OVER 225,000 FT. OFNEWffIGHWAYS Bids Will Be Opened Next Week For Heavy Construc tion of Boads in State 1 ' : ' ' Bids for con struction of the largest n mount of Improved high way to be adver tised by the State Highway Depart ment in over a year have Just been asked at the Capitol, the last act authorized by Highway Com- B. Black before he sent his resignation to the Governor. The construction outlined amounts to more than 225,000 feet, including several miles of vitrified block pave ment. The rest is to be reinforced concrete. Included in the list are a number of contracts on which previous bids were rejected as too high, among them 12 70 feet of pavement, 26 feet wide, in Swatara township, Dauphin county on which bids have been re ceived three times and rejected each time as beyond State estimates. The counties where work is to be done are Montgomery, Lackawana, Lehigh, Allegheny, McKean, Wash ington, Butler and Cambria, over 30,000 feet to be built in the latter county. Over a mile and three quarters of grading is to be done in Beaver county. Comissloner Black is expected here late to-day to close up his con nection with the department. His resignation takes effect August 15. Paying Bounties—Payment of the claims made by various counties of the State for reimbursement for money expended for bounties under the game laws has been ordered started at the State Treasury as soon as the auditing Is completed by the Auditor General's Department. These claims were validated by an act of the Legislature which was voted, but later made a law at the request of the Governor. It Is stated that comparatively few of the claims have been found based on payments in which the counties had been Imposed upon. In a num ber of instances the researches have developed some frauds, but in the majority of cases the transactions have passed. Where palpable frauds have been discovered the county authorities will be informed so that prosecutions can be inaugurated. It is expected that within a short time the certification of townships for payment of the road bonus will be completed. The Highway depart ment is now finishing up its part of the work for 1910 and 1912. Cabbage All Right—Reports made recently to the State Department of Agriculture fall to bear out early estimates made in various parts of the State that the Pennsylvania cab bage crop will be up to the average because of the ravages of worms. On the contrary a number of coun ties have sent in reports which In dicate record crops. Mine Accidents Loss—A summary of accidents in the coal mines of Pennsylvania during the first six months of 191". issued by the State Department of Mines, shows 509 fa talities, a decrease of twenty-two as compared with the same period of 1916. The most prolltlc cause of ac cidents was falls of coal, slate or roof, 250 of such accidents causing deaths as compared with 238 in the previous year and the department says that this type of accident is be ing given close study not only by- State officials but by operators and miners. Th? summary says: "It is largely a question of education and of impressing upon the individual worker the necessity of protecting himself and his fellow workmen. * * Conditions at the mines, however, are somewhat abnormal at present and until there Is a return to the former conditions, all conjecture as to what effect the new safety meas ures being worked out is futile." Public Service—The Public Serv ice Commission will have hearings four days during this coming week and a series of executive sessions will also be held. To-day the com mission will hear Wllkes-Barre Jit ney eases, the argument on rights of way in private roads which cross railroads at grade and the Reading railway and electric mergers. Infantile Paralysis Twenty-one cases of Infantile paralysis were to day reported to the State Depart ment of Health by Inspector H. L. Hull as existing at New Castle. This city and Lancaster are the only two places in Pennsylvania, where the disease prevails to any extent. Commission to Moot—The State Defense Commission has been sum moned for a meeting; to be held at the Capitol to-morrow and discus sion of the autumn work. The com mission will receive reports on the work of the farm counsellors who have been urging extensio nof agri cultural producton next yeer. To Add Women to Staffs—State Commissioner of Health Dixon Is planning to add women physicians to the staffs of the State sanltoria. The staffs have hitherto been com posed of men, but owing to the war women will be accepted. Don't Want Box Cars—The Pub lic Service Commission was to-day asked to hear argument on a motion to suspend the regulation of the Pennsylvania railroad lines felatlve to furnishing of box cars only with coal from Wagons. The commission has received complaints from West ern Pennsylvania regarding the rule, but this is the first time it has been suggested that It suspend its opera tion. The complaints assert that the rule is discriminatory. * Capitol Visitors Representative James P. Woodward, of McKees port, chairman of the House Ap propriation Committee; T. P. Sloan, Charlerol. Senator W. B. Craig, Beaver and Fred McDonald, of West Chester were Capitol visitors. Nothing Doing Silence regard ing the resignation of Highway Com missioner Frank B. Black prevailed both at the Governor's office and at the State Highway Department end no one seemed to know whether Mr. Black would return before the fifteenth. Governor Brumbaugh is not expected here this week and At torney General Brown *u prevented by illness from coming here to-day. Presence of Public Service Commis sioner William A. Magee hero to-day revived reports that he would resign as commissioner to become a candi date for mayor of Pittsburgh, but he declined to talk. As Mr. Magee is going to be a candidate It Is ex pected that he will resign as required to do under the act Board to Meet—The Stat® Com mission of Agriculture, which has been on a vacation of a couple of months and some of whose members are said to be considering resigning, has been called for a meeting on Wednesday. The business Is not an nounced. Members of the commis sion are said to have favored a bill of salaries which the Governor vetoed. >amcd Notary—Elmer E. Erb, of MONDAY EVENING, RAILROAD RUMBLES MANY TRAINS TO MOVE TROOPS Bailroad Companies Beady; Plan Slow Movement; Equipment Needed While not announced officially, It Is understood that railroads scheduled to move the Pennsylvania troops from their present camps to Au gusta, Ga., are ready with the neces sary equipment. According to an estimate, It will require 75 special trains of 20 cars each to take the soldiers to the southern cantonment camp. Officials are of the belief that the entire Pennsylvania division can be moved into Augusta in one day. However, the handling of the troops Is not to be made an opportunity for speed. As an illustration of what will be needed for jus* cne regiment of in fantry, the following table of equip ment is given for the First Penn sylvania: One Regiment Fifty-six officers, 2,058 men, 185 horses, 2 7 wagons. 5 machine guns. Four special trains. First section —Five coaches, 1 au tomobile car, 7 box cars, 7 stock cars, 2 baggage cars, 1 sleeping car, 1 flat car. total 2 4 cars. Three other sections of 19 cars each of these trains will be made up of 16 coaches, 1 sleeping car and two baggage cars. In other words, it will require 4 special trains with 81 cars to ac commodate one regiment of infantry. There are nine regiments of infantry, three of artillery, one of engineers, one of dismounted cavalry, hospital corps, ammunition train, supply train, sanitary train, division head quarters. brigade headquarters and regimental headquarters companies. Another Big Order For American Engines Phildelphla, Aug. 13.—1t was re ported Saturday that the American government had placed an order for 350 more locomotives with the Bald win Locomotive Works. These en gines arc said to be for shipment to France. A fortnight ago the Baldwin company and the Americn Locomo tive Company each received order for 250 locomotives for quick ship ment to France. An official of one of the locomotive concerns asserted that the condition of the motive power on the railroads in France Is deplorable. Repair* are out of the question and the transportation prob lem can only be solved by furnish ing entirely new locomotives. What Railroads Need in Way of Soft Coal It took 136,000.000 tons of bitu minous coal, over one-fourth of the total production of the mines, to transport freight and passengers on the railroads of the United States in 1916. This was an increase of 14,000.000 tons over the amount con sumed in 1915, or 11.5 per cent. The combined bituminous and anthracite used by the railroads was 142,735,000 tons. These figures are contained in n report Just made public by the United States Geological Survey and illustrate the enormous quantity ot coal necessary to keep the railroads running. The amount of bituminous coal consumed by the railroads in the southern district increased from 22,000.000 tons in 1915 to 23.300,000 in 1916, or 5.1 per cent. The in crease In the eastern district was from 56,500,000 to 62,700,00,000, or 11 per cent., and in the western dis trict from 43,500,000 to 50,000,000, or 15 per cent. WANT EMBARGO EASED Toklo, Aug. 13. Leading mem bers of the Kokuminto party, com posed of national liberals, and a number of prominent shipbuilders held meetings sind adopted resolu tions urging the government to ne gotiate with the United States In an endeavor to procure a modification of the embargo on steel exportation on the ground that It will prove a serious menace to Japan's indus tries. Penbrook Man in Service With U. S. Engineers \ ~~~~ iill **' * MERLE E. WIESTLING Merle E. Wlestling, son of Mr. and Mt I *. V. H. Wiestllng, of Penbrook, recently enlisted In the Sixth Regular United States Engineers, and, accord ing to letter* received by his parent*. 1* enjoying army life. Young Wleat ling spent his boyhood day* in thl* vicinity, but until recently traveled In the south and we*t. Derry township has been appointed a "otary public. Dr. Dixon 111—Commissioner of He.*uh who is at Mont Alto, has not been well an - has cancelled some of his engagements here. RUSHING WORK ON STEEL CARS Pennsy Shops Work Double Turns on New Equipment; Daily Record Aitoona, Aug. 13. Nine all-steel boxcars are being completed and turn ed out of the local Pennsylvania Rail road car shops daily and the Pennsy Is making every effort to get as many cars in service as possible to help in moving the vast amount of freight accruing as result of the war. A night force of 180 men Is work ing at the blacksmith, steel car a_nd machine shops, In pursuance of the program announced many weeks sgo. The night workers are more numer ous than they have been in several years, and all are working on ma chines. ..With several thousand boxcars on the battleship or x-25 type, which supplanted the wooden boxcar, to construct on the present year's equip ment orders, the shopmen have plenty of work before thenu Material IN Scarce l>ack of material has done more to retard the building than the labor problem. Since the government is taking over nearly all the steel and other supplies, the railroads are barely nble to buy steel at 16 to 18 cents ptr pound, which is as much as was formerly paid for brass. The I °^L?", opa J ll " 6 . * e eping up with the material and the steel mills are be ing pressed at all times to deliver lot * JR copious quantities. While few car builders have left rl! £ F ey reaß °n of volunteering I,V S £ r !? y . or , Nav y. local officials win d<st .< > ,!' mlned how the <raft ranks railroad workers' Middle Division Shows Increased Efficiency Efficiency bulletin No. 104 issued from the office of N. W. Smith, su perintendent of the Middle division of the Pennsl.vvania Railroad, shows that of 283 tests made by B. T. Shook, efficiency expert, only 9 fail ures were recorded, making 96.8 per cent, perfect. In addition to these o C i ß ifo. the e ""clency committee made 24.333 observations with a record of , 16 fa ' lures , or a percentage oi 99.9 in efficiency. These failures were in the small things and none of them really showed any menace to the traveling public, but for all of this It's the little things that count in the operation of a big railroad system. Standing of the Crews RAURISBt nG SIDE Philadelphia Division —The 101 crew first to go after 4 o'clock; 121. 125. 122. 111, 118, 105. Engineer for 105. Conductor for 118. Flagman for 111. Engineers up: Yeater, Shocker, Steffy, Speas, May, Gray, Tennant Wiker, Gehr. Firemen up: Norman, Beidel, Gray bill. Reese. Brymesser, Davis, Bro sclous. Bohr, Danner, Flssell, Beers, Shimp, Cassell, Hoffman, Hamm. Brakemen up: W. D. T. Smith Gump, Middle Division —The 244 crew first to go after 1 o'clock; 227, 223 249 214, 222. 225. 231, 217, 218, 303, 240! Preference crews: 5, 1, 6, 4, 2 38 7 -0, 9, 11. Engineers for 8, 9. x Firemen for 6 9. Flagman for 7. Brakeman for 7. Engineers up: Albright. Burris. Brink, Snyder, Numer. Tettermer, Corder, Buckwalter. Rathefon, Kline. Firemen up: Raney. Marie, Slfe, Bechtel, Kennedy. Houck, Snyder Peterman, Smith, Hiss, Hemmlnger. Brakemen up: Hancock, Sneeder. Yard Board —Engineers up: Ulsh Bostdorf,. Rauch, Schiefer, Lackey. Kautz, Shade. Firemen up: Yost. Kinger, Diss|n l.er. Young. Plack. Wright, Sellers. Fitzgerald, Bitner. Anderson, Stew ard, Crist. Troup, Twombley. Par ker, Witman. Engineers for Ist IC, 6C, 2nd 7C 2nd 14C 28C. Firemen for 6C. 2nd 7C, 4th 7C. sth 7C, 2rd ISC, 17C, 28C. EXOI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division— The 231 crew first to go after 4.15 o'clock; 215 228 207, 243. 208, 238. Engineers for 207. 243. Condupctors for 07, 12. 30. Flagmen for 01, 15, 21, 25. Brakemen for 02, 08, 12, 20 21 (2) 88. 38. 42. 43. Conductors up: Murlatt, McComas. Brakemen up: Mummaw, Small. Middle Division —The 224 crew first to go after 2.15 o'clock. Twenty-four Aitoona crews to come In. Yard Board— Engineers up: Mvers, Gelb, Holland, J. Hinkle, Sheaffer. Kapp. Fortenbaugh, Gingrich, Flick inger. • Firemen u>: Wolf. McConnell, Webb, Ltghtner, Sadler, Deaner. Arndt. Taylor. A. W. Wagner, Dough erty Swigart, Ifoss, A J. Wagner. Engineer for Extra. Firemen for 2nd 126, 3rd 126. 2nd 129, 135, Ist 156, Ist 104. 2nd 156, ex tra. THE READING Middle Division Engineers up: Buck, Crum, Sparver, Alexander, Donnelly. Robley. Firemen up: Bowman. Zeigler, Wi nand, Keller. Hartzel. Fireman for 35. Philadelphia Division Engineers up: Hall, Bless. Glilums. Osmond. Pleam, Kennedy. Llndley. THE READING The 3 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock; 11. 14. 1. 7, 8, 21. 103, 56, 67. 62, 66. 59. 66. 64. 68. Engineers for 52, 66. 1, 5, 7, 11. Firemen for 56. 57, 1, 3, 7, Conductors for 62, 64, 65, 1, 6, 11. Flagmen for 5, 11, 21. Brakemen for 68. 64, 65. 1. 6. 7, 14. Engineers up: Martin, Lackey, Holt man, Barnhart. Booser, Bordner Fet row, Kauffman, Hollenbach, Fleagle, Leltner, Btlllg. Firemen up: Martin. J. Miller, H. Miller, Deckart, Blanchfleld. Sherman, W. Bmlth, Peters, Wilson Johnson. Conductors up: Levan, Harlan, Tur ner. Bhover, Fleagle. Brakemen up: E. Miller, Slier. Far ling, Crosby. Donmoyer, Gunn, St* phens, Hoover. WAST ELECTION POSTPONED By Assoeiatti Prtts Petrograd. Aug. 13. The general allied council of cossack troop* ha* addre**ed a memorandum to Pre mier K*renky urging him to defer the election* for the constituent a*. embly until January. The plea of the cossack* Is made on the ground that a "population weakened by a long disorganization of power gen erally Shows signs of Inertia" and because a third of the cossack popu lation Is at the front and cannot par ticipate In th* demonstration. HARRISBURG TKLEGRAPH : MIDDLETOWK The borough council will meet In regular session this evening and the most Important business to -be tran sacted 'will be the bridge proposi tion and the Are apparatus. The Iron work for the bridge has arrived and council now must get possession of the desired ground, which Is the ten ant house on the Eagle farm and owned by It. I. Young. It Is evi dent that the council will have to go before the court and have a commis sion appointed to appraise It. Mrs. Christian Lupt, daughter Ivy and Aaron Palmer are spending a week at Atlantic City. G. E. Ben and brother, who had been visiting in town, returned to their home at Pittsburgh. Jerry Stetter enlisted in'the Army. Irvin clouser and H. B. Barnitz are two of town called for draft. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kretrlder, of Royulton, received word yesterday from their son Charles, who left some time back, that he enlisted in Troop D, Twenty-fifth Regiment, at West Bond, Ind., and was sent of Fort D. A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyom ing. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Yost are camping at Cly Station, York county, for two weeks and Miss Blanche Churchman is their guest for several days. .iMiward Sheets, who stole $l6O | from George Ivanhoff, of Royalton, last Friday and who was caught at Harrisburg on Saturday all togged up and had a ticket for York, was given a hearing before Squire H. A. Len i hart Saturday morning and was left go on his promise to pay back $119.76, as Constable Pickel who made the arrest found $40.24 on Sheets. The Rev. M. L. Hocker preached the morning sermon in the Presby terian church on Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Myers and Mrs. N. C. Fuhrman motored to Phila delphia yesterday in the former's automobile where they will spend several days. William Mack returned home from a two days' trip to Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Wise and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kennard have re turned home from a two days' auto mobile trip to Valley Forge and Lan caster In the former's automobile. Mrs. Willis Rife and children have returned home from a week's visit to relatives at Chambersburg. The Sunday school class of the M. E. Church taught by Mrs. William Lindermuth picnicked in the borough park. William Rogers, of Detroit, Mich., is visiting in town. Mrs. E. C. Steiner, son and daugh ter, left yesterday for a ten day 3' trip to Philadelphia, Buffalo and Nia gara Falls. Miss Catherine Weaver left for a week's visit to Lancaster. Roy Rogers, of Philadelphia, Is spending some time in town. Miss Mary Moore and sister Louise are visiting at Altoona for sev eral weeks. Raymond Hippie left yesterday for Lancaster where he will visit rela tives for a week. Miss Ruth Messersmith, of York, is the guest of Miss Eliza Young. Miss Mary Eltchberger, of Cham bersburg, is spending a week in town as the guest of the Misses Mrgaretta and Elizabeth Carr. Alexander Campbell has returned home from a week's visit to his son at Chicago. Miss Ethel Metzger has returned home from a week'B trip to Phila delphia. Hain Ettele, employed at the shoe factory, had one of his fingers bad ly cut yesterday morning by having It caught in a cutting machine. Dr. D. W. C. Laverty gave medical aid. Frank Shenfelt, mall carrier, is off on a two weeks' vacation and is be ing substituted by Davis Garver. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schaeffer, of Syracuse, N. Y., are visiting the for mer's parents. Joseph Schaeffer, who is in the hospital service of the Army, sta tioned at Syracuse, is on his first visit home since he enlisted four years ago. Chalmers Emigh, of Huntingdon, is visiting in town. The Red Cross chapter moved from the high school building to their new quarters in the Rambler building, Union and Mill streets. Miss Mary Coleman, who spent the past week in town, returned to her home at Washington, D. C. Mrs. P. M. Black is seriously ill at her home in Pine street. William Bausman left on Sunday for Youngstown, Ohio, where he will have charge of one of the United Cigar Factory's stores for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. John Dukes and son John and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dukes have returned home from a several days' trip to Atlantic City, making the trip in the former's automobile. Mrs. Karl Bowers and daughters, of Philadelphia, are visiting in town and Royalton for some time. The Misses Laura and Elizabeth Bless of Ellzabethtown, visited rela-1 SCENE IN THE HOVSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHEN FIRST WOMAN TO MAKE A SPEECH THERE ATTACKED THE COPPER TRUST Miss Jeanette Rankin, member of the House of Representatives from Montana, made the first speech de livered by a woman before the House. She attacked th s copper trust for mining conditions In Montana and Arlaona. She blamed recent labor troubles of the in ning regions on the treatment of the men by the officials of th large copper mining companies. i | NEWS OF HOLD DRILLS OF FIRST AID WORK Series Conducted by Bethle hem Steel Company Opens at Sparrow's Point The first of a series of first aid drills to be conducted under the nuspices of the welfare department of the Bethlehem Steel Company, were begun to-day at Sparrows Point, where fifteen • teams, repre senting 10,000 men, went through the competitive drills. Next Saturday forty-five teams from Steelton, Lebanon and Reading will meet at Lebanon. The series was arranged by George T. Fonda, the safety engineer of the Bethlehem Steel Company, and dur ing the course of the month 900 men will be in friendly competition, rep resenting 60,000 workers In the eastern plants of the company. On Saturday. August 25, the seven ty-one teams representing the 28,000 will have an interdepartment first aid meet in the morning and that aft ernoon at Bethlehem the finals will be held for the plants at Sparrows Point, Steelton, Lebanon, Reading and Bethlehem. Sparrows Point is to qualify three teams, Reading, Lebanon and Steelton nine and Bethlehem fifteen, a total of twenty seven, for the finals, when the prizes, it is hoped, will be awarded by Mr. Schwab, who takes great interest In the company's welfare work. GOLDSMITH ENLISTS Philip Goldsmith, 426 Main street, a machinist, who also Is the secretary of the local Young Men's Hebrew As sociation, has enlisted in the United States Army Aviation Corps, and left late last week for a training camp in Texas. JOHN J. DIEGEI. DIUS John Jacob Diegel, aged 41 years, died at his home, 362 Bessemer street, last evening, at 9 o'clock, of a com plication of diseases after a lengthy Illness. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Miss Myrtle. Funeral arrangements were not an nounced this morning. He was a member of Steelton Camp, 4689, Mod ern Woodmen of America; also Pax tang Tribe, 243, I. O. R. M. Steelton Snapshots Special Meeting. Paxtang Tribe. 243, I. O. R. M„ will hold a special meeting this evening, at 8 o'clock, to take action on the death of John Jacob Diegel. HCHIKII Positions. Richard W. Crouch, superintendent, and H. T. Shook, assistant superintendent, of the merchant mill department of the lo cal plant of the Bethlehem Steel Cor poration, resigned their positions Fri day. Their positions have not yet been filled. On Vlnlt. Mrs. John D. Derr, 240 Main street, accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Hannah McAleary, who recently returned home from Argentina, S. A., will leave to-morrow afternoon for Berwick, where they will attend a reunion of the Fair child family, which will be held in Fairchild Park on Wednesday of this week. Miss Annie Edwards, of the bor ough, is spending two months at Eaglesmere. tives in town for the past several days. Samuel Dlehl, a member of the Men's Bible class of the M. E. Sun day school was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers at the session of the Sunday school yester day morning by the members of the class in honor of his 74th birthday. Mrs. George Kugle, son Marlin, and Samuel Huntzberger, are visit ing relatives at Pittsburgh for some time. Miss Grace Kieffer is spending some time at Cape May, N. J. The school board will meet in regular session this evening. The Royalton school board will hold its regular monthly meeting this evening. Mrs. J. F. Bradley is visiting at Altoona for some time. A. M. Rife an.d daughter, Ruth, of Altoona, spent Sunday in town. Mr. and Sirs. Harry Schaeffer who spent the past week in town returned to their home at Harrisburg. CONTINUE HUNT FOR FIREBUG Police Conducting Systematic Search For Incendiaries at Work in the Borough The police and fire departments of the borough are working hand In hand to ascertain who the would-be firebug is who on three recent suc cessive nights has endangered the lives and property of several resi dents of Frederick street by several unsuccessful attempts at Incendiar ism. The first Information the fire de partment had of attempted Incen diary fire was secured Friday morn ing, when it was found that some time during the previous night a large hole liad been burned In the back porch at 160 Frederick street, but when discovered the fire was al ready out. This property is owned by John Cohen and occupied by John Bodnar. An attempt to burn 144 Frederick street was discovered Saturday morn ing when some oily waste was noticed smoldering in the side of the house from which a board had been re moved to get the waste into the wall. This bunch was evidently packed In to the wall too tight and did not blaze and the smouldering process had not generated enough heat to set the building on fire. This build ing is occupied by Joseph Bucar. A second attempt at 144 Frederick street was partly successful arly yesterday morning when a ulaze which was started in a small rear addition to the house destroyed the place of its origin and was eating Its way up the side of. the building when discovered. After the fire was extinguished by a quickly organized bucket brigade a quantity of oil soaked waste was found where the blaze started. The fire was discovered by Ivan Sekovic who was awakened in his bedroom at 146 Frederick street about 3 o'clock by the smoke. Under circumstances similar o the Frederick street attempts a blaze which caused considerable damage, was started at a Macedonian bakery in Main street some time ago. The bakery is located only about fifty feet from the house occupied by Bucar. Bare Wisconsin Murder; Slayer Sought in West 141 Crosse, Wis., Aug. 11. The trail of Theodore Edwin Hauge, al leged murderer of Mrs. Cora Miller, well known West Salem woman, led to somwhere in Montana, District At torney Otto M. Schlabach boarding a night train for the west. Hague is registered for army service in the town of Hamilton, La Crosse county. An autopsy performed during the afternoon showed three fractures of the skull where the woman had been struck with a hammer which was found in the grave with the body. Tile woman's body was found last Wednesday buried in quicklime in the cellar of Hague's house, but the covery was kept secret in hopes of apprehending him. An investigation was begun shortly after Mrs. Miller disappeared on Feb ruary 24, although this was halted when a letter supposedly signed by herself hinted at a hasty marriage and that she would return for a sur prise on her friends. The solution of the mystery was due to the activities of local newspaper men, who refused to believe that Mrs. Miller had eloped. It has since been disco%'ered that the handwriting in the letter tallies with that of Hague, the police claim. Bank Cancels Debt Against Widow's Home Chicago, Aug. 11. A token of ap preciation for the gallant perform ance of her husband was received by Mrs. Peter Bulfin Tuesday in the form of a deed in full for her home at 654:! South Bishop street, payment of long standing notes against her, and free fire insurance for her household goods. The donors were Louis and Frank Rathje, president and attorney, re spectively, of the Chicago City Bank and Trust Company, of 6233 South Balsted street, whose funds Policeman Bulfin was defending from robbery when bandits killed him on July 13. The Rathje bank held a mortgage of $3,000 on the Bulfin home. Captain John Ryan, of the Engle wood police station, a member of the party which presented the gifts to Mrs. Bulfin, said he had never known AUGUST 13, 1917. WARN COAL MEN AGAINST RAISES Increase Over 10 Cents a Ton on September 1 Regarded as Profiteering Washington, Aug. 13.—Coal deal ers who Increase their prices for anthracite more than 10 cents a ton before September 1 will be consid ered by the Federal Trade Commis sion as openly decarllng "a policy of profiteering." Indications are that bituminous coal prices will be reduced In the future, the commlslon announces. "Barring increased wages to mine labor,'" the Federal Trade Commis sion declared In an official statement, Present indications are that bit mine will not Increase beyond the normal ten cents per ton September 1, which will bring prices up to the winter circular level.* Any proposed increase in anthracite prices greater than ten cents per ton on September 1 is therefore totally unjustified. President indications are that bit uminous prices will be reduced in the future. Further lndulence In high prices and excessive margins on the part of dealers of Washington or of other cities can be regarded only as an open declaration of a policy of 'profiteering' on the part of deal ers." Unjustifiable Profits The statement was issued after a heated session between the com mission and representative Washing ton coal dealers whose profits, in the opinion of the commission, based on the dealers' own figures, have been expeessive on both bituminous and anthracite coal in the last few months. Monthly Meeting of Boyd Class Tonight The monthly meeting of the Mrs. John Y. Boyd Bible Class of the Plnei Street Presbyterian Sunday School, will be held this evening in the large pavilion in Reservoir Park Just east of the main reservoir. E. B. Diven, piesident of the class, will conduct the business sessions. Special mu sic has been arranged for tho devo- , tional service. Fit KM' II MINISTER IS IIN DELICATE POSITION - By Associated Press Paris, Aug. 13. The decision of the permanent administration com mittee of the French Socialist party that French Socialist delegates shall go to the International Socialist Con ference at Stockholm, as announced yesterday, places Albert Thomas, minister of munitions and Socialist leader, in a delicate position similar to that of Arthur Henderson, British labor leader, who resigned as minis ter without portfolio on Saturday, In asmuch as there is a conflict be tween the decision of M. Thomas' party and the expressed Intentions of the government of which he is a member. CRUDE Oil. MAKES HECORD By Associated Press Pittsburgh, Aug. 13. Pennsyl vania crude oil to-day reached the highest price in more than twenty years when the South Penn Oil Company announced an advance of fifteen cents, making the quotation for that grade $3.26. Otlier grades of crude oil were advanced to the following quotations: Mercer black, *2.23; Corning, $2.50; Cabell. $2.47; Somerset, $2.30, and Ragland, sl.lO. JITNEURS MEET The Jltneurs' Association held an important business meeting this morning, at 442 Hamilton street. Ten new members were accepted at this meeting. Much interest is being shown by the , members of the as sociation in the decision of the Pub lic Service Commission to be render ed soon on the jitney question. ' l " , ' l EME.\- at reading of the Friend ship h ire Company enjoyed an elab orate picnic given them by the r riendship J< ire Company, of Read ing, yesterday. The local firemen occupied a special car attached to the train which left at 7.55 o'clock in the ssfX'ia • DRASTIC ACTION MAY STOP AUTOMOBILES [Continued From First Page.] tion of automobile owners in stop ping the practice. Enough gasoline to care for the requirements of America' and per haps that of Its allies would be saved in the opinion of Mr. Manning, "if automobile owners of the country will stop unnecessary and extrava gant pleasure rides and if owners and dealers handle this fuel in a careful and economical manner ' Kvcry Driver Must Help 'A patriotic, thoughtful and un selfish response to these suggestions," he said, "would at once solve one of the perplexing problems now before the war-making authorities. In order that the war may bo carried on successfully the army and navy will have to have immediately on hand enough gasoline for tho aero planes, trucks, automobiles, tractors and other machines. There will be no dilly-dallying about this supply of gasoline and there won't be. "It Is estimate dthat the army and navy will need for the year 350,000,- 000 gallons and thero are two wuys of obtaining it. In the first place, the Joyrider whose pleasure is ob tained by covering many miles at high speed, can voluntarily give this up; the man who takes his family on Sunday for a fifty milt- ride or more can cut this in half;.every man who drives a machine dally can ask him self ;f part of his riding cannot be obviated. _ "To sum up, every automobile owner and driver can be taught to ask himself each mornl p tf whether or not his proposed trip Is absolutely necessary, and act accordingly, then the problem is solved, and with only slight voluntary sacrifices. On the other hand. If the people continue to be thoughtless and unwilling to do their patriotic bit In this respect, it may be necessary for the United States to take drastic action which will stop excessive pleasure use of automobiles. This is not yet con templated, so I understand, but It is the only alternative for the refusal of the automobile owners to co-oper '"fke the necessary volun tary sacrifices. It Is generally estimated and con ceded that one-half of the gasoline used in the United States (one bil lion two hundred and fifty million gallons) Is used in pleasure riding In my opinion, a judicious use of the automobile for this purpose will cut this amount of gasoline In half, which would mean the saving of more than a million gallons each day In the year." Director Manning gives a number of suggestions as to how savings in gasoline may be affected and con cluded with the statement that his warning does not mean that automo v"" should lay up their can* nor that any one should change his mind about purchasing a car. IDEAL WEATHER AIDING WORK AT CAMP HANCOCK Eighty-five Buildings Nearing Completion; to Erect Post Office Augusta, Ga„ Aug. 13. ldeal weather conditions have helped greatly In rushing through much of the first part of the construction work at Camp Hancock with the result that scores of the buildings are almost completed. Many more laborers and teams are needed, how ever, to finish all the work at the camp quickly, according to the con tractors. It is difficult for one not familiar with details to rculize what is actu ally being done. Eighty-five build ings are nearing completion. Of this number eighty-three are mess shacks. Over sixty of these buildings lack only doors and screens. Several are about lia'f completed, while many more are rapidly assuming a half completed stage. Work is well under way on two Of the large warehouses. Over 5,000 feet of 12-inch water pipe and over 2,500 feet of 6-inch pipe have already been laid. All of the 10-inch pipe has been laid. Work in this line is proceeding as rapidly as supplies come in and it Is a mat ter of only a few days before all the pipes are laid If the supplies come In as rapidly or required. Branch Post Offloe The branch post office which has been authorized by the Post Office Department to be erected at Camp Hancock will be erected as soon as the authorities receive official In structions to begin building it. The postmaster here asked for a building 40x40 feet! to he built of rough pine. The building, when erected, will occupy a central po sition so as to be easily accessible to the greatest number. Orders to be gin its construction are expected every day. Summarized from Major Strick ler's dally report to Washington, the field work accomplished at the camp Thursday was as follows: Consruc ti°n of twelve mess shacks was started; 1,150 feel 12-inch pipe and 1,180 feet of 8-inch pipe were laid; 1,600 lineal feet of lumber was graded; 17 cars of lumber, one car of doors, one car cf pipe fittings, one car of copper wire and one car of electrical equipment*were unloaded. TWO MEN UNDER FALL OF ROCK AT LYKENS [Continued From First Page.] Chaurney, w<Te going out of tho chute on No. 3 Level East Big Vein, a distance of thirty-three hundred feet below the surface. The men tapped the coal by firing a shot with dynamite and allowing the coal to gather in the gangway. The rush of coal and water was so great that tho men didn't have enough time to get away and Mr. Greiner told the other two men to grab a prop to save them selves. By taking hold of a prop Mr Greiner saved his life, though he was badly bruised by the rushing of the coal. Shadle and Chaurney have not been found up to this time. The rush of coal cpvered a distance of four hundred feet In the White's and Big Veins and also shut off from the outside five men, Harry A. Mil ler, David Daub, Peter Roman, Dan Pasco and Paul Burdnok, who were digging a tunnel under the supervis ion of Contractor Charles Shadle, of Gratz, about eight hundred feet from the place of accident. The rescue force is working on three turns or shifts and by fast work were able to reach six of tho eight men about ten hours after the accident happened. These men are uninjured, with the exception of Mr. Greiner, but all are in a nervous con dition on account of their experi ence. Superintendent D. V. Randall, Mine Inspector C. J. Jackson and all the foremen of the mines are active in the rescue work and about one hundred twenty-five feet of the debris has been cleared away. About nine hundred men will bo idle at the colliery until the other two men have been found. News of the accident spread rap idly through the town and to the other collieries and workings in the vicinity on Saturday evening, and thousands of people were soon on the scene. By 7 o'clock in the even ing there were 250 men with picks and shovels tearing great holes in the pile of rock, which extended to within a few yards of the mouth of the mine. Superintendent Randall and Inspector Price took charge of the rescue work. The men worked ins, relays. It was shortly before 10 o'clock when the first victim of the disaster was removed. Aside from body bruises, he was uninjured. Tho second was taken out a few minute* later and the other four at inter vals of from thirty to forty-five min utes. Five of the rescued men are tun nelmen md one is a digger. Shadle and Chaurney, who are still In the mine, were diggers. William Kelner. tho first man rescued, was in charge of the shift. Inspector Price said that the ac cident Is the first of its kind in the local mines in more than two years. He will make a thorough investiga tion as soon as the rescue party reaches the two men who are still entombed. The Short Mountain colliery la owned and operated by the Susque hanna Coal Minlnig Company. One hundred men are worked in threo shifts. The night shift had just gona on when the accident occurred. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator —Ad, Black Is Delegate to National Typo Sessions William Black, of the State Print er}-, has left for Colorado Springs, as delegate from Harrisburg Local, No. 14, International Typographical Union, to the national convention. The convention is being held there because of the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the Union Printer's Home at Colorado Springs. James Reld, of the State Prlnfery, was selected by the local union as alternate delegate. The International Typographicaf Union Is one of the strongest in ex istence to-day. The gross earnings of the memberri In 1916 showed an Increase of almost $4,000,000 over those of 1915. The organization paid out (351,505 in old age pensions; $298,476 was paid to mortuary bene fits, and 1156,726 was spent at the, Printers' Home. Only $4,000 was ex pended for strike purposes during the year. The Eastern Pennsylvania District) Typographical Union held its regu lar quarter session In Lancaster yes terday. Frank Sohmer, of the HAH RTRBURO TELEGRAPH was dele gate tb the session, and Addison .lohnson, of the Aughlnbaughg Print-, ery, was alternate delegate. L. B. Wsnbaugh, of the HARRTSBURC* TELEGRAPH, is secretary of tha district union. 9
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