PUBLIC SERVICE HAS OBLIGATIONS Interesting Decision Given by Chairman Ainey in Decid ing Somerset Action ■■■■■■■■a The Public Ser \ \ V jn /7j vice) Commission handed down to- day by Chairman C. Ainey holds that the borough of CinPQSaV; Hooversvllle, in I fiBlHWWyj Somerset county, r pWfl has not only the 5 i! to acquire j an electric light ■SastiiSSESrMwl ing system within its limits out beyond to a certain extent. The owners of the lino, tho United Light, Heat and Power Com pany, filed a protest Rgalnst the pro posed municipal acquisition and that If the Dorough securod tho right It should he required to take over cer tain connecting lines, which It was contended would bo of no use If separated. Tho right of tho com pany to acquire -tho system was challenged. The decision holds that the bor ough has the right to acquire tho system and fixes $9,401.02 as tho price to be paid. Including tho lino from the borough lino to a point known as Shaffer school house in Quemahoning township. In re gard to the rest of the lino in the township which the company con tended tho borough should buy It is held that the borough would bo tinder no obligation to give service to tho six customers. "Charter rights -arry with them correspond ing duties and responsibilities" says the decision. "When the companies elect to acquire the one comes tho burden and duty of fulfilling tho other. Wero tho borough compelled to acquire this portion of respon dent's lines it could not utilize them for light and service, and on tlio other hand, it would permit the pro testant to dispose of all its physical property in Quemahoning township for which township it has secured charter rights and In which It is under public obligation to supply Its service." Many Reporters—State crop report] service has been extended by the! State Commission of Agriculture toi include 760 crop reporters. They are] located in every agricultural district; and in some cases there is one to a! township. Tho records made up this l year are the most complete ever; established by the Department. Road Material Scarce Road building contractors in Pennsylvania I are commencing to feel tho pinch of, war according to letters which are, coming to the State Capitol and thej State Highway Department is be-, ing importuned to secure permits] from the United States government for road construction material so j that the men awarded contracts can \ start work. Several construction' jobs are understood to have been, held up by uncertainties as to whenj essential materials can be made, available. Arrangements have been made whereby the State Highway! Department, which is a big consumer j of oils and other substances for road, maintenance, passes upon requisi-; tions for materials for road work, j Road contractors have been having the same trouble as other employers! of unskilled labor. Draft Plans —State draft officials are urging members of local boards THE GLOBE To-Day the Clock Says 1373 THE GLOBE Saturday, Au{£. 31st, Is Positively dti&k the Last Day of THE GLOBE'S Que Thousand tmm Suit Campaign li But 3 x / 2 more shopping 11 It ays rema i n f° r you to llfWii lIWMM take advantage of THE inl'iiHPSH GLOBE'S greatest of all sales—only a few days and lillll WßßK % remarkable money-saving sa ' e be over. Men don't let this chance go mm] n \m by. REMEMBER that clothes ' * are rising in cost every day. NOW—RIGHT NOW is the time to buy and save. In addition to the GREATLY REDUCED PRICES below, an extra FIVE PER CENT. BONUS is now assured every pur chaser—we've long ago passed the 1000 mark. $lB Suits Reduced to $14.50 $28.50 & $3O Suits Are .. . $24.50 $2O Suits Reduced to $16.50 $32.50 Suits Reduced to . . $28..50 $22.50 & $25 Suits Are . . $19.50 $37.50 Suits Reduced to .. $32.50 Men's Trousers Reduced All Straws and Panama Hats Reduced Continuing the Great Sale of Those Wonderful Jftn* QC Silk Shirts, Worth to $5.00, at £~ Harrisburg has never before seen,their equal. Think of it— buying Silk Shirts, worth up to $5.00 in times like these, at $2.85. How can we do it? We bought them almost a year ago. The pattern and size ranges are com plete. You'll say they are "some" shirts when you see them. THE GLOBE TUESDAY EVENING, &AB;RISBURG TELEGRAPH AUGUST 27, 1918 to perfect their plans for the bis registration under the new draft law in circulars which are being issued. The new regulations are In process of shipment to boards; Gets Compensation Chairman Harry A; Macko'y, of the State Com pensation Board; has handed down a decision reversing Referee Cum mings and allowing compensation to Jeanette Collins, Philadnlphta, irt a claim against a New York Arm, the caso Involving a question of law. The claimant was secured to give a demonstration in a Philadelphia de partment store and fell over a rug, receiving severe injuries, The referee held that she was not injured on premises under control of the de fendant and that she was not in the employ of the defendant to an extent that covered liability, The employer's business was being carried on for the lime being on the premises of the Philadelphia store) it is held, Must Uso Care—fltate draft boards throughout Pennsylvania were to day warned In a circular from state headquarters to Koo that they did not send to camps men previously passed by boards, but rejected upon exami nation at army cantonments. The utmost caro In forwarding only men physically fit Is enjoined. A circular has also been lsßued which calls at tention to the report of olttcora over seas that some men not of high men tal grado havo been sent as replace ment troops. figures l.ato—Complete figures on tho registration of men Just twenty ono havo not beon returnod by all draft boards as yot and tho total 'will hardly bo reached at state head quarters to-day. Home of the boards report examinations of men regist ered on Saturday as complotod. No .Session—No sessions of tho Pub lic Service Commission wero held to day. Tho Derry township cases are due to come up to-morrow. Services For Mrs. Hart Will Be Held Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. B. H. Hart, wife of tho Rev. B. H. Hart, formerly of Harrlsburg, will be held at tho residence of Charles H. Mauk, Sixth and Kelker streets Thursday at noon. The body may be viewed to-morrow aiternoon( and evening between the hours of 2 and 9 o'clock. Burial will be made at Thompson town. The Rev. H. L. Jacobs, of Williamsport, will conduct the fu neral services. assisted by tho Rev. H. R. Bender, pastor of alie Ridge Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs. Hart died last evening at the! Polyclinic Hospital. Her husband I was formerly pastor of the Fifth | Street Methodist Church, occupying j the pulpit there for a number of: years. The Rev. Mr. Hart is also aj past grand master of the Pennsylva-1 nia Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Hart is survived by her hus band, a daughter. Miss Miriam Hart, j a son, Shuman. In the service of the United States, and a sister, Mrs. 0. | H. Mauk, Karrisburg. Services For Mrs. Fehleisen Are Held This Afternoon ; Funeral services for Mrs. Sophia Fehleisen, wife of Herman Fehlei j sen, 660 Boas street, were held at | 2.30 o'clock this afternoon In St. | Michael's Lutheran Church. Burial I was made in the Harrisburg Ceme ) tery. Mrs. Fehleisen suffered a stroke j of paralysis last Thursday morning. She died at her home Saturday eve ning. Mrs. Fehleisen was well known in this city. She was a member of St. Michael's Lutheran Church for fifty yearsi and for many years was presi dent of the Ladles' Aid Society. She Is survived by her husband and one daughter, Mrs. George .C; Tripner; two grandchildren. Winifred and Curtis Tripner, and the following brothers and sisters: Charles E. ; Ripper. of this city: George C. Rip pen of Baltimore'; Mrs; William Liesmann, of Camp Hill, and Mrs: M. H; Garland) of West Fairview; ANNIE MILLER The funeral of Annie) the 13-year old daughter of Mr; and Mrs; For rest H. Miller, who died Friday night took place yesterday afternoon. CH-\RI,ES C) BAKER Funerat services for Charles C: Boker> noil of Mr, iyid Mrs: C; H; Baker, 180rt Berryhlli street, wili he held to-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock at the home of his parents; Burial wili be made at Middletown; Mr, Baker died Sunday evening at his home, WILLIAM KINGi Funeral services for William King, Pittsburgh, who was killed at New Cumberland, when he was struek by a Valley Railways Street car, were held at the funeral parlors of C), H, Mauk) Sixth and Kelker Streets this afternoon. Burial was made In the East Harrlsburg Cemetery) i- — * Lemon Juice For Freckles Girlel Make beauty lotion at home for a few cor.to. Try it I Squeeze the Juice of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounoes of orchard white, shake well, and you havo a quarter pint of the best frecklo and tan lotion, and com plexion beautiiler, ut vory, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disap pear and how clear, sott and white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harm less. Qndiqeshon CJ yas ? gives surprising relief in from five to ten minutes in most cases. Your pioney re funded if it doesn't. 27c at Croll Keller, G. A. Gorgas, J. Nelson Clark. Great Spy Plot Uncovered in Arrest of Germans By Associated Press Sail Francisco, Aug. 27.—Federal officials believe they will be able to prove the existence of a spy plot extending through Russia, Sweden States, as the result Aii S. Indictment here yesterday of Ailardt \on den Mussche Muench K- Wl V ra t J Mlohael Zacho - Muench, alias Kurt Rrunner; i s said to be a dnr Vn„°D ° rm . er r Tennan Ambassa dor Von Bernstorff. The suspicions of a sailor on a Pacific liner on which the men arrived here on April 26, I "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" You will "Save Money" and plenty of it, if you will take advantage of the opportunity this "Live Store" presents to you at this Semi-annual I Where Everything in Our Entire Stock Is Reduced, Except Collars Perhaps you have bought one suit this season and you think you have enough clothes to see you through at present well your worry is over temporarily, but the thing that should concern you more is the possibility of being able to get what you want in the future. 1 Your safeguard would be to come HERE at once and spend all the 1 money you can spare You'll see the wisdom of following this bit of advice in a few weeks from now Not many merchants would urge you to buy at prices as low as we are quoting for "they know" |g there s an extra profit waiting on all the merchandise carried over for next season But this "Live Store" is I giving you the benefit of its enormous purchasing power by which we are able to save you money —We are having a complete clean-up" of spring and summer stocks in this strictly "cash sale" All $2(k22 Suits .. . I u! * s I I All $25* 00 Suits " ' " Sit).7s All $6.50 Boys' Suits, $4.95 | II Aimnoo All $7;50 Boys' Suits, $5.95 I ill S -I " * " All $8.50 Boys' Suits, $6.95 *3 Suits . . . S 27£i All $lO.OO Boys' Suits, $7.95 I All Suits .. . s 32— J All $12.00 Boys' Suits, $9.75 j I Ij Summer Underwear — j Hosiery r~ Pajamas 1 i All .95c Underwear.. 79c All 20c Hosiery 14c All $2.00 Pajamas .. .$1.59 1 All $1.25 Underwear.*. 99c AH 25c Hosiery 19c . All $1.75 Underwear.. $1.39 AU 30c Hosiery .... 29c Ail S2 ' so Pa J amas • • • 5189 Alls2.ooUnderwear..sl.s9 All 50c Hosiery 39c All $3.00 Pajamas ...$2.39 All $2.50 Underwear.. $1.89 A 'J J S n c n H° s | er y •• • -59 c aji $3.50 Pajamas ... $2.89 1_ - . . 1 AH $l.OO Hosiery 79c ____ r ——— Shirts 1 1 All $l.OO Shirts 79c "Signal" Shirts $1.89 I All $1.50 Shirts $1.19 „ All $1.85 Shirts $1.59 Blue Chambray Shirts with All $2.50 Shirts $1.89 Collar attached 99c j All $3.50 Shirts $2.89 0i..„ Chambrav Shirts with 2 All $5.00 Shirts $3.89 y a 39 All $5.85 Shirts $4.89 1 All $6.85 Shirts $5.89 All Flannel Shirts Reduced I Everything Reduced Except Collars ■■■■ 1 ■ ' ' 1 " ■ ' ■ -1917, led to their arrest. Secret papers are said to %ave been found sewed In the clothi* of Muench. Muench is reporti*. to have been a German officer cal'tured by Cos sucks early in tho w'ar: Zacho, re puted head of the spy system in Stockholm, was sent to produce his release and finally reached China with him. They reached here on forged passports, It Is alleged; EIGHT MORE! SHIPS ADDED TO IJ. S. LIST Wus hi rut ton. Aug. 27.—More than 40,000 deadweight tons of ships were added to the American merchant ma rine in the week ending August 22 by the completion of eight more ves sels in American shipyards. Seven of the ships were of steel and one of wood. Launchings In the week ending August" 24 totaled nineteen, nine steel and ten wooden ships. Six Probably Killed by Explosion on Ship Washington, Aug. 27.—Six of the crew of the American steamship Lake Eden are believed to have been killed by a torpedo explosion in foreign waters on August 21 or drowned when the vessel sank. Ten men are report ed missing. A report to the Navy Department names the following be- Pennsylvania Called to Send 2,500 Men to Camp Washington, Aug. 27.—Pennsylva nia and Illinois wore called upon by tho provost marshal general to-day to furnish 5,000 white registrants qualified for general military serv ice in addition to the number fixed In the general September call issued last week. Each state will furnish 2,500 and the men will start for Camp Forrest, Ga.. September 3-6. 9 Kermit Roosevelt Gets British Cross By Associated Press Inndon, Aug. 27.—The award to "temporary and honorary Cap tain Kermit Roosevelt," son of Colonel Roosevelt, of the Mili tary Cross for services In Meso potamia was announced In the Official Gazette to-night. Until he joined tho American forces In France, Captain Roosevelt was attached to the British army in Mesopotamia on special duty.
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