomachic. Tanlac is distinctly the "Master Medi cine" of millions, as it is now more universally used and recommended than any other proprietary medicine in America. Captain M. Neilson. head of Salva tion Army, Harrisburg. • Mayor T. H. Freeman- Northumber land. Rev. O. S. Simms, Rodman Street Baptist Church, Pittsburgh. Hon. Thos. Pickerell, banker, Read ing. Rev. Noah Smith, Wilkes-Barre. Mrs. S. A. Clements, Shamokin, mother of Hon. Nobel Clements, As semblyman. Chief F. J. Connery, Xew Castle Fire Department. Anthony Korb, Reading, financial secretary, Amalgamated Ass'n. Iron, Stael and Tin Workers and thousands of others testify likewise to the cor rective and reconstructive powers of Tanlac, which is now sold here by all je*dln£ druggists, HARRISBmiO TCLESRXPEC Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, chaplain in the 28th Division and former chaplain of the old Eighth Regi ment. C. E. Chamberlin, superin tendent of the Harrisburg Division, will make an address, and present honor medals to the soldiers. The program will also include: Singing, "America," by the audi ence: selections by the Peerless or chestra; singing by a double male quartet; harp solo (a) "Prayer," Verdalla, (b) "Impromptu," Ches line,/ by Miss Leonora Fry; harp and piano concerto, Dubois, by Miss Leonora Fry, harpist, and Xewell Albright, pianist; singing and dancing by Lou Cohen; violin solo, Professor Y. J. Schjodt; baritone solo, "God Bless Our Boys To-night," William Lingle: soprano solo, Miss Flora Eshenour, and cornet duet, Messrs. Bender and Stailey. Motor messenger girls will act as ushers to-night, and members of the committee will receive the guests. The special train with folks from will leave for Lebanon after the big program is over, allowing plenty time for the visitors to reach the i Reading station. I pew, Foltz, Kipp, Shelly, Hetrick, Yingst, Lentz, Zimmerman, Shearer, Deckard, Leonard, Steininger, O. B. Beers, Roushe, Gross, Fenical, Woodward, Furlow, Dare, Clouser, Hemminger, Manning, Forbes. Yard Board. —Engineers for 6C, 4, 15C. 23C, 32C. Firemen wanted for 6C, 11C, 2, 16C, 4, 15C, 23C. Engineers up: Say ford, Beckwlth, Gibbons, Cless, Ewing, Yinger, Star ner. Firemen up: Holtzman, Rice, Rob erts, Burns, Houdeshel, Gardner. Rup ley, Speese. Miller, Peters, Biever, Yost, Troup, Dissinger, Y'oung, Pla§k, Cain, Dearotf, Stine, Paul, Ross, Sour beer. ENOLA SIDE Philadelphia Division. The 209 crew to go first after 3.15 o'clock: 240, 224, 212. Engineers for 224. Firemen for 224. Brakemen for 240. Brakemen up: Morgan, Stiles, Smeltzer. Middle Division. —The 228 crew to go first after 1 o'clock: 243, 254, 236, 117, 121, 122. 116, 115. Firemen for 116. Conductors for 115. Flagmen for 116. Brakemen for 117, 121, 116. Yard Board. —Engineers up: Geib, Sheaffer, Kauftman, Flickenger, My ers, Shuey. Firemen up: Kensler, O. J. Wag ner, Shuey, Benser, Coldren, Kenne day, Boyer, A. W. Wagner, Montel, Cashman, Lightner, Kramer, White, Morris. Engineers for Ist 129. Firemen for 137, Ist 102, 3rd 126. PASSENGER SERVICE Middle Division. —Engineers up: H. E. Cook, W. G. Jamison. J. W. Smith, F. F. Schreck, S. H. Alexander, J. W. Burd, C. Rollenbaugh. A. J. 'Wagner, T. B. Heffner. H. J. Johnson, H. F. Groninger, J. Crtmmel. Engineers wanted for 31 and 23. . Firemen up: R. Simmons, H. W. Fletcher, C. L. Sheets, R. A. Arnold, A. H. Kuntz, R. E. Look, S. H. Zeid ers, W. E. Hoffner, G. W. Musser, E. J. Sheesley, S. H. Wright, J. M. Steph ens, H. B. Thomas. Firemen wanted for 5, 29. Philadelphia Division. —Engineers up: M. Pleam. J. . Davis, C. Maden ford, R. B. Welch, H. W. Gillums, S. H. Seitz, H. Smeltzer. Engineers wanted for none. Firemen up: J. X. Schlndler, B. Johnson, J. M. White, F. H. Young, H. Myers, W. E. Aulthouse, J. M. Piatt, A. L. Floyd. F. L. Floyd. J. S. Lenig. firemen wanted for 98, P-38, Fuel Lecture Tonight For Railroad Men and Citizens Railroad employes in Harrisburg and vicinity are invited to a big meeting-to be held to-night at the. P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. It will be un der the auspices of the fuel conser vation committee of the Philadel phia division, starting at 8 o'clock. J. R. Alexander, general road foreman of engines, of Altoona, will demonstrate by motion pictures the proper and economical methods of firing locomotives and stationary boilers, with a' view of saving fuel and eliminating black smoke. Pictures will show how a locomo tive burns its fire; and how an en gine can be fired up hill with a heavy train, without making black smoke. The camera is mounted on the tender. Reading Shows Record in Coal Conservation Plan In a recent test made on several of the express runs on the Reading it was found that on the trip Potts ville to Philadelphia, that at least one and one-half tons of fuel were saved compared with the amount used previously. The saving of fuel is regarded as a most important fac tor on the railroads. There was a time when the Pennsylvania Rail road Company paid the enginemen and firemen a banus. Each locomotive was allowed a certain amount of coal to make a trip. AH saved from that allowance was weighed and the amount that it would cost divided as stated. The bonus system was never adopted on the Reading. 47 SHIPS IN YEAR Philadelphia, August s—Hog Island to-day celebrated the grst anniversary of its initial ship launching by send ing into the Delaware river the 7800- ton cargo carrier Shickshinny, the forty-seventh vessel to leave the ways of the great shipyard. One year ago to-day the yard launched its first vessel the Quistconck in the presence of President and Mrs. Wilson. Includ ing the Shickshinny Hog Island launched 367,775 deadweight tons in the year, a record never made by any yard in the world. The Shtkshinny was named by Mrs. Wilson| The sponsor was Miss Natalie Beach Cra ery, who was selected by the Cham ber of Commerce of Shickshinny, Pa. The town presented a complete li brary to the ship. FOR CONVALESCENTS Horaford's Avid Phosphate refreshes and upbuilds physical en ergy. Ask your physician. . Splendid Way To Reduce Your Weight There is perhaps no one thing that so plainly shows the passing of our youth as the horrible tendency to put on too much weight after we have reached the age of 25 or 30 years. However young our faces may appear, the sagging, flabby figure and forty inch waist "gives us away." The cause of this over stoutness is that our stomachs convert the food we eat into fat because there is not enough oxygen in the blood to pro duce a proper combustion to destroy the excess fatty tissue. Fat people will be pleased to learn of a simple home method that is wonderfully ef ficient in reducing weight, quickly and easily without a starving diet, violent massage or strenuous exer cise. Go to any drug store and get a box of Phynola; take five grains after each meal and at bed time. This treatment will often give quick re lief from overburdening fat. Phy* nola taken A meal time assists the stomach in giving you the benefit of the food you eat: at the same time dissolves the fatty tissue from any part of the body where there is exces sive fat. By this method many have reduced their weight a pound a day and there is no flabbiness left. Oorgas. the druggist, stores. 16 N. Third St., 3rd and walnut sts. and Penna. R. R. Station, George's Drug Store, C. Kel ler's Drug Store can supply you with the genuine Phynola at small cost. ' AUGUST 5, 1919. Labor Representative Is Home From Washington Noah M. Jones, president of the Federated System No. 90, Pennsyl vania lines, returned from Wash ington last night. He brought back no Information for the public, and to-day announced that conditions were unchanged. If the shopmen are to have any information, and the public is entitled to it, B. M. Newell, acting president of the Railway Division, American Federation of Labor, will make the announcement through the local officials. Mr. Newell is the shopmen's represent ative at Washington, D. C. Announcement was made that the employes of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company are not included in the strike probabilities, i John H. Lloyd. 315 Birchfield street, < is vice president of the Philadelphia and Reading System of the Ameri can Federation of Railway Workers. ! He said this organization is taking no part in the present controversy and gave out this statement: Almost all of the shop workers on the Reading Railroad are a mem ber of our union, but we have no thought of striking. We favor ar- I bitration and we do not believe that this is the proper time to strike. On ! several occasions other organizations ! endeavo red to get us inter came but " othin Sunday Big Excursion Day on Reading Lines ♦ o das ".. Was a b ' K e *curßion dav on ! ! tun 8 s ' the corn Pany carrying w eX K UrS '° nlsts to the and ! to mfnf ' 11 rec "ulred four trains ind excursionists from Reading! and other points to Hershey and Har- ! •'■ V° re than 500 of these peo pie were from this city. *K! ham .? k,n and other P° lnt on the! Shamokin division of the Reading I contributed over 2,500, whose destL 1 nation was Atlantic City. Eight Join Pennsy Ranks From City of Lebanon Eight young men of Lebanon have accepted positions with the Pennsyl vania Railroad as brakemen between Harrisburg and Philadelphia. They are Merritt M. Hartllne. Harry Wil liams, A. R. Kantz, C. J. Walker, H T. Atelier, C. McElwee, Robert Mun ford, Raymond Weiss. TAKES SURGICAL COURSE I>r. John C. Reed, 410 North Third street, is attending classes in the Columbia University post-grad uate course in advanced dentistry Dr - Reed expects to complete the course late in August when he will return to this city. Continue Search For Seven Explosion Victims Ra.ritan, X. J„ Aug. s.—Lieuten ant Jefford, adjutant of the Raritan arsenal, said to-day that he did not believe "more than seven" were killed in the explosion of a magazine filled with low grade explosives here yes terday. "Several" bodies already have been recovered, he said. The search for victims continued among the debris all last night. HASSLER ASKS FOR LIGHT PROBE [Continued from First Page.] Swatara. I am getting cards and letters from residents complaining about the light service. In addi tton%to the outages, many lights do not give proper illumination and you must get close to the light to see if it is burning. "There is a shortage of lights in the city, of course, and there are many requests for new lights, but we can't provide them with the present appropriation. The .resi dents are entitled to good service on the present lights. We deduct for outages but that is no convenience to the taxpayers. They pay for the lights and want them." Ask For Details I The other members of Council i joined in the discussion and each | one cited similar instances. Finally | Commissioner W. H. Lynch declared NEW YORK HARRISBURG READING LANCASTER (Hons (Co. "Harrislburg's Smartest Fashion Shop" PENN HARRIS HOTEL BUILDING Our First Semi-Annual Clearance Sale Only 1-Day More The response to our advertisement was enor mous and the thrifty women shoppers of Harris burg & Vicinity "Remarked" THAT OUR SALE WAS ONE THAT COULD BE BELIEVED. The Remaining Few Items REDUCED from to 70 percent, Must be Disposed of in order .to make room for New Fall Merchandise. that It was time to determine the cause of the poor service, and when a vote was tukep on the resolution directing ifr. Diehl to present a de tailed report, it passed unanimously. The commissioners accepted an invitation from the War Camp Com munity Service to participate in the program to be given at the Island next Tuesday evening when various nationalities will present an enter tainment. An ordinance authorizing the pav ing of Sprague street, from houseline to houseline between Brensinger and Turner streets, instead of paving and curbing the highway, was passed on first reading. To Purchase Hose Ordinances passed finally author ize the purchase of fire hose; re painting fire chief's automobile and the sale of boats at Wildwood Park. An ordinance directing the purchase of coal for the city fire companies STERKTS 209~"vrjiL t jT- Tomorrow Starts Our Ladles' SIXTH SEMI-ANNUAL GIGANTIC Children's Kld SALE OF HIGH-GRADE SHOES. Xan Brown Itid Th|> anle u on „ pßr w|th our f orm er Military cnd-of-the-season sales and needs no In- ocuner Lace Boots, troduetlon. We feel that we owe It to Shoea. i l. our customers at this time to urge them Lace or ° to buy liberally of their shoe needs now Button Dark Brown f or the coming season. Prices are soaring Style. Cloth rapidly and many factories will not be All Slses Tool a. i. able to deliver but a small percentage of to 8. tops. mate the j r ordtn , conditions which are prob- Sale Price, ably no one's fault In particular, but which Price, wc can expect during a reconstruction rt AC WE°HAVE MARKED LOTS DOWN TO A 00 P l.t/J ROCK-BOTTOM FIGURE TO MAKE IT C I ,UO i WORTH YOUR WHILE TO BUY NOW. I ——— §m ' Sale Lasts One Week Only. ■ Next Wednesday Last Day 400 Pairs of Women's Stylish A. x3Sh —— mmm Up-to-the- gift £Tg Hi C Minute l'umps Slk M %■ M c \ nnd Oxfords go M _ B B | In this gigantic n(r Bi 1W mm Women's Nobby Women's Pretty Kid fjfcv! , Brown Oxfords. Oxfords. Leather IK' . Goodyenr Melts. _ „ , , IE i.ike Cut. Sale Louis Heels. Sale VtNSTOt Women's Dainty White Kid Oxfords. R\i^SS2.9s Ladles' Black Dull Ladles' XVhlte Can- Ladies' White B?nek L ""th "Tops. v " L " ce Sp °" Canvas Pumps. Military or Leather Boots. Rubber White Enameled Louis Heqfs. Sale Soles and Heels. Heels and Soles. Price, 82.C5 Sole Price, 81.08. Sale Price, 81.40 Men's 87.50 Dark Men's S Blucher Men's SO Tan Army "h™ So U od h yVar' nPe 8h <" "rown Bluchers. Solid Welted. Sale Price, Mahogany Calf. Oak Soles. Sale 55.05 Sale Price, 54.05 Price, 84.05 Lilies' White Canvas Strap Sandals, Covered Louis Heels. (1 no Sale Price #570 I'-CriT Boys' Elkskla E?9BBh.' -* \\ Scout Shoes. lEßifeßlack Elk f: Uppers. Solid Men's Black Caif English Lace Shoes. Rhicx Soles. Style Like /JlJr i '-* -fife 'll Cut. Sale" do pq Price M.O Men's Tan Men's Solid - ■?'/ Army Blueher Tan Scout f ffT f/' Shoes. Soft Shoes. Oak I a '' I Tips. Sale Soles. Sale fs. Price, $2.05 Price, $2.05 was amended upon motion of Com missioner E. Z. Oross so that the quantity to be purchased would not be limited. Commissioner Hassler announced to the other councilmen that the bell buoys furnished by him, had been placed in the river. Blake Shop Workman Not to Blame For Etter Fire The Blake Shop management to-day gave out a statement to the effect that it was a carpenter and not a workman of that establishment who upset a can of alcohol at the Etter residence on North Second street yesterday, causing a fire. A Blake workman threw the blazing can into the street, thus preventing what oth erwise would have been serious dam age. j
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