4
IGUARD STAFF NOW
! NEARLY COMPLETE
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t Important Appointments Have
Been Made in the Last Few
Weeks at Headquarters
Organization of the administrative
staff of the National Guard of Pennsyl
vania is being rapidly perfected at the
headquarters and additional appoint
ments to important places in the guard
•will be announced shortly. The or
ganization is to be made in accordance
■with the National Defense act and the
authority needed for other changes is
carried by the military code which
passed the House this week.
In general orders issued announcing
the mobilization of the First and Third
Infantry the adjutant general's office
announces that "no organization can
be mustered into the active service of
the TJnitcd States with less than the
minimum prescribed peace strength"
■which is 58 enlisted men for head
quarters company, including band sec
tion, 37 for supply company, 5 3 for
machine gun company: 65 for letter
ed companies and 24 for sanitary de
tachments.
It is also announced that under a
ruling of the judge advocate general
the clothing that was returned with
the command from the Mexican border
find charged on the clothing allowance
of enlisted men does not become the
private property of the individual, but
must be held for National Guard pur
roses and commanding officers are to
acquire control for company purposes
of all clothing that was in possession
of enlisted men at the time of the
muster-out from Mexican border ser
vice.
NEWEST NURSERY VEHICLE
A strange new vehicle has been in
vented for the comfort and conven
ience of babies and their mothers. It
Is a combination crib, baby carriage
find bassinet so arranged that it can
be folded away and stored in small
space when not in use.—Popular
•Science Monthly.
Spring
Styles
of Manhattan
Shirts
are now on sale
at
FORRY'S
Third & Walnut
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Three favorites among
the new Victor Records
-powerfully dramatio aria Irani
Samson and Delilah ia which
the mighty Samson; imprisoned;
beseeches the Lord to pity his
wretchedness. One of the most
gorgeous jecords in all Caruso's
long list. His -voice vibrant -with
emotion. "the great tenor expends
himself is the masterly nrnyic Q[
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d&fhtftA singing of tie happy
song; rlWiea I riah Eyea are Smil
ing," A -winning expression of tha
sunny aids of tha Irishman's heart
hy the great singer whose art
and nature qualify him best for
such a soog.
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| Lambert Murphy's
' i '/\ rendering of two attractive songs; one
U " •dmirahle love lyric; !The Miracle
Love," and tha other a most popular
® u!c *' comedy number, VMother."
from the Broadway success; !'Her
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The J. H. Troup Music House
TROUP BUILDING
15 South Market Square
THORLEY'S DRUG STORE
IS NOW LOCATED AT
404 BROAD STREET
THURSDAY EVENING,
POLICE BILL IS
REPORTED OUT
House Committee in Charge
Decides to Send It to the
Legislature at Once
Tho Buckman bill to increase the
Stato police force by 102 was affirma
tively recommended by the House
Committee on Judiciary Special late
yesterday afternoon. The bill passed
the Senate this week and will be on
tirst leading in the House on Monday.
Considerable.sentiment in favor of the
bill is (reported by its friends who are
urging its enactment so that the force
will be increased in order to take care
of any emergencies which may arise
after the guard goes into the national
service.
The Scliantz bill relative to appoint
ment of police for manufacturing cor
porations has come out of the com
mittee in the Senate with the power of
appointment restricted to Justices of
the peace of any township in which
tlia plant may lie wholly or in part.
The persons named can only be citi
zens and a resident of the county for
six months.
The Thomas fire arms bill, which
requires a license to carry weapons,
was affirmatively recommended by tho
House committee after a strenuous
discussion.
Tho committee which heard the
"mine cave" bill will have another
hearing shortly for opponents of the
bill.
The hearing on the anthracite code
set for to-day was postponed because
of the absence of the appropriations
committee in Pittsburgh where in
spections are being made.
The Kamsey third-class city bill is
to be on second reading next Monday
in the House.
Yesterday Was the
Birthday Anniversary of—
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THE REV. WILLIAM K. CONNOR
Pastor of the Hummel Street Church
of the Brethren. He was born at
Royersford, Pa., and resides at 54<}
South Seventeenth street.
OI,D BAND DISORGANIZES
Marietta, March 29.—Yesterday the
Quarryville' Cornet Band, which was
organized over fifty years ago, decided
to disband the organization. This is
owing to the fact that the members
are scattered so far apart that to get
together for rehearsal would be im
possible.
STATE FUND WILL
MEET THE BILLS
Not Hurt by the Compensation
Claims Resulting From the
Canonsburg Disaster
Albert L. Allen, assistant manager
of the Stato Workmen's Insurance
Fund, announced to-day that the wid
ows and children of fourteen miners
killed by an explosion at the mine of
the Henderson Coal Company near
Canonsburg, March 18, will receive
approximately $35,000 in workmen's
compensation from the State fund.
Claim adjusters of the State fund
have been working on the adjustment
of these claims since the day of tho
accident. Of the fourteen men killed,
seven were between thirty and forty
years of age, and seven between twen
ty and thirty. Ten of the victims were
married and are survived by ten wi
dows and twenty children under six
teen years of age. All the widows and
children are entitled to workmen's
compensation in accordance with the
terms of the Pennsylvania act. As
sistant Manager Allen is working to
have all agreements adjusted so that
compensation payments may begin
without the loss of benefits for a single
payday by the widows of the victims.
The resources of the State fund have
been in no sense seriously affected by
the $35,000 outlay to cover this catas
trophe, according to Assistant Man
ager Allen, as tho compensation insur
ance rates for coal mines aro deter
mined in amount so that the aggre
gate coal mine premium, including ex
cess insurance, will afford ample pro
tection for the State fund, as well as
for other insurance carriers against
such catastrophes. The tbtal pre
mium income of the Slate fund for
this year, it is estimated, will aggre
gate $1,250,000.
NATION DEPENDS ON
NAVY IN CRISIS
[Continued From First Pago]
edge and leadership and ability to
shoot straight may depend the fate of
a decisive naval engagement."
The secretary spoke as the repre
sentative of President Wilson, who had
been asked to deliver the graduation
address but had found it impossible
to come because of the international
situation.
"I bring you the greetings of your
commander-in-chief, who sends you a
message of confidence and bids vou
godspeed," said Mr. Daniels. "His
heart is with you to-dajv He does not,
however, feel warranted in making
any address in the present condition of
public affairs, even to graduates of
this institution, to whom he would
lovo to unburden himself. \
In Vortex of.War
"You are to receive your commis
sion in a day when nearly all the world
is in the vortex of war and no people
can feel that they may not be drawn
into it. Your own country faces a
crisis. In' this emergency the Presi
dent. who has declared his belief that
'the American navy ought to be incom
parably the most adequate navy in the
world' in the exercise of a discretion
vested in him, will commission you
three months ahead of the usual
period. That fact alone emphasizes
the significance of your early grad
uation.
"Whatever, in addition to steps al
ready taken by placing armed naval
guards on merchant ships, this country
may be called upon to do, its chief and
first reliance will be upon the Navy.
Fortunately, the country has officers
and men not surpassed in any naval
service. To their number we are add
ing to-day 183 officers from the Naval
Academy, and we are drawing to its
enlisted strength an additional 25,000
from the alert and resolute youth of
the country, who, added to the present
personnel, will give us the finest body
of enlisted men any officers were ever
privileged to instruct and lead.
In Eyes of Country
"You come into a service with a
glorious record, resplendent with noble
traditions. You enter at a time when
grave responsibilities fall without days
of waiting upon your young shoulders.
To-day, as not before in a generation,
the eyes of your countrymen are
turned in pride-as well as in con
fidence toward the newly commis
sioned ensigns." •
The secretary said that his advice
to every young officer would be, ' Get
yourself a naval hero" for emulation
during the years of service ahead. He
declared it was by continually asking
himself "What would Farragut do?' -
that Admiral Dewey himself became
the American naval hero who should
be emulated before all others.
"The history of Admiral Dewey,"
Mr. Daniels continued, "furnishes one
of the many examples that it is only
the man who makes ready in the days
of calm who is fully rejidy In the days
of storm. A call to duty in the Navy
is ever quick and imperative. Dewey
—thanks to having selected Farragut
ns hs ideal and making ready every
day of his career—was collected anil
capable and cool on the morning he
sailed into Manila bay. He recalled
Farragut's 'Dawn the torpedo, go
ahead!'
Dewey as Model
"Admiral Dewey had duties at Ma
nila as important, and in some re
spects more delicate and difficult, aftet
the battle as in that hour under tire.
He was familiar with the law, and
never by word or action usurped the
function of the civil government,
which must always be supreme in in
ternational matters as well as in demo
cratic rule. People need never fear
military usurpation when administered
by a naval officer like Dewey, zealous
for government by law, with the sword
acting only as the direction of the
civilian ruler.
'There ha 3 come. I am glad to say
to you, a new understanding of the
spirit of the Navy by the people, ns
evidenced by the generous and wise
provision by the last Congress for its
enlargement and strengthening. And
likewise in the Navy there has come
an appreciation of the spirit of the
people as experienced through their
representatives In Congress.
"We live In tense times. Great issues
stir the depths of men. Small ques
tions are shriveled. Questions big with
the fate, not alone of nations, but the
world,.may be decided by you. I do
not venture to prophesy what lle3 be
fore you. But whether your early
service is in peace, or whether you
are called to an early baptism of fire,
there will be always the incentive to
high courage and to daring if in every
emergency you ask yourself the ques
tion, 'What would Dewey do?' "
CAMI* FIRE GIRIJS ARK
SUPPORTING FOREIGN* RABIES
Three-fourths of the ninety thou
sand girl members of the Camp Fire
Girls, Inc., are to become mothers
someday, according to census experts
and life insurance statisticians. In the
meanwhile many of them are acting
as vicarious mothers of little French
and Belgian babies. Four different
ways have been offered to them of
helping to support a baby.
The first was by the American
Girls' Aid at 293 Fifth avenue, New
York, which offered them the oppor
tunity to be a'godmother for $0 a
month. The Godmother undertakes
to send this amount monthly for the
support of a particular child. The
Camp Fire, of from six to twenty girls,
which elects to become a "Godmotli-
HARRISBURG tfijjflg TELEGRAPH
| Here, Men, Is the Best Spring Clothing News Published This Year J
jit Big Two-Day Pre-Easter Underselling Sale of
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I FRIDAY, and SATURDAY TWO DAYSH3S 1
595 of the Most Fashionable New Spring Suits
FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN WILL BE PLACED ON SALE AT
2SF 5 THREE REMARKABLE, LOW, MONEY-SAVING PRICES
sl2-~- 5 and 31-4:—?
Hundreds of Smart, New Models—Conservatives, Belt-Backs and Pinch-Backs; made of snappy new Homespuns, Serges,
( Worsteds and Cassimeres. Every model well tailored and strictly up-to-the-minute styles. All sizes for men and young men.
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S .. MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S
New Spring Suits New Spring
The Most Remarkable Values Offered The Best Styles and the Biggest Real That Outclass Any Suit Sold Elsewhere
in This City at Values Offered Anywhere For „ For a Five-Spot More.
$9.75 $12.75
Snappy now models, in a big variety of new These suits possess a superior quality of ' ®
weaves, new patterns, new colors—Conservative, fabrics, superior tailoring, superior style touches Scores of the newest, most fashionable new
Pinch-Back and Belt-Back models. Blacks found only in garments at much higher prices spring models from which to choose. All modish-
Blues. Grays, Browns, Mixtures, Worsteds. Cas- and are absolutely unmatchable anywhere else vo?y s u°t an o u?-of-the- ordTnary 'value.
simeres, all handsomely tailored throughout and Bt thia All new conservative and up-to- Handsomely tailored of Worsteds, Cheviots, Cas
the best spring suit value offered anvwhere in tlie-mlnute models, in all the latest fads and simeres. Homespuns nnj Silk Mixtures in Navy
____ B , ° anywnere in fancies, including all-wool Bi,ue Serges. All sizes Blues, Brown, Tan and Grays. All sizes an! all
town at *9,.5. All sizes for men and young men. for men and young men. new models for men and young men.
Hundreds of Boys' Confirmation and Easter Suits in a
Specially Big Two-Day Pre-Easter Underselling Event
Unmatchable Values— Nobby New Sty—
iW TOMORROW, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY
Now's the time parents, if you want your boy well dressed for Easter at small expense. Attend
the big two-day sale. We're prepared to offer the greatest values in boys' confirmation and
Easter suits ever presented to economical shoppers. Remember tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday
two special value-giving days. Be prompt to take advantage of these special low prices.
Boyp' New Norfolk Boys' Norfolk Suits,
SUITS an * B Models at,
Sizes 6to li years, in nobby 1I . HQ* 'y j 1 0 I Siren 7to 17. I
new navy blue serges, fqr con- I *./ }HS /Vl M h h I*fl 1 /Pms Choice of snappy styled
firmation. Handsome belted ef- U/m3JLuI / \ fl II k ll s ] /vNX >il\ bclted and Pleated Norfolk
fects and the best values' 13.95 jhnij / (1 II fl\ iJHj /?Kff ° t\ \ suits - with full cut P e & Knick
ever bought. | | erbocker trousers; new pat-
Boys' Confirmation X JBB Boys' New Norfolk
.Norfolk Suits |y I \ \ SUITS
$5.95 11 $6.95:
All-wool Sun-Proof Navy Blue " SCORES 0F NEW a- nC TO <Cr nr' 7 '° 18 " > ,' !ar siZC5 ' l" " S t
Serges, absolutely the finest NORFOLK SUITS b i .VO JtS.yb most popular new Pinch-Back i
values ever offered at $5.95. Valuos t)mt cM . t ln man storpfl fOl . $n 00 and and Patch Pocket models, lined (
Latest Licit-Lack models. Sizes $12.00. AH the newest Beit-Back and Norfolk ail-wool models JIND pants, and tremendous values
7to 18 years. hand-tailored. All sizes. f at s.}).>
er" can correspond directly with its
"Godchild."
The second opportunity came
through the Orphelinat dcs Arniees,
which has committees in every part
of France and in many States of the
Union, and by adding $73 a yt?ar to the
$3 a month allowed by the French
government to a mother for her fath
orless child, enables it to be cared for
at home.
The thlrfi way In which Camp Fire
Girls can become vicarious little moth
ers is by sending baby kits, second
hand clothes or materials not made
up to Europe through the British war
relief, 542 Fifth avenue. New York,
the American Girls' Aid, or the Bel
gian Belief Commission at the Bush
Terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The,fourth way is to help a baby
locally by helping a mother support
her own baby which would otherwise
go into an institution because of lack
of funds, or to take special Interest
in a baby in some institution by mak
ing its clothing or otherwise.. The
Child Placing Agency, 105 East Twen
ty-Second street, New York, finds
homes for babies for donations of
$5.42 a month.
All these things the little Camp Fire
Mothers are doing in increasing meas
ure, and they have already contribut
ed money, care and baby kits to many
suffering little ones.
FIRES WHICH EXTINGUISH I
THEMSELVES
A fire in a church in Boston, Mass.,
melted the lead water pipes in the
store room where it started and the
water gushed forth as from the fire
men's hose.
\ A manufacturer of metal pails, with
an establishment in Philadelphia, has
his conscientiousness to thank for
saving his place from a fire recently.
His orders, according to the Popular
Science Monthly, were that all
ed pails be filled with water and left
suspended from the celling for a time
in order to test them. During the
noon hour one day, while the men
were at dinner, fire broke out in the
testing room, heating the upper por
tion of the room to such a degree that
the solder of the bails connecting the
pails melted and the palls dropped,
splashing water nil over the place
and putting out the fire.
POWDER WORKS BUSY
Mt. Union, Pa., March 29.—The Aetna
Explosives Company plant hero Is now
working to full capacity. About 1.600
men are employed. The company has
a big order from the United States
Government and also one for the Brit
ish Government
MARCH 29, 1917.
! Engagement of Annville
Girl Announced at Tea
Annville, Ta., March 29.—Miss Helen
Brightbill, daughter of G. O. Bright
bill, entertained a number of friends
at an afternoon tea and announced her
engagement to Philo Statton, of Ha
gerstown, Md. This announcement Is
the culmination of a romance started
five years ago, when Mr. Statton came
to Annville from his native State to
take a course at Lebanon Valley Col
lege. He Anally received his degree
from Columbia, In 1915, while Miss
Brlghtbill is at present a student at
Vassar College.
Miss Brightbill is at home enjoying
her spring vacation and has with her
several of her friends from Vassar.
NEW BANK AT ICKESBURO
New Bloomfleld, Pa., March 29.
"Ickesburg State Rank of Ic.kesburg,
Perry County, Pa„" is the title of a
new bank which Is being
there. The following are the Incorpo
rators: Dr. Theo. Knaras. chairman;
Harry Boden, Dr. Kennett Wolff, Harry
McCoy, K. E. SheafFer and Frank Davis.
The capital stock Is $25,000.
I TO DEDICATE FIREIIOUSE
Annville, Pa., March 29.—As the now
brick building, which will be the home
of the Annville Union Fire Company,
"cars .completion extensive prepara
tions are being made for its dedication.
Many prominent men in town arQ mem
bers of the company and committees
on arrangements have been appointed
They are planning to make this one
of the biggest events Annville has ever
had.
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the stomach, liver and bowels.
Regulate these organs and keep
free from headaches by using
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