WINTER LINGERS WITH US \ Which Impels a One Week's Clearance And Final Disposal of All Men's & Boys' Clothing March is in---but all our Winter f|J|jfcS|| l"'"' 1 ' I Clothing must March out. L J One Week's Clearance That's all Began Yesterday. Jk \ No need to mince words —The prices can tell you. Lm I ' Men's Suits and Overcoats, worth CLIO T 1 ! \d sls, now qHU./O M Men's Suits and Overcoats, worth Cll 7 S2O, now O Men's Suits and Overcoats, worth $16.75 nrv $22.50, now / /\ A Men's Suits and Overcoats, worth 75 / I \ A $25, now * II Men's Suits and Overcoats, worth £1 *3 A. "T 1 r , S3O, now , hf s . A special lot of Y)i>ung Men's Suits A special lot of Men's Oxford Gray and Overcoats, originally priced to Raincoats, double texture, worth $16.50, now $8.50, now SIO.OO $5.95 I All Boys' Clothing Suffers Big | Reductions Odds and ends in Small Boys' Overcoats, values up to $5, $1.95 Special Sale of Boys' Suits, worth $7.50 $5.00 Boys' Suits values up to $5 $2.69 Spring's Smartest Styles—Now on Display—Have you seen them? rfITJJTI T The Big Friendly Store JL lIL VJJjvJOIL 322-324 Market Street □■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□■□l TO STI'DY FLOIIAL ART WAITING FOR INCREASE on. Baggage department employeß Miss Jo Motter, of 810 North Third Philadelphia division employes in and the ticket examiners and ushers street, has gone to New York city to Harrisburg to-day received their pay did not get the increases expected. It study floral art under the direction for the last half of February. Between is understood that on account of Feb Brakemen for 52, 55, 56, 58, 62, 66, 71, 11. 17, 18. 22. Engineers up: Pletz, Morne, Fetrow, Bowman, Espensliade, Sweeley, Mid daugb, Minnicli. Martin, Richwlne, Wal ton, Motter, Glass, Freed, Wyre, Fraun felder. Firemen up: Kise, Marks, Floyd, Black. Dellinger, Bushy, Barry, Orn dorf, Sweeley, Bowers, Eslinger, Ellen berget\ Walters. Peffer, Tullinger, Orn dorf, Low, Buffington. Conductors up: Lehman, Baxter, Mc- Cullough, Bashore. Brakemen up: Smith, Gross. Grove, Thomas. Bush, Achey, Parr, Dye. Fam ous, Pell, Overtleld, Kipp, Corbett, Sliambaugh, Bowers, Pottiger, Mosser, Cassett, Miles, Detrlck, Gates, Ellis, | J TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL i | DEAFNESS AND HEAD 1 NOISES | t If you have Catarrhal Deafness f f or head noises go to your drug- t f gist and get 1 ounce of Parmint f f (double strength), and add to it f U pint of hot water and 4 ounces f f of granulated sugar. Take 1 f t tablespoonful four times a day. f j This will often bring quick re- i f lief from the distressing head f * noises. Clogged nostrils should f t open, breathing become easy and t f the mucus stop dropping into f t tho throat. It is easy to prepare, f *• costs little and is pleasant to •* take. -Any one who has Catar- f rhal Deafness or head noises f should give this prescription a f trial. J COLD WEATHER IS DELAYING TRAINS Ties Up Freight on Pittsburgh Division; Some Improve ment Today With the sudden drop in tempera ture came trouble for tli railroadsv- Traffic has again slowed up and the Pennsylvania trews are being relieved by extra men and special duty men. On the Reading all available forces are being used to keep the freight business on the xiiove. The next warm spell is anxiously awaited. On the Pittsburgh division 18 long freight trains were held up yesterday. Passenger traffic was delayed at inter vals. On the Middle Division it was slow movement for freight trains and a number of crews were obliged to quit their trains between Harrisburg and Mifflin because of the expiration of the time limit. At Altoona all eastbound trains were cut dowiji in order to make bet ter schedule over the Middle division. 'Motive power was scarce becauso a number of engines were shipped for repairs. Conditions were reported as somewhat improved to-day. Conductor on Reading Prevents Serious Accident Reading, Pa., March 7. Mahlon Dunkleberger, a freight conductor on the Reading division, through exer cising judgment, averted what might have been a serious wreck. He was coming south and took the siding at Stony Creek for the Buffalo express, due in Reading at 4:45 a. m. After his train had taken tire side track lie suspected that something was wrong ahead and held up the express. An examination revealed the fact thn.t a car had been thrown off the track by dropping of a brake rigging and obstructed the main track. Had the xpress hit this car going at 4 0 miles an hour it is probable that a dis astrous wreck would have followed. Railroad Notes Freight embargoes on the Baltimore division north and south placed last week because of inaugural travel, have been lifted. Isaac Reider, a carpenter employed on the Baltimore division of the Penn sylvania Railroad has been retired. He was in service 4 4 years. Hie home is at York. William Smith, chairman of the social committee in charge of ar rangements for the big time Mondav night at the gymnasium, Seventh and Reily street, has called a meeting l'or this afternoon. Employes from Enola and Harris burg will to-nlglit attend a meeting of the York Assembly Mutual Beneficial Association. W. D. Bowers, engineer on the Middle division, was on special duty yesterday relieving freight crews. Engineer Harry Bell and Fireman Daniel S. Rockey, on Train No. 45, westbound, yesterday morning were badly scalded when an arcli pipe burst. They were taken to the Al toona Hospital. Both are residents of Altoona. The Middle division pay car is due in this city Friday and Saturday. Grafflus Drake will head a large delegation of Frlenship and Co-opera tive Club members on March 20 who will attend a big meeting at Altoona. Middle division officials who con ducted an investigation in this city on the recent wreck at Mt. Union, have been subpened to appear at the hearing at Huntingdon on Monday. \ George W. Pressley, night informa tion clerk at the Pennsylvania railroad station, has resigned and will enlist In the Uniteti States army. He leaves March 16 for Fort Slocuin and after three months training will go to the border. Room No. 30, third floor of the Pennsylvania railroad station building has been fitted up as an employment buroai,i. RETLIIXS TO SEA David Douglass, aged 21 years, em ployed as a lamp trimmer in the Rutherford yards, has decided to re turn to the British navy. He served one enlistment and has been working for the Reading Railway Company since April. He was injured early in the European war in the battle on the North Seq. He resided in State street near Cameron. Douglass was on the Battleship Tiger which sunk the Ger ma nshlp Blucher when ho was injured. Douglass says his home Is in Glasgow, Scotland. He has a brother In the United States cavalry, a sister a nurse in France, and an uncle in ths French army. READING ORDERS MORE CARS The Reading Railway Co. has ordered its now passenger equipment from Harlan & Hoilingsworth Co., Wilmington. It calls for 40 steel pas senger coaches and 10 combination baggage and smoking cars. They are intended for the Atlantic City divi sion. Heretofore the Reading's steel coaches have been lined with wooden veneer. The rrew ones will have metal inside as well as out. The cars will be delivered during the summer. VETERAN CELEBRATES John A. Funk a returned middle di vision employe, residing at 219 Wood bine street, was 73 years of age yes terday. lie received many congratula tions and best wishes. Engineer Funk is of the old school, having served nearly a half century with the Penn sylvania Railroad Company. He was retired three years ago. I*MIDDLETQW?S* ♦ * I MIDDLETOWN BIUEES David B. Kllng, aged 74 years, died at his home on Monday night after an illness of two years. Besides his wife, he is survived by tho following chil dren: Hurley Kling, Camden, N. J.; David Kling, Jr.,-Newark, Ohio; Mrs. Ed. Crup, Mrs. Harry Etter and Mrs. Ed. Gish, of town, and Mrs. John Wit man, Philadelphia. Three brothers and two sisters also survive. Funeral services will be held Thursday after noon from his home at 2 o'clock. The Rev. O. M. Kraybill, pastor of the Church of God, will officiate. Burial will be made In the Mlddletown Ceme tery. Services and burial will be pri vate. At a meeting of the Mlddletown Tennis Club at the Liberty fire engine house the following officers were elect ed: President, E. O. Leber; vice president, Miss Ivy Hoffman; secre tary, Miss Annie EUy; treasurer, Harry Smith. GOOD I'R|JCE FOR HOGS Waynesboro, Pa., March 7. J. E. Elliott, a farmer, neir Greenville, sold forty-three hogs for f1,147.45. The hogs, averaged SIS pounds each. , . MARCH 7,1917. GIRLS ACTIVE IN RED CROSS WORK High School Co-eds Volunteer to Assist in Work in Borough Girls of the High school have an swered a call for volunteers to join a Red Cross Society to assist In the work of the Steelton Branch Society. A meeting will be held In a week when a permanent organization will be effected. At a meeting of the girls last Thursday Mrs. Qulncy Bent and Mrs. Solomon Hlney, chairman and secretary of tho Steelton Society, re spectively, suggested the move and the girls have responded. The list of volunteers follows: Senior Class—Misses Irene L. Alle man, Cora I. Anderson, Anna E. Da vis, Miriam I. Fetterhoff, Catherine Frey, Edith C. Galbralth, Edna C. Grimes, Frances W. Hocker, Marga ret C. Lord, Thelma M. Maginnes, Anna L. Marks, Gladys I. McDanel, Harriet M. Morris, Myra E. Sheesley, Ada E. Sponslcr. Juniors-—Misses Elizabeth C. Couf fer, Virginia M. Kckcnrode, Annie M. Ferguson, Margaret 1. Gardner, Mar ian I£. George, Margaret Hotter. Una Hoffman, Mary H. Howard. Freeda Levltz, Leona M. Prowell, Dorothea E. Raver, Elizabeth R. Rutherford, Cecelia IJ. Ticman, Dorothy M. Whit man, Lydia E. Wilt. C Class—Misses Josephine B. Bon it/., Mary B. Cassell, A. Margaret Crowley, Hettic M. Devlin, Miriam R. Hale, Vera E. Hershey, Mary C. Hess, Anna A. Kenne.v, Dorothy K. Koppen haver, Sara M. Markley. Magdalene W. Martzon, Catherine T. McCall, Helen M. McCall, Dorothy H. McCoy, Mar garet A. McDonald, Margaret J. Mc- Wlheney, I. Mildred Mentzer, Nora E. Mohler, Rose A. Morrett, Lillian R. Shaffner, Elanor F. Sheaffer, Mar garet H. Slaybaugh, Catherine M. Stehman. Henrietta B. Stoneslfer, Sara R. Wlgtield. D Class —Misses Susan S. Attlck, Edith E. Bretz, Pauline W. Callaghan, Alma N. Couffer, Pauline L. C. Fa rina. Catherine M. Fisher, Catherine E. Hennessey, Grace I. Hershey, Beu lah M. Kelm, Gertrude E. Lacob, Sara A. Lodge, Mildred F. W. Lord, Agnes R. Mace, May R. Nelson, Mary E. Shelley, Anna Z. Smeltzer, Catherine L. Stiles, Ruth E. Walker, Ethel P. Watson and Mildred P. Westhafer. School Board Purchases Russell Calder Property The School Board. In monthly ses sion last night, decided to purchase the Russell Calder property In Wal nut street, to bo used next school term for domestic science purposes. The building, a single frame dwell ing, Is situated directly across the street from the High school build ing. Work on remodeling the struc ture and building a large kitchen will be started In June. Tho domestic science course will be installed at tho opening of the school term next fall. To Put Furnace Into Operation Next Week Announcement was made at the lo cal steel plant offices this morning that the B blast furnace—the first unit of the large improvement pro gram at the plant—would be put in operation the middle part of next week. Steelton Snapshots Birth Announcement. Mr., and Mrs. Charles Boughter, Myers street, announce the birth of a daughter, Jane Elizabeth, March 5. Mrs. Bough ter was formerly Miss Eva Funk. To Nominate Officers. —■ Officers to be elected at the next meeting will be nominated at a meeting of Steelton lodge, 382, Loyal Order of Moose, this evening. ADDITIONAL HONOR NAMES The honor roll at the High school announced several days ago Includes the following additional names: Miss Margaret C. Lord, Miss Thelma G. Maginnes, Miss Anna L. Marks, Miss Margaret N. Wier, Miss Helen E. Stab nau, Miss Myra E. Sheesley. These girls are members of the Senior class. TO ORGANIZE MANDOLIN CLUB IN HIGH SCHOOL A meeting of students of the High school will be held this evening for the purposo of organizing a mando lin club. A call for members was Issued this morning by Prof. W. H. Harclerode, who will have charge of the organization. HOBEKLIN - -I OBERLIN N OTES The third and fourth quarterly con ference of the United Brethren Church will be held this evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev/D. D. Lowery, D. D., of Har risburg, will preside. The following officers were elected at the meeting the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of Sa lem Lutheran Church: President, Mrs. D. E. Rupley; vice-president, Mrs. William Landls; recording sec retary, Mrs. Samuel Wilson; financial secretary, Mrs. Jesse Frysinger; cor responding secretary, Miss Effle Rup ley; treasurer, Mrs. Joseph Janson, Sr.; pianist, Miss Mildred Eshenour. These officers will be installed Sun day morning by the pastor. WINTER AND SPRING TONIC Winter is a hard season for those who have no stored up reserve of strength. The coming of trying spring weather meant sickness for many because de bility robs the system of its power to protect itself. One person may suffer exposure io cold and wet without any ill effects while another whose blood is thin and whose nerves are run-down will be con- ; fined to bed after sitting in a draught. j Keeping the blood bnilt up is tho secret of keeping well in winter and spring. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People are the best and most con venient tonic for the blood. Put tip with complete directions for use they are a family remedy.that can be de pended upon in conditions of thin blood, debility and many common forma of weakness. Tho blood goes to practically every 1 part of the body and if it is rich ana red it carries health and strength to | every organ. Tho digestion is toned tip, the nerves are- strengthened and ! aching muscles are made strong. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are especially use ful to run-down women who worry about thpir daily tasks and duties. A few weeks' treatment has in hun dred* of auch cases brought the most remarkable improvement. J COAL CASES TAKE COMMISSION DAY Hard and Soft Coal Complaints Get Attention at the State Capitol All Day Members of the \\ \ * //J Public Service Coin \\\\ Jf -"Vyy mission are sitting ' v\\\ Oy to-day in hearings on coal cases from both ends of the State, the objec lions of western I WSiWiWtBtBW coal °l'eratorn who " ffltlU ill have 110 tipples and I who load soft coal ""-j-JL-Jjsl from vagons to the proposed tariff of the Pennsylvania railroad refusiittf cars to them being on again thisj morning, while late this afternoon the Commission will hear the proceedings in the compromise of the'case involv ing rates for shipping coal from tha anthracite region to Philadelphia. This case may have some results for Harrisburg, which gels largo quanti ties of coal from Wilkes-Barre regions and precious little from Lykens. The wagon loading case has been lip in one form or another for some tinio and to-day a big delegation of central and western county men appeared to voice emphatic objection. The com pany proposed a mileage basis which was not agreed to by the shippers. The Commission has a long list of hearings on for this week and the month may be one of the busiest foe a long time. The first hearing in tho general plan of clearing up telephone rate cases will be held at Pittsburgh on March 10. Fertilizer Short. According to statements issued at the State Depart ment. of Agriculture the State stiles of fertilizer for 1916 were about 50,000 tons short as compared with the year Fines Paid In. —The State received $1,140 as its share of pure food tines last month. The receipts for the first, two months ran very high because of the heavy oleo licenses. Woman Cane.—The Public Service Commission in a decision hand ed down last night refuses a certificate to operate a Jitney to Adele Hartel, of near Philadelphia, holding that tho Southern Pennsylvania Traction Com pany. the complainant, serves the com munity, and that if it does not the commission has authority to compel it to do so if complaint is brought. Tho decision is in line with those made in Western cases. York Cane ou -!)th.— The hearing In the York Consolidated Water/ cases will be held at York on March 29 by the Public Service Commission. Bridge Cane in April.—The Columbia bridge complaint, scheduled for this week before the Public Service Com mission Is to be heard on April 4. Can't Carry Pamenueni.—Under i\n opinion by Deputy Attorney General Horace W. Davis, the State Fishery De partment steamer. Commodore Perry, cannot carry passengers. Capitol Visitors —Capitol visitors in cluded Congressman P. D. Heaton, Schuylkill; Congressman H. A. Clark, Brie; James G. 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