BIG SURVEY OF FORESTRY LANDS Forty Thousand Acres Arc to Be Looked Over by the State's Agents The State For \\\ estry Commission \\\\ has ordered sur- Cv\\\b vejs Rr, d examina- I tions made of 40,- a 000 acres of for est land in Clear lvJfl393.Qk field. Elk, Cam -11 .frinVwtlVttfW cron and adjoin iffll 101118- lnK eountics which have been offered Bfr*—for sale to the State for exten sion of its forest reserves. These properties were offered at the meet ings of the board held this week and form the largest amount presented for consideration at one meeting. The surveys will be' made during the summer and if satisfactory prices can be obtained after the appropria tion for purchase of additional lands some of It may be purchased. The state's forests now aggregate almost a million and a quarter acres exclu sive of the auxiliary reserves which are being established under the acts of 1913. Most of the State purchases for reserves and its taking over of prop erties under the auxiliary act arc be ing carried with an Idea of protect- i ing water supplies. New Signal Co.—Organization of the third signal corps company in Pittsburgh will complete the signal corps battalion of the National Guard. There are now two compa nies, the wire and the radio, and the third will be an outpost com pany. The fourth field hospital and ambulance company are also to be mustered into service at Pittsburgh ! a3 soon as organized. They are now j being formed under direction of Col. W. J. Crookston. Seeking 'Help Early—Heads of j canning factories throughout the | State are appealing to departments of the State government to obtain I hands to care for the rush of busi ness when the preserving and can ning rush begins. In many instances requests have been made for services of boys and girls during vacation. Efforts have been made to make sure that nothing is wasted this summer and in fruit and vegetable raising counties the canning operations will be the most extensive ever known. New Report Made.—-Commission er M. J. Ryan has filed a supple mental report on behalf of the Pub lic Service Commission in theWilkes- Barre Light Company case in which the ordinance of the pity of Wilkes- Barre is approved and a certificate granted to the company. Mr. Ryan says that the supplemental report ! was made because some misunder standing had occurred in conse quence of certain expressions usetl in the original order of February 26 and he reviews the application and the objections made to it. Will Raise Revenue. —The State's new law relative to branding of fer tilizers, which was approved this week and becomes effective on Jan- I vary 1, 1918, will add $6,000 to the revenues of the State, it is believed. The income from fertilizer licenses has been running about $27,000 in recent years. To Invest in Bonds—Stern will be taken by the State Board of Educa tion and other State boards in charge of funds at their June meetings to invest cash in Liberty Loan bonds. Seme of the boards will have thou sands of dollars to Invest as the fiscal year has just closed and certain rev enues are directly appropriated to them. State Investigates. lnspector McNichols has been detailed by Com missioner Jackson to make a rigid inquiry into the explosion at the powder mills in Luzerne county. Governor a Speaker. Governor Brumbaugh was th speaker at the! Mt. Pleasant High school exorcises j yesterday and was greeted by many Prominent Westmoreland countians. Manye Cases Listed. Many cases are listed for the Public Service serings next week. There are as • high as twenty in a day. Over a score of jitney applications are on file. Delegate* Named—Governor Bruhi baugh to-day announced the reap pointment of Judge W. H. Staake and Walter George Smith of Philadelphia and Deputy Attorney General William M. Hargest as members of the State Commission to attend the national conference on uniform laws. Bureau In Open—The registration bureau for the selective draft to day finished sending the last of the supplies to counties and cities for the registration on Tuesday. The bureau will remain open Monday to meet any emergencies which may arise. National Guard, Changes— Major Abel H. Macßeynolds, Doylestown, was to-day reappointed a major in the Sixth Infantry in orders issued at the adjutant general's office. Third Regiment appointments announced j were: Valentine Edward Dubs, first | lieutenant. Company B; second lieu tenants, George Francis O'Hea, sup ply company, and John Willis Rom mel, Company C. Ceutralln Complains—The borough of Centralia to-day joined the bor ough of Ashland in a complaint be fore tlie Public Service Commission ' against the increase of fare proposed for June 4 by the Shamokin and Mt. Carmel Street Railway." FUNERAL OF MR. HOUSHOLDER Funeral services for Edwin M. Housholder, prominent Republican committeeman, who died at his home Wednesday morning, were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock, from the home ,317 Boas street. The Rev. H. W. A. Hanson officiated. The pallbearers were Elmer Housholder, William Lynch, Daniel Keister, George Ellinger, Grant Moore and William Slentz. Mr. Housholder is survived by his wife, Marie; a sister, Margaret Rick enbach, of Pittsburgh; two brothers, Elmer, of this city, and John, of Pittsburgh. NKW CLEARING SYSTEM Checks drawn on banks in nearby towns in the future will require only one day for collection instead of a week, as formerly. Details of the plan were perfected by a committee com. posed of A 1 K. Thomas, secretary of the Harrisburg Clearing House Asso ciation, and bankers from nearby towns. Twenty-nine banks in Dauphin, Perry, York and Cumberland counties will participate in the new system. FRATERNAL BODIES UNITE There will be a meeting of the Fra ternal Aid Union with the Improved Order of Heptasophs in the room of Dauphin Conclave No. 96, on Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the Grand Army Hall, No. 26 North Third street. Representatives of supreme bodies will be present. EXTINGUISHES FIRM Patrolman William Reichert last evening extinguished a blaze in the Market street subway before it could spread enough to do any damage. The fire started from a short circuit. SATURDAY EVENING, TYPE OF HOTEL BUILT BY PENN-HARRIS CONTRACTORS - .• This is the Hotel Washington, now being built In Washington by Nelson and Lowin, contractors for the new Penn-Harris million-dollar hot'l to bo erected at Third and Walnut streets, Harrisburg. It shows the kind of work they do. NOTED BUILDERS GIVEN CONTRACT [Continued From First Page.] plan, but this will not mean any change in its appearance or in the appointments. No Postponement ! It was suggested in some quarters | that a postponement of the building might be profitable from the stand- I point of immediate investment, but | those who have steadily pushed for \ ward the hotel undertaking felt that I the conditions in liarrisburg were eo I serious that there should be no post ponement. It was therefore decided late yesterday afternoon to author ize the contract with Nelson and Lewin. It is probable that the work can be completed with a year. The Contractors The contractors for the Penn-Har ris, Nelson and Lewin, of 1429 F street, X. W., Washington, and the Conway Building, Chicago, are build ers of note. The character of their operations is well demonstrated by the new Hotel Washington, now be ing erected on Pennsylvania avenue. Fifteenth and F streets, Washington, which the yare building. It is pic tured in another column of this issue of the TELEGRAPH. The Ho tel Washington will lie thirteen stor ies >tbove ground and two below. It will be of the latest hotel design and will be the largest and most com modious in Washington and equal to anything in New York. It will be built of Bedford stone, scrafeto and brick. ! The Washington is owned by the National Capital Hotel Company, R. I S. Downs, manager. Mobilization of Guard May Be Delayed Washington, D. C., June 2.—Mo bilization of national guard troops, now under official orders from the War Department to gathjer on July 15 for intensive military training, is likely to be postponed, following Sec retary Baker's announcement yes terday that the $77,000,000 voted by Congress for the construction and equipment of thirty-two army can tonments would not pay for more than half that number. Revised estimates sl) ow that it would take $150,000,000 to prepare the thirty-two cantonments in the manner desired by the War Depart ment. This fact has sent the plans of the departmnet skyward and Sec retary Baker said it is entirely pos sible the national guard troops will be put under canvas for their period of training in the United States. Endorse Pensions For Gettysburg Professors The Harrisburg Gettysburg Alumni Club of Zion Lutheran Church en dorsed pensions for professors at Gettysburg College and a limited ten ure of office for college trustees at a meeting last night. The meeting was called in preparation for the meeting of Federated Gettysburg Clubs at Gettysburg Monday, June 11. About fifty of the alumni were present. Delegates were elected to the joint meeting last night as follows: The Rev. Stewart W. Herman, the Rev. I. C. Manges, the Rev. L. C. Manges, the Rev. J. R. Markward, Professor G. W. Hill, P. R. Rice and Victor Hausknecht. Dr. J. B. McAllister presided. Petrograd Socialists Take Over Fortress Petrograd, June 2.—By a vote of 210 against 40 the committee of workmen's and soldiers' delegates decided to assume control of Kron stadt, the great fortress which de fends Petrograd. It is announced by the workmen's and soldier's delegates that hence forth the relations of Kronstadt with Petrograd and the remainder of Rus sia will be only through the inter mediary of the Petrograd branch of the delegates, The local workmen's and soldiers' council at Kronstadt announces that it has taken in its hands the effective power of Kron stadt, that It does not recognize the provisional government and that it has removed all the government's representatives. The minister of justice has notified his colleague of this development and on their instructions has com municated with the Kronstadt coun cil, through the Petrograd council, with a view to inducing the Kron stadt council to revoke its orders. HOME GUARDS TO FORM A meeting for the organization of the Home Guards will be held to night in the main courtroom. Cap tain Henry M. Stine and other local military men who are past the age for the draft registration, are form ing the organization. Invitations have been sent to Spanish-American War Veterans and Veterans of the Foreign Wars to join. DKFUCIKXCY IX RAINFALL With the exception of a big de ficiency in the total rainfall for May, 1917, weather records last month were almost normal. There were seven clear, thirteen partly cloudv and eleven cloudy days; a total rain fall of 1.93 inches; two thunder storms and one heavy frost. The highest temperature was Bfi degrees on the 18th, and the lowest 39 de drees on the 4th. RAILROAD COMFORT KITS FORP.R. R.MEN Local Column Will Send Sup plies to Employes Who Go to France Harrisburg's column, Pennsylvania Railroad Women's Division, War Re ; lief, is keeping busy these days. The members will continue sewing at the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. on Tuesdays and Fridays until further notice. Philadelphia headquarters has di- I rected Harrlsburg column to proceed with all possible haste in completing the comfort kits for railroad men : ordered for duty in France. These kits will be forwarded to Philadel ' phia within the next ten days. A first aid class for women will be started Tuesday, June 5, at 4 p. m„ at the P. R. R. Y. M. C. A. | Dr. George B. Kunkel has been ! placed in charge by the National Red Cross Society and will give lectures and instructions to the local class. Standing of the Crews HAKRI9IU KG SIDE I'M Indeipliin Division —The 113 crew first to go after 2 o'clock; 121, 102, 110, 120. Engineer for 124. Fireman foi 120. Conductor for 110. * Flagman for 120. Brakemen for 115 (2) 102, 110, 120. Dolby, Sellers, Newcomer, Gray, Gelir. Firemen up: Williams, Ellinger. Conductor up: Thomas. Flagman up: Nophsker. Brakemen up: Hoover, Mowery, Davie, Evans, Blanchfleld. Middle Division —The 31 crew first to go after 3.10 o'clock; 248, 214, 21, 23, 26, 33. Preference crews,: 10, 8. Engineers for 31, 8. Firemen for 31, 21, 23, 26, 8. Conductors for 21, 23, 8. Flagmen for 10, 8. Engineers up: Ford, Snyder, Nu mer, Asper, Burris. Firemen up: Mitchell Orr. Brakemen up: Barry, Hemminger, Aughe, Durham, Runfelt. Ynrd Board—Myers, Heffleman, Buf flngton, Auman, Beaver, Essig, Ney, Shipley, Crow. Firemen up: Gormley, Wirt. Engineers for 1 C, 4th 7 C, 2nd 15 C, I 18 C. 26 C. Firemen for 3rd 7 C, 11 C, 17 C. EXOLA SIDE Phllmlrlphln Division—The 203 crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock; 210, 223, 205, 228, 232, 238, 217, 215, 226, 234, 237. Engineer for 203. Firemen for 203, 217, 215. Conductors for 15, 19, 32. Brakemen for 19, 34. Middle Division —The 110 crew first to go after o'clock; 116, 118, 102, 114, 119, 105. Engineer for 110. Firemen for 110, 116. Brakemen for 110, 116. Vnril llonrd—-Engineers up: Geib, Curtis, D. K. Hinkle, Holland, Seal, J. H inkle, Elieaffer, Bretz, Flickinger, Shuey. Firemen up: Arndt, O. J. Wagner, McMeen, Deaner, Holsinger, Noss, Webb, McConnell, A. W. Wagner. Engineers for 3rd 129, 2nd 102, Ist 106. Firemen for 2nd 126, 2nd 129, 132, 112. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Division —Engineers up: Al exander, Crum, McDougal, Miller, Gra ham, Crimmel, Crane, Keane, T. D. Crane, Sparver. Engineers for 6293, 663. Firemen up: Bealor, Holtzman, Dy singer, Hartzel, BoWman, Winand, Koller Hopkins, Lytex. Fireman for 41. Philndrlphin Division —Engineers up Pleam, Crisswell, Dindley, Kennedy, Hall, Osmond, Gibbons. Firemen up: Burley, Aulthouse, Her shey, Shlndler, White, Floyd. THE HEADING The 2 crew first to go after 2.30 o'clock; 4. 7, 3. Engineers for 4, 51, 65, 69, 7, 11, 22. Firemen for 64, 65, 69, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 14, 27. Conductors for 65, 69, 22. Flagmen for 65. 69, 14, 22. Brakemen for 57, 65, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 22. Engineers up: Belig, Hoffman. Conductors up: Baxter, Beashore, Daucks. Brakemen up: Moss, Bennlnghove, Beitler, ShufT, Wampler, Shipe, Dutey, Ambler, McCormick. JVSTICK SEEKS UK-ELECTION Hagerstown, Md„ June 2.—Daniel Rcntch, 98, has announced his can didacy at Shepherdstowu for re-elec tion as Justice of the peace, an office he has filled forty-one years, missing only one working day from his office in that time. That was last year, when he sustained a broken wrist. INTERNED GERMANS ESCAPE by .Associated Press New York, June 2.—Two Gertnana interned in the Immigration station on Ellis Island escaped by Jumping Into the water and swimming for the mainland. One of them, William Schultze, a young sailor from one of the seized German ships in New York harbor, was caught when he attempted to land. The other, nam ed Stelnhard, got away. HARWSBURO St&IS&l TELEGRAPH PLAN BIG CUT IN FOOD COST Mutual Members to Hear of Plan at Meetings Next Week Plans for buying foodstuffs and groceries on the co-operative plan, will be discussed at the June meet ings of the local assemblies of the Mutual Beneficial Associations of Pennsylvania railroad employes. Local Assembly No. 21 will meet Tuesday night at Second and Walnut streets; and No. 4 meets Wednesday, June 13, at Odd Fellows' Hall, No. 304 North Second street. Officials Will Be Here Treasurer James K. Linn and other National officials of the Mut ual body will come here to explain the plans. Members from Altoona where co-operative buying has been carried on (successfully will alsM come here to tell Harrisburg mem bers how to cut the cost of living. In the notices sent out the following information is given to the members: "The General Assembly has in vestigated a co-operative buying plan now in force in New York City, also have prices from one of the largest wholesale grocers in Philadelphia, and believe, with your co-operation, that it may be possible to inaugurate an advantageous buying plan In Har risburg." Altoona Contractors Will Build New Pennsy Line A. L. Anderson & Brother, railroad contractors with offices at Altoona, have been awarded a contract by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for the construction of ten miles of rail road extending from Champion to Jefferson, in Greene and Washington counties, the new line to be built for the purpose of opening up a new and very promising coal field. The new line will be a branch of the Monongahela division of the Pennsy, branching off from that divi sion at Ten Mile Run and extend ing ten miles through new coal fields that are just being opened up. It will be a single track line, but, on account of the heavy grades, will mean a very difficult piece of rail road construction. The Altoona con tractors will have about 800,000 yards of excavation to handle and about 18,000 yards of concrete ma sonry to put in. The contract calls for the complete building of the line, including all work necessary to make It ready for the running of trains. Work will be started at once and it is expected to have the new branch in operation by January 1, 1919. R AILROAI N< >TICS Tickets are selling rapidly for the Preparedness Column benefit at Chestnut Street Auditorium Tuesday, June 5. The Pennsylvania Railroad Glee Club, following their successful engagement at the Majestic, will be one of the big features on the pro gram. John W. Hoffman, aged 47, of Al toona, car inspector for the Pennsyl vania Rialroad, was thrown under a train yesterday and had his right foot cut off. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company will establish a school for women at Reading. In structions will be given In telegraphy and other work which women will be capable of performing. Peter J. Crlder, a retired employe of the Pennsy, died yesterday at his home in Altoona. He was 80 years of age. He was retired ten years ago after fifty years of service. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company now has a total of 200 pensioners on the honor roll. The silver cup won by the Phila delphia division pocket billiard nlav ers has been received and will be Placed on exhibition next week. The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company will run an excur sion to the Philadelphia Zoological (Hardens to-morrow. Back pay due Reading emploves under the Adamson law will be dis tributed on the next payday. Charles J. Householder, emploved in the pipe shop, was off du'v to-day attending the funeral of a relative. 23 DEAD IN NTOItM By Associated Press Kansas City, Mo., June 2.—Twenty three persona were killed, more than two hundred were injured and prop erty valued at hundreds of thousands of dollars was destroyed, according to advices to-day from the various com munities In Oklahoma. Arkansas, Kan sas and Missouri which were swept by tornadoes late yesterday and last night. C. I. AND S. FIRE About SSO damage was caused by a slight fire at the Central Iron and Steel Company shortly before 11 o'clock last night. A small shed caught fire. An alarm was sent in from Front and Dock streets and the local department extinguished the blaze. NATIONAL GUARD FAST FILLING UP Companies D and I Close to Full War Strength; Ex pect Last Minute Rush With only a few more days until registration, recruiting in the local National Guard units continues to boom to-day and it is -expected that both Companies D and I of the Eightii Regiment will have a full war quota by Tuesday. A number of applicants were signed up to-day at the recruiting tent in front of the Courthouse and more are expected late this afternoon. The Armory will be kept open to morrow to receive additional recruits, its officers of both companies will make every effort to have the required number of men by Tuesday. One hundred and thirty men are en rolled now in Company I and almost as many in Company D. A band con cert will be given again on Monday night in front of the Courthouse, fol lowed by a short parade. Company I KnllNtmentn Enlistments in Company I since the date orders were received to recruit to war strength follow: Frank P. Hawk, 405 Woodbine: Samuel B. Werner, Jr.. 105 Linden; Tryon H. Williams, 1846 Derry; Ed ward S. Sunday, 20 North Fourteenth; Earl L Leader, 1438 Vernon; Edward M. Wilson, 1153 Derry; Myrl N. Hoer ner, 550 Race; Hikes B. Knell, 203 Hummel; Arthur F. Fagan, 1404 Lib erty; Robert W. Beck. 1323 Swatara; Clifford W. Morton, 109 East; John J. Triest, 1621 Fulton; William Clouser, city; Oscar F. Wolf, 213 Kelker; ISari I. A\ agner, 2007 Kensington; George WhaHon, 25 North Seventeenth; William E. Patton, 607 Boas; Percy E. Patton, 607 Boas; Earl I. Yeager, 407 South Nineteenth; Leroy F. Fortney, Paul Myers, Jacob L Baum, all of New Cumberland; Walter E. McCord, High spire; George E. Lehman, 2021 North Sixth; Charles H. Hall, West Fair view; Harry J. Miller. 548 Myers street Steelton; Raymond J. Thompson Pax tang; Arnold S. Helman, 548 Market; Charles F. SheafTer, 921 Rose; Leonard B-o,. I t 1 alden ?? n ' face; Andrew, K. o Thirteenth; Ralph Duncannon 6 Pt ' rfer: Charles W ' Peters ' EVERY BAR MAY BE CLOSED TUESDAY [ConUimed From First Page.] copies were posted in each of the fifty-four precints. Want to Get Out "Vote" Volunteers to get out the "vote" on Tuesday are being sought by fhe Dauphin County Committee on Pub iif Safety, which Is co-operating with the city officials at various tasks in connection with Registration Day. Realizing that "party workers" are missing in the program for registra tion as is usual for such affairs in Harrisburg, a call for workers has been issued. T ° say e the eligible from suffer e"ects of the severe penalty attached to a failure to register is the desire of the committee, whose members realize that every man of registration age Is not thoroughly familiar with the law and may, through neglect fail to become rejr istered. Issues Call J. William Bowman,a member of the Dauphin County Committee on Pub lic Safety, in charge of this work has issued a public call for volunteers for this work, announcing that the committee Is anxious to have work ers in -every registration district in the city and county. Men familiar with the residents of their district, who desire to keep the young men informed of their duty next Tues day, may enroll for this work by telephoning to the office of the Har rlsburg Chamber of Commerce, Kun kel Building. Ministers Will Aid The ministers in Dauphin county will remind their congregations to morrow of Registration Day and ad monish the eligibles present to re member to register. Nco