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U.S. ARTILLERY
QUICK IN HOLDING
BACK ATTACK
■{Germans Persist in Driving
Against the French
Positions
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 19. —On the
"Western front there have been no ex
tensive movements. in Champagne
the Germans persist in their at
tempts against the Fr?nch positions
near the Butte du Meunil. Twice
Tuesday the French, who are .tided
bv American artillery, repulsed ene
my efforts, the ilermans being unable
to reach the French lines.
Aerial activity is the predominat
ing factor on the British nnl Amer
ican fronts. In the north British
airmen have accounted sixteen
German airplanes and have aropped
hundreds of bombs on railways and
airdromes. French and British
bombing squadrons also have at
tacked important points in Lorraine.
On the American sector the ene
my machines have been busy over
and behind the American lit.es
American gunners kept the Get mans
high in the air and one of the ene
my was brought down by an Amer
ican aviator. Nine Americans have
been wounded by German shells.
There has been considerable attilW.iy
activity on the Italian front.
Itnltl on Knttliiml
For the third time in as many days
German airmen raidol southeast
England Monday nlf?ht. None was
able to penetrate tlie defenses of
Lcndon.
Premier Lloyd Oeo'ge Is expected
appear in the House of Commons
to-day to defend the governments
action with respect to the retire
ment of General Robertson as chief
of the Imperial General Staff, which
has aroused much criticism in the
British press. Dr. von Iviioiilmann,
the German Foreign Minister, it is
reported, will address the Reichstag
to-day on the Ukrainian peace pact.
Renewal of German
Attack on Russia Was
Expected by London
London, Feb. 19. —Renewal of the
German attack on Great Russia ful
fills the expectation widely held i.M
since Germany consented to negoti
ate with the Bolsheviki at Rrest-
Jjitovsk. The view often has been
expressed that Germany had peace
less in mind than to secure posses
sion of what was valuable in Rus-
The manner in which Germany
played off the Ukraine against the
Koisheviki is regardad as a char
acteristic example of German diplo
matic traditions. It is felt i. the
■Ukrainian call for German help has
been issued at Germany's instigation
to give her a plausible pretext of
taking advantage of the anarchy in
order to gain control of the natural
resources of the Ukraine.
TELLS DYSPEPTICS
WHAT TO EAT
Avoid Indigestion, Sour Acid Stom
ach, Heartburn. Gas oil
Stomach, Etc.
Indigestion and practically all
forms of stomach trouble, say medi
cal authorities, are due nine times
out ot ten to an excess of hydro
chloric acid in the stomach. Chronic
'"•acid stomach" is exceedingly dang
erous and sufferers should do either
one of two things.
Hither they can go on a limited
and often disagreeable diet, avoid
ing foods that disagree with them,
that irritate the stomach and lead to
excess acid secretion or they can eat
as they please in reason and make
it a practice to counteract the effect
of the harmful acid and prevent the
formation of gas, sourness or prema
ture fermentation by the use of a
little Bisurated Magnesia at their
meals.
There is probably no better, safer
or more reliable stomach antiacid
than Bisurated Magnesia and it is
'widely used for this purpose. It has
no direct action on the stomach and
is not a digeste'nt. But a teaspoon
ful of the powder or a couple of five
grain tablets taken in a little water
■with the food will neutralize the ex
cess acidity which may be present
and prevent its further formation.
This removes the whole cause of the
trouble and t.he meal digests natural
ly and healthfully without need of
pepsin pills or artificial digestents.
Get a few ounces of Bisurated Mag
nesia from any reliable druggist. Ask
for either powder or tablets. It never
comes as a liquid, milk or citrate and
jn the bisurated form is not a laxa
tive. Try this plan and eat what you
•want at your next meal and see if
this isn't the best advice you ever
liad on "what to eat." G. A. Gorgas.
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Serious throat and lung troubles
usually begin thus. At the outset
or even when they become chronic,
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RAILROAD
MORE TRACKS IN
YARDS AT ENOLA
Pcnnsy Plans Big Changes; to
Take Care of Traffic
Rush
Enola, Feb. 18.—With the coming
of warmer weather the Pennsyl
vania railroad company lias a force
of men preparing for the laying of
additional tracks in the east-bound
classification yards of the Enola
yard. A number of carloads of cin
der and dirt are being unloaded daily
by these men. The dirt and cinder
is being filled in a hollow to bring
the bed up to the level of the other
tracks in the classification yards. It
is the plan of the company to place
at least nine new tracks, capable
of holding more than a hundred
cars, on this bed.
Many Changes Necessary
A number of changes will be ne
cessary before the new tracks can
be used. At present the freight sta
tion is in a direct line with the new
tracks. In all probability tho sta
tion will be moved across the state
highway. The freight has increased
so heavily in the last several years
that a new station would be neces
sary in a short time. Another big
change which would be the outcome
of the new tracks would be the re
location of the two coal and wood
yards. If the freight station is mov
ed across the street the cbal yards
will most likely be placed on the
same siding.
A short time ago the - company
laid several new track in the east
bound receiving yards and put in
another hump for the shifting of
freight. For years cinders and dirt
have been dumped off near Sum
merdale and local officials believe
some more tracks will be placed
here.
Pennsy Needs More Room;
May Enlarge Local Station
Plans are under consideration for
extensive improvements at the Penn
sylvania Railroad Station. Nothing
definite has been decided. Surveys
have been made and blueprints will
be prepared and sent to Philadelphia
for approval. It is understood there
will be a new shed erected to extend
almost to the Market street subway
and eastward to the Mulberry Street
Bridge. It is also planned to get
more office room, and there is a proba
bility that a third story will be erect
ed on the present 1 building.
Standing of the Crews
HAimiSßiiiG sim;
Philadelphia OlvlMion The 122
crew first to go after 1 o'clock: 102,
117, 115. 104, 134.
Engineers for 102, 104.
Brakemen for 122 (2).
Engineers up: Kope, Downs, Gem
mill.
Firemen up: Kuntz, Kines, Cornel
-10, Wilson, Baer, Beistline, Snyder,
Enney, Gettle, Hiner.
Flagman up: Wenrick.
Brakemen up: Stetler, Walters.
Hamilton, Miller, Kinnard, Dicker
son, Heflin.
Middle Division —The 24,7 crew first
t> go after 2.30 o'clock: 39, 217, 31,
301, 28, 19, 30, 237.
Fireman for 19.
Flagman for 28.
Brakeman for 19.
Engineers up: Earley, Leppard.
Firemen up: Weaver, Johnson.
Peters, Scaring. Martin, Book, Moore,
Eiicker.
Brakemen up: King. Wright,
llurshbarger, Feagley, Furlow, Hem
nnnger, F.ley.
Yard Board —Engineers for 26C,
30C. 32C.
Firemen for 2-14 C, 1-15 C, 3-15 C,
26C.
Engineers up: Eyde, Buffington,
Ney, Biever, Sheafler, Snell, Baer,
Weigle.
Firemen up: Crook, Luke, Hoover,
Byers, McKeever, Kling, II in ney.
enoi.a sim:
Philadelphia Division The 219
crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock:
205, 234. 224, 248, 236. 243.
Engineers for 205, 224.
Firemen for 205, 224, 243.
("onductors for 219, 224, 218, 243.
Flagman for 205.
Brakemen for 234, 243.
Conductor up: Dewees.
Flagman up: Orr.
Middle Division —The 120 crew first
to go after 2.30 o'clock: 114, 101,
233, 119, 22,5. 227, 243.
Engineer for 114.
Fireman for 114.
Conductor for 114.
Brakeman for 120.
Yard Board —Engineers for 3rd
129, five extras.
Firemen for 3rd 126, 2nd 129,' 135,
five extras, Ist 106, 2nd 106.
Engineers up: Seal. Herron, Han
lon, Kenical. Bruaw, Kaff, Gingrich,
Ewing, Quigley.
Firemen up: White, Kipp, Wickey,
Ciarlin, Waltz, Hider, Haubecker,
"Holmes, Boyer, Bainbrldge, Meek,
Nolte, Steffee, Walters, Craine,
Kramer.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT
Middle Division —Engineers up: D.
Iveane, W. C. Graham, G. G. Iveiser,
O. Taylor, H. E. Martin, J. J. Kelly,
D. G. Riley, R. E. Crum, W. D. Mc-
Dougal, J. W. Smith, F. F. Schreck,
Sam. Donnley, James Keane, J. A.
Spotts, J. Crlmmel, A. A. Delozier, R.
M. Crane, O. L. Miller, S. H. Alexan
der.
Firemen up: R. F. Mohler, S. P.
Stauffer, S. R. Mearkle, H. A. Schrau
der. J. N. Ramsey, .8. H. Wright, P.
E. Gross, W. C. Ayers, J. W. Rich
ards, A. H. Kuntz, G. L. Huggtns. R.
E. Look, E. M. Crane, H. Naylor, G.
B. Huss. Roy Herr. E. E. Ross, S. H.
Zciders.
Engineers for 21, 9, 19.
Firemen for 25, 665, 6293, 9, 19, 59,
11.
Philadelphia Division Engineers
up: A. Hall, B. A. Kennedy, B. F.
Lippi, 11. W. Glllums. W. S. Lindley.
Firemen up: C. C. Collier, William
Shive, W. M. Welsh. R. K. Strickler.
L E. Everhart, F. H. Cook, J. Cover.
Engineer for 6.30. No Philadelphia
crews here.
Fireman for 578.
THE BEADING
The 72 crew first to go after 12.45
o'clock: 55. 10, 1, 53. 60, 56, 68, 58,
2, 24.
Engineer for 55.
Firemen for 59, 55, 58, 60, 68,
Conductor for 10.
Flagmen for 55. 67, 68.
Brakemen for 53. 55, 68, 68, 72, 10.
Engineers up: Seifer, Felix. KaufT
man, Barnes, Wunderlick, Beecher,
Wlreman, Strieker, Clouser, Ratsner.
Firemen up: Hurley, Moore, Bol
ton. Noggle, Durbrow.
Conductors up: Patton, Phela
baum. Hall.
Flagmen up: Lehmer, Ware, Bit
tie.
Brakemen up: Breckenrldge, Mos
ey, Dell, Spangler, Grady. Stark,
Long, Morton, Paym, Trawitz.
HENRY N. YOCUM,
SHOPMAN, DIES
Served Pennsy Many Years;
Prominent in West End
of the City
Henry N. Yocum, age 81 years,
1539 North Sixth street, one of the
oldest retired Pennsylvania, Rail
[ road shopmen in this city, and for
mer Park officer; died early to-day.
The survivors are a widow, Eliza
beth, one son, William, three
daughters, Mrs. W. H. Patrick, Mrs.
Linford Clay and Mrs. Mary E. Bit
ner, and 10 grandchildren, and
eight great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, and will
be conducted by tho Rev. J. Bradley
Markward, pastor of Bethlehem Lu
theran Church. Burial will be made
in Harrisburg Cemetery.
"Pappy" Yocum as he was known
to many residents of the West End
of the city, and throughout railroad
circles, was popular with old and
/oung. llis jolly disposition and
ever readiness to lend a helping
land brought him a wide acquain
tance.
Civil War Veteran
( He was retired during the latter
I part of 1905 after riearly half cen
tury service record. He was a mem
ber of both the Middle and Phila
delphia division Veteran Employes
Association. During the Civil War
he served two enlistments. In fra
ternal order circles lie was promi
nent being a member of Phoenix
Lodge No. 59, Knights of Pythias;
Council No. 3, O. U. A. M., Tribe
No. 3 83, 1. O. R. M., and Lodge No.
• of Liberty. Mr.
Yocum was a charter member of the
Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Re
cently he was a park policeman.
Railroad Managers Tell
About Railroad Pay
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 19. lncreases
in wages received in the last few
years by various classes of railroad
employes were explained to-day to the
railroad wage commission by repre
sentatives of the managements, con
tinuing their information to aid the
commission in making recommenda
tions.
Those expected to testify to-day in
clude: C. H. Niemeyer and K. T.
Whiter, Pennsylvania; J. T. Latimer,
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; F, G.
Micholson. Chicago and Eastern Illi
nois; E. C. Wills, Missouri Pacrfic; C.
P. Conlclin, New York. New Haven and
Hartford; W. J. Tollerton, Chicago,
Hock Island and Pacific; D. It. Mo-
Bain, New York Central, and E. E.
Potter, of the Soo Lines.
Railroad Notes
The Grand Trunk lines of Canada,
report a wd.ge increase averaging
S3OO a year, nine-hour working day,
time and half time for holidays and
Sundays.
The American Locomotive Com
pany has taken orders for 25 115-
ton Mikado engines for South Man
churian railways, one 21-ton saddle
tan engine for Hudson Coal Com
pany and one 49-ton saddle tank
engine for Delaware River Steel
Company.
Harry Hoffman, formerly Penn
sylvania railroad ticket clerk at Leb
anon, who has been baggagemaster
at the Conewago station for the past
nine years, has been transferred to
Lawn, on the branch of the Corn
wall and Lebanon railroad, as ticket
agent.
Daniel Kramer, a well-known en
gineer in the Reading yard, has been
placed on the pension roll, having
reached the age limit. Mr. Kramer
has a service record of forty-eight
yeas.
V. Homer Stover, W. H. Diffen
derfer and Charles . Gratz, Pennsy
freight conductors, have resumed
their duties. They were off on ac
count of sickness.
About 3,000 cars of anthracite
were brought down from the mines
of the Reading Coal and Iron Com
rany and individual mines along the
Reading lines on Saturday and Sun
day. The run from midnight Friday
until midnight Saturday, exceeded
1,500 cars, while on Sunday nearly
the same number were handled.
Rutherford reports show a total
of 3,400 cars were handled on Sun
day.
Health at Hancock
Praised by Baker
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga„ Feb.
19.—Camp Hancock was yesterday
visited by Newton D. Baker, Secre
tary of War. who inspected the var
ious hospitals and took a ride with
the commanding general through the
training fields. He was accompan
ied by Surgeon General Gorgas, Lieu
tenant Colonel Charles L. Furbush
and Major William H. Welsh, medi
cal officers. Both Mr. Baker and
General Gorgas pronounced the
health of Hancock the best of any
camp in the country.
U. S. and England Sign
Army Draft Treaties
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 19. —Signing of
the army draft treaty between Great
Britain „ and the United States was
announced to-day. The new British
Ambassador, Earl Reading, affixed
his signature to the document as his
first official act in Washington.
Under the treaty the United States
may draft into the military service
British subjects in this country be
tween the ages of 20 and 45 years,
while Great Britain may draft
American citizens living within its
jurisdiction between the ages of 21
and 31.
MRS. MIRIAM ANN ULSH
Mrs. Miriam Ann Ulsh, 70, widow
of the late George E. Ulsh, died last
night at her late residence, 1911
North Fourth street. Funeral serv
ices will be held Thursday evening
at 7.30 o'clock from the residence,
the Rev. Edwin S. Rupp, pastor of
the Otterbein United Brethren
Church, officiating. Further services
will be held Friday morning at 11
o'clock at Beavet's Church, near Mil
lerstown, in Pfoutz's Valley. Burial
will be made in the Beaver Church
Cemetery.
Four sons, Leonard E., George E.,
Charles O. and John W. Ulsh; thhree
daughters, Mrs. F. C. Portzline, Mrs.
A. L. Crane, Mrs. H. F. Eiclielberger;
two stepsons, Dr. J. A. Ulsh, Ly
kens, and Benjamin Long, Hunter's
Valley; stepdaughter, Ellen Wenner,
Millersburg; two sisters, Mrs. Jen
nie Brunner, Enola, and Mrs. George
Balthaser, Harrisburg; twenty-six
grandchildren and seven great grand
children survive.
STATE HIGHWAY
HAS CONFERENCE
O'Neil Says Cut Out the Red
Tape; Bids Opened For New
Construction Today
Engineers and road superintend
ents of the State Highway Depart
ment were told by Commissioner
O'Neil at the opening of their annual
spring conference at the Capitol to
day to work in harmony with town
ship supervisors and to exert not
only extra efforts but their own ini
tiative to meet the problems of road
repair which will arise this spring
on the highways of Pennsylvania be
cause of the weather, war conditions
an s *' le ' ,eav y movement of truck
trains across the state. The Com
missioner said that he wanted sys
tem, but not red tape, and that the
men could appeal direct to him on
reasonable grounds.
Each engineer and superintendent
will be called upon to-morrow to
make a detailed report on conditions
in his district and then a schedule
for spring work will be made up. A
regular program has been prepared
and addresses will be made by ex
perts on various road, topics, after
which a general discussion will take
i place.
First Deputy State Highway Com
missioner Joseph W. Hunter, in
charge of the Bureau of Township
Highways, spoke on the work of the
Township Bureau* and at the Wed
nesday session Second Deputy State
Highway Commissioner George H.
Biles on "The Maintenance of
Reads."
On Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock Kx-Governor John K. Tener
will address the convention.
Mr. O'Neil to-day opened bids for
proposed state road constfuction in
Butler, Huntingdon, Lawrence, Ly
| coming and Tioga counties, aggre
gating 28.56 miles. Bids had been
a!-ked for a road about three miles
long in Autis and Snyder townships,
Blair county, but no proposals were
received.
The following bids were received:
Butler county, Adams township,
1.60 miles of reinforced concrete;
State Highway Route No. 309:
Summit Construction Co.,
Akron, Ohio $52,320.61
Norman J. Boyer, Butler,
Pa 59,252.50
D. W. Challis & Sons, Se
wickley. Pa 68,773.37
Butler county. Slippery Rock town
ship: Route No. 73, Section 1; 3.69
miles of reinforced concrete:
Summit Construction Co.,
Akron, Ohio $123,995.73
Huntingdon county, Brady town
ship: State Highway Route No. 33,
Section 2; 5.42 miles of reinforced
concrete:
P. W. Finn & Son, Altoona,
Pa. $189.537.36
William C. Evans, Ambler,
Pa 291,116.30
D'Onfro Brothers, Bristol,
Cotfn Rejected
Lawrence county; State Highway
Route No. 77, Section 2; 2.33 miles of
reinforced concrete:.
Peter F. Connolly, Elmira,
N. Y. ...: '. $125,936.40
M. J. Scanlon, New Castle,
Pa $134,886.90
county, Big Beaver and
North Beaver tbwnship; State High
way Route No. 77, Section 1; 4.9S
miles of reinforced concrete:
Peter F. Connolly, New
Castle, Pa $217,773.30
Burns Brothers, New Cas
tle, Pa 237,705.00
M. J. Scanlon, New Castle,
Pa. 214,653.60
Lycoming county, Muncy Creek,
Muncy and Fairfield townships; State
Highway Route No. 18, Section 1;
6.97 miles of reinforced concrete:
Walter A. Godcharles, Mil
ton. Pa $259,111.49
Busch & Stewart. Inc.,
Williamsport, Pa 269,969.49
Vicenzo Di Giorno, Fayette
City. Pa 226,634.85
Tyne & Willey Co., Bing
liamton, N. Y 266,776.79
Seratino & .Barber, Bing
hamton, N." Y 269,477.38
Lycoming county, Montoursville
borough; State-aid Application No.
472; 1.84 miles of reinforced concrete
and vitrified block:
Scrafino & Barber, Bing
hamton, N. Y.' $161,688.25
Tyne & Willey, Bing
hamton, N. Y 129,411.55
Busch & Stewart, Inc.,
Williamsport, Pa 135,854.57
Vincenzo Di Giorno, Fayette •
City, Pa 148,829.20
C. F. Wood. Inc., Albany,
N. Y 157,181.05
Tioga county. Delmar township;
State Highway Route No. 22, Section
1; 1.73 miles of reinforced concrete:
J. C. Bradley, Corning,
N. Y $97,347.60
Irving G. Horton, Reading,
Pa 98,782.34
Commissioner O'Neil announced
that awards would be made later.
MIDDLETOWN SITE
AGAIN IN FAVOR
[Oonttmied from First Pago.]
It is easy of access to Harrisburg
and the great Harrisburg yards of
the Pennsylvania and Reading rail
roads and is close to the big plants
of the Bethlehem Steel Company,
which could be hastily drawn up
on for steel products in case of great
emergency. There is plenty of
ground on both sides of the railroad,
if the fair site is not sufficient, and
the ground lias been partly graded.
Middletown Favored
The New Cumberland site has
comparatively poor trolley connec
tions, in view of the fact that the
present lines of the Valley Railways
would have to be lengthened and the
main line from Harrisburg all the
way down would have to be double
tracked and the power houses en
larged.
Pennsylvania railroad officials are
■said to favor the Middletown site
above all others in this section, al
though the New Cumberland site
would give them just as much of
the freight traffic to and from that
location.
But whether the depots are to be
placed on the east or west shore of
the Susquehanna, the program now
contemplated is larger by far than
was at first outlined. It is be
lieved that the initial contracts will
cover an expenditure of $20,000,000.
This vast sum has appeared unbe
lievably large by some of those in
terested in the development but in
formation from Washington is that
rather than too large it may be too
small an estimate. 1
STEELTON
WAR INSURANCE
PERIOD EXTENDED
Officers of Steel ton Chapter
Receive Official Notice
of New Order
The time limit in which applica
tions can be filed for war risk insur
ance have been extended to April 12,
according to a statement issued from
the Red Cross headquarters this
morning. The local chapter officers
have taken an active part in the
campaign to have every Steelton res
ident in the Army and Navy insured
by relatives or friends.
The following statement was is
sued by the publicity committee of
the chapter this morning:
"The Steelton Chapter of the
American Red Cross has just re
ceived an official notice of the exten
sion of the time limit in which ap
plications can be filed for insur
ance.
"This will enable soldiers and
sailors who neglected the insurance
opportunity until the original time
limit barred them out, still to take
advantage of this very liberal and
low-priced protection against the
hazards of war.
"The government's automatic in
surance has been discontinued and
no ' man is now insured unless he
makes the application.
"Under the rates fixed ($.65 for
SI,OOO for one month) it is possible
for every man in the service to af
ford a SI,OOO policy.
"Soldiers and sailors unable to at
tend to their own applications may
telegraph or cabl,e their relatives to
make application for them and such
messages will be accepted as per
sonal applications by the War Risk
Insurance Bureau, Washington,
D. C.
"Dependants or relatives of men
who have not applied for insurance
are urged to write, requesting them
to either take out the insurance or
send their consent by telegraph or
cabin to them.
"The Home Service Section is
ready and willing to help in any
way that they can the families of
the men in service, in regard to al
lotments, allowances or insurance.
Ofllce at 112 Harrisburg street is
open each Monday, Wednesday and
Friday from 2 to 5 o'clock."
Three New Members Are
Elected by Charities
The Associated Charities in session
in the office of James P. Detweiler,
last night elected three members on
the executive committee. They were
Mrs. Frank Robbins, Walter Guyer
and B. F. McNear. All of these new
members are promini-nt in civic ac
tivities in the borough. The com
mittee last night did not decide on
a location for the headquarters,
which were moved from the Steelton
Trust Company building. For the
present meetings will be held in the
home school building in Walnut
.street. The committee adopted reso
lutions following the death of Wil
liam F. Darby, who until a short
time before his death was an active
member.
Steelton Subscribes Over
SI,OOO to Jewish Fund
Steelton on the first day of the
Steelton drive for the Jewish War
Fund yesterday subscribed over a
thousand dollars to the fund. Steel
tonu's goal is $2,000 which members
of the committee hope to reach by
this evening. Louis Lehrman, chair
man of the committee announced
this morning that any person desir
ing to contribute who are not seen
personally by committeemen should
mail checks to the committee chair
man.
ENHAUT I'IXr.RAI,
Funeral services for John W. Liv
ingstone, aged 09, who died at his
home in Enhaut, will be held from
his home on Thursday afternoon at
1.30 o'clock and from the Oberlin
United Brethren Church at 2 o'clock.
Burial will be made in the Oberlin
Cemetery. Mr. Livingstone is sur
vived by his wife and the following
children: Mrs. Goldie Baker. En
haut; Mrs. Grace White, Harris
burg; John 11. and Harvey Living
ston living at home; one brother,
Harry Livingstone, Enhaut; four
grandchildren and one stepdaughter,
Mrs. William Herman, of Enhaut,
aiso survive.
MEN IX SERVICE
Fourteen members of the Grace
United Evangelical Sunday School
are in the regular service. A service
flag was unfurled in their honor
with special services bn Sunday.
Those in the Army are: Clarence
Moyer, George A. Moyer, Luther
Hose, W. A. Dry, J. Fletcher Hum
mel, Robert A. Rodgers, John F.
Ulrich, Joseph Moyer, S. V. Barr,
John A. Capello, Wayne L. Eshel
man, Fred Lighty, William Samsel
and Charles F. Krebs. Dry is now
stationed "Somewhere in France."
SMEDLEY TO SPEAK
Secretary Smedley of the State
Merchants' Association will address
the meeting of the Steelton Business
mens' Association in the Electric
Light hall this evening. The local
organization has been considering
the move to join the state association
for several months. Some action on
this proposition is expected this even
ing.
Hi:I) CROSS BANNER
The 5x7 Red Cross banner
awarded the Steelton Red Cross
Chapter by the state headquarters
in Philadelphia in recognition of
the splendid showing during the
Christmas Red Cross Drive is being
displayed in the window of the Light
Company office in Front street.
INQUEST WEDNESDAY
The inquest into the death of
Rufus Geilman, who was stabbed to
death by Will Evans Friday night
will be conducted by Coroner Eck
inger to-morrow evening in the
rooms of H. Wilt's Sons, undertakers.
Evans is in jail charged with stab
bing Geilman.
MISS WIER IMPROVING
Miss Margarot Wier, daughter of
the Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor of the
Centenary United Brethren Church
is convalescing from a fractured hip
sustained in a fall at Lebanon Val
ley College, Annville, where she is
attending school.
MRS. HENRY DIES
Mrs. Henry, of Penbrook, mother
of G. W. Henry, principal of the
central grammar school, died this
morning. Miss Nora Crouse has
charge of the school during the ab
sence of Mr. Henry.
LIQUOR LICENSE
IS TRANSFERRED
Eight Properties Listed by
Sheriff For Sale Next
Month
/ JiL !i t'j day granted the
2? transfer of the
/*& liquor license for
tauran , t . Main
KB Adamiack to
4i MniSniNnTl ste P he n Yacyineh.
i lie transfer appli
cation was first presented objec
tions were raised, but these have
been withdrawn. The transfer will
permit the sale of liquor until
March 1. Yacyineh is an applicant
for a new license and as no re
monstrance has been filed it will be
| granted.
Guardian Named —Tho court to
day appointed the Mechanics Trust
Company to take charge of the es
tates of Charles and Helen Salts
man, minor son and daughter of the
late George A. Saltsman.
Three Wills? Filed—Three Wills
have been probated and letters tes
tamentary on the estates issued by
Register Roy C. Danner as follows:
Charles T. Snyder, late proprietor
of the Hotel Snyder, Elizabethville,
letters to widow, Alice; Mary A.
Rhoads, city, letters to Jennie E.
Diffenbach; Cornelia James, Steel
ton, letters to Frank L. Jefferson;
letters of administration on estate
of John M. Hatz, late of Royalton,
issued to Alvin B. Hatz.
Divorce Decree—A divorce decree
in the suit by Anna F. vs. Benjamin
W. Cooke, was signed by the court
to-day.
lo Sell Eight Properties—Eight
properties have been listed for the
next sheriff's sale to be held
March 14.
R. R. Embargo Lifted on
Articles of Small Bulk
Throughout Pennsylvania
Washington, Feb. 19.—Freight
conditions are so much better in the
east that the railroad administration
announced to-day it had been able
to lift the embargo restrictions on
a number or important articles of
small bulk contributing to produc
tion of food, fuel or the mainten
ance of health.
Although this modification applies
formally only to the Pennsylvania,
Erie and Baltimore and Ohio on
which the official embargo has been
imposed for more than a month the
effect will be automatically to re
move local restrictions on other
roads, connecting with these trunk
lines.
Hired Bands of Red
Guards Invade Ukraine,
German People Are Told
Amsterdam, Feb. 19.—The Ukrain
ian delegation to the Brest-Litovsk
conference has issued an appeal to
the German people, according to a
Berlin dispatch, protesting that Rus
sian Bolsheviki and hired bands of
Red Guards from the north have
united with deserters from the Rus
sian army under the command of
former gendarmes and aro invading
the Ukraine, destroying, burning and
looting towns.
The appeal declares the Petrogr.id
government lied when it described
this movement as a rising of the
Ukrainian people and the central
Rada as a bourgeois rada.
Capitol Hill Notes
' Public Service Cases. —The Public
Service Commission was to-day ask
ed by counsel for citizens of Johns
town to issue a restraining order
against the Johnstown Fuel Supply
Company, and the People's Natural
Gas Company, from enforcing a
"ready to serve charge" this month,
an unusual proceeding before the
commission. A hearing will be held
very shortly.
The city of New Castle to-day at
tacked the rates and service of the
City of New Castle Water Company,
and the borough of East McKeesport
the rates and service of the Pitts
burgh Railways Company.
The Punxßtitawney Water Com
pany in a reply to complains against
it declared it was doing all possible
to remedy conditions.
Smallpox in Carbarn. —The State
Health Department was to-day in
formed of nine new cases of small
pox, including some which had ori
ginated in a carbarn near Pottsville.
Drastic quarantine steps were im
mediately ordered.
Ilonry at Capitol. —Adjutant Gen
eral Beary was to-day summoned to
Washington for a conference on mili
tia affairs. He will report on the
organization of the Reserve Mili
tia.
Coles Goes. Clarence Coles, a
colored janitor, formerly living in
Fayette county, and lately connected
with one of the offices of the State
Insurance Fund, was dismissed to
day, it was reported. No reason was
announced. Coles has lately lived in
Harrisburg.
Scandrett to Run. Announce
ments were received here to-day that
Richard B. Scandrett, a Pittsburgh
attorney, well known here, would be
a candidate for the senatorial seat
of W. J. Burke.
Governors Sees Flyers. —The Gov
ernor inspected the aviation school
and training camp at Miami City
with Colonels Thomas E. Murphy
and J. Howell Cummings. The son
of Secretary McAdoo was one of the
boys who flew for them. The whole
place is admirably managed (n,nd
Colonel Cummings' son is one of the
instructors.
Mr. Tingley Here. —C. L. S. Ting
ley, of St. Davids, president of the
State Street Railway Association, was
here to-day for the trolley hearing.
No Ncwvllle Hearing. —The hear
ing in the Newville water case set
for to-morrow has been postponed.
Ex- Legislator Here Ex-Repre
sentatlve Joseph Evans, of Nanti
coke, was at the Governor's office
yesterday.
Mr. Hoke Returns —Howard M.
Hoke, secretary to tho Attorney
General, who has been laid up with
a sprained ankle, is about again. He
was warmly welcomed back to the
Capitol.
Court Takes Papers —The Dauphin
county court late yesterday took the
papers in the escheat act test case.
The Attorney General's and Auditor
General's Department held that the
act was entirely constitutional.
Corrrcspondciitti Here—K. J. Hart,
of the Soranton Times, vice-presi
dent of the I-esrlslative Correspond
ents' Association, was at the Capitol
to-day for the traction hearing.
IDEAS COME FOR
EXTRA SESSION
Mine Cave Legislation to Be
Asked; Home Rule For
Municipalities Likely
Reports that Governor Martin G.
Brumbaugh is turning over in his
mind at Palm Beach the idea of an
extra session of the Legislature and
the activity of his office in sounding
out sentiment of visitors on the
proposition to reconvene the General
Assembly to act on reapportionment
and possibly tne dry amendment,
have caused numerous suggestions
as to legislation to be included in the
call. It has been twelve years since
an extra session was held and one
would cost about $400,000 or more,
according to length.
Home rule for cities, laws to cen
tralize various war activities, public
service' changes, waterways and
mine caves are among the sugges
tions which are heard and it was re
ported to-day that Councilmen
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Certificates of Indebtedness
Due May 9, 1918
may be used, if desired, in payment
of subscriptions to the next
U. S. Liberty Loan
Denominations SIOOO, SSOOO and SIO,OOO
Price—Par and accrued interest from
February 8, 1918
Orders May Be Placed With Us
Commonwealth Trust Co.
First National Bank
222 Market Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Campbell, Savilfe, Tropp and Bauer,
of Scranton, and City Solicitor Houclc
who are here for the trolley fare
hearing, would formally ask that
mine cave relief be included in the
call.
It developed to-day that inquiries
ac. to cost of the special session of
1906 and the steps necessary ta be
taken to launch such a project, were
being made. Such questions will
probably be asked formally of the
officers of the chamber if the Gov
ernor wants the information.
Mayor Plans New Ordinance
Regulating Electric Signs
An ordinance regulating the erec
tion of electric signs providing for
regular inspections of them and
imposing a tax will be prepared
soon and introduced in Council,
Mayor Keister said to-day.
The Mayor has been collecting
laws from a number of other cities
where restrictions are placed on
electric signs and will consult the
city solicitor to prepare a suitable
ruling for this city. According to
Mayor Keister there are a number
of heavy signs in the city which are
dangerous and as there is no ordi
nance regulating size and distance
they may extend over the sidewalk
there is no protection offered the
public.