14 "HOG ISLAND" IS LAUNCHED Fifty-first Ship Left Ways With Steam l*p and Whistle Blowing Philadelphia. Aug. 30.—Hog Is land late yesterday launched its fifty-first ship with almost as much ceremony as that which attended the first launching in the presence of President Wilson. This was due to the fact that the vessel was nam ed Hog Island at the suggestion of employes und also because ot a hot election by the thirty thousand workers to name a sponsor from among the girl employes in the of fices of the yard. At a "primary" thirteen girls were chosen by the workers to stand as candidates for sponsor. After the "regular" election it was discovered that two of the ballot boxes had been stolen and the bal lots thrown on a dump heap. Then it was decided the winner should be selected by lot and the honor of christening the ship fell to Beatrice Minnick, a clerk. It was planned that the twelve losers were to act as attendants to the sponsor but one of them failed to attend. All were given presents. The Hog Island, a 7,800 ton cargo carrier, left the ways with steam up and whistle blowing, an un usual performance at a launching. WHEN YOUR HAULAGE PROBLEMS WORRY YOU REMEMBER FF TRUCKS MEAN SERVICE AND ECONOMY CRISPEN MOTOR CAR CO. Salmruunm Bell Service Station 103 Market St. 3405 3!> Cameron St. | 1 | This means Service | — and we can give it I § i /COMPLETE., stock of parts. % Republic-trained mechanics. P| livery service facility and a willing- p P iiess to serve. And with a real truck to start with there's p no way lor a Republic owner to be other M 4\ than satisfied, happy and making money a-}\ <~n his investment. Ip Swayne Hickman Co. jp DISTRIBUTORS |4g 1135 Mulberry St., Harris'ourg. ll i- J I p REPUBLIC | I TRUCKS I II K I AMERICAN SK _ Satisfaction in the ownership of an auto- mobile depends upon tle riding qualities, the appearanee and the economy in opera- Every Ameri- All three of these qualities arc to be can bears the found In a large number of ears on the personal O. K. market to-day, but none to sueli a marked of Louis Cliev- ' degree as in the American Six. rolct on the in- The American Six is the Inst word in side of the dash motordom, its looks are instantly appealing, it is your iti riding quality is superb, and its economy guarantee of su- will satisfy anyone. It is truly a balanced preme quality. six. American Auto Company SALES DEPT. SERVICE STATION Susquehanna Garage, 1807 N. Seventh St. 1414 Susquehanna St. Frederick's Garage. OFFICE Penn-Harris Taxi Company Stand Penn-Harris Hotel SATURDAY EVENING. ANOTHER CHARGE AGAINST AMBLER Embezzled Funds of Pitts burgh Bank, Is Latest Accusation Philadelphia. Aug. 30. An nouncement was made at the Dis trict Attorney's office here to-day that another warrant has been sworn out against Charles A. Amb ler, former insurance commissioner of Pennsylvania, as an outcome of the failure of the North Penn Bank of this city. This time he is charg ed with embezzling and applying to his own use and the use of other persons sums of money belonging to the Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company, of which he was receiver by virtue of his position as State insurance commissioner. Ambler is at his summer home in Ocean City, X. J., and the war rant will be served upon hint, ac cording to the announcement, when he appears tor the hearing next Tuesday on the charges on which he was arrested nearly two weeks ago. He is now under $15,000 bail on the first charges, which allege that he deposited part of the State insurance trust funds in the North Penn Bank and then loaned some of the money to himself and others, and that he otherwise violated the State banking laws. The new charges against Ambler are independent of the North Penn Bank case, but were unearthed during the investigation, it was an nounced by District Attorney llo tan. "They cover his acts while he was custodian of State insurance trust funds." CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION CO. TELLS STORY OF BIG BUILDING OPERATION FOR U. S. GOV'T Beautiful Brochure, Printed by Telegraph Printing Com pany, Gives Interesting Account of Wartime Develop ment; Harrisburg Businessmawat Head of Firm Perhaps no finer brochure has ever I been issued by a Harrisburg firm that! i "Constructive Service" just put out b.\ ' the Central Construction Corporation, the leading building concern of this city. 'lt is primarily a history of the lidge wood arsenal operations in Harford ! county. Maryland, near Baltimore, dnr I ing the world war. It also includes a record of other less formidable under j takings by the same company. It is not only a record of services performed . in the winning of the war, but of her ■ eulenn efforts at speed. ! The Central Construction Corpora tion received a contract in October. | 1917. for the construction of a gas shell filling plant at Kdgewood. At that time little was known in this country about toxic gases used in warfare and it was evident from the beginning that i the constructing officer's forces were ' beset by many difficulties in perfect | ing the design of a gas shell filling plant which, as arranged at Kdgewood. com prises a complete power plant, a re frigerating plant, immense cold rooms, novel conveyors and filling machines of unique design. l'ast Work The first equipment arrived on the ground October 30. and work on tem iporarv structures —that is. bunkhouses, I mess hall, construction office. store rooms, etc. —was in full swing by the next day. The site chosen for the gas shell fillling plant was rather inacces ' sible. due to the fact that the pike i north of Bradshaw and the country roads branching off into both Kdgewood and Magnolia had long been in a poor state of repair, and the severe weather, beginning late in November, increased i the transportation difficulties. If one will but realize that no materials were | purchased either by the government or ■ the contractors prior to October 13. j 1917. for this undertaking, a better garsp of the remarkable results achieved I will be obtained. About 6.000 men were employed in this work. 1 When it became evident that a vast I organization of workmen and soldiers J would be required, new camp build i ings and mess halls were constructed |at top speed. Bunk houses, accommo dating approximately 4.000 workmen ' living on the grounds, and a mess "hall 1 arranged so that 2.000 workmen could [be served every 20 minutes, with modern ! kitchen equipment throughout. were soon constructed. This camp was pro nounced by experts to be one of the finest of its kind in the country. To facilitate transportation. much temporary road work was necessary both inside and miles beyond the res ervation. and many miles of perma nent roads were also constructed. The railroad facilities being inadequate for the great amount of traffic received over the steam lines, extensive yards and spurs were built to serve the reser vation. A total of 275 permanent structures HUDSON EXPANDS TO MEET DEMAND $2,250,000 Being Expended to Increase the Output of Super- Six and Essex Cars "To meet the demand for Hudson & Essex cars, the factory has just taken the first steps in a program of expansion involving the immediate j expenditure of $2,250,000," the Hud son Motor Car Co. announced to day. "Of tljis sum $1,250,000 is for the acquisition of additional land and the erection of new buildings, while $1,000,000 is for machinery and equipment. "Although 40,000 Hudson and Essex cars are being built this year, this number, the. largest ever turned out in the history of the factory, has proved inadequate to meet the demand and the number will be in ; creased next year to approximately 70,000. "Every year for the past ten years has seen a shortage of Hud son cars despite the constant en largement of the factory facilities. During this period the Hudson fac ; tory has grown from a little two story building into the largest plant j in the world devoted exclusively to 1 the manufacture of fine automobiles. , "But even the vast facilities were I taxed to the utmost this year by the • tremendous popularity of the new | Essex and the greatly increased de ! mand for the Super-Six, both cars | being turned out at present in the ' same plant. So far this year 12,000 Essex have been built and sold. But J even this great number has proved insufficient in the face of a demand that seems to be increasing every day as the Essex becomes better known. "To meet this situation, a new Essex plant is being constructed , just a block from the Hudson fac j tory in Detroit. This is a concrete ! and steel structure of the latest de- I sign containing 136,000 square feet lof manufacturings- space. It will I contain the Essex assembly lines I with a greatly enlarged capacity, ! but the motors will continue to be j built in the Hudson factory. "The new structure will contain the latest and most scientific equip ment and will Incorporate many new ideas in modern Bhop management designed to facilitate the highest standards of workmanship. It is expected that this new plant will be in operation by October 1." HARRISBURG TELEGTt2LPTJ were builf on the reservation by the Yntral Construction Corporation alone, if which number 199 are classed as urge buildings and 85 as small. The emporary buildings number 350. of which number 235 are classed as large structures, such as bunkhouses, bar •acks and moss hall, and lli are classed is small structures. The airplane view hows the immensity of the undertak ing. In addition to the standard gauge railroad there were constructed 7 miles >f 36-inch gauge railroad and 8 miles if 21'j-inch for the convenient move ment of materials and finished products between the various units. In connec tion with this work there were used 1.500 tons of steel rails. 63.400 ties, besides the tie plates, fish plates, bolts and spikes. For the proper collection and removal of the sewage and industrial waste a system of pipes aggregating more than 10 miles in length, was constructed, varying in size from forty-two inches to six inches in diameter. Two septic nks were constructed, so that the raw ■ ewage would not pollute the pollute the streams and cause a nuisance. The water supply and distributing system for the temporary camp required the laying of over five miles of iron water pipe. For the. amusement of the workmen and the recreation of the civilians and soldiers, an athletic field was laid out near the site of the bunkhouses and barracks. Beautiful Booklet The book is forty pages and cover, and contains more than fifty half-tones of the Edgewood work, including a panoramic insert and aeroplane views of the general operation. The inside stock is cameo sepia book paper, with brown deckle edge cover of high grade and tension envelope to match, both of which are die stamped in brown. The book proper is printed in dark green duotone ink. The half-tones were made and the book designed, compiled and printed complete by The Telegraph Printing Company and is an artistic production. A staff correspondent of the Balti more Sun wrote for that newspaper a comprehensive story of the big job and the foregoing extracts show liw great was the achievement of the Harrisburg concern. He declares that "none will rise to a higher place of honor than the unit known as the Edgewood Arsenal." It was the world's greatest poison gas plant. What was accomplished by the Cen tral Construction Corporation is the subject of the ipst flattering comment by the engineer officers of the govern ment. Scores of great buildings tech nical plants, barracks, officers and all manner of construction were involved the very genius of organization and I mastery of detail. COUNSEL OPPOSED TO PRICE FIXING Such Federal Action Would Nfakc Trouble, Glassgow Believes Philadelphia. Aug- 30- William A. Glassgow, of this city, chief coun sel to the United States Food Ad ministration, in a statement on the high cost of living, said there are many objections to the suggestions that laws be enacted authorizing the Federal Government to fix "fair prices" and provide fines and impris onment for profiteering. "Such ac tion may be helpful, and certainly profiteering should be made a crime and punished, but there are many objections to this course," he said. The objections he found are that the exercise of such a function by the Federal Government is contrary to every conception of constitutional government and would require an army of Federal inspectors and prosecutors which might be intol erable; that the tendency would be to discourage production if the es tablished prices limited the maxi mum basis upon which the producer could hope to reach the market; that such a plan would seem im practicable unless the prices of wholesaler and retailer were fixed at the same time; that it would tend to increase exports, and that the power of Congress to enact such legislation at this time would seem doubtful. -The work can only be success fully carried on," he said, "under the guidance of a government agency in close touch with volunteer J organizations all over the country, ! arousing continued and systematic interest amor.g the people and advis ing them as to the foods and other > supplies necessary to their comforts i and which can be secured on the | most reasonable terms." To Secure High Mileage j * Tires Require Some Care "Don't neglect your tires Just be cause they stay up and give you long ' service," is the advice of the service j manager of the Fisk Rubber Com • pany. . , "In these days when the science of manufacture has progressed to ! the stage where high mileage, un i known in tjie earlier days, are now the general rule, it is convenient for many to drive recklessly along without thought or regard for their tires. "Tires need attention the same as your motor. They need to be T>roperlv fitted to the rim and wheel. They must be trued up and the 1 wheels must be aligned regularly. Gashes and cuts picked up on sharp I stones or trolley switches should be treated and cared for like any ' wound. There's a way to do this at a cost of only a few cents. Any re- I liable tire dealer can provide you I with fillicut and show you how to use it. ' "Look out for those little things regularly, make a habit of it, and you'll atrd many miles to your tire life and obtain the full service that modern tire construction builds into your casings." Prest-O-Lite Battery "A SIZE FOR EVERY CAR" Atlas El-ctric Service Co. FJSHMAN'S GARAGE ' Fourth and Chestnut Sts. UNITS TO STAY ON BOCHE GUARD Eighth Infantry to Form Main Body of Combat Troops Wltli the American I-'oree* In (Jer mnny, Aug. 30. Composition of the final permanent guard of American troops in Germany has Just been an nounced. According to the terms of peace the Americans are to have the choice of the best barracks formerly occupied by the German army. The Eighth Infantry, as has pre viously been announced, will form the main body of combat troops. A crack cavalry detachment of two troops has been organized and will be under command of Colonel ,1. M. t\ ainright. This mounted unit will be used for the patrol of the Ameri- I j can zone in the occupied territory and as a headquarters' guard. The two companies of the Seventh Ma chine Gun Battalion, members of 4vhich claim the distinction of being the only American unit which ever fought in the city of Chateau-Thierry itself, will form part of the United States garrison on the Rhine. The Seventh Machine Gun Battalion was attached to thl Third Division which was instrumental in stopping along tne Marne the last groat German drive on Paris. The list of units in the permanent garrison as announced at the Cob. lenz headquarters follows: Commanding general, Major Gen eral Heniy Allen and stuff ; headquar ters field clerks, one combined head quarters and military police com pany, the Eighth Infantry Regiment, the Seventh Motorized Machine Gun Eattalion, two companies; one supply truck train, one mobile ordnance re pair shop, the First Field Signal Rat talion, Company A, First Engineers; Quartermasters Corps and a bakvry vnit, ordnance detachment, the Sec ond Battalion, Sixth Field Artillery and a medical department. The forces will consist of between 7,000 and 8,- 000 officers and men. Down Come Prices in a Great Sale of Standard Tires Byway of introducing our store to the automobile users of this community, we wish to announce, effective at once, a great disposal of guaranteed tires, standard in make, all sizes, in such makes as Fisk, Batavia, Firestone and Thermoid at 1/2 PRICE Here are the History-Making Figures Size Plain Non-Skid Tube 30x3 $7.74 $8.85 $1.65 30 x 3j> 10.08 11.22 1.95 32x31 11-68 13.11 2.22 31x4 15.39 17.52 2.64 32 x 4 15.72 17.82 2.73 33 x 4 16.44 18.72 2.85 34x4 16.86 19.11 2.97 35x4i - 23.73 26.82 3.68 THE response to this offer will oring hundreds of automobile users to our new store. We have augmented our sales force to meet whatever demand may come and we will allow com plete examination before purchasing. No matter what size tires are required, we have them in stock and we will honor mail orders, shipping C. O. D. by express, which also will allow examination by purchasers who live so far distant that they cannot come to our store. SPECIAL PRICES ON LIBERTY AND OMAR TIRES (every tire fully guaranteed 3500 miles and 4000 miles) NOTE TO DEALERS: If calls are made for tires at the prices quoted here, get into touch with us * and we will honor all orders at the same prices quoted. Pennsylvania Tire Stores Company Philadelphia Store, 1202 Arch Street Allentown Store, 619 Linden Street Wilkes-Barre Store, 89 N. Main Street Scranton Store, 326 Adams Avenue Harrisburg Store, 25 S. Third Street (Write to us at any of the above addresses to find the agent In your territory) FRANCE TO TAKE OVERCHAMBORD Famous Royal Country Seat May Become State Property Blois, France, Aug. 30.—The do main of Chambord, one of the rich est and most interesting of the cha teau districts of Tournine. and which is included In the sequestered enemy property in France, will become the property of the state if a petition signed by practically the entire adult population of the Department of the Loir-et-Cher is granted. Chambord, which for years has been visited annually by thousands of tourists, was a hunting preserve in 1510 when Francois 1 began to transform it into a royal country seat. Since then it has served as a residence for Henry 11, Charles IX, Louis XIII, Louis XIV, Stanislas and the last Count of Chambord, pretender to the throne of France under the title of Henry V. On the death of Henry V, the elder branch of the Bourbon family became etinct and the domain of Chambord, with its magnificent Itennaissince cheateau, passed into the hands of the Spanish Bourbons. The dozen or more princes who had an interest in the property at the outbreak of the war were di vided in their sympathies. Two of the Princes of Bourbon Parma, Sixte and Xavier, fought with the Allies in the Belgium army, others fought against them with the Aus trians. One of the princesses of the family, who became Empress of Austria, was suspected in the Cen tral Empires of lukewarmness to ward their cause. The question now has arisen how to distinguish be tween friend and foe in such cases. On one point the people of Tout-nine are agreed and that is that the oc casion for the state to take posses sion of the property should not be missed. MR. MOTORIST, MR. OARAGE MAN, MR. POLICEMAN aiul MR. JUSTICE OF THE TRACK I 100 Moot llan This Sooner or I-atfr So why not In time to aare you all trouble and expense. New Automobile Laws Indexed and Published in Vest Pocket Pamphlet Bj GEO. J. CAMPBELL. Member of Pennsylvania Bar and Pub lisher Pittsburgh I-egal Journal, The Same Day Bills Are Approved by J Governor Win. C. Sproul. A lot of new wrinkles for the lawyer. Motorist and Officer of the Law. Paper Cover —50 Cents Per Copy. Three Paper Covered Copies for One Dol lar If You Mention Where You RMI This Advertisement. LEATHER BOUND copies with your name in Gold Letters $1.50. Just the Thing for Stationers. Don't tend pottage stamps Manufactured by SMITH BROS. CO. INC.. Uw and Commercial Publishers, 407-400 Grant Street, Plttebtfcfrh, T*. AUGUST 30, 1919. Become a Practical Mechanic I and for only seven dollars a week. Learn a practical trade. Make application at once. Automobile and Aeroplane Mechanical School Olltre, -3 X. Cameron St., llliK. Training Quartern, -I0 S. I-'ront St. Sterlton —DENBY— — GREAT OPPORTUNITY Contractor needs three trucks and will have none but DENBYS, as he knows by experience of their superior quality. \ If you want to get in a business that will pay you BIG MONEY see us at once. Act quick, as the number is limited. We will accept time payments. * Will be glad to furnish details, Denby Sales Corporation 1205-07 CAPITAL STREET H. W. AITKEN, Mgr. DISTRIBUTORS OF THE Olympian Car Denby Trucks 01355 Delivered A Trtiek for Every Need OLYMPIAN
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