FEDERAL AID IS FOR GUARDS ONLY Interesting Order Issued From National Guard Headquarters For Information Formal notice \\\ //J that federal aid or JvvW puy bo exten(i ed only to military 7 organizations that are recognized as *" part of the Natlon / a ' Guard and not merely organized "**% militia is given in a circular issued by the Adjutant Gen eral's department as coming from the bureau of militia affairs at Washing ton. Membership in the National Guard is determined by taking of the federal oath, which, was taken by Pennsyl vanian's in the border service. The circular states that when it became apparent that the period allowed for transition from organized militia to National Guard-should be brought to , a close for a particular organization, not in federal service, which fails to comply with the new law, recognition as organized militia will be formally withdrawn by specific notification in each case. Appropriations made by the government extend to the National Guard only. It is also stated. "Organ izations that are now in federal ser vice are on a different basis. Recog nition will not be withdrawn from them until they have been mustered out of federal service and have had an reas onable time to comply with the new law after being so released." State Experience Counts—Accord ing to a rule just announced by the .State Board of Examiners of Public Accountants experience gained on an investigating staff of a department of the State government is to recognized as qualifying candidates for certifi cates as public accountants. Hereto fore such experience could not be con- Mdered for a degree. It is stated at tiie Capitol that the new rule will es tablish a precedent in both federal and State governments. The Bureau of Accounts and Statistics of the Public Service Commission began an agitation a year ago to secure experience in the government as a qualification and the new board of examiners has granted the rule. To Urge s<><lo,oo0 —The State For estry Conimisison at its meeting will | complete work on its budget for the Legislature and will urge an appro priation of {600,000 for purchase of additional forest reserves. The approp- | rial ion for such purposes made two • years ago has been used up and there j are a number of otters of property I pending. Boimi to T>eciilc—As the result of an< opinion given recently -to the State I Pharmaceutical Examining Hoard the members of the board will adopt regu- \ lations prescribing and defining what j experience shall be counted when an application if made for a State from that branch of the government. The opinion holds that the members of the board must satisfy themselves and that they have authority to make regu lations. The decision was asked be cause of a number of objections raised by candidates. Births Away Aheail. The number of births in Pennsylvania in Decem ber. as reported by Commissioner of j Health Dixon, was 21,057 against 11,-1 157 deaths. Pneumonia caused 1,859 j -<Jeaths in December. Capital Punishment Up. The meetings oft the capital punishment abolition bills will be started this week. Sub-committees of the legis lature will sit in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Commission Sleets. The Public Service Commission met this after noon for an executive session. No hearings are to be held to-day. To Dine Judges. Governor Brum- i baugh has issued invitations to a din- I ner in honor of the superior court at the Executive Mansion on March 12, when the spring sitting begins. Edge to Speak. Governor Edge, j of New Jersey, will speak to-night in I Philadelphia on the movement to es tablish a bridge between Philadelphia I and Camden. A bill is -expected to be j presented here. Printing Bids To-morrow. The bids for State printing will be opened | to-morrow, but the contracts wiFI not ' be awarded until later in the week. Game Birds Lost. Reports from j mountain counties are that the severe weather caused heavy loss of game birds. In some eases birds taken care of last year were unable to find food and were wiped out. Want Mate Police. Demands have come from Carbon and adjoining coun ties for State policemen to be detailed for rural patrol work. It Is claimed that farms are being robbed. Must Protect Workers. The State Industrial Board to-day announced adoption of a rule requiring owners of rubbish, reduction and incinerating plants in Pennsylvania to furnish le spirators for the use of workers in dusty rooms and gloves for employes engaged in sorting rubbish. Tt is also I required that employers provide bath ing facilities and that women em ployes wear tight fitting caps to pro tect their hair from dust while en gaged in sorting rubbish. Steelton Snapshots l<cnt Services. Special services nre being held In St. James' Catholic t'hurch each Wednesday and Friday evenings at 7.30 o'clock during the Lent season. Chicken Thieves. Chicken thieves last night broke into the chicken coop of Jacob Levin, 304 North Front street and escaped with several prized fowls. The theft was reported to the police. To Address League Charles F. Zimmerman, of Lebanon, will address the Men's League of the Presbyterian t'hurch at a session to-night on "Gov ernment and Business." Muslralc at First Methodist The Community Choir will make its first appearance in public since its organi zation several months ago, at the mu sicale of the Primary Department of the First Methodist Church this even ing. Other numbers of the program will consist of old and familiar songs. Municipal l/Caguc Meeting The monthly session of the Municipal League will be held in the Steelton Trust Company building to-night. A report on housing conditions in the borough will be made. Clear l.arge Sum. Announcement was made this morning that $ 1,600 Was realized by the St. James' Cath olic Church from the bazar, recently held by the church. " \ A plntc without a roof, which dors not Interfere with (ante or speech. and Urlilice Work, J | fTT V •a, *4, #3 I'liltea repaired while .YOU wait. Come In the morning. have your teeth made the same dity. HAAIf JO DENTAL 111 HUH OFFICES 310 MARKET STHKET MONDAY EVENING, ISTBBLTOMI TO MAKE PLANS FOR RECEPTION Fire Company Committees to Arrange Banquet For Guardsmen - Arrangements for the reception of Steelton residents of the Eighth ltegi ment who have Just returned from the border will be made by committees from each fire company in the depart ment in the Paxtang Hook and Ladder Fire hall, Front street, to-morrow night. Just when the reception will be held will be decided to-morrow night. The affair will be held in the Bessemer house and member of council, Burgess Wigfield, and committees from the fire companies will attend the recep tion. During the banquet, a dinner to fire men will be held in the Baldwin Hose I House. Following the banquet, the | guardsmen will be escorted to the hosehouse where they will be greeted by firemen. [ The committee In charge of the en- I tertainment is composed of J. H. Ger des, chairman; J. E. Shupp, secretary; J. W. Bricker, treasurer; J. Eshelman, H. B. Smith, Harry Bowman, Robert Atticks, George Neff, Charles Bough ter, Earl Shupp, Harry Martzon.. Al bert Lampkc, George Rowe, C. Hefck erd, Clinton Thompson, Earl Wagner, John Snell and Samuel Nissley. reached the station. 93 Converts at U. B. Revival Just Closed ' The four weeks' evangelistic services closed in the Centenary United Breth ren Church last night. During the campaign 93 persons were converted and 32 taken into the church. The Williams' Evangelistic cam paign party will leave the borough Wednesday to conduct services at Mt. Wolf during the remainder of the week. The party will return Saturday night and assist in the communion ser vices Sunday morning at Centenary Church. Sunday afternoon the party will leave for Ephrata where a cam paign will be opened. Go-to-church Sunday will be ob served in Centenary Church with spe cial service Sunday. A committee of thirty-two members is arranging for the observance. Transfer John Vernon To Governor's Troop John A. Vernon, brother of T. R. Vernon, Jr., proprietor of the Steelton American, a member of B. Troop hf First Missouri Cavalry, who was or j dered to report for duty, has received ! word from his troop commander that j he can be transferred to Troop C of, jof Harrisburg. Mr. Vernon telegraph j ed the head of his troop Saturday and I was notified to-day that he can be j transferred. He will remain in Steel ton. VEBELL-SHOOP Miss Laura Esther Shoop, of Bress ler, and Charles C. Vebell, of Steel ton, were united in marriage at the Lutheran parsonage in Oberlin, on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, by the I Rev. Daniel E. Rupley, pastor of the Salem Lutheran Church. The bride | and groom were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kerns, sister and broth er-in-law of the bride. The couple will reside for the present with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Bachnian, of Bressler. COSMOPOLITAN* DANCE Plans are being made for the second formal Cosmopolitan dance in Frey's Hall, Front and Pine streets, Thursday, April 12 at 9 o'clock. The committee in charge is composed of C. B. Shelley, Richard Mumma, Frank ! Turano, Benjamin F. Sellers, Philip j Waidley, Roy Shelley, Dr. H. M. Cumbler, and Bart Shelley. Music will I be furnished by Stauffer's Military Or chestra. ROZEMAX FUNERAL Funeral services for Mat Rozeman, | aged 42. who died in an Altoona hos pital from injuries, will be held from I the home of his brother, John Iloze- I man, 620 South Second street, to-mor i row morning at 9 o'clock. Burial will i be made In the Mt. Calvary cemetery. COMMISSION MEETING Work for the coming summer will ! lie mapped out at meetings of the 1 I'arks and Playgrounds Commission ! and Shade Tree Commission in the Council Chamber, Thursday evening. MTDDLETOW X Ruth, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fox, of Ann street, Middletown, died this morning at 10 o'clock, from diphtheria. She leaves her parents, four sisters, Mildred, Ele nora, Evelyn and Blanche, and one brother, George. Funeral services will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock, at the grave in the Middle town cemetery. The Rev. James Cun- ! ningham, pastor of the Middletown I Methodist Church, will officiate. The Methodist Sunday school board f held a meeting at the close of the Sun- j day school yesterday afternoon and a ! committee was appointed to arrange the graded system in the Primary de partment. It was also decided to hold an Eas- j ter program on Sunday evening, April 8. Last Sunday of March will be rally Sunday of the two schools, and a spe cial invitation will be extended to the Riverside Sunday school to join. The official boaVd of the Methodist Church will meet Thursday evening. Miss Stella Hartman, a trained nurse, of Philadelphia, is spending a few days in town as the guest of Mr. ar|d Mrs. L. Coble of Pike street. Miss M. Moore, of York, spent Sun day in town as the guest of Mr. and j Mrs. H. E. Moore, of Ann street. Mrs. Catherine Baxter, who spent the past four weeks with her son at Pittsburgh, returned home to-day. Ralph Schaeffer of Hershey, spent Sunday in town, as the guest of his mother, Mrs. Annie Schaeffer, of Union street. Corney Nitraner, and family, of Elizabethtown, spent Sunday in town as the guest of the former's father, John Nitraner, of Keystone avenue. j Lewis W r elsh, wife and daughter, Mary Louise Welsh, who spent the past i week in town, returned to their home I at Washington, Pa., Saturday. "yVilliam Lutz who spent the past two weeks in town as the guest of his j parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Lutz, of | Ann street, left on Sunday for Lorain, Ohio. He was accompanied by Harry Smith, who spent the past two weeks in town with his sister, Miss Sadie Smith, of Market street. Mrs. Ulmer, who fell at her home on Saturday evening and broke her hip, was taken to the Harrisburg hos pital. John Patton, Jr., aged 32, died at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.! John Patton, Sr., in Commercial ave- I nue Sunday morning at 10:30 a. m. from injuries received at the carl works. He was a memner of the Res-1 cue Hose Company. Besides his par- i ents, he is survived by two brothers, William and George Patton, of town, j one sister, Mrs. George Uhrich, of Bis mark. Funeral services will be held from his home Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. James Cunning hame, pastor of the M. E. Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the Middletown Cemtery. "The Live Store" - "Always Reliable" The Last Week~of Our Mark-Down Sale There are but five more days remaining in which you can 11 take advantage of the exceptional opportunity afforded by our Mark-Down Sale—Here you find everything in our entire stock reduced (except Arrow Col lars and Overalls). §1 "NEVER" saw such a store as | this, said a customer on "SATURDAY." I "I've often heard people talk about how much busi ness they do at Doutrichs, but say, I never had an idea it was anything like this. Just look at the im mense number of enthusiastic customers in this store right now —I'll wager there are more people in this store now (Saturday) than all the other clothing stores jj| It's not a hard story to believe and 11 ; we've heard several times since Satur- IE |f;. JKf day that some customers did not come into Doutrichs ; m because it looked so crowded from the outside that jj||l| they would not venture in—We apologize for the in convenience caused you and we will ask you to come again this week. Copyright 1916 Th Hou*t of Kupp*hiMt It speaks well for the confidence people have in our sales, | and when you crowd a store 210 feet long from front door to back, you can imagine there were immense crowds of loyal, enthusiastic customers who like the square dealing, honest representation and greater values they get here, where EVERYTHING IN OUR ENTIR I (Except Arrow Collars and Overalls) I All $15.00 "Suits" and "Overcoats" 1 All SIB.OO "Suits" and "Overcoats" yft All SI.OO Shirts, 79c All $20.00 "Suits" and "Overcoats" All $25.00 "Suits" and "Overcoats" AH $3.50 Shirts,.. $2.89 All $30.00 "Suits" and "Overcoats" .75 All $5.00 Shirts, 1... $3.89 Boys' 50c Shirts and Blouse c . II ' it i Waists 39c Sweaters Underwear Boys' SI.OO Shirts and Blouse All $2.50 Sweaters, . .$1.89 All SI.OO Underwear 79c Waists 79c All $3.50 Sweaters, .. $2.89 All $1.50 Underwear $1.19 PAJAMAS All $5.00 Sweaters, .. $3.89 All $2.00 Underwear $1.59 All SI.OO Pajamas 79c All $6.50 Sweaters, .. $4.95 All $3.00 Underwear $2.39 All $1.50 Pajamas $1.19 All $7.50 Sweaters, .. $5.95 All $4.00 Underwear $3.39 All $2.50 Pajamas $1.59 All $8.50 Sweaters, . .$6.95 All 50c Underwear . .39c All $2,50 Pajamas $1.89 1 *!■— ] I ■ IBM Harrisburg, I | J M \ | HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 26, 1917. 11
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