CROSSING CASES UP NEXT WEEK Important Steps For Elimina tion of Dangerous Places in Vicinity of This City State and one by wyXrafTy individuals to get rid of grade cross- Fated for hearing Harrisburg and two near Philadel phia. Two of the complaints are by the State Highway Department, against crossings on the William Penn liigh wav, leading from Harrisburg to Heading, in Dcrry township, Dau phin county, and are related to the three crossings in vicinity of fewatara which were before the Commission this week. One is against Matlack s crossing, Hunimelstown, where a number of accidents have occurred, and the other is against the cross ing, half a mile east of Hummels town. It is probable that a general order covering these five cases will be made eventually. The other complaints are by the State Highway Department against the crossing on the State road and the Reading Railway in West White land township, Chester county, and the other is against the Market street crossing in Marcus Hook, which was started by the commission itself on . the ground that it is dangerous. i The fifth case is that of Enos 11. , Hess, against the crossing on the I Heading at Grantham, which is! much traveled by people going from ! Harrisburg to Gettysburg, York and J other places. Other cases of local interest set j for next week are contract between j Western Union and Harrisburg Light and Power, for use of conduit in the placing of wires under ground: street lighting of South Enola, in East Pcnnsboro township, Cumberland county; and several others in ad joining counties. Will Sot Here—The State Compen sation Board has announced that it j will sit in Harrisburg on May 13. for Central Pennsylvania arguments; Philadelphia, May 14, 15 and 16, and Pittsburgh, May 21, 22 and 23. Paul W. Houck. appointed a mem ber of the Board this week, will sit for the first time at hearings. Public Service —The State Public Service Commission will hold hear ings in Harrisburg, Lebanon. Lan caster. Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh during the coming week. The first case to be heard is the Northwest Husiness Men's Association com pany, which is scheduled for Mon day. The Lebanon cases include the water controversy and the Lancas ter hearing is on the Lancaster Au tomobile Club against the Lancaster and Ephrata Turnpike and Plank Hoad Company. The Pittsburgh cases are for auto buses. In addi tion to grade crossing cases com plaints against electric, water and other services in Franklin, Luzerne, Schuylkill and other counties are to be heard. Simpson Resigns—E. I. Simpson, of Philadelphia, for years head of the purchasing division of the State Department of Health, has resigned to engage in private business at Philadelphia and Colonel Edward Martin, State Commissioner of Health, has named J. Charles Long botham. of Chester, to succeed him. The headquarters of this division will be located in this city. Col. Martin has appointed Charles H. McLaughlin, of Philadelphia, engineer on the new construction work at Mt. Alto: other appoint ments announced being Homqr L. Spangler, Lebanon, chief clerk of the engineering division: William M. Colvin. Schellsburg, Bedford county, assistant in division of public health education, and Dr. J. V. Harsha, of Carrick, an instructor in public health. S. M. Sankey, Philipsburg, has been appointed health officer for that place and Decatur township. Centre county. Flags on the Way.—Flags of the old 6th and 13th regiments of the Pennsylvania National Guard have been shipped to this city for deposit with the flags carried by the Na tional Guard in Mexican border ser vice and when they entered federal service in 1917. The flags of the First Cavalry, given up when the regiment was disbanded at Camp Hancock, have arrived here. It is expected that the flags of the regi ments serving in France will be deposited here by commanders af ter the home-coming celebrations are over. The question of display will be arranged by the State Board of Public Grounds and Buildings and Adjutant General Frank D. Beary. Commission has dismissed the corn WAIT AND WATCH FOR mmui EN JO Y IT AND WHISTLE FOR MORE 'SATURDAY EVENING, MMXfonderfu! Stories^OZM * Q Frank Bauni Q Dr. Mikidik's Famous Wishing Pills The Tin Woodman was usually a peaceful man. but when occasion re quired he could light as fiercely as a Roman gladiator. So. when the Jackdaws nearly knocked him down in their rush of wings, and their sharp beaks and claws threatened to damage his brilliant plating, the Woodman picked up his axe and made it whirl swiftly around his head. But although many were beaten oft in this way, the birds were so num erous and so brave that they con fined the attack as furiously as be fore. Some of them pecked at the eyes of the Gump, which hung over the nest in a helpless condition; but the Gump's eyes were of glass and could not be injured. Others of the Jackdaws rushed at tlitf Saw-Horse; but that animal, being still upon his back, kicked out so viciously with his wooden legs that he beat oft as many assailants as did the Wood man's axe. Finding themselves thus opposed, the birds fell upon the Scarecrow's straw, which lay at the center of the nest, covering Tip and the Woggle- Bug and Jack's pumpkin head, and began tearing it away and flying off with it, only to let it drop, straw by straw into the great gulf beneath. The Scarecrow's head, noting with dismay this wanton destruction of his interior, cried to the Tin Woodman to save him: and that good friend responded with renewed energy. His axe fairly flashed among the Jack daws, and fortunately the Gump be gan wildly waving the two wings re maining on the left side of its body. The flutter of these great wings filled the Jackdaws with terror, and when thg Gump by its exertions freed it self front the peg of rock on which it hung, and sank flopping into the hest, the alarm of the birds knew no bounds and they fled screaming over the mountains. When the last foe had disappeared Tip crawled from under the sofas and assisted the Woggle-Bug to fol low him. "We are saved!" shouted the boy, delightedly. "We are, indeed!" responded the Educated Insect, fairly hugging the stiff head of the Gump in his joy. "and we owe it all to the flopping of the Thing and the good axe of the Woodman!" "If I am saved, get me out of here!" called Jack, whose head was still beneath the sofas: and Tip man aged to roll the pumpkin out and place it upon its neck again. He also set the Saw-Horse upright, and said to it: "We owe you many thanks for the gallant fight you made." "I really think we have escaped very nicely." remarked the Tin Woodman, in a tone of pride. At this they all turned in surprise to look at the Scarecrow's head, which lay at the back of the nest. "I ant completely ruined!" de clared the Scarecrow, as he noted their astonishment. "For where is the straw that stuffs my body?" The awful question startled them all. They gazed around the nest with horror, for not a vestige of straw remained. The Jackdaws had stolen it to the last wisp and flung it all into the chasm that yawned for hundreds of feet beneath the nest. "My poor, poor friend!" said the Tin Woodman, taking up the Scare crow's head and caressing it tender ly; "whoever could imagine you would come to this untimely end?" "I did it to save my friends," re turned the head; "atjd I am glad that I perished in so noble and un selfish a manner." "But why arc you all so despond ent?.' inquired the Woggle-Bug. "The Scarecrow's clothing is still safe." "Y'es." answered the Tin Wood man; "but our friend's clothes are useless without stuffing. "Why not stuff him with money?" asked Tip. "Money!" they all cried, in an amazed chorus. "To be sure." said the boy. "In the bottom of the nest are thousands of dollar bills—and two-dollar bills —and five-dollar bills and tens. and twenties, and fifties. There are enough of them to stuff a dozen Scarecrows. Why not use the money?" The Tin Woodman began to turn plaint of patrons of the North Branch Transit Company, operating in Co lumbia, Montour and other counties, that the new tariff of rates was illeg ally posted. The Commission says that the company did as the law required and directs that preparation be made for hearing complaint on the reason ableness of the rates. Over 4.000 Casuals. Over 4,000 casuals of the Keystone Division have been listed by the Adjutant General's Department for transpor tation to Philadelphia for the review over the rubbish with the handle of his axe; and, sure enough, what of various denominations, which the mischievous Jackdaws had for years been engaged in stealing front the villages and cities they visited. There was an immense fortune ly ing in that inaccessible nest; and Tip's suggestion was, with the Scare crow's consent, quickly acted upon. They selected all the newest and cleanest bills and assorted them in to various piles. The Scarecrow's left leg and V>ot were stuffed with five-dollar bills, his right leg was stuffed with ten-dollar bills, and his body so closely filled with fifties, one-hundreds and one-thousands, that he could scarcely button his jacket with comfort. "You are now," said the Woggle- Bug. impressively, when the task had been completed, "the most valuable member of our party: and as you are among faithful friends there is little danger of your being spent." , "Thank ypu." returned the Scare crow, gratefully. "I feel like a new His Axe Fairly Flashed Among the Jackdaws they had first thought only worthless ! papers, were found to be all bills j man; and although at first glance I | might be mistaken for a Safety De- I p sit Vault, I beg you to remember j that my Brains are still composed of ' the same old material. And these arc the possessions that have always made me a person to be depended upon in an emergency." "Well, the emergency is here," ob served Tip; "and unless your brains help us out of it we shall be com pelled to pass the remainder of our lives in this nest." "How about these wishing pills?" enquired the Scarecrow, taking the box from his jacket pocket. "Can't we use them to escape?" "Not unless we can count seven teen by twos,' answered the Tin Woodman. "But our friend the Woggle-Bug claims to be highly edu cated, so he ought easily to' figure out how that can be done." "It isn't a question of education," I returned the Insect, "it's merely a I question of mathematics. I've seen next Thursday. Many applicants who came home with units have been in formed that the State will not pay their transportation. CAPTAIN CROW SPEAKER Mechanicsburg, Pa., May 10. —Ma- jor Ralph Crow, of Lemoyne, was a speaker yesterday afternoon at the Businessmen's League house, when convalescent soldiers from the United States General Hospital, Car lisle, were entertained by the Wo man's Club. kARRTSBURG TECEQRXF3 the Professor work lots of sums on the blackboard, and he claimed any thing eould be done with x's and y's and a's, and such things, by mixing them up with plenty of plusses and minuses and equals, and so forth. But he never said anything, so far as I can remember, about counting up to the odd number of seventeen by the even numbers of twos." "Stop! stop!" cried the Pumpkin head. "Y'our're making my head ache." "And mine," added the Scarecrow. "Your mathematics seem to me very like a bottle of mixed pickles—the more you fish for what you want the less chance you have of getting it. I am certain that if the thing can be accomplished at all, it is in a very simple manner." "Yes," said Tip; "old Mombi couldn't use x's and minuses, for she never went to school." "Why not start counting at a half of one?" asked the Saw-Horse, abruptly. "Then anyone can count up to seventeen by twos very easily." ! They looked at each other in sur | prise, for the Saw Horse was con sidered the most stupid of the en t're party. "You make me quite ashamed of I myself," said the Scarecrow, bowing I low to the Saw-Horse. "Nevertheless, the creature is j right," declared the Woggle-Bug; for twice one-half is one, and if you get to one it is easy to count from one I up to seventeen by twos." "I wonder I didn't think of that | myself," said the Pumpkinhead. "I don't," returned the Scarecrow. ; "You're no wiser than the rest of us, are you? But let us make a wish at once. Who will swallow the first pill?" "Suppose you do it," suggested Tip. ■ j "I can't," said the Scareerow. "Why not? Y'ou've a mouth, • haven't you?" asked the boy. "Yes; but my mouth is painted on, and there's no swallotv connected with it," answered the Scarecrow. "In fact," he continued, looking from Personal and Social Items of Towns on West Shore Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shoner, of Front street, Shiremanstown, are home from a visit with Mr. and Mrs. William Pipper. near Carlisle. Mrs. Miami E. Erb. of 205 Hamil ton street, Harrisburg, visited Mrs. George F. Jacobs, and other friends at Shiremanstown, on Thursday. Miss Edna Speidel and Miss Nellie Feister. of Shiremanstown, were re cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. George V. Coble at Lemoyne. Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, sons Jacob and John, of Harrisburg, Miss Ada Kauffman, of Llsburn, and Miss Orris, of Lemoyne were entertained Sunday by Miss Mary Sheets, at her bome at Shiremanstown. Miss Louise Noell spent Friday with | friends at Mechanicsburg. Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Xeblngor, of Shiremanstown, spent several days at I'onbrook, this week. Eugene Btansfleld, of Moehanles burg, spent several days with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, Benjamin Stnnsfleld, at Shiremanstown. Mrs. John L. Mumma and daughter Miss Leona, of Lemoyno, spent a day recently with the latter's grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Frey, at Shiremanstown. MRS. JOHN* SLONAKER DIES Moclianlcshurg, Pa., May 10.—Mrs. Mary Slonaker, wife of John Slon aker, of New Kingston, died at her homo in that place in Thursday morning after a long illness. She was aged 73 years and was a mem ber of the Lutheran Church. Sur viving aro her husband and the fol lowing children: Clarence Slonaker, of Douglas, Wyoming: Mrs. Jacob Wonders, of New Kingston: Cleve land Slonaker, of New Kingston: Charles Slonaker, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Jerry Slonaker, with the Army of Occupation in Germany, No funeral arrangements have been made, • CARLISLE BUDGET PASSED Carlisle, Pa,, May 10,, —Although some members objeoted and there has been soma agitation for a more liberal program, the Carlisle Bor ough Council at its meeting decided to set the tas rate for the year at (en and one-half mills, the same as for several years past. The financial plan contemplates an income ef 167,- 000. Of the amount to be received 114,- 000 goes to a pinking fund, 14,600 for floating debt interest and |l7,r 000 for the support of the five fire companies of the towp, while only )6,700 was appropriated for street Improvement, one to another critically "I believe the boy and the Woggle-Bug are the only ones in our party that are able to swallow." Observing the truth of this re mark, Tip said: "Then I will undertake to make the first wish. Give me one of the Silver Pills." This the Scarecrow tried to do. but his padded gloves were too clum sy to clutch so small an object, and he held the box toward the boy while Tip selected one of the pills and swallowed it. "Count!" cried the Scarecrow. "One-half, one, three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, fifteen, seven teen!" counted Tip. "Now wish!" said the Tin Wood man anxiously. But just then the boy began to suffer such fearful pains that he be came alarmed. "The pill has poisoned me!" he gasped; "O-h! o-o-o-o-o! Ouch! Murder! Fire O-o-h!" and here he rolled upon the bottom of the nest in such contortions that he frightened them all. "What can we do for you? Speak I beg!" entreated the Tin Woodman, tears of sympathy running down his nickel cheeks. "I—l don't know!" answered Tip. "O —h! 1 wish I'd never swallowed that pill!" Then at once the pain stopped, and the boy rose to his feet again and found the Scarecrow looking with amazement at the end of the pepper-box. "What's happened?" asked the boy, a little ashamed of his recent exhibition. "Why, the three pills are in the box again!" said the Scarecrow. "Of course they are," the Woggle- Bug declared. "Didn't Tip wish that he'd never swallowed one of them? Well, the wish came true, and he didn't swallow one of them. So of course they are all three in the box." "That may be; but the pill gave me a dreadful pain, just the same," said the boy. "Impossible!" declared the Wog gle-Bug. "If you have never swal lowed it, the pill cannot have given you a pain. And as your wish, being granted, proves you did not swallow the pill, it is also plain that you suffered no pain." "Then it was a splendid imitation of a pain," retorted Tip, angrily. "Suppose you try the next pill your self. We've wasted one wish al ready." "Oh, no, we haven't!" protested the Scarecrow. "Here are still three pills in the box, and each pill is good for a wish." "Now you're making my head ache," said Tip. "I can't understand the thing at all. But I won't take another pill, I promise you!" and with this remark he retired sulkily to the back of the nest. "Well," said the Woggle-Bug. "it remains for me to save us in my most Highly Magnified and Thor oughly Educated manner, for I seem to be the only one able and willing to make a wish. Let me have one of the pills." He swallowed it without hesita tion and they all stood admiring his courage while the Insect counted seventeen by twos in the same way that Tip had done. And for some reason —perhaps because Woggle- Bugs have stronger stomachs than boys—the silver pellet caused it no pain whatever. "I wish the Gump's broken wings mended, and as good as new!" said the Woggle-Bug, in a slow, impres sive voice. All turned to look at the Thing, and so quickly had the wish been granted that the Gump lay before them in perfect repair, and as well ! able to fly through the air as when j it had first been brought to life on the roof of the palace. Xext Story—"The Scarecrow Ap peals to Glinda the Good." Does the loss of their W'shing Pills snell mis fortujie to our Voyagers? Wait and we tjrill tell you about their journey to meet the wonderful Sorceress— one who knows all! Copyrighted by L. Frank P->n-v> for the George Matthew Adams So— t P*ing a secret Stiff Sentence Handed Down by Carlisle Court Carlisle, Pa., May 10.—Stiff sen tences intended to brea.c up thieving in Cumberland county were given by Judge Sadler at a session of sentence court held here. Because of the ill ness of District Attorney Lloyd, sen tence in several cases was deferred. J. Wesley Powell, of Shippens burg, found guilty of stealing a Lib erty Bond was sent to Glenn Mills. Dora Kuhn and Harry Griffie, of Mount Holly Springs, who plead guilty to charges of larceny were given one year in jail, but sentence was suspended. Kuhn was recently discharged from the Army. With every possibility of a light sentence Joseph W. Windowmaker, of Car lisle, charged with the larceny of a pair of shoes, got a term in the penitentiary because he tried to bore through the wall and escape. He was given from 12 to 15 months in : the Eastern Penitentiary. John Dorsey, colored, of Carlisle, found in the home of Miss Fannie Hendel, and shot by C. W. Strolim, a neighbor when he refused to give himself up, got from two years and six months to three years in the penitentiary. Edward Helm, charged with the larceny of chickens plead guilty, but was sentenced from two years to two years and six months in the penitentiary. Sentences was deferred in the cases of George Bailey, Guy Noggle. and Daniel Helm, found guilty of a number of larceny charges, and on Abe I-ane, colored, of Carlisle, charg ed with assault with intent to kill. Cumberland County S. S. Convention at Carlisle tCarlisle, Pa., May 10.—The Cum berland County Sunday School Con vention will be held in the First Presbyterian Church at Carlisle on May 22. Final touches are being put to the program and every Sui\day school in the county has been in vited to send delegates. It will be a one-day convention. Among the speakers are: State Secretary W. G. Landes, of Philadelphia; the Rev. J. E. 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