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
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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—
<ce.
TUG TROUT CAUGHT
Marietta, Pa., May 10.—Trout fish
ing in the lake at Donegal has
proved to be Head for anglers during
the season. Two of the largest
caught this year were landed by
Harry Knipe and William Abel this
week. They secured six in all. One
of them, seventeen and a half Inches
and another two inches less. In the
Wild Cat dam there has been many
captured this year.
10,000 POUNDS
Of Sturdy
Flesh!
"This would
K. +Zt M ' be a small
f*£j 5- estimate of
/ J®] the gains
made by thln^
\ | ma ' se J'' l ftl found
\ ''iSiUs modern foods
M m longer! thhu
m .JfltU anaemic, nervous and
/ run-down, Simply
/ "Swr take two flve-grain
i M SYSTOXEM
MW tablets after meals,
w three times a day for
.ff two or three weeks,
then get on the
11/vc soalas and sea what
Jwi a. solid flesh and
strength you have
■lin r gained, Ask your
14 * druggist about this
ftrength and boay
ion. It Is dispensed
In this Pity by Geo. A. Gorgae, Ken
3edy's Drug Store Slid other good
ruggists without a doetor's pve
suription, it ,pi>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. Skill
ington, pastor of the Allison Metho
dist Church, Carlisle; Captain Mart
in, of Boston, stationetd at the Unit
ed States Army Hospital here; Dr.
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