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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27

count. This she sometimes manages
to do by purchasing some article in
the store and observing the other
customer while doing so.
When she has learned the name OF
a profitable customer, it is said, she
calls upon the grocer at his home
after working hours, and asks him
to advance her a sum of money, say
ing that she is member of the
household which does much busi-
ness with the grocer. She tells him.
it is said. that her mother wishes
to pay a bill, but is temporarily en-
barrassed for money. She asks him
to lend her the needed sum, and
charge it to their account. The
grocer, when he complies, therefore
has no way of knowing that he has
been film TANNED until the account
| is settled. One merchant has re-
Continued on Page 15.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
PALMER CHOSEN
BY WILSON FOR
CABINET PLACE
Pennsylvania Named by the
President to Succeed Attor-
ney General Gregory
BIZ Associated Press

Washington. Feb. 27.-A. Mitchell
Palmer to-day was nominated by
General.
Mr.. Palmer probably will take of
flee March 4, the date tentatively
fixed by Attorney General Gregory
for his retirement when he resign
ed several months ago to return to
private practice of law.
The resignation of Mr.. Palmer as
alien property custodian has not
been announced, and there has been
no intimatio as TO who may sue
ceed him in that office.
Mr.. Palmer is n native of Strouds-
burg, Pa, and AZ years old. lie was
graduated from SwaTthmore College
Continued on Page 1871
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
WAVE OF CRIME ON
INCREASE IN CITY:
NEW BUNCO GAMES
Police Nab THO Former Soldiers Charged
With Highway Robbery; Girl Works
Mem Scheme on Merchants

Two charged with holding up and robbng the chauffeur
and stealing the automobile Of City Detective George Shuer
arrested the passenger station platform of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Duncannon this morning The theft of the Shuer
automobile OF the such hets reported police head
last evening i'll the increasing that has
struck this city Several shaps have appeared in the city and
police officials to-day issued warnings against them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
Is
BuLlied by
New Group
READY FOR Il
COUP D'ETAT
Munitions and Men
in Readiness to
Spring New
Revolution
By Associated Press

London, Feb. 27.-The
monarchists of Germany
are contemplating an early
coup d'etat in the opinion of the
Mails correspondent at Berlin,
who says that the old officer
class, with its general staff, has
been gradually getting the whip
hand there since January IS and
and now holds the government in
its power.
THE threatened coup d'etat would
be carried out in Berlin alone" he
writes, 'and would probably for a
time be successful although it would
certainly result in ruthless civil war
and unscrupulously political muir
derS. y large number of officers are
said to be associated in the plot,
which aims at the overthrow of the
present government and the restora-
tion of the old order of things.
Aid is Pledged
\ SSGAtL uleeIInS or mOnarch1St
officers was held at Harlottenburg on
February Is. 1t was summoned by
Major Won Herringen, son of the
former secretary of war. Thirty Of
fcers attended and each is said TO
have pledged himself to hold in his
residence quantity of munitions
ready for an emergency and TO as
semble at certain place when call
ed upon. Every member of the plot
has been requested to enlist as MANY
officers loyal to the former emperor
as possible, it is understood The
government has been warned of
what is going on
Republicans Bullicd
The correspondent SAYS the or
ganization of new bodies of troops
by the government, a step which
alone can save it from the Sparta
cans and other extremists. has been
possible only by reason of the gov
ernment yielding to the old officer
class, which, he says, has already
bullied the government into wink
ing at numerous political crimes and
arbitrary acts which have been COM
mitted."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
BOlshevik Counterattack
Repulsed With Big Loss
Rn Assncinted pceaa

ArchangcI, Feb. 27.-Bolshevik
troops on Monday attempted coun-
terattack against the newly gained
allied positions on the Murmansk
front. but were repulsed with
heavy losses. The Bolsheviki used
an armored train in their Intellectual
attempt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
Counterfeit Quarter
Turns Up in Harrisburg

A new counterfeit quarter. very
hard to detect, has turned mp in Har-
risburg. 1t is of the new Liberty
design. dated 1918, and looks so much
like the genuine coin that the only
way to tell the difference is in the
ring when the coin is dropped on a
hard surface. The first of the quar-
ters was discovered by a Market sire ct
bank this afternoon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
BILLY, BILLY, WHOSE GOAT
ARE YOU?" QUERIES MIR. WOLF
Anxious Appeal Made TO Owner of Nice White Goat to
Come and Get His Pet and Take 1t Home

To get mans goat" may be sport
for some, but to get his goat and not
know what to do with it, is a horse of
another color, mixed metaphorically
speaking.
So says j. II. Wolf, 1852 Walnut
street. who since Sunday has been
harboring, sheltering and feeding a
goat which ambled peacefully into
his back yard ard has refused to
leave. Mr.. Wolf now objects to hav-
ing been adopted by the animal and
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
DR.. David |. Miller,
Member of Legislature,
Will Become Specialist

DR.. David l. Miller. member of the
legislature from the city district, re-
ired to-day from the general prac-
ice of medicine and will specialize in
'ye, ear nose and throat treatment.
pr. Miller will spend Thursday, Fri
.ay and saturday of each week until
April taking a special course in
hese branches in the New York POST
iraduate Medical School and Hos
'ital After April l he will spend his
ntire time in study there until Au-
gust J, with the exception OF the
ime necessary to attend to his iegis-
atiVe duties in Harrisburg. August
he will open offices, where he has
yractiCed for years, at Sixth and
NuenCh streets.
DR.. Miller was graduated from the
harrisburg High school in the class
1I 1897 and from the University Of
ennsylvania Medical department in
1901, since which time he has bean
Z physician i'm Harrisburg, having one
u the largest practices in the city.
le was elected to the Legislature on
he Republican ticket last November.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
First Yankee Woman
to Receive Americas
Service Medal Decorated
By Associated Press

Washington. Feb. 27.-The first
woman to win the American army's
distinguished service medal is Miss
Beatrice Macdonald, of the Reserve
Nurse Corps, who was seriously
wounded while remaining at her
post with wounded men at Brit
ish casualty station during a German
night raid. Secretary Baker invited
her to the War Department to-day
to receive the decoration with for
NAL ceremonies.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27

wants some one to come and take
him away.
It's a nice goat as goats go, and
is willing to eat anything that Mr.
Wolf gives it or innocently let's get
in the goats path. 1t will eat pota-
toes or potato peelings with equal
relish. says he.
Mr.. Wolf is extremely anxious to
have the owner call or anyone who
wants to be the owner of the active
young animal.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
Germany Sends Troops
Into Saxony to Quell
Disorder; to Be Stern

Berlin. Feb. 27.-The government
has sent an ample force of troops
TO Halle. Saxony. to restore order
and normal conditions. The COM
manding officers have been directed
to quell disorders in the sternest
.S1aannnr.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
Congressman Kreider
For Daylight Saving

Congressman A. S. Kreider mas
written to the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce a letter stating that he will
vote against the repeal of the daylight
saving law. The Chamber of Com
mercc yesterday wired Congressman
Kreider asking him to oppose a re-
peal of this law.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
ENTENTE TROOPS AT MANNHEIM

Bnsle' Feb. PA Mannheim dis
Patch to the Basle Nachrichten says
nat entente troops We're to occupy
ne Mannheim bridgehead at noon
esterday.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
Sec. Woods Records States
Approval of Amendment

Secretary of the Commonwealth
Cyrus II. Woods to-day certified to
the Secretary of State the action of
the Legislature in approval of the
prohibition amendment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
[Continued on Page 15.1
sAxOxY NAMES FRAssDoRF

Basic. Feb. 27.-The new chamber
of deputies of the free state of Sax
ony" met Tuesday and elected Julius
Frassdorf, a majority socialist, pres
ident.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27

:
, 4
SCORE OF FLS7NEN AoaHF'iN BhAzE ]
: as" "5ay ''-sa ala''a an acting I
battalion 7's. captain and Lieutenant were burned
: or overcome by smoke In .s which swept four
: story 55oo#.ya .5.s building today
= P1Ez MAKES OFFER TO srarHRs !.
washington -snsa steel workers at the Hog !
Iaiaa5 sh9ga a went Oh ria Test week skiing for :.
= pay increases m asf TO- $40 week and from $50 TO !
$58 aves according to tie Importance Of ha duties per
y formed have r been offered scales e. 500 and S5F,
: respectively bg Charles Pezs director general of the
!
= Eerlr-FEarr Hoffman, Bava-ian minister al d
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
THE WEATHER

For Harrisburg and vicinity; Fair
Tonight, lowest temperature
about 30 degrees; Friday unset-
tied, probably light snow or
rain.
For Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair
tonight; Friday cloudy, prob
ably snow or rain in west DOR
uoni gentle to moderate south
winds.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
WANTS wILLARD-DEMPsEY BOUT

Halifax. y. s., Feb. 27.-A group
of local business men has invited
Promoter Tex Richard to consider
Halifax as the scene of the willard
Dempsey heavyweight championship
.ighL.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27
River

The Susquehannn river and MI its
branches will fall slowly or re-
main nearly stationary. except
the lower portion of the mnin
river Will rise slightly Tonight.
stnEc OF about As feet ~ in
dicnted for Harrisburg Friday
morning.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-27

CONTINUED on Page 15.l
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
ALWAYS TIRED AND
WITHOUT AMBITION
FOR DAILY TASKS
New Hampshire Woman Finds Tonic
That Enriches Her Blood and
Strengthens Her Nerves.

81 was very weak and run down and
seemed to be tired all the time and
without ambition for my work" says
Mrs. George ID. Wolcott, of No. SO
Pleasant street, Claremont, N. II. 81
couldn't sleep and was so nervous that
the slightest unusual noise upset me,
felt as tired in the morning as when
went to bed and couldn't enjoy my
food for 1t always caused distress. My
eyes bothered me too, and | couldn't
read. My heart palpitated and ] suf-
fered from shortness of breath when ]
exerted myself
Il saw an announcement of DR. VIII.
liams' Pink Pills in newspaper and
procured box. After weeks treat
ment ! saw a decided Improvement in
my condition and continued taking the
remedy until / had not only regained
my strength but had taken on weight
now feel better than / have for years
| am no longer weak or tired, the heart
palpitation has stopped and I do my
work without firing easily. | attrib-
ute my recovery to Dr. Williams Pink
Pills and gladly recommend them"
DR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or direct from the Dr.
Williams Medicine Co Schenectady, n
Y, at 80 cents per box, six boxes for
$3.50, postpaid, on receipt of price.
Write for the free booklet, Building
Up the Blood ADJ
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
CABOT

Morrill, w. r. G. will hold special
meeting for practice Thursday, Oct.
so. good attendance is requested.
Henry Mills, a cadet at Norwich uni
versity, was visitor at J. T. Drew s
over Sunday.
Mr., and Mrs. r. J. Rogers are stop.
ping with his father, B. @. Rogers
while Mrs. Rogers is in the Mary
Fletcher hospital.
Mr. and Mrs Leslie Russell Of Barre
accompanied by Mrs. Ola Wood and
son, were visitors at Hiram Russell's
Sunday, Mrs Woods little daughter
Virginia, returning home with them
after several weeks stay with her
grandparents.
Thomas Osgood of Concord was an
over Sunday visitor Of Cabot friends
The friends of Mrs. S, J. Norris and
Mrs b, G. Rogers are glad to hear
they are both getting along well and
making good recovery from recent OPP
erations at Mary Fletcher hospital.
David Uric and family Of Caftsbury
recently visited their aunt, Miss Mar
garet Cunningham.
There will be an entertainment at
the VI. +. church Tuesday evening, Oct
%, given by Mr.. and Mrs Marsh Mr.
Marsh is an impersoDator and yetril-
oquist, while she is fine reader They
also play the bells and cathedral
chimes. Come and hear them--a first.
class entertainment in every respect
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
A MEASURING INSTRUMENT
Has Been Installed in the Homer Fits
Co.'s Store.

The newest thing in the line of store
equipment in Barre is the measure
graph, an instrument placed in the
Homer Fits Co. store for the purpose
of measuring cloth and at the same
time computing the cost of the goods
measured. In some respects the meas
uregraph corresponds to the computing
scales used by many grocers at the
present time,
The instrument was set up in the
Homer Fits store yesterday afternoon
and has been examined by a represen-
tative of the state weights and meas
ures department, after which it was
approved and sealed for use in the
store. The device is simple, small,
handy, easily operated and accurate.
1t is fastened to the back of the eoun-
ter.
The measuregraph is designed to
measure many kinds of goods, from
dress goods to strips Of ribbon. When
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
TALK OF THE TOWN

DR.. j. NJ Blake of Barton was a
visitor in Barre yesterday
Gerald Trip of Wiliamstown was
among the business visitors in Barre
| yesterday.
Mrs. George Robins resumed her du-
ties at the Granite Manufacturers as.
ISOLATION office yesterday morning after
a two weeks absence
Mr.. and Mrs William Ducat Of
Plattsburg, N. y, are visiting for a
few days at the home of Mrs. Ducat's
brother, John Papin, of Elm street
The more than thirty fiat cars count
ed ON the Central Vermont tracks yes.
terday afternoon between Berlin street
and Granite street in one train must be
some relief to the granite industry in
Barre.
Presented by cast which was adj
! mirably fitted for each part, "0h, Lady,
Lady" given at the Barre opera house
last evening, was a real success. That
can be said without straining the
truth. The plot of the musical produc-
tion is more well -defned than in some
of the plays of similar nature, and
the audience was able TO hang onto the
current of the story without extra
strenuous effort, thus permitting it to
enjoy the real humor Of the piece and
the presentation. Marjorie Edwards
played the part of Molie Harrington
and Billy Newkirk that Of Willough-
by French, the young couple about
whose wedding the play revolves. They
were good in voice and in action. Even
more so, perhaps were Dan Dawson as
Spike Hudgins and Ann Paige as Fanny
Welch, who first made their living by
thievery and then fell under the spell
Of love- Glare Freeman as May Bar
Der and Clyde Hunnewell as Hale I'm
derwood provoked many laugh in
their love making and side-play And
so on down the list, there were no mis-
fits whatever, the result being we'll
balanced production, which pleased an
audience that filled every available seat
in the theatre. 1t was real "capa-
| city house"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28

the saleslady makes a sale of cloth she
places the goods in the mouth, or jaws,
of the instrument and with a gentle
sweeping motion pulls it through UNI
til the dial on the instrument shows
she has measured off just what is asked
for As the goods pass through the
saleslady determines the cost of the
purchase to the cent, the figures show.
ing on the dial
BY the introduction of this machine
the Homer Fits Co. expects to expe.
dite the sales of goods considerably
as well as to give most accurate meas
urements and computations.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
Gard Of Thanks.

To the friends and neighbors who be
slowed their kindness and sympath
both during the illness and at the deaf
of our loved one, we tender our heart
felt thanks.
Mrs. Robert Mcknight and family,
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Mcknight, ir.,
and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Chaples and
family.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28

stun, upper Graniteville, on Wednes.
day evening, Oct. 20, at 7 o'clock. Bust
ness, to hear the report of the confer.
ence committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28
EAST BARRE

A special meeting Of the engineers
local, 423, viii be held in the gymna
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-10-28

Grand Halloween ball, Rowland hall
Friday, Oct. 3l.-adv.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-31
No Cotton Is Sold
AT Present Demand,
Brown Is Informed

Seventy-five per cent of the coun-
ties of Georgia report by telegraph
20 J. J. Brown, commissioner of ag-
riculture, that. practically no cot
ton is being sold at the present spot
market. showing that spot holders
refuse to be stampeded by the decline
of the future market.
Commissioner Brown on Wednesday
announced the above fact to the agri-
cultural commissioners of the cot
ton states in the following telegram:
photographic reports just received
from seventy-f1ve per cent of
Georgia counties show that praeti.-
cally no cotton is being sold and that
the holders are determined. The
banks are taking care of the situa-
ton and the federal reserve bank is
furnishing aid when called on
Would appreciate if you would wire
me as much detail as possible from
your state so that we may give our
people the benefit of it through the
press"
This telegram was sent to Com
missioners Algood, of Alabama; Fer
guson, of Arkansas; McRae,. of Flor
ida; Wilson, of Louisiana; Garner, of
Mississippi; Graham, of North Caro-
lima; Harris. of South Carolina; Da-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-31
AGAINST
[TION TO
R4YEARS
|ittee Recon-
Action Be TAX
en- to Prevent Flooding
Country With Cheap Labor

immigration to the United States
will probably be forbidden for four
years by action in congress, this
week. This step was recommended
by the house immigration committee
in Washington and the only excep.
tons extended are to those from
Cuba, Mexico, Canada and Newfouud
land, from which countries immigra-
ton is always of small Importance
Chairman Burnett announced that
he would ask for a special rule to
permit early consideration of the
measure by the house.
eff the bill is not passed by the
present congress, it's purpose will be
partially defeated" Mr.. Burnett said.
TT is intended to prevent a great
flood of immigrants coming here as
soon as peace is signed and driving
our own people out of work, and
also to keep out the BolsheTiki."
A number of amendments adopted
permit the admission OF relatives of
aliens already in this country and
of persons skilled in certain occupa-
lions and professions.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-31
100 Hens-15OO Eggs

Mrs. II. NJ. Patton, Waverly, Mo-, writes
81 fed boxes of More Eggs to my hens
and broke the egg record. 1 got 1900 eggs
from 160 hens in exactly 81 days" You
can do as well. In fact, any poultry raiser
can easily double his profits by doubling
the egg production of his hens. A scien-
tific tonic has been discovered that revi-
talizes the flock and makes hens work all
the time. The tonic is called "More Eggs"
Give your hens a few cents worth of 'More
Eggs" and you will be amazed and de-
lighted with results. A dollars worth If
more Eggs will double this years pro-
duction of eggs, so if you wish to try this
great profit maker, write E. J. Refer, poul-
try expert, 5171 Refer Bldg, Kansas City,
Mo-, who will send you seasons supply of
more Eggs Tonic for $1.0O (prepaid). So
confident is Mr.. Refer of the results that
a million dollar bank guarantees if you are
not absolutely satisfied your dollar will be
returned on request and the More Eggs"
costs you nothing. Send a dollar today or
ask Mr.. Refer for his free poultry book
that tells the experience of a man who has
made fortune out of poultry Il Adyt,)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-31
If You Need a Medicine
You Should Have the Best

Have you ever stopped to reason
why it is that so many products
that are extensively advertised, all
at once drop out of sight and are
soon forgotten? The reason is plain
the article did not fulfil the prom
Uses of the manufacturer. This APP
plies more particularly to a medi-
cine. A medicinal preparation that
has real curative value almost sells
itself, as like an endless chain Sys-
tenn the remedy is recommended by
those who have been benefited, to
those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says '"Take
for example DR.. Kilmer'S Swamp
Root, a preparation l have sold for
many years and never hesitate to
recommend, for in almost every case
it shows excellent results, as many
of nv customers testify. No other
kidney remedy has so large sale.
According to sworn statements and
Garfield testimony of thousands VINO
s-sve used the preparation, the sue
eeas or DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
is due to the fact, so many people
claim, that it fulfills almost every
wish in overcoming kidney, liver
and bladder ailments, correctS
urinary troubles and neutralizes the
uric acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle
of Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Ad-
dress DR.. Kilmer &c Co. Binghamton,
\. Y. and enclose ten cents: also
mention The Atlanta Semi Weekly
journal. Large and medium size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.
(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-31
Prominent Floriidians
Indorse Plan to Cut
South Cotton Acreage

The plan for reduction in the cot
ton acreage and an increase in the
crop of foodstuffs, now being urged
by the United States department
of agriculture was emphatlcally in
dorsed Tuesday by four prominent
Florida business men who are In At
lanta.
All four were emphatic in their
approval of the plea that has been
sent, out to the far Tons.a of frt the
dent Of the Merchants bank. of Day
tona. Fla, and president of the Ans
ley hotel, of Atlanta; E. L. Potter,
president of the Clarendon hotel, of
Sea Breeze, Fla, and of the Van Nuys
At Los Angfies SS anq rI ma of De
director of the Ansley; Judge Bert
land, Fla. and Michael Scholtz, Of
Daytona. Fla. president of the East
ern of Florida railroad.
At dinner rendered them Mon
day night by Manager c. A. Creigh-
ton. of the Ansley. all four expressed
the opinion that the south is facing
an era of exceptional prosperity. Mr.
Potter recently stated in the press
that in his opinion farmers would
do we'll to hold the present cotton
Tuesday Judge Fish and Messrs.
Conrad and Scholtz reiterated Mr..
Potters suggestion and all voiced the
opinion that the plea of the depart
ment of agriculture for more food
stuffs and a smaller cotton acreage
cannot be stressed too much.
Through his bank, Mr. Conrad is
preaching the gospel of smaller cot
ton crop on the theory not only that
more food crops are needed. but also
that a reduced cotton acreage means
better prices for, the staple. The
other three are enthusiasts along the
same line.