CAPITOL POLICE MUST BE OVER 50 New Regulations For the Gov ernment of the State House Force Are Arranged more men V\ \ %//_/ over fifty years of V \\ J\y aKe will bo named NVyAACTy on the State Capi tol police force and applicants for places on the i tWateitStELY guards of the •11 THINNHT House and its sur i rounding park a&a— will be required to pass physical e x .a m 1 n a t ions hereafter. Rules to this effect have been put into effect by Superintendent George A. Shreiner, of the Department of Public Grounds and Buildings, and will result in a short time in the changing of the force. A number of the men now members of the capitol police are veterans of the Civil War and have also served the commonwealth long enough to go upon the pension list for those who have been twenty years on duty in departments of the state govern ment. When they retire men in the prime of life will succeed them. The capitol force Is composed of a sorgeant of police, twenty police men and Ave night watchmen. Since the outbreak of the war details of state policemen have also been on duty at the public buildings. New Rules Soon—New rules of practice are being worked out by members of the State Public Serv ice Commission and will likely be ready to promulgate within a few weeks. The rules have been worked out after several years' experience under the act of 1913 and will cover proceedings not only before the commission itself,"but for the various bureaus handling the numerous de tails of its operations.* To Select Site—Members of the state commission to select the site for the proposed Eastern State Hos pital for the insane, appointed on Saturday by the Governor, will be called to meet within a short time and will inspect sites in the Cum berland Valley and in Lancaster, York and other eastern counties. The provision for purchase of a site was made by the last Legislature which also voted funds to begin con struction of the new Western State Insane Hospital to be located not far from Irwin. The new eastern commission is composed of Maurice Wertz, Waynesboro; J. J. Corson, Jr., Norristown; Charles T. Thomas, Whitford; Edgar P. Heffner, Lock Haven, and Dr. Charles T. Aikens, Selinsgrove. Valuation Too LOR. State High way Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil in a statement just issued criticised the system of valuing properties for tax ation purposes in counties of the state, declaring that in many of the counties the assessments were not only too low, but inequitable and that* there should be action taken by county authorities either through a board of tax revision or by commissioners to adjust matters. The result, he said, would be a big increase in taxSible valuation of many counties and en able them to take up new road im provement plans. The commission also declares his belief that the state #vould get $3,500,000 from automobile licenses during 1918 and that there would have to be big improvements to care for war traffic. CoinpniMlltloil Hearing*. Chester W. Cummings, referree in compensa tion, heard two applications for com pensation to.day against the Philadel phia and .Reading Railway Company, the applicants being men injured at Rutherford, Benjamin P. Pord, Derry street, who. lost an eye January 30, and H. Jalmer Peterson, Hummels town, who lost the use of one hand as a machinist by the crushing of sev eral fingers. Should I.earn to Piny. People in Pennsylvania are getting so that they do not know how to play declares Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, State Commission er of Health in a week-end talk. Dr. Dixon says that there should be a time fixed by every man and woman in which there should be relaxing and amusement every day. Knilten Named—Governor Brum baugh to-day appointed Luther M. Kniffen, Wilkes-Barre, a member of the state board of undertakers to succeed the late Albert E. Miller, Kingston. ltoard to Meet—The State Defense Commission has been called for a special meeting at the Governor's of fice to-morrow for discussion of war problems in relation to agriculture and food conservation. Bank Cnse Continued—The Dauphin county court to-day continued in-1 definitely the proceedings against thej Sons of Italy state bank of Philadel-I phia, in which the state authorities! had asked a rule to show cause why | a receiver should not.be named. More Small|H>x —Eleven new cases i of smallpox, some of which are de clared to have been traceable to con tact with patients with a man who served as a member of an election I board in Clearfield county while suf-! fering from the disease, were report ed to the State Department of Health to-day from the hamlet of Blue Ball. There are now twenty-one cases in that place. Three cases now prevail in Harrisburg and vicinity,, the pa tients being men who had been In a lumber camp. A case was also re ported at Clearfield borough. To Close Statlori—The Pennsylva nia Railroad Company has notified) The Reins of Business Twenty-six thousand cities, towns and hamlets are liter ally within the grasp of every user of Western Union Service. Fifty thousand employees and more than one and one half million miles of wire enable you to guide your sales men anywhere on the road—to facilitate deliveries—to know instantly the progress of every sale. The greater the emergency, the more you can depend on WESTERN UNION Telegram*—Day Let tart —Night Latter* _ Cablegram*—Monty Transferred By Wire THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO. MONDAY EVENING, NEWS OF CHARITY CONCERT ON DECEMBER 7 Plans Completed Foor Benefit Affair by Steelton Band The concert by the Steelton Band for the benefit of the Associated j Charities of Steelton will be given i in the High school auditorium Fri day evening, December 7, according to -an announcement by Manager W. B. Hoddlnott of the band this morn ing. % The immediate need of assistance has been emphasized by a report of an officer this morning that a bal ance of less than $25 is In the bank credited to the Charities. This amount will not see the visiting nurse through many days, the offi cer said. Care of several families where medical attention is needed is a big burden on the financial resources of the Charities, the officer continued. The organization has several fami-| lies on Its list to care for, who are not able to 'contribute anything to their own support. The breadwin ner of the family having died and the children too small to aljow the mothc to go out to work, makes it necessary for the Charities to care for these families, which of course drains heavily on the bank balance* An impression that every person is working and there is little need of any assistance has gained wide cir culation. The families who are with-* out a father or husband, the officer continued, are the ones that need the assistance. Children's clothing is needed very badly. Contributions left at the drug store of Dr. J. A. McCurdy, Front street, will be greatly appre ciated. Efforts are being made to raise S3OO for this fund. The concert will be the first step toward making up a large percentage of this amount. New Orders Expected to Stimulate Recruiting Orders from headquarters that drafted men will not be able to en. list in the regular service after De cember 15 is expected to stimulate recruiting at the Steelton substation of the Army recruiting station, ac cording to the officer in charge to day. Many men from the borough under the draft, the officer said, told him that they would volunteer be. fore being drafted, but wanted to wait until closer the time they will be compelled to go. TO DECIDE DEFINITELY ON FORMING GUARD UNIT Action on the organizaUon of a home guard and the election of of ficers will take place at a meeting of 4 .he Municipal League this even ing. Committeemen will also make their annual reports. It will be de cided this evening whether or not an organization will be effected. ELIZABETH MATHS DIES Miss Elizabeth Mattis, daughter of Joseph Mattis, 858 Mohn street, died this morning after a short Illness. No funeral arrangements have been made. SMALL FIRE Slight damage was caused at the home of the Rev. O. P. Goodwin, 215 Adams street, by a fire last even ing. The minister returning from church found a blaze on the third floor of his home. The fire was ex tinguished with little difficulty. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Evangelistic services were opened in the Grace United Evangelical Church last evening. No services will /be held this evening. To-mor row evening the Rev. Blimline, of Penbrook, will preach and Wednes day evening the Rev. A. E. Hangen, of ✓the Park Street United Evangeli cal Church, will be the speaker. MRS. IIEAGY SPEAKS Mrs. J. M. Heagy, president of the borough Civic Club, made an address on "Foreign Missions" in the First United Brethren Church at Allen town yesterday. PATROLMAN ON VACATION Patrolman James Pearson of the borough force, is spending his vaca tion at Port Allegany, New York. ORDER TO AMEND VOTE Borough Solicitor Frank B. Wick ersham to-day filed petitions from each of the ten local election boards asking permission to amend the re turn made of the vote for tlje trans fer of a loan of $12,000 to pay for motor fire apparatus and flrehou.se improvements. The court signed the order and the official tally clerk tab ulated the vote. the Public Service Commission of in tention to close the ForUeth street station, Philadelphia, which was es tatyished by order of the commission in 1909. The station will be closed January 15,- 1918. Local Pythians Asked to Contribute to War Fund Members of Steelton Lodge No. 411 and Carthage Lodge No. 194, Knights of Pythias, have been asked to contribute to the $500,000 relief fund to be used In taking care of families of members who have been called into the service. Final ar rangements for the Carthage cam paign will he made at a meeting of the lodge this evening while Steel ton lodge will complete arrange ments at a meeting on Thursday evening. Carthage Lodge adopted the plan that a letter be sent to each mem ber asking him to contrblute a dol lar either personally at the lodge rooms or sent by mall before De cember 17. Letters were issued by JS. R., Jenkins, keeper of records and seals. No Holdups Since Woman Was Placed Under Arrest 1 According to Chief of Police Grove | this morning there have been no holdups reported to the department since a negress was arrested last week on charge of panhandling by Officer Behman. At a hiring be fore Justice of the Peaceratees Fri day evening, Ethel Richardson was discharged after paying a fine and the costs on a charge of panhan dling. The chief said this morning that ten plain clothes men who have been deputized In order to break up I the practice are still on the job. RECEIVED INSTRUMENTS The final shipment of instruments of the Steelton band have been re ceived. The total number of new instruments for the organization Is forty-two. They have been dis tributed among the members. CONTRIBUTIONS COME IN 1 Several small contributions to the i Y. M. C. A. war fund are being re ceived at the People's Bank. The fund has not yet been closed. Sev eral committeemen are yet to be heard from. Few Lower Schools Teach Any Foreign Language Only ninteen cities out of 163 of 25,000 population or over reporting to the Bureau of Education teach foreign languages below the seventh grade of the elementary school, ac cording to a statement just made public. In twelve of these cities Ger man is the foreign language taught; in three cities German. French and Spanish are all taught in the ele mentary grades; in one German, Ital ian and Polish; while in the three remaining cities the languages taught to elementary school children are French and Spanish, alone or In com bination. In a few cities the foreign language is taught in all grades, frcrm. the first to the eighth; in oth ers the instruction does not begin until the fifth or sixth grade. The number of elementary school chil dren taking German ranges from 40 In one city to 22,000 in another. Few of the superintendents who replied to the bureau's inquiry favor the teaching of German or any Other foreign language In the lower ele mentary school, though many of them believe thoroughly In foreign language study for students in higher schools. A California superintendent says; "I was in doubt before the war. lam becoming convinced now that our public schools should teach 'one nation, one language, one flag.' The of a foreign language below the seventh grade is a senti mental hold of the old country on Americans of the second generation." An Illinois superintendent says: "The public schools should not assist in perpetuating a foreign language in the home and foreign viewpoints in community." An lowa superinten dent Is careful to explain that Ger man is taught In the elementary grades in his school because "Ger man-American grandparents and many parents demand it." A typical condition is that ih Bal timore, Maryland, where the intro duction of German as a subject of instruction in elementary schools in 1874 was partly due to the fact that there were h large number of Ger man private schools in which the atmosphere was entirely German. By the introduction of German into the public schools the private schools were eliminated and the children gradually came under the Influence of American ideas. In this city the superintendent reports that "The number of pupils taking German has been reduced so that now German is taught only in a few instancesin the seventh and eighth grades." In St. Louis instruction in German in the elementary schools was discontinued in the eighties. In Cincinnati agi tation against the continuation of German in the schools has resulted in the reduction of the number of children studying German in the grades from 13,800 in 1916-17 to 7,000 in 1917-18. German has been taught in all grades of the elemen tary schools of Cincinnati for seven ty-six years. She Believes in Farming t iiv /Ji L— 11 .. •. M I*: inmwmiimu i tti mpsm&mme&imxis&mi Miss Eleanor Hill Weed of Wash ington, grandaughter of the late Representative Ebenezer Hill of Connecticut, believes in intensive farming. This summer, with eleven other girls, she helped cultivate the large Vassur College farm of 800 afcres. She did everything from handling the plow to harvesting the crops. HARRISBURG TELEGRXPH! 1 middletowF Funeral services for Jacob Beckey, of Royalton, will be he\4 from his home to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. I. H. Albright, pastor of the U. B. Church, will of ficiate. Burial will be made in the Alkldletown cemetery. The Liberty Fire Company is pre paring to send Christ mas boxes to the members of the company who are in the service of the nation. Mr. and Mrs. Peck Garver and children spent Sunday at Penbrook. The Union Thanksgiving services of the various churches of town, will be held in the U. B. Church Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, the Rev. O. M. Kraybill will deliver the sermon. Mrs. Frank Condran is ill at her home in Emaus street. Miss Anna Lutz is spending a week at Reading. Miss Virginia Shope, of Halifax, I "The Live Store" u Always Reliable" ■ Don't Talk It Over I Putting it over is what 5 Y counts these days, merely talk- 1 ing about it does not bring the ans 1/ * wer—you must be up and doing—when we j| "Overcoat Fair" There was . a great deal. of talk I I Pi® among Harrisburg merchants about the enor / Hi I mous quantity of Overcoats we bought for this occasion, 19 f I -I 1 but while they have been "talking it over" Doutrichs have I* j I- \ been "putting it over" and selling the Overcoats—for this I W II I I has been our "best" season we're getting the business jjj /< I Y 11 1 and will get still more for HERE is where most men BUY / I II 1 their clothes. v „ k— nJ J \ There are many kinds of Overcoats, but the | I j — wa y *° substantiate our claim of superior quality and I greater value-giving, is by comparison take the trouble to go around, I examine and compare, then come HERE and let us show you the | | hidden value, good workmanship and exceptional fabrics to be had at ■ this Live Store at , LI U 'ls, 'lB, '2O, '25, '3O Try Tht Dependable Doutrich Service I . Pajamas Underwear 1 I Are you sleeping comfortably "Munsing," "Duofold," "Coop- 1 these cool nights C —Warm Flannelette „ " . 1 pajamas will help —We have them in one and two ers and Imperial Underwear in all piece styles. weights and fabrics of wool or cotton Heavy $1.50 to $2.50 fleece-lined union and two-piece suits. Army Sweaters Khaki "Pull Over" . . 1 New V Neck "Pull Over" Sweaters in All Colors, $5.00 to $9.50 "Manhattan Shirts" "Stetson Hats" was the guest of Miss Christine Neldlg Sunday. Mrs. A. K. Wallace Is spending the week at Philadelphia. Mrs. Jacob Delbler, of Philadel phia is visiting her mothei 1 , Mrs. Katherine Nauss, for some time. Miss Elizabeth Carr is spending some time at York visiting relatives. Mrs/ Walter Shellenberger, of Reading, spent Saturday and Sun day in town and left for Rockford, 1111, where she will visit her hus band who was sent there by the gov ernment to be transferred to Prance, wherA he will do work for f.he car company. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Matheson, of Reading, spent Sunday in town. 1 Mrs. Harry Kilian, of Chester, is visiting in town for a week. Miss Bauman spent Sunday a'- New Cumberland. Jerry Stetler, a member of Com pany B, 310 Infantry, and stationed at Camp Meade, Md., spent Sunday in town. Herbert Clemmens, of Baltimore, Mrs. Frank Marquart, Washington, Mrs. W.' M. Bender, Mt. Joy, and Miss Wilma Eaton, of Lancaster, I spent Sunday in town, as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Lindemuth, South Union street. John Rhodes entertained a num ber of his friends at his' home North Union street, Saturday after noon In honor of his fourth birth day. The Christian Endeavor Society of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, will hold a Thanksgiving social in the Parish House to-morrow even ing. The following persons were ap pointed as a committee on the Christmas entertainment of the M. E. Sunday school: Miss Clara Beck, Mrs. Harry Hamaker, Mrs. Howard Buck, Miss Martha Swartz, Mrs. Robert Gross, W. J. Kennard, In fantry Department Decoratings H. E. Moore, P. E. Delhi, Robert Gross and John Tritch. The ushers' association of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, will meet •in the parish house to-morrow evening. NOVEMBER 26, 1917. - New Schedule in Effect; May Be Another Change The Pennsy's new timetable went into effect yesterday. The new St. Louis-Boston fliers east and west, passed through.Harrisburg last night on time. Other trains arrived on the minute. Train 3 5 which has been put back on the schedule arrived at 1.35 yesterday morning and was well patroniaed. For the present there will be but one conductor on each Boston train. He will run from New York to St. Louis and Veturn. Other members of the crew will change at the var ious terminals as at present. Later It is understood that the entire crew from New York will make the long run east and west. While the changes have been ad vertised and were in effect yester day, new time-tables are scarce. There was a big demand to-day. It is reported that due to the elmina tlon some trains later plannec by .the new railroad board In th®| east, another change will have t<*l be made In schedules. ON WEDDING TRIP Mr. and Mrs. Barclay E. Allen, ofl Vlncentown, N. J., were entertained Informally by Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mcllhenny. The young couple who were registered at the Senate werd enroute to their hotne after a wed ding trip to Boston, Buffalo, Niagara. Falls and New York City, where they were guests of honor at a party attending the Madison Square Hors* Show. j ASS FOR and GE'i Horlick's The Original Malted Milk i Substitutes Cost YOU Same Pile*. 11
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