NEWS OF STEELTON AUTO BUILDING IS FALLING OFF Makers of Pleasure Cars Arc Curtailing Operations to Save Steel TJie enormous volume of the gov ernment's purchases of steel, those now under final negotiation and those expected in the near future, tends to put prices higher for the manufacturing consumer. Sheets are a conspicuous example, the govern ment's reguirements turned out to be much greater than early estim ates. The week's advance here has been about $5.00 per ton, but govern ment orders are taken at 15 to 20 per cent below the recent market. ]n summarizing the situation the Iron Ago of to-day says: "Tliero is great interest in placing by the government of 7,500,000 shells for field artillery on which awards are looked for daily. About 50,000 tons of steel will bo required." "The spectacular pledge made by steel manufactures at their meeting in New York last week to give the government ship steel as fast as called for, can be made good only by plate and structural mills. Present ship plate capacity is about 150,000 tons a month, and 75,000 a month more will be ready early in 1918, some of it earlier. To build 3,000,000 tons of steel ships in eighteen months would call for about 1,000,- 000 tons of plates and 300,000 tons of shapes. Fabricating mills under the new construction plans, will help ir. speeding up shipyard operations, but there is no prospect of a mon opolizing of plate mill capacity by shipbuilding." "Of tho long waited Russian car orders it is significant that two have been given out through Washington for 5,000 cars each to the Standard and American Car & Foundry shops. The rolled steel requirements are 45,000 to 50,000 tons. An item in exports for locomotive work is 40,- 000 tons of tires. "Much has been made of shipyard possibilities in connection with the Steel corporations purchase of a sixty-acre site near Newark, N. J., but there is no official statement ex cept that the land has been pur chased." "The expected falling off in con sumption of steel for automobiles has come. Makers of pleasure cars are curtailing operations, and in some cases have asked for the holding up of shipments. So far as the mills are concerned, such requests are welcome, especially to makers of sheets and bars. At the same time government buying of motor trucks, more than 70,000 being under in quiry. will make a heavy demand for sieel. One inquiry has appeared for 20,000 tons of base bands for rims." Class Transfered to Highspire High School Grammar school transfer exercises of the Highspire schools were held last evening. A debate. "Resolved, That the Newspaper Is a Great Popular Educator," resulted in a tie vote. The debaters were: Affr mactive. Miss Catharine Diffendei fer, J Harold Parthemore, John Durbor ow; negative, Herbert Orris, Clara i Leedy, Clarence Shuier. Members of the class are: Ralph Auch. Clyde R. Cover, Harold Dan iels, John C. Durborow, Wilbur F. Kttcr, Ernest G. Fmtiger, George L. Grimes, P. Paul Kelly, W. Ellsworth Nitrauer. Herbert E. Orris. J. Har old Parthemore, Charles W. Sauder, Ralph Shank. Clarence A. Shuler, William O. Rhoad, Catharine B. Brown, Catharine R. Diffenderfer, Esther Fink, Eleanor Frutiger, Mary W. Gallagher, Edna M. Grimes, .Mary E. Hahn, Gladys B. Heim, • Mara F. Reedy, Irene S. Mohler and Mira J. Reeves. Steel Workers Buy Liberty Loan Bonds Employes in all departments of the local steel plant are subscribing tr. the Liberty Loan. So far the amount subscribed has reached $5,- 000 in the steel fcundry department where a campaign is being waged. Foreigners as well as Americans are subscribing to the loan. The People's Ba.nk and Steelton Trust Company have not announced their subscriptions, but have re ported that good progress is being made. STEELTON PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Saylor and George Lamke returned from an automo bile trip to Mont Alto. Miss Esther Suydam, 222 Locust street, has returned from a visit to Philadelphia. * ■■■■•■ -.f.-, ■ ';-3 . Are You Tied : Up Indoors? r If so, your whole system naturally gets tied up too. A lazy liver and consti pated bowels are bad i, things,dangerous things. Exercise as much as you can—but keep your liver and bowels up to the -< ■p mark all the time. | Take one pill regularly | —until you are sure you • V are all right again. I jprnlf 1: ||VEft £ 6*nvtr>a bears S/gn&for* I t | Cot or leu faces alien show the •' | absence of Iron in the blood. \ | Carter's Iron Pills will help this condition. ; WEDNESDAY EVENING, MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED HERE Civil War Veterans Decorate Graves and Business Houses Close Memorial Bay was observed in a fitting manner to-day. Members of Sergeant Lascomb Post, O. A. R. Veterans, had charge of the parade and decorating the graves. With a few exceptions the business establishments of the bor ough were closed al! day. The steel works was in full operation all day. The force of clerks employed In the main office building were given a half holiday. The public schools held short sessions this morning. The parade this afternoon was the largest held on Memorial Day for several years. The procession was in charge of Benjamin F. McNear, Jr., chief marshal, and paraded over the principal streets of the borough. At the dismissal in the Baldwin Cemetery, school children decorated the graves of veterans with flowers. The Itev. G. N. LaulTer, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, was pastor. William l.ewls, a Spanish- American war veteran, sounded taps on a bugle. The parade was headed by the Steelton Band. Boy Scouts, High school girls, societies and organiza tions of the town took part. Borough to Have Traffic Cops; Monday First Day Burgess Fred Wlgfield announced this morning that three and probably four traffic policemen would go on duty Monday evening, in compli ance with requests from many resi dents. . The men will life placed at Front and Locust, Front and Swatara streets, the Merchant Hill bridge and probably at the Frog Shop. The police will be on duty from 5 until 6.30 o'clock each evening. These street intersections are the main entrances to the steel works and when quitting time arrives masses of men come out from work and con gest traffic. KARPES HELD FOR COURT Mike Karpes was held for court at j a hearing before Justice of the Peace ! Stees last night on a charge of felon j ious assault and battery and operat i ing a motor vehicle while under tho 1 influence of liquor. Karpes is alleg ! Ed to have run down William An ; drews May 21. Andrews is still in I the Harrisburg Hospital. MORE ROBBERIES Southern nesros continue to make robberies in the East End. Last j night a negro was held up and rob bed of a pocketbook containing sls. Police are investigating. -MIDDLETOWiV- * • The Woman's Club will meet at the i home of Mrs. 'A. L Etter to-morrow j afternoon. The following program ; will be presented: Chorus, "The Little ; Brown Button"; responses, words of heroes: reading, "What Is the Flag of 1 Our Country For?" Mrs. J. R. Geyer; | poem. "The Name of Old Glory," Miss ltachel McCarrell: quartet, "The Blue ! and the Gray," the music committee; j brief talk on "Patriotism," Mrs. H. B. , Garver: story, selected. "Gassaway," Mrs. Ira Springer: song, "Tenting on ! the Old Camp Ground" (Klttridge), by j club. I Mrs. J. M. Ackerman will entertain the Social Circle at her home at Pine I and Water streets Thursday after- I noon. | George Hand, who has been resid- I ing at Woodlawn, Pa., for the past i several years, will move back to Mid ' dletown in the near future. Miss Ruth Kline is visiting at Phil adelphia for two weeks. W. W. Reitzel, who conducted a gro cery business in H. P. Young's blocK, J South Union street, for the past six teen years, has discontinued business j and will dispose of his entire stock at sale this week, and the room will be 1 occupied by the American Store Com pany, who will open up next week, j They will also open a store in the Sife | room, center square, next week. A cantata entitled "The Festival of ! Hays," held in the United Brethren I Church last evening by forty girls, proved a success. A large audience ; attended. Mrs. Luther Nauss and daughter, i Miss Ruth, left to-day for Upham, N. L„ where they will make their future home. ■ Mrs. A. *S. Gingrich Is visiting in Wilkes-Barre. Lewis Welsh of Washington, Pa., is j visiting In town. Miss Sarah Brandt has returned home from a visit to York. Ross Houser and Howard Weirich I visited at I>ebanon to-day. Abram Ritchcreek of Lebanon ts ! visiting in town. ; Thieves tried to gain an entrance ' to the hutchershop of J. Hillner, in j South Union street, last evening. They were frightened away before they had ! stolen anything. I The Royalton school hoard will ( elect their teachers for the coming ; term this evening. Twenty-Five Cent Store's Seventh Anniversary John C. Soutter, owner of the lc , to 25c Department store, is celebiat- I ing the seventh anniversary of the opening of the store with a special sale which will begin to-morrow morning and continue until Saturday of next week. This institution which opened here ' seven years ago has enjoyed an en viable growth. The business of the first year has been doubled and ! trebled, and the addition of new de | partments and * enlargement of old | departments has been found neces sary from time to time. Recently announcement was made that Mr. Soutter had purchased the building in which the business is conducted and that the same would be enlarged by the addition of two stories in the rear. This work has been under way for some (Ime and Is rapidly being pushed to comple ton, to afford as quickly as possible the much needeji additional floor space which the growing business de mands. Full particulars regarding the Seventh Anniversary sale which be gins to-morrow, will be found on another page of this paper, OIn FELLOWS MKET The monthly meeting of the Past Grands Association of the J. O. O. F. of Dauphin county was held last night in the State Capital lodge hall, 304 North Second street. The speakers of the evening were: Robert W. Mont gomery, grand master, of Philadel phia: Roy D. Henian, deputy grand j master, and the lICY. S. '3. Zeifuss, chaplain of the House of Representa tive- Ife, SPEAKERS AND LEADERS IN MEMORIAL DA j||| H. W. NEWMAN Chief Marshal MEMORIAL DAY SOLEMNLY OBSERVED [Continue*! From First Pago.] vice of protecting: the flag and the honor and glory of the nation. Public Join Veterans The public join now with the few veterans who remain, in paying a tribute to the dead, not because they feel that they are approving warfare, but that they are honoring the men who endured the sacrifices and pri vations of that warfare—men who died not only to end slavery, but to show the whole world that the Unit ed States of America was a nation, with a government, "of the peo ple, for the people and by the peo ple," standing forever for liberty, freedom and independence. Gives Post Hag At the rooms of Post 58 this morn ing, the members were presented with a handsome woolen American Hag, the gift of Mrs. L. M. Kasson, 1319 Green street, Philadelphia, in memory of her father, late Theo dore Stevenson, who was a member of the city post, and resident of the city for many years. Mrs. Kasson made a short pres entation address to the po3t: "To the grand old comrades of the War of 1861, I, the daughter of the late lamented Theodore Stevenson, who died February 27, 1900, wish to present this most beautiful American llag, this sad but beautiful Memorial Day, to the dearly beloved friends of my dear father, to the Post 58, G. A. R., grand and noble body who fought for humanity. God be with you all." The llag was accepted for the Post by H. W. Newman, chief marshal of the parade to-day. Other short addresses were made by members and officers. Go to Cemeteries Post 58 members held brief cere monies this morning at the East Harrisburg Cemetery, and Post 116 at the Paxtang Cemetery. The pro gram included addresses and services by Isaac Haffley, the Rev. H. B. King, George L. Sellers, Dr. William T. Bishop, Adjutant William H. Moore, John A. Runkle, J. Leonard and William Uriclc, and taps by Har ry Sollenberger. The Sons of Vet erans' tiring squad fired the salutes over the graves. The parade this afternoon formed at Front and Market streets, at 1.45 o'clock. Shortly after 2 o'clock the veterans and soldiers of the Na tional Guard units swung east in Market street, to Fourth, over the Mulberry street bridge to Thirteenth and Derry streets. Here the first division with Chief Marshal New man and Chief of Staff F. H. Hoy, Sr., in command, stood at attention and the second division passed north to Thirteenth and State streets. The first division then proceeded to Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Colored Soldiers Honored At Thirteenth and State streets, members of the colored post. No. 520, left for the Lincoln Cemetery, and Posts 58 and 116 with the Sons of Veterans proceeded to the Harris burg Cemetery. Clicer For Past and Present Crowds lined the streets traversed by the veterans and cheered the Boys in Blue and the Boys in Olive drab in the National Guard com panies. The first division Included a pla toon of polce. Companies D, I, Ma chine gun and Headquarters and Supply of the Eighth Regiment, Governor's Troop, Spanihsh War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Ser vice and City Grays' Veteran corps. The second division included the Citp Posts, Sons of Veterans, the Commonwealth band and autos with veterans and speakers. J. A. Runkle was assistant marshal and In com mand of this division. The ceremonies at the Harrisburg Cemetery opened with the assembly G. A. R. Aids Recruiting Young Man Y our Country Needs You The Boys of '6l-65 present to you THE FLAG unsullied,' keep it so Don't- Be a Slacker But Enlist In Some Branch of the Service Compliments of the Patriotic Instructor of Post 58, G. A. R. Harrisburg HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH: 111 ; Mil [f f ;• viSflpii i j|||f . bL"" w * H -' v v- MP! * F. H. HOY. SR., Chief of Stuff Hn k REV. DR. G. E. HAWES, REV. HARRY N. BASSLER, Market Square Presbyterian Church Chaplain, Bth Regiment, N. G. P call by Mrs. Roy Mikle followed by a dirge by the band. Tho Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, chaplain of the Eighth regiment, N. G. P., opened the services with a prayer. The Dr. George Edward Hawes, pastor of the Market Square Presbyterian Church, then made the memorial address, eulogizing the veterans for the prin ciples they fought for. After the march to the Soldiers' Plot and a dirge by the band, Isaac Haffley, chaplain of Post llti, opened this part of the ceremonies with a prayer. A AVilson Black, commander of Post 58, made a Memorial address, which was followed with tho presentation of General Logan's order by Dr. W. T. Bishop and Lincoln's Gettysburg address by A. N. Walmer, adjutant of Post 58. Short services were con ducted by J. A. Runkle, C. D. Glenn and W. H. Moore, the program clos ing with a benediction, salute to the dead and taps. Thousands in Parks With clear sbies and moderate temperature thousands of people spent the day on outings at parks. Autoists and motorcyclists filled the park driveways and reads leading from the city on touring trips for the day. Crowded cars In recreation resorts baseball games at Island Park, golf at the Harrisburg and Colonial Country clubs and other sports fea tured the holiday part of the ob servance. City and counyt offices, schools, banks, stores and a number of State offices were closed all day. Flags were kept at half mast over public buildings during the morning and raised to full mast at neon. 74 Americans Held as Prisoners in Germany Washington, May 30.—A list of all known American prisoners of war in Germany, made public to-day by the State Department, contains the names of seventy-four men, all of whom were taken from merchant ships cap tured by German war vessels. Sixty one of the prisoners are in a detention camp at Dulmen, one Is at Rastatt, Bavaria: five at Karlsruhe, and seven at Havelburg. Following are the men who gave Pennsylvania addresses: Daniel Gerrity; Mrs. D. Gerrlty, 231 South Sixth street, Shamokin, P. Q., Canada; Patrick O'Connor, 1123 Wal nut street, McKeesport; Allen Rey nolds, Mrs. H. Rittenhouse, 652 Mari etta avenue, Lancaster: Elmer Soren son, John Almorade, Philadelphia. wKm nuuy nHT... Sn A. WILSON BLACK. Commander, Post 58 COMPENSATION PAYMENT HELD UP The State Com- V\ \ S //J\ pensatlon Board VvW in an °i , ' ni ° n by NSNAXgfccTy Coinml ss i oner 1 Scott has con ' tinue( ' l be sus ; pension of pay rJftSQSSfc ments in t,ie com ffrrffilSfaW pensatlon claim of : Jonathan Clouser, j of Mid dletown, B 9 " against the Win croft Stove works, of that place, which presented some unusual features. Clouser was in jured last year and went to work not long after, earning as much or more money than before. The board sus pended payments. In the case just passed upon by the board it was claimed that since December 5 last the claimant has had no earning power. The board finds that the reason why the man ha 3 not been able to work as formerly is that his occupation is seasonal. It is held that there is no specific testimony that he had been refused work he could perform. The board continues "the suspension of compensation payments until more convincing tes timony shall be offered that the earning power of the claimant Is af fected by reason of the injury it self." The board holds that charges of fraud and coercion made by G. P. Shat'er, Sinnemahoning, against the Aetna Explosives Co., operating a plant at that place, are not estab lished. The claimant alleges tfyat he could not get witnesses because of signs posted about tho plant warn ing that employes talking • about their work or affairs of the com pany would be dismissed. It is held that these signs and rules could not work against the claimant unless the enforcement of the rules deprived him of necessary testimony and that there is no evidence that the notices influenced any one to withhold tes timony of value to the claimant. Bill Signed—Governor Brumbaugh announced his approval of the House bill to validate certain elections held by municipalities to increase debts, the mesaure having been passed to make legal an election held in a Lu zerne county borough where a guard rail was not provided in one of the election booths as required by law. "Equal Rialits"—The House Ju diciary Spoctal Committee voted to report affirmatively the Glass "equal rights" bill after giving a hearing to a delegation of Phlladclphlans, in cluding Dr. F. H. Butler, William Grant I.ee, Isadore Martin and A. W. Milton. To Make Inquiry--The Senate res olution for a commission to inquire into the operation of the present in surance laws and suggest changes reported affirmatively to the House at the late session. The bill author izing making of reduced railroad rates for clergymen and to protect employes against false charges for transportation were negatively re ported. Board to Meet —The State Com pensation Board will hold sittings in Philadelphia Thursday and Friday of next week. June 7 and 8. The first day will he devotee', to hearing commutation cases and next day to appeals. The Public Service Com mission will resume sittings here to morrow. The l'orest Fires—State Forestry Commir.sioner Conklln declares that the damaage done by the forest fires during May was not as great as re ported and was lower than fires uhich have occurred In April and May of previous years. There were many fires, says the Commissioner, but prompt action by (ire wardens, local corps and railroad section hands stopped them. The Commis sioner has issued a warning against starting back fires at the bottom of a mountain, Instances of which have been reported. To Finish Hearings—The joint committee of the legislative appro priations committee which -nv a hearing yesterday to K. H. Downey, of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund on departmental appropria tions. will have its closing hoarings next week. The final touches are to be put on the bill within the next fortnight. Discussing Legislation. Secre- m N. A. WALMER. Adjutant, Post 68 DR. WILLIAM T. BISHOP, Past Commander tary Wharton, of the State board of Public Charities, was at the Capitol discussing: legislation recommended by the Board. Flowers For Chief. Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, State superintendent of public instruction, was presented with handsome bunches of (lowers by the attaches of his department in honor of his reappointment. Case on June 7. The Philadel phia telephone conduit fight, which has been up and down before the Public Service Commission for some time, will be heard on June 7 ac cording to notices given. Praise For Commission. Mem bers of the Legislature have been highly praising the Capitol Park Ex tension Commission because of the manner In which it administered its affairs. The statement made yester day attracted wide attention. DnivJfc OJ Qmk 4 Milk -UNSURE jSi ?ZMM. MilkfyjAuck G>. MILK The importance of The strict regulations having an up - to - date of our process and the plant for pasteurizar rigid inspection tion and the through which seriousness of Y 1 the milk passes distributing jj i when it reaches only pure and jj our plant each rich milk have J ] U\ day, have so af so imbued the I \ \ \\\ fected the su minds of every // I \\\\ per i ntendents one connected / / i „ \\ \\ of our farms with this con- that they see to cern that each > | l_"' it that the milk person does his \hfFrJ/ is-produced un share of the 'ITQ/ der the high work thought- standards fully, carefully ; M ' which we de and thoroughly. ' Jmand. Call 26 on the or 3625 on Are You Getting Milk From Us? i Penna. Milk Products Co. MAY 30, 1917. Federal Agents Round Up Traitors and Plan to Seek Out Slackers Washington, May 30. Despite anticonscrlption agitation in many cities, which Department of Justice officials suspect as German propa ganda, the department expects virtu ally all me between the ages of 21 antl 30, inclusive, to register for the war draft next Tuesday. To insure j this, further steps were taken to- | day looking to the prosecution of persons seeking to hinder registra tion plans and to the detection of' those who may avoid registering. I Criminal action is likely to be taken i against slackers and United States marshals and attorneys have instrue- ' tlons to watch closely for indications of antiregistration conspiracies and to assure the protection of registrars. Taft Singles in a Pinch and Now Is "Charlie" Washington, I>. C„ May 30.—Charles P. Taft, a private in Battery D. Third Field Artillery, did not have to wait for foreign service to prove his cour age. He was enlisted for a baseball I game Monday and when he came to I the bat in the third inning he found a teammate on second and another on third, with two out and one run need ed to tie the score. Private Taft happens to be the son of William Howard Taft, and when his distinguished father came to Washington to see him a day or two ago the ex-President remarked to Ad jutant McCain: "I've got a blrdllng over here some where." Taft's appearance at the plate was greeted by a chorus of shrill imita tions of various feathered warblers. "Oh, look at the little birdllng!" came from a soldier rooter for the opposing team, while a voice from the bench implored the batter to "For get your old man used to be Presi dent and lay hold of a god one!" Taft allowed the pitcher to waste a couple and then singled sharply over first base, scoring both runners. His mates in Company I) don't call him "birdling" any more. He is now known as Charlie. Baldwin Works Get a $14,000,000 Order Philadelphia, May 30. Arrange ments have been completed by the lialdwln Locomotive Works for clos ing the largest order in Its history. The order amounts approximately to $14,000,000 and consists of 250 heavy freight engines for ltussla. With the actual closing of the contract, which. It is understood on good authority,, en tails merely the signing of the papers, the amount of business on the Baldwin books will reach $75,000,000, another record. Baldwin's, business for the whole of last year amounted to a total of $39,000,000. The contract for liussian locomo tives about to be signed here was one half of an order for 800 locomotives, the remaining 250 of which are to go to the American Locomotive Com pany. Hussla's entire equipment needs, inquiries for which are now In this country, aggregate 2,000 locomo tives and 40.000 freight cars, LIVES 200 YEARS! 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