2 BELIEVE EXPERT ! IS NEEDED FOR j WATER PLANTS K { . Commissioners Favor Sugges* , tion lo Put Practical Man in Charge of Department v City commissioners and other ofll- ; clals commended the editorial sug gestion in last evening's Telegraph that a practical man be placed In charge of the entire water depart ment as kn optrattng hea(T to super vise work at the pumping station, fil ter plant and reservoir pumping sta tion. Commissioner MorgcnU)aler, who is now superintendent of the depart- I ment of public safety, which Includes ' the water department, said he wan , heartily In favor with such a plan. 1 "The short time I have been in office has convinced me that the superin tendent of public safety should have an assistant as superintendent of the ' water department. The water depart ment is the most Important and vital 1 In the city and gets the least atten- ' tion. All the men at the various j Pluns know their work, but there i should bo an experienced man to take j charge of the entire water works, j It would require all of his time to do this." Gross Ravors Plan Commissioner Gross also favored j the plan and sai dthat other depart- | ments had experienced persons In j i-barge who reported to the commls- j sloners who had charge over them. ' Other city officials also said they be- | Moved the water department should be [ under the supervision of an expert- j enced person who could report daily j to the superintendent of public safety, j Commissioner Morgenthaler said to j uay that he had received a communi cation from a New Jersey manufac- j luring firm that it had an electrical j pump which could be delivered at j i nee and that a representative in j Pittsburgh had been notified to locate j a motor. An engineer in the employ of P. ll,| Shaw, of Lancaster, spent the day at j the pumping station, making draw ings of the floor space and other I parts of the building. He also con- j ferred with the engineers In cburgc , there. Carlisle People Moving Into Apartment Houses Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4.—Carlisle is rapidly becoming a community of j apartment dwellers, according to real j estate agents, who say that there are | 100 per cent more vacant houses In the town than there vVere on Janu-! ary 1. 1917. Opening of modern new' apartment buildings have attracted j many it is stated, and with improve-1 . ments along this line proceeding | more houses are being given up. j High cost of coal and other expen-j -res are making this form of living i more attractive, the agents say. ; Dr. Dixon Improving at Philadelphia Hospital Philadelphia, Jan. 4. —Dr. Samuel <5. Dixon, state commissioner of; health, although seriously ill at the j N, Diversity Hospital, is keeping in I touch with his department heads at Hurrisburg by telephone. The commissioner's condition is regarded as serious but not critical, j and at the hospital it was said to-day that he was slowly improving. SOCIETY TO ELECT OFFICERS . Uechanlcabun, Pa , Jan. 4.—To-i L morrow the annual meeting of the detective force and officers the Allen and East Pennsboro V Society for tho recovery of stolen W horses and mules, and the direction ■ rf thieves will be held In Kranklin! ■ Hull and officers elected. The Rev. j ' T. J. Ferguson, of Silver Spring, is' president; A. E. Sieber, vice-presl-l dent; A. B. liarnish, secretary; H. i B. Markley, assistant secretary and K John Bowman, treasurer. CARLISLE NEEDS COAL • 'arlisle, Pa., Jan. 4.—The coal,' situation here has again assumed, menacing proportions. At Mount! Holly Springs also the shortage tsl acute. Several local dealers are| without supplies and those who have are rationing their amounts. Fuel Administrator Bedford sent' several cars of coal to the county! home for use there, the place having been on a wood basis for several weeks.* I Schleisner's Men's Shop , 28-30-32 N. 3rd St. 150 V^f-L V 3"" • A <&>?° y 0 To 30. SS^U, \ FRIDAY EVENING, U. S. TO SPARE NO COST TO WIN WAR [.Continued from First Page. [ I executives who were charged with the task of actual co-ordination and ! general direction performed their difficult duties with patriotic zeal and marked ability, as was ,o have been expected and did, I believe everything It was possible for them to do in the circumstances. If 1 have taken the task out of their | hands it has not been becnusa of j : any dereliction or failure on their j part but only, because there .were! some things which the government j oj>t tic.* Only under) government administration can aii-; j solutely uni'.Sif' jtel and unembur-! | rassed common use be made of all j I tracks, terminals, terminal facilities' j and equipment of every kind. Only I under that authority fan new termin als be constructed and developed without regard to the requirements or limitations of particular roads. But under government administra tion all these things will be possible —not instantly, but as fast as prac tical difficulties, which cannot bej 1 merely conjured away, give away be-' I fore the new management. Few Changes Desired j The common administration will I be carried out with as little disturb | ance of the present operating organ : izations and personnel of the rail ways as possible. Nothing will be | altered or disturbed which it is not necessary to disturb. We are serv , ing the public interest and safe guarding tho public safety but we i are also regardful of the interest of ' those by whom these great proper ! ties are owned and glad to avail our i stives of the experience and trained j ability of those who have been man aging them. It is necessary that the transportation of troops and war materials of food and of fuel and of I everything necessary for the full ; mobilization of the energies and re sources of the country should be first considered but it is clearly in the public interest also that the ordinary activities and the normal industrial and commercial life of the country should be interfered with and dis located as little as possible, and the public may rest assured that the in terest and convenience of the private shipper will be\as carefully served and safeguarded as it is possible to serve and safeguard it in the pre&ent extraordinary circumstancas. Maintenance Guaranteed While the present authority of the executive suffices for all purposes [of administration, and while, of > ourse, all private interests must for i the present give way to the public i necessity, it is, I am sure •you will j agree with me. right and necessary i that the owners and creditors of the , i ail ways, the holders of their stocks ! and bonds, should receive from the government an unqualified guaran j tee that their properties will be maintained throughout the period of federal control in as good repair and as complete equipment as at j present, and that the several roads will receive under federal manage ment such compensation as is equk , able and just alike to their owners and to the general public. I would suggest the average net railway operating income of the three years ending June 30, 1917. I earnestly recommend that these guarantees be given by appropriate legislation and ( given as promptly as circumstances j permit. Values to Be Protected I need not point out the essential i justice of such guarantees and their i great influence and significance as ; elements in the present financial and I industrial situation of the country. ! Indeed, one of the strong arguments j for assuming control of the railroads ! at this time is the financial argument, i It is necessary that the values of i railway securities should be justly ' and fairly protected and that the large financial operations every year i necessary in connection with the maintenance, operation and develop ! ment of the roads should, during the I period of the war, be wisely related Ito the financial operations of the government. Our first duty is, of j course, to conserve the common in j terest and the common safety and to make certain that nothing stands In the way of the successful prosecu ' tion of the great war for liberty and | justice but it is an obligation of pub j lie conscience and of public honor I that the private interests we disturb I should be kept safe from unjust In- Jury, and it la of the utmost conse quence to the government Itself thut all great financial operations should be staballzed and co-ordinated with the financial operations of tho gov ernment. No borrowing should run athwart the borrowings of tho feder al treasury and no fundamental in dustrial values Bhould anywhere bo unnecessarily impaired. In tho hands of many thousands of small inves tors In the country, as well as in na ational banks, in insurance com panies, in savings baaks, in trust companies, in financial agencies of every kind, railway securities, the sum" total of which runs up to some ten or eleven thousand millions, con stitute a vital part of the structure of credit, and the unquestioned solidity of that structure must be maintain ed. McAtloo Selected The Secretary of War and I easily agreed that, in view of the many complex interests which must be safeguarded and harmonized, as well as because of his exceptional experi ence and ability in this new field of governmental action, the Hon. Wil liam G. McAdoo was the right man to assume direct administrative con trol of this new executive task. At our request he consented to assume the duties of organizer and director general of the railway administration He has assumed those duties and his work is in active progress. It is probably too much to expect that even under the unified railway administration which will now be possible, economies and effected in the operation of the railways to make it possible to add to their equipment and extend their operative facilities as much as tho present ex traordinary demand's upon their use will render desirable Without resort ing to the national treasury for the funds. If it is not possible, it will, of course, be necessary to resort to the Congress for grants of money for that purpose. The Secretary of the Treasury will advise with your com mittees with regard to this very practical aspect of the matter. Icu the present, I suggest only.the guar rantees I have indicated and such appropriations as arc necessary at the outset of this task. I take the 11 - erty of expressing the hope that the Congress may grant these promptly and ungrudgingly. We are dealing with great matters and will, I am sure, deal with them greatly. TO AID SOLDIERS' RELATIVES Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4.—Red Cross workers here are preparing special committees to instruct relatives and dependants of soldiers in ways in which aid from the government can be secured and insurance under the new war risk plan be given. Com mittees have been named for evei y district of Carlisle and throughout the county. WOMAN'S ARM BROKEN Mechanicsburg, Fa., Jan. 4. Yesterday morning Mrs. fclla Stoui fer fell on the icy'sidewalk in the vicinity of the square and broke her right arm, near the wrist. Passersby noticing her fall, assisted her to the office of Dr. N. W. Hershner, who reduced the fracture. ANNOUNCE BIRTH. OF SON Mechanicsburg, Pa., Jan. 4.—Mr. and Mrs. William B. Block, East Main street, announce the birth of a son, Richard William Block, on Wednesday noon, January 2. Mrs. Block was formerly Miss Ruth Adams. Mr. Block Is serving Uncle Sam In Company B, 321 Signal Field Battalion, Camp Upton, Long Island, N. T. RELIEF CONTRIBUTIONS Carlisle, Pa., Jan. 4.—The Cum berland County Sunday School As sociation in a special proclamation by the executive officers has begun a movement to have all of the schools in this section make special con tributions for Armenian and Syrian reljef, announcements to be -made and honors awarded at the annual convention of the association to be held within about six weeks. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund money if it fails. 25c LEGAL NOTICES I.RGAI, NOTICE Notice is hereby given that appli cation will be made by Frank Sher man to the Board of Pardons of Penn sylvania on Wednesday, January 16, 1918, for the benefit of the commuta tion law under Act of Assembly of Pennsylvania, May 11, 1901. Said Frank Sherman is now serving sen tence in the Dauphin County Prison under Indictments Nos. 160 and 160%, January term, 1916. , WILLIAM A. McILHEIWY, Warden. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH COSTS MORE TO KEEP INMATES Directors of Poor Feel In creased Prices of Food stuffs at Almshouse The annual fi nancial report of the Directors of Poor and for the county almshouse maintenance ha been completed and will be sub mitted on Monday at the reorganiza tion meeting. It was compiled by Clerk J. W. Bayles. ' The cost per capita daily at the almshouse during the last year in creased from 39% to 42 3-7 cents, while the number of persons admit ted during the year totaled 261. At present there are 184 being cared for at the almshouse. During the past year there were fifty-six deaths re ported. The largest increase in expendi tures was for improvements. These included the construction of a mod j ern piggery; installation of a cold storage plant, an additional irrigat ing system and grates and blowers in the boilers so that river coal can be used. Despite the increased cost of foodstuffs last year, $7,960.90 was spent, while in J 916 the cost of pro visions which were purchased was $7,436.12. Total expenditures of the Poor Board were $74,146.05, in compari son with $70,197.61. The crop re port from the almshouse farm shows a big production increase in some of the vegetables and grain. During the year 2,076 bushels of potatoes were raised, as compared with 735 bushels for 1916; 4,020 bushels of corn, 3,375 in 1916; 631 bushels of oats, none In 1916. Will Probated—The will of John Hain was probated to-day and let ters issued to Lillie L. and Charles A. Hain. Charter Application—Members of ' the Steelton Reserves late yesterday I filed a charter application with Pro- j tlionotary I-lenry P. Holler. The pur- j pose of the organization, total in- j come which may not he exceeded in one year, and names of the directors I are included in the petition. Explosive License Officer—With the rotirement of Prothonotary Henry F. Holler from that office next Monday, Prothonotary-elect Charles E. Pass will become the fed- | eral officer for issuing licenses to persons, firms or corporations using, i selling or offering explosives for sale. Prison Hoard Reorganizes—The reorganization meeting of the Dau- j Phin County Prison Inspectors was ' held yesterday at the Jail. Lane 8. ! Hart and B. Prank Ober, being elect ed president and secretary, respec- i tively. While the terms of both ex- 1 pire their reappointment is antici pated. William A. Mellhenny was reappointed as warden and all the > othpr employes at the prison were I retained. No salary increases were 1 made. • The Quinine Thnt Does Mol Affect Head Because of its tonic and laxative' effect, Laxative Bromo Quinine can be taken by anyone without causing nervousness or ringing in the head. (There is only one "Bromo Quinine." | E. AV. GROVE'S signature is on box. I 30c.—Advertisement. f 5 Dozeii\ / lO Dozen Envelope \ / Envelope \ (\Mf( /f a >' ser " s \ Ni g ht Gowns \ Chemise j I Chemise j J Union Suits'* I I Envelope Chemise \ Of crepe de chine, \ Ot crepe de chin. I \\ jjgJ \ // I *J \ Philippine hfnd embroidered, j Value, $5.00 J\ Values to $3.% / • \ t spc„, $2-V9 / \ spec,a,. SJ-9a \ sp,.„, $1.49 / \ . $3 -49 / ^ 7 \ * \ An event which S. SilkSvdopeX • \ \ 28.30.32 North 3rd St. \ U and \ Chemise \ \ for those who Envelope Chemise JT "EoS I <\ " \ wish to aUP-- V P™>PP'ne hand embroidered / II §5 / \ SATURDAY \„ S \ ./ > \ Choicest Styles in Undergarments \ wardrobe Every \ For Women and Misses' \ for some / 12 \ garm " nt \ At Most Unusual Reductions XTome. / . \ Crepe de chine \ \ Constituting Our Mid-winter Sale \ f s „,\ Night Gowns | cr j sp a§ \ Envelope Chemise. ' Night Gowns \ I '] Lq 79 / morning---dis- \ /^™) so^es Skirts Bloomers \ \ Speclal( $q.59 / V Spcc,aU *G" / f ; nrt ;.,a ; n \ Nainsook, Philipine Hand Embroidered, \ V O / Xv y/ . . / \ Crepe de Chene, Satin and Pussy Willow \ \. y and materials. \ __ X 2 Dozen / 20 Dozen \ | |\ / Kayser / Kayser's White Shadow \ I Envelo P e \ ~ / Silk Bloomers \ / \ Willie DUduow \ / Chemise \ Q:Kffl\ / m black, white, flesh ami V / LnvelopeChemise \ Proof Petticoats Nainaook nnd batlßte , lace J&W|\ I V alu!Ts3Qs ( Vests & Bloomers Value, $1.50 / \ trtmmed and J V Values to $2.00 J \ \n| \ Special, $2 / \ $0 50 J v nr / v at / A \\ . \ / \ special, o,ooo miles, with but one fatality.! Public imagination, though stimii-i lated as to the value of the airplane j in warfare, has never been equally! stimulated as to the romance of, thrir production in industry. It has! too often been felt, as was actually state dby one disappointed manufac turer, that you could simply cut an ! airplane out of a tree in a few! weeks' time" for a few hundred dol lars. The story of the Liberty Motor, made possible when experts locked themselves up in a Washington room untH the task was completed; procuring the supply of spruce nec essary, most of the product being taken from the woods of Washing ton and Oregon; the planting of a hundred thousand acres of castor beans, the oil from which is a vital necessity; arranging for the entive available Irish linen supply, and many unprecedented accomplish ments, are but a chapter in the his tory of the airplane's development. If the war is won in the air with the aid of Americans, it will be col lege boys and other youth of the na tion; backed by the mechanicians of the automobile and other industries, ,vho will have achieved the greatest event in history. Experience of three years in air lighting has shown that the best airman is a comparative youngster. The man who would fly has a difficult but fascinating train ing before him. Spectacular plans are being laid for the future. For the immediate present our one and only concern is to win supremacy of the air for the Allies. ENTERTAINMENT AT HECKTON Dauphin, Pa., Jan. 4. The last' of the series of Christmas entertain ments, given by local'churches, was held on Sunday evening in the Heck- I ton Methodist Episcopal Church. The church was beautifully decorated fori the occasion and the children showed ! the result of thorough training.! Frank Bitting had charge of the en- j tertainment. A large audience wasj present. STATE MUST KILL 1 OFF ITS BAD ELK Eleven Animals Which Raided Farms Are to Be Shot; Slackers to Be Arrested The State Game Commission to day authorized the killing of a herd of eleven elk which have been raid ing farms in Blair county and which the game wardens have been unable to drive back to their mountain homes. The elk are part of the 200 j head of such animals owned by the ! state and which were put out some | years ago to propagate and are pro i teoted until 1921. Several weeks ago ! they began making trouble on farms ' and efforts to round them up proved I futile. The killing will be done by j game wardens under direction of officers and , the animals will bo ' butchered and the meat sent to hos ] pitals. Adjutant General Hoary, who re turned to the Capitol to-day from Washington where he conferred with | officers regarding the draft, said that j slackers who failed to obey orders I to go to camp would be summarily ! rounded up. He said that efforts ! were now being made to obtain | names of such persons. General i Beary estimated that approximately 56,000 young men in Pennsylvania I had become twenty-one since June | when the registration was made un der the draft and would bo included lin Class of the men subject to the i act. He felt confident that the new ! arrangement would relieve the bur ' don in many communities where i married men had been called. Tlic Hnrrlsburg Gns Company lias filed with the Public Service Com mission notice of issuance of $28,- 000 in first mortgage, five per cent., twenty-five year bonds to reimburse the treasury for extensions to plant made in 1917. Governor Brumbaugh is to sprak at Marysville on Sunday by invita tion of the Ministerial Association. I. J. Decker, of New Freedom, lias been appointed a notary public. . .Edgar C. Gerwig, secretary to Wil liam A. Stone, when governor, was at the Capitol to-day on business. Misg Margaret Grove, of the exe cutive department, who was pain fully burned in an accident, is Im proving. The Overbrook steam heating com plainants were heard by the Public Service Commission to-day. It was contended that the company was not maintaining proper service. The State Treasury to-day received a letter from a resident of Bath, Northampton county, enclosing $2.50 as interest which the writer felt was cine the state, fioms time ago the same person sent S4O to the Treas ury, declaring that it was tax which should have been paid the state years ago. To-day's letter was to the effect that the sender wished the state to have all to which it could be con sidered entitled and therefore for warded interest for some years. The money was sent to the conscience fund. The Attorney General's Depart ment has given an opinion to the state supervisor of mothers' pension in which it is set forth that the pur pose of/the fund is to care for indi- JANUARY 4, 1918 Charles Meckley Wins One \ of Coveted Appointments j mm BSHI Hii CHARLES MEAKLEY Charles Mea/kley, of Ponbrook, employed at the First National ■ Dank, Penbrook, has been selected an one of the men to enter the Third Officers Training camp. The men will begin training at Camp Stanley on January 5. The men are of the various organizations in the South ern Department, United States Army, who win the coveted appointments as, students of the third series. An appointment to the series is indica tive of the highest standing as com manding officers by whom the men were picked were directed to select those who are especially fitted to be come officers. gent mothers and that those who are also beneficiaries of certain trust funds can not participate. Olio of the most unusual contracts i to come before the Public Service! Commission for approval is that of the Allegheny County Steam Heating Company which seeks to lease a plant in the Allegheny county prison. The statement says that the com pany failed to get some appliances it had ordered and that the prison plant is needed as an auxiliary. S. A. Amnion, a Pittsburgh lawyer, wrote to the Public Service Commis sion to-day that in his opinion the Pittsburgh Railways Company was entitled to make an increase in its fares. He claimed that the company wa.< not making a reasonable profit and that while he was nof interested he felt that in the interest of fair play the increase should be allowed. THE UIjOJBE STARTS SAIiE As announced in yesterday's Tele graph, the sixth semiannual thou sand suits and overcoat campaign of The Globe was inaugurated this morning at 8 o'clock. Several years ago this event was conceived by Ben Strouse, proprietor of the institu tion. since which time he has con tinued the event semiannually, and given the plans to merchants in other communities, where it has also been employed. In addition to clearance prices offered in the event, should the number of suits and over coats sold by February 23 reach the thousand mark, purchasers will re ceive a bonnus of five per cent, on their suit or overcoat purchased dur ing the sale. FIREMEN CHECK HOBOKEN BLAZE Heroic Efforts Required to Save Waterfront Con trolled by Government By .4ssocioUd Pre.t Hoboken, N. J., Jariy 4. - Firemen. United States soldiers und civilians, aided by New York lireboats and rail road tuxs, brought a stubborn blaze under control after a fight of several hours in the heart of the industrial section paralleling the Government controlled waterfront here to-day. A six-story manufacturing plant, containing paper and other mill sup plies owned by the Gatti-McQuade Company, was destroyed with an es timated property loss of $250,000 Numerous small fires, caused by sparks carried by a forty-mile wind. I were checked by the soldiers and citizens, while the firemen, almost ex hausted by their efforts at a blaze elsewhere earlier in the morning and handicapped by weak water pressure. I fought the (lames in the Gatti-Mc- Quade building. At the request of War Department authorities In New York, the police there sent fireboats, which reached Hoboken after cutting their way through the Hudson river ice. From these vessels streams were played from the waterfront upon the Gatti- McQuade fire. In this way the flames were prevented from spreading to a number of ships loading with war supplies. About 1,000 soldiers* guarded the district while aiding in the fire-fight ing. Civilians were called on for pa trol duty. A munitions factory in the Vicinity was not touched by the I flames. A number of firemen, over come by bold, exhaustion and smoke, were removed to hospitals. New York, Jan. 4. An urgent call for aid in fighting a fire in a build ing where Army supplies are stored at West New York, N. J., on the Jlud- Fon, was received by the police de partment to-day from T'nited States Army authorities. A police fireboal was dispatched to West New York. Enlist Now for better health. Don't wait until it is too late to correct -your food follies. It is the simple, inexpensive foods that make healthy tissue and furnish the most energy. For your "meat less meals" eat Shredded Wheat Biscuit. It is 100 per cent, whole wheat, nothing added, nothing wasted or thrown away. It is made digestible by steam cooking, shredding and bak ing. Contains more real nutriment than meat or eggs. Two of these Bis cuits with milk and a little fruit make a nourishing, sat isfying meal at a cost of a few pennies. 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