14 STEELTON AND NEARBY TOWNS INSURE MEN IS RED CROSS PLEA Local Chapter Taking an Act ive Part in the National Campaign The local Red Cross Chapter is taking an active part in the national drive lor insuring: nien in the Unit ed States service. Weekly bulletins are issued by officers of the local or ganization to inform residents of tbe work. To-day's information follows: "The Home Service Section of the SteeJton Chapter of the American Tied Cross, urges that all men leav ing Steelton and vicinity for service in the Army or Navy, take out the fu!i amount of insurance at once for ti cir own protection as well as that of their families. "At the low rates offered by the gov eminent (s(>.so per month on ten thousand dollars )even the man with only a private's pay and with half of that deducted as an allotment to wife and children, can afford to pay for the maximum amount of insur ance allowed bv the law, SIO,OOO worth. "The policies will be payable in (he event of (either death or total disability of the insured. In the event of death, payment will be made to widow or children or any other beneficiary in monthly payments extending over a period of twenty years. A policy of SIO,OOO would bring the beneficiary $57.50 each j month. In case of total disability the same sum would be paid to the] insured man for twenty years or as long as he lives, or is totally dis abled. "The single man should protect himself as well as the man with a family, because after the war the government has obligated itself to convert this war insurance into peace insurance, without a medical ex amination, and at that time the young man will find that he will be just so much better prepared for the obligations of marriage. "This insurance has nothing what ever to do with compensation which now takes the place of the pensions given in the other wars to the sol diers and sailors. "Any information desired by the men leaving for service or by their families, will be gladly given at the office of the Home Service Section at the Red Cross rooms each Mon day, Wednesday and Friday from 2 until 5 o'clock." Arrest Man Wanted in Richmond For Murder John Eacy, colored, wanted in j Richmond, Va., on a charge of mur- j dering his wife last June, was ar- ' rested here yesterday afternoon by j Constable John H. Gibb. is 26 I years old and admitted the crime to the constable shortly after he was arrested. He came to the borough from Philadelphia, it was said, and was identified by photographs and a description furnished by the Rich- i mond police. Constable Gibb has j been notified to hold Eacy until ! Richmond authorities come here to take him to that city for trial. DISPLAYING BLANKETS Nine blankets made by school j ehildren and members of the Junior. Red Cross organization are on dis-l play at McCurdy's drug store, Front] : treet. Mrs. W. E. Chick has charge! of the department in which liiei blankets were made. FLUSH KIDNEYS WITH SALTS IF BACK IS ACHING Noted authority says we eat too much meat, which clogs Kidneys. Take glass of Salts when Kidneys hurt or Bladder bothers you. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, nays a well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which excites the kidneys, they become overworked lrom the strain, get sluggish and fail to filter the waste and poisons lrom the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and urinary disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat and get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any phar macy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of w:iter before breakfast and in a few days your kidneys will act tine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, com bined with litliia, and has been used for generation# to flush and stimu late the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bUtduer weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive and can not injure; makes a delightful effer vescent lithla-water drink which everyone should take now and then to' keep the kidneys clean and active and the blood pure, thereby avoiding jierious kidney complications. SHORT MARKET TALKS on the general situation and AETNA CASH BUV SMITH MOTORS CURTISS3 HUSTON & MONTANA MAXIM BIG LEDGE WRIGHT MARTIN MOTHER LODE RAYHERCUEES UNITED MOTORS NORTHWEST OIL . VICTORIA OIL. SUBMARINE BOAT VM. MARCONI Coplea free upon rfqurnl Honuum A RfEEYTfn. •Jta NOUTII THIRD STHEUT, HAItHIMBUUG Telrphonrni Hell 34081 Diiil X!3II. I'hllndelphln—New York TUESDAY EVENING. Wier-Katerman Wedding to Take Place Saturday Invitations were issued this morli ning announcing the marriage, of Alma Alberta Katerman, ltelnerton, Pa., to the Rev. A. K. Wier, pastor of Centenary United Brethren Church. The wedding is to take place in the Centenary United Brethren Church on Saturday afternoon at 3* o'clock. The Rev. Mr. Wier is very well known in Steelton, being pastor of the local church for a number of years and taking an active part in church work in the borough. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson H. Katerman and is known by residents of the borough. Overcome Practically All of Filter Plant Trouble Practically all of the trouble with the filters at the borough filter plant has been overcome, according to Oli ver P, Baskin, superintendent of the borough, water department. Mr. Bas kin said that as soon as the weather became warmer and the temperature of the water rises the trouble would disappear. Most of the air in the slow sand filters has been released and warmer weather would clear it out entirely. The official said that the plant was furnishing about two million gallons daily. ANNOUNCE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Announcement was made last night by Superintendent E. E. Mc- Ginnes of the dates for the exer cises to mark the closing of the spring term. The Easter vacation will be eliminated this year, the schools closing on Good Friday and resuming on the following Monday morning, April 1. The term will close May 31; transfer exercises. May 21; commencement, May 29; annual alumni meeting. May 31. TO SERVE LUNCHEON Announcement was made this morning that the local Red Cross chapter was planning to serve lunch eon to businessmen who will take part in the Red Cross war fund -Irive in May. The chapter furnished luncheon to tbe men during the pre vious drive and will follow out the same method in the cominff cam paign. WAR VETERAN IS H'.\ E. M. Johnson, Civil War veteran and a member of Post 58, G. A. R., celebrated his 83d birthday anni versary last Friday at his home, 250 North Front street. S. S. CLASS MEETING Members of the Roger Care class of the First Methodist Church Sun day school will hold an important business and social meeting to-mor row evening at the home of the teacher. TO EXAMINE MORE MEN Announcement was made at local exemption board office this morning that seventy-five more men in class 1 will be examined on Thursday after noon. Including these men 490 have been called for examination. W. C. T. U. MEETING A meeting of th Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union will be held fit the home of the Rev. G. W. Getz. Main street, to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Administration to Back O'Neil Strong Capitol Hill is commencing to get word that Governor Brumbaugh in tends to campaign actively for the gubernatorial nomination of High way Commissioner O'Neil and that he will expect people loyal to him to line up with him. The Governor has not added to his declaration for O'Neil made at Philadelphia just after leav ing Harrisburg for Pinehurst, but he plans to sound a call for O'Neil in a statement attacking Senator Sproul. It is also intimated that a number of appointments will be made, but that displacements will not be taken up until after March 15, when the pay checks will be laid before Auditor General Snyder, who has declared in tention to be sure that people are working for pay asked. The admin istration is to back O'Neil very strongly. Public Service Commissioner Ainey, who is just home from North Caro lina. saw the Governor to-day. but de clined to talk politics. Mr. Ainey has been much mentioned as a possible harmony candidate. Among the men prominent in poli tics here were: Ex-Senator Walter McNlchols, Representative Fred C. ! Ehrhardt and Captain Phillips, of iScranton; Mayor Walter T. Merrick, lof Wellsboro; John A. McSparran, master of the State Grange: Eex N. 1 .Mitchell, member from Jefferson, who ! admits his friends are urging him to run for on the O'Neil slate; Elmer Davis. Cambria county Republican leader; Fred I Brenckmann, former Progressive from Carbon, who may run for the Ee gi s - ilature. and Richard E. Cochran, for ! mer Deputy Secretary of the Com jmonwealth, York. Some of them saw 'the Governor; others nrKiied cases. ! Mr. McSparran has declined to serve lon the committee on agricultural ! labor, beaded by Lieutenant Governor 1 McClain. because he contends that I high school boys, with no experience, I are not as useful to farmers as some f people think. He has written a letter | to Mr. McClain expulainir.g his posi- I tion. U. S. Steamer Encounters U-Boat; Makes Port With Great Difficulty By ,4sso.tainl Press A French Port. Sunday, March 10. j —An American steamship, formerly a German vessel. ' arrived here to day with its bridge smashed and a | shell hole through a smokestack as | a result of an encounter with a sub marine. The steamship defended 'tself with j its guns on being attacked by the submarine. i A storm was encountered, during j which the cargo shifted. The vessel made port with the greatest diffi culty. 1 MIDDLETOWN | MEETINGS OF BOROUGH BODIES Council and School Board Hold Regular Monthly Sessions The school tyoard session last even- i ing elected Miss Emily K. Forre, sub-j stitute teacher. The schools will i close Friday, March 29. Good Friday;! the Hat!! oratorical contest will be held in the High School Friday even-! ing, April 12; Grammar school en- 1 tertainment, Friday, May 24; the bac calaureate sermon will be preached ; in the Presbyterian Church, Sunday.: May 26, by the llev. T. C. McCar- \ roll; the High School Class Day exer cises will be held Tuesday, May 28; High School commencement exercises, Thursday evening. May 30, in the Realty Theater the board announced. The borough council met last evening. The highway committee fixed the following rates for em- I ployes: Supervisors, 35 cents per hour; labor, 25 cents per hour; two horse dump wagon. 60 cents per hour; carts. 35 cents per hour The repay ing of the council chamber was plac- ; ed in the hands of the committee. A i communication was received from the j American Ea France Truck Company that the new lire truck would arrive in about two weeks and be placed , at the Union Hose Company.* A. H. ! Euckenbill, chairman of the highway ! committee, was given permission to secure a surveyor. Burgess S. B. • Gingrich notified the Traction Com- i puny to repair streets where their I lines run on. Borough Solicitor J. R. Geyer will tile a protest before the rublic Service Commission in regard to rates of the York Haven Power Company. A birthday party was held last evening in honor of Miss Helen Bres tle, who has just passed her sixth birthday. The affair was a surprise! and was held at the home of her ' parents. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brestle, ! in North Spring street. The gutsts | included Annabelle Kern, Hyacinth Thomas, Thelma Smith. Grace Smith. 'V. dl ! a , Smith, Violet Kennard, Ethei \\ elsli, Gertrude Moore, Helen Good, Helen George, Evelyn Brinser, Jean Brestle and Helen Brestle. The Wednesday evening prayer meeting services of the local Presby terian Church will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Etter, North Union street, to-morrow even ing. The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society, of the United Brethren Church, will be held at the home of Mrs. Anna Fetrow, North Catherine street, this evening. The Sunday School class of the Church of God and taught by Mrs. O. M. Kraybill, will hold its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. \\ llliam Floyd, East Einaus street, this evening. At a recent meeting of the officers and directors of the Middletown Im provement Company, the following stockholders were elected to fill the vacancies of four directors: ,G. H. Schadt, 11. H. Kline, William Scheutz and C. S. Few. The Rev. T. C. McCarrell, pastor of the local Presbyterian Church, enter tained the following elders and trus tees: Dr. 11. W. George. Ira Spring er, Dr. IT. If. Rhodes, Samuel Grun den and H. B. Graver, trustees; A. L. Etter. E. E. Shireman, Christian Flaig, '. H. I 1 rank. B. E. Eongenecker, J. J. Eandis, Fred Haesler. The monthly meeting of the Sun day School class of .1. M. Martin, of the Church of God, will be held at the home of Mrs. .1. M. Ackerman, Water and Pine streets, this evening. D. E. Boyer, who is employed in the freight depot of the Pennsylvania liailroad Company, and 11. A. McKee, shipping clerk In the local shoo fac tory, left on Sunday evening for Cleveland,, Ohio, where they were subpenaed as witnesses in the A. S. Kreider Shoe Company, which firm lost several crates of shoes that were shipped to its warehouse in Cleve land, Ohio, last July. Morris Hippie, Ann and Wood streets, sustained a broken arm Sat urday evening at Luna Bing. Emaus street. The membership of the Junior Red Cross has reached the 1.200 mark. At a meeting of the executive board cer tificates were issued to the following Junior Red Cross organizations: building. Grammar School building. Wood street building Susquehanna building. RovaUon Coble and Geyer schools. The Pas tor's Aid Society of the Methodist kpiseopal Church donated $5.00 to the Red Cross chapter. Past Commander of G. A. R. Post Is Dead After Eventful Life j SSSSjjg i I Ek i pi JAMES D. SALTZMAN James D. Saltzman. aged 71, died last evening at. the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kdwin 11. Fry. 222 Seneca street. Funeral services will lie held from his late home. 201;! North Fifth street. Friday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the llev. Mr. Snyder, of ficiating. Burial will be in the East Warrishur?* Cemetery. Mr. Salt/.man is survived bv his daughter, Mrs. Fry. He is the father of George Saltssman, whi died sev eral weeks ago. He is a past com mander of the G. A. It., Post ll, a I member of the Knights of Pythias and the Jr. O. U. A. M. He was one of the city's first water commission ers and served in many of the Civil War's greatest battles. >ins. MA It A 10. IvItKIIMOU Mrs. Sara Elizabeth Kreider died at her home in Scrantnn, Wednesday, of pneumonio. She was a former Ilarrisburger and is remembered here I by a wide circle of friends at> Sadie I lassinger. She was a sister of Mrs. M. A. H. Goldlsmith, of 2005 North (Second street. A husband, daughter j and five sons survive. I p. BHOWX 1 O. F. Brown, aged 77. died at St. Paul, Minnesota. Saturday, after an Illness of two years. For many years he was a draftsman in the city civil engineering department at St. Paul. Mr. Brown was born In llarrisburg. February 22, 1841. He left Harris burg twenty-five years ago and went to San Francisco. He is survived by a widow and a brother. C. M. Drown of Harrisburg. He had never been back to his old home, Harrisburg, since he left, sixty years ago. HAIWISBURG BSIBBI TELEGRAPH Fair Food Prices The following statement, revised to March 12, regarding fair prices for food necessities, was issued to-day by the local Federal Food Administration. Consumer prices are figured oon n quotation "cash-and-carry" basis. Credit and delivery prices may be higher. The Federal Kood Adminis tration lias no authority to tlx prices. It may, however, determine what ere fair prices, based on reasonable protits to the wholesaler and re tailer. If your retailer charges more on a "cash-and-carry" basis than lhe prices named below, report him by letter to the Federal Food Ad ministration. Chamber of Commerce. Retailer Consumer pays should pay BEANS . N'avy (pea), lb to l(ic 17c Gray, marrow), lb it to lie 12c Lima, lb , • IB to 17c ISc White (morrow), lb 17Uc 18e BUTTER Creamery, lb 63c r>:i to 57e Creamery, 1-lb. prints, tb r>lc 54 to 54c Fresh Print, tb 51c City Market, 1 lb 50 to 55c CORNMEAL Package of lbs., pkg 17e 18 to 20c Bulk, fb 6',<sc to 8c City Market, lb /„ EGGS Fresh, doz 42c City Market, doz 35c FLOUR Winter, 24-tb. bags $1.33 $1.40 to $1.45 Spring. 21-tb. bags $1.55 to $1.60 $1.70 to SI.SO LARD I*ard, tb 28 to 30c 32 to 35c Compound (substitute) . . 23 to 21c 28c City Market, country, lb 30 to 33c POTATOES Pennsylvania. No. 1. bushel (60 lbs.) .. .SI.OO to $1.20 sl.lO to $1.50 City Market, bushel $1.25 to $1.35 SC" \ R Granulated, cwt $7.85 lb.. 9c Complaint has reached the' local Food Administration that flour and like commodities sold in bags and marked to contain certain quantitk have not been holding out as net weights. We suggest that consumers experiencing this trouble get in touch with their local Weight and Meas ure Bureau. The following are the authorized substitutes for wheat flour: Hom iny. corn grits, cornmeal, corn flour, edible cornstarch, barley flour, roll ed oats, oatmeal, rice, rice flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour, sweet po tato flour and soya bean flour. BARELY STEADY AT OPENING Stocks Soon Strengthened Under Guidance of Rails, Shippings and More Active Specialties— Liberty Bonds Steady By Associated Press New York, March 12. —Wall Street —Stocks were barely steady at the opening of to-day's session but soon strengthened under guidance of rails, shippings and the more active spe cialties. | The advance was halted before the end of the dull first hour on light of ferings of leaders, including Reading, Union Pacific, U. S. Steel and ship pings. Oils also fell back with spe cialties and American Telephone was especially heavy, losing almost two points. Sumatra Tobacco and a few other speculative issues registered 1 to 2 point advances by professional interests bit failed to hold. Deal ings dwindled to nominal propor tions at midday. Liberty 3%'s sold at 97.42 to 97.46, first 4's at 96.30 to 96.40 and second- 4's at 96.14 to 96.22. SEW 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; 34 Pine street. New York—furnish the following quotations: Open. Noon. Allis Chalmers 25% 26 American Can <. 41 40 54 Am Car and Foundry ... 77 76% Amer Loco ...., 66% 65% Amer Smelting 82 81% Amer Woolens 54% 54% Anaconda 64% 64% Atchison 85% 84% Baldwin Locomotive .... 77% 76% Baltimore and Ohio .... 55% 55% Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 80% 80% Butte Copper . ...i. 24% 23% California Petroleum .... 16% 16% Canadian Pacific 146% 146% Central Leather 71 71 Chesapeake and Ohio ... 59V4 69% Chi, Mil and St Paul 43 43 Chicago. R I and Pacific 21% 22 Chino Con Copper 41% 41% Corn Products 35% 35% Crucible Steel 64% 64 Distilling Securities .... 38% 38% Erie 15% 15% General Motors 127% 127% Great Northern pfd 91% 91% Great Northern Ore subs 29 '28% Hide and Leather pfd .. 60% 60% Inspiration Copper 45 45 International Paper .... 33% 33% Kennecott 32% 32% Kansas City Southern .. 16% 17 Lackawanna Steel 80 79 Lehigh Valley 62% 62% Merc War Ctfs 29 % 29% Merc War Ctfs pfd 97% 98 Mex Petroleum 97% 98 Miami Copper 31% 31% Midvale Steel 45 45 New York Central ...... 73% 73 N Y. N H and H 30% 29% New York. Ont and West 21% 21% Norfolk and Western .. 106% 106% Northern Pacific 86% 56% Pennsylvania Railroad.. Pittsburgh Coal 56% 57 Ray Con Copper 23% 23% Reading 82 *4 81 % Republic Hon and Steel 80% 79% Southern Pacific 87% 87% Southern Ry 24 % Studebaker 1® 15% Union Pacific 122% 122% L" S I Alcohol 121% 122 U S Rubber ,r 'B U S Steel *l% 91% U S Steel pfd 110 ■ 110 Utah Copper 80 % 80 % Virginia-Carolina Chem. (0 40 , Westinghouse Mfg 41% 41% Willys-Overland 18% t B % PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE. By Associated Press Philadelphia. March 12. Wheat Market quiet; N°* 12.27; No. 1. soft, red, $2.25; No. 2. red. $2.21 No. 2. soft. led. $2.22. Corn Scarce and firm; No. 3, yel- I low, $2.03® 2.05; No. 4, yellow, $2.02® 2.03. : Oats Firm, with good demand; No. 2, white, $1.06® 1.07; No. 3. white. ; $1.05%® 1.06. Bran The market Is steady: sof winter, per ion. $46.50®47.00; spring per ton. $44.00® 45.00. Butter Market dull and lower; western, creamery, extras, 45c; near by prints, 49c. Eggs—Firm, higher; Pennsylvania, anu other nearby firsts, free cades. $11.70 per 'case; do., current receipts, jfree cases, $11.40, per case; western, i extras, firsts, free cases, $11.70 per oaSe; do., firsts, free cases, $11.40 per •ase; fancy, selected, packed, 42® 44c per dozen. i Cheese —Market dull and lower; New N lull H't'am, choice to fancy. 23<u 25 %c. Refined Sugars Market quiet; powdered. 8.45 c; extra tine, granulat ed, 7.45 c. Live Poultry Firm, good demand; fowls, 30® 34c; young, soft-meated roosters. 35® 40c; young, staggy roost ers, 30®32c; old roosters, 28®30c; spring chickens, 23® 24c; ducks, Peking, 35®38c; do., Indian Runner, 30® 32c; turkeys, 27®28c; geese, nearby, 34® 38c; western, 34® 38c. Dressed Poultry Market firm, with a good demand: turkeys, nearby, rholce to fancy, 39®40c; do., fair to good, 32®37c; do., old. 37@3Sc: do., western, choice to fancy, 37®38c: do., fair to good, 32®36c; do., old toms, 30c; old, common, "Oc; frozen fowls, fancy, 35® 36c; good to choice, 32®33c; do., small sizes, 28 ® 30c; old roosters, 27c; frozen broiling chickens, nearby, 34®42c; western, 34®36c; frozen roasting chickens, 28®32c; ducks, nearby, 25® 32c; do., western, 28®32c; geese, near by, 26®28c; western, 25®27c. Tallow Market dull and weak; city prime, in tierces. 16% c; city special, loose, 17c; country, prime, 16c; dark, 15%®15%c; edible, in tierces, 1 < % %18c. Potatoes Dull and weak; New Jerfsey, No. 1. per basket, 40®60c (33 IDS.); New Jersey, No. 2, per basket, -®3sc; New Jersey, per 100 lbs., SI.BO & 2.20; Pennsylvania, per ;oo lb ß .. $1.u0®1.70; New York, per 100 tbs., $1.50®1.70; western, per 100 Tbs., $1.40 @1.60. 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, flour. $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. CHICAGO CATTLE By Associate J Press Chicago, March 12. Cattle Re ceipts, 15,000; steady. Native beef steers, $8,605(14.00; stockers and feed ers, $7.70<3>11.25; cows and heifers, $6.60® 11.75; calves. $8.75® 14.50. Sheeß Receipts, 10.000; firm. Sheep, $10.85® 13.85; lambs, $14.50® 18.00. Hogs Receipts, 45,000; slow. Bulk of sales, $16.50® 17.25; light. $17.00® 17.80; mixed, $16.15® 17.55; heavy, $15.70(5,15.85; rough, $ 15.70® 15.95; pigs, $13.50®17.30. CHICAGO nOA It 11 OF TRADE By Associated Press Chicago, March 12.—Board of Trade closing: Corn—March, 1.27%; May, 1.27 %. Oats—March. Pi's; May. 88*8. Pork—May. 48.37. Lard—May, 25.92; July, 26.15. . Ribs—May, 24.85; July, 25.22. Military Organizations Plan Much Work Through New Escort Association Absence from the city of all of the former National Guard units has prompted the organization of an as sociation which has recently been formed under the direction of Cap tain E. Laubenstein. The organization has adopted the name of The Military Escort Asso ciation and the purpose of its ex istence is to furnish, when requested, a proper military escort, either upon public occasions or -upon the burial of the remains of a comrade who has died in the service of his coun try. It also proposes to co-operate with the local chapter of the Red Cross in rendering relief to the fam ily of any stricken soldier. The association is composed of a committee of three from each of the following organizations: Grand Army of the Republic, City Grays, City Zouaves, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish-American War Veter ans, Sons of Veterans, ex-members of the Governor's Troop, Harrisburg Rifle Club, Harrisburg Reserves and Company I, Second Regiment, Penn sylvania Reserve Militia. At a meeting held last evening at the City Grays' Armory it was de cided that the newly-organized asso ciation would hold a military ball at the Armory some time during the n.onth of April, for the purpose of raising funds to defray the necessary expenses of the organization. The following are the officers of the association: Captain E. Lauben stein, chairman: C. A. Dunn, secre tary, and H D. Meyers, treasurer. The next meeting of the associa tion will be held at the City Grays' Armory on Monday night next at 8 o'clock. German Raider Brought Down in Flames and Crew Taken Prisoner By Associated Press London, March 12.—One of the German raiders over Paris last night ' was brought down in flames and the I crew was taken prisoner, a Havas dispatch from Paris states. The French official statement on | the raid says warning was given at 9.10 o'clock and that "all clear" was sounded at midnight. About sixty airplanes crossed the French line. Thanks to the artillery barrage, which was maintained throughout the entire raid with great intensity, a certain number of machines were unable to reach their objective. Nevertheless the statement adds, numerous bombs were thrown on Paris and the suburbs. Several build ings were demolished or set on lire. The number of victims is not yet known. FIRST CALLS IN SECOND J DRAFT COME IN APRIL i [Continued from First I'aigc.] 011 the number of registrants In | Class 1, Instead of populations For! purposes of computation 800,000. men will be considered' as compos-I ing the second draft, although no 1 such number will be called to the I colors at any one time. Will Call Small Numbers Men in deferred classifications, the i Provost Marshal General announced, would be called in small numbers as well as men in Class 1 for the. pur pose of utilizing special technical qualifications or sending them to j schools to acquire such qualirtca-1 tions. The Provost Marshal General I makes the definite statement,. how ever, that there would be no sudden | withdrawal of great numbers of men : from industry and agriculture riur- • ing the coming summer, but that j they will be drawn in relatively small; groups spread throughout the year.> To give the exact numbers, he says, would be to give the enemy military information. While General Crowder sets no time in his statement, it has been stated previously that supplies and equipment for the men of the second draft would become available in April and action on thb desired leg islation is expected before that time, the first calls are expected soon aft | erward. Await legislation i The next national quota will be ! announced and apportioned among ! the several states as soon as pending i legislation authorizing a change in j the basis of computation is enacted I by Congress," says the Provost Mar j shal General's statement. "The num ber that will be assumed as a basis for computation will be 800,000, which is well within the authoriza tion of Clause 4, of Section 1 of the selective service act of a second in crement of 500,000 men, increased by the recruit training units author ized by Clause 5 of said Section 1 and by the special and technical troops authorized by Section 2 of said act. it cannot now be announced what the total number to be called to the colors each month will be, but it may be stated that no more men will be called than can be properly accommodated and promptly assim ilated. Will Protect Agriculture •'There are difficulties confronting the nation in the supply of labor ap purtenant to agriculture, ( lass 1, from which new levies are to be withdrawn, will contain many more men than are at'present required for the Army. It would be a most un scientific and fatulous step if the men in Class 1 were called indiscrimi nately without regard to the labor situation in agriculture. Therefore, the local boards will be directed to fill their quotas in the order ot li ability of men to Class 1 as determ ined by the national drawing, except that, where it is shown that a reg istrant is completely and assiduously engaged in the planting, cultivation or reaping of a crop, his call to the colors shall be deferred to the foot of the quota of his board as long as he continues to be so engaged. Penalty of Idleness "Whenever any registrant, whose call to the colors has been deferred by reason of his engagement in agriculture, is shown to have been idle on the farm on which he is en caged or to have trifled with the de ferment that has been accorded him, the boards will forthwith induct him into military service if his order number has been reached in the meantime. The effect of this expedi ent is to grant furloughs from serv ice prior to actual call to the colors to the men so greatly needed in the production of this year's crops. "This is not, however, the only ex pedient that is to be adopted to con serve the supply of labor appurten ant to agriculture and to mobilize all means for increasing the harvest tor the agricultural season of 191 ®- "There now is pending before Congress a bill authorizing the Sec retary of War to grant furloughs, with or without pay, to men in the Army to enable them to engage in industrial and agricultural pursuits. These furloughs will be granted after consideration of the circum stances of the individual case in which they arise and when the mili tary situation is such that they can be granted without too great disrup tion and disorganization of the Army or of any particular organization of the Army. Defer Draft Call "As to further means to protect agriculture a new regulation has been promulgated authorizing agri cultural students in their senior year in land grant colleges to enlist in the Enlisted Reseve Corps of the Qartermaster's Department provided their cass standing is such as to place them in the upper third of their class. By this means it will be possible to defer the draft of such young men in order to enable them to perfect themselves as agri culturalists and thereafter to pro tect them in such services as it may seem that they should perform in the best interests of the nation. "The whole industrial and agri cultural situation is being subjected to a very comprehensive study in order to discover any means that may be taken to protect and aug ment the labor supply appurtenant to industry and agriculture without precluding the prompt and orderly progress' of our military plans. It is confidently believed that greut prog ress can be made along this line and that more effective measures than any yet devised can be put into operation to attain the desired end. War of Mechanics "It must be emphasized that this is a war of mechanics. The need of the several armed forces for men highly skilled in technical and me chanical pursuits is greater than in any former war. Yet this need for specially skilled men linds the nation under a necessity for increasing its production in nearly every line of industry. Withdrawals of men from industry must be made and these withdrawals must take men who might otherwise be deferred on ac count of their special qualifications and skill. The necessary numbers of such skilled men will be obtained in one of three ways: "First, men already in the mili tary service who have such special skill will be taken trom the line requirements and assigned to the staff organizations and departments where their skill is needed. "Second, men classified by the selection boards, even though they have been placed in a deferred clas sification, will be withdrawn with great care and particularity from the industries of the nation for special service in staff corps and depart ments. May Furnish Instruction "Third, young men of draft age with certain educational qualifica tions will be inducted into the serv ice and sent to universities, colleges and technical and secondary schools to be instructed in technical arts un til they have acquired such profi ciency as will justify their assign ment to the special units that are being organized in considerable numbers. "In accordance with this plan, the miBBER STAMQr Upil SEALS & STENCILS §#% |lVmfg.byhbg. stencil works" ■] I 11130 LOCUST-SI || MARCH 12, 1918. OWNERS OF "LAZY ACRES" SCORED Stute Fair Men Flay Farmers Who Do Not Raise Wheat Landowners who profess to be pa triots in every sense of tlie word and own "lazy acres" and an imaginary patriotic heart, were bitterly con demned in a series of resolutions passed at the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs, held at the Bolton House this afternoon. The associa tion is in every way assisting the government and the National Food Administration. This resolution was a part of their program. The meeting opened this after noon with Hal White, of Indiana, serving as temporary chairman in | the place of William G. Murdock, I of Milton, who was president of the | association for the past year. An j nouncerfient was made that the as | sociation had received a promise | that no embargo would be declared on stock shipped to the fairs for ex ! hibition purposes. The promise from I the railroads was on certain condi ! tions. "We will abide by any condi | tions which the government may j give," said Mr. White. New Officers An address was made by Charles A. Snyder, Auditor General of the slate, on matters of interest to the members of the association. • The following officers were elected: Hal White, Indiana, president; Walter R. Buckman, Philadelphia; Atner S. Deysher, Reading; James P. Kagleson, Washington, and Dr. W. T, McMillan, Meyersdale, vice presidents; J. P. Seldomridge, Lan caster, secretary-treasurer; execu tive committee. John A. Bollman, Lebanon; F. H. Marvin, Mansfield; Morris G. Temple. Pocopson; H. C. Heckert, York; J. H. Maust, Blooms burg; C. G. Rreneman, Altoona; W. A. Boyd, Stoneboro; N. L. Strong, Brookville; C. C. Smith. Warren, and H. o. Holcomb, Conneaut Lake. The election was the result of the nominations made at the meetings | at Pittsburgh, January 29-30, and Pittsburgh, February 5-6. The association now has a mem bership of fifty-seven fairs. When it. was begun five years ago, five fairs were enrolled. The county fairs of the state are taking up, as a body, the question of good roads. It is to be a matter of necessity, and an endeavor will be made to separate it from politi cal issues. Casualty List Ruling Now Under Consideration by President Wilson By Associated Press Washington. March 12. —Presi- dent Wilson to-dav personally con sidered the War Department's new plan of issuing the names of Ameri can soldiers killed, wounded or who died in France, without their home addresses or other marks of identi fication. There was no outward indi cation that the President would re verse the War Department's ruling, which it has been explained, was made f?r military reasons, but it was evident' protests from every quarter had grown to such number that the President had decided to inform himself of all the facts. It is possible that a suggested plan of issuing the casualty lists twice a month, or once a Week, might make it possible to give home addresses of troops, because the information might then be so old as to be value less to the enemy. Provost Marshal General already has called upon the states for some 10,- 000 skilled artisans and shortly will call upon the states for 10,000 young men, graduates of grammar schools, who will be sent before the first of April to various technical and other schools throughout the United States for a two months' course of train ning. Regularly thereafter, an In . creasing stream of selected men will i be sent through educational and I other training institutions for this • purpose. "To sum up, it. may be said there i will be no sudden withdrawal of great numbers of men from the ranks of industry and agriculture 1 1 during the coming summer, but that men will be drawn in relatively small groups throughout the year in : such a way as to create the least possible interference with industry and agriculture. Men in deferred ■ classes as well as men in Class 1 will be selected in small numbers either on account of their special technical qualifications or for the purpose of I sending them to schools where they ! | will be given an opportunity to ac ; quire such qualifications." REAL ESTATE First Mortgage 5 Per Cent. Bonds Clear of Normal Federal Income and Pennsylvania Personal Property Taxes FOR SAXE COMMONWEALTH TRUST COMPANY 222 MARKET ST. HARRISBURG, PA. * '< f FOR SALE Desirable Market Street Business Property Until recently occupied by IIENRY GILBERT & SON HARDWARE MERCHANTS Of the purchase price, 75% may, if desired, remain in the property on first mortgage Apply to COMMONWEALTH TRUST CO. 222 Market Street. Harrisburg, Pa. - ■ <4 LEGAL NOTICES Proclamation in Divorce Dauphin County, ss: In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pa., No. '669, Sep tember Term, J917. Libel in divorce — a vinculo matrimonii, Elizabeth M. Machman vs. Joseph Bachman. The subpoena and alias subpoena in the above-stated case have been returned "non est inventus." You. Joseph Uachman. are therefore directed to ap pear in the court at Harrisburg, Pa., on the third Monday of March. A. 13. 1918, to answer the complaint therein filed. W. W. CALDWELU Sheriff. Harrisburg:. Pa., February 19. 1918. Proclamation in Divorce Dauphin County, ss: In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pa., No. 288, June Term, 1917. Libel in divorce—a vin culo matrimonii, Mabel L Ossman va | C harles S. Ossman. The subpoena and alias subpoena in the above-stat ed case have been returned "non est inventus." You, Charles S. Ossman, are therefore directed to appear in the court at Harrisburg, Pa., on the third Monday of March, A. D. 1918, to answer the complaint therein filed. W. W. CALDWKLU • , , Sheriff. Harrisburg, Pa.. February 19. 1918. Proclamation in Divorce Dauphin County, ss: T-.'* 1 ,*l*® Court of Common Pleas of Hauphin County, Pa., No. 86. January Term, 1918. Libel in divorce—a vin culo matrimonii, Olive May Garner vs. i: Pr "• Garner. The subpoena and anas subpoena in the above-stated case have been returned "non est in ventus." You, Elmer B. Garner, are therefore directed to appear in the court at Harrisburg. Pa., on the third Monday of March, A. D. 1918, to answer the complaint therein tiled. W. W. CALDWKLU „ , t Sheriff. Harrisburg, Pa., February 19, 1918. Proclamation in Divorce Dauphin County, ss: In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pa., No. 177, Septem ber Term, 1917. Libel in divorce—a vinculo matrimonii, Ella M. Jacques vs. Harry V. Jacques. The subpoena and alias subpoena in the above-stat ed case have been returned "non est inventus." You, Harry V. Jacques, are threfore directed to appear in the court at Harrisburg, Pa., on the third Monday of March, A. D. 1918, to answer the complaint therein filed. W. W. CALDWELL Sheriff. Harrisburg, Pa., February 19, 1918. Proclamation in Divorce Dauphin County, ss: | In the Court of Common Pleas of i Dauphin County, Pa., No. 23, Septem ber Term, 1917. Libel in divorce—a vinculo matrimonii, Minnie McGuigan vs. Daniel McGuigan. The subpoena and alias subpoena in the above-stat ed case have been returned "non est inventus." You, Daniel McGuigan, are therefore directed to appear in the court at Harri.- lurg. Pa., on the third Monday of March, A. D. 1918, to answer the complaint therein filed. W. W. CALDWELL Sheriff. Harrisburg. Pa., February 19, 1918. Proclamation in Divorce Dauphin County, ss: In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, Pa., No. 570, Septem ber Term, 1917. Libel in divorce— a vinculo matrimonii, Ada M. Gam'by vs. Henry E. Gamby. The subpoena and alias subpoena in the above-stat ed case have been returned "non est Inventus." You, Henry E. Gamby, aro therefore directed to appear in the court at Harrisburg, Pa., on the third Monday of March, A. D. 1918. to answer the complaint therein filed. W. W. CALDWELL Sheriff. Harrisburg, Pa., February 19, 1918. CLERK OF ORPHANS' COURT Notice is hereby given that the following accounts have been pre sented to the Clerk of the Orphans' Court at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which accounts have been passed and allowed by the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, and the same will be presented to the Orphans' Court for confirma tion nisi, March 26, 1918, at 10 o'clock A. M. And if no exceptions filed thereto they will be confirmed abso lutely four days later: Estate of George Eshenauer, Ellen J. Eshenauer, Iryin M. Eshenauer, trustees, first and final account. Estate of W. F. Uhler, John H. Bonawitz, gruardian, first and final account. Estate of Edward Brisban Elder, I Harrisburg Trust Company, guardian. • first and final account. [ JAMES E. LENTZ, Clerk of Orphans' Court. ' Filed February 25, 1918. For Sale ij ' | 1840 Derry Street 2 apartments s and 2 small houses in rear on Herryhill street. Price .. 94700 > ' 21 N. 15th Street 9 rooms and ri bath 4500 s i lis Broail Street —Two and a half story frame—7 rooms .... 27<M) II The following brick proper ties have all improvements and can be bought on easy terms: ! I 11S Horner Street , 133 S. 14th Street—lo roomn, .tOOO 2043 Swutura Street—7 rooni.i yj.'OO 704 S. 24t1 Street—B rooms 1 For terms and conditions Inquire of ! ERVIN JOHNSON r \ 2111 Swatara Street - j Dell I'hone ISB7-J.
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