THE GLOBE "Keep Your Eye on the Clock" THE GLOBE THE GLOBES Great Thousand Suit & Overcoat Campaign «We Are Bound to Win- Today the Clock Says 798 J The interest in our great sale ® Hi has not lagged a bit, but seems to l| be increasing as it & oes a^on 8' assembled in onelot 87 of this season's choicest Men's and Young 1 Men's Suits stouts and slims—many of them are Rosenberg Bros.' Famous Fashion Park $15.00 Suits Are $10.75 $15.00 Overcoats Are SIO.OO $20.00 Suits Are $14.50 $20.00 Overcoats Are ... .$14.50 $22.50 Suits Are $16.50 $22.50 Overcoats Are $16.50 $25.00 Suits Are $19.75 $25 & S3O Overcoats Are. .$19.75 $30.00 Suits Are $22.50 £25 Ulster Overcoats Are. .$19.75 $7.50 Mackinaws Are.. $5.00 $3.50 Corduroy Trousers $2.95 $5.00 Storm Reefers .. . $3.50 $2.00 Heavy WoolTrouserssl.so <1 Plenty of Beach Jackets and Vests now on hand. Underwear, Sweaters, Fur Caps, Gloves—in fact, everything to keep you warm is reduced. THE GLOBE " The Big Friendly Store" ■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□l RAILROAD RUMBLES CAUSE OF FIRES IS CARELESSNESS Pennsy's Total Losses on All Lines; Sparks From En gines Big Factor . Carelessness among the employes ■was responsible for eighteen fires sus tained by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company during 1913 and sparks from locomotives and hot ashes were re sponsible for over half the total num ber of tires during the year, according to the annual report of fires and fire losses sustained on all the lines of the railroad. The Pennsy during 1915 suffered 1.028 fires and a total loss of $278,730.96. The majority of the fires were but small blazes, with the esti mated and actual losses running under SIOO In over 75 per cent. The report calls attention to the fires caused through absolute careless ness, ten fires resulting due to ligjited i-isarets and cigars. The loss of prop erty through fires caused by careless ness is given as $5,181. locomotive sparks caused 620 of the iotal fires, over 600 cars being partially destroyed. Ashes from locomotives < aused 33 fires. Hot ashes from stoves caused 19 fires; 15 were caused by spontaneous combustion, and 20 by overheated stoves. Seventeen fires were directly due to short-circuited electric currents. Sparks Big Factor The bulletin lists the fires as follows: From carelessness. 18; electric heat ing, 20; heating. 42; lights. 11; mis cellaneous causes, 55; oils. 10; outside < "Vises, 99; power, 6; sparks. 639, and fires from unknown causes, 130. The biggest losses of the year were sustained in cars being totally or par tially destroyed by fire. The bulletin calls attention to the fact that more care should be exercised in firing stoves, engines, in the use of torches, placing hot ashes and the handling of flames around oil. The number of tires during 1915 was reduced by several hundred over the previous year. The company property "in Altoona WR* but slightly damaged due to fire in 1915. There were but seven fires to which the company departments were nsked to respond. Several minor fires were caused by sparks in the transpor tation departments. A Great Message for EVERY RAILROAD MAN SUM).\Y AT Derry St. Bible Class. W. 1.. Curl. "Ihf lit (In giant." lo tnlk. WEDNESDAYEVENING, HARRISBUR1 tfsG&t TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 9. 1916. ASKS PUBLIC TO HELP RAILROADS New Haven President Urges More Reasonable Treatment in the Future Sprcicl to the Telegraph Washington. Feb. 9.—"The Malady of the Railroads" and means for its cure were discussed yesterday before the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by Howard Elliott, president of the Xew York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. After giving statistics showing the growth and business of railroads Mr. Elliott said in part: "The country should turn from its : punitive policy because errors of the ' past virtually have been eliminated, and there is ample protection against a recurrence of them in the future, apart from the fact that there is a higher standard of business ethics than ever before, 'The Maladv of the Railways' cannot be cured until: "First. The public thoroughly realizes that the railways are no dif ferent from any other kind of busi , ness in their ability to increase ex penses and at the same time reduce or not advance the price of the article they have to sell. "Second. The public realizes that ' extreme and conflicting regulations is hurting them. "Third. There is reasonable con trol and regulation of the great or ganization of labor that are engaged in work of public utilities, including railways, upon which the welfare of society depends. "Fourth. Instead of passing addi tional laws an account is taken of those now in existence, to be followed by classification, amendment and re peal some of them. "Fifth. It is realized that the rail ways are more national and less State in character and that State control and regulation must be to national control. "Sixth. The nation has a right to expect of ever} - man that he give the maximum of personal and mental ef fort in whatever position he occupies. "Seventh. Men of commerce give more attention to these important questions and use their influence with lawmakers and executives in an ef fort to bring about a more reasonable , treatment of all business, including ; that of the railways." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Bignatuie of '^<7^/>&&&%& > Standing of the Crews Standing of the Crews lIARRISHIRG SIDE Philadelphia Division —lCS crew first I to go after 4 p. m.: 125, 134, 110, 128, 111, i 122, 107. 127, 105. 11 Engineers for 10S, 125. 122. Firemen for 110, 128, 111. I Conductors for 134, 12S. flagmen for 125, 128, 107. Brakemen for 125, 110, 128, 107, 127. Engineers up: Anderson, Dolby, Downs, Wolfe, StetYy, Evans, Houseal, Mohn. Shocker, Wiker. Bair, Gemmlll, Wenrick. Speas, Andrews, Martin. Black, McGuire. I Firemen up: Bursey, Earnev. Steck beck. Seiders. Taylor. Wright. Brown. Showers. Peters. Rupp, Strickler, Camp bell. Bixler, A\ alker. Campbell. Flagmen up: Buyer. Miller. Brakemen up: Garret I. Harmon, Rudy, Crosby, Deselvy, Smith. Stoner Kirk. Kilgore. Middle Division —.ls crew first to go after 2:20 p. m.: 25, 20. 15, 26, 28, 19 Firemen for 25. 15, 26. Conductor for 26. Flagman for 28. Brakeman for 26. Engineers up: Steele, Grove. Firemen up: Bruker, Bechtel. Hoff man. Sprenkle. Sholley, Masterson Conductor up: Klotz. Flagman up: Lofillr.. Brakemen up: Myers, S. Schmidt, Ed wards. Sebelist. Yard Crews- Engineers for 12, 18. 20. third 22 third 24. 28. 36. fifth S. Three extras. Firemen for fourth 8. 20. first 22. 26 j 50, 6). Three extras. Engineers up: Ilarling. Sayford. Mat son. Beckwith. Machamer, Biever, Rodg j ers. Snyder, Eoy, I,eiby, Fells. Firemen up: jieigler, Snyder, Desch Graham, Fry, Dougherty. Eyde, McKil lips. Ewlng. Reeder. Berrier. Ilitz, Wil liams. Warner, Pelffer. Fleislier. Blot tenberger. Burger, Alcorn. Wagner. Rlchter. Kelser, r erguson, Six. Cumb | ler, Cain, Steele. I:\OI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division —crew first ! to go after 3:45 p. m.: 251, 214, 226, 231 213. ; Engineer for 231. | Conductors for 14, 25, 61. Flagmen for 14, 26. | Brakemen for 13, 14, 31. Conductors up: Shirk, Flickinger. Flagman up: Meek. Brakemen up: Essig, Coder. Yost, Hastings, Kassner. Wintemyer, Summy. Middle Division— lol crew first to go after 2:20 p. m.: .117, 107, 111, 31, 115. ' Engineer for 31. Fireman for 111. Conductor for 101. | Flagman for 31. I Brakemen for 101, 111. Yard Crews —To go after 4 p. m.: Firemen for 112, first 126, first 102 i second 102. Engineers up: Nuemyer, Rider, Hill, Bover, Kling, Smith. Branyon. Firemen up: Geiling, Shearer, E. C. Hall, Sellers, Mclntyre, llinkle. Handi j boe Fleck. Elddlck. Brown. C. 11. Hall, Bickhart, Elchelberger, Kline. THE HEADING If urrlnliurK lllvlalon—l9 crew first to go after 9:16 a. m.: 18, 2, 9, 6, 20, 16, 14. Eastbound: 64, 65. 70, 71. 62. 55. Firemen for 52. 54, 55, 6. 18. 19, 101. Conductors for 61. 2. Engineers up: Hichwine, Minnich. Wyre, Crawford. Woland, Fortnfy, Mor ; rlson. Firemen up: Csttenhan. King. Alvore. Palmer. Yowler, Eongenecker, Eex! ; Nowark, Barr, Stormfelt. Conductors up: Mentzer, Sowers, Or ] rls. I Brakemen up: Stryker. Ellsmore. j Wiekor. Bittler, Cocklin. Sullivan I Scott, liishel, Smith, rt, Baits, NEWS OF STEELTON MIDVALE MAY BUY PA. STEEL Donner Goes Along on Mid vale-Cambria Deal With This I nderstanding. It Is Said I Philadelphia, Feb. ?. —Having pur -1 cliased the controlling: stock In the | Cambria Steel Company at SSI per : s-ha re, it was reported yesterday that the Mldvale Steel and Ordnance Com pany may also purchase a controlling interest in the Pennsylvania Steel Com pany. William H. Donner, president of Cambria Steel, is chairman of the j executive committee and the dominant factor in Pennsylvania Steel. As a result of the options he exer cised last Kail on Cambria Steel and Pennsylvania Steel, held by Pennsylva nia Railroad and Heading interests, Mr. Donner holds 3S per cent, of the outstanding stock of Pennsylvania Steel, while the Pennsylvania Railroad interests hold 2 7 per cent., the Read ying. 11 per cent., leaving 24 per cent, in the hands of the public, company which recently purchased a j majority interest in the Cambria Steel company at $Bl a share announced to day that it had arranged to finance i| the deal through the issue of $50,000,- ' 000 of twenty-year five per cent, bonds convertible into stock and the issue in addition of $25,000,000 treasury 1 stock. Arrangements were also made, it was announced, for the purchase of additional outstanding Cambria stock at the samo price. Before J. Leonard Replogle organ ized the syndicate which purchased the 240,000 remaining shares of Cambria Steel held by the Pennsylvania Rail road interests Mr. Donner planned to consolidate the Cambria Steel and Pennsylvania Steel Companies into a new holding company, but his plans - were upset by the Replogle purchase and the formation of the Drexel i Replogle syndicate. The syndicate i planned to put Cambria Steel into a new steel combine along with Lacka wanna Steel and Youngstown Sheet ' and Tube. Donner Opposed Merger It is no secret that President Donner ! wa s not favorable to these merger 1 plans, and it was generally felt that the Replogle and Donner forces were not pulling together. As the owner of i 75,000 shares of Cambria and having a j host of friends, Mr. Donner was a | factor to be reckoned with, and after i a number of conferences at the office I of Drexel & Co. it was hinted that Sir. j Donner had agreed to go along upon a 1 certain basis. One report heard yesterday was that this basis was an understanding or possibility that the Mldvale Steel and Ordnance Company would also pur ! chase the Donner interests in the I Pennsylvania Steel Company. The Pennsylvania Steel Company has steel plants at Steelton, owns valuable iron ore beds in Cuba and also owns the Maryland Steel Company, which has lan important shipbuilding plant at Sparrows Point. Md. By the acqul i sition of Pennsylvania Steel, Midvale Steel and Ordnance would still further augment the diversity of its operations and still be within the pale of the law, as its units would still be supplemental and not competitive. While both Cam bria and Pennsylvania Steel make some products which are similar, this could be remedied by placing each class of work in the plant best equipped to handle it. Reportr. from Washington say it is likely the Department of Justice will investigate the Midvale merger, but if 1 it finds the companies are engaged in different lines of manufacture no ad verse action will be taken. Market interest subsided in Cambria ! Steel yesterday and turned to the Mid i 1 vale Steel shares and to the futures of | tli« Pennsylvania Steel and Donner i Steel Companies, in which William H. ! Donner. president of Cambria Steel, is ! the dominant factor. rhe natural inference is that Presl i dent Donner will retire as the head of | Cambria, probably not before the an nual meeting in March, and devote his attention entirely to Pennsylvania Steel. When Mr. Donner was asked about : the report of the offer of his stock to : Schwab his answer was that there ; were no negotiations on. There is a i belief on the street that either Schwab or some other big concern will seek to annex the Pennsylvania Steel | plant, it being especially sought for its shipbuilding facilities. Mr. Donner ; is known to have extensive plans for his Donner Steel Company, In New York State. ! It is not likely that the Morgan-' , Drexel-Corey interests will see the Pennsylvania Steel Company go to Schwab and Bethlehem Steel Cor poration if they can prevent it. If ; Pennsylvania Steel does not go to Midvale, Mr. Donner may consolidate it with Donner Steel and so form a new steel combine. Pennsylvania Steel shares were fairly active on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange yesterday, 175 shares !of the common selling around 60 and 683 shares of the preferred sell | ing between 84 and 86. It closed with a gain of 2 points. Fifty Big Posters in Shops and Yards Tell of Derry St. Railroad Day Fifty big posters have been placed I in the yards, shops and offices of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroads and in the barns of the Harrlsburg ana Valley Railways Companies an nouncing the big railroad men's meet ing to be held next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock by the Men's Bible Class of Derry Street United Brethren Church. The big men's olass is right in the middle of a big railroad residential i district and scores of railroaders are j members. These fellows are working like beavers to make railroad men's day memorable. This event is the first special meeting in a nine weeks' cam | paign for 500 members which opened j last Sunday aternoon. Motive Power Bowlers to Play Lewistown Champions Mike Friel and his Motive Power , bowling team, with 200 rooters, will ! go to Lewistown to-night for a match | with the team of that place. This match | is a part of the Pennsylvania System I elimination series. Lewistown and ! Harrlsburg are strong contenders for j the championship. On Friday night the Boiler Shop tug- I of-war team will meet the Lucknow , team- on the boiler shop floor, the con i test starting at 8 o'clock. lIRAKEMAN INJURED Charles Straining, aged 35, 909 South . Tenth street, brakeman on the Phila delphia and Reading Railway, fractured his left arm last night when he fell from a box ear in the Rutherford yards. Me was treated at the Harrls burg Hospital. CAUGHT HKTWKKV t Ot IM.KHS While working near Royalton. last night, Charles Gross, agrvl 22. of Enola. brakeman on the Pennsylvania Rail road. had his right hand badlv bruised i when it was caught between the coup | lcrs of two cars. MISSING PAIR NOT LOCATED \\ hereabouts of Pretty Mary Frantz and Man Twice Her Ago Still Unknown Although a week lias passed since the disappearance of pretty 20-year old Mary Frantz and F. J. Lutz. just i twice her age, from their homes in New Benton, no trace of their present whereabouts has been found. Miss Frantz is the adopted daughter of aged Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Frantz and since her disappearance Mrs. Frantz, who moves about only on crutches as a result of a fall, is nearly heartbroken. The only word received from the missing couple was a letter from Lutz, posted at Harrisburg, in which he told his wife to sell their property, keep the money, forgive him and that he would likely meet lier In heaven. l-MIDDLETOWfI' - -1 Nissleys Celebrate Birthday Anniversary I. O. Xissley, publisher of the Mid dletown Press, and John C. Xissley. a Harrisburg attorney and member of the State' Legislature, celebrated their birthdays yesterday. In pursuance of an annual custom a few invited guests were present at a dinner at the home of I. O. Xissley, In Xorth Union street, yesterday. Both men were born on the same I date hut two years apart. Thte guests j included: Mrs. Joseph Xissley, Derrv | township; Mrs. Joseph L. Brandt and daughter. Jlrs. Edith Miller, of Mari etta; Mr. and Mrs. John C. Xissley and sons, Joseph and Isaac Ober, of Lower Paxton township; C. Q. Xissley, of Harrisburg, and Mr. and Mrs. *A. L. I Etter, of Middletown. ORGANIZE BAND Colored citizens of Middletown have organized a band and will endeavor I to make it a first-class musical organ ization. It will be under the direction of Louis 11. Hurley. The secretary is Charles Davenport and the treasurer, A. A. Wilson. A meeting will be held to-morrow evening. CONFER DEGREE Middletown Lodge, 26 8, K. of P., j conferred the first degree upon a class of candidates last evening. WOMAN'S CU B TO MEET The Woman's club of Middletown will meet at the home of Mrs. John j Few. Jr., Main and Spring streets, to morrow afternoon. The program: j Responses. Islands of the Xew Testa , ment; paper, Jesus and Xicodemus, < Mrs. Etter; referred question. What Was the Sanhedrin? Mrs. Boyd: vocal duet, "O Love Divine." Miss McCarrell and Mrs. Baxtresser; paper, Christ's Galilean Ministry, Miss Croll; reading, "Jacob's Well," from Longfellow's I "Divine Tragedy," Mrs. Deatriek, chairman; charter sketch, Elizabeth, Mrs. Few; music by the club, "Love Divine All Love Excelling." TO ATTEND CHURCH Members of the Liberty, Rescue and Liberty Fire companies will attend I church in a body at the Church of God next Sunday. MARRIED AT HOGERSTOWX Edward Zimmerman, of Hershey, and Miss Hilda Keller, of First Lock, were married at Hagerstown. Aid., Saturday, at the parsonage of the First Baptist Church, by the Rev. E. K. Thomas. • MIDDLETOWN PERSONALS Attorney John R. Geyer went to Allentown yesterday to appear before the Public Service Commission in a special hearing. Mr. and Mrs. John Statler. Xorth , Union street, left yesterday for Sagi naw, Mich., where they will visit their son, J. Frank Statler. Airs. Alary Garver and Airs. E. C. Brinser spent Monday at Hershey the guests of Airs. Oscar Brinser, of Rich ; mond, Ya., who has been called to , Hershey by the serious illness of her I parents, Air. and Airs. George Wess- I ner. Mrs. Foster Witman is ill at her home in South Union street. Simon Bretz, of Philadelphia, is spending some time with his father, William Bretz, of Royalton. William 11. Landis is ill at his home in Brown street, suffering with rheu i matism. Aliss Sara Klawansky has returned to Philadelphia after spending several weeks with her parents, Air. and Airs. A. Klawansky. Alaxmillan Groten. of Petrograd, Russia, is spending the day with Air. and Airs. Arthur King, in Xorth Union street. Adam Luekenbill, of Xorth Union street, is spending a few days at Reading, Schuylkill Haven and Pine Grove. Oscar Brinser, of Richmond. Va., spent Sunday with his parents, Air. and Airs. E. C. Brinser, of Xorth Union street. STEELTON PERSONALS Mrs. Stees' class of the Alethodist Sunday School will meet at the home of Mrs. Crump, Xorth Second street, to-morrow evening. Dr. F. W. Byrod returned to Phila delphia after attending the McCloskey | l uneral here yesterday. 51. J. Kane, Xorth Second street, will attend the funeral of a relative in Wissahickon to-day. Thomas Anderson, of Eddystone, is visiting his home in Swatara street. Air. and Mrs. T. J. Xelley have re | turned from Pittsburgh, where they attended the funeral of Airs. Thomas ! Burke. Air. and Airs. Xelley just re : cently attended the funeral of Mrs. ! Purke's mother in the same city. TO HOLD C. E. RALLY Xlne Christian Endeavor societies in Higlispire, Oberlin and Steelton will ha represented at a rally to-morrow evening in St. John's Lutheran Church. ; Five hundred Endeavorers are ex pected. The principal speaker will be the Rev. D. E. Rupley, pastor of Salem j Lutheran Church, Oberlin. Several j representatives from the executive ! committee of the Dauphin County I Christian Endeavor Union will also i speak. Alusic will be furnished by an augmented choir. FOUND DEAD IV BED Airs. Mary Viktor, aged 51, was found dead in bed at her home, 420 | Mohn street, this morning. Death was [ due to heart trouble. Funeral services j will be held Friday morning in St. John's Catholic Church with the I Rev. Father William Huygen ofllciat i ing. Burial will be made in Alount 1 Calvary Cemetery. VISITATION ASSOCIATION l Representatives of nearby councils I of the Order of Independent Ameri cans will meet in the rooms of Steelton i Council. Xo. 162, this evening to or- j ganize a visitation association. The object of the new body will be to ar . range big meetings in each town i monthly. , WIDE RANGE IN LIVESTOCK PRICES Horses in State Run From SO2 to $142; Mules, SIOO to $154; Cows, P9 to $72 PURE BREEDS HIGHEST Rig Gain in Number of Horses Despite Rapid Increase of Rural Autos Wide ranges in i V\\ 9 //J prices for [mrsea, VsA\ mules ami milch cows on the fnrins with tho counties WTrtOl Where l' llro bred I .fmnttWMsfW troduced standing i Sip lyylift. out Prominently in ! -TKE-J '.' le averages, arc made public to-day | by tho State Department of Agricul ture. | , The average price of horses range itrom $92 in Green county to $142 in | Northampton and sl4l in Schuvlkill. ; Among the counties where the highest averages are obtained are Allegheny, I Carbon. Lycoming, and Schuylkill at I $140; Philadelphia at $188: McKean ; and Warren at $135 and Lancaster at $134. Low price averages are found in Greene, $92; Adams nad Pulton, $95; Franklin, $100; Juniata, $105; Mitllin, $lO7. Mules are highest in Philadelphia at $154 and lowest in Greene at SIOO. Some of the higher averages are found lin Northampton, Delaware, Lehigh, | Lancaster, Carbon, Montour, Schuyl i kill and Westmoreland. The lowest | averages for mules are in Greene, Ad ams, Franklin and Union. Bucks. Philadelphia and Montgom ery counties, where there are dairy farms with pure bred cattle in many placri, carry off the highest prices at S7O and $72; Forest is lowest at I $39.20. Fifty-five counties show an increase of from one to eight per cent in the number of milch cows over the number of a year ago. The figures show that despite the rapid increase in the number of auto mobiles in the rural districts, forty four counties of the State show an in crease in farm horses over the figures of last year at this time. There is also a steady increase in the number of mules. In order to protect tho farmer against deception in the purchase of commercial feeding stuffs, fertilizers, lime, paint, oil and putty, the De partment of Agriculture has brought fourteen prosecutions against deal ers selling products under false guar antee, without registration and for adulteration. Among the counties where prosecutions have been brought are Westmoreland, Blair, Erie, Alle gheny, for food stuff adulteration: Wayne and Delaware, linseed oil ad ulteration; Fulton and Philadelphia, ! selling fertilizer without registration[ I Bucks and Luzerne, fertilizer below lawful standard; Susquehanna and Schuylkill, fertilizers with false nitro gen guarantees. Secretary of Agriculture Charles K. Patton has subdivided the State into subdistricts and agents have been placed in each of these districts for the watching of violations. After Fake Compounders An ; nouncement was made this morning I by the Department of Agriculture that | fake canning compounds have made | their appearance in some of the west -1 ern counties of the State and the analysis by the chemists of the Dairy and Food Division of the department show that the compounds in most in stances consist entirely of boric acid, i Prosecutions will be started within : a short time, it was declared by Dairy land Food Commissioner Foust. Automobile license applications will have to be accompanied by certified checks Within the near future, if the practice of paying for licenses with checks which banks refuse to honor is continued, announced State Highway Commissioner Cunningham this morn ing after revoking the license of three dealers who paid for their tags with | checks which were returned to the ' department. To Improve Baltimore Pike. —State Highway Commissioner Cunningham I to-day announced that he had decided that the department would construct State highway route No. 131, from Wawa to the Maryland State line, by way -of Nottingham. The commis sioner has been considering the ad visability of constructing this road to Maryland by two routes: One over State highway route 360, by way of Chrome and the other the original Baltimore pike route, by way of Not tirfgham. After hearing advocates of both sides in public hearing and giv ing the subject careful thought. Com missioner Cunningham decided that the greatest good to the greatest num ber could be served by constructing the road through Nottingham. Freeing Toll Roads.—State High way Commissioner Cunningham took two important steps in the direction of freeing toll roads in the eastern part of Pennsylvania yesterday; flrslf, when he opened negotiations with the Lancaster Avenue Improvement Com pany, in Philadelphia, for the pur chase of that portion of the Lancaster pike running from City Line, Phila delphia, at Overbrook, to Paoli, on which he requested that a price be sub mitted to the department and, sec ondly, by assuring a delegation of twenty-five citizens from Quakertown, Perkasie, Souderton. Line Lexington. Doylestown and Ambler that he would open negotiations with the officials of the four turnpike companies on the Old Bethlehem pike from Philadel phia to Allentown with a view of the ultimate purchase of this highway. The delegation from the Bethlehem pike section called by appointment, stating that they represented 48,000 residents of Bucks and Montgomery counties living on or near the Bethle hem pike. The delegation was headed by Dr. J. P. Pursell, of Perkasie. Meet at Erie.—No ruling as to what is to constitute a daily wage under the workmen's compensation law was made yesterday at the regular ses sion of the State Workmen's Compen sation Board. Members of the board said they had the matter under con sideration to be taken up at Erie, February 17. Properties Condemned. Eleven condemnation proceedings were started yesterday by the Capitol Park Extension Commission, which lias nearly completed its charge of ac quiring the several acres of proposed park land. The largest property con cerned is that owned by Mrs. Annie R. Shellenberger, comprising the State street markethouse and the Na tional Hotel. Other properties taken by the commission under the right of eminent domain are: NOB. 516 State f % Tonight at the Strand Frank Kecnan. in a Six-reel Triangle Feature. "THE COWARD" Roscoe Arbuekle. in Two-reel Keystone Comedy "FICKLE FATTY'S DOWNFALL" Eight reels at the usual prices : *• HELP FOR WORKING WOMEN Some Have to Keep on Until They Almost Drop. How Mrs. Conley Got Help. Here is a letter from a woman who had to work, but was too weak and suf , fered too much to continue. How she regained health:— Frankfort, Ky.—" I suffered so much with female weakness that I could not —iiniiiiininiiiiiii own |[lliMl]Jjl|j to hire it done. mm heard »o much ! tried it. I took three b olllo ' an d I found jjMHplt'