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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
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V 3"" • A <&>?°
y 0 To 30.
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FRIDAY EVENING,
U. S. TO SPARE NO
COST TO WIN WAR
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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
o<fn do and priv-tto management can- •
not. We shall continue to value tii'rtt |
highly the advice and assistance of!
these gentlemen and t am sure wc I
shall not find them withholding It.
U. S. Control Necessary
It had become umnUtaki'.bly plain
that only under :ro-"ct timent. ad
ministration can the entire, equip
ment of the several systems of trans
portation be fully ami unreservedly |
I thrown into a common service wlth-
I out injurious d'u.iiainatii.i* UKaU'it,
particular ,ir.->j>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 /
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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. / . \
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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 / \ $0 50 J
v nr / v at / A \\ . \ / \ special, <P7'W /
V Special, \1 -kg / \ Special, LI * \\ \ \ N. "
Silk^ N \
Jersey \ f Envelope \ / am^so^es \ / Night Gowns \
\ I \ I Crep ® d ® chine, satin and \ / lqMh an(J whlte 12 models, \
XJICIOITieiS I I I IfjL I 11 ' t Jereer. | J nainsook and batiste, lace 1
vs„rsso Wmlk- '\ v™*** [ ~"$;T 4 J
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U. S. MUST WIN
AIRJUPREMACY
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I
ages, Is the fighting navy of the'
ulr.
This seemingly final medium, con- j
quered through the genius of tha
American Wright Brothers, will play.
a part so stupendous during the
coming months that it is almost tin-1
possiole to estimate its importance.!
Most of the serious difficulties, de-j
dares the Air Board head, are be-1
hind us. The basic riddles liuve
'ooet solved. The organization lias
been put to work and has produced
both men and materials in sufficient
jneasures to* prove itself. One-hun- ,
2red thousand American aviation
men, including ten thousand fliers I
is the program for this year.
In the eight years previous to
seniiing the American expedition!
into Mexico, less than a million rtol-:
lars had been appropriated for fly- ]
ir.g. Fifty-nine machines had been
ordered, and'only 54 had bean de-i
livcred.
The degree of efficiency reached!
Is shown from these figures: For 1
the calendar' year of 1916 Army!
fliers made ten thousand ascents,
totaling 4i700 hours in the air and'
3. r >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. Made in
Niagara Falls. N. Y.