Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, October 31, 1919, Page 19, Image 19

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    MANY TO ATTEND i
PRICE CONFAB
Attorney General Palmer to
Be Chief Speaker; Opening
y of New Rabbit Season
i
ut the Governor's office,
from a number of municipal officials
and several of the district attorneys
and arrangements are being made
ior a gathering of at least 250 men.
Governor Sproul, who has called
the conference, will likely open (he
meeting with a statement of the
plan of co-operation between Federal
and State Officials and Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer will
speak on behalf of the United
States Government. Attorney Gen
eral William I. Scliaffer nnd his
deputies will attend the conference
as will heads of various departments
>of the State government.
The Pennsylvania rabbit season
which opens to-morrow has a differ
ent season limit from last year.
Under the new regulation the limit
is ten in a day and forty in a season
instead of sixty as a seasonal bag.
Reports continue to come in of
many rabbits in the State. Almost
every county hits asked for more
hunters' licenses than allotted to it
because of the marked interest in
hunting.
The State Capitol was showing
*the approach of the election to-day
as many men left the citv to go to
their home districts preparatory to
,the battle on Tuesday. Most of the
departments will close to-night un
til Wednesday.
The Public Service Commission
will not have any arguments or
hearings on Monday or Tuesday.
The Commission will call upon the
Lykens Light and Power Company
for an answer to the Elizabcthvillo
complaint.
Forestry Commissioners will
make a visit to the Snyder county
grove of primeval trees on Sunday.
The arrangements are being made
by Col. Henry W. Shoemaker.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore
last night warmly defended the new
Philadelphia charter as a great piece
of legislation at one of the closing
rallies of the campaign. The char
ter was attacked by Coroner W. R.
Knight whose remarks were the sub
ject of some caustic criticism by Mr.
Moore, who said no one dare defy it.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger
says that Mr. Moore will have a big
majority, some estimating it at 125,-
000.
• It is expected that-further orders
regarding the new National Guard
will be issued very shortly, includ
ing some statement as to the dis
posal of the old Fourth Infantry.
The Public Service Commission or
der for elimination of grade cross
ings in Reading which is the result
of long proceedings is to be followed
up at once by planning of the bridge.
Tlie State yesterday freed the New
Holland turnpike in Lancaster coun
ty. The State and county shared the
$27,000 cost the department an
nounced to-day.
Arbitrators appointed to fix the
price the city is to pay for the plant
of the Holmesburg and Disston
Water Company continue to be
and Public Service Com-
THE GLOBE CHOOSE THE RIGHT STORE THE GLOBE
SE. |S| CLOTHING
SX VALUES
YOU know that you can buy clothes at any price;
you're not always sure you'll get all you pay for; —
this is not the case at THE GLOBE; —WE GUAR
(S) Foresight and judicious action on our part at the right time provides here, now, for men of
hereabouts the best value-giving of our history. Suits, Overcoats and Raincoats; —
$35, $4O, $45 and up. to $75
Fur Collar Overcoats $45 to $9O
THE GLOBE
FRIDAY EVENING.
Famous Child Musician
Visits City's Schools
msß
MLL.E. MAGDELE INK BHARD
Mile. Magdeleine Brard, soloist
! with New York Symphony orchestra
| which plays here to-morrow after
| noon,'accompanied by her mother,
arrived in this city last evening at
| 10.28 o'clock from New York city.
' The distinguished visitors were met
!at the station by Miss O'Connell,
teacher of French, and the Misses
Ryan, all of the Edison High School,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sanders. The
visitors were escorted to the I'enn-
Harris hotel, where they will be
j located during their stay in this city,
j To-day Mile. Brard and her mother
visited the schools of Harrisbnrg,
i this being the first time this little
j woman has had the pleasure of see
; ing any of our great public seliool
l systems in America. The first scnool
! visited was the Camp Curtin Junior
' High School. Here the assembly
| was in charge of Mr. Brehnt, the
j principal, who spoke a brief wel
come to the visitors, and who then
j introduced Airs. Sanders under whose
| management the New York Sym
| phony concert will be given in this
| city Saturday, and who gave a brief
talk about Mile. Braid's unusual
musical career.
The pupils of the High School
then sang "The Star Spangled Ban-
I ner," and the '"Marseillaise." under
I the inspiring leadership of Miss Mil
dred Conkling, after which Mrs.
Sanders introduced Mile. Brard,
j who amid storms of ap'plause from
the interested school children came
I missioner Benn handed out some
| criticism yesterday of the delay. He
.conducted a hearing in Philadel
| phia on the complaints against the
company of lack of an adequate
J supply for residents living on Frank
ford avenue and llnruh street. This
( to the front of the stage and talked
ito the school in her own native
' French. Her talk was interpreted
I by a teacher of French in this school.
At the Edison School the program
was repeated. A feature of this
visit, however,,was the presentation
of two be&utt'ul bouquets of flowers
! which were presented to Mile,
j Brard by two little girls represent-
I ing the two grades from which the
I flowers were a gift. These little
j girls presented the flowers with a
j charming little talk to the visitor in
I French. The last school visited was
I the Central High, where the prin-
I cipal. Dr. Walter Severance, was in
! charge of the assembly. Here, in
! addition to the regular program,
vocal numbers were given by Mrs.
Thamzine Cox and Mrs. William H.
Wltherow.
Mile. Brard's father is a member
of the French Chamber of Depu
ties. She will visit the Capitol to
day.
Music students of the musical con
servatories of the city are invited to
meet Mile. Brard this evening at
Sigler's Music House, at 7.30 o'clock.
Never has such interest been mani
fested in so young an artist as has
' been demonstrated in this small
I daughter of France, who will make
I her first appearance in this city with
| the New York Symphony Orchestra
| on Saturday afternoon, November 1,
lin Chestnut Street Auditorium.
There are still a few seats avail
able.
company extended its mains before
the city reached certain distant
northeast points with its service.
Public Service Commissioner S. M.
Clement has returned from Wil
lianisport where he conducted a
hearing.
HAJLRISBURG TELEGRAPI
INTERESTING RAILROAD NEWS
BACK PAY FOR
P. R.R. SHOPMEN
Part of Bonus Granted by the
Federal Authorities Will
Go Out Next Week
Time clerks employed by the Penn
sy have been busy for sometime com
puting bonus due shopmen. It is
probable that some will get this back
pay in next week's, distribution of
wages. The bonus will be for ser
vices during the last two weeks of
Qclober and is in accordance with an
increases granted sometime ago by
the Railroad Administration. The pay
amounts to four cents an hour in
crease dating from May 1.
The order for granting the increase
at this time was issued too late to
make it possible to issue the checks
for all the employes at the new rate,
for it is a big task to make the
change in the rate for the thousands
of employes and to figure out the
amount of back pay coming to each.
Will Kusli Payments
This will be done as far as possible
and those who fail to get the increase
will find it included in their checks
for the first two weeks of November.
The increase was granted by the
railroad administration several
months ago, after the demands of the
railroad workers had been under con
sideration for some time at the rail
road administration headquarters and
after it was finally submitted to Pres
ident Wilson, who recommended that
a raise of 4 cents be allowed. The
men had asked for a raise of about
16 cents an hour.
Local Religious Secretary
Ends Activity at Newport
Ira P. Dean, religious secretary at
the P. R. K. Y. M. C. A., will close
a successful three weeks' evangelistic
campaign at Newport Sunday night.
On Wednesday, November 5, he will
open a three weeks' series of meet
ings at the Emma L. Simpson M. E.
Church at Paoli. He has letters
from many other cities. This will
be his second time at Paoli. '
At Newport, Mr. Dean has been
conducting a Croatian Workers'
Class before the regular meeting.
He is also having much success with
the Children's classes which are held
'alter school hours. Yesterday the
little folks brought bouquets and
fruit which was later distributed to
sick folks and shut-ins.
if arrangements can be made, a
series of new classes will be started
i at the P. It. R. Y. M. C. A., on orig
inal ideas. It is also probable that
the Friday evening Bible classes at
the local railroad "Y" will be re
sumed in the near future with many
new features.
No Accident Drive Shows
Increase of Last Year
In the no-accident drive yesterday
on the Pennsylvania lines East the
Philadelphia and Middle divisions
reported more accidents than on the
same date one year ago. The best
work was in Altoona shops where but
one accident was reported. The re
port for yesterday on the Eastern
Pennsylvania division follows:
1918" 1919
Divisions K. I. K. I.
Philadelphia .... 0 5 0 7
Middle 0 2 0 4
Schuylkill . 0 l o 0
Juniata 0 0 0 0
Tyrone 0 0 0 0
Cresson 0 0 0 0
Altoona Shops ... 0 10 0 1
Total ... 0 18 0 12
PHILIDELPHIA DIVISION
SAFTY COM ITT EE HEARS
REPORTS ON DRIVF WINDUP
Philadelphia division safety com
mitteemen met this afternoon at the
P. R. R. Y. M .C. A. and prepared
for the windup to-night of the no
accident drive. This special activity
started on October 18 and ends to
night at midnight. While records
are not up to the standard expected,
the campaign in the opinion of local
workers has been a big success.
The meeting this afternoon was
presided_over by William Elmer, su
perintendent Of the Philadelphia
division. He called attention to,the
days which showed a falling down
in the efforts, but complimented -he
men on their good work and urged
the same close attention with a view
to preventing accidents at all times.
Reports Presented
Reports were road from the vari
ous department committees from all
over the di\ ision. The division com
mitteemen'were instructed to get in
the lina: reports early in order that
a complete report may be made pub
lic at an early date.
Among the papers presented dur
inig the c.'.mpttign was one by J. It-via
Saum, clerk at the Harrlsburg
freight station on "Safety and effi
ciency Walk Hand in Hand." He
said in part:
"No employe is efficient unless
personally interested in safety, eith
er pertaining to himself or his fellow
employes.
"This department, called the Har
risburg Freight Station Safety Com
mittee, I believe is the smallest field
on the division—that is, in the num
ber of employes listed under one
chairman. It consists of 99 persons,
24 working on piece work or tonnage
system, 22 at various other occupa
tions, such as delivering freight or
receiving ishipments for transporta
tion, none of whom have what is
called hazardous work. The balance
of the above mentioned number is in
clerical positions.
Freight Handled
"As an illustration, would state
that during the month of May, 1919,
twenty tonnage men, (excluding the
four tallymen) handled 12,256,000
pounds of freight, working 3,935
man hours. Approximately this same
Reading Gets New Engines;
Will Be Given Daily Tests
The Readin:;' Railway Company is j
in receipt of the first of its 30 new '
locomotives of the 1000 class from •
Baldwins. Two of these giant en- |
gines are now being given a tryout, 1
! and in a day or two will be ready for]
j service. Those now at the round j
house are 1070 and 1071. Two more;
are expected at the end of the week. :
These engines will be used ift the I
I coal and freight trade.
Standing of the Crews
HARRISBLHG SIDE
l'liilmlclplifa Division. The I.IS :
crew to go first after 4 o'clock: 114, !
131, 128, 116.
Engineers for 131, 128.
Firemen for 131.
Conductors for 128.
Brakemen for 114 (2), 128. 116.
Engineers up: Lenney, Shue.
Firemen up: Abel, Vogelsong, Len
ard, riank, Kintz, Clements, Horst.
Brakemen up: McNaughton, Minni
chan, Hughes, Klidinger, Killain, !
Reel, Kugler, Poff., Zimmerman, Silks,
Alberts, Gibney, E. Smith, Belford. i
Middle Division. The 17 crew to
go first 2.15 o'clock: 25, 37. 20, 31, 110, ■
242, 202, 243.
Engineers wanted for 25, 37, 20, 31. j
Firemen wanted for 25, 37.
Conductors for 37.
Flagmen for 37.
Brakeiner) for 25, 37 (2), 110.
Engineers up: Loper, Corder, Tttler, i
Kcps. McMurtrie.
Fireman up: Bowers, Brookhart, >
Holsinger, Harvis, Kauffman.
Conductors up: Wagner, Lower, j
Criinmel, Biggan.
Brakemen up: Sankey. Roebuck,
Alter, Shelly, Linn, Leonard, C. B. I
Hawk, Kipp, C. M. Hawk.
Vned Hoard, — wanted for |
11C, i2C, 2, 15C, 4, 15C"1SC, 28C, 32C \
and 35C.
Firemen wanted for 1, 7C, 12C, 1, ]
15C, 4, 15C, ISC, 29C. 30C,
Engineers up: Buffington, Auman.
Miller, Biever, Essig, Ney, Myers,
Boyle, Shupley, Crow.
Firemen up: N. Lauver, Gormley,
Wirt, Mountz, J. E. Lauver, Bartless, ]
Shaver, Shoff, Swab. v
E.VOLA SIDE
Philadelphia Division. —• The 200 :
crew to go first after 4.15 o'clock: '
237, 248. 209. 203. 230, 253.
Engineers for 248, 203.
Firemen for 248, 203.
Brakemen for 206. 237. 248, 203, 230,
253.
Brakemen up: McConneli, Beers,
Vanderling, Trostle.
Middle Division. The 238 crew to
go first after 1.20 o'clock: 252, 254, i
120,. 121, 112, 102.
Engineers for 120, 121.
Firemen for 112.
Conductors for 120.
Flagmen for' 121. 102.
Brakemen for 120, 112.
Yiird Hoard. —Engineers wanted ]
for 2nd 102.
Firemen for Ist 126, 2nd 126.
Engineers up: Bruaw, Ewing. Lutz, ]
R H. Fortenbaugh. Quigley, Hinkle, |
Sheaffcr, Capp. Fortenbaugh. G. L.
Firemen up: Garlin, Bainbridge,
•Hall, Martin. Crammcf, Shuey, Huber,
Copp, Ready, Kipp, Albright, Eichel- J
berger, Metz, Boyer. i
PASSENGER SERVICE
MWd|e Division. Engineers Vp:
; A. J. Wagner, T. B. HeffneV, W. G. :
Jamison. J. H. Ditmer, W -.C. Black, j
F F. Schreck, L. H. Rlceilorf, H. M.
Kuh-n, J. Crlmmel, H F. Staurt, J. W. !
I Burd, C. D. 1-lollenbaugh, H. F. Gron- j
inger.
Engineers wanted for 25, 669, 29. I
11, 601.
Firemen up: A. H. Kuntz. J. M.
Stephens, H. C. Bender, B. F. Gunder- J
man, S. P. Stauffer, R. I>. Porter, R. ,
Simmons.
Firemen wanted for P-21, 11, M-27. j
Philadelphia Division. —Engineers
up: H. Smeltzer, E. C. Snow, R. B. '
Welsh.
Engineers wanted for none.
Firemen tip: None.
Firemen wonted for: None.
THE READING \ ']
The 66 crew to go first ufter 11.45 :
o'clock: 3, 5, 53, 60. 64, 68, 55, 89. 67, I
1, 14. 18.
One hundred and one first to go af
ter 9.15 o'clock: 106. 102, 107, 103.
Engineers f9r 53, 55, 60
Flrerhen for 69.
Conductors for 5, 55, 64.
Flagmen for none.
Brakemen for 3. 5.
Engineers up: Rohland., Neidlinger, j
Jones, Gruvtr, Bowman, Warner, ;
Clouser
Firemen up: Gates, Burtnott, Fack- j
lor, Saul. Sipe, Snyder. Fitzgerald.
Conductors up: Danner, Meek, Flea
gle.
Flagmen up: Spongier, Lehmer,
Hess, Shank, Hain, Lukena, Renecker,
Srady, Leibtreu, Strohm, Stahley.
Haln, Peters. Keefer, Watson, Zinc,
Morrow.
amount of tonnage was handled by
eight delivery clerks In making tail
board delivery to consignees—to be
exact these eight men handled 5,-
952,000 pounds, working 1,604 man
hours: Four receiving clerks whose
duty it Is to check freight from
teams, unloaded on our platform for
transportation, handled 5,436,000
pounds, working 832 man hours;
while three, packers or stowers,
working 624 man hours handled the
majority of the above mentioned
outbound tonnage while in-, their
performance of seeing that it was
packed and blocked in cars to insure
safe transportation, and did it with
out a personal injury.
"Accidents are very few, in fact
have not had one for three months,
and which I believe can he attribut
ed to experienced men and the per
sonal interests taken in safety work
by the various employes. The most
frequent accidents occurring in the
past have been to hands or feet, due
to being caught between boxes while
loading or unloading freight to and
from trucks, and the majority of
these cases the employe continued
his usual occupation but accident re
ports were issued as a safeguard and
to comply with the law.
Instruct New Men
"New men are always instructed
and not given loads to haul that
might not be safely transported to
the cars. Sprains of back or to oth
er parts of the body is another rea
son for issuing C. T. 75-C reports at
this point. Those I believe are pure
ly accidental due to feet slipping on
concrete floors and not from over
loaded trucks. Even the treacher
ous, wet, slimy concrete floor is now
strewn with sawdust to lessen the
hazard.
"On the whole, the freight station
is a congenial, safe place to 'earn
your bread by the sweat of your
brow.' and I can assure all employes
the chairman is aggressive in the
movement, specializing on accident
causes and always looking out for
unsafe practices or conditions, and
taking necessary steps to reduce
these 'accident factors' to the lowest
possible minimum."
Big Engine Order May
Go to Altoona Shops
Altoona, Oct. 31.—1t was reported
to-day that an order for the erection
of 50 locomotives had been placed
with the Juniata shops, but inquiry
at the offices of General Superinten
dent of Motive Power J. T. Wallis
elicited the information that there
was nothing that could be given out
about the matter at present.
While it was not denied that an
order for engines will be placed with
the shops, the reticence of" the offici
als to speak of it probably arises
from the fact that there is nothing
definite about the number or for what
lines they are intended.
The mere intimation of the fact
will, however, be good news for the
Juniata shopmen, for things have
ben dull there of late and quite a
number of mechanics and laborers
have been furloughed and a number
of others are scheduled to be laid off
or. Saturday of this week.
At the office of Works Director H.
H. Maxfield nothing more definite than
a rumor was known about the pro
posed order, so that no change in the
| If the Eskimo Would Eat |
| Hershey's Superior Ice Cream |
| He Would Live Longer
Professor McCollum of Johns Hopkins Univer
sity made the statement recently in Chicago that the
Eskimo would live longer if he ate ice cream.
Of course, the Eskimo doesn't have the materials
H with which to make ice cream, although he certainly
has plenty of ice with which to freeze the cream.
Milk products have a greater nutriment value
for body building than any other food and certainly
would be a boom to the Eskimo.
Just think how much greater the advantages
you have living right here in Harrisurg, right where
= • you can get
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every day in the year.
Try to think of it to place your order with your
dealer early for HERSHEY'S ICE CREAM.
Hershey Creamery Co.
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OCTOBER 3t, 1919.
plana relative o the mechanics who
have been furloughed will be made
until more definite information has
been received.
William Hodgdon Succeeds
C. R. Capp, Traffic Head
Philadelphia, Oct. 31. An
nouncement was made to-day of the
resignation of C. It. Capps as traf
fic assistant to ltegional Director L.
W. Baldwin, of the Allegheny region,
United States Railroad Administra
tion, and the appointment of William
Hodgdon, formerly trattic manager
of the Pennsylvania Railroad, Wes
tern lines, as his successor. Mr.
Capps will return to Norfolk, Va.,
to take up his former duties as
senior vice-president of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway Company.
Senate to Support
Administration in
Threatened Strike
Washington, Oct. 31.—After near
ly four hours' debate, the Senate
adopted a resolution assuring the
administration of the support of
Congress in maintaining order dur
ing the "present industrial emer
gency,"
Arrest Speculators in
French Silver Coins
By Associated Press
I'nrix, Thursday, Oct. 30. —With the
arrest' to-day of live speculators in
silver coin the small change crisis in
Paris seems to have passed. The
police locked up live men who were
found purchasing silver coins from
street car and auto bus conductors,
waiters and other persons.
The trail led to a bank where the
silver was melted. one silver bar
weighing 50 pounds, still bearing the
marks of one and two-franc pieces,
wer found.
At the Auteuil race course to-day
the racing public was Informed that
each person must have the exact
amount of the admission fee, two
francs, which would be reserved for
the pari-mutuel machines, which had
: been unable to pay several winning
I tickets owing to the lm'k of silver.
10^% Absolutely No Pain
i J®| My Intent Improved nppll
g V'i, ; ~e\ ' J aiices, Including nn oi)*fn- # b.wj
H l ' r < l n,r apparatus, makes kX
1 ''..T r extracting nnd nil dental
/Rta>|f work positively painless k
■ snd Is perfectly li n
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■T IXijalja A A alloy 50c
' T Gold crnvrns nnd
jgr X bridge work, 2-K
iA y Bold crown , (15.00
> X' tllllce open dally. 5.30
Registered to 0 P. M.j Monday.
Graduate JV P Wednesday nnd Sat
■ till B P. M.
j/V/^2^Market
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COMPENSATION
FOR MINERS UP
New Rates Show an Advance
in the Other Industries
Is Very Slight Now
Insurance Commissioner Thomas
B. Donaldson to-day announced that
the increase in compensation in
surance ratings for coal mining will
be twenty per cent, above the rates
for the present year, but that the
increase in the aggregate in other
industries will run a little more
than half of one per cent.
The new rates have been approv
ed by ,the Commissioner, who say#
that "contrary to general oxpecta*-
tion the new rates will bo very lit
tle higher on the whole than those
in effect in 1919 and that on many
classifications the rates have been
reduced in the face of increased
benefits. On some classifications
increases of ten to twenty per cent,
were made on actual experience."*
The Commissioner calls attention
to the increase of wages in many
lines in 1917 and 1918 brought
rfiany wage earners above th®
maximum of $2O a week on which
compensation has been based. "The
new rates are based wholly on
Pennsylvania experience, which ex
perience has been more favorable
on a large number of classifications
than the experience heretofore
available," says he.
In liis statement the Commission
er says: "For coal mining the
rates were reduced in 1918 to cor
respond to present level of wages.
The coal mining compensation in-
Miiance rates in effect during 1918
were no more than sufficient to
cover the cost of compensation
under the old scale of benefits as
devoted by actual experience. It
was, therefore, necessary to increase
the insurance rates for both bi
tuminous and anthracite mining by
about twenty per cent."