14 HOOVER EDICT ON BREWERIES ROUSES "DRYS" "Unthinkable," Says Origi nator of Move to Have Pres ident Issue Manifesto W R*hinKton, June 6.—Herbert C. Hoover, United States Food Adminis trator, In a letter written yesterday to Senator Morris Sheppard, of Tex as, and in a public statement, while advocating national prohibition, re fused to make the Food Administra tion the agency for prohibiting the brewing of beer and stated that such action would result in an "orgy of drunkenness." Mr. HoQver's statement, made after a conference at the White House, j followed the line taken by President "Wilson in his communication to the ] Senate. The position taken by the Food Administration was thpt the prohi bition of the use of grains for brew ing purposes would cause exhaustion of the available supply of beer with in a short time and result in much greater dissipation through the add ed consumption of whisky, brandy and gin, of which the country still has a two years' supply. "Relative to the discussion over the suppression of the brewery," said Mr. Hoover, "I wish to say emphatically that from a strictly food-conservation point of view I should like to see the use of foodstuffs suppressed in I all drinks, hard and soft. This Is not, however, the whole story. If we stop brewing, the saloons of the country will still be open, but con fined practically to a whisky and gin basis. Any true advocate of temper ance and of national efficiency in these times will shrink from this situation. I'm* nex|iiinil>illt.v on People "If the American people want pro hibition, it should prohibit by legis lation to that end and not force the Food Administration to the respon sibility for an orgy of drunkenness, ft is mighty difficult to get drunk on 2*4 per cent, beer; it will be easy enough if we force a substitution of distilled drinks for it. "The Food Administration has gone ; as far as it can toward temperance without precipitating a worse sltua t ion. If th<. American people or Con-| Kless will stop the sale of distilled i liquors, the Administration will tlnd j no difficulty in stopping brewing." House Will ItcMiNt That the House will not give up t the tight so easily was made equally evident by Representative Charles H. Randall, of California, originator of the amendment. "No matter what the Senate does with the bill, the conferees will be instructed to include either the orig inal amendment or one with the same force when the bill is returned t" the House." Mr. Randall said. "A record vote will be taken on the matter." later in thp House he asserted that opposition to the amendment was developed by the brewing inter ests. and added that the discovery of whisk.v and beer bottles in the Con gressional office building recently was the result of a "plant." In an interview Mr. Randall de > mred it "unthinkable" that Mr. Hoover should have made the state nt that the amount of grain used thi manufacture of beer is "neg '7 Vl l.lr If Iv d:d make such a statement, will surely hear from the coun -1 y." Mr. Randall said. "If that Is then the bread which he has • ked the housewives of the country sai> also is negligible. It is un thinkable that Hoover, who is the high priest of saving and has re peatedly asked that the thinnest slice of bread ami the thinnest slice of ba < on should be saved, can have made tuch a statement." ••Tangle llejonil Solution" Mr. Randall exhibited a letter writ ten by Herbert Hoover on January of this year in which he said with regard to the possibility that the • ountry would be put on a whisky basis should the manufacture of beer be prevented, "I will confess that in this latter matter I have received much argument pro and con, but it appears to me to be a tangle beyond solution by the Food Administra tion." "No more whiskv can be made, and ACIDS IN STOMACH CAUSE INDIGESTION Create Gas, Sourness and Pain How To Treat Medical authorities state that near ly nine-tenths of the cases of stomach trouble, indigestion, sourness, burn ing, gas, bloating, nausea, etc., are due to an excess of hydrochloric acid in the stomach and not as some be lieve to a lack of digestive juices. The delicate stomach lining is irri tated. digestion is delayed and food sours, causing the disagreeable symp toms which every stomach sufferer knows so well. Artificial digeßtcnts are not needed in such cases and may do real harm. Try laying aside all digestive aids and Instead get from G. A. Gorgas or any druggist a few ounces of Bisu rated Magnesia and take a teaspoou ful in a quarter glass of v'ater right after eating. This sweetens the stom ach, prevents the formation of excess acid and there Is no sourness, gas or pain. Bisurated Magnesia (in powder or tablet form —never liquid or milk) is harmless to the stomach, inexpen sive to take and Is the most effi cient form of magnesia for stomach purposes. It is used by thousands of people who enjoy their meals with no more fear of indigestion. BOWMMrS~ 47- Anniversary See Paees 2 and 3 ... • .j ■■ m n i|. ii ■i. ii -'*; '■ f. / . THURSDAY EVENINC Arrives Safely Overseas With Keystone Battery ■* mm J i(R' HAROLD E. COOPER Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Cooper, of 901 South Twentieth street, received word that their son. Harold E. Coop er, Battery F, 108 th Field Artillery, has arrived safely overseas. "Hal'' was formerly a member of the Gov ernor's Troop and served on the Mexican border. A brother, Clar ence C. Cooper, is also with Uncle Sam's fighting forces in France, I if the manufacture of beer and wine is prohibited, the present high prices which 1 am told obtain for whisky, will soar until it becomes a drink which only millionaires could buy." Mr. Randall further said: "It is in the power of the Food Administration to commandeer the whisky which is left in the country. This power was given to it, instead of being exercised by Congress last year, at the express request of the ' Administration. I would like to i know why this power has not been used. Whisky could be redistilled into alcohol for the use of munition making at two or three cents a gal lon. Instead of doing that, I have read that new grain and feed are be ing bought for this purpose." HUN ADVANCE IS HELD IN CHECK [Continued from First Page.], west oLSoissons, they attacked along the Ailette river, northwest of that city, to straighten out their line and thus guard against a flanking opera tion by the 'allied armies. They gained considerable territory in this maneuver but were held after they had progressed approximately five miles. Since that time the French have held their positions, with the Oise river forming a first line of de fense, and little fighting of a signi ficant nature has occurred in that sector. , Military experts have expected an attack on the, allied line running east of Montdidier, past Noyon and thence along the Oise to the new lines formed since the German of fensive on the Aisne began. It may be that the fighting reported in the French official statement marks the initial stages of an attack there. Improve Their Lines Further south along the line run ning from the western suburbs of Soisson to Chateau Thierry the lines is standing firm before the German thrust. The French have succeeded in improving their positions north and west of Hautebraye, a little vil lage on the right bank of the Hoxien river, north of the Aisne. • On the rest of the front, especially at Longpont, Veuilly la Poterie and west of Rheims, the artillery tire has been violent. Along the front held by the British there have been raid ing oprations but no fighting of a serious character. Determined German efforts to break through the wall of allied de fense on the western wing of the bat tle front south of the Ailette are meeting with failure. For two days the Germans have attacked strongly at isolated points but have made only slight progress. At some points ground has been regained by the French, and Wed nesday they took more than two hundred prisoners from the enemy, in addition to inflicting heavy losses on the German units which failed in attempts to push back the French defenders. The latest French gain was made around Vingre, north of the Aisne, where the Germans were driven from all the ground they had gained there in recent days. In addi tion the French took more than 150 prisoners and some machine guns, (k-rmanx Repulsed Enemy efforts have been strongest along the Qise and on the eastern edge of Retz forest east of Villers t'otterets. In attempting to cross the Oise near Montalagache, the Ger mans were repulsed completely. Ground was gained by the enemy troops near Longport, east of Villers- Cotterets, but the French counterat tacks threw them back with the loss of 50 prisoners. Elsewhere along the salient through Neuilly. Chateau Thierry, and along the Marne, where American troops are in the line, to Rheims, the Germans have been un able to advance. The Berlin official statements on the fighting grow shorter. Wednes day's reported only a slight advance along the Aisne Tuesday and local Hghting near the Ourcq. The situa tion is unchanged according to the Wednesday evening announcement from German headquarters. Front Quiets Down There are yet no signs that the enemy is preparing for still another blow in his campaign to crush the French and British before the Amer icans enter the Hghting in large numbers. On the Flanders and Pic ardy salients small raids continue and the artillery fire is about normal. American troops around Neuilly, northwest of Chateau Thierry, re pulsed Tuesday night and Wednes day strong German efforts to ad vance. The American machine gun fire broke up the German attack in confusion. West of Montdidier and east of Lunevllle American patrols have been active. An American party of thirty men penetrated the third German line east of Lunevllle and out fought a party of 200 Germans. Heavy losses were suffered by the Germans, while the American casual ties were slight. Austriuns Hold Back Although artillery activity has in creased along the entire Italian front from Stelvlo to the AdriaUc, there is no indication that the Austrians are yet ready to launch their offensive, for which it is known they have made preparations. There has been an increase In In fantry fighting on the Macedonian front. Allied troops have with stood successfully Bulgarian attacks against the new Greek positions at Skra di Legen, near Cradisnitza and between Lakes Ochrida and Presba- COUNTY TOURED BY FARMERS IN BIG AIJTO PARTY Dissemination of Useful In formation Is Attained in Day's Outing Two hundred and fifty farmers and their friends in thirty-five automobiles left Market Square this morning to take part in the farmers' auto tour of southern Dauphin county, arranged by the Dauphin County Farm Bureau. Or chards, dairy farms, and other points of interest from agricultural stand points are being visited by the farm ers that they may become better ac quainted with many up-to-date mtehods of doing things on the farm. Hog farms, dairy farms, peach or chards, agricultural experiment sta tions, etc., were visited this morning and are being visited this afternoon throughout the southern end. A tour of the northern end of the county. Agent H. G. Niesley says will be held during late summer or early fall. Inspect Big: Farms • Leaving Harrisburg at 8.30 o'clock morning the party made its first stip at the llonnymead farms a half hour later, where a half hour stop was made. The model Bonnymeud dairy barn with its high grade cat tle was inspected. One hundred and four Holstein and twenty-two Guernsey cattle are kept at this barn. Later on the same farm a 250-acre alfalfa Held was examined. Alfalfa | culture was explained by Hiram Bil lett, the farm manager. He declared that '"alfalfa is the best and cheap est feed for cattle." The next stop was made at the F. B. Suavely farm, where a mixed hay Held was inspected. Growing in this field was alfalfa, alsike and red clover. The effects of lime fertiliza tion was noted. At the A. B. Shenk farm, fertilizer experiments on four plots of ground were observed. Of these plots, all planted to wheat, one was fertilized with ammonia and ten per cent, phosphoric acid, on the second nothing was used, on the third fourteen per cent, acid phos phate and on the fourth a solution of three per cent, ammonia and eight per cent, phosphoric acid. Experi menters said that the fourteen per cent, acid phosphate fertilizer was the best and at the same time the cheapest for wheat fertilizer. On the Shenk farm a Delco light ing plant was examined. This plant, costing approximately S3OO, fur nishes sufficient power to light the house and all farm buildings in ad dition to furnishing all needed power on the farm. The plant is run on kerosene and primed with gaso line. Lunch at Herslicy The next stop. was made at the Hershey farm where a corn variety test was observed. An experiment with seven varieties of pure bred and five local orn was observed. A SIO,OOO bull weighing 2.133, a Percheon stallion and 600 full bred hogs were seen. An examination of the breeding pens was made. The 250 farmers after these ob servations went to the Hershey Park where they took their luncheon which they had carried with them. G. L. Bulkey, dairy husbandry ex pert of the extension department of Pennsylvania State College, deliver ed a short address to the farmers. This afternoon a modern calf horn on the Hershey farm was ex amined. On the S. T. Whitmer farm the recently remodeled and up-to date dairy barn with their many Holsteins was inspected. A potato spraying demonstration was given on the Beaufort farm later in the afternoon and the poultry plant of the same farm was examined. The party expected to reach Har risburg shortly after fi o'clock. NEW PRINCIPAL . FOR CENTRAL HIGH rContinued from First Page.] mained one year. He then was prin cipal of the Cohoes High school. New York City, for three years; the Lock port High school. Lockport, N. Y„ for six years, and the Youngstown High school, Youngstown, Ohio, for three years. He was selected by Dr. Downes from a list of almost one hundred applicants who at present are teaching in many sections of the country. Dr. Downes will also recommend to-morrow the reappointment of Prof. William E. Strawinski to the Technical school faculty. Professor Strawinski, until two years ago, was in charge of the English department at the school but resigned to accept a position at the Horace Mann High school. New York. After remaining there two years he said the climatic conditions affected the health of his small child and he applied for reap pointment here. R. A. Barnard, a giaduate of the Central High school and Princeton College, and at pres ent teaching in the Trenton High school, will be recommended for ap pointment as a teacher at Tech. The board will be asked to name Miss Delia Simonetti, of this city, as assistant attendance officer, the of fice having been created recently upon the recommendation of Dr. Downes. Other business on the calendar for the session will include action on renting the Technical High school auditorium on June 10 for a mass meeting when an address will be given on "The Redemption of Pale stine;" June 20 for commencement exercises of Dunmire School of Music and July 22 for memorial services for the Knights of Pythias. The resignation of Miss Nora M. Koons, a teacher at the continuation school since it was opened a few years ago, will be presented. The directors will also tfear a committee representin gthe Harrisburg branch ol' the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Monthly estimates from the archi tects on the amount of building con struction work on the new junior High schools will be presented by them. DIVORCE GRANTED The divorce decree separating Nora M. from Roy W. McCarty sign ed by Judge W. Rush Gillan, Cham bersburg, was filed to-day at the phothonotary's office. The case was heard in 1915 by Judge Gillan who was specially presiding at the time. AT RELATIVE'S FUNERAL County Controller Henry W. Goush has been called to Pitts burgh to attend the funeral of a relative. He was expected to return to the city again late to-day. SHERIFF SELLS PROPERTY Ten properties located in the city and county were sold under the auc tioneer's hammer at the quarterly sheriff sale at the courthouse this' afternoon. < OVriNCK BBMION The session of Naturalization Court scheduled to be held to-day, hus been postponed until November 14, Govern ment officials reported. HAKRISSTTaG TELEGRAPH MARKET LEADERS IN UPWARD MOVE Investment Rails Are Neglected—New Haven Reflects Pressure of Previous Day—Liberty Bonds Maintain a Steady Course By Associated Press York, June 6.—Leaders made only nominal changes, mainly up ward, at the opening of to-day's stock market, but the list Boon de veloped irregular tendencies. Gains of fractions to a point in equip ments. tobaccos, fertilizers. Industrial Alcohol and Atlantic Gulf were bal anced by the heaviness of Marines, the preferred losing 2Vi points. In vestment rails were neglected, but secondary issues, including New Ha ven, reflected a continuance of yes terday's pressure. Liberty Bonds were steady. Recessions from early high quota tions ran from 1 to 1 % points in equipments, Mexican Petroleum. General Motors, Tobacco products and shipping. Marine pfd was the most uncertain feature, its irregular is giving no hint of expected action by ihe directors later in the day. U. S. Steel and low priced rails led the general improvement at noon. Lib erty 3%s sold at 99.66 to 99.72, first 4s at 93.60 to 93.00, second 4s at 93.42 to 93.54 and 4>4 at 95.94 to 96.16. \EW YORK STOCKS i handler Brothers and Company, members of New York and Philadel phia Stock Exchanges—3 North Mar ket Square. Harrisburg; 336 Chestnut street, Philadelphia; 34 Pine street, New York—furnish the following quotations: Open. 2 P. M. Allis Chalmers 3314 33 Amer Beet Sugar 6714 68% American Can 44% 4494 Am Car and Foundry .. 79% 79% Amer Loco 63 63% Amer Smelting 75% 75%. American Sugar 110% 110% Anaconda 63 63% Atchison 84*4 84 % Baldwin Locomotive .... 88% 87% Baltimore and Ohio .... 56% 55% Bethlehem Steel (B) ... 82 81% California Petroleum ... 19% 20% Central Leather 65% 66 Chesapeake and Ohio ... 58% 58% Chi, Mil and St Paul ... 44 44 Chicago. R I and Pacific 23 23% Chino Con Copper .... 39 38 Col Fuel and Iron .... 47% 48 Corn Products 40% 40% Crucible £teel 63 % 62% Distilling Securities .... 59% 58% Erie 16 15% General Motors 123 124% Hide and Leather 13% 14 Hide and Leather pfd .. 68% 70% Inspiration Copper .. .. 49% 49% International Paper .. .. 36% 37 Kcnnecott 32% 32% Kansas City Southern .. 18% 19% Lackawanna Steel .. .. 85% 86% Lehigh Vallev 59% 59% Merc War Ctfs 29% 28% Merc War Ctfs pfd .... 105% 102 Mex Petroleum 93% 93% Miami Copper 27% 27% Midvale Steel 50% 50% New York Central .... 72 72 N Y, N H and H 41% 41% New York, Ont and West '20% 19% Norfolk and Western .. 103% 103% Northern Pacific 86 86 Pennsylvania Railroad . 43% 43% Pittsburgh Coal 48% 43% Pittsburgh Coal .. >. .. 48% 48% Ray Con Copper 24% 23% Reading 89% 89% Republic Iron and Steel. 85% 86% Southern Pacific 83% 83% Southern Ry 24% 24% Studebaker 42% 43 Union Pacific 120% 121% U S I Alcohol 123% 122 U S Rubber 57 57 U S Steel 100 99% U S Steel pfd 110% IJ"% Utah Copper 77% 77% Virginia-Carolina Chem . 49 49 Willys-Overland ...... 19 19% Western Maryland .. .. 14 14% Westinghouse Mfg .. .. 42% 42% American Y. M. C. A. Aids in Helping Troops Leaving Soissons; One Passes Out By A ssociated Press Paris. June 6.—American men and women attached to the American Y. M. C. A. units with the French troops played heroic parts in the re cent retreat east and west of Sois sons and one Carl Lyttle, of North Brookfleld. Mass., is believed to have lost his life. Amid a rain of gas shells Lyttle went into a certain burning village to rescue refugees after the troops had come out. He has not been seen since. Y. M. C. A. workers stayed with the troops (luring the rear guard fighting, gathering and distributing supplies. Four Y. M. C. A. men join ed the staff of a base hospital swamp ed with French and British wound ed, and worked twenty hours a day as stretcher bearers and nurses. Women workers particularly dis tinguished themselves. One, Miss Maria Herron. of Cincinnati, a sis ter-in-law of former President Taft, remained in a'hut serving food and coffee to the soldiers until the vil lage was set on Are by German shells. Miss Jane Boiler, of Cincin nati, only left a few at Soissons a few hours before the Germans entered the town. Trial of "Preacher" Ben Johnson For Slaying of Two Likely Next Week Ben. alias "preacher" Johnson, colored, will probably be called for trial in (criminal court next week on charges of murdering Odell and Tucker Copelin, both colored, in a fight on Easter Sunday morning. The indictments will be presented to the grand Jury on Thursday morning and the trial may be started in the after noon. Court officials said it is likely the trial of Harry Dickerson, colored, also charged with murder, will be continued until September. Because of the small trial list Judges Kunkel and McCarrell will hold court ses sions and no judges from nearby counties will be called to the city. MINION OF I,AW GETS BIG WILDWOOD CARP Summer weather proved too tempt ing for Alderman Fritz Kramme and his constable, "Sam" Garland, yester day. The two went to Wildwood Park, and the Alderman comes back with a story that he hooked an eigh teen-pound carp. The carp was a fe male and he left it get back into the water. Garland came in for his share of the glory, helping to pull the carp out of the stream. SUSAN McCORMICK Susan McCormick, formerly of Harrlsburg, died Tuesday at Wash ington. She was aged 76. The body will be brought to Harrisburg to morrow afternoon by E. La Fackler, unde. taker, and brief services will be held wjth the Rev. J. Bradley Markward, pastor of Bethlehem Lu theran Church, officiating. Burial will be in ' the Harriaburg Cemetery. PHIL.AOBI.PHIA STOCKS By Associated Prets Philadelphia, June 6. Wheat Market guiet; No. 1, red. J2.5T. No. 1. soft, red. J2.25: .No. Z. red. 2 Ji No. 2. soft. red. J2.lt. Corn The market is firm; No. 2. yellow, $1.68® 1.70; No. 3, yellow. $1.64(0)1.66. Oats The market is steady; No. 2. white. 81%® 82c; No. 3, white, 80®80%c. 1 : ; The market Is steady; soft Igu-I. |>UI ton. f 4t>.sU d 4i.uu, fprlu, l<vl lull. {4-1.1,0® 45.00. * Butter The market is steady; western. creamery, extras, 44c; nearby prints, lancy, <Bc. lisss —Market higher; Pennsylvania ana other nearby tirsis, tree cases, $11.40 per case; do., current reecipts, free cases. $10.95 per case; western, extras, firsts, free cases, $1.40 pel case; do., firsts, free cases, $10.95 per case; fancy, selected, packed, 44®46c per dozen. Cheese Firm; New York, full cream, old, 22®25c; do., new, 23®24c. Reilned Sugars Market steady, powdered. 8.45 c; extra fine, granulat ed 7.45 c. Live Poultry Market lower; fowls. 33®34c; young, soft-meated luusurs. yuuiie., sta&gy roust, ers, 24(0 25c; old roosters, 21®22t; spring chickens, 50@56c; leghorns, 42®44c; ducks, Peking, 28®30c; do., Indian Runner, 26®27c; turkeys, 27 ® 28c'; • geese, nearby, 25® 26c; west ern, 25® 26c. Dressed Poultry Steady; turkeys, (itaruj, choice to fancy 3j®4oc; uo., !air to good. 32®37c; do., old, 37®38c; do., western choice to fancy. 37® 38c; do., fair to good. 32@36c; d0.,01d toms, 30c; eld. common. 30c; frash fowls, fancy, 33®36%c; do., smaller sizes, 33®35c; old roosters, 20c; spring ducks, 41@43c; frozen fowls, fancy, 35®35%c; do., good to choice, 32® 34c; 4)0., small sizes, 28®30c broiling chickens, western, 40@42c; do., roast ing. 34® 38c. , Potatoes Market lower; New Jersey. No. 1, per basket *3o®soc t3J lbs.). New Jersey. >s... 2. per <>uske:. 16®2Rc; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs., $1.30@1.70; New York, per 100 lbs., $1.50® 1.70; western, per 100 lbs., $1.25 ®1.55, Maine, per 100 lbs., sl.teo(tf 1.80; Delaware and Maryland, per 100 IVb., 90c®$1.10: Michigan, per 100 lbs.. $1.00@1.15; Florida, No. 1. per barrel. $3.00®5.00; Florida,! per bushel hamper. 75(®85c; Florida, per 150-lb. bag, $3.00@3.50; South Carolina, per barrel, $2.50®5.00. Tallow The market is dull; prime, city, in tierces. 16% c; city, special, loose, 17c;. prime country, ?F k - 15@15%c; edible, in tierces, 18c. Flour—Steady; winter wheat. 100 per cent, flour, $10.75®11.00 per bar- IfrAiM 1 ] 8 . 88 w heat, 100 cent, flour, ♦ 11.00® 11.25 per barrel; spring wheat, 100 per cent, flour, $10.50© 10.75 per barrel. Hay The market is dull; timothy, No. 1, large bales. $30.00 per ton; No. 1, small bales. $29.00®30.00 P T er ton; No. 2. $27.00®28.00 per ton; •Vr nitv,?!2.oo® 24.00 per ton; sample, *15.00® 18.00 per ton; no grade. $lO 00 ® 15.00 per ton. .Clover Light. mixed, $27.00 f 52 n; No * mixed. 125.60@26.60 per ton; No. 2. hifht mi*- ed. $18.00®20.00 per ton. CHICAGO CATTLE By Associated Press Chicago, June 6. Hogs R e-25.0 lower. Heavy butchers, f' 8 -<°®16.70; light butchers, $16.75@ 16.90; prime, heavy, $15.90® 16.35; heavy, packing. $15.50® 15.80; selected, light, $17.00® 17.10; medium and light mixed, $16.50016.75; bulk of sales, $16.40® 16.85. Cattle Receipts, 10,000; very little done, strike preventing getting the cattle into the pens. Choice steers, averaging 1,300 pounds, sold at $17.65. ' hheep Receipts, 8,000; lambs strong. Top shorn, $17.75; top spring lambs, $20.50; sheep steady. 205 Properties Sold in City During May; Assessed at $590,659 Two hundred and five properties in the city were sold during Mav, City Assessor James C. Thompson reported *on J„ he Properties are assessed at $.>90,659. During the first five months of the year 788 were sold, valued at $1,981,902. The report of sales in the various wards follows: _ Assessed ~ ar ? Number Valuations ™L c .°" d 71 i:i9.808 00 X hird .. 17 245,810 00 f ixth 20 69 910 00 U 130.570 00 fS!®?. 1 " 56 109,715 00 tenth 96 242 9°5 00 Twelfth . 59 109,355 00 Thirteenth 6J 84,040 00 Fourteenth 7 13.910 00 50,000 More Men For Railroads in France By Associated Press Washington, June 6.—Organiza tion of five new regiments and nine teen battalions of railway engineers for service In France, has about been completed by Samuel M. Felton director general of Military railways! They will add 50,000 men to those already engaged in railroad con struction and operation in France, said an announcement by th War Department to-day.. Nine regiments have gone across. Six are engaged in construction work and three in operation. The government, to-day's an nnnnnnment Sald ' haS s Pent $160,- 000,000 on railway materials for 1 France. ► LET'S ALL LIVE IN RIVER-VIEW ; I —TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN — ► E. M. HERSHEY THE OWNER OF i RIVER- VIEW THE ONLY SUBURB | Herewith Makes the Announcement That on < I Account of the Favorable Weather Condition < : THE SALE WILL OPEN ONE WEEK SOONER : ► NAMEIY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, JUNE 14th AND 15th .. ; ; FULL PARTICULARS LATER For Information Call Bell 1390, Dial 3573 4 ► Security Tru.t Building WM. J. SOHLAND, The Lot Man < **A A A AAA AA A |__t: DAUPHIN SIGNS UP 1230 YOUTHS FOR WAR SERVICE City and County Draft Boards Bcgistcr Many Under Se lective Service Act Twelve hundred and thirty Dau phin county youths yesterday regis tered for war service with the three city and three county hoards under the selective draft act. A number of out-of-town youths were registered by the boards, but they are not in cluded in these totals. The county total will be raised after all regis tration cards of Harrisburg and county youths registering in other cities have been received and filed. The total city enrollment yester day was 592, while the county enroll ment was 638. The registration by boards was. City Board No. 1, 130; No. 2, 227; No. 3, 235; County Board No. 1, 271; No. Z. 217; No. 3, 150. \ ery few youths are believed to have failed to register. While practically all of the regis trants were unmarried, quite a few of them had already taken the mari tal vows and several of them were already fathers. One proud regis trant reported that he had a quintet of youngsters. Several men registering yesterday" just attained their majority on. rtrg istiation day, while several others l escaped it last year merely by one day. City Board No. 1 reported sev eral instances of this kind. Robert H. Geisel, 513 Race street, and Jo seph Herbert StaufTer, 1502 North Sixth street, just became 21. State Y. M. C. A. Boys. Camp Begins June 21 Athletic and spiritual instruction na a general Rood time are the aims of the State Y. M. C. A. Boys Camp, which is to open at June -1. the camp is located sixteen miles north of Harrisburg. It is an annual institution and boys from all over the state are planning to come to the woodland tents this summer. The camp is a complete village, with diningrooms. kitchens and tents. It is under the leadership of H. Schmidt, state boys' work secretary, ! and his corps of assistants. A number | of applications for admission have al ready been repeived at the Caider Building headquarters of the associa tion and more are coming in daily. King George Picks Standard Clothing l/ondon.—King George, while on a visit to the woolen manufacturing towns in Central England, has in spected several factories engaged in making cloth for the new standard suits for civilians. Upon completing his inspection the king made the first exception to his resolution not to have any more new clothes during the war and selected a length of brown standard cloth to be made !nto' a 57-shilling suit for country wear. King George expects to spend next week in inspecting troops in the Al dershot district. WILL CHANGE BUT ONE PLAYGROUND IN CITY Only one change in city play ground locations will be made this year, park department officials said to-day. The play plot maintained at the Lincoln school building grounds will be transferred to the Wood ward at Eighteenth and I Boas streets, Commissioner E. Z. Gross and Supervisor J. K. Staples announced. Instructors for the vari ous plots will be named in a few days as a number of applications have already been received. Super visor Staples to-day ordered athletic goods and other supplies which will be needed for the opening of the sea son June 17. OWNERS GET DAMAGES With the construction of .a turnout in Berryhill street between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets by the Har risburg Railways Company, all prop erty owners along the street have been allowed damages because of the change in the street paving. The total amount allowed to owners is $296.86 which will be paid by the railways company through the city treasurer's office. Notices to the property owners affected were sent out yesterday and at noon to-day more than SIXS of the money had already been paid back. POINTS TO WATER PENAI/TY | City Treasurer C. E. Weber issued i a statement to-day calling attention) to the 2 per cent, penalty added June! 1 on all quarterly bills for water l which were dated April 1. These! bills were due at the net charge dur ing April and May, Mr. Weber stat- i ed. After July 1 a one per cent. | penalty will be added each month < while the bills remain unpaid. HUIIjDING PERMITS ISSUED A building permit, was issued to-day to Blot and Baust, contractors for the A. E. Alleman estate, for the remodel ing of the brick building at 400 Mar ket street. The total cost of the al-' ; terations will be $2,500. Another per- i mit was issued to Samuel P. Bern- 1 liardt for the erection of a one-story i frame building at the rear of 611 1 North Fifteenth street, at a cost of $55. PROBATES ONE WILIj The will of J. H. Smith, latQ of the city, was probated to-day and letters testamentary issued by Register Roy C. Danner to Ellen Earner and Clyde i Emory Smith. - " r JUNE 6, 1918. Brethren Hosts Open Sessions at Hershey With Bible Institute Thousands of members of the Church of the Brethren from every portion of the United States are In Hershey to-day attending the an nual confeuence of the denomina tion being held In the Immense con vention hall. The conference opened last night with a Bible institute. T. T. Myers spoke on "The Atonement Needed," and Dr. F. F. J. Holsop ple, formerly of Harrisburg, address ed the assemblage on "The Book of Jol—lts Structure." Dr. Holsopple v/iis formerly superintendent of tho I Hnrrisburg district of the Anti- Saloon League. He is well known in this vicinity. This morning the meeting opened with a song service, followed by an address by H. K. Ober, of Elizabet h tewn, on "The Sunday School Super intendent." Dr. Holsopple spoke on "The Book of Job—lts Doctrinal Teachings." The afternoon session was opened with an address by the Rev. Mr. Ober on "Qualifications of the Sunday School Teacher." I H. ! Brumbaugh spoke on "The Person ality of the Apostles." Dr. Holsopple will address the evening session on "The Problem of Human Suffering" and T. T. Myers will speak on "The Atonement Pro- I vided." Prober Uncovers Sale of Meat Unfit For Army; Vicious, Says Chantland By Associated Press Washington, June 6. —Further evi- I dencc of the sale or offering for sale of unfit meat for the Army has been discovered by the Federal Trade Commission, W. T. Chantland, chief examiner, declared to-day when rep resentatives of Wilson & Company, Chicago packers, appeared to deny charges that they sold unfit meats. Representatives of Wilson & Com pany asked for an early hearing on the charges made in a complaint the commission had filed against them. "We cannot proceed to a hearing immediately," said Mr. Chantland, "because other substantial instances j are under investigation. | "I think lam justified in saying itha they are vicious and should be j considered in this case. They go to I the very root of the indicated de fense of Wilson & Company, that the instances cited in the complaint were sporadic and occurred through oversight." It was decided to begin the hearings asked for June 18. * 57,399 Men Register in 267 of 282 Local Draft Board Districts State draft headquarters announc ed at 3 o'clock to-day that 267 local draft districts had reported register ing yesterday 57,399 men who had become 21 since June 5 of last year. There are 282 districts in the state. In class A, white men, there had been registered 47,183; class B, col ored men, 3,335; class C, aliens, 6,- 861. In Philadelphia the registration was 12,068, there being 9,305 in class A, 1,256 in class B, and 1,507 in class C. Owing to light registration in two Philadelphia boards, permission has been asked to make an investigation, it being reported that aliens refused to register. All local boards have been ordered to send their lists to headquarters by June 8. Harrisburg board No. 3, John C. Orr, chairman, has the distinction of being the first to report. LEGAL NOTICES To Bondholders of Penna. Milk pro ducts Co: WE hereby notify holders of Bonds Nos. 439 and 456, to present them to Union Trust Co. of Pennsylvania for payment on or before July 1, 1918, as interest on same will cease on that date. , (Signed) PENNA. MILK PRODUCTS CO. niIBBER STAMnft Ull SEALS & STENCILS liV W MFG.BYHBO.STENCILWORKS ■ gl la 130 LOCUSTST. HBG.PA. (j j HAVE YOUR j! jit ij I Lawn Mower, Hedge 1 and Grass Shears > j i! Put in Good Shape We Can Do It The Federal Machine Shop Cranberry Street, Between Second and Court jj Harrisburg, Pa. j CALL FOR WAR SERVICE OUT TO EVERY NURSE Meeting at Hospital Saturday Night Is in Interest of Enlistments For the meeting of graduate nurses to be held in the Harrisburg Hospital Saturday night, in the In-* terest of enlistment of nurses for war service, a general invitation has been extended to all graduate nurses of Harrisburg and vicinity, whether these nurses are visitors to the city or residents. Dr. Jes3e Lenker, who has seen service at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, will speak on the practical work and the needs of nurses. Miss Frances Scott, superintendent of nurses at the Harrjsburg Hospital, and Miss C. E. I,andis, superinten dent of the Polyclinic Hospital, will preside at an informal discussion, following the address. The government has waived re quirement of state registration for graduate nurses who have been grad uated before January 1, 1918 and leading schools of the country, real izing the need of training nurses, have established summer schools for nurses, notable among these schools being Vassar, Smith and Wellesley colleges. The alumni of these col leges are given an opportunity to i study nursing, and they will then be expected to go to nursing schools under the direction of the govern ment. after which they will be sent to the Army base hospitals for serv ice. Members of the committee in charge of the campaign are: Mrs. James I. Chamberlin, chairman; Mrs. Lyman D. Gilbert, Miss Frances Scott, Miss C. E. Land in, Dr. Jesse Lenker, Miss Slicer, Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones. Miss Jane A. Delano, national di rector of the department of nurs ing of the American Red Cross, In commenting on the government rul ing mentioned above, says: "The general nursing needs of the country can best be met by mobiliz ing practically our entire nursing re sources through enrollment of all graduates of registered schools whether individually they have regis tered or not. Nurses can be assign ed to classes of service for which they are especially fitted, and many married nurses not registered can be inducted to enroll for nursing ser vice in hospitals and dispensaries." In a statement Issued yesterday, Newton D. Baker, Secretary of War, has called upon the general public, civilian hospitals and graduate nurs es to assist in every way, the drive for the nurses, according to Washing ton dispatches. Arkansas Valley Rail way, Light & Power Company Bond Secured 7% Notes Due December 1, 1920 To yield ' w 11 Details on request Bonbright & Company MORRIS WISTAR STROUD, Jr. Manager 437 Chestnut St., Phila. New York Boston Chicago Detroit
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