War Activities to Be Discussed Before Red Cross Society Tonight Frederick C. Wolcott will present his views of the war in a lecture be fore the members of the Red Croso Society, this eveuing. at the Tech nical High school auditorium. Wol cott is one of the officials of the National Ked Cross headquarters, and his statements may bo regarded as authoritative. There are no restrictions as to at tendance at the lecture. All people interested in the subject of his talk, "The Prussian System and How the I'nited States Can Overcome It," are cordially invited to be present. At the meeting, complete reports of local Chapter activities will be read by the local officials. The meeting will open at 8.15 o'clock. Bell-ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund money if it fails. 25c T li ' * c ii r* the time* mlicii men • Z | witii t the very n, % l le*t vnlue poM- V 3/ *lble to icet In iiu ler%voar. 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Eating became a pleas ure instead of a trial; pain, indiges tion. gas, etc., ail disappeared and in h short time the erstwhile chronic dyspeptic was enjoying better health than in many years and had forgotten that such a thing as indigestion ex isted. This remarkable product which is known by your druggist as Bi-nesia was then tried in thousands of different cases of stomach trouble with such uniform success as to lead to the belief that at least nine people out of ten who have stomach trouble are really suffering directly or in directly from the effects of acidity of fermentation. To-day hundreds' of thousands, including many thousands of soldiers in the trenches on the western front, owe their good diges tion and freedom from pain after meals and ability to cat hearty meals, to the discovery of this wonderful neutrate. Quality or Price It is our belief that the great number oj men ivho smoke King Oscar Cigars smoke them for their quality and flavor. To maintain this quality it has been neces sary to advance the retail price to 6 cents, but the quality must be maintained. John C. Herman & Co. Makers WEDNESDAY EVENING, DELEGATES HERE FOR CONVENTION Woman's Home Missionary Society to Meet in Stevens Memorial M. E. Church I aHp V X: . MISS CARRIE BARGE Delegates to the annual conven tion of the Woman's Home Mission ary Society of the Central Pennsy!- vania Conference of the Methodist Church to be held in Stevens Memo rial Methodist Church to-morrow and Friday are arriving to-day. Miss Carrie Barge, secretary of field work, will be one of the princi pal speakers of the session. She is scheduled to speak at both evening services. For a Shiny Nose and Bad Complexion Paris Famous actresses owe their beautiful com plexions to the following French Beauty Recipe: Wash your face with clear, warm water and rub in a teaspoon ful of C'renie Tokalon Rese ated, wipe the face dry and apply Poudre Petalis —a very tine complexion powder pre pared especially for shiny noses and bad complexions. Roseated cream is different from all others. Complexion blemishes are banished and surprising results produced after a single application in many instances. Success guaranteed or money back. Supplied at any good toilet counter. Among others. QorCMi Kennedy's, Croll Keller. Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Bowman & Co. ; In order to meet the needs of the millions who suffer from indigestion, j gastritis, dyspepsia, gas. heartburn, ! pain after eating, etc.. a leading firm of manufacturing chemists has ar ranged to prepare pure Bi-nesia. in both powder and tablet forms and is so positive that it must give almost instant relief in even the worst cast's that it includes with each package a binding guarantee contract of satis faction or money back, and is also ex tending an invitation to the medical profession generally to investigate the merits m' Bi-ensia—the harmless, yet wonderful remedy for Indiges tion that is told on the fair and squuie plan of "Money Back if it Fails." Ask your own doctor about Bi-nesia. If he will investigate carefully be will find that it is not a "cure all," but a scien tific preparation which does just three things—Neutralizes acid, stops fer mentation and protects the inflamed stomach lining. Inasmuch, however, as the doing of these three things automatically does away with the | pain, suffering and discomfort and in sures healthy normal digestion, we believe thai doctors will more and more prescribe Bi-nesia for those troubles due to acidity and fermenta tion. The usual dose of Bi-nesia is a spoonful of the powder in a little hot water or 2 or 3 of the tablets. IMPORTAXT—The Bi-nesia men tioned above is a harmless but won derfully effective remedy which you can make at home or any druggist can prepare for you by mixing 1 Vfe ounces bisoma carbonate with 1 ounce mag nesia carbonate. If, however, you wish the guarantee of satisfaction or money back, be sure to ask for on original package of Bi-nesia.—Adver tisement. GERMANS DUCK INTO HOLES AT FIRST SHOT [Continued from First Pago.] towns he walked the rest of the way. Motorcars attract the eyes of the Germans and they are likely to drop a half dozen shells in the direction that any machine is seen. I lattery Well Hidden The first American battery was al most walked upon before it was dis covered. It was so well hidden under the trees and with foliage about it on low hunt; wire netting. Under the net, water dripped steadily. Some of the gunnera were digging another pit in the mud alongside their hid den gun. Through the foliage in every di rection the ground was undulating. At that moment there was a flash ol' flame through the mist. It was the crack of a .75 gun, and following it closely came the noise of the shell rushing through the air, becoming fainter and fainter as the projectile went on its way to the German posi tion over the crest of a hill further away. The mud-digging artillerists continued their work, without even looking up. A lieutenant from Georgia, emerg ed. He was the officer who directed the first shot. He led the way down the slippery, muddy hill to a dugout covered over with sandbags and logs. There was met a lieutenant from In diana, of the same battery who di rected the first eighteen shots of the war against Germany from an ob servation point. First Gun Fired On the other side of the hill was found the first gun tired. The muddy gunners were hard at work cleaning their gun. "This was the first gun fired in the I v.-ar," said the jaunty lieutenant. I "The sergeant inside the pit there ! lired it." Looking into the pit the lieutenant I said: "Sergeant, where are you | from ?" A husky voice replied: "I'm from ! South Bend, Ind." "Are you Irish?" asked the lieu tenant. "No. sir," the sergeant laughingly replied. At this time orders came for this ] gun and others of the battery placed | in'nearby hills in sight and sound of : each other to commence firing. The gun on the farthest hill went off with a roar and a faint stream of smoke was blown backward from the pit. Inside the pit in which the corre spondent stood a voice shouted out the range figures. A voice inside the pit a moment later yelled that the gunner was ready to tire. The lieu tenant gave the command to the gunners, "watch your bubble." Place Fiugters in Kars The lieutenant, who was standing on a pile of mud which had been re moved from the pit, cautioned those about him to place their fingers in their ears. This was done and the lieutenant shouted the word "fire." The gun barked quickly, the noise being followed by a metallic clank and the shellcase was ejected and the gun made ready for the next load. The lieutenant told the correspond ent the story of the first shot of the war, punctuating the narrative throughout with the orders "ready to lire" and "fire," which each time was lollowed by the report of the gun and the whizz of the shell. Haul Gun by Hand "We came up the night before," said the lieutenant, "and got into position in a driving rain. No horses had arrived. I was anxious to get off the first gun, and so were my men. 1 asked them if they were willing to haul the gun by hand to this place so that we could get the first crack at the Germans. They agreed unani mously, so we'set out across the fields until we got over there at the base of that hill you can see in the haze. "We had a hard time getting the gun, which we have not named yet, over those shell craters. But we , labored for many hours and finally reached the spot. Then I got per mission to fire. "Strictly speaking the first shot, which was in the nature of a try out of the gun, simply went into Germany. The sergeant put a high explosive shell there at 6.15 o'clock in the morning." Another officer here took up the narrative. "I was in an observation point," jhe said. "There was a fog as the j first shot went singing over. Sud | denly the fog lifted and I saw a j group of Germans. I directed my | gun at theni. The shrapnel burst : overhead- and they took a dive into j the ground like so many rabbits." "It Was Great" The lieutenant grinned broadly, shook the water off his shrapnel hel met anil using both clenched fists to punctuate his remarks, said ex pressively: "If was great." He paused for a moment, pointed to the i field filled .with fresh craters, and continued: "We had a hot time here last night. Fritz tried to get tile gun on the hill there and put all those shells behind it. Now let the Germans have shot for shot. Th-tt's j the game out here —give them as much as they send." The gun itself gave visible and audible proof the next second that the Germans did not get it or any of the gunners serving it. From the artillery lines to the in fantry trenches was a considerable TERRIBLY SICK WOMAN Surgical Operation Thought Necessary, but Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Saved Her. Madison. Wis., —"I was a terribly sick woman for over three years. I suffered ter j/ my husban d ' ■ bought me the Vegetable Compound and it has made me a well woman and we hav.e a lovely baby girl. We cannot praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound enough, and I hope this let ter will lead other suffering women to try it."—Mrs. Benjamin F. Blake, It. F. D. No. 5, Box 22, Madison, Wis. There must be more than a hun dred thousand women in this coun try who,, like Mrs. Blake, have proven what wonders Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound can do for weak and ailing women. Try it and see for yourself. All women are Invited to write for free and helpful advice to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass.—Adv HARRTSBURG Mi distance over more muddy hills. The correspondent found the infantry in side the trenches. There also were many wires which ran into switch boards, and American and French operators were sitting side by side directing operations. A Guide Necessary A guide is necessary to reach the first line, especially when some of the trenches resemble irrigation ditches. The trenches the Ameri cans are occupying are in a screened position. On the way shovels and tools were piled high below a hill on which there was a great bell for giving the alarm in case of a gas attack. There under cover were the company cooks busy warming up food that had been brought up in wagons. The ground was covered with a lattice work of small twigs, so it was fairly dry. Following the guide, the way winds in and out from left to right for many yards between Interwoven branches that have been placed on the sides of the trenches. Every now and then a section opens up to a machine gun emplacement. The American privates in the front splashed through without hesi tating, sometimes getting a footing on stepping stones in the muddy water and sometimes not. The trench turns sharply to the right and a voice warns: "Keep your head down," and the rest qf the way the walking is difficult. Halting near a machine gun the German positions directly opposite on a hill could be seen across the barbed wire of "No Man's Land." Lights ap peared in a little town to the left. Sliell For Shell There 's a sort of gentleman's agreement In this sector that towns over the line are not. to be shelled. If one side violates the agreement the other side promptly fires shell for shell into a hostile town. The correspondent visiting the American batteries found the mud caked gunners in cleverly concealed pits on the sides of hills surrounded everywhere by freshly dug mine craters, showing where the German retaliatory fire had dropped projec tiles. It was against this fire that the guhs, including the one which fired the first shot, kept plugging away a good part of the afternoon. The correspondent asked a pass ing patrol how he liked it. He re plied in a soft southern accent: "Fine. <>ut it is wet as hell, isn't it? Virginia would certainly look good." Another hearing the conversation, chimed in: "My little old flat in the Bronx would be plenty good enough on an evening like this." Another patrol'was leaning against the muddy side of the trench, his hand over the muzzle of his rifle, whistling softly a tune from a Broadway musical comedy. General Sibert, who has just com pleted a tour of the trenches, was asked how the morale of the Americans in the trenches was. He replied: "Morale? How could the morale of Americans be anything but good?" All the officers never failed to remark on the enthusiasm of the troops and their anxiousness to get at the enemy, but they are techni cally under instruction, so they are restrained. All the men are eager to get on patrol duty which affords a welcome change. The American engineers attached to the sector have been very busy. In the wet weather their duty is to I repair trenches which have fallen in and to tackle similar jobs. Aside from one husky sergeant remarking that lie would like to have some thing more to eat, the only com plaint heard was one uttered by a youthful engineer. 1-Ie was all alone in a great mud waste and was try ing to locate his billet. He had dif ficulty in keeping his feet on ac count of the slippery mud and after taking a tumble turned and said: "Sherman certainly knew what he was talking about. I'll bet it was muddy like this when he made his famous remark." WILL SEIZE VEGETABLES The Hague, Netherlands.—Accord cording to Vry Belgie, the German administration in Belgium has decid ed to appropriate for German use half the entire crop of potatoes, fruit ' and vegetables. The other half is partly used for extra rations to workmen who are engaged in work 1 for Germany. V. M. C. A. IX TOKIO. Tokio. —The new building for the national headquarters of the Young 1 Men's Christian Associations I throughout Japan was dedicated September 24. Its beauty attracts attention in the midst of the great student center of Toklo. Nephew of British Admiral Addresses Loan Meeting jj I - ' I .. "% .... 1 jk ■ 1 v. : | i < . ■ . ... •••: LI E.UT. "VTKCEi t T .XKiJ/irv-nr Lieut. Vincent Jellicoe, nephew of the famous British admiral and a member of the Uoyal Flying Corps, is now in New York, where he ad dressed a Liberty Loan meeting held at Central Park Plaza under the auspices of the Women's Motor Corps of the National League for Women's Service. One of the members of the corps .H seated on the platform In I the uniform worn by the women mo tor drivers. USE MORE MILK IS THE SUGGESTION State Commission Makes an Interesting Report on the Pittsburgh Situation The consumption of more milk and efforts to bring the public to a greater realization of its food value are among the recommendations made by the State Milk Commission in its report on the situation in the Pittsburgh district. The commission v. as named last winter to work in conjunction with, commissions from other states in an inquiry Into the problems attending milk production and distribution in the Philadelphia district and recently it made an in vestigation in the Lancaster district. The recommendations of the commis sion are state-wide in character. The commission is headed by Charles E. Corothers, deputy secretary of agri culture. The commission calls attention to the fact that it is not a price-regu lating body. It urges the immediate return by consumers to normal con sumption and wherever possible an increase in consumption of milk; an increase in the price of milk paid to producers by consumers for No vember and December; women's clubs and similar bodies to study the food value of milk; better care of bottles and prompt return by consumers; and that producers raise at least one heifer out of five, and slaughter or sell not over eighteen per cent, ui cows and then only the poorest milk ers. "The public has thought of milk prices as a very simple thing. As a matter of fact, there is no more com plex problem before the country at this time," says the report. "The farmer must be paid something more during the two or three months of winter costs to continue adequate production. The dealer feels that he cr.nnot pay more under present con sumption. The whole question of milk prices in Pittsburgh is now up to the consumer. We have asked both farmers and dealers to make the sacrifices necessary to keep milk in Pittsburgh for the present at least at the present prices." Eclipse of the Sun to Be Observed Chicago, 111. —The department of astronomy and astronomies at the University of Chicago is preparing to observe a total eclipse of the sun, one of the six to occur in the United States during this century, which will be visible on June 8, 1918, over a narrow strip having a maximum width of about sixty miles and ex tending from the State of Washing ton through parts of Oregon, Wyom ing and Idaho, across Colorado and Kansas and finally reaching Florida about sunset. The duration of to tality will be two minutes and two seconds at the coast of Washington, and less than half of that time in Florida. Edwin Brant Frost, director of the Yerkes Observatory, and his collea gue, Prof. Edward Emerson Barn ard, astronomer at the observatory, recently spent a week in Denver, where the University of Denver has placed its facilities at the disposal of the party from Chicago. From a study of the observations and from estimates of cloudiness in June made for several years by vol unteers along the path of the shadow, it appeared that certain regions in the mountains of Colorado were likely to be cloudy in the afternoon. This applies also to Denver. Ac cordingly a side trip was made by Di rector Frost to Green River, Wyo., a point on the Union Pacific railway between Cheyenne and Ogden. This station is situated in the Hed Desert, at an elevation of 6,000 feet. A suit able station near the town was read ily selected and the transparency of the air was extraordinary cn the day spent there. This station seems one of the most promising of any along the line of totality. However, to guard against condi tions which may spoil the prepara tions of many months, another site was selected about 60 miles southeast of Denver on the Kock Island railway near Matheson, Col., at an elevation of about 6,000 feet. This site also is favorable. It is not the present plan to have members of the party from the Yer kes Observatory at this latter point, although instruments may be sent here for use by others. The station at Green River will be the principal one for the University of Chicago observers. The whole undertaking, however, depends on the ability of the university to supply adequate funds. The only previous expedition from the Yerkes Observatory for observ ing a solar eclipse was in 1900, to Wadesboro. N. C., where the total eclipse on May 2 8 was observed with satisfactory results. GAS, HEARTBURN, INDIGESTION OR A SICK STOMACH "Pape's Diapepsin" relieves stomacl distress in five minutes. Time it! Pape's Diapepsin will sweeten a sour, gassy or out-of-order stomach within live minutes. If your meals don't tit comfortably, or what you eat lies like a lump of lead in your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is usually a sign of acidity of the stomach. Get from your pharmacist a lift.v eent case of Pape's Diapepsin and take a dose just us soon as you can. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heart burn, fullness or heavy feeling in the stomach, nausea, debilitating head aches or dizziness. This will all go, and, besides, there will be no sour food left over in the stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin helps to neutra lize the excessive acid In the stomach which is causing the food fermen tation and preventing proper diges tion. Relief in five minutes is waiting for you at any drug store. These large fifty-cent cases con tain enough 'Pape's Diapepsin" to usually keep the entire family free from stomach acidity and its symp toms of indigestion, dyspepsia, -jour neßS, gases, heartburn, and headache, for many months. It belongs In your home. —Adv. JSbmrumZ BKLL IBI—J3M (JKITKI) WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Si, 1017. FOUNDED IKTI 'OUiItIHIIIMVH Furniture For The Living Room Makers of living room furniture have awakened to the finer opportunites for picturesque effect of color-finish and designs, and have evolved many splendid new pieces, douhly desirable for beauty and comfort. Here yon will find the best that is manufactured—and featured below are some of the attractive late arrivals. Solid in a h ogam cane rocker, finished 0 ... . , antiaue brown cane Solid mahogany A indsor Mayflower pattern solid ma rocker saddlewood seat, finish- hogany rocker —saddlewood seat, seat ana uacK. urice, C( j antique. Price Price $12.95 $9.75 $10.50 Library Tables Fumed oak library table $10.75 Colonial mahogany library table, $19.7.7 Golden quartered oak library table, #14.75 Queen Anne mahogany library table, Large fumed oak library table .... $16.75 $22.50 BOWMAN'S—Fifth Floor. Many Women Are Making This is' patriotic, for the Government, if obliged to, will take the products from the comfort factories for the soldiers. In view of the big demand for comfort covering and filling, this store has made prep arations to supply the various fabrics and cotton in the widest possible variety —of which the following hints of the showing— Cretonne, in 36-inch width I Silkoline in plain and fig- j 3-lb. rolls—opens up to li e ht and dark patterns— ! "red patterns, 36 inches | the size of a comfort—size fast colors. Yard, wide ' Yard ' and 72x90 inches—roll, SI.OO. on/4' r,„,i -iiu French satine in fancv . , 18?, ~0? Cretonnes, in . 27-inch j Yard 30? and 35? j $1..) width —fast colors in green, j Cotton—wrapped in 1, 3 -4—lb. roll, white sanitary blue, red and tan floral de- i and 4-lb. rolls—sanitary— cotton, size 72x90 inches, at signs Yard 30 in se\ua colored stripes. Sale of cotton Cluny lace. Sale styles— -made of a supc- prkc 37? price 59? rior grade ol muslin lace Flannelette gowns—pink Special values in front and and embroidery trimmed . white and blue and back lace co ™ets—all good mod t ,C Ifi to 44 Sale nrice 3 ■ • £ , pls and materials. but odds and Sizes oO l J *T-r. Ddie price, white stripes—sizes 16 and ends and short lots—to close out. 30 * 17 . Sale price 59? HALF PRICK Envelope chemise of fine Gowns pink novelty . ? s . t " lt 1 corset wit h lingerie cloth —lace trim- stripe and white lingerie caslc J. e . rt at 4 ?P *' nd bot " med-several styles to se- cloth - lace trimmed - tom-this is a short corset, lect from—sizes 38 to 44. sizes 16 and 17. Sale price, specia y es^ £ r c ° ni " s Sale price 19? - $1.09 fort " S,zes 20 to Sale BOWMAN'S—Second Floor. price OCTOBER 31. 1917. 3