JOINT MEETING I
ON STATE DEFENSE
Important Conference Will
Be Held at the State Cap
itol Tomorrow at 10.30
fenso Commission
tivos of the Pub-1
sylvanla will meet
II JmBSSSs at the office of,
X&llllBOIjfll baugh to-morrow
j to discuss reports j
complished dur
ing the summer and the plans for
the fall and winter. The com-1
tee will present statements of what
it has done, notably in the food con- j
servation campaign wherein Penn- 1
sylvanla secured more pledge cards
from the women of the KfTMSUI
ftate than -were obtained in all of,
the rest of the United States.
An outline will be given of the |
plans for the fall and winter, in-!
eluding the assembling of informa
tion on farm labor and the work of
the farm counselors, formerly em- !
ployed by the State Department of
Agriculture, but taken over by the
state committee.
Cases Passed Upon—Numerous j
decisions have been given by the
State Compensation Board in setting
aside awards by referees in cases
brought against railroads engaged
tn Interstate commerce. Th 3 board
decisions are in line with the pi-in- j
ciples laid down in the United 1
States Court decisions and cover)
half a dozen railroads. The awards.
made amounted to hundreds of dol- j
lars In many cases.
Attended Fair—L. IT. Wilile, chief
of the Bureau of Agricultural Sta
tistics, attended the York fair yes- j
terday. He said that the attendance
was very large.
To Visit Col. Shoemaker—Gover- j
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This closed car production was sell at such low prices.
planned by the factory Th „„ beauties-side win
months ago so that you dowß and ri hu fold awa
would not be mconven.enced enti „, out of ai ht wh >
by the usual delay in delivery. you want a tourin? car or
And these beautiful combina- roadster—close up tight as a
tion open and closed cars limousine when you want a
were part of an enormous closed car. The change is
production order for Model easily made and takes but a
Eighty-Fives—fours and sixes moment.
—from material purchased Come in and let us show you
when prices were much lower. the height of all-season lux-
It will probably be a long time ury.
before such luxurious cars And remember —we can prom
can again be produced to ise you immediate delivery.
Prices J. o. b. Toledo and tubject to change without notice
The Overland-Harrisburg Company
Open Evenings Both Phones
212-214* North Second Street
Service Station and Ports Department, 26th and Derry Streets
Newport Branch— y or k Branch-
Opposite Railroad Station 128-130 W. Market Street
THURSDAY EVENING,
nor Brumbaugh will be gueit of Col.
Harry W. SWbemaker, a member of
his staff, at Restless Oaks, his coun
try home, near McElhattan, next
week.
, Boroughs to Help—Highway Com
missioner O'Neil to-night announced
j the names of the boroughs which
' he had Invited to unite with tho
state in an equal division of tho cost
of improving highways wltfeh E ro
borough streets on the line of state
highways. He pointed out that by
boroughs uniting better prices could
be obtained. Tho towns are as fol
lows: Springdale and Cheswick; Al
legheny; College Hill and Home
i wood, Beaver;; Bedford and Everett,
! Bedford; Sinking Springs and Mt.
' Penn, Berks; Gaysport, Holllsdays
' burg. Duncansvllle and Wllllams
i burg. Blair; State College, C-.-Mer;
Malvern, Chester, Clarion, Clarion;
Flemington. Clinton; Bloomsburg
1 and Briar Creek. Columbia; Carlisle
1 and Shippensburg, Cumberland;
I Paxtang and Highsplre, Dauphin;
' Yeadon, Delaware; MeConnellsburg,
Fulton: Mill Creek and Huntingdon;
LaPlume, Moosic and Moscow, Lack
awanna; Mercer and Grove City,
Mercer; Trappe, Montgomery, North
l umberland, Northumberland; Way
-1 mart and Prompton, Wayne; Lig
onier, Youngstown and Adamsburg,
\ Westmoreland.
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Award Contract For
New Moose Lodge Home
The building committee of the
j Steelton Lodge, Loyal Order of Moose
in session last night awarded tho
| contract for drawing plans and re
i modeling the newly acquired prop
j erty of the lodge in Front street near
Trewick, to C. Harry Kaln, of Har
risburg. Mr. Kain was Instructed to
draw plans for the lodge home and
submit them to the committee. After
they are approved work on remodel
ing the building will be started. Com
mitteemen believe they will be start
j ed on the hme in two weeks.
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OBERIJX
Mrs. Howard Wells and son, Mar
! iin, have returned home after several
[ days' visit with relatives in Allen
| town.
Miss Katherine Short spent the
j week-end with friends In Mechanics- I
i>urg.
Earl Brehm spent Sunday with
j friends in Lancaster.
I Mrs. Hobort Batdorff and son Gll
! Bert have returned to their home in
j Philadelphia after several weeks visit
j here. Mrs. Batdorff was accompan
ied by her father, Aaron Lyter.
Mr. and Mrs. William Look ino
] tored to AUentown on Sunday.
Mrs. C. E. Zell, of Greencastle, Is
visiting her brother, Harry Eshen- j
aur.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parthemore,
; of Spearville, Kansas, spent several 1
I days with Mr. and Mrs. George Swei- j
gle.
The Rev. Daniel E. Rupley, accom
-1 panied by George Hocker, as dele-'
! gate from Salem Lutheran Church,'
' are attending the East Pennsylvania j
; Synod now in session In Zion Luth- I
eran Church, Harrisburg.
The Harvest Home service on Sun-1
i day at Salem Lutheran Church, in j
behalf of Loysville Orphan Home, j
was a success. Three barrels of flour
and a large assortment of groceries, j
potatoes and other needful things;
was the result.
The Rev. H. E. Kelfer with his'
delegate, G. A. Stengle, of the United
Brethren Church, are attending thoj
annual conference of that body con
vening at Lebanon this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoverter, of
Harrisburg, spent the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. John Reed.
Mr. and Mrs. William Tetter, of
Greencastle, visited several days with
Mr. and Mrs. Gorden Horner.
The Rev. and Mrs. John T. Fox!
and children, of Conshohocken, are|
the guests of Mrs. L. L. Hackman.
NEWS OF STEELTON
MAN KILLED AND
ANOTHER INJURED
George Drawbaugh-, of Me
chanicsburg, on Motorcycle,
Collides With Truck
When the motorcycle on which
they were riding collided with an
automobile truck at Front and
Washington streets, last evening,
George Drawbaugh, of Mechanics
burg, was killed and his brother
John Drawbaugh was slightly In
jured.
George Drawbaugh was seated on
the tandem of the machine and
when It struck the truck he was
thrown up against It. He was taken |
to tho Emergency Hospital, of the j
steel company and died at 6.30 [
o'cftilA;. His brother who was
operating the machine sustained a |
woung above the right ear and j
silglit bruises and after receiving
treatment at the Emergency Hos
pital went to his home.
Tho truck belonging to the Steel
ton Cigar Company, was driven by
Charles Books. The driver was j
crossing Front street toward Wash- I
lngton street, when the machines
collided. The brothers were on their
way home from work at the avia
tion camp near Middletown.
T'hree other accidents occurred In
the borough and Highsplre yester
day. Those who figured in these j
accidents were not injured. Three I
automobiles, a motorcycle and a]
wagon were slightly damaged as the ;
result of collisions. A. J. Lehrman,.
Steelton and J. E. Keefer, Highsplre,
both driving automobiles collided
near Keefer's home. A delivery
wagon owned by H. M. Cohen was
struck by a street car at Front and
Cranberry Avenue. A motorcycle
with a sidecar struck an automobile
at Second street. Little damage re
sulted to the vehicles in any of
the collisions.
Mexican Evades Police
After Shooting Another
Mannel Oporla, who shot Manuel
Rabage in the back as he lay asleep'
in a Mexican boardtnghouse in Myers
fetreet yesterday is still at largo. Op
orla evaded the police after tho
shooting and started toward Harris
j burg along the Susquehanna river.
Rabage is in the Harrisburg Hos
pital. Chief of Police Grove, Patrol
-1 man Bowermaster and Constable
i Gibb took up Oporia's trail soon after
but have been unable to locate him.
Steelton Snapshots
Fractures Leg.—Milton Weisen
ford. Jr., aged 5. sustained a fractur-j
! ed right leg when he tumbled down a
I flight of steps leading to Cottage |
Hill off Swatara street. He was taken
|to the Harrisburg Hospital. He is;
j a son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Welsen- j
; ford. Fourth and Swatara streets,
j Building Permit.—Borough Secre- 1
' tary Charles Feldt yesterday Issued I
< a building permit to Streso Dimltroff I
! to erect a building at Myers and
Franfi*. streets to be used as a bowl
ing alley.
Attending Fair.—Dr. and Mrs. J.
<A. McCurdy attended the York fair
to-day.
Joint Rally Day.—-The St. Mark's
Lutheran and Central Baptist Sun
day schools will hold a joint Rally
; Day observation in the St. Mark's
| Church at Second and Lincoln
streets Sunday afternoon.
HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Steel Employe in Army
Presented With Tokens
j WILLIAM CHUMP
William Crump, who Is employed
! in the accounting department of the
! local steel plant was presented with a
| wrist watch, an Identification locket
I and a trench mirror by his follow
! workers when he received notice that
he had been called for military serv
ice. He is to leave for camp on Sat
urday. Lee Miller made the presen
tation speeclie.
Payments on Red Cross
Fund Pledges Are Slow
J Announcement was made by mem
bers of the finance committee of the
| Red Cross war fund that final puy
; meats on the pledges due the first of
j the month are not being paid very
I fast. M|ny are standing out and the
' committee requested that all pay up
j in full so that they will be üble to
settle.
JOIIV WAGNER DIES
John Wagner, aged 60, died at the
1 home of Phillip Belter, 720 South
| Second street, yesterday after
! noon at 5 o'clock from pneumonia.
r He was for a number of years a resi
dent of the West Side and was a
' member of the West Side Hose Com
pany. No funeral arrangements
have been made.
: MtDDLETOWNI
i; ———4
Woman's Club Issues
Program For Season
The Woman's Club has given out
its program for the next six months,
i Instead of holding meetings at the
homes of the various members, the
meetings will be held in the high
school building. October 4—lnformal
discussion, "Woman's Sphere," Sirs.
W. H. McCrea, Newville, Pa.; Mrs. Ira
Stringer, hostess. October IS—"Wom
| ar's Work for War Relief," Mrs. Anna
[Wallace, LaDomus, Philadelphia. No
| vtmber 2—Masquerade social, high
school building, in charge of the hos
: pitality committee. November 29
Thanksgiving program: Mrs. H. W.
George, hostess. December IJ. "Court
Week Among Women." Mrs. Jane
I Deeter Rippin, chief probation officer.
Municipal Court, Philadelphia- De
| comber 2S, 5.30 p. m.—Surprise pro
gram; open meeting In charge of en
tertaining committee. January 10—
"The Suffrage Question," Mrs. Mabel
Jones, Harrisburg. January 24—"A
Story Hour," Miss Lois Bucher. Har
risburg; Sirs. & C. Toung, hostess.
February 7—"ln Honor of Lincoln,"
Mrs. H. B. Garver, hostess. February
21—Washington, Memorial; "Our Red
Cross Day." March 7—"The Home
Economics Movement." including food j
values and a demonstration!," Miss H. i
F. Yarnell, graduate domestic science,!
Philadelphia. March 21—Musicale, i
Mrs. J. F. Few. April 4—A Story-
Telling Hour." Mrs. Fuller Bergstres
ser, in charge of civic committee.
May 2—Annual business session:
election of officers. May 16—Tree
Conservation: address by member of
State Forestry Department. May 13
—Memorial Day, in charge of Pro
gram Committee.
03 MOTO It CYCI.ES ARRIVE!
AT AVIATION WAREHOUSE
Sixty-five Harley-Davidson motor
cycles were received at the aviation
building yesterday. Several of them
are being used foy the boys stationed
there. > The carpenter work on the
barracks will be finished by the end
of this week.
Warren, the three-months-old eon
of Mr. and Mrs. F. Johnson, died at
the parents' home In Market street at
noon yesterday. Burial will be made
on Friday afternoon.
The Rev. O. M. Krayblll left yes
terday for Altoona, where he will at
tend the East Pennsylvania Eldership
of the Church of God.
Harry Countryman, who is em
ployed at the shoe factory and en
listed in the United States Ambulance
Corps, was presented with a wrist
watch, field glasses and a trench mir
ror by the cutting department of the
shoe factory. Mr. Countryman will
leave in a few days.
Master Karl Schiefer, who has been
ill with typhoid fever for the past
several weeks, is somewhat improved.
The funeral of Lewis Bubb was held
from his mother's home yesterday.
The Rev. James Cunningham, pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
officiated. The pallbearers were Boyd
Bishop Jr., Charles Zimmerman, Ar
thur Stoner and Henry Patton. Burial
was made in the Middletown Ceme
tery.
Miss Elsie Stipe was taken to the
Harrisburg Hospital, where she was
operated upon for appendicitis.
Work of erecting the three build
ings at the aviation grounds Is being
pushed forward and stoves have been
placed in the sleeping tents.
Harry Mayer is visiting at May
town, Lancaster county, for several
days.
Walter Baumbach has returned
home from a six weeks' trip to
Youngstown, Ohio.
Work was started yesterday on
tearing down the tenant house on the
Eagle Farm, which was recently pur
chased by the borough to make the
r.ew road for the overhead bridge.
The putting up of the bridge will be
started sljertly, as most of the mate
rial has arrived.
J. H. Bergstresser is attending the
State Firemen's Convention being
held at Butler this week, represent
ing the Liberty Fire Company.
W. W. Beitzel has accepted a posi
tion as clerk in the office of the car
works.
M)ss Jean McClure, who had been
111 at the home of Mrs. J. W. Dewalt
for the past several weeks, is able
to resume her duties as teacher In
the Wood and Ann streets school
building.
Mrs. John Statler and Mrs. George
I. King are spending a few days at
Philadelphia.
The Otterbeln Guild of the United
Brethren Church entertained the
women of the local society last eve
ning, and a fine program was ren
dered. Refreshments were served.
The Red Cross members are knit
ting sweaters for the boys who are
stationed at the aviation plant, which
will be very acceptable to the boys.
Supplying Cots and
Equipment For Hospital
Officers of the local Red Cross so
ciety announced to-day that they
would supply four cots and all
equipment to the base hospital which
is Steelton's portion.
There are lorty-elght kits that go
with the hospital unit supplies. Kits
for the Steelton boys who have been
selected have been completed by the
local society but will not be present
ed until official announcement Is;
made that they have been accepted
for duty. There are forty-eight of
these kits. An annual report of the
organization is being prepared and
will be issued next week.
j Girl Uninjured When Two
Cars Pass Over Her
Miss Ruth Phillips, 176 South Sec
ond street, an employe at the freight
station of the Philadelphia and
heading railroad In Trewick street,
narrowly escaped serious injurv
when she was thrown under a draft
of freight cars near the Trewick
street crossing. Two cars of the train
passed over her before it was brought
to a standstill. Miss Phillips sustain
ed bruises of the body.
COMMISSION YEARLY
REPORT BEING PREPARED
At a meeting of the Shade Tree
Commission last night plans for thfc
fall campaign were discussed Noth
ing definite was decided bv mem
bers. The yearly report of the bodv
is being prepared and will b e in
shape to present to council at its
monthly meeting Monday night. •
1
I There s an Increasing
IB r.xn m;t: urlT r^H
It .'Hz .-i'i}i
I In our children's department day after M
day—-the boys seem to be "getting in" they look
exceptionally happy after they have bought their new school suit
here, for they roll right out full of enthusiasm because they have
found exactly what they wanted The beys don't leave here with
a "sour face" ask your boy friends why they go to Doutrichs. J 'flj
New Velour Hats I
[. ft? Don't wait until you're 1
last fellow) to Buy a New Hat
V —notice the Handsome Velour Hats that are
y IS coming from this "Live Store" then wish your
/ \NvJ self the best looking one, they're here in all
A^ Sv \N s k colors for men and women.
1*5.00 S $ 6.50 $ 7.50 I
Scratch finish Hats, $2.50 to $5.00 I
Spear & Co. Cravanetted Caps SI.OO to $1.50 I
Kuppenheimer Clothes I
"Manhattan Shirts" "Stetson Hats" I
304 PA. |
Dies at Hospital
From Blow on Head
Charles Palm, 192 South Front
street, died last evening at the Har
rltburg Hospital, from a fractured
skull. Palm was working on con
struction worlt at tho Bethlehem
Steel Company's plant in Steelton,
when a piece of falling material hit
him on the head. He was imme
diately taken to the Harrisburg Hos
pital.
|: HIGHSPIRE
At the Sunday morning service in
the United Brethren Church Miss
Christie Partliemore, a member, pre
sented tho church with a flag five by
eight feet in dimensions. After
thanking her for the gift and the
patriotic spirit that prompted it the
congregation arose and sang, "My
Country Tls of Thee.'''
Mrs. Jacob Rhoad, mother of the
Bev. H. F. Rhoad, and William Sea
man and family, of Grantvllle; Grant
Houser and family, of Belle Grove,
motored to town on Sunday and were
the guests of the Rev. H. F. Rhoad
and family.
Mrs. William Wendel and Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Orris left on Sunday
night on an automobile trip to But
ler where Mr. Orris will attend the
firemen's convention, having been
elected as the delegate from the Citi
zen Fire Company of town. From
Butler the party will motor to Cleve
land, Ohio, and by boat to Buffalo, on
their return trip home,
i Sunday afternoon the Rev. H. F.
Rhoad, pastor of the United Breth
ren Church, submitted tho follow
ing report for the conference year
ending September 30, 1917: New
members received during the year,
i 21; present membership, 355; num
ber enrolled in the Y. P. s. C. E,
OCTOBER 4, 1917.
2001 enrolled In the Sunday school,
662; average attendanoe In the Bun-. .
duy school, 270; amount of money
raised for benevolences, MM. 71 j
amount raised for homo and foreign
Daughter
That Saved
'*2/8* Mrs.
iirin h °m
j t hem
> been %BS
I MRS. MARY K. PEROUTKA "P*" l '®
II Frultola and have not been bothered
- trouble and he used Frultola, too. with
l j Frultola and Traxo are compounded from^H
'at the Plnus laboratories in Montlcello, Ills.,
'.'stores; a doctor's prescription is not
-1 oil that acts as an intestinal lubricant
-;particles that cause so much suffering,
r to the sufferer's intense relief. One dose Is
i'jits efTicacy. Traxo Is a tonic-alterative
'. and restore the weakened, run-down
-1 A booklet of special Interest to those whnß
.lean be obtained by writing to the l'inus I.aho^H
mission*
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