COMMISSION TO STUDY CODES Hearings Have Been Arranged For March and April by State Bodies Meetings will V\ \ 9 //J bg held and sche *\\\ i'VVy dules of hearings March and April mission's created tain laws. The commission in charge of the study of old age pension systems in plan ning half a dozen hearings and the commission on health insurance will meet within a few weeks to outline its program. The State commissions on insur ance laws will meet here in April to consider ideas on the revision of the numerous acts on that subject and the suggestion that a code be draft ed. The commission on banking laws will meet hero next month and arrange for hearings in Philadel phia, Scranton, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. Must Better Service—ln an opin ion by Chairman Ainey the Public Service Commission has directed the Northumberland Water Company to establish a new source of supply to provide suflicient wator for domestic and fire service; complete improve ments at the plant in six weeks; fence In and protect by means of ditches to catch surface drainage, Ihe sources of supply, lay new mains ind keep a record of reservoir con ditions. New Regulations Notices of withdrawals of schedules for such service as "restricted use of power" md of further changes in rates and service have been filed with the Public Service Commission by the Penn Public Service, Penn Electric Service and Citizens Light, Heat and Power Company of Pennsylvania, which operate in Blair.'Cambria and other central counties, while notices increasing unit rates for wholesale users have been filed by the Penn sylvania Power, New Castle Electric md Shenango Valley Electric Light I'ompanies, operating in western tier counties. Compensation Ruling—Decision that appendicitis unless shown to have been due to a strain received while engaged in work is not cause for compensation according to a de rision by the State Compensation Hoard in the claim ofllelpn Shearer vs. Uerghan Knitting Mills, Phlla lelphla. A ruling made (lismiss ng the .claim of the Potter Title and Trust Co., administrator of estate of ' Nick Taras, Pittsburgh, because it ippears from the record "that the i laimant was dead" before the pe- I lition in the case was filed. The | Hoard dismissed an appeal from an award made in the case of Francis 'zekj vs. Thompson & Adams Lea i her Co., Philadelphia, in which an n nth rax claim was made and made ruling in John E. Miller, vs. Ross- Tacony Crucible Co., Philadelphia, modifying the award. Closed To-> 1 or row—All meetings Hrheduled for to-morrow at the Htate Capitol have been cancelled und the departments will be closed is it is Washington's birthday. , Boards Ready—Reports coming to State draft headquarters are. to the ~====psigg ajg^sagag^,,,- jMt For U. S. ♦ Like the U. S. Consular Service, there is an organization which maintains a loyal, patriotic, a country-serving American in every important city in the world. These Americans have direct access to ministers,, officials and community leaders,—to all chief sources of information. Their duty is to report back every happening that may interest or affect you and America. You never hear the names of these men. The only sign of their eternal vigilance is the modest credit line in the newspaper you read: "by Associated Press.' Nothing happens in all the world but an Associated Press man is there to see it, report it and interpret it for you. - - Commonly this is called newsgathering. But, truly, isn't it something more? Assnriatrft f , It Knows The Harrisburg Telegraph Is the Only Evening Newspaper in Harrisburg Served by The Associated Press OtpyrUM, ll, Jr. T. Brm4nr Fart 0. WEDNESDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH! FEBRUARY 20, 1918, effect that local boards are rapidly getting men ready for the big movement to Camp Meade, Lee and Sherman commencing Saturday. Some boards will have comparatively few to send beyond the number call ed, having made l up shortages. Seven per cent remaining after next week will likely go to Camp Lee in March. Eighteen Perry Co. Draft Men to Go to Camp Meade New Bloomfield, Pa., Feb. 21. Eighteen of the following twenty three selected men have been order ed by the local draft board to report at the Courthouse here on Monday afternoon, February 25, at 3 o'clock, for military duty. They will leave here at 7:20 on Tuesday morning for Camp Meade, Md. The full list follows: Frank S. Shuman, Newport. J. A. Kretzijjg, Millerstown. Chester M. Myers, Newport. Robert McKim, Liverpool, R. D. George J.*Cameron Millerstown. Jacob S. Gunder, Duncannon. Jacob H. Milford. Duncannon. Clyde E. Black, Duncannon. Cloyd H. Mitchell, Newport. James E. Ulsh, Millerstown. Edward I J. Baker, New Bloom field, R. D. C. R. Powell, Millerstown. Benjamin F. Keller, New Bloom field. Ralph E. Flickinger, Newport." Herbert Humpfrey, Lorganice. Chester L. Emlet, Loysville. Lawrence E. Shey, Landisburg. Charles .W. Wright, Newport. Roscoe L. Satzler, Millerstown. Samuel L. Bucke, Duncannon. J. Paul Charles, Duncannon. Austin E. Kraft, Newport. Laurence Yohn, Shermansdale. Temperance People Circulating Remonstrances Newport, Pa., Feb. 21.—Remon strating against liquor licenses in Newport is on. The confusion con cerning the judgeship has delayed the obtaining of the papers, but they are now being circulated and in three days more than one hundred electors and more than 100 adult women have placed their names on them. Many new ones appear on the lists and various reasons are assigned for this. Some people claim that the Perry county bar has not" been fair to the temperance cause and have at times antagonized it strongly. Others complain because the New port hotels did not close their bars while soldiers were encamped in the town. The guar'd tent was constant ly occupied by soldiers under dis cipline for drunkenness in the town, and one or more it is said have been dismissed from the national service for drunkenness in Newport. A man passed through the public square on ten different days keeping tab each day and in only one day in the ten did he fall to find one or more drunken men there. A man infuri ated with drink tried to take the life of one of the civil officials and was only kept from it by the inter ference of one of the ministers. Only Four Aliens Register as Residents of Adams Co. Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 21.—Adams county's registration of enemy aliens shows that only four such persons are residents of the county, only one of them living in Gettysburg. No in formation would be given out about them except their names. One of them Is John Alexander, a workman at the Bittinger stone quarries in the eastern end of the county, who not long ago was arrested and held in custody on the allegation of making statements which were regarded as unfriendly to the United States. MT. WOLF MAN REFUSES FOOD Case of Employe of American Wire Fabrics Company Puzzles Physicians Mount Wolf, Pa., Feb. 21.—Re maining abed and refusing food and water since last Saturday night, al though his health appears to be normal, Melvin Wine, aged 2 0 years, lias been puzzling a local physician, as well as Mr. and Mrs. Jacob F. Buser, with whom he lives. Last Saturday evening the young man came to his boardinghouse and went to bed, apparently in good health. Next morning ho refused to arise for breakfast when called. He declares he is not sick, but gives no cause for his strange action, He told the physician that he will take no medicine. No water has passed his lips since Saturday night, so far as the members of the family know, and he is beginning to show the ef fects of his fast. 'Mr. Buser has communicated with the young man's parents, who live near the borough, asking them to take him In charge. The young man is employed at the plant of the American Wire Fabrics Company here. York County Bridges Are Damaged by Ice Floods Wellsville, Pa., Feb. 21.—-Leath ery'3 bridge across the Big Cone wago creek, several' miles south of this place, was swept from lis piers yesterday morning when the ice on the creek broke up. The second pier of the five-arcli bridge near Mount Royal was also damaged to. such an extent that it has been closed to traffic. At a point in the vicinity of jfount Royal the water reached fifteen feet above nor mal. The measurement was made by G. AV. Harlacker, who has rec ords reaching back to the flood of 1889. At that time it reached nine teen feet. The bridge at Emig's mill was also damaged. One of the heavy stone piers was knocked out of plumb by the ice. When Women Are Nervous— Every woman lias days when her nerves are at the breaking point, when irritability and restlessness in. dicato that the enervated nerve cells of the delicately organized body need replenishing. Shattered nerves mar the disposition, the appearance and retard mental progress. Sleepless ness, exhaustion, indecision, faulty memory, lack of continuity of thought, languidness are the natural results of depleted nerves, and de pleted nerves are the natural re sult of excessive drains upon the vi tality. Then it is a serious and dangerous mistake to resort to the use of so-called tonics or drug stimulants. Weak and exhausted nerves need food and nourishment not stimulants that lash them into temporary activity. The food and nourishment advised by present day physicians is just one 5-grain tablet of pure bitro-phosphate taken during or immediately after each meal. Simple advice, but its soundness has been proven over and over again. Moreover the remedy Is within the reach of every sulTerer from weak nerves, as a large package of bitro phosphate tablets, (sufficient for two weeks' treatment) can be obtained from Forney, Kennedy. Gorgas, Clark or any first-class druggist at reason.! able cost and every package is ac companied by a binding guarantee of satisfaction or money back. JOINS ROYAL FLYING CORPS Gettysburg, Pa., Feb. 21. —Bruce Swamley, stationed at Fort Worth, Texas, has written a letter to his mother at New Oxford, stating that he enlisted in New York in the i.oyal Flying Corps and was sent first to Toronto, Canada, and then to Fort Worth for training. The young man, while at Fort Worth, has broken several cadet records. Ascending to a height of 10,700 feet, and staying in the air two hours and a half in one flight are some of the things he "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" | _ | Washington's Birthday $ '' > One Hundred and Eighty-Six Years Ago Washington Was Born | \[Al T , this time every year, you are reminded of the old story of George Washington and the £ | gggg cherry tree. H < But this year, let us think of George Washington at Valley Forge and at Yorktown, jj \ when he was laying the foundation of our United States on the principles of freedom and I democracy. | I I , | Today we are defending these same principles and in the heart of every American is the jj | loyal resolve that the life of Washmgton shall not have been lived 111 vain. IWillions in men * and billions in money, we are ready to give to such a cause. i: L Commemorate him this day and do your part, whatever it may be. jj | Ten Years Ago . j This "Live Store" came to Harrisburg and set forth a |§ new method of doing business and its square-dealing methods were wel corned with open arms by "the people" throughout this section of the country until to-day DOUTRICHS is the "best" known clothing store in Pennsylvania lt's a store in which you can have absolute confidence because it is thoroughly dependable and the enormous patronage Doutrichs are enjoying is the result of appreciation shown by YOU and YOUR friends for having an "always reliable" store, which gives its customers every possible advantage. - . This is the greatest year in our history and today we are reaping the benefits of our earnest efforts and by honest representation and greater values, we are pressing forward, reaching a new goal year after year You will fully realize the great service we have been rendering our loyal customers this year if you come HERE to our Semi-annual Mark-Down Sale Where Everything In Oar Entire Stock Is Reduced CExcept Arrow Collars, Overalls and Interwoven Hose) The Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes | has achieved. He expects a com mission in the near future. ] TEA FOR RED CROSS s Duncannon, Pa., Feb. 21. To- ] morrow afternoon, Washington'.■ , birthday, from 3 to 5 o'clock, a tea will be held at the home Mrs. Ir- i ving Martin by the Duncannon Story Tellers League for the benefit of the Duncannon Red Cross Auxiliary, i Stories relating to the life of Wash ington and to the Red Cross So ciety will be told. ENROLLING IN RIOI> CROSS Ilummelstown, Pa., Feb. 21. —The Rev. Herbert S. Games addressed the school pupils in behalf of the drive for Junior Red Cross members on Tuesday afternoon. Clinton Her shey on Wednesday morning and Harry M. Horst, on Thujiu&ay morning. Postmaster J. Landis Strckler addressed the pupils on Wednesday aftrenoon explaining the advantages of buying Thrift Stamps. The eighth grade has already en rolled 100 per cent In the Junior Red Cross and the other grades are I busy enrolling. Forty-three pupils I from High School had enrolled | | Tuesday evening. CAPTURES TWO OPOSSUMS I Duncannon, Pa., Feb. 21.—M. L. I Lindemuth, mall carrier on rural • route No. 1 from Duncannon, on a j i recent trip captured two live oppos sums. KILIiED 810 SHEEP Duncannon, Pa., Feb. 21. W. A.' • Reed, of Pennell's church, near Dun cannon, claims to have recently kill- Ed one of the champion sheep of Perry county. This specimen, a 2- year-old one. weighed 205 pounds when dressed. Itching Rashes I! —— Soothed ■' !l With Cuticnra Soap 25c. Oiatncat 2D aad 00c. 9
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