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
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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.
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