REPAIRS GRAVES OF YANKEE DEAD Knights of Columbus Makes Them Secure Against Winter Months New York, Oct. I.—The Knights of Columbus secretaries in France who are assisting in the salvage work which is being directed by William J. Mulligan, chairman of the overseas work have completed the task of sodding and making se cure against the European winter the graves of thousands of Amer ican soldiers. One of the largest of .the tasks undertaken by the secre taries at the behest of Chairman Mulligan was at the beautiful Amer ican cemetery at Romagne, in the Argonne Forest where 17,000 of tho boys are burled. Assisted by many of tho peasant folks who came from miles around where they live in their battered hamlets and towns, the Knights have placed new sods and timber to support the flowery mounds which mark' the final resting place of each of the American heroes. Many of the old men, women and small chil dren had been under the iron rule of the Germans, and were liberated by the American forces. All of the graves which they are so eager to keep orderly are the final resting places of the Americans who made the supreme sacrifice on their be half. A Happy Family BY DR. a C. BOWFRK A happy family is one that can sit down to the table with ke:n appetites and good cheer. Plenty of the out-of-doors and cleanliness, inside and outside of the body, will make for health, wealth and happiness. Your doctor will tell you that anything from a headache to the nacst serious illness may result from allowing food to ferment in the intestines. The firet thing to do in case you feel mean, logy, dull, perhaps feverish, is to flush the Ever and kidneys, drink plenty of water, and take a dose of castor oil, or, something better, made of May-apple, aloin and jalap, and long sold bynlrpost every druggist as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. This may save yon from a fit of sickness, remove the poisons from the system and give the tissues of the body a chance to build up and resist disease. People are realizing more and more that the kidneys, just as do the bowels, need to be flushed occasionally. The kidneys are an elimi native organ and are constantly working, separating the poisons from the blood. Uric acid backs up into the system, causing rheumatism, neuralgia, dropsy and many other serious disturbances. This can be avoided by stimulating the kidneys to increased action, and because of its tonic effect on these organs I would advise any one to get Anuric (anti-uric-acid) which is to be had nowadays for sixty cents, at almost any drug store. Good Inexpensive Pianos The Sigler Piano is worthy of a place in a discriminating musical circle. THE SIGLER is an excellent instrument musi cally and ideally adapted for the home. Victrolas and Victor, Records * Many Red Seal Records at Half Former Prices C. M. SIGLER, Inc. Harrisburg I Home of the Stein- V | Millersburg 30 N. Second St. L J Brubaker Block WEDNESDAY EVENING, To Trace Origin of •the Polynesian Race Honolulu, T. R., Oct. I.—Largely financed by the trustees of the Ber nice Paualii Bishop Estate and the Uprnirfe Pauahl Bishop Museum, a, scientific expedition will leave Ha waii next spring to spend two years in the South Seas in an effort to determine the origin of the Polyne sian race and to trace its various migrations until Hawaii, the north eastern outpost of Polynesia, was reached. Bernice Pauahi was an Hawaiian princess who married Charles R. Bishop, pioneer Honolulu banker. She once declined an offer of thej throne of Hawaii. Her estate, valued at many millions, provides revenue for a number of institutions designed to promote the interests of the na tive Hawaiians. WAR MOTHERS MAKE STAND By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. I.—Use of Amer ican soldiers for what some speakers characterized as "police duty" in foreign countries was warmly de bated at the session of the second annual convention of American War Mothers. Although a majority of the 200 delegates in attendance vigorously protested against the re tention of American soldiers in Siberia and declared their opposi tion in principle to any service for American soldiers in foreign coun tries except in time of war, the ques tion of whether a resolution to this effect should be adopted was re ferred after considerable debate to i a resolutions committee. WEM&EBODY T(M\KE PROBES State Commission Directs Mc-i Clain to Investigate Profiteering Allegations of profiteering in homes and wood will be investi gated by the .State Welfare Com mission in Philadelphia and if necessary in other parts of the State and the facts adduced will be given to the public. The Commission at a formal session held in the Gover nor's office yesterday placed the in quiry in the hands of Frank B. Mc- Cialn, its executive director, with full power to act, and Friday Mr. Mc- Clain with Col. Lewis E. Beitler, the assistant director, will begin work in Philadelphia. Mr. McClain, who was given the commission of probing the •charges, was personally by Governor William C. Sproul to go to the bot tom and after the meeting adjourned said that he would lose no time. "It is my plan to be in Philadel phia Friday," said he. "The Gov ernor has asked me to take such steps as are within the power of this commission to acquaint the peo ple of Philadelphia with the facts in these rent extortion charges. I am not sure what method will be adopted, but I will determine as soon as possible. I will go to those who know and find out what's wrong and who's doing it, get exact infor mation and publish it. There are charges of a grave nature made. The thing to do is to find out their base and arouse public sentiment, the best means to correct. The same will be done regarding the charges of food profiteering and we may call in the State market offi cials." The Commission formally took over the work of the old Council of Defense to-day, State Treasurer H. M. Kephart bdfcoming treasurer and Harry S. McDevitt succeeding Lieu tenant Governor Edward E. Beidle man as secretary. Mr. McClain stated that of the $2,000,000 appro priated in 1917 for the old councils and- commissions there would be $lOO,OOO left which would be avail able with the $500,000 voted this year to the Welfare Commission to push its inquiries, so there will be no lack of funds. The Americanization work will be handled In co-operation with the Department of Public Instruction hereafter. The emergency employment agen cies which have been maintained in various cities of the State at ex pense of the Commonwealth since the Federal Government stopped the service in Pennsylvania in March, will be closed in November. There were originally 23, but four, have been discontinued. Hereafter all em ployment agencies will be within the Department of Labor and Industry. The Commission will have another meeting within a few. weeks to hear the progress of the housing inquiry and to discuss the food profiteering probe. SCORES BURLESON By Associated Press. Washington, Oct. 1. Charges that vacancies in 786 presidential postmasterships are due "apparent ly" to Postmaster General Burleson's unwillingness to obey the President's order for the nomination of the can didate. rated the highest by Civil Service examination, were made by Representative Lelilbach, Republi can, New Jersey, chairman of the Civil Service Reform Committee, in a speech to-day in the House. UTAH 1 (ITli STATE TO RATIFY SUFFRAGE . Salt Lake City, Oct. I.—The House of Representatives of the Utah Legis lature In special session yesterday ratified the amendment to the na tional Constitution providing for woman suffrage. The Senate rati fied the amendment Monday. Utah is the sixteenth state to rati fy the amendment. LEAGUE SUPPORTER WINS By Associated Press. Gadsden, Alabama, Oct. -. —In sn election in which the league of Na tions was one of the leading issues, L. B. Rainer, Democrat, was ele<-vl to-day over C. B. Rannamer, Re publican, to the House ot sentatives from tho Seventh Ala bama district. The former sup ported the League Covenant as drafted while the latter opposed it. WOOLWORTn TAX $1,050,000 Albany, N. ' Y., Oct. I.—A check for $1,050,00Q from the estate of the. late Frank W. Woolworth, who or iginated the chain system of 5 and 10 cent stores, was received by the state comptroller. This amount brought the total of transfer tax re ceipts for September to more than $4,000,000, the largest for any month since the law became effective in 1881. "Peck's Bad Boy" as He Looks Today With Can Father Gave Him in 1884 ... i "Presented to Peck's Bad Boy by His Pa," was the inscription on a gun given in 1884 by Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, to his son, George. Mr. Peck, now middle-aged, the original "bad boy" about whom his father wrote so entertainingly, Is seen here with the gun. No book, of a gen eration ago was more generally read mnußinnWJ lDI( ttlbgrxph LUTHERANS TO GIVE EUROPE LIFT Will Form Woman's Relief Organization in Every Church of Country New York, Oct. I.—A dozen or ganizers are covering the country to establish relief societies within the Lutheran .churches for European re lief. The plan is to have a relief organization composed of women in everyone of the churches. This will mean about 8,000 organizations. The women's organization will be back ed by a men's committee. The Lutheran commissioners in ' Europe roport that at least 2,000 tons of clothing will be needed im mediately in Eastern Etirope in a measure to relieve the need. Per haps a million or more dollars will be raised in addition to supplying the clothing. The campaign for clothing and money is in charge of the Rev. O. H. Pannkoke. According to repbrts from the minimum OnaJable | Over a Mite Long \ I —andSerVedby \ | 1500 Chickens tons) | 50 Bushels of Potatoes | 1000 Cans of Peas | 7000 Rolls I I 1500 Cantaloupes | 200 Pounds of Coffee I 2500 Hersheys' Ice Cream Bricks 1 200 Bunches Celery and Parsley | 481 Homemade Cakes 40,000 Pieces Dinnerware and Silverware | —were required to serve these who Served Their Country, in Monday's Home Coming Celebration and—* / Davenport Did It! .This, by-the-way, was the biggest "banquet" problem ever put across in the City of Harrisburg—and it mov ed off without a hitch, as is customary with a Davenport Catered Service. The accomplishment of Monday evening only bears out and gives added strength to our slogan—"No Banquet Too Large—No Banquet Too Small for Davenport's. A Word of Thanks to the National War Aid I wish to acclaim my keen appreciation of The National War Aid, The Boy Scouts and The Girl Scouts, through whose enthusiastic and untiring effort the Soldiers' Dinner of Monday evening was made so thoroughly successful. The wonderful co-operation among all of the Workers was truly commendable . 1 and I want to thank every one of you for your inspiring aid. : ■ ■ 1 ■ ■ ' 1 ■ mm Rev. Dr. J. A. Morehead, chairman of the European Commission of the Lutheran Church, conditions are es pecially bad in Poland and only im mediate and generous assistance will save a desperate situation. .RED HAIR A perturbed correspondent of the News raises an Interesting question. Do women, he wishes to know, shun redheaded men, and, if so, why? His own hair is of the hue some times thoughtlessly and Inaccurately described as carrot-colored. Hence the query is of vital personal im portance. He has given the matri monial question "serious considera tion," but each time has been met with discouragement d"ue, he be lieves, solely to the tinge of his hair. The matter is one calling for the thoughtful attention of the phil osopher and the sociologist. If women generally are frowning on the matrimonial offers of red-haired men, the future of the race is threatened. Was it not a red-haired man who fired tho first shot in the American war against the Hun? So ciety cannot afford to lose the red head temperament because of the perplexing perversity of marriage able women. Perhaps the correspondent is mis taken in his belief that .red hair is the cause of his lack of success as a suitor. Certainly women are not averse to red hair as the crowning glory of their own sex. There has been in the last few years an in ctease in the number of Titian-lock ed women that cannot be explained by natural causes. Hairdye adver ■ tlsements dwell on the perfection of concoctions designed to change u crop of black or brown hair to a beautiful auburn, and there ts ■ ea son'to believe that such magical compounds are having a wide sale. Proverbially inconsistent as wom an may be. she does not usually go to the extreme of disliking a na tural beauty in one case and admir ing an unnatural imitation of it in another. But even if the ornamental sex must be put down as unreason able to so extreme a degree, the redhead can v nevertheless take con solation for feminine neglect. Bed hair connotes other qualities more valuable than feminine appeal: who ever heard of a war without a lcd headed hero? Who ever saw a rod headed trump?— Prom the Indian apolis News. A SILENCER The candidate, after tiring his au dience, wound up as follows: "1 want housing reform. I want land reform. I want education re form. I want" "Yes," shouted a bored voice f-.om the audience, "you want chloform." —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. OCTOBER 1, 1919. LEGAL STATES OP MELON "HOOKING" The Idaho man who shot and killed a young man in his me.on patch has been held on a charge of murder. As the victim was entering the Held when killed, and had not taken melons, the trial cannot de termine whether stealing them is a ci ime. Melons have been taken tog ularly since the children of Israel "swiped" them in Egypt, 1500 before Christ, and it may oe us RUHFORD KSSS THE WHOLESOME IgfiSj BAKING POWDER I wholesome and efficient 1 always gives good results —is uniform in value and inexpensive. ut4 |-)t Editor of American Cookarf , many more years until the status of the offense is fixed. —From the Fort land Oregonlan. SINCE THE WAR "Do you intend to resume your visits to Europe next summer?" "X don't know," replied Mr. Cum rox. "Mother and the girls d'jn't seem to be takin" near the interest they did in royal titles and ances tral estates." —From the Washing tan Star. 11
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