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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.
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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<iirt <iild the discomforts of washday—■
'"T H ITLn. ir| *•" why not send your family wash to
Ellis and avoid it all? Phone now.
685flBi2Bfi Get it back promptly.
ELLIS LAUNDRY SERVICE
Bell 4370 STEELTON DELIVERIES Dial 4088
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Medical Aid For Workers
Here is a picture of the retiring room of the Blough Man
ufacturing Company's factory where the very best atten
tion is quickly given to those who become ill. An ex
perienced nurse is in attendance all day. This is only one of
the many modern appointments of the plant.
Blough Manufacturing Co.
Reily and Fulton Streets
The place where everybody is
well cared for and well paid
LEMOYNE STANDS BACK
OF U-BOAT VICTIM
[Continued from First Page.]
society learned of his move to send,
relief to the "West Shore soldier.
Mr. Thompson said this morning
that the businessmen and residents
gave willingly and in many instances
turned over their contributions with
out his request. It is through Mr.
Thompson's efforts that West Shore
boys in the service are given tobacco
and usefu' articles monthly. The
tobacco is purchased from & fund
subscribed by residents.
Robert M. Mace, 1523 Swatara.
street, the Harrisburg boy on board
the Tuscania, was reported safe by
the War Department late Saturday
night. Mace's young wife and his
mother, when told of the rescue of
the Harrisburg boy, were almost
speechless with joy. The news of
young Mace's rescue relieved the an
xiety of over forty-eight hours, thiit
his friends and relatives here felt
after the news of the sinking of tlv
Tuscania was reported.
Junior Red Cross Tag
For Mechanicsburg Schools
Mechanicsburg, Pa., Feb. 11.—
Saturday was Red Cross tag day in
this place, and from early morning
till evening the kiddies were a busy
lot. The plan was adopted in the
effort to make all schools one hun
dred per cent, and each tag sold
helped pay the fee for somo scholars
who could not afford the amount for
membership. The movement was
given hearty support. Grammar
school pupils who number one hun
dred and live feel they should have
the honor, for they are already one
hundred per cent., and after much
discussion they linally adopted <1
name for their chapter, which is
"Pershing's Guards." They organ
ized with the following officers:
Chairman, George A. Guyer; vice
chairman. Raymond S. Barnes; sec
retary, Miss Bessie Bear, and treas
urer, M. 12. Anderson.
Our advertising space is vol- H
liable, and wo must give you in jjj
few words and items, a few |1
of our many bargains. \V<: I
cannot afford to use large |
space in advertising. Shoes we I
make no profit on. February I
Shoe Sale at Paul's. Your gain I
our loss.
Women's brown, tan, vici, I
lace, high heels, welt soles. I
Special,
$4 90 and $5,40
Women's tan low heel, sizes I
3% to 5; were 17.00. Af\ 9
Special fl
Women's black vici kid, high I
heels, stylish shoe; were jj
00 £4 4fi a
Special g
Women's patent kid, but- I
ton LaFrance; were $5 and I
SG.OO. B
Special *DO.<tU
80 pairs E. C. Burt's fancy
combination colors of kid lacc,
high heels; J9.00 to $12.00
SKSii 54.90
Bostonian Shoes for Men—
russett and black, round toes
and English effects in good
styles: all reduced 10 per eeut.,
some 25 per cent.
D 1 For Good
K/HI I Shoes at
* UUI Big Bargains
11 NORTH FOURTH ST.