4 Building Plans For New Methodist Church to Be Erected on Hill Discussed Building- plans for the new- Metho- Sist Episcopal Church to be establlsh la in the northern Allison Hill section H'ore discussed Inst night at a meet ing and an organization was effected tvith Warren Van Dyke. president: E. £. Adams, secretary, and Al. K. Thomas, treasurer. A committee to folicit funds was appointed as fol lows: The Rev. R. H. Colburn. Al. K. IThomas, l'. C. Byler, Uruce Taylor. J. I'. Olmsted and William Meek. The meeting last night was enthusi astic and was addressed by Dr. H. R. Ifond, pastor of the Ridge Avenue Methodist Church; Dr. Morris E. Kwartz, district superintendent, and in-. S. C. Swallow. It is estimated that the church and c rounds will cost $25,000. Building iterations are expected to be -started by July 1. MAVREIi ItESOLUTIOIf FAILS The Maurer resolution providing Tor submission to the voters of the ptate of a proposed constitutional Rmenlment to abolish the State Sen r.te was negatively reported to the J louse to-day by the Committee on Constitutional Reform. i a name"— it is f f SMOKING TOBACCO i •„• £ I > a description of | the aged-in :• | TIME is the the-wood smooth- / I most valu- ness and mellowness tafjf able thing tn the , , .. , \U\ world. An' the that the choicest of \J| two years of it mild Kentucky Bur- J/! M H lo ,* s ° int u° ley tobacco gets from ,f U Velvet make _ , g| Velvet mo' than years natural | 1 worth yo' dime . ageing. I § You'll LIKE Ou New Home Our growing list of patrons necessitated our re moval to new and larger business quarters. Harris burg's finest Optical Establishment is now ready to serve you. Every known convenience for the comfort of our Irtrons has been installed. We invite you and make this inducement to both our new and our old friends. Toric Sphere Lenses (In Spectacles or linger Piece Mountings) ora (Old Style) (New Style) Flat Lens Toric Lens In tliis offer is included: A complete examination of your eves, (no drops). We fit you with TORIC SPHERE deep curved lenses, mounted in first ((ualitv, stoid lilled fliiKor-pieco mountings or spectacle frames, the maker of which is nationally known. Your eyes will Ije given the attention of a graduate optometrist. J. S. BELSIN 212 Locust Street Next Door to Orpheum Theater Open Evenings During During This Offer, Special Prices Will Special Offer Prevail oil All Prescription Lenses ——^^ ilt's a Mental Relief ] to Use the "Dial" i What a wonderful difference it makes to know ' that when you "Dial" your party you are certain your call is receiving attention immediately, in stead of waiting and waiting to even find out if f your party is busy. It sure IS a great mental re- f lief to use the DIAL. A *' Dial service is best and costs less. T j Cumberland Valley ? Telephone Company of Pa. | 227 Walnut Street JL i f WEDNESDAY EVENING, Books of Red Cross to Remain Open in War Although {he membership in the Harrlsburg chapter of tlie Red Cross has passed 10,000, and the active cam paign for enrollments has.ended, the membership books will not be closed. As long as Uncle Sam is at war the registration office of the local chap ter will be open and the invitation to enlist in this branch of the country's service will stand. Contributions and membership dues have brought the total funds of the Harrlsburg Red Cross to enarly $19,- 000. Included in this amount is an anonymous gift of $.".,000 to the local chapter, announced last night by ltobr ert McCormick, treasurer. EXTENSION ON BII.LS GRANTED Speaker Baldwin announced at the opening of the House session to-day that extensions would be granted all bills on the postponed calendars be cause of the large number of bills before jhe House. The House passed on second reading the bill to change method of payment of legislators so that they will not have to wait until final adjournment for the last in stallment. JOFFRE IS GIVEN SOUVENIR OF CITY Handsomely Mounted and In scriber Facsimile of Flag Forwarded Despite the fact that fate in the form of a railroad wreck intervened to prevent Marshal Joffre visiting Harrisburg, the French gen eral will carry back to France with him a souvenir of the Capital City of the Keystone State. To-day the HARRIS BURG TELE GRAPH forwarded to General Joffre, at Washington, a handsomely mount ed and inscribed facsimile of the Harrlsburg City Flag, accompanied by the following letter: "As a lltle souvenir of your visit to our city to-day, we beg you to accept, with the compliments of the Harrlsburg Telegraph, the enclosed facsimllie of the city's flag, which you may care to place among other me mentos of your visit to the United States. "This Hag was unfurled all over Harrlsburg in your honor to-day. It has special significance because Har rlsburg. the capital of the common wealth, Is located in Dauphin coun- I ty, which was named in honor of the Dauphin of France. "The Hag consists of a dark blue (lekl, with a narrow yellower gold border, bearing a white keystone, the state's emblem, which has upon it the dome'of the Capitol building, rising from clouds. Below the dome are three yellow crescents from the Har ris family arms (John Harris, the city's founder), and above the dome a yellow or gold roundel from the arms of William Penn (the founder of the state), and a yellow or gold fleur-de-lis, from the arms of the Dauphin, the eldest son of the King j of Franco. The name 'Harrisburg' ap- j pears below the keystone in gold. "Our city had the pleasure of re- ceiving your beloved countryman, General Lafayette, in 1825, and you and your distinguished associates shall always have a place of honor in that page of our history devoted to the city's most welcome guests. "it may be interesting to you to know that Harrlsburg is at tlie fore front of all the cities of the country in the number of its sons who have volunteered for service wherever their country calls in the present war. "With the good wishes of a pa triotic community." New Lodge of Odd Fellows Will Be Instituted Here State grand officers of the Odd Fellow Lodge will officiate at the in stitution of a new lodge, to be known us the Commonwealth Lodge, this evening in Fackler's Hall, Thirteenth and Lerry streets. The officers are: State grand master, K. A. Shanor, Pittsburgh; deputy grand master, Robert W. Montgomery, Philadel phia, and grand warden, U. D. Be man, Harrisburg. With the organi j zation of the new lodge there will i lie seven Odd Fellow lodges in this | city. Theh local lodges are making pre parations to attend the session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at I York, May 13 to 17. Each, of the lodges will send representatives and j hundreds of other members will at- | tend. The session will be presided' over the same officers who will officiate at the organization of the new lodge to-night. The committee of arrangements of the York lodges have completed plans for the gathering and quarters have been secured for 1,450 visitors, but at least 500 others are expected to attend. Canoesists Will Make Final Plans For Run From Mifflin | Final plans for the annual excur sion down the Juniata and Susque j hanna rivers by members of the ; Greater Harrisburg Navy will be i made at a meeting in the Park Com -1 missioner's office this evening. William L. Lutz, chairman of the | committee in charge, to-day request | cd all canoeists who intend taking the trip to have their boats at the ! Pennsylvania freight station before : noon to-morrow in order to have ! them shipped to Mifflin in time for the run. Kesher Israel Contract Awarded to New Company ! The contract for the erection of the ! Kesher Israel synagogue, at Capital | anil Brlggs streets, was awarded last I niglit to the State Building and Con | struotion Company, a new contract j ing Arm. Work was started to-day. I The total cost of the structure will | be about $30,000. Tearing down the houses on the ; site, which is 50x90 efet, was started I recently, so Lhat building operations j rould tie gotten under way early in I the season. On the-building commit- I lee are Samuel Fishman, chairman; .Meyer Gross, Meyer Katz, treasurer; j Max Rlter and A. Adelstlne. CITY PASSENGER RAILWAYS ELECTS OFFICERS AT MEETING The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Harrisburg City Pas senger Railways Company was held recently in the office of the Harris burg Railways Company and the fol lowing directors elected: G. W. Keily, H. B. Mitchell, H. A. Kelker, Jr., Edward Bailey, George A. Gor gas, John T. Ensminger, Frank B. Musser, Lesley McCreath, A. C. Mc- Kee, D. Fleming and Frederick Kel ker. All were re-elected with the exception of Frederick Kelker, who succeeds the late Harris Cohen. Following the election, the direc tors organized and elected these of ficers: President. G. W. Reily; vice president, H. li. Mitchell; treasurer, W. G. Gorgas; secretary, H. A. Kel ker, Jr. MANDOLIN CLCII IX) PLAY An illustrated lecture will be given in the Immanual Presbyterian Church to-morrow evening at 7:45 o'clock, under the auspices of the Senior and Intermediate Christian I Endeavor societies. Music will be 1 iurnished by the Central Highl School Mandolin Club, vocal selcc-1 tions will be sung by Mrs. John Ger-' man. Undoubtedly the smiling athlete of j the screen demonstrated his popular ity by the crowds I ••In Again — who have viewed j Out Attain," his latest and Keitent To-day greatest triumph. •In Again Out Again," which has been the attrac tion at the Regent. Monday. Tuesdav and to-day. "Doug" is known to b the best medium for the removal of wrinkles the country has ever known, which means that he is a tonic for old and young alike. To-morrow and Friday, Kathlvn Williams, the brilliant Morosco-Pafa mount star, will lie seen in a story written especially for her, "Out of the Wreck." In this production Miss Williams is not onlv seen as a leader of fashianble society, but as a girl of the slums. The Morosco fompany lias surrounded the star with a cast of uuuuual excellence. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Bids For Construction of Road Through Oberlin Rejected as Too High State Highway Commissioner Black, upon the recommendation of Chief Uhler, rejected all of the bids which were received at the State Highway Department May 3, for the construction of improved roads in Allegheny. Dauphin and Washington counties. The prices bid were deemed ex cessively high, even in view of the present scarcity of labor and in creased cost of materials. Commis sioner Black announced that all of these sections of road would be read vertised immediately, as well as the section of road in Clarion county, for which no bids were received last Thursday. The Dauphin county road, for which bids will be asked, extends a distance of 1270 feet through ober lin. It is the intention of Commissioner Black and of Chief Kngineer Uhler to rush all road construction throughout the State, as appropria tions become available, especially the construction of main-traveled routes, and to this end a comprehensive scheme of road work is being out lined for the 191" season. EXAMINATIONS FOR TEACHERS New Bloomfield, Pa„ May 9. Applications for teachers provisional and professional certificates for the year 1917 will be examined at the courthouse. New Bloomfield, on Monday and Tuesday, June 11 and 12. Special examination will be held June 30,in the superintendent's of fice. This examination is only for those who are attending normal schools or too ill to attend the regu lar examinations. The Real Greatness of the Maxwell Is in Its Perfected Mechanism Mechanical perfection Has made tHe Maxwell the endurance champion of the world— the most economical car to run—a source of complete satisfaction to 200,000 Maxwell owners. Lei's consider the Maxwell first as a piece of machinery, One of these Maxwell engines—just like the one your —for that's what a real automobile is—a machine. Maxwell will have—went for 44 days and nights without stop- Fancy upholstery, enamel, a highly polished instrument ping, carrying a Maxwell over all kinds of roads, in all kinds of board are excellent things, weather, at a rate of 25 miles an hour, on 22 miles per gallon —but they don't make a great motor car. D f gasoline. Motor-car merit depends, first, last and always, on mechan ical construction, Some Other Mechanical Factors That —on the p.rt. that re hidden from your view. Make the Maxwell Great The Maxwell has grace of form and line—travels easily—is ... roomy and comfortable, The Maxwell axles stand up like the foundations of a mighty —a novice knows that—it's obvious. sky-scraper, But, let us pick the car to pieces and see what you actually —they are designed, forged, heat-treated and com get for your money. plete in our own factories. The Maxwell transmission noiseless, self-lubricating, ' The Sturdy, Masterful Chassis trouble-proof—is the height of mechanical sanity and surety. In the first place, there is one—and only one—Maxwell The Maxwell clutch—running in oil, simple, smooth, wear chassis, proof—has an efficiency greater than that of any other car, no —and that chassis not an experiment, matter how high-priced. N —not the whim of some designer who craves a reputation for Besides—each part of the Maxwell chassis is made of only being different or original. the finest metal that can be procured. Nobody is permitted to tinker with that one Maxwell model, —and then only after the material has been subjected to —no smart ideas are allowed to swerve it from its course the most rigid tests known to science, of development, refinement, perfection along the known, proved, time-tried principles of automobile construction. Buy Stands the j est The Maxwell Engine is the Embodiment Don't buy a car on looks, but find out just what is inside it— of Efficiency and Power if the vital parts of the car are mechanically right. . . .. ... . - The more you study the Maxwell the more certain you will The Maxwell engine is a concrete manifestation of em- . u . ~, . , . ciency and power brought up to an almost unbelievable point be ' as , wc are that the Ma ™ the worlds greatest moto K of perfection. car ua ' ue * It has much of the velvety smoothness characteristic of the Come to our sales rooms and let us prove to you that the motors in high-priced cars, Maxwell is mechanically richt. -plu. power, economy, reliability end .itnplicity. Roadster, S6SO; Taurine Car, $665; Cabriolet, (365, To urn This marvelous motor is daily taking Maxwells over tens of *oc c j *ooe i. > j • thousand, of miles of the hardest sort of going at an average Car, $915; Sedan, $985; completely equipped, including cost of only $6 to CO * month. electric starter and lights. All prices t. o. b, Detroit. . Prices F. O. B. Detroit o ' MILLER AUTO CO. . pS <h*n|' 68 S. Cameron St. Both Phones 126 N._9th St. Stars and Stripes Are Carried to French Front For the First Time Paris, May 9. The Stars and Stripes appeared on the streets of Paris as the battle flag of an armed ! force this morning when the flag and 1 50 men of the American Held service who were on their way to the railroad station for the front were acclaimed enthusiastically by early risers all j along the route. The contingent had just been re- j viewed by Col. Girard. head of the 1 automobile section of the French army, in the presence of other French officers and Prof. A. Piatt 1 Andrew, head of the American field , service. The parade ground near | the headquarters of the medical sec- : tlon of the field service was sur-1 rounded at an early hour by a large and enthusiastic crowd eager to see the American carrying arms in ser vice for France under the Star Spangled Banner, the favorite name in France for the American colors. This is the tirst detachment of the American field service to bear arms and detailed for the transportation of munitions to the front. Five Applicants For Every Commission in New Army Washington, May 9. More than 200,000 men, five times as many as can be accommodated, have applied for admission to the sixteen officers' training camps which opened to-day to begin developing the men who will head new American armies to be raised within the next four months. About 60,000 have been certified as qualified for admission, and from these 40,000 will be selected and placed under intensive instruction within the next ten days. ROOSEVELT URGES USE OF NATIONAL GUARD ON FRONTj Trained Body Would Make Basis of Oversea Army Now New York, May 9.—An appeal for patriotic service and devotion to the nation in its hour of need, made last night by Theodore Roosevelt before the Kings county Republican com mittee in Brooklyn, evoked great en thusiasm. The meeting was atttend ed not only by the committeemen and party leaders of the county, but by many of the most prominent resi dents of Brooklyn. A dinner in honor of Colonel Koosevelt. given by United States Senator William M. Calder, preced- j ed the meeting. Tne guests included the assembly district Republican leaders of Kings county. Having "failed in time of peace to prepare for war," Colonel Koosevelt said in his speech, the United States and the entente allies will "pay for this act of folly" before the war' ends. Meanwhile, lie urged, Amer icans must bear themselves manfully in the conflict "and pay with our blood." sending TO the front as rap idly as possible a great force of fight ing men. MAY 0, 1017. NO CHAXKE IN COMMENCEMENT Carlisle, Pa., May 9. ln spite of rumors to the contrary, tho one hundred and thirty-fourth annual eommencomcnt at Dickinson Col lege will come oft according to schedule, officials of the institution said to-day. While upwards of 100 ill I mm iii mm—mm—ii —^ m "The Bayer /IP\ Your Guarantee Cross — VI/ of Purity" nien have enrolled for .training camps, enlisted or gone to the farms to work, the annual event will not be advanced nor will it be changed, .the exercises to proceed as usuai and the diplomas to De awarded to those in the government service, the same as if they were present.
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