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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
BREAD TO SELL
HERE AT NINE
AND TEN CENTS
City Bakers Have Different
Price Schedules For New
SiXteen-Ounce Loaf

The Schmidt Baking Company of
this city took the initiatiye to-day by
putting on sale to the consumer
bread weighing sixteen ounces for
nine cents loaf. This price was also
adopted by the Harrisburg Baking
Company and the Pan Dandy Baking
Company, affiliated corporations.
Bernard Schmidt was personally re-
sponsible for the cutting down of
the price from ten to nine cents and
In accomplishing it he carried his
assertion that without a wrapper 81
loaf of bread can be sold at profit
Tor one cent less than when wrap
ped. Up until noon most of the
other big manufacturers of bread
had followed this precedent, the
rates of ten and fifteen cents con-
tinuing to prevail
The Schmidt firm emphasized that
the nine cent loaf has no right to
be called war bread" for it contains
the identical ingredients stipulated
by the government and is all wheat.
INeIlONdl Ol the wrapper alone per-
mits the sale at nine cents, the mid
dleman still getting his percentage.
Whether this system will be gen.
orally adopted remains to be seen.
Mr.. Bricker, of Bricker's New Bak-
cry, said to-day that his attitude was
to take care of the retailer who
could not make anything in selling
bread at less than ten cents. "A big
Philadelphia firm" said he. lis en-
barking on the campaign of eliminat-
ing the retailer, selling an unwrap-
ped loaf for eight cents. If this were
done in Harrisburg great number
of small merchants would be hard
hit. This recalls that some time ago
when Philadelphia was paying ten
cents for thirteen ounces of bread
here in Harrisburg they were paying
but six. l am going to stand by the
small dealer and see that he gets
what small profit he is entitled to-
The cash and carry" system
which is being adopted in the larger
cities Is not feasible here said sew
eral of the local bakers. Only a
comparatively few people could af-
ford the time to travel to Il bakery
and purchase their bread. The labor
involved in handing the product is
not overpaid, say these men, when
the baker sells at wholesale for s
and II cents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
Railroad Situation May
Receive Favorable Action

Washington, Dec. 10. - Interest in
the railroad situation involving sug-
gestions of Government operation or
repeal of the antipooling laws and a
Federal loan as a measure. centered
to-day in a conference between Presi-
dent Wilson and Senator Newlands,
chairman of the joint Congressional
committee investigating the roads.
1t was understood Senator Newlands
hopes to submit in behalf of the roads
Il statement of their position agreed
upon at a conference of executives in
New York yesterday Although the
decision of the conference was not an
nounced, the general attitude of the
railroads was made known last week
by Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the
Railroad War Board, in u statement
which asserted that the roads under
their present direction are prepared to
furnish all the transportation possible
under any management.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
Boroughs Will Be
Invited Once More

Eoroughs and counties which have
not responded to Highway Commits
sioner O'Neil's invitation to unite
with the state in improvement of
highways will be asked again, ac-
cording to a statement by Mr.. O'Neil
to-day. Thirty boroughs and twenty
counties will be included in the sec
ond invitation.
Over 200 municipalities and public
safety committees have responded to
the request of Adjutant General
Beary for information as to police
forces and home defense organiza-
tions. In a number of instances it
has been found that boroughs have
formed volunteer police forces.
More volunteer policemen were
named to-day for Carbon county.
Officers representing the railroads
were here to-day in conference with
state draft headquarters officials re-
garding movement of the remainder
of the draftec men in the first quota.
No dates have been set for the move
ments to start.
The Allentown and Reading Trnc-
tion Company has filed with the Pub
lie Service Commission notice of an
increase of fare from five to six cents
except between Reading and Rose
dale, to be effective January 1.
Workmen's and school tickets are in
creased The Waynesboro Electric
Company. Franklin county; Home
Electric Light and Steam Heating
Company, Tyrone and vicinity; Ride-
way st. Mary's and Johnsonburg
Electric Light Companies have also
filed notices of increases.
The four new Iieutenants of the
state police have been summoned
"a wit In
Acting superintendent Lumb.
Representative II. II. Smith, Bed
ford, and Richard T.. Cochran, of
York, former deputy secretary of
the Commonwealth, were at the Cap
itol to-day.
Adjutant General Beary Is expected
home from Augusta Thursday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
BIG WAR FILM
AT COLONIAL
For the Freedom of the
World" to Be Shown as
Benefit Picture

For the Freedom of the World,
said to be the greatest war spectacle
film ever produced, Will be shown
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday at
the Colonial Theater, as a benefit eN-
hibition for the Harrisburg Chapter,
Daughters of 1917, National War Aid.
The theater management has arranS-
ed to give a percentage OF the gross
receipts to the chapter.
The story of the film is one of love
and deception, cowardice and heroism
of the highest order. written by Cap
tain Edwin Bower Hesser, an officer
in the American Legion of the Cana
dian EXpeditionary forces, and pro-
duced by Ira NJ. Lowry. Its scenes
are laid in Canada, the United States
and on the battlefields of Western
France.
Members of the organization COM
mittee of the Harrisburg Chapter who
saw the film at a private exhibition
several days ago, are unanimous in
their opinion that it is one of the best
war dramas ever produced. Commit
tee members are now selling tickets.
Admission prices will be twenty i've
cents for adults and fifteen cents for
children. The film will be shown
continuously on the three days from
] | in the morning until IL o'clock in
the evening.
In the cast are such well-known
screen stars as Barbara Castleton, Il.
Is. Lincoln. Romaine Fielding, Jane
Adler. Neil Moran and Walter Weems.
Probably never before has a war
picture been seen which sets forth in
more effective manner a pictorial
exposition of the reasons why the
United States has gone into the great
world conflict-and gone in to win.
In the course of the film story spec
tators may see a realistic photo
graphic reproduction of the life of
their sons, brothers, fathers and
others who are at present living in the
training camps throughout the coun-
try and the hardships they will later
be privileged to undergo in the
trenches of the battlefields of Europe.
Twenty-seven motion picture cam
eras Were required to film the battle
scenes in For the Freedom of the
World" The action, which took place
at night, was registered from every
angle so that no part of it could be
missed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
&RsStkRoAD DEVISE
RAILROAD MEN
HEAR FIGURES
Local Trainmen Get Official
Demand For Wage Increase
at Monthly Meetings

Local trainmen and conductors
yesterday, at their semi-monthly
lodge meeting, received official com
munications regarding recent de-
mands for higher wages. No action
was taken, as the wage increase is
with the national officials. Briefly,
n" figures submitted to President
Wilson and lnLers.a .ate commissioners
are as follows:
Passenger Runs
On runs of 155 miles or less pei
day: Conductors, not less than 3.5
cents a mile, $5.43 a day, or S162.90
month; ticket collectors, not less
than cents a mile. S465 a day, OF
$139.5O a month; baggage electricians
not less than 20 cents mile. $3.50
a day, or $135 a month; baggagemen
not less than 2.5 cents a mile, sass a
day, or $116.40 a month. Flagmen
and brakemen, not less than 2.33
cents a mile, $3.61 day, or $1OS.30
a month.
The schedule contains the usual
provisions for short runs, overtime,
etc. overtime in all passenger serv-
ice to be not less per hour than one
eighth of the daily rate.
Freight Service
The proposed rates for freight
service are as follows:
Through and irregular freight.
snowplow and circus trains: Con-
ductors, 5.S cents a mile; hagmen and
trakemen, 3.S1 cents a mile For
yard crews, the rates contain the
usual differences for night work, and
are: Conductors or foremen, $3.50 u
day and $3.50 night brakemen OF
helpers, So a day and $500 a night;
eight hours or less to constitute Il
days work; overtime pro rata actual
minutes to be counted"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
FIVE RESCUED
FROM RIVER
Ice Holds Party For Three
Hours in Uncovered
Ferry Boat

With the prospect of an icy bath
in the waters of the Susquehanna
sand possible death three girls and
two men were caught late Saturday
in the river off McCormicks Island
in an ice jam where they endured
the snow, sleet and nearly zero
weather for three hours until rescued
by the prompt aid of V. Grant
Forrer and Charles Dintaman. The
unlucky voyagers were l.. E. Shipley
and his daughter Dorothy; Ii. A.
Stock and his two daughters, Clara
and Emma, all of whom live on the
Mccormick Island farm.
Boarding the old ferry boat which
is operated on an overhead cable
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Harry Lauder. the famous scotch
comedian, who is making his farewell
tour of America,
Farewell Tour of and will appear
Harry Lauder at the Orpheum
Christmas Day,
has tried his hand at editorial work
several years ago, between his tours
of the United States, he was. appoint
ed Joke editor" of the Peoples Jour
nal of Life in Scotland, and he took
an active interest in his work. Besides
furnishing material of his own, he es-
tablished Joke contest" for his
journal, and offered a prize for the
best humorous anecdote sent in. a
schoolboy, of Edinburgh, won Laudcr's S
ten shillings with this story:
Tom Wilson's son and heir had Just
been christened and the minister was
congratulating the worthy parents on
the baby's splendid behavior. why
said he. that is the first time in all
my experience that / baptized a child
who did not cry during the cere-
monyn"
"'Ye see, sir. answered Tom. he's
got kind of used to it. His mither an
me has been practicin' on him for the
last fortnight wi a bucket o caud
water"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

The Killinger property, 120
Chestnut street, has been bought by
George l.. Bricker, of the Harrisburg
Electrical Supply Company. to be
used as warehouse when the needs
of the growing business demand it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Real star shells and trench rockets
were used to illuminate the trench
system photographed at night in the
spectacular film. The Canadian Admy's
Ordnance Department supplied the
necessary fireworks"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
Railroad Notes

William d. Bowers. special duty en-
gineer on the Middle Division, Penn
sylvania Railroad, will leave to-mor-
row on a two days hunting trip in
Huntingdon county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

The director of the war film For
the freedom of the World" was oblig-
ed to install a system of trench tele-
phones to supervise the work of his
thousands of actors in the big battle
scenes
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

The Pennsylvania Railroad Glee
Club scored a big hit. Saturday night,
at Camp Meade. They gave concert
under the auspices of the Y Nj. c. A.
An invitation was extended TO the
local vocalists to return at an early
date.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
AUDITOR NAMEn

The court to-day appointed Harry
Nj. TroXell auditor to serve until 1919
succeeding Robert E. Swab, who re-
signed to enter the United States
service.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

The feature at the Colonial Theater
for tonight and tomorrow is Metro 5
The Square De-
Harold Lockwood ceiVer," with Har-
AT the Colonial old Lockwood as
the star. This is
said to be one of those delightful COM
edy dramas that would meet with the
approval of any moving picture audi
ence. The picture holds out an un-
usually strong appeal to boys and
girls in their teens, for the story has
to do with a classy chauffeur and a
pretty girl, and furnishes plenty of
romance. Mr.. Lockwood gives an eN-
cellent portrayal of the part of the
chauffeur who. in reality, is a very
wealthy society man. Some wonder
full scenery is shown in this picture.
which is always typical of Lockwood
plays. The cast of players chosen
interpret the different characters are
all very good.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
the Harrisburg Chapter National War
Aid will give a benefit performance,
and all the money taken in at that
time will go to the mothers, wives
and sisters to buy comforts for their
boys at the front. A great war drama
entitled For the Freedom of the
World" will be shown in conjunction
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
ADJUSTMENTS

with the, benefit with beautiful Bar
bara Castleton as the star.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

John Dockey has succeeded NJ. A.
Davis as special officer for the Pennsy
at Lewistown. The latter has been
elected sheriff. The new officer was
transferred from Huntingdon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

miniature musical comedy en-
titled sherman Was Right" occupies
the headline position
"Shermnn Was On the Majestic bill
hiEht'" at the early half of the
TIE majestic present week A
cast of ten cleN er
players have been selected to furnish
the singing, dancing and comedy in
the piece. which is diverting and en-
tertaining throughout. The two big
features of the act are its cookbook
ing girls and two funny comedians
beautltul stage settings and costumes,
and splendid electrical effects make
TINS musical comedy a pleasing sight"
attractlon. Appearing on the same
blll are Norris Balloons. a wonder
Iul trained animal Offering; the Klein
Brothers, in comedy, songs and paro-
dies, with a bunch of nonsense
sprinkled here and there; Weiser and
keiser. comedy blackface entertain.
ers, and one other Keith act.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

The summer cottage formerly oc-
cupied by Grafton Drake. passenger
engineer, and his family. at VanDylxe.
has been taken over by the railroad
company and will be enlarged. 1t
viii be occupied by the signal main
tainer in that section who is on duty.
and subject to emergency call,
twenty-four hours each day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
NIC,TORIA

To-day. tomorrow and Wednesday -
1.-The Warrior" featuring Maciste,
the giant hero of Cambria
Thursday-Mrs. Vernon Castle in "The
Mary of Cain"
Friday and aturday-Virginia Pear
son in "All For a Husband
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
ORPHEUM

To- morrow evening. at Sis = Free
Lecture by Countess De Turcyzno-
wicz. when the Prussians came To
Poland"
Wednesday, matinee and night De-
cember 12-"Love o. Mike.
Friday and Saturday, with daily mail
nees, December Ia and 10 = captain
Findlay in "a Trip to the Fighting
Front"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Captain Lord Michael Kildare is the
hero of the story of Love o. Mike,
the musical comedy
Glove o. Mike which ran one solid
Musical Comedy year in New York.
1t comes to the Dr
pheum, Wednesday. matinee and
nightnight. Lord Michael is the guest
of honor at a houseparty. AS he
is such an engaging fellow, all the
girls are in love with him, and this
serves to make all the other fellows
peevish. All the girls want to love a
hero, which causes Lord Michael to
pretend to be one, and all the other
fellows to follow his lead. The girls
all wear stunning gowns in the play
and pretty lingerie in the prologue,
the scene being laid in a bedroom.
The music is by jerome Kern, COM
poser of "Oh Boy" Very Good Eddie"
and Have Heart" and is character =
istic of that melody sharp. The lyrics
by Harry b. Smith, the famous author
of robin Hood and scores of famous
operas and musical comedies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
REGENT

To-day, tomorrow and Wednesday -
William S. Hart in The Silent
Man"
Thursday. Friday and Saturday-Mar-
guerite Clark in "Bab's Matinee
Idol"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

James Il. Kirk, Pennsylvania Rail-
road freight solicitor. has assumed his
duties at Reading. He came from To-
ronto, Canada.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Maciste, the giant hero of the stu
pendous production, Cambria" which
delighted theater-
The WARRIOR" goers everywhere for
at the Victoria several years, is
again starred in a
novel and highly interesting motion
picture play, entitled The Warrior" ,"
TO be shown only at the Victoria
Iheater to-day, tomorrow and We'd
nesday.
RMS novel picture of seven reels is
lust as gripping and interesting as
IL is new. 1t is said to be full of
thrills, tears, cheers and explosions of
laughter. Maciste, the hero, is the
strongest man in the world and his
exploits and accomplishments on the
side of his native land, Italy, in the
world war have startled and surprised
the world. Nothing like it since the
exploits of Samson" is the way critics
nave described his actions
The scenes of this remarkable pro-
duction are laid in Italy. In it, Ma
clste makes a club of one of his foes
TO moor half dozen others.
lie breaks down a big tree with an
austrian Snipe at it's top.
with one hand he upsets horse
and rider
He carries massive pieces of ar
tillery up the Alps on his head
Three Austrians are captured nv
him sinSle-handed and he carries them
INTO camp on his back. And, to add
bit of variety, he takes a snow bath
every morning before breakfast. These
are facts, not fiction
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

William $. Hart, who's portrayal of
western types has made him one of
the most widely
"ihe silent Man," popular of motion
at the Regent picture players, is
appearing at the
Regent to-day, tomorrow and
Wednesday in THE Silent Man" a
mining camp story, written by Charles
Kenyon and produced by Thomas II.
lnce. The picture is highly dramatic
and contains plenty of lightninglike
gun plays, feats of horsemanship and
other picturesque frontier exploits
which have endcared Hart to his ad-
mlrers. The Silent Man" which is
shown for the f"st time in this city,
is one of the m t expensive produc-
tions in which Il rt has appeared and
which Aircraft Pictures Corporation
have released, and comes direct to the
Regent from the Rialto Theater, New
York. In New York and other large
cities, the admission has ranged from
twenty-five cents to 81. 1t costs the
Regent management more to show this
production, therefore compelling them
TO raise the admission price from tif-
teen cents to twenty cents after 6
o'clock.
In The Silent Man" Hart is said to
present a characterization unlike any
thing he has ever appeared i'm on the
screen. In this play he will not por-
tray the part of a bad man" but
rather the role of good, honest
Westerner, whose success as a miner
makes him the mark of the many un-
scrupulous characters such as were
common during the time of the story.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Tonight and tomorrow = Harolc
Lockwood in "The Square Deceiver.'
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday :
The great war drama, For the
Freedom of the World"
Saturday-"The Mask of Life
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

MAJESTIC
High Grade of Vaudeville.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

T. NJ Flack, Philadelphia. general
manager of the Reading Railway, has
been APPOINTED on the subcommittee
of the general operating committee of
the eastern railroads now located at
Pittsburgh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

Ralph w. Beard, formerly assistant
yardmaster of the Reading at Potts
town, who is now attached to the One
Hundred and Fortieth Aero Squadron,
is located at Brentwood Field, No, 3,
at Hicks, Tex.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

A. c. Esterline, fireman on the
Harrisburg Division, was overcome in
the tank of his engine at Palmyra,
Saturday. When discovered by the en-
gineman he was unconscious. DIR. s.
ID. Bashore was called and the young
man recovered sufficiently to be sent
to his home in this city
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10

The November efficiency record of
the Middle Division, of the Pennsyl-
Vania Railroad, in regard to observa-
tion of operating rules and obedience.
is one of the best of the year. They
established a mark of 999 per cent.
The number of tests taken were q. :
6S6, of which six were failures to OBJ
serve some running rule, making the
total grand percentage of 800
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-10
BUYS WAREHOUSE

jutant General Beary Is expected
: from Augusta Thursday.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-01-25
HoWARD~WALKER MISSING.

No news has been heard Of or
from Howard Walker for the past
six weeks and his mother, Mrs.
Green Walker, is very much wor-
ried over his disappearance.
When he left here he said he
was going to Louisville to accept
"a position, but when last heard
of was in Union City, where he
told a friend he was going to
catch freight train north and
ride and save his money, and from
this his family thought maybe he
had gone to st. Louis. Always be-
fore when away from home he
had written home often to differ
ent members of the family, and
not having heard from him, his
mother fears he has been dealt vio-
lently with. At the time he left
he wore checked trousers, dark
brown coat, light colored, new
style hat, had on brand new pair
of bib overalls. His mother has
written the chiefs of police In the
different towns where she
thought he might have gone but
has been able to hear nothing of
him.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-01-25

simplic..y, Ina in the dining
room, where a delicious salad
course, coffee and minis were serv
ed. The arrangement of white
and red carnations and ferns were
especially pretty.
Mrs. Prather Curtin, Mrs.
brewery Brasfield, Miss Mary
Briggs and Mrs. Harry Threl-
keld added quite a pleasant feat
ure to the occasion by furnishing
both instrumental and vocal mu-
sic during the entire afternoon.
There was a lack of constraint
and stiffness which one so often
feels ON these occasions, which
was due to the gracious hospitali-
ty of the hostesses and hOnOree
who made the afternoon one long
to be remembered by the friends
who enjoyed the unboumded cor
diality of the Burrus home. -
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-01-25
INFORMAL RECEPTION.

Wednesday afternoon from
2 80 to 400 Mrs. Swan Bu11.us
Mrs. Crittenden Bondurant and
Mrs. Willard Shaw entertained
their friends at home Of Mrs.
Burrus, with a delightfully."- an
formal reception in honor of Mrs.
Jennie Haynes Burrus, Of Res
well, New Mexico. The hostesses
after graciously receiving their
guests were aided in entertaining
by Mrs. Mary Lyon, Miss Victo-
ria Bondurant, Mrs. Dan Briggs,
Mrs. Heny McMullen, Miss
Mary Briggs, Miss Elsie Shaw,
Miss Pauline Shaw, Miss Mary
Hardy Lyon and Mrs. Lawrence
McMakin.
The decorations consisted of
ferns, blooming plants and cut
flowers were beautiful in their