COUNSELLORS TO RESUME WORK Defense Committee Directs Them Back on Job; Tracing Farms The eight farm S\\ % //J counselors who Ov \\ were in State ser vXVVvKCa vice until the ? Legislaturo ad- Journed with out making any ap- propriation and li HMWWWIBW w h° woro yoßtcr fll day ordored en gaged by the State y -li Defense Commis iwtedCSSSESie :iion will resume their trips about the State to-day. The eight men have been in close touch with the State Department of Agriculture since they retired and some of them have been answering letters seeking advice. The Defense Commission has set aside SB,OOO for the employment of the counselors "to co-operate with the National Government and the agencies authorized In this Common wealth to give farmers at once the J.S.Belsinger I - 212 Locust St. New Location Optometrists Opticians Eyes Examined (No Drops) I Belsingt-r Glasses as low as $2. 0 Dr. J. Walter Park will close his office every Saturday at noon during July and August. hr vk jpEHHSiKMEfi W I 1 M L J ■BB Max Reiter David Kaplan HAVEYOU VISITED THE NEW JEWELRY STORE? A real treat awaits you at the new jewelry store. Come and see what our stock consists of, come and inspect our rich stocks of jewelry, watches, diamonds silverware, cut glass, musical instruments and leather goods. By making comparisons you will agree with us that our prices cannot be equaled. You will find real quality here and our strong guarantee makes you safe when buying at the new jewelry store. So call at your earliest convenience, brouse around, inspect our stocks and let us assure you that a hearty and courteous welcome awaits you at the new jewelry store. MAX REITER & CO. 'jF~ 18 North 4th St. || During July and August | ii Our Store Will Close at 1.00 O'clock P, M. Saturdays. All Other Days at 5.30 We will be open Thursday afternoons ;; Please let us have your orders where , | i| possible, before Saturday, to enable us to < :! give you prompt service. ii Henry Gilbert & Son I Hardware 219 Market Street THURSDAY EVENING, best practical and specifics assist ance in the problems of agricul ture." The commission prescribed that the advisers should perform "such duties as the Governor may require." When the counselors dropped work they had six weeks' dates ahead of them. Some of these will be kept, but in the main the ad visers will give attention to the stimulation of big farming opera tions for 1918. State Tracing Fires—Forty-seven suits have been started by the State's chief forest fire warden on charges of malicious starting of for est fires. There have been eleven, .convictions and two acquittals in thirteen cases tried and a number of cases are pending. Claims to the number of 415 have been presented for fires this spring, 226 having been sent to railroads. It is estimated at the department that half of the claims will be settled without re course to law. Scarcely any of the railroads, says a statement, have raised objections to claims and have been rendering assistance to extin guish fires. In a claim made In Elk county land covered with very young trees of large prospective value was burned over through carelessness. The department claims damages on the basis of value of trees sixty years hence, when they would have matured, discounted to the present. Governor's Appointments The Governor has appointed Dr. H. T. Rothrock, West Chester, member of the Forestry Commission; and John T. Downing, Scranton, member of the State Osteopathic Board. New Inspector—Ernest C. Smith, of Turtle Creek, was appointed a State factory inspector. Complain of Rates—Several com plaints against Increases of rates made by Western Pennsylvania elec tric companies have been filed at the Public Service Commission. The commission is asking for answers and hearings will be held. Kotur Respited A respite was granted yesterday for Nikolo Kotur, Dauphin county, sentenced to be electrocuted in the week of July 23, staying the execution until the week of October 1. Mr. Schoch Here Hiram B. Schoch, former Harrisburg newspa perman, now an attorney In Pitts burgh, was here on department bus iness yesterday. Going Right Ahead Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust is 'going right ahead in enforcing the cold storage under the decision of the Supreme Court, which unanimously reversed the Allegheny county court. Answers Looked For —The answers of the Pittsburgh public service com panies against which the city of Pittsburgh filed complaints are ex pected to be made within a short time . The time was extended. There will be hearings in the fall. STEELTON CONFERENCE CHECKS TRADE President Wilson Calls For Same Prices to Public as to the Government Announcement of the result of the conference at Washington last week between Government neftds and the committee of steel manufacturers gave an abrupt check to business in iron and steel on any large scale. The vague ideas the trade has entertained for some weeks of possible readjust ments that would have far reaching effects were sharpened into real pros pects by the President's message to business calling- for the same prices to the public as those fixed by the government. The Iron Age to-day in summarizing the situation says: "Steel producers have expected to accept special prices from the Gov ernment and to have its requirements take up an increasing share of their output; but Chairman Gary In his ad dress to the Iron and Steel Institute late in May said that they also ex pected that as costs of production were advancing the government would be willing to Increase its pur chasing prices accordingly. The con ference at Washington not only pointed In the other direction, but al so foreshadowed an effort by the gov ernment to get like low prices for Its Allies. , "The effect on buyers was just what was to be expected. Through out consuming industries the one pol icy is the postponement of buying un til the Federal Trade Commissions cost-finding inquiry Is finished. "There is much speculation as to the effect of government price fixing on the market for finished products in which its purchases are a negligible fraction of the output, as rails, pipe and tin plate. For plates and shapes, in which government requirements will be large, it is recognized that the private buyer would pay dearly- if there were no regulation of the price for what remained for general use. Police Information Now Given For Publication The police department has taken on a different attitude and to-day all available information to the public was given out for publication. Very little has been doing in the depart ment this week, the automobile drivers have changed their method of driving and all citizens have been living within .the bounds of the bor ough ordinances. Complaints have been made to the department that horses are being abused by drivers. Several alleged to have violated an ordinance prohibit ing this were given hearings last night and discha-rged with repri mands. O. H. Wingert, of Strasbaurg, was fined $lO for passing a street car discharging passengers. To Give Soldier Kits to Enlisted Steelton Boys Each Steelton boy who has en listed in the service of his country is to have a well-equipped kit on his departure from the borough. These kits are presents from the Steelton Red Cross society and ten of them have Just been completed. The kits contain nearly everything a soldier would want. Enclosed in the kits which are made of khaki is found: "A Jimmy" pipe, tobacco, playing cards, soap, wash cloth; complete sewing outfit consisting of needles, buttons, scissors and thread; cold cream, tooth brush, comb, cor responding material, postal cards, writing paper, envelopes and pencils. FOUR GEORGE WASHINGTON'S • Steelton has four George Wash ington. The quartet lives in one house in the Locust Grove camp and are employed at the local steel plant. The colored men came here from the South and are proud of the little order they have formed at the camp, known as "The George Wash ington Quartet." FIXE TRESPASSERS Two trespassers at the borough reservoir were given a hearing be fore Justice of the Peace Stees last night and fined $5 each. The men were: Mich Ambrius and P. Senic. The men were arrested by a reser voir officer.' REPAIRING STREET The Borough Highway Depart ment is busy relaying sections of wooden block in Front street that have raised up during the recent wet weather. A force of workmen were working between Locust and Pine streets to-day. Probably the highest "hump" is at Front and Lo cust streets where the block has raised up about a foot. . Steelton Snapshots Murder Follow* Quarrel Wit nesses at the inquest following the death of Dean Dent at 452 Myeis street, Saturday morning, held last night testified that the murder fol lowed an argument over the disap pearance of $1.50. Wright who is al leged to have committed the murder is still at large. To Initiate Claim —A class of can didates will be initiated into the Steelton Lodge, 184, I. O. O. F., at a meeting to-morrow night. -MIDDLETOWfI* - - Paul Hippie, of Pike street, has enlisted in the ambulance corps and will leave Monday for Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. William Knipe and daughter Emma have returned from a two weeks' visit to Scranton. A warrant was issued yesterday afternoon against William Summers on information by C. C. Etnoyer and W. V. Lutz for reckless riding of a motorcycle. Mrs. Kathryn Updegraph and granddaughter. Miss Pearl Scholing are visiting at Elizabethtown. Mrs. Sherman Hawthorne enter tained the Social Circle at Reservoir Park, Harrlsburg. this afternoon. Sixty young men from town have enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam. They are: Etter N., Charles and Martin Houser, three sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Houser of Race street; Raymond Arndt, Irwin Bow man, David Bailey, H. M. Maxwell, Edward Benson, Howard Bergstres ser, Paul Hippie, Uel Cole, George Campbell, J. H. Covan, Edward Clif ford, Jr., Edward Campbell, Lawr ence Deimler, James Davis, John Daugherty, Earl Davis, Dr. W. P. Evans, Roy Geesey, Claude Garber, Arthur Greenawalt, Robert Habron, W. J. Hewitt, Benjamin Hammond, J. F. Hoke, Dr. J. Croll Nissley, Ed gar Jeffries, Daniel Klnsey, M. W. Lesher, J. C. Lingle, Jr., W. C. Lynch, Fletcher Miles,vWilliam Mus grove, Lawrence Pickle, Charles Poutz, Jerome Palmer, J. F. Park, Jr., Ernest Rough, Russell Romber ger, Park Rat.hfon, W. C Richards, Paul Schaefler, G. G. Steck, Charles Schaeffer, E. S. Shilig, Ward Schie fer, Daiel Shroy, R." O. Statler, James and Arthur Weirlch, Abram Zell, Royalton; John Burger, E. L. Hoov er, Charles Smith, W. E. Myers and [John Kelser. HARRISBURG 3SH& TELEGRAPH I Livingston's W Livingston's Rebuilding 1 I V I VIA I ( \ Rebuilding Sale Starts M>l W I ll Ik 711 /I kj Sale Starts FRIDAY ~~ T 111 A X7X 1 FRIDAY at 9 A. M. 9 South Market St. and 10 South Court St. at 9 A. M. We Are Going* to Add to Our Present Quarters the Building Now Occupied by the 20th Century Shoe Store Ladies' Coats, Suits, Dresses, Waists and Skirts, also Men's and Boys' Clothing. I . In fact our entire stock of seasonable goods must be sold. We must have the room I ~V for the builders. Cost of merchandise has not been taken into consideration. The I " <*- fact is every item must go. ' I consisting' of serges, poplins, H y gabardines, velours, silks, silk \ M B poplins —in navy blue, gold, V I film I apple-green, tan, rose, checks . | M||j jljb and plaids; all sizes. . I g 'f I ;l ),! and Children's f #n\ f \ / 1 ' H| -HATS- (G | ) /! |W f - 1000 Hats-to-Clean-Up J ( A ( H P c fSr Trimmed and untrimmed ( &/ Jw \ \—/ # |' lir '|| jl. j hats that sold up to SB.OO. I 1 \Ma\ I EVERY HAT MUST GO | N'dJPir SKIRTS c&J) / I I Pf ducks, whipcords, etc. j| I 1 \ i IJ" Women's and Misses' I ' I Jl|l\f Pit COATS' % o I 111 I I kl |' r Every--one Must-Go MJr 1/ 1 ■ ivl Pr Navy, black, gold, rose, ■" \ w I HKr 98 I *fW^rrZ' J (^ypß PrCßßes " ( | | ' \j Taffetas, in all I l\ T' %a colors beautiful I styles and all sizes. I $5.00 LADIES' SILK d O f\o TAFFETA SKIRTS d A f\Q Women's, Misses', Girls' UP TO $2.00 LADIES' QQ | SWEATERS CpZ.yO for MIDDIES C WAISTS VOC I $4.00 MEN'S DRESS Ai'qq BOYS' BATHING SUITS QQ BOYS' PANTS; SI.OO fiQ Children's Sweaters— d "| 1Q H PANTS <j)lc*7o for &**J C value { Oi/C wool—all sizes VJL• Xl 7 II UP TO SIO.OO WASH dQ AQ $6 Crepe de Chine and d*Q O Q INFANTS' WHITE AQ Children's and Girls' White AQ H DRESSES su• t7O Georgette Crepe Waists COATS t/OC DRESSES, $2 value ..... t/OC B BOYS' WASH SUITS; A Q SIO.OO MEN'S SUITS, d /i AQ MEN'S STRAW HATS QQ $6.00 BOYS' SUITS— dQ AQ | Worth to SI.OO ~r%/ C Palm Beach *Ptt*7o at */OC 6to 18 ■ Children's DRESSES; up ~AqTZ Up to $6.75 |to SI.OO value T"*7 C COATS $ 1 */U at mOC complete H WAISTS—SI.SO *7Q $15.00 QQQ Young Men's Clothes; d *7 AQ $9.00 SILK LADIES' AQ P value 4U C SUITS Pinch-Back, sls value, t|> / .*7O SWEATERS <J>O.7O JULY 19, 1917. 9
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