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ROOF PAINTING
NERVE TO DO SOMKTHING IS
WORTH MORE -THAN CASH CAP
ITA U
* BUT it does not take nerve to
have your ROOFING and ROOF
PAINTING DONE UY
AUCTIONEER HITE. BELL. 1875-.1.
STORAGE
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STORAGE —419 Broad street, house
hold goods, merchandise. Private
rooms at reasonable rates. Also haul
ing of all kinds. D. Cooper & Co.
Both phones.
STORAGE Private rooms for
household goods in lireproof ware
house, $3 per month and up. Eower
storage rates in non-fireproof ware
house. Harrisburg Storage Co., 4 U 7-
445 South Second street.
STORAGE —In brick building, roar
<OB Market. Household goods in clean,
private rooms. Reasonable rates. P.
" G. Diencr. 40S Market street.
XJ N DKItTAKEKS
SAMUEL S. FACXLER,
FUNERAL DIRECTOR.
1312 Derry St.
BELL 1956. DIAL 2133
RUDOLPH IC. SPICER.
Funeral Director and Kmbalmer.
511 North Second Street.
B'ELL 257 DIAL 2145
CEMETERY LOTS FOR SALE
PROSPECT H ILL CEMETERY
Beautifully situated on Market street,
1 tnst of Twenty-sixth, and on the
north and east faces the new park
vav. The prices of lots are moder
ate. Miller Bros. & Co. Agents.
AUTO WANTED
WANTED—Buick or Dodge touring
or roadster, will pay cash, state year
model and price. Address Box 8457
care Telegraph.
AUTOMOBILES
I WANT to dispose of my five
possengi r model 85 Overland touring,
ear. Recently relinished. Completely
overhauled. hirst class condition.
Four niw tires; run less than 50u
miles, l-rice $B5O to quick purchaser.
' Address P. O. Box I'>Ss, Harrisburg,
Pa.
LIGHT roadster for sale in first class!
condition; good tires and new top. i
Call at 2154 North Fourth street alter
5.3u p. in.
I ,
FOR SALE-—Overland. 4-cylinder
roadster in good condition; engine
newly overhauled; cheap. Apply 1091
South Railroad St., 11 ummelstown. i
ATTRACTIVE bargains to quick!
buyers in good used cars.
1917 Buick eight, six touring, spare
tire.
1910 Buick! big six touring, spare
tire.
1915 Buick, one-ton truck.
. 1911 Stutz roadster, newly painted,
1 reasonable.
1917 Eager, turn six, fine shape.
3 917 Vim, light delivery.
1911 Overland, model 79, just over
hauled. Bargain.
1918 Reo touring, line running or
der, ut a bargain price.
The above cars will appeal to the
average buyer in the market for a
good used tar. Demonstrations given.
CHELESEA Al'TO CO.,
A. SchilTman. Manager.
DELIVERY AND
TOURING CARS FOR SALE 1
191? model, 90 Overland light de
livery, newly painted; first class me
chanical condition.
1918 model American Six touring
car; A 1 condition.
1919 model American Six touring
car; only run 2.BUU miles; good as
new. A real bargain.
AMERICAN AL'TO COMPANY.
Susquehanna Garage,
> 1414 Susquehanna St., below Relly
k SAXON roadster, 1916; price $260.
Overland touring, 1916, $555; Comet
Six, $llOO, 1918 model. Salesman
Horst, l.inglcstown, Pa.
GRANT, live-passenger; 6 cylinder;
lour new tires and tubes; good con
dition; cheap to quick buyer. Ester
brook, 912 North Third St.
B ARGAINS —International one-ton
truck, used ten months, cheap; in
ternational two-ton truck, used nine
months, cheap; Ford delivery, panel |
bodv, in fine condition. lord 1-ton
unit brand new. Cadillac delivery,
closed body. Denby s'*-ton. Power
dump body, in line condition; Denby
2 - ton, with stake body, like now;
Acme 2\4-ton, with Woods steel dump
body, used six months; Denby 3-ton
with Woods steel dump body. Denby
Soles Corporation, 1205 Capital street.
AUTOS FOR HIRE
CITY GARAGE
110 STRAWBERRY ST.
New five and seven-passenger
cars for business or pleasure
ut ull hours.
BELL 2369 DIAL 4914
\UTO RADIATORS of all kinds re
nuired by specialist. Also tenders,
lamps, etc. Bt'St service in town, liar
tisburg Auto Radiator Works, 305
C North Third street.
FOR SALE —Ford ton truck. 1918;
worm drive, in good condition; price
reasonable. Inquire 2403 Jelferson at.
Dial phone 3042.
FORD touring, 17; demountable
wheels; now tires; tire carrier;
shock absorbers; speedometer; spot
light- tco) box and cut out; good cur
tains with winter rods; price $4OO.
square Deal Horst, Linglestown.
WM. PENN GARAGE
•>'"4-6 Muench street, limousines for
funeral parties and balls; careful
drivers; open day and night. Bell
4 5C4. I
CHEVROLET roadster. 490 model;
vear 17; electric lights; starter
bumper; fine running order. Price,
$525. llorst, Linglestown. near Ilarris
' burg.
1913 Hup roadster, $400; 1916 Grant
Six touring. $500; 1915 Hudson tour
' C $550-1916 Ford delivery with
cab $400; 1917 Olds 8 touring, $850;
1018 linrley-Davidson electric equip
ped $275 1918 l'aigo touring $100.1;
faiß Fhalmer six, just painted, $400;
1915 Chalmer 6 touring. $200; Regal
i ..adster. electric equipped, $300; 1914
Buick touring, new top. $300; three 2-
ton Selden trucks , one 2-ton Reo.truck.
These trucks can bo bought on easy
terms. Inquire Selden Truck DTs
tributors, 1025 Market st-
KEYSTONE AUTO TOP CO. -
All sorts of auto tops and cushion
work done by experts; also repal,
work. Reasonabl latos, 72-1 8 South
* Cameron street.
V~VGN ETOS All types, 4 and 0
■Bosch high tension, Eisman, Dixie,
Splltdorf. Mea. Remy and different
niakes of coils carburetors, etc. A
sohiffman, 22-21-26 North Cameron
street. Bell 3633.
OLD AUTOS
Wanted; used, wrecked or oldtimers,
H in any condition. See me before sae
* li fieing elsewhere. Chelsea Auto
Wrecking. A. SchilTman. 22. 24, 26
North Cameron street. Bell 3633.
ICouttnuec lu Next Column)
THURSDAY EVENING;
AUTOMOBILES
Chalmers, 1918, light six tour
ing car, just overhauled and
repainted; very good condi
tion throughout. Inquire Hag
orllng Motor Car Co., 1137
Mulberry. Bell phono 1396.
Dial 6961.
100 AUTOS FOR SALE
Buick Sixes, Ford Sedan, Willys-
Kniglit, Liberty, Kissel, Cole, Paige.
All kinds. I buy sell and trade.
WILMER STEWART.
Lancaster.
FOR SALE —Studebaker Touring;
1918 eight-cylinder Oldsmobilo Tour
ing- Reo Touring car; Overland Cbun
trv Club; Jeffories Touring car. An
drew Redmond, Third and Relly
streets.
WANTED All kinds of used auto
tires. We pay highest cash prices.
No junk H. Esterbrook, 912 North
Third street. Dial 4990
FORD touring. 17 model; electric*
lights; runs and pulls like new. Price
$425 cash. Dial 36-C. S. R. llorst,
Linglestown. near Harrisburg.
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
Fire, Public Liability, Theft and
Collision. Phone and representative
will call. Chas. Adler, 1002 North
Third street.
FORDS AT THE
SUSQUEHANNA MOTOR COMPANY
117 SOUTH THIRD ST..
HARRISBURG.
FOR SALE—I9IB Ford roadster, in
good condition. Bell phone 3679-M.
FORD, 1917; line condition, $250;
1916 Ford, $2OO. Call any evening
after 7, 1203 Walnut St.
1911 Cadillac; two bodies; Ford
speeds, r; 1918 Mitchell, roadster.
Franklin Sal. s and Service Co., 4th
and Chestnut sts.
FOR SALE —1915 Michigan; good con
dition; 5 tires; 3 now. Car can be seen i
at Fishman's Garage, Fourth and
Chestnut Sts. !
Buick light six; fine condition; tir-*s
in first class shape; one extra; also
bumper and motormeter. A bargain.
Dodge touring, in first class condi
tion. Reo roadster; two passenger;
will sell cheap. Rex Garage & Supply
Co., 1917 N. Third St.
FOR SALE —Liberty six. 1919 model,
A 1 condition. Inquire 1501 Derry st. ]
I
FOR SALE —Buick, 1918, 5-passen
gor touring, practically new. Dr. J.
h Lawrence, 204 Market st., city.
11-" YOU ARE eager to snap up a j
slightly used Dodge, 1917 touring,
with full equipment and new tires, I
address box W-5323 care Telegraph,
arranging for an evening demonstra-.
tion.
car for sale,
1916®piotiol, in good condition, price
$375. Inquire 1202 Christian st.
FOR SALE —One Ford touring car
in good condition; demountable rims
and new top; cheap to quick buyer.
Call 1104 Liberty St., before 3.30 p. nt.
ACCESSORIES AND REPAIRS
IF YOU need a tire or any part of
any make of secondhand cars, we have
it. We also buy secondhand junk cars.
Highest cash price paid. Selden Truck
Distributors, 1017-1025 Market street.
CHARLES S. JOHNSON Garage,
auto repairing done by experts only.;
Cars for hire; all work guaranteed. 19 [
Jonestown Road. Dial phone 3304.
SUNSHINE OARAGE Auto- re-1
pairing by an expert. Road jobs at
specialty. Charges reasonable. Both]
phones. Sunshine Garage, 27 North |
Cameron Street.
Harley Davidson, electric and
side car $350
Indian, 1916. 3 speed
Indian, 2 speed electric 72a 1
Harley-Duvidson, one speed <•> I
Thor, one speed 65
Big bargains to quick buyers.
DAYTON CYCLE CO..
Dial 4990 912 N. Third St. I
I
BAYFIELD carburetors are recog-1
nlssed as the most reliable by all dis-I
criminating car owners; more power, j
more speed and 25 to 50 per cent, sav
ing of gasoline, are some of the tea-!
sons von should have one; a special!
tvpe Bayfield for every make of car.
Agency. Fcderieks' Garage, 1807 N.j
Seventh Street.
MOTORUYCI.ES AND BICYCLES
Harlcy-Davidson with side car; 3-
I speed: first class running condition;
first $175 takes it. Inquire 203 Nec
tarine St.
RIC YCLE REPAIRING
BY AN EXPERT
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
DORY SHAN Ell
WITH
ANDREW REDMOND
1 507 NORTH THIRD STREET
CLEANERS AND DYERS
We clean old clothes, make them
new. All kinds of repairing guaran
teed. Goodman's. 1306% North Sixth.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE is heryby given to Edna I
Gastrock; mother of Claude Gastrock, j
that the Court of Quarter Sessions of i
Dauphiti County has fixed Monday,!
September 15, 1919, at 10 o'clock a. nt.,
at the courthouse, at Harrisburg, Pa.,
for a hearing upon lite application for
the admission of Claude Gastrock, a]
feeble minded minor, to the Eastern]
I Pennsylvania State Institution for the]
Feeble Minded and Epileptic, entered
to No. 1 10 June Sessions. 1919.
ROBERT T. FOX,
Attorney for Petitioner.
NOTICE —Letters of administration
oil the estate of Mirko Mihajlovic, late
of Steelton, Dauphin county, Pa., hav
ing been granted to the undersigned,
nil persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate pay
ment and those having claims will
present them for settlement to
STEELTON TRUST CO.,
Administrator.
Or to H. L. Dress, Atty.,
Steelton Trust Company Bldg.
LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
Harrisburg, Pa., July 15 1919
Notice is hereby given that the several Banks, Trust Companies, Pri
vate Bankers and County Officers of Dauphin County, listed below, have re
ported to this office in compliance with the provisions of the Act of June 7
1915, P. L. 878. and tile amendment, thereto of July 5, 1917. P. L. 725, un
claimed funds in their possession to the following amounts belonging to
or bold for the benefit of. owners or beneficiaries.
The persons below named, or their legal representatives, ar P hereby
notified that unless they claim the said amounts from the said Banks, Trust
Companies, Private Bankers or County Officers within the time limited bv
law, the same will be liable to be escheated to the Commonwealth in an
action instituted by it in conformity with the said Acts of 1915 and 1917.
Name of Owners
or Beneficiaries. Last Known Address. Amount
COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY, ount '
v HARRISBURG, PA.
Harrisburg & Lewisberry Street Railway Co., Unknown 00
Lancaster Valley Electric Light Co Unknown 37.47
Oregon-Idaho Gold Mining Co Unknown 660.00
Bullion Consolidated Mining Co., Unknown 40.00
Penna. Cont. Co Harrisburg, Pa 108.75
E. D. Fulford Harrisburg, Pa.., 21.00
Roberts &• Sherlock Harrisburg, Pa 25.38
John 11. Weiss Harrisburg, Pa 239.11
Est. Philip S. Deaner, Deed Unknown, 10.00
Rebecca it Cora Hinney & Clara K. Kendig..Unknown, 44 00
Est. of E. E. Kinzer Unknown 116.65
Jos. Foley Unknown, 10.00
John Shuey & Bro Unknown 15.04
B. P. Myers Unknown 23.09
City of Harrisburg Harrisburg, Pa., 11.68
Susan Allen, Harrisburg, Pa., 26.71
Unknown Unknown y 2 .4 8
Est. Jane C. Myers, Deed Unknown 178.90
Newport Home Water Co Unknown A 90.00
JAMES E. LENT/.. CLERK OF ORPHANS' COURT.
HARRISBURG, PA.
L. K. Brininger, Exr. of Kappan Estate
Harrisburg, Pa., 621.1t
Unknown Estates
Unknown 707.20
CHARLES A. SNYDER,
Auditor General.
f MARKETS 1
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NEW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Brothers and Company,
members of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar
ket Square, Harrisburg; 336 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street,
New York furnish the following
quotations: Open Noon
Allis Chalmers 42% 41'.4
Amer. Beet Sugar 87% 87
Am. Car and Fndry C 0...115 114
Amer. Loco 84% 85
Amor. Smelting 80 SO
American Sugar 130 129%
Amer. Woolens 119 115%
Anaconda 70% 69%
Atchison "2% 92%
Baldwin Locomotive ....109 107%
Baltimore and Ohio 43% 43
Bethlehem Steel, B 88% 87%
Butte Copper 25% 25%
California Petroleum ... 44% 44
Canadian Pacific 156% 156%
Central Leather 106% 104
Chi., Mil. and St. Paul .. 42% 42%
Chi.. R. 1. and Pacific .. 26% 26%
Chino. Con. Copper 45% 45%
Col. Fuel and Iron 45% 45%
Corn Products 84 84%
Crucible Steel 137% 134%
United Food .... 83% 84%
Erie 16% 17
General Motors 221 221
Goodrich. B. F 80% 79
Great North, pfd 88% 29
Hide and Leather 37% 36%
Hide anil Leather, pfd. ..126% 125
Inspiration Copper 62 62%
International Paper .... 60% 59%
Kennecott 38 37%
Kansas City Southern .. 20 20
Lehigh Valley 50% 50
Maxwell Motor 50% 50
Merc. War Ctfs 59 58
Mere. War Ctfs., pfd. ...114% 114
Mex. Petroleum 183% 181%
Miami Copper 28% 28%
Midvale Steel 53 52
Mo. Pacific 30% 30
Mo., Kan. T 12% 13%
N. V., N. H. and H 34% 33%
Northern Pacific 89% 88%
I Penna. R. R 44% 44%
! Pittsburgh Coal 69% 70%
! Railway Steel Spg 90 90
Ray Con. Copper 25 24%
Reading 81 Si's
Republic iron and Steel.. 90% 90%
Southern Pacific 99% ss%
Southern Ry 26 % 26%
Studebaker 105% 106%
Union Pacific 126% 126
t IT. S. I. Alcohol 138 13S
U. S. Rubber 134% 132%
| I'. S. Steel 106% 105%
U. S. Steel, pfd 114% 114%
Utah Copper 89% 88%
1 Vir„Caro. Client 82% 82%
j White Motors 63 63
| Westinghouse 54% 53%
Willys-Overland 3*1% 33%
j Western Maryland ....... 12% 12 %
I'll 11. AD E l.l*li I.\ PRODUCE
Philadelphia. Aug. 7. —Corn, higher;
yellow as to grade and location, $2.10
@2.1 I.
Oats —Higher: No. 1 white, S6@
86%r; No. 2. 85 % % 86c: No. 3, 81%
% 85c.
Dressed Poultry—Quiet and irreg
ular: i ousters. 26c; ducks, 31c.
Eggr—-Easier; nearby firsts, $15.60;
current receipts, $l5; western, extra
■firsts. $15.60; western firsts, $ 1 4.10 @
15; fancy selected packed. .79% 01c per
dozen.
Cheese—l.ower; New York and Wis
consin. full milk, .'i1%%'33%c.
Potatoes —Easier; Eastern Shore,
No. I, $6 fir 6.50: No. 2, $2.50@3.50;
| nearby in 150 pound sacks. $6(116.25.
I Live Poultry—Firm; fowls higher,
I 35% 3Gc.
Sfic.
] Flour —Dull; winter straight west
i ern old, $10.75@11; new, $9.75@10.25;
[winter straight, nearby old, slo@
10.75; new. $9.75@10: Kansas .straight,
new, $11.25 @11.50; sho-t patent, old.
812@12.50; new $11.50@ 11.75; spring
short patent, old, sl3@ 13.50; spring,
patent c!d, $12.50@13; first clear, old,
19.75% 10.
Tallow Quiet; prime city loose,
I 20c; special loose, 20% c; prime coun
try, 19c; edible in tierces, 24%@2;>%c.
I Hay Dull; timothy, No. 2. s36@
37; No. 3. $:'.2%'33.
! Clever -Mixed light, $36@37; lower
I grades. $3l @35.
Bran —Firm; soft winter spot in 1"0
pound sacks, $50%,51 per ton; spring
'spot, $49% s(i per ton.
URGE IRISH FREEDOM
lly Associated Press. 1
Buffalo. N. Y„ Aug. 7.—Early to
| day, after a session extending from
i last night, the peace convention
here of the Knights of Columbus
unanimously adopted a resolution
calling for the full recognition of
ttie independence of the Irish na
tion. Practically every one ol' the
300 delegates, representing the
Knights of Columbus under many
different Hags, cordially seconded
ttie resolution.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE —Letters testamentary on
the estate of James Dougherty, late
of the borough of Steelton, Dauphin
county, Pa., deceased, having been
granted to the undersigned, all per
sons indebted to said estate are re
quested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims will present
' them for settlement to
JOHN W. DOUGHERTY,
CATHARINE A. DOUGHERTY.
Executors.
Or to 11. L. Dress, Atty.,
' Steelton, Pa.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
] In the Estate of Charles E. Ilanshaw
Deceased.
I I.otters of administration have been
duly granted by the Register of Wills
upot the estate of Charles K Han
sliaw, late of Harrisburg, County of
Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania
deceased, to William 11. Earnest re
siding in Harrisburg, County of Dau
phin, State of Pennsylvania, to whom
all persons who are indebted to said
estate are requested to make pay
ment, and all persons having any
legal claim against or demand upon
said estate, shall make the saino
known without delay.
WM. 11. EARNEST,
Administrator
1 North Third St., Harrisburg, p a .
July 23, 1919.
I . .
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Development of Coal
Mines Is Traced
Edward Stabler, Jr., of Baltimore,
tlie secretary of the Short Mountain
Colliery Company, which was in
corporated in 1851, to mine in the
Lykens Valley, Dauphin county,
these mines now being operated by
the Susquehanna Collieries Com
pany, recently gave a history of the
Short Mountain corporation before
a meeting of the Historical Society
of York county.
Mr. Stabler is 84 years of age,
and is still engaged in the coal busi
ness io his native city. His paper
contains much interesting and valu
able information about coal mining
as it was done rnorfe thanßialf a cen
tury ago. The facts which he used
were secured from the original
books of the Short Mountain Coal
Company.
To add to the interest in this his
tory of coal mining in the fifties in
Dauphin county, Mr. Stabler has
furnished the names of the dealers
in Harrisburg who purchased Short
Mountain coal in 1858 and later.
These dealers were Kby Kunkel,
Harrisburg Car Company, Gross and
Kunkel, Harrisburg Cotton t'om
pany, John Wallower and Son,
Henry Frick, John Eichlnge r,
Thomas 11. Wilson and Company.
Mr. Stabler's paper which he
read to the Historical Society of
York county follows:
Incorporated in 1851
The Short Mountain Coal Com
pany was incorporated in 1851 by
the State of Pennsylvania.
The land orignally belonged to the
well-known Cope family of Phila
delphia, three brothers of whom
were largely engaged a century ago
In the shipping business. Job K.
Tyson,-a prominent lawyer of Phila
delphia, and at one time a mem
ber of Congress,' representing one
of. the Philadelphia districts, mar
ried a sister of the Cope brothers,
and became possessed of the coal
property, called "Bear Mountain,"
including "Bear Gap," upon which
coal was found, it is not known
whether the Cope family was aware
of the existence of ooal in that lo
cality, when they acquired the prop
erty.
It has been asserted that Stephen
Girard had no knowledge of the
existence of coal when he became
possessed of the immensely valu
able coal lands that now belong to
the Girard Estate.
When it was found that a very
high grade of pure red ash anthra
cite coal existed in this mountain,
Mr. Tyson and some members of his
family and a few friends "proceeded
to develop the property.
It is located at Wiconisco, Dau
phin county, about sixteen miles
from Millersburg, the shipping point
on the Susquehanna river, at which
point they reached the Pennsylvania
canal and Northern Central rail
road. The company was capitalized
at $300,000, 12,000 shares at $25 per,
share, of which 11,766 shares were
issued.
Early Shipments
The coal reached Millersburg via
Lykens Valley Railroad for ship
ment by canal, while the Northern
Central Railway cars were loaded at
the mines and were transported over
the Rykens Valley and Northern
Central Railway to York, Baltimore
and intermediate points. The com
pany paid the freight at the rate of
forty cents per ton (2.240) pounds)
from the mines to Millersburg, for
shipment by either rail or canal.
The freight to Baltimore from Mil
lersburg was. at that time, 1853,
when the mines were opened, $2.50
per ton in winter and $2.10 in sum
mer.
The canal basin had a capacity of
six boats at one time. Some years
later a large tonnage was carried by
the canal front Millersburg to Havre
de Grace, the eastern terminus of
the canal, and thence by steam tow 1
boats to Delaware City, per the
Chesapeake and Delaware canal, at
which point it was transferred by
horse or steam power to vessels for
New England ports. A largo num
ber of boats were also taken to Bal
timore daily, being towed by steam
boats across the Chesapeake bay
from the "outlet" of the canal at
Havre de Grace.
The output the lirst year of min
ing coal was, in 1853, 4,00b tons. In
1854, 46,170 tons were miped with
a fair profit "on paper." The sys
tem of bookkeeping was so peculiar
it is very difficult to figure out the
profits if any were made by the
company at that time.
Takes on New lilfe
In 1857 the capital of $325,000
was only half paid up. They showed
a book profit that year of $10,234.
In the winter of 1858, at an an
nual meeting in Philadelphia, the
Baltimore stockholders showed a
spirit of aggressiveness, and had a
special committee appointed to ex
amine the books, the physical prop
erty of the company, the manner
of operating the mining and trans
porting the coal to market, etc.
Three Baltirtiore stockholders were
appointed to serve upon this com
mittee. They made a lengthy and
exhaustive report, as a result of
which, a Board of Directors, largely
composed of Baltmore stockholders,
was elected to munage the affairs of
the company. This new board
elected James D. Sutton, president,
and Edward Stabler, Jr., secretary
and treasurer, whose term of office
commenced May 1, 1858.
The company from this time took
on new life. The business of min
ing, selling and transporting the
coal to market was energetically
prosecuted.
The coal was sold on board cars
or boats at Millersburg at the follow
ing prices:
Lump size used' for steam
purposes, per ton of 224 0
lbs $1.90,
Broken No. 1 2.10
Large and Small Egg Nos.
2 and 3 2.10
Nut 1.25
"Pea," "Buckwheat" or
"Rice" sizes were utterly
unknown in the market at
that time, but everything
smaller than nut was
thrown upon the dirt piles
or allowed to wash into
"Bear Creek," and finally
into the Susquehanna
River. Freight at this time
to Baltimore by rail was 1.79
To Baltimore by canal was 1.80
Early Prices
In 1860 and 1861 Broken,
Egg and Stove Coal were
sold at Millersburg at .... 2.00
Freight to Baltimore ...... 1.70
In 1862, domestic sizes
of coal were $2.50
Freight 1.90
4.40
In 1863 $3.79
Freight 2.60
6.39
In 1864, Coal $7.50
Freight 4.25
ll.BO
Hard White Ash Coal from
Wilkes-Barre or Shamokin
by canal at this rate, cost.
in Baltimore 10.85
The retail price in Baltimore .was
from $14.00 to $16.00 per ton* at
this time; the prices of coal being
at high water mark for the average
period.
Previous to the outbreak of the
Civil War the company leased the l
mines to Henry Thomas and John 1
Yarwortli of Tamaqua on a royalty, \
per ton, for all coal mined by them, j
This new and intelligent system of j
mining was soon shown in the in- I
creased output of coal. Mr. Thomas ;
was an Englishman and an accom- |
plished mining engineer. John
Yarworth was a Scotchman and a
practical miner. I
Being somewhat handicapped by
want of cash capital James L. Sut
ton bought out the interest of John
Yarworth as lessee, when the firm
of Sutton and Thomas was formed,
with ample capital to develop the
business of mining and to conduct
a store for the convenience of the
operatives at the mines.
To 1111 the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Mr. Sutton as Presi
dent of the uompany, Edward
Jessop, a well known resident of
York, Pennsylvania, was elected to
the presidency. Mr. Jessup, at that
time, was the senior partner of a
wholesale and importing hardware
house in Baltimore, but always re
turning to York for the weekend,
as his family resided there.
On Paying Basis
Fnder the energetic and intelli
gent management of the lessees, the
company was placed upon a divi
dend paying basis and lite stock rap
idly rose in value.
The output of the mine was in
creased to 107,000 tons per annum,
being the largest single colliery at
that time in the wholo anthracite
region.
As the high prices for coal could
not be obtained after the close of the
war, the large stockholders were im
portuned to sell their stock and cer
tain interests showing an nxiety to
"pick up" the stock, the directors,
during tlie spring of 1864, through ill
committee, addressed a letter to every
stockholder, suggesting that they
pool their stock with a special com
mittee appointed by tlie Board and
this committee, backed by the Com
pany organization, would sell the
stock as a whole and obtain for it
the best price that it would bring.
This plan proved to be effective.
Mr. Jessop was chairman of the
committee and they soon had control
of practically all of the stock.
After negotiating with certain par
j ties in Boston, supposedly in the in
terest of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
|an agreement was reached upon a
price of $35 per share. The sale was
| effeo'ted by Josiah Caldwell, a bold
| young operator and financier of Bos
ton, who was hacked by bankers of
that city. The Company then changed
I hands. At a day fixed Mr. Caldwell
I presented himself before the Com
; mittee of the Board, armed with a
certified cheek, and the transaction
was soon closed. One of two Halti
| more men remained on the Board to
! keep tlie organization intact until
the new stockholders could have a
meeting in Boston and elect a new
board. The check was for $394,000.00
and was negotiated by the Bank of
Commerce, Baltimore, whose presi
dent, James W. Alnutt, was a
large stockholder in the Coal Com
pany.
Th P Stockholder*
Among the large stockholders were
George S. Brown and Sons (estab
lished 1803); Henry James, lumber
merchant; James L. Sutton, Otho W.
Etchelberger, merchant; John Edgar
Thompson, president of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company; Thomas
Kenett, Baltimore., etc.
It would be interesting to note
heye, as showing the condition of
hanking. the currency, exchanges,
etc., at that time and to show Mr.
Thompson's anxiety as to transfer
ring his share of the sale of stock to
Philadelphia during the. Civil Wur
period:
"Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
"President's Office.
"Philadelphia, March 30, 1864.
"Dear Sir:
i 'inclosed I send you my certificate
for stock in the Short Mountain Coal
Company for 1.000 shares.
"Do me the favor to send me acheck
on Philadelphia or New York for the
j proceeds at the earliest moment you
I can.
"If checks cannot be obtained at
your place, sent greenbacks by Ad
ams Express.
"I assume from your lettprs that the
terms of the sale have been complied
i with.
I Yours truly, •
•J. EDGAR THOMPSON."
"Edward Jessop, Ksq'r.,
I "President,
I "Short Mountain Coal Co,
i "Baltimore, Mil."
j Mr. Thompson's letter was dated
I March 31st, but the delivery and
i payment for tlie stock was not con
> summated until May.
I Mr. Thompson did not attend any
of the annual or other meetings of
the stockholders, but he invariably
sent his trusted and confidential pri
vate secretary, William J. Pal
mer with a proxy, and we invariably
complimented Mr. Thompson by ap
pointing his secretary as secretary of
the meeting. Mr. Palmer waß soon af
ter heard of as wearing the shoulder
straps of a brigadier general in the
Army, and later as the founder of
j Colorado Springs, and president of a
| railroad in that State.
I This coal is still mined and known
In the market as the "Summit Branch"
or Mineral Railroad and Mining Cnm
| pany's Lykens' Valley. It is a very
pure and high grade red ash, free
burning coal. It analyzes very high
in fixed carbon, shows very little ash,
and brings a higher price than the
best hard white ash coals.
The upper vein is nine feet and the
lower 756 feet in thickness. It has
been controlled by the Pennsylvania
Railroad interests for several years
past.
Anthracite coal was used in Balti
more to a very limited extent in the
decade of 1850. A bill for a ton of
coal, sold in April, 1853, shows the
price to have been $6.00 per ton. A
bill in December, 1855, is for $7.00,
the winter price, after the closing of
the canal. No coal was brought to
Baltimore originally by railroad. The
writer of this has a bill for 25 bushels
of bituminous coal, sold In Rich
mond, Va„ in 1806, at 20 cents per
bushel or $5.00 for the load.
Bituminous coal was mined near
Richmond In about 1780 and It was
transported to that city In wagons.
The James River and Kanawha Canal
was commenced about that time.
Just after the Civil War there was
a fight for supremacy among some
of the biggest mining companies in
the anthracite region and consequent
low prices. Coal was sold in Balti
more at retail at from $3.75 to $4.25
per ton, during that summer. On the
first of September following, the mine
price was advanced from tlie summer
prices, $1.50 to $2.00 per ton. In
?8!)6, we had another era of low prices
at retail In Bultimore nl from $4.85
to $6.00 per ton. The probability now
is that anthracite coal will not, for
many years, if it will ever, fall to
such abnormally low prices again.
It will appear from this account
that nut (or "chestnut" in 1858) site
coal, was relatively very low in
price. At that time It was used chief*
ly for burning lime from oyster
shells or lime stone. At some seasons
—during harvest time —the sale of
nut was very slow, and occasionally
caused a stoppage of the mines. Now
it will be observed, that nut is in
great demand, and brings the highest
price of any prepared size.
It might be stated here that the j
coal (anthracite) annual production,
has increased from five or six million
tons per annum to seventy-seven mil
lion tons, and coal-carrying cars have
grown in capacity front 4% to 5 tons
to 70 tons.
Scientific Discussions
by Garrett P. Serviss
j By GARRETT P. SERVISS
It is fascinating to study the !
properties of this bull on which we j
live, during a few years, flying with I
lit through open space, and finally |
leaving our bones in its dust, while j
i ' we" go—whither?
We find the earth-ball, together i
with its water and.its air, and sill |
that it contains, made up of three !
terms, or states, of matter. The j
three are solids, liquids and gases. |
We know of no other stale that |
any material thing exists in, and j
each of the three is transformable I
into either of the others. The same I
mattei may be successively solid, I
liquid, gas, or gas, liquid solid.
Out of this common matter of j
the globe, which is subject to only j
these three states of existence, are |
constructed our living bodies und !
brains, and when put together in i
this particular combination a won- !
dcrful new property appears, for
the' matter now not only moves
opparently by its own will, but it
thinks and is conscious of itself,
i. c., thinks about itself and guides
its own acts.
Either that, or else something
that is not matter, not solid, or
liquid, or gas, attaches itself to or
dwells within the body anil brain
formed out of matter, anil controls
and uses (Hem. If the latter case
I be the true one, then it is this mys
terious something coming info the
physical hody that possesses the
consciousness and the power to
think and to control action.
But chemistry is unable to find
this immaterial, thinking consci
ous something, to which we give
the name of soul or mind. Chem
istry can sift the entire substance
of tlie body and brain through the
three states of matter, but all that
it discloses is a certain number of
the eighty-odd "elements" from
which all material things are built
"P- The dead material remains;
the i,fe and thought are gone, tak
ing- tlicir secret with them.
The most that chemistry can
sav is that when these elements
a.e combined in a certain way the
product of the combination lives,
and, in some oi its forms, thinks.
Buy, living, and more evidently
(hulking pre not recognizable as
chemical properties of matter,
whether it be ir. the solid, the liquid
or tie gaseous state. No chemical
process known to science has ever
produced a ' ting organism whero
(here was no flfe before.
sct a,-, iar as verifiable knowl
edge can ca.rj us, we appear to be
made up of nothing but material
substance, derived from the ball
ol the caith. The consciousness
which some -f us. at least, have, of
a something in us which is in
finitely more important and more
enduing than the chemical ele
ments compiling our bodies and
brains arid which is, indeed, o'*r
real self, i y incapable of proving
its genuine ners by laboratory or
ether experimental methods.
But let .>s go a little further.
Each of the eighty-three chemical
elements that make up the world,
as we know it, is composed of in
visible small particles called atoms.
There are eighty-three kinds of
atoms, one k.nn for each chemical
element. Y. len two or more ele
ments are mixed to form a com
pounds their atoms are similarly
mixed The atoms are then join el
together in compound particles,
also invisibly small, which are
called m lioculrs. Thus water is ,v
compound of oxygen and hydro
gee, and a molecule of water
I (which is Ihe smallest portion into
. which water ran he separated while
siill retaining the properties of the
wnler), cons'nls of two atoms of
hydrogen mil ltd with one of oxy
gen
Again, even the atoms are di
visible into still smaller particles,
called electrons, so that, as far as
we know at present, the compo
s'tion of all matter is like this:
Electrons unite to make molecules,
and molecules unite to make the
sensible particles, or grains of
matter by means of which its ex
istence becomes evident to lis.
Ordinary experience, and micro
scopic vision, cannot take us be
low the level of the sensible par
ticles, hut the processes anil de
ductions of the sciences of chem
istry and radio-activity carry us
down through the molecules and
the atoms to the electrons. Bui in
the latter part of ttiis journey it is
the mind that guides the senses,
rather than the senses that lead
the mind
It in a depth as deep as the
measureless height of the starry
universe Into which the mind thus
plunges us. The mind alternately
concentrates itself for tlie descent
I and expands itself for the asqent,
it unites the invisible electron and
the unattair able star by a chain of
| corr.pielicr.sion; what, then, is it
thi.i thus comprehends? Is It
no'liing but the matter, which
I fon.is alike the electron and the
star, ir K, it something else? Fan
that matter, however its atoms
may be aggregated, possibly com
prehend. t-rri reason about, and ox
j pcriment with itself. Does it not
I rathe'-, when shaped into a human
lu-nir. simj 1> . serve as the instru
ment of a hlgner principle, a su
perior kind of existence, which we
piay call i6ul„ or spirit, but not
natter in any of its three states?
Every one can answer for him
self, according to his light. And,
whatever his answer may be, the
fascination of such inquiries re
mains.
I Big "Friday" Tomorrow
The Busy Day at Doutrichs
Mark-Down Sale
Join the Crowds Who Are Saving Money
AUGUST 7, 1919.
MANY DANGERS IN f
TYING THE KNOT
Nearly Every Country Has
Contributed to Long List
of Superstitions
Did you know that the expression,
"tying the knot," grew out of a super
stition? Among the Babylonians one
part of the marriage ceremony was to
take a thread from the garment of the
bride and one from the bridegroom
and tie them together into a knot.
Russia has curious superstitions.
One ludicrqus one is that the bride
and groom race rapidly down the aisle
as soon as the bridal procession en
ters the church. Whoever places a
foot on the cloth in front of the altar
first will be master in the household.
In Spain it was considered a good
omen to tie around the necks of the
bride and groom a silk sash fringed
with gold, while they knelt before lite
altar, thus binding their love the
stronger.
In France it is held to be unlucky
to allow a person older than the bride
to enter the church door lirst. And
here tire other superstitions from
many countries:
It is lucky for a couple to run out
of church hand in hand.
| The bride and bridegroom must not
[ look about or recognize any one on
I going tip the church aisle, for the one
who does will go elsewhere for love
in a short time.
The one of the betrothed pair who
gets up first front the altar will al
ways ill after life be the one to get
up first in the house.
It is a sign of bad lurk and separa
tion if a woman signs her maiden
name instead of her new married
I name on the church register when
site marries.
It is good luck to the couple if a
pigeon alight on the church as a
couple enter it to be married.
If the official clergyman has trouble j
to find tils glasses it is a sign that one
of the two before him will not bear'
inspection.
if the officiating clergyman makes
a mistake some one is present who is
opposed to the match. I
" It is bad luck to have a minister |
refuse to perform the ceremony on i
any excuse.
if the pastor drops the prayer bookj
while reading the service the couple |
will be blessed with twins.
It is a had omen for the wedded
couple if a person in mourning passes I
the open church door while the cere
mony is being performed.
| It is lucky to marry in a ruined,
| church.
I The couple will be separated soon if
I by mistake they start from the altar
•in different directions.
The one who answers the responses
in loudest tone will have the least to
say in the household.
If the best man stumbles on liis
way to the altar it means bad luck
to the bridegroom: if the bridesmaid
j stumbles, bad luck to the bride.
I A bald headed niah at the altar, be
lie minister, bridegroom, or bride's
father, foretells marriage squalls.
If a bride steps on her own gown
on her way to the altar she will do
something that will destroy her 'own
happiness in married life.
If the bride turns her head when
standing at the altar it signifies til
early search for a second husband.
Il is had lurk to have at the altar
| a person of the same given name as
I either of the principals.
To hear a baby cry at a wedding is
a sign that the love of the couple is
onesided.
The bridegroom will prove fickle if
he drops anything in the room where
the ceremony is held.
In some countries -it is believed if a
bride carries salt in her pocket it will
insure good luck.
Happiness is scheduled for the
couple whose relatives refuse to at
tend the ceremony after they have
been invited.
If a dog barks during the ceremony
an enemy is in the room.
If the bride coughs during the cere
mony her life will be short.
If the bride stands under a floral
bell and the petals of a white rose
should fall on her she will be happy
and never know care.
To stand with the back to the mirror
when being married means much gos
siping about you.
It is had luck to marry in the mid
dle of folding doors under an arch
way.
I In the course of the marriage cere
mony one or the couple tramps on the
foot of the other it will prevent sic
ness.
It' it rains on the bride as she goes
to be married she will see pleasure
come from all her trials.
An evil spirit is seeking to destroy
the love life of the couple if a door
I squeaks about the time of the cere-
I mony.
The first single person to come into
j the room prepared for n wedding end
who does not go out before the cere
mony will be married within a year.
Buys Newark Ball
Club For $40,000
/;/ Associated Press
New York, Aug. 7. President
D. L. Fultz. of the New International
League to-day announced the sale of
the Newark. N. J. club by Joseph J.
Lannin to Ernest C. Landgraf, of this
city for $40,000.
I Mr. Landgraf has had considerable
I experience in minor league baseball,
| having been the owner at various times
of clubs at AUentown, Pottsville. Pat
: erson. Portsmouth, Richmond, Dan
bury and Newburgh. He is connected
with a big manufacturing firm in this
city. His brother, William J. Land
graf will be associated with him in
the management of the Newark club.
It was officially announced that Pat
rick J. Donovan will bo retained as
manager.
REPORTS BICYCLE STOLEN
Charles B. Murray, who rented u
bicycle to a soldier Wednesday night,
to-day informed the police that it had
not been brought back.
Private Hartman Cited
For Bravery in Action
Which Cost His Life
Announcement has been received
in this city of the citation for deeds
of heroism and gallantry 'while on
the line of duty of Private Allen S.
Hartman, formerly of this city, who
was killed in France while serving
with the 314 th Regiment, Field Ar
tillery.
The deeds for which Private Hart
man was cited, were performed dur
ing the Argonne offensive, Septem
ber 26 to November 11, 1918. The
citation was made by Brigadier
General Bryson, commanding the
155 th Field Artillery Brigade in
which the 314 th Regiment was in
cluded. The citation reads:
"Headquarters 155 th Field
Artillery Brigade.
"The brigade commander cites
Private Allen S. Hartman, Head
quarters Company, A. S. No. 2,965,-
103, for deeds of heroism and gal
lantry during the Meuse-Argonne
offensive. On the night of Octo
ber 14, 1" 18, in the vicinity of Nan
i tillois and during a particularly
heavy concentration of enemy shell
lire, Private Hartman though al
ready wounded went to the assist
ance of a severely wounded infan
tryman, assisted placing him on a
stretcher and carried him to tho
lirst aid station. While carrying
the stretcher Private Hartman was
again struck by a shell fragment.
"By Command of Brig. Gen. Bryson,
"Chapin Marcus, Captain, Field
Artillery, Adjutant."
Before entering the Army service,
i Hartman was a clerk at the Divi
sion street warehouse of the Penn
sylvania rail fond. He was a mem
ber of the Second Reformed Church
where services were held in his
memory on March 9. He was a
member of Phoenix lodge, Knights
of Pythias: Odd Fello.ws and other
organizations.
His parents live at Cavetown, Md.,
j his father, the Rev. J. Stewart Hart
-man. having at one time been a
i pastor of Second Reformed Church.
I He was a nephew of Dr. G. Willis
I Hartman, of the Hartman Hospital:
I Rufus A. Hartman, 22211 North
j Fifth street: Harry W. Keitel, 2035
l North Fourth street, of this city,
I and a brother of the Rev. Ralph E.
| Hartman, pastor of the Marysville
I Trinity Reformed Church.
CANDIDATES FILE
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of
■ the Philadelphia municipal coutt
and Democratic candidate for Gov-
I ernor last fall, to-day tiled a pe
' tition to be a candidate for Phila
f delplua orphans court judge.
. ! Charles DeKay Townsend. Milfonl,
j tiled a petition to be a candidate for
J common pleas judge in the Monroo
; Pike district. Several candidates
; i to-day telephoned to the Capitol
1 I that they would send papers by
! messengers on late trains arriving
' to-day. Warren county, which elects
! an associate judge, has no petitions
I > tiled.
JOSEPH HAINES CANDIDATE
' | Joseph Haines, of Wood street,
announced to-day that he will be a
' j candidate for Poor Director at the
'i Republican primaries in September
I I Haines is a chewing gum vender.
i Asked about his platform he said:
1 j "Just say I am a friend of work
-1 | ingmen and I know the duties of
I a poor director."
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