WAR MAY HURT STATE'S SCHOOLS Serious Condition Growing Out of Demands For Men, Women and Supplies Effects the war V\ \ //f may have upon V>.\\ the schools of y\\.\\ Pennsylvania if it ;> continues another year will bo ser iously considered here indicate very plainly that many small districts are going to face diffi culties because of lack of resources. In quite a number of counties teach ers have left that service because of military service or the more attrac tive conditions to be found in indus trial occupations, while the demand for women in offices and in many walks of life opened up to them by the war is making inroads upon the female teaching staff. In addition to the shortage of teachers which will be more or less of a big problem before long many districts are complaining of the cost of supplies, all idnds of which ap pear to have gofre up In price, while furniture is hard to get and a score or more districts have reported abandonment of needed extensions of buildings or new schools because of I the big advance in prices of building | materials. In districts where schools have had to be consolidated the cost of transportation is another item that Is looming up menacingly. State Road Work—Provision is be ing made in all contracts by the State Highway Department for road construction whereby the contractor would be relieved in the event that time would be lost and completion of the improvement delayed through in ability to obtain deliveries of ma terials because of the priority order in the use of open topped cars on the railroads. In a dozen counties the state has been compelled*to suspend I construction work of its own and maintenance operations generally have been seriously interfered with, where the department was dependent on transportation of materials by oars. Where the stone needed can be obtained from quarries located along the highways and prices are reasonable, work will go on as long as weather permits. Repair work on the main highways much In use for motor truck traffic and which are expected to be much used this winter is being rushed and trucks have been pressed into state service where pos sible 10 haul stone and other ma terials. Wild Turkey Season—Pennsylva nia's wild turkey season will open Thursday, November 15, . and run until the last day of the month. The law allows one turkey in the season j and from all accounts reaching the! office of the State Game Commission, > there are plenty of the birds in the state, especially in the vicinity of state game preserves. Considerable success is reported to have attended the propagation of the turkeys. Farmhands Asked—Secretary of Agriculture; Patton's call to the farmers of the state to save double the ordinary amount of seed corn this winter so as to provide corn for farmerswhose crops were ruin ed by frost, has brought a number of responses, but more requests for the aid of the state In providing hands to help get in corn not yet husked. iMfhe Department of Agriculture has ncen asked to secure men for potato gathering and now the demand is for husking help. To-day the first of the series of hearings are being held by the com mission's representtive at Sharon in the proposed uniform system of ac counts for water companies. Hear ings are to be held in Philadelphia. Harrisburg and Scranton later in the week. Name Pre-empted—The name of the Town Meeting party was to-day pre-empted for the Eighth, Thir teenth and Sixteenth legislative dis • trlcts of Philadelphia. Big Water Case—Argument to be heard to-morrow afternoon instead of to-morrow morning, as originally pniiiiiru, by tilt? Public Service Com mission In the Springfield consolidat ed rate cases will be the elim ination of proceedings before the commission for over a year. The csise improbably the largest water company Attention! Harrisburg Reserves Your Uniforms Are Ready For You at THE GLOBE Kindly Call at Your Convenience Are You A Good Neighbor? A RE you keeping your house in ■**- good repair, your sidewalks in good condition, your yard neat and pretty? Now is the time to make repairs. It will " cost much more later on. A new porch, A new roof, a new chimney, etc., will be a good investment, increase the beauty and value of your home and make it more saleable if you want to sell, A "rundown" property bespeaks a careless owner. Lumber for every purpose whenever you want it. United Ice & Coal Co. Forstcr and Oawdcn sis. ' MONDAY EVENING, proposition over beforo the commis sion, being different from the Ohio Valley anil Westmoreland water I'nse. It Involves the valuation of properties of the company supply ing a considerable Beetlon of subur ban Philadelphia and will establish procedonts In a number of other water cases. Commissioners In—Six commis sioners to-day (lied their duplicate returns of Tuesday's elections at the camps. One of the number was the commissioner to Fort Sill, Okla. Bank Answers -—■ The Dauphin county court to-day received an swer of the Sons of Italy State Bank, of Philadelphia, to the proceedings instituted by the State Banking Com | missioner. A date for a hearing will be set. Inquiry Begun—lnvestigation Into conditions surrounding the conduct of the office of the Register of .Wills, I of Northampton county, a launch ed to-day at Easton by direction of I the Auditor General. It will require I a couple of weeks. Off For Georgia—Auditor General Snyder, Deputy Attorney General Hargest and N. E. Hause aro on the way to Georgia to attend the na tional tax conference. No Trouble Experienced No trouble has been experienced at Middletown as the result of tho State Health Department or<ier to boil water. The company Installed a temporary purification plant. Columbia Gets Sheriff. An nouncement was made #t Governor Brumbaugh's office of the appoint ment of J. W. Hidley as sheriff of Columbia county. He fills a vacancy caused by death and was the candi date elected sheriff last week. Appointed to Survey. Dr. Fred erick Ehrenfeld, University of Penn sylvania, Philadelphia, and Prof. Roswell H. Johnson, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, wero to-day appointed members of the State Topographical and Geological Sur vey. Must Include Soldiers. State ments of the official counts of tho votes cast for judges and associate judges in several of the smaller counties of the state which were re-1 ceived at the State Department to day without tho soldier vote being j included Were ordered returned to tho various counties to-day. They j cannot be en.tered until the soldier, vote is added and the final day for returning that vote Is November 23. O'Ncil to Take Tour. Highway Commissioner O'Neil, who is ex pected here to-morrow, will leave Wednesday on a tour of highways which wilt include twenty-two coun ties. It will be by far tho largest tour undertaken by the Commissioner sin.ee he assumed office. Former's Institute. The first farmers' Institute of the State series will start to-morrow in Wayne county and several officials of'the Department of Agriculture 'will at tend. Governor Due To-Morrow. Gov ernor Brumbaugh and the party which accompanied him on the tour of the various camps is expected hack in tho State Capitol to-morroW. Tho party will disband here an.d the Governor will remain in Harrisburg tho remainder of the week. Material Scarcity Is Relieved by Shipment Several shipments of materials to be used in work on the Intercepting sewer have arrived relieving the ma terial scarcity situation. According to the contractors, work on tunnel ling out in under the Reading Itall rcad freight tracks will be started In about three weeks. The material that has arrived enables the con tractors to complete the? north sec tion of the sewer along the canal. STEEL WORKER DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Funeral services for Joseph W. Bleyer, aged 57, who died at his home* 435 Catherine street, at 2 o'clock "yesterday morning, will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor of the Centenary United Brethren Church, will officiate. Burial will be made in the Highspire Cemetery. He was employed at the frog, switch and signnl department of the local steel plant. He is survived by his wife and tim ioiiowiiig children: iurs. iMiner Clepper, of Reading; Robert H., Aaron, Howard, Melvin, Charles Bleyer, of the borough, and Chester M. Bleyer, of the 62d United States Infantry, stationed at San Francisco. NEWS OF FUND COMMITTEE TO MEET TONIGHT Committeemen to Get Instruc tions at Session in Frey's Hall How Steelton's drive for the Y. M. C. A. War Fund will be made will be explained to members of the com mittee of 100 units in Frey's Hall to-night at 7.45 o'clock. Quin,cy Bent, chairman of the committee will preside and local men well booked in the plans will speak. The drive will open to-morrow morning. Each committeeman will be instructed to solicit funds from ten friends, which is similar to the Second Libery Loan campaign. Com miteemen. will pe given pledge cards and after they are filled out are to be turned over to officers of tho committee. Services in tho churches yester day were along patriotic, lines in an effort to seek the support of the resi dents in the Y. M. C. A. campaign. Ministers of tho churches selected subjects bringing out the need of Y. M. C. A. funds and the support that is needed in order that Steelton can raise $5,000, its share. .Tust recovering from the Second Liberty Loan, committeemen believe thnt some difficulty will be ex perienced In getting contributions. Efforts are being made to encourage residents in subscribing as Steelton has not dropped below the high rec ords in any of tho war funds and two Liberty Loans, and wants to main tain this record in. the Y. M. C. A. fund, a committeeman said to-day. The Rev. W. C. Heilman New Rector at Trinity The Rev. W. C. Heilman, of St. Clair, assumed his dul'es as rector of tho Trinity Episcopal Church yes terday succeeding the Rev. David Yule, whose resignation took effect November 1. The Rev. M. Yule re signed to go into business after be ing rector at the Trinity Church for about a year. The new rector and his family will take up their residence in the borough in about two weeks. PLAN TO STIMULATE ARMY RECRUITING IIERI In an effort to stimulate recruiting through the Steeiton substation of the Harrisburg Army Recruiting station, officers in charge of the local substation announced this morning that they would conduct a personal soliciting campaign. This station has charge of Steeiton and Middletown. Since the station opened several days ago three have enlisted. OPENS STUDIO DeWitt AVaters, of Lemoy'ne, .to day opened a studio in Room 6, Elec tric Light Building, North Front street. Standing of the Crews HARRISHtIRG SIDE I'lillntlHpliia UlviHloii—The 117 crew lirst to go after 4 o'clock; 113, 101, 112.* Engineer for 101. lirakemen for 11" (2), 113, 112 (2). Engineers up: Maxwell, Martin, Schwartz, May, Albright, Gehr. Yea ter, Dolby, Stefty, Tennant, Sellers, Broke, Simmons. Firemen up: Brigg-s, Killheffer, IliKhley, Hoffman, Deatrick. Conductor up: •Gallagher. Flagman up: Wenriok. Brnkemen up: Netzley, Hamilton, Flssell, Monroe, Collier, Bennedict, Kugle. Middle Division —The 227 crew first to go after 3.05 o'clock: 20, 248. 228. Preference crews: 9, 7, 10, 2, 3. 11, 8, r., 6. 1, 4. Engineer for 11. Firemen for 20, 2. Conductor for 8. Flagman for 3. Rra!c?ma?i for 4 Engineers up: Peightal, Numer, E. R. Snyder, Hawk, Asper, Rensel, Blizzard, Corder, O. W. Snyder, Mor etz, Fisher, Ford. Firemen up: Primm, Campbell, Kurtz. Gault. Conductors up: Leonard, Klotz, Bennett. • Brakemen up: Murphy, Steger, Fur low, Johnston. Frank, Arnold. Reyn olds, Kepler, Hollenbach, Beers. Han cock, Vanbuskirk. Yard lloard —Engineers up: Heffle man, Buffington, Auman, Essig, My ers. Ney, Miller, Beaver. Firemen up: Mowery, Rote, Gard ner, Rupley, Yost, Troup, Speese, Mil ler. Peters, Wright, Kinger, Dissin gcr, Young Sellers. Engineers for 4th 7C, Ist 16C, 32C. Firemen for 4th 7C, sth 7C, 3rd 15C, 4th 15C, 18C, 23C. BNOLA SIDE Philadelphia Dtvlxion —The 232 crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock; 226, 202, 206, 230, 229, 222, 208. Firemen for 230, 227, 222, 208. Conductor for 08. Flagmen for 08. 2, 26. Brakemen for 02. 06, 08, 29, 32. Flagman up: Meek. Brakemen up: Lookenbaugh. Wor ley. Middle Division —The 219 crew first to go after 2.10 o'clock; 241, 214, 224, 242, 204. Yard nonrd —Engineers up: Kings terry. McNally, Feas, Seal, Hinkle, Sheaffer, Kapp. Firemen up: Holmes, Sanders, Coshman, Lightner, Sadler, Taylor, Dougherty. White, Albright, Ken nedy, Walters, Metz, Brubaker, Cra mer. Shuey. Engineers for Ist 129, 140. Firemen for Ist 129, 2nd 129, Ist 102, 2nd 102. PASSENGER DEPA HTM EN T Middle Divlnion Engineers up: Buck, Crane. Riley, Crum, Sparver, Miller, Kciser, Robley, Keane, Mo Dougal. Firemen up: Lyter, Naylor, Bever lln, Huggins, Cornpropst, Huss, Kel ler. Ramsey, Bealor. Engineers for P-21, 45. Firemen for 1, P-21, 29, 35, 15. Philadelphia Dlvlnion Engineers up: Bless. Pleam', Kennedy, Welsh, Gibbons, Gillums. Llndley. Firemen up: Cover, Hershey, Shln dler, Everhart, White, Dodd, Ault hcuse. Engineers for M-22, 28. Xi'ircman ior 578. THE READING The 9 crew first to KO after 12.30 o'clock; 24, 16, 68, 63, 67, 55. Engineer for 9. Firemen for 55, 68. Flagmen for 63, 16, 24. Brakemen for 55, 64, 15, 16. Engineers up; Masslmore, Freed, Lackey, Dcardorf, Wlre\nan, T^ndts. Firemen up; Scheetz, Groff Jr., Looker, Erb, Durff, Anderson, Deck ert Helster, Krelsgre. Conductors up: Kord, Kelfer. Brakemen up: gpangier, Thompson, Snader. HAKRISBURG $&&&& TELEGRAPH Central Grammar Holds First Literary Meeting The first meeting of the Central Grammar school Literary Society was held on Friday afternoon. The pro gram was along patriotic lines. A debate, "Resolved, That "Women Do as Much for the Success of the War as Men Do," was the feature of the program. The debaters were: Af firmative—Charles Housman, Cynthia Lafailte, Park Wagenbaugh; negative —Robert Knight, Mildred Grov* and Paul Sacer. Robert Hummel, presi dent, presided. Others who took part were Myrtle Snell, Oscar Kohl h&s's, Mura Weaver, William Green, Grace Brown, Kdith Blaker, George Kisher, Harold Nickey, Helen Bush, Ruth Donley, Ethel Douglas, Allen Longalcer, Christie Hudson. Arrest Women Believed to Be Implicated in Thefts In an effort to break up gambling in the vicinity of Steelton, Chief of Police Grove and a squad of patrol men and constables yesterday raided a game in the Pine street woods and arrested Charles Page and William Brooks. Ten other colored men en gaged in the game fled. They will be given a hearing to-morrow. Three colored women were arrest ed Saturday night on suspicion, be lieved by police-officials to be the trio implicated in bold holdups. They were later released, the police not having sufficient evidence to hold them. According to the police, {wo white men living in Swatara street, report ed that two colored women accosted them at Swatara street and River alley and relieved them of ?75. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT GRACE C. E. CHURCH The thjrd WPA of the Union Evan gelistic services conducted by pas tors and members of the Penbrook, Steelton and Harrisburg United Evangelical churches will open in the Grace United Jiivango.lical Church, Steelton, this evening. The Rev. J. C. Hoffman, pastor of the church, will have'charge of the services. | MIDDLETOWN 1 To Hold Bergstresser Funeral Tomorrow Funeral services for Paul Berg strcsser, who died from a rifle shot wound in the head Saturday Morn ing, will be held from the home of his parents to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Q, M. Kravbill, pastor of the Church of God, will of liciate. Burial will be made in the Oberlin Cemetery. Coroner Ecking er after an investigation Saturday rendered a verdict of accidental death. It is believed the boy was shot while cleaning his rifle. Middetown Plans to Raise Share of Funds This borough has completed its plans for waging the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C.. A. war fund campaigns. Committeemen have st ?2,000 as the goal to reach by the end of the week. At a meeting of the commit tee at the home of Mrs. G. S. Young yesterday afternoon, Mrs. Young was elected president; Miss Myria Lav erty. secretary; Mrs. J. Colqhoun, treasurer. The following ladies were appointed captains from the various churches with instructions to appoint assistants: United Brethren Church, Miss Mary Nissley; Church of God, Miss Agnes Markley; Presbyterian, Mrs. B. E. Longfcnecker; Lutheran, Mrs. E. S. Gerberich; Methodist Episcppal, Mrs. H. S. Roth; Royal ton. I'nited Brethren Church, Mrs. William Beach. Businessmen met in the St. Peter's Lutheran Church. Ed ward Bailey, president of the Har risburg Trust Company, gave a talk on the work. The following were elected officers: E. S. Gerberich; vice-president, J. W. Few; secretary, B. E. Longenecker; treasurer, the Rev t n McCarrcl!, ar.ci tliuoo wiio acted as captains on the Liberty Bond Loan will be asked to fill the same positions, and appoint assist- CHILD GETS SICK CROSS, FEVERISH IF CONSTIPATED Look at tongue! Then give fruit laxative for stomach, liver, bowels. "California Syrup of Figs" can't harm children and * . they love it. Mother! Your child isn't naturally cross anil peevish. See if tongue Is • coated; this is a sure sign the little ■ stomach, liver and bowels need a cleansing at once. When listless, pale, feverish, full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, ! doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, , has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, re member, a gentle liver and bowel • cleansing should always be the first . treatment given. Nothing equals "California Syrup of Figs" for children's ills; give a teaspoonful, and in a few hours all the foul waste, sour nilo und fer menting food which is clogged in the i bowels passes out of the system, and you have a well and playful child again. All children lovo this harm less. delicious "fruit laxative," and It never falls to efTect a good "in side" cleansing. Directions for ba bies. children of all ages and grown -1 ups are plainly on the bottle. Keep It hondy In your home. A little given to-day saves a sick child to-morrow, but got the genulrtc. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "Cali fornia Syrup of Kigs," then see thtit it Is made by the "California Fig \Bvrun Camniuiv." ants. The outline of the work will be laid out in districts similar to that] of the liberty Bond campaign. Ai of both the organizations will be held in the High school build ing this evening. Mrs. Ira Springer, vice-president of the Y. W. C. A., spoke in all of the Sunday schools yesterday on the work council of na tiunal defense and urging all ladies "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" "The Overcoat Fair" Like a powerful magnet this "Live Store" has drawn the finest examples of "Overcoats" from the country's best markets. Our magnificent array of "Overcoats" attract and demonstrate to thousands of men and young men that DOUTRICHS v stand head and shoulders above any other store in central Pennsylvania for numerous styles, variety of colorings and fabrics in "Overcoats." We can show you a dozen We wish to call your par different interpretations of the ticular atte ntion to our greater military and trench coat ideas The . same thing holds good on any other type values only possible through buying of coat ulsters, ulsterettes, loose coats, * n l ar ge quantities and selling in large raglan effects, snug-fitting, chesterfields volume Your dollar brings the maxi snd dress coats. mum HERE. . . This will be a record breaking week at Doutrichs, everybody is going to the "Overcoat Fair" The favorable weather conditions have been bringing great crowds daily to see this wonderful assemblage of "Overcoats," hundreds of men have already bought "Overcoats" from this "Live Store," and those who have not, WILL get them by-and-by for HERE we can satisfy every wish at every price. Try The Dependable Doutrich Service ''Manhattan Shirts' 9 "Stetson Hats" tVelour Ilats What a host of "Velour Hats" have been sold at this "Live Store" this season but when you "look them over" is a very hard matter to pass them without making a purchase-It's the most becoming Hat that has ever been put on the market Green, Brown, Gray and Black 85.00 to $7.50 '</, Spear & Co. Cravenetted Caps, SI.OO and $1.50 Boys' Caps . . . . . . . . 50c to $1.50 304 MARKET STREET HARRISBURG, PA. to fill out cards. I Mr 3. Claude Fox, of Philadelphia, is visiting in town, i The Bible study class of the M. E. Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Jennie Slack, Wood street, on Tuesday evening. George W. Lynch and daughter, Alice Lynch, of Columbia, spent Sun i day in town. NOVEMBER 12, 1917. Mr. and Mrs. William Baird, of Altoona, spent Sunday in town. Charles Mansberger, Frank , ard, Lewis Cohen and Searls Slack, members of the Three Hundreds and Sixteenth Infantry, and stationed at Camp Meade, Md., spent the past two days in town. Mr. and Mrs. George Irely and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter lrely motored to Shippensburg yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. David Snyder, daugh- ter, Mrs. Jennie Palmer, and daugh ter Clara, and -Walter Baumbach have returned home from Philadel phia. The .Missionary Society of the St. Peter's" Lutheran Church "will meet; in the parish house on Tuesday even ing. 9
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