MEN WANTED FOR AEROPLANE WORK Five Hundred Wood Work ers Can Find Employment Through State Bureau rVTTTy bench woodwork- Ov\\ era or men with sSQv\\/a (£ X/ wood-working ex f perience are ur- BPntly needed for aeroplane manu l\ facture in a city state according to Information received by thu itt- I. J■ I •laMMM co-operative em- system of the Bureau of Employment of the Department of Labor and Industry and State Pub lic Safety Committee from the Fed eral Department of Labor. Wages vary from forty-five cents to fifty cents per hour. Men under standing drawing and the use of the protractor will get flfty-flve cents per hour based on fifty hours per ■week—nine hours a day for five days and five hours on Saturday—tlme and-half for all over fifty hours per week. • The company is prepared to ob tain accommodations for men who come from out of town and will agree to refund transportation to such men after sixty days of satis factory service. The Pennsylvania offices of the Bureau of Employment to which ap plication may be made for this gov ernment work are located at Har risburg, Altoona, Johnstown, York, Philadelphia, Allentown, Reading, Pittsburgh, Newcastle, New Ken sington, Scranton, Williamsport and Oil City. To Kill 'Mosquitoes—Freeing the ' Hog Island shipbuilding zone near Philadelphia ol' disease-breeding mo squitoes was decided upon at a meeting of the State War Board here to-day, the work to be done under the direction of the- State Depart ment of Health, in conjunction with experts who aided General Gorgas in cleaning up the Panama Canal Zone. The State Public Defense Fund will contribute $55,000, the State De partment of Health $25,000, the City of Philadelphia, $50,000, the Emer gency Fleet Corporation $50,000, and the Westingliouse Company SIO,OOO. It is estimated that $215,000 will be required for drainage, pumping and oil treatment and that the ex penditure under expert direction will free the district from the mosquito pest. The War Board provided SIO,OOO for payment of the salaries of farm advisers who began work April 1. Execution I>ate< Set—The week of May 27 has been fixed for the execution of lllio Obric, Lebanon county, and Sunisseppi Politio, West moreland county. Alderman Is Xained —Governor Brumbaugh to-day appointed Ed ward E. Levergood alderman of the Fourth ward, Johnstown, and Harry Colomy, Hamilton township, McKean county, and M. L. Zeigler, Dallas town, York county, justices of the peace. Prisoner Died—When the case of Robert Jenkins, serving two years for assault in Lebanon county, was called before the pardon board to day it was announced that he died two weeks ago. Attorney General Brown, commenting upon the appli cation of Robert Jenkins, of Waynes boro, serving a life sentence for killing a policeman, said that never before had so many protests against pardon been received by the board. Tlis attorney said that public senti ment had convicted him. WOMAN'S ARMY MEETS An interesting meeting of the Wo man's National Army was held last evening with Mrs. Mowers, 1623 Market street, with a first aid les son and the usual routine work. The next meeting will be held with Miss Helen Storey, 24 North Fourteenth street, Tuesday evening, April 23. INSPECT CITY SCHOOLS City school directors yesterday began their two-day inspection trip of all buildings in the district. 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How About [ft ||| Every GLOBE SUIT is backed by our a New Hat? f? ironclad guarantee to give ABSOLUTE for k" ; SATlSFACTlON—regardless of its price bies SOn YounKs h ft ¥<* new, exclusive Ul =** i I | 'lß* '45 . j j !ii :^ HE ° LOBE .^pff WEDNESDAY EVENING, Hill Sunday Schools in Annual Business Session Elect Officers For Year The Twentieth District of the Dau phin County Sabbath School Associa tion, comprising all the Sunday schools on the Hill east of Cameron street, were in conference yesterday afternoon discuusing various phases of Sunday school work. Norman H. John son, field worker of the Pennsylvania State Association, led the conference, which was held in the Derry Street United Brethren Church. The sub ject on "How to Teach Pupils of the Secondary Division," received con siderable attention. The evening session was in charge of C. Frank Class, president of the district. Mr. Johnson lectured on the work of the Sunday schools from the cradle roll to the adult classes. Mrs. Harry Motter, county secondary su perintendent, spoke on the work in the secondary department, and Mrs. H. D. Jackson gave an interesting talk as superintendent of the elemen tary department. W. C. Dice, who inaugurated the efficiency chart for determining "front line schools," gave some information on the mammoth chart that is to show the working status at the big county convention to be held at Hershey in June. The officers elected are: President, C. Frank Cless; vice-president, Charles S. Urich; secretary, A. C. Dean; treas urer, 11. D. Jackson; elementary su perintendent, Mrs. D. G. Pentz; secon dary superintendent, Mrs. S. J. Berg stresser: O. A. B. C. superintendent, Oscar K. Ktnes; teacher training su perintendent. Miss Bessie March; home department superintendent. Miss Net tie White; temperance superintendent, the Rev. A. E. Hangen; missionary su perintendent, Miss Anna P. Harris; rural superintendent, E. G. Hoover. THANKS FOR DONATIONS The Hofe for the Fiendless, Elvira Mader, matron, expresses its grati tude for the following donations: Crock pudding, Mr. Hassler; crock strawberry honey, Mrs. Brown; oysters, the Rev. Dr. Kremer; ice cream, the Misses Maeyer; seventy five dozen eggs, public schools; sup per and entertainment by the Wo man's Missionary Society of the Mes siah Lutheran Church; Easter cards for all in the home from the Golden Penn Circle of the Augsburg Luther an Church; Ice cream, Mr. Hoffman, and eighteen jars fruit from Mr. Berthel. SERGEANT RKDWN IN FRANCE Mrs. Annie Grant. 660 Calder street, received a card from her son. Ser geant James li. Brown. Three Hundred and Twelfth Labor Battalion, Com pany C. yesterday, tolling of his safe arrival in France. He sailed from Newport News. Sergeant Brown was employed by the Pennsylvania Rail road prior to his enlistment. Ser geant Brown enlisted at the Harris burg Recruiting Station six months ago. He received his training at Newport News. TO LECTURE ON miIDS The regular meetinu of the Shim mell Community Center will be held this evening, at 7:45. Professor John IF. Kob will give an illustrated talk on "Birds." There will be two reels of educational film shown. The Stevens Memorial Sunday School orchestra will furnish the music. A collection will be taken to provide funds for the Senio* Red Cross Auxiliary, which, meets at the Shimmell Building every Friday afternoon. PI.OW GARDEN PI.OTS The garden plots of the Harrisburg Benevolent Association, located along Herr street between Fifteenth and Eighteenth, are being plowed by a Cleveland tractor at the rate of an acre an hour. Citizens who had gar dens last year are requested to clear the land of stakes and rubbish so that the plowing will not be interr rupted. More than 300 families used the gardens last year. APPROPRIATION IHLL PASSES By Associated Press Washington, April 16.—The annual legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying $70,000,- 000, an increase over last year of about $30,000,000, which provides sal aries, of most Government officials from' President Wilson down, war passed to-day by the Senate. NELSON AGAIN CANDIDATE WaahlnKton, April 17. Senator Knute Nelson, (Minn.) announced his cai\<lidacy for re-election, yesterday. "I was not a slacker in 1861," said Nelson, "and I do not want to be a slacker in this far greater war." For this reason, lie said, he had deeded the pleas of his state to run again. DRIVE DRAWS RECRUITS New York, April 17. —The German drive in Flanders and Picardy has greatly stimulated the recruiting of British subjects in this country. Last week 1,138 recruits, who enlisted In various parts of the United States, were sent over the Canadian border. Girls of Labor Department Crochet Wool Afghan For Major John P. Jackson An all-wool afghan five feet three inches lohg by four feet three Inches wide, crocheted by the girls employ ed in the State Departijient of Labor and Industry, from forty hanks of yarn, purchased by the- men em ployes of the department, will soon be shipped overseas t6 Major John Price Jackson, Commissioner of the Department of Labor and Industry, on leave of absence with the Amer ican forces in Europe. Ine one of Major Jackson's letters to the Department he told of the penetrating cold in the European countries and the members of the department imniediately got busy. If Major Jackson does not desire to retain the afghan he will turn it over to some hospital where Pennsylva nia boys are being treated. The afghan is worked in the state colors, blue with gold borders and gold keystone sixteen by sixteen inches in the center. In the key stone, on blue background, in letters of gold, are worked in block letters the words "Pennsylvania Depart ment of Labor and Industry, U. S. A." The afghan is at the present time on display in the windows of Bowman & Co.'s store. All Brick Work Nearly Complete on Penn-Harris "Say, what do you suppose that big structure on the top of the Penn-Har ris might be?" "Search me! Let's ask Ed John sto'n." That's the sort of conversation which has been hold by thousands of people throughout Harrisburg and vicinity during the past few months. IE. A. Johnston, superintendent of con struction for the new hotel, has been besieged by inquirers who are eager to know what the big shaft is. When a Telegraph reporter asked him this morning, he said. "For heaven's sake, tell everybody that's an elevator shaft. The penthouses and fan houses are on the roof, too. Maybe they mean those." There been all sorts of opin ions formed about the elevator shaft. A patriotic American decided the other night it WAS a German radio station, but his friends opined that it was not, since a large American flag was re cently raised to the top of the hotel when the last pillar was placed. The brick work has been virtually completed. Terra eotta is being plac ed on the tenth floor. Granite and terra cotta is being* placed on the I lower floors. The bathtubs have been placed and elevators are being in stalled. Workmen began work to-day on metal lath placing. Plasterers be gan work this week. The entire building has been con creted and penthouses and fanhouses on the roof have been finished. MOTOR MESSENGER NEED SHOWN The local Red Cross chapter has emphasized the need of motor mes sengers to aid in recruiting, heme service and canteen work. Mrs. S. F. Dunkle has requested all those who desire to aid In the work to communicate with her by telephone. The motor messengers will meet in the basement of the Harrisburg Li brary Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. CUTICURA HEALS . RINGWORM J BOY Scaly and Seemed Itchy. Could Not Bearto BeTouched. Troubled Six Months. "My boy had what looked like ring worm on his left cheek. It was ss large tas a half dollar and every time I took him out it got brighter and would turn red. It was scaly, and seemed to be itchy and he wanted to scratch. The child was cross, and could not bear to have anyone touch him. "The trouble lasted about six months before we tried Cuticura Soap and Oint ment, and in about three weeks he was healed." (Signed) Mrs. Harriett Thomp son, 2449 Grays Ferry Road, Philadel phia, Pa., October 15, 1917. Stop the use of all doubtful soaps. Use Cuticura for all toilet purposes. Sample Each Frea by Mail. Address post card : 'Cuticura, Dept. 11, Roilon." Sold everywhere. Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c. HAKRISEURO .QflHMt TELEGItXPEC I, . "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" I "Speeding Up" - I 1 The Germans will have the surprise of their life from U. S. I We're looking for "big things" "over there" and they're going to happen, because this country is putting forth every effort to bring victory nearer to us, pick up to-day's papers and you'll see the appointment of "leadership" in a most important branch of service, leadership that has put through and perfected every project he has undertaken from his boy hood days A great army of faithful workmen with united HEARTS and HANDS are | "back of" this vast movement to I "Bridge the Atlantic" 1 Friends of our boys, the hour of trial is upon us. There is little need to tell you Flanders is Armageddon and to say to you that all your courage, all your lideals are put to the test to-day There must be no faltering and no distinction, nothing but stern and stead fast loyalty to those boys of ours and to the allies who are fighting with them What is in your minds and hearts to-day will surely reach our fighting men Stand to, heads up and in your eyes the confidence of victory. Here too—you will find this "Live Store" "speeding up" Huge stocks of necessities in wearing apparel have been gathered together to supply the enormous demand that has been thrust upon US, but we are equal to the occasion because this "Live Store" is used to "Big things" and is able to "put it over" because it , has the support of thousands of loyal patrons who believe in DOUTRICHS, because they get ■ square-dealing and are sure of dependable merchandise. ■ A store like this cannot fail—it has raised its standards above the everyday makeshift way of doing business and endeavored to "set up" and maintain the high and lofty principle of being "always reliable*" 1 Try This Dependable I I Hart Schaffner & Marx Kuppenheimer Clothes I ■ APRIL 17, 1918 9
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