4 INTERESTING PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS JIRA SPRINGER DIES IN CHURCH WHARTONSCHOOL ALUMNI IN DANCE "Music and Cards Added Fea tures of Pleasure For Men and Their Friends In honor of the Wharton School Alumni, members of the freshman class gave their third annual dance nnd card party at Hanshaw's Hall. The hall was beautifully decorated with pennants and the class colofs, led and blue. The committee in charge of arrangements included Clyde C. High, president; Elmer J. Slentz, John H. Troup Jr., John Keene, Emanuel Cohen and Clement J. Keliey. A well-arranged pro gram was played by the Updegrove Orchestra. The refreshments were served by Collins. Among the danc <>rs were Miss Alma Lyme, Miss Al meda Swarz, Miss Marian Burows, Miss Emma Smiley, Miss Agnes Keane, Miss Pearl Cratzer, Miss I'ebecca Aaronson, Miss Jarfß Aik ins. Mis Anna Raw, Miss Pauline Ripe, Miss Josephine Klopp, Miss Lorene Wetzel, Miss Mary Gross, Miss Mary Hammelbaugh, Miss Ra ' liel Conrad, Miss Miriam Goshorn, Mies Mildred Whitman, Miss Anna Wagner. Misr. Genevieve Knighton, Miss Clara E. Shaub, Mrs. C. C. High, Mrs. M. S. Vance, Leroy Eck <-r, George Spear, Mr. Schlitzer, Gor don Solver, Stewart Kishpaugh, Nor man Rentz, L. E. Guariere, Harold I laag, Lewis Cohen, Daniel Peiffer, Edgar ..ewburg, L. A. Smith, John Troup. Emanuel Cohen, Ephriam Brenner, James E. Keane, L. A. Ocli, John Lingle, J. C. Kelley, Eugene llaag. Bruce Rider, Raymond Mil ler, W. H. DimmicU C. C. High and jr. S. Vance. Announce Engagement at Party on Saturday At a valentine party given Sat urday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Frace, New Kingston, Pa., the engagement of their daugh ter, Miss Helen Louise Frace to S. Edward Harnstad, of this city, was announced. The wedding will take place early in the summer. The bride is well known in the younger circles throughout the Cum berland Valley and in this city where she has visited frequently. The pros pective bridegroom is legal assistant in the compilation division at the Capitol, and resides at 606 Brig-gs street. NATIONAL WAR AID The monthly meeting of the Xa t iuji.il War Aid, Mrs. William Jen nings. chairman, will be held to-mor row evening. Lincoln's Rirthday, in Fahnestock Hall, of the Y. M. C. A., Second and Locust streets. Miss Mary llclle Corbett and Miss Agnes Hess have arranged the program, which nill include music, readings by Miss Florence L Newbold, teacher of ex pression at Irving College, and war • ■urrent events by Mrs. Anna Hamil ton Wood. Mrs. Herman P. Miller, secretary of the association, and Mrs. Herman Astrich, treasurer, will give their reports. New members may reg ister at this time. IMVF.HSITY CI.I B DANCE The University Club is holding a large dance this evening for the bene tit of their Smileage Books fund. The aruests of honor will be the men from the Aviation camp, at Middletown, and the committee of arrangements in cludes, Ehrman B. Mitchell, Harry W. Kirkpatrick and C. Frederick Katn merer. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Ward and small son, Howard Ward, of Denver, < 010., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nor man Thompson, of North Third street. Mefcer B. Tate, Jr., of Uehigh Uni versity, spent the weekend with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mercer B. Tate, i .1' North Second street. 00 YOU NEEDGLASSES? You cannot change civilization and present-day working con ditions, which cause eye strain. But you can and should get glasses that will help your eye- , sight meet the demands of the day. We make glasses' right | at a reasonable price*. cm Sohl.lftinkcnbach&Kous# OPTOMETRISTS N0. 22 N. 4TH ST. UARRiamjRO, PA* ! "Where Glasses Arc Made Right" Good Laundry Work Is Appreciated j We Know, Because That Is the Kind We Do We lengthen the life of your clothes, with care in rubbing, good ! coaps and filtered water in washing. Send us a trial bundle this week. Our service is prompt and ! courteous. Our terms are moderate. CITY STAR LAUNDRY (Harrisburg's Largest Laundry) Both Phones 1005 North Sixth Street MONDAY EVENING • HARFJSBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 11, 1918 SURPRISE PARTY FOR PETER KIRK Host Receives Gifts and Good Wishes From Merry Party of His Friends In celebraUon of the birthday of her husband, Peter E. Kirk, Mrs. Delia Kirk, of 2144 North Seventh street, arranged a surprise party. The guests brought a number of gifts for Mr. Kirk, presenting them with a host of good wishes for future I birthdays. I Games, music and dancing were enjoyed and when refreshments were served everyone had a piece of the large and artistically decorated birth day cake. Those present were: Misses Hazel Boiden, Mary Bow ers, Dorothy Bricker, Harriet Brick er, Margaret Bricker, Dorothy Campbell, Ellen Collins, Maud Dun lap, Pauline Gutschall, Nora Kirk, Elizabeth Miller, Lorena Swartz, George Bricker. Ralph Campbell, i Emory Campbell, Jr., George Ken | nedy, Raymond Kirk, Irvin ReeJ, I Andrew 55arker, Mrs. Annie Brown, ' Mrs. William Gutschall, Mr. and i Mrs. George L. Bricker. Mr. and [ Mrs. Emory W. Campbell. Mr. and j Mrs. R. Florian Campbell, Mr. and i Mrs. Samuel T. Campbell, Mr. and | Mrs. Harry Swartz. Educational Department Has Bridge and a Tea ' The educational department of the i Civic Club held a most successful bridge and tea Saturday afternoon, despite dreary weather. Sixty dol lar? was raised for the fund to pui i chase crackers and milk for the I children of the deficient schools of [ the city. Those who did not play cards brought their knitting. Tea was served with Mrs. William Hen derson and Mrs. Charles J. Wood, Jr., presiding. Daffodils and nar cissus graced the table. Assisting 1 were: Mrs. Miller I. Kast, Airs. Frederic E. Downes, Mrs. E. L. a.!c- Colgin and Mrs. Charles Hunter as sisted. The general committee in charge of the affair included Mrs. Harry G. Keffer, chairman; Mrs. George A. Matson, Mrs. Alvin I. Miller and Mrs. D. J. Reese. Entertained Fishing Club at Annual Dinner Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lyon en tertained at dinner at their home, -25 South Thirteenth street, Satur day evening the members of the Bullhead Fishing (iub and their wives. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John S. Musser, Washington Heights; Mr. and Mrs. Howard C. Fry, Paxtang; Mr. and Mrs. E'dson ,T. Hockenbury, Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Steinnietz, Washington Heights, and Frank B. Musser. Mr. Lyon's den is now decorated with a mounted forty-pound channel bass caught on one of the excursions of the club to the Atlantic coast last l summer. Mr. Lyon caught three of these big fish on thfe same day. Mr.' Hockenbury, fishing near his cottage at Wildwood Crest, caught two of them last summer. HOME ON FURLOUGH Edwin D. Crow, a member of tne Headquarters. Guard Company, Camp Joseph E. Johnston, Fla., ar rived in Harrisburg yesterday to spend an indefinite furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Crow, IRIS Green street. The young sol dier is recovering after an operation for appendicitis at the camp hos pital. RETURNS IX) GEORGIA A. C. Stailey of the Machine Gun battalion staUoned at Camp Han- 1 cock, Augusta, Ga., has returned to | camp after spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Stailey, Camp Hill. Mrs. Harris B. Wilson, of 93 4 North Second street, is in Philadel- j phia, attending to the immediate! settlement of the large estate of her, uncle Dr. Elmer Bentzel, who died I suddenly ten days ago. Miss Pearl Young and Miss Sara i Belle Young, of Trenton, N. J„ are; visiting their sister, Mrs. Thomas! Deane, of Penn street, for the week.; Howard Fairlamb, of Reading, j went home to-day after a visit with j his relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Houser, of North Second street. Mrs. William H. Joyce, of 1314 Ber- i rvhill street, is spending several days with Mrs. John L. Butler, in Carlisle." Miss Blanche Garverlck, a super visor for the local exchange of the Bell Telephone Company, is ill with grip, at her home, 627 Dauphin street. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Herman are spending a few days in Atlantic City, registered at The Chaifonte. Mr. and Mrs. Walter liadley and son, Joseph G. Hadley, of Cincinnati, are visiting their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Holden, of Green street. Mrs. Charles J. Jones, of 1824 Penn street, who underwent an operation a few days ago at the Hartman Hos pital. is making a good recovery. SCHOOL CLUB IN KNITTING BEE Central High Gil-Is Making Slumber Robe For the Local Red Cross Miss Mary Hoffer, 21 North Front street, entertained the members of the cabinet and the social service committee of Central High School Club Saturday evening at a knitting bee. Some of the girls made patches tor a Ri d Cross slumber robe while others sewed them together. Miss Hoffer presented the club with a large Red Cross for the center. It is hoped the robe will be ready to present to the local Red Cross chap ter on Tuesday. A social hour was enjoyed after ward. Hot chocolate was served with Miss Grace Peake presiding at the table. The guests included: Miss Eltunor Jones, Miss Grace Mentzer, Miss Ruth Langdon, Miss Elizabeth Haliuhan, Miss Mary Rhodes, Mtss Senseman, Miss Kathrj'n Handshaw, Miss Gladys Sloop, Miss Roseanna Scheffer, Miss Martha Goodyear, Miss Grace Peake, Miss Faye I. Haverstick. Miss Wilda Wallower, Atiss Esther Wheeler, Miss Eliza beth Garner, Miss Lois G. Scott, Miss Ella Stitt, Mrs. Meade Detweiler and Mi&s Mary Hoffer. HEBREW LADIES AID There will be an important me>;t --1 inT of the Hebrew Ladies Aid So : ciety to-morow evening at S o'clock lin the Y. M. IT. A. Sixth and Say j ford streets. There will be election ■of officers and some special busi | ness, so a full attendance of mem- I bers is urged by the president, Mrs. Kay. THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge B. l/art m;in are happily celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary tc-day at their home, 437 South Thirteenth street. They were married in Clear field county and have resided in this city for the past 25 years. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bitterman, of Lykens, were weekend guests at her former home, 437 South Thirteenth J street. IIIUI.K CI,ASS TO MEET The monthly meeting of the Mrs. | John Y. Boyd Bible Class, of the Pine I Street Presbyterian Church, will be held in the Boyd Memorial Building at ■7:o0 o'clock this evening. *HOVEI,ERS AT MURK Gangs of shovelers were working , to-day on the Oberlin line, of the Har risburg Railways Company, between Nineteenth and Berryhill streets and |Steelton, and by to-night it is likely ; (hat cars will be running direct from •Market Square to Oberlin. All of the ! other lines are open. Late Saturday I night gangs of motormen and con .ductors, who organized a shoveling I squad, reached Rockville. DH. BiGNELL TO SPEAK The Rev, Robert Bagnell, pastor of the Grace Methodist Church, will speak on "Higher Education and the War" at the weekly noon luncheon of the University Club at 12.15 o'clock to-morrow. The Rev. Mr. Bagnell is a Columbia University man. BURGESS RECOVERS AUTO Wormleysburg, Pa.. Feb. 11. — Burgess J. Fred Hummel left las night for Seibring. Ohio, to claim his automobile, which was stolen on 1 the night of October 22. The thieves were arrested in the Ohio town the following night. The police were unable to locatethe owner of'the machine until just recently. The machine was taken from Burgess Hummel's garage at the rear of his! residence. Deaths and Funerals MRS. H1.17.A TAYLOR Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Tay lor, who died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. H. S. ('ashman, Clar ence, lowa, will be held at the home of her daughter. Mrs. O. P. House, Bendersville, to-morrow afternoon. The body is expected to reach Harris burg to-day. JOHN A. NEWMAN Funeral services for John A. New man, 85, Civil War veteran, former policeman, and the son of Harrisburg's | first high constable, will be held at | the home of his sister. Mrs. Abram Boak, 121 Verbeke street, at 2 o'clock! to-morrow afternoon. The Rev. 11. S. i Hershey, pastor of the Green Street i Church of God, will officiate, and; burial will be made in the Harrisburg Cemetery. He is survived by two sis ters, Mrs. Mary Flowers and Mrs. Abram Boak. Mr. Newman died Fri day rtlght. GEORGE W. lIIMOHT , George W. Bright, aged 65. 47 South Cameron street, died yesterday morn- i ing. following a short illness. Funeral! services will be held Thursday after- i noon, at the residence, the Rev. Dr. ' George Edward Hawes, pastor of the 1 Market Square Presbyterian Church, I officiating. Burial will made in Shoop's Church Cemetery. Mr. Bright ; was a member of the Market Square : Presbyterian Church, and of the Ml. I Pleasant '"ire Company. He is sur- i vived by his wife, Emma Bright, and two daughters, Mrs. C. C. Crismer, I Reading, and Mrs. H. E. Mehring. i Pittsburgh. JOSEPH F. EG EN RIDER Funeral services for Joseph F. Eg-j en rider, 35, will be held to-morrow morning, at !• o'clock, at St. Patrick's 1 Cathedral, the Rev. Father P. S. ! Huegel, officiating. Burial will be made in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery. The body may be viewed at the resi dence, 1942 North street. Mr. Egen rider is survived by a wife, Anna Eg enrider; three daughters, Freda Egen rider, Mabel ICgenrider and Anna Eg- i enrider; one son, Harold Egenrldtr; one brother, Thomas Egenrider; three sisters, Censy Egenrider, Barbara Eg enrider and Mrs. Catherine Becker. MRS. JULIANN /.EIDERS Mrs. Juliann Zeiders. 80, widow of Samuel Zeiders, died last night at her home, 522 Muench street. She is sur vived by Mrs. Reuben Weiland and Mrs. W. C. Patton. Jonathan Zeiders, William Wesley Zeiders, Samuel Zeid ers and Emory Zeiders. Funeral ser vices will be held Wednesday morn ing. at 10 o'clock, at her late resi dence, the Rev. Mr. Stamets, pastor of Augsburg Lutheran Church, offici ating. The body will be taken to Mil lerstown on the train leaving the Ma clay Street Station at 1:35 o'clock, by Undertaker George H. Sourbi'er, where burial will be made. MRS. Sr-'HIA RMEGI.EII DIES Elizabethvllle, Pa., Feb. 11. Mrs. Sophia Bregler, an aged German woman, was found dead in bed at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Wil liam H. H. Schreffler. on the R. D. No. 1, on Thursday night. She was born In Germany, wher she lived in the home of an officer of high rank. She came to this county many years ago with her daughter, who was later married to Fred Gaupp, proprietor of the Ragle Tanning Company here. She was 88 years old and leaves no family, as Mrs. Gaupp died several years ago. Funeral services were held this morning from the home of ber son-in-law, -Fred Gaupp. in East Main street. Burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, the Rev. Rothermel, of the United Brethren Church, officiating DAUGHTERS 1812 MEET THURSDAY The Bev. Henry W. A. Hanson Will Make Patriotic Address Before Women's Society One of the interesting events scheduled for this week is a meeting of Keystone Chapter, United States Daughters of 1812, Thursday after noon, February 14 at 2.30 o'clock in thte Civic Club. Mrs. James B. Mersereau the re gent, will preside and the program will includo a patriotic address by the Rev. Henry W. A. Hanson, of the Messiah Lutheran Church; two songs by Miss Evelyn Cumbler, "Wing Song" and "Love in my Heart" and stories by Mrs. Harry G. Keffer, "In the Trenches" and "The Sual Way." Miss Anne U. Wert will present current events. A tea will follow the business ses sion with Mrs. Harry Leonard and Mrs._ Richard H. Colburn, hostesses. Registration of Skilled Workmen Begins in City For Nation's Shipyards W. 11. Gaither, secretary of the Dauphin County Public Safety Com mittee, starts to-day to register skill ed workmen for duty as shipbuilders in United States employ. Registra tion will take place every day and evening in the Bergner building un til 8 o'clock next week, and regis trants will hold themselves in readi ness for service at government ship yards. Six Cars of Coal Expected by West Shore Dealers Robert L. Myers, West Shore coal administrator, announced this morn ing that from present indications at least six cars of fuel will arrive for West Shore towns his week. Mr. Myers received a letter from a coal company this morning stating that they could send two cars to Enola, one to White Hill and one to Le moyne. Officials of this concern said they iiad made arrangements with another concern in the imme diate vicinity to send two cars to Enola. Camp ilill schools opened ihis morning after being shut down for a week, while the Wormleysburg institution was forced to close for the lirst ime this winter. Lemoyne remained closed to-day, beginning the IJfth week. Purchase of Mt. Holly Traction Line Reported Lemoyne, Feb. 11. —Reports in circulation throughout the Cumber land Valley that the Valley Railways Company would take over the Mount Holly Springs line this week were denied. This line was originally built by Patricio Russ, Harrisburg, many years ago, and later sold to the Mount Holly and Xewville Trac tion Company. It has been in the hands of a receiver. Reports that negotiations have been completed for a sale to the Valley Railways Com pany were denied by President C. 11. Bishop a his office here. Mr. Bishop said he did not know of a move to purchase the lines. CANVASS FOR BOND SALE Enola, Pa., Feb. 11. —Members of the committee in charge of the sale of Thrift Stamps and Baby Bonds began the house-to-house canvass of the town to-day, according to an announcement made by George H. Horning, chairman. A meeting of the committee will be held at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday evening, at which time the first report of the committee will bei made. According to reports made, the schoolchildren of the district arc bus*- selling the stamps and bonds. Numbers of children have expressed their intention of trying to win one of the prizes offered by the county committee. FIREMEN'S UNION TO MEET Xew Cumberland, Feb. 11.—The monthly meeting of the West Shore Firemen's Union will be held in the lireliouse here this evening. Plans for the year's work will be mapped out at this meeting. J. Fred Hum mel, president, will not have charge of the session to-night. SAUEITfcRAUT SUPPER West Fairvlew, Feb. 11.—The local Red Cross auxiliary will hold a sauerkraut supper in the Good Will Firehouse to-morrow after noon. Supper will be served at 3.30 o'clock. Leaves For the South, Joining Husband in Camp MRS. JAMES H. GORMLKV Mrs. James Herbert Gormley, for merly.Miss Edna Wambaugh. 1117 Market street, expects to leave Thurs day to .ioin her husband at Camp Han cock. They were married several months ago. She was formerly a bookkeeper at the Wool worth Store in this city. She is a very popular young woman, and 4ias a host of friends, who wish her all good In her now home. NEW SPANISH CLANSESS FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE Are now being started at the School of Spanish, Second and State streets. Rapid, direct methods are used! Spanish is now recognized every where as a business asset. Bell J 266-R.—Adv. Paralysis Cause of Sudden Death of Well-Known Mechanicsburg Man Mechanicsburg, Pa., Feb. 11.—Ira Springer, aged 64 years, died sudden ly last evening while attending serv ices at the First United Brethren Church here. Mr. Springer hud been in his usual good health up to this time and went to the church early last evening. While sitting in his pew .lust before the services opened he was stricken with paralysis and fell forward unconscious. He was car ried to the vestibule and a physician summoned, but he died in a few mon utes. Mr. Springer was born in Mechan icsburg and lived here all his life. He was an employe of the D. Wilcox Manufacturing Cobmpany and lived at 223 East Locust street. He was an active member of the First United Brethren Church, a member of the Knights of Malta and of the Cham bersburg Relief Association. He is survived by his wife and two chil dren, Mrs. Philip Huber and Ira Springer, Jr., both of Mechanics burg. Funeral services will be held at the home on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, with services at 10.30 at the church, conducted by the Rev. E. C. B. Castle. Burial in the Me chanicsburg Cemetery. SOX SAFE IX EUROPE Waynesboro, Pa., Feb. 11.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Williams have received word from their son. Eber Williams, a private in the Sixth Pro visional Company, Quartermaster Corps, M. R. S., Three and Second Unit of Pennsylvania, stating that he arrived safely at a port "somewhere in Europe." This boat arrived a lit tle ahead of the Tuscania. Funeral Services Held For Former Harrisburger Funeral services for Mrs. Emma R. Gardner were held this afternoon at the Harrisburg Cemetery, the Rev. H. W. A. Hanson, pastor Mes siah Lutheran Church, officiating. Mrs. Gardner, a former Harrisburg er. died on Thursday in Xew York City. She was the widow of Robert Gardner, a Middle division passenger engineer, who was killed in a wreck some years ago. Previous to taking up her residence in Xew York City- Mrs. Gardner was employed as matron at the ladies' room Pennsyl vania railroad station, this city. Pennsy Veteran Dies; Funeral Services Tomorrow G. A. Eupfer, a retired railroader, died at Eucknow Saturday night, after a lingering illness. Funeral services will be lield at 7.30 o'clock to-morrow evening from his late residence in Lucknow. The body will be taken to Uverpool, Wednesday, by Hoover and Son, for burial. He was a Civil War veteran and is survived by a widow, Mrs. Susan I.upfer, two daughters, Mrs. Robert Watts and Miss Anna Eupfer, one son. J. E. Lupfer, a sister and a brother. Billiard Stars Win Over Altoona Champs In the Pennsy system elimination pooket billard series, local players, last season's champions, won over the Altoona machine shop team on Saturday. Harrisburg shooters had an easy time. W. E. Reese, made a run of 28 balls, while his teammate, W. J. Smith, hung up a credit of 20 balls. The contest was played at the Gen eral A. A. of Altoona. When the gong was sounded, tho locals had a score of 100 to the Altooim's 56 points. Referee Turner officiated in great style. Increase With Bonus For Loca IPennsy Shopmen Effective February 1, shop and enginehouse employes of the Penn sylvania railroad will get a 20 per cent, increase in wages. They will also work under a bonus system, which will give them a further in crease, according to the time they make each month, men making full time to receive the maximum bonus percentage. Railroad Notes Philadelphia Division Assembly, No. 4, Mutual Beneficial Association for Railroad men, will meet Wednes day night in Odd Fellows Hall, North Second street. This month's honor roll bulletin of the Pennsylvania Railroad, tells, of flit; retirement one month ago of Edward Kelley, Middle Division fire man, and John Uillams, Philadelphia Division conductor. Both won high credit for good service. Edward Kel ley served fifty-two years and four months: Uillams forty-five years and nine months. On January 1. forty employes of the Pennsy went on the retired list. The pension plan is eighteen years old, and during that period a total of 10,- 624 employes were retired. East year 726 employes of the Pennsylvania Railroad system were retired under the pension system, while 517 died. The net increase was 209; total pensioners, ,".,021; pay. inents during 1917, $1,900,000. Employes at RJ tower of the Pennsy, at Rockvllle, are daily feed ing quail, driven out of mountains by tlie snow. Reading officials report another rec ord-breaking coal traffic day yes terday. Trains of 100 cars each are now running. Russian engines turned over to the Reading at Rutherford are in serv ice. Five more engines will be turn ed over this week for service on the Reading Division. The "Queen of the Valley" will stop at Topton on Friday. February 22. on account of the P. O. S. of A. *on vention which will be held there that date. Charles A. Pfeiffer, of Altoona, is sistant to the Pennsy general car in spector, office of the general superin tendent of motive power, has been promoted to general foreman of the Meadows, N. J., shops of the com pany, affective February 1. • TRUSTEE BOARD EIjECTED Maryville, Pa., Feb. 11. —A new board of trustees of a half-dozen members has been elected by mem bers of the local Methodist "Episco pal Church congregation. Included on this board are Georgo R. Fllck intrer, C. N. Liddlck. J. D. Shull, I Wilson Hippie, H. P. Ellenbe'ger, and W. N. Garverich. I WATER PRESSURE NOT SUFFICIENT Fire at Enola Brings Out Bad Condition of Boads and Plugs Enolu, Pa., Feb. 11—The monthly business meeting of Enola Fire Company No. 1 will be held in the hosehouse this evening. Several minor officers will be appointed by the president, including an assist ant chief, assistant engineer, fore man of hose and liosemen. Several important matters relaUve to the fire of last week will be brought up at the meeting. Among these are the almost, impassable condition of the streets, low water nressure and the frozen fireplugs. At a special meeting held several weeks ago the company sent a com plaint to the county courts and the townsupervisors about the poor con dition of the roads. Following the recent snowstorms, the Valley Rail ways Company failed to clear the tracks and there was no available way to take the motor truck from tlie flrehouse. For several years the company has been hindered in fighting firfe by the low water pressure. The Dau phin Consolidated Water Company, a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Itailroau, and the company which furnishes the town with water, de cided to install a booster pump to increase the pressure. This matter has been hanging fire for more than a year and the pump has not been installed. Numerous complaints have been heard about the ruling of the water company in prohibiting the tire company to make tests of the fire plugs. The water company charges each propertyowner in town a plug tax of a dollar a year and forbids the company to test the plugs to in sure that they are in working con dition. At the fire last week a plug less than one hundred feet from the house was frozen tight. Mem bers of the company claim that if they were able to make tests of he plugs from time to" time this would not occur. BAKER ORDERS REFORM IN HIS DEPARTMENT [Continued from First Page.] of the various divisions, would enable Secretary Baker to appoint men of demonstrated business ability to di rect the departments, and it was held the order carries the plan re ferred to by the President in his reply to Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, when he said a reorganiza tion by evperts was in progress. The duties of these divisions are thus outlined by Secretary Baker's orders: "First. Executive division. This first step in Secretary Baker's pro gram. Under the new order the general staff corps is divided into five divi sions—the executive, war plane, pur chase and supply, storage and traffic and Army operations. Secretary Baker said the names of the offi cers to head these divisions would not be announced for several days. Is Most Sweeping Change The manner in which the chiefs of these divisions are to take over the management of the numerous bu reaus of the War Department makes the changes announced by Mr. Baker appear as the most sweeping over undertaken by any Secretary since the present system was started. It was held that the reorganiza tion, with responsible heads for each division shall take charge of the office of the chief-of-staff under an officer to be known as the executive assistant to the chief-of-staff, who shall be an assistant to the chief-of staff. The executive assistant to the chief-of-staff shall act for the chief of-staff or the acting chief-of-staff during their respective absence. This division shall have cognizance and control of the following subjects: "(1) To supervise the organiza tion, administration and methods of all divisions of the general staff and the several bureaus, corps and other agencies of the War Department, to the end that all such matters may be comprehensively treated and the activities of all such agencies may be co-ordinated, 'duplication of work avoided, harmonious action secured and all unnecessary machinery of or ganization and administration elimi nated. "(2) The collectton, compilation and maintenance of all statistical in formation obtained from the several bureaus, corps or other agencies of the military establishment both as to troops and supplies, as well as all other statistical information ob tained from outside sources relating to the war program for transmis sion to the Secretary of War, the chief-of-staff, the war council, the general staff and the several divi sions thereof. "(3) Military intelligence concern ing espionage, counter-espionage, fire prevention and other matters thereto related. "(4) Requisitions and permits. "(5) Promotions and assignments. "(6) The militia bureau dnd Fed eral guard. For Wur Plans Control "Second. War Plans Division: This division shall undertake the study of and submit reports upon all matters referred to It from time to time by the chief of staff, and shall lie in charge of an officer designated as the director of the war plans di vision. This officer will be an as sistant to the chief of staff and shall be president of the war college and In charge of all activities at the war college. The duties of this division shall also include the following mat ters: "First. Plans for the reorganiza tion of all branches of the Army. "Second. The study and deter mination of the types and the quantities of equipment for all branches of the Army, and the ap proval of design and types of equip ment submitted by the several bu reaus; supervision of research and Invention by the several bureaus or other agencies of the military estab lishment in connection with equip ment "(3) Projects for national defense. "(4) Training for all branches of the Army, the tactics and methods of warfare to be employed, together with all publications having relation thereto, and the supervision of mili tary schools. "(5) Military intelligence as reljt ccj to Army operations and the trans lation and compilation of foreign documents relating to military af fairs. "(6) Collection, compilation and maintenance of complette military records. "(7) Proposed legislation and the preparation of regulations and rules for the military establishment. I'rOTldM For Army Supply "Third. Purchase of Supply Divi sion: This division shall have cog nizance of and supervision over the purchase and production of all mu nitions and other supplies required for the use of the Army under an ■officer designated as the director of purchases and supplies, who shall be an assistant to the chief of staff. I The duties of this division shall in clude the following matter: "(1) The supervision and direc tion of all purchases, procurement and production activities of the sev eral bureaus, corps and other agen cies of the War Department. "The co-ordination and co-relation of the purchase and procurement ac tivities of the several bureaus, corps and other agencies of the War De partment. "The representing of the Army in all arrangements for co-ordinating the purchase and procurement, ac tivities of the several bureaus, corps and agencies of the War Department with other agencies of the Govern ment and with the Allies. "(2) The determination of purchas ing and manufacturing priorities be tween the several bureaus, corps and other agencies within the War De partment and in relation to other agencies of the Government, and also the determination of preference to be afforded to the contractors for supplies in the matter of shortage of fuel, power and raw materials. "(3) The supervision and co-ordi nation of all- appropriations, esti mates and requirements and other financial matters relating to the pur chase of munitions and all other supplies. "Fourth. There shall be in the purchase and supply division the of fice of surveyor-general of supplies under an officer or a civilian. "It shall be the duty of the sur veyor-general of supplies to provide that all arrangements for the pur chase. procurement and production of all munitions and other supplies for the use of the Army Bhall be so co-related and otherwise sched uled as most effectually toward the Army program and most advantage ously utilize the industrial resources of the country. "Fourth. Storage and traffic di vision: This division shall have cog nizance and control of the transpor tation of alt branches of the- Army and of all munitions and other sup plies for the Army, both by land and sea, and all storage facilities in con nection therewith under an officer designated as the director of stor age and traffic, who shall be an as sistant to the chief-of-staff. The duties of this division shall include the following matters: "First. Ail movements of troops, as well as of munitions nnd of sup plies of every kind, including raw materials and finished products, both during manufacture and after as sembling, to points of embarkation, interior points and overseas points, and in and out of all storage. "Second. All inland traffic, em barkation service and overseas serv ice relating to the Army program, including the employment of all Army transports engaged in the transatlantic service and such com mercial shipping as may be used to supplement that service, including all arrangements with the Navy De partment for convoy service. "Third. All storage for munitions and all other supplies of the Army on the seaboard and interior points. "Direct correspondence between the director of storage and traffic and the commanding officers of ports of embarkation is authorized. Cop ies of all requisitions, requests and information of every character re ceived from the commanding general of our forces in Europe, or his sub ordinates, which bear upon re-en forcements or renewals of supplies will be transmitted to the director of storage and traffic, and, in general, this officer is charged with the duty of arranging that all supplies for our forces in this country and in Europe shall be forwarded in the most ex peditious and convenient manner, and to that end he is authorized to exercise control of Army shipment, both within the territory of the United States and as the same re lates to the overseas haul. The em barkation service created under Sec tion 3, G. o. 102 W. D., 1917, is here by transferred to the storage and trrffic division." P. E. SMITH KILLED BY TRAIN Hagerstown, Md., Feb. 11.—News was received here that P. E. Smith, of Hagerstown, was struck by a .rain on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad at Hyndman, Pa., and killed. The telegram came from Charles Roach, a druggist at Hyndman, to Chief of Police Fridinger. who lo cated James Smith, a brother of the dead man. Smith was aged about 35 years. EPISCOPALIANS TO MEET Lock Haven, Pa., Feb. 11.—The annual meeting of the Harrisburg diocese of the Episcopal Church will be held in St. Paul's Church May 14- 15 next, which promises to bring together a notable gathering of Epis copalian clergymen and laymen. Among the speakers will be two notable men, Sir John Willison, of Toronto, Canada, editor of the Tor onto Globe, and M. Stephane Lau zanne, editor of the Paris Matin. Why Not Abolish Washday 1 When you consider the high cost M of help and fuel, the drudging labor PROMPT c