JITNEY CASES TO COME UP AUG. 14 Public Service Commission Will Consider Them at That Time According to Plan The Public Ser- Pv \ \ ff /yf\| vice Commission fexVW ' wi " consider the S\n\VV\e3 Hv Harrisburg Jitney < cases on Tuesday, August 14, when B the next e xecutlv 'e I session will be * I 1 JMBfiPwiffllilV held. The reports E fcHswlilf" 1 'MI Ml on cases were Rjj taken up this cisions reached. The commission will probably con sider a number of Jitney cases from other parts of the State on that day. The commission last night issued orders dismissing complaints of the Philadelphia Team Owners' Associa tion against the Pennsylvania rail road and directing the Pennsylvania to enlarge its station at Nadine, Al legheny county, and provide means of lighting. Decisions will be render ed In Scranton cases shortly. State Takes Action.—Deputy At torney General J. L. Kun has return ed from Uniontown, where he ap peared against owners of meats who were arrested at the instance of Dr. W. S. Gimper, of the State Live Stock Sanitary Board, on charges of violating the meat laws. They were held under $1,500 bail, while the owners of the cold storage warehouse were compelled to take out a State license. Sitting at Scranton.—Chairman W. D. B. Alney, of the Public Service Commission, is holding hearings at Scranton to-day in cases from Lacka wanna county. Hearing Set.—The Public Service Commission has fixed Reading, on August 2, as the time for hearing the complaint of the Schuylkill Val ley Milk Shippers' Association against the Reading railway, because of a change of time of the departure of the milk train from Reading on the line to Pottsville. To Discuss Roads.—Highway Com missioner Black will have confer ences with representatives of a num ber of counties regarding proposed purchase of tell roads within the next month. Trie State is prepared! to go dollar for dollar on purchaser, providing amounts are not too large. Inspection On. —State Commission er of Health Dixon is on a tour of inspection of the State Saiuitoi i;*. He is at Mont Alto to-day and will go ; to Cresson to-morrow. Dr. Dixon will | also visit a number of the dispen saries. Expect Prompt Work. —Commis- sioner of Fisheries Buller is planning for prompt work on the fish hatch ery extensions. The plans are be- j ing worked out for operations next I month and will be completed Sat-, urday. Cambria Is Morlest.—The Cambria' Good Roads Association sent a com- | mittee here yesterday to ask the state ] to join with it in a $2,000,000 road! proposition, the county to give dollar j for dollar. Commissioner Black said i Cambria would get its share of state : money. License Taken Away.—The auto mobile license of Wayne Hamilton. Emporium, was revoked by Commis-1 sioner Black. He failed to appear toj answer a charge of running a car! while intoxicated. Vacation Time. Vacation time will begin in a number of the de- partments next month. The appro val of the bills by the Governor will end the legislative period. Judge* File Paper*—Judge Aaron S. ' Swartz, of the Montgomery county courts, to-day filed a petition to be a candidate for renominatlon. Associ ate Judge Martin H. Scramm, of the Montour county courts, filed a peti tion for renomination. Miller Made Captain —C. Clyde Mil ler, Homestead, was to-day appointed a captain of cavalry and assigned to command the First company military police, Pittsburgh. An appointment for the Philadelphia company will be mide soon. The military police will be detailed for duty by division head quarters They contain many police officers from the two cities. Board Summoned —The State In dustrial Board was summoned to attend a further conference on the Federal and state labor laws at Washington to-morrow. The plan is to make them uniform in operation. Want More Men —A hurry call for twelve men to fill up the supply train of the National Guard was sent to the Capitol to-day from the Mt. Gret na camp. They are to replace men who were rejected on medical exam ination. Appointed Captain—Charles H. Fur nee was to-day appointed captain in the medical corps of the National Guard and assigned to the Sixteenth infantry. Rate* Attacked The Pittsburgh board of education to-day filed com plaint against the new rates of the Dequesne Light Company, charging that they are excessive and should Location of - _ _ COTTON;'best: large Q_ " iU §fOot CK 3(oVU*ktOa" ' STOCKINGS_spIit sole; not a scam; in ," ' ■ 1 ■■ u—, pair lfc WOMEN'S STOCKINGS FINE WASH SKIRTS 12V2C f* t\ -m fk/-> 35c RIBBON—PIain or fano.v, ojJc arid Hoc * !5 d fl ,nch: Sa, °- 19 C • VALUES UP TO 81.6 ft V I ' ' Pique, Gabardine, Fancy Self White Welts, patch pockets, large /"l v /\* y ■ 1 fy ox's xTkThid'xv newest styles with or without belte. f j Iff |V r S ' Heavy Silk Gloves: double 1 r ===-- r =========== ; ==^===========^^==^ = ==^—j linger tips; 5c kind, AQ~ $6.98 and $7.50 WASH DRESSES $2.98 I Friday, pair, **J/C | I av c ,T fth \rnppAur lflc Button Elbow I^ncrtJh ON ALE TO-MORROW Heavy Silk Gloves; SI.OO Kind Very newest styles daintily combination trimmed. Fine Batiste Friday Sale CQ r \oiles, Ijwns, Idnens, Etc. All sizes: only 43 In the lot fcO OO Price Choice Friday <9Z>"O • Mark-Down Sale Friday 'shoos!^ OCR ENTIRE STOCK of Fine Navy Blue Wool Suit., M.ltable for UwUCa ityle£" rc ' ,uo '' mt " 1 "*' ♦"**>*• etc. All the neweit nud latet FRIDAY'S SALE OIR ENTIRE STOCK of Medium Welcht Coatu marked down Ca P s 19c 25c P Cft,. —• u lle f°r nen whore, mountain, traveling, etc. i to OJ/C .IJ EXTIIIB STOCK of Finest Crepe de Cliln* Dronae*, Georir- Valtirn IV to no., SaW v ***'*' Krench Vo,le *o at half and lean than Shoes 25c, 50c up QQ nE °* E ° F THE KARLY °* ES TO-MORROW I t0 Values tin tr S, £ , ' " ' 1 ~ =a v Many new models to select from. Special, ! lg§P Are the Best Made SI.OO, $1.25, i.50 sSifrs The Best Fitting r„u, f^ w ! _ 790, SI.OO, $1.25, $2.00 THURSDAY EVENING, STEELTON STEEL BUYERS TO PAY PRICE Consumers of Pig Iron and Finished Steel Willing to Pay Producers' Price Buyers of pig iron and of all forms of finished steel continue for the most part to hold aloof from the market, and their fear of what m%y happen to prices as the result of govern ment action is in sharp contract with their willingness only lately to pay any price the producer might name. The Iron Age to-day says: "It is evident that finished steel in the hands of manufacturers and job bers is of fair proportions, and the latter in particular are disposed to work down their stocks in the inter val of waiting. "Meanwhile the government's cost inquiry goes on, with evidence that the problem of determining a repre sentative cost of any form of finish ed steel is found to be more com plicated than was counted on at tho outset. "There is some comment on the slowness of specifications on steel which manufacturers were officially told several weeks ago must be put through at once, one such lot being 40,000 tons of rails for the govern ment's use abroad No order for these has been received. "For Italy an inquiry for 10,000 1 ton? of plates and a considerable ton nage of wire and other products has come through Washington, but no mill was found willing- to take the business with the attached stipula tion that the price would be fixed later by the United States govern ment. This is the first test of the attitude of the steel makers on tho proposal that the government and its allies come in on the same basis. "On the other hand there has been buying for France through the old channels, the French mission through J. P. Morgan & Co. having already placed 25,000 tons of plates, out of a total of 50,000 tons, for na val vessels and canal and river barges, deliveries to be made in September and October. For hull steel six cents was paid and for boil er plates nine cents. "It is understood that the French government has been willing to have deliveries on its shell steel held up and precedence given to rails and track supplies of which a large ton nage will go forward for the reha bilitation of its railroad system un der the direction of an American ex pedition of 1.000 men." ATTICKS ITNERAIi Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Atticks, who died Tuesday will be held in St. Mark's Lutheran Church to-morrow afternoon. The Rev. W. B. Smith, former pastor of St. Mark's church and the Rev. R. L. Meisen helder, of Trinity Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, will officiate. Burial will be private. Enlisted Church Members to Be Given Testaments At a meeting of the session of the First Presbyterian Church held last evening it was unanimously agreed to post an honor roll in the vestibule of the church containing the names, rank and addresses of all the men belonging to the congregation who enlist in the army or navy during tho present war. The church will also present each one of the men with a pocket Testament with the follow ing quotation from scripture inscrib ed on the flyleaf: "Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, what soever things are just, whatsoever thing are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think of these things." The following members of the church have enlisted: Lieutenant Robert Earl Fry, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; Sergeant Harry J. Bretz, Company D. Eighth Pennsvlvania in fantry, N. G. P.; Arthur P. Miller, officers' training camp, Fort Niagara, N. Y.; Alfred H. Smith, Machine Gun Company, Eighth Pennsvlvania In fantry; William B. Fry, Machine Gun Company, Eighth Pennsylvania In fantry; George G. Wren, sanitary de tachment, Eighth Pennsylvania In fantry; Charles H. Wikel, Troop C, First Pennsylvania Cavalry. not apply to the board's contract with the company. The City of Pittsburgh has also attacked tho company's rates. Charges that the Latrobe Water Com pany had failed to supply Bradenville with water were made in a complaint filed by a resident of that place. War Purchasing System For United States Army to Be Reorganized Washington, July 20.—Plant for re organizing tho government's war pur chasing ayatom probably will be adopted finally at a meotlng Friday of the Council of National Defonao. Preal dent Wileon, It la undoratood. al ready haa approved the proposal. Tho plans call for a rearrangement of the councll'a committeo ayatcm and creation of a war Industries board, with civilian and military members. The civilians will be mon who are In terested In no particular industry and their powers will be solely advisory. The military members, representing the army and navy bureau of sup plies, will do tho actual purchasing for the government. The reorganization will bring a sim plification of committees, but commit tees of experts In varioue Induatrlos will not be greatly disturbed. The Administration feela that the work of some of the committees has boen In valuable and that the government cannot afford to lose the services of the experts. These committees will continue to advise the council as to conditions In their Industries and the quantity of goods particular industries may be expected to furnish. The various committees will center in the war Industries board and no longer will be directly under members of the council's advisory commission. As the war Industries board will an swer directly to the council, this will permit members of tho council to keep In closer touch with activities and will leave members of the ad visory commission free to pursue their special lines of work. Heretofore each member of the advisory body has been burdened with endless detail. The War Industries Board will ab sorb the General Munitions Board and the committees on raw supplies and finished products. This Indicates that at least three of the civilian members of the new board will be Bernard Raruch, chairman of the raw mate rials committee; Julius Rosenwald. chairman of the finished products committee, and Frank Scott, chairman of the Munitions Board. PROPERTY OWNERS NOTIFIED TO REPMH PAVEMENTS The local police department to-day- Issued notices to a score of prop erty owners, notifying them to repair their pavements and clean the street RUtters in front of their dwellings. The property owners are given five days to work and if nothing is done at the expiration of this period action will be taken against them. GETS APPOINTMENT Eugene W. Snydam, a member of Baldwin Commandery, No. 108, Knights of Malta, has been appoint ed deputy grand commander in charge of group twenty-eight, com prising the commanderies in Harris burg, Steelton and Middletown. PRESENTS PIANO TO CHURCH Mr. and Mrs. Harry A. Given, members of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, have presented the church with a piano for the so cial rooms. Mr. and Mrs. Given will soon move to Philadelphia. : MIDDLETOWN Samuel Caley, who had been driver of the team at the car w*orks for the past sixteen years, has resisrned. and secured a position at the Bethlehem Steel Plant, at Steelton. The Red Cross society members, who have been meeting in the High school building since their organiza tion. will move to the second floor in the Rambler building. Union and Mill streets. Mrs. Arthur King met with a pain ful accident at her home yesterday morning, when she fell down a flight of steps, injuring her hip. Harry Sehaeffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Sehaeffer, of State street, enlisted in the Ambulance Corps, and will leave for Columbus. Ohio. John Weirlch. who spent the past several months at Cleveland, Ohio. Is visiting in town. Edward Mahler, member of battery A. located at South Bethlehem, spent yesterday in town. Wilhelm Myers was given a hearing before Squire W. J. Kinnard on Tues day evening, charged with being an unnaturalized citizen having a gun in his possession. He paid the costs and fine. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Church of God. held Its annual picnic at the Borough park to-day. Miss -Mary Daugherty, of Harrts burer, is visiting in town. The Rev. James Cunningham spent the day at Landiaville. where he preached at the campmeeting service. TO DECIDE SUBWAY DAMAGES The schedule of damages and bene fits to be assessed by the Mulberry street viewers incident to the vaca tion of some streets south of Mul berry street, and changing the grade of others, will be made up within the next few weeks, ft was announced this morning after the city had clos ed its side of the case. Only a few witnesses were called on behalf of the city, but what were called esti mated the damages at amounts far below what was given by the wit nesses for the property owners. RUSH TO HERSHEY The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company to-day sold 1,164 tickets to Hershey. The occasion was the annual picnic of the united Catholic churches of Harrisburg and Steelton. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Y.M.C.A.FORPA. ARMY IN GEORGIA State Secretary Carruthers Will Accompany Party to Camp Site In a short time the Pennsylvania division, constituting nearly 30,000 troops, will be camped at Augusta, Ga., in their federal training camp. This camp will be conducted Indefi nitely and the Y. M. C. A., under the war work council, has made elabo rate plans to administer to the In terests of the men of the army at this point. In each of the five bri gades there will be a large Y. M. C. A. tent and equipment, with five or six trained association secretaries at each tent, one general secretary, one religious work secretary, one physical director and one educational secre tary and one or two general assist ants. The general camp secretary is E. Tomlinson, general secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at Wilmerdlng; the re ligious work secretary is M. W. Lampe, of the University of Penn sylvania; the physical director is George Fleming, physical director at Williamsport; the general educa tional secretary is George B. Landis, of the state Y. M. C. A. These men will have general direction of the different activities of the entire camp. In a day or two Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Landis will go South to set up the work. They will be followed in a few days by the other camp sec retaries. J. B. Carruthers, the state secretary, of Harrisburg, will accom pany Messrs. Tomlinson and Landis and give a week's time to the general arrangements, erecting of the outfits, etc. Is Interdenominational The Y. M. C. A. is anxious to co operate with all the chaplains as far as possible and in the tents there will be heard the Roman Catholic mass, Jewish synagogue services, as well as those of other denominations, as the work is strictly interdenomi national. Prominent entertainers will be ob tained, grand opera singers and others, to make a tour of the camps, and all recreation will be under the direction of the physical director and will include sports such as baseball, football, volleyball and quoits as fa vorites. with chess, checkers and other indoor games. The educational department will, in connection with its work, get the newspapers of the boys' home towns to send free copies to camp and fine 1 libraries will be procured from the American Library Association and the State Traveling Library Depart ment of Pennsylvania. Lecturers and distinguished preachers will speak at various times and lessons in English will be given the foreign-born and French will be studied by those who hope to go to France. Already 7,000,000 feet of film a week has been secured for the motion picture shows, the amount to be increasd as the need comes. The Y. M. C. A. is willing to accept the proper sort of books and phono graphic records which may be sent to the state Y. M. C. A. headquar ters here or directly to the camp at Augusta, Ga. Only good books are wanted, those on engineering, on the war, science, classical, fiction and the best of modern Action. Provision will be made for corre spondence, the Y. M. C. A. furnish ing free the special stationery, em blazoned with the national colors, the only charge being made for post age. and every man is encouraged to write home frequently. Special mall service by automobiles has been se cured so that mall may be carried to the remotest camps with promptness. France Orders Engines to Haul Troop Trains; Baldwin Gets Contract Philadelphia, July 26.—An order for 150 locomotives, to be used in transporting the American troops in France and for other purposes in conjunction with the maintenance of the American fighting forces on the front, has been placed with the Bald win Locomotive Works. The cost of the engines will amount to $7,000,- 000. The total number needed for this work is 300, and they are needed quickly. Because of the need for speed in filling the orders the con tract has been divided between Bald win's and the American Locomotive Company. An official of the Baldwin company said that the speed with which the locomotive can be turned out depends to a great extent upon whether the materials can be se cured as rapidly as needed. WArk will be started in the near future upon the contract. The Baldwin concern recently se cured a contract from the Russian government for 250 locomotives to cost about $14,000,000, while a simi lar contract was awarded to the American Locomotive Company. Baldwin's are also busy upon a con tract to furnish the British govern ment 100 consolidation freight en gines, which will cost approximately $4,500,000, making a total of 500 en gines to be constructed In the imme diate future. OVERCOME RY HEAT Millard Saulsbury, aged 27, 2656 Harlem street, Baltimore, was ad mitted to the Harrisburg hospital yesterday afternoon. suffering from heat prostration. His conditions is improved today. Deaths and Funerals MRS. GEORGE D. SMITH DIES Mrs. George D. Smith, aged 2). of Pittsburgh, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elias E. Fry, 212 Crescent street, this city, following an illness of more than six months, suffering from heart trouble. She is survived by her par ents, husband and one brother. Clar ence A. Fry. Funeral services will be held at the home this evening at 8 o'clock. The body will be taken to Pittsburgh for burial. INFANT DIES Louis Lee Ditzel, aged three months, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil bert Ditzel, died yesterday at the home of his parents. Funeral serv ices will be held at the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Charles Ditzel, 241 Crescent street, to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Ellirf N. Kremer, pastor of the Reformed Salem church will officiate. Burial will be made at Paxtang. MRS. R. X. SMITH Mrs. R. N. Smith, aged 70, died yes terday ot her home, 521 Carey ave nue, Wilkes-Barre. following an ill ness of two months. She is survived by the following children: Miss Jean and Oscar at home; Mrs. Walter Casterlin. Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Harry Davenport. Howard and Johh Smith of Plymouth, and Girton D. Smith, Camp Hill, division cashier of the Bell Telephone Company. Funeral services will be held Saturday. Mrs. Smith was born at Plymouth and has resided at Wilkes-Barre for the last three year*. RAILROAD RUMBLES NARROW ESCAPE FOR PASSENGERS Harrisburgers on Buffalo Ex press When It Ran Into Wreck at Coatesville Harrisburgers en route to Harris burg on Buffalo Express last night had a narrow escape and received a severe shaking up. The express, traveling at fifty miles an hour, side swiped a freight wreck at Coatesville. All the windows on the right side of the train were broken. Several pas sengers were cut by flying glass. None of the Harrisburgers were in jured. J. Marvin. Fifth street and Snyder avenue. Philadelphia, and Mrs. Eliz abeth Krier, of Buffalo, N. Y., were cut about the eyes. They were re moved to the hospital and their in juries dressed and later resumed their Journey. John Christy, of Philadelphia, the engineer .had no knowledge of the freight wreck ahead of him on No. 4 track until he sideswiped a carload of coke. He applied the emergency brakes until he thought his train had gone up in the middle. His loco motive was completely put out of commission. Engineer Commended Jesse Wilson, of West Chester, was the conductor on the express. After matters, had become calm Conductor Wilson congratulated his engineer for his presence of mind in bringing the train to such a sudden standstill. Names of the passengers were taken to Williamsport, it being a Northern Central equipment. The cars were replaced on the tracks and sent to this city for repairs. Another train was made up here and sent north. Two local freight trains were shift ing on No. 4 track. Engine No. 2330 had gone west to place some cars and the crew was ordered to return to the same track. In the meantime, it Is said, the other shifter placed a draft of cars, loaded with coke, on the same track east of the station. Engine No. 2330, head on, went west on No. 4 track, crashed into the draft of cars and telescoped the first one. The passenger train due a few minutes later received no warn ing. The Coatesville fire whistle sounded a trouble call for the guardsmen guarding the Pennsylvania Railroad bridges and the soldiers guarded the tracks until everything was cleared away. Traffic was not delayed. Trains were passed around the wreck on east-bound tracks. Standing o( the Crews HAKIMSBVRG SIDE: Philadelphia Divialon—The 123 crew first to go after 1 o'clock; 113, 117, 128, 126. 107, 124, 130. Engineers for 113. 117. 123. Firemen for 107, 108, 124. Conductors for 124, 126. Flagman for 117. Brakemen for 113, 123, 124 125. Engineers up: Albright Martin, Tennant, Brooke, J. H. Gable, An drews, S. K. Steffy, Grass, A. K. Steffy, Wiker, Yeater. Keane, Hubler, Wen rick. Firemen up: Briggs. Bridges. Su louff, Bonds, Troutman, Burns, Moore, Hocklander, Walters Thomas Ellinger. Conductor up: Bitner. Flagmen up: Martz, Miller. Brakemen up: Hunsecker, Dressier, Kimmel, Crosby. Middle Diviaion—The 252 crew first to go after 12.10 o'clock; 242. 227, 233, 237, 248. Preference crews: 10, 9, 2. Fireman for 10. Brakemen for 10. 2. Engineers up: Peters, Asper. Buck waiter. Nissley, Kensel. Firemen up: Anderson, McGee. Conductors up: Coup. Leonard. Brakemen up: Clemm, Stouffer, Rumbaugh, McCarl Flagg, Sneeder, Bowers. Hetrick, Bleyer. Yard Bourd—Engineers up: Auman, Essig, Boyle, Ney, Myers, Shipley, Biever. Firemen up: Miller. Burns, John son, Gardner. Diffenbach, Speese, Mil ler, Strawhecker, Peters, Biever. Yost, Eckinger. Young. Troup, Plack. Mc- Gann. Wright, Wirt. Sellers. Fltz gerald. Engineers for 12C. 26C. 28C. Firemen for 3rd 7C, ISC, 14C, 29C 35C. EN OLA SIDE Philadelphia Division —The 212 crew first to go fter 1.15 o'clock; 220, 208, 221, 236, 224, 204, 210, 227. 230, 239, Engineers for 204, 220, 230. Firemen for 204. 216. 217, 221, 236 238. Conductors for 204, 227, 236. Brakemen for 202 204, 208, 210, 217, 221, 230. Middle Division —The 219 crew first to go after 1.40 o'clock; 303, 245, 243, 235, 234, 238, 222. Six crews laid off at Altoona. Yard Board —Engineers up: Curtis, D. K. Hinkle. Holland, Sheaffer, For tenbaugh. Firemen up: Snyder, McConnell, Webb. Coldren. O. J. Wagner, Arndt, Taylor. Engineers for 2nd 126, Ist 129, 2nd 104. extra. Firemen for Ist 126, 2nd 102. 2nd 104, extra. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Divialon Engineers up: Robley. McDougal, Keiser, Crimmel. Firemen up: Bowman. Hartzel, Kol ler, Gates. Lyter. Bealor. Fireman for 669. Philadelphia Division Englners up: Hall, Welsh. Gibbons. Bleas, Os mond. Firemen up: A. L. Floyd, F. Floyd, Shlndler, White, Cover, Aulthouse. Johnson, Shaftner. Engineer for 8. Firemen for P.-36, 628. THE READING The 9 crew first to go after 11 o'clock; 14, 19, 12, 1. 4, 11, 22, 6, 103, 102, 71. 64. 67, 66. 60. 58, 3, 67, 72. Engineers for 1. 7, 8. 9. Firemen for 66. 9, 12. Conductors for 7, 8. Flagmen for 66, 71. 1, 4. 7, 11. 12, 14. Brakemen for 60, 63, 66, 68, 71, 73. 11. 12. Engineers up: Hollenbach, Beecher, Ruth. Morne. Firemen up: Clendedln,. Frantz, Kepler, Barrick, Kressfcre, Deckert. Luckenbaugh, Mentzer. Wilt, Bryan, Buffington, Noggle, Grundon, Gless ner, Scheetz. Conductor up: Bashore. Brakemen up: Berfler, McCormiek, Gunn, Morrow, Nlckle, Campbell, Zim merman. Hennaman. Moesllne, Wes ley, Sholly. Grady, Lees, Mosser, Schreffer. BETHANY PICNIC The annual basket picnic of the Bethany Presbyterian Sunday school members and friends will he held at Boiling Springs Park to-morrow. A program of song and entertainment has been arranged for the day. Spe cial trolley cars will leave the Square at 8.30 o'clock. From the advance | sale of tickets a large attendance is assured. BIG LOCOMOTIVE BOLT FOR WORK Pulling Power Equal to That of Half Mile of Trolley Cars; in Philadelphia Once more has American genius demonstrated its supremacy in the railroad field, this time in the pro duction of the most powerful loco motive in the world; not a freak built for spectacular purposes, but the first of a standard type of giants of the rails constructed for a defl-1 nlte purpose. It is capable of de-1 veloping 7,000 horse-power, and was designed and built by the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company and the Westlnghouse Electric and Manufac turing Company. This monster, capable of exerting as much power as a string of trolley cars over half a mile long, draws its current from a wire no bigger than that used by a trolley car, or about the size of a lead pencil. This is made possible by the use of the high voltage alternating current r s tem. To Haul Heavy Traffic The important field for this en gine will be for hauling the tre mendously heavy freight traffic of the Pennsylvania railroad over the Allegheny Mountains from Altoona to Johnstown, Pa., including the fa mous Horseshoe Curve, a distance of approximately forty miles. The freight traffic over this division runs as high as 300,000 tons a day. In capacity this locomotive exceeds by more than fifty per cent, the power of the large electric locomtives in transcontinental -service, popularly called the largest locomotives in the world. Is Now in Philadelphia The locomotive has been sent to Philadelphia, where it is being placed in initial service on the elec trified portion of the Pennsylvania main line extending west from Phil adelphia to Paoli. It is built in one unit. There are two trucks, each having six driving wheels six feet in diameter. On each truck are mounted two powerful electric mo tors taking current from the trolley wire and supplying mechanical pow er through a gear wheel to the drivers. The total weight is 260 tons, length 76 feet. Although this weight is compact, the engine is said to be much easier on the track and road bed than the Bteam locomotive be cause the weight is cushioned and the running gear is perfectly bal anced for all speeds. No Jerking The control has been applied to such perfection that power can be exerted gradually so as to enable the engine to start a train without Jerk and acquire the speed of twenty miles per hour with a heavy train in about two minutes. This speed is fixed as desirable for the grades and curves which will be encountered when crossing the mountains. An interesting feature is the fact that the engine will handle these enormous tralnloads, owing to the de sign of the motors, at constant speed, whether operating up or down grades. When going down grade the motors automatically becoihe gen erators and return power to the line, and at the same time obviate the use of airbrakes, which are simply held for emergency use and for bringing the train to full stop. Graft in Airplanes, Is Charge in London London. July 26.—William August Cassoon. a retired civil servant, was remanded in Bow street police court this afternoon charged with unlaw fully and corruptly conspiring with Wing Commander John C Porte, R. N. A., and Lyman H. Seeeley, to con trovene the provisions of the preven tion of corruption act of 1906. The charge concerns large sums of money alleged to have been corruptly paid and received by Porte, as agent of the Crown, in respect to contracts between the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty and the Curtiss Aero plane Company of New York. Mrs. (Catherine McCulloch No Longer a Pacifist Chicago, July 26.—Mrs. Katherine McCulloch, woman attorney, suffragist and a former Jeader in pacifist ranks, to-day announced she had severed her connection with the pacifist organiza tions. and that she had subscribed to the bar association rule not to defend conscientious objectors. Jma rfjf/ttJCLm or stead y hauling this 1200 pound Overland Delivery Zffr, Wagon is one of the most prac tical investments a merchant can make. 1200 Pound Practical —because it is eco- Delivery Wagon no " l ' cal •* It may cost a little more in the beginning, but in the long Express Type run, it is a big money saver. $ 905 Drop in or 'phone us and we Chassis $855 • will show you why. Do it today. , , , The Overland-Harrisburg Co. PrtC€s f. o. b. Toledo _ w 212-214 NORTH SECOND ST. Subjsct to Change without twite, Qj>cn Ev< . nlDK . Botll phone. Tlie Wllln-Overlnnil Company, Toledo, Ohio ■' -Mini .i .I.J ' ■ ...i ii ii iim ,i , 1J1.1./IU^MU.U.. JULY 26, 1917. LEAGUE VOTES TO KEEP GOING Magnates Hear Good Reports; Help For Heading Team; Want Old Salaries Syracuse, N. Y., July 2|. —The New York State League win stick j out the season despite financial | losses by many of the clubs. This was decided at a meeting of club owners at the Arlington Hotel. Binghamton, which started last night and lasted until early today. Robert Allen, Scranton, one of the I owners reported to be ready to throw up the sponge, was among the most outspoken in favor of con tinuing the schedule. Reading was represented by George Wlltse, who has lost about $5,000 this season and I j who Is understood to have been left |to drift for himself by his former j partner. Dr. F. N. Tate. The Read ing franchise could be shifted to Wellsville, but this is improbable. If Reading needs assistance it will be forthcoming from the league. Want Old Salary Limit F. E. Stegmeir and Fred Rhodda, j Wllkes-Barre, preferred a return to j the old $2,000 salary limit and a fourteen-rnan roster, but were will ing to stay with the others. M. Doyle Marks, Elmira, denied reports that the Colonels would throw up the sponge and gave his word to stick. The same assurance came from George F. Johnson and F. S. Benedict, of the Binghamton club, and William F. Rubin, of Syracuse. RAILROAD NOTES Augustus Shindler, usher and ticket examiner at the Pennsylvania rail road station, who has been off duty on account of illness, has returned to work. Regular seashore travel to date is estimated at 4SV4 per cent, larger) than that of last year. Both Reading and Fennsy are hauling extra trains almost daily. At Rutherford a chorus of rooters i is being organized for the game Sat urday between Reading and West End A. C. Members of the official family of the Brotherhood of Firemen and En ginemen who were in the city yester day attending a conference, will re main for the big Friendship and Co operative Club meeting to-night. A. G. Follett, supervisor for the Pennsylvania railroad at Shamokin, has been transferred to Johnstown. He was given a farewell party Tues day night by the employes of the Shamokin division. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion yesterday decided that there is nothing illegal in the use of boxcars for peddling fruit and other com modities to the public within the free I unloading priod. Thirty-six American railroads have been ordered to immediately move 68,- 814 empty freight cars to the lines of fifty-four other railroads, according to a statement issued by Fairfax Har rison, chairman of the railroads' war board. Large shipments of tomatoes from New Jersey are passing through Har risburg daily. They require from 10 to to 24 refrigerator cars on each train. Nothing definite has been announced regarding police protection for Penn sylvania railroad property when the soldiers now on duty are ordered to the Southern training camps. Engineman Charles Todd of the Philadelphia and Reading railway had a narrow escape yesterday when his engine toppled over a Gettysburg sid ing. Need Men ForY. M. C. A. Field Work in France Robert B. Reeves, general secre | tary of the Y. M. C. A., has received j a letter from the headquarters of the International Y. M. C. A. to assist in j securing forty young men from Pennsylvania for duty in the field as sociations of France. The men must be of good moral character, capable of using the French language fluently, between the ages of twenty-five and fifty, pre ferably single. They must also be In good health and willing to endure the hardships of the soldiers, as their ! duty is sometimes in the trenches. I No subjects from Germany, Austria I or any other enemy country are eli i gible for the positions. The salary will be $1,200 for single men and { $2,100 for married men. Mr. Reeves will be at the asso j ciation every day this week also on | Friday and Saturday evenings. If | any prospective secretary desires to make an appointment with Mr. 1 Reeves he will be glad to arrange I one. GRADE CROSSING PLANS OUTLINED Public Service Commission Issues Opinion Setting Forth Its Position on the Matter In directing the Erie railroad to establish signals at its grade cross ing in the village of Herrlck Center, Susquehanna county, the Public Ser vice Commission makes nn announce ment concerning its policy on gTade crossings. The company declared > that it would cost thousands of dol lars to establish an undergrade and i that there were numerous other grade crossings in the county. "There appears to be little doubt that this grade crossing must ulti mately be separated, but It must now bo considered in the light of tho present abnormal conditions and broadly as a part of a state-wide grade crossing problem," s%ys the de cislbn. "There are upwards of 10,000 grade crossings in Pennsylvania, the separation of which presents a very serious problem for solution. The ex pense of eliminating them would bo so laree as to stagger the Imagina tion. It is manifest that a program Involving a series of years for con summation and the co-operation of the railroad, townships, boroughs and counties concerned and the com monwealth is required in order to make the solution possible. Thus far the Legislature has not made an ap propriation from which to pav any part of the amount which uuder the public service company law might be determined to he the share of the commonwealth. In this particular case it appears that the township 1s not financially able to assume any appreciable portion of the expense.-' The decision also says taking Into consideration the fact that the road is not a State highway and that trav el is not heavy the commission doea not feel Justified, with all the facts at hand, in Imposing all of the expense on the railroad. Brotherhood Official Is Quizzing Local Members Arthur J. l/ovell, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Firemen and En ginemen, is in Harrlsburg. He is here for the good of the order. At a conference held yesterday afternoon Vice-President Lovell took testimony regarding alleged attacks made against other organizations. The real motive of bis visit will not be made public until after an official report is made to President W. S. Carter. It was denied that the eight-hour question had anything to do with the visit. While it is customary for the vice-president to inquire into all working conditions when he visits a district, it was said the members of this brotherhood just now had no eight-hour grievances, and if they had. a special committee would take care of all complaints first. Another conference was held this afternoon. Friendship Club Progam Promises Much Interest Information to-day came to mem bers of the Friendship and Co-opera tive Club that E. B. Hunt, chief of the Pennsylvania Railroad Relief De partment, would be here to-night. He will be the principal speaker at the meeting to be held at Sixth and Cumberland streets, Eagles' Hall, and will have some interesting facts and figures to present. In addition to this address.- a re port will be made on recent inquiries into alleged unfair attacks made on ' the local organization. It is under ; stood that several members have been busy since the last meeting and prom ise some Interesting statements. THREE FIILE PETITION'S Three candidates' petitions were filed at the commissioners' office this morning to have names printed on tbe primaries ballots: The petitions were: H. F. Bueck, Democrat, tax collector, Lykens; Henry Keiser, Re publican, assessor, East Ward, Lykens: John Republi can, assessor, Highspire. 9
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