* TUESDAY EVENING, STATE WILL ACT ! ON SCHOOL CASH Committee Named by State Board of Education Will Have an Early Meeting Plana are be- V V\ //J\ lng made for an A\\ iwy J early meeting ol v\\\\jfck (TjvJ the committee I state Board ol I Education to pre- P are legislation 11 wSlwWfffllSW I tor the Common llnlll wealth to appro cost of teachers' salaries in the Behool districts of the state. The idea is to collect infor mation showing the experience ol districts in the school year which is Just closing; the value of the real estate taxable and what was pro duced and the amounts expended for teachers' salaries. The subject will receive attention at the annual meeting' of the State Educational Association which will be held in this city and it is prob able that action will also be taken by various directors organizations. Information is also being gathered In regard to rural schools with a view to working out a plan for consolida tion in districts where some schools show a falling oft In*attendance and where transportation can be arrang ed for children. Commission Ready.—The commis sion for Colonel Henry W. Shoe maker, of Altoona, who Is to make a study of aerial defense in European cities, has been prepared for Gover nor Brumbaugh's signature and will be issued within a few days. The matter of passports and transporta tion will be taken up with national authorities and the Governor is in cdmmunication with governors of other states who consider like steps. To Discuss Road. —As soon as Highway Commissioner O'Neil re turns to Harrlsburg the subject of state action to secure control of the Chester and Darby road, against which complaint has been made by A. Mcrritt Taylor on behalf of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, will be taken up. In the event that the state is not able to purchase it from funds at hand the complaint will either be brought to attention of the Public Service Commission or the State Defense Commission. The lat ter body has funds which might be used. The Attorney General's De partment will be consulted. Superior Court. —Returns from all counties In Pennsylvania except Lu zerne show that Superior Court Judge W. D. Porter received 328,289 and Stephen H. Huselton 156,966. The Allegheny county returns were re ceived to-day, showing 64,649 for Porter and 20,410 for Huselton. Ef forts are being made to get the Lu zerne figures. Telegrams have also been sent to eight counties for state ments of the total number of bal lots so that the sole nominee posi tion can be worked out for Superior Court. Graluyrf 'to Take Hold. Warren C. Graham, Philadelphia lawyer, will become compensation referee in Phil adelphia to-day. He was appointed yesterday. Coulter Known Here.—William J. Coulter, the new chairman of the Lancaster county Democratic com mittee is well known to many here. He was elected yesterday. L Smallpox at Tyrone.—An outbreak of smallpox has appeared at Tyrone. Jt is among laborers for a road con tractor. Xo Hearing.—The Public Service Commission to-day gave formal no tice of the postponement of the Derry township grade crossing cases until June 19. Bids Opened.— Deputy Commis sioner Joseph W. Hunter to-day opened bids for state highway con struction In Butler and Chester coun ties. No awards were announced. T. H. Gill and Company, of Whit ney Point, New York, were the only bidders on the Butler county project, ■which calls for the construction of that section of State Highway Route 72, extending from the Allegheny- Butler county line to a point near Cooperstown, about 15,774 feet in length, the type of construction to b reinforced concrete. Their bid was $127,586.20. , The Chester county project Is lo cated in Pocopson township, on State Highway Route 13 4, and calls for 17,049 feet of reinforced concrete construction, the surfacing of the roadway to be sixteen feet wide. Dunlevy Brothers, of Coatesvllle, were the only bidders, their price being $123,643.20. Want Him to Opernte.—The Scran ton Hallways Co. to-day filed an un usual complaint against William Mll- Balance | Sta is vitally necessary in 't.' selecting your tailor. j|j| • • p ' When you wear well- 2$ i~4 tailored clothes you £9 give yourself a busi- gS wg ness asset. • ga Er • • • ; n c^7 When you wear long wearing clothes you rag pS release labor and wool HQ for the war. • • • rv^ m Sa km For the maximum in gn value, style and qual yA ity, inspect our line. S&j B i M Custom-Made P rS s7l Shirts H | A. J. Simms 1 | 22 N. 4th St. | pj Harrisburg, Pa. || Technical High School Boys Ready For Their Annual G. GORDON HOLLAND Forty-eight Lads Will Receive Their Sheepskins Thursday Evening; Five Class Orators to Discuss as Many Phases of the War Five different phases of the war will be discussed by the commence ment orators at the Technical High school Thursday evening. This quin tet of speakers, representing in thought their classmates who have attained an ago when they will be used as the manpower oi the coun try, will give their ideas as to how and why the Hohenzollern dynasty should be eradicated. Each one of the speakers has se lected a theme pertaining to tho war. Maurice Glenwood Beard, a.s valedictorian, will speak on "Mili tary Training in the High Schools." The salutatorian, Gordon G. Holland, has for a subject "Liberty and Sacri iice." "This One Thing We Can Do" will be discussed by Fred Henry. Fred Essig will talk on "They Gave Until They Died." Winfield S. H. Lo ban will have for a subject "Keep insr the Home Fires Burning." Just forty-eight lads will receive their sheepskins Thursday evening at the commencement exercises. Less than four years ago the fresh man enrollment of this class was 138. That all of the speakers should select martial subjects for their themes is all the more tribute to the eighteen members of the class who have entered some arm of the serv ice. Each one of the boys enlisted as privates, but in many cases they have worked their way to positions where they have covered themselves with honor and spangles. The 1918 honor roll is: Edgar Bat ten, U. S. Destroyer, Cassin. Royal Beckley, 25th U. S. Aero Squadron. George Bell, first class privates I hospital service. I Henry Cocklin, Battery F. 108 th! Field Artillery. Raymond Hall, 413 th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps. Donald Heicher, U. S. flagship, Pennsylvania. Clarence Hempt, 263 th Aero Squadron. Corporal Dwight Jerauld, Eighth Pennsylvania Infantry Band. James Lane, 303 rd Field Signal Battalion. Sergeant Bruce Longacre, 493 d Construction Squadron. Corporal Harold Moore, Companj dls;, who operates a Jitney between Scranton and Carbondnle. The com pany charged that, while he had a certificate, he was not furnishing the service required under the authority pf the Commission. The company re cently fought through a number of Dther cases against jitney operators. Scranton Men Here. —Mayor A. T. Connell, Representative F. C. Ehr hardt, Walter McNichols and H. C. Hubler. of Scranton, mot at the Gov ernor's office to-day. Secretary Ball said they were all on separate busi ness matters and that their being here was a "coincidence." Mr. Hub ler.wlll leave shortly to engage in i'. M. C. A. work In France. Woodward Vlnltn. —James F. Wood ward, Republican nomine* for Secre tary of Internal Affairs, was at the -apltol to-day, Mr. Woodward was Dn his way to Philadelphia to at tend the meeting of the State Com mittee and met a number of friends ivhile here. BIK Payment Made. —The Pitts burgh and Lake Erie Railroad to-day paid the state $482,117,41 in state tax. Mr. Kurtz Here, —J. Banks Kurtz, prominent Altoona attorney, was at the Capitol to-day. No Action Taken. —The Public Service Commission did not take ac tion on the federal increase of rail road rates or the Philadelphia tran sit lease at the morning session to day.- Sproul Renamed—Senator William C. Sproul, Chester; George P. Done hoo, Coudersport, and William H. Stevenson, Pittsburgh, were to-day reappointed by Governor Brum baugh as members of tho State His torical Commission. Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education, was reappointed a trustee of the School for Training in Speech of Deaf Children, Philadel phia. New Majors—Captain Charles H. Muhlenberg, Reading, was to-day ap pointed major of infantry. Reserve Militia, and Murray T. Klllner, of Reading, appointed to succeed him is captain of Company M, First In fantry. John D. Meyer, Pittsburgh, svas appointed major of infantry and J6hn C. Judson, Washington, ap pointed first lieutenant of infantry ind assigned to Company F, Third Infantry. The appointment of the two majors complete the list as far a.B Infantry is concerned and two ma jors are to be named to the staff. Brunner Coming —Arnold W. Brun ner, of New York, landscape archi tect of the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings, will be here to-morrow to discuss details of the preliminary plans with the members of the board. Mr. Bruirtier will ex plain sonie of'the work which it is proponed to start this year. Commission May Act*—The Chester and Darby road .against whose charges complaint has been made to the Governor by officers of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, re ceived attention at the Public Serv ice Commission to-day when the ad- . *. -t v." ' fy - - <••• / *" 4 t + ... : | r- . , mm *"J ■ > • mm J mm WINFIELD S. H. LOBAN FRED HENRY A, 112 th Infantry, Keystone Dlvl sion. Harry Nell, Company A, *ll2th In fantry, Keystone Division. Alfred Osman, Second Company Coast Artillery Corps. Willis Patterson, Quartermasters Corps. Corporal Fred Ramey, Company A, 112 th Infantry, Keystone Divi sion. Herman Rhoads, Company D, 413 th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Corps. Edgar Steward, Company G, 112 th Infantry, Keystone Division. Newton Heishley, National Army. While several of the ex-students 'are etlll in training camps in this country, practically all of the Ma roon lads are "over there" fighting for their Uncle Sam. When the grad uating class has its final program Thursday evening, tho memory of all will turn back and think of those who have already gone forth to make service for their country. The memory of such fellows as "Hennie" Cocklin. taking a long forward at left end, will linger forever in the minds vlsabllity of Instituting a complaint against the company was considered, but no action taken. The telegrams sent to the Governor are awaiting re turn of Highway Commissioner o Neil, who is expected here from Detroit Thursday. Mns. DANTEIi MATTHIAS DIES New Cumberland, Pa., June 11.— Mrs. Daniel Mathias, of New Cum berland, died yesterday at the United Brethren Home at Quincy, Pa., from heart trouble. She was at the Quincy Home for the past two years, and her frusband, Daniel Mathias, is also making his home there. She was a member of the United Brethren Church of New Cumberland. She Is survived by her husband and a sister, Mrs. Ayers, of New Cumberland, wife of the Rev. A. R. Ayres, of the United Brethren Church. Funeral services will be beld on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the United Brethren Church, Manchester, York county. # A 432 MARKET STREET United States Food Administration License No. 0-30305 Specials For Wednesday, June 12 Sliced Liver, 3 lbs 250 Our Own Frankfurters, lb., Victory Steak, lb. ...... 25t 210 Chuck Roast, lb 250 R( ? ast Veal > lb 280 Picnic Hams, lb 250 J* 035 * lb 250 „ , TT .. Roast Pork, lb 30 15 30 J Our Own Smoked Sausage, Veal Chops, lb 32 His life" on these occasions Boys J ~ like to be where there is "something \ doing" and help in their boyish way j ; • to keep things lively for everybody. || You don't often find a boy all by 1 himself or moving about quietly He's usually f/j l/M heard as well as seen lt's an inspiration to see these /,. | \\ lively fellows, who are fast growing into manhood, and / iv' Boys are good listeners and learn | fast, they're well acquainted in questions of the day They know where "Dad" buys his clothes, f~ v and very often you'll find them coming in to this "Live i '//"A2>| Store" to price the good looking suits they saw in our \// 17/ >&"**• f attractive show windows, taking home the message to S jjl mother, that at Doutrichs they saw the best boys' cloth- § '* r ing, just what they wanted at the most reasonable prices. Results have been most gratifying in our I Boys' Department, because we have managed somehow to gain the boys' confidence and through the "boys" have made fast friends with the parents This is a family store that does the things most people like and always sells dependable merchandise. Try This Dependable @s®m@ B^JS,X 304 IPW PA. The Harrisburg Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx and Kappenheimer Clothes | War Note Discloses Premonition of Fate PottsvUle, Pa. Mrs. James R. Firth has received news from the "War Department that her son Joseph hud been severely wounded at the French front Just as she received it letter fromh Im. which indicated that he had a premonition of his fate. "Mother, you do not need to be concerned about my spiritual status," ho wrote. "I have put mysolf right with God, so that when I go out there on the firing line I will be pre pared to meet any fate that awaits me." He also wrote that the Germans were assailing the Americans in the trenches with hundreds of devilish inventions. Women Braver Than Men, Fight Munitions Fire London.—The House of Commons was thrilled recently by a recital of heroism by London women munition workers who saved their plant from destruction by Are. A shed filled with live cartridges and cartridge paper was burning. Twenty women workers who had re ceived some fire drill trulnlng rushed to their posts, though warned by a number of meH of the danger and urged to leave. They kept the blaze doypi until city firemen arrived. Defied Law to Save Her Ancestors' Graves Kansas City, Mo. Miss Ida B. Conley, a descendant of the Wyan dotte Indians, was fined SIOO in a police court in Kansas City, Kan., on a charge of destroying city prop erty. The specific charge against Miss Conley was that she removed sur veyors' stakes set in Huton Ceme tery for an improvement provided for by a congressional appropriation. Miss Conley insisted the improve ment would be desecration of her ancestors'* graves. JUNE It, 1918. 25 YEARS FOR MENNONTTES WHO OBJECT TO WAR I f Court-Martial's Sentence Was For Life, but General J. P. o*Neil Reduced It Sail Antonio, Tex., June 11.—Sen tences of life Imprisonment were Im posed by a court-martial yesterday upon forty-five conscientious ob jectors who had refused to wear Army uniforms. The sentence was reduced to twen ty-five years earl} by Brigadier Gen eral J; P. O'Nell, who reviewed the records. Gteneral O'Nell de:tlgnated Fort Leavenworth, Kan., prison as the place of confinement. The men will be sent Immediately to prison. Nearly all the men are Mennon ltes from Oklahoma. Some Mon nonltes who have refused to bear arms put on the uniform and ac cepted work in noncombatunt units. The men who were tried refused to put on the uniform and refused to work In any capacity' connected with the Army. The trials were held on Friday and Saturday. No evidence was of fered by the defense beyond the statement that the men were of a faith objecting to physical force. None of the defendants offered any explanation of his failure to obey the command to put on a uniform. .Hall Decorations to Be Clothing Now For Huns New York. —The scarcity of cloth ing in Germany has resulted in an that all municipalities negoti ate Vith societies for the utilization of materials u seel for hall deco rations, says the Berlin Tageblatt. The imperial clothing board has been forced to deny the applications of communities for the delivery of clothing and linen for city children sent to the country because of the scarcity of supplies. Worn footwear and old leather may be sold only to persons and boards designated by the Imperial body for shoe supply. The same holds good as to all fin ished goods In whole or in part of leather, such as trunks and hat and helmet boxes, footballs,, dice boxes, saddles, school knapsacks, harnesses and card cases. 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