14 ALL NEWS OF THE RAILROADS TRAIN SERVICE IS IMPROVING Reading Reports Larger Move ment; Cumberland Val ley Lines Open Officials of the Philadelphia and Heading Railway Company announc ed greatly improved conditions to day on all lines. It will be several days before schedules are back to normal. The Reading is still up against a shortage of motive power. Efforts are being made to concen-! Irate engines at points where most needed. On the Cumberland Valley lines' all tracks were cleared except thosei of the Dillsburg branch. This linel was expected to be open before night. | All trains were running, some still' late. Working forces will be kept! busy on the tracks and with milder] temperature to-day and to-morrow j officials hope to have the entire sys tem in good shape. Pennsy Linos Improve On the Pennsy lines conditions ore: improving slowly. While the main iine is still open, delays were re ported as a result of engine trouble, j Train No. 22, due here at 5.30 a. m., reached the city about 11 o'clock, j The engine hauling the train broke I down at Bailey's Station. tine train south. No. 57H. was an-j nulled. Travel between Harrisburg; and Baltimore was in fair condition. \ Through connections from Buffalo toj Washington, it was reported, were; an uncertainty. Travel to and from j the north was fairly good. From the west trains are still j back, but picking up schedules slow-; l.v. Freight was moving better 10-1 day. To-day's traffic on all lines was I principally coal. Short trains are' still in order. Pennsy officials arej of the opinion that better time is made with from twenty to thirty-car j trains. Railroad Notes Schedules, with recent train elimi- ! rations, have been distributed to local j tiainmen. enginemen and firemen of i the Pennsy. Division supervisors on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad will ; take advantage of a prolonged thaw i for a preliminary cleanup of their re spective sections. Reports from the Shamokin district, j of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- I way, say it will require another week j to clean up sufficiently to permit regu- j lar schedules. Both the Reading and Pennsy to- I day handled large coal shipments to [ the east. As soon as conditions will permit. | the Reading will send several hundred I coal cars to the mining districts. I H. F. Zieglar. conductor, and W. H. j Rentzel, brakeman, employed on the Baltimore Division, of the Pennsyl- I vania Railroad, are off duty on ac i aunt of sickness. David Shuler, brakeman, employed on the Sunbury and Williamsport Di -1 ision. of the Pennsylvania Railroad, | liad his left foot crushed yesterday at | Northumberland. He was taken to the Stinbury Hospital. Brakeman Shtiler's home is at Williamsport. Pay week on the Reading starts Tuesday. February 12. The pay car is expected in Harrisburg on or about the 15th. Henry Marhenke. of Baltimore, a freight brakeman on the Baltimore Division of the Pennsylvania Rail road, who was badly injured last Sat urday morning wh<>n he was run into by a pusher engine at <'ly. is improv ing at the York Hospital. Kdward P. Wynn has been ap pointed general piece work inspector of the Reading Railway Company, with headquarters in the office of su perintendent of motive power and rolling equipment, at Beading. After a service of almost forty-nine years with the Pennsylvania Rail road. sixteen of whi<-h was spent as I general foreman of the Altoona shops, I William B. Norris has been retired. He ; will go South to reside. A snow plow, sent out over the Reading and Columbia branch of the Reading during Tuesday night plung ed into a huge drift near Landisville and the locomotives were derailed. The Reading wreck crew was sent out ' yesterday morning to put the engines I back on the track. C. A. Morgan, general superinten- , dent of the Pennsylvania Division of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. I Car bond ale, was succeeded by K, R | Magowan, of the Canadian Railways Company. Another important change I is the dismissal of J. J. Reed, who for a number of years had been master' mechanic at the Carbondale shops i D. B. KIEFFER AND CO.'S PUBLIC SALE! OF ACCLIMATED AND WEST VIRGINIA Horses, Mules SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1918 At 1 o'Clock at the Farmers Hotel, M. Snyder, Prop., at Middletown, Pa. We Will Sell the Following Livestock carload of West Virginia horses and colts, bought by C. G. Grove of Martinsburg, W. Va., consisting of the good big, rugged feeders, all-purpose, carriage and fancy driv ing horses and colts, ranging in age from 3 to 6 years old and have them weighing up to 1500 pounds each. Mr. Grove advises us that he has used his best judgment and has taken plenty of time in selecting this load of stock, and has bought only what he thought was a strictly good horse or colt for this market. They are a class of horses and colts that have the size, shape, weight and conformation that belong to a good horse or colt, and will feed out and make good, big, heavy drafters, all purpose. wagon and carriage horses, also a few well-bred driving horses with class all over.. Don't miss this consignment as you all know how growthy and profitable the Virginians are to buy Fifty head oi acclimated and commission horses and mules, con sisting of the gooi' mi! v ~i i f t hor WB , farm chunks single line leaders, all-purpose, carriage and road horses, also a few closely mated teams; also a lot of high dollar horses, workers, business and livery horses, and in fact a horse of almost any description.. These horses range m i.-em , to j- years and have them weighing from 1,000 to 1600 pounds each. Will have our . ... ■ . or.imlsslon horses and mules of all kinds. Mi""' f ii --''in:!- line leaders and work slaves. Also a few smooth, fat mare mules suitable for the southern trade. These mutes lungu ,n noni 1 to 8 years. Notes for 30. (>(> or IMi da \ \s .. !,:• tr.kcn with good seonrltv and paying discount. I. BRINSER, AUCTIONEER D. B. KIEFFER AND CO. SALE SATURDAY, FEB. , 1918, AT 1 P. M. AT MIDDLETOWN THUkbDAY EVENING, M. P. ACTIVITY TO INCLUDE BOXING First Big Show Tonight- at Local Athletic Rooms; Dhnnce Tomorrow In addition to doing everything possible to "keep the home fires burning." members of the Motive Power Athletic Association of the Pennsylvania railroad, this city, will keep the steam pipes hot t their rooms in North Seventh street. There will be something doing every week, [ and sometimes three and four times j each week, until warm weather is j here, and outdoor sports are in or der. To-night is the big boxing show. ; Each participant has been in traln | ing for these matches and members lof the entertainment committee j promise some lively bill. The pro gram starts at 8 o'clock with a three ! round battle between "Kid" Dunkle- I berg and "Champ" Neis. These boys weigh 110 pound each. Fast Boys on Bill Next on the bill are "Speedy" I Drake and "Prof." Krow, each 'weighing 125 pounds and known as I scientific glove battlers. Isaacman ! and Olewine will try for the 133- ; pound title. Both boys have been j t:".kii]g regular training. This and the i preceding bout will go four rounds, | providing there is not an early finish. | The semi-windup and the wind | up will each go six rounds. "Cheery" : Hoffman will mix it up with | "Happy" Baltqpser. Both boys have i been claiming the championship in | their class for sometime. The wind up is billed as Johns vs. Hoffman, i 140-pound boys. These boxers show ed remarkable work in training and i are expected to be a sensation. This 1 entertainment is lor members only and admission will be by member ship ticket. | Another big dance program has | been planned for to-morrow night. • it will be the second of a series of J winter events for the members' wives | and friends. One week from to-day ja Valentine dance will be the order. |At both these events the famous j Ross Church Jazz orchestra will fur | nish the music. Local Railroad Men Expect to Sail Soon For France I I ■-f * f " : WALTER L. VANAMAN Walter L. Vanaman, former wire thief at the local station of the Phil adelphia and Reading Railway Com pany, who is master signal eleetri i cian with the 414 th Enlisted Tele- J graph Battalion, expects to sail for I somewhere in France within a few j days. His battalion which is under rommand of Major M. A. Loucks, of this city, former trainmaster for the j Reading, sailed sometime ago. Master Electrician Vanaman was I taken ill in New York City a few i days before his battalion sailed and I has been confined to his home in ' this city with typhoid pneumonia. I He has fully recovered and will in | all probability sail with J. W. Leh man. 133 Evergreen street, train dis- I patcher for the Pennsy, recently | called to France. He has been order led to join the W. W. Atterbury | forces. Mr. Lehman has been com- I missioned a first lieutenant in the J 3 4th Engineers Reserve Corps. NEW OFFICIALS ON WAR BOARD \V. S. Carter, Brotherhood Chief, Heads Division of Labor* i /n jn W. S. CARTER Chief of Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire me nand Enginemen Washington, Feb. 7.—The perma nent organization of the government railroad administration announced by Director General McAdoo, pro vides for retention of most of the personnel of the temporary staff which has served since the govern ment assumed operation of the roads. it adds W. S. Carter, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engine men and Firemen, as director of the division of labor, and Charles A. Prouty. director of valuation for the Interstate Commerce Commission, as director of the division of public service and accounting. Mr. Carter will organize a staff of assistants to deal with labor com plaints, and other questions affect ing employment conditions, while the railroad wage commission will continue to hear wage applications and recommend a general course of action to the director general. Mr. Prouty, it was announced, "will represent the interest of farm ers, manufacturers, producers, ship pers and consumers generally." He will act as intermediary between the public and the railroad administra tion for suggestions or complaints. Other members of Mr. McAdoo's per manent staff are: Genera! assistant, Walter D. Hines, New York. General counsel, John Barton Payne, Chicago. Director of the division of trans portation, Carl R. Gray, Baltimore, president of the Western Maryland. Director of the division of traffic, Kdward Chambers, Chicago and Cal ifornia, vice-president of the Santa Fe. Director of the division of finance and purchases. John Skelton Wil liams. Mr. Williams will continue in office as comptroller of the cur rency. Frank McManamy, chief inspector of locomotives for Interstate Com merce Commission, was made man ager of the locomotive section, and will direct a strenuous campaign to repair the thousands of locomotives which recent investigations of the commission have shown were allow ed to become dilapidated through improper attention under private management or the roads. Mr. McAdoo is considering crea tion of a division on capital expendi tures and improvements, and other branches of the administration as they are needed. Board lo Study Traffic Currents Further steps looking to diversion of railroad traffic from the most con gested eastern gateways were taken by Director General McAdoo by ap pointment of a traffic investigation committee. It consists of B. L. Winchell, Chi cago, traffic director of the Union Pacific; G. F. Randolph, New York, head of a number of trunk line com mittees, and T. C. Powell, Cincin nati, vice-president of the Southern Railway. "This committee,'' said Director General McAdoo's announcement, "Is to make a study of the great traffic currents of the country with a view to seeing what steps can profitably be taken in order to shift traffic from the most seriously congested gate ways to less congested gateways and from the more congested ports to the less congested ports." Snowplow Gets Lost in Snowdrift on Reading One of the greatest tasks report en by Reading track forces was the open ing of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna Division, between Dauphin and Au burn. I,arge forces of men have been busy since Monday. It is expected that trains will be running regularly by to-morrow. Officials are anxious to have this line clear, as it may become an important branch when the spring freight rush is on, and it is necessary to divert certain traffic to save time. Snow plows were sent out from tile Auburn terminal, and the men found it hard work digging tracks out of snowdrifts and opening up sidings. One of the snow plows got lost in a | big drift west of Pinegrove. The crew I lost communication with headquarters and for several hours it was feared the workmen had met with an acci dent. Later in the day word was re ceived at Auburn that the plow had been recovered and work resumed. Women Employes Work Hard in Spite of Weather Up to the present time women em ployed in the yards of the Pennsylva nia Railroad, at Altoona, have been holding down their respective Jobs in a satisfactory manner. The report that they had been froten out Is de nied. While a number of men stopped off because they were unable to stand the cold weather and deep snow, only one woman lost any time, and she was off duty several hours, being unable to get to work because of the drifts. One of the women has not missed a day since last August, while the ma jority of women boast of having lost from one to three days In that time. At present 800 women and girls are working for the company at Altoona. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH U. S. TRANSPORT SENT TO BOTTOM] [Continued from First Pago.] gyard and was convoyed by British! warships. Additional dispatches reached the War Department to-day, saying some 600 survivors are at Larne, Ireland, and that twenty-seven are at Islay, Scotland. The dispatches said the British authorities were doing every-] thUig to make the survivors as com fortable as possible and were send ing supplies to the places where they landed. This does not mater ially change the number saved, which stands at 1,912. / 10H Not Accounted For Indications early to-day were that 168 American officers and soldiers have not yet been accounted for in| the sinking of the Tuscania. British Admiralty dispatches account for 2,011 American officers and men as survivors. War Department records show 2.179 American officers and men were aboard. First I.ist of Survivors Among those arriving at Fort El len, Isla.v, Scotland, were: Second Lieutenant Frank L. Jiaker, Engineers. Following belong ed to Company E, Sixth Battalion, Twentieth Engineers: First Lieuten ant Schweissinger, Sergeant Harry A. Ke'ly; Corporal Howard E. Bul lock, Corporal William A. Cherry, Privates Alva Bowman, Dale C. Harriett, William A. Hickring, Charier H. Ineck, Harry A. Keeler, Lloyd Ledbetter, James T. Moss, Walter Maczarek, David Foe, Ed ward B. Peterson, J. W. Redd. L. M. Roberts. Lee F. Tersia, Ralph Uphus A. Van Den Driessche, Coliman AVhite, John S. Williams, Edward 1., Ar.derson, Tom A. Ashby, Frank S. Bi'o2, James Basey, Alexander M. Bush; from the One Hundred and Seventh supply train: Private H. Kleist, One Hundred and Fifty eighth Aero Squadron, Privates John B. Fleming and Edward F. Kling nir.n. War Department Statement The War Department issued the following statement: 'British authorities have wired in structions to their commands iu Scotland and Ireland to afford our troops from Tuscania every possible assistance and to furnish them with clothing requirements. Officers have been dispatched from Liverpool aivj Glasgow and London to points in Ire land, where sunivors now are, and they will wire names immediately American consui at Belfast repo-ts six hundred survivors at Larne. Ai soon as they an outfitted prop=>.ly they will be brought to Winches ter." The War Department's announce ment last night that detachments of the Twentieth Engineers were on the Tuscania was erroneous. The One Hundred and Seventh Engineer Regiment was the one re ferred to. It is composed of the First Michigan Battalion. Signal Corps- First Wisconsin Battalion, Signal Corps and men from the Fourth Fifth and Sixth Wisconsin infantry' Secretary Baker issued the follow ing statement: "The sinking of the Tuscania brings us face to face with the loss es of war in its most relentless form. It is a fresh challenge to the civi lised world by an adversary who has refined but made more deadly the stealth of the savage in warfare. We must win this war and we will win this war. Losses like this unite the country in sympathy with the fam ilies of those who have suffered loss; [they also unite us to make more de i termined our purpose to press on." The 20th Engineers, (foresters) is the largest regiment in the world, I although only one battalion was on the Tuscania. The aggregate strength of the regiment is 17,000 officers and men. Some of the units still are in training in a camp near here. Col onel W. A. Mitchell, of the Regular Army, commands the regiment and Henry S. Graves, chief forester of the United States Department of Agriculture, is lieutenant colonel. Neither however, was with the bat talion on the Tuscania. The work of the 20th Regiment, which was raised with the active co-operation of the American For estry Association, is to cut timber in the French forests for military Women War Workers at Play Behind the French Lines 'VARWORKEKS AT PI/AY. The English girls who are doing valuable war work behind the lines in France must have their recreation. The two pretty misses In the picture are members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. They are resting between the halves of a hotly contested hockey game be tween girls of the different barracks. They are wearing the uniform adopted by the British Government for all women engaged in official war work. War Department Selects Its Official Beauty mHHH mßdußSmr taiss £KAfc4C£.S .JORDAN Miss Frances Jordan has been se lected by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Campaign Council of the War De partment as the most beautiful of 22,000 young women who sent their pictures to be judged. The picture is to be used on an official poster to inspire soldiers and sailors to great er efforts for their country. uses at the fighting front; for hos pitals, Y. M. C. A. buildings and other purposes. Tuscania Carried Crew of 220, Majority Being Subjects of Great Britain By Associated Press New York, Feb. 7. According to the records of the Anchor Line here the Tuscania carried a crew of 220, under command of Captain Peter Mc- Leean, the majority of the crew being subject of Great Britain. The loss of the Tuscania completes the destruction by submarines of a fleet of five passenger ships aggre gating 57,818 gross tonnage owned by the Anchor Line at the beginning of the war. The other ships were: Caledonia, sunk in 1916; Caineronia. April 15. 1917; Transylvania, May 4, 1917; California, February, 1917. Capita). Expected Transport Attack Washington. Feb. 27. lt was an nounced at Washington on January 27, by Secretary' of War Baker, that the War Department had information of German plans for carrying on a mere intense submarine warfare against American transports. In his official resume for last week Secre tary Baker said: "During the last fortnight enemy submarines have been recalled to home ports to be refitted, and the most powerful submarine offensive hitherto undertaken may be expected to be launched against our lines of communication with France, to inter rupt the steady flow of men and mu nitions for oui' own armies and food supplies for the Allies. "During the period under review renewed activity along the entire western front is noted. The region bordering the North Sea has once again become the scene of severe fighting." To Hold Prayer Service For Men on Transport A patriotic prayer service will lie held to-morrow afternoon at 8.18 o'clock in the Pine Street Presbyterian Church in honor of the men who lost their lives fn the sinking of the trans port, Tuscania. Mrs. Hoy G. Cox will iract the singing and will also sing a solo. "I Will Lay Mo Down In Peace." Jl'IXiK KUNKKL tiIVIOS OPINION Judge Kunkel In an opinion hand ed down to-day decided that technic al objections raised by the Wolf Store Company, Chambersburg, In a suit against them for state tax, can be corrected by an amendment. The company is liable for $174.64, but contended the state's claim for taxes for 1913, 1914 and 1915, had not been sworn to. HEAVINESS MARKS THE DAY'S OPENING Adverse Conditions Traceable to Loss of the Tuscania; Shippings Again a Conspicuous Issue; Sec ond Liberty 4 Make Low Record SEW Villi li STOCKS . Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New York and Philadel- I phia Stock Kxciianges I! North Mar-] ket Square, Harrisburg: 1336 Chestnut I street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street,] New York furnish the following quotations: Open. 2 P. M.I Allis Chalmers 23% 23 American Sugar 78 78 American Can 38% 39 % i Am Car and Foundry.. 71% 71 % Amer Loco 57% 58 Amer Smelting 82 >4 82 Amer Woolens 51% 52' i Anaconda 62% 62',4 Baldwin Locomotive .... 63% 64 Bait.more and Ohio .... 51 50% Bethlehem Steel 75% 75% Butte Copper 19% 19% Canadian Pacific 145% 147% Central Leather 70% 70% Chesapeake and Ohio .. 52% 52% Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 42% 42 Chicago, R I and Pacific 19% 19% Chino Con Copper 43% 43% Corn Products S3 l , \ 33% Crucible Steel 55% 56 Distilling Securities .... 41% 41% Erie 14% 14% General Motors 134% 134 Goodrich, B. F 48% 47% Great Northern pfd .... 90% 90% Great Northern Ore subs 27 *4 27 Hide and Leather 12% 12% Hide and Leather pfd .. 57 56% Inspiration Copper .... 45% 45% International Paper .... 31% 31% ICenneeott 32% 32% Maxwell Motors 29% 29 Merc War Ctfs 25% 26 Merc War Ctfs pfd 96% 97% Mex Petroleum 91 90% Mid vale Steel 45% 44% New York Central 70% 70% N Y, N H and H 29 29% Norfolk and Western .. 105 103% Northern Pacific 85 84 Pacific Mail 27% 26% Pennsylvania Railroad . 46 16 Ray Con Copper 23% 23% Reading 74% 75% Republic Iron and Steel 76 75% Southern Pacific 83 83% Southern Ry 23% 23 Studebaker 51% 51 Union Pacific 114%114% U S I Alcohol 125% 124% U S Rubber 56% 56% U S Steel 93% 93% U S Steel pfd 109% 110 Utah Copper 82 81% Westinghouse Mfg .... 41% 41% Willys-Overland 18% Standing ol the Crews HARRISBIRG SIDE Philadelphia Division The 131 crew first to go after 4 p. m.: 134, 107, 113. Fireman for 134. Flagman for 113. Brakemen for 131, 107. Engineers up; Houseal, Koene man, Lambert, Steffy, Burton. Bink ley. Firemen up; Shump, Briggs. Flagman up; Martz. Brakeman up: Mechan. Middle Division —The 19 crew first to go after 2.45 p. m.: 28. 35, 228, 256. 237. 225, 304. 302, 220, 238. Engineer for 28. Fireman for 19. Flagmen for 19, 35. Brakeman for 19. Engineers up: Peightal, Strickler, Cope. Firemen up: Elicker, Huss, Beck ert, Martin. Brakemen up: Clemm, Harsh barger. Yard Hoard —Engineers for 3. 7C, 16C, 26C, 29C, 32C. Conductors for 16C, 1-15 C, 2-15 C, 28C. Engineers up: Sholtcr, Maeyer. Firemen up: Smeltz, McKeever, Snyder. ENOI-A SIDE I'hllndeliihln DlvUlon The 209 crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock: 251, 256, 214, 205, 219, 233, 242, 236, 232, 243, 245. 218, 206, 203. Engineer for 236. Firemen for 256. 242. Conductors for 214, 219, 243, 245. Flagman for 242. Brakemen for 256, 205, 242, 236, 232, 243, 206. 203. Brakemen up: Clouser, Buffing ton, Cashman. Middle DlvUlon The 258 crew first to go after 2 o'clock: 243, 233, 452, 229, 251. Yard Board —Engineers for 2nd 129, Ist 104, 112. Firemen for 3rd 126, 140, Ist 106, Engineers up: McNally, Forten baugh, Gettys, Koff, Ewing. Quigley, Sheaffer, Lutz, Herron, Bair, Bar key. Firemen up: Campbell, Shuey, Handiboe, Brubaker, White, Waltz, Mc.tz, Conly. Eichelberger, Deitrick, j Wickey, Craln, Miller, Rodgers. PASSENCiEK DEPARTMENT Middle DlvUlon —Engineers up: J. Crimmel, D. G. Riley, J. H. Haines, O. L. Miler, Jas. Keane, J. W. Smith D. Keane, S. H. Alexander. Firemen up: R. E. Look, J. W. Richards, S. H. Zeiders, Roy Herr, S. P. Stauffer, E. E. Ross. Engineers for 25, 19, 17. Firemen for 25, 665, 1, 53, 37, 11. l'hllndelphln Division—Engineers up: C. R. Osmond, J. G. Bless, M. pleam. Firemen up: F. L. Floyd, 11. H. Dodd. Engineer for 20. THE HEADING The 19 crew first to go after 4.45 o'clock: 65, 21. 5, 9, 72, 57, 2. 58, 73. 17, 14, 3, 7, 64. 70, 24. 68, 62, 4, 18, 8, 22, 1, 60, 66, 71, 20. 55, 54. Engineers for 55, 64, 66, 70, 71, 3, 4, 7. 17, 18. I Firemen for 55, 67, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66. 71, 4, 8. 9. 17, 18. Conductors for 68, 72. Flagmen for 55, 57, 58, 62, 64, 66, 68, 70. Brakemen for 72, 2, 3, 4. 7, 14, 20, 21, 22, 24. Engineprs up: Ilunsicker, Morne, Lackey, Felix. Earner. Plet, Sheaffer, Hotter. Lauder. Beecher. Firemen up: Slusser, Deckert. Speck, Yeagy, Chrisemer, Emerick, Kochenour, Kreiger, Burtnett. Conductors up: Levan, Phela baum, Bashore, Fessler, Patton. Flagmen up: Gardner, Morrow, Amig, White, Spies, Waugh, Shank, Dewalt, McKeever, Carl. Brakemen up: Wiley, Adair, Swapt, Kenlg, McCofe, Floyd. fIjiBBER STAMDfI |J|I SEALS & STENCILS lli R V MFS.BYHB6. STENCIL WORKS * II II 130 LOCUSTST. HBGLPA. || FEBRUUARY 7, 1918 PHILADELPHIA PHODUCh By Associated Press Philadelphia, Feb. 7. Wheat Market steady; No. 1, red, $2.27; No. 1, soft, red, $2.25; No. 2, red, $2.24; No. 2, soft, red, $2.22. Corn Market nominal; No. 2 yellow, $2.35#2.40; No. 3. No. 4 and No. 5. yellow, nominal. Oats Market linn; No. 2, white. 99>£c@$1.00£; No. 3, white, 95V4@99%c. Ulan The market Is steady; soft winter, per ton, $46.50®47.00; spring, per ton. $44.00®45.00. Butter—The market is unchanged; western, creamery, extras, 52c; nearby prints, fancy, 56c. Eggs Weak, lower; Pennsylvania, and other nearby firsts. free cases, $16.80 per case; do., current receipts, free cases, $16.50 per case; western, extras, firsts, free cases, $16.80 per rase; do., llrsts, free cases, $16.50 per case; fancy, selected, packed, 64@65c per dozen. Cheese Firm, but quiet; New York, full cream, cholco to fancy, 23® 27c. tilve Poultry The market is firm; fowls, 29@33c; old roosters, 22®23c; young roosters, 26® 27c; spring 'jA'i. ens . 23@24c; ducks, Peking, 32 @34c; do., Indian Runner, 28®30c; turkeys, 27@28c; geese, nearby, 28® Dressed Poultry Market firm; fowls higher; turkeys, nearby, choice to fancy, 39@40c; do., fair to good, 32@37c; do., old, 37@38c; do., western, choice to fancy, 37®38c; do., fair to good, 32®36c; do. ' old toms, 34®35c; do., old, common, 32@36c; fowls, fancy, 33®34c; good to choice. 31®32c; do., small sizes, 6@3oc; old roosters. 25c; broiling chickens, nearby, 34®42c; do., west ern. 34® 36c; roasting chickens, west ern. 27@33c; ducks, nearby, 25®32c; do. western, 28®32c; geese, western, 25® 27c. Tallow Steady; city prime In tierces. 17c; do., special, loose, 17% c; prime country. 16% c; dark, 15%® 16c; edible, in tierces, 18@18Hc. Potatoes—The market is dull; New Jersey, No. 1. per basket, 75®90c (33 lbs.); New Jersey, No. 2. per basket, 40®60c; New Jersey, per 100 lbs., SI.BO @2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs.. $2.25®2.50; New York, per 100 lbs., $2.00fai2.45; western, per 100 lbs., $2.00 @2.45. Refined Suga.s Firm, but quiet, powdered, 8.45 c; fine granulated, 7.45@8.35c. Flour The market is firm with a good demand; winter straight, $10.50@10.75; Kansas, clear, $9.75® 10.00; do., patents, $11.25® 11.75- spring, firsts, clear, spot, $10.50®10.75; spring firsts, clear, mill shipment $9.75@10.00; spring bakers, patent spot, $11.75@12.00; spring, patent, mill shipment. $10.50@10.90; spring family brands, $11.50®12.00. Hay The market is firm with a good demand; tim othy (according to location); No. 1, large bales, $29.50@30.00; No 1, small bales, $29.50@30.00; No 2* $28.00@29.00; No. 3. $25.00®26.00 : I samples. $20.00®22.00; no grade' $16.00@18.00. • Clover mixed Ught, mixed, $28.00 @29.00; No. 1, $26.50®27.50; No. 2 $23.50 lit] 24.50. CHICAGO CATTLR By Associated Press Chicago, Feb. 7. Cattle Re ceipts, 17,000; slow. Native beef steers, $8.50® 11.00; stockers and feed ers, $7.30@10.35; cows and heifers, $6.30® 11.75; calves. $9.50@16.00. Sheep Receipts, 12,000; steady. Wethers. $10.00@13.50; lambs, $14.75® 17.75. Hogs Receipts, 45,000; dull. Bulk of sales, $16.50@ 16,75; light. $16.10® 16.75; mixed, $16.30@16.75; heavy, $16.15@ 16.75; rough, $16.15@ 16.30; pigs, $13.25® 15.50. TWO SJIAI/Ii FIRES The Good Will and Royal Fire Companies answered tyo phone calls last night. Neither one of the fires caused a very large amount of dam age. The Good Will was called to the home Blanche Harper, 624 Herr street, and the Royal call was to 966 South Jlunkle street, at the home of a Mr. Zarker. Both fires were caused by defective flues. It May Interest Harrisburg People to Know That Pennsylvania's Greatest Building and Loan Association (And One of the Largest in the Country) Is a Harrisburg Concern It Is The State Capital Savings and Loan Association 108 North Second Street Its History Shows: Age— 20 Years, December 31, 1917 Resources .$3,934,^4.63 Loaned • 11,505,138.83 Homes assisted to build or purchase... 3,144 Returned to Members: Paid by Them $6,134,132.26 Interest Earned For Them 1,312,852.95 $7,446,985.21 Profits Earned: Paid Out to Members. . .$1,312,852.95 Remaining Undivided For Members 170,375.36 $1,483,228.31 Our Business Is: The making <>r I/oans on mil estate security, repayable in mod erate monthly Instalments. The receiving of savings, by means of monthly payments on stock, of 80c and upwttrd; withdrawable on thirty duys' notice with interest of 4 per cent, to 6 per ecnt., -according to time.. The receiving of Invesment money, as Full Paid Stoek, in mul tiples of SIOO, u|>on which yearly dividends of 5 ]>er cent., tax free, are paid semi-annually and which is withdrawable oil thirty days' notice. Our •ftlee is open dally from 9 to 5 and on Saturday night. If you are interested in any feature of our Imslncss we will l>c glad to have you call or write for further information. State Capital Savings and Loan Association Teutons Bar Captives Released by Russians Petrograd. Fofe. 4 (delayed),—The Germans and Austrians have estab lished quasi quarantine conditions along the Russian front, and • ncMy prisoners are now finding it d iflcult to cross the trenches unless there is a reasonable certainty that they are not infected with revolutionary tents. Incidentally, the escaping and released prisoners turned back by their compatriots naturally drift to the Petrograd district, where they are now said to number 40,000. The enemy's measures to Isolate himself and not allow news of in ternal disturbances to leak out have included the breaking oft of direct telegraph communication between Brest-L.itovsk and Petrograd, with the result that nothing has been heard of the Trotzky delegation for the last three days, which is ample time to allow the invention of the rumor now actively circulating that separate peace lias already been signed. EAT OSTRICH EGGS AM) CRACK HIGH COST OF LIVING Washington, Feb. 7.—Ostrich eggs to reduce the war cost of food are referred to in a report from United States Consul John Dye, at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Ho says: "Since the slump in the ostrich feather market occurred in 1914, making it unprofitable to raise os triches for their feathers alone, schemes have been devised in this country to minimize the losses to ostrich farmers, many of whom had no other capital than their ilocks. "The eggs of the ostrich have long been a stable product on the market of Port Elizabeth and other ostrich centers, and have been mixed with hens' eggs by bakers in the manu facture of cakes and pastry. Irately two sealed cans, each containing twenty ostrich eggs in liquid form, have been shipped to Ijondon as an experiment. The results are awaited with interest. In large quantities, ostrich eggs are quoted at Port Elizabeth at 14 to 18 cents each. One of these eggs weighs between two and three pounds, and is equi va ent to about two dozen hens' eggs." BRASS Comparatively few people out.sUlc (it New England arc acquainted wit.li (lie magnitude 1 of the brass industry, the tin- j portanco of it In connection with present world conditions, and the enormous profits tliat have been and are now lieing made by the brass manufae- j tories in the State of Con- j neetieut. In tlie City of Waterburv, j Conn., alone (the brass center of tlie United States) more ! than 100 brass plants arc in operation. Tlie subject, which is a very interesting one, is fully de scribed In a special booklet which we have prepared and which, among other things, shows how investors mny par ticipate in tlie profits of this giant industry. Ask for booklet E. P., which j will be sent without obligation or expense. j nUNHAMfcIp Investment Securities i 43 Kxehange Plnee, New York
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