UTILITY NOT TO
BE ACHARITY
Unusual Remarks About Duty
of a Community to a Pub
lic Service Concern
able institution,"
<XS\\A says an opinion
by the P u b I icc
Service Commls
sion in dismissing
vJfIcJSSQCt' a complaint filed
ISiEImuIJuK, O'Sullivan against
S the rates of the
Houtzdale Water
Company operat
ing in-Houtzdale and vicinity. The
decision of the Commission is that
the rates are not unreasonable.
In the course of the opinion, the
Commission says: "The burden of
rendering service is upon the utility.
There is the corresponding obliga
tion on the part 6f the community
accepting such service to support the
utility by paying reasonable rates
imposed and conforming to its
reasonable rules. The utility's prop
erty'is dedicated to the public serv
ice it renders and it can only look J
to its patrons for revenue neces-1
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These fetching
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offering at the special prices of
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May we respectfully suggest that as THE GLOBE
will be closed Saturday until 5.50 o'clock on ac
count of a religious holiday and as the supply of
these coats is limited that you kindly arrange to
come here tomorrow and Friday.
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VEDNESDAY EVENING,
sary to pay its operating expenses
and fair return allowed by law be
cause it has no other place to go.
It is not a charitable institution. As
patrons are not expected nor can
they be compelled to pay more than
reasonable rates, neither can public
utilities bo expected to survive on
rates less than produce revenue to
pay proper operating expenses and
a fair return. The utility in render
ing the service and the public in a
community accepting the same
should bear in mind this inter-de
pendent relation."
The State of Pennsylvania has 216
contracts for road improvement un
der way and they have a value of
over $?3,006,000, according to esti
mates made at the State Highway
Department. The bids received for
the 20 contracts offered on Tuesday
were over $3,500,000. Some of the
contracts will be readvertised.
The National niufc Regimental col
ors of the 110 th Infantry, which was
formed of the old 10th Pennsylvania
and other units of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania and which
fought through the campaigns of
the 2Sth Division in France, have
been received by Adjutant General
Frank D. Beary for deposit in the
State Capitol. The colors bear a
streamer with the names of the six
major Engagements and campaigns
in which the regiment participated.
They were sent to Major A. M. Por
ter, of the Department of Public
Grounds and Buildings, a veteran
of the 10th Pennsylvania in the
Spanish and Philippine Wars, who
took them to the Adjutant General.
The State now has the colors of all
units of the Keystone division.
Adjutant General Beary lias an
nounced tlie retirement as a
brigadier general under the provi
sions of the act of 1919 of Col.
Frank G. Sweeney, of Chester, for
years inspector general of tho Na
tional Guard and an officer in the
infantry arm of the State for a long
time.
According to reports made to tlie
Bureau of Chemistry of the State
Department of Agriculture, the
amount of potash found in commer
cial fertilizers on sale in Pennsyl
vania this fall is considerably in
excess of the content in complete
fertilizers, as they are termed in the
I trade, during 1918. The reports
i also shows more potash than In the
j fertilizers sold in the spring. Prices
are reported lower generally. In
some instances as high/its 5 and 6
per cent of potash has been found,
j The Bureau says: "The fertilizer
situation this fall shows a decided
improvement in the amount of pot
tash supplied."
Ilartman Named—Fred J. Hart
man, of Pittsburgh, has been chosen
to succeed William Lauder, of Rid
dlesburg, as secretary of the State
Industrial Board. Mr. Louder will
remain with the Board.
Dismissal of four State factory in
spectors last night by Commissioner
of Labor and Industry C. B. Con-
I' nelley after investigations into their
conduct and reports that they had
been interested in some patented
, safety devices is expected to instill
into minds of people connected with
State service that they can not have
interests in anything that comes
within their authority. Some days
ago men in the State insurance serv
ice were told they could not have
anything to do with writing insur
ance and orders have been given
that men connected with various de
partments who make addresses in
■ lifts with their duties cannot take
! presents or honorariums for their
| talks.
I The men dismissed were all Phila-
I delphia inspectors. George J. Gor
| man, Archibald M. Campbell, Ed
j ward Rhoads and Samuel Atmore.
I Henry Koenig, also of Philadelphia,
j has resigned.
Governor William C. Sproul will
' remain here all week keeping in
] touch with the strike situation in
various parts of the State and ex
! pects to not only hear by telephone
from places where strikes are under
I way, but also to meet men who are
j coming here to give first hand in
! formation on the subject. Ever
! since last Wednesday tho Governor
! lias been in constant touch with
i Pittsburgh and other strike centers
; and the long-distance telephone has
been in constant service.
Pier Daniels, of Pittsburgh,
S deputy prothonotary of the Su
; preme Court, has been appointed
i prothonotary for Western Pennsyl-
I vania to succeed the late George
, Pearson.
Early decision has been asked of
! the Dauphin county court by Deputy
Attorney General William I. Schaf
| fer in the demurrer in the Collins
i suit to prevent payment of appro
l prlations to hospitals and homes al
'( leged to be sectarian. The argu
! ment was concluded before the Dau
i phin county judges late yesterday
) afternoon. Over forty attorneys ap
' peared in the case and in addition
to Mr. Schaffer, Deputy Attorney
j General W. M. Hargest, Ex-Judge
W. K. Stevens, of Reading, and John
I T. Brady took part. F. C. Menamin,
: of Philadelphia, spoke for Collins.
State agri<-ultnral officials are out
! attending the various county
this week, including Lancaster and
i Philadelphia.
Long Wear
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BABIUSBURG TELEGRAPH
CONFLICTING CLAIMS
ARE j>OURING IN
[Continued from First Pngo.l
ing, but from other sources it was
discovered that conditions had great
ly improved. At the Locust street
watchbox where normally 7XO men
report for work, 658 reported this
morning.
The frog shop Is running with a
full force, the number of men strik
ing from this department being neg
ligible, it is said. The bridge shop
is running In good shape with a
number of men striking yesterday,
back at work Seven out of
nine furnaces In the open hearth
are working. One of the two not
running has been out of commission
for several months. These condi
tions were told by plant officials.
Strikers Meet Daily
In contrast with the above state
ment are the reports given at the
union headquarters, where the of
ficers claim that a larger number
of men are on strike to-day, and that
their ranks are constantly increasing
in number. Definite figures could
not be secured.
Daily meetings are held in Union
Hall at two o'clock. At yesterday's
meeting the speaker was John W.
Brown, strike organizer, who ad
dressed the men, and complimented
the foreign born strikers for "show
ing so much backbone in fighting
for their rights." I-Je also scored
the many Americans "who seemingly
lacked the courage of their fore
fathers."
Five Men Held by Police
The five men who were alleged
to have been arrested last night by
police explained this morning to
Burgess McEntee that they were on
tjheir way to work appre
hended. Asked why they took such
a round about way they replied
that they were afraid to enter in
by the proper gate because of the
pickets posted there by the strikers.
Although this story seemed to con
flict with their attitude towards the
policemen last night, \ the burgess
took them at their word and left
them go. They asked for protection
BO that they could go to work with
out fear of being molested.
At the union headquarters this
morning came reports from pickets
that they had been told by police
men to refrain from talking to men
on the way to work and in a few
cases had been roughly handled by
the officers. Union officials this
morning held a conference to dis
cover if possible the truth of the
reports brought in by pickets. After
the conference the following state
ment was made by Frank B. Tour
son, secretary to John Brown, strike
organizer:
Resent Attitude
"We resent very much the attitude
of police officers towards our pickets.
Especially so since Chief Longnaker
has assured us that as long as our
pickets remained quiet and peaceful
they would not be disturbed. Ac
cording to reports from our pickets
they were ordered from their points
of duty on the public highway. In
each case they were ordered off by
Bethlehem Steel Company police."
Officials of the Harrisburg Pipe
and Pipe Bending Company plant
reported all departments in opera
tion except the open hearth depart
ment. That as far as has been
learned the number of men out on
strike was small. The return of
more than >lOO men yesterday put
several other departments In full
running order. More men reported
they would be back on their shifts
to-day.
Claim Increase in
Number of Steelworkers
in Ranks of Strikers
By Associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Oct I.—With labor
leaders advancing the claim that all
plants in the Pittsburgh district have
been crippled by the steel workers'
strike, and the employers maintain
ing that more men are returning
to work each day and that the mills
are operated at nearly full time, the
situation to-day remained as it has
been for several days past, virtually
unchanged.
According to the latest figure*
from strike headquarters 375,000
iron and steel workers of the coun
try are on strike, this representing
an increase of 33,000 over last week's
total. A majority of the men who
joined the strike during the last three
days walker out from Bethlehem
Steel Company plants and the Jones
and Laughlln Company mills in
Pittsburgh, strike leaders say.
The first show of strength by the
strikers came last night, when a
meeting was held here. It was esti
mated that more than 6,000 men at
tended the session. Speakers urged
the strikers to be peaceful and warn
ed them to have no association with
radical agitators.
1,500 Bethlehem Strikers
Urge Kenyon to Investigate
By Associated Press.
Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. I. —Fifteen
hundred strikers, forbidden from
holding mass meetings here, sought
refuge in Allentown last night and
after a rousing session, addressed by
Thomas Kennedy, President of dis
trict No. 7, United Mine Workers,
addressed a petition to Senator Ken
yon asking his compiittee which is
investigating the steel strike to in
clude Bethlehem in the investigation.
The petition says that the strike is
the result of the failure of the col
lective bargaining system of the com
pany "which can be manipulated
wholly for the interests of the com
pany and to the detriment of the
men."
Judge Denounces Foster
as Dangerous Enemy
By Associated Press.
Philadelphia, Oct. I.—William
Zebulon Foster, leader of the strik
ing steel workers, was bitterly de
nounced as "a dangerous domestic
enemy" by Judge Joseph Buffing
ton, of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals, to-day.
Judge BufUngton with Circuit
Judge Morris, of Wilmington, Del.,
presided over a session of the natur
alization court to-day and he warn
ed the prospective citizens to beware
of such dangerous agitators as
Foster.
PICKETS MOLEST WOKRMEX
By Associated Press.
Sharon, Pa.. Oct. I.—When work
men attempted to enter the plant of
the Sharon Steel Hoop Company to
day they were turned back by a
crowd of pickets a short distance
from the mill gate. Police were
rushed to the mill and dispersed the
pickets, one of them being placed
under arrest for molesting workers.
AID SOCIETY MEETS
The regular monthy meeting of
Iho Women's Aid Society of the
Harrisburg Hospital will be held in
the manager's room of the hospital,
to-morrow ufternoon at 2 o'clock.
This being tjie first meeting of the
winter months a full attendance has
been tequested
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| The Doutrich Policy
What It Means
Right here now is the most unmistak
able evidence of the value to the public of this "Live
Store's" merchandising methods and policy, which have made
Doutrichs the largest distributor of men's and boys' good clothes
in this section of Pennsylvania. In these days of high prices we
are thinking more of the future than of the present dollar. We yg
11 have tremendous quantities of merchandise bought way under
present market prices—not as a public benefaction, but as a hard
headed business proposition, we are selling these goods just as
low as we can, instead of for as much as we can get.
I We could easily double our |
profits this season and still give better <E^|
values for the money than almost any other \
store. But we are satisfied and consider it our )
duty to continue to operate on our usual nar
row margin, and let our customers derive the /X EPO
I extra financial advantage. [
I There is just one dominant ~ I
idea here —it's to please our customers, u JWJ A Vm |j
that's why we have only high-grade merchan- If
dise, that's why we don't sell anything that j
doesn't offer good value, that's why we say * jj | | J |
money cheerfully refunded if you don't get II
lOO per cent, satisfaction. l
| It's foolish for you to pay high prices f
for cheap clotheg when you can come to Doutrichs
and get good clothes fdf* the same money! K i
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m need no extra persuasion to sell them, they'll give you
lastifig satisfaction. We, as well as the manufacturers, guaran
tee them, furthermore there's a lot of personal satisfaction in
wearing clothes you know are good, and when you buy them
from an "Always Reliable" store where there are such large as
sortments as we can show, it's a further advantage that few
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OCTOBER 1, 1919.
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