Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, August 27, 1917, Page 12, Image 12

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WILL BEflff [
BY TRftOPC
To He ifol'f' ; Signal
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One nf'MiV 'miist* imnnrfn nl avanU
of the icjggn*feiaili>CafeOtiroles, is the
ftWJIueJl. JU'tMtiuW Ah<j(>' •Mif'bi! •♦gplralt
this tfW fund i^elM
Mill J$ jpeljr &. sivihimsid,te,,*>rk
IB niB'iiid
It is e\|M£*t©a JlWvt l 4utU^ ! fiye hun
dred 'KVT!I;'Wc{ iVtj'-fetteh'lan.ce.
The dance is^Bt 1 dtxpitc affair, but
mothers, sisters, wives -i aadi iBWFflt
-awic*iads£j|!eiiu^i&' 'oKly
mWwm
CL nicnitjoi3>f \the jttwaPU OTOM
is :ho~<lall} echedule
Wti -ftn**rnftf's' Troop:
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to 10i0i>; —horse —exercise, —(WW to
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Captain Jenkins this afternoon
WWE
Maroeofc'iAmEMrtra,
Ga„ co*tpiawi"*tlK
tor the reception of the companies
fxnecteri there, hi,it the Augusta
Cf;yntr pf
tjtA naißoi jlniaabTtiH <xf,#Bevs|
iftlUookWfcfc :*■ the toojCaiCaricls
^be£w*mi%W'6ut 6 W:nh#'*l>crlMtH
afTiDttUotu otOvj UhftumAP nre
also asked whether) w not thjf<:hn.ve
WwsfiHW tfi Augusta,
lMit®d:.ine*hiC Pi*n*l *Resrvei jTprps.
ahwi*n)tfittrant* irt;th re
eruit!ngjQf&s^s4&^^r6,(t',^t,e the
tollowing irSM'-'fVtfs 1 "section:
Sp.SSteK5
arortliaifixtdljiTtriiatj FifPft >1- Kiss
inger. 1619 North Slxtih street;
Claude .&> RfejfcMfc M'TSfruth Eigh
teenth Edward
'Thomas,., for the
lijf4Pfi Corps. J
Jonn A. Troup. Jr., and James E.
Jiachaiasr, !of<; Ly&eri s. have en
(tMH*<or the m<iflinal department.
AIL .at B rt , tßfrnif have been
fbt¥ty.£fl^bts,:phlo.
.00. S,9OQ iiit Service
00V* • fxP9ons from Harrisburg
and towns took ad
y#oMKf or yj? W® weather and par
ticlpatedjiitJ th,e religious services at
Hio-ge^'-tWdh d, last night. At least
Tflr£AttOo,?;>.lVl visitors were present.
i.&IWWpTM> solo was played by
Meredith Germer, of 1109 Capital
street. .Master Germor, who is but
age, captivated the large
audience," and will play again next
Sunday.
—An anthem was rendered by the
fflflsten Endeavor Union of Har-
XgfyltF- The Eighth Regiment Band
il uthe audience in the singing of
Iwo selections, "Onward Christian
Soldiers" and "America."
The Rev. Harry X. Bassler. pas
tor of the Second Reformed Church,
of this city, and chaplain of the
Eighth Regiment, preached an in
teresting sermon on the "Book of
Books."
The young men of the regiment
have been plentifully supplied with
Bibles. Almost every Sunday School
In this city has contributed several
copies, and an effort has been made
to see that no one was missed in the
distribution.
Just as the recruit cares for his
equipment—his musket, his uniform
—he should care for his Bible.
To Repeat Guard Mount
The equipment of the men must
meet their needs in a temporal way,
and their Testaments should meet all
needs in a spiritual way. It is pos
sible to tell a great deal about a
man's manner of living from the
appearance of his Bible.
At the conclusion of the evening
services, regular evening inspection
claimed the interest of visitors.
The guard mount drill held Fri
day evening by Company X proved
so popular that Captain Jenkins has
decided to repeat the ceremony
Tuesday evening at 6.40, at the lower
end of the Island. The band con
cert will be held following guard
mount drill.
It is possible that the military
dance, to be given by the Machine
Gun Company at Fort Washington
tomorrow evening, will be the last
one held before the boys leave for
Camp Hancock. All arrangements
for the dance have been completed.
Bell Men Are Across
The Bell Telephon Company has
received a cablegram announcing
. the safe arrival in France of the
First Telegraph Battalion, which is
Resorts
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Tennsse *ve.. near Beach; alwayaopen; pri
vate baths; running water in rooms; elevator;
excellent table; white senrice; orchestra.
Am. Ulan ; $2.60 up daily: *l2 to *2O weekly.
Booklets. Garsre. M. WAISH DUNCAN.
HOTEL SILVERTON £ v e e ntu n V^
Beach and Piers. Elevator. 6pen sur
roundings. Capacity 200. VII up weekly,
• 1.50 up dally. Excellent table, fresh
vegetables, white service, homelike.
Bathing from hotel. Booklet.
* JOHNSTON & HASLETT.
WILOWOOD. Jr. J.
SAVOY HOTEL
Surf Avenue and Beach. 200 feet
from Ocean Pier: private baths
capacity 200. Booklet. W. H. GER
STEU Owner and Manager.
NurnlTiM
°' delicate, nervous,
liflll llll! rundown people 100
I P er cent - In ten days
ln o many f instances.
planation
soon to ap-
Ask your doctor or druggist abouflt.'
Croll Keller, G. A. Gorgas, J. Nelson
, Clark always carry It in stock.
* ■ ' v '" ' . ' •. I
.\IC?I .MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 27, 1917.
rj-x unit jnfcihe Signal Reserve Corps.
Almost flfty men comprised the Har
f wntingent. Many of them
|w< ie ] acll men. The company left
Ith J >lace on June 19, for Long
, l, J., where they were
' | sworn into United States service. The
) I battalion was composed almost en
!Hi el> uf Bell Telephone employes
jiOoixidVferent parts of the country.
ryl l he Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
Jjdivisions comprised two companies
"(of 110 men each.
| Several weeks apo the battalion
sHleft for France. Following are the
li names of local men and those who
were employed by the Bell people
,jj in Harrlstfeurg: George K. Erb, 2101
li North Sixth street; Jerome M. Ham
. | Knigbtiuflloß North Fourth street;
\ Frederick' F. I.utx, supervisor of sup
: |j P'' South Fourteenth street,
I; JohitjMfller, Boas street; Henry
|W.
; |;Geoi%6*'A, Donbaugli. Wormleysburg;
L | Vlctor-'li. C. Hasskarl, Camp Hill,
' | constjuctlon foreman; Maryl K.
jj Mfller.'Shippensburg; Charles John
-Sson, York; Ray C. Tritle, York; C.
•J E. Althouse, Paradise, Lancaster
,; j County; Samuel J. Bigham, Alc
i I Knightstown; Raymond Brauer,
U Lancaster; Chauncey B. Fullerton,
i Red Lion; John C. A. Kiehl, Lancas
ter; Calvin E. Miller, Lancaster;
> William C. Simmers, Greencastle;
| William J. B. Daniels, Tamaqua;
Walter B. Haislon, Thornsburg, Va.;
( j Henry L. Spangler, Carlyle, 111.; Wil
| liam A. Underwood, Bent Mt., Ya. j
Reserve Officers Leaving
A large number of the newly com- ]
! missioned officers who have been
spending the past two weeks with
relatives In Harrisburg will leave to
, day or to-morrow to take up their i
work at the various camps to which
they have been assigned.
Many of the local men will be
located at Camp Meade, near An-1
napolis, Md., where it is probable
1 that the drafted men from Pennsyl- 1
| vania will be sent this fall. Other
| officers have been assigned to other
' points .some with the Regular Army j
and some to training camps. Tho
Harrisburg contingent received their
raining at - Fort Niagara.
"'Lieutenant J. H. Boyd was among!
ihe iirst to leave, going yesterday i
to Camp Wilson, at San Antonio, j
Texas, as a second lieutenant in the
&'wenty-flrst Field Artillery.
First Lieutenant Wilbur S. Barker!
left Saturday for extended field duty.!
His destination was not announced. I
Most of the officers will go to'
1 Camp Meade, and are directed to:
be there by Wednesday. The fol-!
lowing are among those who are
leaving to-day and to-morrow; j
Captain Francis A. Awl, infantry.
Captain James McK. Reily, Jr., in- >
fantry.
First Lieutenant H. M. Kistler,;
machine gun regiment.
First Lieutenant Samuel Froehlich, i
infantry.
Second Lieutenant E. Curzon i
Fager, quartermasters department. !
Second Lieutenant Raymond H.'
Holmes, of Paxtang,
department.
Second Lieutenant John S. Lloyd I
Held artillery.
Second Lieutenant Archibald G '
Knisely, field artillery. '
Second Lieutenant George Kunkel, '
Jr., infantry.
Second Lieutenant William B I
Schaeffer, field artillery.
First Lieutenant William Calder.
Jr., field artillery.
Second Lieutenant John B. War
• den, field artillery.
Second Lieutenant J. Wilbur Tow
sen. cavalry.
Second Lieutenant Arthur P Mil
; ler, Steelton, field artillery.
MIST REPRINT WARRANTS
Because of a new law which re- '
quires all checks drawn against the I
. city to be countersigned by the Citv
Controller, Harrisburg officials must
have reprinted thousands of warrant*
Notice was sent to City Treasurer
Harry F. Oves on Saturday by the Citv
solicitor s office not to accept any
warrants unless countersigned by
City Controller DeWitt A. Fry. Sev
i eral, which had been accep'ted bv
hanks, had already been received b'v
i Snn v usy ' nin about
1,-00 which had been drawn within
the last few days.
Dives, Pomeroy
Sumptuous Silks, Satins and School Dresses Have the — Ajr , —7: —
' r,- t x ttt • , J-he Most Attractive Pat-
Velvets For Fall | Rlght of Wa y m Most terns in Cretonnes •
A season of glorious dress* fabrics was the forecast and
these superb silks verify it. A display of richness and stvle wSS&W YU ! AnH iiiHo-ir.tr frr.tr, ti. ,„ , 0 , ... . -L/ IJ.V.VA
excellence that every woman no doubt will be interested in. SpW i* A " d judging from thc Way wc havc bcen selling ging- Patterns are far re .
Satin Fincsto— the finest plain | Fine Messaltnes ln 15 fashion- § Ijj Jft f hams, percales and other .-.turd) cottons our Wash Goods _ v |. moved from the com
-Br°fac n e That P ru°<i j aVray JaM\ SeCtio " has BU PP ,icd thc S oods for the majority of these monplace, esp ec i ally
modish" autumn shades 1 rfpe j° n f c^ d '%% n,utch any colo . r : I AP\(Jb I school frocks. Most in demand are these fine inexpensive the rich ahd soMy
blue®' a P estr y cffccts *
Hague b burgundy j ""d. • • • .!*???'. .. . ... $2.25 I Dress Binßhams in a profusion of plaids, Roman stripes, plain ''' What Wonderful oppor
tarla and black, ribbon edge, 36 Satin Ottoman a new satin 3 stripes, checks and solid shades, yard 10e, le and 25<- - - > tH$Fr tunities are afforded
"l^Min^r'Guaranteed Chi'J-- and'dr'esaes and" VS?' use * with iv Kiddy Cloth in neat stripes and solid shades for suits and rompers, . t,lis fall to nlakc the
mense in many street shades Plain satins, 36 inches, yd., *2.25 fa,* 1 Nftw.V \M yard 25c W>' < home brip-hter anH
and black, 36 inches, yd., 52.50 >e\v Fancy Stripe Satin, many Jk.4 ..lIPWr II , ~ . '.-.r-.r f nuinc urkgruer ana
Crepe Meteor in rich fall pretty patterns, 36 inches, yard, Fine Percales in light and dark patterns, yard, 20c more attractive with
" h Cnlpede Chine 2"fine co ° NEW VELVKTS— s2# ° Y My* 25c VoUe ' 36 ,nches - nav * patterns including stripes. Special, such beautiful fabrics as we have assembled for your
ors at your service, 40 inches, Veiour <ie Sole, one of the ,ar<l 12 drapery and upholstery needs. It's a matchless array of
yn j7';. T 'J:;' 1 ®; 0 ripest silk velvets loomed. 7of 25c Woven Colored striped Voile, 30 inches. Special, yard 11c patterns of character.
Satin Hadiant. beautiful qual- the best fall shades, 35 inches, -</ 1-'< J i • i i
ity, 40 inches, yard $2.00 yard $3.25 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement iNOtCWOrtny examples include—
in P 9n ll Jii? BU & er £.!!sl , P Velveteen for suits and coats, 7 s —-JZ—~ ' Heavy tapestry cretonne in dark mixed colorings, 36 inches, yard
in 20 street shades, 36 inches, navy, negre and black, 44 inches, #se md Ko
yard * I ' so 1 yard s<-50 I , H ?avy cretonne in grey ground with black rose and green patterns
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor, Front. ■ for knitting bags, pillowts and draperies, yard
UVer lll(s J. Op vartT r ' t a " oVer patterns ln deep browns, red and greens, inches^
Irish and Scotch Linen Towels A Vivid Story of the War yafr 0 ! 1 ?!"^
-p. p, NEW CURTAINS AND CURTAIN GOODS
[. It is becoming more and more difficult to get imports ity Sergeant JJff.
KPT X ,OWelS ' We " e Erea " y plcase<l thercforc to able to No matter how many war stories you've read, you'll N " W OU " , "' "" """ l ' p '"" or 00
r*^ 7 serve y° u Wlth s "ch fine qualities of Irish and Scotch linen -r i n.t „ X olle and marquisette hemstitched curtains, 2% yards long,
enjoy Over the lop, above all the others. pair si.soto3on
towels that our alert Manchester office shipped us in spite Fancy scrim and mar
rpnumerous manufacturing and shipping difficulties in an -^ mer,can soldier, a machine gunner, who served quisette curtains in white —=-—-—y+ .
these countries. in France for a year and a half until he fell wounded in a " d k helKe " fanc y open- | 1
' 18x34 inches - Doz = n $5.50. 22x38 inches. Dozen $7.50. No Man ' s Land. , 3 .0 to ss.oo t/ A | B
Ly> Each 50c Each 65c This American soldier saw more actual fighting and Plain cream curtains,
r feef ! - 20x36 inches. Dozen $6.50. 24x40 inches Dozen $8 50 , with green, rose and blue
Each 59c Each 75c more real warfare than any war correspondent, who has stripes, some with valance
V Linen huck towels with floral borders, 18x34 inches; written about the war. Grim were his experiences, but 2.50 and $8.50 ""
dozen $8.00; each they are lightened in the telling by a touch of humor as Curtains for doorways
/-iij rt r. . . . . . . „ ln blue, rose, green and fjji 61$
Old Bleach Irish huck towels, 19x33 inches,
J inches, dozen, $8.50, each • Read "Over thc Top"—You'll not feel sated. . Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor
Dhes, Pomeroy & Stewart—Street Floor, Rear. [ Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Book Department, Street Floor.
Pennsylvania Railroad Boys Reach France With Engineers' Regiment
RAILROAD BOYS
| SAFE IN FRANCE
Cable Harrisburg Telegraph
to Tell Good News to
Their Friefids
A cablegram from Bordeaux,
France, received hy the Harrisburg
j Telegraph to-day, announces the
! safe arrival of the Nineteenth Regi
ment of Railroad Engineers. The
: good news reads:
"Publish following names, Baker,
| liockey, Meyers, Manuels, GafTnev,
I Rosenberry. Mell, Atticks, Shott,
I Behrens, Novinger, arrived safelv.
I (Signed) "P.OCKEY."
. The message was sent by Corporal
j W. L. Rockey, of New Cumberland.
| The boys enlisted in the Ninth Regi
, ment, which was later made the
j Nineteenth Regiment of Railroad
Engineers. The railroaders were in
! training a month at Philadelphia.
! They creeped away during the still
! ness of nigbt about two weeks ago.
! Nothing was known regarding their
departure until thy were out on the
| waters.
The regiment is made up of six
j companies, 200 men each, and is in
command of Colonel Herbert Dea
kyne. Captain B. W. Kline and Ed.
L. Riley, who are with the regiment,
were former members of the Gov
ernor's Troop and were in the Span
ish-American War. Captain H. C.
I Huff, of Company A, was a former
j assistant road foreman of engines of
! the Philadelphia division.
This regiment will look after the
rebulding of railroad lines and will
j be in charge of special railroad work,
including the construction of locomo
tives and cars and other important
work. Previous to the departure the
engineers were given a farewell re
( eptlon which was attended by many
from Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania Red Cross
Division Has New Head
The newly-formed Pennsylvania
division of the American Red Cross
is now under the management of
Charles Scott, Jr., of Philadelphia.
He has been very active In Red Cross
work since the war started.
The Pennsylvania division has 101
chapters with a total membership of
350,000.
: - -r'
Employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad who have reached France
with the Nineteenth Regiment of Engineers in the above picture are.
standing, left to right: Corporal D. W. Baker, Privates H. G. Rosen
berry, H. W. Manuels, R. W. Mell, Harrisburg; J. A. Gaffney, Steelton.
and P. J. Behrens, Mechanicshurg; lower row. left to right. Corporal W.
L. Rockey, New Cumberland: Privates W. E. Myers, Ro.valton; J. E. Nov
inger. Penbrook; H. W. Henry and R. W. Shott, Harrisburg.
Steelton boy, is not in the picture, having joined after it was in
Philadelphia. The pictures at the bottom are: On the left, Captain, Ben
jamin W. Kline, Williamsport, and Edward L. Riley, of this city, a former
enginehouse employe.
Reel Warns Consumers
to Be Careful When They
Buy Baskets of Peaches
Inspector of Weights and Measures
Reel, said to-day that the consum
ers should be careful in purchasing
peaches as there are several types
of baskets used that to the average
person are confusing.
He says that 'he type most com
monly used is the round basket of
sixteen-quart capacity -which should
contain twenty-four pounds, the other
type is the square basket for four
teen-quart capacity and should con
tain twenty-one pounds. Many deal
ers who use the square basket will
tell you that they hold as much as
the round basket but such is not the
ease, there being a difference of two
quarts in the capacity or the two
baskets, he says.
Baskets should be marked as to the
quantity of the contents and dealers
selling or offering for sale peaches
or any other commodity that are not
marked as to the weight or measure
of the contents are violating the law
and can he prosecuted.
The weight of a bushel of peaches
| in this state is forty-eight pounds.
naif bushel twenty-four pounds, peck
: twelve pounds, half peck six pounds
and quarter peck three pounds. No
! dealer has the right to tell the con
sumer that he is selling by the
, basket and not by weight or meas
j ure. He must sell a definite quantity
of any commodity where there is a
I standard weight under the laws of
: Pennsylvania.
May Answer Call For
Red Cross Volunteers
| Miss Marian A. Reed, daughter of
;, the owner of the Lebanon Report,
has requested the local Red Cross
1 1 chapter for further information con
; cernlng the recent call for volunteers
| to serve in France,
j She speaks French fluently and
I believes she can meet the require
ments.
BOYS MOBILIZED 1
FOR WORK SAVE
BIG PEACH CROP
Life Made Healthful aRd At
tractive ut Community
Camps
Hammonton, N. J., Aug. 27. — .
While tho farmers of other regions j I
are crying to tho cities for help to ; 1
save the crops, the fruit growers of j '
this region are harvesting their j
peaches by the aid of boys gathered
from every part of the state and even
Pennsylvania. This has been made f
possible through the co-operation of '
the various city and county branches
ot the Y. M. C. A. and particularly
those of Camden city and county c
Each of the latter is conducting '
special camps for the boys and keep- j
ing them filled for the farmers. J
But for these boys there undonVt- '
edly would have been no peach har- 1
vest this year. Farmers had virtually s
given up hope of getting sufficient 1
labor to pick and pack the fruit. '
because of the scarcity, when 1
Camden county Y. M. C. A. opened :
its berry-plcklng camp at Waterfora 1
and another at Slcklerville, some
time ago. That proved the opening
wedge. So well did the boys do in 1
the latter places that the peach grow- 1
crs began to send In appeas for
similar assistance. As a result, when
the berry season ended the Slcklsr
| ville camp was moved bodily to
Glassboro, while the Waterford camp
was brought hers
Varied Work
In the peach camp the boys are j
set to various kinds of work, ac- |
cording to the needs and the;
weather. When the extremely hot!
weather came on for a few days,
many were set to work malting
crates for packing peaches. Every
crate is made right here on the
farms. Those supplies, made then, j
have been exhausted, so that each I
day now some of the boys are de- i
tailed to make more crates while
others go out into the orchards unci 1
send in the fruit in baskets.
In the pucking houses the boys sort j
the fruit according to size and quality
while others fill the carriers and then j
pack the completed crates. The final I
operation there then becomes the !
nailing up of the crates and stacking I
ready for the trucks. This goes on i
throughout the day. So proficient
have the boys become that the aver
age for two experts in the region, 259 j
crates packed by each daily, has been |
closely approached. Several of the i
boys who never before saw a peach i
packed now average 225 crates dally, j
Camp Life is Fine
The camp life of the youngsters is !
ideal. They live in large, airy tents, '
just off the White Horse pike, under
a stretch of trees that provides excel- I
lent shade. Their breakfasts are
preared for them before they arise in
the mox-ning and by the time they
are ready to sit down steaming hot
\ ictuals are set out in large mess
tents. At noontime, to prevent hav
ing the boys eat dried-out food car
ried off in the morning. Secretary
and Mrs. Rash, with Mr. Arroll,
ntak? up the noon lunches and these
i are packed in boxes in an automobile
' and carried out to the boys in the or
chards or packing houses. In this j
manner they get fresh sandwiches!
' and other food in midday.
In the evenings there are steaming 1
hot dinners for all. Afterward there
are all sorts of amusements. A large !
amusement tent is provided. A vie- j
trola and other musical instruments |
are kept in camp. There are two'
large lakes near by where the boys
take their plunges, always under the
eye of either Mr. Rash or Mr. Ar- j.
roll. The boys now In the camp have ;
! been gathered from Philadelphia, j
I Camden, Atlantic City, Moorestown, i,
Morrlstown, Newark, Clifton, Ridge-;
wood, Hammonton, Pleasantville, I
Burlington and other points.
MISS SHOAFF REI'RNS Ji
Miss Maudeline Shoaff, secretary to * :
City Clerk R. Ross Seaman, has re-1 i
turned from a two weeks' vacation atl'
Wild wood, N. J.
Heads of Families to Be
Exempt From Army Draft
President Wilson Rules
"Washington, Auk. 27. At tho di
rect suggestion of President Wilson,
Provost Marshal General Crowder han
telegraphed to all Governor* a supple
mer.tal explanation of regulations
ffovornin**' the status of married men
under the selective service law. Tho
purpose of the new state ment In to
clear up misunderstanding* which
have arisen in what General Crowder
describes as "a few InHtancen." Mar
ried men with actual dependants will
not bo drafted.*
COUNCIL PASSES ON
RIVERSIDE ANNEXATION
[Continued From First Page.]
started at once to put tho district
under city school supervision.
Planning ltule Read
Heforo the vote was taken on tho
ordinance a short discussion develop
ed over Commissioner Lynch's ob
jections. He pointed to the proba
bility of taking over the Hardscrab
ble properties, making Improvements
about the Capitol Park extension
zone and the garbage and ash ques
tion. Acting Mayor Gorgas refuted
the argument by saying that Coun
cil's best move would be to take in
Riverside before all the other Im
provements are made necessary.
The resolutions passed by the City
Planning Commission approving the
annexation, was read to the commis
sioners. Commissioner Gross then
pointed out that unless the River
side territory was annexed the Har
rtsburg Academy would have diffi
culty in obtaining a large enough
water supply and stated he knew the
directorate of the school favored the
move.
Award Contracts
Other action by Council included,
the awarding of contracts for nine
hose driers to Adam Stuckev at his
bid of $79; roofing of Mt. Pleasant
i Fire Company house, to George C.
| Eager, $268.38. An ordinance was
I introduced to authorize Commlssion
i or Lynch to advertise for bids for a
small bridge over the Asylum creek
in North Ci-meron street, at a cost
of $3,500. A culvert over the creek
was badly damaged by the heavy
rains last week. The transfer of the
! contract awarded to H. W. Johnson
; and I. R. Lyme for laying water
! pipes in Agate, Manada, Lenox and
Twentieth to Twenty-seventh streets,
was approved. An ordinance was
I presented permitting Dives, Pomeroy
! & Stewart to make sliuht -changes in
; Ihe grade of Strawberry street, at
Strawberry and Dewberry streets, at
j the expense of the tirm. Commis
! sioner Gross was authorized to ans
| wcr a letter from Mrs. Mae I. Lemon
J nsking Council to act on the vacat
j ing of five feet of ground on each
side of Summit street, from Derry to
Thompson streets.
Special Council Meeting
Will Be Held Friday
to Act on Garbage
\ At the request of Commissioner
I Dunkle, a special meeting ot Council
I will be held on Friday afternoon at
j 2 o'clock, when an ordinance will be
introduced authorizing him to ad
j vertise for bids for the collection
and disposal of garbage in the city
I for one year. Commissioner Dunkle
|in making the request stated that
the city does not have time to erect
( a garbage incinerating plant until
next February when the present con
| tract expires, and that more time
should be given to a thorough in
vestigation of whether tho incinera
tion or reduction process is the chea
est. Collection and removal of ashes
will in all probability be done by the
; city, Commissioner Kunkle said as
-the Pennsylvania Reduction Com-
I pany, holders of the present contract,
will only bid on garbage disposal for
a period of one year.
WANTS HIS SON
Habeas corpus proceedings were
started to-day by Charles H. Jones
against his wife, Catharine Jones, to
have her give him the custody of
their three-year-old sun, Charles, Jr.
Thf case will be heard August 30 by
Judge Henry, specially presiding.
RUSSIA FACES
DEADLY PERU,
SAYSKERENSK
Premier Will Meet Disord
With "Blood and Iron"
Rule
r ""
Russia Will Ignore
Pope's Peace Nct<
Petrograd, Aug. 27. The off!
clal newß agency gives out thi
following: "The provisional gov
ernmcnt has thoroughly dellber
ated the question of Pope Bene
diet's note with regard to peac
pourparlers.
"In view of the fact that n
mention is made In the papa
note of Russia, the provision!!
government has unanimously de
cided to ignore the interventlo
of the pope. This decision will b
communicated to the allied pow
ers."
Moscow, Aug. 27.—Russia is pa
ing through a period of mortal dt
ger, Premier Kerensky told the i
tional conference, which assemb
in Moscow yesterday to consider I
present situation of the country a
plans for a new national gove;
ment. He declared that any atten
to take advantage of the conferei
for an attack on the national pow
us embodied in the provisional gi
ernmcnt, would be repressed pi
lessly "by blood and iron."
Notwithstanding the efforts of '
Mayor and various prominent org!
izutions the Maximalists succee<
partly in their plans for a lo
strike as a protest against the ci
ference, which they consider bo
geois and counter-revolutiona
Many workshops and factories w
Idle to-day. Street cars were
running and hotels and restaura
were closed. The Maximalists
continuing their efforts to make
strike general, but without mi
success thus far.
Precaution were taken against <
orders of all descriptions, and
council threatens to show a rigor
this respect unknown even in ar
revolutionary days. The building
which the council is meeting is s
rounded by a close chain of soldii
With officers every few yards,
soldiers being picked men from r<
ments of the signal corps, or cat
! training for officers. The chaml
! under the building are occupied
soldiers with fixed bayonets. M
bers and invited guests before be
admitted have their tickets exs
ined by nine different military po
The conference was opened a
o'clock with the Premier's spe
lasting an hour and a half, p
nounced in a nervous, impress
voice, which aroused tremend
applause, mainly from that part
the theater occupied by the Dei
cratic organizations and member*
the cabinet, but the Duma memt
and the Moscow industrial depu
also at times participated. M. K
ensky spoke resolutely, emphasiz
the role he had played in rec
events and his determination
guide events in the future.
The Premier was greeted
wild applause when, early in
speech, speaking of the dangers fr
the extreme left, hq declared:
"All attempts with armed fo
against the peoples power _ will
crushed with blood and iron."
Still more applause greeted h
when hinting at a counter revc
tionary military conspiracy, he
claimed:
"Let them be warned, who th
the tlvne has come when, relying
the bayonet, they can overthrow
revolution."
TO HOLD SOCIAL
The Ladies' of the Fraternal Or
of Eagles will hold a novelty so
Thursday evening at the Eag
Home. Fixth and Cumberland stre