MEDICAL MEN TO MEET HERE AGAIN Important Conferences on Hygiene Will Be Feature of Spring r ] Plans are being VV \ f// J made by officials S\\\ Snz) of the division of SSos\\feJ U< industrial hygiene ? of the State De partment of Labor and Industry for rJHHHMQb further conferences ] with physicians and ■ aalnHllHalßß- surgeons in regard I s to occupational dls- We , """j!rSspf=s cases fnllnwlnir out. •'"■' i tlie idea of Thurs day's meeting in this city. The next conference will probably be held within two months and the doctors will be informed of the operation of ihe workmen's t ompeireatlon law as regards their profession and the re quirements made of them. Meanwhile studies will be made of lead poisoning, which was discussed this week, and reports made on them. Dust diseases are similar ailments due to ompioyment in various trades will also bo considered. Guard Insocctlon.—General orders will shortly be issued from the Adju tant General's office announcing that the Spring inspections of the organi sations of the Pennsylvania National Guard will begin about March 1. These inspections will continue six or seven weeks and include all organiza tions, Guard officers being the inspec- j tors. Many Kilters Ordered. —Over 200 manufacturing plants, refineries, chemical factories and coal mines have been directed by the State De partment of Fisheries to install filtra tion plants to prevent pollution of streams since the first of the year and the appliances will be constructed be fore July 1. The inspection work to detect other sources of pollution is now In progress in eight counties and along the Juniata, Clarion and Lehigh rivers. ~ Famous Institutes. —State farmers' institutes, which have been in prog ress since the middle of November, will ciose within the next fortnight and it is expected that the record of attendance last year will be broken, weather conditions having been favor- j able for traveling in rural districts during a great part of the season. The counties which arc yet to have in stitutes are Berks, Chester, Snyder, Union, Northumberland, Crawford, "Erie, Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Montgomery, Delaware and Philadel- . phia, the latter having two days next week. Public Service List.—Hearings will be held next week by the Public Serv ice Commission in Harrlsburg, Johns town nnd Pittsburgh and two days wijl also be devoted to consideration of cases in executive session, the full crew complaints being scheduled for discussion. The commission will be gin its executive sessions here on Monday morning at o'clock, the ear liest that body has ever been sched uled to meet. Applications for ap proval of various mergers of West Penn electric interests, for purchase by the Cumberland Valley railroad of controlling interest in the Southern Pennsylvania Railway and Alining Co., several electric light charters and the application of James E. White, a Washington county citizen for author ity to sell electricity for public service •will be heard on Monday. The Johns town hearing will be held on February 23 in the complaint of the borough of Portage against the rates of the Por tage Water Company for tire protec tion and the Pittsburgh bearing will be held on February 24 in the Wam pum grade crossing case. To inspect Soils. —Spring inspection of soils of the State as asked by farm ers and land owners will be started by the State Department of Agriculture os soon as the weather conditions per mit. . The soil experts have had a conference with Secretary of Agricul ture Patton and their field work is to be supplemented by issuance of bul letins covering all counties of the State. They Want Elk.—Xu merous appli cations for some of the deer which the State Game Commission is buying in Michigan, Massachusetts and other States for restocking the game pre serves of the State are being received here, men who own large tracts of land offering to have their properties put into the closed territory list if the commission will stock with deer. The elk distributed the last week or so have shown no ill effects of the long trip as yet and appear t» have taken to their new surroundings. The majority of the elk are females. It has not yet been determined where the deer will be placed. To Visit College.—Secretary of Agri culture Charles E. Patton will pay a visit to State College next week to discuss ways and means to avoid du nlieation of farm advisory work with 'resident E. E. Sparks, of State Col lege, and those in charge of the farm bureau activities. The secretary also plans to visit Pittsburgh to attend some of the meetings to be held by livestock breeders and other organi zations in that city. \ppraisinst Roads.—Highway Com missioner Robert J. Cunningham has arranged to meet_. during the coming week with men interested in several turnpikes which have been under con sideration for purchase by the State .Highway Department. The commis sioner is having the toll roads ap praised by his engineers and experts and will make his own offers. New Assistant < I lie I'.—Joseph Fran cis Biersteln, of Shenandoah, was to day appointed assistant chief of the State Bureau of Railways by Secretary of Internal Affairs Henry Houck. He will succeed the late Monroe H. Keh ler, of Shenandoah, who died a short time ago. The assistant chief receives a salary of SI,BOO. Mr. Biersteln is prominent in political affairs in Schuyl kill county and will assume his duties in a few days. Governor to Speak. Governor 'Brumbaugh will make the address at the Gerniantown Baptists' rally in Philadelphia to-niKht. To Address Odd Fellows. —John S. fipicer, chemical engineer of the De partment of Labor and Industry, will address Harrisburg Odd Fellows at Odd Fellows Hall. 321 Market street, to-night on "Safety First." movements. The lecture will he illustrated and will 4 start at 8 o'clock. Professor Surface al Yale University. - -State Zoologist Surface is spending the week-end at New Haven, Conn., where he is delivering four lectures on "The Conservation of Wild Life" before the forestry students of Yale. Congressman Here. Congressman D. F. Lafean. of York, was at the Capitol to-day. Appointed Notary. Marshall H. Dean, of this city, was to-day named as a notary public. Portrait Placed. —Attorney General Brown has placed a portrait of Justice Jasper Yeates, of the Supreme. Court, In his department. The portrait was one of the series of portraits found In the storerooms at the Capitol. Officers Resign.—Word was received from Pottsville to-day that Captain Julian I'llmer and Lieutenants Stein hrun and Scott, of Company F, Fourth Infantry, Pottsville, had resigned. No Gypsy Motli.—State agricultural authorities say that there are no traces of gypsy moth, or brown-tailed moth. In this State. A series of investi gations has been made on the sub ject. SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG t&O&tf- TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 19, 1916. ISTEELTONI SCHWABPURCHASE STIRS STEELTON Much Conjecture as to What the Big Deal Will Mean to the Borough ■ I Verification of the report that Charles M. Schwab, the Bethlehem , steel king, has secured control of the I [Pennsylvania Steel Company has 1 created a stir in Steelton. Just what influence his purchase will have upon the future of the local plant and the borough is the principal topic of dis j cussion in the borough to-day. According to Mr. Schwab's an nouncement in New York last even ing. he wants the Pennsylvania steel plants to increase his output of Bes semer steel. This is taken by local steel men to indicate that the Steel ; ton plant will enjoy great prosperity I under the new owner. The finely j equipped bridge shop at SteelUtn. modern frog shop and recently erected mills should enable Mr. Schwab to become a strong factor in the struc tural steel business, say' prominent steel men here. It is believed that he j will keep these departments operating full blast and expand them still more. In the past few years the local plant has been overhauled and rehabilitated j at an expense of millions of dollars. I The final touches to this big building program are now being added. Within a few weeks a new 14-inch and a new 16-inch mill will lie completed and the remodeling of No. 3 blast furnace to bring its capacity up to that of No. 5, the new stock, is now well under way. The foundations are now about complete. .Hay Mean Big Changes That Mr. Schwab's purchase of the local company will mean some big changes at Steelton is believed ■ by many in the borough. His policy of pushing good executives up the line I in the steel business, it is beiieved, will be put in force in Steelton. The excellent record made by Vice- j President and General Manager J. V. W. Reynders in rushing through in . such quick time the big building pro : gram and his work in placing the bridge shop among the foremost plants of its kind in the world, his , : friends believe will cause him to go ! up the ladder fast under Mr. Schwab. 1 It has been said that the Bethlehem steel wizard is anxious of developing I a big bridge building department and the name of Vice-President. Reynders , has been mentioned in connection with the management of this. Supt. L. E. McGinnes to Speak Before Bankers Steelton bankers will be well repre sented at the annual meeting of i Group ft of the American Bankers' I Association at the Bellevue-St rat ford, j Philadelphia, Tuesday. Superintend- ; I ent L. IS. McGinnes, of the local j j schools, will addFess the meeting on 1 "The Boy of To-day and the Banker of j To-morrow." I Among the loi.lil bankers who will j be present will be H. W. Stubbs, an j officer of the association, and R. F. Niseley, of the Steelton National Bank; George Bolton, of the Steelton Trust Company, and W. H. Nell, of the People's Bank. MAY ERECT ADDITION The congregation of the First Re- j I formed Church will decide to-morrow | | whether or not to build an addition. 16 by 20 feet, to the Sunday school room. A building committee has pre pared plans and an estimate of the i cost, which will be submitted to the j congregation following the morning service. TO ATTEND CIU'RCH Washington Camp, 102, P. O. ». of A„ will attend services in the First ■ Reformed Church to-morrow evening. Members of the camps at Middletown and Harrisburg will also be present. ; The members will meet at the P. O. I S. of A. hall, in the Steelton Trust I building, at 6:45 and march to the | church in a body. The Rev. Charles | A. Huyette, pastor, will preach the ' sermon. FIRE IN KITCHEN An overheated stove at the home of Lawrence Lefsky, of 30t> North Front street, yesterday afternoon t caused slight damage. A call to the Paxtang Hook and Ladder Company brought out tho chemical. Chief I O. E. B. Malehorn investigated the blaze this morning and estimated the loss at a few dollars. Steelton Snapshots i Entertains for (iucst.—Miss Ellen ! McGinnes entertained at her home. . Fourth and Walnut streets. Thursday evening in honor of Miss Ellen Foster, !of Ottumwa, lowa. Twenty guests were present. Firemen Meet. —The Firemen's Re lief Association met last evening In the parlors of the Citizen Company to discuss plans for the memorial services next month. INTRIERI—VCRI ""Miss Elizabeth Acri and Frank In trieii, a popular young Italian couple of the borough, were married Thurs day in St. Ann's Catholic Church by the Rev. Father B. Kama. Following the ceremony a reception was held in < Croatian Hall, South Second street, j Mr. and Mrs. Intrieri will reside at > 333 South Third street. STEELTON CHURCHES Salem Lutheran, Oberlin—The Rev. ; Daniel E. Rupley, pastor, will preach at 10.30 on "Trusting in the Lord" and at 7.3u on "Paui Before Felix;" Sunday school, 0.30; Christian En deavor, 6.30. United Brethren, Highspire The Rev. H. F. Rhoad, pastor, will preach at 10.30 on 10.45 or "What Three Men Can Do" and at 7.30 on "The Way or Salvation;" Sunday school, 9.30; Chris jtian Endeavor, 6.30. Main Street Church of God —The Rev. G. W. Gefz, pastor, will preach at , 10.30 on "Living ihe Doctrine of God" and at 7.30 on "The Good Old Way;" Sunday school, 2; junior Christian En deavor, 6; senior Christian Endeavor. 6.30. First Presbyterian—The Rev. C. B. ! Segelken, pastor. 10.55, junior ser mon, "Making Faces;" senior sermon, i "The Touch of Christ;" 7.30, "The , Helmet of Salvation;" Sunday school, 1 9.45; Christian Endeavor, 6.30. St. Mark's Lutheran—The Rev. W. . B. Smith, pastor, will preach at 10.30 i on "The Heavenly Footman" and 7.30 : on "Man at Home and Man's Sinning;" • Sunday school. 2; Christian Endeavor, j 6.4 ft, Grace i'nited Evangelical—The Rev. J. M. Shoop. pastor, will preach at 10.30 and 7.30; Sunday school, 9.15; Christian Endeavor, 6.45. First Reformed—The Rev. ('. A. Huyette. pastor, will preach at 10.45 on "losing and Finding one's Life" ' and at 7.30 on "Our Duty to God. to : Our Country and Ourselves; school. 9.45: Christian Endeavor,' 6.45; | P.. O. S. of A. at evening service, i St. John's Lutheran—The ltev. G. N. pastor, will preach at 10.45 LAUGH AND THE WORLD ■ \ - ; '% '"f "^l'." m hßß^^.:': §& m I Scene from "Potash ami Perlmutter," the famous cloak and suit laugh-makers, who return to Harrlsburg for their se«und appearance on Washington's Birthday. Tuesday, matinee and evening:. on "Witnessing for Christ" and at 7.30 on "Jacob* the Wanderer;" Sunday school, !>.30: intermediate Christian Endeavor, t>.3o. The following music is announced for St. John's Lutheran Church to morrow morning: Anthem, "Blow. Ye Trumpets, Blow," by Creswell. Even ing'—Anthem, "There Is a Land of ; Pure Delight," by Himes, with con tralto solo by Miss Reigle and soprano solo by Mrs. Roth. Mrs. W. E. Deliner will sing a contralto solo by Sheldon entitled "Rest." STEELTON PERSONALS John Croll, of 434 Pine street, is on a business trip to Easton. He will : visit his parents at Allentown to-mor | row. Miss Mildred Ellis and Miss Kath ryn Banks, of Mifflintown, are visiting the former's sister, Mrs. Wilver E. Cumbler, at Cumblers Heights. Thomas Smiftr, of Pine street, has I gone to Boston where he has accepted . a position. Miss Eleanor Shutter and Harold Shutter are visiting relatives in Wrightsville. Mrs. Peter Pontius, of Juniata j county, is the guest of relatives in the I borough. COMPLETE DEAL FOR PURCHASE OF PA. STEEL [Continued From First Page.] | shareholders are to receive SIOO a share, it was announced. I The deal was concluded following a t long conference in the office of Henry jTatnall, vice-president in charge of fin lance of the Pennsylvania Railroad, j Mr. Schwab was assured the $12,112,- ,050 common and preferred stock held |by the Pennsylvania Company and the Reading Iron Company or 38 per cent, of Pennsylvania Steel's total capital. William H. Donner, px'esident of Cajnbria Steel, is believed to have also agreed to turn over an equal amount ! of Pennsylvania Steel which he holds at the same price paid the railroads, j Mr. Donner declined last night to I | make r.ny comment anu there was ' considerable speculation as to whether he would take $27 for bis common stock, as he paid $37.20 a share when he bought his holdings from the rail roads last October. At that time Mr. Donner paid $84.71 for his preferred and it was pointed out that Ills pro tits on the preferred would offset ! whatever loss sustained by the lower price for the common. Last Hour Change Another last hour change in the plans was made evident by the fact that the railroad interests would take for their holdings five per cent, pur chase money mortgage monds of the I Bethlehem Steel Company at par. Ar rangements have been made by which other stockholders will receive cash for their shares at the above rates. Some persons befieved Mr. Donner was persuaded to accept $27 for his common. In view of the fact that un der the last proposal he will receive all cash, whereas the original offer gave hiin part cash and part bonds in payment. If Mr. Donner has agreed jlo sell his slock It will give Charles M. Schwab, head of Bethlehem Steel, $22,224,100 or 70 per cent, of the total $31,337,- • r >oo capital stock of Pennsylvania. It I was not until several hours after the Stock Market closed that it became known that the deal had been con cluded and signatures affixed to the I papers. Sclnvab Gives Up Presidency In New York last night a statement was issued to the effect that Mr. Schwab had withdrawn from the pres i idency of Bethlehem Steel but would i continue a? chairman of the board of directors. He was succeeded as pres ident by E. G. Grace, formerly a vice president. Mr. Schwab issued a state ment in which he said that the pur chase price of the Pennsylvania Steel Company aggregated approximately : $31,000,000. I The acquisition of the Pennsylvania Company, Mr. Schwab said, was the |outcome of the determination reached by the Bethlehem Company some time ago to add to its output Bessemer Ste'el lines. For several reasons, he j declared, it seemed wiser to ac complish these enlargements by ac quiring a plant already In operation i rather than await the enlargement of the plant at Bethlehem. The pur chase, It was pointed out, includes ore properties botli in this country and ,in Cuba, as well as Important coal deposits. One banker declared last night that $27 was entirely too low 'a price for the common in view of the fact that j frequent statements were made of ex cellent earnings, thus warranting a much higher figure. No doubt holders of the common stock will refuse to ac cept the figure mentioned.- but as only 11944 shares are outstanding there is little likelihood of the deal being blocked. i MIDDLETOW/S- - -1 ERISA!AN FUNERAL Funeral services for Clarence M. Krisnurn were held from bis late home in Ann street yesterday afternoon. The i Rev. W. R. Kiddington. pastor of tlie : Methodist Church, officiated and burial i was made in the Middletown Cerne | tery. \ TO VISIT STEEI/TON Washington Camp. No. 371 P. O. S. pf A., will go to Steelton to-morrow ovenirtß to attend services with the P. o. H. of A. there in the First Re formed Church. Members will meet at the hall and take the G. 05 fo» Steelton. MIDDLETOWN PERSONAI.S Arthur llarlan Is ill at his home In ! Ann street. j Charles Lewis, who rocently re turned from the West, is visiting his aunt, Mrs. William Flory, of Spring street. Miss Blanche E. Bryan, of 707 South Front street, Harrisburg, is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Mary Bryan, of town. Mrs. George F. Eckert, of Harris burg, and Mrs. Kate Daniels and son j Harold, of Highspire, were the guests j of Mr. and' Mrs. 11. E. Moore Thurs day. Robert Holstein. of East Water street, returned to his duty at E. W. Seidcrs' store Thursday morning after I being off for two weeks with the grip. -HIGHSPIRE l! PARTY FOR MOTHER Councilman and Mrs. I. L..Hoffmaß- | ter gave a party at their home in Jury I street Thursday evening in honor of i Mr.*;. Milton Buser, mother of Mrs. i Hoffmaster. A delightful evening was j spent in music and games. Refresh ments were served. FIREMEN TO BANQUET The Citizen's Fire Company will j hold its annual sauerkraut supper dnd banquet in tho parlors of the company i Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. A fea- j ture of the affair will be a concert by I the Highspire band. Members of the I borough council, burgess and other I borough officials have been invited to i attclid. Open Air Youngsters Gaining in Weight Patron's Day at the Dochiel open air j school yesterday was the most sucess- ! ful of any In its history. Mrs. William Henderson, president of the Civic Club, j represented that body which has done I so much for this, one of the worthiest of Harrlsburg's charities. The Kev. L. R. Melsenhelder gave the youngsters a j \ lgorous, interesting talk on the Father j of his Country, which made a big hit, and for two hours the open air kiddies did their part in entertaining. "Miss Mary Snyder has done remarkable work here," said Mrs. Henderson. "The tig- I urea show that there has been a total gain of nearly 200 pounds since last | September and there is an average i gain of tivo pounds. The institution is : doing everything we hoped it would i for tile health of Harrisburg, Last year the Civic Club made SI,OOO from the sale of Red Cross stamps and that was \ Just sufficient to pay for the car fares. I hope the city will contribute as freely ' this year." Miss Snyder and her assistant, Misß i Florence Hartman ,and the school j nurse, Miss Paas. put the children I through a great variety of stunts. In- : eluding a play, t ailed "Betsy Ross." in ! which George Washington encountered some embarrassment with baking soda i used to whiten his hair. Betsy Ross, ably impersonated by Hilda Jacques, bravely undertook to make the first Hag with a bit of'her own red flannel petti- t coat, Robert Morris' white shirt and John Adam's old blue uniform. The on- ' terjainment wound up with a flag drill j by the whole school. XABBKIJ lIV PAWN SHOP George Mendenhall was arrested last j night in a local pawn shop trying to redeem a pawn ticket. Mendenhall is accused of stealing a gold wotcii from j Calvin Meckley last month. He denied j the charge, but tho pownbroker identl- j fled him as the men who pawned the | watch. This Is the Birthday Anniversary of— ♦- * WSHm R':f we; w mm mBBMk ' ff&Bn FRANK B. MUSSER President of the Harrjsburg Rail -1 ways Company. Directing the affairs , of one of the leading railway organ izations in Pennsylvania keeps Mr. Muwser busy, but he found time to- I day to receive many congratulations: by telephone, telegraph and letter. He is one of Harrlsburg's prominent citizens. TEACH HAI.EMHANBHU* 11. B. Smith, H. E. Brumbaugh and Charles W. Beeching, district superin tendents of the Curtis Publishing Com pany, spoke tills afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. to a large numbers of members of the P. J. G. Club, asking them to in crease their membership and fnn-p w clubs. night the men addressed the Harrisburg Newsboys' Association, j giving talks on "Salesmanship." and ex plaining a number of points to be used in increasing sales. The newsboys will observe the first anniversary of their] organization on April 1. DIRKCTORK TO lIHKT The annual meetinfe of the board of I directors and active members of the Children's Industrial Home will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Frldijy, February 25, j at 10 o'clock in tile morning. Officers! will be elected. i DESIRE USE OF 19TH ST. BRIDGE < County Commissioners Try to Arrange For Opening of New Viaduct i i The time limit i JJ\) )( I/] under the speciflca tions for formally < yr\V opening: the Nine- < —teenth street bridge 1 -&0r across the Philadel- < Phla and-- Heading < tracks, expires 1 I laid RER' tll ° cou nty commis- TsS itiri wtiirflffl doners have not ; * ye t decided dcfl- i nltely Just what ac tion will be taken on the problem. I The suggestion offered by Commls- 1 sioner Harry M. Stine that the county , engineer act with representative engi neers of the Harrisburg Railways ' Company and the Ferro-Concrete i j Company, the contractors, in invest!- i gating' the advisability of opening the j bridge at this time, has not met with J tho entire approval of the traction j' company. The bridge under the specifications I' was to have been finished last. No vember and it is legally specified that 1 the bridge must be thrown open ninety days after the forms for the concrete are adjusted. The time expires a week from to-morrow. The county authori ties have been asked by the traction company to throw tho bridge open for trolley traffic but the commission ers figure that if the bridge is opened by the county authorities, the act means a tacit acceptance of the struc ture, and the commissioners prefer j not to open the viaduct until it has ! been thoroughly tested by the pass- ! age of moving cars, etc. The con tractors contend that the bridge is practically finished and that it is up to the County Commissioners to open the bridge. In the meantime, people who have been denied the use of the bridge for months, aro complaining' at the delay. To Distribute Treasury Trust Co. Funds.—Attorneys Charles C. Stroll ' and Job J. Conklin, of this city, will 1 go to Pittsburgh Saturday, March 11,1 to audit tho accounts and distribute 1 the balance In the hands of Charles j F. Kirchler, receiver for tho Treasury Trust Company of Pittsburgh. Question Establishment of Jitney i Fund. —Whether or not the Jitney men's recently framed regulation or- | dinance will receive Council's atten- | tion on Tuesday is problematical al though City Solicitor D. S. Seltz and ex-Congressman A. R. Rupley, coun- ! sel for the Jitneurs, have conferred on the subject. The city solicitor, it Is understood, questions the suggested ' establishment of tho $2,500 fund by Ihe jitneymen to be placed in tho hands of the city treasurer to serve ! as a nucleus against which damage I suits may be brought. Crones in Third Letter Says He Will Leave N. Y. Special to the Telegraph New York. Feb. in. Although de tectives watched at all of the post office buildings and ran down carefully j every clue which was supplied, no trace was found to-day of Jean Crones, tho chef, who is wanted in Chicago on a charge of poisoning food served to 300 guests at tne dinner given there Feb ruary 10 to Archbishop George W. Mun deleln. Crones remained in the city and at S o clock last night a third letter was re ceived from him at tho Times office. In his latest letter Crones announces that he will remain in New York forty-eight hours longer, "but after that I have to disappoint the good police and leave the city. Ho did not say where he intended to go. Have IMiotOßrnpli By Associated Press Chicago. 111., Feb. 19. Photographic copies of the first letter to a New York newspaper in which Jeaii Crones boast !ed of having poisoned soup at the ! Archbishop Mundelein banquet here j last week and a photograph of three men, one suspected to be Crones, were received from New York by Captain Hunt. Employes in the kitchen of the Uni versity Club, where Crones was assist ant chef, will be asked to try to Iden tify his supposed photograph. Captain Hunt thinks Cronos is biding in some suburb of New York. MORK MOSiKV FOR LOCAL P. O. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo, in his estimate to Congress for appro priations. asks for 6,000 to be added to the sum being used In building the ad dition to the Harrisburg Post Office, i The estimates on the amounts required to continue work already begun or au thorized In numerous cities, were In cluded in a list that took in almost every State. GIVES WIIjSON EAGLE By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Feb. 19.—A full grown American eagle several feet high was on exhibition at the White House to-day and attracted consid erable attention from visitors. It was the gift of Judge G. F. Patrick, of Colorado, to President Wilson. FtTXKKAIi OF Cll \S. If. SMITH Special to the Telegraph New Cumberland, Pa.. Feb. 19. ] Funeral services of Charles H. Smith whose death occurred at the Harris burg Hospital yesterday, will be held ' from his late home in Third street on I! Monday morning at 9:30. RAILROAD RUMBLES DISCUSS RULES AT SYSTEM MEET May Select Harrisburg For Senii-Final Events Dur ing Summer * - " Km FRANK H. GREGORY One of the Directors of the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. Meet. Members of the Board of Directors of the P. R. It. Y. M. C. A. System Athletic Association held an import ant session to-day at Jersey City. Har risburg was represented by Frank H. Gregory, general secretary of the local association. Enola Y. M. C. A. is rep reesnted by its pocket billiard team. Tlio business session will precede the final indoor events in the annual competition for honors. One of the questions to come up will be a change of the rule governing the various elimination events held throughout the year. New Forfeit Rule A rule will probably be adopted providing for forfeit of contests when a team fails to appear as scheduled, without at least two weeks' notice is given of the cancellation, and another date fixed. It is also probable that plans will be discussed for holding ! semifinal events in Harrisburg. The pocket billiard team of Enola champions of the Eastern district will ! meet Tyrone, winners of the series in ! the western district. Renova may get j into the semifinal contest. Enola players are Joseph A. Hinkle, I W. A. Swlnglcr and M. L. Snyder. The 1 contests will take place in the People's I Palace at Jersey City. Contests are | between representatives of all branch ! cs of sport, except baseball, from rail road associations east of Pittsburgh and Erie. Railroad Notes Joseph S. Ward, resident engineer of the Reading, who died at Williams port op Thursday, was well known in Harrisburg. W. E. Murphy has been appointed auditor of the passenger traffic de partment of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company, vice | Llewellyn Snowden deceased, i The Pennsylvania/ Railroad will run additional tracks to the various in dustrial plants at Coatesville. R. A. Mitzel, claim clerk of the Pennsylvania Railroad at York, is ill. C. C. Henry, brakeman on the Baltimore division of the Pennsylva nia Railroad, is off duty with an at tack of grip. E. E. Worley, of Baltimore, a mem ber of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Relief Department, is a candidate for re-election and it is said | he has a strong following. Up to midnight last night thirty* 1 two freight trains were stored be tween Harrisburg and Altoona on the i Middle division. In Altoona yards are stored 500 loaded cars, and the I same number at I-lolUdaysburg. Samuel P. liepford, general secre tary of the Enola P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. (and George D. Shuey, are attending the System meet at Jersey City. They were also delegates to the Y. M. C. A. convention at Reading. SENTENCED TO DEATH ■ "" ' . ; . ' ' ■' ' -r- •■- . ■:: My '-4 ; MRS. ST. CLAIR STOBART Mrs. St. Clair Stobart, wiio was a British nurse in Brussels, was sen tenced tc lie shot like Edith Cavell. She managed to escape, and later went to Serbia, where she was sick with the typhus. When she recovered she was in the retreat to the Adriatic. Having cheated death three times shu 1 went home to England. , ENGINE SCARCITY BLOCKADE FACTOR Pennsy Requests Rush Work on New Equipment; Repair Shops Rusy J 1 Scarcity of motive power between Pittsburgh and New York Is now said to be the big factor in freight con gestions reported at several points. With a view to relieving freight tie ups the Pennsylvania officials, it is said, have made a special request to the Baldwin Locomotive Company to ' rush orders on hand for new en gines. The Juniata Shops at Altoona, where considerable work is being done, is also a busy center. Night and day forces are rushing work on en gines and new cars. To date forty of the larger type of freight engines have been delivered, and are doing service on the Middle and Philadel phia divisions. During the coming week, six more engines will be de livered. In addition to these rush orders the Harrisburg shops are working overtime on repair work. To-day traveling engineers and attaches of the motive power departments were on the move locating engines, to meet the demand. York Athletes Hear Address by President F. H. Wyatt F. 11. Wyatt, of Baltimore, presi dent of the Baltimore Division Ath letic association, addressed the York members of the association at a meet- I ing held last evening. President Wyatt ; expressed enthusiasm over the man ! ner in which Pennsylvania employes i here are taking an interest in athletic ! work. He promised some big things in the ; athletic movement, inaugurated by ; the employes on the Baltimore di- I vision recently. The president explained that the membership of the association is growing with leaps and bounds and ! now includes more than 600 employes. York is represented by approximately j 100 members. Supt. W. B. McCaleb to Attend Agents Banquet I At the annual hanquet to-night of 'the Agents Club of the Philadelphia j division of the Pennsylvania Railroad | to be held at Hotel Brunswick, Lan j caster, William B. McOaleb, supcr : intendent will be a guest of honor and one of the principal speakers. The toastmaster will be Nelson Hot'f | man of Harrisburg, president, of the i association. Others who will attend i from this city are J. H. Nixon, freight | agent; Norman Good and John Dennis. A business meeting is ache | duled for this afternoon at 4 I o'clock. Remove Rails on Old Bridge; Dismantleing Starts Monday Rails are being removed from the old Cumberland Valley Railroad Abridge prior to starting work on dis mantling the structure on Mondnv. This work will be slow because of ' 1 the large number of trains passing j over the new bridge. A steam der rick is being used to hoist the rails to cars, and will continue scrvico when I the work starts on the removal oC | the steel girders. Some of the tem- I porary trestle work still remains, but will be removed within the next two weeks. The concrete contractors, tlio Robert Grayce Company of PittsburgU expect to start work on the second i half of the now bridge about April 1. Standing of the Crews ItARRISHITRG SIDE ! Philadelphia Division —lol crew first to go after 4 p. in.: 127. 122, 129, 108. Engineers for 104, 127, 122. Fireman for 104. Conductor for 1-7. Flagman for 104. Brakemen for 104, 129. Engineers up: Black, Seifert. Blank enhorn, Hogentogler. Tennant, Downes, Anderson, Lefever, Ryan, Dalby, Balr, Brodaclier, Layman, Al bright, Ream, Blclcel. Firemen tip: Slump, Earhart, Nace, | Brown, Bixler, Seiders, Wright, Smith, i Peters, Mcssersniith. Bussey, Rupp, Mailey, Chubb, Strickler, Paul, Shaw field. Flagman up: Buyer. Brakemen up: Artor, Rudy. Middle Hi vision —2l6 crew first to go after 2:20 p. m.: 227, 29. Engineer for 29. Fireman for 29. Brakeman for 29. Engineer up: Clouser. Fireman up: Hunter. Brakemen up: George Campbell, M. 11. Campbell. Yard Crews— ... „ Engineers for 2. second 8, fourth S, first 22, third 24. 20, 28, 32, 36, 46, G4, fifth 8. Three extras. Firemen for 2, second 8, fourth 8. first 22, third 24, 26. 2S. 32, 36, 46, 52. 64, fifth 8. Three extras. Engineers up: Lelby, Fulton. rells. Wise, McMorrls, Runkle, Clelland, Goodman, Harling. Firemen up: Myers, Steele, Albright, Hardv, Wilhelm, Walters, Bruaw, T'.osi ne r. Zeigler. Smith, Fry. Dougherty, Evde, McKilllps. Ewlng. Reeder, Ber rier, Hltz, Peiffer, Knell, Jr., Fleisher, Blottenberger, Weigle, Burger, Alcorn, Wagner. EXOI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division —24B crew first to go after 3:45 p. m.: 218, 209. 220, 222, Engineers for 209, 220. Fireman for 220. Middle Division —2s4 crew first to go after 1:30 p. m.: 452, 218, 229, 249, 101, Fireman for 113. Flagman for 101. Yard Crens —To go after 4 p. m : Engineers for first 108, second 126, second 124. 104. Engineers up: Anthony, Tveumyer, Rider. Hill. Borer, Kllnsr. Smith. Firemen up: Kline, C. H. Hall. Sellers, Bickhart. Eichelberger, Linn, Yost. Mc- Donald, Deiling, Shearer, Mclntyre. THE READING Harrlsbnrv Division —l 6 crew first to go after 5:15 p. m.: 11, 12, 4, 1, 10, 19, East hound: 69, 63, 68. 62, 66, 58. Engineers for 62. 6, 11. Firemen for 69. 10. 11. Conductors for 4, 12. Brakemen for 62. 6. 11. 16, 4. Engineers up: Plitz, Freed, Merkle, Fortnev, FTornsleke Fortney, Hunslcker. Wlreman, Sweeloy. Firemen up: Grim, Chronister. Bow- I ers, Keefer. Tottenham. Peters. Yowler, Carl. Lex, Woland, Miller, Coyle, Blum- I enstlne. , j Conductors up: Blaekwell, Shover, Hilton, Orris, Kimmel. I Brakemen up: Meals. Wood, Minnleh, mean. llershey. Ely. Painter, Harder. Selghman, S»«vfTer. Ware. Yoder, Dod- Shlpe, Holbert. i DRAGGED BY CHAINS Horace Wagner, aged 29, oT 1121 1 South Ninth street, crane helper at | the Central Iron and Stoel Company, was caught in the crane chains and dragged several feet while at work this morning. He was admitted to the Har risburg Hospital suffering from con ; fusions of the rig lit arm and lilp and i lacerations of the scalp. • 9
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