6 SAVING AT JAIL MAKES UP LOSS OF RUM TAX [Continued from First Page.] prices. The baker will be released shortly after the first of the year. Three Jobs Unfilled This will be the third position at the jail which will be made va cant and which It will not be neces sary to fill. Recently the storekeep er resigned and one of the under keepers died. The board found it unnecessary to fill either of those Poßtß. It is estimated that at the end of the fiscal year about $5,500 can be returned to the county treasury from the prison fund this year, that amount being saved since July 1 when prohibition became effective. This will make up in a large meas ure to the county the loss in rev enue from liquor licenses, and it is believed that in a year or two the saving at the prison will be almost as much as the amounts which had been received for the licenses. Only 79 Prisoners To-day there are seventy-nine prisoners at the jail, twelve of them being held for Federal action, leaving sixty-seven either serving sentences or awaiting trial at the January criminal court session. The "city to-day paid to the coun ty $1,072.50 for maintenance of EXCESSIVE ACIDITY is at the bottom of most digestive ills. KI-HOIOS FOR INDIGESTION afford pleasing and prompt relief from the distress of acid dyspepsia. MADE IT SCOTT * BOWJTE MAKERS or scorrs EMULSION A TRADE construction, automobile mechanism, wireless u... 0 * and radio telephone. Write for particulars. ALTO A AEROPLANE MECHANICAL SCHOOL Bell 41131 Olßeei 25 N. Cameron St., llnrrlnbarg. Pn. Ulal 5040 Training Huartera nod Flying X-'leldi llarrisburg Aerodrome, Fourteen til and Sycamore Sts. Union Meat & Provision Co. 1202 N. THIRD ST. 649 CUMBERLAND ST. New Year Specials - STARTING Wednesday, December 31st EXTRA SPECIAL Turkeys ''n., 11 Home-Dressed Pork Steaks 33c lb. I Sugar Cured Sliced Whole Fresh Hams, 29c lb. Hams 38c lb. Pork Shoulder 25c lb. Picnic Hams 25c lb. Pork Roast 28c lb. Boiled Ham .... ,14c % lb. Pork Chops 32c lb. Lebanon Bologna, 6c lb. Fresh Bacon 30c lb. Fresh Pork Sausage, Smoked Bacon, sliced, 28c lb. 35c lb. Smoked Sausage ...30c lb. Whole Hams 30c lb. Fresh Beef Liver ..12c lb. We also carry a full line of home-dressed meats at the lowest prices possible, and a full line of home dressed poultry, including chickens and ducks. How This Fine Family of Seven Children Keeps Healthy I *./&, - J Mother Depends on j flfl Father John's Medicine 1 —For Colds, Coughs t : and Body Building 'S* Alcohol or Dangerous l)ru|x J | "For the last four years whe,.o.er ai.y 01 our ae,,.,. c.,..u.v-,i ,iav w ..-d colds, we nave them Father John's Medicine." writes Klaus Znndstra. of Paterson, N. J. "We have ueed tt for all of the children and they have been greatly benefited by taking Father John's Medicine for colds and body-building." Crowded with nourishment and warmth-giving, strength-building clemer.-is. Father John's Medicine is also guaranteed Tree from alcohol or dungerous drugs, and is, therefore, a safe, reliable family medicine. TUESDAY EVENING, I prisoners this year, as compared I with $2,362.22 in 1918, showing that the city saved $1,280.38 with pro hibition in effect. W. Scott Stroh, recently appoint ed a prison inspector, took the oath of otflce this morning. The board then appointed Dr. G. G. Snyder, 1829 Derry street, as prison physi cian to succeed Dr. E. E. Darling ton. who served in that capacity for four years. Next week the board will reorgan ise for 1920, the terms of two ot the present members expiring. The court will (ill one place and the County Commissioners the other by making appointments. Mrs. Vermilye Expected Back in Harrisburg After Her Husband Explains Mrs. William Gray Vermilye. wife of Dr. Vermilye. who figured In the sensational enisode on Christmas Day when he failed to show up as the bridegroom to wed Miss Ruth M. Keent-y. left to-day for her home, DISS Pacific avenue, Brooklyn. Mrs. Ver milye did not confide her plans to anyone, but it is supposed that she intends to see her husband in the Cumberland Street Hospital, where he has taken refuge. Mrs. Vermilve was living with her daughter. Mrs. K. R. Raines, who said to-day that she expects her mother to return here after she has settled af fairs in Brooklyn. SETTLE DIFFERENCES By Associated Press Buenos Aires. Dec. 30.—Vn agree ment has been reached between the harvest hands and the employ ers, favorable to the former, at Tres Arroyos, Buenos Aires province, the renter of the agrarian unrest. The settlement it is believed, will fore stall further manifestations of vio lence which are declared to have been incited by foreign anarchistic elements. TO HOI.D nuviv ti. Revival meetings will be held at the Church of God Mission, 1210 Mar ket street, beginning New Year's eve and lasting for ten days. Meetings will lie under the direction of Miss Mary Helpingstine. and will begin at 7.30 o'clock with an additional meet ing Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock. WATCH NIGHT SERVICES Watch Night services will be held in Pa'k Street I'nited Evangelical church at 10 o'clock. T'.'o sermon will be preached by the Rev. S. A. Miller on "The Omega and the Alpha." The mid week prayer meeting will be dispen sed with. Csc McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. FIRST SUIT IN , UQUOR DEATHS [Continued 'mm first Pigfc] ' tlon with the sale of whisky, al- I leged to have contained wood al ! cohol, and which, it is claimed, ' caused the death of over sixty per ; sons in the Connecticut valley, were i brought to this city last night and ; arrested by Massachusetts authorl • tics on charges of homicide in caus ing the death of Michael Bednnra, !of this city. They were all ar | raigned in court here to-day. i M. Edward Lyons, proprietor of j the Hodley Hotel in Hadley, was j arrested yesterday afternoon on ! three warrants sworn out by State j Detective Joseph V. Daly. Lyons iis charged with manslaughter in ! causing the death of Michael i Schinski, of Hadley, who died Sun day it is alleged, from drinking liquor purchased in the Hadley Ho tel. He was released under $6,500 bonds on this charge. The other ■I two charges refer to illegal liquor j selling. Heat Energy of Air Enough to Replace Fuel, Phila. Scientist Declares i By Associated Press St. Ixmts. Mo.. Dec. 30. Heat ' energy of the atmosphere is suffl ' cient to replace fuel for all pur ! poses, according to a paper H. H. Piatt, of Philadelphia, read at the convention to-day of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He urged the scientists to use their energies to bring about means of "abstracting this fuel so as to relieve coal oppressed human ity." Botanists and meteorologists dis j cussed ways and means of further :; ing production of foodstuffs and re | during the living costs. Speakers , j urged specialists in plant diseases to i. redouble their efforts to conserve vegetables and to study soil and seed improvement. The recent discovery in Utah of the bones of a dinosauer. a prehis toric animal, which, it was said, is believed to be the largest specimen | ever found, was disclosed by Dr. William J. Holland, director of the I Carrjegie Institute, Pittsburgh. Returned Soldiers Under Arrest After Wrecking Car in Bomb Experiments By Associated Press Heading. Pa., Dec. 30.—Edward J. j Bower, Herbert C. Myers and Carl JC. Young, returned service men, who j experimented with a hand-made lead pipe bomb with destructive re j suits, was arrested last night bv ! Reading Railway detectives. They : are Reading Railway carshop em i ployes and made the bomb to test ! the theories of Bower as tt> the con struction of explosives. It was put | in an empty steel coal car of the battleship type and when it exploded j wrecked the car. Many windows in | the vicinity of the railroad yards l were smashed. The men gave bail j for a hearing to-day. The force of the explosion was felt for half a | mile. Dying, Last Three Men of Crew of 29 Are Taken Off Wrecked Steamer By Associated Fress St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 30.—Three men were rescued to-day from the wreck of the Belgian steamer Anton Van Driel, which struck 'on the rocks at the entrance of St. Mary's bay at midnight Sunday. They are the only survivors of the crew of 29 All were frightfully frostbitten from long exposure on the bridge, which was the only portion of the vessel above water. The rescued men are the second mate and two firemen. They were taken to Trepassey by the rescue steamer Ingraham which was sent out from the harbor to the scene of the wreck early to-day. They are in a serious condition, and physicians expressed doubt whether they would recover. 14,000 SHOT BY BOLSHEVIKI By Associated Press Berne, Dec. 30.—Fourteen thousand persons were shot by the Bolsheviki of Russia during the first three months of 1919 by order of the ex traordinary committee at Moscow, ac cording to an official not published in the Bolsheviki organ Isvestia of Mos cow, says a dispatch received here. DIES ITIOM BOOZE WIFE SENT By Associated Press Detroit, Dec. 30.—The first death hero from wood alcohol poisoning since the wave of fatalities fojlow j ing its sale as a beverage, was re -1 ported by the police here to-day. | The victim's wife, according to the : police theory, sent him a bottle of liquor from New York. CAPTAIN SHOOTS FOUR Los Angeles, Dec. 30. R. C. Potter, former army captain, to-day was in jail following a shooting affray on the interurban train in which his wife, | Mrs. Eilda E. Potter, and three other I passengers were wounded. Mrs. Pot- I ter's condition to-day was serious. | The Potters had been estranged. Newspapers Boosting Advertising Rates ', Hartfonl, Conn., Dec. 30.—The J Hartford Courant, morning, and the f Hartford Times, evening, yesterday reported advances in advertising rates. The Courant, beginning Jan uary 1, will increase its rates from twenty to twenty-five per cent, and the Times quotes its advance at from fifteen to twenty per cent. RATES GO CP AT AI.TOONA Altooiin, Pa.. Dec. 30.—Effective January 1, the Altoona Mirror will make an avcrugo increase of thirty per cent, on all advertising rates in an effort to conserve paper. TRANSCRIPT BOOSTS RATES Itoston. Dee. 30.—The Boston Transcript will raise its advertising rates, effective January 1, to twenty five cents a line, with an extra raise of thirty cents a line for Saturday only advertisers. JOHNSTOWN PAPER INCREASES Johnstown. Pu.. Dec. 30.—The Johnstown Tribune has announced an increase in advertising rates, ef fective January 1. averaging thirty per cent. SUNDAY PAPERS ADVANCE Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 30.—0n account of the increased cost of pro duction. the price of the Sunday Issue of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle will be advanced as follows, beginning January 4: Sin gle copies, 7 cents: per month, 23 cents: per year. *2.50 The Roches ter Herald announces Increases on its Sunday edition to 7 cents per copy, 25 cents per month and *3 per year. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Seven Arrests Are 1 Made in $15,000 Fur Robbery in Reading Heading, Pa., Dec. 30.—Up to to day seven arrests have been mader In ' the recent $15,000 robbery here of i j the fur store of Orecnblatt & Com- 1 pan.v. Testimony that the defend- j ants hauled the stolen furs front | Beading to Philadelphia under cover , of darkness was brought out at the hearing of Harry Kuser, a local ex- 1 pressman, and Frank Zerbe, charged i with having received stolen goods 1 and being accessories. Pallbearers Announced For Leib Funeral The list of pallbearers and honorary , pallbearers for the funeral of Frank R. Loib, which will be held to-mor- : row afternoon at 3 o'clock from his | residence In New Cumberland, with | the Rev. Ellis N. Kremer officiating, I was announced to-day as follows: Pallhearers: Alfred Poffenberger, 1 Edward Fager, Jr.. S. J. Schultz, R. ! M. Rutherford, John M. Cowden and Ray L. Filbert. Honary pallbearers: I W. M. Donaldson, E. Z. Wallowcr, S. I M. Fleming, Thomas T. Weirman, Ma- ! l jor Dane f l . llcrt. John K. Bowman,! I John K. Royal, W. N. Knisely, John ' ; E. Fox, J. T. \V. McLaughlin, Charles i S. Spicer, WI B. Hammond, Dr. Cher rick Westbrook, G. W. Mattson, Da vid Kebaugh, Fred Bryan. New Cum berland; Robert L. Read, Daniel Donne, Pottsville. Burial will be made | in the Harrisburg Cemetery. Deaths and Funerals WILLIAM F. DEHART j The funeral of William F. De i Hart, 59 years old, who died Fri day, was held tilts afternoon from his late home, 852 South Cameron street, at 1.30 o'clock. Burial was made in the East Harrisburg Ceme tery. HARVEY A. McCREARY As the result of a stroke suffered j five weeks ago, Harvey A .McCreary, 55 years old, died yesterday at his New Cumberland home. Mr. Mc-1 Creary has been a resident of New | Cumberland for fifteen years, having moved here from Shippensburg. lie was a member of the Knights of Malta and Trlungle liodge. Surviv- j _ ing him are his wife, son, Emory Mc- i j Creary, of New York, und a daugh- j . ter, Miss Stella McCreary, of Chi- 1 , cago; the following stepchildren: j, William Beaver, Lemoyne; George , Beaver, Lebanon; John Beaver, Mrs. ( Mervin Bomberger, Mrs .David Sipe , and Miss Edith Beaver, of New Cum- ( berland. ! , JOHN I/. WALTERS Funeral services for John L. Wal ters. aged 76 years, who died yester day morning at the Harrisburg Hos pital, will be held Thursday after noon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr. Henry, of the Penbrook Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be \ made In Shoop's Church Ceme tery. Mr. Walters is survived by three sons, John, Ephriam and Harry Walters and four daughters, ' Mrs. Andy Miller, Mrs. John Frantz. Mrs. John Alleman and Mjrs. John Gibson- MRS. K. M. NY~E The funeral of Mrs. Jennie Nye, wife of E. M. Nye, who died on j Saturday at her Piketown home, will j be held Thursday morning at 10 ; o'clock ifrom Shoop's Church. She j is survived by her husband and one 1 son. Clarence Nye. DR. SCHOTT HUFISFA HOX'D By Associated Press l.oulftvlllc, Ky., Dec. 30.—Having re- I fused to furnish SIO,OOO bail bond and elected to stay in jail instead, Dr. I Christopher C. Schott, Louisville phy siclan. charged with the nurder of i Miss Elizabeth Ford Griffith, his 17- year-old office assistant, still con- ] tended early to-day that he was inno- i cent. FIXED FOR SHORT WEIGHT i Harry A. Boyer, county inspector of weights and measures brought suit . before Justice of the Peace Young, | of Lykens, against a farmer charging him with giving short weight in sell- [ ing buckwheat to the State for use on the game preserves in the upper end j of the county. It was alleged tnat ! four bushels of grain were 34 pounds short. A fine of $5 and the costs were I imposed by the justice. I NEW YORK ~ READING ||j HARRISBURG LANCASTER t - mbt (£lms CttiTl l ' Smartejt FashioipSHop ■■■ J PENN HARRIS HOTEL BUILDING LI \ A New Collection ' of Extremely Attractive Evening Gowns For the Younger Sex Also Afternoon Dinner and Evening Gowns For Milady's Various Social Demands Developed in Soiree, Taffeta, Chiffon Vel vets, Satin and Pussywillow Silks There is an indescribable smartness and charm in these frocks that lend the assurance of quality, distinctive ness and refinement. Priced From $35.00 t05137.50 Exclusive, but not expensive. Polyclinic Ready to Put Through Campaign For Fund of $150,000 The organization of forces to carry through the proposed cam- i puign to raise at least $150,000 for > the Polyclinic Hospital of Harris- [ burg Is progressing splendidly. George G. McFarland, the general : chalrmnn of the campaign, is cn- . thusiast|g regarding the prospects of j success. Mr. McFarlund reports that . his executive committee is about complete, and that he has been ' greatly pleased with the Universally ; satisfactory reception which he has ■ received as he has approached citi- | zens of Harrisburg. "There can be ; no question," snid Mr. McFarland, "but that the people of this com munity recognize the serious need of more and better hospital facili ties." At a meeting of the board of dl- i rectors of Polyclinic llospitul held : yesterday, the following resolution | was unanimously adopted: "Resolved, That the board of di- I rectors of the Polyclinic Hospital j hereby delegates to the executive committee, consisting of George O. McFarltind. chairman; Miller I. Kast, J. A. Donaldson, George B. Tripp, O. A. Hibler, Dr. Herbert F. Gross. B. F. Blough. C. W. Burtnett, K. R. Eckenrode, Samuel lvades and such other members as the commit tee may add to its membership, full authority and power to act in the campaign, to raise at least $150,000 for improvements to the Harrisburg Polyclinic Hosnital of Harrisburg, Pa." > The dates set for this campaign are January 19 to 26, inclusive. N. J. RKPIBI.ICAM MEET By Associated Press Trenton, N. J.. Dec. 30.—Republi can State Senators and assemblymen elected last fall will meet here this afternoon In response to a call of Governor Runyojt to receive the Re publican joint conference committee's report embodying a proposed Repub lican legislative program, including prohibition, woman suffrage a"nd pub- I tic utilities. Compromises on the liquor issue may be made, it is said, although it is believed the Republi cans will lean to the "wet" side of the question, in view of Govertior elect Edward I. Edwards election on a "wet" platform. TO DRAW DANSCBV JURY By Associated Press May* l.anillnK. N. J.. Dec. 30. The | January grand jury which will hear the evidence Prosecutor Gaskiil will present against Charles S. White, charged with killing "Billy" Dansey, and Mrs. Edith IA Jones, housekeeper for White's father, charged with be ing an accessory after the fact, will be drawn to-morrow, it was announc ed at the sheriff's office here to-day. The grand jury is scheduled to con vent January 13. -f* t 1 * A Stubborn Cough t | Loosens Right Up | 4 ThU hmr-mado remedy Ii m won- J j