12 WAR SECRETARY REACHES FRENCH PORT IN SAFETY Secretary of War and Party Elude Enemy U-Boats on Journey Paris, March ll.—Xcwton r>. Baker. the American Secretary of War, arrived in Paris this morning, lie was received ly <>t'iieral Pershing. General Tas ker 11. Miss. the American elilei'-of-stalT, by Kreneh officers representing Premier t'leinen ceu ami by Ambassador Sliarpe. Washington. March 11.—Secretary Baker has arrived in France for an inspection of the American armies and a conference with military of-' lk'iais. The new* of Mr. Baker's safe land ing a I u French port, conveyed in an Associated Press dispatch last night brought a formal announce ment from the War Department em phasizing that the Secretary's visit was purely military and not diplo matic. The War Department also an nounced that Mr. Baker sailed from the United States about February 27, accompanied by Major General Wil liam M. Black, chief of engineers; lieutenant Colonel M. L, Brett and Ralph HayeS, his private secretary. "Secretary Baker has not deter mined the length of time he will re main in France," said the announce ment. "but his stay will be long enough to enable him to make a I thorough inspection of the American forces abroad and hoiu important conferences with American military officers." The statement added that his in spection tour would cover construc tion projects under way back of the American lines as well as a visit to the American headquarters. On the eve of his departure from Washing ton, the Secretary told members of the press that he did not expect to be away for any considerable length of time. Secretary Baker and his party left here without any attempt to conceal their movements other than request the press to refrain from reporting their departure aboard an American cruiser. The newspapers co-operated fully with all efforts to make the trip safe from submarines and no hint of the journey was printed. For months the Secretary has been eager to see the results of the War Lepartment's work to place in the Held this year an army which will be a factor in the campaign and talk over the whole American war program with General Pershing. This irip was decided upon after Mr. Baker had conferred with President "Wilson. Lafayette Grads to Dine at University Club The Rev. Harvey Klaer will address the noon luncheon of the University Club to-morrow, at 12:15. The lunch eon will be a special "Ijafayette lunch eon," and graduates of Col lege are especially invited to attend. A cordial invitation is extended to all college men. Frank H. Robbins. Jr., the new gen • ral manager of the Bethlehem Steel < ompany, at Steelton, will address the Saturday night smoker of the club. lioth events will be held in the club rooras, corner of Front and Market streets. ■■"vrrrrrriwrnn(V.VVWVSWVVVVVVWVVVVrfVWdWj j Pennsylvania Indemnity Exchange 5 PHILADELPHIA £ •: "RECIPROCAL AUTOMOBILETNSURANCE JJ offers the practical way to insure your car % •I Write To-day for Circular J Ij Uarrmhmrg Brmnck, A. L. Hall, ° Patriot BmiltNng ''anoftr ■ V A ,i.W.VW/ . ,//.W/AW? 19.30 o'Clock in the Morning D. B. KIEFFER & CO.'S PUBLIC SALE!I WEST VIRGINIA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY |i HORSES, COLTS AND MULES ji | Friday Morning, March 15, 'lB !j * \T 9.30 A. M. AT THK FARMKRS IIOTKI,, M. SNYDER, PROP. j| MIDDLETOWN, PA. < One Carload of West Virginia llorses 5 and Colts, bought by C. G. Grove and Son, |! 2 of Martinaburgf, W. Va. They advise us J thnt they are shipping us one of the best 5 loads of Virginia Horses and Colts, with % more Sl*e, Shape. Weight, Hone and Quality ,j j! S that they iiave shipped this season, each ' j and every one a good one, with class and ' S shape all over and with two good ends and |! S a middle. They will consist of the Good, j! | Big, Rugged Feeders, All-Purpose Horses, £ Farm Chunks. Single-line headers, and Carriage Horses. <> S They make special mention of six good, big Dapple Gray Horses ]! 5 that are hard to beat; six good, big Bay Horses with class all over; ]| 1 two Sorrel Horses, a pair that will make a show team; one Sorrel ■! < Horse, , one of the fanciest driving horses Mr. Grove has bought in a i > S long time. The balance will consist of all rich colored ones—bays, ]! { roans .and browns. These horses are mostly all broke to harness <[ J and ready to go to work and at the same time can be made ready ! 1 | for the spring trade, as you all know how short a time it takes |l S to have them ready for the market, and are money makers for 1 1 | anyone in the market for a good horse or colt. These Horses and < 1 # Colts range in age from three to six years and will have them ! I 5 weighing from 1100 to 1600 pounds each. j| 2 One carload of Franklin County Horses bought by A. B. Cressler '< | and W. M. Grove, of Shippensburg, Pa., who advise us that they ! 5 will have a load of the real kind. They will consist of the Good, Big, J 5 Finished Draft Horses. Wagon Horses, All-Purpose Horses, Single-' 1 jj Dine Leaders and a few Carriage Horses; also a few Good, Big, ' (i Rugged Feeders with Size and Shape. "Will have a few Good, Big! ! 2 Closely-Mated Teams in Grays, Bays and Blacks. These Horses ' J range in age from four to eight years and will have them weighing ' up to 1600 pounds each. ] J. P. S.—lf in the market for a good Franklin County horse or two don't miss this consignment, as Mr. Cressler and Mr. Grove put fortli 1 j; every effort in buying this load of horses and you will find a class ! , > of horses hard to beat for Size, Shape, W r eight and Conformation. ! ;, 25 Head of Mnles of all kinds, ranging in age from thfee to fifteen 1 <[ years, and weighing from 1800 to 2500 pounds to the pairr consist- ' j | ing of Closely-Mated Teams, one of each team a single-line leader; ! ~ a few good single mules; also a few pairs of good, second-hand ' j! mules. Will have some good, smooth, fat Mare Mules, suitable for ' (; the Southern trade. j !> Notes for 30, 60 or 90 days will he taken with good security and ! S paying discount. ij Don't forget, we start selling promptly at 9.30 a. m. with the ! 11 Virginians. j D. B. KIEFFER & CO. j! Isaac Brlnser, Auctioneer ;! SAIjK FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. II8. MIDDhKTOWN, PA. i MONDAY EVENING, ALL NEWS OF T EMPLOYES AWAIT ! NEW WAGE SCALE Railroad Officials Know Little About Reported Increase; Advances on Reading Itaiiroad employes in and about Harrisburg are enxiousiy awaiting official announcement on the pro posed wage increase. It was stated some time ago that the increases would vary from ten to thirty per cent. Regarding the new rates, local officials know nothing positively. That there will be a general increase is not denied. It was said to-day that the new SCal6 has been tixed but would not be made public until official approval at Washington. It is the belief that Pennsy directors will take action at a meeting scheduled for to-mor row, following the annual meeting of the stockholders, to whom a re port will be made on conditions at Washington, and on the probable amount of money to be furnished by the United States government. Plans will also be discussed to morrow for distribution of funds for track and other improvements. To what extent the government will per mit the Pennsylvania railroad to go on line changes, is not definitely known.-Plans for extensive work in this vicinity, It is said, are ready, but must first be approved by the rail road war board. Tjcbanon Men to Get Raise It was announced to-day that em ployes on the Lebanon division of the Pennsy would get an increase in wages to conform with those in wages on the main line. At a conference held in the office of Superintendent A. D. Smith, of the Lebanon division with a committee| of the railroad employes on Satur day, it was agreed that the schedule of regulations and rate of pay in vogue on the Pennsylvania railroad for trainmen in the road and yard service will be put into effect on the Lebanon division at once and the rates will be made effective from February 1. The division had been operating under a special agreement but since it is a part of the system the same rules will be operative. These rules were adopted by the board of arbitration of the federal government some time ago. This new schedule will mean dif ferent working conditions and in creased salaries which will effect all the engineers, firemen, conductors and brakemen of which there are about eighty in the employ of the Lebanon division. The new agreement has been sat isfactorily agreed upon by both the company and employes. Boy Pleads Guilty to Attempt to Wreck Train Pottsvllle. Pa., March 11.—When called before Judgo Berger for trial on Saturday, Frask Fender, 1? years old, of New Ringgold, withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty of placing an obstruction on the Philadelphia and Reading Railway track# at New Ringgold which might have cost many lives. Fender had a grudge against the New Ringgold stationmaster and 1 pushed a handcar between two ! tracks. When trains pulled out, in stead of being derailed, as expected, they crushed the obstruction. Passengers Starved When Train Is Stalled Regina, Sask., March 11. —The G. T. P. train from Canora steamed into Regina some twenty-five hours and fifteen minutes late. The reason for the delay occurred near Canora. A snowplow was running ahead of the northbound passenger train, and, when going at twenty-five miles an hour, struck a spread rail, the en gine and caboose leaving the track. From 8 o'clock Thursday night tin til 4 o'clock Friday morning 105 pas sengers waited anxiously for the wrecker from Melville, and finally the passenger train was able to crawl to Canora. While waiting for the wreck to be cleared, the passenger train backed down to a wayside sta tion where there is no hote.l or even a boarding house. The blacksmith of the place man aged to scrape up food enough for twenty of the passengers, but the rest had to go hungry and without water until the train arrived at Ca nora. All Railroad Operators Quit Private Interests Washington, March 11. —William G. McAdoo, director general of rail roads, announced last night that all members of the staff of the Railroad Administration at Washington had severad their connections with indi vidual railroad lines and other cor porate or private .interests, and were devoting themselves exclusively to the scvice of the Unitede States Gov ernment. The men include the railroad exec utives and other experts who were appointed by Mr. McAdoo as mem bers of his advisory board or "sab inet."which holds daily conferences at headquarters in the Interstate Commerce Building. Railroad executives who were or dered back to their home offices by the director general following the dissolution of the Railroad War Board, an unofficial organization, have not been requested to sever their connections with the individual companies. Pennsy Shopmen Subscribe to Big War Stamp Fund Altoona, Pa., Marah 11. —At a largely-attended meeting of railroad employes held here yesterday ad dressed by Frank Morrison, general secretary of the American Federa tion of Labor and Organizer James C. Sause, fifteen hundred men re peated a pledge to invest $25 each :n war saving stamps out of the wage increase to be granted by the Fed eral Wage Commission. The fol lowing telegram was sent to Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo at Washington: "At a patriotic mass meeting of the Pennsylvania railroad shop em ployes addressed by Frank Morri son, secretary of the American Fed eration of Labor, the shopmen pledged themselves to purchase war savings stamps to the amount of twenty-live per cent, of their in creased wage from January 1. Es timated total purchase will amount to quarter million dollars in Altoona district." Altoona Appointment Brings Strong Approval .Referring to the appointment by Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh of Mrs. Helen Graves Runkle Smith, of Altoona, as a member of the board of trustees, to adminster the mother's assistance fund for Blair county, the Altoona Tribune says: "Mrs. Smith in the wife of Noel W. Smith, superintendent of the Middle division. She is a woman of cul ture and executive ability and is pos sessed of the sound commonsense needed for a position of this kind. The appointment meets the approval of the other members of the board for this county, of the county com missioners and of the general public. All who know the work and know Mrs. Smith are gratified at the Gov ernor's action. She will fill the va cancy made by the resignation cf Mrs. G. W. Creigliton." Reading Signals to Conform With Other Lines Lebanon, March 11.—William S. who is in charge of the Hall Signal system of the Reading Rail way Company in this city, has been notified that tUp various signals for the operation of the train service will shortly be changed to conform with the other railroad companies. The present signals on the towers are red and green. The new signals will be yellow for clear track, green for caution and red flash for stop. The equipment at the various tow The equipment at the various tow ers will be greatly improved for the additional lights and the service Is expected to be effective in the near future. PI-AX I'On EFFICIENCY IX SUNDAY sriinoi.s Grace Methodist Church will be the meeting place to-night of all the Methodist Sunday School boards in Harrisburg who are to organize the Sunday School Efficiency Campaign. The Rev. Dr. M. S. Swartz .district superintendent of the Methodist Churches in this district, will preside, assisted by the Rev. E. C. Keboeh. The chief purpose of this organiza tion is to form the various Nunclav Schools according to departments. The idea i sbased on the principle that children of the same age learn more readily when placed together than when mixed with adults. VVVV v* wwvw\* v\.v% vv*% vwvwvv* !| Rub Face with ;! Amonized Cocoa and ! Watch Wrinkles Go j| ]| Beaot.v Doctors Say Any Woman || ' | May Have Clear, Smooth ! [ Skin, Free from Mnes nnd Wrinkles. j! If you have wrinkles or j| 11 crowsfeet and want to remove | 1 | them don't stick plasters on <[ | 1 your face or .apply dangerous J| 1 1 lotions or creams which may !> ; | injure your skin nor resign i[ 1 1 yourself to the idea that you ji 1 > must continue to look years 1> older than you really are, but '[ 1 1 go to any good druggist and 11 1 | get a little ordinary amonized 11 ] 1 cocoa and apply this over tne J > i 1 wrinkles for a few nights and <> ' | you will be surprised to see how 1 1 1 1 quickly the wrinkles disappear 11 1] and how fast it brightens up i| ] 1 the old dead skin and contracts ' | 1 1 the enlarged pores. ] 1 I | Amonized cocoa costs little, < ! | 1 is easy and delightful to apply, ]| II does not produce hair growth 11 1 | and will keep sweet and fresh ' | ] 1 Indefinitely. Many society wo- j 1 1 1 men who would not toVich an 1 1 ; i ordinary face cream keep their ]| 1 sklh absolutely free from !> '[ wrinkles by its use. <| HABRISBURG TELEGRAPH ONE MAN TURNS YARD SWITCHES New Electro-Pneumatic Sys tem at Maclay Street in Service Today Following tests made yesterday, the new electro-pneumatic switches at Maclay street in the Pennsy yards were placed in service to-day. About one-half of the yard switches in file local yards handled from that point will be operated by one man. In the near future other switches will be connected. This improvement was started two years ago. of material necessi tated a postponement of the work. One man will now do the work of nine, and will operate twenty-seven switches. He simply pushes an elec tric button. Men Given Positions Electricity controls the operating board in the tower. Compressed air moves the switches. A similar sys tem has been in operation for sev eral years at Enola yards, and has proven efficient. The men who will be releaed from duty in the tower will have charge of the witching of ear on the hump, acting a trainmen, and- will be a big factor in a more rapid ditribution of car. William A. Tloover, 1926 State street, one of the oldest and most efiicent signal maintainers on the Philadelphia division, will be charge of the new signal division. He went on duty to-day. Train Riders Who Tip Brakemen Have Rights Muncie, Tnd., March 11. —Tf one who is riding on a freight train pays an employe of the railway company anything of value for the privilege of riding he cannot be punished as a train juniper or trespasser, accord ing to William A. McCiellan, city judge. Even though the railroad employe has not the authority to collect pay ment, if he does collect, the person riding has a* right to regard himself as entitled to the protection of the railroad, the court holds. The matter came up when four men, giving their names as John, Mark and Andrew Price, and Oscar Perrigan, were arrested by local de tectives on a charge of train jump ing. One of the men testified thev had given a brakeman $1.30, all they 'W? arnon> > them, for the privilege of riding from Lima, Ohio, to Indian apolis. Standing of the Crews lIARRISRI'RK SIDE Phllndelphin Division - The 121 crew first to go after 2 o'clock: 101, 112, 122, 106, 125, 129. Engineers for 121, 125. Firemen for 101, 100. Flagman for 122. Brakemen for 106, 122, 112, 125. Engineers up: May, A. K. StefTy, Brooke, Bair, Miller. S. K. Steffy, Gable, Lefever, Yeater, Gelir, Gem mill, Frickman, Binkle.v. Firemen up. Beers. Cornello, Shettel, Miller, Bonds, Kuntz, Wilt, Morrison, Brown, Welsh, Hoffman. Conductors up: Bitner. Stark, Ressing. Brakemen up: C. W. Bowers, Lau ver, Mauser, Kugle, Hamilton, Jlc- Nelis, Forbes, Colliej. Division—The 35 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 36. 24 219. 16. 251, 237, 22. Engineer for 36. Firemen for 24, 16. Brakemen for 35 (2), 36, 24, 16. Engineers up: Smith, Eeib. Snyder, Kauffnian, Earley, Martz, Howard. Firemen up: Zimmerman, John son. Huss. Conductors up: Ross, Hoffnagle. Brakemen up: Simmers, Johnson, Fegley, Wells, Pish. Yard Board—Engineers for 10C 11C. 5-7 C, 2-15 C. Firemen for 3-7 C, 5-7 C, 10C, 11C 2-14 C, 1-15 C, 16C, 35C. Engineers up: Maeyer, Sholter, Snell, Bartolet. Cretty, Bat key. Mc- C'ord, Buffington, Miller. Snyder, Heffleman, Biever, Auman. Firemen up: Shawfieid, Kistler, Moses, Slumfinw, Troup, Rathfon, Witman, Baker, Swomley, Parker. Mowery, Welsh. Smeigh, Bowman! Smoltz, Bitner, Witchey. EXOLA BIUI4 Philadelphia Division The 216 crew first to go after 1.15 o'clock: £l7, 256, 210, 204, 213, 2i5. Engineers for 210, 256. Fireman for 210. Conductors for 210, 224. Flagman for 256. Brakemen for-217, 256 (2), 210 . Brakemen up: Wilson, Laird. Middle Division —The 116 crew first to go: 121, 103. 234, 104, 101. Engineer for 121. Fireman for 101. Brakemen for 116, 121. Yard Board —Engineers for 145, 2nd 126. Firemen for 2nd 120. Ist 102, Ist 106. Engineers up: llerron, Forten baugh, Hinkle, Gingrich. Kwing, Kapp, Fenical, Quigley, Lutz, Shaffer. Firemen up: Deitrick. Martin. Morris, Huber, Snyder, Kipp, Nolte, Steffee, Waltz. Bainbridge, Handiboe, Ccnly, Eichelberger, Walters, Bru taker. Householder. I'ISSKXGIiII DEPARTMENT Middle Division —Engineers up: F. McC. Buck, J. A. Spotts, P. O. Riley, J. Crimmel, R. M. Crane, G. G. Keis | er, O. L Miller, H. E. Martin, D. Iveane. Firemen up: H. A. Schrauder, P. F. Gross, Roy Herr. G. B. Huss, J. W. Richards, G. L. Huggins. Engineers for 1, 23, 19. Firemen for 25, 665, 19, 17, 37, 55, 11. I'htlndrlphln Division —r Engineers up: B. A. Kennedy, C. R. Osmond, B. F. Eippi. H. W. Gilliums, V. C. Gib bons, M. Pleam, W. S. Lindley, A. Ball. Firemen up: J. S. 'BUinger, F. L Floyd, L. E. Everhart, R. K. Strick ler, F. H. Cook, M. G. Shaffnr. One Philadelphia crew here. THE READING The 3 crew first ,to go after 1J 30 o'clock: 60, 70, 58. 12, 1, 6, 10. Rl, 52, 64. Engineers for 58, 70. 3. Firemen for 88, G", 70, 4, 12. Conductors for 1, 18. Flagmen for 54 "0 6. Brakemen for 58, 60, 67, 70, 6. Engineers up: Kohl, Barnhnrt. Wunderllck, Felix. Bogar, Lackey, Beether, Freed. Firemen up: Groft, Ravston, Smith, Heckman, Moore. Conductors up: Yard, King, Glass, Wireman. Flagmen up: Peters, Schubauer. i Brakemen up: Morrow, Saul, Specs, I McCabe, Breckenridge. COPPERS WERE BASIS OF STRENGTH Stock Market Opening Firm But Dull Coal Shares Indicated Further A ccumulation Under the Lead of. Reading. By Associated Press New York, March 11.—Wall Street —Coppers furnished the basis of the strength at the firm but (lull opening of to-day's stock market, Anaconda and Inspiration gaining a point each. Mexican Petroleum and Southern Railway preferred, scored similar advances and coal shares indicated further accumulation under lead of Reading. Lehigh Valley and Chesa peake and Ohio. U. S. Steel reacted a fraction but immediately recover ed. further general improvement was made in the first half hour. Liberty Bonds were steady. XKW .YORK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar ket Square, Harrisburg; ,1336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia: 31 Pine street. New York—furnish the following quotations: Open. 2 P. M. Allis Chalmers 25% 25% American Can 40V* 40' i Am Car and Foundry .. 77% 77' i Amer Loco : 66% 66% Airier Smelting 82% 82% Amer Woolens 55 54% Anaconda ; 6R7i 64',4 Atchison 8514 85% Baldwin Locomotive 77 5 ., 77% Baltimore and Ohio .... 54% 54% Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 80 > t 80% Butte Copper 22% 24 California Petroleum ... 16% 16% Central Leather 71% 71 Chesapeake and Ohio ... 58'Ji 59 >4 Chi, Mil and St Paul .. 43 43 Chicalio. It I and Pacific 21 21% Col Fuel and Iron 39% 39% Corn Products 35 35 Crucible Steel 64', 64 Distilling Securities .... 38% 38% Geenral Motors 126 123% Great Northern pfd .... 91% 91% Hide and Leather pfd .. 61'k 6114 Inspiration Copper 45% 45 International Paper .... 33% 33% Kennecott 32 % 32 % Lickawanna Steel 80% SOU Lehigh Valley 60% 61 % Merc War Ctfs 28% 29 Merc War Ctfs pfd .... 97',4 97% Mex Petroleum 96% 97 Miami Copper 31V* 31% Midvale Steel 45 45 New York Central ...... 72% 72% N Y. N H and H 29 30% Northern Pacific 86 86% Pennsylvania Railroad.. 45 45 Pittsburgh Coal 56 57^ Ray Con Copper 23% 23% Reading 81% 82% Republic Iron and Steel 80% 80% Southern Pacific 89% 89 % Southern Ry 24% 24% Studebaker 46% 46 Union Pacific 121 121% US I Alcohol 120 s 4 121 IT S Steel 91% 91% IT S Steel pfd ~..110 110 Utah Copper 81% 81% Westinghouse Mfg 42 41% AV illys-Overland 18% 18% CHICAGO CATTI.E By Associated Press Chicago, March 11. Cattle Re ceipts, 21,000; firm. Native beef steers. $8.60 ® 1 4.00; stockers and feeders, *7.70@11.25; cows and _heifers, $6.60® 11.75; calves. $8.75(8)14.75. Sheep Receipts, 22,000; steady. Sheep, $10.75@13.60; lambs, $14.25® 17 85 Hogs Receipts, 60,000; unsettled. Bulk of sales, $16.75® 17..<0; light, $17.00@17.85; mixed, fJ6.35@17.65; heavy, $15.90® 17.20; rough, $15.90® 16.15; pigs, $13.50@17.30, CHICAGO BOARD OK TRADE By Associated Press Chicago, March It.—Board of Trade closing'- „ Corn—March, 1.28; May, 1.2 i '4. Oats—March, 91%; May, 89^. Pork —May, 48,55. Lard —May, 26.00; July. 26.22. Ribs—May, 25.00; July, 25.40, Good Majority For Drys Sure in Assembly Albany, March 11. The much worried advocates of the retention of the saloon in this state, it became known here yesterday, are basinb their last hope for beating- the Fed eral prohibition amendment resolution on their ability to keep the measure bottled up in the Senate committee on taxation and retrenchment. This committee is controlled by a pro-liquor coterie and it is now be lieved it never voluntarily would re port this resolution. It would, there fore. have to be dynamited out of the committee's repository for dead and dying legislation by a motion to dis charge made on the floor of the Sen ate. The wets are confident that sev eral Senators who might vote for the resolution were it out of committee and on the Senate calendar would not stand for a motion to discharge the committee. Senator George B. ellington, of Troy, one of the cold water cham pions. had intended to move to dis charge the committee next Thursday, but at the request of Senator KIOII U. Brown, the majority leader, he.agreed to postponfe action until the following week Senator Brown said the strehs of business in the Legislature made this necessary. In any event it will add another week for the preliminary skirmishes lin the big prohibition fight. During that time the brewery and liquor in terests, finding themselves in a life and death struggle, can be relied up on to call every force at their com mand to Albany to help save the saloon. American Engineers Robbe dand Captured by Chinese Bandits * * Peking, Friday, March 8.--Two American engineers. Nyl and Pur cell have been robbed and captured by bandits near Yehsien, in the prov ince of Honan. A Chinese assist ant also was taken prisoner. The party was on its way to in spect and survey the site of a pro posed railway between Chowka.'kow and Siangh-Yangfu. They were carrying a large sum of money with which to pay survey parties. An escort of twenty soldiers resisted the bandits until their ammunition was exhausted, when the party sur rendered. MARRIED AT HAGERSTOWX Hagerstown, Md., March 11.—Miss Fern L. Henry, of Harrisburg, and Oscar W. Webb, of Beaver Falls, Pa. were married here Saturday aft ernoon at the parsonage of St. John's Lutheran Church by the pas. tor the Rev. J. Edward Harms. Marriage licenses were issued to the following couples from Penn sylvania: Russell W. Gordon and Blanche Bishop, both of Sharpe: Ezra L. Wilk and Ethel R. Ludwick, both of Penbrook. BREAD PRICK INCREASED The wholesale price of bread baked at the Scinldt bakeries was increased a hair cent this morning, according to announcement of Bernard Schmidt, manager of the bakeries. The pound loaf of bread will sell for eight and-a half cents hereafter, and the larger loaves for twelve and a-half cents. Cost of wheat flour substitutes Is the veason given. PHILADELPHIA PttODUCL By Associated Press Philadelphia, March 11. Wheat Market quiet; No. 1, red, $2.27; No. 1, soft, red, $2.25; .No. 2. red. SJ.2I. No. 2. soft. red. J2.22. C. $1.50® 1.80; New York, per 100 lbs., $1.50@1.70; western, per 100 lbs., $1,50 @1.70. Flour Scarce and firm; winter wheat, 100 per cent, flour, sll.oo® 1.50 per barrel; Kansas wheat, 100 per cent, flour, $11.25@11.50 per bar rel; spring wheat, 100 per cent. Hour, $10.50@11.50 per barrel. Hay Scarce and firm; timothy, No. 1, large bales, $31.00@32.00 per ton; No. 2, $29.00@30.00 per ton; No. 3, $26.00@27.00 per ton; sample, $21.00® 23.00 per ton; no grade, $17.0@19.00 per ton. Clover Light. mixed, $29.00® 30.00; No. 1, light, mixed. $27.50® 28.50; No. '2. light, mixed. $24.50@ 25.50. Hundred Calls a Year For Man, Woman and Child Over the Bell Telephone How often do you talk over the phone? The annual report of the Bell system shows that there is an aver age of 100 calls a year for eVery man, woman and child in the United States, so there must be a great population which talks more than its share. The daily average of toll connections is 30,500,000. And the phone is becom ing more and more popular, as shown by the increase in operating revenues, $294,900,000 last year, an increase of nearly 12 per. cent, over the year be fore. The decrea.se from $71,91 in 1895 to $30.62 in 1917, in the average rate of exchange earnings puer station, has resulted largely from "measured" ser vice which places the system within the reach of many who can afford to pay only for the actual service used. Seventy-five per cent, of the subscrib ehrs of the Bell systesm pay for their telephone service less than the aver age rate. The Bell has 15,000 miles of toll wire and 27,000 miles of circuit for telegraph use. exclusively in the Gov ernment service and 7,000 of its em ployes are ir\ Government duty. The toll line plants of the Bell now repre sent an investment exceeding $200,- 000,000. and its engineers now have plans for an increased development fifteen years hence of about 6.000,000 stations, representing an additional plant investment of $600,000,000. ! WILL ATTEND ANNIVERSARY Mechaniesburg, Pa., March 11,— | About fifteen members of the M"ilitia | Lodge, No. 83, Knights of Pythias, j will go to Carlisle this evening to ! participate in the celebration of the ['fiftieth anniversary of the True j Friends Lodge Of that place. The Rev. John S. Adam, pastor of St. 1 Paul's Reformed Church, will re ! spond to the address of welcome, with greetings frorti Melita Lodge. | The latter organization will also celebrate their fiftieth anniversary in June. j RESUME SERVICES IX CIIUIICH Mechaniesburg, Pa., March 11. — I After the months of service in fhc lecture room of the church, for the purpose of conserving coal, the ] Methodist Episcopal congregation ; worshipped yesterday in the main j room and celebrated the Holy Communion. There was a largo attendance, and a class of proba tioners were admitted into full mem bership and several others united by letter. SHOP FLOOR DROPS Waynesboro, Pa., March 11.— Thirty feet of the third floor of the Emerson-Brantingham shops above the separator department, dropped on Friday afternoon, and one em ploye, A. H. Anders, who was on the floor a(t the time, was buried under the wreckage. Mr. Anders escaped serious inqury, only painful bruises about the body. The cause of the accident is said to have been the result of the ends of several joists slipping off. For Sale j 1840 Derry Street 2 apartments and 2 small houses in rear on Berryhill street. Price .. *4700 I 121 N. 15th Street 9 rooms and bath WSOO 11H Brond Street —Two and a half story frame—7 rooms .... $2700 The following brick proper ties have all improvements and can be bought on easy terms: lift Horner Street 92000 133 S. 14th Street—lo room, *3OOO I 2043 Swntnra Street—7 rounm 921100 704 S. 24th Street—S room* *3OOO For terms and conditions Inquire of ERVIN JOHNSON 2111 Swntnra Street I Bell Phone 1807-.1. MARCH 11,'1918. MIDDLETOWN ———— ii 4 Mrs. Sarah Rensel Dies at Home of Daughter Mrs. Sarah Rensel, aged C>s, died I very suddenly, at the home of daughter, Mrs. Koy Houser, Union and Pike'streets Saturday night at 12 i o'clock. Slio was seized with a stroke from which she never recovered. She is survived by her husband and the! following children, Mrs. Kannio Wilt, i Harrisburg; Mrs. Chester KheanJ Lemoyne, and Mrs. Mapy Houser, oil tiiis place; George Hensel, Harris-1 burg; Samuel Hensel, I'amp Hill;! Oliver Rensel and Edward Rensel,'; Klizabethtown, and David liensel, of this place. She was a former resi dent of Elizabethtown, but lived with her daughter, Mrs. Hoy Houser. for the past six months. The funeral will: be held Wednesday from the home of her daughter and the body will be j taken to Klizabethtown for burial. The Firemen's Relief Association held their regular meeting in thej parlor of the Liberty Fire Company] yesterday afternoon and decided to] take SIOO worth of war savings stamps. Lewis Prowell has accepted the position of foreman in the lasting de partment of the local shoe factory, taking the place of John Howell, •who resigned. Herman Jones, colored, who was arrested by Constable Harry B. Kurtz, at the home of Benjamin Wilson, Market street, charged with being a deserter from Company B, 304 th Stevedore Hegiment, Camp Lee, Va., was sent back to his company. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Kramer receiv ed a letter from their son. Sergeant J. Lloyd Kramer, who is stationed at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga„ stat ing that he was operated upon at the hospital there. The funeral of A. L. Erb was held from his home, Lower Swatara township, yesterday morning. The Rev. M. L. Ditzler, of the Emails Orphan Home, officiated. The body was taken to Reich's Church, East Donegal township, where services were held. The Rev. T. C. McCar rell, pastor of the local Presbyterian Church, officiated. The pallbearers were Isaac Coble, Isaac Deimler, Samuel Gruber, John Grove, K. Yingst and Harris Holman. Burial was made in the cemetery adjoining the church. A war savings stamp campaign in Middletown and Royalton was or ganized in the council chamber. E. S. Gerberich was elected chairman of the new organization and J. A. Kramer was appointed to secure places in each precinct where the stamps will be put on sale. E. S. Gerberich then announced the cap tains from each precinct: First ward, First precinct, Clarence llick ernell and Mrs. J. O. Covan; Second precinct, G. K. Rife and Miss Edna Kurtz; second ward, First precinct, C. E. Rarich and Miss Ivy Hoffman; Second precinct, H. K. Hess ami Miss Ruth Concklin; Third ward, First precinct, E. R. Beck and Miss Margaret Smith; second precinct, George Myers and Miss Agnes Mark ley; secret organizations, H. C. I Moore. The school board and borough council \Vill meet in regular session this evening. The Christian Endeavor Society of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, will hold a calendar social in the parish house this evening. The Missionary Society of the St. i i i I I FOR SALE !j Substantial light brick dwelling, No. 221 Forster !; ij Street; lot 40 feet wide; 15-foot alley in the rear. ! Contains second and third story bathrooms and jj j first floor lavatory, complete water-heating plant, in j; | good repair; also.three open fireplaces. | Side yard insures light on three sides. ij Both gas and electric fixtures. jj i i Only 800 yards to the Square and near River Park. I j I With front porch back from the street; nine bed- ;j I rooms, and nothing objectionable nearby; a most ij j desirable residence, now vacant, is offered. j Key at No. 218 Forster Street —J. E. Garner. Peter's Lutheran Church will hold its monthly meeting in the parish house Tuesday evening. Miss Sadie Fisher and Mrs. E. F. Hartman will have charge of the meeting. The Ladles' Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will meet in the church 'on Thursday evening. George Nauss, George W. ilower, Morris Green, Grover Bretzn: in and ljogun Hill, live molders, from the Wincroft Stove Works, have gone to Handsdale where they have secured work in a large foundry at that place. Charles Lewis, who had been work ing at Cincinnati. Ohio, for the. past two years, is spending some time in town with his father, J. Lewis, of South Catherine street. The Kev. Ernest Claypool, superin tendent of the Anti-Saloon League, of Harrisburg district, spoke on the "Patritication of the Prohibitory Amendment," in the Presbyterian Church, Sunday morning, and in the Methodist Episcopal Church last evening, and both services were largely attended. The Mothers' Congress met Fridav afternoon at the home of Mrs. I>. P. Deatrick in North Union street. Mem bers decided to wive ten dollars to tjje local chapter of Junior Red Cross to hold the play entitled, "The Wish-' ing Ring," on the two nights of April 25 and 26, discontinue the school gardening work, owing to the fact that the local school children do not take enough interest in the work, and to hold St. Patrick's tea at the home of Mrs. r. M. Boyd, in North l?nlon street, on Friday night. Plans are being made for this alTair and it is expected that it will excel anv other event ever held by tho society. Mrs. Mary Ross, Aged 81. died at the home of her sister-in-law, Mrs John Itife. corner Water and Spring streets, I'riday morning, from pneu monia. Mrs. Ross, whose home is in Ida Grove. lowa, came to visit Mrs. Rife several months ago. She was a resident of town at one time. She is survived by one son Prank Ross, Ida Orove, lowa, and one daughter. Mrs Aaron Hauder, Chicago, 111.; one sis ter, Mrs Susan Brady, and one broth er Jacob Rife, both residing in town The body was shipped to Ida Grove lowa, on Saturday where funeral services and burial will be held At a meeting of the Missionary So ; clcty of t.he Presbyterian Church held | at the home of Mrs. Sara Bowman Thursday afternoon, the following of ficers were elected: President. Mrs , I{ ' . Ji e X r; vice-president, Miss Rachael McCarrell; second vice-presi dent, Mrs. Robert Robson; secretarv. Mrs. C. M. Carlson; treasurer. Mrs is 10. Longenecker; collector, Mrs. Wil liam Arnold. — TTse McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. FRANK R. LENT & SON General Insurance and Real Estate 18 N. Third Street . FOR RENT No. 1006 North Third street, third floor apart ment; four rooms and bath. Possession April 1. 406 North street, 3-story j brick dwelling, 8 rooms i and bath, city steam. For private dwelling only. Pos session April 1. Rent, $55.