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STATE'S PENSION
ROLL HAS TWENTY
Death of Mrs. Drake Removes
the Largest Payment From
the State's List
Death of Mrs. E.
y\ \ • //J L. Drake, widow of
Wi- / C J one °' the Pioneers
icW\m ((2 Sn the oil industry
f of Pennsylvania,
referred to yester-
day In an opinion
from the attorney
11 JSfilWWlflitew general to the iState
SSfflauUjfll Treasury, removes
Blf** S from the pension
j j roll of the State Its
largest pensioner.
Under an act of 1873 Mr. and Mrs.
Drake were given an annuity of JISOO
In recognition of Mr. Drake's serv
ices.
There are now twenty pensioners
on the roll of the State, all such pen
sions having been granted by specific
enactment. Some of these date back
miny years, while others are of de
pendents of persons who lost life in
State service or who were pensioned
for good reasons. The policy of the
Slate in recent years has been to dis
courage such grants, the pension for
employes of the government after a
Quarter centufy of service being the
only new enactment in years.
The pensioners live in Allegheny,
Armstrong, Berks, Erie, Franklin,
Greene, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lu
zerne, Philadelphia, Potter, Schuyl
kill, Washington and Westmoreland
counties. The highest pension paid
since Mrs. Drake's death is $240 a
year.
To Meet To-morrow. The Public
Service Commission will meet to-mor
row to discuss decisions upon which
members have been working this week.
Ex-Senator 'Here.—Ex-Senator John
S. Fisher, of Indiana, was a visitor
here this week.
Dr. Dixon's Advice.—Commissioner
of Health Dixon said last night that
Inasmuch as insects were suspected of
being carriers of infantile paralysis,
It would be a good plan for mothers
and those in charge of children to
anoint them daily with an insectifuge.
Condemn Watermelons Dairy and
food agents In Philadelphia yesterday
condemned a whole carload of water
melons. They had passed the edible
state. This is the biggest lot ever con
demned.
No Appointment Vet.—No appoint
ment of a manager for the State in
surance Fund has been made as yet. It
Is expected to come along this rrtonth.
Mooro Commended. James N T .
Moore, director of the Legislative Ref
erence Bureau, has been getting many
compliments upon the code of town
ship laws. Xo criticisms have been
received at all. The publication had
a big value all over the State.
To Take Over School Soon.—lt is
probable that before long the Kutz
town State Normal School will be
taken over by the State. Appraisals
have been under way.
To Let Contract.—The contract for
the new bridge at Athens will be let
next week by the Board of Public
Grounds and Buildings if a meeting is
held.
Want Men in Hurry A rush order
tor skilled unton mechanics was re
ceived to-day at the Bureau of Em
ployment of the Department of Labor
and Industry from a city in western
Pennsylvania. The employers offered
to pay transportation and obtain
boarding houses for the workers as
well as guarantee permanent employ
ment. The request is for eight union
:arpenters at G6% cents per hour for
in eight-hour dcy, with ttmo and half
:ime for all overtime, six bricklayers at
75 cents per hour for an eight-hour
lay, with time and half time for all
overtime, and laborers at 25 cents per
aour.
Because of Few Instructors
at Plattsburgh Camp Juniors
Get No Cavalry Work
By Associated Press
Plattsburg. N. Y., July 14. Owing
lo the small number of instructors
it the military training camp for
civilians here it was announced last
night that the elective work of the
lunior division in the cavalry branch
3f the service would be abandoned.
The instructors, it was said, would de
mote their time to training the busi
ness and professional men who are
here. More than 700 men will be
deprived of instruction in the cavalry
Dranch by this action.
Announcement also was made that
'.he practice march and maneuvers
3f the junior division will be limited
to three days while that of the senior
division will continue a week. Mem
bers of the latter division received
'.heir first instruction to-day in hand
ling army rifles.
ED. F. GEERS THROWN
By Associated Press
Cleveland, July 14. Ed. F. Geers,
veteran grand circuit driver and train
er, who was hurt yesterday when
thrown under a horse on the North
Randall track, passed a comfortable
night and was reported in good con
dition to-day. He will be confined
to his bed for a few days but his
condition is not regarded as serious.
FIND VESSEL BOTTOM UP
Special to the Telegraph
"Washington, July 14.—The schooner
Carrie Strong:, of Thomaston, Maine,
bound from Mobile for Matanzas with
8 13,000 feet of lumber, was wrecked In
the hurricane of last week In the Gulf
of Mexico and her crew of seven men
Is believed to have been lost. Lieuten
ant Hottel, of the coast guard cutter
Tallapoosa, reported that he had found
the schooner bottom up about 250 miles
West of Key West.
MORE COTTON USED
By Assoctated Press
Washington, J.uly 14. Cotton used
""ring June was 570,466 bales ex
clusive of linters, and for the eleven
months ending with June 5, 906,039
bales, the Census Bureau to-day an
nounced. These figures compare with
614,644 bales used m June last year
and 6,100,516 bales in the eleven
months period.
$75,000,000 WOOL CROP
By Associated Press
Washington, July 14. American
•»®®P raisers will receive about $75 .
000,000 for this year's wool crop, the
Department of Agriculture announced
to-day. Average prices during June
were 28.7 cents a pound, higher than
for many years.
BURIAL OF IXFAXT
Lemoyne, Pa., Juiy 14.—Funeral ser
vices for the 7-month-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Ellis, Bosler ave
nue, who died Wednesday evening will
be held to-morrow morning at the
home. The Rev. E. L. Manges, pastor
of the local Trinity Lutheran Church
will officiate.
NO PROHIBITION" FOR SCOTLAND
By Associated Prest
Glasgow, July 14.—Prohibition in
Scotland is impracticable, in the
opinion of the liquor control board.
The board stated this, in substance to
a deputation representing many thou
sands of women who signed a petition
urging the adoption of prohibition for
the period of the war. <
FRIDAY EVENING,
I .
At the New Store of Wm. Strouse
Our First S
Beginning Saturday Morning *
I will be an epoch-making eventM|
in local merchandising of men's
Undoubtedly the most noteworthy clothes-buying opportunity the men of Hm
Harrisburg and vicinity have ever participated in will be our offering of Adler- VHH l)jgjf\k I!' \ j
Rochester Clothes during this Mid-Season Clothing Sale. Every garment retains 1 \ |vi\ \ ill I wn\ !<i wil \ii
its original price marking and when old prices are quoted as having been $ 15, S2O, j /Mnj mßi\ \l|
$25 or S3O it means those prices represented the top-notch of clothes values, dol- k\ \1
lar for dollar, that it'is possible to give. This sale brings prices to their low-water
mark while maintaining maximum clothes-quality. During this remarkable JmltiMMl Wk jfev //U 1 %
Mid-Season Clearance Sale, the same iron-clad guarantee for fabrics, tailoring, fj&J|\\ H
permanent dyes and perfect fit is in force. Even with these reduced prices pre- I I \\l
vailing we insist that you let us refund your money should any garment for any fflf JMJm/ ttuL . 1 /// J\ \I
reason prove unsatisfactory in the slightest degree. Goods will be sent on ap- l j i
Every Suit Reduced—Blues and Blacks Included. (l II it 11111 j\ || ! I jS^
Boys' Suits Reduced ' fffi K/f W
Every suit in our Boys' Department is included in this, Our First : j IIMI \JSfa*
original prices the highest
Our First Sale of Men's Shirts I ijitf
Money-Saving Underwear Prices Boys' Shirts BK j|| jff
designed solely for comfort and durabil- in the general clean-upf A?/'sizesand SB I ' I
all must take their share of the reduc- 50c Values, . ,39c $1 50 Values $1 15 111 ' 1 ilul II
tions - , SI.OO Values, 75c $2.00 Values', $1'.45 I Mi UI
50c Men's Underwear, 39c i\j-* 1 1 I flfl il
SI.OO Men's Underwear, 75c ri v .i wea *' ill I liKVft iIII
$1.50 Men's Underwear $1.15 including the very latest designs and | Ulf I
$2.00 Men's Underwear, $1.45 " ewes ''materials-wash ties and silk \ , {MI |l
$2.50 Men's Underwear 51.85 eS ' 1 h , e yj"s sort men are proud to I I liIMiPS
wear and add that touch of dressiness I 1 11||/
Faultless Pajamas & Night Shirts that's so desirable. J | mill gSgSj
Recognized as the standard since ?I? es ' mT>»4
1880. Well-made and perfect fitting— 5, C n X 39c *hll lifllllHMßMrW
"cut for comfort" seems to describe »pI*UU lies, 75 c
them best. They, too, must participate Men's Hose
l * n | n h nD Chedule ° f reductions - A more handsome and complete as- "
4! sn pajamas, 75c sortment, from sturdy-woven work sox
$1.50 Pajamas, ....:.. .$1.15 to the sheerest and gauziest of pure silks JfstSßm
?A M- $1.45 all help to make this a buying event long iftSKKBWi
50c Night Shirts, 39c to be remembered. "vHollHlifflßi *
$ 1 .00 Night Shirts, 75c 25c Men's Hose, iq c
$1.50 Night Shirts $1.15 50c Men's Hose> 3 9c
The New Store of
WM. STROUSE 310 Market Street
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
JULY 14, 1916.