18 ALL N RECORD ACTION BYP.R.R.MEN In Eighteen Minutes Directors Provide For War Improvements I Philadelphia, March 13.—Within I < ighteen minutes, one of the shortest! sessions of recent years, stockhold- j ci*s of the Pennsylvania railroad ati their annual meeting yesterday agreed without one dissenting vote to the following resolutions: To increase the indebtedness $75,- 000.000 for betterments and improve ments to the system and authorize) the same increase in the amount ofj general mortage bonds that may be issued. With 521.000,000 previously authorized, but unspent, this will bring the total to $96,000,000. To acquire the •'ornwall and Leb anon railroad and the Susquehanna, Uloomsburg and Berwick railroad, j all of whose stocks are owned by the Pennsylvania. To approve legislation pending in j Congress providing for government: control of the railroads as long as the war lasts and for twenty-one months after peace is declared along j lines already laid out for just com pensation of the carriers and main-, tenance of the systems in the mean- l time. IClcct Directors These, as the main issues, were ( supplemented by other routine mat-j ters, among which were resolutions] for the appointment of a committee of seven stockholders to nominate! • andidates for four directors whose j terms expire this year. Authorization for an increase of; $7.1.000,000 indebtedness and nomi-i nation of the directors will be decid-| ed by a stock vote on March -6. The , retiring directors are Effingham B. Morris. Thomas De Witt Cuyler, Jo sepn Wood and Levi L. Hue. The meeting was unmarred by discussion. Opening promptly at 11 o'clock, it proceeded speedily, one resolution after another being of fered. Samuel Ilea, president of the com pany, acted as chairman, explained each move and the stockholders! promptly assented. In commenting| upon the necessity for a further in-j crease in the indebtedness, Mr. Rea said that the exigencies of the war] necessitated an extension of at least i $75,000,000 capital. Government Control Resolution Regarding the government opera- ; tion of the railroads the following! resolution was adopted: "Resolved. That the board of di rectors of this company are hereby] empowered to approve and authorize | the execution upon behalf of Qie company, by such officers of the company as such board shall desig nate, Of an agreement with the Pres ident of the United States of the character defined in the aforesaid act of Congress, which shall, in the judgment of the said board, secure for the company just and adequate ompensation for the use of its prop erties during the period of federal control and make proper provision! for the maintenance, renewals and) ccpreciatio . thereof and for the re turn of the said properties, together ■>"ith all additions thereto or exten : ions thereof constructed or acquired during such control, at the end of the period of federal control in sub stantially as good condition in all respects as they were at the begin ning thereof." P Real Eyeglass Comfort !y ■ IM° sEGu A R D s it ■ : w that cling comfor- H BK tably or bows that hold Ira j f I tight without pressure are BJj 1 ' the kind needed for out- Lll i jj of-door wear, flfl The Way Wc I "It Tlieni [3(11 All depends upon the ESS ] Fh way glasses are selected HI ! and adjusted. We have ; Ha ties and the stock to tit Mfl; 9H you comfortably. 9B t p|: "Our Advice In Dependable" U 1 ! 1 1 "Our UliiMra Correct" j fll Conauit Our Optometrist HE] 1 DIENER, jeweler i Oil Stocks Latest data regarding OKMULGEE NORTHWEST SEQUOYAH COSDEN FEDERAL ' OKLAHOMA GLENROCK P. & It. MERRITT SAPULPA ISLAND O. &T. BOSTON AND ' BARNKTT WYOMING VICTORIA MIDWEST SIS N. Third St., VlarHnbars Telfphuiifm Hell Phone 341>n ; Dial TJ39. Philadelphia w York WARD LINE Dpect lerricc an fart twin-screw lemat bom New York to HAVANA 'SSE- Smtihf eamy Satmdm MEXICO SaKno" 1 * 111 I To Progreso, Vera Cruz and I I Tampico. Frequent calls at J I Nassau, Bahamas. Literature { & full information on request. II NEW VOHK AM) CUBA MAII, S. S. CO. ! Foot of Wall Street, \ew t srk II Or any Railroad Ticket Office .tj or Authorised Tourist Agency |B| Braynntm - am ■ mm ■ -fll WEDNESDAY EVENING. OF THE RAILROADS Radical Change in Freight Shipments; Tag For Each Piece On and after April 3, every piece lof freight, shipped in less than car | load lots, must be properly addrcsts ; ed. packed, tagged and wrapped and 1 tied with certain kind of cord when I the latter is necessary. This puts lan end to marking about one pack age out of ten, when shipments to j one person number 10 or over. ' In plain words, there will be some real cussing on the part of some ship pers. when this new rule goes into effect . Tag Knch Piece It means that any lirm shipping | ' 1 or more steel plates, must tag! I each plate with the name of the shipper, and the name of the person | or lirm to whom the shipment is be- , ing made. If there be 10 or more i packages of cereal, sugar, canned | goods, bran, or grain of any kind, i one ta-g on each piece of freight will I Jbe necessary. This is said to be the most radical change yet made in | I shipping rules. It is known as Rule j ] No. 3. and according to notices re- i j ceived yesterday by local freight : ] agents for all railroads is as follows: I Rule Complete [ Section 1. Freight, when delivered J to carriers to be transported at less ! than carload or any quantity ratings, i must,be marked in accordance with ; (lie following requirements and spe- I cifications except as provided in j Section 2 tb) of this Rule or other i wise provided in specific items in ■ j (his Classification or in the Inter | state Commerce Commission's Regu- I lations for the Transportation of ' Dangerous Articles, other than Ex- I plosives by Freight. If these re quirements and specifications are not complied with, freight will not be accepted for transportation. Section ,2. (a). Each package, bundle or loose piece of freight must be plainly, legibly and durably marked by brush, stencil, marking crayon (not chalk), rubber type, tnetal type, pustel label (see Note 11, tag (See Note 2), or other method which provides marks equally plain, and durable, showing the name of only one consignee, and of ] ] only one Station. Town or City and ; j State to which destined. When consigned to a place of i ] which there are two or more of the ' I . Many Shopmen Will Hear Needs For Organization Interest shown to-day among shop 1 i employes of the Pennsylvania Rail-1 | road and Philadelphia and Reading! Railway, in the big meeting to-night i at White's Hall, Verbeke and James] streets, indicate a large attendance, i The purpose is to show the needs for an organization of shopmen. The meeting will be in charge of J. J. Reynolds, national organizer.] Other meetings have been scheduled, j I Local committees assisting in the, j arrangements comprise the Rrother-i hood of Locomotive Firemen, .infl Enginemen and the American Fede-; ration of Railroad Employes. meetings so far arranged are to-night and Sunday night at 8 o'clock. In-, termediate meetings will, it is ex ! pected, be arranged in the mean-: j time for the benefit of the night ] workers which will be held in the, ■ afternoons. Alternate meetings, af-j ternoon and evening will be arranged j next week on successive days if nec- ! essary. J. J. Reynolds will be the' principal speaker to-night. Ex-, Congressman" Arthur Rupley, who] j is a strong advocate of the present] government operation of the rail-; | roads as wed as local representative ! brotherhood men, will also speak. Railroad Notes Passenger firemen on the Middle j {Division of the Pennsy in line for j j promotion must wait another month. I This is pay week on the Reading system. On Monday the Reading hauled: 1.200 cars of anthracite. Reports from Washington, D. C., ] t say the Government will shortly as ' sume control of all express com- i , panies. All shopmen employed by the Penn ] sylvania Railroad or Philadelphia and ! Reading Railroad are urged to at ; tend to-night's meeting at White's I Hall, Verbeke and James streets. j C. O. Miller, a Pennsylvania Rail- I (road clerk, employed at Milroy, has j unlisted in the Army. F. W. Durgin, freight conductor on ' I the Pennsy, has been reported on the | sick list. Raltimore Division employes of the Pennsy were paid to-day. I R. G. Johnson and Elmer G. Strine, ] Pennsylvania Railroad brakemen, are I off duty on account of illness. I Pennsy officials report that their .icehouses are all filled, and no short age is expected this summer. Nelson H. Anthony, employed as a baggageman at night,' has enrolled as a student In the school of telegraphy. He joined the afternoon class. Small Pill -cm. Small Doee jWSSbK Small Pricc^gSSy^j FOR CONSTIPATION have stood the test of time. Purely vegetable. Wonderfully quick to banish biliousness, headache. Indigestion and to dear up a bad complexion, GtaiHae bears aiffaaturc PALE FACES Generally Indicate a lack of Iron in the Blood Carter's Iron Pills Will help this condition same name in the same State, the : name of the County must also be j shown. When consigned to a place not lp- j cated on the line of a carrier, it must < also be marked with the name of the station at which consignee will ac cept delivery. When consigned "To Order," it must be so marked and further marked with an indentifying sym bol or number*whicn must be shown on shipping order and bill of lading. As to lAbels ami Tags Note I.—Labels must be securely i attached with glue or equally good I adhesive. N6te 2. —Tags must be made of ! metal, leather, cloth, or rope stock lor sulphite fibre tag board, suffi j ciently strong and durable to with ' stand the wear and tear incident to I transportation: and When such cloth or board tag is t tied to any bag, bale, bundle or piece | of freight, it must be securely at ! tached through a reinforced eyelet. Tags used to mark wooden pieces jor wooden containers must be fast ened at all corners and center with lurge-headed tacks or tag fasteners; or Tags may be tied to wooden pieces when the freight would be injured by the use of tacks or tags fasteners. Tags tied to bags, bales, bundles or pieces must be securely attached by strong cord or wire, except that : when tied to bundles or pieces of metal they must be securely attached by strong wire or strong tarred cord. (b) A shipment that fully oc cupies the visible capacity of a "car. or that weighs 24,000 lbs. or more, I when shipped from one station, in or on one car. in one day. by one shipper for delivery to one consignee at one destination, need not be mark ed. (c) The marks on bundles, pack ages, or pieces must be compared with the shipping orders or bill of lading. and corrections, if neces sary, made by the shipper or his rep resentative before receipt is signed. (d) Old consignment marks must ] be removed or effaced. 1(e) Freight in excess of full cars must be marked as required for less than carload freight. ( HAItRISBURG SIDE Philadelphia Division The 111 1 crew first to go after 4 o'clock: 127, 123. 133, 109. 134, 136, 115, 101, 132, ; 107. 122. Engineer for 136. Firemen for Jll, 101. Conductors for 136. 107. Flagmen for 133, 122. j Brakemen for 123. 133, 136. 132, Engineers up: Bickel, Black, Gaeckler, Hogentogier. Simmons, Brodaeker, Andrews, Grace, Koene man. Anderson. Howard. Wenrick, ] Brooke, iiimbert, Schwarz, Baston, ] Lefever, Yeater, Gable. I Firemen up: Cook, Gettle, Le ; crone. Davis. Morrison, Hoffman, ' Shettle. McLaughlin. Blum. McCune. 1 Conductors up: Bitner. Stark. Brakemen up: "Wilson. Maurer. j Lauver, Kugle, Mader, Buford, Mechan. I >ll<ldle Division —The 29 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: SI, 40, 231, | 33, 25, 217, 30, 27. 251. 36, 39, 234. Engineer for J5. Fireman for 30. | Conductors for 33, 25, 27. Brakemen for 29 (2), SI. 33. 36. j Engineers up: Corder. Nissley, i Titler, Leppard, Fink, Rathfon, Swi ; gart. Firemen up: Barnett. King. Bro j cious. Lusk. Gross, Peters, Roddy. Conductors up: Bennett, Lower. Brakemen up: 'Weigle. Wright, i Page, Alexander, Hemminger, Bell, i Danner, Frank. Yard Board—Engineers for 10C, 11C, 2-15 C. Firemen for 108. 118. 1-15 C, 16C, 18C. , Engineers up: Miller, Biever, ] Essig, Myers, Boyle. Shipley, Revie, I Ulsh. Bostdorf, Schiefer, Rauch, ] Leckey, Cookerley, Shelter. Firemen up: Shoemaker, Leppard. Heck, Sauerwine, Vosler, Bowman. 1 Stahl, Hartley, Frysinger, McKeever, VVengel, Kling, Mehargue. Witchey, l>ake. Smelts, Hoover. Shawfleld, ; Carmichael. E\OlA SID 10 Philadelphia Division The 209 ! crew first to go after 3.45 o'clock: 221, 244, 207, 205, 230. 216. 1 Firemen for 230, 216. Conductors for 205, 230. Brakeman for 221. Brakemen up: Kines, Brown, Ten -1 nant. Middle Division —The 252 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 112. ; Engineer for 112. Brakeman for 112. Yard Hoard —The 2 crew first to go ; after 1.45 o'clock. ! Engineers for 4th 126, Ist 102, ex ! tra at M. V. Firemen for 2nd 129. 4th 126. Ist ; 102, Ist 106, extra at M. V. Engineers up: Bruaw, Bair, Her ron, Hanlon, McNally, Feas, Hinkle, ] Kapp. Firemen up: Waltz. Bainbridge. Ifandiboe, Conly, Eichelberger, Wal ters, Brubaker, Householder, Garlin, Snyder, Campbell. Ililblsh, Whitehall, Crane, Haubecker, Jones. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Dlvlalon—Engineers, up: J. ] G'rimmel, R. M. Crane. G. G. Reiser, O. L. Miller. H. E. Martin, D. Keane, W. C. Graham, O. Taylor. J. J. Kel i ley, R. E. Crum. W. D. McDougal, S. H. Alexander, K. McC. Buck, J. A. j Spotts, D. G. Riley. ] Firemen up: G. L. Huggins, H. ] Naylor, C. L. Sheats, R. E. Look, J. !N. Ramsey, S. H. Wright, S. P. | StaulTer, A. H. Kuntz, E. M. Cramer, I V. C. Ayers, F. A. Yon. S. H. Zeiders. i R. F. Mohler, H. A. Schrauder, P. E. | Gross. Roy Herr, G. B. Puss, J. W. ! Richards. Engineers for 6293, 19. ] Firemen for 25. 665, 33, 19, 37, 55, (.11. Philadelphia Division Engineers j up: W. S. Lindley, A. Hall. J. G. ] Bless, B. A. Kennedy, B. F. Lippi. Firemen up: F. H. Cook, William I Shive. W. L. Spring. F. L Floyd, J. S. Ellinger. . Two Philadelphia crews here. THE READING The 63 crew first to go after 1.15 j o'clock: 1, 8, 61, 73, 72, 71, 3, 7, 19. ' Engineers for 38. 1, 8. | Firernen for 58, 61, 65, 72, 8, 17. ! Conductor for 1. Brakemen for 61, 67, 71, 72, 73, 8. up: - Hoffman. Bordney, Griffith. Lackey, Leitner, Stees, Strieker, Beecher, Raisner, Minnlch, Gruver. Firemen up: Miller, Rayston. , Conductors up: Derrick, McCul : lough, Wealand. 1 Flagmen up: Gardner. Keener, • Schubauer, Felker, Habbyshaw. ] Brakemen up: Kirsh, Wampler, I Carl, Dewnlt, Floyd. TRADING LIGHT AT OPENING Advance of Western Unioji, American Sugar and Amer ican Telephone Balanced by Recessions in St. Pawl and United Cigar New York, March 13.—Wall Street —Trading: was extremely light at tho opening of to-day's stock market witli the usual mixed changes. Advances <sf a point in Western Union. American Sugar and American Telephone were balanced by recessions of as much in St. Paul preferred and United Cigars. South ern Pacific yielded a. substantial fraction while Heading hardened. U. S. Steel and kindred industrials were irregular. Among specialties Tidewater Oil rose 2 points and Sears, Roebuck lost 1 3-8. Liberty Bonds were variable. Selling of speculative equipments and another reversal in American Telephone created further irregular ity later. Recessions of'l to 2 1-2 points marked the course of Pressed Steel Car, Baldwin Locomotive, Gen eral Electric, Pullman and some of the Tobaccos. General Motors also reacted with Bethlehem Steel but U. S. Steel resisted pressure and rails with the exception of Norfolk and Western were tirm to strong, like wise the shippings. Liberty 3 l-2s sold at 97.50 to 97.52, first 4s at 96.24 to 96.32 and second 4s at 96.04 to 96.16. M'-.W VOHK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar ket Square, llarrisburg; 1336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street, New York—furnish the following quotations: Open. 2 P. M. Allis Chalmers 25% 24% American Can 40% 40% Am Car and Foundry .. 76% 76% Araer Smelting 81 81% American Sugar 105 104 % Amer Woolens 54% 53% A? aconda 63% 63% Atchison S5 85 Baldwin Locomotive .... 76 76 Baltimore and Ohio .... 55 55 Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 77V 77 Butte Copper 22% 23% Central Leather 70 70 Chesapeake and Ohio .. 58% 58% Chi, Mil and St Paul ... 42>4 42% Chicago. R I and Pacific 21% 21% Corn Products 35% 35 54 Crucible Steel 63% 63% Distilling Securities .... 38% 38 General Motors 126% 124% Great Northern pfd .... 91% 91 Great Northern Ore subs 28% 29 Hide and Leather pfd .. 60 60 Inspiration Copper 44% 44% liachawanna Steel 79% 79% Merc War Ctfs pfd .... 97% 97% Mex Petroleum 97 98 Miami Copper 30% 30% Mtdvale Steel 44% 44% ew York Central NY. N H and H 29% 29% Norfolk and Western ... 104% 104% Pacific Mail 29 29% Pennsylvania Railroad.. 44% 44 Reading 81% 81% Republic Iron and Steel 78% 79 Southern Pacific 86% 86 % Southern Ry 24% 24' i Studebaker 45% Union Pacific 121% 122 "4 t* S T Alcohol 120%. 120% U S Rubber "'•>% 55 U S Steel 91 90 % Utah Copper 78% 80 Westinghouse Mfg 41% 41% Willys-Overland 18% MANY DEMANDS ON MAIL SERVICE Postmaster Sites Asks Busi nessmen to Co-operate Far as Possible Earlier attention to business let ters and mail is urged by Postmaster Frank C. Sites. In a letter issued to day he points out delays caused by holding mail until close of buisness each day. The letter says: "At the beginning of the war the Post Office Department announced its opposition to any curtailment or restriction of the postal service, and in the face of adverse conditions has endeavored to maintain this policy. The disarrangement of traffic con ditions throughout the country in cident to war is no doubt generally recognized, but it is felt that if one feature is brought clearly to the at tention of the business world much benefit will result to all. "Rearrangements effected from time to time with a view to ex pediting shipments of war material have brought about a large reduction in facilities available for transporta tion of the mails. This, in connec tion with the abnormal increase in bulk of mailings, has resulted in greatly overburdening the service during some portions of the day and in delay and congestion at some points. "At present it is the practice of many businessmen and firms to hold practically all outgoing mall until late afternoon or early evening hours. This necessitates the facing, cancellation, distribution, pouching and dispatching of from sixty to eighty per cent, of all outgoing mat ter within a period of three or four hours. It is apparent that if this work could be dls<ributed over twelve or, fourteen hours not only would it be handled with greater fa cility but its dispatch would be has tened many hours. "The loss and inconvenience which might result from such delay is fully realized and for this reason every effort is made by this office to render the best service possible In the cir cumstances. It is possible that the manner in which mailings are de posited has never been made the sub ject of study by the business world. "In view of these statements may I not urge upon you tbe necessity of depositing your mail in the post of fice or street collection boxes not only earlier in the day, but as frequent ly as may be feasible. It would also tend to relieve congestion and fa cilitate the handling and dispatch of the mails If heavy mailers would make it a regular practice to have all letters and circular mall, as well as catalogs, pamphlets, etc.,' bearing uncanceled stamps, properly faced and tied for cancellation, with the short and long letters separated. "The Post office Department de sires to emphasize the fact that it is not urging this action as an eco nomical measure, but for the pur pose of meeting, as far as possible, the present complicated situr-Uon in cident to war Activities." VARRIBBUKG <&&&& TELEGRAPH FHII.ADHI.tMIIA PRODUCb By Associated Frcss Philadelphia. March t3. Wheat Market quiet; No. 1, red, $2.27, No. J, soft, red, $2.25; No. 2. red. 52.24. No. L>, soft, red. $2.22. Corn Scarce and firm; No. 3. yel low, 12.0302.05; No. 4. yellow. $2.02® 2.03. Oats Firm, with good demand; No. 2. white, $1.0601.07; No. 3. white. $1.05% ©1.06. Bran The market is steady; soft winter, per ion. $46.50®47.00; spring per ton. $44.00@45.00. Butter ■— The market Is unchanged; western, creamery, extras, 45c; near by prints, 49c. Kgg. Higher; Pennsylvania, and other nearby firsts, free case?, $12.00 per case; do., curcnt receipts, free cases, $11.70 per case; western, extras, firsts, free cases, $12.00 per case; do., firsts, free cases, $11.70* per case; fancy, selected, packed. 43 ® 45c per dozen. Cheese The market is dull; New Vork, full cream, choice to fancy. 23® 25 %c. Refined Sugars Market quiet; powdered. 8.45 c; extra fine, 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® 2 4c; ducks, Peking, 35® 38c; do., Indian Runner, 30®) 32c; turkeys, 27 ®2Sc; geese, nearby. 34@38c; western. 31@3Sc. Dressed Poultry Market firm, with a good demand; turkeys, nearby, choice to fancy, 39® 40c; do., fair to good, 32®37c; do., old, 37®38c; do., western, choice to fancy, 37®38c; do., fair to good, 32®36c; do., old toms, 30c; old. common. ®oc; frcizen 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®32e; geese, near by, 26®2Sc; 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, 17 % % 18c. Potatoes Dull and weak: New Jerfsey, No. 1, per basket, 40®60c t33 lbs.); New Jersey. No. 2. per basket, 25@35c; New Jersey, per 100 lbs., SI.BO ©2.20; Pennsy lvatiia. per 100 tbs.. $1.50® 1.70; New York, per 100 lbs., $1.50®1.70; western, per 100 lbs., $1.40 ® 1.60. Flour Scarce and firm; winter ! wheat, 100 per cent. Hour, sll.oo® 1.50 per barrel; Kansas wlieat, 100 per cent, (lour, $11.25® 11.50 per bar rel; spring wheat, 100 per cent, flour. $10.50® 11.50 per barrel. Hay Scarce and tirm; 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 CATTI.E By Associated Press Chicago, March 13. Cattle Re ceipts, 9,000; strong. Native beef steers. $8.90®14.15; stockers and feed ers, SB.IO 5i12.00; cows and heifers, $6.85®12.00; calves, $9.50^15.00. Sheep Receipts, 8,000; strong. Sheep. $10.90® 13.90; lambs, $14.50Cu 18.30. Hogs Receipts, 38,000; unsettled. Bulk of sales, $16.60® 17.40; light, $17.15® 17.85; mixed. $16.35® 17.70; heavy. $16.00® 17.15; rough, 16.15; pigs, $13.75® 17.40. CHICACiO ItOAHD OF' TRADE By Associated Press Chicago, March 13.—Board of Trade clot ing: Corn—March, 1.28; May, 1.27'. Oats—March. 91%; May. 89. Pork—May, 48.50. I.*rd— May. 26.07; July, 26.27. Ribs—May. 24.92; July, 25.30. Institutions of State Warned to Save Food; Construction Work Stops * The State Hoard of Public Chari ties to-day following a conference with Governor Brumbaugh issued notice to the 800 institutions coming under its supervision to conserve food. The notice drawn by President Francis J. Torrance is as follows; "To waste food is sinful, unlawful, disloyal. Strict compliance with fed eral food laws is required. Violation of these instructions will be prose cuted." Mr. Torrance announced that the Governor had approved the plan of the board not to do any permanent construction at the new Western State Hospital for the Insane near Blairsville intersection during the war because of high price of ma terials, but to remodel the barn and other buildings for temporary use. The board announced that the sta tion at the new hospital had been called Woodbury in honor of Dr. Frank Woodbury, of Philadelphia, expert alienist, of the board. Persing Asks Special Engineer Units For Work on Waterways By Associated Press Washington. March 13. —The In land Waterway system of France in the region occupied by American troops, \Vill be used for transporting some of General Pershing's supplies. A request from General Pershing calls for the . organization here of special engineer uijits for the opera tion and maintenance of the canals. The new units probably will be known as inland waterway com ; panies. Men trained on American ' canals and rivers will be sought to ! fill up the ranks of the companies j and canal engineers will be selected | as officers. Seek Source of New . Smallpox Contagion While no new cases of smallpox have been reported to city health authorities, the officials are making every effort to locate the source of the contagion which has resulted in almost a score of cases during the last few months. The family which yesterday refused to be vaccinated when the officers went over an up town district, finally consented when the house WAS put under quaran tine. HENRY BOWK Funeral services for Jlenr.v W. ! Bowe, aged 52, who died at Philadel : phia, were held here (his afternoon | from the funeral parlors of W. J. ; Hooper, 604 Forster street. The body was brought here from Phila- I delphia yesterday. Burial was iu<ul I in the Lincoln Cemetery. CITY LOSES IN BENEFIT SUIT First Case to Assess Property Owners For Proposed Im provements Fnits Tho first suit brought by tho city against aproperty owner on the east side of Front street, to assess bene fits because of the Hardscrabble im provements, resulted in a verdict in favor of the property owner, Mrs. Katie G. Raymond, the jury by its decision indicating in the case which was heard, that no benefits accrued by reason of the proposed develop ment. The second case on the list brought against John A. McAllster, was started this afternoon. The jury in the suit of Claude 15. Netdig against W. .1. Marks, brought in a Verdict in favor of the defendant. Nntlre of Hearing—Notice of the hearing to be held April 10, in con nection with the plan to abolish three grade crossings in Derry town ship, east of Huinmelstown, and at Swatara Station, has been sent to the county commissioners. A represen tative from the office will probubjy attend t*ho session. Many Juvenile Cases—With only part of the list prepared for juvenile court, which will be held March 28, there are thirty-one boys and girls who will be arraigned before Judge McCarrell. I'll I Vacancies Two vacancies were filled to-day by the court, Harry C. Miller being named as con stable for the West Ward, Williams town, succeeding Enoch Williams. David C. Devlin was appointed reg istry assessor for the Second ward. Second precinct, Steelton, succeed ing W. B. Stehman. To Enforce Speed I jaws—The county commissioners to-day dis cussed plans for enforcing the speed limit restrictions for traffic across bridges in the county. A number of violations have been reported re cently, one of them resulting in an accident. To Study Assessments—County of ficials to-day said tl\ey will make a BANK STATEMENTS REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE MERCHANTS' NATIONAL HANK at Harrisburg in the State of Pennsyl vania. at the close of business on March 4. 1918. RESOURCES 1. a Loans and discounts (except those shown in b and c) $641,823 30 2. Overdrafts, un se - cured 18 45 E. V. S. bundH (other Ihnn l.lbertj UunilN or ISII7): a. IT. S. bonds deposited to secure circulation (par value) 100,000 00 0. liberty loan bonds: a. Liberty Loan Bonds. 3% per cent, and 1 per cent, unpledg ed 45,800 00 7. IlonilN, securities, etc., (other than U. S.): b Bonds other than U. S. bonds pledged to secure postal s a v i ngs deposits, .SIO,OOO 00 e S e c urities other than U. S. bonds (not in c 1 u d ius st o c ks) owned un pledged,. 298,389 25 Total bonds, securi ties. etc 308,389 25 9, Stock of Federal Re servo Bank (50 per cent, of subscrip tion) 9,750 00 10. b Equity in banking house 30,000 00 11. Furniture and fix tures 18,000 00 13. Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank 56,115 33 15. Cash in vault and net amounts due from na tional banks 98,573 74 16. Net amounts due from banks, bankers, and trust companies other than included in ■ Items 13 and 15 8,665 03 17. Exchanges for clear ing house, 22,271 76 Total of Items 15, I 16, 17, ... $129,510 53 19. Checks on banks lo cated outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items 25,513 66 20 Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from U. S. Treasurer 6,000 00 22. War Savings Certi ficates and Thrift Stamps actually own ed 211 21 Total $1,371,131~73 LIABILITIES 24. Capital st6ck paid in, SIOO,OOO 00 25. Surplus fund 225,000 00 26. a. I'ndivided profits, . . $75,713 78 b. Less current expenses, interest and taxes paid .... 5,437 18 70,276 60 30. Circulating notes outstanding 100.000 00 32. Net amounts due to National banks 1,273 94 33. Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and trust companies (oth er than included In Item 32) 33,931 29 Total of Items 32 and 33. . . $35,205 23 I Demand deposits (otlier tlmn bunk deposit*! Miibjeet to Reserve (de posits payable within 30 days): 34. Individual deposits subject, to check 508.239 98 36. Certified checks 894 40 37. Cashier's checks out standing 9,405 69 Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve. Items. 34, 35, 36. 37, 38. 39 40 and 41, ..$518,540 07 Time deposit* subject to Reserve (payable after • 30 days, or subject to 30 days or more no tice, and postal sav ings): . , 42. Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) 314.662 70 44. Postal savings de posits 7,447 13 Total of time deposits sub j ec t to Re serve, Items 42, 43, 44 and 45. . $322,109 83 Total $1,371,131 73 State of Pennsylvania. County of Uau fhin, ss: j H. O. Miller, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. H. O. MILLER, • Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 13th day of March. 1918. 11. B. ML'MMA, [Notarial Seal.l Notary i'ubllc. My commission expires March 9 1919. Correct —Alt est: W. M. DON AIJD SON, JOHN F. L>APl'. , , . LOUIS DKLLONE, - Directors. MARCH 13, 1918 study of the system of assessment of coal lands used in other nearby countiec before passing on tthe fig ures which will be submitted in the 1918 triennial assessment in this county. It has not been decided whether an expert will be secured to handle this part of il. ■ work. First of Murder Trials to Open Next Monday The trial of Frederick Richcreek, held on a charge of murdering an old junk peddler along the towpath of a canal near Middletown, will be started next Monday when criminal I.EGAE NOTICES NOTICE Eetters Testamentary on the Estate of Clara .!. Hershey, late of Steelton, Dauphin County, Pa., de ceased, having been granted to the undersigned, residing in Bethlehem, Pa., all persons indebted to said Es tate are requested to make immedi i ate payment, and those having claims I will present them for settlement, to GRACE HERSHEY HOI/TON, | Or Executrix. I H. I*. DRESS, Attorney. Steelton Trust Co. Bids-, Steelton, Pa. EXECUTOR'S NOTICE | Estate nf Rebecca E. Miller, late of | Harrisburg. Pa. j betters testamentary upon the es tate aforesaid have been granted to the undersigned. residing in said city. All persons having claims or de mands against the said estate will make known the same, and all persons indebted to said estate will make I payment, without delay, to JOSEPH 1\ MI UiER, H. O. MI EL,KB. CHAREES C. CRAIGHEAD. OFFICE OF COUNTY CONTROLLER, llarrisburg, Pa. March 13, 1918. PIUMARY HAUjOTS ANI) SUPPLIES Sealed hids will be received by the County Controller, Room 13. Court House, Harrisburg. Pa., until 10 o'clock A. M., Monday, March 25, litis, for printing: and furnishing 85,000, more or less, official and specimen ballots. The ofHcial ballots to be bound in books of one hundred (100) each, for the ensuing Spring Primary to be held on Tuesday. May 21. 1918. One form of the ballot of each district must lie delivered to the Commission ers on or before Thursday, May 9, 1918, and all ballots, official and specimen, must be delivered al the Commissioners office by 12 o'clock noon, Tuesday, May 14, 1918. Full in formation as to the number of oflicial ballots and specimen ballots requir ed for each voting district can be had from the undersigned. A certified check equal to 50 per cent, of the bid price, drawn to the order of the Dau phin County Commissioners must ac company each bid. The successful bidder will have five days after the award of Hie contract to file his bond for the full bid .price. Also at the same time and place sealed bids will be received for one hundred and twenty-eight (128) com plete sets of Primary Election Sup plies. including Penalty Cards and Cards of Instructions, same to be de livered at the Commissioners' office by 12 o'clock noon, Tuesday. May I t, 1918. The names of all candidates, including State, City and County Com mitteemen, to be printed on the Tally, Returns and Statement Sheets, also Computation Books for each party, including the Non-Partisan, as per sample in County Commissioners' Office. Certified check equal to 50 per ceftt. of the bid price, drawn to the order of the Dauphin County Com missioners rryist aecompajiy each hid. The successful bidder will have live days after the award of the contract to file his bond for the full bid price. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. HENRY W. ROUGH, County Controller. 9.30 o'Clock in the Morning D. B. KIEFFER & CO.'S PUBLIC SALE! WEST VIRGINIA AND FRANKLIN COUNTY HORSES, COLTS AND MULES Friday Morning, March 15, 'lB <\T .30 A. M. AT THE FARMERS HOTEL, M. SNYDER, PROP. MIDDLETOWN, PA. One Carload of West Virginia Horses ami Colts, bought by C. G. Grove and Son, of Martinsburg, W. Va. They advise us that they are shipping us one of the best loads of Virginia Horses and Colts, with more Sise, Shape, Weight, Hone and Quality that they have shipped this season, eat'h and every one a good one, with class,and ptfF —•' ftp shape all over and with two good ends and *£ a middle. They will consist of the Good, Big, Rugged Feeders, All-Purpose Horses, Farm Chunks, Single-line Leaders, and Carriage Horses. They make special mention of six good, big Dapple Gray Horses that are hard to beat; six good, big Bay Horses with class all over; 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 long time. The balance will consist of all rich colored ones—bays, roans and browns. These horses are mostly all broke to harness and ready to go to work and at the same time can be made ready for the spring trade, as you all know how short a time it takes to have them ready for the market, and are money makers for anyone in the market for a good horse or colt. These Horses and Colts range in age from three to six years and will have them weighing from 1100 to 1600 pounds each. One carload of Franklin County Horses bought by A. B. Cressler and W. M. Grove, of Shippensburg, Pa., who advise us that they will have a load of the real kind. They will consist of the Good, Big, Finished Draft Horses, Wan on Horses. Ail-Purpose Horses, Single- Line Leaders and a few Carriage Horses; also a few Good, Big, Rugged Feeders with Slße and Shape. Will have a few Good, Big, Closely-Mated Teams in Grays, Bays and Blacks. These Horses range in age from four to eight years and will have them weighing up to 1600 pounds each. 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 forth every effort in buying this load of horses and you will find a class of horses hard to beat for Size, Shape, Weight and Conformation. 25 Head of Mules of all kinds, ranging in age from three to fifteen years, and weighing from 1800 to 2500 pounds to the pair; consist 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 mules. Will have some good, smooth, fat Mare Mules, suitable for the Southern trade. Notes for 30, 60 or 90 days will be taken with good security and paying discount. Don't forget, we start selling promptly at 9.30 a. m. with the Virginians. D. B. KIEFFER & CO. Isaac Brinser, Auctioneer SALE FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1918, MIDDLETOWN, PA. Automobile Chains Repaired Federal Machine Shop Cranberry Street Near Court court opens, District Attorney Michael E. Strotip announced to-dav. Klchcreek was convicted month* ago of tlpst degree murder, but was granted a new trial by Judge Mc- Carrell. It has not been decfded whether any of the other four de fendants held on murder rh;irpes, will be called, it was said at tl • Dis trict Attorney's office. IiEGAD NOTICES LETTERS TKSTAMKNTARY on the estate of Sadie K. Snyder, late of the Borough of Camp Hill, Cum berland County, Pennsylvania, de ceased. having been granted to the undersigned by the Register of Wills of said county, all persons indebted to said estate are. requested to make payment, and those having claims to present the same without delav, to VIOEA MAY SHIPEEY, Executrix, Or Camp Hill, Pa. B. F. UMBERQER. her attorney. 108 N. Second Street, llarrlsburg, Pa. You Need Ask No Favors You Give 'Em When You Own a D"n* Worm Drive Motor Truck All roads and loads look alike. You start on time—you return on time. Traffic congestion, em bargoes or lost freight don't bother the man who owns a D-E. IUII T THE BEST THAT EXPERTS KNOW HOW Take an hour and look it over. We'll abide by your judgment! We court comparison. MONN BROS. DISTRIBUTORS Crow-Elkhart Passenger Cars STAR GARAGE 12S S. ISTH ———————-— —— King Of Fruits . AMONG aii fruits grown, the apple is king. It is the most useful as well as the most wholesome for gen eral consumption among all classes of people. Ask for our Fatuous Adams County Apples. United Ice & Coal Co., Distributors
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