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Evening journal., 1919-09-30
START TO GATHER
FUND FOR HARVARD
Alexis |. du Pont. Chairman
for Delaware, Seeks
Quota for State
UNIVERSITY NEEDS
SIXTEEN MILLIONS

The campaign 10 raise a minimum Of
Fi5250.0OO for an endowment fund for
harvard University has been officially
opened in this State. The committee IN
,harge stated today that number Of
subscriptions had already been receiN-
sd There is great enthusiasm on the
part OF the workers and u is hoped that
Delaware will repeat in this campaign
the successes made in the Red Cross and
Liberty Loan drives when the quotas
subscribed were higher relatively than
hose subscribed anywhere
Alexis l. dupont chairman OF the local
committee. will go 10 New York on
Wednesday, October $, TO attend a gen
srsl gathering Of the chairman Of the
various districts. to be held at The Har-
ward Club where the general situation
viii be gone over
The feature Of the campaign now g0-
ing on in this State viii be The making
of personal appeal 10 every Harvard
man 10 give cash or securities or 90
pledge the income from Liberty Bonds
over a period OF years. Subscriptions
Mil be solicited in lump sums or in
i,c annual instalmcnts.
ln order 90 bring llle needs nf Has
yard directly before rs alumni and
friends. a detailed survey Of conditions
II The university has been Irlde ami
A. a result OF The facts developed the
ieclsi0n was reached that SiOWOOlO
Which was the sum FIRST aimed at. would
not meet The need and that si52j0OO0 /
was the absolute minimum required N I
Harvard is 10 maintain her position as I
he oldest aud most important unlyer- i
sity IN America. From The first 70 has
been emphasized That lhc outstanding
lfed Is an increase in salaries the pres
enl scale having been in fogcc since
1905. Although no provision il INSIDE
for building funds In compilmg the
list Of minimum requirements alien
ION is directed to The pressing necessity
1f the chemistry department Tor new
laboratories for ieaching mol only the
old courses in This science but Also the
new developments in industrial chem
isiry which have become vital faclnr
IN world trade. The present needs of all
departments of the university call for
q total of S26SO9O0O 90 bc expended in
necessary buildings and equipment and
10 provide an additional income Of ST.,
li2.5Oo
The purpose of The campaign
lhc world IS al once 60 ac-
quaint every Harvard man and other
{ lends of higher education with the :
facts 10y The distribution Of literature
up Ay personal interviews
The goal sought is not unly minimum
of Si52J0,OO0 but also foo per cent
return from the living Harvard force
Of 5000 men, each giving according 20
ni6 individual means
Evening journal., 1919-09-30

crnment called in all rifles in the hands
Of patriotic organizations throughout
The country and for about two years
the local command has been without a
supply ON Friday evening. september
26, about o'clock, there were delivered
10 their headquarters sixty 40 calibre
Springfield rifles.
Captain FOniieu said that their organ
izaiion had nothing but the most
friendly feeling for the Socialists and
expressed regret that The occurrence
should have caused suspicion TO fan on
them aud caused any undue nervous
tension either on the part OF the police
or The citizens.
Evening journal., 1919-09-30
REVENUE OFFICE
TO OPEN TOMORROW

The Delaware office OF the Maryland
internal revenue district which has exs
sted for a number of years passed into
history at noon today when the task Of
transferring saooeeo worth Of internal
revenue stamps to the new district OF
Delaware began The office viii be
closed until o'clock tomorrow mern-
ins Harry 7 Graham. the new col
iecfo7 of The Delaware district. VIII as
eumo lbs duties tomorrow.
Evening journal., 1919-09-30

Mail and Phone Orders Filled
Evening journal., 1919-09-30

leg returned 10 his home here last
week and is now able to be about on
cruicHes.
Misses Janice Southe7land and Helen
Warren Of Wilmington, and NIessrs.
stacey salierihwaile Of Wilmington, and
Lyman Sltterlhwaiie Of Stanton, motor
ci Go Atlantic City on sunday.
Mss Mice Wollaston is confined TO
her home by illness.
i. Harvey Dickey. who has recently
been honorahly discharged from The
navy. has resumed his position with the
Atlas Powder Company
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Personnel of Council
of National Defense

Washington, July S.-According to
the House committee on investiga-
ton the act establishing the Coun-
Gil of National DefenseS approved
August 20, 1916, made six members
of the Cabinet members of the
council, and in addition provided for
an advisory commission of seven to
be appointed by the President. The
members of this advisory commits
sion were Hollis Godfrey, Howard
e. Coffin. Bernard NJ. Baruch, Sam
pei Gompers, Franklin H. Martin,
Julius Rosenwald and Daniel Will
lard.
1T appears from the minutes of
the Advisory Commission and the
council, which were kept separately,
that practically all of the measures
which were afterward considered as
war measures were initiated by this
council and advisory commission,
adopted by the council and after
ward acted upon by Congress. In
many cases, a considerable period
before the actual declaration of war
with Germany, this advisory COM
mission was discussing matters
which were thought to be new leg.
islation, conceived by reason of the
necessities of war.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE

Liverpool, Pa, July S.-The fourth
quarterly conference of the United
Brethren Church was held in the
church Saturday, the Rev. DIR. j. S.
Fulton, superintendent of the Allie
gheny district, presiding. The regu-
lar routine of business was tran
sacted, the pastor, the Rev. H. B.
Ritter reading his report which
showed much progress on the charge
which consists of seven appoint
ments, Liverpool, st. James, Salem,
Center Union, Hill u. B., Strawser's
and New Buffalo. Silas w. Snyder
and j. Park Holman were elected
delegates to the annual conference
which meets this year at Tyrone.
Alternate delegates are G. M. Bair
and Israel Deckard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
HERE
/. TO MEET SPROUL
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with State officials and friends VINO
dropped in to see him.
Governor Sproul was not expected IN
Harrisburg until late to-day and IL Is
believed that there will be a conference
at the Executive Mansion tonight.
General Snyder and Chairman w. D.
McCaig. of the appropriations commit
tee. will also meet with him to dis
cuss appropriation matters.
Senator Penrose was much Interested
in the big letting of road contracts
scheduled for to-day n remarked upon
the 107-mile construction Offering as
something in line with what Pennsyl-
vania is doing to give it's people fine
highways.
Senator Penrose's visit concerns the
various election bills which are in the
Governors hands. The Senator is anX-
ious to secure action on those affecting
the registration and filing of nomina-
ton papers and also those relative to
changes of the time of filing at the
Capitol.
1t is understood that he will also
discuss the new board of registration
commissioners for Philadelphia, which
the Governor will name soon after ap-
| proving the DaiX-Brady bills.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
READY TO
DO ITS PART
CONTINUED from First Pagc.l


pay to the State the difference in
tne cost of the larger size water
mains and the new pipes + to be
laid under the supervision of the wa
ter department. 1t is proposed to
replace the 30-inch mains in State
street with 36-inch pipes when the
new line is laid. Relaying the pipes
VIII be necessary before extensive
construction work is started on the
new bridge.
Commissioner Hassler presented
letters from DIR. j. M. ]. Raunick,
city health officer, and State Depart
ment of Health officials, about mos
quito eradication plans in the city.
No action was taken by Council.
Commissioner Hassler also told the
members of the work being done
by the City Health Bureau to check
breeding of flies.
Commissioners E. z. Gross, who
had been i'll for the last few weeks,
was present to-day. He told mem
bers of Council that the wading pool
in Sunshine Park, one of the places
mentioned in the report on mos
quito eradication. would be filed,
He also stated that some of the
swamps and pools near Wild
wood were outside the park and the
city should not be blamed for those
conditions.
A suggestion that danger signs
or buoys should be placed above the
dam in the river was made by Com
missioner Hassler, who called atten.
ton to recent drowning accidents "a
this point. No action was taken or
the recommendation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Vigorous Men
and Women Are
in Demand

II your am b las left you, your
happiness has gone forever unless
you take advantage of your dealers
magnificent offer to refund your
money on the first box purchased II
Wendell's Ambition Pills do not put
your entire system in fine Condition
and give you the energy and vigor
you have lost.
Be ambitious. be strong, be vigor-
Ous. BRING the rudy glow OF health
10 your cheeks and the right spar.
kle that denotes perfect manhood
and womannUod to your eyes.
Wendell's Ambition Pills. the great
nerve tome, are spIenuIu Tor that
tired feeling, nervous troubles, poor
blood. h-sduuclss, neuralgia, restless
ness, trembling. nervous prostrauon,
mental depression, loss Or appetite,
and kidney or liver complaints; you
take them with this Understanding.
that:
In two days you will feel better.
In u week you Will Ieel nne, and
alter taking one box you will have
your old TIME confidence and ambl-
ton or the druggist Will refund the
price of the box. 7
Be sure and get a SO cent box to-
day md get out OF the rut. RemenI-
Der all good druggists and dealers
every where are authorized to guar
antee them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Congress to Investigate
the Housing and Living
Conditions of Workers

Washington, July S.-Representa-
tive Tinkham, of Massachusetts, an
nounced to-day that he would intro
duce before Congress a bill creating
in the Department of Labor a bu-
reau of housing and living conditions.
The bill would charge the proposed
bureau with investigating housing
and living conditions of the indus
trial population of the country and
provide for research and experiment
tation to make economically prac-
ticable the elimination of slums, the
improvement of living conditions, the
reduction of the construction cost of
dwellings and the financing of ex-
tended home building operations
without federal appropriation. 1t
would furthermore assist communi-
toes in making available all exist
ing housing facilities and serve as a
clearing house of information on
houring and living conditions.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Pittsburgh Balloting on
$4,000, 600 Bond Issue
By Associated Press.

Pittsburgh, July S.-Voters of this
city are called upon to-day to cast their
ballots for a municipal bond issue of
nearly ~s22;000.000 for betterments and
improvements to meet the demands of
the city's growth among which is the
inauguration of a subway system to re-
lieve the transportation congestion of
the city. Fol six weeks a campaign as
vigorous as a mayoralty or even a
national campaign has been waged. led
by Mayor Babcock. Meetings nave
been held nightly in all wards of the
city at which the city's leading business
and professional men have endeavored
to inform the people just what the bond
issue means.
Some of the improvements covered
in this. bond issue have been held in
allegiance by reason of war work. but
now hat governmental restriction over
Pittsburgh's resources and industries
have been removed it is proposed to
minister to the comfort and v
fence of the city inc it's residents.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
DECISION RESERVED

Judge 5. j. M. McCarrell reserved
decision late yesterday afternoon af-
ter hearing all the evidence in the
habeaS corpus action brought by
Jacob R. Eichinger, New Cumber-
land, to secure the custody of his
twin 5-year-old grandchildren now
in the Sylvan Heights Orphanage.
The mother, Mrs. Helen G. Etching
er. who was deserted by her hus-
band. it is alleged, pleaded to the
court that a mother who has worked
to support her children and is still
doing so should have the right to
place them where she believed they
would have the best care. She said
that at the orphanage she a see
them at anytime, but if they were
sent to the Eichinger home she did
not believe she would receive a warm
reception if she went there to see
the little girls. The Eichingers on
the witness stand said that she could
come to their home in New Cumber-
land to see the children whenever
she wanted to do so.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Thinks Government Can
Run Railroads Better
BIZ Associated Press.

Washington, July S.-Better re-
suits in transportation can be obtained
by maintaining and improving Federal
operation han by returning Ito old
methods in whatever guise," Joseph b.
Eastman, member of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, declared to-day
in a communication to the Senate Inter-
state Commerce Committee. He was
not a member of the commission when
the commissions views On the railroad
situation were given the committee last
winter.
Mr.. Eastman declared that Federal
control of the roads should continue so
as to ensure necessary capital at low
cost; to avoid unduly high rates; to
solve the problem of the weak" roads
to obtain the operating advantages
which come from unification. and to pro-
mote right relations with labor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Compensation
Awards in Lump Sums
BIZ Associated T, ess.

Reading, Pa, July s. Before
leaving for his home in Philadelphia
to-day, after a State workmen's COM
pensation board session here, Chairman
Harry A. Mackey announced that the
board has been besieged with requests
for compensation awards in lump sums
from Italians, Austrians, Hungarians
and other aliens. They want their
money. due as damages for personal in
juries, paid at one time to enable them
to return to the old country, where
American money will buy much larger
amounts in foreign coin at present
rates of exchange. The end of the war
is one of the reasons for their wishing
to leave America.
Mr.. Mackey said he is very much
opposed to lump cash settlements of
claims where the applicant wants to
leave the United States. h board
has not yet made a decision.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
SEEKS A

Testimony vas taken this norm
ing before Judge McCarrell in the
a S of oliver P. Keller, of this
city, against the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers. The plain
tiff is a passenger engineer on the
Philadelphia division of the Penn
sylvania railroad. He was a mem
Der of Harrisburg Division No. "A,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, from which he was expelled
in 1914.
The charges against Keller are
that he violated the rules of the or
der in joining the Mutual Beneficial
Ass ISOLATION of Pennsylvania Rail-
road Employees. an alleged labor or
g~anization. He is seeking rein
statement, claiming that he has
never had a fair trial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
WILLIAMSBURG

The Chautauqua opened on the
school grounds Monday afternoon,
to continue for the week.
Thomas Watkeys and son, George,
of Texas, visited his father-in-law,
owen Thomas, the past week.
Leander Wolfe and son, Mark, of
Altoona, are visiting relatives in
town.
Arthur Jones, of Indianapolis,
spent the weekend with his sisters
Mrs. John Bond and Mrs. Edward
Berry.
The Rev. William Bond and fam
lily and Mrs. Sara Hoover, of Chi
cago, are visiting Thomas Bond and
family.
Charles R~eunbendall and son, of
Millersburg, spent a day with his
mother, Mrs. Reubendall of Market
street.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Duval and
son, James of Philadelphia, are
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nash.
Roy and Marlin Hoffman, of New
York, are spending some time with
relatives here.
Weldon Watkins spent several
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harrison Watkins.
Miss Elsie Buggy, of Philadelphia,
is spending her vacation with her
aunt, Mrs. William Smith.
Loyal Flynn, of Chester, spent the
weekend with his parents, MI. and
Mrs. Daniel Flynn.
Fred Koenig and children, of
Reading spent several days with his
parents here.
Mrs. Amelia Donley and sons, of
Philadelphia, spent the weekend
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Dando.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Rodel, of
Collingswood, N. j., returned home
on Monday morning after several
weeks visit to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lincoln Carl.
George Thompson and son, of AL
lentown, was a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hancock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Thompson
and little daughter, of Indiana, are
guests of his brother, David Thomp-
son.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Cumberland Valley NeWs
WHISKY CAUSES
DEATH OF BOY
Fellow Drinks Four
Ounces of Liquor at Home
of His Grandfather

W~aynesboro. Pa, July Slow
ard Shockey, 6 years old, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Bert Shockey, died at the
home of his grandfather, Samuel
Myers, on Saturday night from the
effects of drinking four unces of
whisky ne found on a shelf in an
upstairs room. The lad drank the
whisky Friday morning and became
unconscious shortly after. He re-
manned in that condition all day ex-
cept for a period of five minutes
when he rallied, sinking into a state
of coma in which he died.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
SCHOOL BOARD
TO PURCHASE PLOT
they will be present at the meeting
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they will be present at the meeting.
Members of the Board yester-
day declared that the district could
not afford to delay and lose the
opportunity to buy the uptown site,
because it could readily be disposed
of by the district without loss. The
question of whether it is to be used
cal be decided later when the opin-
ion of the public is known. Some of
the directors declared that they had
heard practically no objections to
the plan and were surprised at the
many persons who voluntarily eX-
pressed approval of it.
Vote Unanimous
During the discussion Director
Boyer made the motion to postpone
action and Director Keen seconded
it. A rollcall was then taken but
it was apparent that Directors Keen
and Boyer were the only two to
vote for the motion and President
Enders declared it defeated.
Director George A. Werner moved
and Director Cameron l.. Baer Sec
onded the motion to purchase the
property and the vote was unani-
NOUS.
officials reelected by the Board
included: D. d. Hammelbaugh, Sec
rotary; c. E. Weber. treasurer; M
w. Jacobs, solicitor; Christian Nauss
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Cumberland Co. Physicians
Meet at Boiling Springs

Carlisle, Pa, July S.-Physicians
of Cumberland county met to-day at
Boiling Springs Park for the an
nual session of the Cumberland
County Medical Society. A business
session was held in the park pa
%vilion, followed by a luncheon at
the Boiling Springs Hotel. The ses-
sions were addressed by several eX-
perts from the State Health De-
partment. Following the custom,
the members of the association
brought their wives to the session.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
TELLS OF IRISH CONDITIONS

Now york, July ga copy Of the
memorandum setting forth alleged
conditions in Tiperrary county, Ire
land, issued yesterday at Dublin by
the chief secretary for Ireland, in
outlawing all Sim Fein organiza-
tions, and Irish volunteers from Tip
perary county, has been received
here from British sources in London.
Quotations given from these docu-
ments deal with an alleged boy
colt" of police and measures to be
taken against them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08

superintendent of grounds and
buildings; Frank C. Foose, purchas-
ing agent; Austin n. Miller, attend
ance officer; Albert PETER, account
ant, and various clerks and secre-
taries. All the janitors were re-
elected upon motion of Director
Boyer.
Secretary Hammelbaugh reported
the cost per pupil in the various
grades so that tuition charges could
be changed and the directors voted
to amend the rules to make the
charges as recommended by the Sec
rotary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
LOSES s26a IN sWINDLE

Mile Cavic, 249 Myers street,
Steelton. was the victim of a new
''bunco" game to-day when two men
approached him in Steeton, told him
to get all his money and bring it
to them and they would get him a
job. Cavic went to bank, got $3.50,
joined the men and came to Harris
burg. At Cameron and Mulberry
streets they left the trolley car, the
men took Cavic's money and give
him a small bag containing their
money" and disappeared. Cavic
awaited a short time and then went
to the police station to report the
theft.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
Bids Opened For los
Miles of State Road

Bids for construction of approx
imately los miles of State highway,
the largest single offering of State
road work ever known in this coun-
try, according to State officials, were
opened at the State Highway De-
partment to-day and awards will be
made in a short time. All projects
except one, 1927 feet in Lawrence
and Pike townships, Clearfield coun-
ty, were bid upon. On five contracts
n bid each was received, but on
others. including almost 10000 feet
on the Lackawanna trail, from seven
to ten bids were received.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
LIVERPOOL

Daniel Macavoo, of Philadelphia,
is a visitor at w. L.. Lenhart's.
Jay Snyder, of Harrisburg, spent
several days at his home here.
The Rev. Albert Fleck spent Sun
day at Selinsgrove.
Ira Vert, of Harrisburg, spent the
weekend at his home here.
MIR. and Mrs. Duke Snyder, of
C~oatesville, are visiting Mrs. Sny-
der's sister, Miss Madge Stailey.
The Rev. Barnett II. Hart, pas
tor of the Pine Street Methodist
Church at Williamsport, was a re-
cent visitor in town.
DR.. and Mrs. George M. Bogar
and daughter, Betty, were recent
visitors at Port Trevorton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Grub and
daughter, Caroline, of Harrisburg,
are visiting at A. M. Shutters.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ball. of
Harrisburg, were visitors at Jere
loves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-07-08
AGED MAN HANGS
SELF IN CELLAR
Melancholy Over Wife's Death
John E. Phillips Commits
Suicide at Waynesoro

Waynesboro, Pa, July SIN a
fit of melancholia and brooding
over his wife's death, John Z. Phil
lips. aged 65, of Waynesboro, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself
early yesterday morning at his home
in Cleveland His l~ifeless
body was discovered in the cellar a
few minutes before Z o'clock Mon
day morning by his grandson, Earl
Long.
Mr.. Phillips used a piece of new
sashcord for his act of self-destruc-
ton. This he fastened to a beam
in the cellar. The ceiling being too
low to allow the body to swing, the
man simply kneeled on the ground
and s~trangled himself to death, the
body being in hat position when
found.