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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10

tails are so sordid, so pathetic, so hor-
rible"
So declared Archibald Mackrell,
civilian aid of the Pittsburgh Depart
ment of Safety, at a hearing before
the Public Health Committee of the
House this afternoon. Continuing he
said:
1T is because the effect of the drug
habit upon the life of a community
is so terrible, that the public is kept
in ignorance regarding it. The news
papers could not afford to print the
story of it all out of consideration for
its readers, and L assure you gentle
men, | would not be here before you
now endeavoring to enlighten you on
the subject, were it not for the fact
that l feel it is my duty as a public
official to lay bare the facts and seek
a remedy at your hands.
Dangerous to Community
The drug fiend is dangerous to q
community because the first thing the
drug does is to make a sneak out of
him. Not until he is a complete ply
sical and mental wreck will he admit
that he is a slave to the habit, and he
only makes that admission then be-
cause he fears he is about to be plac-
ed in restraint where he will be de-
prived of the drug. Once the slave
realizes his habit is known then he
into any of the cheap poolrooms of a
large city and YOU VIII find draped in
chairs along the wall, pale-faced hol-
low-chested boys. Not men, but boys
who ought to be home with their par
ents, but instead are hanging about
waiting for a chance beg, borrow,
or steal enough to buy a few grains
of white powder. One sniff of which
will straighten up the dropping shoul-
ders, throw out the sunke nchest and
bring color back to the faded cheeks.
But for how long? Only for a few
hours and then the misery is greater
than ever. They sell the last stitch
of decent clothing on them and walk
about in rags for the privilege of liv-
ing again for few hours. They rob
their parens. l have known them to
steal furniture from the house and
sell 1t to get some of the drug"
The House committee held the hear
ing in the Senate caucus rooms to
learn of the various drug bills before
the Legislature.
Senator Ware, Representative Sam
uel Whitaker, of Chester; Represen-
tative Theodore Campbell, of PhiIa-
delphia, and Representative John c.
Sullivan, of Allegheny, have bills on
drugs and all will appeal before the
committee. Mr.. Mackrell is interested
in the Sullivan bill, but wants to see
rigid LEGISLATION of any kind against
the drug habit.
narrowing Tale
Captain Mackrell told a borrow
ing tale from his own personal expert
ence with hundreds of drug fiends.
young and old, of both sexes during
his police work in Pittsburgh. Much
of his recital was of an unprintabIe
character, but graphically depicted the
awful conditions following the use of
heroin, morphine and other habit
forming drugs. All over the State he
said this condition exists and he made
an earnest plea for the enactment of
legislation that will wipe out the evil.
No more vigorous indictment of the
evil of drug using or more eloquent
appeal for it's abatement was ever
heard at the Capitol.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
CONSUMPTION PLAN
is MUCH OPPOSED
IContinucd From First Pagcl

strongly he believes the United States
should not apply the volunteer sys-
tenn in raising a big army for use
against Germany. He made similar
personal appeal yesterday to Chair
man Dent, of the Military Committee,
who does not favor conscription.
There was considerable talk to-day
of n compromise to be presented by
opponents of compulsory service and
although the administration recog-
nizes this possibility. no hint was
given that it will recede from it's in
sistence on conscript.on. Chairman
Dent declared it would be at least a
week before n bill of any sort is re-
ported from his committee.
In the Senate an amendment to
the army appropriation bill not
passed at the last session authorizing
the President to call volunteers in
lots of 100000 each. is pending, but
probably will be disposed of on a
point of order. 1t was offered by
Senator Kirby of Arkansas, yesterday
when debate on the draft plan was
injected into discussion of the army
appropriation bill.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
RADICAL CHANGES URGED BY
ECONOMY COMMISSION REPORT
Reorganization of State Departments Benefit Taxpayers
Is Suggested in Report to Assembly

Banking. to supersede the present
boards of Public Accounts, Revenue
Commissioners and Sinking Fund Com
missioners.
budget system is recommended to
be applied by a commission consisting
of the Governor. the chairman of the
Appropriations Committee of the Sen
ate or House in the preceding session
the Attorney General and the Auditor
General.
Seek Equalization of Salaries
Equalization of salaries is recon-
mended throughout the entire State
government.
To take charge of the expenditure OF
s35. 600, 900 a year the creation of a
board of public works is recommended
to supersede separate department
boards and commissions. The board
shall consist of the Governor. Auditor
General, State Treasurer. Budget Com
mission and a Superintendent of, Pub
lie Works, to be appointed by the Gov
ernor. 1t would have complete juris-
diction over all State property.
The suggestion that a bond issue OF
500, 100000, to be spent for great inn
provements on waterways and the har-
bors during a period of ten years is
are given to show that every dollar eN-
pended for the development of water
way facilities in Philadelphia. Pitts
burgh and Erie will be returned a hun
dredfold in the future. Such improve
ment work would be delegated to the
Board of Public Works.
The creation of Department of Con-
servation is suggested. and the COM
mission would merge into this depart
ment the Water Supply Commission.
the Forestry Commission and the Fish
and Game Commission. The commission
would wipe out duplication in the De-
partment of Agriculture, transfer the
pure food work to the Department OF
Health and the dairy inspection work
to the State veterinarian.
Concerning printing. the commission
recommends that printing for State in
stitutions be regulated, as is the print
ing for state departments. Annual re-
ports should be eliminated in favor OF
biennial reports for economy.
Extension of the Department OF
Banking is desired by the creation OF
a number of new positions. The Leg
islative Reference Bureau would be
given the work now done by the Com
codify laws now entrusted to commits
sions.
The Board of Elevated and Under
ground Railways should be abolished
and its duties transferred to the Pub
lie Service Commission.
Abolition of the Gettysburg Monu-
ment and Memorial Commission also is
recommended.
Large extensions of production effort
by State institutions is recommended.
When the report was read in the
Senate Senator Sproul recommends ed
that it be spread on the journal and
500 copies printed. This will be done
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
City Educators to Speak
at Schoolmen's Meeting

Educators and public school officials
from the city and county will partici-
pate in the Schoolmen's Week pro-
gram, which will be held at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
A. Carson Stamm, president of the
city school board, will speak on The
School Budget" DR.. Nathan c. Schaef-
fer, state Superintendent of Public In
struction. More Adequate Support For
Public Schools;" DR.. Frederick L.
Downes. City School Superintendent.
Continuation Schools" Prof. +. e.
Shambaugh. County School Superin-
tendent, Training Of Teachers for Ru-
raj Schools"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10

you without doing you any good. You
don't get the strength out of II, and as
a consequence you become weak, pale
and sickly looking, just like a plant
trying to grow in soil deficient in iron.
IL you are not strong or well, you owe it
to yourself to MAKE the following test:
See how long you can work or how far
Next take two tive-grain tablets of or
binary nuXated iron three times per
day after meals for two weeks. Then
test your strength again and see how
much you have gained. l have seen
dozens of nervous, rundown people
who were ailing all the while double
their strength and endurance and en-
tirely rid them selves of all symptoms
OF dyspepsia, liver and other troubles
in from ten to fourteen days time
simply by taking iron in the proper
cases been doctoring for months with
out obtaining any benefit But don't
take the old forms of reduced iron, iron
acetate, or tincture of iron simply to
save a few cents. The iron demanded
by Mother Nature for the red coloring
matter in the blood of her children is
alasl not that kind of iron. You must
take iron in a form that can be easily
absorbed and assimilated to do you
any good. otherwise IL may prove worse
than useless. Many an athlete and
cause he knew the secret of great
strength. and endurance and filled his
blood with iron before he went into the
affray; while many another has gone
down in inglorious defeat simply for
the lack If iron"
DIR. Schuyler C. Jaques. Visiting Sur
geon of st. Elizabeth's Hospital. New
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10

York City. said: 'T have never before
given out any medical information or
advice for publication as / ordinarily
do not believe in 1t. But in the case
of Nuxated Iron l feel | would be re-
miss in my duty not to mention it, 1
have taken il myself and given 1t to
my patients with most surprising ana
wish to increase their strength, power
and endurance Will find it a most re-
harkable and wonderfully effective
N0TE-Nuxated Iron, which is pre-
icribed and recommended above by
physicians In such great variety of
cases, is not patent medicine nor Sc
cret remedy, but one which is well
known to druggists md whose iron
constituents are widely prescribed by
eminent physicians both In Europe and
iron products 1t Is easily assImIlnted,
does not injure the teeth, make them
black. nor upset the stomach; on the
contrary, IL Is most potent remedy
In nearly all forms of Indigestion as
well ns for nervous, rundown condI-
dOns. The manufacturers have such
great confidence in nuxated iron that
they Offer TO forfeit $4,000 to any
charitable institution IL they cannot
take any mnD or woman under go
who lacks iron, and Increase their
strength 100 per cent. or over In four
weeks time, provided they have no
serious organic trouble. They also Of
fer to refund your money IL IL does
not Mt least double your strength and
endurance I'm ten days time, II Is dis
pensed in this city by CrOII Keller, a.
A. GOrgas and }. Nelson Clark, Mi
good drugglsts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
RUSSIA PREPARES
FOR SEA ATTACK
Fortress Made Ready With
Feverish Haste, For En-
pected Assault
By Associated Press

Kronstadt, April 1O.-Kronstadt is
feverishly preparing to repel an ex-
pected German naval attack when the
Gulf of Finland is free of ice. A cor
respondent of the Associated Press
reached the famous island fastness by
travelling over the vast ice waste which
separates it from the mainland and
found the garrison working night and
day in anticipation of the long-pr
dicted assault.
The fortress is entirely controlled
by council elected by the troops,
which is unanimously resolved to de-
fend Russian freedom and territory to
the last. The council is equally reso-
lutte against fighting for the annexa-
ton of foreign territory. One men,
ber of the council said that as long as
Germany was unwilling to abandon
its plans of annexation there was
nothing to do but fight. He said that
everything possible had been done to
put the defenses of the fortress in
first class order and that the strong
hold was as strong to-day as ever.
An impressive sight is offered the
viistor to Kronstadt from the walls
after dark. At every half mile along
the tracks across the ice bonfires flare
and in their gleam the red flags of the
revolution can be seen family wav-
ing. Around the fires the revolution
ary soldiers chant the new revolution
airy hymn and cheer for the coming of
the Russian republic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BRIDES

Wilmington, Del, Apri 10.-An in
teresting double wedding was cele-
brated in the Cathedral here yester-
day when mother and daughter were
the brides. Mrs. Anna j. Devine be-
came the bride of George T. Vansant,
of Elsmere, and the daughter. Miss
Mildred NJ. Devine, was married to
Leroy NJ. sheldon, of Atlantic City.
Both ceremonies were performed by
the Rev. James NJ. Grant, Miss Marian
Nj. Devine, a daughter of one bride
and sister of the other. was the brides
maid for both, and Martin Dunwell,
was the best man at both weddings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
PRIEST OFFERS $1,000 TO TRAIN.
BOYS FOR SERVICE To NATION

Scranton. Pa, April 1O.-An offer of
$1,000 was made yesterday by the Rev.
w. 2. O'Donnell, pastor of the Holy
Cross Church, Bellevue. toward the
training of boys of his parish between
is and 25. for military duty.
In explaining the OFFER. he said that
he believes the boys of Bellevue. who
will be called to the eolors, should have
some training in military requirements
and that he is willing to give $1,000 to
defray the cost of this training be-
tween now and the time the bows are
wanted by the government
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
TO HOLD PACKAGE PARTY

John Harris Council, Knights of
Pythias. will hold a package party
Monday night in Pythian Hall, Union
Square. The proceeds will go to the
Red Cross Society. Following short
business session the packages will be
auctioned off. Members and their
wives will attend and refreshments
will be served. The arrangements are
In charge of the following commit
tee: Charles Erb, chairman; John
w. Bowman, II. d. Reel c. y. Corn
man, ]. B. Colestock.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
HOUSE BILL WOULD
CHANGE PRIMARY
Would Have Nominations
Made on Saturdays Instead
of on Tuesdays

Among the bills introduced in the
House last night were the following:
Mr.. Higgins. Notwithstanding the
dates of the primary elections from the
third Tuesday of September in odd
numbered years and the third Tuesday
in May of ven-numbered years to the
last Saturday of June in each year. In
years when President is to be elected
the primary shall be the second Satur-
day in May. The bill provides that
general primaries be held in even
numbered years and municipal primar-
les in odd-numbered years.
Mr.. Higgins, Warren-Providing uni
form salaries for County Commission
ers, based on the population of the re-
spective counties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10

applying freezone or afterwards. It
doesn't even irritate the skin.
Just ask in any drug store for a
small bottle of freezone. This will
cost but few cents but will positively
rid your poor, suffering feet of every
hard corn, soft corn, or corn between
the toes. or the tough calluses on
bottom of feet. Genuine freezone is
only sold in those tiny bottles and
each packed in a round, wood case.
Don't accept it unless it is in a round,
wood case.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
3 Lift Coms Out With Fingers
III Don't Hurt a Bit-No Danger!
WV Few drops stop soreness, then the corn or cal
IIFHII lus shrivels and lifts off. Try it and
w see! No humbug!

This tiny bottle holds the wonder
of wonders. 1t contains an almost
magical drug called freezone. II is
a compound made from ether.
Apply a few drops of this free8one
upon a tender, aching corn or a hard
ened callus. Instantly the soreness
disappears and shortly you will find
the corn or callus so shriveled and
loose that you just lift it off with the
fingers. 1t doesn't hurt one particle.
You feel no pain or soreness when
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10

500 ATTEND RECEPTION
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles held it's second
annual reception at the headquarters
last night. More than 500 guests
were present.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
GRANTS DIVORCES

Divorce DEGREES in the following
cases were signed by the court yester-
day: Sarah VS.. Edwin Specht and
Jessie VS.. William l.. Bowers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
,Euxated Iron to Make New Age of
Beautiful Women and Vigorous Iron Men


100 Per n Time
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10
SPECIAL TO PHYSICIANS:

R to bood odandney
Hyouh t g tn oil
d tied
b druggist
n d IS
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-10

Made of stylish
n e w s h e p h e r d
checks and home
spuns in the newest
n or { k double
breasted belt back
models; medium and
light shades; sizes
8 to s years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
"a EAMRlNe
L }l'EM MI!M!
A |lURl1 ld1RRY

Ty Cobb's salary is to be cut says
a scribe. Maybe because he only bat
ted 81 last year.
Billy Miske is Jack billions latest
meal ticket. billions fond of continu-
Gus vaudeville.
The Illinois legislature may pass
another of those tcnround boxing
bills. That will be another place for
Freddie Welsh to box.
They're taking the swat out OF base
ball. They performed a similar opcr-
alton on boxing several years ago.
Willie Jackson says he will never
stall in a bout. Willie is still very
young.
Wonder if Dave FutZ ever read the
obituary Of the late lamentcd Federal
league.
The main difference between box.
ing match and a prize fight seems to
be that there's no fighting in the for
mer
The HimWhen club will
gain a large membership since Willie
Jackson has appeared.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
M|SKE. AND ...
DILLON NEAT
FOR Big BOUT
Fights Recently Staged Prove
That Two Must Meet in Long
Affair To Settle Tile :
RETURN MATCH BETWEEN
BOYS IS NOW EXPECTED

New York, Jan. 27.-The two bouts
staged recently in New York between
Billy Miske, the light heavyweight
demon of St. Paul, and Jack Dillon,
the Indianapolis whiz, have accom-.
plished at least one thing. They have
proved beyond a question that the
fans never will be satisfied as to who
is really the better man until the two
have had chance to mill it out in a
long bout with a referees decision
tackled onto the last round.
Many Dissenting Voices.
Each bout between the two in New
York has resulted in an OverWhelm.
ling opinion among New York neWl-
papers in favor of Miske. Each time,
however, there have been enough dis
senting voices to make it quite appar-
ent that enough of a shade was not
earned to warrant a decision. In the
first bout, two papers awarded a de.
cision to Dillon, while two others call
ed the bout draw. ....
Deserve a Right Decision.
Such slamming and banging as has
been INDUCED in by these boys Ger.
tainly calls for better opportunity
than has been afforded in New York
with referee who refused to recog.
nize that Queensberry rules call for
a man to fight with one arm free.
They deserve a bout somewhere
where the proceeds will be enough o
compensate the mfor the splendid ex-
hibition they give. Also, they deserve
the decision that would be given.
May Arrange Another Bout
New York promoters undoubtedly
will be after a return match between
the boys. The fans like that kind t
milling and they'd be the greatest at
traction possible, with the exception
of Les Darcy, in their division. 1t is
not improbable that Darcy will be
matched with one or the other.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
GA|ET:Y RE|GkS
At OPENING Of
BIG CARNIVAL
Thousands ROBBED in Multi Color.
ed Costumes Participate in
First Days Celebration
BOOSTERS SAY IT WILL
sURPAss MARDI GRA
Omitted Press.)

St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 27.Robed in
multi-colored costumes that breathed
the spirit of the Northlands, th0us.
ands of men and women, boys and
girls today froliced in St. Paul's snow
banks, and disported in sub-zero air
1t is the second annual St. Paul Out
door Winter Sports carnival. and will
last until February 3.
City Given Over to Gayety.
The city was given over entirely to
gayety today. Parades, marching
clubs demonstrations, and all activi-
ties of the monster celebration were
held outdoors. The affair this year
grew near national. It's boosters plan
that it will surpass the New Orleans
Mardi Gras, the St. Louis Yelled Pro-
phet unwilling, and the Seattle Rose
Week celebrations. '''N'
Hill Back Of Carnival.
Louis w. Hill, son of the late James
J. Hill, empire builder, and now head
of his fathers interests, is. back of
the carnival He costumed' $500 in
warm woolens for the event. Dele
cations came from Winnipeg, .Chica-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
GRAND RAPIDS EXPECTS
TO SET NEW RECORD
t4 FOR A. B. G. TOURNEY

The annual national tournament of
the American Bowling congress will
be held in Grand Rapids in February
and already energetic boosters from
the Michigan town are predicting the
numOer of entries will go above soc,
teams and break all former records.
The record for teams is now held
by Toledo, where IS fve.men teams
rolled last year, of which Toledo en-
tered ga.
Grand Rapids will have only about
100 teams entered in the 1917 tourna-
ment, but expects unusually heavy en-.
tries from Detroit and Chicago to
boost the entries to 500 teams
Chicago entered 81 teams at Tole
do. Grand Rapids is expecting three
times that number from the Windy
City.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
+ :: :, !: :: + :, = : : + + -
: DRINK HOT TEA "
: FOR A BAD COLD :

Get a small package Of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, "Hamh,,rg Brust Thee" at any
pharmacy; Take a tablespoonful of
the tea, put a cup of boiling water up
on 1t, pour through "a sieve and drink
tcacup full at any time during the
day or before retiring. 1t is the most
effective way to break a cold and
cure grip, as it opens the pores Of the
skin, relieving congestion. Also loos.
ems the bowels, thus driving a cold
from the system. #
Try it the next time you suffer from
cold or the gripA 1t is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless. -:
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
BIG LEAGUES
STICK To THE
OLD GROUNDS
Show Little Disposition To Make
Changes in Spring Training
Camps
ONLY ONE CLUB TO HE
AWAY TO A NEW CORNER

New York. Jan. 27.-Big league
clubs show little disposition to make
changes when the time comes for
them to start on the annual spring
junket. Seventy per cent of the ma.
jors will be back at the old grounds
this year unless Dave Fultz breaks
things up by making his threatened
strike effective.
Only one club in the American
league will HE itself to new spot
to take off the rough spots. Wash.
ington will stop this year at Augusta,
Ga, instead of Charlottesville, where
things have been done for Clarke
Griffith's pennant hopes in the past.
The National league clubs this year
show a more lively disposition. The
I Cubs, for instance, have given up Flor
ida and will 60 all the way to Pasa-
dena, Cal, to get in the early knocks.
In doing this they are dumping over
the findings of Charles Comiskey, who
a long time ago decided California
wasn't doing thing good for his ball
players. He went back to Texas.
The Dodgers, pennant winners in
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-27
RUB BAG&ACAE AND
LUhBAGo' RIGHT OUT
Rub Pain and Stiffness Away with
a small Bottle of Old Honest
s.. Jacobs Oil

When your back is sore and lame
or lumbago, sciatica or rheumatism
has you stiffened up, don't suffer!
Get a 25 cent bottle of old, honest
"St. Jacobs Oil' at any drug store.
pour a little in your hand and rub it
right into the pain or ache, and by
the time you count fifty, the soreness
and lameness is gone.
Don't stay crippled! This soothing,
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. 1t takes the ache and pain
right out of your back and ends the
misery. 1t is magical, yet absolutely
harmless and doesn't burn the skin.
Nothing else stops lumbago, sciati.
ca and lame back misery so promptly!