14 HOPES OF PEACE STILL LINGER IN CAPITOL HALLS In Spite of Activity of Both Sides There Are Some Who Look For Harmony NOTHING IN SIGHT NOW Governor Brumbaugh's Posi tion Much Debated; Wasson Working on Slate Although National Committeeman Henry G. Wasson was here to-day working on details of the campaign being waged in the interest of Gover nor Brumbaugh for the presidency and for control of the Republican State committee, and inclined to be even more belligerent than usual there were still hopes about Capitol Hill that a contest at. the primary would l e avoided. These hopes were more or less intangible, very much like what they were last week, and no one knew upon what to base them, but still t! ?re were hopes. Both sides are getting ready for a struggle anl this being the capital, the activities of the forces under the field marshalship of the attorney general were more apparent than the move ments of the other side. Mr. Wasson when seen at the attorney general's office said that he was working out de tails, sending for people, telling them things and, he added, finding hearty co-operation from everyone. State officials, when asked if there was any truth to reports that subordinates had been inclined to buck when told to cir culate petitions and to get busy said there was nothing to such stories. At the Agricultural Department it was denied that there was any friction due to politics in that body. However, noneof the commissioners was here to day. For a fortnight there have been ef forts on the part of men who are not aligned with any faction 10 secure a harmony basis and both Governor Brumbaugh and Senator Penrose have been told the feeling of t lie rank and file of the Republican party in regard to a tight in a year when the Repub licans of Pennsylvania should present a united front. Equally strong state ments have been made by others who think that there should not be a divid ed delegation at Chicago. Governor Brumbaugh has not changed his attitude from the time he sent his letter to Mr. Wasson in which he declared that he would not let his personality interfere with party tri umph. That he would withdraw rather than be the cause of a factional quarrel in such an important, year is still believed to be his position in spite of a lot that has been said and written. Advance in Steel Rails Is Expected in Trade Circles New York, April 5. What will mark an historic event in the steel trade, an advance in the price of steel rails is confidential expected in trade ircles to take place shortly. The base price of rails has stood at a ton for more than fifteen years, fixed at about the same time the United States Steel Corporation was organized in 1901 and it lias never varied. To-day Judge Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the corporation, issued a ptatement saving that 1 lie railmaking subsidiaries of the corporation would maintain present prices until May 1 but would make no committments be yond that date. Riley M. Little, Charity Expert, to Talk Here Riley M. Little, executive secretary af the Society for Organizing Charity In Philadelphia, will address the mem bers of the llarrisburg Chamber of Commerce at the noon luncheon in the Harrisburg Club to-morrow, lie will speak on "Constructive Charity." Mr. Little has nad a wide experi ence in charity work and investiga tions. He has served as chairman of the committee on Ihe family and com munity, National Conference of Char ity and Correction, 1915, and is a member of the executive committee of the Public Charities Association of Pennsylvania. John Yates, secretary of the Associated Aid Societies of llarrisburg. will introduce Mr. Little. The address will be given only for in formation for the members of the local Chamber of Commerce. TO GET SUPREME LODGE Plans are being made by Dauphin Conclave, No. 90, Improved Order of lleptasophs, to have one of the Su premo Lodge officers present at the next meeting of the local conclave on April 17. At the regular meeting Monday night one of the largest at tendances of the season was recorded, and a short address was given by W. 31. Grove. RES( ME lOTII ST. BBIDOB WORK After a delay of two weeks work was resumed to-day on the new bridge across the Philadelphia and Reading ■tracks at Nineteenth street by the T'erro-Concrete Company. The Job will be finished within a few days, it is ex pected. t .... - .J Every Man Read This This treatment is said to have acquired a wonderful reputation throughout the East, owing to its peculiar propensity to fortifv the nerve force and generate health •and a consequent personal mag netism. so essential to the happi ness of every normal human be ing. It Is claimed to be a bless ing to those who are physically Impaired, gloomy, despondent, nervous or who have trembling of the limbs, dizziness, heart pal pitation, cold hands and feet in somnia. fear without cause, tim idity in venturing and general In ability to act rationallv as others do. Also of vast benefit to writers, professional men. office »-ork"r« ard the victims of soci ety's late hours and over-indul gence In wines, liquors, etc. By obtaining the treatment at some well stocked pharmacy, no one need know of another's trou ble while the treatment has been widely prescribed and dispensed heretofore by physicians and pharmacists, the grain tablets are so prepared with full directions for self administration that It is wholly unnecessary to pav a phy. sician for prescribing them. Just ask for three-grain Cadomene tablets begin their use and soon all the joy of a healthy body, sound nerves and strength will be felt. WEDNESDAY EVENING, BANDITS FLEE WHEN ATTACKED Make No Attempt to Fight Un less Cornered; Shot Down at Mile Range General J. J. Pershing's Camp, San Geronimo Ranch, Chihuahua. April 2 (By Aeroplane and Motor Courier to Columbus, N. M.. April 4.) —The Am erican expeditionary forces first fight with the Villa bandits was a running match. This was learned to-day when part of Colonel Dodd's command, which participated in the tight, ar rived at the supply base near the headquarters camp. When the United States soldiers overtook the bandits in a surprise attack last Wednesday morning, the Mexicans made no at tempt to fight the Americans, whom they equalled in numbers, except when they were brought to bay by the hard riding of the pursuers. Troops who participated in the fight said that the bandits rode silently, as if in fright. Crouching low over their horses, then scattered over a wide zone, they left the Americans to force the light ing. Killed at a Mile The Guerrero river divided some of the pursuers and the bandits for a time during the five hours' running tight The Americans galloped for some distance along on the bank of the river, firing as they rode at the enemy on the other side. As the Mex icans in small groups rode up some of the gradually sloping sides on the foothills in the long fight, they offered clear but small targets for American forces strung out along the line of pursuit. Some of the troops had un usual opportunity to test their marks manship at the extreme range of kill ing power for a rifle, about 3,000 yards. At about a mile a few of them made hits, but most of the thirty known dead were shot at shorter ranges. Amputate With Moat Saw The number of Villa men wounded is problamatlcal, as these bandits are noted for their hardihood in re covering from wounds without, what is considered surgery as known to modern armies. A meat saw to amputate a limb or an arm is said to be an ordinary operation among them. When the amputation is done, the saw is heated and clapped over the raw wound to cauterize it. Wounded men treated by these primitive methods are easily hidden in the mountains where the Villa band fled after the battle of Guerrero. The Guerrero river runs past the town of Guerrero. In closing about the town the Americans placed two squadrons of cavalry in roads facing the city and another squadron across the river on the opposite side of the town. A fourth command took posi tion near a ford on the. river at one edge of the town. Owing to a guide's error, the squadron which was to oc cupy the position across the river was slow in arriving and these Mexicans saw one squadron in front of the town before they knew that there was any ccnmand across the river. At first Villa's forces tried to ride out of town towards the southwest, but cavalry In front of the city shot too many of tliein to make this line of escape feasible. In this dash a few Villa followers got across the river and escaped in a southwesterly direction. The main forces then turned north east. heading across the river, where the cavalry squadron whtcli had been delayed by poor guides was not yet in sight in the pass in that direction. The delayed squadron arrived in time to catch this retreat in full swing and to shoot down many horses and men but not quickly enough! to stop the escape of the bulk of Villa's command. Turning into the pass where the Villa band had headed northeast ihe Americans pursued them for four hours, when the bandits formed behind a ridge 1o make a light. As the Americans came on, the line of bandits broke again into re treat without a fight. The pursuit con tinued another hour. The ground was so rough in many places that flight and pursuit alike were very slow. The men estimated that in the five hours' running skirmish not more than ten lineal miles were covered. 108 More Trucks Are Authorized For Use in Mexico; Forces Advance Py Associated I'rcss Washington. D. C., April 5. —The War Department to-day authorized Ihe purchase of 108 more motor trucks and two gasoline tanks for use in Mexico. These will be formed into companies of twenty-seven cars each to maintain the greatly lengthened lines of communication with General Pershing. A dispatch to-day to the War De partment from General Funston defi nitely located Colonel Dodd and pre sumably the Seventh Cavalry on Mon day at Providencla. The dispatch also indicated that General Pershing has gone far south, townrd the fighting front near Guerrero. A message from General Pershing to General Funston, dated April 4, was as follows; "Met Colonel Dodd yesterday at Providencia and got details of fight with Villa bandits on March 29. His exceptional march with the Seventh Cavalry to reach Villa's camp and work done by that command deserve high praise." General Funston sent no further de tails to-day of the latest engagement of the American troops with a band of the Villa forces near Aguas Calientes. The order for motor trucks is due to a growing conviction that the Mex ican railways may be of only supple mentary service for the present at least and that the army will have to rely principally on Ihe overland motor line from Columbus. The offer of the Aero Club of Amer ica to sell two aeroplanes to the gov ernment for $1 each has henn declined. The new appropriation of $500,000 for more aeroplanes made its acceptance unntecessary. Tenth Cavalry Swoops on Villa Band Taking Rest and Kills 40 in Fight Special to the Telegraph San Antonio, Tex., April 5. Sur prised during their siesta, one of the groups of Villa's force driven from Guerrero, was defeated Saturday by a squadron of the Tenth (negro) cavalry under Colonel W. C. Brown, accord ing to information obtained by Gen eral Pershing and forwarded by him to General Funston here yesterday. In this engagement, the second, the American troops have had with Villa's men, Ihe bandits' loss was estimated at from thirty to forty killed. No mention of American loss was made. Colonel Brown's encounter with the Mexicans had not been reported to | General Pershing when he made his report t.o General Funston, his in formation being gained from friendly : Mexicans who had arrived at a point j near Rubio, where Major Evans, of I the Tenth cavalry halted yesterday. VILLA DODGING U. S. CAVALRYMEN [Cnnliiiiioil From First Page.] southward into the Mexican interior, becomes Increasingly difficult. More Troops Necessary More troops are necessary, it is de clared. General Pershing has ordered that detachments of infantry be trained for mountain climbing and the establishment of a sort of American chasseur corps Will be undertaken. The American commander anticipates a Ions: hunt and is preparing; for It. Stay Ksocutious A Torreon dispatch places Villa at Maica, SO miles southwest of Guer rero. If this is true, the bandit is probably proceeding along the old coach road that leads into Santa Rosalia, whence he could move onto Parral, his reported objective. Through the intercession of Mex ican consul Garcia, the execution of three ring leaders of the conspiracy to seize Juarez last Sunday night and declare for the Villa-Felix Diaz plot have been stayed. The conspirators were to have faced a firing squad in Juarez at sunrise to-day. Specially Trained Troops to Soon Scour Mountains in Hunt For Bandit Chief By Associated I'ress At the Front in Mexico, Command ing General's Headquarters, April 1, by Aeroplane and Motor Courier to Columbus, X. M., April 4.—America's first detachment of mountain infantry, a corps of specially trained men for such service as that in the mountain studded country of Guerrero, soon will be actively assisting the cavalry in the search for the bandit Villa. The belief has been announced that such a com mand will prove invaluable in the work confronting the American troops in the Guerrero district. "Much has been written," said the general, "about this being a cavalry chase. It is just as much an infantry task. There are places In the moun tains where the cavalry cannot pene trate—rocks, cliffs, peaks, caves, e&n yons and forests—where at any time the chase might become a question of a inan-to-man tight or hand-to-hand work. The infantry in Mexico is now being brought into physical condition for this sort of campaign." "is that the reason," the general was asked, "why the infantry at the bases back of the front has been talk ing about the ten and fifteen mile hikes It has been ordered to take into surroundng mountains?" Opportunity May Come "The infantry," replied the general, "may soon have a reason to demon- Irate the uses of its training.'' The marching referred to has been along the line of communications as the infantry advanced toward the front, about t«o weeks behind the ad vance columns of the cavalry. An aeroplane this afternoon sailed! into headquarters camp, stopped five minutes with dispatches and then Hew southward toward a mountain pass twenty miles away. Hying over a mesa, where the distant mountains were re flected .upside down, as in water, by the afternoon heat waves on the ground. The machine rocked and slipped over this boiling area. Troopers Half- Frozen Earlier in the day from this same mesa a troop of half a dozen cavalry* men came into camp for rest and food. They had been caught in a sudden "norther." The cold was so biting that they had kept their fingers in motion, some of them said, so that in case of attack their trigger fingers would not be too numb for use. Yesterday after noon in this mesa snow was flying so thickly as to obscure the adjoining mountains. Men and horses in the headquarters camp stood with their backs to the driving white (lakes, the men's heads covered with blankets and the horses with noses almost to the ground. Under I<a.ver of Snow This morning the men in this same camp, all sleeping in the open, awak ened to find themselves covered with a layer of hard snow. They looked across an irrigation ditch to see Gen eral Pershing himself white with snow. There was not a tent in camp. The tents and food are on the way, but thus far the troopers have moved ahead out of each advance camp with out waiting for either tents or food. Keep Trigger Fingers l.inibcr The troop which kept its trigger fingers working for warmth had spent many hours in search for a mountain lop cabin where scouts reported that, two Villa bandits had called for food. This house was less than fifteen miles from the headquarters of the Ameri cans. The information which the troop obtained bore out the opinion among officers here that most of the Villa forces have been scattered into very small groups, some of whom are seek ing inaccessible places. The censor ship does not permit, disclosure from here of these positions, but the reports of patrols indicate that a good many of Villa's band have been pressed so closely that they have hidden their arms and assumed the guise of farmers. Cavalry Hides Mountains This particular cavalry patrol lit erally rode the mountains in its chase after quick news of the two Villa sol diers who had called for food. The patrol not wishing to be seen from towns as it went out, took to the sides of mountains, where trees, gullies and small valleys afforded good shelter from view of the plains. The men rode through steep slopes along which there were neither roads nor trails ex cept those made by deer and bear. Their horses slipped and stumbled over rocks and boulders. Before they reached the Mexican's house snow obliterated the trails by which they had hoped to follow the two bandits to their hiding place. At the house the cavalrymen found only a man about 80 years old and a young woman with a small baby. The iwo men who had called for food, said the aged man, had left for the moun tains. 'Hold Information The people of t*liis region give the American iroops just as little infor mation as possible. A Carranza sol dier. who had been condemned to death after capture by Villa at Guer rero. and whose life the Americans saved, said he was willing to act as a guide, but balked after leading some cavalrymen on a long frail in search of a suspected house. When near the place he said he had lost the trail. A sharp order for him to locate the house immediately brought results. He went almost straight to the place. Many of the Mexicans here show undoubted evidence of being Villa sol diers. But nothing has developed so far. however, to indicate these sym pathizers will carry their sympathies into action. General Pershing, in an effort to convince the people of the Americans' good intentions, has become to some \ extent, a judge of petty grievances of '■ the Mexicans. DID* OPENED FOR STATE HIGHWAY DEPT. StPPI.IRS | Bids were opened at the State liigh- I way Department this morning for road j drags and tool boxes for use by the de ! partment's forces during the coming season, as follows: Charles Bond Com ! pany. Philadelphia, steel drags; Hower and Stender, i?cranton, tool boxes; How- I ard Lumber Company. Scranton, tool j boxes; D. W. Anderson. Clearfield, steel j drags; D. L. Kennedy. Dauphin, wooden drags and tool boxes; Good Roads Ma chinery Company, Kennett Square, steel drags; Thomas Y. Boyd, Honesdale, steel drags; H. .lames Welkert, Gettys burg. wooden drags anil tool hoxes; Austin Western Road Machinery Com pany. Philadelphia, steel drags. Six bids were rejected. The awards will be mude later. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH TORTURE CAGE FOR NEW YORK STATE CONVICTS t. tr ¥ w? . b -<< l W I* f -If B J ISjfij. &W* I| * I | i s'■ » » Hijg *'•'. i 11# 1« ' V4.'\ f. il p ■•< Isb'C a§ w <■" \ Ite *i , H „ IV *. J> " " j&f x ..J fl : # ? • ;'•/ . ■ 4. : .f • ': k < /.,,/ *t;K. ■ •-! • t» M ' « • M& .' V Mi-<- ; ♦•* /ftJf i" :, * # Mr j • J I s mMWIu v i s iS&S&ft 4I& - iw«i lr - jbfckft •? 1 » M£tokmu^i*.s , *| W ■ V 4 S V" '<- "■ *•' . .- » -*• CSS »:/? - #fc.> •'4* ; .-"U,' I* gm/Uts , Jfja Xsi <- -v ««■&. A>> THOMAS M. OSBORNE IN IRON HEAD CAGE Here is Thomas M. Osborne, former warden of Sins Sing prison, in the old time head cage. which refractory prisoners in New York jails used to wear. It was, in fact, worn as recently as eighteen years ago. He found It in the cellar of Auburn prison, one of the New York State prisons. Mr. Osborne, one of the foremost prison reformers, found other means of torture, none quite equal to this, when he went to Sing Sing. He abolished them. Ex-Commissioner Taylor Buys Out Half Interest in Big Billiard Parlor Ex-City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor to-day bought out a half inter est in Lester M. lloitzman's pool and billiard room on Market street near Dewberry and from now on the big establishment will be conducted under the management of lloltzman and Taylor. The parlor which includes a cigar sales annex, is one of the most modern of its kind in this section of the State and has a complete equipment of four teen pool and six billiard tables. Air. Taylor, who tip until January 1, was superintendent of city parks and public property, is widely known in civil and official life. Prior to his election as a member of 1 larrisburg's first council under the commission form of government Mr. Taylor was a member of Select Council. He con ducted the Commonwealth pool par lors prior to taking his seat as a City Commissioner. El Paso Believes Only Hope of Capturing Villa Hinges on Use of Railways By Associated Press El Paso, Tex., April 5. The eyes of the border were turned north to day anxiously looking for some inti mation front Washington that an ar rangement had been made with Gen eral Carranza permitting the use of the Mexican railroad by the ASiorican expeditionary force. Now that it is definitely Known that Villa is fleeing south far ahead of his American pursuers, there Is a fixed opinion here that on the railroads hinges General Pershing's main, If not only hope of capturing the bandit. This opinion is not only expressed toy the American refugee colony here, whore pessimism is the rule, but is held by army officials, who, among friends, give their opinion of the situation in candid terms. With Villa's flight toward Parral and the practical certainty that he is not far from that town, it has ceased to become a question or using the Northwestern Railway. The present need is for the Mexican Central road. This road, which is one of the Mexican National lines, runs almost due south from Juarez to Chihuahua, a distance of 227 miles. From Chinua hua it swerves to the southeast to Jiminez, a run of 140 miles. At the latter town a branch line runs 56 miles west to Parral, while the main line continues southeast to Torreon, 148 miles from Jiminez junction. Friction is Feared There is some fear expressed here that friction may he caused between the American authorities and the de facto government over the assertion of the Carranza generals that Villa Is still in the Guerrero region and wounded. It is felt that General •Carranza might object to the Amer ican troops going further south as long as his tield commanders main tain the bandit is In the mountains of the continental divide, vvt the same time the fact that thus far the first | chief has shown no disposition to in terference with the movements of i General Pershing's columns is regard ed as a reassuring sign that any ; serious differences will be avoided. Strike Rich Oil Well in Heart of Village Warren, Pa., April I.—To strike an oil well, which bids fair to be one j of the greatest in this region in years, and on the day when Pennsylvania crude oil jumped to $2.50 a barrel, Is the good fortune that befell Fred and Albert Grosch, of Warren. The well, jin Jefferson street, almost in the heart jof the city, was struck at a depth of | only 750 feet, and before the drillers I could shoot the well it was necessary for them to bale out manv barrels of the valuable fluid. Eighty quarts of nitroglycerine : were used in making the shot, which was one of the most spectacular over ; sen in Warren county. Up to this | time the well has been producing at I u rate of six barrels an hour The I well is in a new territory, which many believe will prove the richest. IDENTIFIED. What model Is ' your car? \ / /1 Second mor t- j DEMOCRATS FILL UP MACHINE SLATE Two More Names Added to the List of Candidates For Delegate-at-Large Senator W. W. Hindman, Clarion, and Edward J. Lynett, Scranton, to day filed petitions to be candidates for Democratic delegates-at-large from Pennsylvania, both being pledged to support the popular choice. Howard L. Boas, Reading, filed a petition to be a candidate for Re publican national delegate in the Thir teenth district. S. Forry Laucks, York Democrat, filed a petition to run for Congress in the York-Adams district. Mine Inspector Charles J. Price, l.ykens, filed his petition to run for Republican renomination in the Seventh district. House nominating petitions were filed as follows: Frank J. Wagner, Democrat. Second Westmoreland; Stewart C. Cowen, Republican, Sec ond Blair; Fred C. Reiehenbacker, Kepublican, Wayne; Clair Groover, Democrat, Union; Peter F. McClaugh lin, Republican, Democrat, Fifth Luzerne: Howard Cessna, Washing ton, Bedford: J. M. Fiinchbaugh, Democrat, Third York; Howard C. Patton, Republican, Eighth Alle gheny; William P. Beajdsley, Demo crat, First Blair; Howard G. Mc- Gowan, Democrat, Second -Berks; J. Breslin, Democrat, Third Schuyl kill; Adam C. Schaeffer, present mem ber of the House, Republican, First Schuylkill; A. D. Miller, Republican, First Westmoreland; Frank I. Smith, Democrat, Pike. City Street Repair Work Begins Today; Asphalt Plant Busy Spring paving repair work on the city streets was begun to-day by Com missioner William 11. Lynch. Yards and yards of material will be needed to patch up the holes and cracks in the surface. Mr. Lynch expects to keep the city plant busy most of the season. "We've got more than $16,000 for the purpose," sakl he, "and we mean to keep the plant ffoins a "d the- repairs progressing as long as our money holds out. .lust how much we can do I can t sav." Chestnut street, between Second and Fourth—a section which Mr. Lynch considered to lie in the worst shape— received the attention of the repair gangs lirst. After this street is finish ed the gangs will move up Third street to Maclay. Capitol Hill Notes FJcrUie ('use I'p.—Members of the Public Service Commission did not reach a conclusion in regard to the approval of the proposed new rate schedules of the Philadelphia Electric Company at the executive ses sion to-day and resumed consideration this afternoon. The schedules, which were submitted last night with state ments by counsel that they had been agreed upon by counsel on both sides, were discussed with Milo R. Malt hie, the commision's expert, but apparently there are some differences of opinion. Just what they are, none of the com missioners would say to-day. Commis sioners spoken to declined to discuss reports that the ((ustions which had been raised at the hearing yesterday by Commissioners Ryan and Rilling had bobbed up again and had proved a stumbling block. President J. B. McCali and other officials of the com pany and lawyers were here to-day awaiting action or any call from the commissioners for information. When the action does come it will be put out in the form of a written statement, it was learned to-day. Bcacom to Run. Word reached this city to-day that James S. Reacom, of Greensburg, former State Treasurer and former legislator, had secured nominating petitions to run as a candi date for Republican national delegate pledged to Theodore Roosevelt. Callaghan's Stand. —Edward Calla ghan to-day addressed Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods a demand thst. his name be placed upon the State primary ballot as a candidate for President. Mr. Callaghan volunteered the information that the State's pri mary law transcended the Constitution of the United States. He demanded, under precedents which, he said, were established In Andrew Johnson's time, to run for President. •Jitney Cases Xext.—The Public Serv ice Commission to-dav announced that It would receive applications for cer tificates of public convenience for jit ney lines to be heard at the Wilkes- Barre hearing until Anril 10. The Wilkes-llarre sitting will he in the courthouse in that city on April 2.1 and in addition to the jitney cases APRIL 5, 1916. REAL ESTATE GET FACTS ABOUT "HARDSCRABBLE" Depositions to Be Taken To morrow in Condemnation Case Before Leiby Testimony relative to 1 lie passage of old city ordinances authorizing the paving of Front street through the "Hardscrabbie" district, and other facts which may have a hearing on the controversy over the city's con demnation proceedings will be ob tained by means of depositions which will be taken at 10 o'clock to-mor row morning before Attorney Scott S. Leiby, who has been appointed a commissioner for the purpose by the residents of the affected district who are lighting the city's effort to award damages for the taking over of the properties in question. City Solicitor Seitx will be on hand to cross-examine the witnesses and there will likely be half a dozen or more. The depositions will be necessary, according to B. Frank Nead, one of counsel for the "1 lardscrabblers," in order that the property owners may be in shape to present their case in argu ment before the court. April Building Record Given Another $14,000 Boost in 2 Permits Another $1 4,000 boost was given April's building record to-da.v when two permits, one for $5,000, another for $9,200, were taken out. City Commissioner William IJ. Gorgas took out the latter, lie will build half a dozen modern 2-story dwellings on the north side of Wicon isco street near Sixth street and operations will be started within the next few days, weather permitting. The Mac Williams Construction Com pany will build the houses. The $5,000 permit was taken out by Mary E. Hershey. who had taken over the old Hummel properly on the southern corner of Front and Market street, which E. M. Hershey bought last Fall. At the time Mr. Hershey announced that the building, which, by the way. is more than a hundred years old and probably one of the old est in Harrisburg, would be converted into store room and apartments. The permit taken out to-day however, was to remodel the structure in such a way as to provide a brand new store room front. Joseph D. Koons will do the work. Flower Show to Mark Opening of "Berryhill" City Nursery Branch For the convenience of city patrons as well as to provide increased facilities for its ever-growing business, the Berryhill Nursery has opened a city branch on Locust street just In from Second which is to he known as the "Berryhill" garden store. In addition to supply plants, etc., the branch will be equipped to furnish all information possible as to the care and maintainance of gardens. In other words the store will be unique in that it will be distinctly a "garden store." Formal opening of the store will be 'celebrated with a splendid "(lower 'show" and this will be held May 1 or May 15. In speaking of what the "Berryhill" will offer to pairons, O. P. ; Beckle.v said to-day: "Besides all the growing things of the garden front shade, evergreen and fruit trees to geraniums and other bedding and window box plants ! there will be offered garden requisites j in furniture, pottery, sun dials, gazing ! globes, blrdhouses and many inter i esting novelties for the garden. Win dow and porch boxes of all sorts will I tie on display and the very accessible i location makes it convenient for those who contemplate putting up boxes to I discuss the matter personally if de i sired. Plans for very elaborate box decoration to cover the entire front of the "Berryhill" are now under way." MORE SPRING REAI/rY CHANGES STlbli KEEP RECORDER BUSY While the bulk of the Spring realty i transfers have already been made, some more or less important changes I of property are yet to be made in the [opinion of real estate men - and this t idea continues to be borne out daily by the transactions recorded from day Ito day. To-day's record, for instance, ' included the following: E. 11. Shreiner to John A. Peipher, : (iio ftoss, $2,300; N. ii. Relber to John A. Rishei. 533 Seneca, $10; John E. ; Dare to J. E. Gipple, Twentieth and Chestnut, $10; Ella D. Miller to John E. Barnharl, Forster near Eighteenth, $10; John Ament to G. Raudensky, I Swatara, $400; A. Eackler to Wili 11. Erb, West Hanover, $7,970; S. S. Kutherford heirs to R. M. Rutherford. Swatara, $4,500; S. Shelly to E. B. t'obaugh, Conewago, SSO; J. G. Esh enower to John Shell, Conewago, | $7,300; George lloffer to P. Holler. Londonderry, $5,045; D. R. llite and i John E. Jones, two properties, to Julia Gipe, Union Deposit, $l9O and $432 | respectively; S. B. Gipe's trustees to D. R. llite and John E. Jones. Union Deposit, two properties, $l9O and | $432 respectively; A. 11. Hummel to Elizabeth 11. Hummel, Ilummelstown, $400; Diana Hoover to A. B. Shenk, Derry township, $10,736; C. C. Dodge et al to A. T. Bowman, Halifax town ship, $500; D. Welker to D. E. ltum mel, Jefferson, $900; Katie A. Shone to J. A. Balsbaugh. Derry township, $4,750; J. A. Balsbaugh to M. S. I Brandt, Derry township, $5 000; E. S. Brandt to John 11. Hoffman, Derry, $9,500: G. W. Cumbler's executor to 11. .1. Cramer, Highspire, $300; R. M. Shope to George B. Iless, Susque hanna township, and A. G. Kreig to I 11. M. Cornprobst, Fulton street, $1 each. UP-TO-DATE IN RECORDERS OFFICE Notwithstanding the unusually big rush of business which threatened to swamp the Recorder's office around April 1, the indexers have completed their entries to date, according to Re corder James E. Lentz. This is the fir3t time in the history of the office that this has been accomplished. there will be heard the application for approval of the Wilkes-Barre city lighting contract and the argument in the Plttston school district case. Highspire Cases Up. The long drawn-out contest over the water rates in the borough of Highspire was heard to-day by Associate Counsel B. H. Evans, of the Public Service Commis sion, sitting as examiner, while the commissioners discussed the Philadel phia electric case. The Highspire Water Company was the defendant. Mr. Cunningham Better.—Highway Commissioner Robert J: Cunningham, who was taken ill with acute indiges tion last night, was improved to-day. He will leave In a few days for his home in Scwickley. PORCH-WINDOW BOX CAMPAIGN IS APPROVED A. Carson Starnni, President of School Board, Tolls of Success Abroad Kndorsements of the Telegraph's Porch and Window Box campaign are pouring in. As the season develops there will be many who will enter the contest. Prizes for individuals, blocks and lire companies are attracting scores to whom the sporting chance of any contest appeals, especially when the object to be attained is as worthy as this. Some of the firemen arc talk ing of taking the matter before the Union at its next meeting and it iti likely that flrebouses will be in a short time "blooming like the rose" and much pleasanter places than they have been in summers past. To-day A. Carson Stamm, president of the Harrisburg School Board, told a Telegraph representative liovv much lie is pleased with the idea. Said he; Of course, T most heartily ap prove of (lie Telegraph's window and porch box proposal. I have had experience with tliem at my house for a few years. They give both our neighbors and ourselves a lot of satisfaction. They cost little in money and just as much in thought and care as one chooses to put on them, and they ; yield abundant returns upon the entire investment. I have no clearer nor pleasanter recollec tions of a short visit to London some years ago than those or the beautiful window boxes in the very heart of the city. Nov/ What Would a Farmer Want With a Theater Curtain I "Aiu >'• got a op'ry curtain fer sale | 'round here?" | Among the callers at the Sheriff's , office to-day was a farmer from one of the far townships of the county who j drily popped that question to amazed Deputy William Hoffman. : "Why yes." gasped the official, "there is. It's a curtain for the stage of a : big theater. Are you a theatrical man?" j "Nope:" promptly retorted the caller. |"I aint. I'm a farmer. Hut I want to buy a theayter curtain!" And that's |as far as he'd discuss tlie matter. The deputy directed him to the .Ma jestic, where two big curtains that had I been seized by Sheriff Caldwell for a l sl93.fiS debt contracted by the Imperial i Curtain Company. New York, were sold I under the Sheriff's hammer. If the farmer attended the sale, however, lie didn't hid. | The curtains were bought for $75 which, after a bill of costs of s2B.3f> had been deducted, left $44.65 to be «p --| plied oil the main debt. Wilmer and I Vincent purchased. E. J. Stackpole Chosen President of Colonial Club For Fourth Time i At the annual meeting of the board i of. governors of the Colonial Country Club last evening, E. J. Stackpole was I re-elected president for the fourth j time, J. William Bowman was chosen | vice-president. O. P. Beckley, secre tary and Anson P. Dare, treasurer, i The board organized by initiating into membership John C. Orr and | Samuel B. Nissley, the two recently elected members. The membership and fellowship 'committee reported that plans liavu practically been completed for financ ing the movement to improve tho club by doubling the size of the ball ! room and diningroom and making i some other important alterations. These plans will be definitely an- | nounced at the May meeting. H. W. Stone was appointed chair man of the committee that will nonii ; nate the various committee chairmen jto the board of governors. Thesa chairmen in turn will suggest tli« 'personnel of their respective commit tees for the board's approval. Serv - ing with Mr. Stone are Messrs. orr, Nissley, Charles H. Hoffman and S. S, ! Pomeroy. LOOiv AT CHILD'S TONGUE IF SICK CROSS, FEVERISH Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons from little stomach, liver, bowels. Give "California Syrup of Figs" at once if bilious or constipated. Look at the tongue, mother! If I coated, it is a sure sign that your little ! one's stomach, liver and liowels need a, gentle, thorough cleansing at. once, i When peevish, cross, listless, pale, doesn't sleep, doesn't cat or act natu rally, or is feverish, stomach sour, i breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore | throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a tcaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. You needn't coax sick children to take this harmless "fruit laxative;" they love its delicious taste and it al ways makes them feel splendid. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bot tle of "California Syrup of Figs." which has directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on tlie bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that It is made by "California Fig Syrup Com pany." Refuse any other kind with contempt.—Advertisement. Camp Hill The Suburb of Natural Beauty; go out with us and Inspect our new addition, "Cooper Heights." with Ita concrete walk, electric lights, water and gas with Its fine build ings and bungalow sites. We will help you select a lot and build you a home. One hundred bungalow designs and plans to select from. West Shore Realty Co. Baer & Rice Lemoyne Trust Co. Building Lemoyue, Pa. Bell Phone 3198-J
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