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NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
NEW DESIGNS IN
WOMEN'S CLOTHING
Factor}' Started at Carlisle to
Manufacture Special Uni
form For Workers
Carlisle, Pa., April 17. Another
phase of war preparations is shown
in the newest of Carlisle's industries,
a factory for the manufacture of a
special patented design of working
uniform for women who take the
places of men called to the colors.
The factory is operated by J. W. Mc-
Cullough and twenty-live women and
girls are employed. The design is
modeled along Turkish lines, with full
bloomers and a small jacket of blue
cloth, while other modifications con
sist of an adaptation of the regulation
overall, with an apron cut on wide
lines and with a bloomer effect. A
slightly better design is made for
house work.
BOY DIKS AT HOSI'ITAI.
Dauphin. Pa., April 17.—George Lv
ter. aged 18. son of Mr. and Mrs. David
Lyter, of Heckton, died at the Harris
burg Hospital on Saturday night, after
having an operation for appendicitis.
He Is survived by his parents, five sis
ters and two brothers. Funeral serv
ices will be held at 12 o'clock on Wed
nesday from Ills parents' home, at
Heckton. The body will be taken to
Hummelstown for burial, where further
services will be held in the United
Brethren Church.
FIRE OX RAII.ROAD BAMv
Dauphin, Pa.. April 17.—The bank
along the railroad at the Heckton Sta
tion caught on fire yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock. The fire extended up
the mountains and for hours burned
briskly. A force of men fought it
and by night was extinguished.
SUBURBAN NOTES
Dt .\CA.V\O.\
H. K. Heniperly has built a hothouse
for the purpose of raising flowers, at
bis residence in the north part of
town.
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Thayer, of
Altoona, and Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
Conner and niece, of Steelton, vijited
relatives here on Sunday.
Harry V. Lukens, of Benvenue.' has
started his river coal fleet at work on
the Susquehanna river above Green's
dam.
X. J. Trout is making extensive im
provements to his residence in Pros
pect avenue.
The banquet held by the Order of
lhe United American Mechanics in
their council chamber on Saturday
evening in honor of the fifty-eighth
anniversary of the branch here, was
well attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Miller and
two children, of Enola, spent Sundav
with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Johnston, par
ents of Mrs. Miller.
Mrs. Marion Warner, of Harrisburg,
visited friends here on Monday.
Constable Jacob Sterner is" visiting
'lis son, William Sterner, and family,
at Millersburg.
The summer cottages along the Sus
quehanna river are being aired and
made ready for early occupancy.
Knights of Pythias Hold
Sale For Benefit of Red Cross
The auction sale held last night bv
John Harris Lodge, Xo. 193. Knights
of Pythias, was one of the most suc
cessful events held by the lodge.
During the evening many package
were brought and sold off at high
prices. The proceeds will be turned
over to the American Red Cross So
ciety.
The sale was held in Pythian Hall,
1 365 Howard street: John Melvin act
ing as auctioneer. The festivities
opened with an address by H. D. Reel.
Tfrts was followed by the unfurling of
a large American flag, the large au
dience singing "America'' and the
"Star Spangled Banner."
O nthe committee of arrangements
were Charles W. Erb, John W. Bow
man, Mr. Reel, C. A. Cornman and
J. B. Colestock. Those who acted as
Red Cross attaches, attired in white,
were Mrs. E. A. Stevens, Mrs. C. W.
Erb, Mrs. J. F. Kirk, Minnie Gentsli
d_er, Miss Mildred Reel. Miss Romaine
Xell and Miss Margaret Bowman.
WELCOME WELSH SINGERS
The large auditorium of Curtin
Heights Methodist Church was well
filled with an appreciative audience
last evening to welcome the Royal
Gwent Welsh Singers, who gave a con
cert of unusual merit.
Pour of the Pi nest
Each year v many thousands of visitors—sometimes hun
dreds in one day—are ushered through the spotlessly
clean modern factories of the Postum Cereal Company
an d are made acquainted, through the famous "open
door policy, with the methods used in producing.
Postum .... Instant Postum
Grape-Nuts and Post Toasties
No other food is quite so fine for building brain/and
brawn as Grape-Nuts. No other drink quite so excellent
for the relief of harrassed "coffee nerves" as Postum.
No other cereal breakfast food quite so delicious and
satisfying as Post Toasties.
The trip through the plant is interesting. You are invit
ed to take it when you come to Battle Creek. It conveys
an idea of the immensity of the pure-food movement.
Competent guides are always in attendance.
Postum Cereal Company, Battle Creek, Mich.
TUESDAY EVENING,
SERGEANT FITTING
IS ELECTED LIEUT.
Succeeds George \Y. H. Roberts
Who Was Appointed to
Captaincy of Troop
j LIEUTEXAXT SAMUEL E. FITTIXG
At a special meeting of Troop C,
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, Governor's
Troop, held Inst night in the State
t street armory, Sergeant Samuel E. Fit
ting. was elected Second Lieutenant, to j
(ill the vacancy left by Lieutenant G. j
W. 11. Roberts, who was named cap
tain of the company recently. The spe- j
cial election was ordered by Colonel
John P. Wood, commander of the
i First Pennsylvania Cavalry.
The election was conducted by j
Major Joseph A". Cunningham, Xew
castle, .commander of the Second
Squadron, of which Troop C is a part.
Lieutenant V,'. 11(1 Detrich, adjutant
of the squadron was judge of the elec
tion and Regimental Sergeant Charles
J. Yuntz was secretary. Captain
Archie Graham, former commander of
Troop F. Xewcastle. was present at
the election.
Lieutenant Fitting ha sbeen in the
service for twelve years. He is a
thorough soldier and did good work J
with the troop while at the Mexican
border.
The members of the Governor's
Troop were presented city medals for
their recent service along the border,
last night by City Commissioners
Gross and Gorgas. assisted by Assist
ant City Clerk Ross Seaman. The
metal bears the same inscription as
1 those presented to the Eighth Regi
ment troopers.
Germany Lets Up on War
on Belgian Relief Ships
By Associated Press
London, April 17.—The arrival of
: eight loaded relief ships at Rotterdam
between April 6 and April 15. follow
, ing the recent torpedoing of four
i commission steamers, indicates, ac
cording to the directors at the London
office of the commission for relief In
Belgium, that the Germans have ceased
sinking immune relief ships and leads
to the belief that these vessels now
will only suffer the ordinary perils of
wartime navigation.
The ships reaching Rotterdam car
ried 17,500 tons of wheat and 9,800
tons of general cargo, including bacon,
lard, cori\ed beef, peas, beans and
milk.
STOCKHOLDERS NOMINATE
! The stockholders of the Harris
Building and Loan Association met
last night In the new office, 204 Locust
I street and nominated the follow ing
C'Heers and directors: Dr. J. \V. El
| lenberger, president; Dr. H. B. Wal
ter, vice president, and directors,
George W. Armpriester, C. L. Long,
i Charles J. Manning, M. D., George C.
! Tripner. J. Horace McFarland, John
IA. Affleck, Carl W. Davis, John H.
I Tripner, C. A. Ellenberger. Thesa offi
cers and directors will be elected Mav
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TEA FOR MISS CAMERON
Mrs. Thomas S. Baldwin, 7 South
I Front street, will entertain at tea to
morrow afternoon complimentarv to
Miss Cameron, of England, who is visit
ing her cousin, Mrs. Lyman Gilbert, of
this city.
1,200 NEW RED
CROSS MEMBERS
Expect 5,000 Before Saturday;
Fifty More Canvassers
Volunteer
Nearly 1,200 new members had join
ed the Harrisburg chapter of the Red
Cross lip to a late hour this afternoon.
The ambulance recording the new
memberships in front of headquarters
at 200 Walnut street, keeps moving
toward the 3,000 mark at a brisk pace,
and that it will be reached by Sat
urday is a prediction that was made
by many of the canvassers to-day.
The tirst day of the campaign show
ed a total membership of almost 800,
and when the final count is made to
night it is expected the figure will
be close to 2,000.
I Fifty new canvassers volunteered to
day, coining from several civic, fra
! ternal and social organizations and
1 from churches and business houses.
Billposters from the Harrisburg Poster
I Advertising Company, re-enforced by
! Hoy Scouts, continued to-day to cover.
' the city with big Red Cross signs.
I Over 160 Ked Cross volunteer work
| ers also signed up at headquarters yes-
I terday and more kept coming to-day.
! These persons were put to work mak
| ing surgical dressings and bandages.
Wednesday evening Colonel Henry
Page, of the Medical Reserve Corps,
! U. S. A., will speak at a massmeetlng
in Chestnut Street Auditorium. Rett
' Cross headquarters will be closed that
evening so as to permit the volunteer
workers to attend.
An auxiliary of the Harrisburg chap
ter will be organized to-night at Mil
lersburg by Miss Anne McCormick and
Mrs. I.yman D. Gilbert.
Tech Boy Arrested as
Spy; Secures Release
After Much Difficulty
Roy Walburn, who was arrested at
Weeliawken. X. .J., on April 9, charged
with being a German spy, lias been re
leased through the elTorts of D. L. j
Kauffman, a local attorney.
Walburn. whose father lives at 142S
Swatara street, this city, is a graduate
jof the Technical high school class of
1911. He is employed by a Schenectady
firm as a civil engineer. While in Wee
liawken he snapped a photograph of a
passing street car. He was immediate- I
ly arrested.
DIVORCE COURT
Alleging his wife attacked him and
threatened his life. William E. Hol
land in divorce court to-day before
President Judge George Kunkel told of
his marital troubles. The case con
tinued during this afternoon, and was
one of the last of the list of 58 to
be disposed of. Several other suits
were heard before Additional Law
Judge S. J. M. McCarrell.
SPLENDID CONCERT GIVEN
A concert of unusual excellenge was
given last evening in Fahnestock Hall.
The artists taking part were Florence
Austin, a very gifted and charming
violinist, and Wilmot Goodwin, bari
j tone. A high class and interesting
i program -was presented with consid
erable artistry and musicansliip. Sam-
I uel Quincy was the capable accom
panist. These artists appear again
this evening in a totally different pro
gram.
Deaths and Funerals
SERVICES FOR JOHN SMALL
Funeral services for John Small,
I aged 47, who died Sunday evening at
| Rutherford, will be hold to-morrow
| morning at 9 o'clock from St. Pat
■ rick's Cathedral, State street. Burial
j will be made in Mt. Calcary Ceme
tery.
DIES AT HOSPITAL
! Walter Sweigert, aged 30, died this
! morning at the Harrisburg Hospital.
! Funeral services will be held Friday
j afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home,
; 1316% James street. He is survived
j by a wife and one child, father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sweigert,
one sister and one brother.
SERVICES FOR MR. SPRIGGS
Funeral services for James Edward
Spriggs, who died Saturday, were held
this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
home of his mother. Mrs. Gertrude
'Hill, 614 Church street. Burial was
made in Lincoln Cemetery.
HARRISBURG ifiSSfr TELEGRAPH
BOARD OF PUBLIC
SAFETY PLANNED
Woodward Would Solve Prob
lem by Creating Commission
Headed by Governor
A bill creating the State Commis
sion of Public Safety and Defense was
presented in the House of Representa
tives td-day by Mr. Woodward, Alle
gheny, chairman of the appropriations
committee.
The commission is to take "ijll nec
essary means to prepare for defense
of the State, provide for the safety of
its people and the protection of their
property" and to aid the national gov
ernment in every possible way In pro
tective and defense measures.
The commission is to be composed
OL the Governor, Lieutenant Governo ",
members of the military board and
W. W. Atterbury and E. T. Stotesbur.v,
Philadelphia, and Andrew W. .Mellon,
Pittsburgh, who are members ot" tha
executive committee ot' the Committee
of Public Safety. The Governor is to
be chairman.
An appropriation of ?2,000,000 13
carried.
Same Bill in the Senate
In the Senate to-day Senator Buck
man appropriated the $2,000,000 war
emergency measure agreed upon at a
two-hour session of the appropriations
committee as a compromise and of
fered by Chairman Woodward of the
House appropriations committee. The
following is the text of the bill as it
will appear on the Senate calendar to
morrow for the first time and then
pushed through on final passage:
"That a commission to be known as
the Commission of Public Safety and
Defense of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania is hereby created, which
shall be composed as follows: The
Governor, the Lieutenant-Governor,
the members of the military board,
and the following named members of
the executive committee of the Com
mittee of Public Safety for Pennsylva
nia, viz: W. W. Watterbury, of Phila
delphia; K. T. Stotesbury, of Phila
delphia, and Andrew W. Melldn, of
Pittsburgh. The Governor shall be
chairman of the commission. The
commission shall organize immediate
ly after the passage of this act and
shall appoint a secretary who shall be
a member of said commission.
"The commission shall take all nec
essary means to prepare for the de
fense of the Commonwealth and to
provide for the safety of its people and
the protection of their property, and
shall aid the government of the United
States in protecting and defending
said government and the people there
of and their property.
"The commission is authorized to
employ such stenographical and cleri
cal help as may be necessary and to
fix the compensation of such help.
"For the ptirpose of carrying out
the provisions of this act, the sum of
two million dollars is hereby specifi
cally appropriated for the use of the
commission. The amount herein ap
propriated shall be paid from time to
time on warrant of the Auditor Gen
eral on the State Treasurer in the
usual manner upon the filing of item
ized vouchers by the commission sign
ed by the secretary thereof."
TRACTOR PLOWS TO
OPEN GARDENS
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i by large tracto plows wil be something
| of unusual interest to a great many
I Harrisburg people who have never
seen the giant plows that are used in
| the south and west employed on Penn
sylvania soil. The two implement
companies have brought experienced
demonstrators to Harrisburg to have
charge of the plows and they will turn
the ground at an unprecedented rate.
The demonstration will begin at 9
o'clock Wednesday morning and the
public is invited and urged to attend.
The Agricultural Committee and the
officers and directors of the Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce are expected to
be present and the public generally
will also be on hand.
Discuss Co-Operation
The executive committee of the
Dauphin County Farm Bureau met in
joint session with the Agricultural
Committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, at the Engineers Society this
afternoon to ascertain how the people
in the city can co-operate with the
farmer to the best advantage of both.
Dean Watts, of the Agricultural De
partment of State College and A. B.
I Hebshman, director of extension work
at State College presenetd conditions
and methods of carrying on the work.
A. B. Shenk, president of the Dauphin
County Farm Bureau along with the
other speakers advocated, not the
farming of such a great acreage, but 1
to farm les and farm it well. Bulle
tins will be sent out from State Col
lege requesting the farmers to select
their seed carefully. Plans were made
for the securing of a agent to
> take up the work here May 1. TJie
i expense of the agent will be borne by
; the Chamber of Commerce, State Col-
I lege and the County Commissioners.
It was the opinion of the farmers
■ present tha tthe best way the Cham
| ber of Commerce could co-operate
; with the farmer was to send boys and
! young men to work on the farms dur
■ ing the summer months. The Agri
| cultural Committee will take u; this
work at once and will make an effort
I to have high school students who wish
j to work on the farms as a patriotic
I duty released from their studies.
WAGE INCREASE NOT MET
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, April 17. —Unless some
compromise is effected at the joint
conference here late this afternoon be
tween the miners' policy committee,
representing 4 2,000 miners of district
No. 2, United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, and the executive committee of
the coal operators of Central Penn
sylvania, the Clearfield region, the in
dications are that the demands of the
miners for a general 33 1-3 per cent,
increase in wages will not be met.
SHOW BAS-RELIEF OF
PAUL REVERE AND HIS RIDE
! Decorations appropriate to the an
niversary of Paul Revere's ride, which
; will be observed to-morrow, are at
i trading much attention at the store
| of Kreldler Brothers, Second and Wal
! nut streets. Surrounded by numerous
; silk flags are two large pieces of bas
; relief work. The one shows Paul Re
vere on his famous ride, and the other
I the arrest of Paul Revere. The pic
tures are very lifelike.
AUTOS COLLIDE
Two automobiles, one driven by Wil
liam J. Lyme, 24 South Fifteenth
street, and the other an electric de
livery car of the Schmidt Bakery, col
lided last night at Seventeenth and
Chestnut streets. Neither machine was
damaged and on one was injured.
FUNERAL OF INFANT
Funeral services for the Infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Franklin were
held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
home, 147 Balm street. Burial was
made in Lincoln Cemetery,
Owls Will Pledge Support '
to President at Banquet
Several hundred members of the
Owls will to-ight endorse the stand
of President Wilson in the war against
Germany at the banquet and reception
at S o'clock in the Chestnut Street |
Auditorium. It is expected that a j
resolution will be adopted pledging the
members' services to the nation.
Among the speakers during the eve- I
ning will be D. D. Wheeler, of Newport
News, Va., Ex-Congressman A. R. j
Rupley, of Carlisle; W. Simpson, local i
attorney for th eOwls, and T. P. Carey,
secretary of the first. Owls' nest.
Thirty-two gallons of the rar and j
costly sauer kraut and five hundred I
fmrrkfurter will be served.
William Strouse of the firm of Wil
liam Strouse and Company has been
elected president of the Board of
Directors of the new nest in which
more than 300 members have already
been enrolled.
Senator E. E. Beidleman has been
| invited to address the meeting by H.
IC. Morgan, deputy supreme president
| of the Owls.
JUBILEE CAMPAIGN ON
The jubilee campaign meeting of j
the Women's Foreign Missionary So- j
ciety of the Methodist Episcopal i
Church opened this afternoon in the !
Grace Methodist Church with a spirit
ed session. It will continue to-night.
The principal speaker at the meeting
this afternoon was Miss Elsie Ross,
of Godhi, India, who spoke On "The
Light of Harvest in India." The prin
cipal address this evening will be de
livered by Dr. Harry Farmer, of the
Philippine Islands.
Dandruff Surely
Destroys the Hair
Girls—lf you want plenty of thick, j
beautiful, glossy, silky hair, do by all l
means get rid of dandruff, for it will |
starve your liair and ruin it if you }
don't.
It doesn't do much good to try to j
brush or wash it out The only sure '
way to get rid of dandruff is to dis- I
solve it, then you destroy it entirely, j
To do this, get about four ounces of j
ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at!
night when retiring; use enough to;
moisten the scalp and rub it in gently :
with the linger tips.
By morning, most if not nli, of your '
dandruff \\ill be *one, and three or'
four more applications will conyilete- I
ly dissolve and entirely destroy every !
single sign and trace of it.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop, and
your hair will look and feel a hun
dred times better. Tou can get liquid
arvon at any drug store. It is inexpen
sive and four ounces is all you will
need, no matter how much dandruff j
you have. This simple remedy never
falls.—Advertisement.
He's telling her that nothing he received from
home brought more joy* longer-lasting pleasure,
greater relief from thirst and fatigue, than
She slipped a stick in every letter and mailed
him a box now and then.
Naturally he loves her. she loves him. and they
both love WRIGLEY'S.
Chew it after every meal.
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APRIL 17, 1917.
V
28-30-32 N.
Announce
to be
on Thursday,
of an unusually large
purchase
fashionable
The prices will be a revelation lo those who have at
tended Schleisner sales as well as to those who have
not —
Peculiar Circumstances
—we call them peculiar because there would
seem to be no reason why a concern should
find difficulty in doing business during the
present prosperous times.
—however, the firm to whom these dresses
were to be sent and for whom they were made,
by one ot the leading dressmaking concerns,
were in financial difficulties and the dresses
were not shipped to them—
—which resulted in our being able to procure
them at liberal concessions.
FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS EVENT WILL
APPEAR IN OUR ANNOUNCEMENT TO
MORROW. THIS WILL GIVE YOU AMPLE
TIME TO ARRANGE TO ATTEND.