14 RAILROAD RUMBLES MANY CHANGES IN R. R. OFFICES Cumberland Valley Affairs to Be Directed From Hagerstown H. B. Vorhees, for several years an employe of the Philadelphia and Heading Railroad in Harrisburg, has just been named general superin tendent of transportation of the Al legheny division. Notioe to this ef fect is included in the announcement of complete details of the railroad ihanges in the management of the Cumberland Valley, Western Mary land, Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads, issued from the office of the federal manager in Baltimore. The detailed statement follows: "Pursuant to action of Director General McAdoo in creating the Al leheny Region, C. H. Markham. Re gional Director, the following ap pointments are announced by Fed eral Manager A. W. Thompson, for the territory under his charge, con sisting of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road, Eastern Dines; Western Mary land Railway; Cumberland Valley Railroad, Cumberland and Pennsyl vania Railroad and Coal and Coke Railway. "The appointments are effective July 1, 1918, and >.ll of the general officers named will have headquar ters at Baltimore, unless otherwise stated. "R. N. Begien, assistant to Fed eral manager, will have Jurisdiction I over all the territory in charge of I operating and unification of facili ties; J. M. Davis, manager of Balti more and Ohio New York Terminals, with headquarters at New York; S. Ernie's, "general manager, Baltimore and Ohio Eastern Lines and Coal and Coke Railwiay; M. C. Byers, general manager. Western Maryland Railway. Cumberland Valley Railroad and Cumberland and Pennsylvania Rail road. with headquarters at Hagers town, Md.: Archibald Fries, traffic manager; F. 11. Clark, general super intendent, Maintenance of Equip ment; H. B. Voorhees, general super intendent of Reading Company transportation; 10. M. Devereux, treasurer: H. R. Preston. gen eral solicitor; H. A. Lane, chief en gineer; W. S. Galloway, purchasing agent; J. J. Ekin, general auditor, and E. E. Hamilton, assistant to Fed eral manager. "The Allegheny Region, under the United States Railroad Administra tion, creates a new railroad map in the territory east of the Ohio river.! 'The Western Maryland Railway between City Junction, Cumberland, Md.. and Connellsville. will be oper ated as part of the Connellsville Divi sion of the Baltimore & Ohio. "The Potomac District is created consisting of the following divisions: "The Cumberland Valley Division will included the Cumberland Valley Railroad, the Western Maryland Rail way, between North Junction (Hag erstown) and Shippensburg, Edge niont. Md., and Quinsonia, the Phila delphia & Reading Railway, between Shippensburg,. and P. H. & P. Junc tion (Harrisburg,) Carlisle, and Gettysburg. "The Hagerstown Division will in clude the Western Maryland Railway, from Virginia Avenue, Cumberland, Md., to Baltimore, Md„ except that portion included in the Cumberland Valley Division; the Baltimore & Ohio Itailroad. from Weverton, Md., to Ha gerstown. Md. "The Elkins Division will include the Western Maryland Railway from Virginia Avenue, Cumberland, Md.. to Klkins, W. Va„ and Belington. W. Va., and the Cumberland and Penn sylvania Railroad. 'This district will be under M. C. Byers. General Manager, who was connected with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and more recently Assist ant to President of the Western Mary laid Railway, who has appointed the following officers: "J. H. Tonge. General Superinten dent. with headquarters at Hagers town. Md., who has been Superinten dent of the Cumberland Valley Rail road and spent a number of years in the Baltimore & Ohio service. "G. F. Wieseckel, superintendent, maintenance of equipment, formerly with Western Maryland Railway, ehadquarters at Hagerstown. "H. R. Pratt, engineer maintenance of way, formerly chief engineer of the Western Maryland Railway, who will also have his headquarters at Ha gerstown, Md. Announce Wage Increase For Pennsy Watchmen Pennsylvania track watchmen have received notice that Director General of Railroads W. C. Mc- Adoo has granted an additional in crease in wages. Wages of watch men will be increased from $65.15 to $77.30 per month and at the same time the section laborers were in creased from $2.65 to $2.85 for ten hours work. 'j J | u fR 11a. U J , JggiH Good A Sight j^gl Priceless mmm Dollar* and centa don't count Why then abuse or neglect nature's greatest gift? Wear glasses if you require them and— t owe to u* (or the ulum neceaanrj Eyesight Specialist M NORTH THIRD ftTHBBT •chlelaner Building WEDNESDAY EVENING, NEW OFFICIAL INSPECTS LINK General Superintendent N, W. Smith Here on Way East General Superintendent N. W. | Smith of the middle division of the Pennsylvania Railroad took up his new duties yesterday. He is now on his first inspection trip. Gen eral Superintendent Smith reached Harrisburg early yesterday and spent the day on the Schuylkill Valley division. He will remain in the east to-day. At Pottsville his Inspection party met Regional Director C. H. Mark ham and Federal Manager Elishl Lee. It is understood that the many improvements provided for by the railroad war board will be taken up at once. It is said there will be some big work on the Middle and Philadelphia divisions. New Telegraph Wires Linemen are now running the nec essary wires to provide four sections of the train wire on the Middle division between Altoona and Marys vilhs. This wire is used for the is sue of orders and other business nec essary to the movement of trains by telegraph and telephone and is operated at present in three sections with cuts at west end of Hunting don yards, Lewistown Junction and the new cuts will be placed at Ty rone Forges, Mill Creek and Mifflin. The additional section has been made necessary by the Increased traffic incident to war conditions and the relief of crews under the hours of service laws. On the Philadelphia division it is said there will be additional tracks provided, and the plans for improve ments include Increased yard facil ities at Columbia, Marietta, Steel ton, and at the three United States depots, Aviation, Ordnance and Quartermaster, the latter at Marsh Run. Clerks Working Out New Shopmen's Wage Schedule The new schedule of rates to be paid the shopmen of the Reading Railway Company have been re ceived from Washington, D. C. As a result the clerks are working over time on the new payrolls. The new rates will be paid for the last half of June. The back pay for January, February, March, April. May and the first half of June will be paid as quickly as the calculations can be made. The machinists get 55 cents an hour fiat. The men at the loco motive shop are now working sixty hours a week. Standing of the Crews HARRISBURG SIDE Philadelphia DlvUlon The 126 crew first to go after 1 o'clock: 127, 132, 128, 133, 131. 9 Engineers for 128, 131, 132, 133. Fireman for 128. Brakeman for 132. Engineers up: Anderson, Downs, Klineyoung, Ream, Gunderman, Ten ny, Schlegelmilch, Rennard. Middle Division—The 243 crew first to go after 1.30 o'clock: 21, 27, 13, 26, 19, 36, 20, 238. Engineers for 27, 19. Firemen for 26, 19. 238, 36, 20. Flagman for 26. Brakemen for 15, 46, 36. Engineers up: Swigart, Titler, Brink, Martz, E. R. Snyder. Firemen up: Paul, Barnett. Pow* ell, Markel, Hiltner, Ulsh, Delancy. Brakemen up: Linn, McKee, Shel ley, Wingart, Walker, Beers, George, Rhoades, Gunn, Sterner, Eenicle. Yard Board —Engineer for 1-14 C. Firemen for IC, 6C, 1-7 C, 1-14 C, 2-14 C, 23C. Engineers up: Bostdorf. Schiefer, Rauch, Weigle, Lackey, Cookerly, Maeyer, Sholter, Snell, Bartolet, Get ty. Barkey, Sheets, Bair. Firemen up: Kell, Smith, Nichol. Miller, Wright, Wert, Soles, Rupley, Shoemaker, Stahl, Bartley, Frysinger, McKeever, Wengel. EXOLA SIDE Philadelphia Division The 227 crew first to go after 1.15 o'clock: i 241. 236. | Engineer for 227. Fireman for 227. Conductor for 241. Brakeman for 227. Brakemen up: Gutschall, Harmon. Middle Division—The 101 crew first to go after 12.30 o'clock: 102, 107, 111, 306, 227. Engineer for 111. Fireman for 101. Conductor for 102. Flagman for 111. Brakemen for 102, 107, 111. Yard Board—Engineers for 3d 129, extra 118. Fireman for extra 118. Engineers up: Zeiders. Hanlon. Fortcnbaugh, Brown, Bruaw, Potter, Herron, Lutz, Feass, McNally, Bair. Firemen up: Felix, Miller, Garlin. Baker, Price, Crlstorero, Huber, Nolte, Steffee, Weaver, Martin. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Middle Dlvlalon—Engineers up: G. G. Reiser, D. Keane, O. L. Miller, J. .1. Kelley, J. A. Spotts. J. H. Haines, . S. H. Alexander, D. S. Riley, J. Crim mel, H. E. Martin, R. M. Crane, W. C. I Graham, R. E. Crum. Firemen up: C. L. Dunn, E. J. ! Sheesley, J. C. Kerber, S. R. Mearkle, S. H. Wright, R. A. Arnold, P. E. | Gross, G. B. Huss, S. H. Zeiders, J. L. | Fritz, E. E. Ross. I Engineer for 3. Firemen for PA2I, 3, 37, 15. Philadelphia Dlvlalon —Engineers j up: B. F. Lippi, C. C. Gibbons, W. S. Lindley, R. B. Welch, C. R. Osmond. Firemen up: L. E. Everhart, W. E. Aulthouse, M. G. Shaffner, F. L. Floyd. Firemen for P26, 20, 30. No Phila delphiacrcws here. THE READING The 24 crew first to go after 12.45 o'clock: 58, 20, 22. 18, 65, 52. 73, 19. 12. 55. 53, 11, 21, 72, 8. Engineers for 58, 73, 12, 20. 'Firemen for 68, 72, 8, 12, 19, 20, 21, 24. Conductors for 58, 6, 7, 12. Flagmen for 65, 73, 12, 24. Brakemen for 62, 56, 65, 72, 73. 1, 11. 12, 21. Engineers up: Kaufman, Moyer, Chronister, Dow'uower, Little, Barn hart, Mlnnlch, Wiseman. Firemen up: Bender, Parmer, Yeagy, Snyder, Seasholtx, Cline, Kohnlien, HUler, Morrison, Hurley, Baker.- Flagmen up: Grady, Lukens, Bru baker, Hain, Welley. Brakemen up: Royer, Slier, Spire. Railroad Notes W. D. Bowers, special duty en gineer, is instructing new enginemen on the Middle division. Reading shifting crews at Reading have been put on eight hours, three crews working each day. General Superintendent W. H. Kef fer, of the Reading, was in Tama qua yesterday. Discipline bulletin No. 617 issued from the office of Superintendent N. W. Smith of the Middle division for the week Just ended shows that nine teen employes were reprimanded, twenty-one more were suspended from one day to one week for viola tions of the rules and regulations. The volume of trade on the Read ing Railway continues very heavy. On Saturday and Sunday the com pany handled on the Reading and Harrisburg divisions 36,494 cars. Of this number, 2,502 were anthracite. Considerable came to Reading dur ing the past forty-eight hours. H. P. Welle, for many years city ticket agent of the > Pennsylvania Railroad at Reading, and who has been assisting in the organization of the consolidated ticket offices at Philadelphia during the past several weeks, has been appointed chief clerk to A. C. Welle, district repre sentative of the passenger depart ment, located at Reading. SERVICES AT SLATE HILL Shircmaustown, Pa., July 3.—Spe cial services will be held In the Slate Hill AXennonite Church,i Thursday evening, July 4, at 7.30 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. ,; ■ / Dives,Pomeroy&Stewart ./g Dives,Pomeroy&Stewart There's a new meaning to The Fourth will be observed this Fourth's celebration-a throughout the civilized new interpretation of the world byrenewingthededi glonous word--Independ- HB H HII cation of our Forefathers of • ence-Hail the dawn of this [ 1111 '76 to fight'on till corn- Great Day. : ® plete Liberty is achieved To-morrow Harrisburg Celebrates the Day in a Manner Becoming the Sanctity of Our Purpose Store Closed All Day--Announcement of Specials For Friday No Friday Specials • Jfjl Cotton Dress Goods A TD S n i± o Sent C. O. D. or Mail - . 50c pongee silk, in fancy I JSC> VIJ OJ x I€■ ttjJ plaids, silk and cotton, 36 inches ( " w FUkd 10 " 6 ° rder! 4PfV Dresses A ttractivelyPriced lileCl. vii <9C sat ' ne: 36 inches wide, fy IT I Rn , TT ns .r v H, 59c foulards, 36 inches wide, ± VI ± lIUUy Z &U.LC Boys Hosiery - H** neat and fancy st y les - special, 39c and 50c black heavy cot- i-/- Friday only, yard 30c 'lO VfllllPCl - - <£l 1 QP ton ribbed hose, seamless; sizes , 33c silk stripe voll* tinted at " j. il \ ill Underwear* Boys' baseball sets, catchers Solid horse hide gauntlet gm DrOldery, SIZeS 18 tO J'J jj! White nainsook athletic shirts, glove, cap, ball and bat'; special gloves, thumb reinforcements, / \ 38. SDPC*I3,I IOF Fri- lCr\.. • sleeveless, not all sizes; special Friday only 45c outside seams; special Friday / V \ _ * 'JL^t F " d * yo " ,y :••••....*> Dlves , Pomsroy & st,™.. .•*> / ,4 Jk. A day only, $6.50. Z' Di\es, Pomeroj & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, / /V®! /Jii \ j Street Floor. Men s btore Mens Store I J Dlves - Pomeroy & Stewart. —Second Floor. Men s Union Suits Men s Overalls Boys' Sport Blouses \ Infants' Shoes Basement Wash Goods 75c Egyptian cotton ribbed Dark blue etripe overalls; SI.OO white canvas samplo 20c pr | n ted gingham effects union suits; short sleeves; spe- coats to match; sizes to 50; spe- 39c short blouse waists; sizes shoes, made on broad toe lasts. in "fancy plaids. Special, Friday cial Friday only s#c c ial Friday only *1.65 sto 9;. special Friday only, 27c . hand turn, leather soles, with onlv> yard ' 10 ',; Pl"j(j3Tr- Offerings in wedge heels; sizes 7 and 7 '/£• Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, J 6 Special, Friday only 75c 30c poplin in solid shades. Street Floor. * Men's Store . . Men's Store CUIlr R|A„ C OC Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Special, Friday only, yard, 10c DIUUSCS Street Floor, Rear. , , , , I——————————J . 35c suiting for skirts and _____ *7.50 and $8.50 Crepe de —J BU |t ß . Special, Friday only, yard, ~~~~~~~~~~ — " Chine Blouses, fn flesh and Usc Women's Hosiery Colored Dress Goods Men's Handkerchiefs " a ":. Women's Union Suits ioned - " <2.26 and $2.50 white China White cotton ribbed union imperfections; none exchanged; fabric; gingham styl^'32 inches chiefs; limit six to purchaser; silk blouses, sizes 36 to 46; spe- suits, low neck, sleeveless and Remnants of voiles and silk special Friday only 25c wi(le; spe cial for Friday only, special Friday only, S for 50c c 'al Friday only $1.05 knee lengths; lace trimmed; msl bp ' ecial ' rKI y on> ' var(l ._ 4 special Friday only 29c nalt pnco ' $1.25 thread silk hose, fash- >ard °" C Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart, Pomerov & Stewart ioned feet; black, "white and 1-Vac plain white hemstitched Second Floor. 75c white cotton knit union ' Basement, pink; none exchanged; special $3.00 wool plaids, 48 Inches handkerchiefs; special Friday suits; low neck,' sleeveless and _ wide: three styles: special Fri- on, y 4 for 30c knee length; special Friday Friday only 05c , , . , t ~ * day only, yard $1.05 Dives Pomeroy & Stewart Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Men . s g tore ell Women's Canvas Pumps Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement Specials Street floor. $3.00 army cloth, 54 inches r Street Floor ' i wide; special Friday only, per l_— _______________ ftn wh i t _ _ 33c 10-quart gahanlsed y ar d , 92.45 $2.00 white canvas pumps ___________________ pails. Special, Friday only, 22c —————i ' ——. 39c double wash boards. Spe . and hand turn soles with , cJaJ Prlday on | y 2 0c Black Dress Goods w.UfV'cSi nSS} "n.rS" Men's Canvas Shoes —■ <—* Lining Specials -IdifnSJil "f'y "nlirt" "" l .. FrM.yonly I.M 11.00 W.ck .urf oloH. tor MASON'S FHUIT JARS vard it An bathing suits; special Friday 1 * flOo yara * IBB $1.69 wool poplin, 40 inches blucher lace style, made on full „ ul , t , onlv v _ rd M .. o„olf i $4.00 black wool poplin 56 wide; shade, navy; special Fri- 175 whtte canvas only, yard 60c inches wide; special Friday day on 'y- P®* yartt $1.50 toe last, with leather stitched pumps, with'buckle; white rub- $1 5 00 tennia satine, 36 inches only, yard $.00 soles- sizes 6 to 10- special Fri . wide; white only; special Fri- "E. Z." SEAL JARS $2 00 black Santov 4-lnche, * 4 00 nav y *r|e, 56 Inches ' , ' bef soles : B P eclal Frlda y on, y- day only, >-ard 80c %-pint, dozen 75c wide; 'all special Friday w,de: "Peclal Friday only, per day only $1.60 59c Ame Hcan silk, 36 inches 1-Plnt, dozen 88c only yard special B rlday yard • 9S 0Q 91.30 wlde; length two to five yards; 1-quart, docn . .87c^ Dives Pomerov & Stewart D,v ' Pomeroy & Stewart, Dlves ' P s lrferoy & Stewart ' DIVCB ' Pomcroy & Stewart - • peclal Frlday on,y ' yard " ■ 4 . 5 c 2_<,Uart ' d ° Mn fl -°° • ' Street Floor Street Floor. strt ** Floor . Street Floor, Rear. Dives. Por^eroy^Stewart, _ . , - Ji* HAJRRISBURG tlfSfSil TELEGRXPH! MT. UNION PLANT LOSS ESTIMATED AT NEAR $750,000 Hailf Million Pounds of Gun Cotton Burned in Mu nitions Plant Mt. Union, Pa., July 3.—The big gest Are in the history of the town began yesterday morning at 8.45 and raged until 10.50 before the large force of men got It under con trol, when the Aetna Explosive plant was threatened with total destruc tion. Seven buildings were destroyed, however, only three were large buildings, but some of the most im portant at the plant those being the boallng tub, beater and poacher house building which also will cost approximately $125,000 to erect and with the loss of machinery and nearly 500,000 pounds of gun cotton in the finishing process at the time will mount the loss of the company to over $750,000 was the statement of one of the officials. However, this will not be nearly the final loss as it will require some time to build the buildings and prob-' ably three months before much of the machinery can be replaced and will necessarily keep a number of high salaried men either idle or do ing labor of the unskilled nature. The cause of the fire was unknown at a late hour to-day. When asked as tp the probability of It being set on Are by enemies no Information could be obtained; however *lt was claimed by employes that several suspicious characters were being carefully watched in Mount Union for some time. In fact several ar rests were made here in the last month and the officers are now keep ing a much closer watch on sus pects, and several employes of the plant were discharged several weeks ago for unpatriotic remarks. One of the most remarkable things was the fact that the fire was put out without the loss of life. Several remarkable escapes were made how ever, by the employes who escaped through the windows just In time to escape from being burned to death. Firemen worked until exhausted to keep the flames from spreading to thousands of pounds of high ex plosives, which if caught would have wrecked the entire plant and caused loss of many lives. The plant now employs 2,000 men and plans are started and material on hand for the doubling of the capacity of the plant. Officials of the company say that this will not cause any delay Jn the enlargement of the plant, but that the work will probably be speeded up so as to enable the company to supply the large contract which this plant is supposed to furnish. RED CROSS WORKERS MEET New Cumberland, Pa., July 3. Twenty members of the Red Cross were present at a meeting yesterday afternoon; Mrs. Lew Palmer. Miss Helen McFarland and Miss Helen Fair, of Harrisburg, were here in structing the workers. Mrs. Palmer spoke on "The Model Workroom." BIG T.N.T. PLANT IS BLOWN UP AT SPLIT ROCK, N. Y. 45 Killed and 50 Injured at the Huge Semet-Solvay Establishment By Associated> Press Syracuse, N. Y., July 3.—At least forty-five persons were killed and fifty Injured and the huge plant of the Semet-Solvay Company at Split Rock, near here, practically wreck ed by two explosions of trinltro turour at 9.30 last night. Terrific concussions from the ex plosions of the powerful war powder rocked large business buildings in the center of this city, smasned plate glass windows and created a panic in the residential portions of the town. The explosions followed a fire which had raced beyond Control and spread to the "T. N. T." vats. Two of these "let go" burying many work ers under the debris and scattered the flames to adjoining buildings. At a late hour the flames were burning fiercely and there was danger of more explosions. Volunteer firemen were powerless to stay the progress JULY 3, .1918* of the flames. Aid was sent from Syracuse but at midnight the water system broke down. Many Workmen in Peril A shift of 500 workmen was in the plant when the Are, the origin of which has not been ascertained, broke o*.. The workers made efforts to subdue Jthe flames and later. In speeding to safety, were caught In the first of the two explosions. Men were hurled in all directions. Two who were caught between burning •buildings, were blown through a wall. Still alive when picked up, there was not a shred of clothing on their bodies. The second big explosion followed fifteen minutes after the first and the combined force of the two blasts crumpled buildings in the vicinity. The homes of workmen across the road from the plant collapsed and i burning timbers were blown to the roofs of buildings across the railroad 1 tracks which divide the plant in half. Workmen and their families fled across fields in confusion. A telephone message from Split Rock brought the first word of the 'accident to the city. It reached po lice headquarters in the form of a request for all the ambulances and all the policemen who could be spared. The shock of the explosion, a few minutes earlier, had tied up all the phone lines, causing a delay before the ambulances were on the way. Both fire and explosions, accord | ing to workmen who with ■ out injury, were confined to the east I side of the plant, which is made up | of about fifteen buildings, Including j the offices and, laboratories. At midnight the flames had eaten I into the picric acid plants and were 1 making slow headway toward the giant tanks of oleum. New Cumberland Soldier Loses Eyesight in France New Cumberland, July 3.—Charles Hale, son of Mrs. Nettie Hale, of Fifth street, has been badly Injured and is In a hospital. He has lost the sight of one eye and the other is in jured so badly that it is feared lie will lose it. The causfe is not stated in the letter. Mrs. Hale is a widow. Her son, Charles, is 22 years old and has been in the service of thai United States for four years. He iw a member of the Ordnance Departs Oient of the Fifteenth Field Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, and was stationed at Fort Totten, Yprk, before he sailed for France. THE FOURTH AT ENOLA Knola. July 3.—Extensive arrange ments have been made for the ob servance of the Fourth of July here to-morrow and the exercises will all be completed in time to allow the participants and witnesses to go to Harrisburg to witness the big pa triotic events of that city. Arrange ments have been made here by the Rev. C. D. Rishel and the Rev. 11. M. Buck. Before the procession starts, a brief prayer will be offered, national airs will be sung and one of the pas tors will reach President Wilson's message. The procession will move 6flC to the Adam street public school, and thence to Beal avenue and State road, at Dith of which places pa triotic selections will be sung. Prof. Br.inbridge will have charge of the singing.