4 ENLISTS IN THE TO JOIN BROTHER IN FRANCE Recruiting Drive Here Adds Hard Fight That he might join his brother w"ho is lighting with the United States Marines in the front line trenches in France, Edward Bahner, 21 years old, of Millersburg. son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bahner, to day enlisted with the "Devil Dogs." Three other men enlisted bringing the total enlistments to twenty-three for the week. The other recruits are Frank A. Kelser, of 324 North street; Lloyd Ferguson, of Jackson, Ky„ and Law rence Faunce, 1314 North Third Street. Bahner's brother is Paul, a cor poral with the Fifth Regiment, which recently took part in the big 'battle on the Marne. He has been in th service for the past three and one-half years and left for France last June from the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He was only promoted recently and has qualified as a sharp shooter. "My brother wrote me so much about the Marines and conditions abroad that I just couldn't do any thing else but enlist with you fel lows. 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Besides I think ft's every, man's duty at this time to do some thing in some branch of the service and from my little knowledge of the Marines I don't believe I could have picked a finer organization. I'm mighty proud to think that I'm a Marine now and I know that when my brother hears of It he'll be pretty happy over what his kid brother has done." Lawrence Faunce, Sr.. this morn ing appeared at the local recruiting office, at 327 Market street, with his 18-year-old son, Lawrence, Jr. "Here's the last one I've got to give and I guess if he passes the physical eamination he'll be In the right place," he said as he turned his son over to the recruiting sergeant. "My other son, Paul, who is 21 years old joined the Navy three weeks ago but Larry wants to join the Ma rines. He's young but if he wants to go I'm satisfied. I guess he'll be do ing his duty. I only wish I could join my boys." . Lawrence was a student in the Technical High school. Several of his schoolmates joined the "Devil Dogs" this week here and as he put it "I thought I might as well go with them." Lieutenant Samuel Katcher, in charge of the recruiting party here wants to express his appreciation of the co-operation given the Marines by the members of the local draft boards in granting releases to the men so that they might join the "First to Fight" organization. He declared that in no city that has been visited by the party have the men been so willing to aid in the drive conducted as they have here. Final arrangements have been made for the three-round boxing ex hibition to-night in Market Square preliminary to a recruiting rally. The bout will be between Lieutenant Katcher, lightweight champion of the Marine Corps and Sammy Schiff, of this city. DIES READING NEWSPAPER Lttlcstown, Pa., June 21.—Sitting alone on the porch at his home, reading a daily newspaper, Nicode mus Huff, aged 74 years, died sud denly. Members of the family who were in the house heard the paper fall to the floor of the porch and went out to see what was wrong and found the man dead. He had spent his entire life in Uttlestown. \ MIDDLETOWN The Rev. T. C. McCarrell and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shireman and Mtsa Alice Hendrlckaon attended the Presbyterian reunion, held at Done gal Church, yesterday. The Sunday School class of the St. Peter's Lutneran Church, taught by Mrs. Ezra Good, picnicked at Paxtang Park, Harrlsburg, Wednesday. Those in the party were: Louise Fox. Helen Gotshall, Helen Hoffman, Na omi Yost, Kathryn Nauss, Mary Ern bick, Marion Shaenos, Edna Smith. Cora Poorman, Marion Smith, Dorothy Case, Mary Gibbins. Helen Leggore, Dorothy Yost, Anna McGarvey, Norine Stephey, Cora Smith, Helen Baumbach, Elsie Stephey, Helen Steiner, Helen Baumbach, Charlotte Rudolph, Thelma Smith, Mrs. T. C. Smith, and Mrs. Ezra Good. The students of the first ele mentary class taught by Clarence Barnet. gave- a recital at the home of the teacher. yesterday afternoon, from 5 to 6 o'clock. Those taking part were: Frank Sinegar, Roy Deim fer, Walter Brandt. Andrew Sinegar, lona Leidig, Grace Hoffman, Romaine Crow. Emily Kurtz, Mary Sides. Cath arine Hoffman, Carrie Engle, Grace Klberti, "Janet Rudolph, Anna Gruber, Elizabeth Bombardner and Hyacinth Thomas. A. G. Banks spent yesterday at Chambersburg as the guest of his brother C. E. Banks. Mrs. Samuel Becky of Milton, is spending a week in town as the Suest. of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. eorge Davis. Karl Bowers, of Philadelphia, spent yesterday in town as the guest or his lather. Dr. C. E. Bowers. Felix Schraedley has secured a po sition as baggagemaster at the Penn sylvania Railroad station. Mrs. Walter Yost, of Rochester, N. Y„ is spending some time in town as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Yost. ... „ . Twenty-five members of the Chris tian Endeavor Society of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church hiked to the second iron bridge at Frey's Grove, last evening, where a marshmallow toast was enjoyed. Middletown will have an ambu lance unit in France. Sergeant R. A. Strauss, of the United States Army recruiting district, has made arrange ments at the Few drug store, for Friday, Monday and Wednesday even ings, up until July 8, to fill the unit of forty men between the ages ot IS to 40 years. The men will be sent to Columbus, Ohio, for training. George Lutz, of Royalton. was ap pointed by the court as constable for Royalton, to succeed Henry Brandt who resigned. The Red Cross chapter will hold another race on the tracks of the fair grounds on the afternoon of July 4. Charles Myers, who assisted the wo men on Decoration Day in securing several horses for the race, will also have charge. Miss Margie Longenecker enter tained a number of friends at. her home last evening, and after a social hour had been spent, refreshments were served to the following: Mrs. A. R. Hoffman. Misses Mary Erb, Mary Peters, Haddie Fisher and Mrs. Walter Shellenberger. of Reading. HARKIS3ITRG &&&& TELEGRAPH MERCANTILE TAX DUE THIS MONTH Should Be Paid to the County Treasurer Before .July 1 Mercantile tax- JLI ). lilt es for 1918 are //jL. du e this month lilff JJwl and should be pald be * ore Jllly 1 Was Btated at the county treas urer's office to- W! jHHjSjlffi-l lieved the total ' Hli BtiSiilJa tJf. ' amount collected 1 L VIW Jgw SBEF' F from this source *I[IUHIIL. source will be much higher than last year. To date mercantile tax has been paid for 1,154 retail business places, 82 wholesale, 56 restaurants, 36 pool rooms, 30 brokers and 11 theaters. Send Out Certificates.—Provisional certificates are being issued at the office of County Superintendent F. E. Shambaugh and will be sent to the forty-one teachers who passed the recent examinations. Special examinations will be held again next Thursday and Friday. Refused License.—Stevan Vranese vic, 35, of Steelton, who came here from Serbia, was refused a license to wed Milka Ernyokovic, when he told the marriage license clerk he had a wife living in his native country. Charges Misappropriation. Mis appropriation of funds of the es tate of the late M. Homer Shirey, and other illegal practices, are charges in an equity suit brought by Mrs. Hazel J. Yates, a daughter, against her uncle, A. E. Shirey. A number of instances are cited in which Mrs. Yates alleges she was swindled out of money from her fa ther's estate. A date for hearing will bo fixed later. Prisoners at Work.—Six prisoners from the Dauphin county Jail were taken to the county almshouse where they will be put to work during the summer. They will be under guard and will remain at the almshouse, it is likely additional prisoners will be taken there if needed. Orders Bridge Built. The court j signed the final order for the con struction of a bridge in Huntington! county, Cromwell township, on the road from Orbisonia to Chester Fur nace. The viewers recommended the building of a concrete structure 175 feet in length with an 18-foot wide roadway. MAY ELIMINATE^ TROLLEY-CAR STOPS [Continued from First Page.] railways companies in the state. The date for the conference will be an nounced later. Administrator Potter's letter fol lows: To Executive Officers of All Street Railway Companies in Pennsyl vania Outside of Pittsburgh: At a conference held at this office to-day, it was unanimously agreed that coal could be conserved by in troducing economies in street rail way operations. Foremost of these economies is the skip-stop system; therefore, the following order has been issued on all street railway companies in Pennsylvania: "You are directed to meet with the Fuel Administrator of your coun ty, and his committee, to arrange a local program of street railway econ omies, the first part of which is the skip-stop system, in accordance with the following suggestions: "A—The system should, if possi ble, be applied to the entire city, in cluding the business district as well as the residence district, and not merely to the latter. "B —The stopping points must be located so as to serve the people to the best advantage rather than to secure uniform spacing or to follow any arbitrary rule. This may bring some of the stopping points on the near side of the street, some on the far side, and some in the middle of a block. It is better, however, to have such a diversity, with the points properly located, than to have uni formity if convenience of location is sacrificed to secure this result. "C The number of stopping points must not be too great. There should be not more than eight per mile (averaging 660 feet apart), in business districts, six per mile (av eraging 880 feet apart), in residence districts, and four per mile (averag ing 1,320 feet apart). In the open country." Improves Sen-ice The remarkable improvement In the service which has been affected in Washington by the skip-stop sys tem has been largely due to the proper observance of these princi ples. In addition to the above, which may be regarded as fundamental, there are a number of other items which should be carefully considered In each case, but which, on account of local conditions, may or may not apply. These are: 1. If the system is inaugurated gradually Instead of all at once, it is preferable to put it into effect first in the congested down-town dis tricts, where a number of lines con verge. and to make it apply to all of the lines in that district. This will effect an immediate improve ment in service on all of the lines and will prepare the way for a greater improvement when the sys tem is extended. 2. The stopping points should be plainly marked, preferably by signs bearing the words "Car Stop" or some similar designation which will be clear to any one, rather than merely by a colored stripe on the pole or other designation which is not self-explanatory. 3. There should be a sign in each car giving a list of the points at which stops are made, where this is practicable, or, where this is not practicable, calling attention to the fact that the car stops only at cer tain Btreets and suggesting that pas sengers find from the conductor the nearest stop to their destination. 4. Where lines diverge, the stop ping points should be located so that the stopping of cars of one line will not hold back cars of the other line. A typical instance Is where one line continues on a given street while a second line follows the same route for a portion of the distance and then turns into a side street. In such a case, if the cars of the first line stop In both directions beyond the point where the second line turns off, and tf the cars of the second line atop In both dlrectlohs on the street which they alone use, the above object will be attained. 5. In many cases a staggered ar rangement of stopping points, so that If the cars bound In one direction stop at First street. Third street, etc, those bound in the other direction will stop at Second street, Fourth street, etc., will distribute the ad vantages of the system in more equitable manner among all of the patrons than an arrangement by which the cars Btop at a given point In both directions and skip the next former stopping point entirely. There are other cases, however, where this arrangement is not practicable. 6. In connection with the intro duction of the skip-stop system, the matter of safety stops should be carefully reviewed. There are many points at which cars are now re quired to come to a standstill where equally safe operation can be ob tained merely by having them slow down to a speed of Ave or six miles per hour. Saves Many Stops 7. Where interurban cars enter cities, it is desirable that they should not be required to stop at every city car-stopping point (since such cars require much more power for start ing than the city cars) but they should stop not oftener than every quarter mile. This can readily be arranged for by the use of special signs nt the interurban car-stopping points. 8. By observing the above poli cies it is ordinarily possible, when introducing the skip-stop system, to reduce the number of stopping points on city lines by from thirty to forty per cent. This usually reduces the number of stops actually made by about 25 per cent. Under these circumstances the schedule speed of the cars can, as a rule, be increased from ten to twelve per cent (without any increase In the maximum speed) g£ I LIVINGSTON'S I sg TWO BIG DAYS OF SPECIAL VALUES Saturday—Hundreds of Dresses on Sale—Saturday " G DREsIES E Sizes ' 16 ' 18 ' 1 / . 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It has been more or less com mon, in introducing the skip-stop system, to begin with one or two lines and to reduce the stopping points only in the outlying sections, making all the stops as usual In the business district. Such an arrange ment does not give satisfactory re sults from the standpoint of either fuel economy or improvement in service It is in the effort to avoid the Introduction of the system on such a basis in any future case that we are calling especial attention to the above principles which it is nec essary to follow in order to secure the desired results. The following gentlemen were present at the conference: F. Her bert Snow, Chief of Bureau of En gineers, the Public Service Commis sion, Pennsylvania; C. E. Falrchlld, Jr., executive assistant, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company; Thomas A. Wright, president, Wilkes-Barre Railway Company; Gordon Camp bell, president, York Railway Com pany, and C. L. S. Tlngley, Ameri can Railways Company. • The representatives of the various railway companies compose the ex ecutive committee of the Pennsylva nia Street Railway Association. Very truly yours, WILLIAM POTTER, Federal Fuel Administrator. JUNE 21, 1918. 1 . . lr Ik M 1 /L | Ideal for Making |iliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifp]]TOinii | Delicious Desserts V / A package of Dromedary jAI j§ Tapioca on hand means that N STAKITi^^ I you can make dozens of dainty, J § appetizing desserts easily, eco | nomicallyand quickly. Dromedary Tapioca is a new, V / i quick-cooking Tapioca ready for VEKJnTJJ HZZiSj E "instant" use without soaking. Y / di a ■ i • . , THE HILLS BRQS7CO. Packed m sanitary inner-lined \ NBW YORK 7 % package to preserve its original %>' "~ V H freshness and goodness. for Soakkig | Tke HILLS BROTHERS COMPANY, New Turk Manufacturers of the popular Dromedary pHHB SB Dates and Dromedary Cocoanut. \VH l\ Fj Best grocers sell | Dromedary Tapioca ilillllllllllMllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllll
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