12 LEI CONTRACT FOR ARMSTRONG BRIDGE "erro-Concrete Low of Two Bid ders For Construction of New Concrete Viaduct . Only two bids JJ I \ JJJ were received to //il /LML day by the County jm Commissioners for /<%> the construction of crete bridge across Armstrong creek, a 1 Hp few m " es beyond jaJI gnßfl contract was award ed to the lowest of the pair—the Fer ro-Concrete Company. Its figure was $1,373. G. W. Ensign, Incorporated, bid $2,188.20. The structure will be re-inforced and will consist of a single 44-foot span. The driveway will be 18 feet in. width. Enhaut' Company Gets Charter. The Good Wi" Fire Company of En haut was formally chartered to-d»y by the Dauphin county court. . Will Arfsue License Application.— Argument will be heard July 13, by the Dauphin county court on the Ques tion of why Peter W. Lonzino should be licensed as county detective. Lon zino filed his application a month ago and in making his request he declared that he wishes to do business at 303 South Third street, Steelton. Building Permits To-day. Bayles and Shellhamer, a single story frame garage, west side of Jefferson street, north of Geary, $75; D. A. Evans, sin gle story frame garage rear of .141 Jefferson, $l5O. File John Houser's Will. The will of John' Houser, the aged Civil War veteran whose body was found near Lemoyne Saturday after haying been missing from his home in Heck ton for nearly a week, was filed for probate with Register of Wills Roy Danner to-day. His estate he direct ed to be divided among his wife and two daughters, and he named M. C. Fitting and T. J. Emerick, his sons in-law, executors. Attorney Fred C. Miller was appointed executor for the ■will of Mary M. Elssner, formerly of Penbrook. Collectors' Residences. County Treasurer A. H. Bailey has opened a book wherein the names and addresses and place of sitting of the county tax collectors are to be regularly enrolled. Must Pay Mercantile Licenses. About 1,000 of the mercantile licenses for 1915 are yet to be lifted and un less these are taken out by Thursday the county treasurer will begin prose cutions. To >lnW<* Pipe Coiinet'tlon*.- —Owners of property abutting on Atlas street, from Woodbine to Emerald, and on Saul allev, from Howard to Brensinger, have been notified to make all neces sary water, sewer, gas and beating pipe connections by August 28, pre paratory to the paving of these sec tions. To Sell Two llaiinn Street llnuNe. N'os. 132 and 134 Hanna street, prop erties belonging to the estate of John N. Kennedy, will be sold at trustees' sale on the courthouse steps at 2 o'clock, Wednesday, July 14. New Playground Opened by Taylor on Site of Big Stough Tabernacle Children's shrill laughter, shrieks of delights, shouts of encouragement and the clash of baseball bats, the jang ling of quoits—these are the noises that now replace the sound of hun dreds of voices raised In prayer or hymn that once resounded from the section of the vacant block at North and Filbert streets, the site of the great Stough tabernacle in "he Eighth ward. The space has been thrown open as a temporary playground for the col ored children. Within n day or two Park Commis sioner Taylor will also open a smaller section of the same plot for white boys. The commissioner obtained the use of thesit for the summer from the Capitol Park Extension Commission. prevents~fWirtenting Dip the tops of your fruit jar# in \ fiLAjW /^Tv/ a pan of melted Parowax (pure, \ refined paraffine), and there you are—sure, pure, can't-spoil pre- v" serves for next Winter. Box of r=. 4 big cakes, 10 cents, everywhere. 1 ■■ ■■ [HARRISBVRG LIGHT 1 &pOWER.Q). 1 The Fourth of July Celebration the arrival of the Liberty Bell and our Guaran teed Electric Irons for $1.85 cash are the three important topics that are being discussed this week. If your house is wired, you should use an Electric Iron. If it is not wired, get prices at once. Irons $1.85 Cash MONDAY EVENING, Bell Telephone Company Adds 250 to Its List; New Directory Is Out The June Issue of the Bell Telephone Directory for the Harrisburg district was Issued to-day from the presses of the Telegraph Printing Company and the distribution berun by Superinten dent Shirley Watts. Despite a dull Spring In general business circles, the Bell Company has added patrons to the list In the Harrisburg district, since February, making a total of 9,400 phones In this and surrounding towns. The hook Is bigger than ever before and Is changed a trifle In order to accommodate more nonies to the page, for the convenience of patrons. The dlstribltlon was started by Mr. Watts to-day and will be completed by to-morrow noon. The directory contains much valuable Information concerning telephone calls and rates and how to send telegrams by tele phone. AM told it is by far tlie best telephone directory ever Issued by the Bell company In this district and re flects the growth of the service locally as well as throughout the country in general. Motorcycle Accidents Cause Injuries to Six Three motorcycle acidents over the week-end resulted In painful injuries to six persons. The Injured are: Mrs. Mary Denk, 345 Kelker street, bruises of the back. Treated at home. Clyde Denk, 345 Kelker street, frac tured right hand, severe bruises of the body, treated at Harrisburg hos pital. Cornelius Denk, 345 Kelker street, bruised leg, lacerations of face and hands, treated at hospital. Mrs. E. F. Hesson, 1402 North Third street, slight Injuries, treated at Shope hospital. L. M. Yost, 1402 North Third street, bruises of the body. William Schroeder, Mechanicshurg, fractured right ankle, treated at Har risburg hospital. Schroeder was the first one injured. While standing confused in the middle ,t)f Market street, near Fourth, Satur day evening, he was struck by a motorcycle. After being treated at the hospital he was taken to his home. Sirs. Hesson and Mr. Yost were rid ing on a motorcycle on Saturday night when they collided at Green and Calder streets with the automobile of Edwin Keister. 1526 North Second street. Their motorcycle was wrecked. Mrs. Denk and her two sons, Clyde and Cornelius were on a motorcycle, which collided with a jitney at Wallace and Verbeke streets, when according to witnesses the, jitney turned in the way of the motorcycle. No one in the auto was injured. The machine was slightly damaged. CAMERA SHOWS EVIDENCE OF VAQUI OUTRAGES I„os Angeles. Cal.. June 28.—0n their way to the State Department at Washington, Frank Pauline and Jo seph W. Carrio. American ranchers from the Yaqui River Valley, Sonora, Mexico, yesterday displayed photo graphs of Americans brutally slain, stripped and mutilated and ranches belonging to Americans with the'en tire crops burned. PENMAN.SHIP WINS BRIDE "I Liked the Way He Wrote,'' Says l-ate .June Britle Atlanta, Ga., June 28.—"1 liked the way he wrote to me," was the explan ation given by Mrs. John P. McGraw, formerly Miss Lucy Hurst of Atlanta, who, after a correspondence lasting in ore than a year, married a Chicago man she had never seen. JITNEY DRIVER BEFORE MAYOR John M. C. Kell, who drives a jit ney car for Hummel Meyer was be fore Mayor John K. Royal this after noon. Several witnesses testified that Kell was intoxicated Saturday night. Kell claimed the charges were trump ed up against him because he refused to haul several colored men. SEVEN MORE MIDDIES IN TOILS Annapolis, June 28.—Seven addi tional midshipmen were to-day made defendants or interested parties in the court of inquiry which iR investigating "cribbing" at the academy. DR. DIXON IS GIVEN NATIONAL THANKS American Medical Association Sends Telegram of Con gratulations State Commissioner of Health Sam uel G. Dixon, who was given official commendation for the splendid work of the State Department of Health by the Panama-Pacific Exposition when the State won the first prize, has been given the official compliments of the I American Medical Association. Dr. Dixon has received numerous con- | gratulatlons on the exhibit at San Francisco. The American Medical Association message came from William t>. Rod- J man, the new president, and was as ] follows: "The grand old Keystone] State Is to be congratulated for the i splendid prize winning exhibit of Penn sylvania State Department of Health. E\ ery detail in the arrangement of this exhibit speaks for modern sani tation. The tuberculosis symposium Is I a revelation to the public, is highly I educational In value and is constantly! being studied by students of the great white plague. Your typhoid epidemic features show how far well co-ordi- J nated medical and engineering efforts I m&y be utilized in promoting public health. Your school hygiene display is one of the popular attractions of the exposition. 1 congratulate you per sonally. You have again made Penn sylvania your debtor. By all means give us the great educational lesson in Philadelphia for a full month after the exposition closes. Every large cen ter of population in Pennsylvania could profitably have a similar opportunity to study these useful lessons." Six-Weeks Bride Loses Husband She Married Propped Up in Bed Six short weeks after Miss Kather ine Sterner, Duncannon, became the pretty bride of Daniel Smith. 1312 North Sixth street, this city, she be came his grieving widow. That is only part of the romance of Daniel Smith and Katherlne Sterner; there's another end of the story, in which the Grim Visitor of the Shadows played an important part. Miss Sterner, 18, and Mr. Smith, 23. had been engaged since last Fall and June 4 of this year was fixed for the wedding. Only a few months ago Mr. Snritli became seriously ill and after the physicians had made a careful ex amination, the groom-elect had a very solemn little talk with the weeping bride-elect —and both decided that if they were to be married at all the time for the ceremony would have to be advanced. So the wedding occur red on April 15. Smith was propped up in bed on pillows while the Rev. Dr. S. Edwin Rupp, pastor of Otter bein U. B. church, read the marriage service. Six weeks later Mrs. Katherlne Stern er Smith donned widows' weeds. At the identical hour, day of the year and at the same age, of the death of her youthful husband, the widow's father died just thirteen years before. And that's the other end of the story. Hospital Directors Hold Monthly Meeting The election of officers for the com ing year, appointment of the hospital staff, and routine business were the principal items brought up late this afternoon at the regular monthly meeting of the board of managers of the Harrisburg hospital. H. B. Mc- Cormick was president' of the board during the past year. CLUB FOR DETENTION HOUSE County Commissioners Ins|>ect Subur ban Quarters The County Commissioners this aft ernoon motored out to the Suburban Country Club on the Hummelstown pike a short distance west of Ruther ford with a view to inspecting the structure as a possible temporary house of detention. The commission ers were accompanied by John E. Gipple, a real estate dealer who has charge of the leasing of the property. The commissioners looked into the advisability of renting the property from the point of economy, acces sibility, location and the fitness of the house for the purposes required. No decision will likely be determined upon until the commissioners return to this city Friday. The board with Chief Clerk D. Frank Lebo and County Controller H. W. Gough, will go to Stroudsburg to morrow and remain until Thursday in attendance at the State Convention of County Commissioners. Upon their return County Engineer Hershey will likely have the specifications for the new Nineteenth street bridge over the P. and R. tracks ready to advertise for bids. JOE READY HERE AGAIN Joe Ready, an old offender, who has been at the Soldiers' Home, Hampton Roads, Va., since Christmas was be fore John K. Royal this afternoon. Ready was found at Front and Emer ald streets in a wagon, sleeping off a jag. He told the mayor this after noon that he walked from Virginia to Harrisburg. On his arrival here he met several friends and had a joy party. Ready was allowed to go, on promise that he would return to Hampton Roads. HIMMEI/! MUNICH IS PUT ON SHORT BEER SUPPLY Munich. Bavaria. June 28. —Munich, the greatest beer-drinking center In Germany, has been compelled sharply to curtail the consumption of beer, owing to the expropriation by the mili tary authorities of a large part of the product of the breweries. The amount of beer now available for public use i« only one-third of the ordinary supply. FORMER PERU PRESIDENT DIES Lima, Peru, June 28. —News has been received here of the death in Iquiai, Chile, of Guillermo BUlings urst, former president of Peru. Billlngsurst was elected President of Peru in September, 1912. In Febru ary, 1914, he was deposed In a revolu tion and subsequently exiled. HARMAN OUT FOR COMMISSIONER Formal announcement was made to day of the candidacy of Charles H. Harman, for many years Justice of the peace of Wlconisco township, for the office of commissioner of Dauphin j county on the Republican ticket. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears , Signature of hxrrisbttrg TELEGRAPH Why Petey Shoestrings Wanted Extra Big Shoes; Operating on a Nail The only operation of its kind ever recorded In the pages of the counts' almshouse history wan performed to day by Steward 8. P. Barbour and a couple of attendant. The patient was the quaint old ped- | dler of shoestrings, pins, needles, and so on. who has been a familiar figure in Harrisburg's streets for years and who is well known as "Shoestring Pete" or "Petey Shoestrings." "Petey" this morning asked Steward Barber for a new pair of pair, he explained, that should he at least two sizes too large for him. In vestigation showed the reason—and the "operation" followed. For years Petey hasn't had free use of his hands, due to a stroke. Ex amination of his right foot showed an abnormally overgrown nail of the great toe. It was at least an inch and a half long, three-eighths of an inch thick at the base and thence tapering to a fine point. The extraor dinarily long nail had gradually worn a hole through the toe of the shoe. Steward Barber promptly decided that an "amputation" of the nail was neces sary. The operation was performed with a simple hacksaw. Frank Magowan, Former Mayor of Trenton, Dead Special to The Telegraph Hoboken, N. J., June 28.—Frank A. Magowan. former Mayor of Trenton, N. J., at one time a millionaire and rubber manufacturer, died to-day in St. Mary's Hospital. He was taken there Tuesday after asking a police man for aid. Magowan was prominent in Repub lican politics and was mentioned for the Gubernatorial nomination. He left Trenton some years ago after do mestic troubles and business reverses that wrecked his fortune. The death of ex-Mayor Frank A. Magowan. of Trenton, marks the end of a wasted career. Twenty years ago Mr. Magowan was one of the influ ential business men of this city and j largely interested in some of its most prosperous manufacturing plants, notably the Empire Rubber Company, of which he was the head. He lived in a mansion known sometimes as "Magowan's Folly," a show place in which money had been lavished with out stint, and which has since been converted into a row of dwellings. Magowan's downfall was directly traceable to his infatuntion for Mrs. Barnes-Magowan, then the wife of one of his salesmen. Boys Fall Asleep and Fail to Hear Curfew Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison sent out his first curfew warnings to-day. They went to the parents of Samuel Walters who resides in Chestnut street near Third; William Parker, 25 North Tenth street, and Harry Milch ers, 616 State street. The hoys were found asleep in Russ liail corridor last night at 10:30. They gave their ages as 13 years and said they had been away all day and were afraid to go home. Official Dog Catcher in Jail; Candidates, Step Up! A dog catcher will be named be tween now and July 1. He will begin liis duties on Thursday. The official dog catcher, Joseph Howson, Is in jail serving a four months' sentence for larceny of a number of chickens. Howson is the only man, according to Colonel Hutchinson, who ever at tended to duty. As he will not he out of ,lall before October, a new man will have to be found. NAM MS 100 "OTHKR WOMEN" IX HER sriT FOR DIVORCE Chicago, 111., June 28. —Mrs. Aileen Waite Whitney testified in Judge Walker's court that her husband, Henry 1.,. Whitney, Jr., had a book in which he kept the names of 100 "other women." She named "Bunny O'Brien,'' the "Lessler woman," "Ruth" and "Mickey" as corespondents. STOLE WATCH IS CHARGE Clarence Branyan, aged 17, was ar rested Saturday on a charge of larceny. He gave bail for a hearing this after noon before Mayor John K. Royal. Clarence Wilson, aged 18, claims that he lost a watch while in swimming at Island Park several weeks ago, and on Saturday met Branyan with the watch in his possession. Branyan refused to give up the watch, claiming he had bought it. PREPARING FOR ANXCAL NATIONAL GUARD CAMP Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison com mander of the Eighth regiment, with his staff will leave for Mt. Gretna on July 8. The annual encampment will be held July 9 to 18. The local com panies D and I, will leave on July 9. Details from each company will go to Mt. Gretna on July 6 to assist In erecting the tents and put the camp in shape for the opening. POLICE TAKING NAMES OF THOSE WIIO SKLL FIIREWORKS Coronel Joseph B. Hutchison issued a further warning today regarding the sale of sparklers and other pyrotechn ics. The police were ordered to re port all dealers having fireworks on sale. Three toy revolvers were turned into Captain Thompson to-day. They were taken from small boys who, it was said, were frightening horses. SHOOTING AT RESERVOIR Complaints reached the police sta tion Saturday night that someone was shooting in the vicinity of Reglna street and Reservoir Park. Four shots from a revolver followed with a marathon by two young men, had the residents guessing. The police were unable to locate the shooters. Mrs. Elizabeth Santo Dies Suddenly From Apoplexy Stricken with apoplexy, Mrs. Eliza beth Santo, aged 68, 5!>9 South Front street, died suddenly tills morning. She retired early last evening after spend ing the day with her husband, Solomon Santo, visiting cross-river friends. Her husband woke up at 2 o'clock and found lier dying. Before a physician could be procured she was dead. One brother, Charles M. Fisher, and a sister, Miss Cecelia Fisher, of Steel ton, survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. BI'RY JOHN HOI7SRR. Funeral services for John Houser, aged 72. who was found dead Saturday morning near I-iemoyne, were held from his late home, in Heckton, yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Mr. Morlow, pastor of the Heckton Methodist Church, of ficiating. Burial was made in the Heckton Cemetery. •SKHVICES FOR MHS. niSSKI.I, Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth A. Russell, aged 73, wife of Samuel E. Russell, 1919 North Sixth street, were held from her late home this morning, at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Jav C. Forn crook, pastor of the Penbrook Church of Ood. officiating. Burial was made ,in the Harrisburg Cemetery Attractive Styles in Inexpensive Summer Dresses tNew Arrivals for the Holiday An important style group of ntw drosses as announced for this week in anticipation of the needs of hundreds of women who will spend the forth coming holiday away from home. New combination lawn and linen dresses and new styles In sheer white and colored weaves will be offered throughout the present week at very at tractive prices. Lace stripe voile dresses with shirred | Check voile dresses with coin spotl, skirt and lace trimmed collar $1.95 flounce style with bolero effect; white White voile dresses; tucked skirt with organdie collar and vest $8.50 5523 —»*. Whit, von. With skin smi i co, '" r " """ """ »»••>» waist embroidered In colors; finished with Linen dresses in Princess style; plain wide satin girdle SIO.OO organdie sleeves, trimmed with hand White embroidered voile and net embroidered bands SIO.OO / —J-r«— dresses, with net and insertion trimming Lawn dresses in stripes of pink and / j J ( """ a. i ii x 1 , ~ 18.50 blue combined with plain French linen I L.\ Stripe voile dresses in the season s best „ „ -,, ... LJ shades; patch pockets and fine organdie finished -with organdie collar $14.50 » collar and cuffs $0.50 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart—Second Fl. Porch Furniture in a Month-End Clearance Values That Have Not Been Equaled Earlier in the Season Will Be Presented To-morrow for the First Time Brown fibre chairs and rockers. Specially j $2.50 porch rockers, with seat and back of priced at reed. Reduced to Jpl.T.l Brown fiber chairs and rockers with up- 514.50 Royal Easy chairs. Reduced to bolstered seat and back 5H4.9.1 $2.95 lawn benches. Reduced to ... $15.00 mission rockers. Reduced to .. SfiT.3o Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor. Tnmmed ,\Panama ✓jr /[ n $4*95 #lll* We are showing a new line qp. i u of fine panamas simply trim- j [ mKertOV ilaS Q. 1 nOU med with fancy silk ribbon i, a „d S and bands and whip,« S and Different Delights, 50c Also those popular mannish Each set consists of smooth, round rods and spools—all Panama sailors with black hardwood—without paint or varnish that can be taken apart ] , q».> (j- and put together to form an almost unlimited number of motion bands, at ?!»....> figures. The sets are packed in tubular boxes. Price .., 50<p Dives, Stewart, Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement. HIS "DOGS OF WAR" WILL BARK AT SUBMARINES New York. June 28. —A m'an who described himself as Isaac Blake, bet ter known as "Ike the Inventor," walked into the Brooklyn borough hall The Alliance in Space Buying and Selling Advertiser, Agent and Publisher find A. B. C. Service of mutual profit because — A. B. C. Service means hard cold facts about circu lation—quality, quantity and distribution. It assembles figures, checks them, verifies them —puts them in stan dardized form so you can analyze them at a glance. Results come from A. B. C. Service—no guesswork, no theory, just facts. You want facts about circulation because they mean well spent appropriations for the Advertiser, efficient service for the Agent, increased bus iness for the Publisher. A. B. C. Service is che only logical answer to the space buying problem. The Audit Bureau of Circulations is a co-operative organization— not for profit —its membership includes nearly one thousand Advertisers, Advertising-agents and Publishers,pledged to buy and sell circulation on a commodity basis—both as to quality and quantity. Complete information regarding the service and member ship may be obtained by addressing—Russell R. whitman. Managing Director, Audit Bureau of Circulations 330-334 Railway Exchange Bldg., Chicago JUNF. 28, 1915, and unfolded a brand-new scheme for > protecting American ships from at tack by submarines, i 'I live down at Hook Creek." said Ike, "and I own a lot of dogfish, which ' I have tamed and trained. If the I government will hire them I will send out a pack of my sea hounds to escort I any American vessel bound for the I war zone. When the ship reaches I there, my trained dogfish will go nlienU I of her scouting for submarines. Spot- I ting an undersea boat, they will coma I to the surface and buy lustily."
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