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12 REPORT SHOWS NEED OF DEEPER RIVER petotiHiHied fkom.First Page.] river from its mouth to Harrisburg, have a productive value of approxi mately a half million dollars a year, according to the aforementioned fig ures which were compiled by the Bureau of Satistics and Information of the Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs at the direction of Secretary James F. Woodward and forwarded to Col. J. J. Loving, of the United States Engineer Office at Baltimore, Md. The United States Engineer Office is making a pre liminary survey of the territory ad jacent to the Susquehanna under an act of Congress with a view to de termining the advisability of having the War Department make the stream navigable as far as Harris burg. Daupliin County Leads The eight counties which would contribute directly to the shipping on the Susquehanna are Cumber land, Adams, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York and the production figures of the district have developed many sur prises. Dauphin county leads in manufacturing. The report submitted by Secretary Woodward to Col. Loving goes into numerous details concerning the territory. It shows that the eight counties cover a territory of 5,096 square miles and that the popula tion of the district is estimated at 737,644. In the eight counties there are 30 towns of more than 2,000 population and there are a total of 60 towns bordering on the Susque hanna. In the counties, too, there are 3,694 schools. Great Industrial Center In the eight counties which •would be contributory to shipping on a navigable Susquehanna, there are 2,222 industrial plants giving employment to 83,730 persons. The market value of products from the plants in 1918, according to figures spbmitted by the various industries, amounted to a total of $323,997,844. Dauphin county leads in the pro ductive value of manufactured goods ■v/ith a total of $103,249,030 and Lan caster is second with $72,269,963. The others in order follow: York, $68,440,104; Lebanon, $43,317,184; Franklin, $19,005,240; Cumberland, $,885,400; Adams, $6,360,685; Perry, $3,471,238. In addition to its manufactured products, Dauphin county produced during the year anthracite coal valued at $3,306,141. ■4,002 in Mills Here -n a table showing the number of productive industries in the eight counties, Lancaster leads with a total of 64 2; Y r ork is second with 595; and Dauphin is third with 303. The others in order are Lebanon, 251; Cumberland, 148; Franklin, 120; Adams, 117; and Perry, 46. In productive industries in Dauphin county employment is given to 24,- 002 persons; Lancaster, 19,113; York, 18,692; Lebanon, 11,708; Franklin, 4,534; Cumberland, 2,- 894; Adams, 2,140; and Perry, 647. There are 1,609 persons engaged iji the production of coal in Dauphin county in addition to those employed in the class of "productive indus try." Production in the eight Susque hanna counties has been classed under the heads of: Chemicals and allied products; clay, glass and stone products; clothing manufacture; food and kindred products; leather and rubber goods; lumber and its remanufaoture; liquors and bever ages; paper an dprinting industries; textiles; metals and metal products; mines and quarries; tobacco and its products!!. Although it has been found impossible at this time to de termine the exact weight of the manufactured products in the eight counties, while the wheat, corn, rye, terns of accounting in the many in dustries, it is estimated that the total would run into many millions of tons in a year. Some manufacturers measure their products by weight, others by the piece, pairs, barrels, square and cubic feet and other methods and because of this accur ate figures on weight are impossible. Great Farm Yields Agricultural interests in the eight counties are large and figures se cured from the Department of Agri culture show that the value of wheat, corn, rye, oats, potato and hay crops alone for the year 1918 was $84,479,145. There were 782,- 605 tons of hay grown in the eight cuonties, while the wheat, corn, rye, oats and potato crops totaled 40,- 621,017 bushels. Lancaster, one of the river counties, has long been credited with being the richest agri cultural county in the country in pro portion to area and would undoubt edl prove a big favor in river ship ping should the Susquehanna, in fu ture years, be made navigable. In value of corn, wheat, rye, oats, potatoes and hay grown, Lancaster is ahead of the other counties in the district, sts products returning $20,492,818 in 1918. York county's value was $18,036,192 and the others in order follow: Franklin, $10,982,- 694; Cumberland, $9,062,018; Adams, $8,493,934; Lebanon, $6,440,166; Dauphin, $6,321,309; Perry, $3,- 750,014. Lancaster county is rich in to bacco, too, and this product of the farm annually makes a big increase in the value of the farm products in the county. Much Fruit Grown Four of the counties which would contribute to river shipping are well known as fruit counties and Adams and Franklin are in the heart of the fruit-growing belt in the east. Hun dreds of thousands of bushels of ap ples and peaches are shipped an nually from those two counties to points all over the country and York and Cumberland counties likewise contribute largely to this industry. In the four cqunties latest figures show there are 307,230 apple and 4 74,105 peach trees, all bearing, and in addition there are 272,745 apple and 87,550 peach trees which are too young to bear. Exact figures on the apple and peach production in the four coun ties are not available, but some of the more prominent fruit growers are of the opinion that the district produces about 350,000 barrels an nually—enough to fill 2,500 freight cars. Growers estimate that within the next four or five years the apple crop will be from three to four times as large as it is at present because of the great number of trees young now —which will be bearing at that time. Tape Great Country In his letter accompanying the re port to Col. Loving, Secretary Wood ward points out that in addition to the great amount of tonnage pro duced in the river counties, there would be just as vast an amount of tonnage "that might be contributory to a barge canal indirectly from far ther outlying territory, such as the bituminous coal fields not more than 100 miles west and the large anthra cite districts farther to the north than Harrlsburg, all of which have railroad termini at Harrisburg." The report, which was sent to the engineer office, will be studied along with reports from other sources deal ing with the problem and in turn the engineers will compile a report from Ifce data gathered. MONDAY EVENING, TO AID WORK ON WAR HISTORY Committees Named by State Commission For Impor tant Task Dauphin county is represented by William Jennings in the list of county War History Committees made public yesterday by the Pennsylvania War History Commission. The committees arc now busy completing their county rolls of honor, and gathering other information. Central Pennsylvania Committees The members of the committees follow: Adams County—Miss Annie Major chairman, and Miss Margaret M. Mc- Millan, both of Gettysburg. l Center—George R. Meek, Belle fonte. Cumberland—L. S. Daugherty, S. M. Goodyard and Dr. Leon Prince, all of Carlisle. Franklin—Ross K. Gilbert, Cham bersburg. Fulton—The Rev. William J. Lowe, chairman; John B. Runyan, secretary treasurer; John P. Sypes, the Rev. Edward Jackson, D. H. Patterson the Rev. W. V. Grove and the Rev. C. F. Jacobs, all of McConnellsburg. Juniata County—J. M. Keller, chair man, Mifflintown; Prof. J. H. Deen, Academia; and Miss Myrtle Haubert, of Mifflin. Lebanon—Col. H. M. M. Richards, Lebanon. Mifflin—Vl. W. Uttley, chairman, Lewlstown; G. H. Macklin, McVey tcwn; J. Ira Musser, Yeagerstown, and Miss Rhoda McNitt, Reedsville. Northumberland—W. R. Rohrbach, Sunbury; the Rev, C. E. Roth, Sun bury, and H. W. Chamberlin, Milton. Snyder—George W. Wagenseller! chairman, Middlsburgh. District committees of Snyder county—James T. Herman, Troxel ville; Max Bingaman, Beavertown; C. A. Baker, McClure; C. A. Hassinger, Penns Creek; H. C. Graybill, Paxton ville; Dr. Percival Herman, Kratzer ville; George Pontius, Kramer; I. G. Sanders. Northumberland; George M. Witmer, Sellnsgrove; F. S. Gingrich, Mt. Pleasant Mills; E. E. Ferster, Richfield; William M. Sellns grove; A. Monroe Aurand, "Beaver Springs; Jere Snyder, Port Treverton, and William F. Brown, of FYeesburg. Committee on Special Subjects Red Cross Chapter, C. W. Her man, Sellnsgrove; Y. M. C. A. and War Fund, l'rof. T. A. Stetler, of Mid dleburgh. Liberty Loan Drives, James G. Thompson, Middleburgh. Fcod Administration, R. L. Schroyer, Sellnsgrove. Public Safety, George W. Wagenseller, Middleburgh. Four minute Men, the Rev. H. B. Hayes, D. D., Middleburgh. Local Draft Board, Charles S. Mattern, Middleburgh. Sus quehanna University, Dr. John I. Woodruff, Selinsgrove. War Stamp Drives, William A. Hassinger, Middle burgh. Somerset County—Emory O. Bickel, Ph.D., chairman. Mifflinburg; J. Herbert Walker, secretary, Lewis burg, and C. Marlyn Steese, Mifflin burg. York County—Grier Hersh, Fran cis Farquhar and James Rudisil, all of York. Bedford County—H. D. Metzger, Miss Emily S. Statler, Mrs. Shirley C. Hulse and Emory B. Claar, all of Bedford. Men School Teachers Urged to the Mines if Miners Strike By Associated Press New York. Oct. 27.—Male school teachers of this city are urged to peti tion for leave of absence and "take up the pick and shovel" if the threaten ed coal miners' strike went into ef fect. Asserting that President Wilson's declaration in the matter was a "call to duty." Nomer Gray, president of the Association of Man Teachers and Principals of New York City, issued a call for a meeting next Saturday to consider possible action. An Example For Future Americans We Cannot Afford to Forget ROOSEVELT A /WEAKLING or THE* ' |j4 ^ER!A*IO|MS' St®#' [ NEWSY JOTTINGS OF THEATER AND SCREEN | IP LORETTA SHERIDAN AND KISS MELODY GIRLS, IN "GOOD MORNING JUDGE" " Be careful, Judge, when you go out!] with your 14-year-old son, for he may !i prove to be a "sporty youth" like;! ORPHEUM To-night and to-morrow night—The season's best musical comedy. Stewart and Morrison offer "Betty, Be Good." Wednesday night only, Oct. 29 Walter Hast offers "Eve and the Man," with Helen Holmes. Thursday night only. Oct. 30—"Good Morning, Judge," with George Has sell. Friday night and Saturday matinee and night. Oct. 31-Nov. I—A. H. Woods' dramatic sensation. "Under Orders." MAJESTIC High Class Vaudeville—Dixon and Meek, dancing and xylophone play ing; Noodles Eagan and Company, Harrisburg's favorite; Wilcox Le Croix presents "Cold Coffee"; Pall- I frev. Hall and Brown, in singing, talking and cycling; also another Keith headliner; also another epi sode of "The Fatal Fortune," fea turing Helen Holmes. VICTORIA To-day. to-morrow and Wednesday— William Farnum in Zane Grey's popular novel, "The Last of the Duanes." Thursday. Friday and Saturday—Tom Mix in "The Speed Maniac." COLONIAL To-dav. to-morrow and Wednesday—• Corrinne Griffith in "The Climb ers " from the famous stage suc cess of the same name by Clyde Fitch. , „ , Thursday, Friday and Saturday— "Choosing a Wife." REGENT To-day and to-morrow Wallace j Reid in "The Love Burglar." Wednesday and Thursday—Dorothy i Dalton in "The Market of Souls." Thursday, Friday and Saturday—The Mack Sennett Bathing Girls in "Up in Alf's Place." Friday and Saturday—Charles Ray in "Biil Henry." Db you like cold coffee? Very few people do. but the Majestic Theater is offering something At the Majestic the first half of this week called "Cold Coffee" which should meet with the heartv approval of every Harrlsburg er. "Cold Coffee" is the name of an act which comes here to-day to play a three-day stand. The act is funny from the start and will keep the audience in an uproar. Four other headliner Keith acts, ev ery one of which is as funny as they can be will be shown. Another episode of the latest serial. Helen Holmes in "The Fatal Fortune," will be shown. William Farnum will undoubtedly score another hit with Harrisburgers in his presentation At the Victoria of Buck Dunne, the sturdy hero of Zane' Grev's popular novel, "The Last of the "Duanes." This picture opens a three-day run at the Victoria Theater to-day. , . Farnum's work has always been good, but this will undoubtedly offset any of his former pictures as it is a story written in the master style of Zane Grey and bears that true to life feature. The story in itself is brimful of thrills and woven dexterously through these thrills is a wonderful love story. Thursday, Friday and Saturday Tom Mix will be offered in his latest l ftABRISQURG TXIIaZGnAPIT Hughey, in "Good Morning. Judge." the musical cpmedy coming to the Orpheum next Thursday night. Be production, "The Speed Maniac"; even better than "A Rough Riding Experience." Corrlnne Griffith, one of Harris burg's most popular .screen stars, is now being featured At the Colonial at the Colonial The ater to-day. to-mor tow and Wednesday in her greatest success, "The Climbers." This is the photoplay made from the famous stage success by Clyde Fiteh. As a stage production "The Climbers" en joyed an unusually long run through out the country and was featured in every large pniyhouse in the world. As a motion picture it will in all probability eclipse its stage record. Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week the Colonial management offers the First National attraction entitled "Choosing a Wife." "BETTY, HE GOOJV' "Betty, Be Good," a new musical comedy, will be the attraction at the Orpheum Theater to-night and to mcrrow. The book and the lyrics are by Harrv B. Smith, who has innumer able successes to his credit, and whose "A Lonely Romeo" is playing to capacity in New York at present, while "Angel Face" is enjoying a prolonged run in Chicago. The mu sic is by Hugo Riesenfeld, director of the famous Rialto and Rivoli Thea ters New York and who Is one of the most prominent figures In musical circles in America to-day. The cast includes a number of well known Broadway favorites, including Jo sephine Whittell, Irving Bee be, Frank Crumit, Laura Hamilton, Joste Intropidi, Edward Garvey, Worthing ton Romaine, Georgia Manatt. Lucille Manion, Sammy Evens, the we " known dancing team of Grant an " Wing and a chorus of dainty, daz zling, dancing beauties. WALLACE REID AT THE REGENT Wallace Reid comes to the Regent to-day in his new Paramount picture, "The Love Burglar." This photoplay, which will be shown to-day and to morrow, is an adaptation of the re cent play by the celebrated author and playwright, Jack Lait. entitled "One of Us." The play had its prem iere at the Morosco Theater in Los Angeles nnd after a successful run in which Bertha Mann played the star ring role, it was taken east. After a careful study of the values of the different roles, the producers decided that the hero role was by far the stronger and in the picture ver sion, the leading male part is the stellar role. Wallace Reid is said to have a highly effective role in this production, and one of the best in his screen career. Gale Henry has begun a new series of two-reel comedies, the first of which has been given a metropolitan location especially adapted, it Is said, to her elongated form of humor. Twenty art titles representing forty actual working days have been made for the "Sunset-Burrud Leg ends of the Wilderness," which are being filmed in the Northwest and Canadian Rockies, by I* J. Burrud for the Bull's Eye program. The titles were painted by Herbert V. B. Acker, and are said to be among the finest of their kind. The first of the re leases will be the "Lake of Living Waters." in which Crater Lake, Ore gon, was filmed. With six companies working at top speed and arrangements made for a seventh, which will begin production sides a chorus of attractive girls,] jwith gorgeous costumes, catchy mu ! sic and sensational dancing, there is i | upon the arrival from the East of a new director, the National studios arc | buzzing with activity. Under the di rection of Bertram Bracken, an all star cast, headed by Francis McDon ald, is at work in "The Kentuckv Lolonel." the story by Opie Reid. which was adapted for the screen by V ranklyn Hall, head of the scenario department. "UNDER ORDERS" At the Orpheum on Friday and Sat urday A. H. Woods will present for an engagement of two days "Under Orders," direct from a year's engage ment in New York and the principal cities in the East. "Under Orders" is a play in four acts by Berte Thomas, the well-known English actor and playwright, with revision and elab oration by Roi Cooper Megrue. The action transpires just outside of Lon don and in a small city near Berlin. Not only is the plot of the piece said to be of extraordinary power and ap peal, but the author has handled the story in a manner quite unique in the annals of the theater. In "Under | Orders" playgoers are sure not only of an astonishing piece of dramatic writing, but of a splendid and unusu a, performance. "EVE AND THE MAN" The Orpheum is given the honor of presenting Walter Hast's latest pro duction, "Eve and the Man," Wednes day cloning in this city before being taken to New York City where it is to be presented next week at one of the Shubert theaters. Tho play, written by Frederick Bruegger, Is announced as an occult drama and is said to contain In its most unusual stage story many situations that will thrill even the 'most sophisticated >f playgoers. The story has to do with the young daughter of an East In jdian importer who finds herself in I danger of losing the one man that | she loves above all others by reason ;of the allurements of the charm ex | ertcd ever him by a married woman, described by the author as an "eroto | matic woman." While the action of I the piece takes place in the space of one August evening in a home on the j hanks of the Hudson, near Tarry- I town, two interesting charac.ters of j the Far East are introduced to I weave the web of mysticism that en meshes tho characters of tho play. TOUGH LUCK j Native—No show for "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to-night at the operyhouse. Visitor—Show fail to turn up? Native—No; our sheriff arrested the owner for not having a license for the dogs.—Detroit News. f \ REGENT TODAY AND TOMORROW WALLACE REID in Ids new Paramount Picture THE LOVE BURGLAR A wealthy thief of time be comes a thief in reality as the only means to steal the heart of the girl that he loves. It's great! Come! WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THE MARKET OF SOULS starring DOROTHY DALTON A powerful, touching picture of human hearts, struggling through the darkness, finding at last the light. THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MACK SENNKTT RATIIING GlllLS and Charles Murray In "Up In Alf's Place" FRIDAY AND SATURDAY CHARLES RAY In the Paramount Picture "BILL HENRY" COMING "The Miracle Man" VICTORIA TODAY—TOMORROW—WEDNESDAY WILLIAM TARNUM , In His Greatest Production of All Times THE LAST OF THE DIMES' From Zane Grey's Popular Novel. This romance of the West contains a thrilling and ab sorbing love story that will win you through and through. THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY TOM MIX "THE SPEED MANIAC" promised a real plot woven around n woman who—woman-like—will not 101 l her age. The seat sale opens to morrow. Prohibition Bill Not Before Wilson By Associated Press, Washington. Oct. 27.—The prohibi tion enforcement bill and Attorney General Palmer's opinion as to the measure's constitutionality, it was said list night at the White House, had not been placed before the Presi dent. The statement immediately led to renewed speculation as to whether Mr. AVilson would act on it or permit il to become a law Tuesday midnight without his signature. WHAT HE WANTED Little Ben, who was very fond of beefsteak, passed his plate the other night at dinner for a second help ing. "Why, Ben," said his uncle, "you mustn't eat any more meat. Don't you know," he counseled, "if you eat more meat you might have a dream and see elephants' and tigers and lions, and scorpions and panthers and— " Ben grinned delightedly. "Gimme another piece," he begged. "I want to see all them things."—Los Angeles Times. wiiMgj^rarT DID YOU EVER THY COLD COFFEE? It goes against the grain. But this act which bears the same name won't. It is a sure fire hit —Don't miss it. 4—Other Keith Acts—4 including PALLFREY, HALL And BROWN TUCKER'S 1 m production , |fi■ ■ ■ GEORGE U. COHAN 1 111 Battd on tha Story by i 111 FRANK. L.PACKARD ! j&QKmiR iOiu\L&rtcraflQ>idure ! The motion picture with an amazing soul The fact that "The Miracle Man" cost thousands of dollars to make, the fact that it was six months in the crucible of creation— thesethiugs don't explain, they merely indicate the high artistic conscience behind all Paramount- Artcraft Pictures. It U ( enoufh that "The Miracle Man" exists for all to ace — that is the great news. And there ta nobody who will iail to surrender admiration to the inexplainable spell oi thia George Loane Tucker produc tion. Miracle Man at the Regent Theater entire week beginning No vember 3. OCTOBER 27, 1919. HOPE TO RUSH PEACE TREATY Leaders in Congress Predict Disposal of Amendments This Week By Associated rrcss, Washington. Oct. 27.—Senate lead-! era hope to expedite the German I'eace Treaty this week 15y disposal of amendments and by beginning con-, sideraticn of reservations. Both • Houses convened to-day however, ] with decreasing prospects of adjourn- j ing the special session by November I lb. In nddition to the Treaty the in- 1 dustrial crisis, intensified by the. I threatened coal strike .late this week, j elso premises to receive much atten- I .ion In Congress. The strike of bitu minous coal miners will come up for early di> cussion on the pending reso lution of Senator Thomas, Democrat, i i f Colorado, proposing drastic action j I by the Government. Further cciisidcr- i 1 ation of the strike may come through ' DANCING Every Monday Evening FREY'S HALL, Front and Pine Streets, STEELTON Mannix Original Dance. Orchestra INEW YORK SYMPHONY Walter Damrosch— Conductor Soloist MAGDELINE BRARD (Sensational Child Pianiste of France) Chestnut Street Auditorium November 1, at 2.15 O'clock Tickets $1.50, SI.OO, Now on Sale at C. M. SIGLER MUSIC HOUSE, 30 N. Second St. Direction of Salome Sanders COLONIAL THEATER TODAY—TOMORROW—WEDNESDAY CORRINNE GRIFFITH In Clyde Fitch's Famous Stage Success "THE CLIMBERS" This famous American stage success is even better as a photoplay than it was on the stage. THAT'S SOME RECORD Don't Miss It—Three Days Only. THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY "CHOOSING A WIFE" One of those productions that will make you stop, look and take notice. < VniKSWKOTC Beginning Tonight % THEATERGOERS NOTE:—"BETTY, BE GOOD" played Allen- M town, Lancaster and Johnstown last "week ami scored an instant hit %in each city. Your only opportunities to see this attraction aro M to-night and to-morrow night. There will lie no return engagement. \ "Betty" goes to New York for tlie buluuec of the season. I STEWART AND MORRISON'S f ' SMART MUSICAL COMEDY htm BE GOOD" • Book and Lyrics Music by fc HARRY B. SMITH HUGO RISSENFELD C A FAMOUS BROADWAY CAST INCLUDING J Josephine Wliittcll, Josic Intropidi, Frank Crumtt, Irving Beebe, % Eddie Garvie, I aura Hamilton, Georgia Manatt £ PRICES —SO£ to $2.00 Augmented Orchestra f THURSDAY NIGHT ONLY, OCTOBER 30 1 SEATS ON SALE TUESDAY I - % FOUNOID ON SIR ARTHUR WINO PINERO'9 FAMOUS U V J FANOK, "THE MAGISTRATE." WITH > & GEORGE HASSELL m Musld by Llonol Monofcton and Howard Talbot. J DIREOT FROM A 21 WEEKS' RHRVT' TM£"BHIJ O ?E St TMSITRE - VOM 1 ' y *N A"n2V N oF T MJ^oP^L U i?sS T TA^NT. ,, ?<iot!s^Ra OR,C ' M ALICE ELEMINO MEROEDKS LORENZE, ALLEN KEARNS & PEQQY P*TI LORETTA SHERIDAN. ROBERT PITKIN. S OUNNINAHiL i MLLK. VALDEO, FELIX HANEV, W LEONA WOVDWORTM i'AIS ftSJfJ!! 0 ' NEREBFORD t-bvETTj F """* WOROWORTH, 1 MAZIK OAPPER, FRANK BIXNV, 1A Brilliant Cut of 80, Including an Unrivaled Beauty Brigade! K PRICES: Sfle to $2.00 " SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. *1 . , ' i-A *tn i the Senate Interstate Commerce sub committee's investigation of the coal situation. Also late this week the Senate Labor Committee plans, as a lesult of its inquiry into the steel strike, to present a report containing constructive recommendations, both for immediate action and future leg islation. The Treaty light in the Senate still hinges on the Johnson-Moses amend ments to equalize voting power in the League of Nations. MIGHT BK FOUNT) GUILTY "Is the professor in?" site aSked, en tering the door of a courtroom by mis take. "What professor?" asked the attend ant. •'The professor of music, of course. I've come to have my voice tried." j "Well, you'd better not have it tried I here, ma'am. This is a court of jus- tice."—Houston I'ost. l[ WILI^WiCTE WED. NIGHT, OCT. 29 i WALTER HAST Presents AX OCCULT DRAMA EVE AND THE MAN By Frederick Rriiegger tvitli an exceptional east including i ! Helen Holmes, Ramsey Wallace, j Kditli King, S. .Miller Kent, i Hetty Murray, Claude Beerbolim ' PRICES sllc tu $2.00