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"
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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^/>&&&%&
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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
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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
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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' <UII claim. Now I feel an
-IBMi Wt " ns PV( ' r 'did and
am able to do all my
own work again. I
recommend it to any woman Buffering
! from female weakness. You may pub
| lish my letter if you wish."— Mrs. JAMES
| CONLEY, SI6 St. Clair St.,Frankfort,Ky.
No woman suffering from any form of
female troubles should lose hope until
she has given Lydia E. Pinkham'a Veg
etable Compound a fair trial.
This famous remedy, the medicinal
ingredients of which are derived from
native roots and herbs, has for forty
years proved to be a most valuable tonic
and invigorator of the female organism.
All women are invited to write
o the Lydia E. Pinkliam Medi-
I iue Co., Lynn, Mass., for special
■1 vice,—it will be confidential.
street, and 509 and 511 North alley,
belonging to Philip B. Brouge; Nos.
432 and 434 State street, belonging
to Henry G. Walters; No. 518 State
\ street, and 513 North alley, belonging
j to Morris A. Rosenberg; No. 609 State
i street, belonging to Luther R. Sham
mo, and 514 South street, belonging to
: Margaret A. Dean.
G. I*. Blackburn lll.—George P.
j Blackburn, clerk in the Auditor Gen
eral's Department, is lying ill of con
! gestion of the lungs at his home in
| Berryhill street.
| John S. Welsh Dead. —-John S.
! Welsh, 83 years old, a former mem
ber of the Legislature, and for many
years prominent in mining circles,
died at his home at Shumokin, or
j apoplexy.
Hotel Condemnation. The Capi
, tol Park Extension Hoard held a hear
ji) this morning in the offices of Con
troller Samuel C. Todd in the matter
lof tho condemnation of the property
Alts. Shellenberger, who owns tho
; hotel and market tit Fourth and State
streets.
lluhgood in Town. Among the
j callers on State Highway Commission
er Cunningham to-day was Robert
; I labgood, of Bradford, McKcuu coun
ty.
j _ Attending Dinner. First Deputy
1 State Highway Commissioner Joseph
iW. Hunter is attending the annual
| meeting of the Chester County Super-
I visors' Association, which is the sec
ond oldest in the State, that of Erie
j county having the priority in the mat
ter of age. During the week of Feb
ruary 21, Mr. Hunter will attend su-
I pervisors' convention in Bucks, Dela
j ware and Montgomery counties. On
February 24, State Highway Commis
sioner Cunningham will attend the
meeting of the Dauphin county super-
I visors, held in this county,
i Guard Inspections.—Adjutant Gen
| era! Stewart's department is arrang
jing the schedule for State inspectors
which will in ail probability bo pre
j pared by the 15th of this month.
Tentli Street Crossing Approved.—
i Yesterday morning the Public Service
! Commission approved the crossing
over the Philadelphia and Reading
; Railway at Tenth street, which leads
into the plant of Montgomery & Co.
5 At the lirst heading the crossing was
disapproved, but a rehearing brought
lout new testimony which resulted in
| tinal approval.
Coal Hearing. Final hearing took
place yesterday before the Public Ser
vice Commission on the matter of the
complaint liled last June by William
i P. Roland, of Scranton, who claimed
| that intra-state rates on coal were
I greater in comparison to the distance
I traveled than inter-state rates; in
! other words, that the cost per ton per
! mile was greater to State points than
Ito inter-state points. The complaint
! was made against the Delaware, Lack
aware. Lackawanna and Western
! Railway and a ten per cent, reduction
:in rates requested. Numerous delays
i necessitated postponement of final 'ac
| tion until yesterday, when a statement
from Boland was iiled with the Com
mission saying that matters had been
satisfactorily adjusted. The execu
tive sessions of the Public Service
Commission will be resumed on Mon
day of next week.
Mr.Hopwood lll.—John G.llopwood,
of the Public Service Commission, is
laid up with a sore throat and grip.
May Examine Murderers. Attor
ney General Brown this morning sent
permission to Hiram Hathaway, at
torney for G. H. Marsh, who is under
sentence of execution for murder, that
an alienist or alienists might have per
mission to enter the State prison at
Hellefonts for the purpose of examin
ing into the sanity of the doomed
| man. Application for a rehearing
I had been granted Marsh yesterday,
and his case, together with that of
Pennington, will come before the
Board of Pardons on Wednesday of
I next week. The attorney general
'granted this permission in the absence
of Governor Brumbaugh.
Holiday Monday. The Auditor
General's and Treasury Departments
are planning to observe Washington's
birthday on Monday instead of Tues
jday, the day on which it falls, so that
i the employes of the two departments
may have Saturday afternoon, Sunday
and Monday continuous vacation.
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No funeral too small. None too expen
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