10 -,L.L NEWS OF THE RAILROADS RAILROAD HEADS WORK OUTDOORS Keep in Personal Touch With All Departments Night and Day Seeing officials 011 the Philadel phia and Mlxldle divisions of the Pennsylvania Railroad Is not a sure thing. Just now there Is consider nblo activity to keep all branches of i-uaiiioss moving, and the men In cliargo nro Indoors only at short periods, Both J. K. Johnston, su perintendent of the Philadelphia di vision, and N. W. Smith, of the Mid dle division, are out all kinds of weather doing their bit in helping the United States government. At Altoona Superintendent Smith for the past two weeks has bean out day and night. At one period he is found in the big yards watching ev ery branch and offering timely sug gestions. Next call finds him in the ioimdhause looking after engines. Handles Engines If he finds a scarcity of engines Jie knows Just what to do. Some times a train for the west arrives about the time an engine is needed to take n train east. No time is lost In sending this locomotive to the vnglnohouse to be turned. rt is coupled on the train and run to Ty rone where the engine is taken over the "Y" and headed eastward. This bents the turntable schedules. •. On the Philadelphia division. Su perintendent Johnston has also been out doors since the snowstorms start ed trouble und sometimes covers big territory. The new turntable at the Pennsylvania Railroad station is proving a big benefit during the present rush in turning engines and cars. EDUCATIONAL School of Commerce AND Harrisburg Business College frntip liulldlng. 15 So. Market Sqsare Thorough Training in Business and Stenography. Civil Service Course OUR OFFER —Right Training by n auctioneer will be selected. Packages at Auction "He will sell each package to tha highest bidder. Everybody will get something. No matter how high they bid each buyer will a good re turn for his money. Mixed up in the big pile of packages will he a number of prize, bundles. Several officials have expressed a desire to contribute and there will be some lively bidding in order to get one of these >pociai packages. "The money derived from the sale of these packages will be turned over to some charitable institution or probably the Red Cross. This ques tion will be put up to the member?-' and they will decide where tWe money will go." In addition to the sale of packaaes, there will be refreshments and a good time generally. Short addresses will be made and there will be some interesting holiday experiences told by railroaders. Reading Awards Contract For New Signal Tower The Philadelphia & Reading Rail way Company has awarded a con tract to Reaumont k they did in feed ing li e large nuni oT soldiers whc passed through tl> t oily cnroute to *.he ,:ider. Reading Has Locomotives; Other Railroads Suffer Reading, Dec. 20. The freight congestion on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley and Pennsylvania in and about Reading is so serious that it is puzzling the officials. The situation is so acute that it Is impossible to move freight. I tis claimed T>y the railroads that the principal cause of this congestion is due to the fact that the people to whom the freight and coal Is con signed do not unload It. There is no trouble on the Reading as far as engine power Is concerned. An official declared today that the Reading is ready to tatke care of all the traffic offered if the connecting lines will only take it as rapidly a3 it delivers it." HXRRBSBURG TELEGRXPH NEWS OF STEELTON PLAN TO ABOLISH CURB COLLECTION Highway Committee to Put New Method of Gathering Garbage Into Effect " A now system of garbage collection which will abolish the unpopular method of compelling residents to carry receptacles to the curbs on the day they are to be taken away will be put into force as soon as the highway committee is able to secure two workmen, it was announced to day. Under t the neiy ruling, men em ployed on the truck will carry the receptacles from the yards to the street Instead of residents and bus inessmen being forced to do this. In following out the new plan it will be necessary to engage the serv ices of two additional men. One of these men will be placed in charge of the truck and squad of men. and will be known as the foreman of the department. An experienced and effi cient dniver will be engaged to drive the garbage truck. As a special inducement to secure better and more work out of the men the committee will pay a bonus on all. loads hauled to the dump over a certain number each day. X*d Men K. C. Henderson, chairman of the committee, said to-day that the new plan would be put into effect as soon as the men can be secured. This ac tion is being taken by the committee on Council's advice. At the last meet ing committee members told of the complaints about garbage collections and council decided to give the high way committeemen permission to proceed at once to better the condi tions. To Kllmlnntr Curb Collection" It is planned to have the curb col lections eliminated by havng the men working on the truck carry the re ceptacles to the street while the truck is taking a load to the dump. By the time the truck has returned 'enough receptacles can be placed on the curb to make another load. The curb collections are very un popular and in many instances people will not carry the refuse through their houses in order to have it col lected. During the recent snow the garbage truck was being used to remove snow. Residents, following out the new ordinance, carried the receptacles to the curb for collection at the usual time. The truck did not appear and the result was that the receptacles remained along the curb for forty-eight hours. The street linfd with receptacles presented an unsightly picture for this borough, a member of the committee said. Carload of Coal Arrives Here Today A carload of coal that arrived in the borough this morning at the Varehouse of the Steelton Company Store was sold before It arrived. Other dealers reported that they did not receive any. At the office of DetWeiler Brothers it was announced this morning that the carload of coal that was expected several days ago did not arrive and that hundreds of orders are booked. With this morn ing's shipment Steelton this week has received five cars. Standing of the Crews HAKIfISBIIKG SIDE I'liilmlrlphin Dlvixion —The 1 HO crew first to go after 4.20 o'clock; 136, 113. Conductor for 136. Brakemen for 130, 136. Engineer up: Gemmill. Firemen up: Good, Blum, Brlggs. Conductor up: Stark. Brakemen up: Mitzei, Thompson, Bexroth. Middle DlvlKion —The 16 crew first to go after 3.30 o'clock; 23, 3, 15. Engineers for 2, 15. Fireman for 23. Flagmen for 2, 23. Brakemen for 16, 23. Engineers up: Rathefon, Brink, Blizzard, E. R. Snyder. Rensel. Firemen up: Tippery, Keiter. Conductors up: Klotz. Brakemen up: Lykens. Hughes, Hancock', Beers. Wolf, Hollenbach, Wilson, Huss. Yard Hoiird —Engineers for SC, 4th 7C, 11C. 14C. 2nd. 15C, 26C. Firemen for Ist 7C, 3rd 7C. Ist 15C. Engineers up: Revie, Ulsh, Bost dorf, Schiefer, Weigle. Shade, McCord. Firemen up: Troup, Fitzgerald. Bit ner, Mowery. E-NOI.A SIDE * Philadelphia Division —The 212 crew first to go after 7 o'clock. Brakeman for 212. Conductors up: Oullen, Sturgeon. Brakemen up: Reinolder. Middle mvlxlon —The 106 crew first to go after 2.30 o'clock; 103, 110, 116, 413. Engineer for 16. Conductor for 116. Flagman for 106. Braktmen for .103, 116. Yard Board —Engineer for 109. Firemen for Ist 129, 2nd 129, 132, 2nd 102, Ist 104, Ist 106, 112. Engineers up: Gingrich, Kings berry, McNally. Feas. Firemen up: Meek, Rider, Kennedy, llaubecker, Byibaker. Morris, Jones, Shuey, Metz, Sanders, Bonser, Cramer. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Division Engineers up: Spotts, Keane, Graham, Miller, Buck, Schreck, Smith. Firemen up: Naylor, Hugging, Hud son, Lyter, Bealor, Grove, Cramer, Schrauder. Huss, Herr Mearkle, Rich ards, Ayers. Kngineers for 25, 49, 21, 45, 3, 11. Firemen,for 59,. 41. 663. rhilndelpbia Division Engineers up: Welsh, Seitz, Smeltzer, Crisswell, Foremen up: Piatt, Shive, White, Floyd. Firemen for 44, 626, ,20. The 24 crew first to go after 12.50 ('( lock: 59, 60, 19, 53, 7, 72. 61. 6?, 56 25 51, 63. 70, 6, 21. 68, 1, 3, 30, 69, 54. 46, 38, 71. 73. 17. 28, 57. 52. "Engineers for 53, 56, 57, 69, 6, 28. Firemen for 51, 54, 56, 57, 59, 61, 62, 03. 68, 69. 72. 5, 6. 7. 38, 39. 41, 12. 45." 46. Conductors for 54, 72, 6, 30, 46. Brakemen for 53, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64. 69, 73, 6. 10. 17, 19, 21, 25. 2s! 30, 38, 41. Engineers up: Bordner, Morne, Wundcrlick, Barnhart, Kauffman, Ditlow, Wood, E. Beecher. Fcrner, HolTman, Linn. Raisner, Kohl. Firemen up: Portner, Landls, Wray, Ffingaman, Jones, Myers. Hurley, Mil ler. Swartz, Fackler, Gates. Conductors up: Daub, Harlan, Pat t.m. Danner, Mraun. l'lagmen up: Ely. Filbert, Moss. Martin, Blngaman, Snader, Habby shaw, Stoner. Brakemen up: C. Bowman. Grady, Carl, Breckenridge. Long, Moore. Dell. Slough, Morrow. TEAM RIVALRY IS VERY KEEN Red Cross Workers Are Striv ing to Outclass Each Other During the Campaign The total number of subscribers to the Ked Cross during the dr>ve is 3,549. This number was posted at Red Cross headquarters this morn ing. Rivalry among; the teams doing the canvassing is very keen, committee members said this morning. Each team working for high honors makes the campaign more interesting and brings better results, Mrs. W. H. Nell, chairman of the committee, said. The names of the teams and their members engaged in the contest will be divulged at the close of the cam- paign. Reports from the steel plant de partments which are expected before Mondaj- in all probability will send the total soaring. Only four depart ments have reported and these all reached the 100 per cent, class. Other departments are not reporting. It is believed, until they are able to reach tjie class occupied by those that have already reported. A Servian family of nine members when asked to subscribe to the Red Cross were very anxious to be given the chance and are very proud of their Hag in the window which con tains one large star and eight smaller ones. This family holds the record for the largest number in one family to enlist as Christmas members. Busy Week For Members of Centenary Church 11. E. Mowery, field secretary of the United Brethren orphanage at Quincy, will speak at the Centenary United Brethren Church on Sunday morning. The ChristJmas cantata entitled "At Bethlehem" will be presented on Sunday. The program is as follows: Part 1, —"The Shep herds"; introduction; tecitative and chorus, "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear"; recitative and chorus, "Sing and Rejoice." Part II —"The Saviour"; recitative and dhorus, "The Angels Are Sing ing": recitative and chorus, "O I-ittle Town of Bothlehem"; solo, "Little Child in Slumber Sweet"; chorus, "And the Glory of the 1.0 rd." Frank Armstrong, the Sunday school chorister has charge of the choir of forty voices which will pre sent the program. Arrangementsiare being made for the three weeks evangelistic cam paign to begin December 50. The musical end of the service will be presented by a chorus choir which is being organized. Visiting pastors will preach each night until January 6. The work then will be taken up by the Rev. Arthur S. Lehman, of Hummelstown. Household Arts Courses , For Adults at School Announcement was made by Prof. L. E. McGinnes, superintendent of the borough schools, this morning that after the holidays evening classes for adults will be started in the home school. One of these classes will be in cooking in which lessons will be given in meat sub stifutes and wheat substitutes. An other of these classes will take up sewing and dressmaking in which special attention will be paid to the making of shirtwaists. These clasf.es will meet on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. A nominal fee of fifteen cents a lesson will be charged. Per sons interested will come to the home school, 223 Walnut street, on Friday evening, January 4, 1918, at 7.50 o'clock for the purpose of con sulting and • registering. Not more than twelve persons can be -iccom modated in each class. Miss Shutt, supervisor of music and drawing in the schools of .Tohn sonburg. Pa., is visiting our schools this week. FIFTY QUKSTIOXNAIR.ES RETURNED TO .JjOCAIJ HOARD Fifty questionnaires have oeen re turned to the local Exemption board since the mailing was started, it was announced at tho office of the board this morning. Many of the men are being listed as de linquents because they left town without leaving another address. Several have returned with "en listed' 'written across them. Ques tionnaires were made to those hold ing order numbers between, 831 and 1097. IIAMPP.RF.n IN RKMOVING SNOW HY LABOR SCARCITY A member of the highway commit tee of Council said this morning that the scarcity of labor and the shortage of teams was the cause of the slow work in removing the snow from Front street. The committeeman said that snow would be removed in a short time if the borough would be able to hire a sufficient number, ot men and teams steadily. SI.ACKER IS TAKE* TO MIDDI.RTOWN nY POI.ICK Tmbro Morfekovic, of Enhaut, who was arrested by Chief of Police drove' and Officer Tromblne. Tuesday night as a slacker, was turned over to of-' fleers in charge of the aviation ware house at ijiddletown this morning. He was taken to the camp by Chief of Police Grove and Officer Trombino. STEIYTOX COl PIiE MARRIED Miss Tacy Cocklin and John E. Howard, both of 232 South Second street were married at the parson ago of Centenary United Brethren Church " Tuesday evening fit 5.15 o'clock by the Rev. A. K. Wier. The couple was unattended. The ring ceremony was used. Immediately Sfter the ceremony the newly mar ried couple left ' for Akron, Ohio, where they will reside. INSURANCE AGENT DIES Arthur C. Gassner, aged 53, en gaged In the insurance business in the borough for a number of years died at his homo, 18fi South Second street, last evening from compHca t'ons. lie was born in Colombo. Ceylon. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. No funeral ar rangements have been made. MIDDLETOWN] Central grammar school students will present a Christmas literary pro gram to-morrow afternoon. The de bate. "Resolved, That a National Woman Suffrage Law Should Be Un acted by Congress," will feature the program. Other numbers are: Mu sic, orchestra; music, Christmas car ol, society; reading. George Plott; "Christmas Sentiments," Russel Dasher, Pansy Myers, Helen Got-! shall, James Young, Louise Fox,! Donald Kohr. Charles Hanna. Hazel Weidner, Violet Geibe, Harold Hart man; piano solo, Mildred Purtho nxore; music, girls' chorus; reading, Lorraine Gale; referred questions, "Which Slave State Did Not Se cede From the Union During the Civil War," Harriet Garver; "What Battle Was Fought Two Weeks After the Treaty of Peace Had Been Sign ed," and give date, Ray Caley; "How Much Money Did the King o" Eng land Owe AVilliam Penn's Father?" Maurice Yoffee; "Who Wrote Paul Revere's Ride?" Kenneth Hicker nell; "Give the Meaning of the Term i 'No Man's Land' as Used in the Pres-' ent war," Frank Snavely; violin solo,! Aurora Wickey; debate, affirmative, J Parmelia Rose, Grace Bauder, Rus sel Kuntz; negative, Harry Weidner, Charles Kennard. Violet Seltzer. De- I cision of judges, general debate. B>c- I cision of home, music. Silent Night Society, Literary Gazette, Daniel Gip ple, editor. The Middletown High school will hold its literary exercises on Friday afternoon and the feature of the pro gram will be a debate. "Resolved, That the Mind Gains More Knowl edge From Reading Than From Ob serving." Following is the program: "Give Proofs That England Has a Democratic Form of Government," Nissley Ulrich; charade, sophomore girls; violin solo, John Witman; the debate, affirmative. John Treichler, Miss Hess, Miss Kresge, negative, Truman Rodfong, Miss Henrietta Wickey. Miss Louise Moore; duet, Misses Kathryn Weaver, Grace Bres- I tie; sentiments Siler Concklin, Har- Beginning This Evening Store Will Be Open Evenings Until Xmas For Humanity's Sake Join the Red Cross Now 308 Market Street Settle the Question of What to Give "Her" Here Now Buy sensible, serviceable gifts —it's the most sensible way. In no previous year has such a great volume of substantial gift goods been sold as during the present season. Every gift from ASTRICH'S is sensible serviceable practical and sold at an economical price Give Waists-$6, $6.50 and $7 Waists at Made of finest quality Georgette Crepe and Crepe de Chine beautiful, new styles —every desired shade all sizes. A Sweater Will Please Her, $2.50 to $12.50 Select it here from the finest collection of Woolen Sweaters in the city —every color and combination every new weave is shown. For Children — Knitted Sweater Sets—Cap, Sweater, Leggings and Mittens to Match Alt Colors What Better Gift for Any Woman Than One of Our Suits Worth Up to $65 now at $25 At $25 we offer you an unrestricted choice of any high-gr3.de Suit in the store.worth up to $65. Former price or cost not considered—every de sired material every shade in the lot. FURS—the Luxurious Gift for "Her" Furs will gladden the heart of any woman or miss. Here are Furs in Taupe Fox—and Wolf Fur Scarfs —splendidly priced at $19.50 to $45.00 \ Also a large assortment of Muffs—Stoles, etc., at moderate prices. NO Woman Has Enough' Silk Stockings Pure Thread Silk Stock- Pure Heavy Thread Silk French Cloxed Silk j ngs high spliced heels Stockings—in black only ; Stockings extra heavy A ki r c i ,y>r extra wide garter too pure thread silk high --double soles lisle gar- spliced heels— spliced heels double ter tops - black, white do^ll)le soles Special at _ soles white with black and colftrs. CM„p,ir.... 79c . $1.15 ci,T, t c : $1.50 Holiday Specials in Our Shoe Dept. PATENT COLT BUTTON BOOT with mat kid toe leather Louis heel—welted soles—reg f *3 ■ t'lar $5.00 value. Special at •111 I s2 '^ s 3 I 3 MAHOGANY CALF LACE BOOTS— wing and / 2 f 3 imitation straight tip—9 inch model—long vamp— A*l Ji welted soles—new inch Cuban heel—Special at OTNS- $6.95 DARK BROWN AND GRAY KIDSKIN BOOTS ' m °d e '—lons vamp—imitation tips—high ' i j Louis heels —aluminum plates—regular $8.50 values. ' SpeC " ,a ' $6.95 ' DECEMBER 20. 191" old Wagner, Clarence Wallace, Ed win Yost, Misses Soldier, George Louise Moore, Fannie Mennaugh, Blanche Deckard; vocal solo. Miss Harriet Swartz; referred question, "Why Has American Entered the War on the Side of the Allies," Mr. Lindemuth; music by school; reading of the cycle. Miss Wlckey. The Rev. I. R. Albright, pastor of the United Brethren Church, united in matriage at the parsonage on Tuesday evening, Ira Coble, of Hiiza bethtown and Miss Elizabeth Ging rich, of Middletown. A new lire plug is being installed at the corner of Union and Emaus streets, by the water company. The St. Peter's Lutheran Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold early morning services on Christmas morning at 6 o'clock. Burgess-elect S. B. Gingrich, who had been confined to his bed for the past several weeks, is convalescent. Mrs. F. W. Myers entertained tho social circle at her home in Pine street, this afternoon. NOTICE Special Christmas Market Monday Afternoon and Evening 2 P. M. to 10 P. M. December 24, 1917 at Chestnut Street The Sellers Will Be There With Choicest Products For the Buyers COME EARLY Pretty Girls Work Hard For Red Cross at Booths The pretty grirls who stand behind the windows in the Red Cross mem bership booths, have won many trib utes and many expressions of praise from admiring patrons. Reports from the booths are enthusiMtlc, showing that Harrlsburgers stan"Arm in their support of the lied Cross. At the Y. M. C. A. Miss Helen Schwarz wasn't satisfied with merely securing Red Cross irtembers. She fol lowed her soliciting for membership with an appeal for contributions to a service tlag. Forty-eight Y. M. C. A. members have gone to the trenches and camps, and Miss Schwarr is en- I deavoring to honor them. Talking to ja local merchant, she asked for a flag at wholesale price. "We can't dfc that," said the merchant, "but we cilP I do this." handing her $2.50 as a con tribution.