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"DRY" FORCES
READY FOR BIG
ST ATE SESSION
Virtually Every County Ex
pected to Send Delega
tion to Convention
Arrangements for the state-wide
convention of the Dry Federation of
Pennsylvania, to be held here to
morrow. have been completed by
the committee in charge and a
member of this committee stated to
day that word has been received
from practically every one of the
sixty-seven counties in the state in
dicating that large delegations will
be present from each. The conven
tion will open at 9.30 a. m. in the
Chestnut Street. Auditorium and will
continue in session all day.
The principal purposes to be ac
complished are to amalgamate all
dry interests in the state regardless
of party lines for the purpose of
putting- the entire dry strength in
each legislative district behind the
dry candidates in the May primaries
and also in the November elections.
As to whether the candidates are
Republicans. Democrats, Prohibi
tionists or other party men has no
beating, according to leaders of the
Dry Federation. The purpose of the
federation, they slate, is not to
found a new party, but to establish
an inter-party organization. In proof
of this fact they point to the ar
rangements which' have been made
for holding a caucus during their
convention of dry Republicans
throughout the state tinder the lead
ership of J. Denny O'Neil, Lex X.
Mitchell and others, and at the same
time a caucus of dry Democrats Tin
der the direction of former .Ttidsre
William K. I'orter, of Vow Pastle;
W. N. McNair, of Pittsburgh, and
possibly also Major E. Lowry Humes,
I'nited States Attorney at Pitts
burgh, who has been invited to at
tend and address the convention.
Both Major Humes and Mr. O'Neil
are candidates for the governorship,
the former on the Democratic ticket
and the latter on the Republican.
May Kndorse For Governor
It is thought that one of the fea
tures of the convention will be an
Alone Against a Hundred
Not long ago a thrilling feat of bravery was exhibited by one of our
Allies, who charged a trench alone and captured many. Other things
being equal—the strongest men survive and that is why our army surgeons
are careful to pick out the men with good lung expansion, keen eyes and
good liver and kidneys. Our men on the tiring line represent the pick of
American youth. One in four of our boys at home was sick, rejected
because of physical deficiency. Many times the kidneys were to blame,
but such conditions can now be overcome.
If we wish to prevent old age coming on too soon, or if we want to
increase our chances for a long life, Dr. Pierce of the Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y., says that we should drink plenty of water daily between
meals. Then procure at the nearest drug store Anuric (double strength).
This An-uric drives the uric acid out and cures backache.
If we wish to keep our kidneys in the best con
dition, a diet of milk and vegetables, with inly little
meat once a day, is the most suitable. Drink plenty
of pure water, take Anuric three times a day for a
month, or until cured.
MILLERBBURG, PA.—"First I had grip, then
\mk 'CS*. £jjsjM pneumonia, then kidney and bladder trouble. Excre
tS'M. tion was colored. I got sick on November 12th
and was ill until February ISth, when I began to
/' i ■SpJ} use the Anuric Tablets. I told my doctor, and he said,
vTi "That's all right, keep on with them"; so I did. I
am now perfectly well and work hard.—WM. D.
SNYDER, Box 391, Railroad and Market Streets.
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jj MOTOR TRUCKS
!j Three-quarter ton, one-ton, one-and-one-half-ton and |
!; two-ton trucks. . <
Ij Hudson Sales Agency
! BKH, 1308 1137 MLLBKIUtV ST. <
1 D. B. KIEFFER AND CO. 1
| PUBLIC SALE |
of Acclimated and West Virginia Horses, Colts ana f
1 Mules, on Saturday, February 16, 1918, at 1 o'Clockl
AT MIDDLETOWN, PA. (
We will sell one carload of West Virginia §
Horses nnil Colts, consisting of good, big, rug- %
Sfctl feeders, all-purpose horses, farm chunks /
and fancy driving horses and colts ranging in %
~ age from 'i to years and have them weigh- K
up to 1600 This posl- %
lively one of tlie Inst loads of horses and emits m
all through, that \vc have had out or Virginia C
Ml n a Wing time, each and every one a good one. /
WBMUf with class, shape, size, weight, quality all over. \
Thirty head of acclimated horses of all de- J
scriptions. Twenty head of mules of all kinds. %
P. S.—We expeet ,T. E. Martin to arrive by Saturday with an §
express load of Missouri mules. He says the best load he ever shipped J
East, ranging In age from 2 to 5 years each, with bone, size and %
quality. 1
D. B. KIEFFER AND CO. (
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 13, 1918
expression of support for a guberna
torial candidate. Several aspirants
are soliciting the support of the dry
element in the state and the out
come of this convention is looked
forward to with interest by politi
cians. The convention will elect
ofllcers of the federation for the en
suing year and transact other rou
tine business. The principal speak
ers will devote themselves to dis
cussing ways and means to secure
the election of a legislature in the
fall which will vote at its next ses
sion to put Pennsylvania among
the dry states supporting the na
tional prohibition amendment.
The Chestnut Street Auditorium
lids been made ready, a band has
been engaged to furnish music, and
all details have been provided with
a view to holding a rousing dry con
vention. The Dry Federation head
quarters are in the Bolton Hotel.
Among the prominent speakers
will lie Governor Brumbaugh, Gif
ford Pinehot. State Highway Com
missioner O'Neil, Clinton N. How
ard, Major Humes, former Judge
Porter .arid l.ex N. Mitchell. 'U.
State Draft Board Asks
For More Prompt Replies
State draft headquarters to-day
issued a notice to all local boards
setting forth that the State of Penn
sylvania was not furnishing the oc
cupational cards as rapidly as need
ed by the War Department and
(ailing for reports 011 the exact
situation. "The industrial- needs of
the Army are great and pressing and
they cannot be met until these cards
are available," says the notice, and
school superintendents have been
asked to secure more volunteers
among teachers to help the drafted
men fill out the cards. At the state
headquarters it is stated that one
third of all the cards needed for the
iStato of Pennsylvania nave been
mailed direct from Washington.
I.OCAI. INVESTORS
RKCKIVK GOOD NKUS
W. R. lloitser, of this city, >i"e
presldent of the Southern Petroleum
and Development Company, of Mo
bile, Ala., has received the foil aw
ing telegram front W. P. Weicbel,
president of the company:
"Word received that Mobile oil
Company well taken over by Ben
Lamb, formerly Gulf Refining, esti
mated producing three hundred
barrels high grade asphaltum oil
daily. Being carried to Mobile in
all kinds of receptacles. Tribune
asserts Held proven."—Adv.
FAHNESTOCK AND
BRUKER CHOSEN
First Lieutenant in One of
Harrisburg Reserve Com
panies Harm's Big Aid
Frahk G. Fahnestock, Jr., an
architect with offices in the Patriot
building and resident of Bellevue
Park, was to-day appointed lirst
lieutenant of Company I, of the Sec
ond regiment of the Reserve Mili
tia, and Francis F. Bruker, a build
er, living at 2325 Greenwood street,
was appointed second lieutenant.
Paul H. W. Harm, of the Post Of
liee force, was appointed captain
two weeks ago.
Mr. Fahnestoek is first lieutenant
in Company A of the Harrisburg
Reserves and has been uctive in that
organization, standing very well
among men in military affairs. He
is very popular and it is believed
that a number of the Reserves will
go into the militia through his in
fluence. Captain Harm and Lieu
tenant Bruker were among those
active in the Reserves when it was
organized.
The appointments announced to
day by Adjutant General Beary as
having been made by the Governor,
practically complete the list of offi
cers of the militia.
They are as follows:
Squadron Cavalry
Charles C. Norris, Jr., Philadel
phia, tirst lieutenant and assigned
as squadron adjutant.
Samuel A. Curry, Wilkinsburg,
first lieutenant. Troop D.
Harry F. Naatz, Pittsburgh, sec
ond lieutenant, Troop D.
First Infantry
IT, Edgar Sherts, Millersburg, cap
tain adjutant.
George D. C. Danner, Manlieim,
captain commissary.
Walter W. Frankenfleid, Phila
delphia, second lieutenant, Com
pany C.
Newlin Trainer Booth, Swarth
more, first lieutenant, Company G.
William Russell Provost, Chester,
second lieutenant. Company G.
Louis E. Skinner, Swarthmore,
first lieutenant, Company 11.
Allan C. Wood, Swarthmore, sec
ond lieutenant, Company H.
Robert Holmes Page, Paoli, first
lieutenant, Company K.
Dr. James W. Armstrong. Potts
town, second lieutenant, Company K.
Second Infantry
Andrew C. Overpeck, Wilkes-
Barre, Captain, adjutant.
Robert T. Horn, Scranton, captain,
quartermaster.
John T. Jeter, Dallas, captain,
commissary.
The Rev. Selden Haynes, King
ston, captain, chaplain.
George W. llouck, Ashley, first
lieutenant, battalion adjutant.
Dr. Cameron Shultz, Danville, ma
jor, medical department, major and
surgeon.
William H. Kirkpatrjck, Easton,
first lieutenant, Cmpany A.
J. H. Waltman, Easton, second
lieutenant. Company A.
Alvin Frederick, Allentown, sec
ond lieutenant, Company B.
Joseph Sloeum Waite, Scranton,
second lieutenant, Company D.
Reuben Hoffman, N'anticoke, sec
ond lieutenant, Compariy G.
Howard I. James, Leabnon, second
lieutenant. Company M.
Third Infantry
Paul K. Collins, Swissvale, captain,
commissary.
John D. Meyer, Pittsburgh, cap
tain, adjutant.
Edward F. Harrison, Pittsburgh,
second lieutenant, battalion quarter
master.
Dr. William McCandless Johnston,
Pittsburgh, major, medical depart
ment, major and surgeon.
Dr. George Metzger, Pittsburgh,
first lieutenant, medical department,
assistant surgeon.
Dr. William A. Jones, Hays, first
lieutenant, medical department, as
sistant surgeon.
George O. M. Johnston, Pitts
burgh, tirst lieutenant, Company A.
Fred E. Shellaberger, Pittsburgh,
second lieutenant, Company A.
Ernest L. Sawyer, Homestead,
first lieutenant, Company B.
I.ester M. Smith, Homestead, sec
ond lieutenant. Company B.
Charles Casper Campbell, Pitts
. burgh, tirst lieutenant, Company-C.
Everett F. Heaton, Pittsburgh,
second lieutenant. Company C.
Homer H. Swaney, Beaver Falls,
second lieutenant, Company H.
R. Shaw Barrows, Meadville, sec
ond lieutenant. Company K.
Harley J. Zeigler, Franklin, first
licntenant. Company L.
Walter Barland, Oil City, second
lieutenant. Company L.
Albert H. Knabb, Warren, second
lieutenant, Company M.
First Infantry
Dr. Henry N. Thisseil, Philadel
phia. first lieutenant, medical corps,
assistant surgeon.
Third Infantry
Thomas F. Wiechard, Pittsburgh,
major.
Edward B. Riddle, Pittsburgh,
captain.
Oscar B. Dunn, Bradford, first
lieutenant. Company M.
Dean M. Irons, Coraopoils, second
lieutenant. Company E.
YOUR SICK CHILD
IS CONSTIPATED!
LOOK AT TONGUE
Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons
from little stomach, liver,
bowels" *
[Jive "California Syrup of Figs"
if cross, bilious or
feverish
No matter what ails your child, a
gentle, thorough laxative should al
ways be the first treatment given.
If your lit.tle one is out-of-sorts,
half-sick, isn't resting, eating and
acting naturally—look, Mother! see
if tongue is coated. This is a sure
sign that its little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with waste.
When cross, irritable, feverish, stom
ach sour, breath bad or has stomach
ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of
cold, give a teaspoonful of "Califor
nia Syrup of Figs," and in a few
hours all the constipated poison, un
digested food and sour bile gently
moves out of the little bowels with
out griping, and you have a well,
playful child again.
Mothers can rest easy after giving
this harmless "fruit laxative," be
cause it never fails to cleanse the lit-v
tie one's liver and bowels and sweet
en the stomach and they dearly love
its pleasant taste. Full directions
for babies, children of all ages and
for grown-ups printed on each
bottle.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask your druggist for a 60 cent bot
tle of "California Syrup of Figs:"
then see that it is made by the "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company."
READING ENTERS
FARE COMPLAINT
City Declares There Is No Au
thority For Six-Cent Fare
in That Community
The city of Reading to-day filed
[complaint before the Public-Service
[Commission against the Increase of
fare by the Allentown and Reading
Traction Company, alleging that it
was against the franchise ordinances
under which its predecessors oper
ated. The case will he included in
those to be heard on Tuesday.
Delivery of the first blank forms
of nominating petitions for the May
primary at the Department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth to
day was followed by a brisk demand
for the papers. The papers cannot
be circulated before March 2, how
ever. The first papers delivered
were for state officers for which
there was no call to-day.
Ks-Sciiutor E. F. Blowitt, of Scran
ton, was at the Capitol to-day.
The Tyrone platoon of the Tyrono-
Bellefonte cavalry troop was muster
ed in last night with thirty-seven
men by Lieutenant Colonel L. Ben
ton Long, of Ridgway.
A requisition was granted at the
State Department to-day for return
of Mary Harrison from Newark to
this city to answer a charge of lar
ceny.
Senator C. \V. Sones. of Williams
port, was among visitbrs to the Cap
itol departments to-day. He was en
gaged in highway matters.
A new case of smallpox appcarod
to-day among the laborers in the
Mount Cnion explosive camp. The
case had ben traced from another
town.
E. B. Dorsott, eliief of markets,
stopped here to-day on his way to
Crawford county to deliver farmers'
institute lectures. He declined to
make any statement.
The complaint of the City of Phil
adelphia against the service of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
will be laid before the Public Serv
ice Commission in executive session
late to-day and it will then be de
cided how much time to give the
company to answer. There is a pos
sibility that the complaint may iead
to a valuation.
William 11. Ball, secretary to the
Governor, to-day presented colors to
the Three Hundredth and Twelfth
Machine Gun Battalion at Camp
Meade. His son, Whitney Ball, is a
lieutenant in that organization.
Seward E. Button, the new chief
of the State Department of Mines,
took the oath of office to-day and
assumed his duties. He was accom
panied here by County Chairman
Clarence D. Couglilin, of Luzerne
county, who is largely responsible
for his appointment. He will make
no changes in the department for
the present.
Announcement was made to-day
that the Governor had appointed
Philip H. Seltzer as alderman of the
Fourth ward, of Lebanon, and
named these justices: Harry Yiengst,
ilethel township, Lebanon county; C.
T. Kinsey, Georgetown, and W. A.
Clark, Conneaut Lake.
In informing the IK'imrtment of
Labor and Industry that it is with
out authority to enforce erection of
fire escapes in second class cities,
Deputy Attorney General Collins
suggests that the department
"should assist the municipal authori
ties" to insure fire preventive means
and safeguards and that inspectors
noting delinquencies in such matters
in course of inspections should in
form the local officials.
Two Tons of Shipping Per
Man Enough to Send Men
Abroad, Says Sec. Baker
Washington, Feb. 13.—Secretary
Baker submitted to the Senate Mili
tary Affairs Committee yesterday
confidential data relating to the
transport of troops to France, which
was requested at his last appearance
before the committee. The Secretary
had testified that the War Depart
ment would be able to land 500,000
men in France early this year, and
that it was "not unpromising" that
1,500,000, in all, would be in France
by the end of the year.
The Military Affairs Committee
wanted to know upon what the Sec
retary based his estimate as to the
possibility of getting 1,500,000 men
over, and the data yester
day touched upon that point.
Mr. Baker is understood, in his
memorandum to have calculated
upon two tons of shipping for each
man sent to France, the War De
partment counting upon that amount
j of tonnage as forthcoming. Estimates
made by members of the Finance
Committee put the shipping needed
I to transport and maintain each man
at live tons. Senators Hitchcock and
Wadsworth have obtained that esti
mate from shipping experts.
Definite Arrangements For
Col. Ziegler's Funeral
Held Up For a Time
No definite arrangements have yet
been made for the funeral of Lieu
tenant-Colonel Frank Ziegler, who
died in the base hospital at Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, Monday nlghl.
All arrangements are pending upon
the arrival of Mrs. Ziegler and the
body, from Texas. A meeting of ilie
Ciiy Grays Veteran Association will
be held in the City Grays' Armory
this evening at 8 o'clock, when ar
rangements will be made to take
part in the funeral services. Otjier
organizations requested to attend
the meeting are:
United Spanish-American War
Veterans ,and Foreign Service, Har
risburg Reserves, Grand Army of the
Republic and Sons of Veterans.
Suffragists Are Elated
Over Action Taken by
Republican Committee
By Associated Press
Washington. Feb. 13.—Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Catt, president of the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association, in a statement here to
day, expressed the highest gratifica
tion of the endorsement by the Re
publican NhWonal Committee at St.
Louis of the pending woman suffrage
constitutional amendment.
Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, of
Brooklyn. N. Y., who represented
the national association before the
Republican National Committee, tel
egraphed Mrs. Catt to-day of the
success of their representations to
the committee. Mrs. Catt said the
association would now prepare for
an early vote on the amendment res
olution in the Senate with fullest
confidence for a favorable result. It
already has passed the| House.
'MARKETS
t
MEW YORK STOCKS
Chandler Brothers and Company,
n embers of New York and Philadel
phia Stock Exchanges— 3 North Mar
ket Square, Harrisburg; 1336 Chestnut
street, Philadelphia: 34 Pine street.
New York furnish the following
quotations: Open. Close.
Allis Chalmers 24% 231s
, Amer Beet Sugar 78% 78
| American Can 40 >/ t 39 *i
Am Car and Foundry.. 74 73
J Amer Loco 61% 61 •%
: Amer Smelting 83 82
1 American Sugar lU6Vi 105'
I Anaconda 6214 62
I Atchison 84 8314
I Baldwin Locomotive .... 68Vi 68>4
Baltimore and Ohio .... 50% 5014
! Bethlehem Steel 77'j "B'i
j Butte Copper Ift 1!)
j California Petroleum ... 16 a i 17
Canadian Pacific 14 B :, i 147' i
' Central Leather 71 6914
{Chesapeake and Ohio .. 53'.; 53
Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 41 '4 41 Vi
Chicago, R 1 and Pacific 20% '° s k
Chino Con Copper 43% 43%
Col Fuel and Iron 38% 38
Corn Products 33*4 35
Crucible Steel SM'ji 59%
Distilling Securities .... 41% 40%
I Erie 14% 14%
j General Motors 139% 136U
I Goodrich, B. F 47% 47%
| Great Northern pfd .... 90 90
| Great Northern pre subs 27% 26%
] Hide and Leather 12% 12%
| Inspiration Copper 44% 44%
j International Paper .... 31% 31
i Kennecott 32% 32%
Lackawanna Steel 77 76%
Maxwell Motors 29 2ft
Merc War Ctfs 26 25%
Merc War Ctfs pfd .... 97 96
Mpx Petroleum 91% 89%
Miami Copper 30% 30%
Midvale Stefl 45% 45
1 N Y, N H and II 29 28%
Norfolk and Western ... 104 104
Northern Pacific 83% 83%
Pacific Mail 27 26%
Pennsylvania Railroad.. 45 45
Pittsburgh Coal 4S<{ 49
Railway Steel Spring .. 53% 53%
Ray Con Copper 24 24
Reading "s'i 74%
Republic Iron and Steel 75% 76%
Southern Pacific 83% 83%
Southern Ry 23% 23%
Studeliaker f>2 51%
Union Pacific 111% 114*%
U S I Alcohol 126% 125%
U S Rubber 55% 57%
IT S steel 1>5% 94 ,
U S Steel pfd 110% 110%
I'tah Copper 82% 81
Virginia-Carolina Chem. 40 40%
Westinghouse Mfg ..... 41% 40
Willys-Overland ix% 18%
Western Maryland 16% 16
PHILADELPHIA pnODllCfc-
By Associated Press
Philadelphia, Feb. 13. Wheat
Market steady; No. 1, red, 52.27;
No. 1, soft, red, $2.25; No. 2, red. $2.24;
No. 2, soft, red, $2.22.
Corn Market nominal; No. 2
vellow, $2.35@2.40; No. 3. No. 4 and
No. 5. yellow, nominal.
Oats Market firm; No. 2.
white, 99%c4<i51.00%; No. 3, white,
9S%@p9%c.
Bran The mafket is steady; soft
winter, per ion. J4t>.so@/47.00; spring
per ton, $44.00®45.00.
Butter—The market is unchanged;
western, creamery, extras. 52c; nearby
prints, fancy, 56c.
Eggs Unchanged; Pennsylvania,
and other nearby firsts, free cased,
$16.50 per case; do., current receipts,
free cases, $16.50 per case; western,
extras, firsts, free cases, $16.80 per
ease; do., firsts, free cases, $16.50 per
ease; fancy, selected, packed, 64@65c
I per dozen.
Cheese Firm, but quiet; New
full cream, cljoic* to fancy, 23(i
2"c.
Live Poultry Firm; fowls higher;
fowls 30(f()34c; old roosters, 22#23c;
young roosters, 26® 27c; spring
chickens, ?3@24c; ducks, Peking, 32
@34c; do., Indian Runner, 28®30c;
turkeys. 27@28c; geese, nearby, 28®
32c.
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,
•'!2®36c; fowls, fancy, 34®35c; good
to choice, 32® 33c; do., small sizes,
27®31c; 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, 17V4c;
prime country, 16V4c; dark, 15%4j/
10c; edible, in tierces, 18@18V6c.
Potatoes Dull and easier; New
Jersey, No. 1, per basket, 75090 c (33
fbs.); New Jersey, No. 2, per baskpi,
1 4006 ft; New Jersey, per 100 lbs., $1.8
©2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 lt>s..
$2.00(5 2.50; New York, per 100 lbs.,
$2.0002.40; western, per 100 lbs., $2.00
02.40.
Refined Saga.* Firm, but quiet,
powdered, 5.45 c; flne granulated,
7.45 fi/ 8.35 c.
: Flour The market is firm
with a good demand; winter, straight,
$10.50® 10.75; Kansas, clear, $9.75©
10.00; do., patents, 1U.26tf11.75;
spring:, firsts, clear, spot, $10.50® 10.75;
spring firsts, clear, mill shipment.
$9,760 10.00; spring bakers, patent,
spot, $11.75012.00; spring, patent, null
shipment, $10.50010.90; spring family
brands, sll 500 12.00.
Hay The market is firm
with a good demand; tim
othy (according to location);
No. 1, large bales. $29.50030.00; No.
1. small bales, $29.50030.00; No. 2
$25.00029.00; No. 3, $25.00026.0U;
samples. $20.00022.00; no grade,
$1.00018.00.
Clover mixed Light, mixed, $28.00
029.00; No. 1. $26.50027.50; No. 2.
$>23.50*7)24.50.
CHICAGO CATTLE
By Associated Press
Chicago, Feb. 13. Cattle Re
ceipts, 0,000; strong. Native beef
steers. $8.40013.60; stockers and
feeders, $7.20(® 10.25; cows and heif
ers, $6.30011.60; calves, $8.50014.00.
ShJep Receipts, 7,000; strong.
Wethers. $9.75013.20; lambs. $13,750
17.00.
Hogs Receipts, 25,000; strong.
Bulk of .-.ales, $15.85016.25; light,
$15.60016.30; mixed, $15.70016.30;
heavy, $15.60016.25; rough, $15.60®
15.75.
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
By Associated Press
Chicago, Feb. 13.—Board of Trade
closing:
Corn—March, 1.27%; May, 1.25%.
Oats —March. 83%; May, 81.
Pork —May, 47.25.
Lard—May, 25.55; July, 25.65.
Ribs—May. 24.80.
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
By Associated Press\
Philadelphia, Feb. 13.—Stocks closed
irregular.
General Asphalt 14
General Asphalt, Pfd 48
r>ake Superior Corporation .... I§
Lehigh Navigation 63^
Lehigh Valley 57
Pennsylvania Railroad 45
Philadelphia Klectric 25%
Philadelphia Company 25
Philadelphia Company. Pfd 23
Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 27'4
Reading 74%
Storage Battery 49%
Union Traction 41
United Gas Improvement 68%
United States Steel 94
Yoik Railways 9%
York Railways. Pfd 31%
ASK niDS FEBRUARY 2:t
Bids for the collections n! ashes
will be opened February 23, Com
missioner Hassler said to-day. Those
submitting proposals may furnish
specifications or use the ones pre
pared by the department. Three
districts are outlined as befor3. The
bids which are received will be pro
sented to Council on the following
Tuesday.
lAftwaeeoenra
ORPHEI'M j
To-night—"Peck's Bad Boy."
MAJESTIC
High Grade Vaudeville.
COLONIAL
To-da.v and to-morrow —.Karle Wil- •
Hams in "111 the Balance."
Friday and Saturday - Kffle Shan- j
non in "Her Boy."
REGENT
To-day Pauline Frederick in
iMadame Jealousy," by George V.
Hobtt rt.
To-morrow, Friday and Saturday,
double attraction Una Cavalier!
in "The Eternal Temptress,"*and the
Mapk-Sennett comedy in "Taming
Tar set Center."
VICTORIA
To-day lSnld Markey and an all
star cast In "Cheating the Public;"
also "A Bungrv Lion in a Hos
pital."
Thursday and Friday Bessie Bar
riscale in "Madame Who."
Thursday "Vengeance and the Wo
man."
Saturday—Sonla Markova in "Heart's
Revenge."
The popular screen star, Karle Wil- j
liams, will be seen in the Greater]
Vita;?raph feature. "In
Kurlc the Balance," at the Colo-]
William-, nial Theater to-day and
In "In the to-morrow. The story,
linlnnce" which is taken from E.
Phillips Oppenheim's
novel, "The Ilillman," tells the story
of a man balanced between hatred for
all women and the fascination of a
beautiful London stage favorite, whom
he turns back from th.e road to shame.
Mr. Williams gives 1111 excellent por
trayal of John Strangeway, the Bill
man, and is ably supported by charm
ing Grace Harniond in the role of
Maurel, the actress. Other
members of the cast are: Miriam
Miles, a Sophy Gerard; Denton Vane,
as the Prince of Seyre; Robert Gail
lord, as Stephen Strangeway; Julia
Swayne Gordon, as the Lady Hilda
Mullock, and Templar Saxe, as Grail
lot.
In her newest Paramount picture,
"Madame Jealousy," Pauline Freder
ick has occasion to use
I.imt IJny of a huge horned owl for
"Mndnnie "atmosphere." It is a
Jealous? - ' well-known fact that
the star has no use
for peacocks, and it was thought that
her dislike might extend to owls. Not
so. however, for she alone of all the
cast, seemed to have a calming effect
on the great bird. He ruffled tys
feathers haughtily when others ap
proached, and made queer sounds of
disapproval, but when Miss Frederick
talked td him or sang softly, he shut
his eyes and went peacefully to sleep.
"Madame Jealousy," which was writ
ten by George V. llobart, the re
nowned author of "Experience,"
"Every Wife," and other well-known
allegorical plays, and was directed
for the screen by Robert Vignola,
boasts an exceptionally well-chosen
cast, including Thomas Mcighan,
Frank Losee, Elsie McCloud and
others. This gripping drama will be
shown for the last times at the Re
gent Theater to-day.
"Peck's Bad Boy," that funny com
edy that appeals to the average boy,
will be the attraction at
"I'fpk'n the Orpheum to-night. That
llntl mischievous little fellow
Hoy" that you are always anxious
to laugh at will furnish
you with numerous laughs in this
new version of this old but popular
play that has delighted millions.
There are many musical numbers ren
dered by the different members of
the company and all are of the uopu
iar variety and written by that popu
lar song writer. Irving Berlin. Boys
will be boys, and "Peck's" is just one
of that variety that is met in every
day life.
Vaudeville's scenic sensation. "The
Forest Fire," appearing at the Ma
jestic all of this week.
"Tlie Forest has to do with the wild
Fire" nt ride of an engine
the Majestic through a burning for
est without the use of
fire of any sort, but entirely by elec
trical and scenic effects. The illusion
is carried out with such vividness
that even the unimaginative can al
most feel the heat of the flames. This
drama of the tnnherland is presented
by the Bldwell Producing Company,
with charming Sylvia Bidwell in the
principal role, that of a telephone op
erator, a part she played during the
presentation of the piece in London.
The story is that of a telephone op
erator, who receives- the news of a
tire in an engulfed community over
her'wire just before it is destroyed
by fire, and the girl's heroism prompts
the rescued party which finally suc
ceeds in saving the little entombed
band from perishing. It is great,
big thriller, not alone because of its
story, nor the manner in which it is
told, but because of the marvelous
scenic effects which has made it the
'scenic sensation of vaudeville.
Three sterling Keith acts appear
in conjunction with "The Forest Fire."
Alexander and Fields, In tramp
makeup, keep up a'line of rapid-fire
conversation that is replete with good
laughs; Nora Allen and Company of-
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NAME A TICKET
Prohibitionists Decide to lie
main in Middle of the Road
For the Present
Pennsylvania Prohibitionists at
their state convention at Pittsburgh
yesterday afternoon decided to name
their own state ticket, but left tile
way open for fusion with other
parties if their candidates take the
right attitude against liquor in poli
ties. At the same time a resolu
tion endorsing J. Denny O'Neil for
governor was tabled, the sentiment
being to have the party remain in
the middle of the road until the
situation clarifies. There was plenty
of discussion and State Chairman B.
E. P. Prugli was highly commended
for his work.
The ticket agreed upon, which -vill
be commended to the Prohibition
voters at the primary, according to
present plans, as follows:
Kor governor. E. J. Fithian, Mer
cer county.
Lieutenant governor, F. E. Whit
tesley, Erie county.
Secretary of internal affairs,
Charles L. Rummell, Cumberland
county.
Congressmen-at-large, Elisha Kont
Kane, McKean county; Albert <}ad
dis, Fayette county; H. F. Dittman,
Philadelphia county; E. L. McKec,
Allegheny county.
l?efore the ticket had been named
the following resolution was passed:
"Resolved, That candidates' peti
tions be circulated and filed for the
oflices of governor, lieutenant gover
nor, secretary of internal affairs and
four congressmen-at-large, bearing
the names of persons who can be re
lied upon to place their several
resignations in the hands of the state
executive committee, if requested by
it, to the end that if the committee
sees lit, the respective vacancies may
be filled with names of candidates
advocated by the Dry Federation of
fer a pleasing singing act. while. Louis
Eeo introduces some novel and ori
ginal acrobatic feats.
To-day and this evening will be the
last opportunity motion picture fans
of this city will
" hoathiß I lie v.ill have to see the
Public" nt film sensation of
Victoria To-dny the year called
"Cheating the Pub
lic," in which the noted star. Enid
Markley, is featured. This picture
was shown for the first time in this
city on Monday last and wits wit
nessed by several thousand persons,
end the remarks heard on all sides
Concerning it were that it is one of
the real motion picture sensations.
One of the country's best motion pic
ture critics says it is one of those
gripping melodramas of the screen
that grip you from start to finish.
Here one sees food profiteers expos
ed—child labor infamies disclosed,
and many other forms of greed shown
up in a way that brings conviction to
all who see it. For to-day also a
screaming Fox comedy entitled. "The
Hungry Lion in a Hospital." For to
morrow Bessie Barriscale in the new
Paralta feature. "Madame Who," will
be the attraction.
AMUSEMENTS
ORPHEUM : Tonight
Peck's Bad Boy
PRICES, 15c, 25c, 35c, 50c
Tomorrow Matinee and Ni^ht
CHARLES TAYLOR OFFERS
THE DARLINGS OF PARIS
A WHIRLY GIRLY SHOW
With Matt Kolb and Tom Howard
Congress or Vaudeville and Musical Comedy Celebrities
LADIES—AT THE MATINEE, 10c
R-E-G-E-N-T
To-day
Pauline Frederick in
In
"Madame Jealousy"
Your l4ist Opportunity to See the Most Gripping Drama of (he Year
liy the. Famous Author of '"Experience"
Admission Today, 10c and 15c
Double Attraction—Tomorrow, Friday, Saturday
Lina Cavalieri in
The Eternal Temptress
Hundreds of thousands of people pay $. r > or $lO to HOC this world
famous prima donna at the Metropolitan Opera House, You can
see her ut this theater at considerably less titan the priee it would
cost) you In New York, anil you can see her in somctliing better than
shelias ever done before.
ALSO THE MACK SENNETT COMEDY
"TAMING TARGET CENTER"
This double attraction is a solid two-hour show. The enormous
price to the management in securing these two mammoth produc
tions for appearance here necessitates a slight advance in the ad
mission.
Afternoon, 10c and 15c—Evening, 10c and 20c
■* / y■ *— ** i*uyjf
ATTENTION COLORED HOME SEEKERS!!
Relief in Sight For the Poor and Congested*
Housing Conditions Among the Colored
People of Harrisburg and Steelton, Pa. 1
A MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION ,
• The first series of the PROGRESSIVE WAGE-EARNPRS'
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION began Tuesday, February 5
1918. Meets every Tuesday evening at 8 p. m . in the law offices of.
J. Robbin Bennett .Esq., 21 North Third street, Harrisburg, Pa for
jreceipt of weekly dues and reception of new members ' ' '
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SECRETARY
21 North Third St. Harrisburg, Pa. 1
Pennsylvania or other Prohibition
organizations in which the commit
tee has confidence."
The reason of this move was ex
plained in this way, says the Phila
delphia Press:
"If J. Denny O'Neil or Vance Mc-
Cormlck should declare themselves
out and out for prohibition, and re
ceive the nomination of the Dry
Federation, then the candidate for
governor agreed on would withdraw
and the party adopt the candidate of
the Dry Federation, and so on,
through the other offices."
The convention was presided over
by R. E. English, of Mercer county,
and sitting with him on the platform
was Secretary H. F. Dittman, of
Philadelphia.
State Chairman Prugh in making
his annual report, pleaded with the
Prohibition party to join the new
National party, which already rep
resents a union of four other reform
organizations, saying that this union
of forces would be most effective in
the big fight to elect legislators of
the state to take their places in 1919,
when the big drive for national pro
hibition is expected to be taken up.
He rapped men who had taken the
national party name in this state
without authority.
AMUSEMENTS
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TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW
Earle Williams
PRESENTS
"In the Balance"
From K. Phillip* Oppenhelm's
novel, "The Ilillmun"
Regular Prices, 10 and 15c
v
VICTORIA
TO-DAY
"Cheating the Public"
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
BBBSIB BARRISCALB in
"MADAM WHO"
SATURDAY ONLY
SON IA MAHKOVA In
"A HEART'S REVENGE"
A<lult* t 15c. Children, lOr.
> ■ i, J
MAJESTIC
II I:ITR: FOR A FULL AVEKK
VAUDEVILLE'S
SCENIC SENSATION
"The
Forest Fire"
A DRAMA OF THE TIMBKMjAND
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