NEW RULING IN
COMPENSATION
Important Precedents Estab
lished by the State Compen
sation Commissioners
In a decision awarding compen
sation to the widow of Dennis F.
Eeary, who was killed by being
thrown from a wagon while driving
teams for a Philadelphia firm. Chair
man Harry A. Mackey, of the State
Compensation Board, says "The
courts are Rapidly modifying the
rigors of the old rules of evidence
and are especially recognizing the
fact that tribunals for the adminis
tration of laws intended to establish
social Justice must be given as wide
latitude as may be consistent with
the rights of the parties."
In the case there was question as
to the manner of death of the man,
who was found dead In a dangerous
place for driving, but the chairman
finds that he was killed by being
hurled from his seat In consequence
of a front wheel of his waeon sinking
Into a hole. He also finds that the
widow while not living with the de
ceased at the time of his death was
dependent upon him and in weekly
receipt of money from him for main
tenance.
In another opinion by the chair
man It is found that parents of
Frank Amexdroz are entitled to com
pensation for the death of their son.
who contributed to their support and
who was killed while resting from
his work in a Pittsburgh steel mill.
The opinion holds that it Is the cus
tom of men to rest when engaged in
handling hot steel and that the de
ceased placed a board on one of the
railroad tracks not in use and the
board was either struck by a passing
engine or the man in some manner
knocked from the board and killed.
Referee Beetner is reversed in the
case of Hegelin vs. I-ake Ariel Lum
ber Company, in which it was found
that the company was not the em
ployer but that the deceased was
en.ployed by a subcontractor for
lessee. The board holds that the
actual employer need never have
been on the premises.
AMUSEMENTS
Conte and flare Your First Surf
Dip of the Season
THE BREAKERS
A l.lvely Girl Act With a Heal
Ocean of It* Own.
A Surrounding Vaudeville mil of
I iiusual Excellence.
Recant Theater
TO-DAY AXD TO-MORHOW
WALLACE REID
"THE PRISON WITHOUT
WALLS"
i The method of grafting In pris
ons is graphically depicted In this
production.)
WEDNESDAY and Thursday
"THE DUMMY"
<From the faniou* ntagrc success)
■tarrlpc
JACK PICKFORD j
ORPHEUM—AII This Week
Beginning To-night
Matinee Wednesday and Saturday
WILLIAM ELLIOTT, F. RAY COMSTOCi
and MORRIS GEST, Present
:-V\THE MOST WONDERFUL
V LAY ,N AMERICA
j V. HOBART^^
\ Love Story of Youth, His Trials and Temptations
EN BIG SCENES - COMPANY OF 82 PEOPLE
SEATS NOW FOR ALL PERFORMANCES ft
saf'Maul 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.50, $2.00 |
Wednesday Matinee—soc, 75c, SI.OO and $1.50
THIS IS NOT A MOVING PICTURE
TO-DAY
HQBOEIIIHB TO MORROW HEHHGHJQn
The California Motion Pictures Corporation Presents
BEATRIZ MICHELENA
In a gripping story by C. N. and A. M. Williamson
"The Woman Who Dared"
A startling and sensational seven-part story
Not a regular program feature, hut a big special attrac
tion showing on the regular program, without any advance
in the admission prices.
Added Attraction—Chas. Murray and Louise Fazenda in a
funny Keystone comedy—"Her Pride and Shame."
MONDAY EVENING,
NEWS OF THE LEGISLATURE
AGRICULTURE
TO BE DISCUSSED
Hills Relative to Administra
; tive Features of Department
to Be Threshed Out
Cliairtnen and influential members
of the agricultural committees of the
legislature will meet late to-day with
I Secretary of Agriculture Patton and
officials of his department to discuss
| the bills in hand for the change of
I administration of the department.
These bills have been much discussed
and would both increase the powers
of the Commission of Agriculture and
abolish it utterly. The general belief
is that some agreement will be reach
ed which would give the State Board
of Agriculture more authority than
it has had in the department.
The commission was originally
planned by the Grangers, but when
it was passed it was repudiated by its
sponsors and while members of the
commission have been seeking more
authority, men on the outside have
been trying to have it abolished, while
others would have the members se
lected by the State Board of Agri
culture instead of by the Governor.
If it is decided to-day to make
any change which will be acceptable
to all three there will be no time lost
in framing a bill or amending one of
those now In hand.
Conferences will also be held to-day
and to-night about the contingent
funds for the various departments. The
manner in which these funds were
disbursed in the last two years is
being scanned and there will be some
cutting down with a possibility that
some men may be asked for explana
tions in order to afford light to the
Legislature in voting on the items.
The funds for traveling in some de
partments will be reduced until they
represent what is needed for postage j
and incidentals.
JUSS SARAH OCKER DIKS
Mechanicsburg-, Pa.. May 14.
Miss Sarah Ocker, aged "8 years,
died in the Polyclinic Hospital at
Harrisburg on Saturday, l'rom a
complication of diseases. She had
ben ill for some time, but was taken 1
to the hospital on Friday. She was
a member of the Church of God. ,
Funeral services will be held from j
the home of her cousin. Mrs. James
Trego, in South York street, to-mor- !
row afternoon at 2 o'clock, conduct-'
ed bv the Rev. B. L. C. Baer. pastor .
of the Church of God. Burial wlil 1
be made in Chestnut Hill Cemetery.
Quality GORGAS Service
Call
2244
on either phone and you will
get prompt attention.
Tell us what you want and
we will have it at your door j
in short order.
Our Free messenger delivery
anywhere in the city until 11 j
p. m. makes shopping here j
by phone convenient and sat
isfactory.
GORGAS'
DRUG STORES
16 N. Third St.
and
Penna. Station
WILL CURTAIL
HIGHWAY WORK
High Prices Will Cause Re
duction in Appropriations as
Matter of Good Business
' | A conference to determine whether
■ j it would be advisable for Pennsylva
j nia to go ahead with its ambitious
I read-building road program during
| | the next two years, when pilces for
material and labor bid fair to be the
1 highest known In the state is to be
1 held within a day or so and there are
; prospects that a substantial reduction
may be made in the $18,000,000 state
highway appropriation bill. The plan
to add $2,000,000 to the state school
appropria'tion so that it will be $lB,-
000.000, will go through.
Chairman James F. Woodward, of
; the House appropriations committee,
I 1 says lie will ask Governor Brum
baugh and State Highway Commis
sioner Black to meet with Chairman
!Buokinan, of the Senate appropria
tions committee, and himself to dis
cuss the situation. "Materials and
labor are so very high that I have
serious doubts whether it would not
)be well to give up some of the high
way projects this year," said he. The
idea of taking a reef In the appro
priation for highways was much dis
cussed among legislators here for the
week-end, and whilo some feared it
might affect highways which ought to
be rebuilt the wisdom of studying the
proposition from the standpoint of
prices was admitted.
I The general appropriation bill takes
care of all overhead expenses In the
State Highway Department, the con
struction. state aid, township assist
ance and toll-road purchase items be
ing in a separate bill or budget.
When the appropriation committee
starts to send out appropriation bills
for hospitals and homes aggregating
several millions, attention will be
turned to* the general appropriation
bill, which is being studied in connec
tion with the McNichol "salary desig
nator" for the whole state" govern
ment. This is the bill prepared by the
Economy and Efficiency Commission
j to put every job on the payroll and
] to take all off the contingent funds.
; Incidentally some f the contingent
1 funds for departments are being care-
I fully scanned. The disposition of the
House committee is to allow the Gov
| ernor to have the same contingent
| fund as last time and to allow him
' to expend it at his discretion.
| The Senate will to-night receive i
the bills to tax coal, oil and natural I
j gas and the Woodward bill to take i
manufacturing capital out of the ex- J
I ompt class and tax it one mill. Thus i
I far it' looks as though the direct in- j
I heritance tax bill would be the only I
revenue raiser to get through, as the I
I heavy Federal taxes which are about
1 to be levied have caused legislators to
I be wary about increasing? burdens.
; The curtailment of the road-building
program because of high prices would
also raise necessity for some of the
revenue-raisers, whose production i
; would be devoted specifically to high- |
j way uses.
j The appropriations for the depart
ments of labor and Industry and pub
lic grounds and buildings will be
taken up at a hearing by the Joint
committee to-morrow.
j^AMJSE^[MENTs|^
I ORPHEUM Entire week, beginning
j to-night, with matinees Wednesday
l and Saturday—"Experience."
I >! .lOSTlC—"Vaudeville.
' COLONIAL. "ifte Woman Who
1 Dared." •
I REGENT "The Prison Vf ithout
Walls."
Curiosity is a great human motive.
! People are fond of mysteries to which
they know there is a
Thurston solution. This is the
' Coming reason for the great
popularity of Thurston.
! the magioian, who will appear at the
lOrpheum three days, beginning next
Monday with matinees Wednesday
'and Saturday. The appearance of this
I celebrated artist whose name is fa
j miliar throughout the civilized globe,
; will no doubt attract large and en
thusiastic audiences. There never was
l an exponent of necromancy more
| popular than this skilled artist and
jarch deceiver ot the public.
| Tom Barry's pretentious musical
i comedy, offering. "The Breakers,"
heads the list of attractions
At the at the Majestic the first
Majestic three days of the present
week. Mr. Barry is respon
j sible for the book and lyrics, while
| the music was written by the well
! known composer, Harry Von Tiizer.
The act is brimful of comedy, original
! dance numbers and beautiful girls.
Grouped around this big production
(are: Jack Gardner and Company, ex
icellent comedy variety entertainers;
' Ben and Hazel Mann, young couple
i presenting an artistic song and dance
offering; Bell and Eva, comedy
trampoline artists, and Jack lteddy,
i popular monologist.
When Beatriz Michelena appeared
jon the screen in "The Unwritten
Law," she set a
' Bentrl* Michelena standard which
ut the Colonial film critics were
unanimous
in stating would he hard to live up to
in any following productions, but in
"The Woman \\ ho Dared," Is
the attraction at the Colonial Theater
i to-day and to-morrow. Miss Michelena
proves conclusively that she can hold
the standard set by her early releases,
and adds new laurels to her already
large supply. In the role of a grand
opera singer she becomes the center of
a political intrigue and a sensational
love romance. The story is one of
ihrills and rare sensations that will
hold the interest throughout. Chas.
Murray and I<ouise Fazenda. the two
popular Keystone stars, will be on the
same program in their biggest laugh
getter. "Her Pride and Shame." Com
| ing soon. Anita Stewart in "The Girl
Philippa."
Wallace Reid and Myrtle Stedman
will be seen at the Regent to-day and
to-morrow in a pro
! "The Prison duction ot Robert
Without Walls** *E. MarAlarney's
nt the Kesent thrilling story, "The
Prison Without
Walls." Mr. Reid is seen as a young
prison reformer, who enters a prison
ito investigate some grafting that is
I going on.
How a young visitor falls In love ,
1 with him, and how he manages to 1
save her life is brought about in a|
thrilling manner. The popular Lasky '
! star (whose celebrated conflict with
(the Ethiopian sextet In "The Birth of
a Nation." is well remembered) has
I remarkable opportunity In this plc-
I ture, which contains several tre
| mendous fight scenes.
Wednesday and Thursday, Jack
Pickford will be the attraction in "The
Dummy."
V. . TO VSK OERM.tV SHIPS
Washington, D. C„ May 14. —Twelve
j of the seized German vessels, fullv re
[ paired, will he ready at the end of
I this week to be pressed Into the trans
jAilar.tlc service to carry supplies of
all klr.da to the allies. The shipping
;board estimates that within nineteen
jdava all of the SOD,OOO German tonimit"
(and IS,OOO Austrian tonnage will be
in use. •
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
PARK TRANSFER
BILL UP TONIGHT
Important Local Measures
Will Be Given Attention
During Present Week
The bill to transfer to the Depart- j
ment of Public Grounds and Building*
money in the hands of the Capitol i
Park Commission and unexpended on
June 1 will be on tinal pasage in 1
the House to-night and will be sent
to the Senate to-morrow. The other
Capitol Park bills will be acted upon
this week in committees, the Bel
dleman bills to be reported out by
municipal corporations and the 'ap
propriation bill to be considered by
subcommittees. The chances are that
$350,000 will be allowed, although this '
has not been determined.
The calendars for both branches of
the Legislature are loaded with bills.
The time of the House may be occu
! pled part of to-night in considering
the report of the committee on rules
recomending a date for closing up
business. There are reports that June
14 will be selected, but whether it will
be adjournment or a recess depends
on the conference in Philadelphia to
day. The House is in favor of fixing ]
that date. The Senate will hold up j
the matter to see how things go.
The House appropriations commit
tee will start to report out appropria
tion bills on Tuesday or Wednesday
and will devote Itself to completing J
the general appropriation bill carry
ing the funds to conduct the state i
government for two years from June I
1. as soon as It completes its action j
on the charitable bills. Heavy reduc- |
tions in many appropriations have i
been necessary and unless revenue |
raising measures are passed, say Leg- j
islative leaders, more may have to
be undertaking by the committees, j
The revenue bills, except those to tax j
capital invested in manufacturing'
have passed the House.
Both branches face heavy calendars.
The House has 239 bills, of which 141
are on third reading alone. The Sen
ate calendar contains over 100 bills.
The bills on the calendars will be
materially increased this week by the
appropriation bills, which are to be
put into lists and made special orders
of business and by bills which com
mittees will start to report out be
cause of the approaching adjourn
ment. There are over 1,200 bills in J
House committees.
Social and Personal News
of Towns Along West Shore
I
Miss Carrie Simmons of Hersliey |
visited relatives in Xew Cumberland j
yesterday.
Sirs. Roy Parthemore and son, Le- •
roy. of Xew- Cumberland, spent Sat- \
urday at Shippensburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Buttorff of Xew
Cumberland, gave a dinner in honor ]
of the christening of tlieir little
daushter, Sara Ellen Buttorff.
Miss ElizabeUi Gardner and Miss!
Dorothy Gohn. of Xew Cumberland, j
spent the week-end with friends at I
York and Windsor.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Relff, son
Robert. Miss Dorothy Heffleman and !
Miss Catherine Good, of Xew Cum- j
berland, attended the May Day
exercises at Lebanon Valley College.
S. A. Williams, of Xew Cumber-)
land, is recovering from ptomaine j
poisoning.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spahr, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mrs.>
Spahr's parents. Mr. and Mrs. John I
W. Wolfe at Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Howard C. Kraber, of Har-1
risburg, spent Sunday with Mr. and j
Mrs. Jacob Slieely at their country 1
residence, Homestead Farm, near
Shiremanstown.
Mrs. Fannie Deckman, of Quincy. !
is spending several days with friends
at Shiremanstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ebert, son'
Stuart, of Mechanlcsburg, spent
Sunday with Mrs. Bbert's parents, j
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Brinton at Shire
manstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Sylvan Gerber. |
daughters, Arlene, Eleanore and'
Margaretta Gerber, of Lewistown,!
motored to Shiremanstown yester- j
day, where they visited the former's \
relatives.
David M. Rupp, and George Fran- 1
ois Rupp, sons, of S. S. Rupp, of I
Shiremanstown, left Friday evening!
foe Fort Xiagara, X*. Y., where they [
will receive military instructions ]
preparatory to receiving officers' >
commissions.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dull, Mrs.'
Margaret Wertz. of Mechanicsburg.;
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sheel.v, sons,!
Robert and Herbert, of Lemoyne. j
were entertained Sunday by Mr. and i
Mrs. Benjamin Baker at Shiremans- |
town.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fortney, son, !
Millard, daughter. Media, of Sid
donsburg, motored to Shiremanstown I
yesterday and were guests of Mr. |
and Mrs. John H. Brenneman.
Mrs. George K. Eshleman, son
Kenneth, of Shiremanstown. are
home from a visit with the former's j
parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Bloom:
Wentz at Plainfield.
Miss Alice Wallace and sister,
Clara Wallace of Shiremanstown,
spent yesterday with their aunt, Mrs.
Ella Haupt, at Enola.
LANCASTER, COUNTY DEATHS '
Marietta, May 14. John H.'
Kiiuffman, aged 80, the oldest man
of Landlsville, died Saturday night, j
He was a retired hardware merchant j
and member of the Mennontte j
church. One brother survives.
Mrs. Anna M. Correll, of Green!
Bank, aged "8, died Saturday even-1
ing. Four children, and ten grand
children survive.
Mrs. Levi Yost, aged 78, of Inter-;
course, died Saturday evening. She!
was a member of the Amish church. I
Her husband, eight children and |
twenty grandchildren survive.
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* "Experience,** the much-talked-of morality play, opens its engagement
at the Orpheum to-night, where it will play for a week, with matinee per
formances \\ ednesday and Saturday. The Eastern "Experience" organiza
tion. with its of eighty-two vital characters, is the presenting com
pany, and the ten spectacular scenes of tho play are host described by their
58i? " ln the Where Dreams Begin." ' The Street of Vacillation."
£!P ir^? e p ath." "In the Corridors of Chance." "The Street of Dissolu
iioll, „ T ! le .. n °H se of I - ast r £*°rt." "The Street of Remorse." "The House of
Lost Souls. "The Street of Forgotten Days." and "In the I>and Where the
Dreamer Awakens. The story of "Experience" is said to have the throb
of young love and the high pulse of adventure. It is a vivid, human drama,
telling or the adventures of Youth in his quest of fame and fortune.
Johnny Gill to Quit
Ring For Army Duty;
Last Fight Wednesday
York, May 12. Johnny Gill, sue- '
cessful young welterweight of this j
city, told his friends to-day that he)
will enter the ring for one more!
fight and will then enlist In the regu
lar army. He has decided to apply j
for enlistment in the engineering!
corps. Gill says he thinks that he|
should "do his bit" for his country.
Gill, who is York born and bred,
has made an enviable record since |
his entrance intothe pugilistic game!
saveral years ago. At the present!
time he is on a fair road to the wel- I
terweiglit championship, a match!
with Jack Britton, the American ti- j
tie holder, having been arranged. I
condltionall on his winning his nextj
fight in this, city with Eddie Hanlon, i
which will take place next Wednes-!
day. The Yorker has made a name j
for himself as being one of the 1
cleanest and most gentlemanly box
era in the East, in all his fights. Be- j
sides being an artist in the ring!
game, Gill has played amateur bas- j
ketball and baseball with several
teams in this city recently.. At the i
present time he is conducting a
cigar store.
THIRTY MILLION PERSONS
TIM.IXi BACKYARD OARDEXS
Washington, D. C.. May 14. Thirty
million persons in the United States
have Joined in the campaign for food
gardens in backyards. This was an
nounced here yesterday by the na
tional emergency food garden commit
tee, which two months ago began a
campaign for 1,000.000 food gardens.
"Many of the new gardeners are not
only producing enough food for their
own use, but are going to have some
left over for t*ielr neighbors." It was
stated by Charles Lathrop Pack, presi
dent of the association.
PROPERTY MAY HAS
MICH TO WORRY HIM
Handling; Paraphernalia of Rarnuni
and Bailey's Circus a Mnn's Size
Job at All Times
The multifarious paraphernalia of
a big circus provides one of the most
serious problems in the handling of
the show, and it is traditional among
circus folks that the property man
who superintends the appearance
THOUSANDS TICK IN UNISON
•
Every hour, 65,000 clocks are set by
Western Union Telegraph. Clocks
that ring bells in schools; clocks that
blow factory "whistles; clocks that
flash signal lights; important clocks
everywhere—all owe their accuracy to
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and disappearance of the many
I "props" during the performance, is
[ the busiest man auout the show.
With the Barnum and Bailey cir
cus, which will be here May 21st,
j there is a man who directs an army
I of assistants and is responsible for
j the proper placing of every trapeze,
wire, supports, chariot, rope, rigging,
j and ail the special apparatus used
by performers.
The circus property man Is one
| big machine in himself, but it re
■ quires a small army of these ma
j chines to do the work of the big cir
| cus. And he is quite as important
Jas the highest paid performer in
j the rings or aerial rigging. Experts
I in efficiency say that it is largely due
Ito the khaki army of canvasmen,
j "razorbagks" and property men,
| each working in a highly organized
| department, that makes it possible
j for such a stupendous organization
' as the Barnum and Bailey circus to
j move from point to point, and give
: two performances every day in a dif
! ferent city. The ivorkingmen are
tlie most valuable and perhaps the
least appreciated of all circus peo
i Pie.
! It is the property man who makes
the circus accident almost unknown
jin these days. Teh property man
j must be a professional. He must
! rehearse as diligently as any acrobat
j or bareback rider. A ring bank must
i be placed in position in the twinkling
| of an eye, or a net or aerial appara
] tus swung into position in an instant.
Moreover, he must see to it that
every , rope and ladder and piece of
apparatus is flawless so that the
lives of the performers may not be
, in danger.
The property man on the march
is tireless. Each man has many
things to do to earn his dollar a day
and "cakes." He has few hours for
sleep when on the road; he is always
busy putting up or taking down the
i intricate circus paraphernalia, and
he must always be keen and on the
alert. General Arnold Graves, the
boss property man of the Barnum
i and Bailey show, has spent twenty
I years in the business and has per
j sonally trained each one of his army
' 1 of nimble-footed assistants. The Bar
j num and Bailey circus this season
' is carrying more than 1,400 persons
; | in its various departments, and of
II this number approximately 700 are
i workingmen.
MAY 14, 1917.
•"00,000 JBWKL9 STO!,B\
FROM A COUNTRY HOCSH
relham, N, Y., May H. Jewels
valued at $200,000 were stolen from
the country home of Frederick H. Al
len at Pelham Manor, Friday, it be
came known last night. The robbery
occurred during the absence of the
family. The Jewels liad been left out i
of the safe in which they were usually
kept.
Mr. Allen Is a -'•ominent financier,
clubman and political leader. lie is
now interested in udministratitai of
trench war velief funds. His wife is
descended from a noted French fam
ily.
RED MEN IX CONVENTION
Duncannon, Psi„ May £4. Twen
ty-eight tribes were represented at
the semiannual convention of the
Trl-county Red Jlehl.s Association
here on Saturday. Delegates were
present from Perry, Dauphin and
Cumberland counties. A big parade
took place in the afternoon by mem
bers of the association. The next
semiannual convention will be held
at Middletown, Pa., October 13.
lUFTY JOIN RED CROSS
New Cumberland, Pa., May 14.
Over fifty have joined the Hed Cross
Society, the ladies of town have been
invited to meet every Wednesday
afternoon in the liall of the Inde
pendent America to sew.
HOYS' BRIGADE EKSTIVAI;
New Cumberland, Pa., May 14.
The tioys' Brigade cleared fifty dol
lars at their festival held in the base
ment of the Methodist Church Fri
day night.
MOTHERS' DAY OBSERVANCE
New Cumberland, Pa,, May 14.
Mothers' Day was observed in all
the churches yesterday. The services
were well attended and the audi
toriums were prettily decorated.
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f tract of select malted grain, malted in our
own Malt Houses under sanitary conditions.
I? Infanta and children thrive on it. Agree* with
L ) the weake*! stomach of the inoalid or the aged.
Need* no cooking nor addition of milk.
\ACtDAi;DTBAyELfBSjr Nourishes and sustain* mo e than tea, coffee, etc.
Should bo kept at home or when traveling. Anu
tritious food-drink may be prepared in a moment.
A glassful hot before retiring induces refreshing
CQ sleep. Also in lunch tablet form for business men.
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FOREST FIRE CO.
IS ORGANIZED
Blair County People Provide
Means to Combat Blazes
in the Woods
In an effort to ntone for the for
est lire record made by Blair county
■ last year, citizens of Lakemont have
! organized a forest lire company/the
llrst of its kind in Pennsylvania. The
organization starts with over 160
members enrolled, all of whom are
: pledged to wage instant and ruth
less warfare on all forest fires. The
. following officers have been elected
ed: President, Charles Dantz; vice
-1 president, W. B. Seward: secretary
j and treasurer, D. M. Snowberger;
; assistant secretary, John Miller;
J chief tire director, James Degen
i hardt.
Meetings will be held in the town
; tlremen's hall on the second and
I fourth Mondays of the months of Are
danger. Fire alarms will be sent out
through the town's Are signal sys
tem, and a special nlarni of "6-6"
will be used to give notice of a
i forest lire.
Money received from the Depart
ment of Forestry for tire lighting will
| not be used by the members for
! their own benefit, but will be paid
over to a common fund for the pur
i chase of equipment to be used in
] lire lighting.
Officers of the Bureau of Forest
i Protection to-day expressed the
\ hope that other similar organizations
may be formed, and will be glad to
co-operate with the citizens of any
| Pennsylvania community in forming
1 a forest lire company.
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