[ MIDDLETOWN Aaron Palmer, a member of the Graves Reserve Unit and stationed at Camp Merit, N. J.', spent yesterday in town. The concert given by the Palmyra Glee Club, in the Lutheran Church last evening, was largely attended. Clarence Philips, of Camp Gordon. Oa., was called home on account of the serious illness of his mother. Mrs. Charles Nobbs, residing in Water street. Simon Wentz and Miss Alice Shank, both of Newvllle, Cumberland count;, were united in marriage on Thursday evening by Squire George K. Rife, at his home, in Swatara street. Dr. J. Croll Nisslcy, of Palmyra, is spending a few days in town. The Red Cross Chapter, of town, A is going to make a drive to secure 2,000 members by the middle of the month. The churches of town are prepar ing for their Christmas entertain ments. At a meeting of the Sunday school class of A. S. Quickel, of the Luther an Sunday school, held on Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. F. T. Atkinson, Pine street, the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. Paul Fastnach; vice-president, Mrs. C. E. Bowers; secretary, Mrs. Charles Gilbert, and treasurer, Mrs. F. T. Atkinson. P—BILIOUS?—^ If you have bad taste in mouth, I I foul breath, furred tongue, dull I I headache, drowsiness, disturbed I I sleep, mental depression, yellow- I I iah skin—then you are bilious. SCHENCKS MANDRAKE t pills , quickly relieve this disorder, which is the result of livfr derangement and severe digestive disturbance. Pnrely T.g.Uhle, Plin or Sugar C.jsim BO YEARS' CONTINUOUS SALE ' • MOVES THEIR MERIT. Dr. J. E. Schenck & Son, Philadelphia. FTGHT FOR YOUR LIFE I Duty Demands Robust Health Fight to get it and keep it Fight—fight day in and day out to prevent being overtaken by ills and alls. Keep wrinkles from marring i the cheek and the body from losing j lis youthful appearance and buoy- j ancy. I'ight when ill-health is com- j ing with its pallor and pains, defects j and declining powers. Fight to stay Its course and drive it off. But flght intelligently. Don't fight without weapons that can win the day, for without the intelligent use j of effective weapons the pallor j spreads and weakness grows and a j seemingly strong man or woman oft times becomes a prey to l'.ls after all. , You will not find this class of per- j sons in the liypoferrin ranks. No •4 unhealthy, dull, draggy, droopy per sons in that line. It is a hale, hearty, j robust aggregation of quick-steppers who view life in a joyous frame of mind and are mentally and physically ! equal to any emergency. Hypoferrin | stands for sound body and sound j mind —it is the invigorating tonic of 1 the times —powerful and unsurpassed ; as a health restorer, vitalirer and! health preserver. Fight to hold the | vigor of a sound body with hypo-1 forrin or to stay the process of decay ; and restore health and strength—you win. This tonic of amazing, wonder- i working properties has been ap-1 •proved by physicians as a restorer i and safeguatd of health. It Is a -thoroughly scientific preparation of [ th® very elements necessary to tone | iip the stomach and nerves, to build, strong, vital tissue, make pure blood, j firm flesh and solid, active, tireless I muscles. Hypoferrin contains those mighty i strength-producing agents, lecithin- i and-lron peptonate, in a form best adapted to benefit the body and lt organs. Its ingredients are absolute- j ljr necessary to the blood. In nine oases out of ten a run-down condl-1 tlon. sallow, pale complexions that "all in" feeling and fratl bodies are due to lack of lecithln-and-lron pep tonate in the system. Tour me.ntal and physical strength and endurance depends upon a leclthln-an-lron peptonate laden tdood; steady, dependable nerves and a healthy stomach. With these you can meet life at any angle. This wonder tonic, hypoferrin, which is as perfect as science can get to nature, meets every essential demand of the human organism. It | Is safe and sure and a boon to run down. worn-out men and women. ; Hypoferrin means nature's own way ! of bringing color to the cheeks, ; strength to the body ahd keeping the vigor and buoyancy of youth. The j powder and paint way of effecting ( beauty is not needed by hypoferrin | women and girls. Their blood, filled with nature's beauty stores, creates conditions that give firmness and : grace to the body and the glow of health to the cheeks. No need of going through life sick- | Iv and always feeling miserable In ' this age of medical science. Join \ the hypoferrin ranks. It puts Into I you the springy snap and vigor you ought to have and puts life Into your body and mind that Inspires the con fidence that you confront the world ; on an equal footing with anyone. Hypoferrin may be had at your > druggist's or direct from us for 11.00 ; per package. It Is well worth the price. The Sentanl Remedies Co* Cine'"""* 1 Ohio. NUXATED IROh U Tw C" ODr. Prrdinind ICinr, Kew York Fkrtioan ud ' Medical Author, trill phyttcuM th*t thcytboold Nprncribe mone orranic iron— Nuxited Iroa—for 1 their patimti—say anaemia—iron deficiency—ia ttprreateaieurae 10the health atrenfth viialityand • beauty ©# the modern American Woman.—Souoda warnmr acainrt use of metallic iron which may fojifre the teeth, corrode the itomach and do far nore harm than food; adriaea uae of only nuxated i'on. taken three tlmea per day after neala. It *iU increaae the atrenfth and endurance of weak, nervoaa. run-down folka in two arerka tim* in many inatancea. Diiftnud *ll p*4 dmggim. SATURDAY EVENING, NEWS OF STE POLICE ARREST ARMY DESERTER _ : Private in Army Arrested by 1 Chief Grove and Patrol man Bowermaster ! •• 1 j The local police department to- i ; (lay landed their second Army de ; serter in the last two months. The, arrest was made by Chief of Police i I Grove, assisted by Patrolman Bower-, I master. Mat Madinic, aged 25, private of! Company 8., 113 th Regiment Engl-! neers, United States Army, was j working with the G. W. Ensign, Inc., on the new intercepting sewer inf Conestoga street when arrested. He enlisted at Fairmont, West | Virginia, on May 28, 1917, and de-1 serted on November 17. ISI7, at an| Army camp at Shelby, Mississippi. j Yesterday Chief Grove received a j communication from the government i with a descriptiop of Madinic. Gov-i | ernment authorities surmised that he! I was in Steelton. After an investi gation Madinic was located this| morning about 10 o'clock. He was I placed in the borough lockup. Chief I I Grove at once wired government of- I ficials for orders. j According to Madinic's story lioj I was working on the sewer since last' j Wednesday. He said he was in Steel | for about six weeks and lived here! for about two years. He enlisted j when he was on a trip South. ! The other man taken into custody! ! by Chief Grove failed to answer his: | call to appear before the exemption | board. He was arrested while work- j j ing in the steel plant. Steelton Churches ' St. John's Lutheran —The Rev. G. !X. Luuffer, pastor. The Kev. C. S. j I Bauslin. general secretary board of j | education, will preach at 10.43 a. m. and the pastor will preach at 7.30, p. m. on "David, the King"; S. S. at} :..10: Inter. C. E„ at 6.30. First Reformed—The Rev. IT. H. j Rupp, pastor, will preach ut 10.30 j ! a. m. on "The Unpardonable Sin, ', land at 7.30 p. m. on "The Worthy! Walk." First Presbyterian—The Rev. C. B. j Segelken, pastor, will preach at 11 | а. m. on "The Authority of Christ," i and at 7.30 p. m. on "Christ's Sec ond Advent —as a Thief in the ! Night"; S. S. at 9.45. Main Street Church of God The Bev. G. W. Getz, pastor, will preach at 10.30 a. m. on "They That BP ' With Us Are More." and at 7.30 p. m. on "Selling One's Soul": S. S. at 2; Jr. C. E., 6.30; Sr. C. E., 6.30. Centenary United Brethren The Bev. A. K. Wier, pastor, will preach at 11 a. m. on "Realizing the Pres- 1 ence of God," and at 7.30 p. m. a > patriotic rally, address by F. B. Wickersham; S. S. at 9.4 5; C. E. at б.30. Grace United Evangelical The Bev. J. K. Hoffman, pastor. Recep ion of members at morning service, sermon at 7.30 p. m. "Heaven"; S. S. at 9.15; K. L. C. E. at 6.45. Trinity Episcopal The Rev. W. H. Heilnian, rector; 10 a. m., 8. S.; 8 a. m„ Holy Communion; 11 a. m., G. H. Randall, Philadelphia, nation al secretary Brotherhood of St. Andrew, will speak; 7.30 p. m. evening prayer and sermon, "The Holy Scripture." St. Peter's Lutheran Highspire: ' the Rev. Ernest L. Pee. pastor, will j preach at 10.43, on "Doing Our Bit," i and at 7.30, on "God's Beason For j Saving," Sunday School, 9.30; C. E. j at 6.30. Highspire United Brethren The! Rev. M. H. West, pastor, will preach i at 10.43 on "A Faithful Friend," and at 7.30 on "Building Character." Sundaj- school, 9.30; Y. P. S. C. E.. ! at 6.30. Bresslcr M. E. The Rev. J. M. Lloyd, pastor, will preach at 10.30 j a. m. on "Witnessing For Christ"; ' Sunday School, 9.30 a. ni. Mt. Zion Baptist Church The! Rev. Warner Brown, pastor, will 1 preach at 10.43 on "The Victorv of Calvary," and at 7.30, "King's Mes sage," Sunday School. 12.30; B. Y. P. U.. 6.30. | HIGHSPIRE ] Meeting of the Ladies' Aid So-' ciety of St. Peter's Lutheran Church 1 was held at the home of Miss Alice Mumma Tuesday evening. Mrs. William Wolfgram and chil-! dren, Clarence, Olive. Blanch and Foster, of Steele, North Dakota, arc ; visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Soxainan. The Sunday school board of the United Brethren Church held a I meeting in the church Thursday j evening. Last Monday evening in the United | Brethren Church the Ladies Aid So-J ciety packed four barrels for the J Quincy Orphanage valued at $350. j Mrs. Margaret Lehman, a resi-) dent of Highspire, who left last; week for a week's visit to her son, I Franklin Strickler, of Hummels-! town, is seriously ill at the home of' her grandson, Landis Strickler. i Balpli V. Parthemore who was in- j jured several weeks ago at the| Bethlehem Steel Works, Steelton. f and was admitted to the hospital for! treatment, was discharged from that I institution last week and is getting i along nicely at his home in Market! street. J RAW, SORE THROAT! ' Eases Quickly When You j, Apply a Little Musterole. And Musterole won't blister like I < the old-fashioned mustard plaster. ' Just spread it on with your fingers. It penetrr.tes to the sore spot with a i i gentle tingle, loosens the congestion | i and draws out the soreness and pain. ] Musterole is a clean, white oint ment made with oil of mustard. It i is fine for quick relief from sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, . i congestion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lum- I bago, pains and aches of the back or 1 joints,sprains,soremuscles,bruises,chit- ! blains, frosted feet, colds on the chest. , • Nothing like Musterole for croupy chil dren. Keep it handy for instant use. 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. Paxtang Hook and Ladder j Company Elects Officers At a meeting of the Paxtang Hook j and Ladder Company last night offi cers for the enduing year were j elected. At the meeting a service flag containing nineteen stars was j also unfurled. The officers elected ; were: President, Silas Bailing; vice-president, J. Capella; treasurer, j James Coleman; secretary, Robert I Black; assistant secretary, Harry ! Shannon; trustees, three years, Ru i ben Darr; foreman, Ed Heil; lirst i assistant foreman, James Murphy; j second assistant foreman. Charles ' Attick; directors, William McDer mot, James Coleman, Robert Attick, ' George I.ehr, Charles Attick, Charles Calahan; representative to relief, i Charles Attick, Silas Railing, John J Hamilton; delegate to state convon ! tion, John Hamilton; alternate, j Jacob Capella; patrolman, John P. i Murphy, Harry Buffington,> Robert lAtticks; assistant chauffeur, liuben I)arr, Dan Wolf; auditors, William Belder, Harry Shannon, Charles j Callahan; janitress, Mrs. Carlson. Borough Employe Epeaks Seven Different Tongues | John Ortao, an American-born j Indian, employed In the highway de j partment of the borough as a labor . er, speaks seven different languages. Ortac has been working for the bor ! ougli for several weeks. Besides j speaking his own tongue and the I American language he speaks Ger l man, French, Slavish, Italian and I Spanish. He resides in Myers street, j He is a native of Oklahome and has i been working in steel works j throughout the country for four . years. He is now twenty-two years i old and left liis home when eighteen. ! Before employed by the borough he i was working for H. Koffers Company i of Pittsburgh, installing coke ovens at .the local steel plant. Ten Steelton Boys Now Located Across Ocean With the arrival of Philip Gold | smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel ' Goldsmith, 426 Main street, in Lon j don, Steelton is now represented by I ten residents in the fighting coun i tries across the ocean. This borough I | also has many men in the training j ! camps in tliiy country. Those now in! j foreign countries are: Francis Bel- i ( del, Carl and Roy Shelley. John At- j j ticks, James Gaffney, J. Earl Keim, ! John Masters, Lieutenant McEntee. | son of Councilman McEntee, ami ( ! Earl Finley. in France, and Philip' ! Goldsmith, in England. Many Hear Steelton Band Play For Local Charities The high sehooJ auditorium was idled last night to hear the Steel mn hand in a concert for the bene fit of the Associated Charities. This was the lirst appearance of the baud sine* it has been equipped with new instrumeats. Many in the audience well booked in music lauded the band for its fine concert. Members of the charities are very well pleased with the results and are free with their comment about the band in its con cert. The committee, in charge of the affair was composed of C. A. Al den, T. T. McEntee and W. B. Hod dinott. There were 810 tickets taken at the door. Distribution of 4,000 to be sold was made but no report about the sales were made. Men Turn Up at Exemption Board After Notification During the last two days four teen men have come to the local Ex emption Board office in the Elec tric Light Hall and reported for service. These men were noticed to report by the adjutant. The men are not classed as slackers but de linquents. They had changed 'heir residence and did not get their no tices. A man to-day was in Hagrcs town when the letter reached him. He reported at once. Th"y tire be-l ing examined and will be held to j await orders from the government. ; Borough Residents Must Clean Pavements of Snow The ordinance compelling residents to clean their sidewalks twelve hours after snow has stopped falling will be rigidly enforced this winter, Chief of Police Grove said this morning. A fine will be imposed upon propertv ..wners violating this ordinance. Tho ordinance also prohibits children using the sidewalks for sleding. Chief Grove this morning issued orders to all patrolmen to compel children to stap off the pavements with cleds. JIOOENV WOOD>II;\ CAMP KI.ECTS 11MS OFFICERS At a meeting of the local Modern >\ oodmen Camp, No. 5689. last even ing the following officers were elect ed: Consul, George K. Jeffries: ad visor. S. M. Bailing: banker. W. If stonesifer: clerk. W. W. Whltebreak escort. Stanley Becker: sentry, K o' Stonesifer; watchman. William Bre welser; physicians. Dr. J. Markward 1 eters and Dr. J. R. Plank; manager for three years. D. F. Knoderer: man ager for one year. Fred Wagenbach. A X XIV Kits ARV MA RK INT, SERVICE AS PASTOR HERE The second anniversary -narking the pastorate of the Rev. Warner Brown at the local Mt. Zion Bap tist Church, will be held to-morrow and Monday. A special program will be presented to-morrow and on Monday. SPECIAI, CHI HC 11 M I s|( Special music will be presented in the St. John's- Lutheran and First Presbyterian churches to-morrow The program for the First Presby terian choir is as follows: Morninb—Prelude. "Melodymin C" Silas: vocal solo by Miss Evelyn Cumbler, "The Voice of the Wilder ness." Scott: offertory. "Adante From n Flott Symphony." Schubert; post lude, "Grand Chorus." Dubois. Fven ing Prelude, "Adagio in F. Flat," Merkle: anthem. "Hear My Praver" Owst; offertory, "Bridal Song." Jen sen: postlude, "Bach Prelude and Fugue." Bach. The St. John's choir will nresent the following program: Mornine- An them. "Calm Me O Lord." Wilkins: so prano and tenor duet. Mrs. Roth and Harold Wells Evening Anthem "The King of Love." Petrle: nlto and tenor. Mrs- J. 11. Rupp and 11. Wells. F! OF MKS. HOItVATH Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Ilorvath. aged S2. who died at Ober lin. Tuesday evening, will be held from the home of her parents Mr and Mrs. Charles Chamber, SIT North Front street, Mondav morning at 0 o'clock. Btirlnl will be made in the ML Calvary Cemetery. THREE ENLISTMENTS Three enlistments were reported by the local army recruiting sub- ; station this morning. The mn en listed yesterday and were sent t>way to the depot training station*. riTiy.FO'X COMPANY TO KI.KC'T The Citizens Fire Company in ses sion this evening will elect officers |' for the ensuing year. i HAIUUSBURG TELEGRAPH EX-CZAR ESCAPES PRISON, IS RUMOR [Continued front First Puge.] i by Bolsheviki soldiers and sailors. according to advices received in Pet- I rograd and forwarded by t"he Ex ! change Telegraph Company. The J Bolsheviki leaders Intend to remove Nicholas to some other fear | ing he might be lynched. London, Dec. B.—The members of I the All-Russiun Commission to deal ! with the elections to the constitu j ent assembly have been arrested by I the Bolsheviki, a Reuter dispatch j from Petrograd says. Lenine, Trot ! sky and the other Maximalist lead j ers, have appointed Moses Urltsky commissioner for election to the con stltuent assembly with virtually au- J tocratic powers. The Germans, it is said, have warned Russian aviators distributing Maximalist proclamation that they will be shot, if captured. ! TROTSKY ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION OF ARMISTICE By Associated Press London, Dec. 8. —A Russian gov ; ernment dispatch, dated Thursday, ; and received here by wireless, an nounces that Leon Trotsky, the 801, , sheviki foreign minister, has sent \ to all the allied embassies and lega | Hons in Petrograd a note intimating I that the armistice negotiations with | the central powers have been sus pended for a week at the Initiative | of the Russian delegation for the purpose of providing opportunity of I informing the peoples and the gov ernments of the allied countries tho existence of such negotiations and tlieir tendency. The note adds that the armistice will be signed only on condition that troops will not be transferred from one front to another and that Ger man troops are cleared from the is lands around Moon sound. It gener ally indicates the points of the ne gotiations in accordance with the wireless statement rerteived from Petrograd Thursday and concludes: "The period of delay thus given even in the existing disturbance con dition of international communica tions is only sufficient to afford the allied governments 'opportunity to define their attitude toward the peace negotiations, that is; their wil lingness or refusal to participate in negotiations for an armistice and peace. "In case of refusal they must de clare clearly and definitely before all mankind the alms for which the peo ples of Europe may bo called to shed their blood during the fourth year Of t|ie war." BRITISH IN RUSSIA FEEL IN EASINESS By Associated Press London. Dec. 8. —A note from the British government refusing to re lease Tchitcherin and Petroff, Rus- 1 sian citizens under arrest in Eng-! land., the Petrograd correspondent! of the Times says he understands,] was delivered at the Smolny Insti-; tute, the Bolsheviki headquarters, on 1 Thursday. The correspondent adds that the uneasiness of British citizens in Rus sia is increasing daily and that the consulate in Petrograd is crowded with persons asking protection and advice. Official protection, however, he says, counts for nothing as an at tempt to exercise it probably will in crease the danger. Leon Trotsky, the Bolsheviki for eign minister, late last month de manded that the British government release Tchitcherin and Petroff, as well as others under arrest in Eng land. Later it was announced in! Petrograd that Tchitcherin had been j appointed Russian ambassador to Londom TEUTONS PAY BIG PRICE TO ADVANCE [Continued from First I'agf.] before the foothills around Bassano are reached. The Italians are hold ins the invaders near the Brenta and the latest Austro-German gains have l been made onl;- around Asiago. : There is a lull in the lighting (around Cambrai and the Germans j have made no attacks in force . against the new British positions. North of EaVacquerio British troops captured German trenches, improv ing the line in this neighborhood. It is estimated from British headquar ters in France that at least 250,000 German troops took part in the latest operations in the Cambrai sector. Hebron, southwest of Jerusalem, has been captured by British forces. It is reported all American citizens in Jerusalem, probably all Jews, have been removed frc .n Jerusalem. It is not indicated whether the Turks are evacuating all the civilian popula tion or only part of It. Guns are silent and soldiers are idle along the entiie length of the eastern front from the Baltic to the Black Sea, the Rumanians, under the fore# of circumstances, having joined the Russians in their armistice nego tiations with the Central powers. The Russian government announces the negotiations have been halted for seven days to give the allied coun tries opportunity tJ express their at titude toward the negotiations. Meanwhile, it is reported 1,500 Bolsheviki troops have arrived at Vladivostok. Whether these came from Petrograd or are units from Si berian towns is not disclosed. Vlad ivostok holds much war material and other supplies shipped from the Unit ed States, Japan and other allied countries. The temporary independ ent government in Siberia has chosen former Premier Kerensk.v as min ister of justice. General Korniloff is reported to have joined General Kaledines. the Cossack leader, around whom most of the leaders of the old provisional government have gathered. SHOT HO-POUMI BI'CK .Benjamin L. Peffer, of Barnitz. Pa., shot a 140-pound buck this week while hunting near Cold Spring. He is sending the head to Kdson J. Hocken bury, of this city, who will have it mounted. Mr. Hockenbury. with a numbpr of friends, will hunt near Barnitz on Monday. OBERLIN I i Jacob J. Bishop Dies at Home Near Oberlin Jacob J. Bishop, aged SI, a prom inent farmer of near Oberlin, died at his home yesterday afternoon. He is survived by the following children: Albert, Oliver, Warren, Hiram. Nor man, Mi's. Ida Ensle, at home; Mrs. Ella Beates. Eliznhethtown, and Mrs. Katherine Kaylor, High spire. Funer al services will be held from the home Tuesday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock. The ltov. P. K. Rupley, pas tor of the Salein Lutheran Church, will officiate. Burial will be made In the Obej-lin Cemetery. Mr. Bishop was a lifelong Republican and also a member of the Salem Church for jl Qunibfti' ail >' CULTS. NATIONAL CASH j FOR STATE ROADS ! Over a Million Dollars Avail i able For Improvement of ,j Military Highways Now j I The state 'of! JzrKtfrs dollars of money ' i the t* nlteci States Government for IpJnqQOSK improvement of highways either ■ | roads. This money is in addition 'j to the state appropriations which the ■ State Highway Department is pre : | paring to expend in conjunction with r ithe federal allowances for some ex tensive road work next year and to supplement with an elaborate main tenance program which will enable I strain of traffic to be diverted from railroads by use of motor trucks. Several highways are under con sideration for improvement as mil ■ itary roads and decisions will be made after studies of traffic eondi "itions and possibilities. Rebuilding will start in the spring and will be '; rushed. • | The total federal allotment to '[Pennsylvania from the federal gov " j eminent for highways has amounted * ■ to $1,382,078.29, the latest allowance J! being $690,145.78 for the period end j ing June 30, 1919. Highway Com- J. Denny O'Neil has set jj aside $350,150 out of the payments I I for construction of seven projects. These approved projects are. State ' route No. 65, Clarion county, $26,- c i 7 80; No. 108. Allegheny and Wash 'lington counties, $84,800; No. 52,- ■[ Cambria county, $62,340; No. 95, 'i McKean county, $41,680; No .269, Somerset county, $74,500; No. 55, [ Blair county, $30,100, and No. 77, ! Lawrence county, $49,800. ' Prompt Replies —Several responses to the request of Adjutant General ' Frank D. Beary for information as to the number and system of police forces of various municipalities and ! transportation, utility, industrial and 11 other plants have already been ro 'j eeived at the Capitol, assurances be-' I ing given that the information will Ibe furnished promptly. Committees ■, of public safety have been instruct ed to obtain information about all j organizations, no matter what their' | requirements, as long as they have I American allegiance, at the earliest possible day. Population Jumps —An unusual | jump in the population of Pennsyl j van la is reported by the State De ! partment of Health as having taken i place in September, when births for the first time in months ran over the 20,000 mark and deaths went] below 10.000. The net increase was 10,119. The total number of births I was 20,072. In the same month' 'there was an alarming increase in! j deaths of children under two years, i 1.550 dying of intestinal trouble, j while 629 are returned as dying in early infancy. Seventy persons com mitted suicide, 9 7 were killed in mines, 128 on railroads and 522 lost lives from other forms of violence. Tuberculosis of the lungs took 688 lives, Bright's disease 738; pneumon ia, 598, cancer 560, typhoid fever 122; diphtheria I§s and whooping cough 125. Scarlet fever deaths fell to 12 and measles to 8. Complaints Grow The Public Service commission, which has been receiving numerous complaints about natural gas service in western Penn sylvania, is now commencing to get complaints about water companies, j The increase in these complaints Is | due to increases in rates which are | being announced. Some of the coni ! plaints are vigorously worded.- >'ew Auxiliaries—The approval of , tracts for auxiliary forest reserves in ! Erie and Forest counties are the | first to be arranged for those coun ties by the State Forestry Commis sion. The forest county auxiliaries are in two properties and will bring 2,000 acres under state control. State to Buy Bunnies —The State Game Commission officials have of fered to buy all the rabbits that sportsmen will furnish for stocking: counties where cottontails have been vanishing lately and to improve the strain in other sections. The Com mission has bec.n trying to buy rab bits for stocking for some time, iiut has had trouble as men were unable to deliver them as promised. Sports- I men have been invited to join in the j movement and licenses to trap rah- j bits for sale to the state will be is- j sued. Full Crew Cases—The' hearing in the complaints of the Brotherhood I of Trainmen against the Pennsyl- ! vanla and Reading railways will be I held by the Public Service Commis- ! ; sion next Wednesday in this city. I Hearings will be held in Erie and! | Somerset on other cases, j New Coroner—Dr. Edward L. Dav | is, Berwick, was to-day appointed coronor for Columbia county to sue j eeed Dr. W. H. Hoffa, who died after i i being elected. Dr. Baldv Protests—Dr. John M. I 1 Baldy. chairman of the State Bureau of Medical Education and Licensure, to-day tiled a protest at the olilee of the State Board of Pardons against granting a pardon to L. L. Parry, convicted of illegal practice of medi cine in Allegheny county, and sen tenced to a fine and six months in prison. Dr. Baldy declared it was not the first offense, but was the first conviction. Elizabctlitowii First Elizabeth town, Lancaster eounty, was the first municipality in the state to send to Adjutant General Beary data in re-1 gard to its police force. Altoona, Erie and Bradford were the first cities and Butler, which will become a third class city on January 1, also filed. New Point Raised—The Ridge Avenue Building and Loan Associa tion, of Philadelphia, to-day filed a claim with the Public Service Com mission for returu to it of *98.32 by the Springfield Consolidated Water Company. The association claims EDUCATIONAL School of Commerce * I AND Harrisburg Business College Troup ilulldlnK. IS So. Market Square Thorough Training; in Business and Stenography. Civil Service Course OUR OFFER—Right Training ov Sp e . cialists and High Grade Positions You Take a Business Course But Once; the BUST is What You Want Fall Term Day and Night School. Enter any Monday. Bell 485. Dial 4393. The Office Training School Kaufman Bldg. 121 Market. Str<-ot. Training That Secures Salary Increasing Positions In the Office. Call or send to-day for Interesting 1 i booklet. "Tke Art of Uettlnir Alone ' in the World." Bell phone 694 R. that u was compelled to take over a hotel property at Willow Grove to safeguard a mortgage and that before It could obtain water service after taking title, the company required it to pay an unpaid water bill of a previous owner. The payment, it is i declared, was made under protest and it is asserted that the water com pany has no right to require such payment before giving service. No Word Yet—lnsurance Commis sioner Ambler and Demit" McCullocli have returned from New York, where they attended the convention of in surance commissioners, but have re ceived no information from the Phil adelphia Hoard of Fire Underwriters j as to the reasons for the increase of j lire insurance rates in Eastern Penn sylvania. More Smallpox—A fresh outbreak I of smallpox in Clearfield county was reported to-day to the State Depart ment of Health. It is in Penlield and is said to be'traceable to the Blue Ball epidemic. Dr. H. L. Hull was to day detailed to investigate. Investi gation is also being made into the Northumberland county outbreak. Hearing Goes Over —The Couders ! port Water Company complaint j hearing has been continued by the • Public Service Commission until De cember 20. Jt has been before the commission for several weeks with frequent hearings. Three Enlisted—Three new men were enlisted In the State Police this week and detailed to barracks for training. McCoach I.a tost—William D. Mc- Coach, city treasurer of Philadelphia, Is said to be under consideration for appointment as Public Service Com missioner when his term expires. Charge Man With Cashing Two Forged Drafts | City Detectltve George W. Shuler left shortly nfter noon to-day for Al toona, where he will take .T., E. Rice into custody and bring him back to the city to face a charge of forging two drafts, for a total sum of $32.90. Rice is well known in police circles, having been arrested several times during the last year on the same j charge. ! Rice is said to have cashed a draft I for $15.40 on November 20. and a | draft for sl7.f>o on November 24. The drafts were protested by the banks and the case was turned over to De tective Shuler yesterday, who traced Rice by telephone, and located him at Altoona, where lie was arrested. The first draft was supposed to be by .T. M. Grove, of Grove Brothers, con fectioners. at Williamsport, on the West Branch National Bank, at that city, and was cabled by K. 1,. Egolf, of Claster's jewelry store. The sec ond draft was by Hitter Concrete Company, at Steelton, drawn on the Franklin Trust Company. It was cashed by Mr. Denney, (lately & Fitz gerald. Naval Guard Commended . For Bravery by Daniels flv Associated Press I Washington. Dec. 8. VV. F. Risen liardt, of the armed naval guard of the American steamer Rochestpr, sunk by a submarine has' been com mended by Secretary Daniels for gal lantry displayed during the abandon ment of the sinking vessel. The seaman refused to enter a life boat, thinking his commander still was aboard the steamer. He search ed the boat until satisfied his com mander had gotten away in another boat, then climbed into his own boat. His boat was five days in making the His boas was five days in making the Irish coast. Eisenhardt is 21 years old and a son of John E. Eisenhardt, New Or leans. ADVISORY BOARD MEETS The monthly meeting of the Wo man's Advisory Committee of the Young Hen's Christian Association will be .held in the manager's room of the Y. W. C. A. building Monday afternoon. December 10, at 3 o'clock. Sirs. Paul A. Ivunkel, president, urges all members to be present. Rheumatic Aches Drive them out with Sloan's > Liniment, the quick-acting, soothing liniment that penetrates ! without rubbing and relieves the pain. So much cleaner than mussy plastera or ointnjents; it does not stain the skin or clof the pores. Always have a bottle in the house for the aches and Cains of rheumatism, gout, lum ago, strains, sprains, stiff joints and all muscle soreness. Generous size bottles at all drusg 25c.. 50c. SI.OO. Chandler Policj' A definite policy consistently I followed throughout the history of th" Chandler Company, keeps ' Chandler value highest and Chati- I dler price lowest. Andrew Redmond ( hxmller I>l*trlbutor IS 1 t War Savings Certificates | jlI yow know afford to buy and you ! J begin to realize the value of small sav- •> I saSKnEJBg fa | I 1 '44mi44>>m44444'4^<'4444<'4<'M4t4444444444444H4t44t44*Mii; DECEMBER, 8, 1917. Standing of the Crews lIARRISBVRG SIDK l'iillailelphla Dlvtnlon—The 120 crew first to go after 3.30 o'clock; 118, 109, 116. 121. Engineer for 120. Firemen for 109, 124. Conductors for 118, 124. Brakemen for 118, 110, 124. Engineer up: Yeater. Brnkeman up: Brunner. Middle Dlvtnlon—The 32 crew first to go after 2.30 o'clock; 304, 222, 29, 30. 246. 244, 219, 214. LAid oft: 16. 21. Brakemen for 32, 246. Engineers up: Brink, Hawk. O. W. Snyder, E. It. Snyder, llensei, Bliz zard, Lieppard. Fireman up: Kurtz. Conductor up: Corl. Brakemen up: Arter, Hancock. Kipp Yard Hoard —Engineers up: Essig, Ney. Myers, Boyle, Shipley, ltevle, Uish. Firemen up: Wltman, Rote, Welsh. m Engineers for 5C 11C, 26C, 3C. Firemen for SC, 3rd 7C, 3TC. ICNOI.A SIDK Philadelphia Division —The 230 crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock; 239, 205. 243, 221, 203. Engineers for 205, 203. Fireman for 243. Conductors for 05. 43. Flagman for 43. Brakemen for 03, 30. Middle 1)1 vision —The 2:14 crew first to go after 2.30 o'clock; 229, 218. Laid oft: 106, 10T, 114, 104. Yard lloard —Kngineers up: Hol land, Seal. Hinkle. Sheaffer, liapp, Fortenbaugh, Gingrich. Firemen up: Miiliken, Meek, Wick ey Sanders, Cashman. White, Al bright, Taylor, Shuey, Walters, Metz, Benser, Cramer. Engineers for 2nd 129, 3rd 129, 109. Firemen for 132, 2nd 102, Ist 104. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Dlvlitlon Engineers up: Spotts, Keane, Graham, Sparver. Firemen up: Sclirauder, Nowaifk, Richards, Ayers, Zeigler, Gludhill. Engineers for cpld. 49, 33, 45, 9, 19. Firemen for cpld. 49. 45. Philadelphia Division Engineers up: Kennedy, Gibbons, Crissweli, l.indley. Firemen up: Klineyoung, Everhart. White. Shindler. Engineer for 604 Firemen for 26, 578, 72, 40, P-36. Tiiree Philadelphia extra crews here. THE READING Tile 59 crew lirst to go after '! o'clock: 51. 36, 28, 8. 66, 11. 33. 58. 52, 57. 29, 2, 6. 30, 69. 1. 26. 40 42. Engineers for 58. 1, 28, 33, 36. 14M1. Firemen for SS, 6G. 6, 16, 29, 30, 36, 39, 41. Conductors for 33, 14, lEB. Flagmen for 2S, 10.52 m„ 11LU, 141ES. Brakemen for 52, 57, 59, 66, 2, S, 11, 16. 28. 33, 36. Engineers up: Beecher, Motter, Morne, C. Beecher, ljeitner, Dlalow, Ruth, Barnes, Giouser, Wunderiick. Firemen up: Fitzgerald. Brubaker, Erb, Howe, Bufflngton, Tanner Kings borough, Swartz, James, McKee. 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Dr. Blosser's Remedy is amazingly effective in all forms of catarrh, bronchial irrita tion, catarrhal j/rwy headache, asth ma and ear W „ troubles thatf Ji V may lead to\ JUjjeli., deafness. Youf will breathe > better and feel V. Wijk I better after us- ySKV Ins It. I Send your nanie with ten cents irj coin or stamps for a trial outfit' (month's supply, either form, one dollar), which he sends by mail. You will receive some of the Remedy for smoking in a pipe, a neat little pipe, and also some medicated cigarettes, so you can decide which form you like best.—Adv. 9
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