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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
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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
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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."
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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.
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