COMMISSION TO MAKE AN INQUIRY Important Matter Undertaken by the Public Service Board This Week Iflrst Inves \\\ TL /// "Ration to be un- Vv\\ dertaken by the State Public Ser f vice Commission on ItA own lnltla *lve ,r >to the con dltion of a bridge ll WmStfirolifw W IH bo started* on ifajyUMliJUt fi cea 0 f the Coin ing- miss lon when thero will be a hearing on the reports regarding the bridge of the Schuylkill Navigation Company over the company's canal nt a point near Douglassvllle, Berks county. It Is declared that the bridge Is unsafe, Inadequate and insufficient. A State highway crosses it and In the event that the Commission makes an order It will establish an. Impor tant precedent. Some time ago the Commission undertook a. similar in iMWWi IMI !■! 11 Will 111 I■ II lIIHBWWMHMaBBMBWWMIBMHWBWBMM—w A Leonard Cleanable Refrigerator in a Size and Price to Meet All Demands Ever since we have been in business we have handled the Leonard Re frigerators. 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Htahr, first lieu tenant In the medical corps, has been transferred from the Fourth In fantry to the new field hospital or ganized nt Lancaster, while Dr. George Albert Deltrick has been ap pointed a first lieutenant In the med ical corps and assigned to the First cavalry. To Discuss Gas Rates—Confer ences will bo held here to-morrow with the Public Service Commission ers and the Attorney General on the general situation relative to gas in Northwestern Pennsylvania. A num ber of complatn,ts have been filed against Increased rates in that sec tion of the State. Acting Promptly.—Superintendent of Public Printing and Binding Long is acting very promptly in the matter of the contracts for paper for the state. The contracts and bonds are being executed. More Hearings.—Referee Cum mlngs will sit here next week in more hearings on compensation ap peals from this district. Increases Filed. —The Public Ser vice Commission has received no tices oft increases as follows: Lykens Valley Light and Power Company, bonds $12,000, previous Issue $198,- 000 i Wllllamsport Passenger Kali way Company, notes $7,000 i Benton Hydro-Electric Company, bonds $75,0001 Ortanna Electric. Light and Power Company, stock, SII,OOO. Btudylng Bills. —Governor Brum baugh spent a good part of to-day studying the thirty-three bills on his desk. Action on the most Import ant will be taken to-morrow. Must Hcpuy Cash. The Public Service Commission to-day made an order directing the Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania Railroads to make reparation of $8,331.56 to the Crane iron Works, In which a decision was made on a complaint about rates. Insurance Ruling. —ln an opinion given to Superintendent Shrolner, of the Department of Public Grounds and Buildings, Deputy Attorney Gen eral Kun holds that there Is no rea son why Insurance on leased machin ery in the Eastern Penitentiary should not be paid out of the state fire insurance fund. Omiplain of Rates.—The Carnegie Steel Company has filed a complaint against the rates on coke from the Connellsville region to New Castle announced to become effective on Juno 15 on the Pennsylvania, Pitts- and Lake Erie, Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads. New Lieutenant. Victor Ballou, Philadelphia, has been appointed a second lieutenant In the Second Ar tillery and assigned to Battery B. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS LARGE CLASS TO BE TRANSFERRED Exercises Will Be Held in Auditorium Friday , Evening The largest class in the history of the Steelton schools will be trans ferred from the A grammar to the High school with special exercises Friday evening. In the High school auditorium. There are' fifty-seven boys and sixty-seven girls in the class. Tills number Includes nine from the Hygienic sctiool While the remainder are from the Central gram mar school. Qulticy Bent, president of the board, who has been recently elected, will present the of promotion. The program Is as follows: Pro cessional march, "Lakesonian." M. L. Lake, High School Orchestra; prayed the Rev. William H. Shaw; ' music, chorus, "Praise Ye," transfer class; declamation, "Extract From tne War Message," President Woodrow Wil son, Clarence W. Shaub; biography, "Lafayette," Russell E. Sheetz; de scription of a person/ Miriam R. ! Brehm; music, chorus, "Thou Mighty I Nation," Dewey, class; talk, "Little Belgium Great Belgium," Dorothy Vickery; recitation, "Horatio at the Bridge," Thomas B. McCaulay, Don ald F. Colestock; autobiography, Wil liam A. Sponsler; .music, "The Old Church Bell," Aiken, class; descrip tion of the picture, "Joan of Arc," Bastien Le Page, HUdegrade M. Johanson; talk, 'What we Owe to France," Isabel Hope; recitation. "The Colored Soldier," Paul Lawrence Dun bar, Elcora L. Howard; history, "The Class of 1921," Bella S. Glttlen; music, "Merry June." Vincent, class; "Pre paredness, No. 1," Catherine L. Frey of the Senior class or the High school; "Preparedness. No. 2," Russell C. Zimmerman; conferring of certi ficates of promotion, Quincy Bent, president of the school board; ad dress, the Rev. G. W. Getz; music, patriotic grade song, "The Star Spangled Banner," class of 1921; music, exit march, "America First," I Losey, High School orcliestra. CIIIMN Members Members of the transfer class are Mary B. Baker, Ida C. Beck, Lawrence F. Beck, Stanley Z. Bolton, Miriam R. Brehm, William F. Brinton, Christian Brown, Ellen E. Calder, Frances Cal laghan, Russell L. Carlson, Paul M. Clemson, Albert C°hen, Gertrude Co hen, Donald F. (Solstock, John H. Croll, Elsie J. Cuddy, Kathryn L. Cud dy, Frank J. Cunjak, Cornelius M. Dalley, William M. Day, Vance G. Detweller, Harriett A. Dolson, Edna R. Douglass, Marlin H. Eshelman, Jasper Eusi, Bennett C. Fields, Wil liam J. Finiey, Susan S. Fisher, Ed ward S. Folkers, Eliza A. Gardner, Laura R. Geistwhite, Bella S. Glttlen, Abram Goldsmith, Nellie C. Graves, Marian E. Green, Gladys E. Grenler, Julia A. Grimes, Pauline Grimes, Louise E. Groom, Russell J. Grove, Penrose D. Haas, Raymond W. Ha gen, Grant F. Heck, Howard P. Hen sel, Ruth E. Hiler, Sara M. Hoffman, Sara E. Hoffmoster, Catherine M. Hogan, Isabel Hope, Anthony L Hren, Ella M. Jamison, Hildlegarde M. L. Johnson, John Kambic, Naomi F. L, ojlinson, John Kambic, Naomi F. Kapp, Helen M. Kelm, Mabel T. Kell, Albert J. Keys, Virginia M. Keys, Helen I. Klntz, Walter L. Kintz, Car rie M. Kohlhaas, John M. Lang, H. Lefsky, Max Lenrman, Reuben Le vine, Anna LeVitz, Fure Magnelll, Lloyd E. Manherz, Evelyn Miller, Helen M. Miller, Howard L. Miller. Mildred S. Miner, Everett J. Morgan, Franklin J. Mulholland. Richard W. Nebinger/' Robert P. Nebinger, Anna J. Newkam, Lester Nickey, Emma I. Prowell, William G. Prowell, John F. Railing, Edith Rashlnsky, Monroe G. Relder, lrvln F. nelst, Buella M. Rhoades, Ruth B. Roth, Mary V. Roz man, Joshua H. Shambaugh, Abram D. Sharavsky, Clarence W. Shaub. Russell E. Sheetz, Helen I. Shelley, Blanche V. Shuler, Mae E. Smith, William A. Sponsler, Marian C. Sprow, Esther C. Staubnau, Rodney E. Swain, Fred W. Tessmer, Ruth J. Thomas, Andrew P. Todor, 'Jennie F. Tuptan oski, John Verbos, Dorothy S. Vick ery. Kathryn I. Walters, Carl F. Weisenford, Paul Welden, Hazel Westhafer, Edna Wlgfield, Romaine E. Wollett. Virginia Wren, Ethel R. Wright, and Russel C. Zimmerman. Hygienic School Esther Beek with, Leona Carter, Hattie E. Cole, Touetta Crummey, Elcora L. Howard, Elsie E. Jackson, Lorenzo Rowland, Ethel Washington and Norma D. Wanzer. Steelton Snapshots Detective Gets Prisoner—Detective Irvin Durnbaugh last evening return ed from Pittsburgh with Lawrence Dues, wanted on a charge of larceny preferred by Clyde Broadus. This is the second prisoner Detective Durnbaugh brought from Pittsburgh in a month. Dues was placed in jail pending a hearing before Squire Stees. liaise Large Flag—Employes of the chemical laboratory of the local steel plant raised a large American flag with appropriate ceremonies yes terday. v. School Notes. The Darby prizes for efficiency in geography in the seventh grade of the public schools will be awarded in the High school auditorium to-morrow at 11 o'clock. Miss Ellen McGlnnes of the High school faculty spent the latter part of last week at Baltimore attending the tenth reunion of her class at Goucher College. Highspire Visitor. Jacob C- Steigelman has returned to Lewis town affer spending several days with his family in Highspire. While i i here he attended the graduation ex ercises of the local High school class of which his daughter Sylvia was a member. -MtDDLETOWTN- - • 1 C. W. Thompson, editor the York Labor News, will speak in Middletown to-night, Highspire to morrow night and Steelton Friday night. John Stager is visiting at Lan caster. William Patton and Ross Houuscr are spending a rew days at Gettys- i burg. The monthly meeting of the Lib erty Fire Company will be held this evening. Miss Grace Keffer, one of the pub lic school teachers, left for her home at Shlppensburg, being 111 with measles. John Matthews and C. W. Stainy who were teachers in to To Complete Plans For Liberty Loan Campaign Final arrangements for the sale of Liberty bonds in the steel plant will be made at a faceting of steel offi cials and department superinten dents In Frey's Hall this evening. The campaign will open to-mor row and will continue until next Wednesday. After the appointment of assisting committees by superin tendents to-night between 200 and 300 men will be on the general com mittee to solicit subscriptions. Banks Are Considering Employing Women in Place of Men Called Anticipating the loss of many of their clerks because of draft, officials of practically all of the banks in the city and Steelton are adding young women to thir force to train them to take the places of the young men who will be called to the colors. While a number of the banks for some time past have employed young women for the various positions, it was decided to-day by a number of the officials to prepare to fill the places of the men with women, as other young men who might be em ployed may be called la-ter. In ten of the nineteen banks in Harrlsburg and Steelton twenty-five women are already employed and more will be given positions within the next few weeks, so that when the first call is made for the draft it will not be a serious matter to readjust the working force. Other commercial and industrial concerns will take similar action, it is believed, to prevent difficulties in meeting business demands-in caso too many of the young men are drafted in the first call. JUNE 9, 1917. STATE SHORT ON ITS FIRE MONEY Deficiency in Amount For Fighting Forest Fires Is $15,000 The State Forestry Department will bo compelled to ask the Legis lature for a deficiency appropriation to meet the bills for fighting the numerous forest fires which raged In the wooded districts of the state until checked by the heavy rains of last week. The last Legislature ap propriated $45,000 for tlies bills and it i predicted tnat $15,000 will be needed to meet the deficiency. A statement issued by the depart ment says: "There has been an ex ceptionally large crop of small for est fires this spring, which has helped to swell the total of the bills. Heavier expenses for extinction of fires have been incurred since April 1 of this year than during all of last year. Last week's rains ended the season of exceptional danger in most parts of the state and almost all of the foresters except those In the northern tier report that it is not likely that there will be more before fall. Weather records show that this has been the driest spring in years and during one week of May a high wind blew almost continu ously. More fires occurred during this one week than during the rest of the fire season. BUGLE CAMj MARKS OPENING Columbia, Pa., June 6. Bugle calls marked the opening of one of the registration places in this bor ough, and in the Sixth ward, thirty five men had enrolled in less than two hours. The calls were made at noon and In the evening also. , Spring Days are Joy Days for the man or woman who is wise enough to jump from the heavy foods of Winter to the cereals, fruits and green veg- 1 etables of Spring. Two or three Shredded Wheat Bis cuits with berries and milk and some green vegetables make a delicious, nourish ing meal. Puts the body in top-notch condition for Made at Niagara Falls, N. Y. MNK 4 HARUKD AS MI.ACKKIIH Pittsburgh, June 6. Nine men, wHo the police say wilfully failed to register yesterday, were arrested here to-day. One man said he was an actor and had registered in Berkeley Springs, W. Va., two weeks ago. Like the others, he was locked up. AHRRST FOUR Toledo, Ohio, June 6. Four men were arrested early to-day accused of failuer to register for conscription service. They are: August Bruns, Ray Holbein, John Heckman and Albert T. Werthoff. They are in custody of a deputy United States marshal and will be arraigned before a United States commissioner. Holbein nnd Heckman declare they are not yet 21. Bruns and Werthoff say they are over 31. 9