HOTEL MEN OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA ORGANIZE NEW CHAPTER OF GREETERS' ASSOCIATION —Photo by Koshon. REPORT SHOWS COST INCREASES Industrial Conference Hoard Statement Shows Big Jumps Boston. Dec., 29—An iiierpn.se of' 80 per cent to 85* per cent in the cost ! of living for American wage-earnets between July, 1914, and November, ; 1919, Is shown In a statement issued by the National Industrial Confer- j enee Hoard, based on its most recent; investigation of this subject. A com- I plete report will be made public in the course of a few weeks. This j increase represents an advance of 10.4 per cent since November, 1918, I and of 13.5 per cent since March, | 1919, when prices dropped tempor arily, following the signing of the! armistice. The increase since last July was 5.8 per cent. The retail food price index numb ers of the United States Bureau of j I.abor Statistics. Compiled from ' tigures furnished by over 2,000 deal- ! ers in 50 cities, indicates that prices I in November. 1919, were 92 per cent. ; How To Drive Away The Pains and Aches of Rheumatism Woman Tells of Remarkable Recovery In Three Days' Time After She Spent Hundreds of Dollars and Tried Almost Everything Under the Sun Without Getting Relief. Only one who has suffered the. terrible agonies of rheumatism, neu ritis, sciatica or other inflammatory conditions can realize the feeling of joy and relief that came to me when first 1 realized that my pains and inflammation had disappeared and I was able to walk and work with perfect ease and comfort. J am a woman 33 years old and be fore u&lng Cell-O-San. which pro duced such a marvelous change in three days' time, I had been flat on my back in bed for more than two weeks, unable to lift my arms or move my limbs without the most in tense suffering. lturing two years I had been doctoring with all sorts of internal and external remedies, elec tricity. salts, poultices and plasters, but. each thins I tried, if it save even temporary relief soon left nie in a worse condition than ever. [ had reached a point where I thought my maladies were incurable, and caiuw, pletely lost faith in everything.- Yet. within twenty-four hours after be ginning this now process t was so encouraged by the Improvement that 1 kept right on. In three days' time the pains had gone, and now after more than a month not only has there been no sign of their return, but 1 feel better than I have in years.— Mrs. r. M. Note:—Cell-O-San is not a drug, j not a salve, not a plaster, not a lini- Jticnl. but a remarkable new discov ery lo drive out inflammation- by penetration. It does not blister— does not burn—hut quickly gives comforting relief front the aches and I pains of rheumatism, sciatica, neu- i 1 The Stomach Begins digestion, but the most important work is done by the bowels, liver and £ kidneys. Failure of these to act t efficiently allows the whole body to be poisoned. BEECHAM'S PILLS do more than produce bowel movement. Liver, skin and kidneys are influenced to more I active effort with resulting increased effect It is always safe to take Beecham's Pills Sold by druggist* throughout the world. In boxe*. 10c., 25* How quickly they are cleaned with MONDAY EVENING, ! higher than the average of prices I in the year 1913. which is taken as representative of pre-war conditions. | This marks an Increase of I per cent ! since July, 1919, when food prices were 90 per cent higher than before the war and of 5 per cent since Nov ember, 1918, when prices were 83 ; per cent higher. Although all food prices continued j higher in November, 1919, than be ! bore the war, prices of the follow : ing articles were lower than in I November. 1918: navy beans, 24 per 'cent: plate beef, 18 per cent; bacon, 13 per cent; chuck roast, 12 per cent ! round steak and rib roast, t! per cent each; lamb, 5 per cent: ham, ! 4 per cent; sirlion steak and pork ' chops, 3 per cent' each. Other ' articles for which quotations were i reported cost more in 1919 than in ; 1918. The increase in rents the country over between July, 1919, and Novem ber, 1919, lias been estimated at 8 per cent, and between November, 1919, and November, 1919. The largest average price increase re ported between 1914 and November, 1919 were for cotton yard goods, but overalls, the cheaper grade of' parts of America and Europe." work shirts, knit underwear, and women's shoes and gloves showed increases averaging well j over 130 per cent. Average I per rent. All reports indicated a prevailing shortage of houses and : | tritis, neuralgia, swollen joints, lum- j j bago, sore muscles and lame back or chest, iis well as sore throat, stiff ! neck, colds, catarrh, bronchitis and I other disorders due to inflammation.; "When used externally it goes down j deep through the skin and reaches the tissues underneath where it acts on the sick cells that arc the real cause of the inflammation and pain. ] Once these sick cells are covered] with tlie protecting and healing layer produced by the action of Cell-O-1 San you feel immediate and comfort- ! ing relief. Many people say that Cell-O-San; is magic and works by some mys- 1 terious charm. No such claim can I be made. Although its action may] appear marvelous, the results must; lie attributed to recently discovered , seieniilio. principles the Importance! of which have been established" be- i yond doubt. Cell-O-Sun is clean, 1 simple, inexpensive and easy to use. j A single trial should convince you; of its extraordinary efficacy. If you ! suffer from rheumatism you owe it i to yourself to make this trial. Get . Cell-O-San from your druggist to-! day—use it tonight and if you are < j not delighted with the almost in-j stant relief it gives you, go back to- ! morrow and get your money and the 1 ; trial will have cost you nothing. Dispensed in tills city by O. A. | Gorgas' three stores, Kennedy Modi-! ! cine Store, J. Nelson Clark and Croil! 1 Keller. s a continued advancing tendency, r I (>nc hundred ninety-live retail . ; clothing dealers in 60 cities through t out the United States furnished com ■> ; parative prices of yard goods and 51 wearing apparel in July, 1914, July, -i 1919, and November, 1919. The larg -1 | est average price increases reported between 1914 and November, 1919. I | were for cotton yard goods, but over . | alls, the cheaper grade of work shirts, _ I knit underwear, and women's shoes ' | and gloves showed increases a'verag ' ing wrl lover 150 per cent. Average j prices of muslin underwear and ; ! women's blouses' had increased least, j hut even these were more than 100 I per cent higher in November, 1919, .' I than they had been in July, 1914. 'j For the period since July, 1919, the ,; largest increases were for men's and '! women's shoes, men's overcoats and ' suits, union suits, shirts and hats, (increases ii> the price of which aver ; aged about 20 per cent. II Combining increases for the sop-! urate clothing items according to i •j their Importance in the total clothing! ' budget, it is estimated that the cost ; " | of a year's supply for an average ; '; wage-earner's family increased 135 i per cent between July, 1914, and I November, 1919. This represents an j advance of 17.5 per cent since July ' , and of 21.S per cent since November, i [l9lß. . | I - ucl. Heat ami 'login L i Coal prices were received from | 114 dealers in 42 representative cities. From these it appears that the average cost of anthracite had increases 60.5 per cent for chestnut and 63.2 per cent for stove coal since ' July, 1914; the cost of bituminous I coal hud risen 66,6 per cent, ilow- ' j ever, in each* case, in those sections ! , j where it is most extensively used, jthe increase for each type 'of coal ■ was considerably greater. Allowing, ; for this, the average advance in the' cost of fuel of all kinds since 1914 1 is placed at 6 a per cent. This ropro j sents a rise of about 5 per cent since July, 1919. Natives Wear Overcoats With Temperature'at 100 ' St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Dec. j 29. United Stales marines garrison-| | ing these new possessions of Uncle | Sam cannot understand the fashions! (affected by the natives. Why a negro! i or Chu-Cha Indian should wear an j overcoat when the thermometer ■ stands at 100 in the shade mystifies I them. | For some strange reason, the native Virgin Islander believes in I wearing every article of clothing lie (can lay hands on. All American! : holidays are now celebrated by the' natives, who spend the day parading! [about the streets, some of lliem ; wearing overcoats, capes, two or i j more pairs ot trousers and a red j I bandanna handkerchief about the I I neck. Also they frequently adorn ; themselves with (he horns of cows or oxen attached to the head iust' I in front of the ears. [German Immigrants Pour Into Argentine 1 I'ee. 29.—German immigrants have been pouring into ; Argentina on every ship that fame ! , ~ ""Hand, (me ship brought 400 lof reutonic nationality, i ,i ""°t"leuls have been made to these immigrants in sections of the l territory of Mlsionos, a strip of fertile , country in northeastern Argentina I between Paraguay and the state of ' K'° Grande do Sul. llraV.il. There has i long been a German colony in ltlo Grande do Su] and recently Paraguay I announced allotments for cultivation I ( by German immigrants. i Tlie arriving colonists are chiefly ! i ( applying themselves to the cultiya- ' j tioii of yerba mate, .tlio plant from' ! which is brewed the famous South I ! American drink resembling lea. It is j reported that the Misinnes colonists are being given provisional permits I i I to occupy lots of 123 acres each. Only 2 Deaths Out of 52,000 Persons Who Took Airplane Trips < I.onilon, Dec. 29.—The report of ; 1 I Major-General F. N. Sykes, controller i | of aviation, shows that out of 52,000 I passengers carried in 21,000 airplane ;j trips approximately 303,000 miles. ' only two deaths have been recorded ' through accidents. HARRISBURG s£S|£|g TELEGRAPH STATE GREETERS BREAK A RECORD Hotel Men's Organization Formed Here With OVer 100 l Members to Help Business - g,' iBHSk ' j!* GEORGE D. W<II:TI!1.\-<;TON I Festivities attending the forma- I Hon of the Pennsylvania charter of the Greeters ended at the Penn- Harris Saturday night with the state ment by Leonard Hicks, of Chicago, | the National president of the Greet j ers, that the Keystone State organi zation had broken the record in membership of a baby charter with 104 and had set a pace for hospital ity. The Greeters is a "gland-hand" | organization. in the language of ; George D. Worthington, assistant j manager of the Penn-llarris, the ■ president of the new State oganiza ' tion, it is where proprietors, man agers, clerks, auditors and others | concerned in the hotel business can get together on the same plav con siderations of rank being abi..,ahed and all being privileged to speak. The hotel people of the whole coun try arc interested and with changed conditions in their- business due to | the disappearance of the bars the : Greeters arc going to be a pretty in ! fluential body of men in affairs and in bringing back nt least in a niod ; ern way tiie bonifnee wiio met his | guests at the door and bade then;. ; j good by. Mr. Worthington was given many ; compliments upon his election and 1 the Penn-Harris and its management | came in for highest praise, while j every one of the speakers from out I of town at the 'dinner which closed j the sessions had a bouquet or two | lor Harrisburg on its waking up. L. i 10. Calladine, manager of the Plaza, ! secretary of the new association, presided at the dinner and the speak ers included Lieutenant Governor Edward 10. Beidleman, President E. J. Stock pole, of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Hicks.' Horace Lelund Wiggins, manager of the Penn-Harris, who spoke on being ' the host, and presented his staff, , much to the embarrassment of some 1 of them; ■C. B. Yost, of York, on being a good clerk; Louis Lukes, of the Hotel Brunswick. Lancaster, ; president of the State. Hotelmen's ; Association, and Col. "Tom" Leslie, 1 secretary of the association; E. R, - Sager, of the Adelpliia, Philadelphia; Edward W. Martin, of Walters Park, Wernersvllle, who will he the next host and representatives of the hotel press from New York and other eitics. Three-minute greetings were given by Gus M. Steinmetz, president of the Rotary Club; Al K. Thomas, ; president of the Klwunls Club, and Arthur D. Bacon, speaking for the- Travelers' Protective Association. All trespassed upon their time limits, : but gave some entertaining views from the standpoint of the man out- j side of the hotel who often has to i look in and stay in. Carranza Goes After Pirates Off Mexican Coast Mcjxfco City, Pec. 29. —Pirates, buccaneers unu murine ireeboutors, story-book men in high, leather boots who swear terrible oatbs and carry huge swords, arc not all dead. A number of them have been found on small islands off the west coast of Mexico and President Carranza lias dispatched from Mazatlan a naval expedition equipped for two month's service with the object of routing the outlaws. Travelers on the Pacific have told of late of seeing numerous bands of these pirates who have preyed upon tramp vessels when occasion afforded and at other times engaged in smuggling. Their headquarters are in the almost inaccessible caves' on lonely islands where, it is said,' they have stored much valuable booty which at opportune moments they carry to United States or South American ports. Most of their plunder Is obtained from Mexico. j The Mexican government is de termined to rid its islands of the freebooters and its present expedi tion after driving out the pirates will set up military posts to guard against their return. Names Campaign Committee For Brown Providence, Dec. 29. —President W. H. P. Faunce, of Brown University, • has appointed an executive commit- { tee to have charge of the raising \ on her endowment and development 1 fund of $3,000,000. Tills committee is headed by Henry D. Shnrpe, of' Providence, chairman, and Dr. Her mon O. Bumpus, of Boston, associate chairman. The new fund will be used lo "In- 1 crease the salaries of the faculty: to strengthen the Instructional stuff; and to develop those courses that make for the best manhood, and pro- ; duce the highest grade of citizen- j N. Y. Bank Merger Brings Recollections of Ancient Feud New York. Dec. 29.—Recollections of the political feud which resulted in tiie duel between Alexander Ham ilton- and Aaron Burr, at Wcehaw ken, .V. in IS(H, have been re vived lure by the merger of the Manhattan Horn puny and the Mer chants' National Banks, two of the oldest financial institutions in New York. For more than 115 years the two 'establishments have dwelt side by side at 40 and 42 Wall street and in 1882 they ur.-.tcd in the construc tion of the new building which they have occupied jointly ever since, lie the union of these once rival Insti tutions the metropolis loses prob ably the last tangible trace of the most famous of early American an tagonisms. Although tile banks themselves have long since "buried tiie batchet there w.as a time when they were neighbors in- name only— when the mere suggestion of their getting together would' have been dismissed as unthinkable. SQUTTER'S 25 CENT DEPARTMENT STORE! P l Buy Here Not Alone Because Prices Are Lower, But Because Qualities Are Better 25 GREAT BIG BARGAINS & ALL MILLINERY \ "TSL&f a Big End-of-the-Year Sale Tomorrow : One of our moat Important _, . ' e Z'" cnts . ol i Uu ' 1 hese twenty-five items chosen from our various departments have been selected for >oat was securing; possession . r Street, w?isch* f soi-rnr■ rVy' separa t- timeliness. The quantities are in. some cases limited, but stocks are sufficiently large - first 'floor." n ' J1(1 " " " to ta^e care °f goodly crowds. It's an event planned to give a fitting wind-up to a busy ' As soon as the transaction , was completed contractors were / ' I kept busy night and day. tear- ing out the center stairway, I VaUo in scVciV!. ,K il " UK,ern 0le " BARGAIN NO. I IIARGVIN NO 2 II VUG VI N VO. :! < ** * 'll o" t \ ICI. i i/A j jmm • . _ This gives added tirst floor Ai and 4a-inch Stamped $1.98 value Cut Class Lot of 69c value Children's *• anu c< Vusy Tean a tS o U r ' illtnv Cases ' Handled Nappies, Vests, sizes 24, 26 and 28, < our second floor. The ejevator Enil of Year Sale, of Year Sale, Knd of Year Sale, 'a is ready—it is for your com- (*-% r*g\ , fort-make use of it. $1.59 $1.69 48c — —— j i i IIVIIGVIN \<>. 4 ———; —__ ? 95 1 97.-4 • 1 If BARGAIN NO. ft BARGAIN NO. U BARGAIN NO. 7 v _._. \a ue xa im i it Extra large size. Stamped Lot of 39c value Ladies' 12-inch Crocheted 111 " 1 I uvkish 1 owels, Boxed Handkerchiefs, Doilies, *■ IMHI f tear Sale, ■ > t , . __ __ En<l ' r *■■ Sale. i; n ,l „f v>nr Sale, End of Year Sale, 4 $1.89 $1.19 25c 25c BARGAIN NO. S ... ~ r- ——————— 4 .s, , .... . , BARGAIN NO. !l IIVIIGAIN NO. 10 BARGAIN NO. II I 1 i- Lot of 50c value Women's $1.25 value White Enamel 98c value Stamped c,l Boxed Handkerchiefs, Double Boilers, Luncheon Cloths, tend of lenr Sale, . ... A . _ " 1 ear Sale, lend of 1 cur Sale, Mod of Year Sale, 93c 35c 98c 69c BARGAIN NO. 12 4 T . ( . unri BARGAIN NO. 17 i Clearance of —\ . End of Near Sale, I ALL WINTER 59c 'i 75c value Children's Wool < BARGAIN NO. IS 4 Toque and Scarf Sets, II K Y Y Y FA 39c"""" MILLINERY w Mi2ar* I $1.19 i This season's smartest models in black and colored < $2.50 'va'lue'lllue Enamel Silk VelvetSl Hatters ' Pl " s h, Velours, Beavers, etc. BARGAIN NO. . < Model Roasters, self basting T u j- i . Hot of Men's 50c value i Knii of Near sale. Largc ' small, mcd,um ' dress and tailored shapes, Wool Hose. 4 (PI (JO trimmed and untrimmed, for women, misses and chil- K,ul of Vrnr s "'*> 4 on J 4 $1.25 Stamped Silk Crepe ActllCil VttlllCS UP tO $lO *<>• =• ' Combination Suits, r Lot of Mens 50c value End of Year sale, t Fleece Lined Gloves, i qc In This Sale Ena ° f ipnp sa,p - i — 1 39c < BARGAIN NO. 11l *§ / ■ SI.OO value Children's 1 " BARGAIN NO. 21 Wool Aviation Caps, • / Lot of 35c value Flannel End of Year Sale, j J JL § f WaistingS, 9Qp £gA End of Y'enr Snle. * — 25c ————i BARGAIN NO. 7." BARGAIN NO. 'M BARGAIN NO. IM BARGAIN NO. 2ft Lot of Apron SI.OO value Mercerized Hot of 33c value Heavy Lot of 75c value Plaid and Ginghams, Table Damask, Bleached Part Linen Figured White Voile End of Venr S„,e. End of Year Sale, R *. ),lcr Toweling, WaistingS. End of Near Sale. End of Vrnr Salr, 21c 88c | 25 c 39c j /ffik SOUTTER'S j | J Cent Department Store Where Every Day Is Bargain Day 215 Market Street, Opposite Courthouse ! i'lA A A A ± A A A A'A'fli A A A A A TO ASK WILSON TO SET ASIDE THE ! WITSCHE VERDICT Recommendations Will Be! Made For New Trial Under the Espionage Act ! Washington, I Vec. 29. lto.co- < ■ mendation will be made to Fresl-' | dent Wilsbn by the Department of Justice that the court-martial sen-' | tenee of death imposed some four- i I teen months ago on Lalhor Witsche. ! former German naval officer, for s plotting against the United States, be set aside and that the officer be ; tried for violation of the espionage j law by a Federal court, it was stated last night by a high official of the J departnient. Witsche, who is said by officials here to hare been captured in No | gales. Ariz., early In 1918, is now be ing held in the military prison at Fort Sam Houston, awaiting presi dential disposition of the findings of Die eyirt-martial which tried him. 'Department ol' Justice officials re fused last night to give in detail the I nature of the charges against the ; German officer. Reports were not denied that evidence in possession of the government had connected him , with the "niack Tom" explosion at 'Jersey Uity and with propaganda j designed to arouse the negro popu < lution of the south.' ' President Wilson, it was said, af j ter going over the findings of the 1 court-martial was not convicted ithat the case of Witsche was one . within the jurisdiction of the mili tary authorities and for that reason has asked the opinion of Attorney General Palmer. DECEMBER 29, 1919. | Dressmakers Plan Big 1920 Program Xc York, Dee. 29.—The installa- ! j tlon of several new departments and ' I the enlargement of the work by the ! Associated Dress Industries of Amer j lea will make up the program for j the year of 1 920. It ia planned by the organization to broaden the I scope of the work, which embraces j the correction of trade abuses in the • garment industry, and to this end j j an extensive campaign is now in the I j course of preparation, to go into ef- j i feet after the holidays, which time j I also registers the beginning of the i buying season for the retail trade of i I the country. More dresses made in the United | Slates have been shipped to foreign i countries in the year 191'J than dur ing any previous year. | The annual meeting of this na tional trade body will take place , about the middle of next month. Company Promoting New Japanese Idea; ■ i Tokio, Dec. 29.—Company proraot- • ing Is the fashion of the day in f FLOR DC !v%*\ MELBA . 6 The Cigar Supreme \ At lhe P rice rLOR DE MELBA is Pxfibetter, bigger and more pleasing th an any mild Havana cigar! I IN C OTHER SIZES , Irak \ V SELECTOS SIZE IV/ DIFFERENT HUDI, M A sk your stealer lor your favorite aize.. Rtf iffllEffltll ° ur dealer cant supply you, write ua. yufjffl>■ LEWIS CIGAR MFG. CO. Newark. N.'j. Largest independent Qgar Factory in the Vferld, .la pan. There Is capital without limit available, apparently, and th( newspapers everey day display larg< advertisements of new capital issues some of which are equivalent to aboui $3,000,000 each. New capital issues up to the end of Septembers this year amount t the ecmivalent of $1,000,000,000. Is the same period In 1915. it was sBB,> 00(1.000. 48,000 Drug Stores Sell Five million : use it to KILL COLDS^^L • HILL'S CASCARA&JQUININI k ffiot Standard cold remedy for 20 year —-in üblet form—safe, sure, oi opiates—breaks up a cold in t' hours—relieves crip io 3 dan ! back if it fails. TTv • K^fl'VV\^H^.B enuine box h I TTI^K OP PIC.:I! H MR - HARI vJiiyr vL At All Dwmm Storm 7
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