STATE INSURES ITS OWN AUTOS Ruling Made in Regard to Cars Made by the Attor ney General In an opinion given to the De partment of Public Grounds and Buildings to-day it is held that cas ualties to State-owned automobiles whether from tire or any other cause, are covered by the State Fire Insur ance Fund. This does away with necessity for placing insurance on cars owned by the State or liability. Objection to the new rates of the Petroleum Telephone Company were made to-day at the Public Service Commission" by urepresentatives of Oil City and Titusville and objections also heard to a crossing by the Schuylkill Railway over Lehigh Valley tracks in Shenandoah. In the Graybill case from Mt. Holly, owner of an electric plant was asked to show cause why he did not rebuild his plant and give service as order ed. Over seventy protests against in- RUMFORO I I THE WHOLESOME BAKING POWDER "1* wholesome and effi cient —always gives good results —is uni form in value jjnrrrrr[)tj and inexpen- SKmol 4ive -", , lauffCrfll ~ Editor of .gpWPtgl American Cookery Buy it today ~SD VETRS YOUNG: SMS MBS. WOLFF "At eighty I feel just as spry and acUve as I did 15 years ago," said Mrs. M. J. Wolff. 1200 W. Montgom ery ave., Phila. "Until recently, however, I was beginning to slow up, due to nervous debility ami a. run-down system. I lost my appe tite; food didn't taste right and I couldn't sleep peacefully. A neigh bor urged me to try Tanlac. My ap petite increased and my food digest ed the way it should. Tanlac also quieted my nerves." Tanlac is a boon to the aged. Debility, which is so common among old and young, wears the victim away as it gathers force and nourishes itself upon your very life blood. Tanlac acts like magic when it brings back restful sleep, sound digestion, more vitality, and drives away that detested, de sp'ondent feeling so quickly that it actually astonishes you. The genu ine Tknlac is sold here by all leading I druggists. | Every Other Person Has Seborrhea Nearly everyone suffers from the scourge of seborrhea. But there is no need for people longer to have dandruff and falling hair. Fasno stops seborrhea and cods falling hair and Itchy scalp. It destroys the seborrhea germ by penc- j bating to the iwtr glands. A healthy scalp results and vigorous new hair grows. \ Famo naitaina no alcohol to dry the scalp and cause grayness. It is sold on a positive money-back basis. If you are not satisfied with the results of the large bottle which costs One Dofiar, your money will be re turned. There is also a small bottle of Famo at i 35 cents. Famo is sold at all toilet goods counters and applications may be had at the better barber shops. Sttorrfia. is a morbidly increased flow j trom tha saAscsoas Jlmrtda oi tha scalp. Tha aaborrhaan srastmi for mm in seals* and tlakam and is oommonly known as 1 dmndrttff. From tha laboratories of F. A. Thomp son (h Company, Manufacturing Pharmacists. Detroit. Mich. C. M. Forney Croll Keller Special I'amo Agents i"\Yhat we say it is—it IS Give a Diener i Diamond FOP Christmas i 9lt will prove three Third, that you things! desire to give J * Ml TTL a. eL e something that ® st, that you increases in value *<■ n wh ere to and esteem as the buy finest quality years go by. In 4 L diamonds— fact, your dia- 4 i j, Ac , % - mond gift can be q Second, that you handed down to ' j , want to give the the follow in g K best— generations. ' DIENER JEWELER 408 MARKET STREET / WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 3, 1919. I corporation of electric companies whose promoters have asked chart ers for portions of Clarion, Arin- I strong, Venango and other north- I Western counties have been filed with lithe Public Service Commission. The | cases are to Vie heard to-morrow. Adjutant General Frank 1). lloary I has gono to Washington where he | will meet War Depnrtmont officials j to-morrow about the new Notional i Guard. Organization of various ' branches of the service will bo con- I sldcred. ) Tin- Stewart iron Company, f I Sharon, lias tiled claim for reparo j tlon for switching charges growing j out of agreements with the Pennsyl- I van la, Eric, Now York Central and j Pittsburgh and Lake Erie railroads. The State Department of Agricul ture estimates that tlrtr grape crop of Erie county, the big grupe raising county of the State, will be above normal. It is given as 22,000 tons. The estimate on clover seed is given at 10,500 bushels, a decline from 1918. The applications for grade cross ings on the Lincoln highway near Gordonville, Lancaster county, were to-day continued by the Public Ser vice Commission until Friday. Application has been made for pardon of Petro Roberto, convicted of second degree murder in Mont gomery county, In 1917. There are over thirty cases in sight for the i Board of Pardons next meeting. ' The State lias received almost a ! million dollars since the close of I the tiscal year on Sunday. To-day j the and Lake Erie rall • road paid $398,000 in State taxes. The meeting of the State Forestry i Commission scheduled for this week j to thresh out the standard contract j proposition has been postponed un- I til December 12. I _ Frank M. Wallis, former public* ser ' vice commissioner, came down from J Erie for a visit to-day. William J. i MeCaig, chairman of the House ap ! propriations committee, -and Sena tor W. C. McConnell, of Sliamokin, ! were also Hill visitors. A delegation headed by Judge F. ! R. Moser. of Sunbury. to-day saw i Assistant State Highway Commis i sisner Biles about construction of a I Slate highway between Paxinos and | Elysburg. Bids will be opened this month. 11. F. Mt'Langltlin has been ap pointed superintendent of State roads for Columbia and Montour counties. William M■ \ j? I o l/i/s /§ ji Dauphin County Is Free of Contagious Diseases Thut there huve been few cases of serious contagious diseases in Har risburg and Dauphin county during November while many other com munities were reporting mild epi demics, was the statement Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck, city health officer, made lust night at a meeting of the Dauphin County Medical Society held at the llarrisburg Academy of Medicine. List month there were fourteen I casea of diphtheria, fifteen of acar ! let fever and two of typhoid fever In ■ Uarrisburg. In the county a few j oast's of diphtheria and scarlet fever were reported front Steelton and : Mlddlotown, but generally health j conditions are as good us in Har ! risbufg where few cases or serious ' discuses are on record. Dr. J. Soils-Cohen, of Phtladel i phia, an expert on-the treatment of I pneumonia, gavS*a talk on handling "cases of that disease. • The Medical Society meeting was well atended and i officers are planning for similar ones , during the winter months. MEXICO PLACES MURDER MUDDLE [Continued from First l'oge.] I So they have used every means pos sible to get certain evidence to cover up their absurd pretensions. "I have never, in all my life .seen such a farce as they are carrying out here, for I have been condemned without being allowed to present a single witness in my behalf, though I had them ready, and even presented them to the courts, but was told that they were too busy to hear them. At the present moment (November 21) the secretary of the embassy of Mex ico City is here taking this testimony tlint it may he presented to the State Department, inasmuch as the courts refuse to accept it. "I have plenty of testimonies to offset any false evidence that they can possibly produce, but as I say. Mexican justice is of a certain brand at the present time and it can't be changed." Pressure to Be Brought to Bear on Mexico to Bring Jenkins' Release By Associated Press. Washington, Dec. 3.—State De partment officials were marking time to-day awaiting word from Mexico City of the official delivery of the latest American note to the Mexican government and the subse quent action inspired by .it. The | message was garbled in transmission and this delayed its presentation to President Carranza. * In some quarters it was believed that Carranza would orqer the re lease of Jenkins soon after receiving the message and prevent a complete break between his government and the United States. Private advices from Mexico indicated that some of the Mexican officials were not tak ing the negotiations seriously and felt that it involved only an inter change of diplomatic notes and would result amicably. A different attitude was evident at the State Department, however, wheret the situation was being con sidered grlively. Should Carranza continue to hold out against the American government's request to release American Consular Agent Jenkins without delay, pressure was expected to be brought which would force Mexico to accede to the de mands. GAS SUPPLY IS THREATENED [Continued on Page 27.j it is expected that the Steelton plant will receive a sufficient supply of fuel to keep the gas producing fur [ nances, at least, in operation. The blast furnace, which has been closed down, No. E, had recently been relined pnd had been in oper ation only a month, while the Bes semer mill was in operation only a small part of the time. No employes will be laid off by reason of these fires being banked, officials say, stat ing that all such employes will be transferred to other departments. Hand-to-Mouth Use The Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company and several other city establishments are operating in a hand-to-mouth manner. The Pipe Bending Company yesterday re ceived a shipment of twelve cars of coal, which will be sufficient to con tinue all departments in operation until to-morrow night, according to David E. Tracy. Whether other shipments will be received until that time, Mr. Tracy could not say to-day. In the event that no other of the ordered sup plies are received until that time, he said, it will be necessary to close down the steel-producing depart ments. The other departments would he continued in operation for some time, at least. Just how many em ployes would be affected at the start. Mr. Tracy was unable to say to-day. The Harrisburg Light and Power Company has not yet received notice of anv restrictions on its operation, and has not in any manner, cur tailed its operation. This company is dependent to a large extent on river coal and no especial danger is fore seen bv its officials. Train Service Curtailed Effective Sunday. December 7. all Sunday excursions in the Allegheny region, which includes Harrisburg, will be cut out. This is an order from L. W. Baldwin, regional direc tor. and was sent out last night. It is the first step in the effort to con serve more coal. If there is no re lief other trains may be taken off. Harrisburg was to have two excur sions on Sunday, one by the Pennsy and the other on the Reading. An other excursion from Altoona was to pass through Harrisburg Sunday morning. The excursions canceled include the one on the Reading Railway from Philadelphia to Scranton; on the Pennsylvanlaßailroad from New York, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Al toona, Scranton, Wllkes-Barre and other Pennsylvania points to Wash ington; Atlantic City division points to Washington ;Longßranch points to Philadelphia; Oxford branch points to Philadelphia, and Monongahelu division points to Pittsburgh. A CHRISTMAS PIANO But be careful in making your purchase. Every showy case does not envelop a perfect instrument. The case counts for something, but the Interior, where the tone Is cre ated, is of greater Importance). You naturally expect a piano to hist a lifetime. You want the assurance that it will look as well, be as tune ful, years after, as the day you bought It. Buy THE HARDMAN PIANO. Yobn Bros.. 13 North 41 h street, opposite Dives, Pomeroy A £U*wflrt, —Arlic. ' LAXUESS IN METHOD OF GIVING PERMITS; [Continued from First Page.] | in housing in llarrisburg and to add to the number of bouses in tho city. Herman P. Miller, chajrnmn of the building code committee of the Chamber of Commerce, reportbd that his committee lias gathered a vast I amount of data from other cities | and is now engaged in tho task of ! | formulating this into on ordinance | for submission to City Council. The i data to digest and formulate is ex pensive and front three to four tfiontha will bo required, but he be j lieves when it is done the commlt- I tee will have framed for Council's ! consideration one of the best butld i ing. ordinances in the country and that will amply protect tho pub ! lie. i The necessity of protecting resi j dence districts front the encroach ments of undesirable buildings was I pointed out and this matter also will | be taken up by the Committee on Public Affairs when the matter as a . whole is laid before Council. Guests Fruzn Other Cities j The Rotarians had as their guests i last evening Elmer L. Schuyler, for merly of the Telegraph staff, now [ editor of the Gazette and Bulletin, Wiliianisport, and the Rovf C. Baty less, of the Baltimore Club, who ap peared in behalf of the candidacy of Frank S. Chavennes, president of jthe Baltimore Club and head of the Chesapeake Iron Works of that city, i whose friends have induced him to stand for district governor next year. | The election will take place in Scran j ton in April and already Mr. Cha- I vennes has received the endorsement! !of a number of the clubs for the I office. j The Rotarians after the meeting were taken to the plant of the Bell company in Walnut street where | they were shown the workings of the mechanical system that connects up the Bell phones in the Harrisburg district, as well as the operations of the long distance lines. Mr. Fetter and the corps of Bell men in attend ance took the Rotarians from cellar to garret, but the visitors were most interested in the local exchange where despite the fact that the hour was quiet; the girls were busy as bees in front of the great switch board where all connections are made when calls are received. The girls work at high tension all the time and after observing their ac | tivity and the. efforts made to make all connections promptly and effi ciently, together with the nature of the wm|k involved, more than one Rotarinli was heard to remark: "Weill, I'll never again call down a telephone exchange girl for some fancied delay." After the demonstration the mem- : bers were taken to the restroom where the telephone girls enjoy their I rest periods. The work is hard but j the company gives time Off for re- ! creation and the room provided is handsomely furnished and is provid ed with a Victrola and reading mat ter. On the first floor is a small res- i taurant where the girls are given their lunches at cost and where the Rotarians were given a sample of the fare provided for them. They greatly enjoyed their trip through the plant and went home with, a; new idea of the volume and scope of I the telephone business. Red Cross Plans to Give Christmas Cheer The Home Service Section of the I local American Red Cross chapter be- ) lieves there are many families in and ! around Harrisburg which will have j little or no Christinas this year un- > less it is provided for them. They are preparing to give these families the needfuls as well as candy, toys anVia CoubUt, nopboaa, wouada.l IVKV BLOOD-SUCCESS mbiai-25c. I Ir .1 Farintpararidwd blood. I Church Split Argued Before Judge Kunkel; Pastor Claims Property "Is this a war over shadows or substances?" President Judge George Kunkel asked this morning in court when attorneys were argu ing about the admission of evidence and th# differences which resulted in a division in tho congregation of tlio Holy Communion Lutheran Church, Seventeenth and State streets, and a court suit about which side has the right to the church property. It Is contended by some of the members of the congregation that the church here was bound by the decision of the General Council of the Lutheran Church to merge with other Lutheran organizations and form the United Lutheran Church. The pastor, the Rev. John Henry Miller, together with others of the congregation, contend that they arc not bound by the action of the Gen eral Council, and will not agree to enter the United Lutheran organi zation because of alleged differences in its constitution as compared with the constitution of the Generul Council. J. L. Cressniafl and George W. Zimmerman, two of the plaintiffs, were the only witnesses heard this morning. They contend in the equity suit which they have filed iu the county court that the pastor of the church and others of the congre gation not agreeing to the merger have no right to the church prop erty. Prominent Lutheran clergymen from the eastern part of the coun try have been present in court dur ing the hearing of the case and the decision which will be given by Judge Kunkel is one which will af fect many other Lutheran churches throughout the country, all of whom were affected by the merging df the three large Lutheran bodies into tlie United Lutheran Church. CROUP Spasmodic croup is usually relieved with one application of— Ap/ VlCK's\^POßufe V "YOUR BODYGUARD"-30f.60f7r20 WtyS Yes, folks, we know that the high cost of I ' / living is making us all sit up and take no tice. But that's no reason why you should neglect your personal appearance, when } jy you candress up in stylish clothes on our I | Open A Charge Account Jm& I It is just as easy to huy your clothes We ask no embarrassing questions, nor Jo j|]r jT\ S here on a c harge account as if you had | to™*it your ty,°Vr I | Bi| / Women's and Misses' Coats $22.50 to $75.00 f|l i TJT Stunning Dresses $18.98 to $45.00 f|| J|\J Beautiful Suit# $18.95 to $67.50 M \vi '7 AM Georgette Waists $5.98 to $14.75 My/ sJI Ti Beautiful Trimmed Hats $5.98 to $13.50 lift | Dress Skirts $6.98 to 18.75 Every man and young man should * lllSvliimßU' Bee our won< fe*ful selection of #Tlr' ! Suits and Overcoats w 1 Jrai Snappy new ideas in men's suits and overcoats at *25. *3O. *35. *4O. There arcatylea here to please young men and older men. New, rich patterns • perfectly tailored. On the most liberal credit terms. S| j Asldn&MarineCa ||7 ||S 36 North Second Street, Corner Walnut Jfi wmmm America's Winter Playground You may spend every day in the open, with Nature glorified by cloudless skies, the blue sea; by melting greens silhouetted against white sand. Every where radiant tropic beauty animated indescribably, shot through and through, with life and color and gaiety, by the charm of people a-play. Great hotels whose broad piazzas look out to sea where white sails are aslant with the breeze. Hundreds of miles of paved roads for motoring. Every outdoor sport and pastime. Sea Bathing, Golf, Tennis, Hunting, Fishing, Sailing, Motoring. Or you may find complete rest and recuperation under ideal conditions of climate and environment. Attractive Winter Excursion Fares to Resorts in the South are offered by the United States Railroad Administration. For Fares, Schedules, Service, Maps or Booklet, "Florida and Southern Winter Resorts," apply to or write neares* Consolidated Ticket Office or • UNITED -STATES • RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION * Travel Bureau Travel Bureau Travel Bureau 646 Transportation Building 143 Liberty Street 602 Healer Building Chicago New York " Atlanta UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION. 4-S. 98 lines x 3 cols. 15