Q*RAlLßtxf>s) BROTHERHOODS PLAN JOIN! CONFERENCE Program Includes Discussion of Im portant Questions; Harrisburg A to Send Delegation Members of transportation brother hoods will discuss future plans for legislation at a Joint meeting to be held in Altoona Sunday. August 8. Harrisburg lodges will be represented by at least fifty delegates. They will leave for Altoona early Sunday morn ing. The meeting will be held in Mishler Theater and will be an all-day conference. The delegates will represent the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Order of Railway Conductors. Brother hood of Loconioti%e Engineers. Broth erhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen and Order of Railway Telegraphers east of Pittsburgh and Erie. Representation will be accord ing to membership and it is expected tbat 1,500 will attend. Two of the important questions to be taken up will be on forming a Joint organization in the near future and on the policy to be followed by the new nonpartisan political organizations now being organized throughout the State. It is said that steps will be taken to form a State body to control the subordinate branches in every city. While all the plans of the new body have not been outlined, it Is believed that it will be extended to Include all voters who are members of any union labor organization of the State, and that later efforts will be made to elect for all offices only such men as pledge themselves to support measures advo cated by the trade unions. Special Mention For Retired P. R. R. Employe The Pennsylvania Railroad bulletin issued Saturday gives special mention to Harry R. Given, a retired round house employe. Mr. Given joined the pensioners on July 1. The bulletin says: "Harry R. Given, who was placed on the company's roll of honor on July 1. was born in Chester county. Pa., on May 1, 1849. He entered the railroad service on March 1, 1865, at the age of 16 years, as apprentice. In July, 1876, he became fireman. He ■was promoted to the position of en gineman on July 22, 18S4, and per formed the duties of that position for nearly twenty-four years. "On April 1, 1908, Mr. Given was trensferred to the roundhouse at Har risburg. in the capacity of engine pre parer, and on January l, 1»14. was made engine watchman. He remained in the latter position until his retire ment from active duty." In commenting upon Mr. Glven's service of more than a half century Superintendent W. B. McCaleb, of tho Philadelphia division, stated that he had "always proved himself a loyal and deserving employe." A RAILROAD NOTES Lodge No. 69 4, Brother hoc%.%f Rairoad Trainmen, of Enola, |ij| to the number of 430 attended the funeral yesterday of M. L. Herring at Mounc Zion. York county. Brakeman Herring, who was killed In Enola yards last week, was a member of this lodge. Tests are being made on the low grade line of the Pennsylvania Rail road with the big engines. Assistant Freight Trainmaster Del linger, of the Pennsylvania Railroad, is testing the eyes of all employes in Enola yards over 40 years of age. Tests are also being rjiade on hearing. Standing of the Crews HARRISBI'RG SIDE Philadelphia Division —lol crew first to g~> after 4 p m.: 108, 123, 131, 109, 116. !12. 106, 114. Engineers for 101, 106, 108. Firemen for 108. 114, 116, 123, 127. Conductors for 109. 116. 127. Flagmen for 10S. 114. Brakemen for 108, 109, 114. Engineers up: Supplee. Streeper, Smith. Downs, Manley, Young, Hind man. Kautz. Long. Firemen up: Carr. Arnsberger, Mof fltt, Horstick. Manning. Wagner. Mar tin, Miller. Kreider, Whichello, Barton, Herman. Neidigh, Yohe. Conductor up: Ropp. Brakemen up: Kone. Felker. Middle Division —l3B crew first to go after 1 3# p. m.: 214. Preference: 3, 2, 1. 8, 9, 4, 6, 7, 5, 10. Laid off: 23. 24, 22. Conductor for 5. Brakemen for 2, 6. Engineers up: Hertiler, Sparver. Firemen up: Richards. Llebau, Ar nold, Mohler. Sheesly, Potteiger, Fletcher, Seagrist, Gross. Brakemen up: Kane, Baker, Werner, Stahl. Rissinger. Yard CiriTi— Engineers for fourth 8, second 22, second 24. third 24. 32. Firemen for fourth 8, 16, 18, second 22. 28. 30. 36. Engineers up: Houser. Meals, Stahl, Swab. Crist, Harvey. Saltsman, Kuhn, Pelton, Shaver. Landis. Hoyler, Beck, Harter, Biever. Blosser. Rudy. Firemen up: Barkey. Shets, Bair, Eyde, Ulsh, Bostdorf, Schiefer, Rauch, Lackey. Cookerley. Maeyer, Sholter, Snell, Bartolet, Getty. EXOL4 SIDE Phlladelpuhln Division —2lo cr»w first to go after 4:15 p. m.: 215, 237, 209. 213. 234. 211. 212. 238. 217, 228, 227, 221, 224. 233. • Engineers for 201, 205, 210. 214. 217. 221. 227. 230. Firemen for 201. 202. 204, 215, 217, 225, 237. Conductors for 4, 30, 33. Brakemen for 5. 12. 13. 17, 29. 30, 38. Conductors up: Steinouer, Shirk, De wees Brakemen up: Shaltner. Rice. Shuler. Middle Division —4s2 crew first to go after 12:45 p. m. Thirty-two Altoona chews to come lu. Laid off: 119, 110, 102. 114. Yard Crews —To go after 4pm.: Engineers up: Shellhamer. Sweger. Firemen up: G. L Fortenbaugh, Feass, Ewing. McNally, Lutz. READING CREWS The 18 crew first to go after 12.15 p. m.: 8, 1, 20. East-bound. 62. 54. 53. 63. Engineers for 64, 1, 20. « Firemen for 62, 64. 8, 20. Conductor for 7. Brakemen for 53, 57. 63. 64. 1. 7, 20. « Engineers up: Tipton, Wlreman. Morrison. Kettner, Fetrow, Merkle, / La^ e . Morne, Sweeley. Firemen up: King, Boyer, Sullivan. Miller. Conductors up: Sipes. Orris. Brakemen up: Ely. Yoder, Ensming er. Dunkle, Rttter, Ruth, Doln. Gard ner. Maxton. Blngaman, Smith, Fleagle Holbert. BI'RY MARTIN WAI.MER Martin Walmer, aged thirty-two. deputy sheriff of Dauphin county, who died at the home of his mothei\ Mrs E E. Walmer. near Penbrook. Friday morning, was buried at 9.30 this morn ing. The Rev. Mr. Henry, of the Pen brook Lutheran Church conducted the services, and burial was made In the church cemetery. * MRS, MAGGIE BRESSLER Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Bressler, wife of islah Bressler, 1308 State street, were held this afternoon at 1 o'clock from her late home. Burial was made in the cemetery at Oberlln. MONDAY EVENING, * BAKRISBURG ?£•§& 'AUGUST 2, 1915. THEATER CHANGES TO BRING BROADWAY HITS Vaudeville Switched to Majestic; Legitimate at Orpheum; Colonial Will Be Morie Wilmer, Vincent and Appell. own ers of the Orpheum. Majestic and Colonial theaters In this city, to-day made public the plans for these amuse ment houses during the coming sea son. Probably the biggest changes ever made in local theatrical circles will be brought about. Numerous rumors have been afloat about the reopening of the three theaters for the Fall season. C. Floyd Hopkins, manager of these amuse ment houses announced the changes as follows: '"The policies of the Majestic and Orpheum theaters will be reversed. The big attractions booked in New York that have made hits on Broad way last winter will be shown at the Orpheum Instead of the vaudeville program that has been featured there. The principal reason for this change Is evident. The Orpheum was origin ally intended for big productions. The stage Is much larger than the one at the Majestic theater, and the equip ment necessary for headliners can be more easily handled In the Orpheum. No date has been decided upon for the first legitimate attraction, but the Harrisburg public will be the gainer by the change as much larger features can be booked." Change In VaudevlUe The vaudeville too, will be quite dif ferent from that of former years. The first class Kieth acts that have al ways pleased the theatergoers In this city, will be staged at the Majestic. Five big acts will be shown instead of seven, and three shows will be given dally, a matinee at 2:80 in the after noon and two evening performances at 7 and 9 o'clock. No coupon seats will be sold, and therefore no seats can be engaged before hand. The program of five acts will be changed twice a week, on Monday and on Thursday. The five acts coming Monday will run three days, and will be followed by five new ones for the last three days of the week. Down Go Prices With a view of giving Harrisburg big bargains the management will re duce the prices for the Majestic. Matinee seats will be 10 and 15 cents, while the evening seats will change from the Orpheum prices of 15 to 50 cents, to the new prices of 10. 15 and 25 cents. Persons coming in late for the first evening performance will have the opportunity of remaining for the second. Two reels of motion pic tures will be shown with the vaude ville program, one picture at the open ing and one at the end of the pro gram. No vaudeville will be shown at the Colonial, which will be changed into a motion picture theater running from 11 o'clock in the morning until 11 o'clock in the evening. Prices will be 10 cents for adults and 5 cents for children. Alterations Being Made Big alterations are now being made in all of the theaters. At the Colonial the finest screen obtainable will be placed back on the stage surrounded by a Japanese setting on the order of the motion picture houses of New York. Two of the latest and best pro jecting machines will also be set up with entirely new equipment. The lobbies of the three theaters are also undergoing renovations. The Colonial will open, it was an nounced. about the middle of August, and the Majestic with first clas vasude ville a week or two later. Xo definite time has been set as much will de pend on how rapidly the changes can be finished. American Girl Who May Some Day Be Queen MNCCSS* POM/ATOWV PRINCESS PONIATOWSKI Paris, July 26. The name of Prince Poniatowski has been men tioned frequently as the future king of Poland, should the allies win. This would be popular In France, but un popular in other sections as the future queen Is an American girl, the former Miss Helen Sperry of "Syockton, Cal. The Poniatowski house dates from the eighteenth century. Tne prince was born in Paris in 1864 and married Miss Sperry in 1894. Best Showing For Months in P. R. R. June Earnings The statement Of the Pennsylvania Railroad system for the month of June, which is made public this morn .ing, is the best exhibit made by this big transportation company in many months. It denotes that earnings of the Pennsylvania Railroad have now definitely "turned the corner," and reflects the Increasing trend of pros perity which is slowly but surely ex tending throughout the country. Gross earnings of the system in June expanded more than $630,000, or 2.03 per cent., to $31,609,836, the largest volume of revenues for any month of the current year. With the exception of May. which returned the small gain of only $52,000, June was the first month in nearly two years to show a definite increase in gross over ccrresponding months of the previous year. DEADLOCK IN HAITI By ■ Associated Press Port Au Prince, Aug. 2. —The violent revolutionary activities of last week have been followed by a political dead lock in the effects of the Haitien con gress to elect a president in succession to Gulllaume who was shot to death on the streets of the capital. BRITISH STEAMER SUNK London, Aug. T, 12:15 p. m. The British steamship Clintonla has been sunk. Fifty-four of the persons aboard her were saved. Ctrp-i -rnn floiDDLeiwn PA. STEEL PLANS BIG SHIPYARDS Nine Vessels Now on the Ways at Sparrows Point; Vast Sums For Improvements Sparrows Point, Md„ Aug. I. The shipbuilding plant of the Maryland Steel Company, which is owned by the Pennsylvania Steel Company, is being expanded on a large «»cale according to the "Journal of Commerce merclal Bulletin." There i» Increasing Interest In the operations of this plant because of the recent activity and strength in Pennsylvania steel shares. Shipbuilding has been only a seiond arv department of the Maryland Steel Company's plant heretofore —not more than twenty-five or thirty per cent, of the entire business; but steps are being taken to enlarge the capacity material ly. Two of the small shlpways are now being converted into one large berth capable of taking care of the con struction of a ship 550 feet long by iJ feet beam. An entirely new shlpway Is to be constructed for building ves sels up to 650 feet in length and 18 feet beam. A Vnlque Plant The Maryland plant is unique in that It is the only yard In America where the completed vessel is turned out from the raw iron ore to the completed craft; everything built on the premises but a few special machines and ap fillances. The company's chief business s in the making of steel in various forms. It owns extensive beds of ore in Cuba, which it brings to its own plant at Sparrows Point, Baltimore harbor, and there converts into the plates, beams and other forms which go into the ships or Into other struc tural enterprises. There are great ore-unloading docks, hlast furnaces, billet mills, coke ovens, foundries, machine shops and many other departments incident to a general steel plant and not at all associated with shipbuilding Itself. Extensive ad ditions to the capacity of these de fiartments are dlso under way; partlal y due to the coming expansion of the shipbuilding department. As a result of these the shipyard will enjoy the ad vantage of having no coal used in its work gas, electricity, fuel oil and compressed air being furnished by the steel plant and the Pennsylvania Wat er A Power Company's great hydro electric plant, miles away on the Sus quehanna river. On the Wayi Of all the shipbuilding now in pro gress along tile Atlantic seaboard none is more inspiring as to the future of the American merchant marine than the magnificent fleet of nine merchant vessels on the ways or under contract at Sparrow's Point: three for the A. H. Bull Steamship Line, three for the American-Hawaiian Line and three for the Munson Line. The Bull fleet are freight vessels of 3450 tons gross and 220 tons net tonnage. 338 feet long, 46 feet beam and 25H feet depth; two with double decks, forecastle, bridge and' poop, and the "others with single deck, all designed to steam at the rate of nine and one-half knots. The Munson fleet is designated two for freight and one for combination freight and passenger service. The lat ter is 370 by 47 H by 27'.* dimensions. 4000 tons deadweight, thirteen and one half knots, double decks, forecastle, bridge and poop, and accommodations for fifty first and thirty second cabin passengers. The Munson freight boatk are 338H by 46 by 25H dimensions, with double decks, forecastle, bridge and poop, 5000 tons deadweight and design ed for ten knots. The American-Hawaiian boats are all freighters, two of them 406 by 54 by 32H single deck, forecastle, bridge and poop, 9000 tons ' deadweight and ten knots, while the other is 430 by 53 by 39H, double deck. 10,000 tons dead weight and twelve-knot speed. It Is significant that of the twenty-seven ships owned by the American-Hawaiian Line more than half were built at Sparrows Point. The company Has specialized on freight steamers the very kind of craft regarded as the future of Ameri can merchant ships. The company has not sought n#vy work or harbor craft, though dull seasons win drive any yard to depart from Its specialties, but has sought to get itself Into a position for expeditious and economical construc tion of cargo carriers on a basis of practical competition. The total value of these nine vessels being built on this shore of Baltimore harbor is about s4.soo,ooo—somewhat less. In aggregate than the work in some other yards where battleships and other Governmental work are In pro ?;ress, but of peculiar value from the act that they are all merchantmen. It Is understood that the company now has tenders out for building something like twenty other vessels, with pros pects good for securing some of tho contracts. STEELTON PERSONALS The Rev. S. H. Rainey, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will leave to-morrow to spend his vacation with ! his parents in Providence, R. I. Mrs. Rainey will visit relatives In Mount Carmel. Pa. Dr. William Selbert Houck has gone to New York after spending a month at his home, 313 South Second street. Dr. Houck has accepted a position on tho gynecologic staff at the Sloane Hos pital for Women In New York city. J. A. McCurdy left this morning to spend a week with his family at Pen Mar. Mr. and Mrs. William Galbralth and daughter Edith, of South Fourth street, and Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Marks and family, of North Fourth street, re turned yesterday from a two weeks' visit In Mount Gretna. » The Rev. C. E Boughter, pastor of the Neldlg Memorial United Brethren Church, at Oberlln, is visiting in I.ykens. Mrs. D. C. Nauss is seriously ill at her home, 19 Pine street. Daniel Gaffney, of Baltimore, is vis Itlng relatives here. Earl Williams, South Front street, has returned from Mifflin, where he visited relatives. H. Lee McNeal Is visiting relatives at Pequea, Lancaster county. Miss Emmallne Patterson, of Wil liamsburg, Is the guest of the Rev. and Mrs. C. A. Huyette, Walnut street New $7,000,000 Steel Mill Open in Australia Sydney, Australia, June 10 (corre spondence of the Associated Press).— An iron and steel works, representing an outlay of over $7,000,000, has Just been opened at Port Waratah, near Newcastle. New South Wales, by means of which Australia hopes even"- tually to become independent of for eign countries in the matter of iron and steel. The opening of the new plant was regarded as an event of great impor tance in the industrial history of the country and was made a formal occa- Fion at which speeches were made by a number of distinguished men. The works are located at the outlet of the collieries which are probably the big gest in the southern hemisphere. Port Waratah is to become the cen ter of other Industries allied to the manufacture of iron and steel prod ucts. The Iron ore for the mills will come from Iron Knob, half way across the Australian continent, where de posits carrying 6 8 per cent, of me tallic iron are sufficient to last for many generations. All the machinery In the works is of American make and about fifty work men from the United States are en gaged, chiefly for training the Aus tralian workmen in modern methods of eteelmaking. STEP UP! JUDGES OF PRETTY WOMEN Clover Club Needs Aid of AD to Decide Steekon's Most Charming Girl Who is the prettiest and most pop ular girl in Steelton? This is the momentous, yet delicate, question that the Clover Club, a branch of the Patriotic Order Sons of America, would like to have you help answer. Do you think the honor should go to pretty ..iss Hay Fisher? to win some Violet Gribble? to versatile Ella Sharoskey? to charming Frances Shaeffer? —or do you feel that the honor belongs to pretty little Esther Flckes or to attractive Elizabeth Kir by? If you will help the members of the Clover Club to decide you will be per forming for them a feat that calls for all the diplomacy that—well all the diplomacy that one W. J. found he didn't" have. Just a few days ago the club an nounced that the most popular girl in the busy steel town would be crowned queen of the big carnival that will exhibit here next week to raise a charity fund. Immediately the names of some cu the borough's pret ty g.rls began to pour in upon the committee from their admirers. A few of the names are mentioned above and it is likely tht one of these girls will be selected. But the Clover Club would like to have your selection. Bethlehem Steel Co. Gives Employes Wage Increase Special to The Telegraph , South Bethlehem, Pa.. Aug. 2.—Seven teen thousand employes of the Bethle hem Steel Company to-day were grant ed a voluntary increase in wages of ap proximately 10 per cent., according to the announcement of President E. G. Grace. The increase Is effective August 1. The announcement follows: "The management of the company has decided to grant an increase In its rate of pay taking effect Sunday. August 1. This Increase will apply to all departments of the works. This ac tion is done in recognition of the loyal and faithful service the company has received from its employes and is made possible at this time by the general im provement in business conditions re sulting in the operation of both the [Scranton and Lehigh plants on prac tically a 100 per cent, working: basis." Steelton Snapshots To Hold Social. Carthage Lodge Knights of Pythias will hold a water melon social to-night in its hall, Sec ond and Walnut streets. Announce Birth. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Sweeney, New Cumberland, an nounce the birth of twin daughters, Friday, July 30. Mrs. Sweeney was , formerly Miss Jane Books of Steelton. Committee Meets. The commit tee in charge of the Steelton A. C. fes tival will meet this evening at the Steelton Club. To Hold Dance. —St. Mary's Athletic Club will hold a benefit dance in Croa tian Hall, Second and Washington streets, this evening. To Count Votes.—Votes in the con test to decide the most popular girl in Steelton, who will be queen of the Clover Club carnival next week, will be counted this evening at 8 o'clock. To Initiate Class.—Paxtang Tribe, No. 243. Improved Order of Red Men, will Initiate a class of six candidates at a meeting Thursday evening at the hall. Second and Washington streets. Class to Meet.—Mrs. John Houck's class of Centenary United Brethren Sunday School will meet Wednesday evening following prayer services. Gets New Car. —Mrs. Celia Tomasclc has purchased a new seven-passenger automobile. THIKVES BUSY AGAIN Thieves who for weeks past have been preying upon residents of Steel ton and vicinity renewed their op erations Saturday evening when they entered the bedroom of the house at 864 North Front street and stole $5 and some small change from a sleep ing colored man. Detectlvel. N. Durn buugh, former chief of police, was called in on the case and Is working up a slender clue which he hopes may lead to the arrest of at least one mem ber of the band which is believed to be carrying on the raids. SISTERS ENTERTAIN - The Misses Helen and Savilla Ca pello entertained at their parents' home. 503 Lincoln street, in honor of the- members of the J. H. C. Club. Luncheon was served on the lawn to the following: Marion Hoch, Anna Smeltzer, Vera Hershey, Grace Her -Bhey, Marie Hoffman, Catherine Schll lir.ger, Savilla and Helen Capello. F. & S. PICNIC AUGUST 21 The annual excursion of the Frog and Switch Department employes to Willow Grove Park will be held Au gust 21. Special trains will leave Lo cust street at 4 o'clock; Harrisburg, 4.20, and Middletown, 4.30. The pro reeds of the outing will be devoted to the fund for the relief of Frog and Switch Department employes who are instraitened circumstances. KLEIN-WEISXER John Klein, South 3Third street, and Miss Weisner were married Saturday morning in the parsonage of Trinity German Lutheran Church by the Rev. C. F. Tieman, pastor. I-MIDDLETOWA* - - MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS Miss Abramosky, of Elyrla. Ohio, re turned to her home after visiting Miss Tillie Nisley for several weeks. Miss Mary Stone and Francis Beach, of North Carolina, are visiting friends in town. Frank Brown and brother Charles left to-day for Atlantic City," where they will visit a few days. David Morrison and John Bowman will leave to-morrow for Atlantic City. Charles Greenewaltfi of Shamokln, Is visiting friends in Main street. JOFFRES SUPERB PROCLAMA TION In the July number of the World's Work, M. Eugene Etienne, former Minister of War for France, tells the following incident: • On the eve of the battle of the Marne the French officers gathered their men about the bivouacs, and in the summer night, broken by the j roar of cannon, read to them the I proclamation issued by Joffre. It j thrilled every one with the thought that the fate of France lay in their hands. "Advance," read the order, "and when you can no longer advance, hold at all costs what you have gain ed. If you can no longer hold, die on th« spot,'* ~ * . STATE POLICE ARE IN 31 SUBSTATIONS Superintendent Groome Getting Good Results in the Summer Work of His Force ™Thirty-one sub&ta- S. \ \ ® //J Hons of the State po \\\\ lice force have been H/ established by the f superintendent, Ma i°r John C. Groome. for summer patrol wor ' t > appro- I HwUBM priation made by the HSlmlNllllllt recent Legislature gplllUUßfc having enabled the resumption of this ■HHMMNI line of activity. A number of the stations are In agri cultural communities, while others are tn industrial districts. The substations in the eastern half of the State are: Wyomisslng. Berks ccunty; Media, Delaware county; Lang hcrne, Bucks county; Waynesboro, Franklin county; Penbrook, Dauphin county; Leola, Lancaster county; Cleona. Lebanon county; Lanesboro. Susquehanna county; Nicholson, Wyo ming county; Muncy. Lycoming coun ty; Stroudsburg. Monroe county; Mount Carmel. Northumberland county; Peck vllle, Lackawanna county, and Lopez. Sullivan county. In the western half of the State the substations are; Blalrsvllle and In diana. Indiana county; Cresson. Colver and Barnesboro, Cambria county; Mo nongahela and Burgettstown. Wash ington county; New Salem and Brownsville. Fayette county; Pleasant Gap and Phillipsburg. Center county; New Bethlehem. Clarion county; Punx sutawney, Jefferson c<junty; Rochester, Beaver county; St. Mary's, Elk county; Emporium, Cameron county; Smeth port, McKean county. Farmers to Help. Farmers who ask for visits from the State's corps of farm advisers or counselors, who begin their late summer and autumn series of visits to-day, will have to agree to transport the advisers to and from the nearest railroad station. The advisory service was resumed to-day after sev eral weeks' interruption and hundreds of requests for visits are on file. The advicers covered practically all of the counties of the State last year. The service will continue as it was last year pending the reorganization of the De partment of Agriculture by the new commission. Local Cases Due. On the list of matters to be considered by the Public Service Commission this week are the applications for approval of the sale of the Lykens Valley Consolidated Gas Company, to the Wllliamstown Gas Company, contract of the United Elec tric Company, and Camp Hill; con tract of the Bell Telephone Company, and the Chambersburg Turnpike Com pany and several matters from Schuylkill county. Three Lancaster county electric companies are asking for charters. Goes To Law About It. The fac tion of Coatesville officialdom which started in to construct a water works in defiance of the action of the State authorities has been enjoyed by an other faction. The State may take a hand shortly. Expects More Suits. Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust has been to State College to look after the investi gation into breakfast foods. It is probable that more suits will be start ed, chiefly because of the manner In which merchants kept their stock. Dr. Dixon Returns.—Commissioner Dixon is in Philadelphia, having re turned trom the exposition. He ex pects to come here in a day or so. Invited to Attend. Governor Brumbaugh has been invited to attend the Hench Drumgold reunion in Perry county this month. He may accept If his engagements permit. Inspecting Schools. Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Educatton, and members of the board have returned from a tour of various State normal schools with a view to # ascertaining their condition and the general situation in the event of the State undertaking to extend its ownership of such institutions. The State now owns four of the thirteen schools and will start negotiations to get others In a short time. To Take Testimony. John P. Do honey, investigator of accidents of the Public Service Commission, will go to Indiana this week to take testimony in the complaint by the members of the Chamber of Commerce against the manner of backing trains into that borough. The testimony will be laid before the commission immediately after. Mr. Dohoney \<'ill also take testimony on behalf of the commission at Montrose. Special "Exams". Special exam inations will be held In January under auspices of the State Bureau of Medi cal Education and Licensure for those who did not register for the June ex aminations. Hereafter the Bureau: examinations will be held in January and July. The State Dental Board ex aminations will be held in June and December. Many Tracts Offered. Steps are being taken to secure surveys and In formation regarding tracts offered in sjx counties for new game preserves. The work of erecting the wires is un der way in Carbon and Bradford coun ties. In a number of counties offers have been made of land by \ocal organizations, but the properties are too small. Mothers Pensions.— Apportionment of funds for mothers' pensions wil be made among the counties of the State •along the plan contemplated by the act of 1915 and an allowance made for expenses of the State supervisor and clerk by Auditor General Powell within a short time. Thus far noth ing has been done toward apportion ing the $140,000 balance left from the last two years and the SIOO,OOO recently appropriated because the Governor has not yet named the supervisor. The Auditor General's Department has been trying to esti mate the expenses. The Governor has not yet intimated what he intends to do and no funds for mothers' pen sions have been drawn since May. Lucke.v to Demonstrate. W. S. Luekey, an aviator who has flown In Philadelphia and other places and who flew around the dome of the State Capitol, has been engaged by the Aero Club of America to give demonstration of reconnoiterlng and scouting by aeroplane and also drop ping bombs for the soldiers of the Sec ond Brigade and the Fourteenth Regi ment at Indiana next week. The use of a hydroaeroplane Is not feasible as there is no lake at the camp site so a large land machine will be em ployed and the men shown what a machine can do. Will Make Inquiry. lt is probable that inquiry will be Instituted by the Department of Labor and Industry into the grounds for complaint against the plant of the Nitrate Products Com pany at Mt. Carbon, made by C. F. Foley In a. letter to Commissioner Jackson. The charge was made that the sanitary conditions were no: good. Municipal Data In Sight. The new bureau of municipal statistics and In formation has sent letters to over 900 municipalities asking ror data with the object of making the first official State list of municipalities. The bureau will collate the data for legislative and general use. It will All a long felt want. Flnletter Fifcp, - Thoma* D. Fin- those out of your rugs, madam, just as easily as it washes your clothes and does al[ your work. Of course, you know clothes washed with Fels-Naptha don't need boiling, scalding or hard rubbing. Not rough—not crude. Fels-So&p Powdleir. Refined, sweet, and does the work. letter, of Philadelphia, to-day filed a petition to be a candidate for nomina tion for Judge of Common Pleas Court No. 1, Philadelphia, and Alfred P. Marshall, Beaver, to be a candidate for judge of the Beavef county judicial district. James G. Carson, of West Hickory, tiled a petition to be candi date for associate Judge in Forest county. Commissions Put Out. Adjutant General Stewart to-day announced the commissioning of John Edgar Boyle, I Beaver Falls, as battalion adjutant 10th infantry and of election of these second lieutenants of the 16th in fantry: Raymond A. Brown, Company B, Joseph R. Carvolth, Company C, and J. Frank Graff, Jr., Company K. Mr. Brown to Return. Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown is ex pected here to-morow to take up a number of departmental matters. Mr. Brown has been taking a brief vaca tion. No Jitney Case. Since the with drawal of the application for a charter for a Williamsport Jitney Company it is improbable that much will be done regarding Jitneys by the Public Serv ice Commission. There is now no specific complaint on the subject be fore the commission. Senator Mills Here. Senator Chas. E. Mills, of Bradford, was at the Capitol to-day. Home From Vacation. C. P. Rogers, chief of accounts, has re turned from a vacation to the north western counties. MYRON AI,BRIGHT j, Myron Albright, aged 38, who died at the Ancon Hospital. Panama, on July 8. will be buried to-morrow afternoon. Funeral services will be held from the funeral chapel of the Hawkin's Estate. 1207 North Third street, at I o'clock. Burial will be made In the Paxtang Cemetery. Al bright's death followed an operation. Following his death, Mrs. Albright set sail for New York with the body and arrived there on July 29. The body was sent on to this city. He Is sur vived by his wife and five children. Sarah. Chester. Genevieve. Martha and Mildred. Mr. Albright who was form erly a tailor in this city, has been in Panama for ten years. ATTACK MADE ON MISSION Washington. Aug. 2.—The Wesley an mission in Port-au-Prince was at tacked Saturday night by a mob at tempting to seize a man who had mur dered a prisoner in jail and had been secreted there. Rear Admiral Caper ton reported the affair to-day hut gave no details. The city is now being con trolled without difficulty. DTED READING BIBLE Special to The Telegraph Marietta, Pa.. Aug. 2.—Jacob Kurtz Umble. aged 63, died suddenly while reading a Bible at his home in East Lampeter yesterday. He was pro prietor of the Eden Mills, a member of the school board and served as a jus tice of the peace. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of Lancaster. His widow and one son survive. SPMN<isTBMffiEIS Walk; CtMiions Your shoes will be more comfort able and will last longer when you follow the example of over 4 million wise people and begin wearing these new Spring-Step Heels. Learn the real joy of walking on Spring-Step Rubber Heels. These new Spring-Step Red Plug Heels cost no more than ordinary rubber heels. Don't accept inferior heels—get "Spring-Steps.^ Any reliable dealer or repair shop will put a pair of Spring-Step Rubber Heels on your shoes for 50 cents. Ask for the Heel with the Red Plug ® Spring-Step Rubber HeeU are made by the Largest Rubber Company in Ibe World. Funeral of Grade Crossing Victim on Wednesday Funeral services for William L. Meyers, 435 Hummel street, who was killed when an automobile in which he was riding was struck by a train near Reading-, Friday night, will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Lawrence Catholic Church, the Kev. P. S. Huegel, officiating. Burial will be made In Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The condition of Mrs. Meyers, who was Injured in the same accident and their son, William, .lr., were reported to-day as slightly improved. Physicians at the Heading hospital now have- some hope for Mrs. Meyers" recovery. COAL PRODUCTION IN OHIO The total production of coal in Ohio in 1914 was 18,843.115 short tons, having a value at the mines of $21,250,642. In view of the fact that practically all the Ohio miners w«r« on strike and the mines idle from April to July, the production fell off heavily—nearly 50 per cent, as com pared with 1913. The number of idle days caused by strikes reached the enormous total of 6,452,762 days; in other words, 40,57 men were out of employment for an average of 159 days. The strike was caused by the question whether wages should be paid according to output of run-of-mine coal, as provided by an act of the Leg islature, a law bitterly opposed by the coal operators. Ohio enjoys the excellent reputation of having less than 4 per cent, of her total output shot off the solid or pow der-mined. The number of fatal ac cidents during the year was sixty-two. CHILD DIBS Robert Palmer Whistler, Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Whistler, died at the home of his parents, at 1144 Derry street, Saturday night. Funer el services were held from his lat» home this afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler officiating. Burial was made in the Paxtang Cem etery. Deaths and Funerals THOMAS F. BI RKE Thomas F. Burke, a cleark of th# Pennsylvania Railroad Company, died at his home, 1203 Green street, this morning at 1 o'clock. Requiem mas# will be held at the Cathedral at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. CHILD DIES Following: a short illness, caused by cholera infantum, Lester Hahnlan, two year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Hahnlan, 649 Maclay street, died Satur day night at his home. Funeral ser vices will be held Tuesday morning, at 10 o'clock. The Rev. Peter H. Bals baugh will officiate. Burial will be made at the Highspire Cemetery. GEORGE W. JACKSON George W. Jackson died Saturday night, at 8:20, at his home, 1004 North Seventh. F"uneral services wilh be held Tuesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the Wesley African Methodist Episcopal Church, with the Rev. William Ray of ficiating. Burial will he made in the Lincoln Cemetery. 9
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