10 S TB E LTONI TRANSPORTATION HAMPERS TRADE Railroad Facilities Hinder Shipment From Mill to Ship It is too early to measure the effect on the iron and steel trade of Ger many's unrestricted submarine war fare. The railroads have been the clogging defile in the path from mill to ship and for a long time exporting has been embarrassed more by the chaos in rail transportation than by ecarclty of vessels. In summarizing the situation the Iron Age of to-day says: "The war buying by the United States government now at last be comes definite after months of reserva tion by mills and ordnance makers. Pushing warship material for early rollings may tend to disturb other plate deliveries, but shell steel demand Is not likely to be heavy until we have something with which to shoot It. Active negotiations are now under way for big additions to our artillery equipment. "There are no signs that anything Jn the way of federal control of indus try Is likely, nor that makers are at all concerned over any price concessions which may be expected. In fact, they are not mentioned. Everywhere the attitude is one of serving the country first, with price a secondary matter. In spite of the additions which the home war footing program makes to mill business, the government as a conspicuous buyer appears for the present at least as a stabilizer, leaving prices strong, though with no general further upward tendency. "Federal supervision of the rail roads would be welcomed. An orderly movement of freight according to some ■widely controlling plan Is needed. With the government as a partner, railroad managers would probably lie less harassed by restrictions which leave too little time for bare traffic problems. If possible, rail shipments are worse, although January was a large month for shipments for a lead ing interest in the Middle West. One leading coke producer last week se cured only 35 per cent, of the number of cars needed. "No cessation in foreign demand is noted. Pig iron inquiries include 10,000 tons from France, half besse mer and half foundry; 10,000 tons from Chile, and 3,000 tons from-Hol land. I India needs ",000 tons of cast iron pipe and Clillj some 3,500 tons. Russia would buy some 1,500 miles of line pipe. Added to 100,000 tons of shell steel billots, taken by mills which could And space in the first half, and part at 4>2 cents at mills, may be mentioned 400,000 tons which France would like this year. Another foreign demand for ship plates comes from six Spanish yards which would take, If available, 75,000 tons over fifteen months. A French inquiry is for 8,000 tons." Steelton Snapshots George Klnl&s Returns. • George Klaiss, who left the borough several months ago to work in Kaston, has returned to the borough and is em -1 ployed in the local steel plant. Evangelistic Services. Arrange ments are being made by the men's committee for a mass meeting Sunday afternoon in the Centenary United Brethren Church at 3.30 o'clock. The subfect will be "The Square Man." A meeting for men and women was hold this afternoon. NelT Temporary lVosldent. —At a meeting of the borough board of health last night George Neff was elected president pro tem. pending the organization of the board at it.i next meeting. Mr. Neff replaces A. F. Leeds as head of the board. I X'ascs "Movie" House.—Harry J. Sellers, manager of the Standard The ater, yesterday leased the Strand Theater, Front and Pine streets, for three years. He, plans to operate both houses. hMIDDLBTOW/N' * -1 Teachers' Institute to Be Held Here Saturday The lower Dauphin District Insti tute will be held in the Steelton High school auditorium Saturday. Teachers of the following boroughs will attend: Dauphin, Hlghspire, Hummelstown, Middletown, Pen brook, Koyalton and Steelton; town ships, Conewago, Derry,' East Han over. Londonderry, Lower Paxton, Lower Swatara, Middle Piucton, Hush, South Hanover, Susquehanna, Swatara and West Hanover. Sessions will be held in the morning and afternoon. The committee on arrangements is composed of C. S. Davis, chairman; C, W, Jarrett, W. A. Geesey, F. E. Stengle, S. E, Peters, L. B. Hauer, Anna Eisenliauer, L, W, Bell, G W Henry, H, C. Smith, W. It. Zimmer man and H. J. Wickey. MIDDLETOWN MAY ENTER FAIR ASSOCIATION' CIRCUIT Middletown will be represented at a meeting of fair associations of Leb anon, Reading, Nazareth and Hanover at Reading to-morrow morning by officers of the local organization. This Is the first step toward forming a circuit of the eastern fair associations. The local organization decided to en ter into the project at a meeting Tues day, Plans for tho coming fair were discussed. No date was set, but it will be probably the first week in Sep tember. TO INITIATE CLASS A meeting of Keystone Lodge, No. 410, Loyal Order of Moose, will be held fn the P, O. S. of A, hall to-night A class of candidates will be initiated, TO ELECT SUCCESSOR The election of r president of the Middletown Car Works, to. succeed the late Arthur King will take place at the annual meeting of the board of directors to be held in March, HIGHSFIRE NOTES A food sale will be held in the base ment of the high school bv the Sunday school class of St, Peter's Lutheran Church taught by Miss Grace Htoner. Mrs. Clarence Noggle and little daughter Martha Kathryn, of Rex mont, Lebanon county, were in town Sunday. Tyrrell Poorman, of Lebanon Valley College, is spending some time with his father, Joseph O. S. Poorman, 1 Roop and Locust streets. A meeting of tho Woman's Mis sionary Society of the United Breth ! ren Church was held in the lecture room of the church Tuesday evening. Mrs. Charles Pass, Mrs. Mabel At- Itlck and little son Arthur, of Harris burg spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. 4. ,V, Putt, THURSDAY EVENING, FATE OF WHITE IN JURY'S HANDS [Continued From First Page.] the case to the Jury for the defense, speaking for more than two hours this morning. District Attorney Stroup addressed the jury this afternoon J after which the twelve veniremen , were charged by President Judge ' George Kunkel. Robinson on Trial In courtroom No. 2 before Judge I Charles V. Henry, John Robinson was | placed on trial charged with shboting | Tomo Pakovich on October 17, at | Tenth and Market streets. Robinson, witnesses for the Com monwealth testified, shot the foreigner [ after attempting to hold him up. Peter Kuffner, a companion of Pako i vicli, was with the latter when ihot. I Pakovich died in the Harrisburg Hos pital several days alter the shooting. The jury for the Robinson case in cludes Meade D. Shaffner, Swatara township: Wayne Singer, Daupliin; Harry H. Herman, Upper Paxton township; Joseph Sultzbaugli, Jr., Washington township; John E. Kline, Harrisburg; David W. Drawbaugh, I-ower Paxton township; Elmer Swei gard, Susquehanna township; William R. Clay, South Hanover township; Thomas Fitch, Jr., Willlamstown; Morris Unn, Swatara township; Harry J." Peffley, South Hanover township; George A. Balthaser, Harrisburg. Difficulty in locating some of the witnesses in the Robinson case, be cause they were in courtroom No. 1, caused slight delay for the Cortimon wealth, arid Kuffner, who was to have been one of the first called, did not take the stand until shortly before noon. May Continue Session With four more continued murder trials to be heard, the special session of criminal court may be continued next week, District Attorney Stroup announced. Woman Next The next defendant who will prob ably be called will be Mary E. Wash igton, colored, charged with setting lire to a couch on which Henry Robin son, colored, was sleeping. Robinson died shortly afterward from the burns. The trial of Eddie Marshall, alias Monroe, charged with killing Albert Brown last December in a fight in the Eighth ward, may be started also late to-day. Yesterday John Misko, of Williams town, held 1 for the death of Peter Tucliiz, and Warren Gladen, accused of killing Calvin Stewart, of Steelton, were acquitted by juries upon the di rection of the court. Exhause Panel Picking Jury in Miller Murder Carlisle, Pa., Feb. S. The jury in the trial of Archie Miller, southern negro, accused of the murder of J. L. Beisser, near West Fairview, was se cured this morning at 11 o'clock after all of yesterday and the entire fore noon to-day had been consumed ex amining jurymen. The panel of those drawn for service was exhausted late 1 yesterday afternoon after ten jurymen had been selected. A panel of twenty more was drawn early this morning and an additional panel of fifteen was necessarS' before the required number were selected. The two men selected this morning were George B. Ginter, 56, farmer. West Pennboro and E. A. Enck, warehouse manager, Carlisle. The jury completed includes the above men and the following: Parker K. Brenneman, 55, farmer. Lower Allen; Alvity Martin, 45, farmer, Dick inson; A. G. Hupp, 52, trucker. Lower Allen; Emory Rupp, 56, implement dealer, Shiremanstown; William H. Mullin, 37, shoemaker, Carlisle: J. C. Grubb, farmer, Upper Allen: Mul ford Stough, 38, carriage manufac turer, ShippensLurg; Charles Yohe, 48, carpenter, Meehanicsburg; C. C. Cohick, 41, farmer, Frankford; Her bert ShaefTer, 36, farmer, Dickinson. Many Challenged Owing to the fact that many of those empaneled were from tho lower end and from Newville, where the feel ing is strong against negros, the de fense used up many challenges during the day, abou forty in all being re jected on various challenges by the sides or for cause. The court adjourned immediatelv after the jury had been selected anil the case was resumed this afternoon at 1 o'clock. District Attorney G. M. Lloyd, Meehanicsburg, made the charge. In addition to the counsel appointed by the court. Miller is rep resented by Julius Mitchell, a colored attorney, of New York City, sent here by the defendant's sister. The grand jury, following a special investigation, came into court and made a number of recommendations. They advised extensive changes or entirely new buildings at the country homo, sewage and sanitarv im provements there; tho erection of a new building to house the vagrants now kept at the county jal: with an infirmary, and place for juvenile pris oners at a suitable point with such improvements to the present struc ture as can be made. FOREIGN VETERANS OFFER SERVICES TO THEIR COUNTRY Sixty members of Captain Calder. Post 31, American Veterans of For eign Wars will give their services to the United States should there be war with the central powers. At a meet ing last night tho body decided to tender their services to Governor Brumbaugh, who in turn would offer the mto the country. In keeping with the anniversary of the sinking of tho Battleship Maine on February 15, each member will stand at attention for a minute at 9.40 and repeat the words "Remember the Maine. The meetlnp last night was ,n£ l . d , tn , tho aA ' "• Ua ". 26 North lhlr<l street, and was attended by fifty members and their wives. PERU TO MAKE CLAIM Lima. Peru, Feb, 8, The Peruvian government to-day Instructed Its minister at Berlin to make a written claim on the German government for the sinking of the Peruvian sailing vessel. Lorton, which, according to tho official British account of her sink ing was torpedoed inside Spanish territorial waters Monday while on a voyage from Callao, Peru, Foreign Minister Aguero yesterday summoned the German minister and made a demand for reparation and in demnity for the sinking of the Lorton, and punishment of those responsible, EAT DURING NOON MEETING Employes of the Pennsylvania rail road, who attend the Fridav noon day meetings at the P, R. r y j{ c. A. have been notified to bring their lunches. The meetings will start at 12.10 and will be held in the big corri dor at the association, Victrola selec tions will be given during the first 15 minute- periods. Tho men will eat during the concert From 12.30 to 12.50 the time will be taken up on Il lustrated talks on "The Life of Christ." SUNK WITHOUT WARNING London, Feb. 8. The chief en gineer and sole survivor of the Bel gian relief steamer Lars Kruse, has arrived at Copenhagen, according to a Renter's dispatch from that city. The dispatch says that the engineer' con firmed the report that the steamer was sunk without warning and that all his comrades perished. OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE V. -AD.BENSOH U S ATMNTIC IXtET. , ADMAYO. Tho battleship fleet Is the first line of defense of the United States. I n the event of a declaration of war between the United States and Germany the Atlantic fleet would be used to protect Atlantic coast cities from at tack. lo protect merchant vessels from attack by submarines and to convoy merchant ships to Europe. Rear Admiral William S. Benson is the chief of naval operations, and second in authority in the Navy Department to Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Admiral Henry T. Mtlyo is the commander-in-chief of the great Atlan tic fleet, now being held In readiness for instant action of Guantanamo, Cuba. ELECTRICAL DEVICE PERIL SA YS CHIEF KINDLER Fire Chief John C. Kindler this morning warned against a new form of tire peril that is daily causing many fires in every part of the United States —the electrical appliance. "In very community small electrical devices, such as pressing irons, curl ing irons, toasters, electric pads and plate warmers, are used to a great ex tent because of their convenience," said the fire chief. "If these things are used with proper care, the amount of danger is negligible, but unfortu nately a portion of their users do not realize the peril of leaving them in circuit when not in use. They become overheated in a l'ew moments and if BRYAN IN PEACE PLEA TO TEUTONS Reported Backed by Wilson in Wireless lo German Officialdom Washington, Feb. 8. William J. Bryan, former Secretary of State, it has became known, dispatched over the wireless, in the form of an inter view, what virtually amounted to a note to German officials M rnday night advising peace and suggesting, it is declared, a modification of the recent submarine order. , Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels opened the Government wire less for the transmission of tho Bryan peace to Germany. Among the indirect collaborators in the prep aration of this message was tho for mer German Ambassador, Count Yon Bernstorff. It was signed and for warded by a German subject, resident in Washington, known to be one of Count Von Bernstorff's closest friends. Arrangements for its transmission were made by a prominent interna tional lawyer of New York, who it is declared has been serving as an inter mediary in conferences between Mr. Bryan and the former German Am bassador. Ostensibly for publication in an in fluential German newspaper to ac quaint the German public with the strong desire for peace in this coun try, in reality It was a plea to German officialdom against any action on the part of naval commanders which would precipitate a further crisis with the United States. Color is given to the belief that President Wilson has been fully in touch with the Bryan activities of the last week, and that he approved Secre tary Daniels' uction in forwarding the Bryan message, by the fact tl.at the President, in company with Henry Ford, of Detroit, dined with the Sec retary of the Navy last night while the peace message was being flashed across the Atlantic. Urvnn Message Follows Consultations The Bryan communication was pro pared after all-day conferences held by the former Secretary with several Administration Senators prominent In the councils of the party and men close to the former German Am bassador. It is understood that before its final transmission, Secretary Daniels conferred with Admiral Ben son, chief of naval operations; that he insisted on somo recommendations, following which the message was put on the Government wireless at Arling ton in coded form. 5,000,000 Corns Lifted Right Off! Try 2 Drops of Magic "Gets-It." There's a wonderful difference be tween getting rid of a corn now and the way they used to try to get rid of it only four or live years ago. "Gets-It" has revolutionized corn history. It's the only corn remedy to- Jut JS Drops of 'Gets-It.* No Tomorrow I*ll Jiwfcl'ee! That Corn night Off and It'* Gone!" day that acts on the new principle, not only of shriveling up the corn, but of loosening the corn off—so loose that you can lift It right off with your fing ers. Put 2 drops of "Geta-It" on that corn or callus to-night. That's all. The corn Is doomed sure as sunrise. No pain, pr trouble, or soreness. You do away once and for all with toe-bund ling bandages, toe-eating salves and ir responsible what-nots. Try it get surprised and lose a corn. "Gets-It"' Is sold everywhere, 85c a bottle, or sent on receipt of price by E. LaSvrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold in Harrisbuf-g and recommended as the world's- best corn remedy ■ by Clark's Medicine Store, W. H. Kennedy [ and Golden Seal Drug Company, • L. HARRISBITRG TELEGR7LPE near anything inflammable they im mediately start a tire. "Although many of these losses are small, the aggregate loss is large. A $3 50,000 fire in the home of ex-Gov ernor Draper was traced to an elec trical plate warmer in the butler's pantry." The tire chief called special atten tion to the danger of leaving an elec tric pressing iron upon an ironing board with the current turned on. "Many of these appliances are equipped with safety devices that are in a measure effective. The one pre caution that should be borne in mind is that the current should be always shut off when not personally and con tinuously supervised," said the chief. Federal Trade Body Completes Paper Report Washington, Feb. 5. The Federal Trade Commission has completed its news print paper investigation and will send its report to Congress Mon day. For a time it was not decided whether to make the complete report or an interim report but developments within the last few days, it is said, has made it possible to finish the inquiry. The report, it is understood, will i over developments in the news print situation since the trade commission began investigation last summer. It will show that the commission's efforts to bring manufacturers and publishers together have relieved the situation to some extent, legislation will be asked giving the commission power to pre vent a similar situation arising in the future. SCOUTS TO REPEAT OATH New York, Feb. 8. At exactly 8:15 o'clock to-night, according to official announcement, 200,000 mem bers of the Boy Scouts of America, wherever they may be will stand, salute and repeat the Scout oath. The ceremony will begin on the eastern coast and conclude three hours later on the Pacific Coast. Thus will begin anniversary week, during which clergymen in all parts of the country will devote a service to the scouts. STEALi KICTCL.E LAMP While Captain M. Neilsen, of the Salvation / rmy, left his bicycle stand ing for a few moments before his home, 2218 Atlas avenue, a miscreant stole one of the lamps. LET THE AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE CUT DOWN "THE HIGH COST OF LIVING" ) FOR ONE THING WE \ „ r I WILL HAVE TO DO Co)/? >, ri )O AWAY WITH THE [ / TELEPHONE f OH! I HAVE it) jfyH K C. f AND THEM ] \THE DIAL Ms**\ ///y/^^i WIFEY CAN L. |( IT '^* fc SnOV^C-J t Woman Evangelist "Gets Her Irish Up" at Higher Criticism Higher criticism, as being: taught in many ot' the colleges of the present flay was denounced last night by the "Irish Evangelist," Miss Sara C. Pal mer, in the Sixth Street United Breth ren Church. Sho declared that false doctrines being taught in many of the colleges Vrc having a harmful effect tn the young people, who at a tender age, enter college and are trained by the teaching of false prophets. Miss Saxman sang a solo entitled "Sweeter As The Days Go By," last evening. The meeting yesterday afternoon was well attended and Miss Palmer will speak this afternoon on the sub ject "How The Blessing Came." Mrs. John Y. Boyd of Pine Street Presbyterian Church, offered prayer at the services yesterday afternoon. This evening will be "Christian En deavor Night." Miss Palmer will preach on "Lions and Politicians." Children's meeting will be held on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Booster Chorus will sing at thjit time. An orchestra has been organized under the direction of W. D. Reed and will assist the big chorus to-night. Miss Elizabeth Hildreth, of Elmira, N. Y„ will join the Palmer Evangelis tic; party to-day. She will be the ac companist on the piano and assist with the children's work. Prayer meetings will be held at the following additional .places: Charles Bobbs, 1830 Fulton street; Mrs. Mcs sersmith, 3360 North Sixth street, and Mrs. Garinan, 522 Curtin street. Ash Collections Are ' Not Yet on Schedule Ash collections In the city are not yet on schedule, although there has been a big Improvement In service since the new system has been adopted Dr. ,T. M. J. Raunielc, city health offi cer, said to-day. Edward P. Bailey, of the American Surety Company, bondsman for the Pennsylvania, Reduction Company, will probably come to Harrisburg again within- the next few days to see what progress has been made since his plan was put into operation more than a week ago. Mtich of the delay In getting back to schedule, it was explained, is due to the time needed to remove ashes which accumulated during the last month when collections were not on schedule. FEBRUARY 8, 1917. TELLS OF MANAGER PLAN IN DAYTON E. L. Shuey Advises Harrisburg lo Adopt It Under Direc tion of Expert E. r,. Shuey, vice-president of the Greater Dayton Association and a director of tile Lowe Bros. Co., of Dayton, Ohio, who was the guest yes terday of J. Horace McFarland, is a strong advocate of the city manager form of government. "After three years' experience Day ton people would not have any other form of municipal government," Mr. Shuey told a reporter. "If you can get it for Harrisburg, with a high-priced, thoroughly efficient manager, the tax payers will never want anything else." Political bosses in Dayton do not like the city managership plan, Mr. Shuey says, and repeatedly have en- j deavored to make it unpopular with ' the taxpayers. The last effort was when, by political juggling, they were able to lop $163,000 off the yearly revenues of the city. "They thought that would leave the city manager in such a hole he never would be able to explain his fall-down to the people." said Mr. Shuey, "but they reckoned without their man. The manager called the heads of his departments together and very carefully they mapped out a curtailment of activities to meet revenues that not only enabled them to give Dayton first class govern ment. with the decreased appro priations, but saved SIO,OOO, which was applied to an old debt left by a former councilmanic administration." "The Socialists, who are strong in Dayton," continued Mr. Shuey, "object I to a large salary being paid the city manager, but It has been demon strated that a cheap man will give us cheap government, while a high-grade man is a money-saver in the end. The Socialists will run candidates for coun cil this fall, who, if elected, would choose a city manager, and they are so frankly a political machine that they would require all candidates, if elected, to place their resignations In I the hands of the Socialist bosses when j they took office so that they would I have to do what the bosses wanted or automatically lose their jobs. You I may wager that Dayton, having got j rid of one set of political bosses, is not going to burden itself with another even worse." Sun-Glo Coal "Sun-Glo" Coal is our trade name for all coal sold by us. \\ lien our company was organized it was determined to rigidly test numerous kinds of Anthracite Coal and handle only such products that could be guaranteed to give satisfaction. Under the name "Sun-Glo" Coal we handle such varieties as Wilkes-Barre, Le high, Nanticoke, Mahanoy, Shamokin, Ly kens Valley, ,Brookside, Lincoln, Williams town, etc., etc. Probably you have heretofore assumed that all coal was almost the same. See for yourself, by actual test, that "Sun- Glo" Coal lasts longer because it contains a high percentage of carbon. United Ice & Coal Co. Forster & Cowden Hummel & Mulberry Third & Boas 15th & Chestnut Also Stcelton, Pa. Netherlands Decline to Accept Wilson's Plan Washington, Feb. B.—The Nether lands government through the Amer ican legation at The Hague has form ally declined to accept President Wil son's suggestion that It follow tho course of tho United States and break off diplomatic relations with Germany. Information to this effect reached here to-day in confidential dispatches from Holland. It also was said in the dispatches that the Netherlands government had made a protest against unrestricted submarine warfare and that at the same time negotiations had been open ed with Great Britain for the reduc tion of its mine Held. The Dutch gov ernment plans to have the British field and the German danger zone, which now overlap each other, so contracted as to make a clear path through which its ships may pass. XI. S. STAND APPROVED Montevideo, Uruguay, Feb. 8. : President Viera and his cabinet, con ferred to-day to consider the position to be taken by the government regard ing the new phase of the European conflict. 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