'NEW PUBLISHING HOUSE DEDICATED BY U. E. CHURCH Prominent Churchmen and Laymen Attend Impres sive Ceremonies Before a distinguished audience of ministers :n led 1- cating the splendid new publishing' house of the United Church at Third and Ileilj streets, were held in that building at . i.Vloek th's afternoon, tlie Hex. J., AV. Thompson, president or the board of education, officiating the conclusion of the which formally' threw open the doors or this mode v n publication plant to the United Kvangelieal constituency of the land as well as the general public, an informal Inspection or the new building was made by those at tending the exercises under the ili tection of K. H Stetler. assistant publisher. Noteworthy among >ne acts this afternoon that gijve the publishing house its llrst baptism of usefulness was the unveiling, • mpressive ceremonies, of a tu'o. zc, tablet commemorating the erectionj of the editlce by the Rev. AV. At. J Stanford. D. D.. editor of Sunday and K 1- of C- K. literature. This effee-, the bronze piece, occupying a prora-, inent place in tlie main entrance oL the building, and bearing the names; of the building committee, board of publication, publisher, architect and contractor, prior to its unveiling, was draped in the national colors. The dedication of the building '.as held to-day despite the .fact'tngl it] is some few weeks away front entire completion. Tlie arrangement to hold the exercises before ihe plant was one hundred per cent, tinislie 1 was for the purpose of affording the many church delegates who have come into the district to attend tliei quadrennial conference of the 1 nitedj Kvangelieal Church at 1 ork October i _ 14. an opportunity to inspect ihe new building. The program of this afternoons, exercises were as follows: Orchestral music. "Gloria Patri,"i i standing). Scripture reading, the Rev. J. G. Finkbinder, member of 'hei board of publication; prayer. Ex-j Publisher ihe Rev. S. L. Wiest; mu sic. hymn No. 324. introductory re marks. Bishop U. F. Swengel, D. D.; , music by Publishing House employes.! address. "Tlie Publishing House in! Its Relation tc the Church," James 1 .1. Xungesser. publisher; music byi male chorus, unveiling of bronze tab- j let, the Rev. \V. SI. Stanford, D. ]).. editor of Sunday school and K. u. of, 'K. literature; closing hymn. No. j :'.92, benediction, the Rev. J. W. j Homer, 1). D.. vice-president of tliej board of publication; inspection of the house under the direction of R.: H. Sletler, assistant publisher. To-night, between 6.45 and 7.15 o'clock, one of the most interesting' events connected with the dedica tion ceremonies takes place when the , exhibit room of the Historical So ciety of the United Evangelical! Church and Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society is sepa rately dedicated and formerly open-! ed. Bishop U. F. Swengel. presi-! dent of the Historical Society will preside at these exercises, which 1 will be as follows: President's opening remarks, (five' minutes), devotions, conducted bv| Bishop \V. 11. Fouke, D. D., (fivei minutes): description and historicali data of relics, the Rev. J. D. Short-] ess, D. D., (twenty minutes); dedi-j catory address. Dr. C. A. Bowman, | (twenty minutes); closing remarks' and benediction. Editor H. B. Hartz-| ler, D. D., (five minutes). The prineipul session of the dedi-' catory ceremonies takes place this l evening in the Harris Street United Evangelical Church ,at 8 o'clock to which the general public, inside and outside of the Evangelical Church, is invited. Following is the program for this final service commemorating; the completion of the new publish ing house: Scripture reading, the Rev. J. w. Hoover, editor of Evangelical Men; hymn No. 394 (standing); invoca tion, the Rev. AA\ E. Petfley. assistant editor of Sunday school literature; music: address, Bishop AV. H. Fouke, P. D.; anthem, by- the combined choirs of Harrisburg and vicinity Fnited Evangelical Churches; an his torical sketch. "The Progressive History of the Publishing Interests of the United Evangelical Church," the Rev. .T. D. Shirey, secretary of the board of publication and >he building committee; music, by the combined choirs of Harrisburg and vicinity United Evangelical churches; Free Lecture on Christian Science BY JOHN W. DOORLY, C. S. B. OF LEEDS. ENGLAND Member of Board of Lectureship of The Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. I'NDEH THE AC SPICES OF TIIE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. OF II ARRIS BURG, will be delivered in ORPHEUM THEATER 208 Locust Street, Harrisburg, Pa., THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, AT 8.15 P. M. THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED Run-down l Property FJILAPIDATED buildings are bad for the morale of those who live therein and for that of the passerby. We must not let buildings go to rack and ruin because the country is at war. On the contrary, the call is for economy and conser vation through timely repairs. What amounts to a little job to-day may be a big one next Spring. United Ice & Coal Co. I.nmlwr Department Forstcr & Cotvdcu St*. "(II * 1 —— TUESDAY EVENING, dedicatory everclses; (1) dedicatory poem, the Rev. (former bishop) H.' B. Hartzler, D. D., editor of The Evangelical; 2 () transfer of keys by building committee to tlie board of publication, the Rev. (former bish op) AV. F. i-Tell. D D., advisory mem ber of the building committee, de livering. nnd.the Rev. M. T. Maze, member of the board of publica tion. receiving the keys: a praise song by tho congregation, (stand ing); doxology; closing prayer an l benediction, the Rev. H. H. Niebel. corresponding secretury of the Mis sionary Society- of tlie United Evan gelical Church: inspection of the house under (hp direction of tho publisher. .Tames J. Xungesser. The new Harrisburg publishing house, as was the case with* the old one, will he the general headquar-1 (era of the fourteen publications is- 1 sued by thp denomination. The, gen - eral heads of the church and their respective departments will also be located here. The estimated cost of the new building is $150,000. MIDDLETOWN j Dies Suddenly While Pitching Quoit Game Alvin McXair. aged 74, died sud denly yesterday .afternoon at 2 o'clock front heart trouble. Air. Mc- Xair. and the Rev. AA'illiant Beach, of Ro.valton, had been pitching quoits when the former complained of not feetling well and fell over. Tlie Rev. Mr. Beach went to his as sistance. Mr. McXair died in his He was a life-long resident of Mid dletown. living at Union and Entaus streets for years. He is survived bv the following children: Ethel Me- N>ir. Ruth McXair. Jeanette Mc- Xair. Harold McXair and Donald McXair, at home; Claude *McXair and AA'illiam McXair. Pittsburgh, and Mrs. .Ella Bossner. Pittsburgh: one brother. AA'illiam McXair. of town. Funeral arrangements have not been completed. The fourth Liberty Loan is on the move in Middletown at the local car plant. It has reached nearly the $60,000 mark and the SIOO,OOO mark has been reached in town so far. The special exhibition train that stopped for one hour in town last evening, from 8-9 o'clock, was visit ed by several Hundred persons. The Liberty chorus sang and the band of twenty-five pieces rendered selec tions and were enjoyed by all who heard them. The cars were placed on the Pennsylvania tracks near Cath erine street. At a meeting of the officers and teachers of the First Fnited Breth ren Sunday school held on Sunday after the church services, the fol lowing officers were elected: Super intendent. D. B. Kieffer; assistant. Michael Rachman: recording secre tary. A. R. Geyer: treasurer. D. AA' Gingrich; pianist. Miss Pearl Sheaf fer: assistant. Miss Mildred Pnrthe more;. chorister. C. X. Jackson: as sistant. the Rev. E. A. G. Bossier: librarians, E. E. Robinson. Frank Petweiler: executive committee. C. X. Jackson. H. R. Detweiler. Mrs. M G. Bossier. Mrs. AA'illiam .Wagner. Mrs. J. E. Martin: primary superin tendent, H. R. Rnuder; assistant. Miss Myrtle Bachman; secretary. Miss Elsie Bachman: assistant. Mrs. AA T . D. Rose: organist. Miss Chris tine Jackson; superintendent home department. Mrs. B. E. I'lmer; su perintendent cradle roll. Mrs. Grant Aueh. Abram Rife and daughter. Miss Ruth Rife and Ross Clifford, of Al toona, and Mrs. George Lynch, of Columbia, were the guests of Mrs Mary Lynch. Market street, for the past several days. Philip Eisemnnn. of Lancaster, £pent yesterday in town. Jacob AA'eirieh, of Reading, is spending several days in town with his family in Rrown street. John Gingrich, a guard at the Hog Island shipyards, is spending several days in Royalton with his family. The funeral services of Harvey Xoel were held at 7.30 last evening at his home, in East Alain street. The Rev. AI. P. Hocker officiated. The body was taken to Shippensburg this morning, where burial was made. The Middletown Praying Band will meet at the home of George Brown. State street, this evening at 7.30 o'clock. Reuben Freidman is spending sev eral days nt Baltimore. Md. Mrs. J. AI. Ackerman is ill at his home at Pine and AA'ater streets. Leonard Xissley and Thomas Stipe who were to entrain for Fort Thomas. K>\, yesterday, will not leave until Friday, the latter taking suddenly ill with grip yesterday morning. AA'ord was received in town that Try to Make Him as Proud of You as You Are of Him thought i MJGHT /£&*) jT J'M ON' wantanevm // THERE ? PAV POR OVERCOAT OR -I- OS 'em |F T SSSS'fft™' 1 if MAVE 7° WEAR JUST BOOC7HT . M 6V ° 3 ' Al - L G. A. Buscli had arrived safely over seas. Miss Emma Keister, aged 22. died at the home of her parents. Air. and | Mrs. Edward Koons, early this morning, from tuberculosis, after iieing ill for the past several months. She is survived by her parents- and the following brothers and sisters: Frances Keister, of Harrisburg'; Mrs. Ludwig Xeiss and Miss Katie Keister, town; Chester and Helen Koons. at home. Funeral arrange ments have not been completed. SMALLPOX rx H VGF.RSTOAAN Hagerstoui). Aid., Oct. I.—Six r.e\v cases of smallpox were reported in Hagerstown yesterday. One of the victims is the 12-year-old daughter of the Rev. Dr. Jacob S. Simon, pas tor of Trinity Lutheran Church. The entire family, including Dr. Simon, has been quarantined. . CHOLERA IN BERLIN * fly Associated Press Bnst", Switzerland, Oct. 1.-—Cholera has broken out in Berlin, according to advices received here. There have been seven cases, of which six were fatal. Fair Food Prices The following statement, revised to October 1, regarding fair prices for food necessities, was issued iu-day uy the .local Food Administration. Consumer prices are figured on a quotation of "cash-and-carry" basis. Credit and delivery prices may be higher. The Federal Food Adminis tration has no authority to fix prices. If your retailer charges more on a "cash-and-carry" basis than the prices named below, report him by letter to the Federal Food Administration, Chamber of Commerce. Consumer should t>ay Demi* Navy (pea), lb 15 to 16c Gray (marrow), lb 12c Lima, lb II IS U Willie (marrow), lb 16 to lie Butter Creamery, 1-lb. prints, lb.. 60 to 67c City Market. 1 lb 50 to 55c oleomargarine, lb 80 to 37c fornniral Package of three Itis., pkg. 25c Bulk, lb 614 to 7c City Market, lb. 7 c Eggs Fresh, doz 53 to 60c City Market, doz. 53 to 58c Flour Victory Mixed Flour, 12-lb. • bags 80 to Sic Wheat Flour. 12-lb. bags. 75 to 87c Corn Flour 7 to 9c Kice Flour, lb 13 to 14c Barley Flour, lb 10c Cereal* Oatmeal and rolled oats- lb. 7 to 8c Kice (whole), lb 14c Rice (broken), lb 12c Edible starch, lb 9 to 12c Milk Evaporated, small cans ... 6)4 to 7c Evaporated, large cans ... 14c Cheese York State, lb 34 to 38c l.ord Country, lb . 80c Pure, lb ?2 to 35c Substitute, lb 28c Potatoes New, per half peck 30 to 33c Sugar Granulated, per lb 9)4 to 11c The retail dealer selling standard wheat Hour is required to carry in stork either barley flour, cornmeal or corn flour, and he is not permitted to require thut a consumer aliall take any other substitute with wheat flour than one of the three, but the cus tomer may require, instead of taese three, any other of the permitted sub stitutes which the dealer has in stock and which are the following flours: Rice flour, potato flour, sweet potato flour, buckwheat flour, oat flour, pea nut flour, mllo flour. Kaffir flour and meal, and feterita flour and meal. Flfty-flfty and "Victory Mixed Flour" may be sold without substitutes. Rye flour, in the proportion of two pounds of rye to three pounds of wheat flour, may be sold as a substi tute. All other substitutes must be sold in the proportion of one pound of sub. stitute to foul of '-vliest flour. Consumers may rvchase a sixty days' supply of Hour, with substitutes, In quantities sufficient for their rea sonable requirements. • The Food Cdrnlnistrator requests that granulate.: sugar be sold for not more than 10)4c in quantities of Ave Bounds and more. TTATtRTSBTTRG ISSSIBB TEtEGKXPH Pittsburgh Firm Makes a New Style of Garter Pittsburgh.—A new garter has been put upon the market by a Pitts burgh concern that is expected to revolutionize the .garter end of the apparel industry. The new garter, cajled the Springhold, is constructed of so little material that it is salable at retail at a pride for which old fashioned garters could not be made. In its simplest form the Spring 1. hold is nothing more than an in geniouusly twisted wire clip. Stur dily constructed of material heavy . 1 enough to insure stability, it snaps Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart ~ Velvet Hat Shapes That Have Women'sFrenchKidGloves Stunning Flares and Angles Pronounced Modishness r Softness of leather and beauty of finish distinguish these A broad expanse of brim, narrowing- down to a roll- \ French kid gloves of the two-clasp taillcur model—black, j r / \ white, tan and grey, $3.75 to $3.25. ing- point —lines of distinctive irregularity —ilared el- / \ ... ton 116 c ' as,J wa shable Kid Gloves, P. X. M. and Pique stitching— tects of extreme smartness —glorious combinations ot erey putty - pear| and ivory 92.00 to 92.50 , , , , . . ~ . WpjpjLS Two-clasp washable Chamoisette Gloves .SI.OO and 91.25 silky batters plush and Lyons velvet, facings ot velvet ffsßmßw Two-ciasp siik cioves ssc to 92.00 and furry beaver —these are the shapes that make the Dues, Pomeroy & Stewart, street Floor, most charming of dress hats —and never have we shown so many noteworthy variations in such high-class un- jlpf j| | A Foot Expert in Our Shoe Section ! trimmed hats. Each, by the way, is a pattern shape— lie is a member of the staff of Dr. Wil exclusively your own and of sumptuous quality. j! '' am t' lo n °ted foot specialist, and Imagine the millinery "forms" that may be de- ! he coines to make examinations and give ad- ' Fjfe'jjJ ' veloped with such shapes and trimmings of soft ostrich. • Mglmr and let him tell you how to have St? 10.00 and $12.00 feet that arc always comfortable. No more Fine silk velvet dress shapes in many modish effects that weak arches, pains, corns, bunions, callouses Dr. I J are so different from the common place 55.00 and $6.50 \/ j - °' ot^ei L>ot troubles. 1 here is an appliance p a U „ o * ~y !' or remedy for every foot discomfort. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Second Floor, Front * \ f l ' Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor, Rear. The Wonderful New Cretonnes ! Fleecedown Flannel For Ilomekeepers who know the possibilities of the wonderful new xVHTIOTIOS i' ( ,' tol V| ie ? - m beautifying the home will bq greatly interested in ml fLI Iffilwflini Jne collection of strikingly attractive patterns displayed in our This cotton goods is being made into kimonos and dress- Wm ' > tain a "d Drapery Section 011 the third floor. ing sacques in many sewing rooms right at this very minute. t Km QrS .. between 50 and 125 are shown, a most varied assemblage of provide liberally for the great demand for it when the jffil'roll WBiHK distinctive co orings and printings. Autumn air becomes nippy and show a large variety of pretty bkot nrajSCmßlM ew 1 apestries in rich weaves, 50 inches wide; yard, patterns. \ ard, 490. J HcJ sl.r. Bun nell BpoUe. The Alien Squad ans wered questions and nave a short cot-j hlbltlon drill. The Liberty Band and, singers were also there. Other meet-) iiigs to-day were thut ut Union! Square Hall at 9.30. one at Harris burg cigar factory at 13 and on a at! Krauss cigar factory at 1.30 At | I swift and Company plant at 3.30 'lusj i afternoon the troupers hail a very: I'large audience. The Liberty Troupers to-night at j ' 7.30 appear at Hershey- At 8.43 they. 1 will he in HummeHtown. Hummolstown's Start From HummeUtown to-day came ] the report iiiat the Farmers' Bank, til) to Monday evening had received twenty-four subscriptions for a total: of $6,800. while the First National! I Band had llfteen applications for a! ! total of $3,800. The two banks arel working hard, and Hummelstown Boy Scouts arc taking part in the] | drive. | One of the wounded American sol-j i tilers taking in Harrisburg for the Loan this week is Corportil Mct'arn. who was wounded in France. In the various theaters and outdoor meet ings at which Corporal McCann has liecn speaking lie lias made a great hit with the audiences. His story has pep and a lot of punch. Train in flic District The Liberty Loan War Exhibit train is in the district to-day. it stayed over night in Harrisburg and ] many people went through the seven ! cars of exhibits at midnight. Leav , ing Harrisburg this morning at 7.15 I it covered the following towns: ■j Arrived Steelton at 7.30 .left 10.43; i arrived at Marysville at 11.30 and left, at 1; arrived at Duncannon at ' 1.30 and left at 2.15; arrived at New ! port at 3 and left at 3.45. It will be at Millerstown at 4.05, j Port Royal at 5.10. Mifflin at 5.55 and ] Lewistown lit 7.30. It will remain in | Lewistown over night and will he | cpen to '.he public. Comes Back October !) The train returns to Harrisburg ] the afternoon of October 0 but stays only a few minutes. Millersburg, Lykons and Halifax will sec it '.lie morning of October 9. After leav ing here October 9 it goes to Mechan icsburg. Carlisle, Newville, Shtppens burg, Cliambersburg, Waynesboro. Gettysburg. New Oxford, Hanover and York, returning to Harrisburg the evening of October 10 and be i ing open lo the public all evening, j The following day it goes to towns i between Harrisburg and Reading. Liberty Loan Notes Oliver Chilled Plow has bought I $25,000 wortli of bonds in this city. 1 Harrisburg Trust Company is the j first banking institution in Harris-' | burg district to announce hundred per cent, subscriptions by its em-l ployes. . Pennsylvania railroad employes up! | to last night hail already bought j ] $124,000 worth of bonds. Triangle lodge, Internalional As-] j socialion of Machinists, has bought I $3,300 worrh of bonds. | Every lodge, fraternal society and I labor organization in the city will ! buy bonds. j The action of Messiah Lutheran I Sunday school in buying bonds will he emulated by a score of other , schools next Sunday. ,j Liberty Loan headquarters an j nounced to-day that those men and] women who "four flushed" on bonds] in the other three campaigns—pay-i ing $1 or $2 down, getting a button! . and a window card, and never there-i j after paying anything on their pur- I chase—may run up against a circum stance. Unless they offer a reasen l able excuse or lift the bonds prior to OCTOBER 1.11918. I STEELTON J Croatian Society to Get Repqrts of Convention The three local lodges of the Na tional Croatian Society here will shortly hear reports of the doing) at ]the convention of that body recently i held in Chicago from M. S. Matesevic, I w h° was a delegate to tlie confer-. : ence. There are <• 00 members of the ! society in Stcelton, all of whom had j representatives at the convention. I The latter passed an appropiiat'on |of $20,000 to the American Red j Cross and SB,OOO for Red Cross work l among the following nationalities: i Jugo-Slav, $5,000; Ozecho-Slav, ! $1,000; Polish. $1,000; Russian. sl.- ,(000. A subscription of $200,000 was .'made by the convention to the [ j Fourth Liberty Roan, , and SIO,OOO I! was provided for the use of the | Jugo-Slav committee in J-ondon. For j the relief of Serbian war orphans, who are to in* brought to this coun try, an appropriation of SI,OOO was | made. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Dipner, I of is South Second street, announce i tlie birth of a daughter, Evelyn i Marie, September 27, 1918. Mrs. | Dipner was formerly Miss Marie j Snell. ARRIVES IX FRAXCE A cablegram announcing that his daughter, Gertrude Rupp,had arrived safely in Franco, was received yes terday by A. U Rupp. Miss Rupp is en route to West Africa where she is to teach in the Monrovia Mission. Prohibition Measure Is Held Up by Conferees Washington, Oct. I.—The enter-) I gency agricultural appropriation bill, j with its rider for national prohibi- [ j tion from next July 1 until the Amer- i I ican armies are demobilized after Ihe war, was sent back to the Senate and j House yesterday by the conferees,] | who were unable to agree to a pro-| | vision regulating rents in the Dis-' j trict of Columbia. Complete agreement was reached! j on all other disputed provisions in i | the measure. November 20 their names are to be! given to the public. A community meeting for Indus-1 trial plants in the lower end of the city will be held to-morrow ifter- j noon at 4,50 in the Gilbert hardware' yard, South Socqnd street. Captain Wells Ingram, British Red Cross worker loaned to the district! for the Liberty Loan this week, is telling many interesting facts about : Bulgaria. He was all through Ser bia, Albania and Rumania in flic! I early years of the war. ! Dr. Bagne'.l speaks at a mass meet- ' I ing to be held in Union .-iiapel, I I Linglestown, Thursday evening. I the young man £ho fhorl? 1 p% n epa r^ P ' jrtUnlt ' ea '° 1 DAY OR NIGHT SCHOOL I **' (ha " d ° f raach,ne) - and j®, I SCHOOL OF COMMERifeiiL llarrlaburK'a Accredited IlualneMa College J 15 South Market Square P nEII 455 Wr,, °- Phone, or t all lor further Information jSteelton Red Cross to I Furnish Army k The boys who leave for Army camps will now be furnished, with kits by the Steelton Chapter of tlio American Red Cross. lleretoforo the Steelton Chapter has been un able to furnish kits because of x lack of funds, but through tlio pro ceeds of several baseball games for the benefit of tlie Red Cross a fund lias been established for this pur pose. Steelton has gone over tlie top us usual in the appeal for clothing for the Belgians and in the call for , linen. The clothing is now being,* packed for shipment but tlie lincst shower will continue tlie balance off this week. A meeting of the War Aid Society which was recently organized by tlie Steelton Chapter of the Red ! Cross will be held in tlie Red Cross ! rooms this evening at 7 o'clock. You should be able to make your selection Grand Piano from such standard makes as Knabe Kranich & Bach Hardman Hazelton Brothers Harrington Prices from $650 to SI2OO Y ohn Bros. SOLE DEALERS 8 N. Market Sq. 4 J)