12 SHORTS IN PANIC TO COVER CONTRACTS Widespread Approval of Government's Proposed Action in Taking Over Railroads Finds Reflection in Bouyant Advance at Market Opening By Associated I'ress New York, Dec. 27. (Wall Street 10.30 A. M.)— The widespread ' approval of the government's pro posed action in taking over the rail roads and allied properties of the country found reflection in a buoy ant advance of prices at the active • opening of tot-day's stock market. The shorts were almost panic strick en in the rush to cover contracts, some of wfitch were made as recently as yesterday. Included among the more substan- . tial advances of the tirst half hour were Raltimore and Ohio, which rose 17 points, Delaware and Hudson 14. St. Haul 12%, Atchison 10. Atlantic Coast Iine !i'i: Northern Pacific 9. Norfolk and Western S'i. Union and Southern -Pacific 8 each. New York Central T'.i. Louisville and Nashville • 1 £■. Lackawanna and Chesapeake and Ihio 5 each, Canadian Pacific and "Soo" 4 each and other 2 to 3 points. Industrials, coppers, shippings, and an unusual array of specialties rose 2 to' 4 points, the movement being the broadest and most extensive since i the middle of the year. There was considerable profit tak- j ing on the eaerly rise with conse- | ■ Itient recessions of 2 to 5 points. St. j Haul preferred which rose almost 18 j' points in the initial dealings, reacted j ( 10 points. Short covering continued but fur- ; ther selling for profits proved a par tial offset.' Early reactions of 3 to', 10 points were followed by fresh ab sorptions which lifeted some stocks. ] notably great Northern, Canadian Pa- j citie, Rock Island, coalers and Texas' Company above initial Maximums, i Industrials also strengthened! especially the war aroup. Trading j diminished in the second hour, the j market going through the process ! of assimilation but at noon activitv ; was renewed at or near highest j levels. Bonds of minor railroads ( profited 2 to 4 per cent, by the rise I In. stocks. Liberty 4's sold at 07 to I 06.96 and the 3'4's at 98.48 to 98.46. | NEW YORK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, | members of New York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges S North Mar ket street. Harrisburg: 1336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street. New York furnish the following] quotations: Open. Noon, i All is Chalmers 17% 17 I American Beet Sugar .. 66>,j 66'b j American Can 35 35% American Car and Fdy.. 6ia, '67 | American Locomotive .. 51 s ji 53 ! > American Smelting .... 71% 73 I American Sugar 95*\ 95U I Anaconda 57 58 •< | Atchison 87% 85j 'laidwin Ijocomotive ... 57% 58 j Baltimore and Ohio .... ."5 51 7 * liethlehem Steel (B) ... 70% 72-% Butte Copper 15 15 •'anadian Pacific 134 134V^ Central leather 59% 61 Chesapeake and Ohio .. 47 47 % I • 'hi.. Mil. and St. Paul.. 48'fc 46',4 Chi., It. I. and Pacific... 18-% 20% Chlno Con. Copper .... 39 40% Colorado Fuel and Iron. 33 34 Corn Products 29 29 Vi Crucible Steel 50 52% Distilling Securities ... 32% 33% I.lie 16 15% (ten era 1 Mototrs 93% 95 Goodrich. B. F 35 3614 lirea Northern, Pfd. ... 85 88% • ireut Northern Ore subs 24% 26 Vi Hide and heather 11*4 11% Inspiration Copper 40 42% International Paper ... 34 25% Kennecott Copper 30% 31 Kansas City Southern.. 18% 18 l.ackawanna Steel 74 75 l.ehigh Valley !*. .. 57 58% | Merc. Marine Clfs 20% 21 Merc. Marine Ctfs. Pfd. 80 8014 Mexican Petroleum .... 73% 75% Miami Copper 26% 27% Mldvale Steel 41% <*.3% New York Central 71 70% N. Y„ N. H. and 11 29 28% N. Y.. O. and W 21 21% Northern Pacific 85 85 Pacific Mail 22% 23% Pennsylvania it. It. ... 45% 46 Pittsburgh Coal 43 43 Railway Steel Spring... 43% 44% Ray Con. Copper 21 21% Reading Railway 70% 72% Republic Iron and Steel. 76 78 Southern Pacific 84 83% Southern Railway 24% 24% Studebaker 43% 4 4 FLORIDA SPECIAL PARTY Baltimore to Jacksonville tnUfr Escort of W. A. Ilubcr, Mechuniciiburis, I'll. Leaving by Merchants Mini Miners' Trans. Co. s fine steamship Juniata, Tuesday. Jan. 1. Low fares, best service, tlekets Include meals and tieri n. and ace goou returning within i'x months. For a pleasant anJ •.economical if, St.uth consult at once W. A. HITBEH. Mechancs burg. Pa- or W. P. Turner. G. p. A.. M- & M. T. Co.. Baltimore. Md. Skates Ground While You Wait Federal Machine Shop CKAXIIEHRV ST. XEAIt COPRT RUBBER STAMQfI Ull SEALS 1 STENCILS |*WmF6.BYHBG. STENCILWORKS" B! || |3O LOCUST ST. HOG. PA. I* LAUREL HOUSE LAKEWOOD, N. J. Pi ret class American Plan Hotel. A short motor run from Camp Dix at Wrightstown, N. J. A. J. Murphy, Mgr. C. V. Murphy, Aunt. Mcr. 1918 Calendar Samples and Job Lots at Bargain Prices First come, first served. Orders promptly filled. Call Bell Phone IS77R MYERS MFCi. CO. Camber land Sts. Second Floor—Above Shoe Store THURSDAY EVENING, HARFUSBURO TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 27, 1917 Union Pacific 112 110% IT.l T . S. Alcohol 112 115% U. S. Steer 86 85% li. S. Steel, Pfd 104% 104 Utah Copper 78 77% Virginia-Carolina Chem. 32 32 Westinghouse Mfg: .... 36% 38% Willys-Overland 17% 18% West M 13 13% IMII.ADFI.I'HI * liIODIICK By Associated Press Philadelphia, Dec. 27. Wheat Nominal; No. 1, red, $2.27; No. 1, soft. •<u il.ia. iNo too. ♦i.i-i. ..u son red $2.22, No. S. red. $2.21; No. 3. soft red. $2.19; No 4. red. $2.17: No. 4, soft, red $2 15. Corn Market nominal; No. 2. yellow. $2.3162.4U: No 3. No 4. and Vo 5. vellow oominnl Oats Firm, but scarce; No. 2, white, 90®90%c; No. 3. white. 89® 90e. Bran Tne market is firm; sofi winter, per ton. $46.50@47.00; spring, per ton, $45.50® 46.00. Keflnen Sushi* Marker Arm (in* <an.i| * i 1... rtii" 'jrnnu'st" • Butter The market is firm; western, creamery, extras. 50c; near by prints, fancy. 54c. Eggs Market firm; Pennsylvania, and othei nearby lirsts. fr'-e cases, i $17.1017.40 per case; do., current re ceipts, free cases. $16.80 per case, western, extras Si't-ls, free casts $1?.10ig)17.40 per case; do., firsts, free cases. $16.80 per case. Cheese Quiet, but steady; New York, full creams, 22&25 c. Live Poultry Firm; fowls, 23®' 26c; roosters. 19c; spring chickens, 21®25c; ducks. Peking, 26®28c; uo., Indian liunner, 22®24c; geese. 25® 28c; turkeys, 27®28c. Dressed Poultry The market is weak and lower; turkeys, nearby choice to fancy. 37<iM0c; do. fair to good. 32®36c; do., old, 34®36c; do., western, choice to fancy, 36®37c; do., fair to good. 33® 35c; do., old toms, 32® 35c; do., old. common. 23® 25c; fowls, fancy, 29®29%c; good! to choice, 27%®25%c; do. small sizes, j 22® 27c; old roosters, 23c; broiling chickens, nearby, 30@37c; do., west ern, 30®32c; roastltiK chickens, 23® i3oc; ducks, nearby, 25®30c; do., west- I ern, 24@29c; geese, nearby, 26®29c; do., western, 25(f 28c. Tallow Steady; city prime in I tierces, 17c; special loose, 17% c; prime j country, 16% c; dark. 15%@16c; edible ill tierces, 18%®lM%c. Potatoes - Dull and steady; New Jerse;-, No. 1, per basket. 75®SJ0c (3.1 | lbs.); New Jersey. No. 2, per basket 40@60c; New Jersey. per 100 lbs., $1 S" ; ®2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs., $2.25 I ft 2.60; New Y'ork, per 100 lbs., s2.2oifc j2.40; western, per lUO lbs.. $2.20® ! Flour The market is quiet i but steady; winter straight, | $ 10.10#* 1U.26: Kansas clear IH inftt 10.00; do., patents, $ 10.50 @ 11.00; spring firsts, clear, spot. *10.00@10.25; spriiiK rti. ih. clear mill shipment. $9.75® 10.00: spring bakers, patent. I spot, $11.25® 11.50; spring patent, mill shipment, I10.30W10.S5; spring family brands, $ll.OO ® 11.50. Hay—Smc.ll supply, but firm; tim othy ta'ccording to location); | No. 1, large bales, $28.i,0(®28.50; No. |l. small bales, $28.00® 28.50; No. 2, I $26.00(i/ 27.00; No. .'!. $23.00®24 50, samples. $19.00® 21.00; no grade, I $15.00("o 17.00. Clover mixed hay. Light mixed, ! $26.00®27.00; No. 1. do., $25.00®26.00; j No. 2. do., $22.00@23.00. (HHAftl) CATTI.K By Associated I'ress Chicago. Dec. 27. Cattle Re ceipts. 21,000; weak. Native beef steers. $7 15(5 14.25; stockers and feeders, $6.60®10.20; cows and heifers, ' $5.20® 11.30; calves. $8.50(5 15.75. Sheep Receipts. 16,000; steadv. Wethers, $9.00@13.10; lambs. $12.60® 16.40. Hogs Receipts, 25,000; slow. Bulk of sales, $16.750 17.15; light, $16.15(5 17.00: mixed, $-6.55@17.10; heavy, $16.50® 17.15; rough, $16.50® 16.65; pigs, $12.00® 15.90. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE By Associated Press Chicago, Dec. 27.—Board of Trade closing: Corn—January. 1.26%; May. 1.24%. Oats—December. 78%; May, 75%. Pork—January, 45.85; May, 15.4^. I^ard —January, 23.95; May, 24,52. Ribs—January, 24.07; May, 24.62. Kiwanis Club Meets For Weekly Luncheon A large number of Kiwanis Club members attended the weekly lunch eon of the organization, held in the Klks' Club at noon. 11. S. Parthemore, silent booster, distributed shoelaces, and addresses were made by various members of the club. A feature of the meeting was the announcement of fine totals of L. F. Neefe, secretary. Neefe was fined ten cents for each time he called a member "Mister." New members of the club, admitted since the last meeting, are: Dr. Harry B. Walter, William P. Miller, Paul P. Wagner, M. D. Hastings. W. E. Bushey, C. J. Burns, Ashton D. Peace, Ernest D. Reamer, L M. Bricker and George E. Howard. Deaths and Funerals JACOB I.ANLMS DIES Palmyra. Pa.. Dec. 27. Jacob dis, aged 77. a shoe manufacturer in this place for more than twenty-five years, a director in the Palymra and Valley First banks, died last evening. He Was a prominent businessman and resident for many years. Funeral services will be held Saturday after noon, at 1:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in the Gravel Hill Cemetery. JOSEPH H. EMJI,E Joseph B. Unfile. 37. died at his home. 2GO Herr street, yesterdav. Funeral services will be held Friday evening, at 7:30 o'clock, the ltev Dr. W. E. Daugherty, pastor of the First United Brethren Church, officiating. Further services and burial will be held Saturday afternoon at Bain bridge, where the body will be taken by Undertaker Hoover. He is sur vived by his wife and two sisters. He was a member of the B. of n. T No. 117: the P. K. IS. Relief Fund, Tanawa Tribe. No. 430; t. O. B. M„ Bayard Lodge, No. 150, Knights of Pythias. DAVID S. HOI.MA\ Arthur W. Holman, Market street clothier, has received word of the death of his father. David S. Holman, yesterday at his home in Ukewood, N. J# Mr. Holman left to-day to at tend the funeral. K ATIIAnIVK Nt'IIWAKiKK Funeral services for Katharine Kchwaiger, 87, will be held Friday morning from St Patrick's Cathedral Burial will be made in Mt. Calvurj Cemetery. MK*. ADA).INK KNIIKI.M A \ Mrs. Adalinj Eshelnian died at her home, 511 Cumberland street, at 2 o'clock this morning, of a complica tion of diseases. A son and daughter survive. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Pri- I vate burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. ENTERTAIN SCORES OF CHILDREN AT BIG HOLIDAY DINNER BmBBHBHMB CHARLES W. BOLL JOHN S. MUSSER CAPT. GEO. F. LUMB, President | J. 11. NIXON RICHAUD C. JOBE S. S. RUTHERFORD ROTAR!ANS HOSTS TO 300 YOUNGSTERS Rotarians ol" Harrlsburg this aft- | ernoon distributed Christmas cheer j to 380 little folks at Chestnut Street j Hull. It was the annual Dig Brother i dinner of the club mid was a j memorable event. So well did the committee in charge prepare for the big occasion that even the Ro tarians were given a surprise dur ing the progress of the program. There were Christmas trees deco rated with hundreds of colored ilehts, and trimmed with gifts. Santa Claus made a special visit to Harrisburg. to help the Rotarians in the good work. Music and vaude ville were also a big part of the big program. At 1 o'clock the doors of the big hall were thrown open and while the orchastra of the Stevens Me morial Methodist Episcopal Church played, the children were escorted to the long tables. Prayer was of fered by William E. Essick, former president. Then came the order to dinner. The boys and girls lost lit tle time in getting under way. The menu included roast turkey, celery, ipashed potatoes, stewed corn, bread, rolls, ice cream and cake, apples and oranges. It re quired nearly 200 pounds of turkey to feed the army of children. Ito tarians and their wives looked after their guests, acting as waiters and waitresses. During the dinner the ,'orchestra furnished music, and | vaudeville artist from the Majestic ' theater entertained. Next came the lirst big surprise. In frnt of the stage hung several large American Hags. The children were called to attention while Pres RAPID PROGRESS BEING MADE ON WORK AT DIVES, POME ROY & STEWARTS STORE / 'x ■: '' Reconstruction work on the Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart building, planned by the architect. M. I. Kast, is now being concentrated on the front. which in the near future will be far enough advanced to Rive a notion of how the structure will when finished. L'p t othis time the rebuilding of the old central section in part adding one story, and another section, two stories to the original height, had occupied the workmen. Thpre was a deal of 1 oor construction and when com pleted the big building will b,ve JB.- |iii<'nt C.eorge Lumb told the story of j I Santa Clans and the curtains part led revealing the trees, while the | Christmas chimes from Bowman's j store played holiday airs and Santa i Claus appeared. .Many Gills Ed. J. Lewis, as "Jolly Old St. i Nick," got busy at once and with | the aid of the Itotarians distributed I gifts to the boys and girls. Every- j bodj was given something. Knit, hoods for the head were given to the i children, along with popcorn, oranges, toys and other appropriate I gifts. , Surprise No. 3 followed and con sisted ot one hour of moving pic tures by the Patheseope Company through., the courtesy of W. .T. S. Miller, manager. The committee in charge included: John 11. Nixon, freight agent lor the Pennsylvania Railroad, chairman; John S. Mus- ■ ser, president of the Dauphin Elec trical Supplies Company; S. S. i Rutherford, caterer: Charles W. 8011, of the 801 l Rrothers' Manu facturing Company; Preston Crowell, , sales manager; W. (5. Starry, pres- I ident of the New Idea Hosiery Conx [ pany, and Richard C. .lobe, manager for the Fleischmann Yeast Com pany. This committee, with the lo ■ cal Rotarians, join in thanks to the • following, who assisted in making I flic event a success: Members of the Zenibo Temple I and George W. Mcllhenny, for the • free use of the hall; Bowman & Company, for the use of the chimes; . Mayor Daniel L. Keister for the I services of two officers; Frank F. i Davenport, of the Davenport res taurant. \vh<j assisted Mrs. Phil- 000 additional feet of floor space, making it one of the most spacious department stores in the state. While no small task, the inside work was easy compared to ?he one of building up and adorning the en tire front, a front of five stories in height and a good deal resembling the present building which was fin ished in 1887. This immense frontage when com pleted will be both beautiful and serviceable, with display windows largely increased In size. A marquise will protect these display windows 1 the entire length of the Market street frontage. It is piannd to have one bay win dow on each of the flors whi'-n will take the place of the large w.iidows WALLACE G. STARRY lips, the caterer, in serving the food; Harry 1.. Holmes, general manager of the Holmes Seed Company, for the Christmas trees; C. Floyd Hop kins, manager of the Wilmer-Vln cent theaters, for the vaudeville acts; the Harrisburg Light and Power Company for the lights on the trees. In addition to assisting in serving the big feast, many of the Rotarians donated the use of their autos in bringing small children and crip pled litle folks to the hall and tak ing them home. A ROUES i:i.E< TION CASK Argument of the Gratz election con test and th,e motion to dismiss the proceeding;; was neard to-day by the Court. No decision was given. in the present building and in tlie main afford room for a beter disp'.jy. The store managt •••; > have been particularly solicitous for the pub.ic's accommodation in the mailer of get ting in and out and the architect was requested to give this hi* best error's. The constantly increasing income and outflow of patrons made it impel•• - tive that some no' Je.' .I'.ois be installed. Accordingly Architect Kast has designed two sixteen-foot doors at convenient distances In tin front in such a way that they will not .nlerfere with the show v.'iur'.ows. It is the intention a* a later time to rebuild entirely the westward sec tion of thl sstore which is 50 by 105 feet, and this will again increase the floor space. RAILROAD MEN PLAN BIG TIME Package Party Big Feature at! Co-operative Club Meeting in Eagles' Ilall Railroad employes in general will join with the members of the Friend- , ship and Co-operative Club to-night in an enjoyable session. With the an nouncement that the United States government is about to take over the railroads of the United States, it is expected short talks will be given by officials on what It means. The committee in charge of the en tertainment program has been work." ing hard for a week. Their program is a "Package Party." Everybody who attends to-night's session is expected to bring a package. From reports there will be some bundles, including i a number of surprise packages. Auction Sale Then will come the auction. The highest bidder will win on every ar-1 ticle offered. No one will know what I is in the package until the cash Is I paid over. Of course there will be: 1 loads of fun according t the prom- | i ise of one of the committeemen. The i proceeds of the sale will goto the 1 Associated Aid Societies. During the business period a nuni ■ her of new members will be admit j ted. Opportunity will be given non ; members who attend to-night to join. ! It is an "open house" meeting and all .railroad men are invited to come. The short talks promise much interest. i After all has been transacted the I committee will serve refreshments j and pass out clears. The big time I starts at 8 o'clock and the meeting j will he held in Eagles ball. Sixth and I Cumberland streets. Pennsylvania Railroad to Merge the P. B. and W. The corporate identity of the Phil adelphia. Baltimore and Washing ton Railroad will be lost next Tues day, when that company's lines, which have been leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad for 999 years, will become a grand division of the Pennsylvania system and operated as its Southern division. Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad yesterday took the neces sary action to transfer to the pay rolls of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company all the officers and em ployes of the Philadelphia, Balti more and Washington Railroad, ef fective January 1. They will occupy positions in the Pennsylvania Rail road organization similar to those heretofore occupied by them in the organization of the Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington Rail road. Action leasing this system to the Pennsylvania Railroad for a term of 999 years was approved by the Pennsylvania Public Service Cor poration last week. The Pennsyl \*nia Railroad Company lias long had big interests in the Philadel phia. Baltimore and Washington Railroad and it is one of the lirst of the Pennsylvania's subsidiaries to be affected by the latter's recently adopted policy of mersins: all its smaller lines and bringing them under the direct control of Pennsyl vania officials. Refuse Pennsy Request to Charge Extra Fare Washington, Dec. 27.—The appli cation of the Pennsylvania Railroad to charge extra fares on the Con gressional Limited between New York. Philadelphia and Washington was denied yesterday by the inter state Commerce Commission. The railroad company sought to obtain extra charges because of the fast service limited to stops at Balti more. Philadelphia and Wilming ton, but the commission held that "no showing" had been made to justify the proposed additional fare. ADD DEATHS AND FUNERALS ISAAC FREED Isaac Freed, 78, died at his home, 1337 North Front street, last evening, after a short illness. He was a sales man for the Christmas Savings Club. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. There's many a desk —representing good pay and a bright future —wait- ing for the right man. N If you can prove by your work, your industry, your™Tß intelligence, that you're the man—for this man's size job—why, it's yours sure as fate. Now, how first to hear of such an opportunity. Well, many a man among the higher-ups in the busi ness world got his start by the want ad. route. The best way to sight an opportunity is—FIRST, to get a TELEGRAPH WANT AD working for you— SECOND, to read every help wanted ad in the TELE GRAPH each day. Call Bell 4100 or Dial 2135 and give us your ad to place in the Situation Wanted Columns, then if you are not al ready a subscriber, give us your order to have the paper delivered to your home; read the classified page care fully ; the rest is up to you. Do it now. H Wooden Ship Program a I Complete Failure, Belief of Rear Admiral. Bowles Dy 'Associated Press Washington, Dec. 27. The wooden shipbulldii. program wus pictured as an almov*. complete fail- p lire to-day l>y Roar Admiral F. A. ( Bowles, assistant general manager ( of the Emergency Fleet Corpora- f tion. testifying at the Senate Com- A merce Committee's investigation of I , shipbuilding:. i Questions brought from Admiral j ' Howies the statement that the | American International Corporation I at Camden, N'. J., will profit sl>,ooo,- ' 000 011 the construction of 120 steel J vessels. The government furnishes , all the capital and pays all the bills. I n Asked what the corporation furnish- t ed. Admiral Howies replied: ! "They put up tJie "know how' and . the organization." "If it becomes advisable for the government to build and operate I ships after the war, the investment j in the fabricating yards. Admiral ' Howies said, will be found to have , been a profitable overture for the government. Mrs. Pancake's Will Is Probated by Brother < The will of Mrs. Mary Kmma Pan- j 1 cake, widow of the late A. A. Pan : cake, was probated to-day and let- 1 j ters issued by Register Roy C. Dan- ' i ner to a brother, Albert H. Edwards, j Pittsburgh, and the Harrisbul'g ( I Trust Company. No public bequests j I were made, the estate going to rela- | j tives. letters of administration in the! estate of Stewart MeEwan. noted golf player and instructor at Reser voir Park, were issued to the widow. , Mrs. Mary McKwan. letters of ad ministration in the estate of David S. Espenshade, late of Londonderry township, were issued to Amos O. Espenshade. Wills were filed and I letters testamentary issued in the j following estates: Charlotte Clark. ' late of Conewago township, letters! to .loseph C. Martin and J. Ezra | Foil ■/.; Sarah E. Lewis, letters to j Central Trust Company: Horace Lutz. 1 city, letters to Mrs. Jennie Lutz. ■Onilf ATOIM MKKT Johnstown, i'a., Dec. 27. The need 1 and value of closer co-operation be- | tween the schools and the Government will lie emphasized at the sixty-eighth j annual meeting of the Pennsylvania j State Educational Association which opened yesterday in this city and I which will continue until Saturday. I Educational problems affecting the home, the industries. Hie communities and the Government will he discussed j by some of the eminent speakers and j educators of the United States. About} 1,000 school heads and Instructors are attending. PATRIOTIC PRAYER SKIiVK'K j A meeting, consisting entirely of prayer and song, w ill be held as usual j | this week at Pine Street Presbyterian Church to-morrow afternoon, at 5:15 o'clock. These patriotic prayer meet ings have been arranged for the iate afternoon in order that men and wo men returning from the office or shop may have nn opportunity to attend. | They last one hall" hour, and are un- i denominational. Railroad Notes All passenger trains on the Pennsy were doing better to-day in keeping j schedule time. Samuel 11. Resler, special duty man on the Middle division of the Penn sylvania railroad, who has been off duty with an injured arm, is visiting in Eli/.abethtown. Me expects to re sume his duties next week. Damage estimated at $35,000 was caused last night by fire, which par tially destroyed the repair shop of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Pitcain. An overheated stove, it is said, started the blaze. Fire apparatus from nearby towns was called out to help the Pitcairn department extin guish the flames. Anieriaan Railway Assoriation sta tistics of freight car surplus ana shortage shows that on December 1 the excess of unfilled car orders over surplus cars for the entire country was 117.132. This ligure represents a decrease of 22.880 from the Novem ber 1, 1317. figures and an increase of about 10,000 over December 1. 1916. In'other words, the car short age. commonly so-called, was 16 pe> cent, less at the beginning of Decem- Iber than it was at the beginning of November, and onlf 8 per cent, great er than a year ago. United Brethrens to Raise Money For the Lebanon Valley College Plans were discussed this morn ing at a joint session of tho East ern Pennsylvania and Penn: Ivania Conferences of the United I rethren Church, for launching a campaign for fuftds to be used for Lebanon Valley College. Bishop W. M. Bell presided at the meeting, and a num ber of ministers and lay delegates were present from the various churches in the conference. At the morning meeting Bishop Hell em phasized the importance of Christian education and showed the need of a Christian college and equipment. Dr. M. E. Swartz, superintendent of the Harrlsburg district of the Methodist Church, showed how the Methodists had raised a fund for their colleges. An address by Dr. CJ. D. Oossard, president of Lebanon Valley College, followed. Other speakers gave talks, and at the afternoon meeting the amount to be raised will be decided. In lieu of Bishop Bell, who was to speak this evening, the Rev. Dr. W. E. Dougherty, pastor of the First United brethren Church, will speak at a meeting in the Sixth Street United Brethren Church, at 7.30 o'clock this evening. The conference sessions were held in the Sixth Street United Brethren Church, Sixth and Seneca streets, of which Dr. Joseph Daugherty is the pastor. Conflict of Authority Responsible For Delay in Providing Equipment Washington, Dec. 27. Examin ation of Quartermaster General' Sharpe was resumed to-day by the Senate Military Committee, investi gating war preparations. Sharp criticism for the shortage of 1 winter overcoats was made by Scn i a tors who declared orders for cloth-' \ ing were not followed up to insure ! deliveries. • e said manufacturing I contracts were placed in sufficient I time for making of clothing but that j delayed deliveries held up the cloth ing manufacturers. Tracing the cause for delays in 1 getting clothing to the trops. Scn- I ator h'relinghuysen declared"" it was 'due in part to changes in cloth | specifications, resulting from a con flict of authority between the quar termaster general and the council I of natoinal defense. Red Cross Slowly Gains New Members For Order i Although the campaign headquar ters are open and workers are on the. I job. ready to receive Red Cross mem berships, thirty memberships was the total received until noon to-day. The city's total is now 27,5P- member ships. The goal is :S0,00t) member ships. Among the cheeks recently received was one of SSO from E. T. Selig, of the Harrlsburg Light and Power Com pany. It is to pay the memberships I of some people who have a heart but not a dollar. 1 iwvii 111**"* *"** ■ ; j The | Federalj 'III Machine I I Shop j Court and | Cranberry Sts. -i]! We have Just opened a General g dj J! Repair and Machine Shop at | 1 i ]! the above addreH. We are spe- j J! J!! ctally equipped to do grinding | s ; > bic/rle, automobile and genera) # -l|i machine repairing. LYOUT Patronage g Solicited i
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