Keeps Her Children In Perfect Health Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin the Family Laxative For Many Years. Mrs. Aug. Doellefeld, of Carlyle, 111., recently %\rote to Dr. CiiMwell, at Mon ticeilo, 111., that she has used Dr. Cald well's Syrup Pepsin in her home for a number of years, and would not be without it, as with it she has been able to keep her four children In perfect health. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a combination of simple laxative herbs with pepsin that acts on the bowels in an easy, natural way, and regulates the action of this most important function. Nearly all the sickness to which children arc subject is traceable to bowel inaction, and a mild, depend able laxative, such as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, should have a place in every family medicine chest. It is plousant to the taste and children like it, und take it readily, while it is equally effective for adults. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold in drug stores everywhere for fifty cents a bottle. To avoid imitations ond ineffective substitutes be sure you get Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. See that a fac simile of Dr. Caldwell's sig PERSONAL-. SOCIAL Ten-Year-Old Receives Pretty Birthday Gifts Mr. and Mrs. Artemus W. Heicher, of 27 South Sixteenth street, enter tained some young people at a birth day party in honor of their daughter Catherine, who was 10 years old. Littlo Miss Heicher received many gifts. Games were played and refresh ments were served to the following guests: The Misses Mildred and Eleanor Dunkleberger, Irene Malseed, Lucille Smith, Janet Keister, Elizabeth Snyder, Marjorie Killian, Margaret Hoffman, Pearl Toor, Catherine Bent ley, Margaret Gotshall and Pauline Barrack, Paul Dunkleberger, Mrs. Levan Dunkleberger and Mrs. Michael Shipp, of Camp Hill. MOTOR INN CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR At a meeting of the Motor Inn Club held last evening at its headquarters, 1330 Wyeth street, the following of ficers were elected to serve for the year 1917: President, Walter Wolfersberger; vice-president, Joseph Adiestine; sec retary. Daniel Warn pier; treasurer, Joseph Starr; trustees, John Snyder, Ray Murray and Hiram Starr; com mittee on investigation, Luther Wolf ersberger, Edward Earp and Walter Snyder. The regular meeting night was char.red to the first Wednesday of each month. Following the election of officers the members enjoyed a smoker and refreshments. Face Fashions This Year Demand That the Complexion Be Made Clear and Clean and Nothing Aids the Skin Like Stuart's Calcium Wafers. All styles of dress this year make it necessary that every woman re move pimples, blotches, etc. This condition is (brought about by reason . the fact that the colors used and style of hair dress throw the face in a position of prominence that will make pimples, etc., very hideous if they exist. "Take My Advice mid INO Stuart's Calcium Wafers If You Want a Pretty Skin." The impurities arising in the bodv are thrown ofT in four days, through 'he pores of the skin, the lungs, the kidneys and bowels. Stuart's Calcium Wafers will make the blood clean. They will throw open the pores and in only a short time you will find the entire system tree from marks of blood Impurity. The fresh, red. rosy hue of the blood flowing freely close to the skin will give you the complexion you desire. Obtain a box from any druggist anywhere. Price. 50 cents." FREE TRIAL COUPON F. A. Stuart Co., 34S SI mi i t illilg.. Mar*hull, lllcli. Send me at once by return mail, a tree trial pack age of Stuart's Calcium Wafers. Name Street ■ City State | DROPSY TREATED FREE H> l)r. Mile*, tlic Groat Specialist, Who Scndx a Trial Treatment Free Many Report C ured After Others Foiled At first no disease is apparentlv more harmless than dropsy; a little swelling of the eyelids, hands, feet, ankles or ab domen. Finally there is short ness of breath, cough, faint spells, sometimes nauseau and vomiting, even bursting of the limbs and a lingering and wretcched death if the dropsy is 1 not removed. Ilr. Miles has been known as a lead ing specialist In these diseases for 30 years. His liberal offer of a $3.75 Treat ment free to nil sufferers, is certainly worthy of serious consideration. You may never have such an opportunity again. The Grand Dropsy Treatment consists of four dropsy remedies in one. also Tonic Tablets and Pura-I>axa for re moving the water. This treatment is specially prescribed for each patient 1 end is three times as successful as that of most physicians. It usuallv relieves the first day. and removes swelling in i six days in most cases. Delay is dan gerous. Send For ltcmnrknltle C ures In Your State A* l afdlced readers mnv have Book Kxamlnation Chart, Opinion, Advice, and a Two-Pound Trial Treament. free. Write at once. Describe your case. Ad- i dress. Dr. Franklin Miles. Dept. DA.. 525 to 535 Franklin St.. Elkhart, ind". • —Advertisement, Bowman's closing out en tire line of Men's Clothing, FRIDAY EVENING, nature and his portrait appear on the yellow carton in which the bottle Is packed. A trial bottle, free of charge, can lie obtained by writing to Dr. W. I!. Caldwell, 455 Washington street, Monticello, Illinois. Arthur Gardner Is Host at Clever Entertainment Arthur Gardner entertained a num ber of Central high school friends last evening at his home, 37 Evergreen street. Refreshments were served to Miss Mildred Moyer, Miss Fay L. Moyer, Miss Margaret Spencer, Miss Vivian Hartzell, Miss Helen Jackson, Miss Margaret Myers, Miss Elizabeth Loeser and Miss Minetta Hosman, Leon Simonetti, N. Lee Frank, Vernon Wright. Blair TO. Smith, William L. Kay, Charles Koser, Herman Golin and Arthur Gardner. XKW OFFICERS FOR S. S. CLASS The following officers were elected at the annual meeting and dinner of the Helen lioyd Dull Sunday school class, of the Pine Street Presbyterian church, held in Boyd Memorial build ing last evening: President A. G. Sliker; vice-president, A. W. Cook; secretary, Guy Cook; treasurer, James Downey; librarian, Jessie Moore; teachers, Mrs. A. P. L. Dull and Dr. H. B. Douglas. HOSTESS AT DANCE! Miss Annttte Alger Bailey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Elder Bailey, Front and South streets, has issued invitations for an informal dance at her home Saturday evening, January B. The guest list includes a number of the. younger Seller school girls and Aca demy boys. HOME Flt Oil NEW YORK Nathan Stroup, of 1509 North Second street, who has been visiting in New York city has resumed his studies at the Franklin Marshall college, Lancas ter. During his visit in New York he was the guest of Howard C. Tllllegas, editor of the New York Herald. ENTERTAINS CLUB The Fun and Frolic club were guests of Mrs. John Snyder, 328 Hamilton street. A dainty luncheon was served to the guests including, Mrs. John [Dinger, Mrs.. Charles Tomlinson, Mis. William Shuey, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Watch man, M£s. Charles Rapp, Mrs. May, of Chester, Mrs. Edward Burd, Mrs. Stough and Mrs. Warden. VASSAK STUDENTS RETURN Mis Katlierlne M. Middleton, Miss Jean B. Chamberlain and Miss Maud Stamin have gone to Poughkeepsie, to resume their studies at Vassar college after a holiday recess spent at their homes here. RETURN TO COLLEGE Minster Kunkel, of the Johns Hop kins University, Baltimore. Daniel Kun lcen and George Kunkel, Jr., students at Harvard University, have resumed their studies after a holiday interim with their parents. Judge and Mrs. (Jeorge Kunkel, of Col North Front street. Conrad Landrum, of Texas, who ! was a guest of George Kunkel, Jr., en i route to Cambridge, returned to Har i vard with him. WILSON STUDENTS RETURN Miss Maryland Gourley, Miss ltheta Jones, Miss Craig Patterson and Miss j Claire Patterson have resumed their j studies at Wilson college, Chambers ! liurg, after spending the holiday recess at their homes here. Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Crow, 1512, Green street, entertained at dinner Wednesday evening in honor of Miss -Mary F. Crow, of Coatesville. Miss Ella Davisson, of Charlotte ville, Va., left for Buffalo, N. V., after spending u few days with Mr. and Mrs. j William Davisson at 22 North • (eighteenth street. Mrs. Robert Featenby, 1922 Relle vuo road, was hostess last evening for the Thursday Evening Social Club, i Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes, Miss | Judith Lee Dismukes and Douglas E. Dismukes, Jr., 1015 North Front street, j nave returned from New York city ! where they spent the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stine, 208 North Third street, have returned after a holiday visit to Haverford and j Atlantic City. | Miss Olive Barnett, Markelton, Pa., is the guest of Miss Annie Walzer, j iNorth Second street. , Miss Katherlne Andrews, of 1631 {State street, lias returned to Wellesley ! Mass., where she is a student in Wel ! Lesley college. Miss Lflfle McCaleb. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y„ has returned home after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. William B. McCaleb, of 27 North Front street. Other Personals Page MORE ASH CARTS ON JOB First steps toward getting ash col ! lectors back on schedule were taken jwhen six additional wagons were placed in the district north of North street. Twenty other wagons were sent in the lower districts of the cfty, and as soon as men are found to man other teams, at least fifteen more will I be sent out. ! Dr. A. Z. Ritzman, assistant health \ \ officer, with Pennsylvania Reduc tion Company officials, are working to j get the teams on schedule as soon as possible. Edward P. Bailey, assistant manager of the American Surety Company, which bonded the Re j duction Company, met with health bu j reau officials late yesterday to discuss j♦ no situation. Jn ease no improve j ment is made before next Monday ! night, the matter will be brought be- I fore Council ugain. At the reorganization meeting of I the Health Board yesterday afternoon, the following officers were elected: ! IJr. George H. Wldder, president; Cap '' n Edward H. chell, vice-president; 1 >r, J, M. J, Raunick, secretary; Dr. I s ,tzma n. assistant; Miss Ruth I Wll lough by, clerk; David H. Ellinger land William E, Orr, sanitary officers. SAYS CITY SHOULD BE "TWO-NIGHTER" AI. G. Field Declares Harris burg Booking Should Be Changed "Very nearly every other State capital in the country is known in theatrical parlance as more than a one nighter, except Harrisburg," de clared Al. G. Field, the minstrel man this morning. "We are trying to put this city on the amusement map as a two night stand, and from all indica tions I guess we will be successful. My home town, Columbus, Ohio, is a capital and attractions stay there three days and even a week is a com mon engagement. There is no reason why Harrisburg should not be up in the list and not classed as a one night stand, but as a rule producers are afraid to chance anything that might not pan out as they desired. "If we are successful you will find that other attractions will be booked in here for more than one night." Al. G. Field has been coming to this city for the past forty years, thirty one of which has been at the head of his own company of minstrels. The Field parade was given this morning and despite the inclement weather a large throng gathered to hear the concert offered by the gold hand under the leadership of William Walters. LAW DOES NOT CUT OFF STATE HIGHWAY AID [Continued From First Paste] partment. In the general appropria tion to the Highway Department, there was one item covering the construc tion and maintenance of State High ways, and an entirely separate Item covering the construction and main tenance of State-aid highways. State highways are such as are detlned and described in the Sproul act. State-aid highways are main traveling high ways, not forming parts of State high ways, which are improved by the aid or assistance of the State in connec tion wit hthe local authorities. By the act of June 5, 1913, P. L„ 417 boroughs are authorized to contribute to the construction of State highways within their limits, and under that act, about twenty or twenty-ilve borpughs including Camp Hill and Penbrook, made application for the reconstruction of certain roads within their limits which formed parts of State highways. Money Exhausted "The State Highway Commissioner had exhausted in other work all of the appropriation for the construction and maintenance of State Highways and proposed making these improve ments out of the funds appropriated for the construction and maintenance of State-aid highways. Our Depart ment ruled, that under the provisions of the act of May 31, 1911, he could not use moneys appropriated for the construction and maintenance of State-aid highways for the improve ment of State highways, and as the appropriation for the State highways had been exhausted by previous con tracts, the work of improvement in these boroughs had to be postponed until the Legislature appropriated more moneys for the improvement and maintenance of State highways. "Jf the Legislature of Pennsylvania chooses to appropriate sufficient moneys for the work, there is nothing at present to prevent roads in the boroughs which form part of State highways being reconstructed at the expense of the Commonwealth. The reason why a great many boroughs have not been anxious to secure this aid, is that under existing laws after the road has been reconstructed the borough will have to pay one-half of the cost of future maintenance if the road is macadamized and the entire cost of maintenance if it is Improved with a permanent paving." TUMULTY IMPLICATED IN ALLEGED "LEAK" [Continued From First Page] to make his statement in secret ses sion which the committee denied. At the conclusion of to-day's ses sion Chairman Henry announced that Secretary Tumulty would appear with out subpena and that subpenas were ordered for Curtis and Baruch. Rep resentative Gardner of Massachusetts who had joined in Wood's agitation for investigation, will be heard to-morrow and Thomas W. Lawson will be heard Monday. The names of Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary to President Wilson and Bernard Banuch a New York stock market operator, were linked at the House Rules Committee hearing to day by Representative Wood. Representative Wood declared that a Washington brokerage firm, F. H. Connolly and Company, of which "a Mr. Boiling," a brother of Presi dent Wilson's wife is a member, had profited by stock transactions during the market flurry. Their deals were transacted by the New York firm of E. F. Hutton and Company, Wood said. "1 am informed," Mr. Wood testi fied, "that Barney Baruch had been! informed about the note to the Eu- j ropean belligerents two or three days j before it was sent and that on two or! three occasions at about that time he was in consultation with Mr. Tumulty at the Biltmore Hotel in New York." Representative Bennet of New York, a member of the committee, said on the House floor Wednesday that Baruch was reported in New York to have sold short 15,000 shares of steel on a rising market shortly before the note was made public. At. the outset of the hearing Rep resentative Campbell of Kansas, moved to subpena Secretary Lans ing, Secretary Tumulty, Baruch and Thomas W. Lawson. He was prevailed upon by other members to withdraw his motion but he said he would make it again later. Representative Wood objected strenuously to testifying in public. Representative Wood said most of the statements he made were based on information in a letter to him from A. Curtis, a Wall street broker. He did not have the letter with him but said he would produce it later. Information Only Hearsay What information lie had regarding the so-called leak, ho said, was only hearsay and he feared that a public statement would interfere with the work of the committee in obtaining witnesses. Representative Clilperflcld, of Illi nois; Foster, of Illinois, and Harrison, of Mississippi, protested so vigorously against any "star chamber proceed ings" that Representative Garret, of Tennessee, who had moved that the sessions he made executive, withdrew his motion. Chlperfleld insisted that as a wit ness sworn to tell the truth Wood should give the committee the advan tage of all the information in his pos session. Wood testified he had been informed that on Wednesday, Decem ber 20, which wag prior to publication of the note, a confidential telegram had been sent by R. W, McKlnnon, of Thompson and McKlnnon, brokers, of Chicago, to Ralph IT. Hartley, man ager of their branch at Oshkosh, Wis., ad\ lslnu him that tha President would HARRISBURG rfgjft? TELEGRAPH HEM.—IfOI—UNITED lIAHKISIIIRU, FRIDAY. JANUARY G, 117. FOUNDED 18TI Hundreds of men are profiting by our greatest of all clothing sales Entire Stock of MEN'S CLOTHING To Be Absolutely Closed Out These are busy days on our second floor the unusual values prevail- ""T •. ing during the* sale is attracting the attention of men who think. !' There are extra salesmen to serve you promptly and courteously. f No garments will be sent on approval none charged and none sent - uji c. O. D. It's the chance of a life-time every suit every coat every over- .\J > coat every pair of trousers to be sold. Kiy / fay* Id* O Men's Suits and 1 / 0 . DJ Youths' suit., /a rnce Sag# Three full cases all sizes from 32 to 46. $7.95 regularly Bowman s closing out price, .. . . $3.90 (S :fj[ I $9.90 regularly—Bowman's closing out price, $4.95 J /U ■.. $12.50 regularly— Bowman's closing out price, $6.25 $1 5.00 regularly Bowman's closing out price, .. . . $7.50 W/yJW\ h-'-tWi OVERCOATS . fAm MM Two racks of men's and young men's overcoats, just HALF I I their original prices. All sizes —34 to 44. / , •>>■ B!L Prices $7.50 to $20.00 jS Half price $3.75 to SIO.OO Men's Hats jflli , " t . n y smoking jacket, bathrobe, house coat Your choice of any jfe just 2 re^u^ar selling price. man's hat or cap in the Men's Trousers store at 50 en s trousers — s i zes from 28 waist to Half Price J1 3 P r * cep $2.50 to $5 selling prices, See Other Store News on Page 3 have a messaga of importance soon and that he should advise friends and patrons of his office to sell short on stocks. S. B. Friday, of Oshkosh, was named by Wood as his informant. Early in the afternoon of the same day, Wood said he was informed. Law son brothers branch brokerage office in Lafayette, Ind., also received infor mation from Chicago that the Presi dent was about to send a "peace note." Representative Wood requested that Otto Kahn, of Kuhn, Loeb and Com pany, New York, be subpenaed and interrogated regarding what advance information he had, if any, about the note. To Ask Brokers For Books A resolution offered by Mr. Camp bell to ask the New York Stock Ex change to preserve all its books and papers from December 10 to the pres ent date, and another by Representa tive Harrison, of Mississippi, to make the same request of W. B. Hibbs and Company, and any other brokers in Washington, were approved by the committee. "I have information also," Repre sentative Wood told the committee, "that an exchange firm he knew as F. A. Connolly and Company of which a Mr. Boiling, a brother of the Presi dent's wife, is a member, engaged in profitable transactions during the re cent furry. Their dealings on the Stock Exchange were made through Hutton and Company of New York, reputed to be one of the largest specu lative concerns in Wall street." Ask by Representative Henry for the source of his information, Mr. Wood said that most of it came from "Mr. A. Curtis, a broker and stock dealer in Wall street." Information in Letter "Who gave you the information about Barney Maruch and Mr. Tu multy?" Representative Henry asked. "That came from Curtis." Wanted Private Hearing: "Do you charge," Chairman Henry inquired, "that Mr. Tumulty profited by this so-called advance informa tion ?" "No, I do not," Wood replied em phatically. "1 do not charge that any one profited by it. I am merely tell ing you what has been told me." "Don't you think," Henry continued, "that it would have been better for you to have submitted these reports to Mr. Tumulty before coming here and giving them out publicly?" "That is the very reason X wanted to submit these rumors in a private session," replied Mr. Wood. "I do not know Mr. Tumulty, and therefore, I did not want to go to him. He might have been offended at me, a stranger, approaching him in that way." Representative Chiperfleld, of Illi nois, objected at this point to Henry's line of questiohing, and a general wrapgle, which resulted in Henry ceasing to interrogate, followed. Baruch Democratic Contributor Representative Chiperfleld then asked Representative Wood if Baruch was a contributor to the Democratic campaign fund. "I am informed," Wood said, "that he contributed $35,000 to the Demo cratic national committee." Again wrangling broke out afresh. Democrats objected and Republicans contended that Baruch's contribution was a very material fact In the Inves tigation. Tumulty Demands Apology When Secretary Tumulty learned that Representative Wood had men tioned his name he issued a formal statement demanding a public apology and denying flatly that he even knew of the President's peace note before It was made public. Secretary Tu multy's statement follows: "I am very glad to say publicly that I did not know of the. existence of the President's note on peace until the newspapers were Informed. "Very frequently the President, who knows that I am bombarded by news papermen and others for information, saves me embarrassment by keeping matters absolutely secret. In fact, I have often suggested that this be done. "I have noi been at the Biltmore in a year; never talked about peace with Mr. Baruch before or after the peace note was sent and never lunched with him in my life. "I have mot him. as I have a great j many good friends from time to time !in hotels, at the theater and else t where. "A President's secretary meets a I great many people every day and it is ; very easy for some one to circulate rumors, based, as Mr. Wood says, 'solely on hearsay.' t "I think Mr. Wood owes me a public apology for mentioning my name at ail merely on hearsay and rumor." Netvspa perinen Itcsponsi blc ? Mr. Harrison referred to Secretary Lansing's conference with newspaper men on the morning of December 20 and suggested that at the conference i were present some persons who were not newspapermen. Mr. Wood said he had heard intima tions of that. Mr. Harrison then suggested that there were representatives of the Wall Street Journal and Financial America present at that conference and that their duties were to get all tips that would affect the stock market. lie added that "these journals are main tained by stock brokers" and suggested it might have been that those finan cial reporters sent telegrams to their offices and that that was the way the information got out. Mr. Wood replied he know about that. Mr. Harrison explained that Secre tary Lansing on that occasion asked the newspapermen to keep faith on what he told them and added that the newspapermen kept the faith." Secretary Lansing at that conference merely announced that a note had been dispatched, specifically said it did not concern peace and refused to give further information on its con tents. Mr. Wood said all he had heard was that Secretary Lansing told those at the conference that there might be some important information later on. Mr. Harrison brought out that Wood knew nothing about Curtis, the broker, until he got a letter from him after the introduction of his resolution for an investigation. Mr. Wood replied thai he had no In formation about the Otto Kahn ma nipulations," as Mr. Harrison ex pressed It. "until arter the resolution was introduced." The Curtis Letter The Curtis letter to Representative Wood follows: "December 26, 1916. "Hon. William U. Wood, "House of Representatives, "Washington, D. C. "Dear Sir: The Democratic major ity of the House will not, I presume, permit the adoption of your resolution of inquiry but it i.i a highly meritor ious measure none the less and if I can do :o I want to help you. "Bernard M. Baruch, of this city, unquestionably had the news of Sec retary Lansing's note as early as Sat urday, December 9. The note was dated December 11 and not dispatched until December 12. (The official copies of the note are dated December 1. They were placed in the hands of news associations at 6 p. nt. on the afternoon of December 2, and were released to* publication in morning papers of December 21. Offi cials announced that the note had been transmitted to Europe on the cables In the early morning hours of December 19.) "How Baruch got it, 1 am not pre pared to say, but a gentleman of my acquaintance makes the positive s'nte ment that he saw Mr. Tumulty and Mr. Baruch breakfasting together at the Biltmore hotel in this eKy on two or three occasions coincident with the penning of the note and Its secret dis patch. "That Baruch at this junction smashed the market heavily and in all JANUARY 5A1917. directions admits of no doubt and can be easily demonstrated in this way: "At his offices, 111 Broadway, he has a system of private telephone lines to various brokerage houses. Before he had an opportunity to remove these wires you must obtain a list of them. If he is compelled to supply you with a list, 1 would check it by obtaining an identical list from the New York Tele phone Company and the Western Union Telegraph Company, these be in: the two companies that supply the wires. Having obtained this list, you can obtain from all the brokerage houses connected thereby a transcript ol' all orders executed for his account within the period in question. This in vestigation should cover not only his personal accounts, but any secret ac counts, such as accounts carried by 'numbers' or any fictitious names, all of which, as the broker's books will show, are controlled by him or guar anteed by him. ' If the brokers refuse this informa tion, Congress has the power to com pel it. The Stock Exchange also has the power to force its members to pro duce their books and accounts, and as the rules of the Stock Kxchange are sufficiently broad and elastic to cover every departure from ethical business methods on the part of its members, an appeal to the governors of that institution will'no doubt elicit the de sired information. Many reputable members of the exchange are anxious to assist you in running to earth this most unsavory scandal. "There is a great deal more in this matter than you imagine and if you can once get your machinery in motion I am in a position to say that you will be supplied with all the necessary in formation. Very truly yours, "A. OTJIITIS." Deny They Gave Tip Chicago, Jan. 5. lnformed of testimony before a Congressional com mittee relative to the telegram said to have been sent by K. W. McKinnon, of Thompson and McKinnon, brokers, to their branch managers at Oshkosh, Wis., advising short selling, Mr. Mc- Kinnort to-day declared no such tele gram had been sent by him or to his knowledge. "I have looked through our files and no such telegram was sent by me De cember 20 nor any other day," said Mr. McKinnon. "Neither the tirm nor myself has advised our clients to sell short. We have been on the bear side of the market more tha nsix weeks. "Regarding the reference to the President's note so such a message was ever sent by me. I had no in formation whatever of the President's message until it was published. "December 11 the llrm sent out a general circular discussing the world situation and giving our view that the time was ripe for a movement toward peace, "There was nothing secret about the circular and it was commented on in the press. In that circular we advised our friends to liquidate all stocks in any way dependent of profits on the war." Mr. McKinnon said that he had talked with his Oshkosh agent to-day by telephone and had been assured that no message from Chicago of the kind described had been received there. MRS. W. F. REED HOSTESS Dauphin, Pa., Jan. 5. Last eve ning the Ladies' Aid Society of the 55ion Lutheran Church was entertain ed by Mrs. William F. Reed at her home in Erie street. After the regular business meeting, refreshments and a social time were enjoyed by Mrs. Susan Scheetz, Mrs. A. C. Coble, Mrs. H. B. Ureenawii.lt, Mrs. H. I. Gerber lch, Mrs. Clara Warner, Mrs. Eliza beth Weitzel, both of Harrlsburg; Mrs. Charles Fertlg, Mrs. Kathryn Jack son, Mrs. George Eiscnhaur, Mrs Himmelreich, Mrs. Daniel F. Seller, Mrs. George Klnter, Mrs. J. D. M. Reed, Mrs. Harry Reed, Miss Clara Poffenberger, Miss Anna Hoffman, Miss Susan Jackson, Miss Helen Hen nlnger, Wellington Deibler, Russell Reed and Mrs. W. F. Reed. 15 EX-TAX COLLECTOR CONSCIENCE HIT Sends Four Dollars lo the State Treasury to Ease Up His Mind Frank Mowry, formerly tax collector of Meshoppen, Wyoming county to day, paid $4 to Hje State Treasury to satisfy his conscience. He sent the money in a registered letter to the Treasurer of Pennsylvania and set forth that "three years ago I gave my heart to God and feel that this money belongs to the State and I must obey the Spirit." Mowry in his letter stat ed that six years.ago a man moved from a township into the borough ad joining and he was exonerated from the collection of the tax, but a few years later ho paid the money. Mowry said that he feit that it was all right to keep it until lately when he says his conscience began troubling him and he felt that it belonged to the State. State Treasurer Young put the money into the conscience fund. The attorney general's department Was to-day asked by tho governor's of fice for information as to authority to order printing during a vacancy in tho office of superintendent of public printing and binding. No one has been named to succeed A. Nevin Pom eroy, whose resignation took effect on January 1, and the Stato printer has declined to honor orders until tha question as to who has authority to make requisitions for printing during a vacancy in the office is determined Meantime printing for State depart ments has been held up. Complaint was liicd to-day by tha Chamber of Commerce and citizens of Doyiestown against the Pennsyl vania and New Jersey Power and Light company, which furnishes power from a plant at Yardley. It is claimed that since the company passed into non-resident control the Doyiestown plant has not been operated and tho service is poor and irregular. J. 12. Donlevie, of Chester, has filed a complaint with the Public Service commission against the Pennsylvania alleging that the distribution of cars to carry slag has been discriminatory. Governor Brumbaugh leaves late this afternoon for i'hiladelphia, where he will remain until Monday when he will return to greet the members of the electoral college. The Governor has been here except when he attend ed his father's funeral since the Mon day before Christmas. There were no developments to-day in the matter of the Smith resigna tion and possible appointments and the Governor refused to discuss them. It is said that a I'hiladelphian with experience in handling large build ings is in line for the $5,000 place of superintendent of public grounds and buildings made vacant by the resigna tion of Samuel B. Ilambo. To-day was the birthday of William, 11. Ball, private secretary to tho Gov ernor and he received a number of congratulatory messages. He was born in I'hiladelphia in 1869. Attorney General Brown paid a fly ing visit to Harrlsburg to attend a meeting yesterday. He was In our midst one hour. Bowman's closing out Men'a Department, at less than cost,
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