10 CELEBRATION OF ROMPER DAY TO EXCEED OTHERS Band Concerts, Folk Dancing, Exhibits and Sports Few of the Features Plans for one of the biggest rom per day celebration in the history of the city playground department were completed to-day by Playground Su pervisor Earl C. Ford with his corps of Instructors. Band concerts in the afternoon and evening by the Eighth Regiment musicians; a folk dancing pageant showing the dances of various coun tries now allied in war against Ger many, and scores of games and con tests will feature the program. Special cars will leave the various playgrounds at 8 o'clock in the morn ing. Immediately upon the arrival of the thousands of youngsters at Reservoir Park the events of the day will start. A feature of the morning will be the sewing exhibit. More than 500 pieces will be shown, all made by girls enrolled in classes this ! year. A rehearsal of the folk dancing parts was held this afternoon in the I Board of Trade building. To-mor- ] row tetlierball preliminaries will be ] played off in the morning and the I interplayground track meet will be i held in the afternoon. Wednesday morning the quoit match prelimi naries will staged and in the after noon a dress rehearsal of folk danc ing. The complete romper day program follows: Morning Sports Morning—B, Cars leave various playgrounds for Reservoir Park; 9, championship girls' volleyball game, teams from Twelfth street, Reservoir and Emerald; boys, final tennis tour nament, teams from Sycamore, Em erald, Twelfth street; finals, junior and senior quoit matches; 9.30, championship volleyball games. Em erald, Twelfth street. Sycamore: finals, tetherhall for junior and senior girls; 10. group ring games, kite contest: 10.30, longbail, Harris vs. Hamilton: indoor baseball, Ma clay vs. Sycamore; 11, girls' relay race; 11.30, sewing and cooking school exhibit: 12 to 1.30, lunch. Pageant in Afternoon Afternoon—l.3o, three-legged race for boys, two from each playground: sack race for girls, two from each playground; wheelbarrow race for boys; obstacle race for girls: relay race for boys; peanut race for boys under fourteen; shoe race, Calder vs. Twelfth: tug-of-war. Boas vs. Syca more: 2.30, pageant; 3, presentation of prizes; 4, cars leave park for play- | grounds. Dancing Program The program for the folk danc ing pageant has been arranged as follows: France —represented by girls from Emerald and Paxton play grounds; Russia, by girls from Penn and Twelfth street; England, by the small girls from all playgrounds: i Scotland, by girls from Sycamore | and Verbeke; Ireand, by girls from Hamilto nand Reily; Italy, by girls from Harris and Stevens: United States, by girls from Lincoln, Reser voir, Maclay and Boas. Music will be furnished by Up degrove's orchestra. Girls Who Get Certificates The following girls will be given certificates on Romper Day for regu lar attendance at the seming classes during the entire season: Reily— Anna Schampan, Sara Cohen, Mil dred Schmapan; Hamilton, Helen Sparver, Mary Crow; Emerald, Re becca Fornwalt, Naomi Bell; Maclay, Thelma Stipe, Anna Yaple, Ethel Minnick; Calder, Pauline Miller, Rose Miller, Matilda Henson; Pax tang, Ruth Shannon, Julia Baker, Mildred Baker, Jennie Rogers; Penn, Sara Zarkin, Goldie Hollam, Anna Hollam, Rebecca Abramson, Rachel Abramson, Dora Harrison, Alice Cohn; Boas. Edith Marcus, Jennie Marcus, Beatrice Cohn, Elizabeth Fickes; Reservoir, Dorothy Shultz, Gertrude Smith, Agnes Orr, Dorothy Reeves; Harris, Caroline Siltzer, Violet McCurdy, Zena Rogers, Mil dred Fisher, Dorothy Abrams, Katie Hutta; Sycamore, Mary Polleck; cts. per ounce New high record for MODERN TIMES Silver is rapidly remonet izing itself. The purchasing power of gold is decreasing and price of silver is rising, thus economically tending to bring values of these metals closer together. Our latest silver sum mary will give you full in formation regarding the silver market, as well as many valuable suggestions regarding standard silver securities which enjov wide markets. A copy will be sent free upon request. HowAROAR!gSvTO 2-1 Market St., llarrlaburK, l*. Telephone*—C. V. tlila Allent.'rL" Direct private wires connecting • • -fflces with principal rnarkeu V M ——/ FRANK R. LEIB & SON General Insurance and Real Estate 18 N. Third Street FOR SALE 1010 North Third street, 3-story brick, store and apartments. 1942 North Sixth street, 3-story frame dwelling. Improvements. 406 North street, 3-story brick dwelling. All im provements. FOR RENT Large Storeroom, 1010 North Third street. - ", . .<. II II JIIIIIIIPIIIIIIWIH i I . MONDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 27, 1917. j Lincoln, Mary Elizabeth Worley I Pauline Colestock, Genevieve Steele, ! Isabelle Wright, Ethel Stockdale, j*Lela Dean. Mildred Smith; Twelfth ! street, Iva Seiders, Sundae Kumey, j Catherine Sieb, Marie Yanke, Julia i Puskiss, Helen Wright, Mabel Buck, j Mildred Smothers. ; CAMP MEMORIAL OF HIIER SO Philadelphia, Aug. 2". Mrs. Wil | Hani McLean, wife of the publisher ; of the Evening Bulletin, will erect a i clubhouse at tile camp at l'ort Ogle ! thorpe, Georgia, in memory of her ] son, Lieutonant Warden McLean, I who was killed in service there last spring. Military Baml to Piny Programs of band concerts by ; Eighth Regiment Band, National Guard, Thursday afternoon and evening, at Reservoir Park: Afternoon, 3 to 5 o'clock: March, "New York Hippodrome," Sousa; overture, "Black Queen," White; in termezzo, "Sesame," King; cornet solo, "The Charmer," Boas, principal musician, Harry D. Sollenberger; waltz, "L'Estudiantini," Waldteufel; intermission: march, "Pasadena Day," Vassala; selection, "Sky High." Taylor; "Songs For the Old Folks," Lake; patrol, "Red, White and Blue," Rollinson; Star Spangled Banner. Evening, 7.30 to 9.30 o'clock: March, "Guarde Du Corps," Hall; overture, "Martha," Flotow; inter mezzo, "Amerinda," Smith; piccolo solo, "Through the Air," Smith, Cor poral George A. Roberts; waltz, "Wedding of the Winds," Hall; in ] termission; march, "Lights Out." I McCoy; selection, "The King Pin." | Taylor: fantasia, "Gems of Stephen Foster," Tobani; "Indian War Dance," Bellstedt; Star Spangled | j Banner. Rotarians Lead Move To Buy Motortruck The Governor's Troop The Harrisburg Rotary Club at its luncheon at the Engineers Club to day. endorsed the movement to pur chase a motor truck for the Gov ernor's Troop and contributed SISO toward the $650 required. The matter was presented to the club by Trooper Horace Geisel, a member of the club, who asked merely for a letter of en- j dorsement, but J. William Bowman led off the subscription with $25, after a brief address by Howard C. Fry, and the other members contributed the remainder. Next Tuesday the club members and their wives will be guests of Robert F. Walton at a cornroast at his large frtiit and vegetable farms near Hum melstown. A Held day is also being arranged. President A. E. Buchanan directed Secretary Robison to send a telegram of congratulation to Lieutenant Colo nel James B. Kemper upon his promo tion. Kemper is a Rotarian. Cornerstone of Mission Placed With Elaborate and Imposing Ceremonies With elaborate and impressive ceremonies, the cornerstone of the new Monroe Street Mission of the local Churches of God, Monroe and Cumberland streets, was placed yes terday afternoon. The Rev J. C. Forncrook, pastor of the Penbrook Church of God, placed the stone. He also preached the do aication sermon. Other speakers were the Rev. F. ,W. McGuire, the Rev. O. M. Kraybill, of M'ddletown; the Rev. G. W. Harper, pastor of the Pleasant View Church of God. and the Rev. W. J. Winlieid, pastor of the mission. The New Cumberland Church of God choir sang. The mission was erected especially to care for the spiritual needs of the number of southern colored persons in the city. A parsonage will be erected adjoining the church soon. Pastor Says All Should Profit by Defalcations of Trusted Employe At the Second Reformed Church yesterday morning the pastor, the Rev. Harry Nelson Bassler, referred to the defalcation of George Shoe maker, the Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending Company employe. He said that while sympathy would be felt for the wrongdoer, his cr 4 e should cause inquiry into our own lives and the lesson of carefulness and honesty in all our dealing should be learned by all familiar with the story. "Let us, in thinking over this young man's crime," sai'd the preach er, "be more thoughtful as to our conduct. Let the wrongdoing of this fmploye bring us a little closer to God and impel us to keep In the straight and narrow way. Here was a trusted employe who yielded to temptation, reaching out and taking that which did not belong to him. ISympathy should be secondary. We should profit by the lesson shown and be honest and upright in all our deal ings with our fellow-man." Philip B. Edelen Is Returned to Harrisburg Philip B. Edelen, who has been rep resenting Elliott-Fisher Company '4 the Pittsburgh district, has be< transferred to this city, taking till place of George E. Brattan, tram, ferred to the Des Moines, lowa, dl. trict. Mr. Edelen joined the Elliot* Ft'sher forces early in the spring aft>! a long residence in Harrisburg re* resenting another line of trade, asi. his family had not yet joined him. He wil continue to reside at Washingtoi Heights.' Mr. Brattan has representee Eliott-Fisher here for many years. Both are members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club. Relations Between U. S. and Japan Never Better, Speaker in This City Says Professor Walter E. Hoffsommer, an instructor in the Union Mission ary College, at Tokyo, Japan, lectur ed at Stevens Memorial Church yes terday morning. In his address Pro fessor Hoffsommer declared that Ja pan entertains nothing but friendly feelings for America, and that the relations between the two countries are better now than they have been in years, is his belief. Professor Hoffsommer, who has been taking a special course at Princeton, arrived from New York on Saturday, and is visiting his broth er, A. F. Hoffsommer, at Old Orchard. He expects to leave on Wednesday for Seattle, from which place he will sail for Japan to re sume his duties as a missionary. Paroles Girl Charged With Shoplifting Charged with shoplifting in one of the city stores, a young girl was brought before Judge George Kun ket to-day for sentence. She was paroled when the district attorney of Columbia county appeared, re questing the suspension of sentence. Judge Kunkel also paroled Albeit Lewis, after he at first sentenced him to a reformatory. Lewis was charged with stealing an automobile and was released upon the petition of a businessman of the city. James Jonea and George Stauffor, Wllltams town charged with stealing , were released under suspended sentence. Both have large families, it was re ported to the court. MARKET DISPLAYS FIRMER TENDENCIES Investment Shares and Rails Move Forward a Large Fraction; Dealings Light But Fairly Wide in Scooe By Associated Press New Nork, 9ug. 27—(Wall Street). —Active issues displayed firmer ten dencies at the opening of to-day's stock market. Important rails and other investment shares were higher by large fractions to a point. Steels and other equipment strengthened with oils, motors and tobaccos. The more popular specialties showed gen eral improvement over the last week's final quotations. Dealings were light but included most of the better known stocks. XEW YOKK STOCKS Chandler Bros. & Co., members of the New York and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges 3 North Market Square, Harrisburg: 133S Chestnut street, Phil adelphia; 3< Pine street, New York furnish the following quotations: Open. Noon. American Can 4 4 44 American Car and Fdy.. 73H 74 American Locomotive .. 67 H 67% American Smelting 100V4 99 V 6 Anaconda Atchison 98?fc 99 Baldwin Locomotive .... 66'/< 65% Bethlehem Steel 114 V 4 113 Butte Copper 35 34 Vi Canadian Pacific 162% 161 Ti Central eLather 89 88 Chesapeake and Ohio ... 59 59 Chi., Mil. and St. Paul.. 67% 67% Chi., R. I. and Pacific... 30% 30% Chino Con. Copper 54 54 Corn Products 32% 31% Crucible Steel 78% 76% General Motors 113 112 Great Northern pfd 105% 105% Gieat Northern Ore subs 36% 35% Inspiration Copper 54 54 Kennecott Copper 41% 4214 Kansas, City Southern... 19% 19% Lackawanna Steel 86% 86 Maxwell Motors 32% 32% Merc. Marine Ctfs 32% 33% Merc. Marine Ctfs. pfd.. 90% 90% Mexican Petroleum 95% 94% Miami Copper 36% 36% Midvale Steel 56% 55% New York Central 81% 84% N. Y., N. H. and H 32 32 N. Y., O. and W 21% 21 Vi Norfolk and Western ... 118 118 Pennsylvania R. R 52% 52% Pittsburgh Coal 47% 47% Roy Con. Copper 26% 26% Reading Railway 89 88% Republic Iron and Steel. 86% 86% Southern Pacific 94% 94% Southern Railway 28 27% Studebaker 52% 52% Union Pacific 136% 136% U. S. I. Alcohol 138 137% U. S. Rubber 62% 63 U. S. Steel 122 120% U. S. Steel pfd 117 117 Utah Copper 101 101 Westinghouse Mfg 47% 47% Wilys-Overland 31 30% Western Maryland 19 19% 1,000 Attend Opening Sessions of Campmeeting in Hoffman's Woods More than a thousand persons attended the services of the Gospel Herald Society at Hoffman's Woods yesterday. Campmeeting is being held there and will continue for sev eral days* Sixty-two tents house the campers from various parts of Penn sylvania and New Jersey. In the afternoon I. B. Layns and F. N. Sperry were the speakers. In the evening addresses wee made by W. F. Heft'ne and A. P. Deckman. Special music is a featue of the meetings. The Rev. W. G. Gehman is presi dent of the society, and has charge of the campmeeting. He will preach Friday evening at 7.15 o'clock. The meetings opened on Saturday and will close next Sunday evening. LEGAL NOTICES PROPOSAL FOB SCHOOL BUILDING SEALED PROPOSALS will be re ceived by the Board of School Direc tors of the School District of the City ol Harrisburg, Pa., until Friday, Sep tember 7, 1917, at 3:30 o'clock P. AI„ for the erection and construction of an annex to the Harris school build ing, located at Paxton, Race, Ott, and Front and streets, in said city, and also for the heating and ventilation, the plumbing, and the electric wiring of said annex, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by M. N. Bair, Architect. Plans and specifications can be seen at the office of the Architect, 1911 Derry street, Harrisburg, Pa. Such proposals will be received and considered only upon the terms and conditions as set forth in the speci fications and are to be marked "Pro posal for School Building,' and di rected to the undersigned. The right to reject any or all bids is hereby reserved. By order of the Board of School Di rectors. D. D. HAMMELBAUGH, Secretary. No. 121 Chestnut St.. Harrisburg, Pa. SEWERAGE, SEWAGE DISPOSAL AND WATER SUPPLY STATE IN DUSTRIAL HOME FOR WOMEN. MUNCY, PA. BIDS for constructing the Sanitary Sewer System, Sewage Disposal Plant and Water Supply will be received by the undersigned up to Saturday, Sep tember 1, 1917, at 10 o'clock A. M. Bids will be opened the same day. The work brielily outlined is as fol lows: Laying 3,200 feet Vitrified Pipe, sizes 6 inches and 8 inches. Constructing eight manholes and two flush tanks. Constructing Sewage Disposal Plant, consisting of settling tank, sprinkling filter, chemical house, etc. Constructing the cement lined reser voir. 4,400 feet 6-ihch cast iron pipe, to gether with the necessary valves, bends, tees, etc. Plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the Secretary, 600 West End Trust Building, or at the office of the Engineers, or may be ob tained by depositing sls with the En gineers, Albright and Mebus, 907 Land Title Building, Philadelphia. This de posit will be refunded when the plans and specifications are returned in good order. Bids must be made out on blank forms attached to the specifications. A certified check for SSOO must ac company each bid. The Building Commission reserves the right to reject any or all bids and award the contract as may be deem ed to the best interest of the Home. By order of the Commissioners. FRANK SMITH, Secretary. SPECIAL MEETIN GOF THE STOCK HOLDERS OF THE KEYSTONE STATE FAIR & INDUSTRIAL EX POSITION. A Special Meeting of the Stockhold ers of the Keystone State Fair & In dustrial Exposition is hereby called to meet at the office of the Company, 706 Kunkel Building, Harrisburg, Pa., on September 29, 1917, at 10 cyclock A. M.. for the purpose of receiving the report of its Officers as to the actions taken by them under the authority heretofore given by the Stockhold ers. and taking action in approval or disapproval thereof, and particularly of the sale and transfer of the real estate of the Company situate near Middletown, Pennsylvania, to the Harrisburg Real Estate Company. KEYSTONE STATE FAIR & INDUS TRIAL, EXPOSITION. By H. J. HAMME, Secretary. PHILADELPHIA PItODUCB By Associated Press Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Wheat No markei. „ ... Corn Nominal; No. 2. yellow. $1.91 (ff' 1.92. Oats Nominal; No. 2. white. 80@ 81c; No. 3, white. 75(g76c. Bran Market steady; soft winter. Per ton. $35.50; spring, per ton. $33.a1) @34.50. Butter Firm and higher; west ern, creamery, 43V4@44Mic; nearby prints, fancy. 47c. Refined Sugars Market firm, powdered. 8.50(0 8.85 c; fine granulated. 8.40 @8.75; confectioners' A, 8..!0(y> 8.85 c. . . „ Eggs Firm and iiigher; Penn sylvania and other nearby firsts, free cases, $12.60 per case; do., current re ceipts. free cases. $12.60 per case; western, extra firsts, free cases, $1i.60 per case; do., firsts, free cases, sl-.3U per case. Live Poultry—The market is steady, fowls. 24@25c; roosters, lb 11 e. spring chickens. 22@28c; ducks, -0@ 21c: old ducks, 17@20c. Dressed Poultry Market firm, fowls, fancy, 26Vi@27c; do., good to choice. 25H@26Vfec; do., small sizes. 19 @2sc; old roosters, 19c; broiling chickens, nearby, 25@33c; do., west ern. 24@26c; spring ducks, 21®i.e. Potatoes Market quiet; Eastern Shore, No. 1, per barrel, $-.50@3.25, do., No. 2, per barrel, $1.25@2.00, Delaware and Maryland. No. 1. per barrel, $2.75@3.25. Potatoes in bulk, per bushel. $1.00@1.25; Jersey. No. 1, per basket. 65@80c; No. -. per basket, 35 50c. • _. Flour—Market firm; winter straight new, $10.00®) 10.50: Kansas, clear new $10.75 rial Seal] Notary Public. My commission expires February 19. 1921. Correct —Attest: (Signed) GEORGE A. GORGAS, (Signed) E. G. HOOVER. (Signed) AUG. H. KREIDLER, Directors. WILL RECOVER FROM FALL William Maxwell is recovering from injuries received from a fall from the top of a ninety-two-foot smokestack at the Harrisburg Light and Power Company. Maxwell ana three other men were making repairs yesterday afternoon, when he apparently be came dizzy and lost his balance. He is 37 years old and a resident of Van couver. B. C. BANK STATEMENTS REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE MECHANICS TRUST COMPANY OF HARRISDU RO, No. 301 Market streets, of Dauphin County, Pennsyl vania. at the close of business August 21. 1917. RESOURCES Reserve Fund: Cash, specie & notes $66,272.60 Due from ap proved re serve agents 202,025.69 Legal securi ties at par.. 25,000.00 $293,298.29 Nickels and cents 1,129.33 Checks and cash items. . 20,576.96 Due from Banks and Trust Co.s. etc.. not reserve 79,989.13 Assets held free, viz: Commercial paper pur chased upon one name $75,310.90 Commercial paper pur chased upon two or more names 364,229.95 439.540.85 Loans upon call with collateral 286,071.01 Time loans with collat eral 16,972.28 Loans secured by bonds and mortgages ....... 24,926.25 Loans without collateral 115,915.58 Bonds, stocks, etc 620,643.73 Mortgages and judg- " ments of record 134,083.29 Overdrafts 50.95 Other assets not includ ed in above ...,, 8,639.72 Book value of reserve securities above par 546.00 Total $2,042,383.37 LIABILITIES Capital stock paid 1n... $300,000.00 Surplus fund 300,000.00 Undivided profits, less expenses & taxes paid 42,186.89 Individual deposits sub ject to check (ex clusive of trust funds and savings) 786,167.12 Demand certificates of deposit (exclusive of trust funds and sav ings) 1,255.50 Time certificates of de posit (exclusive of trust funds and sav ings) 282,442.87 Deposits, saving fund (exclusive of trust funds) 198,299.57 Deposits, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 20,000.00 Deposits, municipal 70,000.00 Due to Banks. Trust Cos., etc., not reserve. 7.349.74 Dividends unpaid 314.00 Treasurer's and certified checks outstanding 27,762.67 Other liabilities not In cluded in above 6,412.01 Book value of reserve securities below par.. 193.00 Total $2,042,383.37 Amount of trust funds invested $917,393.58 Cash balance 36,785.10 Overdrafts 961.78 Total trust funds $955,139.44 CORPORATE TRUSTS Total amount (I. e. face value) of Trusts under deeds of trust or mort gages executed by Cor porations to Company as Trustee to secure is sues of corporate bonds, including Equipment Trusts $1,155,000.00 State of Pennsylvania, County of Dau phin, ss: I, J. C. Motter. Treasurer of the above named Company, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. (Signed) J. C. MOTTER, Treasurer. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th day of August, 1917. (Signed) E. BRUCE TAYLOR, TNotarial Seal.] Notary Public. Correct —Attest: DAVID KAUFMAN. JOHN E. FOX, JOHN H. TROUP. Directors.