COMPENSATION
RULINGS GIVEN
Important Decision in Regard
to Failure of Employer
to Give Claim Notice
C o m p ensation
S \\ Commissioner J.
firms the findings
v Scott, of Phlladel-
ESfSpßulSlalfc nir VH - ♦j'ol'e
suranco carrier appealed from the
award on the ground that the em
ployer did not give it notice of the
claim filed. Mr. Leech makes this
rulings "If the insurance carrier has
any just grounds for complaint or
relief it should proceed against the
assured, the employer. It now ap
pears that the claimant has entered
into the military service of his coun
try and it would be manifestly un
just under all the circumstances of
this case to delay the matter any
further."
The commissioner has dismissed
the appeal of the Portage Coal
Mining Co.. in the claim of Samuel
AlcCreary. Portage, in which the
claimant refused to permit an opera
tion for the removal from an eye
of a piece of a dynamite cap. Mr.
Leech says: "We cannot find that any
of the doctors who testified could
promise much relief and there' was
considerable speculation as to the
beneficial effects of an operation,"
which the claimant refused to per
mit to be performed.
Chairman Mackey rules In the case
of an alien killed In this country
and with a wife and child In Italy
that the employer has the right to j
commute an award without an order I
of the board.
The chairman has affirmed a rul- j
ing of Referee Thomas J. Dunn in
the case of John Cummings vs. Sene
ca Coal Mining Co., Chaijibersvllle.
Mr. Mackey Better.—Chairman
Harry A. Mackey, of the Compensa- j
tion Board, who has been ill is im-1
proving rapidly.
Much Interest in Meeting.—Cap
itol Hill has taken a big interest in
the meeting of the district boards
here yesterday. Only State officials
are exempt from call under the draft.
All clerks within draft age must go
when called.
Inspection On.—Commissioner of
Fisheries Buller, said to-day that the
inspection of the Schuylkill was un
der way and it was hoped to find
the cause of dead fish so much com- j
plained of.
Watching Gettysburg. —The State
health authorities are watching de-1
velopments at Gettysburg very close
ly and the Attorney General's De
partment may be called upon to stp i
In. The cleaning up of the town will|
be charged to the borough.
Governor Spoke. Governor
Brumbaugh spoke yesterday at the
Grange meeting at Livermore, Me.,
on the part the farmer plays in a
great national crisis.
Port Inspecting.—Fire Marshal i
Port is making a series of inspec-1
tions of places near Harrist urg about
t
Poor Progress
in School
is very often due to the child's
defective vision.
This must be corrected with
properly fitted glasses. Poor
eyesight is a terrible handicap
to every school boy or girl un
its promptly rectified.
No better time to bring your
children to us for examination
than now during these final
vacation days.
Our skill in flttitfg children's
eyes is recognized. Years of
experience and the best equip
ment insure perfect results.
CRX I
(Uohl.l&nkcnbach &J\ou3
OPTOMETRIST* ANOOTICIAH
N0. 22 N. 4TM. ST.
UARRIBBURQ. PA*
V • ,
Tennis Racquet
SALE
SPALDING, GOLDSMITH, WRIGHT &
DITSON
OFF
50c Racquet 400 $2.50 Racquet ..$2.00
75c Racquet 600 $3.00 Racquet .$2.-10
SI.OO Racquet ... .800 $3.50 Racquet . .$2.80
$1.25 Racquet . .SI.OO $4.00 Racquet . .$3.20
$1.50 Racquet . .$1.20 $5.00 Racquet . .$4.00
$2.00 Racquet . .SI.OO $6.00 Racquet . .$4.80
All these Racquets are 1917 Models and are
fully guaranteed.
40c Wright & Ditson Tennis Balls 350
40c Spalding Tennis Balls • 350
25c Tournament Tennis Balls 200
HEAGY BROS.
1200 North Third Street
The Sporting Goods Store Open Evenings
THURSDAY EVENING,
, [which complaint has has been made
jof failure to take proper precau
| tlons In fire hazards.
fj First Tax Paid—The first receipt
for direct inheritance tax under the
act of 1917 was charged, sealed and
countersigned to-day for $3.50 from
the executor of a Delaware county
estate. It was followed by another
J payment by a Clarion county estate
of fifty, cents. In the Delaware
county payment the ppralser availed
himself of the five per cent discount
allowed for payment In ninety days
and received a deduction of eighteen
cenfs. The amount of the estate
1 subject to State tax was $188.9 7.
j Chester, Clarion, Dauphin, netware,
j Indiana, Lawrence and Lehigh coun
. | ties have all filed one or more ap
s praisements under the direct inheri
. | tance tax. Chester county leads with
. seven.
? John Weaver Complains—John
• Weaver, former mayor of Philadel
phia, today characterized a proposed
' increase in the rates of the Over
" brook Steam Heat Company, which
serves the distrlot In which he re
" sides, as "exhorbitant, outrageous
and oppressive" In a complaint filed
i with the Public Service Commission.
5 He says that the rates superseded
. are high enough and that the service
s has been unsatisfactory. He also
• sets forth the belief that the com
l pany has taken on too many houses
■ for its service.
Bank Call Issued—State Banking
f Commissioner Lafean to-day Issued
' his first call for statements of State
banks, trust companies and savings
' Institutions as of August 21.
[ Visiting State Roads —Chief En
-1 gineer Uhler is accompanying Vlr
' gini aand Maryland State highway
j Officials on inspections of State
' highways to-day.
Railroads File Rates —The ratl-
I roads of the State have filed/notices
, of increase In rates for hauling iron
I and steel in accordance with the
notice recently given to the Public
. Service Commission.
Ins|>cctor nt Hanover——Commls-
I missloner of Health Dixon has de
• tailed Inspector A. L. Hull to make
a ninquiry into the typhoid outbreak
I I at Hanover.
' i Col. Shannon Here —Col. E. C.
Shannon, of the Fourth Pennsylvania
infantry, was here to-day to see
Adjutant General Stewart. The
i colonel's regiment has lost four
; companies because of formation of
a machine gun battalion. Whether
! the regiment will be authorized to
form four more companies to take
their place is not known.
: OBERLIN : : : :
The funeral of the Infant son,
Harry P. Arnold, of Mr. and Mrs. John
Arnold, of Bressler. was held this
afternoon and was conducted by the
Rev. Daniel E. Rupley. The burial
i was at Oberlin Cemetery.
While Dr. F. Webster Byrod was
walkihg down Main street a dog at
the Henshaw Homestead bit him atii
i lacerated his arm so that it had to be
> cauterized.
The four-months-old daughter, Ele
ncre May. of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Smith, died yesterday. Burial will be
made in the Oberlin Cemetery on Fri
day afternoon. The services will be
j conducted by the Rev. H. S. Kiefer.
Germany's Naval Prince
i
bbhpi
Up
ffirwy r —runnrrr i irmmmj IIMW mill MM
PafeWC£ ADEI®EIiT,
A new picture of Prince Adelbert,
j third son of the kpiser, and often
) called "The Navy Prince," because he
] is the only son of the kaiser In the
| German navy.
NEWS OF S
ENTERING GREAT
BUILDING BOOM
Millions Being Spent by Cor
porations and Individuals
For Improvements
That Steelton is entering the
biggest boom in its history is ad
mitted by many men who are in a
position to Judge from the immense
improvements which are going on in
the borough, mainly at present by the
Bethlehem Steel Company and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
The former corporation has spent
several million dollars since it took
plant from the Pennsylva
nia Steel Company in 1916
and plans made some time ago will
require the expenditure of many
more millions.
One of the many improvements,
and probably the costliest of all, is
the modernizing of the blast furnace
department, which, when complet
ed. will consist of a five-furnace cen
tralized plant, extending in a south
easterly direction from a point be
low Swatary. street. These furnaces
have a capacity of 500 tons of pis
metal daily and when the first of the
battery was completed it was referr
ed to as "the million dollar furnace."
Two of these big furnaces have been
in operation for some time and a
third one is being rushed to comple
tion as rapidly as possiltle.
Many New Houses
While there have been no very
large buildings erected in the bor
ough proper in the last two years,
yet there has been considerable im
provement in the matter of new
uwellmghouses and the alteration of
others into apartments, thus in
creasing the housing facilities. These
tacilltles will be greatly enlarged
when the new dwellings in North
Front street, extending tor one whole
block from 'Jefferson to Eleanor
streets, are completed.
une of the most extensive build
ings to be erected in Steelton, out
side the steel plant during the pres
ent year will be the new freight
station for the Pennsylvania, rail
road in the bed of the old canal
above Trewick street.
31 Miles of Streets
According to Borough Engineer
Callaglian, the borough has 31 miles
of streets and alleys, live miles o£
which are paved. There are also 16
miles of sanitary sewers, nine miles
of storm sewers and 'l9 miles of
water mains.
The valuation of the real estate
owned by the borough is placed at
$37,811.87 while the total valua
tion of the borough, according to the
last triennial assessment is given at
$5,675,595. According to the audi
tor's report tor 1916 the receipts of
the borough for last year were
$103,9.60.94, and the expenses lot
same period were $99,060.76.
Schools Rated High
The borotfgh owns us water supply
and the receipts from this source lor
1916 were $33,911.29. The balance
of the receipts tor last year are from
a variety ot miscellaneous sources.
The borough's torce of policemen
consists of the following olllcers and
patrolmen, Chief, Thomas V. Gard
ner; sergeant, Leon Hand; desk ser
geant, Valentine Masters; patrol
men, Joseph Trombino, James W.
Pearson, John Wynn, Kevan Burrell,
Gus Behman and Samuel Bower
master.
The borough Are department is
composed of BIX volunteer companies
which are so well drilled that the
tire losses here are smaller than in
most other boroughs in the State.
The borough council recently decided
to motorize the lire department and
appropriated $25,000 for the pur
chase of two combination, hose,
chemical and engine; two combina
tion hose and chemical and one com
bination hook and ladder and chem
ical. The last named apparatus has
been delivered and the remainder are
expected to arrive in the borough
inßide the next few weeks.
The borough schools have the rep
utation of being in advance of sim
ilar institutions in the boroughs of
the State and are the equal to the
public schools of many cities of the
third class.' This opinion was voiced
recently by a noted educator of a
neighboring State, after making an
inspection of the school methods in
vogue in Steelton.
Detective Durnbaugh
Loses His Prisoner
For the second time in his official
life Detective Durnbaugh lost a
prisoner last evening when Joseph
Martino, whom the detective was
taking from the borough lockup to
the office of Squire Stees in the Trust
Building for a preliminary hearing
on an assault and battery charge.
As the two men approached River
alley and Locust street, Martino, who
was not handcufTed, made a sudden
dash for liberty, neither did he stop
when the detective fired several re
volver shots into the air. The es
caped prisoner was trailed up Front
street for some distance when the
trail became indistinct.
The first time that Detective Durn
baugh lost his man occurred some
vears ago when he placed a man
under arrest in the foreign section of
South Third street. Durnbaugh at
that time was Chief of the Borough
police. He found his man in bed.
After dressing, all but his shoes, the
former chief started downstairs with
his man. On reaching the first
floor, the prisoner asked permission
to go to the yard toilet.
As soon as the kitchen door was
open, the foreigner dashed out, slam
med the door shut in Dunxbaugh'p
face and in his bare feet made good
his escape before the chief could fol
low. Durnbaugh however, got his
man a few days later and the belief
is that Martino must go far and fast
in this instance if he finally outwits
the detective.
MRS. SHOOP IS DEAD
Mrs. Christian Shoop, for many
vears a resident of Steelton and who
while here resided with her daughter.
Mrs. J. C. Baughman, 251 South
Second street, died Tuesday at mid
n.ight at the home of another daugh
ter, Mrs. J. M._ Walters, in Pen
brook.
Mrs. Shoop is survived by the fol
lowing children: Mrs. Joseph Hum
mel. Mrs. John Guekes, Mrs. Harry
Follett, Curtis Shoop, Airs. James
Shertzer, Mrs. Baughman. Mrs. Wal
ters and Mrs. Frank Hoerner.
Funeral services will be held in
the Baughman residence Saturday
nfternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr.
Wetrick officiating. Burial will take
place at Middletown.
BOYS ARE WARNED
The practice of boys stealing rides
on the rear end of automobile truck*
and wagons which has resulted In
several violent deaths of boys In re
cent year* is going to be broken up
by the horough police department.
Four boys, two of whom are twelve
vears old and the others fourteen and
fifteen vesrs. were taken before Bur
pis Wigfletd for the ride stealing
offense last evening. Future offend
ers for this act. which has manv
tines been warned acralnst bv the
police, will be arrested and fined.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
COAL PRICES TO
LOWER IRON COST
Will Reduce Expense of Melt
ing and Heating Opera
tions at Steel Plants
The President's announcement of a
$2 base on bituminous coal instead of
the concession of a $3 price made by
the operators is no surprise, and it
does not furnish the key to the vastly
more complicated problem of steel
prices, the Iron age of to-day reports.
Coke prices. It is to be expected will
be fixed in line with coal, but as the
fixing of a low price for coke will not
increase the supply and may lessen it,
the effect on the pig-iron market is
yet to bo determined.
Cheaper coal, however, will mean
low*r cost ip melting and heating op
erations at steel works and hence
some revision of cost sheets now in
th* hr.nds of the Government.
While the steel trade waits for the
Government to decide what it will pay
for munition and ship steel, and ex
pects that decision soon, the situation
as to prices of steel for the alles and
the public is in no respect clearer.
The Government's advisers are work
ing to avoid a direct legal issue as to
the taking of orders from the allies
at the same prices charged the Gov
ernment. but two developments of the
week indicate that the situation can
no be allowed to drift much longer.
The first of these was the practical
suspension of the activities of the
American Iron and Steel Institute's
committee on steel, which has been
the distributing medium for Govern
ment war orders ship steel.
A second important development
was the holding up of the Govern
ment s orders for 10,000 tons of an
nealed wire and 20,000 tons of wire
rods to be furnished to Italy. H-alf
of this had been accepted by the
manufacturers at prices to be deter
mined later, with the proviso that
the Government actually place the or
der and become responsible for pay
ment, - •
Steelton Personal
Mrs. Dwight R. Parker, Strnud
wrter, Maine, is spending several
tiioni.'is with her jx W
Bishop, Second street, Highsplro.
PATROLMAN SWORN IX
Guy K. Behman. who has been ap
pointed a patrolman to succeed Paris
Fisher, last evning took the oath of
oflee and assumed his duties. Ex-
Patrolman Fisher has gone to Sharort
where he has accepted a position In
fl. munitions plant.
TO HOTJ) FESTIVAL
2 e r r \! narj ' Apartment of the
First Methodist Sunday School will
hold an ice crcjim festival in the so
cial rooms of the church this even
ing. In connection with the festival
ttStoS be h ° ,a
-MIDDLETCWfI* ♦ • 1
Carl Schlefer will spend a week
at Harrisburg, the guest of his sis
ter, Mrs. Harry Shaefler.
Dr. D. T. P. Deatrick returned
home ofter spending a week at Get
tysburg visiting relatives.
W. R. Fisher anL John Scheifer
spent Tuesday at Goldsboro.
Miss Mabel Kurts returned home
after spending several days at Har
nsburg visiting relatives and friends.
Dr. J. C. Nissley returned to Pal
myra after visiting his parents for
the last few days.
Mrs. Frank Gondran, daughter.
Pearl, and Mrs. P. E. Hohlt, of New
York, visited relatives in Colum
bia yesterday.
Mrs. W. Kurt* and daughter. Ed
na, left this morning for Ocean
Grove and Long Branch, where they
will spend several days visiting
friends.
The Mothers' Congress Circle, of
town, met jn the rooms of the Red
Cross Chapter yesterday wnere thev
were busily engaged in preparing kits
which will be given to the soldiers.
Mrs. George Plott. of Ann street,
was called to Newtown, Lancaster
county, on account of the sudden
death of her father, J. S. Rhodeas.
He was found dead in his potato
patch early yesterday morning. H®
was 79 years old. He spent two days
of last week visiting his daughter In
town.
The M. A. A., of town, and the
Ruxton A. C.. of Harrisburg, will
cross bats on the diamond at the
fair grounds Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock.
H. C. Llndemuth Is spending sev
eral days at Gettysburg attending
the state convention of Knights of
Pythias lodge.
Miss Grare Keefer returned to her
home at Shlppensburg.
Mrs. Charles Oberly, of Wilming
ton, Del., is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Dasher, for some
time.
At a birthday party last evening
at the home of Miss Florence Beard,
at which time she announced her en
gagement to Dr. John C. Nisley. The
following guests were present: Mrs.
Walter Shellenberger. Mrs. Fuller
Bergstersser, Misses Lyda Peters,
Matilda Nisley, Edna Beard. Mary
Erb, Mary Peters, Margie Longe
necker, Clara Beck. Enid Peters,
May Fuhrman. Refeshments were
served.
Two Traffic Violators
Fined; One Has Attorney
to Plead For Leniency
Richard Quigley, 357 South Eigh
teenth street, was brought before the
municipal police court yesterday aft
ernoon on a charge of violating the
ordinance which recently went into
effect prohibiting drivers of vehicles
to park cars in Third street. Quigley,
who is a driver for Footer's Dye
Works, 34 North Third street, per
mitted his car to stand in front of
the establishment from 9:25 to. 11:15
o'clock, police claimed. A fine of $3
was imposed.
George W. Orth. a baker at 1726
North Sixth street, paid a fine of |5
on a charge of repeatedly failing to
heed the request or the officers when
told to keep his bakery wagon to the
curb while, attending the markets.
Charles Collins, an aged man picked
up by officers because he had imbibed
too freely, was dismissed after Alder
man Nicholas had given him a kindly
lecture.
Abe Baturin, who drives a jitney,
was In court charged with driving his
car at night without lights. An of
flcqr In one of the nrehouses saw Ba
turin go by and called to him that he
was running without lights. Attorney
Robert Rosenberg was present and
pleaded with the Court both long and
earnestly that his client be let down
easy, in view of the fact that the
lights had gone out entirely by acci
dent, and because his client didn't
like to pay flnes. Or. perhaps. It was
Mr. Baturin who advanced the latter
idea, for he continued to address the
Court long after that body was In a
receptive mod.
Alderman Nicholas assessed the
minimum line of 13, ImDosed for run
ning without lights.
FIFTEEN TONS POWDER
USEDJN BIG BLAST
[Continued From ilrst Page.]
pnny engineers shortly after 5 o'clock,
"With one big rumble the muss of
rock was hurled Into tfte
air.
The top of the cliff Is convex In
shape, the highest part being near
the center. This accounts for the
difference in the depth of the holes
drilled, the depth being gauged to
come level on the bottom.
Thirty thousand one hundred and
fifty pounds, or a little more than
fifteen tons, of Trojan powder was
required to (ill the thirty-nine holes,
all the holes being connected with
electric *>jes while being*charged,
ana the shot was made by an op
™ .? r u. h ! was stationed far back
on the bluff and who on being given
the signal that all was clear pressed
"The Live Store" ■ "Always Reliable"
"Big Friday"
At Doutrichs Tomorrow
Friday has been a close "second" to Satur
day at this "Live Store" for the past two weeks, and
it's as gratifying to us as was the extreme pleasure 6f "Robinson
Crusoe" when he found "Big Friday" on the island—lt put a new lease
on life for both, turning loneliness into interesting adventures. It's been
a pleasure to the hundreds of people who have .been coming here
Fridays to our
Mark-Down Sale
Where Everything in Oar Entire Stock Is Reduced
(Except Arrow Collars, Interwoven Hose and Overalls)
They have appreciated the service they rendered
(to themselves as well as to us) in relieving the congestion here on
Saturdays by so doing making it possible for us to take better care of both Friday
and Saturday buyers. We appreciate your hearty co-operation and invite you to
assist in making both these days do their pro-rata share.
Every Suit in Our Entire
(Blue Serges and Blacks Included)
All s ls Suits . . . s ll—
All s Suits ... *l4=2
All s 2o Suits . . . *ls=2
All Suits . . . 'l9=2
All s 3o Suits . . . *23—
All $ Suits . . . *2742
Trousers Bathing Suits
All $3.00 Trousers .... $2.39 All $1.50 Bathing Suits . . . $1.19
All $3.50 Trousers . ~ . $2.89 All $2.00 Bathing Suits . . . $1.59
All $4.00 Trousers .... $3.19 All $3.50 Bathing Suits . . . $2.89
All $5.00 Trousers $3.89 All $3.98 Bathing Suits . . , $3.19
All $6.50 Trousers .... $4.95 All $5.00 Bathing Suits . ... '. $3.89
Shirts Marked Down
All SI.OO Shirts 79c All $1.50 Shirts $1.19
All $1.85 and $2.00 Shirts $1.59
All $2.50 Shirts $1.89 All $3.50 Shirts $2.89
All $5.00 Shirts $3.89 All $5.85 Shirts $4.89
All; 50c Neckwear and Belts 39c
304 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG, PA.
a button and the explosion took
place.
Bent Views Explosion
Stationed on a high bluff located
in the upper end of the quarries last
evening were Qulncy Bent, general
manager of tho Steelton and Leb
anon plants of the Bethlehem Steel
Company; M. L. Jacobs, superintend
ent of the various stow quarries of
the Bethlehem Steel Company; M.
L. Muth, superintendent of the Steel
ton quarries, and several newspaper
men.
Earth Shakes
Tho tense attitude of this group
of spectators was visible on their
countenances while the signals wero
being Hashed back and forth a few
moments before the shot was fired.
When the supreme moment came
there was a deep roar and distinct
shock, whlcre- not only shook the
bluff on which the steel company
officials and others were standing,
but which was plainly felt one mile
away from the quarries, where, it
is said, dishes danced around 6n sev.
eral supper tables.
Directly- following the shock the
AUGUST 23, 1917.
enttne fnco of the cliff, which Is 695
feet In length, rose slightly, shoved
out from the solid part and an in
stant later crumbled Into small parts
and fell with a peculiar grinding
noise down to tho bottom of the
qimrry. The top of the crumbling
mlrss of stpne was only visible for
several seconds, when a pall of lime
stone dust, intermlnprled with the
purplish-blue smoke from the mass
of powder, rose from the bottom of
the quarry and shut from view the
settling of the grinding mass.
Itooks My Near
Clearing the quarry of men,
ment and horses began ten minutes
before the allot was fired, the signals
being blown from the three steam
drills and several steam shovels, the
lattfer being used In loading stone on
railroad cars in the quarry.
Frank Leonard, an expert from
the Trojan Powder Company, at Al
lentown, was sent here to supervise
the charging of the holes and ho
pressed the button which fired the
shot. When the explosion took place
a shower of stones ranging in size
from a walnut to a man's fist fell
within twenty feet of the first of the
group of newspaper men, while
t-tone an large as a man's head posset
directly over the steel company of
ficials, but the missile was so high
overhead that not one of the group
was injured.
The largest previous shot was
made at thcs quarries some time
ugo when twenty-three holes were
loaded and the quantity of stone
dislodged being about two-thirds of
the amount last evening.
The limestone rock Is used In the
steel mills and blast furnaces for
slag in the manufacture of cast iron.
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