NEWS O F STEEL TON! POLICE STATION IMPROVEMENTS Start Work This Morning on Remodeling Local Head quarters and Lockup Work on remodeling and improv ing the borough police station and lock-up was started this morning. A fore© of workmen doing the work is in charge of Jacob Meshey of the Highway Department. The work will be completed the latter part of next week. Tha improvement program In cludes the installation of cabinets for filing police information alpha betically; new furniture for the sta-' tion. and minor improvements to the lockup. The station and lockup will be painted or. the interior. The station and lockup has for several years been far from attrac tive ami up-to-date. As soon as Chief of Police drove took charge of the department several weeks ago, the condition of the place was called io the attention of borough officials; Immediately arrangements were made to better conditions and the suggestions to improve the place are being carried out. The place will be up-to-date and sanitary when com pleted. Steelton Churches Centenary United Brethren —The Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor, will preach nt 11 a. m. on "Our Unpossessed Land" and at 7.30 on "The Euro- i pean War and the Battle of Arma geddon": S. S. Promotion Day 2; Sr. C. E. r.,30. St. John's Lutheran—The pastor will preach at 10.45 on "The Gospel of Unselfishness" and at 7.30 on "Tho Transfigured Face"; S. S. 9.30; In termediate C. E. 6.30. Trinity Episcopal The Rev. . r>avid Tule, rector. W. G. Newbold, of Hnrrisburg, will conduct morn ing prayer and sermon at 11; S. S. 1 10; 8 and 7.30 services omitted. First Presbyterian—the Rev. C. B. Pegelken. pastor, will preach at 11 on "Sustaining Influences in the Church" and at 7.30 on "Citizenship and the War"; S. S. 9.45. First Methodist —the Rev. W. H. Shaw pastor, will preach at 10.30 ii. m. on "Where Do We Go From Here?" and at 7.30 the Rev. Dr. G. Bickley Burns, district superinten dent. will preach; P. 2; Epworth LeagVo 6.30; offic';i board meeting Tuesday. Main Street Church of God—The Rev. G. W. Getz. pastor, will preach at 10.30 on "The Church of the Living God" and at 7.30 on "The Spirit Christ"; S. S. 2; Jr. C. E. 6; Sr. C. E. 6.30. First Reformed —The Rev. H. H. Rupp. pastor. 10 a. m. Rally Day Service for S. S. and congregation; 1 7.50 preparatory service, confirma tion of adults, reception of new members, sermon. "The Consecrated Life." Consistory meeting Friday instead of Thursday. Salem Lutheran. Oberlln —The j Rev. D. S. Rupley, pastor, will j preach at 10.30 a. m. Harvest Home' sermon, "Preaching the Gospel" and at 7.30 on "Opportunity"; S. S. 9.15, Ralley Day. address by Dr. G. W. Hartman, Harrisburg. United Brethren. Highsplre—The Rev. H. F. Rhoad. pastor, will preach nt 10.45 a. m., "Review of the Tear's Work," nt 7.30 "The Future State"; Sunday School, 9.30; T. P. P. C. C. at 6.30. S. Peter's Lutheran, Ilighsplre— The Rev. Ernest li. Pee, pastor, will preach at 10.45, "The Sabbath of God"; 7.30, "A Rejected Sacrifice," i Sunday school, 9.30; C. E. S., 6.30; Holy Communion on October 7. TO SPEAK. OX AXXVITY Pl'SO William A. Bouse, of Tyrone, will sptak sit both services of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church on the pastor's annuity fund. Oriental E| 435 MARKET STREET NOW OPEN 11 A. M. TO 2 A. M. JL.£ AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL JCJ DISHES SERVED K m Kitchen In charge of "Ching Fow" formerly of the "Far East," San Francisco. SPECIAL, SUNDAY DINNER jjr CHICKEN AND WAFFLES r - -^ili r _^MS T _ T| your affairs so as to enable you to sub- < scribe to the maximum of your ability to J 1832—1917 ' SATURDAY EVENING. J. Earl Keim Appointed in Government Service For Foreign Army Work J. Earl Keim, a clerk In the local j post office, has been notified of his! appointment to foreign service. He j will be sent to France to work In the j United States Army post office. Mr.' Keim will leave around October 15 for Washington where he will be given instructions before going to the new work. The local man Is the j first to be called from this district.' He has been connected with the local! post office for six years and is very well known. He is also secretary off the Paxtang Hook and Ladder Com pany. May Keep Traffic Police For Several Weeks ( Five night patrolmen serving oji traffic duty in the evening from 5 until 7 o'clock during the summer months may be kept on duty for sev eral weeks. In other years the men were taken off traffic duty around October 1, but police officials an nounced this morning that the men would be kept on this duty until traffic becomes normal. The men are located at the Merchant mill bridge, Locust, Swatara, Pine and Adams streets. Steelton Snapshots W. C. T. U. Meeting.—A meeting of the Women's Christian Temper ance Union will be held at the home of Mrs. J. A. Finley, 22 South Har risburg street, Monday evening at 8 o'clock. To Preach nt Methodist Church. — The Rev. G. Bickley Burns, idlstrict superintendent, will preach lln the First Methodist Church to-morrow i evening. Dr. Burns prior to his ap-1 pointment to the was for years a leader In Philadel phia church circles, and has been pastor of the largest city Methodist Churches. A meeting of the official board of the this church will be held Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. Promotion Day Exercises.—Pro motion Day exercises in the Centen ary United Brethren Church to-mor-1 row will be held at 9.45 o'clock In the morning instead of 2.30 o'cloc, as had been previously announced. About 150 will be promoted in the various departments. Autumn Dance. Arrangements] are being made for an informal I autuntn dance to be given in Frey's | Hall. Wednesda October 10. George H. Porr and Jol J. Mannix are on the committee. Centenary Church The last business meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society for this conference year i will he held Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Otterbeln Guild, No. 1, will meet on ! Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. j Ligan, Second and Ligan streets, Highspire. A final session of the of ficial board to close the year's work, will meet to-morrow night in room 8. promptly at 7.30 o'clock. This will be followed by the regular session ot' the Sunday School Association. Presbyterian Music.—Special music will be presented at the Frist Pres byterian Church to-morrow. The pro gram is as follows: Morning: Pre lude, "Angel's Serenade," Draga; "The Earth is the Lord's," Rogers, by the chorus choir; offertory, "Love ly Appear Over the Mountains." Gounod; postlude, "Nuptial March," Barnard. Evening, Prelude. "Even tide." Meale; the chorus choir will sing, "Recessional," DeKoven. by re quest: offertory, "Intermezzo," Steane; postlude, "Postlude in D," Harris. Church Council Meeting.—A meet ing of the council of the St. f ark's | Lutheran Church, will be held to- j morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. To Preach at Gettysburg. The Rev. David Yule, rector of Trinity Episcopal Church, will conduct serv ices at the Regular Army camp at Gettysburg to-morrow evening. He will preach at a Gettysburg church , in the morning. TWO AIR RAIDERS ARE BROUGHT DOWN [Continued from First Pace.] estuary and a second one off the | I coast.' , Stopped nt Coast I The official report issued by Field ! Marshal French follows: j "Hostile aeroplanes attacked the | southeast coast of England this eve ' ning. The raiders were reported from various points along the const In ! Suffolk, Essex and Kent. "The majority of the raiders did not venture far inland. A few of j them headed toward iAindon, but | failed to reach the metropolis, j "Bombs w.ere dropped in Suffolk, i Essex and Kent, but no reports re ! garding casualties or damage have ! been received as yet." From the first telegrams received L from the coast, the features of the j utr raid seemed to have been the in [ tense volume of the defensive gunfire j und the speediness of the repulse of j the raiders. One dispatch says there | was a tremendous roar of guns all I along the Thames estuary. The num berless batteries at work put up a regular curtain fire. British airplanes also went up after the raiders and there was considerable air ngiiting. Three 9qnalron A telegram from Kent says that three squadrons successfully crossed the coast, fiying well below thick black clouds which .obscured the nearly full moon. The Invaders met with a hot reception from the anti aircraft guns. Nevertheless, the first section managed to elude the shells and steered In the direction of , whence loud explosions of bombs were soon heard. The second squad ron also passed the gunfire in the same direction. The third squadron is believed to have been driven sea ward. The telegram adds that bombs were dropped at two places. Another dispatch describes a small squadron of raiders as going toward London and returning apparently one by one. A telegram from Essex says that two bombs were dropped in that direction. British Drop Seven Tons of Explosives in Belgium By Associated Press London, Sept. 29.—British aviators dropped seven tons of explosives In attacks Thursday night on German military establishments in Belgium. The following report was given out to-day by the admiralty: "On the night of September 27-28 there were bombing raids by naval aircraft on the following objectives: the lockgates at Zeebrugge, the St. Denis Westrem airdrome, the Gon trode airship shed, the Houttave air drome. "The bomb dropping at Zeebrugge appeared to be good, while at Hout tave bombs fell among hangars ane ( available to handle heavy snows on these main roads. Under the plan the men best adapted for heavy work and who are skilled in repairs and in road-mak ing will be placed in districts and subject to call. Many of these men are now engaged In other districts than their own helping reconstruct or repair certain stretches of road much used for through traffic due to the war orders and demands. Many Cases Up.—Hearings have I been scheduled for Harrlsburg, Phil-! adelpliia. Heading. Scranton and Sunbury by the Public Service Com mission for next week and the va riety of complaints to be heard is the most extensive in many months. A number of the matters involve in creases in rates, but there are also charges of inadequate service, re fusal to furnish service, curtailment of train service, grade crossings, re fusal to deliver goods, operation without state certificates and re fusal to move cars. At Reading all water rate complajnts will be heard on October 4, while in Philadelphia on the same day the Hucks county gas rate cases will be taken up. • Among the applications Is that of the Hagerstown and Frederick Rail way Company to be permitted to buy the Chambersburg, Greencas tle and Waynesboro street railway. CAP HILL To Go Elsewhere. —'The officers of the Quartermasters' Corps of the Na tional Guard who have been en gaged at the State Arsenal in this city for weeks have about complet ed transferring the remaining stores and equipment to federal au thorities and will shortly be assigned to other points in United States j service. The Quartermasters' Corps i was called into service soon after the outbreak of war and mobilized at the arsenal where it handled the care of the men until they went Into federal service early !n August. Pests Loom Up—Renewed warning against appearance of insect pests dangerous to farm and fruit crops are being given by State Department of Agriculture officials who have called attention to the fact that be cause so many people unaccustomed to gardening are cultivating land this year that they will unwittingly allow pests to spread this fall. Next year will be a bad year for pests it Is declared. GENERALLABOR GETS INCREASE [Continued from First Page.] ive at Bethlehem and Sparrows Point. Offer Inducements In orde rto Induce more young men to take up the steel business the apprenticeship schedule has been re.aranged. An Increase of about five cents an hour has been granted the beginners, which is the first big increase since the Bethlehem Steel Corporation took charge of the .plant. Officials at the local plant said to-day that they need more young men to take up the work and want to make the wages attractive as possible. Sliding Scale The wages of men in the employe of the Corporation aside from gen eral labor will be fixed accordingly. Department superintendents were told of the increase at a conference with officials this afternoon. They were instructed to inform the men of the Increases to these men will vary and will be taken up by the general office. When the other increases were made officials notices to the effect were posted throughout the plant but each Individual will be notified by the man in charge of the de partment. Qulncy Bent, general superin tendent of the Steelton and Leb anon plants said that the increase had been under consideration for two weeks and officials finally came to the conclusion that this method , of raising wages would be the most , beneficial. ■ |: OBERLIK : : ; : ' Mrs. Daniel Metz, of Harrlsburg. Is spending several days with her sister. Miss Ellen Horst. Norman Gardner left for his for mer home In North Carolina where he will visit for several weeks. The annual Roily Day Sunday school service at Salem Dntheran Church will be held on Sunday morning at 9.1.'.. A special program is being prepare- 1 l>r. G. W. Hart man, of HarriiJ urg, a prominent member of the Reformed Church, will be the speaker for the occasion. Ina Claire, the three-month-old child of Mrs. Mabel Mutzabaugh, died at the home of her sister, Mrs. Otto Rodemacker, and was buried Friday afternoon. The Rev. Daniel E. Rupley officiated. Burial was made in Oberlin Cemetery. Mrs. John Domiree, of Philadel- I phia, visited with her aunt. Mrs. Milton Wise, this week. Mrs. Peter Kemmerer, an aged resident, who has been seriously ill, Is now convalescent. Prof. Ralph Lutz, assistant prin cipal of Swatara High school. Is moving his family from Dauphin to this place and will occupy the Yeager property in Main street. Mrs. George Sponsler, of Camp Hill, visited with her aunt, Mrs. Josephine Wise, this week. The Rev. and Mrs. John B. Rup ley, of Boonsboro, Md., announce the birth of a san, John B. Rupley, Jr., on September 8. The Rev. Mr. Rupley was formerly of Oberlin. I Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. FORM CHAPTER OF BANKING Representatives of Three Counties at Meeting Here; Elect Officers The Harrisburg chapter of the - American Institute of Banking was ' j organized last night at a meeting of 11 more than 100 representatives from banking houses of Dauphin, Cum-1 i berland and Perry counties in the Board of Trade building. Temporary officers were elected as follows: President, D. C. Becker, of the People's Bank of Steelton; vice president, Earl Kllllnger, East End Band; secretary, A. S. Banmlller, First National; treasurer, F. 1,. Al bert Froelich, Camp Curtin Trust Company. The permanent organization of the chapter will be effected at a meet ing which will be held at a later date. At this time a report of the committee appointed to draw up the by-laws will be made. Members of the chapter will study high grade banding methods and general bank ing laws. The meeting last night was pre-! sided over by William Jennings, | president of the Commonwealth I Trust Company; A. S. Banmlller act- j ed as secretary. Three representa tives from the Philadelphia chapter I attended the session and described the purpose and methods of the or ganization. The three Philadelphia guests were: C. H. Chaffee,-of the First National Bank, a past presi dent of the chapter: William A. Nicket, assistant cashier of the Eighth National Bapd and a mem -1 ber of the executive council of the Philadelphia chapter, and W. W. Al len, Jr., of the Philadelphia National Hank, and president of the Phila delphia chapter. I Upper End People Working For Soldiers' Libraries Elizabethvirie, Sept. 29. Upper end people are doing their part in the campaign to raise money for soldiers' libraries. Chairman James E. Lentz la making a careful canvass of the whole district to-day, and the first report received showed that L.vkens has raised more than SIOO and is still hard at work. At Ellzabethville I. T. Bufflngton, district chairman, called a meeting of the school teachers last evening and organized them to take contri butions to-day and in the tirst hour they collected more than SSO. Among these at work are Professor 11. J. Rothermel. and Misses Estella Nu bold, Catherine Alleman, Ellen Mil ler, Ella Shutt and Florence Weber. PRESSI.EY H. lIAII.EY AVI 1,1, TAKE PLACE IN PITTSBURGH Pressley H. Bailey, manager of the Overland Service Station, has resign ed to go to Pittsburgh where he will he connected with the Vacuum Oil Company. Mr. Bailey Is a member of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and was one of the organizers of the Jovian IX_-/vv To get the utmost service in a fabric tire, V&MK&dM \S That Goodrich's Black Tread is the toughest most- you must buy "America's Tested Tires," U lasting rubber known; Goodrich Black Safety Treads. vJ ; THE B. F. GOODRICH COMPANY, The City of Goodrich, Akron, Ohio /f] > also of the famous Silocrlown Cord Tires uwtrtin / Harrisburg Depot, 1412 N. Third St Bell Phone / [ 0 I October Special _/J\ Westiughouse Electric Percolators you can make delicious coffee right Lm These percolators are beautifully I|V II jHTI nickeled and are packed complete 1 | with cord and plug ready to attach to REGULAR PRICE, $7.50 October Price, $5.35 Harrisburg Light /' I and Power Co. 11 ■ ■ | 11.I 1 . ■! i■ j, _ I I \\ Phone Harrisburg 2694. I I ****£& Cj]/? I / J/ w r/t £ I j wo/tig If 7 : : .... . i who is a boiler Inspector for th< Pennsylvania Ilailroad, was nt hU work In the Roily street roundhouse was recovered In a Market stresl , pawnshop. The thief has not boe located. ———__ i Nine Are Taken in Two Raids by Policy , j The police arrested three men two women, all colored, at 1338 NortM Seventh street, last night, on a dls< [ orderly practice charge. A little later a.house at 16 Cowdei street was raided. One man escape* . by jumping from a window. A United . States sailor and three colored girl* > were taken. At the police station ' the sailor was permitted to leave th I city, when it was ascertained that hi . would be classed as a deserter upoi i his failure to rejoin his ship ; League Island this morning. V ;! The Commonwealth Building and Loan Association will open the 53rd series on MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 1 at. their office .-** IS NORTH I'll I lilt STIIEfcT Money to loan each Monday i Evening. . 1 J. T. w. MCLAUGHLIN, sec'y