DO YOU WONDER THAT THEY CAN SELL THE GOODS?
These are Just a few of the fair salesgirls who are selling- rummage at the big benefit sale for the Harrlsburg Hospital, reading from left to right they
are: Miss Suzanne Westbrook, Sliss Helen Schwarz, Miss* Margaret Williamson. Miss Schwarz, Miss Frances Morrison, Miss Margaret Mr-Lain.
WILL AUCTION OFF
HEIRLOOMS AT SALE
[Continued From First Page.]
still more Indelibly affixed In the ad
jective when the auction sale Is In
full blast. Starting at 7 o'clock, every
article that is left in the store will be
placed on the block and it is rumored I
that three of the city's most effective
auctioneers will subscribe their voices
to the cause and demand the right sort
of prices for their wares.
Mercer B. Tate. Flavel L. Wright
and Floyd Hopkins will in all proba
bility do the honors, while the floor
walkers assisting will be pressed into
service supplying lozenges and throat
ease tablets to the orators. The auc- ,
tion will continuo until the store is
swept clear of every article, and the ]
public is warned to bo on their guard I
lest the ambitious auctioneers sell the
clothes right off the buyers' backs.
Worse things than that have been |
known to happen at rummage sales.
Wright to Start
At the Chamber of Commerce!
yesterday Henry Claster. well-known
jeweler, was heard to remark that if i
Flavel Wright would auction off the j
first article at the rummage sale to- I
night, he would buy It. And so the |
prospects are that the auctioneering;
will be given a merry send-oft. 'cause j
it is a matter of general knowledge \
that when it comes to Flavel making
somebody else believe that he must ,
have this or that thing, be it insur- j
nnce or "rummage." there is only one ,
answer. Henry Claster is sure to be a !
good loser.
Valuable Heirlooms
Among the more valuable and
higher-priced heirlooms and utilities
tliat will come under the hammer this
evening are the following: A John
Harris bedstead, 130 years old. which
ha« been in the family of Mrs. Anna
Mr Daniels. 1417 Market street, all her
life: a two-horse wagon to hold six
people, of the "Rogers" make and
originally worth SI,OOO. presented by >
s prominent man of the city:
n beautifully finished player-piano,
which Mrs. Mercer B. Tate presented
to be sold and which is certain to.
bring a good price; a number of or- !
gans and a piano: a double-seated
carriage belonging to Mrs. Olmsted
(we forgot ourselves: it was sold yes-j
lerdav for $20): a "eut-under" and a'
"double trap" which has been tooting
about town all morning with results
that will He proved when the time
comes to sell it. The enthusiastic noise
■which the looters of the horn produced
caused a motor man to lean out of his :
car window and yell out in loud but j
•» good-natured tones: "If you've got a;
train, why don't you get a track?"
Which is all part of the game.
Miss McCormii-U's Cont Sold Early
Right off the reel. Miss Anne McCor
ruick's "green diagonal serge, size 34,"
which it was advertised "would be sold
oft her back." was gobbled up this
morning to the tune of $3, but some
how or other the attractive duvetyne
suit of Miss Robinson's hasn't been
taken. There have been nibhlings, but
not vet a "strike." It will also sell
for $3.
The kittens have been sold! Yes.
they have! And they were the biggest
bargains in the store. Little "Don"
Royal will be able to sleep well to
night. because they have gone to good
homes, one in Steelton and the other
down on "-Front street. It was a part
of the agreement that the kittens be i
veil taken care of.
Baby Pig On Sale
The menagerie and l'vestock de
partment was augmented at a late j
hour last evening by the presentation
to the girls in the sporting department
of a one-month-old baby pig. raised on
Beaufort Farm by Harrisburg's young- j
est scientific farmer, Elirman B.
Mitchell. Little "Rummage" hadn't
put in an appearance this morning.
l.Ht rumor had it that he was still out
at the farm being massaged and hav
ing his nails manicured and ribbons
attached to him so that he might look
his best when the time came for the
transfer of owners. "Rummage" is
guaranteed and would be a worth
while addition to any family.
Men Behind the Guns
One of the "men behind the guns"
Is Otto Plack. window decorator and
advertising man for the Astrich store,
who has worked untiringly for five
successive days, often until the early
hours of the morning, arranging stock
and looking after the details of deco
rating and making the improvements
necessary to the success of the -whole.
Mr. Plack is a veteran in the handling
of a sale of this sort and has proved
himself Invaluable In the assistance
which he has given. Many appre
ciatory remarks have been heard of
the kindness of Mrs. Herman Astrich
both in this matter and In offering the
use of her property.
The sale has been featured by many
humorous happenings and others not
so humorous. One beautiful bargain
didn't work out the way it hatl been
intended. A S7O overcoat was sent in
liv the owner, who planned to come in
and reclaim It for S2O, but somehow
ihe Instructions got mixed up and an
individual born under ft lucky star
carried It away for $4. On the other
hand, there was a shadow lace and
thiffon dress sold to a large and portly
dr.me who will never in the world be
able to wear it. The salesladies are
becoming quite proficient in salesman
ship, be It noted, and take as much Joy
In a sale well consummated.
The total receipts from 10 o'clock
this morning till noon totaled about
$223.50, roughly estimated. Contri
butions bv check are being received by
Mrs. Meade Detweiler, treasurer, from
n number of those who prefer to help
* out in that way. The biggest sales
this morning were made in the wom
en's cloak and suit department, where
the revenue mounted to $76 by high
noon, and next in order came the
men's clbthing, which corraled $33.
The other departments averaged be
tween $3 and sls apiece.
Body of Lad Missing
Month Found in Swamp
flv .4. '.lariated Press
Albany, X. T., April 15.—Partly
clothed, the body of William Clark,
eight years old, who disappeared from
his home here March 25, was found
to-day in a swamp B!X miles west of
the city.
Y '/ m '• ' • "i
SATURDAY EVENING, HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH 'APRIL' 15, 1916
NEWS OF STEELTON
STEELTON TROUT
FISHERMEN OUT
Seek "Speckled" Beauties in
the Wilds of Cumberland
County
If the citizens of Newvllle, that
quaint little village of the Cumberland
Valley, were startled early, very early
this morning by a motor truck load of
noisy humanity that passed through
its streets, its a safe bet that they
were not half so starled as the
spreckled little fish that Inhabit the
streams that flow through the Cum
berland hills.
The occupants of the motor truck, |
although they may have been garbed
in the helmets and khaki coats of in- |
vading soldiers, they were harmless!
to the residents of the villages through
which they passed. But to the
"spreckled" trout well they had ,
come to slaughter and a terrible toll
they levied, if reports are true.
At the head of the "expedition" was j
Frank A. Stees, for some time Justice I
of the Peace in Steelton. Ills lollow-l
ers included the some twenty or more j
friends and political advisers who as- ;
sisted him during the recent cam
paign. The outing was given by the
Squire in keeping with a promise:
made during the campaign.
At noon, so stay-at-home sportsmen, •
whom it is Just possible may have I
been a wee bit Jealous said that dis- !
patches from "the field" say that the
streams have been traversed for five
miles and that the entire catch !
totalled: John E. Shupp. ex-fire chief, j
2. and Squire Stees, 1. Of course, the i
censors may have deleted a consid- j
erable part of the dispatches.
TO GIVE CANTATA
Augmented to thirty voices, the 1
choir of St. John's Lutheran Church
will present its Easter cantata to-mor
row. The choir, under the direction I
of H. Russell Rupp, will sing "The
King of Glory," composed by F. W. |
Peace. The singers: Soprano, Mrs. ■
Roth. Mrs. Rupp, Mrs. Mary Whit- j
comb. Mrs. C. N. Mumma, Mrs. Harry j
Withers. Miss Minnie Dress, Miss !
Ijftura Carlson. Miss Elizabeth Pretz, ;
Miss Mabel Rupp, Miss Lillian Crunv !
lich: contralto, Mrs. I,ee Wilt, Mrs. W. j
E. Dehner, Mrs. H. F. Lupfer, Mrs. 1
C. M. Pannell. Miss Susan Reigle, Miss j
Margie Wagenbacb. Miss Mary Alle- i
man; tenor. M. R. Alleman, C. J. Blt
ner. Earl Thomas. Charles Kront. Earl
Bates; bass. Harold Wells, William
Kreig. William Dehner. Joseph Beck
ert. Paul Slnitto, Harry Trawltz, the
Rev. G. N. Lauffer; accompanist. Mrs.
Charles Lawrence. At to-morrow
morning's service In St. John's Church ;
M. R. Alleman will sing "The Palms."
AWARD EXHIBIT PRIZES
Announcement was made yesterday i
by L. E. McGlnnes, superintendent of
! schools, of the awards in the contest
among the schools conducted in eon
. nection with the recent art exhibit, j
! The first prize went to the seventh
grade school, taught by Miss Clever,
j and the second prize to the first grade
in the Hygienic building, taught by
I Miss Fisher. Every schoolroom will
be supplied with pictures proportion
ately to the number of tickets sold.
STEELTON PEKSONAI.S
Mrs. G. M. Messersmlth is spending
the week-end in Newport.
Frank Morrison, of Lebanon Valley
College, is visiting friends here.
Arthur Keim. of the University of
Michigan, is the guest of his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Kelm, North Front
street.
David P. Raker, North Front street,
spent yesterday in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Marken gave a
party for their daughter. Miss Mary !
Marken. at Enhaut, Thursday evening. |
Miss Bridget Noonan Is spending \
two weeks with friends in Easton.
Guy Shanafelter has resigned his
position at the steel works and gone to
his home in Blain.
AT XEIDIG MEMORIAL
Special services will be held at
Neidig Memorial United Brethren
Church, Oberlin, next week. The serv
ices all begin at 7.30. The program
follows: Monday, Dr. S. F. Dangherty,
Annville: Tuesday. J. E. Gipple, llar
risburg; Wednesday, the Rev. J. Lower
Grimm, Waynesboro; Thursday, Dr. S.
Edwin Rupp. llarrisburg; Friday, the
Rev. H. F. Rhoad. lllghspire; Sunday, .
morning and evening, Dr. D. D. Low
ery, llarrisburg.
I KABBfI FREUXD TO SPEAK
Rabbi Freund of the Ohev Sliolom
] synagogue, Harrlsburg, will address
the Steelton Civic Club at a meeting
in Trinity Parish House. Monday aft
ernoon on "Mormonism."
At this meeting the Civic Club will
discuss plans for building a formal
entrance to Luther R. Kelker park ac
i cording to plans drawn by Warren
H. Manning.
STEELTOX PERSOXALS
Lloyd and Ray Harder will spend
Sunday at their home In Carlisle.
STEEI/TOX SNAPSHOTS
Install Billiard Table. A new
Brunswick pocket billiard table has
been purchased and Installed In the
East End Hose Company parlors.
At First Reformed. Music at the
First Reformed Church to-morrow In
cluded: Morning, "Some Sweet Day"
A. Ream, will sing "The Palms"; eve
! nlng, "The God of Abraham Praise."
Buck.
tin. smith to AnnnF.ss
THE PEOPLE'S FOItITM
Dr. Harvey Smith will address "The
i Forum" to-morrow afternoon at 3.15
| o'clock in Wesley A. M. E. Zlon Church,
I Forster and Ash streets, on "Harris-
I burg's Most Valuable Asset." The choir
'at Zlon Lutheran Church will sing.
Contract Let For Big
Steelton Blast Furnace
Work has been started on the erec-l
tion of the new "B" blast fur-j
nuee for the Pennsylvania Steel Com- '
pnny, for which contracts have been
let.
The Raymond Concrete Pile Com-1
pany, of New York, to whom the con- j
tract for excavations and concreting\
has been awarded has a gang of men j
at work building foundations. The
contract for steel work and steel erec
tion has been awarded the Pennsylva
nia Engineering Works, New Castle,
Pa. The new stack will cost approxi
mately $350,000.
Rechristcn Stacks
General Manager Bent announces
that the new furnace will be known as
"B" stack and will be the second unit
in the battery of five furnaces which
the Schwab interests plan for the
Steelton plant. No. 5 stack will here
after be known as "E" stack and this
furnace comprises the first unit of the
battery.
Work on No. 3 stack, which was !
started by the old management, and;
which it was planned would bring up
the capacity of this furnace 500 tons|
daily, has been discontinued, it was
further announced by Mr. Bent. It}
had been planned by the former man- j
agement to build the new stack on the j
enlarged foundations of No. 3 fur-;
nace, having the new stack go up'
around the old one.
Explains New Plans
In explaining the plan for the pro-j
posed blast furnace expansion. Gen- 1
eral Manager Bent said that it is pro- j
posed to have the new battery start 1
I with the present No. 5 furnace, which
hereafter will be known as "E" stack, I
and have the battery consist of Nos. |
,and 4 furnaces, which hereafter will:
be known as "D" and "C" stacks re-1
spectlvely; the "B" stack for which!
contract has Just been let, and another!
stack to be built later and which will
be known as "A" furnace.
To Abandon 1 and 2 Stacks
When this batttery is completed the 1
1 pig iron producing part of the big
! steel works will be a compact unit,
and the arrangement of the separate
1 units in a continuous line will faclli-1
tate the handling of materials and
j otherwise facilitate production.
As this of furnaces Is com- j
' pleted the plans of the new manage-!
j ment call for the al>andonment of Nos. \
j 1 and 2 furnaces which are now sepa-|
rated front the other units by consid- j
erable space.
Lebanon Stack on Speigcl
It was also announced by General j
Manager Bent this morning that the:
second of the Pennsylvania Steel
pany's Lebanon furnaces was blown in
. April 8 on pig iron and that this stack
i began to make Speigel iron, yesterday.
Speigel is a brand of iron different
| from the regular pig iron and Is used
for special purposes.
The pig iron made at the Lebanon
furnaces is shipped to Sparrows Point,!
Md., and to the local plant.
Steelton Snapshots
Mass Meeting.—A mass meeting for
men will be held in Grace United
Evangelical Church to-tnorrow after
noon at 3.30 o'clock. The Rev. George
! F. Schaum, of Harris Street Church,
will be the principal speaker and a
male chorus will sing.
Addressed Women.—Mrs. George N.
Lauffer addressed a meeting for women
in St. John's Lutheran Church this
afternoon on "The Cost of Disclple
ship-Service."
STEEI/TOX CHURCHES
Salem Lutheran Church, Oberlin. —
The Rev. D. E. Rupley, pastor, will I
preach at 10:30 on "Who Is This?"!
and at 7:30 on "The Condition of
Salvation"; Sunday School, 9:30; C. E. j
6:30 ,
St. John's Lutheran The Rev. j
G. N. Lauffer, pastor, will preach at
10:45 a. m. on "Blessed Is He That
Cometh in the Name of the Lord"
and at 7:30, cantata, "The King of
Glory"; Sunday school, 9:30; union
meeting of C. E., 6:30.
Main Street Church of God. The
Rev. G. W. Getz. pastor, will preach
at 10:30, on "Hosanna to the Son of.
David," and at 7:30 communion serv-j
ice will be held: Sunday school, 2; .
; Jr. C. E., 6; Sr. C. E., 6:30.
First Presbyterian. The Rev. C.,
B. Segclken, pastor, will preach at!
10:45 to the Juniors "The Hosannas
I of the Children," and the Senior ser
j mon on "Palm Sunday and a Great
Religious Movement"; 7:30 sermon,
"Barabbas"; Sunday school, 9:45; C.
E.. 6:30.
St. Mark's Lutheran. The Rev.
i W. H. Smith, pastor, will preach at
i 10:30 on "The Triumphal Entry,"
! and at 7:30 on "The Agony of Jesus
j Christ"; C. E., 6:45; services every
i evening next week except Saturday,
i Trinity Episcopal. The Rev. W.
J. Reynolds, rector, will conduct
service at 8 a. m., 11 a. m. and 4 p.
i in.; Sunday school, 9:15; K. L. C. E.,
| 6:45.
i Centenary United Brethren. The
Rev. J. H. Shunk will preach at 10
a. m. and at 7:30 p. in.; Sunday
school, 2; C. E., 6:30.
First Reformed. The Rev. C. A.
Huyette, pastor; confirmation and
i baptism at 10:45 a. m., sermon
"Following Christ to the End"; 7:30,
sermon, "The Day of Our Visitation";
Sunday school, 9:45; C. E., 6:45.
PI.AX BOOSTER NIGHT
United Spanish War Veterans. No. R,
will hold a "booster night," May 12. at
[ the City Grays' Armory, Forster and
,| Second streets.
LODGE TO MEET
Dauphin Conclave. No. 9«, Improved
• Order of Biptasophs, will meet at 321
Market street, Monday evening.
I-HIGHSPIRE - -1
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ELECTS
At an election held by the Hlghsplre j
Cemetery Association Monday evening i
at the drug store of Dr. H. McDanel I
the following officers were elected for I
the year: President, Dr. H. McDanel; !
secretary, K. F. Mathlas; treasurer, P. J
H. Mozer; directors, Alfred Gruber,
Charles Heberllg, Ell D. Ruth, George
W. Cover and P. H. Mozer. *
TO SEEL FLOWERS
A flower sale, under the auspices of !
the ladles of St. Peter's Lutheran I
Church, will be held at tho home of :
Miss Alice Mumma, Second street, !
April 21-24. j
The official board of the tTnlted
Brethren Church held a meeting in
the church on Tuesday evening,
April 11.
DISTRICT PRAYER MEETING
The district prayer meeting was !
held at the home of Ira Attick, East i
End, Thursday evening.
AT SISTER'S EI'XERAL
Mrs. Harry Moyer, of Second street,
attended the funeral of her sister, Mrs. ;
Mary Smith, who died Monday evening
at the home of her son John, 1635
Wallace street. She is survived by the :
following children: John, of Harris- '
burg, and Mrs. Frank Knaub, of j
Enola: two brothers. John, of Harris- ,
burg, and Levi, of York county, and ]
one sister, Mrs. Harry Moyer, of High
spire. Burial was made in the Trindle
Spring Cemetery, Cumberland county.
HIGHSPIRE PERSOXALS
Mrs. Harry Duncan is 111 at her 1
home in Penn street, threatened with |
pneumonia.
The Rev. H. F. Rhoad is confined
to his home in Market Square with
grip.
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Cover and chil- I
dren, Morris and Rachael, of liar- j
risburg, spent Sunday evening in town
with friends.
David Ackerman spent Saturday and
Sunday in Falmouth with his father,
I Simon Ackerman.
Mrs. J. X. Bomgardner. Mrs. E. S.
Poorman and Miss Lily Leaman spent '
j Thursday afternoon In Harrisburg.
AT U. B. CHURCH
| Communion services will be observed
!in the United Brethren Church on I
i Sunday, both morning and evening, |
1 also baptismal services and reception
of new members.
s OPPOSES ROOSEVELT
B. G. Black, of 36 North Fourth I
street, writes the Telegraph, giving
his views on the national political
j situation. He would favor Hughes,
Knox, Fairbanks, Root, Whitman, or
i any other good Republican, he says,
I but protests against Roosevelt on the
ground that the Colonel declared four j
years ago that he was through with!
the Republican party and "did all in
his power to destroy it." Now he i
wants to lead it in a fight for the!
| presidency. Mr. Black sets out at I
i length his objections.
RAILS FOR Cl'BA
The Maryland Steel Company has [
secured an order for 5,000 tons of
eighty to eighty-five pound section !
rails for the Havana Central Railway. |
Several additional export rail con
itraels, amounting to about 5,000 tons,
it Is understood, have been placed for j
shipment to Cuba and South America. |
Frustrate Plan ol Self
Confessed German Spy
to Escape Second Time
New York, April 15. Two keep
ers guarding Ignatius T. T. Lincoln,
the self-confessed German spy, in the
Raymond street jail, Brooklyn, have
been dismissed for alleged complicity
in plans made by Lincoln to make an
other escape. It was announced to-day
by Commissioner Lewis, of the De
partment of Corrections.'
Lincoln, who is in jail awaiting Fed
; eral Court decision on the matter of
i an application for his extradition to
England on a charge of forgery, es
caped from jail some time ago and
: was recaptured. He boasted that he
I would escape again.
Police Investigate Second
Mysterious Railroad Case
Special to the Telegraph
Carlisle, Pa., April 15.—County au
thorities Investigating the case of
i Charles Bowman, who was badly in
j jured Thursday night when other
J tramps threw him in front of a mov
] ing train, it Is alleged, believe that
, Bowman knows something about
Charles Morris who was killed recently
| and his body found along the Phila
! delphla and Reading railway tracks.
It Is believed now that Morris was
thrown in front of a passing train
also and that a man known as "Bal
timore Blackle," aided In the affair.
Bowman, It is said partly answers the
description! furnished to the authori
ties who have been searching for
| "Blackle."
Paxtang School Board
to Fix Planting Date
Special to the Telegraph
Paxtang, Pa., April 15. A spe
cial meeting of the Paxtang borough
school board will be held in the school
house next W T ednesday evening to
make arrangements for a Spring
planting day. At the meeting a date
will he fixed. The plans now under
way Include the planting of trees,
shrubs and flowers about the schooi
{building and the planting will be done
by the children of the borough.
"WHAT IS MEANT BY C. E.?"
j The Augsburg Lutheran C. E. So
ciety has arranged a special program
for to-morrow evening to be known
as "C. E. Monogram" meeting. Chal-
I mer C. Groff, the treasurer of the C.
E. Convention Commottse, will speak
on "What is Meant by C. E.l''
\
Next Week W
Easter Eggs s Easter Candies
To Our Boy Friends at the New Store
Boys!—Teli Mother That
Wm. Strouse at the New Store
Will Give Eggs and Candies
TO ALL BOYS
Who Make a Purchase Next Week
So Come In
and get a pair of knee pants, a waist, collars, necktie, or anything you need and
get your candy for Easter.
And you know boys—with your suit you get an elegant watch.
Wm.
MISS OAKLEY TO
START NEW SERIES
Senate Mural Decorations Will;a
Be in Place by the End j i
of Summer j /
■aapiMniß Mls.< Violet Oak-1
S. \ \ 9 // / ley, the Philadel- j
vv\\ W pbia artist who was , -
commissioned to a
decorations for the
Senate chamber at '
II MalßwSyd will have them in t
IMHIIhShI P' aoe by the end of
aSpi®'" August or early In
September accord- *
■■"BbSoESSBW lng to present t
plans. Miss Oakley has been engaged
upon these paintings, which will rep- j
resent important epochs in the his- ,
tory of Pennsylvania, for some time (
land expects to finish them within a
tew months when the members of the
| Board of Public Grounds and Build- t
jings will go to inspect them In her ,
' studio. ,
Miss Oakley is also working on the <
j preliminary sketches for the mural ; 1
! decorations for the supreme court
| chamber, which work she was com- :
| missioned to do about two and a half!
I years ago, the paintings to be finished
when the Senate series was com
! pleted.
j Trout Season Open. Pennsyl- i
| vania's trout season opens to-day and
I although streams are high due to re- '
\ cent rains it Is believed at the State '
i Department of Fisheries that there
i will be good fishing. The season runs ]
|to July 31 and the State limits fisher- '
1 men to one rod and line and to forty '
i fish In one day. None under six inches 1
j may be taken. The State fish war- ,
I dens, who have been engaged on
pollution inspection work have been
! assigned to watch the streams for
I illegal fishing for the present. They
j will have the co-operation of State
j Police and assistance of game and
, forest wardens where required.
Pardon Board. Two applications
for commutation of sentences of elec
trocution, one application for a re
hearing by a man condemned to be
hanged and granted a respite and two
applications for pardon for second de
gree murderers are listed for the State
Board of Pardons session on Wednes
day. There are twenty-one new cases
on the list, six applications for re
hearing and two cases held under ad
visement.
Full Crew Cases. The Public
Service Commission will hear argu
ment next Tuesday in the full crew
cases which were heard some time
ago, the argument having been
originally fixed for early In the month,
but continued until next week be
cause of inability of counsel to ap
pear. The commission has also listed
] a number of applications for electric
j company charters and Jitney certifi
cates for hearing here on Monday.
Odd Case Decided.—Compensation
was yesterday awarded Nathan Shev
lin, of Philadelphia, by Referee George
C. Klauder, of the Workmen's Com
pensation Board, although part of the
medical fee was disallowed because he
failed to notify his employers of an
Injury he received on March 5, not re
porting the accident until March 11. |
The case was important because of the |
fact that Shevlln was working only in l
spare time in the employ of the Purl
tan Skirt Company, when he ran a i
splinter Into the palm of his rlghl i
hand. Shevlln was regularly employed |
as a hardwood finisher by the Pooley j
Furniture Company and when the
Puritan comparty, which is a new con- !
cernl moved into the Twelfth street
quarters he was employed to do some !
hardwood finishing in the furnishing
of the offices of the company.
Dr. Rotlirook Here. —Dr. J. T. Roth
rock. first State Forestry Commis
sioner. was at the Capitol yesterday.
After Trout. —Several of the Capitol
Hill anglers were out whipping streams
early to-day. Whether Governor
Brumbaugh will get a chance to fish 1
depends largely on the next week's
developments In politics.
Mr. Smith Here.—Banking Commis
sioner Smith, who has been ill for j
some time, was at the Capllol for n j
short time this week.
Trustees Named.—Governor Brum- 1
baugh to-day appointed the following \
trustees of the Pennsylvania State|
.Oral School for the Deaf at Scranton:
Alfred Hand, J. Benjamin Dimmick, S
Henry Belin, H. R. Kinsley, and L. A.
Watres, all of Scranton; Charles IC.
Culver, To wanda; Frank H. Jarvis, of
Tunkhannock; Frank W. Wheaton,
Wilkes-Barre; Charles H. Welles, of'
Scranton.
More Protests. The Public Serv
ice Commission has been advised that
a number of additional complaint*
against operators of Jitneys in Wilkes-
Barre and vicinity will be presented.
Fifty-five are on file.
40-MILE-GALE
RIPS OFF ROOF
[Continued From First Paso]
and the water will crest here to-mor
i row at 14.5 feet according to the fore
cast from the local office of the United
States Weather Bureau. At 8 o'clock
this morning the wind decreased in
velocity to 14 miles an hour. Fair
weather to-night with little change in
temperature and moderate variable
winds will be followed, accoi ding to
the forecast, with increasing cloudi
ness to-morrow and probably rain be
fore night.
Yesterday although the river was
several feet below the top of the steps
the wind tossed the waves over the
top of the asphalt walk. Bivermen
were forced to anchor their boats, in
cluding numerous coal flats, in pro
l tected eddies for shelter.
| The wind during the night brought
j wires into contact and for a short time
j every light along Uerry, and a number
I of other streets, were extinguished.
Steps Again Submerged
Again the Susquehanna is at flood,
and again the "Front Steps of Harrls
burg" are submerged. Meanwhile the
officials of the Department of Parks
are planning prompt treatment of the
River Front from one end of the city
to the other. This will involve some
filling up of. the slope and heavy plant
ing. It is the thought of City Commis
sioner Gross that generous planting as
A jl\
'Homes That Set a lew Standard
Ii Local Building Construction
2%-story, brick and hollow-tile, 8 rooms and hath: large cellar,
cement floor and walls, waterproof foundations, slate roof, concrete
floors on all porches, granolithic walks, rear porch and balcony of all
concrete and brick construction, front porch 9 feet deep, rear porch 6
feet deep; hardwood finish throughout, all floors double laid, first
floor In oak; open fireplaces with automatic tire starters, ash dumps
and with perfect combustion and no smoke; bedrooms have built-in
dressers and deep closets, with mirrors in doors; linen closets In halls,
with pipe attachments throughout for vacuum cleaner. Luxurious
baths with floors and walls of tile Kitchens equipped with gas ranges,
hot water boilers and heaters; 8-inch sinks instead of 6-inch. Re
frigerators built in, for outside filling; automatic drains: 300-lb. Ice
capacity. Cove mouldings in living and diningrooms. Modern steam
heating plant Installed with radiators in every room. Lighting fixtures
equipped with necessary switches. Interior equipped with shades and
fully papered. On north side of street, close to car lines, in excel
lent residential district. As a home, or an Investment, these properties
(three of them) offer exceptional opportunities. Located 228, 23(0 and
232 Seneca street, near Green. Can be seen any time. For terms, etc.,
see
F. M. Til IT I. K, . J. I*. McCULIiOUaH,
110 Locust St. 2011 X. 2nd St.
or nt office of
THE TELKGRAPH PRINTING COMPANY
soon as possible—so that the new
growth may be well started before
next winter —will have a tendency to
protect the embankment. It has been
demonstrated in the older stretches of
the River Front that little damage
results from high water owing to the
heavy growth from the inner side of
the granolithic walk to the top of the
slope.
The suggestion that the proper
wldt of (ill along the River Front: from
| Mae lay street northward be marked
so that the filling may he done grad
ually and at little expense has been
I approved by the department. Engi
neers will probably stake the distance
from the western curb line and to tho
; proper width toward the river in a
i short time. An effort will be made
to secure all the material necessary to
place the upper section of the parlc
strip in good shape by planting and
such grading-as may be necessary.
Americans Consume Forty
Per Cent, of World's Supply
of Coffee; Big Tea Drinkers
By Associated Press
Washington, April 15.—The Ameri
can people, long known as the world's
coffee drinkers, actually consumed 40
per cent, of the amount sold In the
international markets, according to
figures issued to-day by the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
j More than one billion pounds of cof
| fee came to this country last year.
Germany normally is second in cof
fee drinking but the war cut off her
imports last year and made France
second with receipts less than one
fourth as large as America's pur
chases. The entire United Kingdom
consumes only one thirty-fifth the
amount of coffee drunk in the United
States. The United States ranks third
In tea drinking, with the United King
dom first and Russia second. One
fourth of all the cocoa produced in
the world finds its way to the United
States.
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