STATE TO PASS
ON MATERALS
State Highway Department
Will Consider Bituminous
Supplies For Districts
I mlnous materials
IttSCW&WGjK I for road construe
'■SWgQQgw tion or repair wHI
made to the Federal administration
in charge of such supply regulation.
Preliminary steps for this control
have been taken and the state au
thorities are now closely studying
the situation aj it applies to each
county.
The state ftself has been severely
handicapped In much of its road re
pair wjorlc and construction by the
shortage of materials, due in a meas
ure to transportation difficulties, and
as practically all municipal divtsiona
are in touch with the development
their wants will be reviewed.
Commission Meets. The State
Water Supply Commission is holding
Its semimonthly meeting and con
sidering water company charter ap
plications.
Sanders to Attend. —Steps to ar
range for prohibiUon of Importation
Into Pennsylvania of plants and
shrubbery which contains earth at the
roots, such as rhododenrons, azaleas
and other flowering varieties because
of difficulties of inspecUon will i>
taken at Washington in the ne;t
days, when a conference of national
and state officials wUI be held. Pro
fessor J. G. Sanders, State Zoologist,
will represent Pennsylvania and will
urge that the importaUons be
stopped at least until some effective
method of preventing introduction o"
pests has been worked out. Pro
fassor Sanders say that studies have
been made for seme time of such
plants and there is considerable
difficulty In inspecting. Restrictions
had to be placed upon importations
from the Oriental countries because
of fear of Introduction of dangerous
Insects.
The Big Balance. Considerable
interest is bein? displayed at the
State Capitol in whether the balance
In the Treasury at the close of May
business will reach the total of
$10,043,091.48 reported at the end
of April. The April figure was the
largest in years and was the result
of large tax collections. The March
21 total was $9,543,373.95.
To Discuss Notice. The Public
Service Commission will have an ex
ecutive session late to-day at which
the notice of proposed increase of
rates from Director General McAdoo
will be considered.
Discuss New Camp.—President F.
F. Sparks, of State College, was here
consulting with Adjutant General
Beary and state officials regarding
the plan of the Federal authorities
to establish a training camp for
United States Guard officers at the
college. The camp will begin after
the college term and will occupy the
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HEAGY BROTHERS SPORTING
GOODS STORE FOR SALE
Owing to the death of one of the partners,
Heagy Brothers will sell their sporting goods
store at 25 West High Street, Carlisle, Pa., includ
ing the goodwill of the business and all merchan
dise and supplies now on hand, at private sale.
This is a good business, a good location, and a
good opportunity. Send all inquiries to Harvey C.
Heagy, surviving partner, 1200 North Third St.,
Harrisburg, Pa.
TUESDAY EVENING,
site of thatViow Leing held. Dr.
Sparks said th>i the college planned
lor extensive training work during
the summer and would be able to
show a notable reoord for training of
its students this year.
Burma Helping.—The State Bu
reau of Markets is helping out In
the work of securing good seed buck
wheat for the farpiers of the state
and expects extensive planting next
month.
MlUtUi Officers. —Charles H. Bmith.
of Philadelphia, aid on the brigade
stafT of the Reserve Militia, was to
day announced as app"olnted major
and commissary of the brigade and
George L. Farnum. Media, appointed
aid with rank of first lieutenant.
Captain Harry P. Vervoe, Chester.
commanding Company O. First In
fantry, was advanced to be major
and Henry J. Klaer appointed to
command the Chester company. S?c
ond Lieutenant Henry Brous is pro
moted to be first lieutenant of this
company, and William A. Falson
second lieutenant.
Dr. H. Melvln Allen, Reading, WHS
appointed major and surgeon, Sec
ond Lieutenant William H. Kings
lev, Jr., Philadelphia, advanced to
first lieutenant end battalion adju
tant: William S. Rudy, Lancaster,
appointed first lieutenant and bat
talion adjutant, all First Infantry.
In the Second Infantry these ap
pointments were made: First lieu
tenant. Robert R. Harvey, Company
F, Wilkes-Barre, to be captain and
adjutant! Robert D. Raeder, Wilkes-
Barre, to be second lieutenant and
battalion quartermaster: Second
Lieutenant Herbert W. Bay 'o he
first lieutenant Company F, and Pri
vate Charles A. Trcin to be second
lieutenant.
; Commission Won't Act —The Pub
• , lio Service Commission has enuncl
(l ated a policy of declining to make
■| findings in complaints against aboli
tion of passenger trains by railroads
11 because of the war conditions, in an
opinion handed down to-day In the
" I case of residents of Allison Park.
| Allegheny county, against the Baltl
, more and Ohio Railroad Company.
, 1 which haji annulled two passenger
. trains. The decision says that the
. testimony shows the railroad much
,t congested between Allison Park and
and another track would
, mean much expense. "On account
, of the demands made on respondent
, j by the Government, the Commission,
. j without reaching any conclusion as
, to the merits of the complaint, will
| postpone making any findings at
~ this time," says the decision. "The
.facilities of the respondent should
, be utilized in the present crisis to
. the full extent thereof in assisting
• the Government in carrying on the
[ war." Leave is given to renew the
~complaint when the war ends.
; Increases Filed The Indiana
, County Street Railway has filed no
tice of increase of fare from 5 to 6
, cents and the Mercer County Light,
Heat and Power Company, notice
of changes in schedules.
Rulings on Hospital—The State
Board of Public Charities has been
j informed in an opinion from the
,i Attorney General's Department that
, a superintendent of erection may be
, employed for the new western hos
pital for the insane at Blairsville,
, but that the commission may not
operate as a hospital even to relieve
overcrowded buildings which have
been remodeled for temporary use.
Port Improves.—Reports received
j here to-day were to the efTect that
i there had been a gradual improve
! ment In the condition of State Fire
| Marshal Port, who is ill at his home
i in Huntingdon.
Kane Case Up.—The Public Serv
ice Commission to-day heard the
, complaint of the borough of Kane
! against the water company supplying
1 that town and it Is probable that a
big valuation case will result.
To Pay For Properties. Checks
for the payment of the final purchas
es in Capitol Park extension zone
will be turned over to owners of
properties to-morrow by the Attor
■ ney General's Department. Demo
j lltlon of buildings starts at once.
New Tracks. Application was
made to-day by the Reading Railwav
for approval of a series of additional
tracks along Its line between Hum-!
, melstown and Womelsdorf, designed,
to facilitate freight movements. The
new tracks will be added to those
placed a few years ago and are all
east of Rutherford yards.
Arranging Shoot.— Fred A. God
entries. deputy secretary of the
I Commonwealth, is arranging for a
shoot to be held between the Harris
burg and Keystone Rifle Clubs at !
| Conewago on June 8.
New Arms of Law—Christian M.
Spannuth was to-day appointed al
derman of the new Ninth ward of
Lebanon, and the following Justices
of the peace were named: Granville,
R. Rehrig, Mauch Chunk; Patrick A.
Qulnn, Winton, and Albert B. Means,
Perry township, Jefferson county.
Bent a Delegate—Governor Brum
j baugh has appointed these delegates
, to attend the International Industrial l
Exposition at New York, May 30,
Quincy Bent, South Bethlehem; D.
M. Wertz, Waynesboro; William
Young, Department of Labor and
Industry: Otto T. Mallery, Sta;e In
dustrial Board, Philadelphia, and A.
B. Farauhar. York.
HiU Visitor®— Ex-Auditor General
, A. E. Sisson, of Erie, was at the Cap
, itol to-day. Another Hill visitor was
. W. W. Chisholm, Huntingdon.
Ambler Smiles lnsurance Com- j
| missloner Charles A. Ambler, who i
I lost in his battle for Montgomery
j county with Charles Johnson, was at
/the Capitol today. He says he lost
and he smiles.
Lebanon SnMUlpox Two new
cases of smallpox havs been re
ported to the office of the State
Department of Health to-day. One
case Is In Lebanon, Lebanon county,
where the patient is confined In the
Drovers Exchange Hotel. Dr. J.
Moore Campbell, a representative of
the department, has gone to Leba
non to get a further report on the
situation, and the hotel will be
placed under quarantine.
The other case is in the city of
Erie. The patient Is a negro who
traveled from St, Mary's to Erie.
The coach has bsen disinfected and
the mattef taken up with the St.
Mary's health authoriUes.
STEELTON NEWS ITEMS
SUBSCRIBING
TO RED CROSS
Contributions Continue Pour
ing Into Local Banks Al
though Quota Is Tripled
Support of patriotic organisations
and residents of the district was re
sponsible for putting this borough
three times "over the top" in the
• Second Red Cross War Fund. Al
, though the campaign closed officlal
; ly yesterday with a total contrlbu
i
! tion of $<0,601.14, subscriptions con
■ tlnued to come into the local banks
i this morning.
W. W. Leek is credited with being
responsible for T. J. Nelley's team
; finishing first In the drive. Mr. Nel-
I ley this morning declared that this
team member collected at least $lO,-
000 of the total amount of subscrip
tions. Mr. Leek has the reputation
of being a "live wire" In drives
among steelworkers. Team No. 4. of
which Mr. Nelley was captain, fin
ished first with a total of $17,457.95
subscriptions. Other members of this
team were: R. M. Rutherford, W.
W. Leek, Walter Keister, Frank A.
; Stees and Postmaster M. M. Cusack.
Team members and their amounts
follow:
Team No. 1—510,831.95. T. T. Mc-
Enteo, captain: F. A. Robblns. Jr..
the Rev. G. N. Lauffer. L E. McGin
nes, E. F. Entwisle, G. S. Vickery.
Team No. 2—511,916.19. F. E. How
ells, captain; W. F. Housman. G. M.
! Long. B. F. McNear. W. F. Magln
nis and R. V. McKay.
Team No. 3—510,364.45. J. A. Mc-
Curdy, captain; Ira F. Myers. Ross
M. Frey. B. L Weaver, J. P. Detweil
er and G. S. Bolton.
Team No. 5—510,030.60. M A. Cum
bler, captain; T. L Gruber. T. N.
I Heicher. O. C. Bishop, Allen Ellen
! berger, Mark Mumma and W H. Nell.
The appeal of the Red Cross was
met by the foreign residents of the
borough with liberal contributions
and the Serbian and Slavish societies
and the congregations of foreign
churches were big contributors. The
patriotic and fraternal orders and the
volunteer fire companies contributed
to the cause in a measure that hurt,
while a canvass of the contributions
from the liquor dealers, who, it was
breathed, were "holding oft." showed
them in the 100 per cent, class. In
this "every person a contributor"
class were the Steelton Cigar Com
pany's employes with a contribution
of $530 and the employes of the
Steelton Glove Company.
Seventy-Five Graduates
in Service of Country
The annual meeting of the High
School Alumni Association will be
held in the auditorium on Friday
evening. May 31, at 8 o'clock. This
meeting will be open to the public
and all who can attend are urged to
do so. The program is one of unusual
interest. A service flag containing a
star for every one of the seventy-five
srraduates who have taken up arms
i for their country will be presented
1 to the school. The presentaUon ad
! dress will be made 'by W. F. Hous
man, of the class of 1904, and the
flag will be received by Prof. C. S.
Davis, principal of the school. An
-1 other of Uie several features of in-
I tercst will be a patriotic address by
Dr. Frank H. Green, of the West
Chester State Normal school. His
subject will be High School Alumni
Associations and Patriotism. The
music will consist of community
choruses, vocal solos and selections
by the High school orchestra.
PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES
Services in keeping with Memorial
Day will be held in the First Pres
byterian Church, Thursday morning.
The Rev. C. B. Segelken. pastor of
the church this morning issued the
following statement: "Tour Pres
ident has set apart Thursday. May
30, as a day of humiliation, prayer
and fasting. He has called all the
people 'to assemble on that day in
their respective places of worship.'
A service in accord with our Presi
dent's call will be held in the First
Presbyterian Church. SAcond and
Elm streets. Thursday morning, at
10 o'clock. "Prayer and Victory* will
be the theme of the service. Such a
day, (April 30, 1863) of humiliation,
prayer and fasting proved the turn
ing point in the Civil War, and was
followed by successive victories for
the union. Will you do your part to;
make this day a turning point in this!
world war, for a decisive victory for|
our arms and the arms of our allies,
and for a permanent peace?"
REED FUNERAL
Funeral services for John C. Reed,
aged 59, 4 49 Lincoln street, who died
yesterday at noon In the Harrisburg
Hospital from a stroke of apoplexy
with which he was overtaken May
18, will be held from his late resi
dence to-morrow afternoon at 3.30
o'clock. The Rev. H. A. Sawyer, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church,
will officiate. The body will be view- I
ed at the residence this evening from
7.30 o'clock to 9.30 o'clock. Mr. Reed
was a resident of the borough since
1891. During that time he was a
member of the school board. Hy
gienic Hose Company, the Knights of
Pythias, and the Frog and Switch
Beneficial AssociaUon. He was a
prominent church and Sunday school
worker. He organized and U'.'4'nt the
Reed Group of the First Methodist
Church.
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
Due to the present conditions, the
Municipal League in monthly ses
sion In the steel plant offices last
evening decided to confine league
matters to those of necessity only.
Nothing but routine business was
transacted at the meeting last eve
ning.
SOCIETY MEETINGS
A meeting of the ladles' Aid and
Woman's Home and Flrelgn Mission
ary Society of the Grace United
Evangelical Church will be held at
the home of Mrs. Edward Hershey,
147 Lincoln street, to-morrow even
ing.
REPAIRING ALARM
Repairs to the borough fire alarm
system were under way this morn
ing. There were no serious breaks
in the system, however. The repairs
were of a minor character and were
being maris by a rquad of steel plant
electricians. „
HAKRISBURO TELEGRAPH
Planning Operation of
Playgrounds Here
HARCLD T. CONFER
Plans for conducting playground
activities here during the summer
months are in charge of Professor
Charles S. Davis, chairman of the
parks and playgrounds commission
and Harold T. Confer, the new su
pervisor. Mr. Confer who is at
present at Rialrstown. N. J., will ar
rive in the borough in the next few
weeks to take up the work.
FRENCH BEAR BRUNT
OF HUN ASSAULTS
[Continned from First Page.]
along the whole Alsne front to-day,
the brunt of it being borne by the
French, before whose lines there was
seemingly the greatest concentration
for the enemy effort. The French
communications are excellent In this
sector, however, and the probablity
is that reserves are speedily being
sent up to the threatened points to
place beforo the Germans a force
that can effectively stop them.
British Right Holds
The British when the battle started
apparently were holding a line ap
: proximately twelve miles long be
tween Bermicourt, seven miles north
west of Rheims. and Craonelle, across
the Alsne to the northwest, the line
straddling the Aisne at about mid
way this distance, near Berry-au-
Bac.
There is no indication that the
British right flank was materially
affected by the shock. The left flank,
however, felt the effect of the im
pact upon the French front further
west, where a crossing of the Aisne
.was forced, and the British left was
obliged to fall back in conformity.
Flanders Attack a Feint
The British line to the west of
Berry-au-Bac Is now wholly south ot
the Aisne, according to the Indica
tions In to-day's official statements.
The German attack In Flanders was
evidently a subsidiary affair, not even
on the scale of some of the previous
offensive movements there, although
there was an extremely heavy con
centration of troops for the limited
front attacked.
The French bore the brant of this
blow and repulsed It with the loss
of scarcely any ground, the Germans
succeeding only in pushing in some
thing like a half-mile north of
Dickebusch lake, about four miles
southeast of Ypres.
Promising Counterattack
This morning the British and
French made a counterattack In this
sector, which was progressing well |
at latest advices and promised to
turn the whole German effort on the
northern front into a complete fail
ure which had cost the enemy heav
ily.
Military opinion seems to be sway- J
Ing between the view that southerly I
attack, now being pressed by the I
Germans between Soissons and
Rheims, is the main enemy effort in j
the resumption of his offensive, or i
whether he is planning to deal an
even greater blow at the Amiens
front, where his first great stroke
was delivered this spring.
May Drive at Paris
In view of the persistence with
which the Germans are now follow
ing up their early success in storm
ing the ChemLn-djes-Dames and
forcing the Aisne crossings it seems
probable that the former opinion
will gain strength and that & deter
mined following up of the enemy
effort, in the shape of a drive for
Paris witl be looked for.
General Foch's strategy la counted
upon to employ the vast effective
forces at his command so as to coun
ter the Germans effectively when
they have fully developed their pur
pose. whichever way the attack may
trend.
Gains by the armies of the Ger
man crown prince on the Alsne front
have been balanced In part by the
sanguinary repulses of further at
tempts to push forward southwest of
Ypres. In prepared second line posi
tions along the Aisne the Franco-
British forces are offering strong re
sistance to the Germans who are
pressing on to cross the river, while
in Flanders the French confidently
await Increased enemy attacks.
In gaining the heights north of the
Alsne and the famous Chemln-des-
Dames the Germans suffered most
heavily. The region over which they
have advanced thus far Is one of the
most battle-scarred In France. If the
crown prince hoped to crush the
French and separate them from the
British at Berry-au-Bac, he failed, as
contact between the allied forces has
been maintained throughout the
fighting. How far the Germans ad
vanced on the extreme ends of the
new fighting front is not defined
clearly, but in the center they reach
ed the region north of Pont Arcy, a
four-mile advance on the Aisne.
Along the six-mile front from
Locre to Voormeieele on the Flan
ders battlefield, the French hurled
the enemy back with great losses
and still hold tenaciously to the posi
tions protecting the ridge running
westward from Mont Kemmel. Near
Voormezeele. where the French have
taken over the line from the British,
heavy fighting continues around
Dickebusch lake, where the Germans
penetrated the allied line.
Americans Win Fight
Meanwhile, there is very Intense
artillery fire from north of the Som
me to the Avre in Plcardy. The Ger
mans have made no attacks here, ex
cept for strong raids against the al
lied lines, especially the American
sector west of Montdidier. The Amer
icana threw back the Germans In a
counterattack after fighting in which
the enemy suffered severe losses and
prisoners were taken by the Ameri
cans.
Renewal of heavy fighting In
Northern France is coincident with
a successful Italian thrust against
the Auatro-Hun*ar)*n position* In
the mountain* of the western Zren-
tino. In addition to calning import*
ant height positions the Italians cap
tured nearly 900 prisoners and much
war material. Austrian attacks south
of Asiago have been repulsed by the
Italians. Elsewhere on the front from
Stelvio to the Adriatic there has been
little activity.
f MIDDLETOWN j
May Day Pageant
Given by Students
The children of the fifth and sixth
grrades of the grammar school build
ing: held a May pageant on the
grounds this afternoon under the di
rection of Miss Maude Schaeffer for
the benefit of the Red Cross fund.
Tho following program was present
ed:
Part Grand procession. May
Queen and attendants; entrance of
spirit of spring. Dance of the But
terflies. song. "Fairy Bells;" queen's
attendants; Dance of the Flowers,
buttercups, violets, daisies and roses;
entrance of May Queen; crowning of
May Queen; May Pole dance.
Part 2. Entertaining the queen,
Bfc —mmwwbto—■■UM—■———|——Bß
"The Live Store" "Always Reliable"
Doutrichs Stands Firmly I
For Quality— I
The store doesn't stand for
"patched-up" principles any more than this
country would stand for a patched-up peace A store
I is either "Always Reliable" or it is a doubtful store
A compromise leaves a loophole and you, the cus
tomer can't stop to find out at every purchase whether
you're getting a square-deal or
Every article we sell is "Always l|| I
Reliable" Every time you buy anything |H
here you can be sure of it Every time you find any- fell
thing wrong, you may be sure it is accidental, and Jpßllij B
equally sure that we'll make it good without quibble I
or question This is the basis and the only basis upon I
Kuppenheimer vfm- I
Clothes |||| :
Hart Schaffner W
& Marx
I "Manhattan Shirts" "Interwoven Hose"
Or anything else that you buy from this
"Live Store" This is the only way we do business—
It's the only way we know of, and the way we have built up this
enormous business —We have a standardized store, firm and
sound, unchangeable most cities, many times the size of Har
risburg, have no store which compare favorably with this "Live
Store" We don't state these facts in words only; we're ready to
prove them with merchandise and service.
"Try This Dependable Doutrich Service"
That Everybody Is Talking About
"Straw Hats" A Carload of Them. Have You Bought Yours?
304 MARKET STREET ~ HARRISBURG, PA.
consisting of recitations, solos and I
readings. Cast of characters, May
Queen. Maud McCammon; Spirit of
Spring, Pearl Rehrer; Grass Blades,
Margaret Irely, Cora Poorman; Fair
ies. Ruth Murray, Heater Cunning
ham, Violet Murray, Anna Symda; i
Butterflies, Mary Shlreman, Jea
ette Brown. Esther Grundon, Mar
garet Erlsman; Buttercups, Benetta
Burrier, Frances Hlckemell; Violets, ;
Ethel Good, Vincetta Trltch; Daisies,
Ethel Miller. Alta Gelbe; Roses.
Catharine Shlreman, Grace Dimeler; I
Heralds. King Clark. Harold Crick;
Footmen. Lindley Seltxer, Harold
Romberger; Queen's attendant, Ada
Myers; Rainbow or Crown Weaver,
Norah Bretsman; Crown Bearer,
Lillian Garver; Red Cross Girls, Al
freda Wolf. Lucy Yaros. Ella Svada,
Nottle Delmler. The children of-these
two grades had pledged *SO to the
Red Cross fund, which they have col
lected and turned over to the fund.
Charles Myers, the liveryman, of
Pine street, has arranged to hold
several horse races on the race track
at the fair grounds on Memorial
Day afternoon. The races win be for
ithe benefit of the Red Cross fund.
Mr. Myers was at Ellxabethtown
yesterday and secured several horses
to be used in the races. There will
MAY 28, 1918.
be about fourteen horses in the show.
One hundred and fifty-six Goldler i
boys arrived in town yesterday from
Texas, and were added to the 160 at
the aviation depot, west of town.
The body of Mrs. Ftutnle Cole
Bchraedly, who died at her home,
at Newark, Ohio, arrived in town at
noon to-day and was taken to the
home of Undertaker a. E. Bristle.
Spring street, where services were
held, the Rev, James Cunningham,
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, officiated. Burial was made
in the Middletown Cemetery.
ENHAUT
The children of the late Samuel
and Abbie Cooper, deceased, held a
family reunion at the residence of
H. L. Hoover, Third and Wall stroets,
Sunday. The family consisted of
three sisters, four brothers, two half
brothers. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. H. I* Hoover, daughters.
Abbee, (Mrs. .Chronlster), Edna,
Altha, Anna, Francis and sons, El
mer, George, Abraham and Samuel
Hoover and wife of Enhaut; Mr. and \
Mrs. David Gordon and daughter.
Abbie, Blanche, Grace, Helen and
sons, John. Horace, Harold, Paul, of
Hershey; George Gordon and wife of
Enhaut; Mr. and Mrs. David Gordon.
Jr., and two children, of Hershey;
Horace G. Cooper and sons, Joseph,
Oliver, of Enhaut; Chaster Cooper
wife and child, of Harriaburg.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cooper, daugh
ters, Irene, Catharine, Margaret,
Evelyn, son, Albert, of Enhaut, and
Oscar Payne, of Steel ton.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward MtUer and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shupp, of Steel
ton; Mr. and Mrs. John Cooper, and
daughters, Elsie and Maud, of Al
toona.
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Cooper,
and daughters. Helen. Marlon, Esth
er, and sons, Bruce and Richard, of
Harrlsburg.
David W. Gelb and daughter, Lot
tie, Mrs. Kane, of Liancaster; Samuel
Geib, of Ephrata; Mrs. Daisy Geib
and daughter, Bernice, of Enhaut;
Ira A. Cramer, Enhaut; Miss Mar
garet Cramer, of Miffllntown; Mrs.
Lilly Shener, Miss Mary Mark and
Mrs. John Fortenbaugh. and two
children, of Enhaut. After a day that
was considered well spent by all
present, about 7.50 p. m. they de
pnrted for their homes looking for
ward to another reunion to take
place next year.
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