14 STATE POWER IN BOROUGH ROADS Deputy Attorney General Kel lar Defines What Law Per v mils Commonwealth to Do Three rulings on relation of the slate to improvement of borough streets which form connecting links between state highways were given to the State Highway Department to day by First Deputy Attorney Gen eral Keller, and will have important bearing upon negotiations now under w~ay between the department and some thirty-five boroughs for better ment of streets which connect with main roads. Dauphin, York and Cumberland counties will be affected. The state may not resurface or relay a brick street originally Im proved with the aid of the common wealth as the duty of maintenance rests upon the borough alone, but "If it was not reconstructed oc paved with bricks as a state-aid road, the State Highway Department can, sub ject to the consent of councils, re surface or relay the street, provided the original paving was not accord ing to the standards of the State Highway Department or equal to said standards." On the question whether "if a bor ough improves a street the full width, said street being a connecting link between two state highways, can the state pay one-half the cost up to sixteen feet, provided the bor ough does the work," It is held that there is no provision allowing the state to contribute t cost of im proving a highway, but that a bor ough may become a bidder and be awarded the contract if it submits the lowest bid on state-aid or state highways improved in the same man ner as statt-aid highways. "The state is not permitted to pay one half or any part of the cost of the improvement up to a width of sixteen feet unless there has been a regular contract let and entered into as pro vided by the act." If a borough street has been im proved or paved, whether at the ex pense of the borough or the property owners, the cost of a second or sub sequent paving cannot be assessed against abutting property owners. (iovrrnor ISruiiilmiiK'h tn-ilny an nounced the appointment of Charles S. Messinger, of Tatamy, as register of wills of Northampton county, to succeed Ashcr V. Stauffer, who shot himself last week. A statement Is sued by the Governor in connection with the appointment says: "Mr. Mes singer has been commended by the most competent authority of the cfiinty as an upstanding citizen who will take the office absolutely out of politics and give it a business admin istration." The ni>i>llcntlii nnn made to-day to the Public Service Commission by ox-Senator John S. Fisher, of Indi ana, for the merger of the Millers burg and a dozen or so other electric companies chartered for Dauphin, l'erry and Juniata counties into the Juniata Public Service Company. The Mlllersburg plant will be the center jf the system, which was recently < utlined in the Harrisburg Telegraph. ■II:ig wages. Xo labor trouble. 8-hour day. 44-hour week. Riveters average $50.00 per week; holders-on average $38.00 per week: heaters average $26.00 per week. BE PATRIOTIC Work for and with the Government. Build ships. Do your 'jit. Help World's Democracy War. The Pusey & Jones Shipbuilding Go. WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. Apply to MR. NEESE, Metropolitan Hotel, 2 to 3 P. M. 6.30 to 8.30 P. M. i iic recreation and rest room of the Moorhead Knitting Co., where the young ladies employed there indulge in a pleasant and restful luncheon at noon. A I alking Machine and Piano afford pleasant pastime for everybody. Noonday entertainments by local talent every week. "A Good Place to Work" Moorhead Knitting Co. Makers of for Men and Women WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOCAL POLITICAL SITUATION QUIET Police Not Interested in Fight For Mayor; Civil Service Takes Them Out Tho local election situation re mains remarkably quiet, with 110 public meetings and only a limited amount of personal campaigning In evidence. Friends of Alderman Hov erter expressed the belief to-day that he is steadily gaining in strength for Mayor and predict his election next Tuesday. The apparent yack of pub lic interest in the election makes forecasting difficult and in looking about for a cause for the prevailing apathy on the part of the voters, political observers have hit upon two reasons—first, the war, with its many attendant activities, and second, the removal of the police force from politics. Heretofore the whole police force was stirred by the prospect of a new Mayor. The police officers, from top to bottom, were dependent upon the Mayor for their reappointment, with the result that each officer became a biter partisan. Some promises of po lice changes have been made in the present campaign, itis said, hut if they have, they cannot be fulfilled for tho force is entirely under civil service and a Mayor has no chance of tearing it to pieces and building it up as a personal political machine. Orders have ben going out from Capitol Hill for appointees to turn in behalf of Daniel L. Keister, for Mayor, with varying results. Some of the attaches have accepted in structions and others have not. The nonpartisan character of the contest and the fact that both candidates are Republicans, naturally has the effect of dividing Capitol Hill employes in their support, some being friends of Keister and others of Hoverter. It was rumored that some threats of dismissal had been made against those who declined to help Mr. Keister, but officials say there is ab solutely no truth in this and deny that force is being used. However, the matter has reached a stage where it has become part and par cel of the gossip of the campaign and the outcome will be apparent only the {';>' after election, if then. Keister, like Hoverter, has been getting about a good deal, and like the Alderman, says he is saitsfied with his observations. There is nothing new in the coun ty. Every day it becomes more and more apparent that the Republican county ticket in both city and the rural districts* will go through by big majorities. The straight party ticket is going to have a mighty big effect this year, with Republicans reaping the benefit. Knights of Malta Hear Grand Officers Speak Representatives of the three com mandarics of the Knights of Malta in this city, and the commandaries from Steelton and Middletown, at tended a social held last evening by the Star of America Commandery, No. 113. Grand Sentinal J. Smith ltiehl, of Sunbury; Grand Com mander H. M. Askin, of Carlisle; Deputy Grand Commander Eugene Suydam, of Steelton and Grand Cap tain General S. Raymond Snyder, of Chambersburg, were the visiting officers, who made addresses to the session. The Rev. L. S. Kirschner, of the Reformed Church at New port, made a short address. Fol lowing the address refreshments were served and a smoker was en joyed The following committee was in charge: W. S. Fisher, F. F. Flegal and W. F C. Deisman. A FEW OF THE BEAUTY CHORUS IN "OH, BOY," AT THE ORPHEUM "Oh. Boy," proclaimed the snappiest and brightest musical comedy of the season and the fourth New York Princess Theater musical comedy success, will come to the Orpheum to-night. The "Oh, Boy" company vhich will appear here will measure up to the high standard-of excellence expected in the Princess Theater offerings. The Comstock-Elliott have assembled a cast of unusual excellency, many of the plavers are local fa vorites and include: Eeona Thompson, Geitrude Waixel, Edward Forbes, Charles Knowlden, T. D. Leary, \V. Fredericks, Eileen Powers, Helen Du-Bois, James E. Rome, Bobby Hale, Marian Hibbing and Laura Wells. The boon and lyrics of "Oh. Boy" are by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse and the music is by Jerome Kern. There is a mood of universal merriment in "Oh, Boy" which pleases all classes of theatergoers, and the story moves straight to a real climax. WAR NLONGARONE /$ K . I IF fw&l 7 tJELLUNO /§? \ KJi } (Zci V' PALEffig^W \ J JJ ° bSESE? 05 -' \ 17 ' * *><* VLTO T% j SCALE of MILES BATTLE LINE BEFORE AUSTRO-GE RMAN DRIVE ♦ + • TAGLIAMENTO DEFENSE LINE OP THE ITALIANS EZZ22Z2Z! • EXTENT OF ITAI_IAN RETREAT According to belief in military circles in Washington, General Ca dorna Is falling back to the line of the River Tagliamento, about 20 to 25 miles west of the Isonzo. The German and Austrian troops have taken Cormons and are in battle before Udine, the headquarters of the Italian armies before the retreat be gan. Deaths and Funerals Mrs. Eleanor Hoffman Stoops, wife of Earl Stoops, 600 Delaware street, died this morning at 4 o'clock. She was aged 21. Mrs. Stoopes was a graduate of the Cathedral School in the class of 1914. Sh<- leaves her husband, parents, Mr. and Mrs. VV. J. Hoffman; two broth ers, Elwood Hoffman and Robert Hoffman, and one sister, Delpbine Hoffman. The body may be viewed from 7 to it, Friday evening. Funeral services will be held Saturday morn ing at 9 o'clock in St. Mary s Cath nlic Church. Burial will be made in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Father Daley, officiating. lIUS. MA 14V FOX Mrs. Mary Fox, 65, wife of William T. Fox. dird yesterday at her home In Susquehanna township. Funeral services will be held from the home to-morrow at 12.30. Burial will be in Shoop's Church Cemetery. MRS. AW A MASSIK Mrs. Anna Massie, colored, 622 North street, died at the Harrisburg Hospital this morning. She was 45 years old, and died of a long illness. CHARGED WITH CUTTING George Washington was hailed be fore Alderman Landis, charged with freely using his knife on the left wrist of Sam Lelon. also colored. Kelon had two arteries cut in his wrist and was attended at the hos pital. IRISH II Alt VEST Dublin, Ireland —Reports from various parts of Ireland give a better account of the harvest than was an ticipated in sonic places. The crops are said to be heavy on the whole, and reaping has been laborious ow ing to the way in which the straw has been tangled by the wind and rain. | The | Federal ] Machine jj I Shop | j | Court and Cranberry Sts. II We have Just opened a General ! > !! Repair and Machine Shop at ! > I! the above address. We are spe- ! > 1! daily equipped to do grinding. !; ! ! blcyrie, automobile and general i ; i I machine repairing. i| Your Patronage \ Solicited j \ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH General Kuhn to Leave Cdmp Meade Is Rumor I'ersistent reports backed by cir cumstantial stories have readied' Camp Meade that Major eGneral Kuhn. the division commander, will son be detailed for other duty. He adieris to be succeeded, it is said, by Brigadier General William J. Nicholson, tlxe senior brigadier in the United States army and nod the com nander of the infantry brigade at the cantonment. Brigadier eGneral Nicholson's rise has been Lrfist year he was a colonel, but the dtclaration of war was followed by such rapid promotions that he is now the ranking brigadier and next in line fo radvanceinent if seniority is followed. General Nicholson's hist billet was to command the officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan. When he received his silver star he was detailed here to command the Infantry, in which he is an acknowl edged expert. General Nicholson has made an especial study of modern infantry tactics and strategy and is known as one of the American au thorities on the subject. German Loss 6,000,000 Men in 3 Years of War Washington, D. C., Oct. 31.—Ger many lost six million men In the three years of war. according to a declaration made in the Reichstag by the Independent Socialist Ledebour. A report of his speech reaching Washington through Switzerland, j states that, contemplating the *ros- I peets of a fourth winter campaign, the Socialist leader said: ; "You have not, evidently, gentle men, an exact conception of what I war means. AVe have had 1,500,000 1 dead, three or four million crippled, or whom 500,000 are crippled for life, and two million absolutely invalided. That makes altogether six million men lost during three years." It is stated that official informa tion confirmatory to these figures has j been in possession of American offi cials for some time. AUDITORS APPOINTED I Judge 8. J. M. McCarrell to-day I appointed W. Harry Musser, of this • city, and James S. Ashworth, of Phil adelphia, auditors of the second and final account of Theodore W. Stone, received for the Electric Mutual (Casualty Association, of Philadelphia. I Exceptions have been filed by the i Commonwealth to the report of the j receiver, claiming ho has not in cluded in his statement some of the accounts coming inot his hands. WILL PROBATED | The will of Lizzie K. Baum, late of , West Hanover township, was pro bated to-day and letters testamen tary Issued by Register Roy C. Dan ner to Thomas and Sarah E. Pat rick. SUES TRACTION COMPANY George M. Kepford to-day brought I suit against the Harrlsburg Railways Company for |5,000 damages be cause of alleged injuries which his wife received in an accident last year. The statement was filed with Pro ; thonotary Henry F. Holler. State Chamber Asks Troop Retention The Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed the Secretary of War an urgent appeal to keep as a military unit the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry. The telegram is as follows: "October 21, 1917. "Hon. Newton D. Baker. "Secretary of War, "Washington, D. C. "We urge the military authorities to keep intact as a unit the First Ciy Troop of Philadelphia, because of its continuous historical record. "Signed. "Paul Littlefleld, "General Secretary Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce." The military value of fighting units with historical records cannot be overestimated. Tradition plays an im portant part in the maintenance of society. The British and other belli gerent governments carefully pre serve the organization of their fa mous regiments and as the First City Troop is one of our oldest military units, its entity should be preserved. Police Working Hard in the Y. M. C. A. Gymnasium The city policemen, now undergoing a course of physical training in the V. M. C. A. gymnasium, already have progressed so far as to issue a chal lenge to meet a team of athletic news paper men in an indoor track meet. The "coppers" have started training under Charles Miller, physical in structor of the Y. M. C. A., and yes terday ten of the department's huskies went through a series of manuevers, comprised of throwing the medicine ball, running and Jumping. Chief Wetzel is heartily in favor of the training, which will increase the efficiency of the police force. He is doubtful, however, if the "coppers" will ever make successful trackmen. "Long Jawn Hess," when interviewed this morning, stated in his view of the new idea, that all the policemen were In favor of it. "How about the track meet?" he was asked. "Fine idea." he replied, "but what bothers me is who will do the run ning for us." IX) PENALIZE STRIKERS By Associated Press Washington, Oct. 31.—Measures to penalize strikes and lockouts in non-union coal fields were taken up by the Fuel Administration to-day at a conference with coa lproducers. In union districts under an agree ment signed recently heavy penal ties are provided when coal produc tion is stopped without just cause. 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Harrlnburit New York Four Town-Meeting Nominations Not Valid, Judge Wessel Decides By Associated Press Philadelphia, Oct. 31. Judge Wessel, in common pleas court, to day decided that four of the five Town Meeting party councils nom inations in the Forty-sixth ward are Invalid because the candidates had been named by petition after they had been legally nominated on the ticket of the Washington party at tho primary election. This decision, rendered in one of the suits started by the Republican city committee controlled by the Vare faction, to have the names of Town Meeting party candidates for councils and minor ward offices re moved from the ballot, may have a sweeping effect In view of the fact that a similar situation exists, as far as the independents are con cerned. in other wards. The effect of Judge Wessel's de cision is that voters of the Forty sixth ward, who want to vote,the complete Town Meeting ticket at the election next Tuesday, will have to make additional cross marks on their ballots, besides the mark in the party square, after the names of four councllmanic candidates bear- lr '3ISIS^IS§iP& Come in and Hear the | New Victor R fl if Tomorrow at Troup's ||| some attractive selections to your At Troup's you may select your jdjL SjX '\S| sued, as well as from the largest ImMB ' For the convenience of those have arranged a series of "Troup I .Kg Outfits" including a Victrola I / HI and several records. MBb PBl Come and hear the new records / tomorrow and arrange for your j | Troup Outfits 111 Victrola IVA $20.00 Victrola XIA SIIO.OO Records, your choice 5.00 Records, your choice 6.00 Pay $5 cash ;$3 monthly. $25.00 Pay $6 cash ;$6 monthly. $116.00 Victrola VIA $30.00 Victrola XIVA SI6SXX) Records, your choice 5.00 Records, your choice 8.00 ml - Jrs! 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Simply fill out the cou • . . . , . ,r pon below and mail it. This little act mav anything to do so and you obligate yoursel ' secure your indcpcndcnce So do it NO W! in no way. I have no gold mines or oil well or inflated securities to offer you. I _ 81 _ have a REAL investment with an actual j JJ rj.'DDy PRESENT and a CERTAIN FUTURE to ' ' ' , ' I 507 Market Street, Chester, Pa. i 1 Without obligation to me, please send 1 i me information concerning investment W. H. REDDY i opportunities in Chester. 507 Market St. j Xan " I Chester, Pa. Addrcss I OCTOBER 31. 1917 ing the Washington party designa tion. Up to Mr. Sheppard Governor Brumbaugh before leaving this afternoon for New York declined to make any statement on the request of the Town Meeting Committee for state police to lie sent to Philadelphia on election day. The Governor said if Chairman Sheppard cared to give out his answer he could do so, but that he had nothing to say. British Casualties Are 24,091 For the Week Oct. 81.—-British casualties reported during the week ended to day totaled 24,u1. They were divided as follows: Officers killed or died of wounds, 383; men, 4,656. Officers wounded or missing, 1,102; men, 17,950. BIG RUSH FOR LICENSES Clear, cold weather brought an other rush of men for hunters' li censes at the office of County Treas urer Mumma to-day. The rabbit sea son opens to-morrow. At noon about 300 licenses had been issued, bring j ing the total for the season to 7,800, about the same as last year. Man Killed by Auto Is Identified as H. R. Putt The body of the unknow man kill ed by an automobile at Second and Locust streets, Monday evening, was last evening identified as that of Harvey R. Putt, 927 Penn street. Tho body was in the mortuary of Funeral Director C. H. Mauk, and a"er two sons of the victim read al jut tho accident, they identified the aian as their father. Mr. Putt was fifty-five years of age. He was employed by the con tractor as one of the construction workers at the new Kvangellcal Pub lishing House. He had been ill for several days, and was not at work. Monday evening he went out to view the recruiting parade, and It was then that the accident occurred. Surviving Mr. Putt are three sons: Harry Y Putt, 1247 Mulberry street; Alfred B Putt, of Enhaut, and Frank H. Putt, of Hopewell, West Virbinia. The coroner will hold an inquest over the body to-day. CHILDREN TO AID Food pledge cards will be dis tributed by Pennsylvania schoolchil dren, this week, as a part of the Pub- I lie Safety Committee's campaign for food conservation. The children will be given the pledge cards, and these will be presented to their mothers for 1 signatures.