MR. SPANGLER DEMANDS A CALL House Polled and Rule on Ses sions Is Promptly Or dered in House The House of Representatives <vas polled to ascertain the presence of a quorum at the start of last night's meeting for the first time this year. Roll calls have occurred several times to find a quorum in the midst of sessions, but not at the opening of a meeting in years. Over 120 members were found pres ent and immediately afterwards Chairman Ramsey, of the Commit tee on Rules, presented a rule for sessions on Tvesdays and Wednes days at 10.30 a. m., 4 and 8.30 o. m., and on Thursday at 10 a. m. When the resolution had been adopted Speaker Spangler said it would be "rigidly adhered to," add ing that the Chair had been sur prised at the "light manner in which members regarded their responsi bility and the meagre votes cast upon important measures. He said that the members owed to their con stituents to attend meetings and vote. The adoption of the resolution caught over 70 members out of town and upset the plans of a number to leave Wednesday morning for their homes. The House has not held any Thursday sessions and not more than two on Wednesdays. The rule will likely put an end to hearings. The House then recessed for half an hour to greet Col. Joseph H Thompson, of the 110 th Infantry, a former Senator, marching in a body to the Senate. RUMFQRn THE WHOLESOME | Idi ggSja BAKING POWDER I out pound j v ljTTil onl y ma kes your cakes and hot breads lighter, of finer texture and delicious flavor, but at a reasonable cost VT* Q nty i Sh adej MaclclWi tilator l !=| II Get Your Porch Ready For Decoration Day | Use Vudor Porch Shades | There arc four reasons why we espe- != cially recommend the celebrated VUDOR 'g PORCH SHADES: 1. They are the only Porch Shades made with a ventilator. 2. Each shade is equipped with a self-hanging j|| device—adjustable in a minute. Eg 3. Vudors will outwear all others. 4. Prices are moderate. Of Course You'll Need j New Porch Furniture Too | No other furniture is so nicely adapted for ip porch use as genuine French Willow. S Our display this season is far superior to any we have ever had—the stocks are larger and the styles most beautiful and in exclusive types not to be found in any other stores. Any desired finish. All sorts of beautiful ere- Eg tonne and tapestry treatments, too. = I Come in and pick out Chairs, Rockers, Settees, Chaise Lounges, Tables, Desks, Fern Stands, Etc., at popular prices. Have you room for a Couch Hammock? They're sls and up. Porch swings are $5 and up. Big stocks of new pattern Porch Rugs. = Have the Awnings been ordered? Do it now Cp and avoid disappointment later. H GOLDSMITH'S I Central Pennds Best Furniture Store = NORTH MARKET SQUARE P.MMIIM mil WEDNESDAY EVENING, WRITES TREATIES FOR NEW STATES Special Committee Drafts Pact to Protect Minorities J3j/ Associated Press. Paris, May 28.—Acting on instruc tions from the Council of Four a special committee of experts is draft ing a series of treaties with the newly created states designed to pro tect minorities, and particularly pro tect the Jews against discriminations of race, language and religion, lead ing to disorders, riots and pogroms. One of those who assisted in draw ing up the treaties, summed them up to-day as follows: "They guarantee substantially the same equality and freedom of ft ace, language and religion as we have in the United States. While it is diffi cult to frame any specific provision against mob violence, yet this usually results from racial discrimination, and, by establishing strict equality, we hope to eliminate the causes lead ing to riots." The views of British and Amer ican Jews have been considered dur ing the framing of the treaties, which, however, are not restricted to Jews, but cover all races and relig ions. Deny Jap Agents Made Treaty With Germans Tokio, May 28.—The Foreign Of fice has denied as "unequivocally false" a statement published in Chi nese newspapers that Japanese agents in 1916 and 1918 concludes secret agreements with Germany. DEMOBILIZE WAR PIGEONS About 10,000 English Birds Sold in France and Belgium London, May 28.—Demobilization of English war pigeons and men who care for them in France has taken place, with the exception of birds and men selected for the Army of Occupation. About 10,000 birds that had served their country faithfully, were sold in France and Belgium and the proceeds of sale divided among charitable institutions of those countries and England, in ac cordance with the wish of the breed ers, who had donated the pigeons to the British army. Many a man owes his life to the rapid flight of a pigeon from a brok en-down seaplane. In the battle of Messines, 1,200 pigeons were used to carry messages, not a single one of which went astray. The German pigeon service was very thorough. A Birmingham medal maker imitated so perfectly a mes sage container devised by the enemy, that it was possible to send a num ber of "dud" messages to German lofts with their own captured birds. INDEX COMPLETED The Russell Index Company, of Pittsburgh, has delivered the last forty-six index books to the Re corder's office in the courthouse. "I feel that under the reorganization plan," said Recorder James E. I.entz to-day, "that the office is in better shape than ever, and the records protected and so arranged that they can be easily found." Middletown Mary May Home; Was Visiting Friend Miss Mary May, whose absence caused much excitement in town on Monday, returned to her home Mon day evening, not knowing that her many friends were worried about her. On the return trip from Wash ington she fell asleep and did not awake until the train reached Cone wago. The conductor insisted upon her getting off, but this she refused to do at such an early hour, and went on to Lancaster. Prom there she went to Mount Joy and visited her niece, Mrs. Rhinehart. She was given a hearty welcome upon her return to town last evening. The funeral of the late George Kramer was held on Tuesday after noon, with services, from his late home on Witherspoon avenue, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. Fuller Berg stresser, of the St. Peters Lutheran Church, officiated. Burial was made in the Middletown cemetery. Both service and interment were private. The schools in the Susquehanna building, taught by Mrs. A. D. Britt, Miss Irene Churchman, Miss Edna Schaeffer and Miss Alice, Baer, held their annual picnic in the school building yesterday afternoon. Miss Ethel Berman left yesterday for Baltimore, Mil., where she will visit relatives for sometime. Miss Helen Elberti was tendered a shower, consisting of cut glass, silverware, linen and many other useful articles, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Elberti, Xorth Union street, Monday evening by a number of her friends. After a social hours was spent, refresh ments were served. Miss Elberti will be married to Harry Bernheisel, of Harrisburg, some time in June. Russel Dasher, son of Mr. and i Mrs. Roy Dasher, of East Water street, was tendered a birthday sur prise party in honor of his four teenth birthday on Monday evening at the home of his parents. After games of various kinds were played, refreshments were served to the fol lowing: Loraine Gale, Helen Seidets, Louise Fox, Helen Gotschall, Chris -1 tine Jackson, Naomi Yost, Donald i Kohr, Harold Hartman, Foster | Brinser, Lylran Cobaugh, Charles | I lanna, Donald McCord, Ellwood , Dasher, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Enck, Gertrude and Harold and Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Bomgardner. Miss Jeanette McNair was ten dered a birthday surprise party at her home. Union and Emaus streets, on Monday evening. Those present were: Misses Grace Bauder, Grace Nissley, Romaine Klinger, Elizabeth Beck, Catherine Beachler, Pearl Schaeffer, Martha Belt, Jean Brestle, Mildred Parthemore, Catherine Ul rich, Aurora Wickey, Marian Ulrich, Messrs. James Kern, John Longe necker, John Wise, Howard Rutter, Robert Belt, Marlin Brinser, Carl Picket, Walter Deimler, Floyd Her man, Charles Kennard, Carl Bach man and Eearl Houser. A dance will be held Thursday evening at the Ordnance Depot for the benefit of the newly organized baseball team. Weigart's orchestra will furnish the music. Mrs. Alpheus Long, of Tacoma, is' the guest of Mrs. Mary Rakestraw and Miss Annie Raymond at their home on North Union street. The public schools of town will close to-morrow afternoon, after a nine months' term, and this will close the fifty-fifth year for A. S. Quickel, who is assistant in the Krammar school. It will close the twenty-eighth year for Miss Blanche Yost and thirtieth year for Miss Elizabeth Neaßle, and the forty-fifth year for Miss Harriet Keiver. The fortieth annual commencement ex ercises of the eleven Rraduates of the Middletown High School will be held in the Realty Theater to-mor row evening at 8 o'clock. Jerry Railey, Arthur Joffen, Rob ert Gottshall and Edward Stoner have returned home from Lewis town. where they were searching for the bodies of the seven drowned men. The motor boats of Bailey, Joffen and George Mansberger, that were used there, were also returned. The fifth and sixth grades of the pupils of the Grammar School and taught by Mrs. Parfitt. picknicked at Clifton Springs yesterday. Solomon Smith, of Lorain, Ohio, is spending some time in Royalton as the guest of his brother, William Smith. Walter Updegraph, who spent some time overseas and had been stationed at Camp Merrltt, N. J., since his return, has been mustered out of service and returned to town. Ross Houser, of South Union street, ljad the third finger of his left hand badly cut on Monday at the planing mill of the local car works, while operating a multiple saw. A hake will he held by the mem bers of Mrs. William Lindermuth's Sunday School Class Saturday after noon and evenirfg, May 31, at. the paper store of Oliver Henry, Union [and Brown streets. Home-made pies [and cakes will be for sale. EULRRISBURG TELEGRXPB LAUDS U.S. PLAN OF EDUCATION Boys Get Better Training, Is the Opinion of Lady • Beecham Dondon, May 28.—The American system of education has a great ad vantage over the English plan in en abling boys attending day schools to live at home and receive the care and guidance of their mothers. This is the opinion of Dady Beecham, wife of a famous music conductor. Sir Thomas Beecham. Dady Beecham thinks that many pitfalls in English married life would be avoided if the boys of this country saw more of their homes and learned to understand women. Boys of well-to-do families in England rarely see their parents ex cept during holidays. They attend boarding schools, beginning in their early 'teens, some when they are only seven or eight. As a rule these schools are so far distant from the pupils' home that their parents see the boys only for a month at Christ mas, a month at Easter and during the midsummer' holidays which last about six weeks. It is the children of the poor that attend the day schools, or "free" schools, as they are called. The public schools of the United States have no counterpart in Great Bri tain. What are known as "public" schools here are the fashionable pri vate boy's schools like Eton, Harrow and Rugby, .entrance to which is so difficult that boys are booked for them in their boyhood. l,ady Beecham, after pointing out the advantage of the American day schools, says that boys "growing up in this way to comprehend their mothers, when they marry have far more sympathy with their wives." "I think," she continued, "that much conjugal trouble in this coun try is due to our system of educating our sons. The English boy sees lit tle of his mother and sisters, al most nothing of femininity in gen eral, and grows to manhood under standing the minimum about the ideas and ideals of women. When he marries his experience is often gained at the expense of his wife, which doij_not make for happy mar riage. "It is almost revolutionary to con demn our fine old public schools, with their enormous weight of tra dition, but I confess I would like to see the day school and the co-edu cational system, so common in Amer ica, play a much bigger part in the upbringing of our sons." Helping Russians Run Their Railroads Titsikar, Manchuria, May iB. Right at the edge of the great Mon golian desert, * Major George H. Tower, of Eauclaire, Wis., and eleven other American engineers, have la bored throughout a rigorous winter, helping the Russians run their great Trans-Siberian railroad, now disor ganized and sorely in need of Amer ican assistance. These sturdy men form a section of the corps of work ers organized by John F. Stevens, the American engineer, in an at tempt to reorganize the railroad. "We've had it 55 below zero here," said Major Tower to the correspond ent of the Associated Press, "but we've got used to it. Still, it is cold. You can't deny that and the nights are pretty long." The Major said he and his asso ciates had charge of the railroad section between Titsikar and Hailar, and that 147 locomotives were as signed to their section. They were always waiting for the time when they would be given a bigger op portunity to help in reorganizing the railroad. Both Titsikar and Hailar are great centers for the soya bean industry for which Manchuria is famed. Also, the district abounds in cattle. AIiMSHOCSE IN NEED OF DISC RECORDS Fernando Loudermilch, steward at the Dauphin county almshouse, has made a request that anyone who has used disc phonograph records which they will be willing to donate for the benefit of inmates at the institution should bring the records to the office of the Directors of the Poor, in the courthouse. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR WHY IT INCREASES Hair irosrtk la attaralated and Ita frcgneat removal la neeeaaary win merely renorfd (ram the aarfaee of the aktm. The only logi cal and practical way to remove hair la to attack It aader the akla. DcMlracle. the orlgtaal aaaltary lipoid, doer this by absorption. Only get- lac DcMlracle has a money-back, guarantee In each package. A jllct counters In Me, •1 and *2 ala a, or by mall from na la plain wrapper an receipt of price. PBBB book mailed la plain sealed envelope .a request. DeMlracle, 12*tfc St. and Ptrk Ave.. New York nornmar ammemmmam Daily Health Talks GOING BACK TO NATURE By Dr. W. Lucas People get sick because they go away from Nature, and the only way to get well Is to go back. Something grows out of the ground in the form of vegetation to cure almost every ill. Some of these vegetable growths are understood by man, and some are not. Animals, it would seem, know what to do when they are sick better than men and women. Ob servers have noted that a sick horse, dog or cat will stop eating food and seek out some vegetable growth in the field or yard, which, when found and eaten, often restores appetite and health. Haven't you seen these animals do this very thing yourself? Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., long since found the herbs and roots pro vided by Nature to overcome consti pation, and he had these vegetables collected and made up of Mayapple, leaves of Aloe, root of Jalhp, into lit tle white, sugar-coated pills, that he called Dr. Pierce's P\easant Pellets. You must understands that when your intestines are stopped up, poi sons and decayed matter are impris oned in your system, and these are carried by the blood throughout your body. Thus does your head ache, you get dizzy, you can't sleep, your skin may break out, your appe tite declines, you get tired and de spondent. As a matter of fact, you may get sick all over. Don't you see how useless all this suffering is? All that is often needed is a jnw of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, which he has placed in all drug stores for your convenience and hea'th. Tiy them by all means. They are prob ably the very thing you need right now. j QUARANTINE BILL GETS BUMP W ill Probably Be Reconsid ered in the House Be fore Very Long The Department of Health bill, enlarging- powers in quarantines in contagious disease outbreaks and de signed to meet such conditions as arose during the influenza outbreak, was defeated at the afternoon ses sion. The bill lacked 14 voles of a majority and it was reported that an effort would be made to rccori sider the measure. The bill creating the new State Department of Conservation was amended to take effect on January 1 by Chairman Baldrige, of the game committee. The House then cleared its second reading calendar, among the bills passed being the emergency salary appropriation of *350,000 for the State government and the series of bills presented for the Auditor Gen eral. The Insurance Department re organizer. was laid over. The Wallace landlord and tenant bill -was reported and with several amendments, including "provision for a law, after a hearing at which real estate men from several cities ap peared in opposition to the measure. The Rinn grade crossing bill was postponed for the third time bv the committee on manufacturer The tractor hill was given an ex tensive hearing by the roads com mittee, at which Highway Commis sioner Sadler discussed the proposed regulatory features with representa tives of farmers, tractor owners and agents. Among the bills passed at the afternoon session were: Removing protection from red squirrels and advancing (he scasoi "The Live Store" "Always Reliable" oung Are Good Clothes For Spring and Early Summer —the season that calls for correct clothes—clothes that answer fully every demand made of them, both of character and comfort, by the discriminating out-door-man. Campus Togs meet these demands. Their character and refinement, appeal to the man who is particular about his appearance, out-doors as well as in-doors. If you want your Spring clothes to be absolutely right you'll choose your suit at Doutrichs. Our service and Prices will only make you happier in your choice. 304 Market St. Harrisburg, Pa. so that blackbirds may be hunted in summer. 1 Amending borough code to pro vido a method whereby charters! can be surrendered. Fixing salary of deputy commis sioner of health at $6,500. Fixing salaries of controllers In j boroughs according to population. Validating municipal liens in boroughs. Regulating informations in deser tion and non-support cases before, j aldermen and justices of the peace | |in Allegheny county. Providing for payment of fines I collected from aliens for possessing j j firearms and dogs to the State j Game Commission. Pershing Expresses His Appreciation . of Jewish Work j Paris, May 28.—General Pershing i I has expressed his "appreciation for I the splendid services rendered to the [American Expeditionary Forces by ] the Jewish Welfare Board" in a let- I ter he has sent to Colonel Harry I Cutler, chairman of that board. The i American commander added that : from the opening of its work in the | summer of 1918 the representatives j of the Jewish Welfare Board, during | the remaining months of hostilities, did valuable work among the soldiers of the Jewish faith and others. "Since the signing of the armis | tioe," General Pershing wrote, "you ! have grasped the opportunity for in i creased recreational facilities and have increased your personnel, open | ed additional club rooms at import ; ant centers and shown a eommend i able eagerness to co-opcrate with the | Army and the other welfare soci i eties, and to bear your full share of j the responsibility for keeping up this ; important work until all troops can | he returned to America." j WAGES AXD HOM S FOR SO GIRLS I To work on children's garments. 1 See large advertisement on page 7. a Jennings' Manufacturing Co.- —Adv. MAY 28, 1919. I Northern Russian Army Captures Town of Peterhof Washington, May 28.—Capture of I Peterhof, sixteen miles west of i Potrograd on the Gulf of Finland, MORE RED BLOOD AND STEADIER NERVES EOR RUN DOWN PEOPLE The World Demands, Strong, Vigorous, ! Keen-Minded, Men and Women i It lias been said of Americans lhat they work their habits of eri. time. Many become nervous and inefficient by overwork. By worry, despondency, social affairs, robbing brain and body! of needed rest; excessive use of tobacco, indulgence in strong alco holic drink—excesses of every kind that burn up the vital powers so necessary in these trying times to make both mea and women lit to be of help to themselves-ana others. It is time to be temperate in all things. The man or woman •with impaired nerves caused by impoverished blood lacks vigor, the ambition, the endurance and the keen mind of those who avoid excesses, ' Timldncss, despondency, fenr, trembling hands, -want of confidence even cowardliness, arc due in a lurgc measure to abused nerves. People with plenty of red blood corpuscle* and strong:, healthy nerves Man no desire to shirk work and lean on others for guidance and sapport. There is hardly a nerve-shattered man or woman (unless of an organto disease) in America today who cannot become alert and clear in mind; vigorous and energetic in body in a very tc\r weeks and at trifling cost To become strong and ambitious, to feel that work is not drndgeryg to have steady nerves, abundance of red blood and power of endarance; to be net only a man but as men now go, a superman, you must take seven tablets of! Bio-feren every day for seven days—and take them faithfully. Take two after each meal and one at bedtime and after seven days take one only after meal until the supply is exhausted. Then If you feel that any claim made In this special notice Is unfrjjf — If! your nerves arc not twice as steady as before; if you do not feel ambitions, more vigorous and keen-mtnded, the pharmacist who dispensed tnc tablets to you will gladly hand you back Just wnat you paid for them. Bio-feren 13 without doubt the grandest remedy for nervous, rundown, weak, anaemic men and women ever offered direct tn rough drug gists> ana is not at nil expensive. All druggists in this city and yicinity. have a supply hand—sell many packagea. by the army of the northern Rtu sian government, probably aaalatM by British naval forces, was report ed to the State Department yester day in Swedish press reports. Thi Stockholm Tidntngen points out tha the report pressages the fall c Petrograd in the near future. 9
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