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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11

jutant General Frank J. Beary by
the War Department for deposit in
the State Capitol rotunda. The
headquarters flags of the artillery
and infantry bridges of the division
and the guidons of the 109th Artil-
lery have also been received here.
The State Treasury has received o
check for $4,000 from the United
States Railroad Administration on
behalf of the Pennsylvania Railroad
as a part payment for abandonment
of part of the State main highway
between Queens Run and Hyner, q
new road having been laid out. The
money will be placed in the FUNDS
for highway maintenance ana Is the
first of the kind to be received in
a long time.
Hearings on the Bell Telephone
Company's application for continu-
ance of the wartime" telephone
rates and the protests by the city
of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce will be re-
sumed by the Public Service Com
mission on Wednesday. The Com
mission will also rule on the COM
pany's application for a valuation.
Applications have been made to the
Commission for approval of incor-
poration of nine electric companies
to take the names of boroughs and
districts in Montour and Northum-
berland counties where they are to
operate as follows: Danville and
Milton boroughs; Mahonin, Valley.
Liberty, East and West Chillisquque,
Turbet and Rush townships. The
Commission Is to hold hearings in
Harrisburg every day but Saturday
and in Clearfield and Lebanon.
Friday representatives OF the
Public Service Commission and the
United States Interstate Commerce
Commission will sit to hear the claim
of the Central Iron and Steel Com
pany of this city for reparation in
amount of $4,000 against the Rail-
road Administration and the Penn
sylvania and Reading systems in
which it is alleged that there were
unjust and unreasonable terminal
operating practices" between tracks
of the railroads and the company.
Application for pardon of William
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11

Josiah McMeen. serving life SEN
tence for murder committed in the
| middle eighties and probably the
man longest in confinement in the
State, will be heard by the State
Board of Pardons on Wednesday.
McMeen was convicted in Juniata
county in 1886 and granted commk
tation the next year. Pardon has
been refused twice. protests having
been made. The board has 26 cases
listed for hearing, three being first
degree murder cases and five of
other degrees of homicide. One of
the cases, Lloyd Degler. Berks, is
from reformatory sentence for
using an automobile without con-
sent of the owner, the first case of
the kind to come before the board.
Three rehearing applications have
been filed and there are two cases
held under advisement. Forty-four
applications for final pardon of men
on parole have been filed by the two
penitentiaries.
DIR. III. b. Meredith, for % years
superintendent of the Danville State
Hospital and we'll known to many
people here, has resigned to take
effect next January. DR.. Meredith
will retire from active work.
Harry Il. Purple, of the Auditor
Generals Department, has returned
from an auditing trip through the
Aorthern counties.
From all reports the potato in
spection in the Hazleton field, de-
veloped some fine results and it is
believed that the wart disease has
been checked. The quarantine re-
suits in some districts were excel
lent. However, vigilance will con-
N hn ha fpl
The unofficial primary returns
from Erie county have been received
at the State Department. The Of
fetal figures are due tomorrow.
Repairs to q number of the arm
ories in Western Pennsylvania were
authorized by the State Armory
Board at its meeting in Pittsburgh
yesterday. Some moves for a new
armory in Pittsburgh are likely.
Peter j. Hoban, former lcgisla-
tive correspondent and we'll known
here, has been named as director of
supplies of the city of Philadelphia
Joseph mclaughlin.
Governor SprOul yesterday III
Philadelphia endorsed the movement
for a million-dollar endowment for
the University Hospital. He spoke
of it as the right kind of an institu-
ton with the right attitude toward
the community.
The chances are that the Public
Service Commission will undertake
some steps in a short time to launch
grade crossing elimination cam
paign. The statements in regard
to the plan for uniform signs at
grade crossings have developed into
demand for getting rid of the cross
ings. The grade crossing subject
was studied for two years and when
the war came along it was stopped.
A few days ago Commissioners Benn
and Clement issued a statement in
which the Commissions efforts to
secure safety devices was outlined.
Since that time editorials in Phila-
delphia newspapers say that the
crossings should go.
Outlining n program by the Penn
sylvania Health Department to COM
bat tuberculosis, DIR. John D. Nc
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
Systematic Exercise
to Keep Health

Miss Majorie Bell, physical direc-
tor of the Harrisburg Y. w. c. A,
has been placed in charge of physi-
cal training of the attaches of the
State Department of Health by Col
Edward Martin, the Commissioner
who has inaugurated a health at
home" course for the people of the
department. On the ground that
physical exercise properly conduct
ed will prevent sickness. the Colonel
has arranged for Is minutes of ex-
ercise by everyone connected with
the department every day, a weekly
talk and examination with report on
physical condition and development.
Orders have also been given for
opening of all windows in the Health
Department for five minutes every
hour during working periods and for
relaxation that length of time.
Attaches of the department who
appear on rainy days without rub
bers are to be sent home for them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
WAR HISTORY IS
TO BE OUTLINED
State Commission Will Have
Meeting With Governor;
Phone Case Wednesday

Plans for the
compilation of the
history OF Penn
sylvania in the
World War, for
which the State
War History Com
mission has been
gathering d a t a
for the last year
or more, will be
gone into in de-
tail at a meeting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
Nine Governors of =,
Cotton States to
Preside at Conference

New Orleans, Oct. 11.-Governors
of nine cotton-growing states will
preside at the sessions here October
Is to 16 OF the World Cotton Con-
ference at which representative will
be in attendance from 81 nations
interested or affected by the cot
ton industry.
The governors chosen as chair
men are w. P. Hobby, Texas: A. H.
Roberts, Tennessee; Charles II.
Brough, Arkansas; Theodore g.
Bilbo, mississippi; Thomas e. Kilby
Alabama; Hugh Dorsey. Georgia; j
D. A. Robertson, Oklaho oma; Thomas
w. Beckett, South Carolina and Ruff
fin G.. Pleasant, Louisiana.
Subjects announced for discussion
include growing and handling OF
cotton; future requiremen and new
sources of production; storage and
insurance of cotton; transportation
by river. rail and overseas; buying
and selling and world problems OF
the textile industry. =
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
Disabled British
Soldiers to Get Aid
From Unspent Sum

London, Oct. II. Disabled Of
ficers and men are to receive ST.
100000 as personal aid funds from
the $35,0O0,000 profits that remain
unspent from the British Expedition
ary Force canteens, 1t is announced
by General Sir Julian Byng and the
committee of United Service Funds.
Like amounts will be distributed
among widows and orphans of men
who fell at the front and for the
maintenance of general welfare work
among former service men in the
city of London. The money devoted
to the last named purpose will he
spent for the establishment of clubs
for discharged and dem obilized sol
diers. If the experiment proves sue
cessful. funds will be voted for
similar activities in various cities
throughout the Kingdom.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
Many Girls, Out Of
War Jobs, Have Hardr
Time to Get New Ones

London, Oct. 11.-Many girls who
obtained clerical employment in gov
ernment departments during the war
are having a hard time finding new
jobs since the cutting down of staffs
has thrown them out of work. There
have been numerous exposures of ex-
travagance and incomptency in gov
ernment offices and the girls VINO
worked in them have come to be re-
garded by some employers as aiders
and abetters in the wasting of the
taxpayers money. They are dis
covering that commercial and busi-
ness firms do not want them. Some
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
British Butter Imports
Show Falling Off
By Assoeiated Press.

London, Oct 1.-THE reason why
English people have been reduced
to n butter ration Of one and one
half ounces a week was made plain
to-day with the announcement that
imports of butter for the year end
pared with 100000 tons in nn
average year before the war. 1t may
be two years before the supply will
reach normal demand.
Butter sells at so cents a pound
80 compared with about 75 cents In
France, Sweden. Switzerland and
Germany. and s1.25 In Italy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11

Someone has been telling tales out of
school about our "Dubbelbilt" and "Wearpledge Boys
Suits We tell because sales have increased much
Boys Department this Fall that don't know what else to
attribute that the boys have found out have the
best clothes in town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
This Youth Goes to
School in Airplane

Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Cal
Oct. 11.-Clyde Opelt. Jr., son of an
Avalon hotelkeeper. is believed to
be the only youth in the country who
goes to school in an airplane.
The school be attends is in the
San Fernando valley. in Los Angeles
county, fifty miles from home. OF
this distance, thirty miles is over sea-
Clyde leaves home every Monday
morning in an airp'ane and retdrns
the same way Friday night.
MEMORIAL PARK ADDITION
The Suburb Observation-Disclosures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
commissioner

Lean. deputy commissioner OF
health. said yesterday that the fu-
ture policy of the State would be to
take care of curables in it's own in
stitutions. but advanced cases of con-
sumption must be treated in the
various counties themselves. Doc-
tor Mclean spoke in Philadelphia,
at the concluding sessions of the
sixth annual north Atlantic tuber-
culosis conference, whose chief topic
Is war on the white plague.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Loo king-Take
Olive Tablets

To have q clear, pink skin, bright
eyes, no pinples, a feeling of buoyancy
like childhood days, you must keep
your body free from poisonous wastes.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets "a vege-
table compound mixed with olive oil)
act on the liver and bowels like calomel
yet have no dangerous after effect
Take one nightly and note results.
They start the bile and overcome
constipation. That's why millions of
boxes are sold annually. 10c and 25c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11

sr the Co;nnlission to be held with
Governor, William c. Sproul at the
Capitol during the coming week.
The Commission has had the CO.
operation of county historical socie-
ties and various committees formed
during the war and of men con-
nected with various Pennsylvania
units. The idea Is to issue the his
tory of the various activities, mill
tary and civic, welfare and commun-
ity, as a State publication.
1t is also probable that some steps
will be taken in regard to publica-
tion of the story of the draft in
Pennsylvania.
Headquarters flags of the Twenty
Eighth Division, formed at Camp
Hancock of the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guard have been sent to Ad-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-11

advertisements of situations vacant
conclude with the statement, no
government washouts need apply"
Evening star., 1919-07-24
LEGAL NOTICES.
MAsON 4 RICHARDSON. CHARLES
8. SHREvE, Attorneys.

James B. shamwel vs. Judge W. Hall ct al.
Equity No: 36e4s.-The object Of this suit is
70 perfect the title Of record Of the plaintiff
IN ana to part Of lot numbered one in Nor
ments unrecorded subdivision Of part of a
uact OF land called ''Woodwards lot" begin
nlng on line drawn south Is deg. o min
east east 1924 feet from the northwest corner Of
~ sasd lot. thence south q deg. 45 min. west
so@.IS feet: thence north 72 deg 40 min. west
81 1eet; thence north q deg. 4s min. 20 sec.
ease lol:7 feet to the north line of said lot
numbered one; thence with said line south n
deg: - min. east 34.O2 feet to the place of
triet tneignning in the county of Washington. Dis
uiet OF columbia. On motion of the complain
ant, It Is this 14th day Of July. 1919, ordered
tnat the defendants. George Butler, If liyinr
sno II dead, the unknown heirs alienees and
oevsees OF said George Butler deceased. eause
tnelf appearance to be entered herein on or he.
iore the fortieth day, exclusive of Suudays and
Tl.t testi n1ndays occurring after the day Of the
nrst publication Of this order, otherwise the
cause VIII be proceeded with as in case Of de-
Iauit. provided copy of this order he nnh
hsneo once a week for. three successive week.
ana August 8. August 1s and August q. 1919
~ tne washington Law Reporter and Thc
Even1ne star. longer and other pubiica TONS he
ing dispensed with for satisfactory csuse
snovn. +. L sIDDONs, Justice. fsea1.1 4
true COPY. Test: J. r. YOUNG. CIerI ~
n. =; CUNNINGHAM. Asst Clerk. ~
yl7.2. .31-aus. 1922
Evening star., 1919-07-24
THos. J. OWEN 4 SON, AUCTIoNEERs.
TRUSTEES SALE OF yAI,uABIE I'M
PROVED REAL ESTATE NO. 17o2 5th

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE I'M
PROVED REAL ESTATE NO. 17o2 5th
BY virtue Of q certain deed Of trust duly
recorded in Liber No. 1890, folio IS ct seq,
Of the land records Of the District of Colum-
bia, and at the request of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustee will SELL at
FRIDAY. THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST,
AID. 19l9 AT FOUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM.
the following described land and premises. sit.
uate in the city Of Washington, District OF Co.
lumba, and designated as and being LOT No.
fifteen (15) in William Heine's subiivision of
square No. four hundred and seventv-six I476l
as per plat recorded in the office Of the snr.
veyor for the District Of Columbia In Liber 10.
at folio 146. together with the imI1oyements.
consisting of . two-story brick dwellirr. No
l702 5th ST. NV.
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the purchase
money to be paid In cash, balance in two
equal installments, payable in one and two
years, with interest at per centum per an
mum. payable semi-annually. from day Of sale
secured by deed Of trust upon the property
chaser. A deposit Of $500 win be reonir>d At
time of sale. All conveyapcing RECORDING. rev
enue stamps, ETC.. at costtof purchaser. Terms
Of sale to be complied with within TX dsvs
from day Of sale, otherwise the trusta> -
serves the right TO resell the properly n the
risk and cost Of defaulting purchaser. after K
days advertisement of such resale in sar.s
newspaper published in Washington. d. q
NATIONAL SAVINGS AND TRUST CO
BY FRANK W. STONE, I'd Vice Prra
Attest: FRANK n. ULIMrr. ASS, rs.ee' s.c
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AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.
ADAM A. wwcHLER. AucT1oNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF PREMISES NO. l61
MINNESOTA AVE-. ANACOSTIA. d, @.

TRUSTEES SALE OF PREMISES NO. 1912
MINNESOTA AVE. ANACOSTIA, D. @.
By virtue of decree Of the Supreme Court
Of the District of Columbia in equity cause
No. 36941 l will sell at public auction, in front
Of the premises. on THURSDAY. THE TwEN-
TY-FOURTH DAY OF JULY, 1919 AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM, the following described prop
erty in the District of Columbia. to wit: Lot
20. in block 5. of Hood and Batchelder, trHs-
tees subdivision of tract of land known As
Addition to Anacostia, as per plat in the sur
veyor's Office in County Book Z. at page Ill,
and assessed for taxation as lot 20, in square
5610, improved by the above numbered frame
dwelling,
Terms of sale: One third Of the purchase
money in cash and the balance payable in two
equal installments in one and two years from
the day of sale, to be represented BY the notes
Of the purchaser. bearing interest at per
centum per annum, payable semi-anuually, and
secured by first deed Of trust on the property
sold, or all cash, at the purchasers option.
$500 deposit required upon acceptance of bid.
All conveyancing, notary fees, revenue stamps
and recording at purchasers cost. Terms to
be complied with within 80 days from day Of
sale, otherwise the trustee reserves the right
to resell the property at the risk and cost of
defaulting purchaser, after five days adver-
tisement Of such resale in some newspaper
published In Washington. D. G.
412 5th st. NV.
fy12-d&uja eYSu Trustee.
Evening star., 1919-07-24
Control Over Waterways.
TO MEET q. S. COMPETITION
-- -t.ia
British Motor Car. Concern {
Adopt American Methods. Il

LONDON, July Correspondence of
the Associated Press).-A large Brit
ish engineering company has an
nounced its entry into the field of mo =
tor car production with a model
which is openly regarded as an al
tempt to meet American competition
by adopting American methods of
mass production. The company hopes
to put 10000 cars on the market in
the first year. This car. says the
American Chamber of Commerce in
London is to be of sixteen to twenty
horsepower, to carry five passengers
and sell at approximately 81 400. Thus
far only one car has been built, and
this was for testing purposes.
Evening star., 1919-07-24
BIBLES IN ALL US. HOTELS
IS PLAN OF THE GIDEONS

CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 24.-Bibles
in all the hotels in the United States
and Canada is the immediate task of
the Gideons, or Christian Commercial
Travellers Association, and speakers
at the opening session of the TWEEN
tieth national convention today dis
cussed plans for carrying out the
work.
Nearly a thousand delegates from
the United States and Canada are ex-
pected to attend the four-day conven-
ton, which is the second international
meeting of the Gideons, The business
of the convention will be concluded
with big mass meeting Sunday.
Evening star., 1919-07-24
ADAM A. wEscHLER, AUCTIoNEER.

ADAM A. WESCHLER, AUCTIoNEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE, PREMISES NO. 1853 HARVARD
STREET N0RTHWEsT: CoNsIsTING OF
AND sSsuASlAi saIcK bWkHaISs WHkoef 81 sFHss N}ss
ROOMS, BATH AND PANTRY.
BY virtue of q decree Of the Supreme Court
Cause No. sssss, the undersixned trustees h vii
e e. TgEspAx; TIE, TMESTY.s1sfGH VIEW !: sis G pA1
the following described real estate situste in
the District Of Columbia, to-Wit: An that part
Of lot numbered seven (D, in block numbered
subdivision Of land now known as ..Coiumbia
.snor .s & shephera; folio is7: q the records Of
Columbia: beginning for the same at the south
east on the north line of Harvard street eight
and sixteen Q16) feet to the resr line of said
lot, thence west along said rear line eighteen
and thence south along the west west line In OF Of aid aid
lot one hundred and sixteen (118) feet to the
beginning. The north i've i5) feet By full
been condemned and taken for alley y, purpo..s s
by proceedings in District Court cause No.
7o3. in the Supreme Court of the District Of
to covenant. Of record and improved BY prem prem.
ises No. 1853 Harvard street northwest, Wash
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the purchase
money to be paid In cash, the balance payable
in two equal installments in one and two years
from the day OF sale. to be represented BY the
terest at 6 per cent per annum, payable semi
annually. and secured BY first deed Of trust On
the property sold. or all cash at the opti0u Of
the purchaser. A deposit of $500 will be re-
quired from the purchaser at the time of sals.
All conveyaneing. notary fees, revenue stamps
and recording at the cost Of u purchaser.
Terms of sale to be complied with within so
days from day of sale, otherwise the trustees
reserve s I the night to resell the property .t the
some newspaper published In city Of WASH
O. ALBERT WHITE,
Washington Loan and Trust Building.
Trustee.
313 John Marshall place,
Evening star., 1919-07-24
AUCTION SALE AT
MOORELAND FARM AND ORCHARDS,
ROCKyIILE. MD.

AUCTION SALE AT
MooRELAND FARM AND ORCHARDS,
ROCKVILLE, MD.
Having sold my farm and orchards, I VIII
sell at public sale to the highest bidder with
out reserve, on SATURDAY, JULY TWENTY
SIXTH, AT TEN An. one mile from Rock
vile. on the road leading to Potomac, a large
quantity of Livestock, Crops, Fixtures and
House Furnishings, among which may be men
toned:
Iron-Gray Stallion, i've years old. sound,
gentle and workable anywhere that he may be
hitched; several grade Percheron Brood Mart :,
Colts and Work Horses. and my perfectly gait
Two extra fine family cows and two heifers.
Pure-bred Berkshire Boar, Brood Sows, Gilts.
ehoats and Pigs to the number Of seventy:
Sixty tons OF perfectly cured Timothy Hay
slightly mixed with clover. grown remote
Many Farm, Market and Driving Wagons,
open and closed. in excellent condition.
Much Of the furniture of large 12-room
house.
some 10 cords Fireplace and Stove Wood.
Nine-hundred gallon Gasoline Tank Of Iron
and three 50 gallon Tanks.
Winchester Automatic Shotgun, In exeensat
condition
Twenty-Five Cider Barrels and 10 On Bar
Draft Harness. double and single, and Drfv-
ing Harness. Saddles. Brides. HaiterA.
Blankets, etc.
Two Registered Purebred Police Dogs, seven
months old. male and unrelated female: spe-
cially selected at the Paliade Kennels, East
Kiningly, Conn, for the breeding Of these
faithful friends and companions. VIII sell
them as a pair for $3.50 at private sale any
Terms: Cash any time within ten days, with
one-fourth Of purchase price deposited at time
Of sale on all sums over so; all other
amounts cash At sale.
WILLIS L. MOORE
Evening star., 1919-07-24
POTOMAC HEIGHTS

dRve you Seen 1T The prettiest ana moot
picturesque suburban property in the city,
mile Also faces Conduit ruad and car line,
same distance. All within one block Of car,
one fare. No change. We are now havin9
unusually heavy sales, all to good people, .
build homes- Under stringent festrietions. II
viii always be white. At present rate Of SELL
ing all Will soon Be sold and ysu Win regret
chickens. Act quickly and come out and look
st ever. Water. sewer. electricity. Buy now
and build when it suit. you. Several new
quite Q numher for sale. Price very moderate.
Lots $f2S b $500. Eay terms Take Cabin
John eaR, Rst OF At Jewett st. and ses w. t.
JsSkson, owner. 5424 Conduit road. Osveiand
<s3. or call on @. T. DORSETr. owner, at Of.
See. 1904 Il st. NV. Main 7eO0.
Evening star., 1919-07-24
Calls Phone Service a joke.

LONDON. July I Correspondence of
the Associated Press).-"A CHASTITY
joke" is what Joseph Ralph OF Sansu-
Tito, Cal. calls the English telephone
system, in a letter to the Daily Tele-
graph. II am absolutely mystiied
how a practical people like the British
can tolerate for twenty-five minutes
the pathetic travesty for telephone
service with which you are afflicted.
he also says. He writes approvingly
of American telephone facilities.
Evening star., 1919-07-24
THOS. J. OWEN AND SON. AUCIONEERS
Executors Sale of Valuable I'm
Droved Real Estate

As executors under the will Of Abby Knight
McLane. deceased. we will offer at public sale
TwENTY-FoUR, 1919. AZ FoUR-rHIRTI
O'CLOCK PM, sublot II in SQUARE south
Of square 277 In the City of Washington
in the District Of Columbia. improved by the
handsome and commodious residence No 1900
Vermont ave- NV. AND ON THE SAME DAY
FIVE O'CLOCK Ran, oe Of ,9ss 4s sRa 70
aaid CITY. having q frontage Of 55 feet BY
depth Of 2s feet and npFoTsd sy brick
coachmsn or chauffeur Terms of sale on each
parcel onethird cash balance in twe ", equal in,
at q per cent per annum. payable semi annually,
and secured hy deed Of trust or or al cash q.
6rst parcel and 500 on second parcel required
at time Of sale. conveyancing, stamps and re Re.
are not complied with in fifteen days from day
Of sale the executors reserve the right to re-
ANDREW HUSSEY ALLEN. Executor.
ALLAN McLANE, Executor.
GORDON GORDON, Attorneys.
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