Harrisburg telegraph., August 12, 1919, Page 8, Image 8

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I War Camp Community Service Girls Entertain Wounded Soldiers at Carlisle
—Photo by Roshon.
Included among the girls who entertained convalescent soldiers at the Carlisle Army Hospital on Saturday under the auspices of the War Camp Community Service, were girls employed by the Harrisburg Cigar
Factory. Harrisburg Shoe .Company, New Idea Hosiery Company. City Star Laundry. Harrisburg Silk Mill, and members of the Girl Scouts.
READING MAY
BUILD NEW LINE
Tests on Frackville Grade Not
Satisfactory: Must I se
Brakcmen
Reading officials have found that
bringing a coal train down the -
Frackville grade on the Mahanoy j
division, with airbrakes alone, is
impracticable. Federal Railroad ad
ministration officials say the law
covering airbrakes must be carried
out and that inspectors will
that all trains on the Frackville
line be equipped, according to law.
To rely on airbrakes alone will
mean the employment of additional
inspectors and erection of a largo
air plant. The Reading Eagle says: j
"Ever since thnt branch w£is built
all trains starting from Frackville j
for St. Clair have been manned
by six experienced ibrakcntcn in- ;
stead of depending upon the air
brakes.
law Requirements
"It is understood that the law rC
quires that all trains, it matters not
whether on the level or on grades,
must be handled by air. It is an
easy matter to do this on the main .
line or where the grades are not !
too long and steep, providing the
equipment is in perfect condition, t
which means 100 per cent. It is
contended, however, that on a steep
grade like that of the Frackville I
branch, the crew would be running
a great risk in picking up a train
and starting down the grade with- J
out a thorough inspection of every
car. -
"The railway officials do not dis- ;
pute the fact that a train can bo !
brought down the grade under the
control of the engineer, who has'
charge of the manipulation of the
airbrakes. Indeed this has been
done, but before the start was made :
the brakes on every car in a train {
of thirty-five cars was examined by ,
an expert.
Insist on Observing the I.a\v
"The government officials are
aware of this, but insist that the law
must be obeyed. The Eagle was told
that if the United States authorities
persist in carrying out the instruc- I
tions of the powers that be. it may '
finally result in the abandonment of !
Mahanoy Plane. It is claimed that j
if the law must be carried out to
the letter it will be necessary lo
employ a large number of expert
inspectors and erect an air plant at
Frackville. This would greatly rc- j
tard the movement of the coal I
traffic.
May Build Branch Lino
"There is a rumor that a branch
line may be built along the north
side of Broad Mountain from Goi •
don or in the vicinity of Ashland
and pass through the valley east
of Gordon and strike the St. Clair
yard at New Castle. The distance is
seven miles. If a line through that
section would not prove feasible the
LEMON JUICE
: TAKES OFF TAN •
►
Girls! Make bleaching lotion
! if skin is sunburned,
! tanned or freckled
■ - - - -
*~~Squeeze the juice of two lemons
into a bottle containing three ounces
of Orchard White, shake well, and
you have a quarter pint of the best
freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and
complexion beautifier, at very, very
small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of Orchard
White for a few cents. Massage this
sweetly fragrant lotion into the
face, neck, arms and hands each
day and see how freckles, sunburn,
windburn and tan disappear and
how clear, soft and white the skin
becomes. Yes! It is harmless.
Vigorous Men
and Women Are
in Demand
if your ambition has left you, your
happiness nu gout forever uuieos
you take advantage of your drug
gist's magnificent ofter to refund
your money on the first box pur
chased if Wendell's Ambition Pills
do not put your entire system in
tine condition and give you the
energy and vigor you have lost.
Be ambitious, be strong, be vigor
ous. Bring the ruuuy gion or ncuUn
to your cheeks and tne rignt spar
kle Ural denotes perfect manhood
and womanhood to your eyes.
Wendell's Arrrbiuon Pills, tne great
nerve tonic, ale dpieudiu tor mat
Ured feeling, nervous troubles, pour
blood, heauircbes, neura,g:a, lesUess
ness, trembling, nervous prostration,
mental depression, iuu or appetite,
and kidney or liver complaints; you
take them with mis understanding,
SnAs
In two days you will feel better.
In a week you will leel une, and
after taking one box ycu will have
your old-iinte confidence and ambi
tion or the druggist will refund the
price of the box.
Bo sure and get a 50 cent box to
day end get out of the rut. Remem
ber your druggist and dealers
everywhere are authorized to guar
antee them.
TUESDAY EVENING.
| coal would have to be taken via
Tamaqua. Old railroaders say that
it would not surprise them to hear
I that the company had decided to
tunnel Broad Mountain."
Pennsy Conductors Make
Perfect July Records
i Three passenger conductors on the
Middle division during July made
J perfect scores. In a recent bulletin
j issued by J. C. Johnson, supet'inten
| dent it is shown that C. T. Fisher
and C. H. Lindsay, with regular runs,
J and E. H. Free, an extra conductor,
; made perfect scores. Twenty-six
' regulars scored 90 per cent, and bet
, ter. James H. Davis made a 97.5
• mark and the lowest was 85.7.
Reading Company Reports
Big Excursion Crowds
Reading had a big rush on Sun
day. but nothing compared with that
• of two weeks ago. when the various
; divisions were swamped. A total of
4.000 to Atlantic City was handled,
j Harrisburg contributed about 600,
| The Reading division contributed a ;
| large crowd and trains from Potts- j
' ville and other points were well fill- j
i ed. The Reading brought SOO peo
ple to Hershey and Harrisburg.
Middle Division Clear
After Costly Wrecks
Middle division officials were about
: ready for a little rest to-day. They
t have been busy for several days!
locking after wrecks. While the >
| damage will amount to many thou-|
' sands of dollars, there was no loss
: of life. At Petersburg on Saturday,
-6 cars were smashed up and con
siderable coal and merchandise lost.
! The wreck at Denholm on Sunday!
| put a big engine entirely out of busi-
I ness and damaged a number of ex
; press and mail cars. In each wreck
I the damage to the roadbed was con
: siderable.
i
Railroad Notes
i Reports are being made up on the
i first "No-Accident Day" on the
i Pennsy. Unofficial returns say that
| only a few minor accidents were re
i ported.
In the latest Middle Division Dis-
I cipline Bul'etin, 43 employes were
! reprimanded for violations; 44 sus-
I pended and three dismissed.
Another assignment of Lebanon
men has been made by William Scott
trainmaster of the Lebanon branch
I of the Philadelphia division.
Lewis Miller,, clerk in the office
jof General Superintendent W. H.
j Keffer, of the Pihladelphia and
j Reading, went to Atlantic City, where
Jhe will spend a few days. He was
accompanied by his wife and daugh
ter.
Realty Board Elects
Many New Members
At their meeting last evening in j
j the rooms of the Chamber of Com- j
| merce. the Harrisburg Realty Board j
I elected seven new members to active I
membership. Plans were discussed for
the outing of the Realty Club, which j
is to be held shortly, although the j
committee in charge had no definite I
report to make.
The new members are:
A. A. Sherk. John L. L. Kuhn, Wil
liam A. Mcllhenny. D. A. Caley, D.
A. Sanderlein, Al. K. Thomas and J.
B. McDonald.
The following were elected as as
sociate members: W. Grant Rouch.
iL. C. Golden. Philip H. Chaplain. E.
ward W. Evans. H. Lowengard, H.
M. Ringer, J. M. Means, Eben Kings
bury, Lewis M. Xeiffer, The Security
Trust Company. The State Capitol
Savings and Loan Association, E. A.
Heftelfinger, Eugene G. Cohen and
C. B. Care.
Marines in Last March
Swing by the President
By Associated Press.
Washington. Aug. 12.—The national
j Capital to-day paid tribute to the
j S.OOO heroes of the Fourth Brigade of
i marines, whose gallantry at Chateau
I Thierry. Belleau Wood and other de
j cisivo conflicts has become a tradi-
I tion of the war. when they swung
[ down the flag decorated reaches of
l Pennsylvania avenue and passed in
! review before the President. It was
j their last parade. They will return
jto Quantico after the review and
| to-night many of them will be on
their way home, for demobilization
J of the Fourth Brigade is to begin at
once.
j The Fourth Brigade yesterday of
ficially reverted to the jurisdiction of
i the Navy Department from that of
; the War Department. In a special
' order sent to all naval ships and sta
! tior.s. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt
j welcomed the marines back into the
Naval branch.
Seditious Papers
Are Seized in Raid
By Associated Press.
London, Aug. 12.—Seditious doc
uments were seized by the police
yesterday in araid on London's
western suburb of Acton.
The papers captured dealt with
a suggested seizure of arms and
ammunition from the military stores
by revolutionaries and the establish
ment of a Soviet government in
London.
Important arrests are regarded as
probable in the course of the week
in connection with the seizure. Other
raids, it is said, are contemplated
by the authorities.
HIGH FLYER WHO SETS NEW RECORD
I HI IMI I iIIIII 111 II III—II—IIIWI—■
Roland Rohlfs. chief test pilot of 1 the Curtiss Company, made a
new official world's altitude record of 30.700 feet. He said he would
try again to achieve his ambition or 34,000 feet within three or four
days.
Levi P. Morton, 96,
Drops Business Cares
lC) Underwood and Underwood. |
Levi P. Morton. Vice-President of
the United States from 1893 and later
Governor of New York State, is ill at
his country home at Rhinecliff-on
the-Hudson. He is in his 96th year,
and his family and his friends are
seriously concerned at his condition.
To Rush Mail by Air
to Big Liner at Sea
N'ctv York, Aug. 12 The first at
! tempt to deliver mails from an air
j plane to a steamer at sea will be
I made by the New York post office
i on Thursday, it was announced here
| to-day. Two hours after the liner
| Adriatic sails from New York for
i Southampton a seaplane will start
, from the foreign post office station
jon the North River with a bag "of
j mail to be dropped on the liner's
deck.
I The mail will be carried in a
| waterproof rubber bag, which will
I also be nonsinkable. The plane
j will first fly low over the steamer
and drop a line across its foremost
i rigging. The bag of mail, attached
to the other end of the line, will
I then be dropped. If the airman
j misses his target and the bag falls
into the sea it can be hauled on
' board ship.
Use of Flour Will Reduce
Meat Prices, Says Barnes
Slew York, August 12.—Revival of
the American housewives' wartime
conscience in administration of the
family table and substitution of
bread for higher-priced foods such
as meats, eggs and butter as a means
of reducing the high cost of living
were advocated by Julius H. Barnes.
United States wheat director, in a
statement yesterday.
Commenting on the Government
crop report for July which shows the
unprecedented loss in crop prospects
of 221,000,000 bushels, Mr. Barnes de
clared that any further reduction in
flour prices "must be based frankly
upon a policy of food subsidy" not
authorized by Congress in the wheat
act.
Seek Aviator Believed
to Be Lost in Mexico
By Associated Press.
Marfn, Texas, Aug. 12.—Search
ing parties were dispatched to-day
to look for Lieutenants Peterson
and Davis, American Army aviators
of El Paso, who are thought to be
'lost in Mexico.
While on patrol along the Rio
Grande near Presidio, Texas, yester
day, they are supposed to have mis
taken the Rio Concho, which is iu
flood, for the Rio Grande, and
, passed into Mexico.
RAXtRISBTTRG TEIJEGRAPH
All Combatant Troops
Will Be Demobilized by
October 31, Baker Says
! Washington, Aug. 12. Demo
j bilization of the Army "so far as j
j combatant troops are concerned."
; will be completed the last of Oc
-1 tober, Secretary Baker announced
! to-day. Many men now in the
j Army, it was explained, will be re
tained to care for large stores of
equipment remaining on hand.
Mr. Baker announced sometime
ago that the Army would be reduced
to the peace time strength provided
I in the national defense act by Sep
! tember 30.
! At that time, however, there still
will remain in the Ariny a number
j of men enlisted for the emergency.,
| These will be released as rapidly as
I they can he replaced by volunteers. J
| Enlistments for the Kegular Army. I
i Mr. Baker said, now total 100,000
| and continue to be recorded at the
j rate of 5.000 a week.
C. E.
STATE OFFICE HERE
[Continued from First Page]
I of the Ohio Union during the past!
j two years, and has been active in '
j antisuloon work in Ohio. He is a I
| member of the Presbyterian church. |
I His wife will be office assistant i
I and correspondent.
One hundred new societies have '
j been added to the list of the State !
Union. The enrollment of societies
! now is: senior, 2,G00; junior, 1,500; I
I intermediate, 140.
Pennsylvania delegates to the In- !
! ternational Christian Endeavor Con- I
! ference at Buffalo. N. V.. have now :
j returned home. They report that !
j24 States were grouped into two I
I conferences, and challenges were >
made for a two years' program. j
Challenges affecting Pennsylvania,
j follow.
"1. Illinois challenges Pennsyl- i
] vania to the organization of the I
i largest number of new intermediate j
! societies.
"2. Pennsylvania "hallenges any
; State or States to o -nize 250 new
; junior societies. Challenge has been
j accepted by Ohio and Texas. Illinois
; accepted same challenge by making
! the number 200.
-! "3 (a) Ohio challenges any State
, ! to the largest gross increase, in
I Young Peoples', intermediate and
| junior societies during two years.
(b) Challenges any State "to or
; j ganize the largest number of sus
: j taining alumni groups within their
; State.
[ I "(c) Challenges any State to or
| ganize 300 new Mission Study Classes
| i with a total enrollment of 3,000
, i members, and to the highest amount
t of denominational missionary contri
butions. The challenge was accepted
in part (a) and (c) by Pennsyl
vania with 10 per cent, lead over
Ohio.
"4. Pennsylvania challenged Ohio
>J to a larger registration at their
j State convention in 1920. Ohio ac
; ■ cepted.
. "o. Pennsylvania challenged Ohio
.! to the largest number of 'C. E.
■ j World' subscriptions. Ohio accepted
i | with a proviso that it be the largest
: I proportionate number.
; I "6. Ohio challenged to organize
|! a State Purity Department. Penn
[ I sylvania accepted.
| "7. Pennsylvania challenged the
t j new southwestern district compris
. | ing six States to the enrollment to
, ; largest number of new members of
. j the Tenth Legion."
! j RUMANIANS SPREAD
Bj/ Associated Press,
[j Vienna, Monday, Aug. 11.—The
general staff of the Rumanian
forces of occupation, according to
reports from Bucharest, has decid
ed to occupy Stuhlweissenburg, the
capital of the county of the same
) name, thirty-five miles wcs.'. south
wost of Budapest. The Rumanians,
the report adds, also will take pos
, session of other towns and districts
. in Western Hungary, in order to
t combat communism."
NAMED SUPERVISOR
Br; Associated Press.
, Washington, Aug. 12. These ad
i ditional appointments of supervisors
. for the 1920 census were announced
i to-day: Pennsylvania, twenty-fourtii
i district, Louis W. Liebert. Pitts
burgh. '
CITY IS LEADING
STATE FOR GAIN
IN NEW BUILDING
For Second Month Harris
burg's Percentage Shows
Healthy Growth
Harrlsburg's big building boom \
which continued during July gave this |
city the largest percentage increas
in construction work in 1919, as com
pared with the same month in 1918, '
of any municipality in the State.
Harrisburg established the same rec
ord in June and with more than $400,-
000 worth of construction work un
der way as compared to only $22,-
000 in July, 1918, its percentage in
crease is ISO 4, as compared with 1144
per cent., York's record for last
month.
TWo cities showed a loss—Read
ing and Scranton, both having about
one-quarter less work under way
than in July, 191 S. according to fig
ures compiled by the American Con
tractor.
In Harrisburg last month there
were 56 permits issued for work cost- i
ing $428,035, while in July, 1913, 25
permits were issued and the improve
ments cost $22,485.
The review of the month as made
by the American Contractor follows:
"July activity closely parallels June
activity as indicated by comparing
building permit statistics for the two
months. Reports from 145 cities for
July giv a total estimated valuation
of $130,746,609, an average of approx
imately $900,000 per city. June totals
from 15S cities indicated a $134,726.-
1 715 valuation, or slightly less than
$900,000 per city ($55.270.)
"Increases over June activity exist
in 83 cities; recession in 58 cities.
"Decreases from June activity ob
tain in all the boroughs of New Y'ork
except Ijueens; and in Baltimore,
Chicago, Kansas City. Philadelphia.
Milwaukee, Seattle and Tulsa, Okla
homa. The Chicago decrease is very
marked, a drop from $.11,415,600 for
June to $7,714,700 for July. I.abor
disputes undoubtedly have contribut
ed to this slump.
"The average value of permits for
July is $3,7 60 as compared to an aver
age value of $3,375 for June, $2,600 in
May and $1,700 in January. Thly
would indicate that less of the July
work is for repairs.
: "Gain in activity over 1918 is prac
| tically universal, only 7 cities out of
145 reporting less amount of esli-
I mated value."
Undue Buying Factor
in High Shoe Prices
Boston, Aug. 12.—Henry 11. Endi
; cott and Richard H. Long, shoe
| manufacturers and two representa
tives of local retail shoe stores, testi
fied yesterday at a grand jury invest!*
I gation of the causes of the hig.i
i prices of shoes, instituted by Dis-
I trict Attorney Joseph C. Pelletier.
j The District Attorney's office said
, that one witness declared that tho
cost of labor and materials, poor
j transportation and undue buying by
! the public generally had combined
jto create the present situation. The
only speculation going on in the shoe
market, it was said, was on the part
lof consumers. Many persons, the
witness said, appeared to be buying
I shoes in anticipation of an advance
j in prices, thus causing a demand in
I excess of the available supply and
I tending to force prices up. ,
It was brought out that one retail
' concern carried 600 styles of shoe?,
land while it was said that lessening
the number of styles might increase
i the production there were many who
| bought shoes for style rather than
I service and oftentimes three pairs
j were required where one pair would
| last as long.
BITRO~PHOSPHATE
BEST THING FOR
THIN PEOPLE
Women Xecd It lo Bring Pink Glow
of Health to Pale Chccli* and Fore
i stall Tell-'l'ale Line* of Age. Men
Xecd It to Make Strong. Vig
orous Bodies nnd Steady
Nerves.
Judging from the countless prepa
rations and treatments which are
continually being advertised for the
purpose of making thin people fleshy,
developing arms, neck and bust, and
replacing ugly hollows and angles
by the soft curved lines of health and
beauty, there are evidently thousands
of men and women who kneely feel
their excessive thinness.
Thinness and weakness are often
due to starved nerves. Our bodies'
need more phosphate than is con
tained in modern foods. Physicians
claim there is nothing that will sup
ply this deficiency so well as the or
ganic phosphate known among drug
gists as bitro-phosphate, which is in
expensive and is sold by most all
druggists under a guarantee of sal*
isfaction or money back. By feeding
the nerves directly and by supplying
the body cells with the necessary
phosphoric food elements, bitro
phosphate should produce a welcome
| transformation in the appearance:
the increase in weight frequently be
ing astonishing.
Increase In weight also carries
with it a general improvement in the
health. Nervousness, sleeplessness
and lack of energy, which nearly al
ways accompany excessive thinness,
should soon disappear, dull eyes
ought to brighten and pale cheeks
glow with the bloom of perfect
health.
CAUTION: Although bitro-phos
phate is unsurpassed for relieving
nervousness, sleeplessness and gen
eral weakness, it should not, owing
to its tendency to increase weight,
be used by anyone who does not de
sire to put on flesh.
British to Punish
Food Profiteers; Hold
It Cause of Discontent
By Associated Press.
London, Monday, August 11.—The
House of Commons, after hearing Sir
Auckland Geddes, minister for na
tional service and reconstruction, de
clare that profiteering in foodstuffs
was responsible for social unrest and
discontent, passed to-night in sec
ond reading the government hill pro
viding for prosecution and penalties
for persons guilty of profiteering. The
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AUGUST 12, 1919.
bill was supported on sJccnd reeding
by the Labor party, and the vote on
passage was 251 to S.
Sir Auckland, who is in chnrge of
the bill for the government, said the
measure would have a bad effect upon
profiteering. The minister said a
manufacturer in Northern England
hud told him he was "ashamed" of
the profit he was making. He add ad
that shoes which sold at wholesale
at from 15 to 25 shillings retailed .it
from 50 to 00 shillings. The bill s
now in the hands of a committee of
the whole house preparatory tp
bringing it up on final passage.
Sir Auckland explained that the
> government had rejected the idea of
Internal control of trade and also ttia
idea suggested in America of stamp
ing: goods with factory prices and
establishing: a system of fixing prices.
He admitted thnt uie government had
110 alternative but to confess it was
powerless under the laws as they
stand at present.
LAMMS CI.AN TO MEET
Tlie eighth annual family reunion
of the Lnndis family will bo held on
Saturday, August 23. at Perkasle
Park, Paradise. Dr. D. M. Landis,
Perkasle, is in charge of the arrange
ments.
Women
Made Young
Dright cyeg, a clear skin and a body
full of youth and health may ba
yours if you will keep your system
in order by regularly taking
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