Taft Seeks to Get Rid of Writer Who Pens Him Six-Page Letter Daily Long Beach, Aug. 8. Signed by a man who writes his name in a manner that resembles the tracks of a struggling fly escaping from an ink bath. William Howard Taft, former President, has received a six-page letter from a Hong Beach every day for the past live years, it developed here this after noon. Postmaster Walter J. Desmond to-day received a communication from the former Chief Executive of the nation asking relief from the unknown persistent correspondent and requesting that the local author ities investigate the situation. In all, 1825 letters of the same kind and from the same Long Beach mysterious person have been re ceived, the letter to the local post master states, only the first lino of each letter being decipherable. That reads: "Full many a sun of purest rays entered the dark un fatliomcd caves of ocean bear." The rest of tho six-page missives consist of incoherent ramblings. The sig nature cannot be made out. Since the former President is not particu larly interested in caves or unfath omed oceans he asks that his daily correspondent in this city desist. SEEK COMPROMISE The Harrisburg Gas Company has notified the Poor Directors of a decrease in rates. Gas was to bo furnished to the County Almshouse for S9OO. It will cost but S6OO to put in the mains, and half of this money will be returned to the Poor Directors within five years. Com plaint was made some time ago to the Public Service Commission that the Harrisburg Gas Company re fused to furnish gas to the alma house. FERDIX VXD IX 111 DAPEST By Associated Press Zurich, August B.—King Ferdinand, of Rumania, arrived in Budapest yes terday, according to a dispatch reach ing here from that city. I HEARTBURN or heaviness after meals are most an noying rr anifestations of ac.id-dyspepsia. RMIOIDS I Dleasant to take, B neutralize acidity and help restore normal digestion. 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THE HOTEL THAT MADE SHORE DINNERS FAMOUS Plaza Hotel and Grill On Ocean Front Asbury Park, New Jersey Headquarters For Auto Tourists European Plan Garage in Connection FRIDAY EVENING, RAILROAD NEWS NEW RECORD IN SAVING OF COAL Middle Division Crew Follows Advice of General Road Foreman of Engines Coal conservation: talks are bring ing results. At the P. R. R. Y. M. I C. A., Thursday. J. R. Alexander,! general road foreman of engines, showed with the aid of moving pic- j tures and real facts how it was pos- | sible to save coal. Every crew on I the Middle division who attended ! this lecture is now working hard, j The first record as a result of this; talk was turned in to-day and shows! new figures. Train No. 35, leavir/g Harrisburg at 1.35 yesterday morning, made j the run of 132 miles to Altoona in' two hours and forty-five minutes j with seven steel cars. K-27 engine] No. 3409 hauled the train. The to tal amount of coal used was 220 ! shovels, or a total of 3,750 pounds. This is a new record westbound, the previous figures being 245 shovels. Fu st hound Record With the same engine, train 3 4 j was brought east with ten cars and making four stops, with 211 shovels, or a total of 3,587 pounds of coal. This is also a new record for a stop train. The cngineman was Amos, Brcnncman and the fireman, P. L. j Smith, both residents of Harrisburg. i on the Pittsburgh divisions distance! 115 miles, the following records i were made: On Pittsburgh Division Train. Cars. Shovels. Pounds. 32 10 368 7.728 32 10 385 8,085 15 9 311 5.598 15 9 386 8,106 511 5 198 4,158 511 5 • 200 4,200 In the case of train No. 32 the difference in the coal consumption was due to making up four minutes. This emphasizes the importance of giving the trains clear distant and home signals wherever possible and avoiding unnecessary slowdowns and stops. In the ise of train No. 15 the difference was due to leaking super heater units, which resulted in the engine not heating properly. The freight service showed one train making the trip over the divi sion in five hours and twenty min utes with 100 cars, with 835 shovel fuls of coal, weighing 15,030 pounds. Another train of 100 cars made the trip in six hours and eleven minutes with 915 shovelfuls, weighing 16,470 pounds. Still Busy Storing Coal For Winter Use on P. R. R. To guard against any shortage that might handicap operations dur ing the ensuing winter, the Pennsyl vania Rxilroad company has started storing coal. Half a million ions will be stored, the greater amount in the east for the New York, New- Jersey and Southern division. Some is likely being stored at Harrisburg Empty cars that have been out of service are being taken from sidings and rushed to the mines for the purpose of getting the needed coal. About 15,000 tons will be stored at Enola for use in the shops there and quantities will be stored on the Philade'phia division. No plans have been laid for storing in Altoona and the Middle division thus far. Nearly Perfect Record For Efficiency on Pennsy A nearly perfect record was made ! by Middle division employes during] tho month of July, according to the efficiency bulletin issued by Superln- I tendent J. C. .Johnson. A total of i 20.045 observations were made of J working rules and regulations and, only forty-three failures were noted, j There were 316 tests made fori efficiency in the observation of sig-1 nals in train operators and there I was not a sing'e failure, establish ing the first perfect record in this re-mect in a long period of time. The failures were the result of neglect to observe time table rules, faulty inspections, exceeding speed limit and neglect to have a man on forward end of tender. What It Costs Pennsylvania R. R. For Damaged Cars During week Ending August 2, there were 25 cars damaged In the yards of the Pennsy at Altoona. Tho material cost $1,215,64. On the di vision a. total of 30 ears were damaged entailing a loss of $2,106.50 No damage was reported in tho Tyrone, Huntingdon, Mifflin or Hol lidaysburg yards. VOTE TO RETURN By Associated Press. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 8. Re sponding to the appeals of the heads of their national organizations, striking railway shopmen of the nix federated crafts at a mass meeting here to-day, voted to return to work immediately. ARE YOU Suffering from CATARRH? For quick relief. The MAX-HEIL In haler. Demonstration at Gorgas" Pharmacy, 16 N. Thin.". St.—Adv. Get Back Your Grip oin Health j|| NuxatetS Furßed Blood.Strength I and Endurance 'NO ACCIDENT DAY' ON PENNSY LINES Employes Over Entire System to Make Special Efforts to Be Careful On Monday employes of the Penn- ! sylvania Railroad will observe "So Accident Day." The purpose is to make a 24-hour record on August 11 of no accidents of any kind. Officials of the Pennsy are of the opinion that a perfect day is possible. Circulars have been posted reading as follows; "Be careful. At least try to do so on Monday. August 11. If everyone of us, no matter what our work may he (whether inspecting or repairing engines or cars or handling the same, as well as in other lines of work) would do it efficiently, using every care, we should not have an accident of any kind during the 24 hours, mak ing it a 'No Accident Day.' Uo-Operutlou In Needed "Remember, no one can do this alone. It needs the co-operation of all, everyone must do our part, and do it well. Will you help? In addition to this notice the heads of each de partment has had a personal talk with his employes and for the past two days they are having drilled into their minds a 'careful program to be observed on Monda>. Railroad Notes The committee in charge of ar rangements for the big Friendship and Co-operative Club meeting in September will meet early next week to take up plans. Pennsy passenger officials are I working on a new schedule which will go into effect on or about Sep tember 24. N. H. Sehaeffer, division engineer on the Harrisburg division of the Philadelphia and Heading Railway, yesterday inspected the fourth | track between Lebanon and Myers i town, a recent improvement. Empty cars are being assigned to the Government depot at Marsh Run I to handle the food shipments. | The Pennsy carried many excur sionists to Niagara Falls to-day. I The train left Harrisburg at noon. It is understood that train dis > patchers who have been working 'several days a week, with two days I off each month, are to work six | days a week. This ruling, which is | said to come from Washington, will j affect dispatchers all over the coun j try. There are no fewer than 4,000 I shop cars on the Reading division ' to-day awaiting repairs. This is a large number and it will keep the men at the shops busy getting them in shape for traffic this fall and win ter. These crippled cars have been sidetracked at various points, LIGHT COMPANY MAKES ANSWER [Continued from First Page.] engineer for the Company, about the complaints which had been made. Cause of Accident According to Mr. Steinmetz the trouble last Saturday, when almost the entire West End district was without lights for several hours, was caused by a heavy limb falling on one of the main feed wires. This occur red in Hamilton street, and it took hours for the Light Company men to find the break in the darkness and make necessary repairs. Another cause for some of the trou ble in tile uptown section is due to the fact that some of the arc lights at the street intersections are con nected with a cable supplying the lights on the river steps and concrete walk, which Is a summer connection and not being used for the whole year gives more trouble than lines in use for 12 months of the year. Trouble \\ llli Storms Many times, also, especially during the summer months during wind and rainstorms, trees swaying against feed wires wear off the insulation and when the tree conies into contact with the wire carrying the current it grounds the electricity and cuts down tile current. This dims the lights sometimes for hours until linemen of the Company locate the trouble. At times an en tire circuit is cut out by a ground or a heavy limb falling on a wire. Be cause of the trouble with the trees the Company has men ut work trim ming them from time to time, Mr. Steinmetz and Mr. Palmer explained. At present there are 14 sup plying current for city lights, and there are about 750 arc lights in Har risburg which the Light Company must inspect and keep in order. Mr. Palmer said that he could not make a definite reply to the charges of the city officials until he received a formcl,complaint from them follow ing the investigation of City Elec trician Clerk E. Diehl. He said that the Light Company will do whatever is necessary to maintain proper ser vice. Plead With Striking Shopmen to Return Cleveland, Aug. 8. At a special meeting late this afternoon pleas will be made by union officials to striking railroad shopmen in Cleve land to return to work pending the decision of Director General Hines on the men's demand for wage in creases. "One thousand Pennsylvania Rail road employes on strike here voted yesterday to remain on strike, but since President Wilson has ordered Director Hines to uct in this mat ter, I am going to ask the men to return to work," said William Heln iger, leader of the shopmen in the Cleveland district. Six hundred shopmen at Ashtabula and 700 at Brewster, Ohio, are still out, Heinlger laid. RETURN TO WORK Cincinnati, Aug. 8. The return to work to-day of about 100 Big Four Railroad mechanics employed at the riverside roundhouse and the Sharonville yards was taken by United State Railroad Administra tion officials ae an ldioatlon of im provement of operating conditions in this district. Tho action followed a vote taken by the men last night to rescind their strike resolution of last Monday. ] HAHRISBUKG TELEGRAPH BROOKLYN CAR SERVICE BADLY DEMORALIZED Schedules Uncertain; First Death as Result of Trou ble Occurs By Associated Press. New York. Aug. B.—With only a few surface cars and an occasional elevated or subway train in opera tion, thousands of Brooklyn resi dents were compelled again to-day to resort to the makeshift facilities of buses, motorcars and trucks. Ter minal points of the Long Island rail road and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company lines to Manhat tan were jammed early with anxious throngs when it became apparent that the third day of the strike of Brooklyn Rapid Transit employes promise little or no relief. Suspension of local Brooklyn bridge cars resulted in a rush for tho bridge promenade and thou sands walked to work. Competing ' surface car lines operating over the Manhattan bridge, offered little re- | lief, and for the hundreds they car- i ricd thousands were forced to turn to the promenade. None of the ten Brooklyn Rapid Transit surface lines over the Williamsburg bridge had resumed operations when the first of the rush hour crowds began to arrive at the Brooklyn end. The few local cars in operation were jammed, many passengers risking the danger of riding on top of the curs. Only two elevated trains passed over the Williamsburg bridge be tween 5 and 7.15 a. m., each being made up of two cars. Schedules Ciicci-talu Orders were issued by the B. R. T. about 7 a. m. to resume selling tickets for the Sea Beach, West End and Culver lines, the two former being Coney Island lines. During the night the only subway service was on the Canarsie line and here the trains were few and the sched ule uncertain. Elevated service was resumed as early as 3.15 a. m. on several lines over the Brooklyn bridge, but up to 7 o'clock only live trains has reach ed the Manhattan terminal of the bridge. Patrolmen oil Guard No disorders were reported when the early crush began. The police it was announced were prepared for any emergency, and on the few surface cars, elevated and subway trains operated, patrolmen were on guard. The third day of the strike began with no hope of an amicable set tlement. Lindley M. Garrison, re ceiver, was firm in his determination not to treat with delegates from the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes. First Dentil The first death as a result of the strike occurred to-day on the Wil liamsburg bridge, when a pedestrian believed to be John Morena was struck by a motor truck laden with workers on their way to Manhattan. A number of women in the truck fainted. Traffic congestion all over Brooklyn was worse than on the preceding two days and a number of mishaps were reported. A Culver L train was attacked by a crowd of strikers at Gravesend and Eighteenth avenues and the mo tormen and guards pulled off the train and roughly handled. Receiv er Garrison announced that if sur face cars were operated they would fie manned with double sets of crews, two conductors and two mo tormen and protected by four po licemen. William Siebcrt, superintendent of transportation, said the company would not make "any great attempt to operate surface cars to-day be cause of the violence to which the crews were subjected yesterday. "The police," he said, "in some in stances did not afford proper protec tion to our men. We are concen trating our efforts to-day and to morrow in bringing the services on the elevated and subway lines up to 1' 100 per cent." Superintendent Siebert stated that fifty 'intelligent" men have been ■ engaged since the strike to operate I subway and L trains. He said they i were not being hired as strikebreak ers but as regular employes. Rliuncs Police Responsibility for a situation which he declared was "a little short of a revolution." was placet on the police to-day by Mr. Garri son, who declared that the Mayor "does not seem to understand the true situation." "The police department," he said, "has the men, has the power, and has the means to stop it, and when the constituted authority puts its foot down the lawless element will desist. The receiver again announced his determination not to deal with tho union and added, that "condition.i may get worse before they are bet ter." The acting borough president of Brooklyn announced that by to night or to-morrow morning he would have 300 motor buses and trucks to carry Brooklynitcs to va rious parts of the city. King Albert and Son to Make Long Stay in U.S. Brussels. Thursday, August 7.—De tails ot King Albert's trip to America have not yet been fully arranged, but he probably will start about the middle of September and will not re turn until his presence here is nec essary because of the Belgian elec tions. According to present plans, he will make a complete swing of the country and will be accompanied by his son, Prince Leopold. Cardinal Mercier will start for America on September 4 or 5, and will probably be gone until the end of October. Doctor Tells How to Strengthen Eyesight many instances, and quick relief brought to inflamed, aching, itching, burning, work-strained, watery eyes. Kead the doctor's full statement aoon to appear in this paper. Bon-Op to is sold and recommended everywhere by Druggists. SHOP MEN ORDERED TO RETURN TO WORK [Continued from First Page.] increase in wages, and, second, what arc the wages being paid u, other industries for the tsair.o classes of work. The President said that the let- I ter sent him by Senator Cummins, I chairman of the Committee on In- | terstate Commerce, "had set me free 1 to deal as 1 think best with the j difficult question of the wages of certain classes of the railroad em ployes," but added: MOD Ilig Obstacle "The chief obstacle to a decision has ben created by the men theai selves. They have gone out on a strike and repudiated the authority of their officers at the very moment when they were urging action in regard to their interests." The President's decision was an nounced last night from the White House in the form of a letter sent by him to Mr. Hines. The President said that "until the employes re turn to work and again recognize the authority of their organization, the whole matter must be at a standstill." The President's Letter The President's letter follows: "My dear Mr. Director General — "I am just in receipt of the letter from Senator Albert B. Cummins, chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce, which set me free to deal as I think with the difficult question of the wages it' | certain classes of railway employe-*, and I take advantage of the occa sion to write you this letter, in ol der that I may, both in the public interest and in the interests of the railroad employes themselves, make j the present situation as clear and I definite as possible. "I thought it my duty to lay tho question in its present pressing form before the committee of the Senate, because 1 thought I should not act upon this matter within the brief interval of government control re maining without their acquiescence and approval. Senator Cummin*' letter, which speaks the unanimous judgment of the committe, leaves me free and indeed imposes upon me the duty to act. "The question of the wages ot railroad shopmen was submitted, you will remember, to the Board of Railroad Wages and Working Condi • tlons of tho Railroad Administra tion last February, but was not re ported upon by the board until the 16th of July. The delay was un avoidable because the board was continuously engaged in dealing with several wage matters affecting classes of employes who had not previously received consideration. The hoard now having apprised us of this inability, at any rate for the time being, to agree upon recom mendation, it is clearly our duty to proceed with the matter In the hope of disposing of It. Must Consider Merits "You are therefore authorized to say to the railroad shop employes that the question of wages they have raised will be taken up and considered on its merits by the Di rector General in conference with ■ their duly accredited representa tives. I hope that you will make it clear to the men concerned that the Railroad Administration cannot deal with problems of this sort or with any problems affecting Iho I men, except through the duly chosen international officers of the regularly constituted organization and their authorized committees. "Matters of so various a nature and affecting so many men cannot be dealt with except in this way. Any action which brings the au thority of the authorized represent atives of the organization into ques tion or discredits it, must interfere with, if not prevent, action alto gether. The chief obstacle to a de cision has been created by the men themselves. They have gone out on strike and repudiated the authority of their officers at the very momenc when they were urging action in regard to various interests. "You will remember that a con ference between yourself and the authorized representatives of the men was arranged at the instance of these representatives for July 28 to discuss the wage question and the question of a national agreement, but before this conference took place or could take place, local bodies of railway shopmen took ac tion looking toward a strike on the Ist of August. As a result of this action, various strikes actually took place before there was an opportun ity to act in a satisfactory or con clusive way with respect to the wages. In the presence of these strikes and the repudiation of tho authority of the representatives of the organization concerned there can be 110 consideration of the mat ter in controversy. Until the em ployes return to work and again recognize the authority of their own organization, the whole matter must be at a standstill. Ready to Play Fair "When Federal control of tho railroads began, the railroad admin istration accepted existing agree ments betwen the shopmen's organ ization and the several railroad companies, and by agreement ma chinery was created for handling the grievances of the shopmen's or ganization of all the railways, whether they had theretofore had WIANSAVir MUCH SUFFERING By Taking Friend's Advi and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. West Plains, Mo.—"l was all in down in health, had indigestion-id —I 111111111111 llTiTi terrible criPß IWWmWWW every montiso I I was unab to W&T had tried ery doctor in 'est 9 Plains, also'ery IKa ft think of, wiout IllpPfl relief. On- day when I wisuf imVyUl! ferlng grdy a ,ISHsvw7g friend wast my '■ * house an said, ' ; Why do- you —r- 'try Ly# E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compod?" So I did, and through it, I fou relief, from my suffering and I realfelteve It saved my life. It does no* 6 ™ as i though I can say enough praise of this wonderful medicinfor the health it has brought ir' —Miss Cora Lee Hall, West Plain Mo. | Perhaps It may seem atxtrava-1 gant statement to' say at this great remedy saved a lifeMt wom en like Mrs. Hall, to win it has brought health, appreclulthe dan ger and suffering they h escaped too well to doubt it. AHA© suffer should try it. Why rh life and health without it? For special advice, wr Lydia E. 1 Pinkham Medicine Co., Mass. the benefits of definite agreements or rot. There can be no question, thertfore, of the readiness of tho government to deal in a spirit of fairness and by regular methods with any matters the men may bring to their attention. "Colicerned and very careful co:i sidernton is 'being given by the en tire governmtnt to the question of reducing the high cost of living. X need hardly point out how inti mately and directly this matter af fects evsry individual In the nation, and if tianspcrtation is interrupted, it will b impossible to solve it. This is a time when every employe of the railways ihould help to make the processes of transportation moie easy and economical rather than less, and employes who are on strikes are deliberately delaying a settlement of their wage prolbeni3 and of tlcir standard of living. They should promptly return to work, and t hcpe that you will urge upon their representatives the im mediate ncressty for their doing so. "Cordially ant sincerely yours, "WOODROW WILSON." 150 Trains liscontinued as Resilt of Federated R. R. S&opmen's Strike Chicago, Aug. 8. Curtailment of passenger Venice on many of the large railroads of the country is be lieved by rail oftctuis to be forecast in the annoutcehent to-day of the discontinuance <f more than 150 trains by two ea.-tern and one west ern road, as the nsult of the nation wide strike of 'ederatcd railroad shopmen. Freight traffic >n neurly all lines continued to be hampered to-day, and railroad officials declared that the notice to ateeit shipments "sub ject to delay" wotld be changed into an absolute enbirgo on many com modities unless venditions improved I soon. The railroads vhicli announced discontinuance of passenger trains were the New Tbrk, New Haven and Hartford ihc Chesapeake and Ohio, and the CHcago and North western. Officials of the lew York Central, the Nickel Plale and the Chicago, Rock Island aid Pacific, railroads stated that paftfeiger service on their lines would not he disturbed for 24 hours, but a'ter that time the l conditions of the licomotives wouli determine train scledules. Two Roads Declare Embargo on 111 Freight as Result of Strike By Associa/d Pros'. New York, Aug. B. /n embargo on all freight or .he New York, New Haven and tthrfbrd and the Central New Enftind railroads was announced this jorring because of the strike of shemen. The embargo 'as declared In or der to control be movement of freight, a statdent from head quarters here d, to that arrange ments may be ade to give prefer ence to the hndling of foodstuffs and immediate neces sity. Leaders of'hopmen Are Condering Demand I Return to Work Chicago. Vug. 8. John D Saunders, sretary of the Chicago Council of ho Federated Railway Shopmen's nion, announced to-day that the E'cutive Board of the or ganization as considering President Wilson's <mand that the 300,000 1 strikers rirn to work before their Notice to the Public On and after Aug. 11, 1919, the retail price of milk will be 13c per quart and 7c per pint in Harrisburg This is absolutely necessary at this time in order to meet the increase in producers' prices, the latter being governed by the figures ruling all over Philadelphia territory. The following quotations from the statement of Dr. Clyde L. King, milk arbitrator for Pennsylvania, under appointment by Gov. Sproul, explains the reason for the present increase. "The milk producers supplying the Harrisburg terri tory, as represented by the Inter-State Milk Producers Association, and the Harrisburg Distributors have filed sufficient information to satisfy me that an increase in the retail price of milk is necessary at this time. I approve of this return to last Winter's price. Ist: Because of increasing costs of everything entering into milk production and distribution. All surrounding cities advanced their prices Aug. Ist. to above 14 cents as follows: Baltimore 15c, Washington, D. C., 15c, New York 16c and Altoona 15c. Harrisburg has enjoyed the lowest milk price of any city during the past twelve months, and will continue to do so under this arrangement. (Signed) Dr. Clyde L. King. Harrisburg under the new prices will be from one to three cents below other cities. AUGUST 8, 1919. request for higher wages will be considered by the Federal Govern ment. He said the Executive Board expects to reach a decision on what action will be taken by 5 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. At that time it is said, the union will make a formal reply to the demand made by President Wilson. President L,. M. Hawver and other officials of the union were in con ference bohind closed doors consid ering President Wilson's demand. 33,000 Stockyard Workers Out on Strike By Associated Press. Chicago, Aug. 9. A general strike of 33,000 employes at the | packing plants in the stock yards j begun at 9 o'clock this morning. The action followed the decision of j the stock yards labor council last J night to call a general strike unless , the State troops and police guards were immediately withdrawn from the plants. The strike was precipi tated by the return of 5,000 negroes to work yesterday. The dispute, a' -ording to labor leaders, is over the employment of nonunion negroes rather than race hatred. Many of the negroes, it is said, have refused to join the un ions. When the white employes re- I ported for work early in the day i they demanded that the State troops and police guards, which had been stationed at every plant when the I negroes returned yesterday, be im mediately withdrawn. Both the city I authorities and the packers declined jto accede to this demand. The men walked out fluletly. It is said that I several thousand of the negro non union worXnten remained at their posts. 300 o( the Strikers at Standard Steel Go Back By Associated Press. gutler, Pa., Aug. B.—Nearly 300 wtkmen of the Standard Steel Car Company here who have been on a trike since Wednesday, when 4,000 men walked out, demanding higher wages, returned to work this morn ing. This was the first break in the ranks of the strikers and officials of the company said they expected a Ambition Pills For Nervous People The great nerve tonic the fam ous Wendell's Ambition Pills that will put vigor, vim and vitality Into nervous tired out, all In, despondent people in a few days in many in sto nces. Anyone can buy a box for only 50 cents, and your druggist is au thorized by the maker to refund the pui chase price if anyone is dissatis fied with the first box purchased. 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