U.S.TAKES OVER ALL SHIPPING NOW ON WAYS Triple Labor Shifts Will Speed Construction of Two Million Tons By Associated Press Washington, D. C., Aug. 4. —The Emergency Fleet Corporation to-day requisitioned all merchant vessels of more than 2,500 tons now building in American shipyards. Double and triple labor shifts will be put in the yards to speed construction. No announcement was made as to the amount of tonnage taken over, but the shipping board's records show that about 700 vessels of near ly 2,000,000 tons of all classes are building. Ah fast as the yards are cleared of their present construction they will be put to a work on the great fleet the government will build. The yards were ordered to enter into no more contracts or commitments for pri vate construction and to begin no new work on contracts already made without first obtaining the permis sion of the fleet corporation. To Pay Later Compensation for the coi/ftruction seized will bo determined later. Much of the tonnage building is for British and Norwegian account. Its final disposition will be left to negotiations with the governments concerned, al though the President has power to retain it. The British government, it is understood, is willing to relin quish all its tonnage building here. The American ships requisitioned will be kept for operation by the shipping board. The shipping board and the fleet corporation still have under con sideration the plan of Major General Goethals for construction of two government-owned shipyards. Rear Admiral Capp, now manager, it is understood, does not look on the scheme with favor; CO. D MAY BE FIRST TO LEAVE FOR CAMP [Continued From First Page.] the other half the same way. All the late comers hurried to the shore, ex pecting to see another brilliant res cut. They found instead a "rookie" being manhandled by a squad of men who were attempting to divest him of his outer garments. When he con tinued to protest a number of the men seized him. carried him to the end of a nearby flat and flung him headlong into the river. Men in his company decided he was a little negligent about habits of personal cleanliness and that he very much needed a bath. Captains this morning announced to their m°n that in the future no clothing allowance would be given. A new ruling of the War Department does away with the allowance system. Instead, men will be able to obtain clothing only when they need it and upon presentation of the worn-out articles. Wllnon Out of Danger Louis S. Gibbons, a private in Com pany T, has been making himself famous during the week. He assisted in rescuing one man from drowning and recovered the bodies of two oth ers. Gibbons is an expert swimmer amd an experienced riverman. Edward Wilson, a member of the supply company, was discharged this morning from the Harrisburg Tlos pital. It was thought that he had been given bichloride of mercury tab lets in mistake but analysis proved they were boracic tablets, which are not poisonous. Troop C still continues to be at the head of things when something is being done. They were vaccinated snd inoculated this morning by Major Scott M. Huff. The men who wear the little copper badges bearing the words "Border Service" had the laugh on their "rookie" friends when the vaccinating was being done. Forty three men were forced to bear their arms and breasts while the remainder of the troops stood by and predicted what terrible results it was sure to bring. Important Gain Clyde Wilson was the only man not present for the inoculation. Wilson has been in the Harrisburg Hospital for a week suffering with quinsy. His condition is much improved. The game this afternoon between Company D and the Governor's Troop is said by the Guardsmen to be an unusually important one. Pay day Is only a few days away and men •from each crowd are willing to back their arguments with cash. One hun dred and twenty-five dollars has been raised by the troop and although the island crowd had not quite met that amount at noon, they will bet even Permission has been given to the regular army recruiting stations to enlist men for the Coast Artillery. The men who enlist for the Coast Artillery will be sent to training camps and from there to the coast of the- United States. It is not expected that many of them will see service in France. Interpreters will also be enlisted for the regular army. Men who can speak French fluently will have un usual advantages and opportunities offered them in the regular service. No instructions have been sent to the stations concerning the immediate destination of the enlisted inter preters. { | I! The - !! || Federal | Machine|| Shop Court and Cranberry Sts. !! |!| ! ' We have just opened a General I | ! Repair and Machine Bhop at ' > | the above addresa. We are ape- ! | daily equipped to do grinding, j j ! i bicycle, automobile and general I j ! i machine repairing. i; Your Patronage jj I i Solicited j S SATURDAY EVENING, NEWS OF STEELTON WANT TO USE $12,000 LOAN Ordinance Will Come Up Be fore Council at Session Monday Night An ordinance permitting Council to ask voters of the borough to use I the $12,000 hospital loan for equip ping the fire department will be con sidered by Council in monthly ses ! sion Monday night, according to an official to-day. The ordinance, it is understood, j will come up on first reading and | will provide that the question be submitted to the taxpayers at the fall election. Some additional money is needed | to fully equip the department and ■ it is planned to secure It in this 1 manner. The hospital loan has been , laying idle for sometime and would be useful In this capacity to clear ! up this matter. An ordinance providing that the house plumbing inspection come un der the jurisdiction of the board of 1 health will come up on second read ing at the same meeting. Red Cross Starts Work on Fifty Soldier Kits For Steelton's Boys Red Cross sewers started work on fifty comfort kits to be presented to Steelton boys who have enlisted in the service. Ten of these kits have been completed and given out to resi dents of the borough, whose names the society has on file. Officers, in an announcement to-day, requested every resident who has enlisted to notify the local society and he would lie presented with one of the kits. In order to get one of the kits it is necessary to mention the com pany he is enlisted in and the name of its captain. During the month of August the sewing roOms will be closed in the evenings. They will be open in the mornings and afternoons on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. At a meeting of the executive com mittee, yesterday. Mrs. C. A. Alden, vice-chairman, reported that the card i party held at the Colonial Country Club for the benefit of the society netted $132. The money will be used to purchase four more sewing ma chines in addition to the seven now owned by the society. STEELTON CHURCHES Main Street Church of God—The Rev. G. W. Getz. pastor, will preach at 10.45 on "Attachment of God's House" and at 7.30 on "How God Caught the Deserter;" Sunday school, 9.45; junior Christian Endeavor, 6; senior Christian Endeavor, 6.30. St. John's Lutheran Professor Charles F Sanders will preach at 10.45; Sunday school, 9.30; no even ing service. First Reformed—The Rev. H. H. Rupp, pastor, will preach at 10.45 on "The Power of tfle Abundant Life;" Sunday school, 9.45. Grace United Evangelical—Sunday school, 9.15; no other srevice. Salem Lutheran, Oberlin The Rev. D. E. Rupley. pastor, will preach at 10.3 0 on "The World Passeth Away and the Lust Thereof"; no evening service. First Presbyterian—The Rev. J. Harold Wolf, of Dillsburg will preach at 11; Sabbath school at 9.45. POI.ICK HEARINGS Two West Side foreigners were fined for breaking bottles in the streets at police court hearings con- j ducted by Justice of the Peace Stees, 1 last night. Two boys were arrested last night by Chief of Police Gardner on charges of violating the curfew law. BOROUGH PAYDAY The semimonthly pay for borough employes was issued at the Council I chamber to-day. I MILITARY TRAIN IS ABOUT READY C. F. Clement Appointed Ma jor and Others Will Come Along Organization of the headquarters train and military police of the Penn-> sylvania division of the national guard will be completed very shortly and in all probability J. Franklin McFadden, of Philadelphia, will be appointed colonel In command. Cap tain C. F. Clement, Sunbury, com mander of Troop I, was to-day ap pointed major and assigned to the headquarters. The Rev. Frederick P. Houghton, of Scranton, was to-day appointed chaplain of the First Engineres. with rank of first lieutenant, and Edwin T. Ashplundh, who is at Mount Gretna, was appointed captain of engineers. John A. S. Schoch, Selinsgrove, was appointed captain and battalion adjutant of the First Artillery. Other appointments announced were; , Captain—Walter F. Vrooman. Sun bury, captain Troop I, First Cavalry. First Ueurenants—John M. Brown ing. Pittsburgh Battery F, and Fred A. Ulam, Pittsburgh, Battery B. First Artillery; William Faymond Thomas, Carlisle, dental corps; Jacob F. Mackey, Wllliamsport, Truck Com pany No. 8; Oren Wesley Wallace, Pittsburgh, dental corps. Second lieutenants Logan Cun ningham, Willlamsport, Battery D; Thomas J. Nolan, South Bethlehem, Battery A: William V. Richelen. Bat tery B; Adclbert R. Robertson. Pitts burgh, Battery F, First Artillery; Harlan Bucher, Philadelphia, ma chine gun company; Walter Fletcher, Philadelphia, Company K, First In fantry: Charles C. Cutris, Williams port. supply company. Fourth Infan try; Philip C. Shoemaker, Bellefonte, machine gun company. First Cavalry. Judicial nomination petitions have been filed at the Capitol as follows: Judge H. A. Denney, Susquehanna, and E. L. Whittelsley, Erie, and for associate Judge nominations as fol lows: Irvin Hottenstein, Sullivan, and S. Edward McKee, Fulton. Perry county's two narrow-gauge railroads have filed notices of inten tion to lncrcaso rates r.cxt month. The Newport and Sherman's Valley will advance rates September 1. some of them as high as 25 per cent., and the Susquehanna River and Western on September 3. Seven cases of typhoid fever have been reported to the State Depart ment of Health from just outside Coatesville. They are located on farms and state Inspectors have been ordered to make Investigations. The State received no bids for the i delivery of state reports and pam- ! phlets when bids-V/ere opened for the I annual contract. The work will be ! done by local teams, which will be I called whe needed. The Capitol I City Junk Company and Lurla Iron I and Steel Company bid highest for I Second Open-Air Concert by Steelton Band Friday Tne second of a series of open air concerts given by the Steelton Band will be held on the Lawn play grounds probably next Friday even ing. Efforts are being made to give the concert at this time, Manager Hoddinott said this morning. The conceYt two weeks ago met with much approval and the coming con cert it is expected will bo largely at tended. A platform will be erected on the grounds for the use of the band. MANY ACCOMPANY STEEL TEAM TO LEBANON TODAY j The Steelton Team of the Beth llehem Steel Corporation League, [journeyed to Lebanon to-day. where the second of a series of games was played between the two teams. Steelton lost the first pame of the series on the Cottage Hill rteld and will try hard to throw off the jinx in this contest. More than 100 local baseball enthusiasts witnessed the contest. STEELTON PERSONALS A. j: Lehrmun and Louis Lehr man. South Front street, returned from a visit to Colorado Springs. Cyril O. Gorman, 51 South Sec ond street, is spending a month with [relatives at Staten Island, New York. Miss Mary Drown, of Baltimore, 'and Miss Devera Silverman, of Chat [tanooga, Tenn., qre visiting Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lehrmun. Trinity Episcopal—Morning serv ice at 10 o'clock. No evening serv ice. |: MIDDLETOWN | The Rev*. I. H. Albright is spending several days at Mount Gretna. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Kline and daughter Bertha and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith have gone on a ten-day automobile trip to Niagara Falls and Canada. Charles Smith, one of Uncle Sam's recruits, stationed at Fort Slocum, is visiting his parents at Royalton. Mrs. M. J. Emminger and daugh ter Margaret left to-day for At lantic City for a week. Clarence Wallace, who spent the past two months at McAllister, Okla., with his brother, has returned home. |: OBERLIN : : : :| The Sunday School classes of Misses Pearl Brehm and Effie Rup ley had an outing at Paxtang Park yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. John Bennett an nounced the birth of a daughter Margaret Ellen Bennett, on August I. Mrs. Bennett wa sformerly Miss Edith Kreiner. of this place. Rev. and Mrs. John B. Rupley of Boonsboro, Md., after a few days visit with his parents at the Luth eran parsonage, returned home to day. Lieut. Earl Etchelberger, is home from Camp Niagara, visiting hi? parents awaiting orders from Washington. Miss Hazel Miller, of Baltimore Md., is spending a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bachman. At a recent meeting of our town ship School Board, it was decided to open the fall school term on Tuesday, September 4, on account of Labor Day falling on Monday iSeptember 3. old reports and other paper. Some bids were $1.25 per 100 pounds. An unusual complaint was filed with the Public Service Commission to-day by H. W. Howard. Scranton, who charges that the Delaware and Hudson Company furnished a car for shipment of culm to Rhode Island, kept it on a siding for some days afte rloavilng and then sent it to its own yards at Honesdale and un loaded the coal. The Miller Auto Company, of Leb anon, has been chartered by the State with $30,000 capital. The in corporators are A. H. Snyder. Wcr nersville; H. W. Miller, Annville, and B. F. Barker, Harrisburg. Railroad Responsible For Fatal Middletown Grade Accident, the Jury Finds Negligence on the part of the Pennsylvania Railroad was fixed as the cause of the fatal automobile accident at Young's crossing, below Middletown, two weeks ago, which resulted In the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll S. Gould and son Ken nard, aged 13. of 2234 North Second street, at the coroner's inquest held yesterday In the office of Justice of the Peace T. C. Smith, Middletown. According to the testimony of Ray mond L. Ayers, chauffeur, who was driving the machihe at the time of the nccident, the car was running about fifteen miles an hour when he approached the crossing and listened for trains. A draft of cars on an ad joining track obstructed his view of the track on which the passenger train was running. When the auto mobile reached the middle of the track the train was seen coming within a short distance. In an effort to reach the other side. Ayers said, he opened the gasoline throttle, which resulted in choking the engine'. The engineer and fireman of the passen ger engine testified that their train was running about thirty miles an hour and that they did not see the machine. After deliberating thirty minutes the Jury, made up of Jesse Smith, E. H. Pichel, Max Krauss. G. E. Bristle, C. E. Witman and Maurice Berman, returned its verdict. "Tango Toes" Bar Many From Army Pittsbuprg, Aug. 4. 'Tango toes," thought to be caused by excessive dancing, is a prevailing defect found among young men presenting them selves for examination as applicants for the new draft army in the fash iohable Sewickley and the Squirrel Hill districts. Many of the young n\en passed ex amination as pedfect speciments of manhood until the examining physi cians came to their feet. Here many of the applicants failed to come up to specifications. Toes overlapping, Jdlnts raised to knots, callouses and corns in abundance, flat feet and many other deformities were displayed by the applicants. Most of the men were unable to Bive reasons for the condition of their pedal extremities, hut one younpr man solved the mystery by answering that he was suffering from "tango toes.'' ' * V*. . • ' ' < • -V* * ' ' *. - A * • ■ HABHISBURG TELEGRAPH KING'S DANCER STARTLES NEW YORK r;?-*•. ,- t „x -> > ~ 3-lISS SIGMS PATTERSOK- Signe Patterson, the Swedish Goddess of Dance, startled staid old Fifth avenue about noon when on a shoping expedition, gowned in her own native costume, she was seen carrying her purchases with her, regardless ot the sweltering heat. Miss Signe Patterson is the favorite dancer of the King of Sweden, and is said to have introduced the hula hula in this country at numerous so ciety functions at Newport. She aims to teach the sons and daughters of former subjects of Sweden their native folk dances. FIRM NAMES TO GO ON RECORD Department of State Getting Ready to Enforce the New Law on Titles Officers of the de partment of the Secretary of ths C o m m onwealth are getting ready to carry out the provisions of the act of June 28, providing that all persons engaged in business under an assumed or lic titious name must register at the Capitol. The blanks for the registra tion have been iiled. The new act will affect all individuals who conduct any business "under any assumed or fictitious name, style or designation." The requirements are that the real name or names and addresses of nil persons owning or interested in the business and the name, style or des ignation under which the business i 3 conducted must be registered. Where there is an agent the fact must be stated, too. Tlie act carries a penalty not only fop failure to comply but also fot any false statement filed. Over Throe Million. —Receipts of the State Highway Department for automobile licenses went over the $3,000,000 mark for 1917 this week, breaking all records. The increase is largely due to the demand for-appli cutions for half year licenses. This ran as high as $3,000 and $4,000 per day recently. Over 300 Camp Sites.#—'The State of Pennsylvania has over 300 camp sites in State reserves for this sum mer's camping and the fall hunting seasons. This is the largest number ever known and the sites are scatter ed all over the State. Six more were granted at the meeting of the State Commission here yesterday. A num ber of them are far in the mountains and in densely forested regions. Busy Week Ahead —Hearings have been scheduled by the Public Serv ice Commission for Harrisburg, IJniontown, Altoona, Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre next week, the calen dars being the most extensive of any week in months. There will be no executive sessions until August 14. The Altoona hearings will be held Tuesday and will consist of the com-' plaint of Lewistown borough and some Altoona residents against an electric company. The Harrisburg NEW OFFICERS FOR AMERICA I i I ■ § T I ' | ' >. ■JP '' ' I ■ in R ninmip- "RNT r "IT inJI ROHrRI A PPL f TON MENPV C OUINUY Richard n HUHD nKJOh WM ri irnrßit Trustees of the American Defense .Society have chosen Robert Apple ton, treasurer; Henry C. Quimby, chairman of the executive committee; Richard M. Hurd, chairman of the board of trustees, and Major William Tutherly, secretary. This organization fought hard for preparedness lons before other important interests took it up. and long before there was general expectation of the United States entering the war. Among the members of the advisory board are Theodore Roosevelt, David J. Hill and Robert Bacon. hearings will be held Wednesday and Thursday for the usual applica tion hearings, among which will be on Wednesday the contract between the city of Philadelphia and the Schuylkill River Eastside railroad for construction and maintenance of additional tracks below grade of Wharton and Thirty-fourth streets and Gray's Ferry road. The Union town hearing will be held Wednes day for jitney cases. The Pittsburgh hearings will be Thursday with a long list of Western Pennsylvania cases. Friday will be devoted to Wilkes-Barre cases. Local Boards in Charge —The State Armory Board has formally turned over to local armory boards care and maintenance of the armor ies throughout the State owned by the Commonwealth and they will be maintained by the boards until the close of active service of the Guard. Will ltun Bureau —Commissioner Jackson has named a number of men to look after a State employ ment bureau at Scranton. It is part of a general plan being worked out. . Dr. Schaeffer Chosen —Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has been select ed as the orator of the day at the dedication of the new Hazleton school on Labor Day. Foust Is Honored —Dairy .and Food Commissioner James Foust has been honored by unanimous election to the presidency of the National Dairy and Food Association, the big gest of the kind in the world and composed of National and State of ficials. He is the first Pennsylvania commissioner to be named v to the place. Board to Meet— The State Board of Education will have a meotlng shortly in regard to normal School appropriations. Approved Plans —Johnstown offi cials announce the approval of plans for the city's sewerage extensions. Allentown's plans have also received approval Of. the Governor and At torney General. Many Teachers Needed For School Vacancies With only a month to complete ar rangements for the opening of public schools in the fall, many of the coun ty district boards have vacancies to be tilled and are in urgent need of teachers. Assistant County Superin tendent Zimmerman announced to day. In a number of instances teach ers who served last year and were re elected by the various boards, have not accepted the positions again, leaving unexpected places to be tilled. Districts needing teachers and the number of vacancies follow: Wash ington township; live; Jackson town ship, five; Wayne township, two; Jef ferson township, two; Lykens town ship, two; Upper Paxton township, one; Lvkens high school, one; Wil liamstrtwn high school, one; Rush township, one; East Hanover town ship, two; Middle Paxton township, two; Swatara township, one. AUGUST 4, 1917. RAILROAD NEED CARS TO AID THE GOVERNMENT Name C. E. Deenny to Take Charge of Very Important Work; Reports Daily Washington, D. C., Aug. 4.—Fair fax Harrison, chairman of the rail roads' war board, authorizes the fol lowing: To facilitate the movement and prompt delivery of materials for the construction of the army canton ments. the railroads' war board has assigned C. E. Denney asssistant to the president of the Nickel Plate Railroad, to the quartermaster's de partment in Washington. During the period of construction Mr. Denney will make headquarters In the office of Colonel Litteli, where he will keep in touch with all phases of the con struction work and furnish advance information to the commission on car service of the railroads' war board concerning the government's orders and the number of cars re quired to fill them. Requires Many Cars There are sixteen army canton ments and sixteen guard camps. All the material for the cantonments will take over 04,000 freight cars. The camps will require about 4 0,000 car loads, all of which must be moved promptly and without delaying in any way the usual traffic of the rail roads. As a safeguard against delay in deliveries of cars, an experienced railroad man has been assigned as a general .agent at each cantonment to work in co-operation with the construction quartermaster there. These agents will make daily reports on the number of carloads of ma terials received, the number of cars unloaded and tlio number left on hand for unloading. What this team work is accom plishing is already apparent. Within thirty days from the date that the government placed its first orders for cantonment materials the rail roads had delivered more than 12,000 carloads of lumber and other build ing supplies to the sixteen national cantonments that are to house the first division of men called to the colors by t.he draft. Additional trains, loaded to ca pacity with lumber, brick, piping, wire, poles, water mains and all the other materials needed to construct cities capable of accommodating 40,000 inhabitants, are arriving daily. Standing of the Crews HARItISBURG SIDE Philadelphia Division —The 103 crew lirst to go after 1 o'clock; 110, 108, 102, 12C, 116, 104, 112, 109, 130, 124. Engineers for 102, 104, 112. Firemen for 102, 108, 112, 116. Conductors for 08, 110, 126. Flagmen for 103, 108. Brakemen for 104 (2), 108, 109, 110, 112, 116, 124, 126 (2), 130. Engineers up: Andrews, Baldwin, Downs, Speas, Eefever, Wlker. Firemen up: Burns, Slattery, Davis, Steel, Hepner, Beidel, Hoffman, Gray bill, Rolneck, Carey, Shandler, Purd ham. Flagman up: Williams. Brakemen up: Reese, Thompson, Kugle, Fissell, Carper, Huss, Krimmel. Netzley, Jackson, Spaulding, Dough tery, Hatton. Benedict. Middle Division —The .234 crew first to go after 2.45 o'clock; 237, 252, 247. Yard Bonrd —Engineers up: Myers, Heffelman. Firemen up: Peters, Yost. Eckinger, Troup, Dissinger, Young, Plank, Mc- Gann, Wright, Sellers, Fitzgerald, Bitner Anderson. Stewart, Crist. Hef fleman, Parker. Engineer for 32C. Firemen for Ist 7C, 2nd 7C, 3rd 7C, 15C, 28C. ENOL.V SIDE Philadelphia Division —The 226 crew first to go after 11.50 o'clock; 222, 205, 214, 233, 229, 213, 211, 218, 206, 224, 244, 231 201, 203, 239. Engineers for 203, 205, 232, 233. Firemen for 201, 203, 205, 213, 214. Flagman for 214. Brakemen for 203, 213, 226, 215, 233. 239. Conductor up: Murlatt. Flagmen up: Goodwin, Orr. Brakemen up: Schwartz, Horstick, Shooff, Dorey, Flies. Middle Division —The 23 crew first to go after 1 o'clock; 28, 33, 2, 7, 245, 10, 235, 233. Laid oft: 19, 113, 32, 22, 21, 116. Firemen for 23, 7. Conductor for 33. Flagman for 2. Brakemen for 33, 7, 235. Fireman up: Evans. Brakemen up: Moretz, Brown. Yard Hoard— Engineers up: Shuey, Myers, Buibe, Curtis, Holland, J. O. Hinkle, Shaffer, Kapp. Firemen up: Noff, Wolf, McCon nell, Webb, Kaylor. Engineers for Ist 129, 2nd 129, 140, 2nd 102, 2nd 104. Firemen for 3rd 126, 2nd 129, 137, 2nd 102, Ist 106. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Division Engineers up: Crum, Sparver, Donnely, Buck, Crane, Alexander, McDougal. Firemen up: Zeigler, Keller, Holtz man. Hertzel. Engineer for 21. Fireman for 33. Philadelphia Division Engineers up: Lutz, Bless, Welsh, Gibbons. Firemen up: Burlay, Cover, John son, A. Lt Floyd, Doestler, Hershey, Shaffner. THE READING The 22 crew first to go after 9.45 o'clock: 23. 18. 16, 2, 103, 56, 59, 58, 71. Engineers for 58, 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 11, 17, 19, 20. 22. Firemen for 56, 59, 69, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 14. 15, 16, 17. 18, 19, 20, 22, 23. Conductors for 1, 5, 7, 8, 17, 19, 20. Flagmen for 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19. 20, 22. Brakemen for 58, 59, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17. 19, 20. 22. 23. Engineers up: Brauw, Billig. Altoff, Pletz, Kittner. Ruth. Wilde. Firemen up: Heighes, Smith, Hcise, Hoover, Gates. Conductors up: King, Eevan, Ba shore, McCullough, Patton, Wynne. Griffith. Brakemen up: Flurie, Dean, Weave, Sholly, Leutreu, Moesline, Parmer, Morrow, Mosser, Berrter, Kdmondson, Dye, Cocklln, Ehrhart, Sourbeer, Mil ler. Grocers to Make Final Picnic Plans on Monday Final plant) for the annual Grocers' Picnic, which will be held Thursday at Hershey, will be made at a meeting of the general committee at the Metropolitan Hotel, Monday evening. Tickets will be placed on sale Tues day. Special trains will be run from the city to the picnic grounds. Addi tional athletic event* will be placed on the prqgtam because more prizes have been received since the original program was made. Music will be furnished by the Municipal Band, of this city, while the Hershey band will play for the dancing;. NEW CREW PLAN IS NOT POPULAR Rescind Recent Order Affect ing Local Trainmen; to Hold Conference Tomorrow Members of the four transporta tion brotherhoods In Harrisburg have been called for a conference to-morrow morning and afternoon. It is probable both sessions will be short, unless other business is brought up. The meeting, it is said, was called for the purpose of get ting expressions on a recent order affecting Middle Division crews. Orders were posted that all crews completing runs at Enola would be called for the next trip from that point; and those running into Har risburg, be reversed on the list for their next trip out of Harrisburg. This, it is said, would cause hard ships, as the men running out of Enola and living in Harrisburg would get no pay for the time re quired in coming from and returning to their cabins at Enola. Time Is Allowed According to present plans crews completing a run at Enola are paid for the time making the trip with the cabin from that point to this city. Crews called out of Harrisburg also get paid for time required in going to Enola for their trains. There was some dissatisfaction over the new order and it was rescinded n few days ago. It is understood that the pooling of crews for each side has been rec ommended and that trainmen will be given the privilege of selecting their runs after the latter have been advertised. However, no definite plans have been announced. It is understood that the railroad officials are anxious to adjust the crews so that all employes will be satisfied. It is probable that at the confer ence to-morrow a commitee will be appointed to carry such recommen dations as the men may agree upon to the officials. Railroad Notes A. T. Dice, Jr., inspector of trans portation for the Philadelphia and Reading railway, has also been trans ferred to Philadelphia and his new office will open Monday. The Reading is making big prep arations for the grocers' annual pic nic at Hershey next Thursday. Spe cial trains will be run during the morning and afternoon. H. Li. Knaube, employed as a fire man on the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania railroad, who resides at 19 40 North Sixth street, is off duty nursing an injured knee. He fell from the tank of his engine yes terday at Warrior Ridge. Charles Knight, a brakeman on the Middle Division, Pennsylvania rialroad, whose home is at Thomp- I sontown, is at the Harrisburg Hos pital under treatment for a badly lacerated scalp. He fell from his train in the local yards yesterday. C. H. Keener, brakeman on the Pennsy, is off duty on acocunt of ill ness. He is at his home in York. E. C. Shank, freight conductor on the Baltimore Division of the Penn sylvania railroad, is ill. C. F. Myers, a freight brakeman on the Pennsy, is on the sick list. Tractors and Motorized Fire Engines Reach City | Front drive tractors to be attached to the Susquehanna and Paxton steam fire engines reached the city to-day, and will be installed within the next two weeks. At the same time the Good Will Engine, which has been repaired and motorized, arrived, and will be ready for serv ice shortly. City officials and fire apparatus drivers from the compan ies getting the first three motor driven chemical and hose wagons will go to Philadelphia next Thurs day to get the machines. The cars will be ebrought to Harrisburg un de rtheir o wnpower, Fire Chief Kindler announced. Wit lithe dismantling of the Citi zen's hose wagon "Prine" and "Dan" the two horses of the company, were pensioned for life and were taken to McCormick's Island where they will be used for light farm work. Apostle of Good Roads Coming to Harrisburg Albert M. Hamer, clerk to the may or, this morning received a letter from Charles W. Thatcher, announc ing his intended arrival in the city in the very near future. Thatcher claims to be an engineer in the em ploy of the Washington Higliway As sociation. The letter was accompa nied by numerous press notices de scribing his outfit. He is traveling with three mules from Seattle to Boston and endeavor ing to Interest people In good roads from coast to coast. It is intended the new highway will connect with the William Penn and Lincoln Highways at several points and to shorten the coast-to-coast road. LOOT RTJSS SENATE Petrograd. Aug. 4. Six armed men, three of whom were disguised as soldiers, motored to the senate building, garrotted the guards, stole a silver status of Catherine II and other antiques values at 1,500,000 roubles. SAXON "6" SAXON 25.9 Miles N§r Per Gal. of Gas Two hundred and thirty-four Saxon dealers in a 300-mile drlv# make an average of 25.9 miles per gallon of gasoline. This took place in 234 different parts of the country under 234 different seta of conditions and 234 ditferen.t kinds of roads. This proves what a Saxon Six will do for you. Saxon Distributing Agency Bell 1396 1137 Mulberry P. E. Kline, Enola, Pa.; W. YV. Shonk, Hershey, Pa.; J. W. Shank. Deodatc, Pa.; Swab Wagon Works, Kllzabethville, Pa. VATICAN VIEWS GERMAN POLICY WITH DISFAVOR Pope's Impartial Attitude To- i wards Belligerents Said to Be About to Change By Associated Press Rome, Aug. 4.— lt is stated in Vati can circles that the Pope's impartial attitude toward official Germany is undergoing a change. The Pope is reported to regret greatly the action of Germany in connection with the deported Bilgians. The new attitude appears to have been adopted after the fall of Dr. Von Bethniann-Holl weg, the imperial chancellor, who, just before his resignation, wrote what now apparently was a farewell letter to the holy father, thanking him for his forbearance and favors; also calling attention to the fact that he had always tried his best to granfc l the Pope's demands regarding pris oners. Although an absolute break with Germany is not expected at this time, it is certain that the Belgian de portations are daily making more dif ficult the maintenance of relations. The Pope's personal position is also uncomfortable as the result of the fight made by Anglo-French and Bel gian Catholics who long have claimed that the Pope was surrounded by cen tral empire influences. Local Red Cross Chapter Treasury Well Supplied With Funds Report Shows According to a financial statement recently issued by Robert McCor mick, treasurer of the Harrisburg chapter of the American Red CrosS Society, the local branch Is in a fine financial standing. The report cov ers the receipts and expenditures from April 11 to July 31. The mem bership of the society has grown from 175 prior to the drive this spring to 12,349 on July 31. The report follows: Expenditures; Purchase for sales, (books, buttons, pins, stickers), $476.19; office and incidental expenses (printing, ata •ionery, light, telephone, freight bills, stenographers), $675.77; hospital garment supplies (pajamas, shirt 3, scarfs, operating gowns, helmets and caps), $2,454.72; surgical dressings (muslin, cotton, bandage rolls, calico, gingham, notions and supplies for comfort kits), $8,494.13; amounts sent to Washington on account of membership, $7,459; total, $19,- 559.81. Note.—Stenographers, janitor and watchman now paid by individuals, not out of chapter funds. Receipts: Membership fees, $14,- 043.87; sales (books, buttons, plna and stickers), $870.01; contributions, $12,138.19; total. $27,052.07. Total membership from April 11, 1917, to July 31, 1917, 12,349. An nual, 11,856; subscribing, 409; con tributing, 42; sustaining, 11; life, 30; patron, 1. Members previous to 1917, annual, 146; subscribing, 28; patron, 1; total, 175. VISITING CAPTAIN STINK \ County Commissioners C. C. Cumb ler, H. C. Wells, Clerk Ed. H. Fisher, County Solicitor Philip S. Moyer and County Controller Henry W. Gough to-day are visiting Commissioner Henry M. Stine, who is captain of Company C, Eighth Regiment. Na tional Guard, now in camp at Cham bersburg, awaiting order to entrain for Augusta, Ga. The officials were entertained at dinner by Captain Stine, returning home late this after noon. TO INSPECT GARBAGE PLANT City Commissioners, with Health Officer J. M. J. Raunick, are planning to inspect the incineration furnaces used in Norfolk, Va., to destroy all garbage collected in that city. The trip may be taken during the latter part of next week, or early the fol lowing week. JUDGE HENRY TO PRESIDE Judge Charles V. Henry, of Leba non, will preside in county court on Monday in the absence of Judges Kunkel and McCarrell. A decision is expected on the McAllister habeas corpus case, In which the father of a nine-year-old daughter is trying to have the Court place the child in his care. FIRE OX DESERTERS Tiffin, Russia, Aug. 4.— Deserters from the army who are being round ed up by the military authorities opened lire on them, wounding sev eral soldiers. Reinforcements of cossacks armed with machine guns arrived and fired on the deserters, wounding many more. Four hun dred of the deserters surrendered. HORACE BROCK DIES By Associated Press Philadelphia, Aug. 4. Horace Brock, a figure a score of years ago in the Iron and steel industry, died at his home here to-day. He 'was 64 years old. 7
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