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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
9
The Rotary club and their wives will be guests of Mr and Mrs Newport at their summer home at 8th and Mulberry streets tomorrow evening. The entertainment begins at 4 in the moon and supper at 6. The regular business meeting will be held during the evening.
A description of a stove that uses ordinary oil to generate gas for operation. It claims a one gallon supply powers a burner for 19 hours and notes the burner is iron, with no wick or substitute.
Upstate lawmakers press the House appropriations committee to begin bills on a 90 million dollar revenue basis while the general appropriation bill and emergency pay measures move forward. The Philadelphia charter and related bills return to the House for action amid ongoing veto and adjournment discussions.
A Cleveland based ad promotes Zemo for eczema and skin troubles. It claims quick relief and removal of eczema, tetter, pimples, rash, and blackheads. The product is a penetrating antiseptic liquid offered in 0 for 35 cents and 1 for a large bottle. The ad cites E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland, Ohio.
Probability of railroads returning to private ownership by year end has altered Federal railroad leadership. A H Smith, regional director of railroads in the East, resigned to head the New York lines and is replaced by A T Hardin. Hardin, McAdoo’s first appointee, now runs operations from Chicago to St Louis and the Atlantic seaboard.
Lebanon introduces a new Sunday train to Mt Gretna on a regular schedule starting July 6. The service departs Lebanon at 1 45 PM after westbound Reading trains arrive, reflecting rising travel to the resort with Harrisburg residents forming a large local presence during weekends.
Safety bulletin boards are distributed along the Reading main line posting daily safety first rules adopted by the Federal Railroad Administration. Lithographs show common accident causes as a feature. These bulletins are part of the Safety First movement adopted some time ago.
Local railroad officials order moving foreign cars back to original lines. Thousands of cars stored on sidings and branch lines, many weathered and in poor shape, require a movable repair shop and crews to operate along mainlines of the Pennsylvania and Reading railroads. Time will be needed. HIT BY ENGINE George McCanna, 1604 Susquehanna street, treated at Harrisburg Hospital for slight injuries after being struck by an engine in the Pennsylvania Railroad yards. He works as a switchman.
Mrs. G H Pearce of Clark Summit Pa. credits Natonex with transforming her health after years of constipation sluggish liver and nerve pain. She reports regular bowels improved appetite better digestion and renewed strength and says her husband notes a change in appearance. A Gorgas Drug Store in Harrisburg promotes the remedy as a quick relief option with general availability.
U S Senator Boles Penrose arrived in Harrisburg with State Treasurer Harmon M Kephart to push Philadelphia charter and Dai x Brady registration bills through the Legislature. He vowed to stay on the job whether the action comes this week or next week and said he sees the Governor signing the Daix Brady bill if possible. He planned meetings with Governor Sproul and members of the future assembly to expedite passage.
Railway yard notes list crews to go first after 1 15, 1 50, and 3 15 oclock, with numbers for engines firemen conductors flagmen brakemen and up crew members in Philadelphia and Reading divisions. It names specific engine numbers crews and personnel including Yeater Andrews Gemmill Casey Dolby Shoaff Bair Maxwell Schwartz Gable Wiker Gettle Cush ing Barclay Shank Utley Craley Holman Kase Bestline Webb Hawk Grove Pet ers Buckwalter Blizzard Asper Burris Jeightal Sweger Rath fon Leppard Putt Campbell See ger Gantt J N Kennedy Blicker Kelter Linsenbach G L Kennedy Beckert Primm Woodward Manning Baker Potter Kipp Roush Blessing Eley Blace Clouser Foltz Shelley Lantz Johnson Fisher Trostle McKee Reisinger Beers Brunner Gardner Skiles Mabius Rudisill Hill Boyer Kling Branyon Kaufman Flickenger Shuey Myers Geib Firemen up Vetter Haubaker Kennedy Hutchison Swigart Coldren Kensler Sadler Snyder A W Wagner O J Wagner Albright Holmes Milliken Engineers up Hill etc for 1st 126 change crew in Yard Crews and 1st 104 to one division for 248 passenger service. The Reading 5 crew to go first after 12 15 oclock lists 60 71 55 68 61 53 14 72 18 3 62 69 64 57 66 with engineers for 66 firemen for 53 57 62 64 conductors for 5 55 brakemen for multiple numbers and various up lists.
Strenuous objection to amendments in the Workmen’s Compensation bill is voiced by employers across the state as conferences are held this week. The bill, backed by the administration, faces changes to the self insurers tax and the Compensation Bureau provisions. Amendments place the rehabilitation bureau under the Department of Labor and Industry, with the chief named by the Commissioner and approved by the Governor. The plan abandons a separate bureau and keeps rehabilitation within the department, and defines residency-related handicap terms to limit state payouts. An appropriation of 100,000 dollars remains, with the Commissioner to make appointments subject to Governor approval. WHARTON COMMENCEMENT Wharton School commencement exercises will be held tomorrow at 8 pm in the Technical High School auditorium with Provost Smith present. Prof. Theodore J. Grayson will speak on corporation law. Delone’s Orchestra will provide music. Graduates include M. Alerstock, J. L. Baker, L. D. Gohen, T. J. Miller, C. H. Zellers. EX-GOVERNOR STUART HERE Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart visited the city accompanying Daniel C. Herr on his way to Mercersburg Academy where he spoke today.
Philadelphia June 2 three transports with 3700 troops from France arrived the last ship docking at sundown on board the Shoshone were units of the 79th division Eastern Pennsylvania drafted troops There were 42 officers and 1369 men aboard The 304th ammunition train horse battalion headquarters and several companies formed part of the contingent Major R S Clemens Philadelphia commanded the regiment The Canadaigun first ship carried 1327 mostly Western Pennsylvania troops The General Gorgas brought 953 men and included engineers and other units A Y M C A worker and casual officers were aboard One officer Royal W Cowan received the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism during the war and the ships carried a mix of occupation troops and those who saw action in Meuse and Argonne operations.
The Harrisburg Academy baccalaureate addressed by Rev. Dr. Lewis Seymour Mudge urged graduates to adopt justice honesty purity and truth as guiding principles. He emphasized leadership duty to support leaders and keeping wartime ideals to pursue lasting peace as the class marched in with faculty and trustees in attendance.
Lancaster June 2 cattle market reports from the United States Bureau of Markets show the worst situation yet at the local stock yards. All cattle on Saturday dropped 25 cents, bringing prices a dollar below a week ago as Chicago announced an immediate beef price decline.
Eight year old Belgian boy Albert Natchitz Jr. arrived in New York aboard La Lorraine to join parents in Brooklyn after being separated at five and swept behind German lines in Belgium. Delayed cable announcements kept parents from meeting him at the pier. Rasques Langman, an importer, delivered the child to their home. He recalled Germans being kind and giving soup bread and jam, with his grandmother guiding him to Paris to his aunt.
It urges that trusses are unnecessary and 80 percent of rupture cases are cured by a method that permanently closes the opening. The Philadelphia specialist, Dr W S Yoder, advertises affordable fees and will be atHotel Bolton on Wednesday June 4 from 2 to 5 PM.
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