6 I on A.l H c £b°:;: I 1 || These Specials 217 MARKET STREET 217 [ Penna. | | j iT Spring Footwear f~] I faS / vj/ Just the sort of shoes you would expect to find In the' best shoe store in ML' B rjgj | tii) / town are here! Every conceivable new Spring style represented in our show- B* ff] jjJ j — nn( * ' he P r ' c,s ' H> usunl, lowest in town. H I. Jcy Jw\ «•£!«•• A reK ' ular?3 - 50 Boot: |9! rn nations. nebular $7 and $8 i \hj\JUt'[ { Bi'// § values. All sizes $5.00 M I I ]fjx- y C£J 1 i 500 PAIRS OF / NEW SPRING STYLES | 1 Women's Shoes W . Men's Shoes g ESI Flnnl clean-up of all short lota MffJ'■ Sporty and conservative styles rjg KM of women's $2 to $1 shoes. Ex- feWy/Wt I i'' 11 ""W I in tan. patent and dull, plain or QM gg cellent styles in all leathers. P»r>t ' Ussi r cloth tops. English, button ami Kgl {Si Plain kid or fancy colored cloth Ki lace. Welt soles. All sizes. $t EQ ' 1H i WOMEN'S • i ' BOOTS I sfN*jW. LACE MODELS M f\ I Bargain Specials ||| M Bargain Specials Jf women's pi nph Pj' n ,„ Broken lots, mostly small sizes Km M Many d" o£nt *J?°" In pat- SpecTaT 6 "'" mKh " Krade low sho .' 9 " c E3 | jrj ent leather with cloth, velvet and Beautiful smart Spring models in p V. [JW leather tops. SI.OO values. 000. the most desired effects —white Nu- I.AIJIES WHITE SIIOIW W oughfares pause to feast their eyes on j patches of foliage that seem to grow I right out of a bed of stone or brick. Afler all, it's the individual home i and business house that can do the greatest work in transforming a hot ! summer city into an inviting abode; and incidentally put to shame the proud front yard flower beds of home loving country folks. If we all pull together—individually and collectively—one bright May morn ing will see a new city greet us as we walk along—feeling that we have placed Harrishurg among the front ranks. Very truly yours, J. W. BOWMAN, President, Chamber of Commerce. Nitrogen Plant Will Not Be Included in Army Bill By Associated Press Washington, D. C., April 7. The Senate military committee to-day de cided not to incorporate provisions for a Government nitrogen plant in the army reorganization bill. The proposed legislation, it wns decided, can be con sidered separately. When consideration of the army bill I was resumed. Senator Smith, of Georgia offered his amendment for a system, of vocational education in the regular army. Recommend Passage of Philippine Measure By Associated Press Washington, D. C., April 7. Pas satce of the Philippine Independence bill was recommended to the House to-day I by the insular committee just as pass i ed by the Senate, including the Clarke | amendment to withdraw sovereignty | within four years and empowering the President to take steps to institute a tree and independent Government. German Practice Fire Raises Battle Rumors London, April 7.—The heavy firing i heard on several evenings in Kiel bay. j west of Bangkop, on the Danish Island of Dangeland. which has given rise to | rumors of a naval battle, is explained i by Renter's Copenhagen correspondent j as having besn due merely to German naval gunnery practice of unusual pro portions. W. A. READ DIES New York, April 7. —William Au gustus Read, head of the banking firm of William A. Read & Co., and director and trustee of a number of financial institutions and public utilities com panies. died at his home here to-day, aged 60 years. RASERADD GAME TO-MORROW j Shlremanstown, Pa., April 7. To-! morrow afternoon the Mechanicsburg Junior baseball team will play the! Shiremanstown Junior team on the latter's diamond. lll'RT IN FALL Freeman C'assel. aged 18, 22 4 North i Fifteenth street, sustained a deep gash of the scalp this morning when he fell from a wagon at Thirteenth and Mar-i Uel streets. He wns seized with con j vulsions. J REAL ESTATE j 12 Modern Dwellings to Be Built in Upper End at $24,000 Cost; Twelve modern three-story dwell-; ings will" be erected in Heel street this i Spring by F. J. Heinley and James C. 11 Thompson, city assessor. The permit was taken out to-day and calls for an expenditure ot $24,- 000. The dwellings will be numbered j from 2448 to 2170. The Helnley-Thomp-j son building' operation is one of sev- | eral bis: improvements of this descrip- | tlon which had been planned for this I Spring, Work, It is understood, will be started within a few days. B. Frances Meyers to-day took out a permit to remodel 1431 Swatiiraj street by building a bay window to the front. It will cost $75. REAL/TV TRANSFERS OF TO-DAY I TOTAL WELL OVER SOO,OOO 1 Close to $60,000, It is estimated, 11 changed hands in to-day's realty trans actions in city and county as recorded i to-day. Following are some of the ! transfers: S. Li. Swartz to Sarah E. Bossier, i Middletown, $1,000; Sarah Bossier to I Edwin W. Creep, Middletown, $1,50p; j John W. Selders to Mary E. Selders, Halifax township, $3,000; A. Miller to Samuel Brown, Middle Paxton, $772; ! J. Cassel to W. J. Cassel, Lower Pax ton, $2,200; L. Carrender to A. D. Lan dis, South Hanover, $6,000; Maria Wiest's heirs to George Sltlinger, Gratz, $1,700; E. M. Hersliey to Mar-; tha E. Handshue, Lower Swatara, $3,900; J. A. Hershey to M. S. Her- | shey, Derry township, $5,350; C. M. Koppenhaver to J. J. Hey, Upper Pax- I ton, $3,650; C. Weaver to C. M. Kop- | penhaver. Upper Paxton, $3,400; S. j Fulkroad to J. W. Engle, Upper Pax- j ton, $4,000; J. W. Engle to Samuel I Fulkroad, $5,200. School Board Gives Out Contracts For Supplies Prior to the regular meeting of the j school board this afternoon the spe cial committee appointed to consider the new high school problem was | scheduled to meet for consideration of a general program. Whether or not this would be ready to-day for presen- [ tation of the board could not be stated. The board approved the supply committee awards as follows: Pencils, etc., Dixon. Eagle and Faber; general supplies, Roberts and Meek; envel opes, Johnston Paper Co.; drawing supplies, Roberts and Meek, D. W. Cotterel, Prang Co., Peckham, Little & Co.; commercial department, Rob erts and Meek, Harrisburg Blue Print j Co., D„ P. and S.; these firms and the) Technical High School Supply coin- j pany and Henry Gilbert and Son got j the contracts for Tech drawing sup plies. Other recommendations were j that Simon Snyder, Mrs. Richard Reeser and Joseph F. MeCreary lie chosen as custodians at the Camp Cur tin. Susquehanna and Paxtang build ings. The financial report showed a balance on hand of $19,441.24 with ] $4,799.69 in the teachers' retirement I fund. FILE NOMINATION' PAPERS Three more petitions for Republican city committee nominations were filed | to-day with the County Commission ! ers. The candidates are John Kraber, George Dickey and Benjamin Fisher, Third precinct, First ward. KWANG TUNG INDEPENDENT Canton, April 7.—Lung Chi Kuang, | governor of the province of Kwang j Tung, in conformity with the wishes! j lof the people last night declared tlie 11 independence of the province. The' j announcement v?»3 received with gen- j ] eral rejoicings. Cavalrymen Slip Unseen Through Mountains; Beat \ Villa at His Own Game j | General Pershing's Camp at Sun { Geronimo Ranch, Mexico, April 3 by j j Aeroplane and Motor Truck to Co- ] Jlumbus, N. M., April 7.—News of the I second Villa defeat, which reached j hero late to-day was taken as a sharp | , moral defeat, for the Villa forces, be- | | cause the American cavalrymen hud ) j outwitted them at their own game, l that of slipping unseen through moun- 5 l tain passes. The news came in after i General Pershing had been out of j ' touch with General Funston for two: j days, on account of bad weather and 1 1 a temporary shortage of gasoline, ; which prevented the aero squad from j carrying messages back to the wire- j less at his Held headquarters. Losses to the Villa forces, given as ! | thirty or more dead and forty horses j captured in the Aguascalientes light are not considered of as much sig nificance as the manner in which the coup was executed. Ever since the Villa forces retreat ed from Guerrero, the presence of 1 Villa bands in some force between ] Guerrero and Bachiniva, 55 miles [ ; north of Guerrero, had been known, i It also was evidence from the reports |to headquarters that these Villa forces ' ! under Manuel Lopez were inclined to 1 | rely for safety on their intimate | knowledge of the* mountain passes. ' That they were relying on nothing else than their speed in making for difficult passes was indicated last Friday, March 31, when two American scouts inadvertently frightened the entire band estimated at about 200 out of the town of Bachiniva. Duel Arouses Villa The scouts got into a bloodshed duel with two Villa outposts at Bachiniva. The sound of the firing aroused the Villa forces which at the same time was camped in the plaza of the town. They scrambled tor their horses and with shouts of "los Amerlcanaos" rode I out of the mountains in a hurry. Saturday and Sunday two seperatel columns of cavalrymen were on the j trails which this band had taken. In spite of faSit riding, or rather fast j walking, for It is by walking and I leading their horses most of the way | that the cavalry gets around and some i j times directly over the mountain tops, ; neither of these troops was in posl- [ tlon to catch the Villa forces. Struck Unexpectedly i Apparently that is what the bandits j had expected, but they had not ac- | counted for the unexpected striking | power of the American cavalrymen, j The Americans were npt. relying upon j merely two columns of troops to box! the Villa forces. Below Bachiniva where either the j Villa forces did not know of their presence, or where they considered | them too far away to be a menace,! were 200 negro cavalrymen underj Colonel W. C. Brown. These negroes have the reputation < of being among the best trailers in j the army. They caught the Villa I forces after the bandits had ridden [only a few hours out of Bachiniva.) ' Like Dodd's fight at Guerrero, it was | a case of quick work for a few mo- j I ments with rifles and then a chase, j The Americans did not stop to report i what they had done. but. stayed on the : II rail, so that to-night, two days after; | the fight, no details have reached j 'headquarters camp, other than the! bare report of a skirmish and the! i story of two Mexican ranchmen giv- j j ing the location of the encounter and 4 Villa losses, I 3 Piece Library Set $14.50 j Table has magazine racks at each end. Finished in fumed oak; chair and rocker I covered with Spanish imitation leather. You must see this suit to appreciate its I real value at $ 14.50. 4-piece Suit, 2 chairs, rocker and table, in mission finish, $18.75. Leonard Cleanable Refrigerators The highest grade household refrigerator built—selling at popular prices. Exclusive, patented features, not found in any other refrige rator. Non-scratchable lining; no place for grease or germs to gather. You can wash it like a clean china dish. Saves ice—prevents food spoilage; affords conveniences that are alone worth its full price. Front Door leer TOP ICER 1 1 if"? T If wool, felt and char- Hardwood case, <$ || coal sheath in g; plain front panels; [m n B H hardwood case, six wall construe- §1 I finish; t i on; 25-lb. ice ca- | P $20.00 Ice Chests low I beds pj oor Rocker | l with spring Beat I I I Colonial style Brass Bed, with 2-inch ® Lj JB posts, heavy mounts. The best lac- ■ S qiicr in satin finish. This is a full size ■ bed and a good value. On Easy Payments HI Open a Charge Account at Rothert's | where the terms are the most liberal, and low prices cannot be equaled. Your se -1 lection of variety is insured by 6 floors of New House furnishings. I One \Vliiilc I'loor UM»t(')l to | Victrolas and Victor I Victrola and 6 Victor Records | 312 Market Street $2.00 Monthly Payments GERMANS GAIN WEST OF MEUSE T Continued From First I'ukc.] for weeks for control of dominating j positions. Paris declares that the J Germans were driven by a counter at- I tack from the greater part of the; captured position and that they now | occupy only some advanced sections i along a front of about 300 yards. East of the Mouse the French are] continuing their nibbling tactics and; report continued progress in German communicating trenches southwest of Fort Douaumont. Signs of New !>rive An interesting situation is develop ing on the eastern front where the Germans give signs of initiating an j offensive. Troop movements on the Dvina front are prevented by the| thawing of the marshes, but south | of Dvinsk the Teuton artillery has j opened a violent fire in the vicinity ol Vldzy and in the Xarocz lake region. In the Caucasus campaign the Itus j sians are making continued progress along the upper Tchoruk, in Turkish Armenia, driving the Turks westward | after dislodging them from fortified positions. The Ottoman troops are offering stiftcr resistance along the I l?laek sea coast, attempting attacks on ! the itussian positions east of Trebizond j I but failing to actiieve results, accord ins: to Petrograd. j Ixmdon announces that the British steamer Simln, a Peninsular and Ori ental Hiv r of 5,8 4 4 tons, has been sunk, with lie loss of all members of j the Ar.iatic crew. Dispatches last night carried unverified reports of the sink i ing with the suggestion that the Simla, supposed to bo in the government serv- I ice. might have been the transport re i ported in a previous message to have I been sunk off the Greek coast. REGULATE COFFEE AND TEA By Associated Press i Berlin, April G, via London.—The I government to-day expropriated cof ' fee. tea and chicory and appointed ! a commission to regulate their dis ' tribution. . FRENCH SFIIP TORPEDOED By .'l r so,' ted Press London. April 7.—Lloyd's an j nounces tlio French sailing vessel St. i Hubert has lien torpedoed and may I become a derelict. Her crew was res j cued. GERMAN' OFFICER RETIRED IBy Associated Press London, April 7.—An Amsterdam dispatch suys that Vice-Admiral Diuls. ! director of the shipyards department of the German navy, has been retired |on pension, lie was regarded as one of the close advisers of Admiral Von | Tirpitz. Steamer Captured by Lone German Resumes Voyage Delaware Breakwater, Del., April 7. j —The British steamer Matoppo, j whose captain and crew of G5 men were held up single handed on the ' high sea last week by Ernest Schiller,- now under arrest in New York, re sumed her voyage to-day to Vladivo stok. The steamer sailed from New York March 29 with a cargo of barbed wire and railroad ties for the Rus sian government. SWEDISH STEAM Kits SEIZED Copenhagen, April G, via London, { April 7. —The Swedish steamers Haakan, Tera and Olaf, with herrings | to Germany, have been seized by Brit ish warships. Their cargoes are valued at one million crowns. "i a i a i e In a giddy, thumping head: the shocked stomach ■ ■ I '■ nerves electr*'" the brain I I j I I / "lrea the liver One dose will relieve the worst case of sick headache over night—perseverance in their j use will remove the cause and give entire freedom from this distressing ailment. Schenck's Mandrake Pills are constructive tonic, so strengthening, reviving, comforting stomach, liver, bowels, that these organs arc freed from tendency to disorder. Wholly vegetable; absolutely harmless, they form no habit. PLAIN OR SUGAR COATED PROVED FOR MERIT BY BO YEARS' CONTINUOUS SALE DR. J. H. SCHENCK & SON, Philadelphia 1 MOVK -'<> CARLOADS OF SAM) I'ROM FILTER PLANT BASINS More than twenty bis carloads of sand which had been pumped front the flood accumulations in the sedi mentation basins ol" the city nitration plant on the Island have been dumped to the north of the dike. The new sand "fill" is some four feet high and in time City Commissioner H. F. Bow man hopes to use it as the basis for a breakwater to guard the western shore of the island from the currents. Six months ago Mr. Bowman pumped out nearly forty carloads from tlio same place. STOKE SHOES, CHARGE Henry Mills, charged with stealing a pair of shoes from a second hand dealer in Aberdeen street, last eve | ning was arrested by Officer Hippie. ' Mills entered the store and purchased I r pair of shoes for 90 cents. When I he loft, it is alleged, he stole a pair hanging in front of the store. Later he returned with the shoes he had purchased, but it is said was wearing the stolen pair. Mills was held for a. hearing.