THE GOVERNOR SIGNS ~ MARKET BILL fiscated and Distributed in Emergencies Governor's Pen Grants City Traction Desires—Signs Hecht Bill With Power to Acquire Facilities and Exercise Eminent Domain. Harrisburg. The Governor announced his ap- proval of the Sproul bill, establishing the Bureau of Markets in the Department of Agriculture, to be under supervision a director of markets at $4000 a year. The announ- cement of the approval of the bill was followed by a conference held Executive Mansion between ernor, Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton, E. B. Dorsett, is mentioned as likely to be n first director, and members Farm ( who have engaged by State C State of the Gov at 1 the who ne h ¢ 16 sd t amed t O01 t ounselor Corps, farmers to advise ission of Safety mm even to loaded cars lissemic gsuance of | srtainment Government, ards, whil youid mean an [ $7400 and whic the would salarie s of the te At- Audits r torney Treasurer, and Secretary of all \ the Commonwealth, now serving with- oul compensation He Bays: In view necessity of denying many worthy objects of State support it which in effect is only a salary and in no way an service This ‘economy at Authoring Fantino the State, The Governor says the man was hurt In Bellefonte and that there Is a questi and th of hav! phia, on the boards of the because of insufficient revenge is palpably unwise to approve a bill raiser instrument of added may be justly cost." styled increased Rosario to sue n whether he has a claim he does not see the propriety ng the suit brought in Philadel as provided in the bill The usual custom is to bring such suits in Dauphin county ei ie nt oO RR The Mosquito Peril, One of the greatest discoveries in the history of medicine was that of Dr. Roland Ross, who, at Calcutta, In July, 1808, found that the spores of malaria parasites are concentrated in the salivary gland of th® mosquito, As Doctor Ross himself wrote, “The exact route of lufection of this great dis «ease, which annually slays its mil Hons of human beings and keeps whole continents In darkness, wns revealed, These minute spores enter the salivary gland of the mosquito and pass with © PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFS SHIN With the mustering in of Company i K, by Captain C. 8. Wright, U. 8. A, | six units of the Fourth Regiment, Na tional Guard, from Lancaster county, two units of the division, an am- bulance company and a truck com. pany, nearly 700 men, pass from the State to Federal service ic 1 HHL ol Cornelius Sheppard, a Southern negro, who less than a year ago, man in Harrisburg, was electrocuted the Western Penitentiary, Belle- fonte. Four contacts made, and five minutes after he was in the chair he was pronounced dead by at were placed buried in the penitentiary cemetery The WwW, of Reading, has received a contract for 100,000 regulation service hats for the G di di ed States Government {11 keep the 200 hands of the factory sy for months. Rabbits are becoming a serious men. a to gardeners in all parts of North- stern Pennsylvania, not f the larger towns exempt from The Ridg are numerous even those being » ravages of the Record that animals, says they neighborhood. « where are near r had 26 partially & 10 11s 81 iaiy gardens ff woods, One stiri 8] matured plants rabhits y wn by » night ¥ ’ . Ty 3 ff draft numbers, show. ng i : h gls on Dis Luzerne County, stolen Ashley Town Hall, according to reports at Wilkes-Barre, although they were fef Poli men in the Eighth Re rict of were freon FOI under the surveil Rickard ince of C e and three patrol} there were 101 deaths of cows sold by J. A Phoenlixviile, brought to $140 a bh near Reading H who AZO was at Iris le erecting when atone injuries a me fell mument v-and j-a-half on legs han 32 years old, Arabian-Canadian stock, owned for 28 years by John W. Vogel, of Reading, was found dead in his box-stall, and buried on a farm at Lorane While Creek “Spotty.” a of wore horse fishing in the near Barneston, Milton W. Durnall, near West Cheater, hooked an eel that weighed nearly four pounds and was four feet in length Brandywine Shocked by the sudden death of her father, whom she was visiting at Donegal, Westmoreland county, Mrs Elmer Crawford died while the fu- neral services were in progress Professor Lloyd Coyle, late prinel. pal of schools in Lykens, has been ap- pointed principal in Parkesburg, at $1200 a year. News from the entire upper North Penn section tells of havoc wrought its poisonous sallva directly into the blood of men. Never in our dream had this.” His Scheme. to keep your cook so long?” “My husband has promised her that If she 1s working for us when we strike oll he will buy her an automobile.” “But I didn't know you had any oil prospects,” “We haven't,” WANT CROWDER "0 EXEMPT THEM ed With Letters. | Statement Says All Claims For Indus trial Exemption Must Go To Dis- trict Boards—Coal Operators Want Miners On the Job. Washington. —A d | inquiries concerning future in the Army draft, and of pleas from dustrial for { their expert workers, Provost Marshe tions must pdt eluge qf personal te steps concerns exemption drew from the statement i ed a that ques boards 3 3 local i * dustrial exen 1 class the district boards of workmen will b Provost Marshal told the which VATERLAND UNDER U. 8. FLAG Great German Liner To Be Service Shortly, Pt u HARVARD CLUB TAKES TO SODA, Big Organization In New York Installs Temperance Bar, New 1 vard York The Ha: with approximately 5.000 members fountain and is perhaps the largest in country b life due established a perance bar. [It club of ts ki novelty in clu soda ne the la bidden by law to drink alcoholic bever while in uniform MINERS OWN MOTORCARS. Luxuries On $20 a Day. Mount Clare, W, Va ginia coal miner is becoming a naboh Making as high $20 a the miner now sporting his in luxury The as day, ia dealers are now geek specidlizing on JEWS HAVE OWN REGIMENT. Badge Of Fighters. London. The War Office nounced the formation of nu hag an- special perienced officers in the higher com mands. Jewish soldiers, with knowl edge of the Yiddish or Russian languages, already serving with Brit Ish regiments, will be transferred to this unit, ANE J SE a ag TF PAAR ERE | ud, ever se , or ean 2 are not ons! vr Second Hand Bargains We have a large stock of second hand aod slight. ly used plascs of all stan dard my ’ Here are a few samples bargains Steinway. . $175.00 Knabe.... 165.00 Emerson .. 100.00 | == Se n Kimball. a Starck. ¥ 70.00 | eo 19500] ¢ ® 4 Our Big Free Trial Offer dios on a Btarck piano, tis up your money us ship » home where in any way. 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Btarck Plans Co., : 3 1987 Biarck | IPwWaras iid idg., Chicago Plans send without oblizs on my part ' i” trated pinno « informa fn y 4p onry 3 shot a 4 entirely nominal Larios Western, do, No. 3 NO i i y 2 vellow, $207@2.07% No. 2 white, 848 84 14« ard white, 83G583%; No. 3 821%: No. 4 white, 81g81% utter Solid-packed | fancy, 41%c; extras, | 40%; extra firsts, 38%; firsts i onde, 37; nearby prints, fancy, 43; do, | average extra, 41@42; do, firsts, 39@ | 40; seconds, 37% @ 38; brands prints jobbing 49 Eggs trade, as $2.10 2.00 a 2.0 9% . 2.08@ 2.08%; for local ition No. 2 yellow | loc @n dey vellow, § INO 5 Oats stand white, 82@ creamery, KO 38: sec specials, do, sped ial of were at 46 $10.80 per | standard case; nearby current re ceipts, BR1050 per Western firsts, £10.80 per case; do, firsts, $10.50 carefully $20 13¢ « Nearby, firsts, case; | per fancy, selected, candled eggs were jobbing at Zen Case | cream, do, New York, full fancy, new, 28%; specials, higher; | choice, new, 28%: do, fair to good, new, 22% @ 23. Live Poultry-—Fowls, as to size and quality, 20@21c; exceptional lots high er; roosters, 16@17; spring chickens, not Leghorns, plump, vellowaskinned, 32; smaller sizes, 25@26;: Leghorns, 22¢ 25; ducks, Peking, 19; do, Indian runner, 17@ 18; pigeons, old, per pair, 2640 28; do do, young, per pair, 20922. ———— BALTIMORE. « Wheat « Contract opened steady, but quiet. Soft No. 2 ' rod wheat, old, $2.15 nominal. loeghorns, 25§ 17@ 18¢ 16G17: 1g, 3 ibs and over, do COVY smaller, a8 £3 50 rit ea’ od Live Stock CHICAGO Hogs Bulk, $14.30@ 15.25 light, $1415@15.10; mixed, $14.10@ 15.40; heavy, $14.00G15.40: rough, $14@14.25; pige, $11.26@ 14.25 Cattle--Native beef cattle, $8 40@ 14.80; Western $865@ 11.50; stockers and feeders, $6.35@ 9.40; cows and heifers, $5.50@12 $10@ 14.95 Sheep $7@9.26 “i sloers, calves, Wethers, $7.75@11; lambs, $9.75@15.75 KANSAS CITY Hogs Bulk, $14.65 @15.50; heavy, 315.300.1566; packers and butchers’, $15Q 15.50; light, $14.58 @15.20; pigs, $12.50014 {| Cattle—Prime fed steers, $12.750 | 113.50; dressed beef steers, $10@ 12.50: © { Southern steers, $T@11.75; cows, $60 | 0.50: heifers, $7 HOE 13: stockers and! | feeders, $6.50@12.50; bulls, $6500 | | R.60; calves, $7@12.50 Sheep — Lambs, $156@15.75; ewes, year ewes, §8.2569.25. | PITTSBURGH. -- Cattle — Choice, | $11.50 12; prime, $12.50 13. | Sheep — Prime wethers, $10@10.50: | culls and common, $4.5006; lambs, $10 | 114 NEWSY ITEMS. A stand new toy vehicle i= rider appl to one lever and then to another. driven his Oy ing ng ying weigh first Waste wood products ern saw mills are be manufacture of paper South in the from to used At the beginning of the nineteenth century there were more than 200 offenses punishable with death. American toilet goods are increas in popularity in the Far East France and England, the former sup pliers, have been unable to make ship ments recently The Chalybes of the Pontus wers celebrated as workers In iron. The produce of their labor is alluded to in Jeremiah, xv. 12, as being of superior quality Ireland has a breed of cattle that more than three feet thrives on the poorest of high and President Wilson's daughter, Miss Margaret, i= a good lobbyist. She got the 0. K. of Governor Whitman and several New York senators on the bill permitting the use of public schools for civie forums In the fseal year, 19151618, the 000,000 letters and 875.000 parcels for the troops abroad and handed them over to the army. It aration allowances to 2.700.000 per sons,
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