RAILROAD RUMBLES READING REPORTS LESS EARNINGS Sliitislics Sliow Where Losses Figure: Freight Business Improving I'nusuully largo receipts by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company alone saved the Read ing companies from sustaining a rec ord downfall in earnings for the year ended December 31, 1917. according to their annual statements to be re leased to the public to-day. As it was the Reading group, suf fered a loss in surplus of $5,332,252 in the combined earning sheet, com pared with the previous year, or J19.932.143 as against $25,264,395. The surplus account of the Phila delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company amounted to $5,436,633, compared with $2,463,790 for 1916. The Reading Company, the holding nit of the trio, showed $9,780,242, against $9,543,186. The Philadelphia ami Reading Railway Company's surplus amounted to $4\715,268, com pared with $1 3,257,4 19 Where l osses Figure The loss suffered by the railway entity indicates the common condi tion suffered by the carriers, of large gross earnings being more lhan off set by leaping gains in .operating ox-j penses. The railway's gross operat ing revenue amounted to $t>6,531.395, against $60,452,809 for 1916. Oper ating expenses, however, were $46,- 699.283. against $34,879,458 for the previous year. The unprecedented demand for, coal and at prices fixed by the gov ernment. considered exceptionally' fair by the operators," permitted the; Reading Coal and Iron Company to show an-operating profit for the year of $6,587,966. For 1916 this profit was $3,099,755. The total production of anthracite oal from lands owned, leased or controlled was 1 2.818.706 tons, com pared with 1 1.2 4 1,224 tons In 1917, an increase of 1.577.482 lons. During thlp year the company mined 11.517.-! 904 tons, opposed to 10,006.688. It sold 11.729.672 tons, compared Willi I 11.135,267 tons in 191 V. Freight Business The importance of the coal traffic ■ to the receipts of the railway is in- 1 stanced by the division of freight hauled. This demonstrates that out of the total gross receipts of $66.- ; 831,398. coal freight accounted for| $27,957,122. a gain of $3,000,000 over! 1916. Merchandise freight was $26.-. 797,956. On that basis coal traffic umounted to virtually 42 per cent, of income from all sources. In view of the nationwide cry for more equipment, the Reading fared ; poorly in increasing locomotives and j cars. The report shows the total num-! ber of locomotives as 1,006. a gain { of only fifteen during the year. The j total freight car equipment amount-, ( nl to 11.269 cars, a-gain of 1,402. This failure to increase equipment is j ixplu'ned in the report of the Read ing Company as due to the war and tu priority ordeis issued by the gov ( frnment. Railroad Notes W Smith. Jr.. superintendent of; r I'hl'adelphia Division. Pennsylva- ! i ■ Kailruad. was in Altoona yestci - : Th<- Pennsylvania Railroad Glee '!ub will sing at the Knights of! P tiiias entertainment, at Tech High j f : liool. next Thursday. Reading officers on guard at ' l -dges. railway shops and yards will Je aimed and wear regulation unit IV mis'. Governmi nt officials who visited the I i. it.l shops. at Reading, recommended I longer hours three times each week. General Superintendent W. H. Kef- Vcr, or the Philadelphia and Reading Railway, is at Rutherford, where he will remain the balance of the week. . He was joined by L. K. Morris. The j amount of traffic that is pouring into the yard at '.hat place is enormous, j Great quantities of soft coal are now coming up from the mines in West Virginia. A meeting in the interest of the American Federation of Railway Workers will be held at Rockville. Saturday night. Campaign plans for the organiza- I t'ion of all branches of shop men will i be completed to-night by the Ameri can Federation of l,abor organizers. | John I). Ixing. the new president of , the Friendship and Co-operative Club, will be installed at the next meeting I to be held Thursday. April 25. j "Felt It Was Time To Get a Tonic" SAID OFFICER JONES, "My duty," said Thomas D. Jones, | of 1145 East Market street, YorK. J'a., "as the public is aware, necessi tates my being out in all kinds of weather, and for the past year I nave been having stomach trouble. After eating I would feel languid iiiid tired My appetite was not what it should be and I would have a sour taste and rifting up after eating, due to acidity of my stomach. I felt it was time to get a tonic which would , relieve my condition. "I heard so much about Tonall 1 ! thought I would give it a trial. I am , now taking my second bottle, and I the results I have obtained already have been most gratifying. I feel • elegant in every respect and am only! too glad to recommend Tonall. as I I am positive it will give you an ap- i petite and instill ambition and i \igor into your system." Tonall is sold at Gorgas' Drug Store, Harrisburg, Pa., where the Tonall chemist will explain its merits. Banish Nervousness Put Vigor and Ambition Into Run-Down, Tired Out People If you feel tired out, out of aorta, despondent, mentally or physically depressed, and lack the desire to ac complish things, get a 60 cent box of "Wendell's Ambition Pills at H. C. Kennedy's to-day and take the first liig step toward feeling better right away. If you drink too much, smoke too much, or are nervous because of overwork of any kind. Wendell's Am bition Pills will make you reel bet ter in three days or money back liom H. C. Kennedy on the first box purchased. For all affections of the nervous system, constipation, loss of appe tite, lack of confidence, trembling, kidney or liver complaints sleepleas ress, exhausted vitality or weakness ol any kind get a box of Wendell's Ambition Pills'to-day on the money tack plan. H ♦ FRIDAY EVENING, ; Standing of the Crews HARKISBIRO SIDE Philudrlphln Division The 120 crew first to go after 12.01 o'clock: I 128. 134, 130, 133, 123. 302. 112. 101. Kngineers for 120. 134, 133, 302. Firemen for 134, 130. 112. t'onductor for 128. Brakemen for 120, 128, 123, 133, 302. Engineers up: Downs, Baldwin, ! Black. Shoaff, Andrews, S. K. Steffy, Brown, Ream, Houseal. Firemen up: Miller, Reiver, Ram sey. Shank. Pleaston, Hiner, Bear, Shreffler, Sweetser, Fenstemacher, Morrison, McLaughlin, Cornello. Conductor up: Rissing. Brakemen up: Mongo. Shriver, Cambic, Pascal, Heagy, Kugle, lvap pes, McCullough. Middle Division—The 25 crew first to go after 1.45 o'clock: 239. 42, 19. 31. 26. 225, 40. Fireman for 25. Conductor for 42. Brakemen for 25, 31. Engineers up: Nissley. Leib. How ard. Kaepps, Kreiger, Rowc, Corder. Firemen lip: Martin. Freed, ; Primm. Lusk. I Conductors up: Hoffnagle. Glace. Brakemen up: Ka ski lis. Manzello, Kell. Goodman, McKee. Ounn. Shol ley, Weigle. Vard Hoard—Engineers for 4-7 C, 5-7 C, 11C, 2-14 C. 2-1 SC. Firemen for 3-7 C, 2-14 C, 16C. 23C, 33C. Kngineers up: Snell, Bartolet, Getty. Barkey, Sheets, Bair. McCord, Heffleinan, Buffington. Bievcr. Ney. Firemen up: Wengel, Stuart, Kling. Garman. Hoover, Stacks, Sny der, Heiney, l,ake, Carmii hacl, Slier-| man. Stapf. KNOI.A SIDE Philadelphia Division The 210 crew first to go after 11.45 o'clock. 208. 212, 241, 238. 239. 211. 201. Engineers for 203. 211, 241. Firemen for 203, 251. Conductors for 229. 141. Flagmen for 239, 211. Brakemen- for 229. 241. 211. Brakeman up: Uird. Middle Dlvlnlon The 112 crew, first to go after 1.35 o'clock: 453. Conductor for 112. Yard llonrd—Kngineers for 2nd 126. 140, 4th 129, 2nd 132. Ist 106. Firemen for 145, 2nd 126, 4th 129, 2nd 132, Ist 104. Kngineers up: Gingrich, Quigley, Bair, Lutz. Fenical, Hanlen. Firemen up: Handiboe, Deitrick. Haubaker. Rider. Staffee. Snyder, Morris, Holmes. P SSK.\KII DEPA It TBI KXT Middle Division Kngineers up: Sam. Donnley, .1. Crimmel. W. D. Mc- Dougal, O. Lt Miller. D. Keane. W. B. Glaser, H. L. Martin, R. K. Crum, S. H. Alexander. ,1. 11. Hanies. R. M. Crane, G. G. Keiser, O. Taylor, W. C. Graham, J. H. Collins, D. G. Riley. F. McC. Buck. I. A. Shatto, W. G. Satzler, H. C. Minter, J. .1. Kelley, J. A. Spotts. Firemen up: 1.. E. Zeigler, R. A. Arnold, G. B. Huss, S. P. Stauffer, E. K. Ross, J. L Fritz. A. 11. Kuntz, C. L Sheats, H. AY. Fletcher, .1 N. Ram- | sey. G. I* Huggins, P. K. Gross. S. R. ] Mearkle. W. \V. R. F. Mohler, ,T. C. Kerber, S. H. Wright. Roy Herr. K. M. Cramer. F. A. Pot tiegcr, S. H. Zeiders. Engineers for 25, P2I, P179, M 49. 19. 661, 601. Firemen for P2I. P179, M4B', 55, 681. 601. . Philadelphia Divininn Engineers up: M. Pleain. W. S. Lindley. H. W. Gilliums.' Firemen up: Win. Shive. F. L F!o,vd, M. G. Shaffncr. U. K. Strickler. Engineers for extra 1.30 p. M„ No. 2. pay train. Firemen for extra- 1.30 P. M.. 604, No. 929, pay train, No. 2 pay train. THE READING The 61 crew first to go after 11.30 o'clock: 5. 21, 70. 72. 53. 19. 67. 11, 62, 17. 68, 51, 60. 15. 8, 2. 6. 10. 58. 57, 54. 23 20. Engineers for 2, 5, 11, 20, 21, 23, 256. Firemen for 57, 58, 61, 67, 68, 72, 2-258. Conductor for 5. Flagmen for 11. 15, 23. Brakemen for 57. 58, 60, 61. 62, 70. 15. 17. 20. 21. 23. Engineers up: N. Ditlow, C. Beech er. Bonawitz, Neidhammer, Deardorf, Bream. L.eitner, Raisner. Freed, Hol lenbaugh. Firemen up: Wengel, Brady, Bush, Hurley. Noggle, Carl. Strominger, Saul. Kitner, Esterline, Rayston, Blough. Sennet. Mentzer. Conductors up: Hetrick, Patton, La licks. Flagmen up: Trone, Mumma. Cas sel. Ware, Keener. Hoover, M. Howe. Bittle, Snader. Brakemen up: Wray, Brubaker, Henderson, Burtnett, Lees, Carl, Gal lagher, Missemer. NOTED RIIII.E AUTHORITY TO SPEAK AT Y. M. C. A. Dr. Harris H. Gregg, of Chicago, will address the men's mass meeting in Fa lines toek Hall. Sunday after noon. Dr. Gregg is a noted Bblical authority. His appearance here is in connection with the opening of the annual Bible Conference. Preceding the meeting Alfred C. Kuscliwa will give a half hour's re cital on the organ. The vested choir of St. Stephen's Church will sing. STILL CHEWING Gl'M More than $250 was the total sale : of chewing gum for the American | Red Cross, to-day. The total sales for the two days, it. is estimated are' more than $750. The booth at the I Capitol, under the direction of Miss ! Margaretta Wiley, was first in the I urive, with a total of s4l at noon to- I day. The Post Office booth followed with sls. The booth at the Pennayl-- \ania Railroad station had almost sl3. and Market Square booths were close followers. New Shoe Store C. B. Rodney Will Open With a Fine Line of Ladies' Footwear C. B. Rodney will open a new shoe store at 34 North Third street. It will be distinctive in many ways. The fixtures and furnishings were designed and built to conform with the room and are of French walnut. The decorative effect harmonizes with the furnishingH and the store Is both metropolitan and attractive in appearance. The merchandise will include women's fine footwear, corresponding in quality and character with the lines handled by leading stores in the larger cities. The stock will be large and the assortment so complete that shoppers will* have the widest scope in making selections. Mr. Rodney, the proprietor, has been successfully engaged in the shoe business for many years and will spare no pains to conduct his new store in a way that will meet with the hearty approval of the public. A. B. McCarter. for many years identi fied with leading local stores, will be i lie manuger.^--Adv. French Liberty Loan Poster y mpß J jg Reproduction of a French poster appealing for support for the Third Loan of tl.c National Defcns Pennsy Employes Score One Hundred Per Cent.; Lykens Crew Record One hundred per cent, activity featured to-day'? Liberty Bond cam paign in Pennsylvania Railroad cir cles. The Lykens Accommodation crew on the Williamsport division took the lead to-day. Five members, the enrire crew subscribed for sl,- 000. This quintet of Pennsylvania rail road employes is also active in se curing other subscriptions and have made a good record to date. The crew includes. J. H. Beachler, con ductor; J. K. Hoffman, baggegeman; H. W. Ma lick, passenger brakeman; William Jones, engineman; Thomas Hiland, fireman. The FI hump crew, days, went 100 per cent.; also the Enginehouse No. 2 night forces, other perfect scores were made by the superin tendent's office. Middle division; di vision operator's office, and the test room force. The Philadelphia division report to-day showed a total of 3',t>23 sub scribers, with a total of $186,800 sub scriptions. The total for Dauphin county employes of the Pennsy is now 11.57,000: Cumberland county, $32,400; Perry county, $7,400. Kiwanis Club invests $11,200 in Liberty Bonds I.liberty Ixian Bonds to the amount of $11,200 were purchased by Kiwanis members and guests at the weekly luncheon of the club held last night in the recreation room of the Moor head Knitting Company. The liberty Rond sales followed a stirring patri otic address by William Strouse, i aptain of one of the Liberty Loan teams'. The original intention was to raise SB.OOO. When this amount was passed Mrs. Irving Robinson offered to match any person with the balance to $lO.- 000. She was matched by Charles and D. Wolfe, ex-Mayor of Williams port and Assistant State Fire Mar shal. A subscription of SI,OOO was made by the Moorhead Knitting Com pany. Charles L. Schmidt subscribed SSO for a clothing dummy seated in a display of Moorhead products and •William Strouse, owner of the figure, subscribed S2OO for it. Roses for the ladies and carnations for the men wer the silent boost furnished by W E. 'Hildebrand, flor ist. The sio check which has been circulating among clubinembers was given by Frank G. Fahnestock. Jr.. to James H. Lutz, plumber. High praise was given his em ployes in an address by R. W. Moor head, manager of the Moorhead Knitting Company. He was followed by William C. Alexander, sales man ager, who said that employes had subscribed for $21,350 in Liberty Bonds. Court Dismisses' Charge Against Gay Professor By Associated J'ress Chicago, April 19. —The charge of disorderly conduct against Prof. William Isaac Thomas and Mrs. R. M. Granger was dismissed by Judge Graham in the Morals Court to-day. The Courv held that although the elderly sociologist and the wife of an Army officer were found in a room together at a hotel did not constitute disorderly conduct. ALL DISORDERLY HOUSES TO CLOSE [Continued From First Page.] lice Wetzel for a conference and a quiet but thorough cleanup of the city began. Proprietresses of disor derly houses that have heretofore been run quietly have been call-id to the Mayor's office and in unequivo cal language warned to shut up their houses. To Continue Work The vice cleanup will continue, the Mayor said, until the city is "closed up as tight as a drum." The Mayor said that if necessary, money from the fund for the apprehension of criminals will be devoted to securing outside help, as the members of the local force are well known by dis orderly characters to secure convic ting evidence against keepers of dis orderly houses. The plan followed by the Mayor, of calling the proprietors to the exe cutive office and ordering them to close, rather than run the risk to convict on the slight amount of evi dence the police possess, was follow ed, the Mayor said, because of the urgent need for immediate measures. The method will continue until the city is cleaned up. The Mayor will devote the energies of the entire po lice department to ridding the town of vice, he said. "With the present agitation in Philadelphia, many of the disorder ly characters there will make their escape to other places. They will consider Harrisburg a neutral har bor. I will see that they are not al lowed to get a foothold here," the Mayor said this morning. The places closed In North Seventh street were probably the oldest es tablished in the city and have been operating discreetly for years. Im mediate arrests will follow the re appearance in the city of tiny of their operator*. according to. the plan of the Mayor. • HARRJSBTTR.S TELEGRAPH "Safe Over Here," Word From Young Engineer r— ————————— MAURICE FLURIE i "Safe over here" was the cheering ! ! word received to-day from Maurice , Flurie by his uncle and aunt. Mr. and ; ; Mrs. C. 1,, l.eiby, 306 North Second j street. Flurie is well known in Har- • I risburjr. He was employed by the I Pennsylvania Railroad and left his | work to join the Thirty-fifth -Fngineers. j He trained at Camp Hancock ; has now I landed In France, and will no doubt : be in the thick of battle very shortly. Thomas Cats Disturbed as They Meet in War Garden j Here's a tip to war gardeners.' Have the cats been coming in and j digging up your onions, lettuce and J other embryo vegetable meals? Here j is a way to so!\c the problem: Thomas <'at, of the Harrisburg Cuts J.Vnlus Club, had been having ; all the cats of the neighborhood of! 217 Pine street congregating in J. H. Oyler's little war garden every night! for choir rehearsal. Between num- j bers they dug up Mr. Oyler's plants ! and scattered them around the yard | something scandalous. Scarecrows are all right to keep the birds away,; thought Mr. Oyler, but the cats! would only come up and rub against tiicir wooden legs and wait to tie j petted. So - Mr. Oyler secured an i enormous bulldog and stationed it in a corner of the yard. The dog hasn't moved from his corner yet, and has never caused any bother to anything but the cats. The reason is that it's a plaster of paris dog, j and far more ferocious looking than uny itonest-io-Boodness dog would j dare to be and s till live. It used to | advertise bunion cure or hair grower' or something like that in a drug I store window, but now it makes a! desert of Mr. Oyler's garden, so far I as tlie cats cr.n see. That's why Mr. ' * '.Viet* has one of the most prosper-' ous and oidtrl.v looking little war! gardens in the tiwn. I The only drawback is that it will | i be a hard task to persuade visitors! I to go into the yard and look at the j flourishing war garden when they're , greeted by such an animal. Central Iron Workers to Give Liberty Parade I- riday, April 26, has liepn designat- 1 ed as Liberty Day by President Wil-' son, but to all intents and purposes I I to-morrow will be just such an oc | casion to employes of the Central Iron ( land Steel Company. At noon, sharp, ■ the hi* establishment will down I every department, excepting the blast! I furnace and open hearth, and un even 1 | thousand steelworkers will parade from the doors of the factory over a long route. Seventy-four different kind of banners and transparencies will be displayed, and several bands. ! The committee which will handle j thif" marching consists df William I Roberts, W. H. Drlnkwater, Ashtor. | I'. Peace. H. S. Evans and Guy Rupert. The route will be from Front and ! Ilanna. startine at 2 o'clock, to Race, j to Front, to Market, to Fourth, to Ma clay, to Third, to Reily, to Second to | State, to Front, to Market. At the i Mayor's Office the lino will rest for a brief welcome from Mayor Kelster. i Buy While the Buying's Good I Potato week, the period when ; grocers sell potatoes for $1 a j bushel in bushel lots, endf to- j | morrow night, although the heavy i use of potatoes will be continued | [ for weeks by patriotic citizens : who are helping the federal food I administration save the wheat, i It Is good business to lay In a supply while prices are right and I the quality first claas. One grocer, A. H. Kreidler, sold / 112 bushels In four days. His j normal sales total not more than 1 4 0 bushels a week. His customers arc taking advantage of POTATO 1 WEEK. Have you? School Board Has Only Routine to Dispose of With the exception of appoint ment of a special committee to make arrangements for takiitg over River side schools, the calendar for the meeting of the school board this aft ernoon included only routine busi ness. As no meeting has been held by the old teachers' committee to discuss the demand for salary in creases it is not likely any action will be taken 011 the question for the present. Routine business on the calendar for action includes election of Miss Sarah Pratt and Miss M. Cloo H&ller as substitute grade teachers; resig nation of Frank Shearer. Cameron building; election of William B. Mor row; resignation of Miss Helen Per due. Allison, Miss Marion Walter to succeed her; election of Misses Mary Stroup and Mabel Harris from sub stitute list to fill vacancies: leave of absence for duration of war to ,T. Clyde Ziegler, Technical High school; exoneration of Polyclinic Hospital Nurses' Home from school tax; per mission asked for Secretary D. D. Hammelbaugh to attend National Association of School Secretaries meeting May 21, 22 and 23 in Roch ester; appropriation of SSO to com plete Steele Memorial Prize Fund. Brooklyn no Reno, Manhattan Is Told New York.—"l am not going to sit around here like a wooden stick and grant divorces to New Yorkers." Thus did Justice Aspinall, in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn, protest against tlio practice of residents of .Manhattan taking their matrimonial troubles for an airing in other coun ties. "We have enough divorce cases of our own in Brooklyn." -the justice added. "There are plenty of New York fudges to handle litigation in that county. Do you think it is eas ier to get divorces over here?" Justice Aspinall addressed his ques tion to counsel in tlie case of Mrs. Violetta V. t>. M. Barie against Al bert G. Barre, both of Manhattan, and which the court marked off the calendar in support of his protest against the prevailing practice. There are various reasons why at torneys for parties to divorce pro ceedings who live in New York coun ty prefer to file their actions in oth ••r counties. One is the fear of pub licity. Another is the usually con gested condition of the calendar in Manhattan, for frequently a man or a woman suing for divorce wants a decree quickly. Governor Won't Talk on Gray's Dismissal Governor Brumbaugh would not comment to-day upon his removal of Norman D. Gray, of West Chester, as lirst assistant state librarian, after lifteen years of service, because he would not circulate an O'Neil nomi nating petition. The Governor declin ed to discuss Gray's successor. It is understood, however, that Irwin lieegan, of West Chester, said to be the proprietor of a poolroom, an O'Neil adherent, is slated for the the place. Count Czernin, Who Gave Up Foreign Post Because the diplomacy of Count Czernin, Premier and Foreign Min ister Of Austria-Hungary, caused Premier Clemenceau, the "Tiger" of France, to publish a letter Kmperor Karl had written asking for peace with France, Czernin has been com pelled to resign. It has been said the letter was really written by the mother-in-law of the Kmperor, and to save her and himself Czernin had to be the "goat." FACE AKOTHIOR VHlll)l>. "I.K MATIV' KDITOIt SAVS I'lltNburKh, Pa„ April 19. "Gcr many's offensive in France is an .ex act repetition on a larger front of the onslaught against Verdun. It will have the same result—failure." Stephane Lauzanne. editor of the Paris journal, "L*• Matin," presented this, the French vie\y of the German "spring drive," in the writing room of the William Penh Hotel in this city. Deaths and Funerals MISS CHRISTINA .SMITH Miss Christina Smith, aged 19, died last ntght at the iiarrisburg hospital from pneumonia. Her home was at 1203 Hanover street. Funeral ar rangements will be announced later. MHS. STELLA IIIIODHECKKK Funeral services for Mrs. Stella Drodheeker, aged 34, were held at 3.45 o'clock tills afternoon, the Rev. Amos M. Stamets, pastor of the Augsburg Lutheran Church, officiating. The body has been taken t'o Columbia by Hoover & Son, undertakers for fur ther services and burial. Mrs. I)od hecker died Wednesday at her resi dence, 2228 North Fifth street. She is survived by her husband, three brothers, her mother and five chil dren. WII.I.IAM H. MAHSHAIJi William H. Marshall, aged 43. died to-day at his home, 1805 North Third street. He is survived by his wife, and several brothers and sisters. Fu neral arrangements have not yet been made. He was a popular plumber, widely Known throughout the city. MARKETS NEW YORK STOCKS Chandler Brothers and Company, members of New York and Philadel phia Slock Exchanges—3 North Mar ket Square, Harrisburg; 1336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street, New York—furnish the following quotations: Open. 2 P. M. Allis Chalmers 25', t 25% Amer Beet Sugar 73 73 American Can 44% 43% Am Car and Foundry .. 78% 78% Amer Loco .* 63% 65 Amer Smelting 78% 78% American Sugar 101 103% Anaconda 61 61 Atchison SI 84 Baldwin Locomotive .... 75% 80% Baltimore and uhlo .... 51 % 62% Bethlehem Steel (14> ... 79% 79% Butte Copper 20%. 20% California Petroleum ... 17% 17% Canadian aciflc 188% 139 Central Leather 67% 68% Chesapeake and Ohio ... 65% 66>4 Chi, Mil and St Paul ... 39% 39% Chino Con Copper 41% 41% Col Fuel and Iron .. .. 38% 38% Corn Products 37% 37'4 Crucible Steel .. 61% 64% Distilling Securities .... 48% 47% Erie 14% 14% Genera! Motors 122% 122% Inspiration Copper .. .. 48% 48% International Paper .. .. 37% 37 lvennecott 32% 32% Kackawanna Steel .. .. 79% 79% Lehigh Valley 59 58% Merc War Ctfs 26 25% Merc War Ctfs pfd .. .. B;i% *89% Mex Petroleum 95 #6% Miami Copper 28% 28% Midvale Steel 46% 46% uN'ew York Central .. .. 69% 69% [Northern Pacific' 83% 81% j Pacific Mail 32% 32% Pennsylvania Railroads .44 li Pittsburgh Coal 53% 53% ltailway Steel Spring .. 52% 51% Bay Con Copper 24% 24% Beading 80% 80% Republic Iron and Steel. 82% 82% Southern Pacific 83% 83% Southern By 21% 21 Studebaker 39% 39% Union Pacific 120% 120% U S I Alcohol 127% 15% I' S Steel 94% 94% U S Steel pfd 110% 110% Utah Copper 80 80 Westlnghouse Mfg .. 40% 40% Willys-Overland 17% 17% PHILADELPHIA STOCKS Bv Associated Press Philadelphia, April 19. Wheat Market quiet; No. 1. red. 42.2 T No. 1, soft. red. 12.23: No. 2. red. No. ?. soft, red, 32.22-- Oats The market is lower. No. 2, white, 995t99%c; No. 3, white, 97%@98c. Corn Market unchanged; No. 3. yellow. $ I.7sftp 1.80; No. 4, yellow, *1.74@1.78. Ulan The market is steady; sof winter, per ion. Uti.GO® 47.00; sprln* pel ton. (44.00@45.00. Butter Market unchanged, western, creamery, extras, 45c; nearby prints, fancy. 49c. Eggs Unchanged; Pennsylvania, and other nearby lirsts. tree case ■ sll.lO per case; do., current receipts, free cases, SIO.SO per case; western, extras, lirsts, free cases, sll.lO per case; do., tirsts, free cases, SIO.BO pei case; fancy, selected, packed. 42® He per dozen. Cheese Steady; New York, full creams, 22@24t4c. Live Poultry Market lower, foivls. 30I>;I4M; young. soft-meal roosters, 28® 30c; young, staggy roost ers, 25®26c; old roosters, 22®20c; spring chickens, x:i®24c; duck*. Peking, 28® 30c; do.. Indian ltunnr. 26 l '(i)2Tc; turkeys. 27® 28c; geese, nearby, 25®2Gc; western. 25@26c. Dressed Poultry Firm; turkey > nearby, choice to fancy. 39(<#40c; di. fair to good, 32®37c; do., old, 37®38< do., wester" choice to fancy. 37®38< do., fair tJ) good, 32@36c; do old turns. 30c; old. common, 30c; frozen fowls, fancy, 34V4®"3c; good to choice, 32® 34c; do..small sizes 30(fi 31c; old roosters. 27V4C, frozen broiling chickens, nearby 34@42c western, 40<8>42c; do., frozen roasting chickens, 28®;'5c; ducks, nearby. 28f 1 S2c; do., western. 28®32c; geese, near by. 26@28c; western, 25®27e. Refined Sugars Market steady powdered, B.4Ec; extra nne, yraiiuta' ed, 7.45 c. Potatoes Market lower; New Jersey, No. 1, per basket, 40®60c t33 tbs.); New .lersey. No. 2. Per basket 20®35c; New Jersey, per 100 lbs., $1.75 @1.85; Pennsylvania, per 100 tbs. $1.40®1.H0; New York, per 100 lbs., $ 1.40® 1.50; western, per 100 tbs., $1.40 ®1.50; Maine, per 100 lbs., sl.tio<"<i I.80; Delaware and Maryland, per.loo lbs., $1.10®1.30: Michigan, per 100 lbs., $ 1.20(g) 1.40; Florida, per barrel, $5.00 ®6.50; Florida, per 160-tb bag. sloo® 5.00; Florida, per bushel, box, s2.oo<<i Flour Quiet; winter wheat, 100 per cent, flour, $11.25® 11.50; Kansas wheat, 100 per cent, (lour, $10.75^ 11.25; spring wheat. 100 per cent, flour. 110.50® 11.00. Hay—The market is weak: timothy. No. 1, large bales, $29.00®30.00 pet ton; No. 1, small bales, $29.00@30.0il per ton; No. 2. $27.00®28.00 per ton No. 3. $23.00®25.00 per ton; sample $19.00®20.00 per ton; no grade, $14.0u @IB.OO per ton. Clover Light. mixed. >27.00 ft 28.00 per ton; No. 1, light, $25.50' 26.50 per ton; No. 2. light mixed $24.00®25.00 per ton. Tallow The market Is steady; city price, in tierces, 17c; eitj special, loose, 17'/6c; country, prime 16% c; dark, 15 H ® 15% c; edible. in tierces. ISH^ISc. CHICAGO CATTIiE By Associated Press Chiengo. April 19. Cattle lle eeipts, 6,000; steady. Native beef steers, sll.oo® 17.25; stockers and feeders. $8.40® 12.75; cows and heif ers, $7.60® 13.90: calves, $9.00®14.50. Sheep Receipts. 9,000; steady. Sheep, $13.00@17.85; lambs, $16.50 ft/ 21.80. Hogs Receipts, 32,000; slow. Bulk of sales, $17.25®17.75; light. sl7.2o<<i 17.85: mixed. $17.10® 17.75; heavy. $16.25® 17.50; rough, $16.25® 16.85; pigs, $13.25® 17.25. CHICAGO BOAHU OF TB\I)K By Associated Press Chicago. April 19.—Board of Trad, closing: Corn—May. 1.27; July, 1.4414. Oats —May. 82>4; July. 73T. Pork —May, 47.60. Lard—May. 25.15; July, 25.42. Ribs —May, 23.37; July. 23.82. i For Rent Desirable property, 14 rooms, 2 baths; storeroom, first floor. 31 1 Walnu But one door from new Penn-Harris Hotel op posite State Capitol Park— near one of busiest corn ers. Possession April Ist For particular* apply to Bowman & Company. APRIL 19, 1918. Courthouse Notes Juvenile Court— -Because of the large number of juvenile court cases listed yesterday for the first time in years, two judges presided, Judge C. V. Henry, of Lebanon, assisting! Judge S. J. M. McOarrell in dispos-J ing of the many youngsters. The Steelton boys who were charged with ! a series of robberies in stores were j released on probation with the e*- | eeption of Clarence Jackson, who | was sent to Glen Mills, by Judge! Henry. Pleas of tiuilty—Additional pleas] of guilty listed for Monday by the j District Attorney's office follow: ! James M. Bentlfy, larceny; Louis i Gaeta, larceny; Charles W. Whitmy er, larceity; John Hamilton, assault and battery. I/Otters on Kstatos —Letters of ad ministration on the estate of Emma | Freek, late of Millersburg, were is | sued by Register Roy C. Danner to i Joseph O. Freck. l.etters testamen [ tary on the estate of Sallie Sinionton, I late of the city, were issued to Alvtn Lyons. School Kxaminations Kxamina tions for pupils who will enter High I school in rural districts were held in High school buildings throughout the county to : day. I.UJ'N ri NKHAI, o> SATURDAY 'l*he funeral of Robert C. Nelson, who died In Wilmington on Wednes day, will be held Saturday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at 1)7 Disbrow street, this city. The lail was IS years old, son of Robert Nelson, a clerk in the State Department of Mines, and Mis. Dun bar Nelson, also of Harrisburg. A sister. Elizabeth Nelson, is the other survivor. Services will be conducted by the Rev. H. Ward, pastor of Capital Street Presbyterian Church. mxioi s VOH FOCH'S ranoKi Ottawa, April I!).—A Reuter dis patch from London, says "there is still anxiety as to when General Koch will make the decisive stroke," now that the British have stood four weeks of hammering by immense German re serves, estimated at 480,000 men. in a fashion which led the French writers to describe the British Armies as the "wing of sacrillce." It KCO V I;K AI TO MOBIL E An automobile stolen from the Hudson Automobile Sales Company, Wednesday evening, was recovered by the police department of Reading in that city last night. The thief .has not been caught. SI ,\I)A\ St HOOI, WOIIKKItN tIKKT "Teen age" members of the Fifth Street Methodist Sunday School met last night in the church edifice, the Rev. Edwin A. Pyles, pastor of the church, presiding. Routine business was transacted. TO TAKES HIKE A colony of trillium beds at Per dix is the attraction staged for a trip to that place Saturday, by the Harris burg Natural History Society. The members of the society who will join on the walk, will leave on the 1.50 train to-morrow, for Perdix. A c : TING upon President Wilson's suggestion that I the State Banks and Trust Companies could perform the greatest service by becoming members of the Federal Reserve, we have made application and been admitted to the Federal Reserve Our reason for this action is purely patriotic. During its existence of nearly a century this insti tution has passed through the trying periods of four of our country's wars. Its aim has been—and will be —to devote its resources and services first to the use of the country —and second to its depositors and the community. Our decision at this time was influenced by this desire to be of the utmost service to our country. tafttlllqjMß lia& & ifcmlstaßigJfts. * MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 1832 1918 Fences and Posts QUT-BUILDINGS, Fences and Posts fre quently need repairs after ccdd weather. We can furnish your lumber requirements on short notice. No diffefence how large or how small your order —it will be delivered promptly. United Ice and Coal Co. I.iamher Dcpfirlmrtil ' Eorstcr iind Cnwilrn Streets . 500 Given Insignia of Rank at Camp Meade By Associated rress Camp Meade, Mil., April 10.—- Graduating exercises were held at the officers training school here to day. Nearly 500 men were given certificates showing they arc quali fied to hold commissions and serve as officers. LEGAL NOTICES | DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY., Bureau of Water and Light. BIDS will be received at the Office ] of the Superintendent of Public Safety. Room 10, Court House, to 11 o'clock IA. M„ April 27, 1918, for furnishing i %-inch. -14-Inch, 1-imh, I'4-incb, ivi inch, and 2-inch water meters (all I bronze, cast iron top, or cast iron bot tom) for year ending May 1, 1919. The % | l ight to reject any or all bids is r. ; served. S. F. HASSLER, Superintendent. ]ln the Matter of Estate of Lewis B. Rich, lato of the City of Harris ! burg. Dauphin County, Pennsylva nia. deceased. I LETTERS TESTAMENTARY on the ! above estate having been granted to | the undersigned, all persons indebted to said estate are requested to makn I payment, and those having claims, to present same without delay, to CLARENCE W. RICH, 138 W. High Street, Or Springfield, Q. ; JOHN FOX WEISS. Attorney. Harrisburg, Pa, Pennsylvania State Highway De- I partment, Harrisburg. Pa. Sealed j proposals will be received at said of fice until 10 A. M„ April 23, 1918, when bids will be publicly opened and scheduled and contracts awarded as soon thereafter as possible for the reconstruction of the following pave ments: 1.03 miles of Vitrified Block in Blair County; 2.4 miles of Bitumin ous Concrete on a Concrete Founda tion in Clinton County; 1.23 miles of either Reinforced Concrete or Vitri fied Block on a Concrete Foundation iu Crawford County; 1.48 miles of i either Reinforced Concrete or Bitu minous Concrete on a Concrete Foun i dation in Cumberland County; 1.09 miles of Bituminous Concrete and | Hillside Vitrified Block on a Concrete I Foundation in Delaware County; 3.42 miles of Reinforced Concrete and I Hillside Vitrified Block in Greene [County; 1.96 miles of Asphaltic Block S on a Concrete Foundation in Luzerne j County; 1.11 miles of Reinforced Con j crete and Hillside Vitrified Block in Washington County, and 0.f.5 miles of ' Reinforced Concrete in Westmoreland County. Bidding blanks and speeifi ! cations may be obtained free, and | plans upon payment of $2.50 per set. upon application to State Highway : Department. Harrisburg. No refund for plans ■ returned. They can also be seen at office of State Highway De partment, Harrisburg; 1001 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and 904 Hartje Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. J. D. O'Neil, State Highway Commissioner.
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