MIDDLETOWN The Woman's Club of Middleto'vn lield its annual reception last eve ning at the home of the president, Mrs. Ira R. Springer. This meeting was held a day earlier than was scheduled in the year book of the society. A large number of puests were present at this m .•i J c t n l i. The reception was carried along on conservative lines this year, as no elaborate refreshments were served to those present. Several clever schemes were carried out during the evening in order to raise money for the soldiers' tobacco fund. One was in regards to the taxing all the guests who wore elaborate dressings, such as necklaces, rings, besides a wedding ring, lavaliers, brooches, tiarra, bracelets, and other jewelry. The fines ranged from one cent to iive cents, through which a neat sum was raised for the soldier boys of the local camps. A program which consisted of sev eral musical numbers, by the mem bers of the organization, was rend ered later in the evening, and had been arranged by the following member/i. Airs. H. J. Wickey, chair man; Mrs. W. E. Baxtresser, Mrs. C. M. Carlson, Mrs. H. W. George, Mrs. H. B. Garver, Mrs. Max Eauffcr, Mrs Benjamin E. Longenecker, Mrs. George S. Mish, Mrs. H. H. Rhodes, Mrs. S. Cameron Young, Mrs. T. M. Yost and Mrs. John W. Few. This was a volunteer committee who had the entertainment in charge. The next meeting of the club will be held on January 10 when the suffrage question will be discussed. Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones of Har l-lsburg, is expected to be present and speak on the subject. Karl Bowers who spent the past week in town as the guest of his par ents Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Bowers, re turned to his home at Philadelphia last evening. Mrs. Sherman Hawthorne, of Har risburg, was tho guest of the Social Circle which met at the home of Mrs. J. AT. Aekerman, Water street, yes terday afternoon. Mrs. John Singer and daughter, Irene, of Shock Mill, spent yesterday in town as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John T T pdegraff. Benjamin N'auss and Mrs. John McGarvey, both of town, were mar ried at the home of Mrs. McGarvey on Wednesday evening at R o'clock by the Rev. O. M. Kraybill, pastor of the Church of Cod. Miss Harriet T-ciby, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Leiby and Eari Houser, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles JTonser, both of Royalton, were mar ried at Hnserstown. Md.. on Wed nesday. They will reside with the bride's parents. Mrs. Mehin Leonard in a fait down a flip-lit of stairs at her home on Christmas Dnv sustained a frac tured rieht shoulder blade. Mr. and Airs. Trvin Beard of Wil son street, announce the engage ment of their dauchter. Miss Anns; Beard to Fletcher Miles of Elizabeth town. Mr. Miles is at present serv ing T'ncle Sam in the Medical Corps, Fort Ojjintliorpe, Ga. E. TJ. Shireman, the coal dealer, received two car loads of coal yester day. He was completely swamped by consumers when it became known that the shipments had arrived. Itchiny Pimples Disfigured Face Scattered All Over Face and Body. Scratched and Clothing Bothered. Could Not Sleep. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Healed. • * "I work in a garage and my face got full of oil and grease. After a while pimples that were small and red began to come out. Then they got big and came to a head, and were scattered all over my face and body. They itched sothat I had to scratch and my clothing bothered me a lot. I could not sleep well at night and my face was disfigured. "I was told to get Cuti cura Soap and Ointment so I bought two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and two cakesof Cuticura Soap, and I was healed." (Signed) Joseph Smith, 216 Sear Street, Philadelphia, P= How often such distressing, disfigur ing skin troubles might be prevented by every-day use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for all toilet purposes. 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SKATES GROUND I While You Wait i Federal Machine Shop Cranberry Street Near Court SATURDAY EVENING, NEWS OF STEELTON COAL SHORTAGE AGAIN SERIOUS Shipments Fall Off and Resi dents Mostly in Need Are Using Wood The coal shortage in Steelton again becomes serious with the supply of fuel in the homes and business houses accumulated by deliveries from recent shipments exhausted and no stock on hand in local yards. At the offices of the Steelton Store Company and Detweiler Brothers, the two largest dealers in the town, it was reported this morning that no coal had arrived to-day and not any In sight. One car was received by Detweiler Brothers this week, but this was in sizes used in furnaces. W. E. Abercrombie, manager of the Steelton Store Company, said this morning that the little stock of coal on hand was "egg" coal and could be used in stoves if it was broken up. Mr. Abercrombie said that this is being sold and that the demand for wood is increasing. The official said that the wood is not sawed into stove length but peo ple are buying it in order to get something to use. The reason the wood is not sawed into stove length he said, was that he was unable to get men to do the work. The seven shipments of coal into the borough last week relieved the situation considerably, and dealers were in hopes that the shipments would continue regularly which would keep residents supplied with j enough fuel to get along. Dealers, were assured by the coal administra-1 tion that shipments would arrive in j a few days. , i With the reserve supply of coal and coke accumulated during the Christmas vacation at the steel the situation is relieved somewhat, officials said. Borough Churches Will Observe Week of Prayer Week of Prayer under the auspices of the Ministerial Association of Steelton and vicinity will be ob served by live churches in the borough next week. The sermon subjects are presented by the Fed eral Council of Churches in Am/ erica.' Efforts are being made by members of the association to get the co-operation of local church workers for the success of the week's observation. The program for the week is as follows: Monday. Watch Night serv ices at 10.30, St. John's Lutheran, the Rev. C. B. Segelken, "Thanks giving and Confession"; Tuesday, 7.45, First Presbyterian, tho Rev. W. H. Shaw, "The Church Universal;" Wednesday, Grace United Evangeli cal, the Rev. JL H. Rupp, "Nations and Their Rulers"; Thursday, First Reformed, the Rev. W. C. Heilman, "Families, Schools, Colleges and the Young;" Friday, First Methodist, the Rev. G. N. "Home Mis sions." Steelton Churches St. John's Lutheran—The Rev. G. N. Bai.ffer,' pastor, will preach at 10.45 a. ni. on "A New Year's Mot to," and at 7.30 p. m. on "No Room For Jesus." First Methodist—The Rev. W. H. Shaw, pastor, will preach at 10.30 a. m. on "The Everlasting Years" and at. 7.30 p. m. on "The Reap ers." Sunday school at 2. Epworth League at 6.30. First Presbyterian—The Rev. C. B. Segelken, pastor, will preach at 11 a. m. on "The Development of the Kingdom" and at 7.30 7.30 p. m. on "The Pilgrim Fathers in Their Three Homes," illustrated. Main Street Church of God.—The Rev. G. \V. Getz, pastor. Evangelist J. B. MacClure will open a three weeks' evangelistic campaign, f0.'30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday school at 2. Jr. C. E. at 6. Sr. C. E. at 6.30. First Reformed —The Rev. H. H. Rupp, pastor, will preacli at 10.4H a. m. on "The Passing of the World" and at 7.30 p. m. on "His Own Place." Thursday, consistory meet ing. Mt. Zion Baptist—The Rev. War ner Brown, pastor, will preach at 10.45 a. m. on "Besetting Sin" and at 7.30 p. m. on "Insolvent Debtors." Watch night meeting Monday. Salem Lutheran, Oberlin—the Rev. D. E. Rupley, pastor, will preach at 10.30 a. m. on "The Unjust Stew ard," and at 7.30 p. m. on "All the Days of My Life." Sunday school at 9.30. C. E. at 6.30. Trinity Episcopal—The Rev. Wil liam Charles Heilman, pastor. Morn ing prayer and sermon at 11. Even ing prayer and sermon at 6. Sunday school at 10. Holy Communion at 8. New Year's eve. Holy £ommunion 12 midnight. r—BILIOUS?—I If you hare bad taste in mouth, foul breath, fuired tongue, dull headache, drowsiness, disturbed >sleep, mental depression, yellow ish skin—then you are bilious. iSCHENCKS ] MAMDBAKE PILLS j quickly relieve this disorder, which is the result of liver derangement and severe digestive disturbance, PnroljT Pliln or Bng*r Ox ted. HO YEARS' CONTINUOUS S ALB PROVE 9 THEIR MERIT. Dr. J. B. Schtnck ft Sen, Philadelphia. Borough Unable to Get Necessary Men to Work New Collection Plan Inability to get a man to supervise | the new garbage system, E. C. Hen ! derson, chairman of the highway | committee of council, give as the rea son for the hold up in putting the new plan into use. Mr. Henderson said that the people are co-operating with the men on the truck and wag ons and a general clean-up of the town will soon be completed. Work men on the truck and wagons are carrying the receptacles to the streets if they are located in a con venient place. The new plan of col lecting the refuse Mr. Henderson said would be in force within the next week. Members of the highway commit tee have been in search of two men, one to act as foreman and the other to operate the garbage truck. Two wagons and the auto truck are now engaged in collecting the garbage and ashes. 60 Men Are Given First Lessons in Drill Work Sixty men received their first In structions as members of the Steel ton Reserve in Felton Hall last night. This was the first drill of the newly-formed unit. Cjuincy Bent, president of the organization, was very well pleased with the spirit the men displayed in taking up the work. No action was taken in regard to uniforms and guns. The next drill will be held on Friday night. It is likely that a meeting of the boaril of directors will be held during this week to work out details of the or ganization. Local Chapter Ships 250 Knitted Sweaters The local Red Cross Chapter yes terday shipped 250 knitted sweaters to the Philadelphia office. This was the first shipment of goods for some time, the women being engaged In the Red Cross Christmas drive. Work will be started on a large shipment of materials on Monday. Women are urged to assist in rushing through this quota of goods, Steelton, has been asked to supply. The official number of Christmas members to day was reported at 9,172. The cam paign will be kept open until Mon day morning when the final report will be made. SPECIAL ACTIVITIES OP. liOCAli CHURCH CHOIRS Music appropriate to the Christ-1 mae season will be presented at St. John's Lutheran Church to-morrow, j In the the morning the choir will sing an anthem by Geibel, "Sing O j Ye Heavens." In the evening therej will be a quartet appropriate to the ] sermon entitled, "No Room For Him." This quartet will be sung by | Mrs. Roth, Mrs. John Rupp, Harold, Wells and Joseph Heckert. Miss Re-j becca Miller of the Potsdam Conser vatory of Music will sing a soprano! solo. The First Presbyterian Church choir will present the following pro gram: Morning—Prelude, "Pastor alg in F," Bach; vocal solo by Miss Mary B. Corbett, "Lullaby," Munder; i offertory, "The Lost Chord," Sulli-j van; postlude, "Prelude and Fugue," | Bach. Evening—Prelude, "Meditation," I Lucas; duct by Miss Corbett and' Mr. Boudman, "Lead Kindly Light"; <-f-' fertory, "Melody," Horatio Parker; ■ postlude, "Postlude," Donahue. The choir of the First Presbyter ian Church held the second of its; series of social evenings as the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. C. B. Segelken,' at the manse-last evening. After the regular rehearsal Mrs. W. H. Hare Id-1 rodo played several selections on the l piano and Miss Mary B. Corbett 1 sang. Refreshments were served i and announcement was made that] the choir would meet again at the | tnanse next Friday evening. KEU.ER FUNERAL TOMORROW Funeral services for J. G. Keller will be held at his home. North Front street, to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. The Rev. George N. Lauffer, pastor of St. John's Luth eran Church will officiate. The body will be taken to Johnstown for burial. FORTNIGHTLY MEETING A meeting of the Fortnightly Club will be held at the home of Mrs. Boyd. Walnut street,' Monday eve ning. The subject of the meeting will be "Industrial Pennsylvania." HKI.II FOR DRUG THEFT Sue Eberly and Joseph M. Keister, alleged narcotic addicts, arrested by Detective Speese for jin alleged drug theft from Bowman, Mell and Com pany, were held under SSOO bail for court yesterday by Alde.rrnan Caveny at police court. 1J0 RED CROSS MEMBERSHIPS The Harrisburg Railways Company turned in 190 Red Cross memberships yesterday, according to announce ment. Every employe of the car barn at Herr arid Cameron streets has Joined the Red Cross. MERCHANTS PROTEST Harrisburg merchants are taking action through the Chamber of Com merce against the habit of loafers loitering about the front of their stores, blocking access to their dis play windows and spoiling the effects of their windows. TOST OFFICE TO CI-OSE On New Year's Day the main Post Office and the Hill and Maclay sub stations will bo closed from 10 a rn until 12 p. m. All carriers will make their first delivery and collections and the f>: 4o, 7:30 and 10:20 p. m. collec tions. There will be no rural deliv eries. 18, DO THIS-" When the Children Cough. Rub Musterole on Throats and Chests No telling how soon the symptoms m?y develop Into croup, or worse. And then's when you're glad you have a jar of Musterole at hand to give prompt, sure relief. It does not blister. As first aid and a certain remedy, Musterole is excellent. Thousands of mothers know it. You should keep a jar in the house, ready for instant use. It is the remedy for adults, too. Re lieves sore throat, bronchitis, tonsilitio, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion, pleurisy, rheu matism, lumbago, pains and aches of back or j'oints, sprains, sore muscles, chilblains, frosted foet and colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $2.50. HARRISBURG sSSs&I TELEGRAPH ALL NEWS OF BIG RED CROSS DRIVE AT ENOLA Pcnnsy Employes Line Up Several Hundred Members; Activity Still Continues Enola, Pa., Dec. 29.—Although the [ big drive for 10,000,000 members to ! the Red Cross has ended, officials | and employes of the local yards and [ shops as well as their fellow work ! men from Marysville are busy en rolling members to the Red Cross. Solicitors have been appointed in the various departments of the shops and yards. In the car shops alone more than 300 of the men employed are members of the Red Cross. Many of the railroaders are not only join ing for themselves but also their wives and families, who had pre viously enrolled In the recent drive. Spirited Rivalry There was a spirited rivalry be tween the employes of the Enola and Marysville shops. A total of 315 members were signed for the Red Cross. In addition to this record SBO was subscribed by employes through church organizations. The shopmen gave a total of $395. The drive was directed by Harry G. llu ber, foreman of the shops. He had committees from various shops and they lined up 80 per cent, of their quota, some making a 100 per cent. I record. The hustling working force included: R. S. Diller, chief clerk, who was chief of staff for General Director Huber; H. O. Schutt, H. C. Graham, F. O. Seidlc, and T. H. Albright, of the enginehouse; E. W. Clay and William Drumheiser, car inspectors; R. M. Adams and P. E. Zorger, car shops; L. W. Williams ad F. O. Hamilton, Marysville. Jewish Members of Red Cross Now Flying Shield of David in Windows In place of the Red Cross service flag, many Hebrews of the city are placing another design in their win dows. The design is a six-pointed star. It is a Biblical design of the Shield of David, with the words. "We are members of the Red Cross," below. One of the window posters was brought to the Telegraph editorial rooms yesterday by Joseph Klein, 635 Boas street. He said that many peo ple who have been called disloyal citizens because they did not display the Red Cross service flag, are now showing thisanew emblem. j snowing wu.spxicw einuiem. Officers Nominated by Academy pf Medicine | The Academy of Medicine met last .evening and nominated offices to be | elected the last Friday in January for ; the ensuing year. l)r. Thomas 12. | Blair was nominated for the office of president. Other officers nomin ated are: First vice-president. Dr. R. F. L. I Ridgeway; second vice-president. Dr. I G. L. Laverty; secretary-treasurer, Dr. Park E. Deckard; trustee. Dr. j John M. Raunick; social and scientific committee,iDr. 11. M. Farnsler; com mittee on admissions. Dr. J. B. Hile- I man and Dr. A. 55. Ritzman. | A committee was appointed to take I appropriate action OR the death iof Dr. Harry P. Eisenhart. During j tlie evening Dr. Blair ;'ead a lecture to I the Academy on "Drugs," and later Major John F. Kulp, M. D., who is 1 now stationed at Camp Hancock and j at home on a short furlough, spoke of his experiences in camp. WHARTON STUDY CU B HOLDS A SMOKER ' A smoker in honor of the newly elected officers of the Wharton Study | Club, was held last night. The of ! fleers, recently elected, are: J. W. j Kline, president; Dee Hale, vice-presi dent: Norman J. Rintz, secretary; C. j E. Wissler, treasurer; George Sierer, I assistant treasurer. The following di rectors were elected: C. C. High, C. E, Aungst. James Baker, Harold llaag. The session starts again on January 7. Those present included the following : Richard McAlister, C. E. Wissler, J. W. Kline, JJ. S. Och, Lester Nesbit, Bland Cornell, C. W. Aungst, Lewis D. Cohen, Harold H. Haag. H. H. Deis mans. Jr., Harry Lapkin, Daniel Pyffer, Jr., D. A. Smith, Eugene P. Haa, D. A. Schlltzer, John Pruss, Max I. Kiass, John Rodgers, Frank Turano, C. C. High, James Baker. OVERHEATED STOVE CAUSES FIHE IN JLUCKNOW Fire, believed to have started from an overheated cookstove, completely destroyed a tenement house at John W. Reily's Lucknow Forge about C o'clock last evening. The Pennsyl vania Railroad Are department saved the adjoining houses from the flames, i Practically all the contents of the house were saved by railroad men. The flames had spread considerably before the tire company could get I their hose into action. The Harris burg companies arrived too late to be of aid in saving the house, but aided in preventing tile spread of the flames. The loss to Mr. Reily is estimated at $2,000. Mrs. Calvin Hoerner and Edwin Knuch occupied the two sides of the house. HAS APPENDICITIS Mrs. Stanley Backenstoss. 1115 Mar ket street, was operated on for appen dicitis at the Polyclinic Hospital yes terday. Mrs. Backcnstoss had an at tack of appendicitis several days ago while working in a Red Cross booth. j: OBERLIN : : : : Miss Mabel Martin, of West Fair view, and Earl Garman, of Enhaut, were married by the Rev. H. S. Keifer on Christmas day at the United Brethren parsonage. Miss Pearl Folta is spending the week with friends at Allentown. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson Green are at Huntingdon during the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Nissley, of Hummelstown, are visiting with Mrs. Nissley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Staufter. The Rev. and Mrs. H. S. Keifer spent the weekend with their son, Arthur Keifer, at Millersburg. Mrs. Grace Walters, of Enola, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Jacob At ticks, for a few days. Raymond Gerhard t spent several days this week at Colebrook. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Myers, of Esterton, were entertained by Mrs Myers' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Har vey Dun gun. Mrs. Sadie Shoop, of Progress, vis ited her son, William Shoop. Irwin Keys, a soldier at Camp Meade, spent the holidays here. O. C. Bishop and family were hol iday visitors at Hepshey. Miss Ethel Horner is visiting in Worcester, Mass. Miss Elizabeth Detweiler, of New York, is spending a few days with her parents at Lonely Pine farm. Miss Mildred Eshenour, of Sliip pensburg State Normal School, vis ited here. Miss Alfreta Hoffman, of Coates ville, after spending a few days with her grandmother, Mrs. Samuel Reed has returned. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad. READING UNIT READY TO SAIL Major M. A. Loucks in Com mand; Other Harrisburg Employes Prominent •: : 'V ' V'" 7 WALTER LE ROY VANAMAN According to unofficial reports from New York, the Four Hundred Fourteenth Enlisted Telegraph Bat talion, Signal Corps, will soon be en route to France. This unit is now stationed at the Sixty ninth Regi ment Armory, New Vork City. It is made up of Philadelphia and Reading Railway employes, including a num ber from this city. In command is Major M, A. Loucks, former train master for the Reading in Harris burg. IN Mailt or Electrician Walter i j Vana'man, who was wire chief at the Reading station in this city, is now master signal electrician. His ability as a telegrapher and wire chief and his previous military train ing won for him prompt promotion Wnile in this city he also served as secretary of tiie Washington Party for three years and organized and drilled the Stevens Memorial Guards of the Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. Other Harrisburgers who are mem bers of this unit are William P. Ban miller, Gerald Morgan, Claude J. Schuyler and William Jacoby, all for mer Reading employes. Other em ployes are from Reading, Allentown and Pottsville. It is reported thai this battalion has passed the neces sary examinations and is awaiting orders to sail. Standing of the Crews HARRISBI'RG SIDE. Philadelphia Dlvlklou—The 133 crew first to go arter r*palrrl %% you wait. Come In Ihc ninrnlntt. liiiva* your levtb made thr ume day. MACK'S '""omcB 811) MARKET STREET READING DECIDES TO CUT TRAINS Night Train Out of Harris burg Goes Off; Carry Pas sengers on Milk Train Reading, Dec. 29. —Curtailment of trains and other plans for helping the government were discussed yes terday at conference here between Vice-President C. H. Ewlng, General Manager F. M. Falck and General Superintendent W. H. Keffer. These officials also were of one belief, that railroads would receive a big boost under government control. Train Changes The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company will change Its timetable on Sunday, January 6. A few changes of importance will be made on the Reading and Harris burg divisions. Among these are the following: The train leaving Reading at 1.25 p. m. for Philadelphia and the one due In this city from Philadelphia at 10.20 p. m. are to be annulled ex cept on Sunday night. The train leaving Reading at. 5.30 a. m. for Shamokin via Pottsville will be annulled. The train due in Reading from Shamokin at 8.15 p. m. will be taken off. The train leaving Reading at 4.55 a. m. for Harrisburg will be discon tinued as well as the one arriving in this city at 11.50 p. m. from Har risburg leaving that city at 10.30 p. m. The milk train leaving Reading at .> a. m. for Harrisburg will carry passengers. ' Railroad Notes *v. < " h ?> r ' es ticket examiner at the Pennsylvania railroad station, has returned from a visit to friends near Shippensburg. E - H - Malehorn. freight conductor' on the Pennsy, has reported on the; sick list. Y °o k . , m ® mb e r s of the Mutual Beneficial Association for Pennsyl vania Railroad Employes are plan ning for a big smoker at the Janu al" n ?p Gt ' n K- Harrisburg members will attend. C. O. Wagner and W. E. Ryder, Pennsylvania railroad freight brake-! men on the Pennsy, have returned to duty after being confined to their respective homes on account of ill ness. WlUiam D. Bowers, 1947 North Seventh street, a Middle division! engineer, who has been on special duty, is ill at his home and is threat ened with pneumonia. J. C. Geistwhite, a Pennsy fire man, is on duty on the Middle divi sion. Fifty thousand dollars has been bequeathed to Altoona hospital by Mrs. Harriet C. Prevost, widow of Sutherland M. Prevost, late of Phil adelphia, a former Pennsylvania railroad vice-president and once gen eral superintendent of the Eastern division, and at one time superinten dent of the Middle division, with headquarters here. Mr. Prevost died September 24. Twelve steel cars loaded with coke went off the rails yesterday as a re sult of a broken arch on one of the cars. None of the big cars turned over. Enola and Columbia wreck crews righted things after five hours work. Two hundred locomotives under construction in this county for Rus sia will be taken over as a part of the government's plans for quick improvement in American railroad equipment. The engines, manv of them completed and awaiting ship ment, will be changed in gapge to fit American tracks. Central Democratic Club Elects City Commissioner Morgenthaler President Election of officers was held at a meeting of the Central Democratic Club last evening. These officers were elected: Fred L. Morgenthaler, president; R. N. Bernheisel, vice-president; James Miles, recording secretary; Ernest Krentz, financial secretary; Harry Philips, treasurer. The fol lowing committees were appointed: Membership committee, David Young. Edward Winemiller, George Marshall; house committee, Charles Moeslein, James Maul. Joseph Leseure, H. A. Vollmer, Irvin Johnston, Roy Hatfield and William Swartz. East End Bank 1 3th & Howard Streets I We have had so many requests from our friends for an extension of the time for closing our CHRISTMAS SAVINGS SOCIETY that we have advanced the date of closing to January 15th, 1918 We wish all our friends and patrons a Happy New Year. E. A. Heffelfinger, President. John K. May, Vice-President. Al. K. Thomas, I■■ - . DECEMBER 29, 1917. COMPLAINTS IN GREATER NUMBER Public Service Commission Gets More Business Because of Advances in Bates Notices of in \ \ 9 //] tcntion to increase ttSN \\ 4 "V/y rates of fare or ■y\\\\ AX service are re- sponsible for the iwwr increase in com- I plaints filed at I tlle Pul> " c Serv- Rll unnnLj ice Commission " 1! I '' month of December us com. Pared with No vemher, in opin iuii oi pcopie Hi the Capitol. In No vember there were twenty-seveif formal complaints filed. Thus far in December fiftyvthree have been listed. The total number of com plaints filed this year to date is 405, an average of a little over thir ty-three a month. Thirteen of the December com plaints were against trolley compa nies, twelve against jitneys, eight against gas companies and the same number against electric companies, five each against railroad and water companies and two against telephone companies. It is probable that proceedings in- complaints against railroad com panies will be held up pending de cision aa to the authority of the Commission now that the Federal Government has taken over the rail roads. To Hold Hearings. The State Compensation Hoard is arranging for a series of hearings to be held in the middle of January in addi tion to those to be held in Phila delphia, Pittsburgh and Harrlsburg. The tour will probably include Reading, Pottsville, Easton, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, with Johnstown and other cities in the western coun ties. The Board will consider the relation of employes of railroads, which are now under the Govern ment, to compensation at an early meeting. The subject of who will pay the compensation Insurance or claim exemptions is attracting at tention. Must Have IJccnses. —Merchants who do not have 1918 licenses for the sßle'of oleomargarine or hotel or restaurant managers who do not possess the papers allowing them to serve that foodstuff or who have not sent certified checks for licenses will not be permitted to handle it after midnight Monday, according to State Dairy and Food Commissioner James Foust. During 1917 there were 4,300 licenses of all kinds Is sued for the sale and serving of "oleo.'' Thus far over 2,000 for 1918 have been issued and probably 1.500 more will be sent out before New Year's Day. To Kesuiiie .Sessions.—State farm ers' institute? will lie resumed on New Year's Day in Adams county and on Monday in Northampton, Forest, Westmoreland and Indiana counties. To Kill the Crows. —Steps were I taken to-day to carry into effect th Short trips or more extended tours on steamers noted N 1 for their comfort and high standards of service. HAVANA POJNTS IN CUBA ■ A tropical climate of wonderful softness invites the ■ I northern visitor. Quaint old buildings and customs lend Q ■ interest to your stay, while up-to-date hotels supply every H comfort. Golf, tennis, surf-bathing; racing at Oriental ij Park. Sailings from New York every Saturday. MEXICO SAl^TncS HTL * a vj. To Progreso, Vera Cruz and Tampico. Fre- m IS jE quent calls at Nassau, Bahamas. Illastrat'J MJers, rewrrvatttri and compitte information on rtqvtsL \\T AD n I IMF NEW YORK AND CUBA H WAKU Lil/.\Ju MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. S plans of the State Game Commlaalon officers to kill oft crows, and state came wardens will distribute poi soned corn where the birds will find It Each warden has been instruct ed to make reports on the contents of the stomachs of the crowa killed to demonstrate the contention of state officials that the birds are in jurious. Noted-Men to Speak.—Veterinary officers from the western front will be among the speakers at the yearly meeting of the State Veterinary Medical Society to be held here dur ing the third week In January, when the State Hoard of Agriculture and allied organizations will hold their annual sessions here. The methods of caring for horses in the field and of taking care of the cattle for food supplies will be explained. Major C. J. Marshall, the State VetVreinarian, now in the United States service, is to be one of the speakers. Capitol Closed.— All branches of the state government, with the exception of those of the fiscal officers closed to-day until Wednesday because of the New Year's Day. The treasurer and auditor general's department will be open all next week as it will cover the .close of the month. Xnmc Pre-empted.—The name of the town meeting part was nre-emptcd for the third Erie legislativfe district to-day. , Inquiries Mnde To-day.—A number of innulrles have been made regard ing the notice filed by the Philadel phia Electric company of intention to ask for higher rates which will be heard by the Public Service com mission on January 9. Slinirl Works.—Ex-Governor Edwin •S. Stuart put in his birthday at Phila delphia yesterday working as usual. He received many congratulations. JOHX C. JOHNSON ON Cl,l'll DIRECTORY HOARD John C. Johnson was elected a mem ber of the board of directors of the University club at a special meeting of the organization last night. Mr. Johnson will fill the place of John T. Shirley-, who recently resigned be cause of lus contemplated removal from the cityv Mr. Shirley was onrf of the organ izers of the University club, and with several other live members, was main ly responsible -for its founding. A member of the board presented an offer of John A. Herman, to pre sent the club with a service board for the names of the soldiers and sailors, members of the club in the Government service. The offer was acepted by the olub, and John.H. McCandless. the new secretary, was Instructed to prepare a revised list of the club's honor roll. iNTHECAMP For Many ILLS Dad way's Apeady i 25