RECRUITING TO BE ADVANCED Instructions to Go to the Re serve Militia Officers in Next Few Weeks struction as to re <\ \\ g cruitment and !xxX\V fjv muster in of men T for the new Penn d sylvanla Reserve Militia will be Ben t at once to 1 HnOvMhO tho officers so far " JsIMWn linf selected to com mand units and it ■jg— , is expected that SlHtfSSiui in a short time some of the infantry companies will be ready for entry into the state's service. From what hap been learn ed here some of the ofllcers ap pointed have already secured the men for formation of companies. Adjutant General Beary, who is engaged in drafting the instructions lor the Militia officers, is arranging for the new units to occupy state owned armories. The state will turn over to the federal government such armories as are requested, it was learned today. The only armory asked thus far was the Second Reg iment In Philadelphia. General Beary has received the ac ceptance of all officers appointed to the Reserve Militia, some or whom have certified that they were anx ious to begin work organizing their /•ommands. Some of the men who have applied for appointment by the Governor to organize units have sent word that they can get the men without difficulty. The state has practically all of the equipment needed either in hand or j in progress of manufacture. New Pipe Line Moves — The Public 1 Service Commission has listed for January 10 the application of the Pure Oil Company of Ohio for the right to transact business within the State of Pennsylvania. The com pany applying in the Ohio end of tho Pure Oil Company, whose Penn sylvania and New Jersey companies, are asking the right to transfer to the Ohio company certain lines. The papers Indicate that it will afford through connection to tidewater and to northwestern counties and be a uniformation of parts of the system. Must Show Licenses—The State Department of Agriculture has is sued a warning against unlicensed salesmen for nurseries who are al leged to be selling uninspected stock in tills state. The act of 1917 re quires all nurseries and all stock j salesmen to be licensed. Big Show Sure—According to peo-! pie at the State Capitol who have been working on the plans for the midwinter exhibition of the corn, apples, potatoes, wool, dairy products and other things raiseti on the farm to be held in HarriSburg during "agricultural week," the corn show ing will be one of the greatest ever known here. Inquiries have been made from almost every county and the people writing say that boys' corn clubs will prove quite a factor. The state has been districted for competition in corn and potatoes with allowance made for boys and and girls clubs. The idea is to get the very best of both products and to have the seed carefully conserved. An elaborate system of classification which will start lively competition has been worked out. There will also be competition in butter, eggs, wool, apples and other articles and the showing of apples is expected to be notable. The Pennsylvania pip pin has taken tremendous strides and the results of the extensive or-! fchard work lately will be shown. More Policemen. —Plans a*e being made for enlistment of a number of additional men for the state police force next month as vacancies have been created by men going to war and by expiration of enlistments of men who have gone into the national Friday, partly cloudy and not so cold I m' ."' Semi-Annual Clear away § Women's <5- Misses' Coats j 'jp?- fjy) /t,\ Began This Morning |jj This announcement will be welcome news HE ki //' V /fJ Ip to Harrisburg's best dressed women women || || I II '|\l I' I 1 1 I know t^iat Gl°ke Coats are in a style and p §§ '1 I illl 11 I I quality class of their own. || y llllil , l||j ml 11 | 1 Every garment in the stock greatly reduced f§] 1 \\l I InJILJr I Vdr in P riceAND MUST BE SOLD - We uote 1 \\®Jl l —JUI but a few of the many exceptional offerings gj{ || \ at P r * ces e^ect a quick clearance. pi K|j Group No. 1 Group No. 2 Group No. 3 ffl || Coats Worth to $lB Are Coats Worth i HR Splendid Coats -y 75 Elegant Coats <£ yC\ 75 ££4 gof heavy Cheviots /J' Sm?rt Coats of $ y C-00 of Velours, Burel- If\ [8 [i an d Velours ~ Burella Cloths ± la Cloths and Ker- ± || e| Belted models and Velours — seys —some with . ||j ga with large convertible collars— some with large large fur collars and full silk j|| H| .Llack and colors. fur collars others fur trimmed. lined. g t | Group No. 4 Group No. 5 irri Coats Worth to S4O Are Now !%t Distinctively styled garments of Silver- & r\s\ All the late season models in Bolivia w f\f\ Rti tone Cloths, Pom Poms, Vclous and Ker-V* w .1/1/ Cloths, Velours, Broadcloths and Kerseys—gjj Kb s .eys many with fur collars and elegantly 4m* collars of Raccoon, Hudson Seal and Musk- CSjJ ||J lined with silk. ra t—exquisite silk linings. Bu [|j| ——————— mmtmmmrnmm ■—— olionoy Report*-—John P. Do honey, Investigator of accidents of the Public Service Commission, has made a report on the Pittsburgh trolley accident to Chairman Ahiey. 'l'll right Charge—Tlie operators qfethe Pittsburgh district will make a contest against the new "Coal and Labor" charge of one of the western companies. They • claim it Is too much of an innovation. ltep'iart Improves—State Treas urer Kephart is improving rapidly from his of rheumatism. Auto Tags Moving—George B. Brusstar, register of the automobile division of the State Highway De partment to-day estimated that close to 100,000 license plates for pneu matic tired vehicles would be shipped to license holders by the end of the week. "We began ship ping the license tags ordered and paid for prior to this week to-day. There will be about 90,000 of them started. Of course, they can not all go to-Uay, but we have started and there will be a steady shipment of the tags every day," said he. "Tho rush for tagt, is on in fult and we are working day and night and ex pect. to until the end of the year. Every car run on January 1 must display the new tag." Air. Brusstar Ba ! d that he could not estimate how many tags would go to Harrisburg car owners as the applications are not kept by counties. Complaint Dismissed —The Public Service Commission In an opinion by Commissioner Ryan has dismissed the complaint of Hiram E. Stein metz. of Ephrata, against the Bell Telephone Company in which pro test was made against new regula tions which did not allow a call to be made for a particular person at a designated number. The opinion says: "It is regrettable that the new schedule should entail some added expense in any particular but in its entirety there will be gains to the people of Ephrata for in the ag gregate there are state-wide reduc tions aggregating more than one million of dollars saved to the people of Pennsylvania." Cities Protest —The cities of Pitts burgh and Reading to-day filed com plaints before the Public Service Commission against proposed in creases of trolley fares from five to six cents by the companies operat ing in those cities. The Pittsburgh complaint asks an answer in five days. The complaint of the city of Scrantc: against a similar increase in that city is to be heard January 10. The Edison Electric Company, Lancaster, has filed notice of an in crease of $7,500 in common .stock to be issued in part payment for the Akron Electric Light and Power Conrpany. The Lehigh Valley Rail road has filed notice of intention to discontinue Jeajiesville as an agency station. State Don't Pay—ln an opinion given to the division of the state government in charge of distribu tion of state documents the attorney general's department holds that no federal war revenue tax can be im posed on "parcels post packages sent by the state of Pennsylvania in its governmental operations." A state ment that exemption is claimed on that ground must be made on the package, it is held. FRENCH I.OSSKS SMAI.I. By Associated Press Paris, Dec. 27.—1n the week end ing December 22, one French steamer of more than 1.600 tons and one of legs than that tonnage were sunk by submarines and mines. No fishing vessels were lost. [ MIDDLETOWN | Charles A. Allen and Mls Mary A. Snavolj, both of Mlddletown, wero united In marriage at the United Brethren parsonage by the Itov. 1. H. Albright. The couple will reside in town. C. Z. Moore, supervisor of the Pennsylvania railroad, reported nine ty-four of hlB employes were mem bers of tho Red Cross. Nearly all the Mexicans employed joined. The Krelder shoe taciory came in with 117 memberships. Professor Wlckey's Sunday school class as a Christmas appreciation do nated $lO to the Ked Cross chap ter In honor of their teacher. Roy Markley has gone to New York city to accept a position us gov ernment inspector of ordnance. E, L, Shlreman, coal dealer, has purchased a Bethlehem automobile tor delivery purposes; L. C. Books and Walter Myers re turned to their home in Hopewell, Va., after spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers. Mrs. Books will remain here for several weeks. Mrs. Ella Bosner and daughters, Catherine and Miriam, are visiting Mrs. Borneo's father, Alvln McNalr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Steele, re turned to their home in Syracuse, N. Y. George I. King, of the "Eastern Car Company, New Glascow. Novia Sco tia, arrived in town and will spend some time with his family in ,North Union street. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Myers and two children are visiting in Ellzabetli town. Lieutenant Robert Engel has re turned to Camp Meade. Mr. and Mrs. Eshenour and daugh ter Mary, of Millersburg, are spend ing some with Mr. and Mrs. Gingrich. A quiet wedding wafe solemnized yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock in the parsonage of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, when Miss Flor ence M. Beard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Beard, of East Main street, and Dr. J. Croll Nissley, of Palmyra, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nissley, of North Spring street, town, were united in marriage. The nuptial ceremony was the cul-j mination of a romance begun when I the voiing couple were students at the Elizabethtown High school. Both j are prominent in the younger set of! the borough, and are widely ac-j quainted in this section. The pastor of the church, the Rev. [ Fuller Bergstresser, officiated. The bride was attired in a traveling suit, of dark blue. Immediately after the | ceremony Dr. and Mrs. Nissley leftj for a short wedding trip. They will i bo at home at their residence, Pal-1 myra, after January 8. Dr. Nissley Is a graduate of the] Dental College of the University of I Pennsylvania, and is a member of j the'Xi Psi Phi fraternity. He was one of the first dentists in Pennsyl vania to tender his service to the Federal government at the outbreak of the war, and has been commis sioned as a firat lieutenant in the Dental Reserve Corps of the United j States Army. Miss Katie Heininger, of Pitts-, burgh, is visiting lier parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Heininger, of Sus- j quehanna street. Adam Delhi, who spent the past few days In town, returned to his home in Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. John O'Hara, of Lewistown. are visiting the latter's pareijtw, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Kline, j Water street. A family reunion was held at the j home of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Wit-] man, Ann street, Christmas Day,; when a turkey dinner was served, j Those present were: Mr. and Mrs.! Guy Witman, son Delbert. Harris burg; Ralph Witman, Liverpool, Ohio; Mr. atjd Mrs. Foster Witman, of town; and Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Witman. . Clark Ashenfelter. of Pittsburgh, i is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. j Charles Ashenfelter, of East Main i street. Miss Edna Beard Is visiting her sister, Mrs. Lewis Welsli t at Wash ington, Pa, Miss Margaret Hatch, of Colum bia, Is tho guest of Miss Mabel Kurt*, Swatara street. Benjamin McKce ,wlfe and daugh ter Elizabeth, of Philadelphia, re turned to their home after spend ing the past few days In town aa the guests of th former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McKee. * Miss May Bcliaeffer, of Atlantic City, Is spending some time In town as the guest of her mother, Mrs. Aunle Schneffer. Mr. and Mrs, 11. B. McNeal, of Pittsburgh, are visiting relatives In town. Earl Klinger, of lowa, Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Klinger. Mrs. J. M. Ackerman entertained the social circle at. her home, cor ner Water a.nd Pine streets, this af ternoon. I:0BERLIN: : : : The American flag donated to Sa lem Lutheran Church by Eugene Relikugler, was presented in behalf of the donor by David Kemmerer a divinity student and received by the congregation by the pastor, the Rev. D. E. Rupley. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Stengle en tertained at a Christmas dinner, Mr. and Mrs. John Yetter, of York. Mr. and Mrs. William Maisner and son, William, Mr. and Mrs. Clair Stengle and Miss Ethel Horner. Miss Elsie Ross, of Goldsboro, was entertained this week by Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Reigart. William Landis, who has been very sick, is convalescing. John Reed is ill. Charles Rodemaker, a United States soldier of Camp Hancock, Georgia, is spending a few days with his family. Sergeant Raymond Keim, a drill officer at Camp Meade, Md., is visit ing his parents on a several days' furlough. Nelson Hopple, employed at Tor onto, Canada, is home, spending the holidays with his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Chambers, of Philadelphia, are visiting here. Robert Batdorf, of Eddystone, has joined his wife and son, who are visiting here with the latter's par ents, Sir. and Mrs. Aaron Liter. Corporal Earl Henshaw, of Camp Meade, fortunately received a Christ mas furlough and Is spending it with his mother at Pleasant View farm. Miss Naomi Henshaw. after sever al months' stay in Philadelphia, is home again. •Charles and Eugene Rehkugler spent the weekend with friends in Lancaster. Citizens Fire Company Elects New Officers Officers of the Citizen's Fire Com pany, of Penbrook, were elected last night as follows: President, Harrison Clay: vice-president, G. W. Weaver; recording secretary. B. R. Speas: financial secretary, C. L. Wirt; treas urer. George W. Sliope; trustee, Chas. 11. Riley'; chief, J. W. McGarvey; as sistants, H. H. Feeser, G. W. Weaver, G. L. Hocker and J. C. Reichert. A large number of members attended and there were some interesting con tests for some of the offices. A bal ance of more ths Support in Xmas Drive The total number of Christmas members for the local Red Cross chapter Is slowly increasing. The number issued today was 9,126 in- cluding 122 memberships reported yesterday, A revised report of the results in the campaign among Steel plant employes issued today is as follows: Mechanical—P. E. Howells, 163 3; rolling mill—W. W. Leek, 1,053; frog, switch and signal, G. S. Vick ery 687; bridge and construction, Carl B. Ely, 630; open hearth, T. T. McEntee, 366; blast furnaces, R. V. McKay, 330; electrical, J. C. Head, 328. Eight departments turned in 100 per cent enrollments. Team captains and workers arc lauded by officers of the chapter In report this morning. Mrs. W. H. Nell, chairman o fthe campaign committee in a statement thanked all those who worked to make the drive a success and residents who became member*. Captains of women teams were: Mrs. Georgo Delamater. Miss Estel la Thompson, Mrs. Keister, Mrs. Jojin Bethel, Miss Hoerner, Mrs. Snavely, Mrs. Charles Howard, Mrs. Jefferson, Mrs. Walter Guyer, Mrs. H. Messinger, Mrs T. J. Nelley, Mrs. Utely Abercrombie, Mrs. Winslow ■Miller, Mrs. W. F. Darby, Mrs. Mel vin Cumbler, Mrs. Moser and Mrs. McDonald. The men teams were in charge of George Delamater, Mr. Winship, R. V. McKay, T. T. McEntee, W. W. Leek, Mr. McDonald, F. E. Howells, F. A. Robblns, Mr. Cover, G. F. Vlckery, Carl Ely, Herman Smiley, B. F. Weaver, Mr. Hain, J. C. Read. Harry Bent, Mr. Nelson, Mr. ArnoY'l, W. E. Chick, J. M. Earnest, Mr. Ruth Walter Guyer, Harry Zook and Mr. Gallagher. Resident of Borough - For Many Years Dies John G. Keller, aged 78, a resl- , dent of the borough for more than forty years, died at his home ii Front street .this morning at 5] , o'clock from complications after on illness of several months. He has been seriously ill but a few days. Ho moved to this town in 1877 and has been in the wall paper business i since. He was a prominent busi nessman and was one of the organ izers of the St. Mark's Lutheran 1 Church. His wife died about nine years ago. Xo arrangements for the funeral have been made. OLD RESIDENT DIES Funeral services for Mrs. I'ydia Myers, aged 7G, who died at her home. Second street and Angle ave--1 nue, Tuesday, will be held to-mor row afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. W. 11. Shaw, pastor of the First Methodist Church, will offici ate. Burial will be made In the Baldwin Cemetery. Mrs. Myers was a resident of Steelton for many | years. She is survived by her hus band. Thomas Myers, four sons and two daughters. BI'RXED WHILE COOKING Mrs. Rosie Chellup, 727 South Third street, Steelton, is in the Har risburg Hospital, suffering with severe burns about her body, sus tained yesterday. Mrs. Chellup was cooking at her stove when her clothes caught lire and inflicted the j severe burns before they, could be extinguished. STEELWORK ft K MARRIED I Miss Mary Wideman and Glen . Hiler. residents *of Steelton, were |i married yesterday morning in thci rectory iof St. James' Catholic ! , Church at 6.30 o'clock by the Rev. J. C. Thompson. The couple were : attended by .lames Crowley and i Miss Claire Flanagan. The bride- l groom is employed as a molder in J the steel foundry of the local plant. RAM) MEMBERS OX VACATION Members of the Steelton Band are enjoying a two week's vacation over the holidays. Activities will be re sumed on January 8. Manager I lie ddinott said to-day that plans for ■ next year's work will be mapped out i at the first meeting in January. The vacation extends from December 18;, to January 8. I HARVEY ORR AND SOME GIRLS IN WE MUSICAL COMEDY "THERE SHE GOES" & ai< iittift ( n u>rirH itit i IM{ ttumnu: If you go to a ball game and your favorite "slugger" hits the ball for a "homer," a thousand' excited fans will watch the ball soar almost to the clouds arid yell "There Khe Goes." If you .go to sec a balloon scenslon, the moment the "monster" is cut loose and the daring athlete shoots Into the air. the big crowd of excited spectators will shout almoßt in one voice, "There She Goes." • If you happen to be In a small town on the main line of a great railway system und a fast train thunders through at the rate of sixty miles an hour some-bysiander will say. "There She Ooes," even If It's a mail train, and so it 1* with a thousand and one other things. When Hareey I>. Orr offers his magnificent production, "There She Goes," the newest musical comedy with Harvey and Harold Oru nml a company of thirty-nine people, which comes to the Orpheum Monday, Decem ber "1, matinee and night, it is predicted the favorite expression will be on everybody's tongue. "There She Goes," with its pretty girls, wealth of beautiful costumes, and scenery, and the original cast, is heralded as one of the brighest. fastest and cleanest musical extravaganzas aver writ-' ten. A Jam orchestra la the naweatfeature. Standing of the Crews HAnniaiiVßO SIDE: Philadelphia Division l2l crew to go first after 4p. m.: 125, 110, 120. Conductor for 129. Brakemen for 121, 126-2. Engineers up: Houseal Shocker, Firemen up: Blum. Briggs, Dress ier, Pettla, Relslnger. Conductors up: Gallagher, Thomas. Brakemen up: Miller, Preston, Hylton. Middle Division —. 240 crow to go after 2 p. m.: 234. 216. Front end: 22, 28. 18, 6. Conductors for 22, 6. Flagman for 6. Brakemen for 22, 28. Engineers up: It. S. Earley, O. W.l Snyder. Firemen up: Roddy, Schmidt. Brakemen up: Valentine, Clous er. YARJ) CIl K.WS Engineers for SC. 12C. 2, 14C, 2GC. Firemen for SC, 6C, 2, 14C, 3, 15C, 4, 16C, 17C. Engineers up: Beaver, Essig, Ney, Myers, Boyle, Ulsh. Firemen up: Welsh, Loppard, Bowman, Steward, Parker, Mowery. exoi.a sim: Philadelphia Dlvinlon :'r.S crew to gr> after 4.15 p. m.: 210, 237, 207, 245, 239, 214, 204, 225, 208, 242. 240. 243. Engineers for 458, 210, 215. Firemen for 258, 210. Conductor for 15. Flagmen for 45, 39. 08, 42. Brakemen for 10, 07. 45-2, 08, 42, 40, 43. Flagman up: Orr. Middle DlvlHlon 231 crew to go after 12.30 p. m.: 225. 20 Altoona crews to come in. YARD CREWS t To go after 4 p. m. Engineers for Ist 129. Firemen for 2nd 129, 3rd 129, Ist 102. Ist 104. 2nd 104. Engineers up: . Seel, Hinkle, Kapp, Fortenhaugh, Gingrich, Kings berry. Firemen up: Brubaker, Morris, Jones, Sanders, Cashman, Walters, j Metis, Holmes, Shuey, Benser. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT 1 Middle Division Engineers up at 12.01 p. m.: Alexander. Kelly, lveane, Spotts, Graham'. Delozier, Buck. Engirteer for 49. Firemen up at 12.01 p. m.: Lyter, Bealor, Ziegller, Herr, Nowark, Grove. Firemen for 665, 1, 45. l'hllndclpliln Dlvinlon Engineers lup at 12,01 p. m.: Gibbons, Gillums, I Davis, Smeltzer, Pleam, Ijindly, | Welch. Engineer for 028. Firemen up at 12.01 p. m.: Shive, Cover, White, Naylor, McNeal. READING CHEWS Tiie 23 crew llrst to go after 11 O'clock: 8. 30. 53. 60. 41, 10, 43. 35. 16, 57, 17 11, 61, 66, 58, 24, 37, 67, 55, 73, 26. 11, 56, 40. Engineers for 53, 60, 30. Firemen for 52, 53, no, 57, 58. 60, 61, 71. 73, 16. 30. 35, 37, 40, 41, 43. Flagmen for 53, 55, 67, 30, 41.. Brakemen for 53 55, 61, 67, 73. 30, 35, 41, 43. Engineers up: Little, Leitner, Bowman. Motter, Hlllyard, Griffith, Zeiber, Hummel, Beecher, Strieker, Wunder llck. Firemen up: Myers. Folk, Hart man, Kingsborough, Crum, Miller, ! Kochenour. Conductors up: Pation, McCul lough. Powers. Flagmen up: Hess, Walton, Cas sel, Marks, Peters, Carl, Kichman, Piusser. Brakemen up: Rhineliart, Grady, Watson, Beeach, Sheetz, Zink, Breck enridge, Hain, Shillinger, Duncan, Felker, Shutts, Buftington. Hause and Baker Form New Law Partnership Nathan E. Hause and Ralph J. I Baker announce the formation of a Hause and Baker, for the general I practice of law, with special attention ,to corporation matters. They wiM continue the practice formerly of the late Frederic W. Fleitz and Mr. Hause. Air. Baker, David P. Reese and Doug lass D. Storey will be associated with the Arm. All are well-known mem bers of the bar in Pennsylvania, and j Mr. Hause was for years chief clerk in the Auditor General's Department. The firm has offices in the Telegraph Building. NEW MBKRTY , PARTY Residents of the city to-day filed pre-emptions of the Liberty party for 1 the First Representative district, Eighteenth Congressional district ana the state. Pre-emptors were Giovanni DiSanto, L. Raffel, John MeCracken, j Joseph A. LaFitte, C. W. Ashby, John I Rector and B. II Isaacman GREAT TOBACCO CROP IS HERE FOR YANKEES Plenty to Smoke in U. S., but! Little to Be Had in Trenches "Have you got anything to smoke?" They were deep in the mud of a trench in Flanders, and the younger of the two American sol diers had been badly wounded with a piece of half-spent shell. They had stood In the Icy water until their feet were numb and the terri fying numbness was creeping up ward to their vitals. "If 1 only had 1 a smoke. Jack!" sobbed the boy. "I could stand anything." The other looked his pity as ho hopelessly* fished about for even a remnant of tobacco. Rut there was none to b had, and there would be none. Let us shift, now, to Lancaster county and hear what a veteran to bacco producer has to say about thisi year's crop: "Never in the nearly* 70 years that thf culture of tobacco has been a feature crop- of Lancas ter county have the farmers reaped such a harvest of wealth as they have from this year's crop. In the early eighties high prices were paid, but the Acreage of the county waa far less. For very many years 16,- 000 acres was considered big, bi/t the 1917 crop was grown on at least 25,- 000 acres, and some growers esti mate it at 30,000 acres. According? to the estimate of acreage, the crop will put in the growers' pockets front eight to nine million dollars." Yes, reader, this Is the truth. Sugar, salt, coal; wheat may bo scarce In this country, but tobacco is not. Thousands of men are get ting rich owing to the goodness of Providence in causing uncommonly line crops. Think of this when you read of the needs of the soldiers, to whom tobacco is a greater relish than it possibly could be to a citi zen comfortably reclining by his home lireside. Think and give. The following contributions have been received for the Harrisburg Tel egraph's Tobacco fund: Previously Acknowledged J559.55 Airs. F. Baillie $ 1.00 John Shiprack, Bressler, Pa... .6" Krosge 5c and 10c Store 19.a0 $910.65 MUST SAVE WATER TO AVOID FAMINE [Continued from First Pase.] past two weeks the water reached u stage of only 14 feet in the reser voir and the supply was so low that some ol the big industries of town were asked to limit the quantity used. I had no idea conditions wero as they are and we have taken steps immediately to correct th< trouble. Every member of coun cil has agreed that Counctlmau Morganthaler shall go ahead at one with the purchase of an emergency pump and that we will pass an ordi nance to take the money out of thu water emergency fund. Willing to Help "The Chamber of Commerce offi cials and officials of the Pipe, an l Pipe Bending Company, the Bethle hem and other munition maksi • plants dependent upon the city t< <• wate. have expressed their willing ness to help us get the pump desin l as quickly as possible. "The United States government is taking over all manner of machin ery and equipment, but 1 belie\e thht if the government is notified, us It will be, that the local munition plants are in danger of closing v/o shall get help from that quarter. Until the new pump is received we all must economize." The mayor said that in caso of a big Arc- the city would find itself :n dire distress and that if the mi'ls ar6 required to close government contracts will be delayed and hu i dreds of persons thrown temporarily out of work. False Economy It was developed at the conf r ence last night that the water i' ?- parlment has suffered fr.om fa Ma economy. In the first place, it v is said, the water rates never shoe Id have been cut. The earnings shorld have been used to buy equipment to keep the water department up to fie requirements of the city. As it is. the city is now depending upon very old pumps that are not sufficient to meet the demands by several mil lion gallons daily. The whole plant is being pushed far beyond the saf 'tv point and if a serious break-down should occur the city will wake up to find itself without water and .it the mercy of fire. This condition has been known ever since former Commissioner Dunkle made a full report previous to his retirement, in the early Fall, • but little or nothing has been don to remedy it. Mayor Keister !>aid to-day that the money has been pro vided in the annual budget l'or tho electrical emergency pucsp and that council will do its best to set here and installed in the least possible time. The serious condition exiting in the city water supply system was first discovered by ex-Commissioner Samuel F. Dunkle who shortly after* lie took office began a thorotfgh in vestigation. He then decided to em ploy an expert to make a complete survey and report to him. This re port contained the recommendation to install at least one electrical unit at the pumping station and the sug gestion that repairs to the two old pumps might make it possible to use them in case of emergency. A necessary precaution included the strengthening of a thirty-inch main connection at Front and North streets which was done by enclosing the big fiting in re-enforced concrete, llepairs to the old pumps were start ed and just as these were about to bo put into service the new pump purchased about ten years ago, broke. Since that time the old pumps haTe been used. Parts to replace the dam aged ones on the big pump are be ing made in the city it is said, as the manufacturing company which built the pump is no longer in busi ness, city officials said. The big increase in consumption of water in the city is dile largely te the manufacturing boom which has resulted t from the war. Two big plants in the city use this supply constantly running the total daily consumption to 12,000,000 gallon* much pf the time. GAME KII.I.K1) DURING SKASO* I/ewistown, Pa., Dec. 27.—John J. Slautterback. Kime protector for Miff lin and Juniata counties, yesterday issued a nummary for game killed during the 1917 season as follows: One spike buck and one doe acci dentally killed by running into wii fence. -Male fleer killed, TS: be r 1 Juniata county—Male deer. S. Th"r were 4,160 rabblta killed this year in Mifflin count}' and 9.575 in Juuintu county; 205 wild turkey# In Mifflin county and 2tl In Juniata. 9