NEWS OF STEELTON M'FARLANDWILL LECTURE TONIGHT President of American Civic Association to Give Illus trated Talk Members of the Steelton Civic Club were busy this morning completing arrangements for the lecture to be given in the high school auditorium • this evening by J. Horace McFarland, of Harrisburg, president of the Ameri can Civic Association. ' Mr. McFarland's subject will be "Seeing Pennsylvania First" and will 1 be .profusely illustrated with colored lantern slides. The doors will open at 8 o'clock and a large attendance Is expected. This evening's public meeting will take the place of the regular monthly meeting of the Civic Club. Schwab Buys Plate Mill at Baltimore Special to the Telegraph Baltimore, *ld.. ADril 3.—Charles M. Schwab, chairma»-. * the board of di rectors of the Bethlehem Steel Com pany, financier and multi-millionaire steel master, has bought the Baltimore ' Sheet and Tin Plate Company, the j $3,000,000 enterprise recently pro moted by J. E. EI IN » BANKRUPTCY ln the District Court of the United States for the Middle Dis trict of Pennsylvania, Malcolm H Gettys. of Harrisburg. Dauphin County' Pennsylvania, a bankrupt under the Act of Congress of July 1, 1898, having ap plied for a full discharge from all debts provable »ers Accept.—The members of the new board of trustees of the Clarion State Normal School have ac cepted the appointments. Must Study Disposal. Commis sioner of Health Dixon has issued a decree to Chester to make further studies of sewage disposal. Still Some to (Jo. Notwithstaning the disbursements for schools last month, almost 100 districts remain to be paid. Some of them have not filed reports. Others have done so. More Attention to Drills.—One thing the Mexican trouble has done. It has caused attendance at drills of the Na tional Guard companies to be splendid and indoor rifle practice has been given much attention. Ninth is lulled. Colonel Asher Miner, the new commander of the Ninth Regiment, has recruited it to the maximum. The companies have applications for vacancies which do not exist. Inspected Leper.—Dr. B. F. Royer, the chief medical inspector, made an inspection of the leper at Wllkes-Barre yesterday. He found the sanitary regu lations being carried out. Druggists Arrested. —The State Phar maceutical Examfning Board has i caused the arrest of four persons and issuance of warrants for four more for short weight in selling drugs. Some cases of substitution were also found. Trustees Named.—Governor Brum baugh to-day appointed the following members of the board of trustees to administer the Mothers' Assistance Fund for the County of Cambria: Mrs. Justina W. Brown, and Mrs. Catherine Allen, Johnstown; Mrs. Mary Meehan, Ebensburg; Mrs. Nan McL. Denlinger, Ebonsburs; Mrs. iSan McL. Denlinger, Patton: Mrs. Ada Myrtle Barr, Nanty- Glo, and Mrs. Gertrude Stuart, Cres son. Jitney Cases. The jitney cases from Mifflin and Blair counties are be ing heard by the Public Service Com mission to-day. Objections were made to certificates. End of the 14tli. Orders complet ing the disbundment of the Fourteenth infantry were issued to-day from Na tional Guard headquarters. Company B was transferred to the Medical de partment to become ambulance com pany No. 1, and the band transferred to the First Field Artillery; four men of the sanitary detachment are trans ferred to a similar detachment of the First Artillery; Assistant Surgeon John L. Miller Is transferred to the First Artillery, and Assistant Surgeon Theodore L. Hazlett relieved from duty and unasslgned for the present; Major James E. King and fourteen officers of the staff and companies are relieved from active duty. Headquarters of Troop H, First Cav alry, are transferred from Coraopolis to Pittsburgh. Governor's Present. When Gov ernor Brumbaugh returned to the Capitol to-day he "brought with him as a souvenir of his visit to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre a desk set, including an inkstand carved from a block of coal which was presented to him. The Governor plans to spend this week in Harrisburg. Mr. Hall to Speak. William H. Ball, secretary to the Governor, has been invited to speak in Immanuel Presbyterian Church, which has a se ries of lectures during the winter. He will talk on Thursday evening on "Across the Continent with the Lib erty Bell." Mr. Ball as chief of the bureau of city property of Philadel phia, was in charge of the Bell on both trips. Big Payment. The Pittsburgh Railways Company to-day paid the State Treasury $70,000 as State tax on gross receipts. It was the first pay ment for April. Society Luncheon. The Pennsyl vania State Society executive commit tee, which includes the heads of de partments of the State government and members of commissions. will have its April roundtable luncheon on Wednesday at the Harrisburg Club. GEX. MILLS' WIDOW DIES Philadelphia, April 3.—Mrs. Anno Maison Mills, widow of Brigadier- General Samuel Myers Mills, who was chief of artillery, United States Army, died at her home, 122 East Seventy sixth street, New York city, last night. Mrs. Mills was a Philadelphia!}. BXftfUSBtTRG TELEGRAPH RAILROAD MORE PROSPERITY FOR RAILROADS Steel Mills Receive 50 Per Cent, of Business; Large Equip ment Orders ' Washington, D. C„ April 3.—Pros perity of railroads throughout the country continues without abatement, according to preliminary reports from February, made public to-day by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Re turns from ninety-six large roads show their net revenue increased from $26,000,000 in February, 1915, to $38,- 000,00 for February, 1916, more than fifty per cent. The greatest increase was in the eastern district and amounted to nearly 90 per cent.; the southern dis trict showed an increase of approxi mately 50 per cent, and the western district excelled its January showing of 16 per cent, increase by an increase of more than 25 per cent. A dispatch from New York says orders placed last week by the railroad companies throughout the United States brought steel orders for the closing week of March up to a high figure. More than fifty per cent, were cars and rails. The car orders included 2,000 for the Pennsylvania, to be built at its Altoona shops. The demand for mo tive power was Impressive, sales dur ing the week amounting to 223 loco motives, a large order being for 50 for the Pennsylvania lines West. Altoona Athletes Win in Pennsy Meet at Baltimore Special to the Telegraph Baltimore, Md„ April 3.—Thousands of rooters from Pennsylvania cities ac companied the athletes who came here Saturday for the annual champion ship indoor track and field carnival of the Pennsylvania railroad. In the big parade Saturday afternoon the dele gations had with them the Philadel phia Terminal, the Renovo and the Altoona Bands. 1 At the afternoon games the Altoona valley ball team defeated the Balti moreans in the eastern division, and the western division also. In the tug of war, the Altoona machine shops de feated Baltimore and then clashed with Philadelphia Terminal, which had defeated the Manhattan division of New Jersey. J. B. Patton. of Har risburg, finished sixth in the one-half mile race. Railroad Notes Work on the Philadelphia division rifle range at Conewago is progressing rapidly. A. E. Guttshatl. signalman on the Middle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Lewistown Junction, who has been off duty, has returned to work. Two sleel passenger oars of the smaller type have been sent from Al- ! (oona for service on the Ltwlltown J branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. V. H. Stover, freight conductor on the Baltimore division of the Penn sylvania Railroad, is off duty because of illness. John S. Gensheinmer, assistant su perintendent of signals of the Middle division of the Pennsylvania Rairoad, has been transferred to Cape Charles, Va., where he will become superin tendent for the Pennsy stgnal depart ment. The Pennsy clerks' basketball team lost at Tower City Saturday, score 82 to 19. Samuel H. Musserj of Columbia, a ! veteran engineer, has been retired j after 51 years' service. In the last ten years he worked 3,311 days. General Superintendent J. E. Turk, j of the Philadelphia and Reading rail- j way, with other officials, are expected j in Harrlsburg this week. They are j making a tour of inspection of the main line and branches. Placards have been posted all over i the Pennsylvania railroad system on j Saturday advertising the Pennsylvania railroad school for telegraphy at Bed ford. RKTTRKD CONDUCTOR PIES John J. Frazier, a retired Pennsyl vania railroad conductor, aged 70 years, died at his home in Altoona Saturday. He had been in poor health [ and his retirement was on his own re- | quest. Conductor Frazier was re- i tired in 1911 after serving 39 years continuous service. For a number of years he resided at Hollidaysburg. j The funeral took place this afternoon. | One son and four daughters survive. MAY REBUILD WALNUT STREET RIVER BRIDGE [Continued From First Page.] owns the bridge. There have been some changes among the stock holders." 20-Minute Service to Colonial Club Planned This Year Twenty instead of forty-minute trolley service on the Paxtonia- Linglestown line of the Harrisburg Railways Company is assured when the track and siding extensions con templated for the year are completed. Double tracking from Eighteenth to Twentieth street in State, and double tracking in Second from Seneca to Schuylkill, are among the more im portant Improvements that will be completed, as early as possible as the company has planned to begin work as soon as the weather permits. The State street track additions however, will mean a great deal to the thou sands who travel to Llnglestown and intermediate points. At present the track room and sidings permit of only forty minute service to Lingles town: this can be cut in half when the two tracks in State street are ex tended to Twentieth street and when an additional siding beyond Progress is put down. The clipping of twenty minutes from the Linglestown-Pax tonia service will be heartily welcomed by frequenters of the Colonial Coun try Club who have been trying for several years to obtain speedier serv ice. If Penbrook's main street is paved this year /UuV JOBS Infections by JfTNature in Her**J§l ?co Work 5. "Oie work of S. S. S. it to £n m jwrrnKancai . ass ". t Nl £" re , ba ck to normal A, | anSSIV whra the natural process oi throw- ?C' Njv health and vigor to the entire system. m™. anrlaim. S. S. S., the wonderful vegetable remedy, is »/; «*«**»•*■»» Njv m a class by itself, and has maintained A] IH 9»fTSP£CfKCtI >(V its merit over a period of fifty years. f/U If yon demand all 'hat's pure and safe, as you should ao, in a ..,/ i fj|9SSl blood tonic—then it's S. S. S. (T , ■— lIMMMILJi Free >Qs. that you demand. Medical advice given |P| /O' bjr experts. Write Medical Dept. Room 324 9 et * S - •« Tk- s_;f. c r. f a.. „ Njytr your druggist and start treat -1 he Swift Specific Co. Atlanta, Ga. ment today. Count Them on the OPEN EVENINGS Streets of Harrisburg v fmJf yMr Jk THE OVERLAND-HARRISBURG CO. §&3^ T JW* SOCIAL Other Personals Page 4. Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Cohn, of Lancaster, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Levin Cohn, of 1006 North Sixth street. . Mrs. A. J. Herr is home after an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. John Y. Boyd at her southern home in North Carolina. Mrs. Douglas Thatcher and small daughter, Eva, of Philadelphia, are visiting at the home of their aunt, Mrs. James T. Sullivan, of Stato street. R. S. Stewart, of Jamesburg, N. J., spent yesterday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Stewart, of 1604 State street. Mrs. Percy Koons of 2031 Penn street, has returned after a ten days' trip to New York, Trenton and Phila delphia. SnSS WITMAN'S GUESTS AT PROGRESSIVE DOMINOS Miss Mildred Witman, of Lemoyne entertained Saturday evening at. pro gressive dominos. After the games supper was served with many April fool jokes in the menu. Mrs. G. M. Eshelman assisted in entertaining the guests among whom were the Misses Mabel Mussleman, Hazel Mumma, Nellie Bowman, Alda Myers, Hazel Koons and Mildred Witman; Galen Schlicter, Karl Edschled, Ray Gar man. Eugene Hague. The prizewin ners were Miss Bowman, Mr. Schlicter and Mr. Garman. THE ZIMMMKRMW-I'ARLIXG MARRIAGE IS ANNOUNCED The marriage is announced to-day of Miss Mabel Farling, of 406 Spring street, and Earl F. Zimmerman, of 134 Iloerner street, which took place at Baltimore, Md., Saturday, March 25, with the Rev. W. A. Cray, a Meth odist minister officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmerman are now at house keeping in the newly-furnished home. 1631 Apricot street, where they will be glad to see their many friends after April 10. The bride was formerly em ployed by the D. S. K. of this city and Mr. Zimmerman is foreman of the De vine and Yungel Shoe Mfg. Co. The couple is springing a surprise on their friends by this announcement. ANNOI'NCE ENGAGEMENT Miss Edna Knisely of Eberly's Mills, a stenographer in Dr. Campbell's divi sion of the State Department of Health and Ivan Hoeker, a chemist of Wash ington, D. C., whose home Is in High spire, announced their engagement on Saturday. Mr. Hoeker was prominent in athletics in this part of Pennsyl vania a few years ago. MISS STROUSE ENTERTAINS FOR SOUTHERN VISITOR A pretty social event of Saturday was the card party with Miss Marian Strousc, of Second and Hamilton streets hostess in honor of Miss Phyllis Beakman of Natchez, Miss. Daffodils and other Spring flowers graced the card room and a buffet supper was served to Miss Phyllis Beakman, Miss Charlotte Crabble, Miss Josephine Klopt, Miss Hortense Strouse, Miss Mary Kinzer, Miss Jean ette Naehman, Miss Elma Romberger, Miss Clarissa Claster, Miss Jeanette Claster, Miss Ivy Friedman, Miss Helma Kapner, Miss Evelyn Gutman, Miss Rita Buxbaum, Miss Lenore Rosenthal, Miss Lillian Ramsky. THIS DOUBLE CROSS lly Wing Dinger Last Fall I went out a huntin". For two weeks to it I stuck Every day, but all in vain, bo. Didn't see one single duck. Yesterday, the season ended, On the river, close to shore I saw wild ducks by the thousands, More than I'd e'er seen before. Legislators think they're wise ones When closed seasons they impose On wild game, but even shrewder Are the wild birds, goodness knows. Seems they know when they can be killed. And when that time comes around They sneak oft and hide themselves, bo. Where they never will be found. 7