War Department Asks * Congress For Authority to Requisition Hospitals Waslilngtou Oct. I.—lmmediate enactment of a law authorizing the War Department to requisition hos pitals for sick md wounded soldiers was urged yes rday by Acting Sec retary Crow. 1 upon Speaker Clnrk. Prompt actiot by Congress, he aid. was vital to efieient prosecution of] the war. as the condemnation is too slow a proce 1 Buy Liberty Bends ' Hurt Schaffner & Marx |j Clothes "77ie Best Is the Cheapest" An ancient wisdom : the tic .ruth of it is now Jlil being made clearer . P • ,ac^e of right ma terial in the right wa; onger and look better; you pay more to n. but they cost || le- - than poor stuff. The reason we talk a \RF SCHAFF- X R & MARX cloth -.u : that if you | need clothes they're th <"• >u ought to buy, |||l is because the long wear r satisfaction you ge: make them the least s >ve clothes we know of. H. MARKS & SON j Fourth and Market Streets 'l'hc Harrisburg Home of HAH I si'HAFFSER A. MARX and SOCIKTV liriind Ml Woo! Clotlies Mil Buy Some More Liberty Bonds _\ S r .T2BE2SZBSp. \ "As a laxative, and for s.omas'i trouble, Dr. 11 \ Caldwell's Syrup Pcps :, i • wonderful % \ remedy. I suffered greatly fro n indigestion . \ end fund relief after i, -j one bottle." T - \ (Fron a letter to Dr. Cal. cell written by M j \ Cecil 7 itzgerald, 829 14th St., Parkersburg, M | i Constipation is a condition that should ' never be neglected. The eliniinative process is an essential factor in digestion and on its proper functioning depends the welfare of the entire system. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin , relieves constipation without griping or other 1 disc* Ifort. T - * DR7 CALDWELL'S ! Svrup Pepsin j The Perfect J. txative Sold by Druggist* Everywhere 50 as. (L'„) SI.OO A TRIAL E3TTLE CAN BE OBTAINED. FREE IF CHARGE. BY WRITING TO DR. W. B CALDWELL, 459 WASHINGTON STREET. MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS The A.E.F to the I President: _ j AarniAJck Z&er-iA <*" tiu. i C(Us£ UA-i-rt i&i. '" y rv n Women Clerks BegMH ' Working 8-Hour Day Beginning this morning, the women clerk? in the Pe n>-lvania Railroad shop* in this clty ' u ' ent on c| Sht-hcui tricks Heretofore they had been at their task* troni 7 in tho morning until ' ' he even ' n B. With one al ter noon off each week. Under the new order. l,lch was read to thent yes terday their different foremen they work ln tw ° tricks, o ne KroU p coming " n at 7 working UnMl 4 the other repotting at 9 and quitting at S. SERVING THE NATION I AT HOME AND ABROAD 1 R. R. Kramer P. B. Bwelgert R. C. Ettinger C. C. Hines M. E PeLansey "Eph ■ Mlnnich E. R. Putt BRUCE PUTT I Ephraitn .Minnich. 81? Myrtle av | enue. formerly catcher in the Dau- I phln-Perry League, now i, prepared 1 to take up his position in a bigger I game. He has arrived safely over i seas, according to word received by I Ills mother. .Mrs. Anna Minnich. "Eph" i? well-known in Harrisburg, ' having been a baseball player of j some note. While catching for Hali i fax he led his teammates in batting 1 and base stealing. He was employed in the train service of the Pennsyl | vania Raiiroad Company Another local boy Whs j.,i o n will be overseas, is R. C. Ettinger, who has been . mplo.ved In the general of fices of the B. thlehem Stec Company l plant at Steelton. He win go to Camp Greenleaf, Ga„ to-morrow. | "Bob is popular both at work and at home and during the last week has been fully occupied ln saying good-by to nis friends, who have : planned and carried out numerous ; parting gatherings in his honor. Lemoyne lias contributed another i hoy !• Pershing's crusaders. Mr. and I Mrs. Samuel H. Sweigert, Lemoyne, 1 Pa., whose son. Private Paul B! , Sweigert, lately sailed for France. ' ere happy in receipt of word that j theii bo> is now safely overseas.' J'riv. te Sw, gert is widely known I In Leu cue. where his friends are | JOIM' \A I DDI >G CtL,DURATION | Halifax. Pa.. Oct. I.—A delightful affair was lu-id on Sunday at the ' home of John W. Clen ron on the ' Island near town, when tie first wed- I dins anniversary of two young I couples was celebrated. .Mr. and Mrs. j Alfred Clemson and Mr. and Mrs. Fran! Klinger, son and daughter, of Mr. Clemson, were marr.ed Septem-! ber !;•. 1917. On Sunday a few close friends spent the day on the Island. The >unger Mr. Clemson came home from Camp Meade for the occasion. Those present were: Jerry Klinger, and wife and two children, of Kil ltngc: Philip Fulkroad and wife, of Loyal ton: U W. Ryan and wife, of Harr sbure Claude G. Ryan and wife and Mrs. Louisa Ryan, of Steel ton; Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of near Miller :.g and John W. Clemson and son. John. Rely On Cuticura For Skin Troubles Alldruwist:So" . Ointment2T-4Sn. Talcum 26. .eTipir p n • >f Catlec v Dpt. E, Botoa." JOBBER STAMIM 4,'h 1 SEALS & STENCILS 1 J MFG.SYH33. STEKCILWORXS " ■] I 130 LOCu-STST. HBG.PA- £ ▼ M" I legion. Another local lad has made his sacrifice for his country, and is re covering from a wound sustained on a battlefield over there. He is Moran E. DeLancey, son of Mrs. Elizabeth E. DeLancey, 424 North Pitt street. Carlisle. He was wounded August 9. DeLancey is a member of Com pany G, 112 th Regiment. Clarence S. Hines is stationed at Base Hospital 64. in France. He is the son of Mrs. Margaret Miller. 318 Granite street. He was employed on the Pennsylvania railroad before he entered the army. Russell R. Kramer. Rutherford Heights, is doing his bit in a little different way than these other boys. He is in training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Schools, having en listed in the Navy June 5. He was called for service September 8, and reported at Pier 19, Philadelphia. Edward R. Putt and Bruce G. Putt, of the 112 th Infantry, have ] been in the thick of the lighting in France. They are the sons of the j late Edward Futt, a well-known j printer of Harrisburg. They are ! fine, up-standing young men and j their mother is justly proud of them. I They entered the army early in the I war and were among the first Penn sylvania boys in France. Red Cross Issues an Appeal For Tinfoil and Collapsible Tubes j Sa\e your tinfoil and collapsible tubes! The Red Cross needs them. The latest appeal to come from the | Harrisburg Chapter, American Red Cross, is for these articles which will be sold as salvage. The proceeds will go to help in Red Cross work. Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones, chair man of the salvage committee, issues the request for the tinfoil, including the collapsible metal tubes in which toothpaste and kindred products are sold. Receptacles have been placed at the entrance to the Public Library, Gorgas' drug store, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart's, for the receiving of con tributions. The salvage committee this morn ing received two baskets of tinfoil from the children of the Webster schoolbuilding. XEGRO BECOMES BISHOP ■ >St. Louis, Oct. I.—The Rev. Ed ward Thomas Denbj, a negro, was consecrated suffragan bishop of the Prptestant Episcopal Diocese of Arkansas here yesterday by Bishop Daniel S. Tuttle. Bishop Denby is the tirst negro elevated to the dignity of bishop in the Episcopal Church, ■ Bishop Tuttle said. Bishop Denby will have charge of the colored par ishes in the diocese. Must Pay Interest on Railway Funds Washington, Oct. l.—Payment of' Interest on ull accounts carried byi icuerul railroad oltices is to ue re-] quired of the banks and trust com-' punies of tho country j n the future, I under orders issued by Director-Gen-i eral McAdoo. Tlie rate will be 2i per cent, on time deposits. The Director-General has notified I all banks and trust companies that] this payment of interest must be-j gin at once. The rate prescribed on I demand deposits is the same as re-1 quired of banks on deposits of all; Government moneys. The new interest rates will apply | to all batiks except In special in-, stances, where, because of the small | account or the particular fluctuating; charucter of the balance, it may be) considered proper not to require in-! terest. Waynesboro at Last Is to Have Union Station Waynesboro. Pa., Oct. I.—Waynes-1 boro at last is to have a union sta-1 tion. For years there has been an- j noyance there because the two rail road stations in the town, neither! adequate in itself, were put 100 feet j apart. Under the new government' control all trains through Waynes- j boro run on the Western Maryland tracks, being switched to the Cum berland Valley tracks at the edge of town, and workmen are engaged in: extending the Cumberland Valley; j station to the Western Maryland; I tracks. Tho completed work will give the town a spacious, comfort-) able depot. Quits Railroad Work After 48 eYars' Service Silas R. Verkes, oldest conductor in point of service, on the Reading Rail way, retired yesterday. A resident of New Hope, he had seen forty-eight years and seventeen days of continu ous service on the Reading. He re tires at the age of 70 years, but as he himself puts it. "is good for seventy years more if needed." He began as a passenger brakeman in July. 1870. on what was then known as the North Penn Railroad. Railroad Notes C. L. Eberly. long rate clerk in the 1 Cumberland Valley Railroad oftice here, who entered the Naval Training Station in the Engineering Corps at Great Lakes, 111., Is now lying serious ly ill at Camp Decatur with typhoid fever. Mr. Eberly is a native of Plainfleld, Cumberland county. Mrs. Annie McAllister. Security, Md.. j on Friday received a letter front | France from the captain of the com- j pany in which her son, George W. McAllister, was serving, stating that | the young man. who was aged only 1 23. had died of wounds received in i battle. He had been a Western Maryland Railroad brakeman and left | Hagerstown with the first draft. Word has been received here of the . marriage of Francis M. Brereton, son of Thomas J. Brereton. for many years chief engineer of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, and Miss Sara Oyler. rf Xewville. The bride is | the daughter of Mrs. William Bay- I shore Ovler. of Newville, and an ac complished and popular young woman. DRAFT NUMBERS HERD Lewlatown, Pa., Oct. I.—ln Mifflin | county No. 322, the first draft num- , ber drawn by President Wilson is j held bv James McDowell Parker, of | Reedsville. of the other numbers i drawn 1027 is held by James R. ; Havice, of Burnham; 1697 by Peter i Reginowiea, of Yeagertown; 438 by I Foster Elmer Knepp. Bellville; 904 by David Johnson. Newton Hamilton: 1523 by Earl George Shivery, Lewis town. Ship Board Solves Officer "Problem" • Washington. The problem of j finding American officers for ihe; vast new merchant marine of thej country has been solved, the United j States Shipping Board states. The] number of Americans skilled in sea- j going and competent to serve as ] deck officers or having mechanical j knowledge fitting them to become marine engineers who have come | torward in response to the board s calls for officers, has astonished the: I most sanguine prophet in the Ship ping Board's recruiting service. I In anticipation of the demands fori I officers lor the new merchant fleet, j 'his service began training officers in i June 191". a 1 navigation and engi- 1 neeri'ng schools established for thej purpose. The goal of the service was then to secure 10.000 students] for these schools in eighteen months.. This total was passed early in Sep-1 tember and this week the total ! reached 11,000. The present attend ance at the schools is 1,662 students. 1 The engineering schools lead with 865 and tire navigation schools are coming strong with 797 There are thirty-two of the schools. Application for attendance at these schools have come from all sections of the country, front Alaska, the Far East, Hawaii and the Canal i ' Zone Those from the latter place] have been equal to the attendance] -it some of the schools. A majority i of the applicants, and all the slu-i dents accepted, are American citi-1 Z6l ln all the vessels being built for I the great emergency fleet simplicity j of living quarters is imposed by war i conditions: yet these quarters would] appear palaiiul to the early Ameri can sailing-ship sailor. On a 5,000-ton freighter-—this] being a moderate-sized vessel as] freighters go—the captain has a] suite of his own on the lower bridge,. reached from below by a gangway' from the bridge deck. His bedroom has a liberal built-in bunk with chest, of drawers beneath or in some ships a brass bed. Off this is a. bathroom with porcelain tub, and toilet. The captain also has an office, with table, arm chairs and roll-top desk, where he conducts the ship's business and receives visitors. These quarters are steam-heated against wlter'B cold and have screens and fans if the ship is running in south rrn waters The first mate shares the mealn deckhouse with the captain, having a room directly under the bridge. This is often twelve feet square, with white iron or brass bed. built-in couch with drawers- under it and] ample clothes lockers and shelf space. The mate usually also has a private bath. The second and third mutes and each of the engineers have a good-sized stateroom with a com mon bathroom for each fating. In the main deckhouse is the din ing saloon or messroom. Here the officers, from eight to ten in num ber. have their meals. On the new ships this is a bright and cheerful room, finished in oak or some other hard wood varnished, having a side-I board and iouther upholstered chairs] ' and lockers. Murdock Speeding Up Draft Eoards | Sta.,3 draft headquarters to-day I issued notice to all local draft boards I jto co-operate In every way with; postmasters so that questionnaires I shall be placed in the hands of reg i istants. Major W. Q. Murdock, the ! chief draft officer, in a statement : sxys that this co-operation is of the utmost importance, as men who do j not file questionnaires will be class-] jcd as delinquents and every effort .should be made to locate registrants ; and place the blanks in their hands, j Local boards have also been called I upon for reports us to whether they , have completed mailing the question j imires and to speed up the exaniina | tion and elassilication of registrants. I itcports of progress have heen usked ; in the form of charts. Registrants of September who en | ter the Student Army Training Corps | are not to bp sent questionnaires | where individual Induction has heen | arranged for. ] Government appeal agents have I been culled upon to devote as much I time as possible to their duties dur | ing October and to familiarize them -1 selves with iho registration and he . prepared to advise local boards. Re ports have been asked from all local hoards as to number of industrial, agricultural and ocuputional claims | ! orwarded to district hoards and •also the number of appeals taken, I while district hoards are to make | weekly reports. j Reading city board No. 2 was the ' first one to tile the data called for on | the progress report. C'I.OTHIMi FOR BELGIANS i lllnln. Pa., Oct. I.—The campaign j for clothing carried on during the I week under the auspices of the Blain j Red Cross auxiliary closed on Satur i day and the amount collected and i shipped to the commission of the Relief for the Belgians, was eight ; hundred and thirty-eight pieces or ja total weight of nine hundred and | eighty-live pounds. STRMKT LIGHTS INSTALLED j Liverpool, Oct. I.—The work of j putting up the borough street lights was completed on Thursday and (he j electric current burned on" Saturday | night. There are twenty-six lights ]on each street and* one large arc light at each street intersection. The new lights are a decided improve j nient over the old oil street lamps of the past. 1 VOIXG GIRI.'S BIRTHD.VV Halifax, Pa.. Oct. I.—The birthday anniversary of Miss Caroline Richter ] was observed in a pleasant way on I Tuesday evening when a number of I her girl friends were called to the j home of Mrs. Carl Ritchter in Mar ] ket street to take supper and spend , the evening;* The evening was spent i in K&nies and music. I- MT# ■■■ ■.■ - - |T/3/23®/STORE OPENS AT 9 A. M.—CLOSES AT 5:30 P. M 1 1 Spell Fight Like This: L-l-B-E-R-T-Y 8-0-iWSII I Coats! Coats! Coats! Coats! | M Coats For Every Woman and Every Miss i [\) Coats of Velours, Cheviots, Kerseys, WS&L @ Coats of Silvertips and Heather Cloths, j| hi Coa-ts of Crystals, Silvertones, Pompoms f] j| Coflfe of Bolivias and Fine Broadcloth f| I *25 *32" *39 50 *75 fjg f and styles by the score. You cannot think of any smart style 1 1 m |jf| that isn't represented in our assortments. Big fur collars, \ lipH \ Pjj beaver plush collars, self collars, etc. Many have peau de V Jf 1 J§j fil cygne and fancy silk linings. These coats-are wonders. There \ U will be a big demand for coats, so it's wisdom to choose a if \ jSJ while these extensive assortments are here. \ #\ 'lff Hundreds of Stunning New Coats Are Here \/\ 1 *ls *l6 " *lB *2O M I jw Velours, Egyptian Plushes, Zibelines and Corduroys. Ex- / Li |U cellent style assortment and all sizes from misses' 16 to wo- H @> SI ffijj men's 46, in all the best colors. I n'l Kaufman's, Second Floor h) SIO.OO WOOL |IMT Olt TED Extra HEAVY I TAPES THY A P TR Y| , .FIBER ROOM J. K WOOL FIBER BRUSSELS 9x12 nUUSSELsI-Si Nl 1 | SIZE RUGS, 9x12 GRASS RLGS, in FOOT RUGS; RUGS, 9x12 size; \ [U feet, in a large green, blue and "UUS, 9XI- size elght good pflt _ flv# pretty f , oral | JgjJ .variety of de- brown stenciled bea>itiful all o> er te ,. ns tQ gelect and oriental pat- ■ S) hlr ' signs- Special, patterns; 9x 12 patterns. Special f ronij terns, M ]|>j i ' $7.69 i $8.95 $14.95 $19.95 $23.50 ( I hi | TABI, E CLOTHS, f " X HI'CK TO W Ell R fill] Sgj %*d ° table iamask, uR SHEETS AND PILLOW CASES I l?x36° WelH ' b ' Ue O Sjj lL! &'' f.Qo 42-inch bleached Hill 72x90 seamed musilti I| J muslin for pillow sheets; each, TURKISH nnvrn ■ §1 I -, „, *•*, (| IS" ble cloths, round, v SR-lneh wide brown n i% . J 2SS SS qSpi Muslin pillow cases muslin sheeting, good 100 M *)f!l Sw i mJOlp 42x36, hemmed; each quality; vard. % lys h]j 1 TABLE CLOTHS, hem- 300 '250 „ HIJCK ,.. T WEI, S, W g§j 11]3 ' med. mercerized nap- ' ' fine quality huck tow- K ll] kins, ISxJB inches; ex- Extra heavy muslin 81x90 extra heavy els. red borders, 18x36, W .|IV| k! I tra good quality; dozen, pillow cases, 45x36; seamless muslin lf)rt m Si lillS | C| qn each, sheets, 3-inch hems; • % nfl IS , ~ 090 #1.75 TURKISH TOWELS 2 III! ffl ' | m2d* B li" C, 4x7.'' sc altoD ed 'a'n d " B*' en da'-' 'a ne c?a?* #a ch ' tow^.™" - 1 P | morceriaed. scalloped and H. h. gnde, upeclal, each iF Jj^ SCHOOL TEACHER RESIGNS Halifax, I'u., Oct. I.—lra F. Keiter. of Wisoonisco, science teacher in the Halifax High School since the be ginning ot the term, resigned 011 Monday to go to the army. ! \ 7 UNIVERSITY OF Wharton School PENNSYLVANIA of Finnc "• Commerce Evening Courses A Word to Business Women of Harrisburg , Changing times have at last brought women into privileges of unlimited business possibilities. Opportu nity has now become a question of your own making. Three factors assure constant growth in a business career: Ability to advance, ability to seize an oppor tunity-and the ability to win your employer's confi dence. A business training meets these demands. Years of accumulated knowledge are represented in a Wharton training. Wharton courses become an immediate asset. They meet your personal demands for greater ofliciency, foresight and creative ability. Courses are offered in— Accounting Advertising and Selling Money and Banking Government Regulation Commercial Law Insurance # Registration every evening except Saturday, 7-9. Sessions legin Oct. 7. For bulletins or further information Representative,C. K. KNIGHT Chamber of Commerce, Dauphin Building (T , , The Styie of Our New Fall Hats are of very moderate prices /8L \f/N , and will be worth your while. Jafll CONSYLMAN & CO. SJI Hatters and Furriers 1117 N. THIRD ST. ~ WSB&WtI W Jj I WATER sHUILD BK Marietta, -fa.. Oct. I.—On account, of a break in the lines of the river,' the Marietta Gravity Water Com-, pany has asked Its patrons to boll all drinking water before using It.? I t