WORKING OUT
' NEW SALARY ACT
Department to Officially In
terpret Various Clauses in
Teachers' Pay Law
Dr. J. George
$V \ <$ //1 Bec ht, deputy
, \\\ oState Superinten
w\\ratL' dent of Public
Sayyijßlg T Instruction is
working out de
■hiwSsUy tails of the
teachers' salary
i nSlWnMllnf act and ' s tmd ~
: uik many diffi
ftfer- straighten. The
tsmm interpretations
placed upon the law by some of the
teachers and school authorities
throughout the State by no means
*. agree and it is to bring them all in
to harmony that Dr. Becht has been
devoting much of his attention the
J past week. There is great inter
est in the new act, particularly on
the part of the teachers to be bene
fited and the final conclusions of
the department with relation to its
•application will cause widespread
discussion.
Local Case Up. The Public
Service Commission will on Wed
nesday next hear the case of the
Dauphin county poor directors
against the Harrisburg Gas Com
, pany, in the matter of the refusal
of the company to extend its mains
to the almshouse except at what the
directors regard as too high a
price.
Pittsburgh Fares Up.—The Pitts
burgh street car fare hearings will
be held, in Pittsburgh at 9.30 next
Wednesday. Hearings on many oth
er cases will he heard Thursday in
Harrisburg.
Highway Department Work. —A
statement issued by the State High
way Department to-day shows that
up to and including the list of Sep
tember 2, the department has ad
vertised for the construction of
707% miles of new roadway on
main thoroughfares of Pennsylva
* nia. This advertised total of 707%
miles is made up as follows: Rein
forced concrete, 574.09 miles; bitu
s minous concrete, 68.46 miles: vitri
fied brick. 12.84 miles; bituminous
resurfacing, 50.85 miles; plain con
crete, 1.26 miles. Contracts award
ed up until August I, total 541.31
miles, the low bidding price of
which is $19,224,579.86. Construction
types represented in the contracts
awarded are as follows: Reinforced
concrete, 426.3 miles, $15,438,-
150.46; bituminous concrete. 66.26
miles, $2,852,903.33; vitrified brick,
9.7 miles, $499,393.07; bituminous
resurfacing, 32.9 miles, $395,592.40;
plain concrete, 1.26 miles. $38,-
">40.60. The summary issued by the
Slate Highway Department contains
the following additional informa
tion: The mileage of primary high
ways in boroughs, for which bids
have been asked, is 25 miles: town
ships, 550.3 miles. On roads com
prising the secondary highway sys
tem there have been advertised 54.2
miles for State highways, 2.7 miles
of borough roads and 37.11 miles of
township roads a total of 94
miles. A total of 20.2 miles has
been advertised for State aid not
4 on State highway routes. Contracts
awarded up until August 1, include
the following: Primary highway
system, 504 miles, at the low bid
> . price of $17,783,421.70. Secondary
road system. 14.68 miles, at the low
price of $635,516.64. State-aid
roads, not on State highway system,
11.5 miles at the low bid price of
$507,676.26. Total contracts award
ed, 541.3 miles; at a total low bid
cost of $19,224,579.86.
More Plays Closed in
Chicago Actors' Strike
( P)/ Asrociated Pres.*.
Chicago, Aug. 16.—Complications
in the strike of actors, confined to
the Cort Theater and Cohan's Grand I
< ipera House, pending decision of I
4 injunction suits brought by the j
management of Woods and Palace !
theaters, were augmented to-day
by announcement from the Grand
that a new show would be put oa.
This meant that the striking actors
in "A Prince There Was," with
Grant Mitchell at their head, were
out of jobs, no matter whether the
strike was settled or not.
The house manager of Woods'
Theater, stated his purpose for ap
plying for additional court aid to
day to prevent the cast of "Up in
Mabel's Room," from striking again '
as they did last night for an hour,
until told they were violating a
> court injunction and were liable to
arrest.
The Colonial Theater, not a mem
ber of the Producers' Association,
against which the actors are ag
grieved, lost the principal of "Angel
Face" when Ada Meade struck just
before the curtain rose last night.
An understudy took her place.
New England Shopmen
Are Back at Work
Boston, Aug. 16.—Striking shop-|
men and mechanics returned to
work to-day on the Boston and
Maine and Boston and Albany Rail
* roads, and on the easterly end of
the New York, New Haven and
Hartford system. The New Haven
road shopmen had not been ordered
by the union officials to report for
duty until Monday, but at meetings
here last night it was decided that
the men in this district, including
those employed at the big Readville |
shops, go back at the same time
as the strikers on other New Eng
land railroads.
No attempt to restore normal
suburban passenger service will be
made by the Boston and Maine and
New Haven roads until Monday.
/ i The Boston and Albany has conie
through the strike period without
finding it necessary to reduce its
suburban service, but there has
heen some elimination of parlor and
dining cars. None of the roads ex
•ipect to resume operation of parlor
cars for several days.
Sugar For 18
Cents Pound; Arrested
Newark, N. J., Aug. 16. ln the
artive fight against food profiteering
waged hy Mayor Gillen, of this city, the
first arrest was made yesterday when
A Samuel Blaeser, a grocer, was charged
* with selling sugar for eighteen cents
a pound. He was held in SI,OOO ball.
SERGEANT DISCHARGED j
First Class Sergeant Richard A. I
Moyer, of this citv, has heen dis
charged from service a'ter twenty j
months in the Army. He was sta- I
tioned in New York for seven >
months. j
SATURDAY EVENING,
Penbrook W. C. T. U.
Holds Annual Due Social
Sixty members and a number of
friends were In attendance at the
annual due social of the Penbrook
W. C. T. U. held at the home of
Mns. J. A. Miller. Much of the suc
I"The Live Store" Open Tonight "Always Reliable" I
It does beat all how business keeps at this "Live Store" and how large a variety
of good clothes we have for our customers to choose from —No doubt the size and character of our stock has much to
do with the big volume of business we are getting—Then, too, our extremely low prices are helping to make such a tremendous success of
this great
Where Everything Is Marked Down (.Except Collars and Interwoven Hose)
Our margin of profit is so small that it's hard We're doing our level best to keep them down
k to see it even with a microscope—ln many cases we are selling but it's almost an uncontrollable situation, for manufacturers are pi
I I merchandise for less than it can be bought wholesale—lt has a very telling having a serious time with their production and expensive labor, all these ■
_ . . . - * r v i u 11 j i i things help to put prices up rather. than reduce the cost to the consumer —
effect on the act.vity of the store, for .t keeps us busy all day long, and we But yQU a , ways nt on getting the lowest rock bottom prices for good fd
are glad to be of service to our many loyal customers and friends by saving merchandise at Doutrichs—Our advice to you is buy all you can at present
them so much money at a time like this, when prices are soaring skyward. prices—You'll be ready to thank us for this friendly advice.
Hart Schaffner & Marx, |
Kuppenheimer & Society Brand Clothes |
This is the Greatest Clean Up Sale we have ever had—so you see the thrifty buyers
are taking advantage of our generosity in reducing the high cost of wearing apparel—There's no investment you can
make that will net you such substantial returns as by spending it for "Clothing," "Hosiery," "Underwear," "Trousers," "Hats" and other
necessary wearing equipment at this mid-Summer Clearance Sale
I All $25.00 Suits $18.75 All $45.00 Suits $35.75 8
I All S3O-00 Suits $23.75 All $50.00 Suits '. $39.75 i
I > All $35.00 Suits $27.75 All $55.00 Suits $43J5 §
I | All $38.00 Suits $29.75 All $60.00 Suits $48.75 i
111 | AllB4O 00 Suits $31.75 All $65.00 Suits $52.75. fdl HMpßk |
| Trousers Underwear ■ |
/ All $3.50 Trousers $2.89 All $2.00 Underwear $1.59
| All $4.50 Trousers $3.39 All $2.50 Underwear $1.89 fj
I ( All $6.50 Trousers $4.89 All $3 00 Underwear $2.39 jft 1
I I All $7.50 Trousers $5.89 All $3.50 Underwear $2.89 IMp 8
/ All $8.50 Trousers $6.89 All $4.00 Underwear $3.19 i
1 All $9.50 Trousers $7.89 All $5.00 Underwear $3.89 If
I! All 50c Monito Hosiery.. 39c A1151.508.V.D. $1.19 All $2.50 Pajamas $1.89
Ail 25c All Shirts Marled Down AUsl.2s Bine
All $1.50 Shirts $1.19 All. $5.85 Silk Shirts $4,89
Brighton Garters ah $2 00 Shirts &L 59 ah $6.85 sak Shirts aslaa Chambray Shirts
All $2.50 Shirts $1.89 All $7.85 Silk Shirts $6.89 99c
All $3.50 Shirts $2.89 All $8.85 Silk Shirts $7.89
cess of the organization is attribut
ed to the efforts of the president,
Mrs. O. E. Houston.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: President,
Mrs. O. E. Houston: first vice-pres
ident, Mrs. S. A. Fishburn; second
vice-president, Mrs. F. J. Zeiders;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. J. K.
Davis: recording secretary, Mrs. J.
HARRISBTJRG TELEGRAPH!
G. Rosenberger: assistant recording
secretary, Mrs. A. B. Davis; treas
urer, Mrs. C. G. Miller. The follow
ing delegates were elected for the
county convention at Hummelstown
in September: Mrs. J. G. Rosei.-
berger, Mrs. S. N. Good; alternates,
Mrs. Cathryn Huggins, Mrs. F. J.
Zeiders.
The following program was ren-
I dered: Piano solo, Miss Mary
Good; reading, Miss Esther Miller;
vocal solo, Mrs. O. E. Good; violin
solo, Stanley Bruner, accompanied
by Miss Martha Bruner; quartet,
Mies Belle Spangler, Mrs. Jennie
Ludwick, Mrs. Leon Garman and
Mrs. Ira Koons; vocal solo, Mu-s
Kathryn Speese; solo, Miss Ruth
I Mum ma.
DENY DELAY I ,
Uy Associated Press. j
Berlin, Friday, Aug. 15. —Ger- |
many in its note refusing the Allied |
demand to recall General Von Der
Goltz, the Germal commander in
the Baltic, denies the charge that
the German evacuation of Letvia
has been delayed purposely >
that it has been proceeding In ac- |
AUGUST 16, 1919,
| cordance with the plan arranged i
|at a conference between the Ger- [
| man commander and the British
: General Gough, the Allied com
mander, on July 19.
PLAN COLORED CHORUS
A colored chorus will sing old and
new "darkey" songs at the Kipona
on Labor Day, It was announced to-
7
I day. The chorus will be under the
I direction of Mrs. Ellen Ford Brooks,
! organizer of colored women and
girls.
PRINCE SAILS FOR HALIFAX
St. John's, N. 8., Aug. 16. The
Prince of Wales sailed from here for
Halifax at 7 o'clock this morning on
the cruiser Dragon. The cruiser
Dauntless also sailed as escort.