787U.S.WARSHIPS BEING BUILT OR CONTRACTEDFOR Greatest Naval Program in World Now Under Way, Says Daniels Washington, Oct. 10. —America leaped to the forefront to-day with (he biggest warship-bmilding pro gram in the world. With the letting of contracts for the construction of lit least 150 additional destroyers, the Navy has 78 7 warships of all types and classes building or contracted for. Ranging from superdreadnaughts to speedy, sea-skimming submarine Chasers, every one of the ships will bo in active service within eighteen months, according to promises writ ten in the contracts. Destroyers contracted for to-day will give the United States the great, est fleet of that type of vessels in the world. The Navy Department withheld the exact number con tracted for, but it was stated that 150 was the lowest figure estimated and that when the new destroyer program was complete this country would have at least twice as many destroyers as it has now. The total cost of the 757 ships building will be $1,150,400,000, ac cording to estimates. In a number of cases—especially to complete the new destroyer program—it will be necessary for the navy to obtain ground and build yards. These yards will be in connection with the plants of the companies awarded contracts. At the end of the work the yards will either be retained by the'gov ernment for further work or will be sold to the companies. The destroyer program launched to-day contemplates the expenditure of virtually the whole $350,000,000 emergency appropriation voted by congress. Part of this vast sunt will be used for the construction of new building facilities. litis is the greatest project we have ever undertaken," said Secre tary Daniels. "Three months ago it looked as if it could not be done. Orders had already been given for all the destroyers and yards could build and almost as many as the new program calls for are now un der construction or contract. Selected Men to Be Given Red Cross Kits Men who were selected for the Ka wil,l reeeh>- comfort kits which the local Ren i'ross workers are now preparing Three hundred kits are being mad; at the local head quarters, according to Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, president of the Harrisburg Chapter, rhe kits will contain: One tablet of writing paper, pack JF c \ a s> Pencil, envelopes, trench shaving mirror, washcloth soap, two handkerchiefs, comb, tooth brush, toothpaste, scissors, vaseline KnVotvVfi thread, needles, shoelaces] jfcafetypins and pins. About 1,000 kits e . a i ready been distributed among enlisted men. NO SPECIAL SESSION The Dauphin county court to-dav decided to hold a special session of criminal court before the Januarv court. Seventy-two cases listed for trie l last month but not reached will be continued. Among these is WriJht ar ?f c, "> urder gainst John Wright, of Steelton. WM. STROUSE > FELTS The hat that tops 'em all —in the forefront of men's hat fashions--- rough, luxurious felt--- variegating in emerald, olive, orient, pheasant and heather. The pick of the •Rain bo choicest. Felts $4 • Division 2 Division 3 Silk finish fur felt hats- - Silk finish fur felt hats smart soft roll gray, j antagonistic to water green and green mixtures lustre retaining green, —a real leader at gray, brown — .50 s[j ; 00 Our Staff: Mallory and Schoble Hats And Battalions of Caps, SI.OO to $2.00 The New Store of Wm. Strouse 310 Market Street WEDNESDAY EVENING, Golden Anniversary Will Be Observed by Harrisburg Diocese The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Harrisburg diocese of the Catholic Church will be ob served next year with a great golden jubilee celebration. Plans for a fit ting observance of the occasion were made yesterday afternoon at a meet ing of the priests of the diocese with Hishop Phillip R. McDevitt at the Cathedral. More than ninety priests were at the meeting during which theological questions In addition to preliminary Jubilee were discussed. Plans for more extensive welfare and social work throughout the diocese were made. Bishop McDevitt told the attend ing prelates of the work of the dio cese and named the Rev. J. C. Thompson and the Rev. Charles Koch as a committee to aid him in making plans for the celebration. Every Ward Votes in Favor of Commission Rule Newark, N. J-, Oct. 10. Newark voted yesterday to adopt commission government. The total vote for com mission government was 20,095, more than 2,000 in excess of the 30 per cent required by the Walsh act. Every one of the sixteen wards of the city was carried by the commis sion government advocates. The largest majorities were rolled up in the residential districts. Mayor Thomas L. Raymond, who opposed a change of municipal gov ernment at this time, declared to night that he would not be a candi date for commissioner. City Clerk Alexander Archibald announced that the special election for commission ers would be held on November 13. More than 100 candidates have al ready announced their plans to run for commissioner. The adoption of commission government legislates front office the mayor, five members of the board of works and sixteen aldermen. Several thousand were prevented from voting to-night by misunder standing in regard to the closing time of the polls. Mavor Raymond is a Republican and council Is Democratic. They have not been working in sympathy. PRINTERS NAME DKI.EfiATES At a meeting of the Harrisburg Tvpograpblcai Cnion, delegates to the coming conventions were elected. Chester Rliinehart: alternate, L. B. Wanliaugh, will represent the union at the coming meeting of the Ameri can Federation of Uabor to be held at Pittsburgh. The delegates to the Eastern Pennsylvania District Typo graphical Convention to be held at Hazleton are Frank McCord and Earl Iloerner: alternates, Elmer Ewing and Ralph Laverty. mlt GOES OIT WINDOW Boston, Oct. 10. A check for $264.- 911.50 from the Army quartermaster's department to the American Woolen Company, in payment for blankets and coats, was found in State street yesterday by Giuseppe Voloni, a bar ber. anil Girolono Caradona, a mason. They didn't know what it was and took it to the editor of an Italian newspaper. He communicated with the American Woolen Company and the finders received $25 each. The check had blown out of a window and had been run over by teams. TO DECIDE ON NAME Fred L. Morgenthaler, candidate for the short term in city council, to-day asked the county commissioners to de cide whether his name will appear alone on the official ballot next month. Mr. Morgenthaler was opposed at -the primary election by John G. Marks, but received 62 per cent, of the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate, according to his state ment to the commissioners. Countv Solicitor Philip S. Moyer will prob ably make a decision to-morrow. Red Men From Three Counties Will Hold Meeting at Middletown Twenty tribes of Red Men from Dauphin, Perry and Cumberland counties will meet in convention at Middletown, Saturday. The session will be opened at 9 o'clock in the morning. Among the features of the program will be the presentation of United States flags to Warrior Eagle and Cornplanter Tribes. Patriotism will be the theme of the convention. Great Sachem T. C. Beswlck. of Phil adelphia, will be present and will ad dress the assemblage. A parade ; will take place at 3 o'clock. POketo Tribe No. 315. Middletown, will have entire charge of the program. Present officers of the association are: Norman Williams. Millersburg, president; G. K. Rife, Middletown, vice-president-; A. J. Keller, Harris burg, second vice-president; Richard Chellew, Harrisburg, past president; George Boyer, Duncannon, treasurer; H. E. Sanderson, Harrisburg, secre tary. Hummelstown Woman Wills Bulk of Estate to Charity A number of public bequests were made in the will of the late E. Ellen Fo'tz, of Hummelstown, which were announced to-day. The will was probated yesterday and letters Issued to the executors. Among the bequests from the estate v hich is almost SIO,OOO, were the following: Fifty dollars to building fund of Zion Lutheran Church, Hum melstown; SOOO to Industrial Art School, Broad and Pine streets, Phil adelphia, and after a few small be quests divided the remainder of the estate equally between the Tabitha Home For the Aged, at Lincoln, Neb., and the Loysviile Orphans' Home, at Loysviile, Pa. One Hundred Young Tars Have Gone From Here With the aceptance of George Her man Eisenhower, of Dauphin, and William McKiniey, of Penbrook, at the Navy Recruiting Station, Chief Quartermaster J. J. Boyle has enlisted an even 100 men for that popular branch of the service. Many young men have asked for en listment in the Navy at the local sta tion and have been refused because of the severe physical tests necessary. Mechanics and men familiar with gas engines are badly needed at this time. It is the plan of the Navy Department to open classes at Columbia Univer sity, where enlisted men may prepare for future duty on submarine chasers. Quartermaster Boyle is making an active drive for new recruits, and ex pects to announce a number of enlist ments during the coming week. OBTAIN MANDAMUS Alternative mandamus proceedings against the Attorney General to get permission to use the name of the [ Commonwealth in a suit against the Manor Turnpike Road Company, of I near Lancaster, was obtained in Dau phin county court yesterday. Mem | bers of the Lancaster Automobile Club allege the company Is not main taining roads as required in its char ter. DEMONSTRATE: PUMPER A demonstration of the Camp Cur tin Fire Company's triple combination pumper was given this afternoon along the river walk for representa tives from the Independent Fire Com pany, of Lebanon. B. F. Patschke is chairman of a committee from that company appointed to report on the advisability of purchasing a pumper. KII.ES UOND The bond of C. Vernon Rettew, re cently appointed alderman of the Thirteenth Ward, was presented to the county court to-day for approval. Mr. Rettew succeeds the late Alder man George B. Sprout. v * HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH U. S. TO CONTROL ALL FOODSTUFFS NOV. I,IS ORDER Dealers Must Have Govern ment License to Operate After That Date Washington, Oct. 10.—Herbert C. Hoover has resorted to the most pow erful weapon given him by Congress as food administrator to stabilize prices and give the American con sumer minimum prices for food stuffs. Virtually all staple goods will be placed under government control November 1. Announcement was made by the Food Administration last night that a proclamation to be issued by the President will call into being the ex tensive system of licenses by which all persons engaged In the Importa tion, manufacture, storage and dis tribution of certain foodstuffs will be required to submit to the author ity and dictation of the government or cease business. The power of the license system to be employed If manufacturers and dealers fall to or refuse to co-operate with the government In food control measures is to be Invoked to such an extent that it will apply to re tailers doing an annual business of SIOO,OOO, as well as to meat pack ers. millers, grain elevator owners and grain dealers, canners and wholesale jlistributors. The "middleman" Is thus to be forced to do the bidding of the gov ernment, and he Is to be the chief ob ject of attack under the license sys tem if he insists upon profiteering in food supplies of the American peo ple. " Order Hits "Middlemen" The fate of the "middleman," gen erally held responsible for the differ ence in price between the producer and consumer, will be prohibited from doing business unless he sub mits to the rules of the food admin istration. Although licenses are to be re quired of these retailers doing SIOO,- 000 business annually the Food Ad ministration is confident that in con trolling the big retailers it will have the smaller dealers in control, as they will be forced to fall into line with the big dealers in order to meet competition. The President's proclamation will require all persons handling the com modities to be named to ajjply for licenses by November 1, in which is seen the broadest step toward gov ernment control of business ever wit nessed in United States. The list of commodities affected will be an nounced in a day or two. After November 1 no dealer of any sort will be permitted to trade in any of the commodities to be named unless he has a government license, and to get a license he must agree to the terms of the government. The detailed statement of the Food Administration setting forth its plans for the operation of the licensing sys tem follows: Provisions of New Rule "The President will shortly issue a proclamation requiring all persons engaged in the import, manufacture, storage and distribution of certain fundamental foodstuffs to obtain a license from the food administrator. "These will embrace meat packers, cold storage warehouse men, millers, canners, elevators, grain dealers, wholesale distributors, retailers do ing a business of more than SIOO,- 000 a year, who handle the commo dities 'to be set out in the Presi dent's proclamation. "The issuance of the proclama tion has been somewhat delayed by the Food Administration.owing to its desire to complete the numerous conferences which it has been hold ing with the representatives of the various trades and of producers and consumers. Some 200 such confer ences have been held with a view to the development of regulations and constructive methods of control. "It has been the desire of Food Administrator Hoover to obtain the co-operation of all patriotic men in the various trades so as to eliminate speculation, hoarding, unreasonable profits, wasteful practices, etc., in the great distribution system of the country. "The licensing provision in the food bill is limited in operation to the channels of trade which lie be tween the farmer on the one hand and the retailer on the other, except as It extends to those few retailers who do an annual business of more than $100,000." Flags of Bygone Days Will Be Shown During Big Patriotic Service Patriotic services at Market Square Presbyterian Church on Sunday even ing. will begin with a half hour's prelude, at 7 o'clock when the na tional anthems of the allied nations will be played by the organ, harp and a quartet of horns. The feature of the occasion will be the presentation of two large silk flags to the church, the gifts of Russell Alger Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bailey, and grandson of the late Russell A. Alger, former governor of Michigan, United States Senator and Secretary of War under President McKinley, and Daniel Hastings Hickok, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross A. Hickok. and grand son of the late Governor Daniel H. Hastings. The presentation speech will be made by Jesse E. B. Cunning ham. The choir will sing Kipling's "Re cessional" and "For Thee, O Dear. Dear County" from "The Holy City, by Gaul, and the congregational hymns will be "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," "God of Our Fathers" and "The Star Spangled Banner." As an offertory. Miss Marie filler will play, "Abendlied." by Kelnzl. The main address of the evening will be made by the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, pastor of the Mar ket Square Presbyterian Church, on "Our National Flag." Flags of the early Colonial days, including Rattle snake Flag, the Pine Tree Flag, Betsy Ross Flag, Cross of St. George, used by the Colonists in 1707, the Flag with fifteen Stars and Stripes, and the Flag used by a captain In the battle of Bull Run, will be shown. Reserves Will Have Out-door Drill The Harrisburg Reserves will have a battalion outdoor drill Friday night on one of the streets in the upper part of the city. Orders were Is sued last night for all the companies to meet at the City Grays Armory, Friday night, at 7.30. In the event of rain the two companies drilling Friday night will have their drill at the armory only. Instruction in the manual of arms is proceeding in each company and as there are a number of men of draft age applying the Reserves would like to obtain the loan of rifles for their training so that they will have the rudiments of military knowledge when their times comes to go Into service. A number of rifles have been loaned, but there 1b need for more. SCAI.P CUT While pulling bolts at the Ijucknow shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Milton C. Walter, of Dau phin. slipped and sustained a slight laceration of the scalp. Walter is 18 years old. Use McNeil's Pain fext^winator. —Ad LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE IS EXPLAINED TO THE PUPILS The third of the school talks on the war, which are being delivered daily in the public schools of this city beginning to-day, will be on the subject, "What We Have Done In the War," and will be given Friday. It is as follows: Wliat We've Done In the War Through volunteering, registering 10,000,000 under the selective draft, and by consolidating the militia with the Federal forces our Army now numbers 1.E00.000. Three contingents of these have gone to France tinder General Per shing, besides airmen and hospital units. For training those who are to go forward later we have built sixteen cities, accommodating 40,000 men each. At one fort a barracks 84 by 140 feet, two stories high, was built In an hour and a half. The lumber used In these camp cities would build a sidewalk four times around the earch. Officers have been prepared for their work in special camps. What money have we raised and spent? Congress has voted $18,000,000,000 in war funds for the year. It is ex pending $24,000,000 daily. The nation largely oversubscribed a Liberty I.oan of $2,000,000,000 and is now enthusiastically buying bonds in a second loan, which Is to be for $3,000,000,000. The government has advanced $2,- 400,000,000 for the things that are to be bought in this country. What about ships and aircraft? Our Navy comprises three times as raanv craft as last June —perhaps 470 ships of all types, with officers and men totaling 283,000. Forty-two war vessels are building, ranging from superdreadnaughts to de stroyers. A portion of our fleet is In for eign waters, under Vice-Admira! Sims, co-operating in the blockad ing of Germany and protecting mer chantmen from the pirate IT-boats of the Germans. We have seized and are using 101 German ships. We are constructing an air fleet of 2".,000 airplanes, a majority to be in action next June. Air pilots are training In seven camps. What steps have we taken to speeding up supplies? A shipping board has complete supervision of the building of our needed craft and or all maritime freight rates. A war industries board, composed of the ablest men in the country, is working night and day to increase production of needed articles. It also supervises delivery and distribution. President Wilson is empowered to The new Packard Imperial Limousine, seven passengers Who judges the judge? "I have heard all about this case —the facts concerning its great and from gossipers in the street and I'll smooth power —and its ability to save give judgment now without examin- gasoline? ing any of the evidence." £) 0 y OU know how it differs from No judge upon any bench would other automobiles in its comfort — ever dare to deliver himself thus. elegance —and the completeness of And yet — how much real evidence appointment? will you sift before you buj a new auto - You may think that you can't inobile? afford a Twin Six —but do you really Hearsay doesn't always hear aright know, until you have all the facts —has no standing in any court. before you. What do you actually know about Your judgment in this vitally im the new Twin Six? portant matter will have to stand Have you examined —at first hand Time's test of efficiency and economy. Seventeen distinctive body styles in open and enclosed cars in the Third Series Twin Six—3-25 and 3-35 Ask the man who" owns** one Packard Motor Car Company of Philadelphia 101 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa. Bell Phone 2694 i „ ! • 1 I '■ - —Ui— 1 i 1 ■■ - - prevent the exporting of foods or other necessities tti such foreign lands as are supposed to be selling to Germany. ~ A r °od conservation board, with Hoover of Belgium" At the heail, © n "<*avorlngr to increase our apri cuitural production, to prevent waste ami to fix prices fair to all. AVe have in hand a world-sized task hut we have made a fair be- Ktnninfi:. We propose by unllagffinf? labor and wholehearted loyalty to carry it through to completion with nearly 100 per cent, efficiency. NOTE—The lesson for Monday will bo withheld until the issue of this paper for Thursday evening. SBO FOR RED CROSS New Bloomfleld, Pa., Oct. 10. '"£ag day" at the Perry county sol diers' reunion Saturday netted SBO for the Red Cross auxiliary. The United States Government Food Administrator Says: "Baking Powder Breads of corn and other coarse flours are recommended" DAV A I BAKING i\U I AL POWDER ABSOLUTELY PURE Makes delicious muffins, cakes and coarse flour breads CORN MEAL MUFFINS NUT BREAD % cop cow meal 8 enpt graham floor , IV4 tups flour 6 level teaspoons Royal Baking Powder y, teaspoon salt I Vt teaspoons salt 4 level teaspoons Boyal Baking Ptrwde* CUp ' ml,k " d water 0 i-vi * U UH *4 cup BUftr or corn syrup 8 tablespoons sugar j CU p o h o pp,d BU t a (not too Ane) or 1 cap 1 cup milk raialna, waabed and floured 5 tableapoons ahortenlag Mix together flour, baking powder and salt; add milk , ... ~ ... . ... and water, augar or corn ayrup and nutmeata or Mix thoroughly dry ingredients: gid milk and melted raiaina. Put into greaaed loaf pan. allow to atand shortening and beat well. Bake In greaaed muflin 30 minutea in warm place. Bake ia moderate ovea tins la hot oven about SO minutea. 40 to if minutea, Our red, white and blue booklet, "Best War Time Recipea" containing additional timilar red pet, tent free on requeit. Addict* Royal Baking Powder Company, Dept. H, US William Street, New York OCTOBER 10, 1917! ! U. B. CONFERENCE AT WAYNESBORO Opening Session of One Hun-! dred and Twenty-eighth Meeting This Morning Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. 10.—Yes-! i terday's meeting of the boundary I and finance committees was tho pre lude to the opening of the one hun dred and twenty-eighth annlial sea-! sion of the Pennsylvania conference j of the United Brethren in Christ. The formn! opening was this morning. The llnance committee, with J. E. Kleffman, as chairman, and the Rev. Dr. A. B. Statton, W. O. Appenzellar, | E. E. Sellers, E. E. Houseman, tlioi Rev. W. M. Beattife, the Rev. C. W. Stinespring, the Rev. A. A. Long and the Rev. 1,. W. I,utz, met in the aft ernoon. The boundary committee, which is composed of the, finance comnilttee, and the Rev. J. P. Koontz, secretary; the Rev. K. C. B- Castle, ,the Rev. D. R. Wagner, E. U. Wine, H. E. Le fever and H. C. Kaufman, met at. 2:30 p. m. The first year course of study committee is composed of the Rev. 1.. W. T.utz, the Rev. C. E. Foltz and the Rev. H. Boyer. The second year course: The Rev. Dr. A. B. Statton, the Rev. R. R. Rhodes and the Rev. .1. F. Snyder. The third year course: The Rev. J. A. Shettel, the Rev. H. L. Hummelbaugh and the Rev. G. W. SUerlck. The fourth year cour3e: The Rev. E. C. B. Cas tle, the Rev. R. Byrd and the Rev. J. fc. Grimm. Two important elections are to oc cur at the United Brethren confer ence here this week—a new secre tary to succeed the late D. M. Oyer,, deceased, and a new superintendent to succeed Dr. Washlnger, made ;i bishop and assigned to the Pacific Coast. The Rev. Dr. A. B. Statton, Uagerstown; the Rev. Dr. 1,. Walter I.utz, Chambersburg, and the Rev. Dr. A. A. Long, York, of the super intending committee, are mentioned for the place. 6
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