TRANSFERRED TO PHILA. OFFICE Local Bell Employe Becomes Chief Toll Clerk of Revenue Accounting Department V |, JjT GEORGE B. DETZ After twelve years in Harrisburg, ten of which have been spent in the employ of the Hell Telephone Com pany of Pennsylvania, George B. Detz. 1912 Green street, has been transferred to Philadelphia., His new appointment as chief toil clerk of the revenue accounting depart ment, will be effective Monday. Mr. Dets started with the old Pennsylvania Telephone Company tn 1907. He has been connected with the revenue accounting department as chief clerk to C. E. Looser, di vision auditor of receipts, of this city. Although Mr. Detz was born in Columbia, Pa., he has spent years enough in this city to call and feel it his home. This June he graduates from the School of Wharton Finance and Accounting course of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Detz plan to leave the city May 7. Plans For Building Big Wooden Armada Nearly Ready For Ship Builders Washington, May If. To allay uncertainty among shipbuilders who expect to take contracts for vessels of the great wooden ship fleet, the Shipping Board announced late to day that specifications ror a standard ship would be ready in the very near future. The standard ship,.the announce ment said, Will lie about 280 feet over all, with a 21-foot depth of hold and with two full decks and will be capable of developing about 1,500- horsepower. Some details remain to be worked out, however, including the question ol' bulkheads for protec tion from submarines. Officials said preparation of the specifications, probably would be completed within a few days, possibly by to-morrow. "The board will submit its plans and specifications as soon as pos- read the formal announce uW.t. "Bidders may propose to fur nish completed ships or hulls only. Any firm desiring to permit pro posals to build completed ships from their own plans may do so, but such plans will have to be approved by the board's engineers and all are urged to wait until the standard plans are ready." Scores of shipbuilders have as sured the board that they will take contracts up to the limit of their capacity and in the past few days many of them have sent Inquiries as to how soon specifications would be submitted and bids accepted, it is understood that some of the delay has been duo to revisions made at the suggestion of the visiting war missions, particularly ill regard to means of protecting the vessels from submarines. On that feature of the construction the Naval Consulting Board also is giving advice. More Boys Than Girls Are Born in Britain Annual Report Shows London, May 3.—The theory that more boy babies than girls are born in war time is supported by the an nual report of the registrar general tor England and Wales. During the first quarter of the war the propor tion rose to 1.043 boys to 1,000 girls, and the succeeding quarter was 1,- 044. l'"or. the four quarters of 1916 il rose to 1.000, 1,051, 1,043 and 1,- 050. All these llgures, says the re port, arc considerably above any re corded during the preceding fifty years, and are within measurable distance of the general European ratio, which for many years has been considerably in excess of the Brit ish. The marriage rate was the highest on record; the birth rate was the lowest on record; the death rate from typhoid fever was the lowest on record; that from influenza the highest since 1900, and that from measles the highest since 189fi. The average ages of both men and wom en marrying were the highest on rec ord; that of men was 2 7.3 years; women, 2 5.5. The infant mortality rate was the lowest on record. A rise in mortality among the aged of both sexes is noted. It is a Teat lire that has appeared in the sta tistics of other belligerent countries and is regarded as a reflex of the un usual stress and anxiety of the time. Charles T. Mattis, Mill Owner, Dies From Stroke _ Kllaabethville, Pa.. May 3.—Charles T. Mattis died at his home, about two tnlles west of here, yesterday, from a stroke of paralysis on Monday aft ernoon while he was driving towards town. Mr. Mattis was a familiar fig ure in this valley, owning a grist mill which he operated up to a few years ago, and being in partnership with his sons in the large milling ♦ilant located here. He owned the fine farm where lie lived and was a director in the Millersburg First Na tional Bank. He had broken ground for the erection of a beautiful home in Main street here, which lie contem plated occupying when death halted his plans, lie was a member of Salem Reformed Church of Elizabethville. He was 73 years of age. and is sur vived by his aged mother, who is 93. his wife, two sons. Charles and Blain Mattis, of this place, and five daugh ters, Mrs. Elmer Hnitman, of Ann ville; Mrs. William Gaugler, of Loy alton; Mrs. Itoy Schrlver and Anna Mattis, of this place, and Mary, at home. Funeral services will be held on Saturday afternoon from his home, with burial in Maple Grove Cemetery, the nev. C. P. Wehr, of the Reformed Church, officiating. THURSDAY EVENING, News Items of Interest ID Central Pennsylvania Shenandoah. A fierce fire in the Hub Building occupied by six stores and twelve offices yesterday threat ened the whole central section and took the city's entire department to conquer it. Miss Moyer and Miss; Gibson, of the telephone exchange. ! who .attempted to stick to their I posts were overcome by smoke and i were revived with difficulty. Laiigsforil. The Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company will present the \ public schools of this borough with a public playground. Hazlcton. Two girls were in-1 BUM, 1991—IMTED ( ; " \; White Goods White Percale chamois finish—36 J[4c inches wide. Friday Sale, yard White Plisse especially adapted lor under wear docs not require ironing—3l in- 1 elies wide. Friday Sale, yard White Suiting 36 inches wide closely woven will give durable service. 22 C Friday Sale, yard Extra fine quality nainsook —36 inches wide— -12 yards to a piece. Friday Sale, $2.98 piece BOWMAN'S —Second Floor. V > Body Brussels Rubber Stair Ru S s Treads Made of carpets in small , i patterns; 18x27 and 24x27 Made ol corrugated rub- j inches. Friday Sale, bcr; J*-inch thick. 6xlß inches, 9^ bye 7xlß inches, 11 £ BOWMAN'S —Fourth Floor 9xlß inches, 130 BOWMAN'S —Fcurth Floor Axminster Rugs _.. ~ ; ~ ; Toilet Paper In solid colors; oo I inches wide; bound in j The p , aza toilet ' lengths from y 3 yard o extra u whit / cr F 4 yards. I-nday Sale, yd., j tissue f large size roll. Fri- i $1.39 day Sal BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor j R oii s . 25c ""™"" BOWMAN'S—Basement Table Oil Cloth Uest quality, but slight- Curtain Stretchers ly imperfect printing in j small patterns; \ l /A, yards Made from kilndricd wide. Friday Sale, yard, basswood; stationary pins - _ , —size 6x12 feet. Friday 12'/2C Sale. ' J BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor . . BOWMAN'S—Basement 1 owels and - Toweling Women's Turkish towels; bleach- u d and unbleached. Friday Handbags Sale, ! In a good assortment 12'/2 C of shapes and styles; | ! black, lined with fancy Unbleached homespun I poplin and fitted with coin toweling; 18 inches wide. J purse and mirror. Friday Friday Sale, yd., Sale, 15c 50c BOWMAN S—Second Floor ! BOWMAN'S—Main Moor t *—l Men's Furnishings Men's Neckwear —'a clean-up lot of open-end four-in-hands; good patterns. Friday Sale * Dress Shirts—made of percales, soft and starched cuffs. Friday Sale Union Suits athletic and short sleeve, ankle length styles—broken lines. Friday Sale BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. V. / Women's Silk Mixed Underwear Poplins Bleached vests; lisle 1 thread; sleeveless; sec- A very attractive ontls. Friday Sale, assortment of colors to make a selection from. 19c I The warp is all silk, the filling is a selected cotton Union suits; bleached yarn; firm and serviceable cotton; sleeveless; lace for waists, skirts and and cuff knees; slightly dresses; 24 inches wide, soiled. Friday Sale, Friday Sale, yard, 42c 37'/2C BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. BOWMAN'S—Main Floor Great Friday Waist Sale Two Lots of 7 A 0 AC? Voile Waists at f %/C Made of fine quality white voile—trimmings of filet lace and tucks —also of imitation Irish lace and Val. Black Jap Silk Waists, tailored with turks—also with saiior collars, hemstitched—sizes 1 1 Q 3b and 38 only. Friday Sale .. * Waists of crepe de chine in gold, flesh, white and maise—some with Persian collars. "1 OQ Friday Sale vi.OJ BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. V ■ i , eluded in tlie foH.y applicants for land for gardening when the Dup lan Silk Company apportioned its first sections prepared at an expense of. SOOO for its 1,500 employes. M alia no,v City. While assisting in moving a steam shovel at Locust mountain colliery, Thomas Gaughan, of Lost Creek, was killed when the machine slipped and crushed him. Pottsville. Three large Amer ican flags were raised on the fac tories of Saul and Zang, at Schuyl kill Haven, in which exercises three of the employes who served in Com pany C, Pennsylvania Engineers, at the Mexican border participated. Each unfurled a flag. Heading.—.V request that her sec \ 1 ■ I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ond husband be excluded from u. share in her estate because she states he failed to provide for her la contained in the will of Charlotte J. Sterner Oxenford. .She names Jo seph Reifsnyder, a brother-in-law, of Philadelphia, as guardian of the children. Lewisburg. Royail Waldron, a junior in the engineering college at Buqknell University here has joined the coolrs. He is a descendant of Baron Waldron who settled in New York in 1648. Waynesboro. Trinity Reformed congregation is raising a fund to provide scholarships in Ursinus Col lege and Mercersburg Academy in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Doctor Baliner's service as pastor. i r* ? i Notable Friday Bargains Our presentation of weekly Friday Bargains carries this flag at the head of its marching col umns— "small profits and Every Friday Bargain has its profit so peeled off that it assures double-quick movement. The goods are seasonable and desirable—displayed so that you can choose them easily, quickly and ponveniently. The green_price tickets point the to get your share f — Ribbons ( Women's Hosiery Lot of mill ends of rib- ! Crepe de Chine Fibre silk stockings; j bon, to /-inci ts ' > 40-inch crcpc dc chine, in twenty-five evening double heels) wide garter a " f . ar * j° onn S i and street shades, as well as black and white. This , t( . } P s: black and white. 11 av a c,\a , , is truely an astonishing value when present values | "day Sale, pair, OR/< are considered—don't fail to get vour (tl OQ f*C share, at Friday Sale, yard " 1 ODC BOWMAN'S Main Floor | BOWMAN'S Main Floor. : Silk lisle stockings; j —————— v ' double heels, in black and | Embroidery Cedar Tub. Women's Shoe " hilc ' rida > SaU Madeira embroidered Virginia white cedar Women's high shoes, 35c edges; 2 and 3 inches tubs; painted inside and i pumps, oxfords and colon- bowma.VS— Main Floor wide ; a clean-up lot. 1-ri- outside ; 3 electric welded ials; a clean-up lot of high day Sale, yard, hoops. Friday Sale, ' \ STadc shoes which in- Q„ ' j dudes a few dozen pairs 73c of excellent sample pumps Gloves Organdie embroidered ! froni a well-known New ciiiuruiuciv BOWMAN'S—Basement. .-L- „nl-cr FrJd-iv r i , edges; 4to 6 inches wide; j ( * ork maker, i tida} . aic, ( Liberal assortment ot , a clean-up lot. Fridav i —— pair, kj ( | gloves in sizes 5j4, ! Sak ' yard 'q Toilet Good. $ 1.98 ftd m and bowman's— Floor. Tokalon Restated "*- i Salf d."?. " l,itC ' |;rid>> cream, jar; 500 ————— Skin <**•: bo Bate.' Crepe. 95C Girls Dresses Fascination powder- £ r, . bowman's —Main Floor - -fascination ponder 500 yard sof Bates' Cleaning up a lot of box, .............190 crep es in light and mcd- white dresses, 10 to 16- Poudre Pctal.os; box. .J colorin | s for housc | j year sizes. Made of lawn *9O dresses, children's dresses Sheets Pillow and organdie, trimmed Golonte; bottle I con trols the neck measure- "ants in various widths. Empire, belted and t makes thc form tall or short, or djfi CA I '' nda . v Salc - y. ard . ™l^ounfe"sUled. rO F?i n reguh.es for skirt length. Friday Sate, c sizes, counter soiiea. i ri bowman s— Main Floor. I j day Sale, . / TT t, < \ ' unbleached sheeting, 75C Blanket* 27 inches wide smooth, Kimonos DianKeis u>;ii ~.,..1, BOWMAN'S—Second Floor e\en tnreaa \\lll^\asll Japanese and flowered Plaid blankets in as- an " bleach easily. hriday crepe kimonos in pink, sorted colors heavy a ' c > )' ar d, Jewelry lavender, blue and rose; weight— extra large size. n I 36 to 44 sizes. Friday Sale, Friday Sale, pair, , , . , . . BOWMAN'S—Second Floor Military hat pins; g 1 A O 7CT sword shapes, 190 1 >0/0 •— AI ilit ar V bar pins; BOWMAN'S—Main Floor BOWMAN'S- -Second Floor. sword shapes ...190 House Dresses Men s cuft links ; pair, 290 Bed Spreads Imported Bowls ~ , Cameo rings 590 I . A clean-up of broken Cameo pins 470 ; Crochet bed spreads; Decorated inside and sizes in gingham and Oriental girdles,.. 980 | heavv weight; size 74\84 outside; lustre finished chambiaj house diesses. I'.angle bracelets, (>9O | i nc h C s. Friday Sale, edge. Friday Sale, I riday Sale, Pearl beads 190 Oriental beads, . . 590 $2.12 '/2 lc 4c BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. BOWMAN'S—Kecoud Floor 1 1 BOWMAN'S—Basement BOWMAN'S—Third Floor I * A Switzerland Pleas For Exports From America Berne, Switzerland, May 3. —There is growing unxiety in Switzerland that the United States may restrict exports to neutral countries, and Kd -111 und Schultliess, president of the federation, to-day gave the Associat ed Press a comprehensive statement of the situation. The president made a warni appeal to President Wilson und the American people not to al low a small yister republic to meet the tragic fact of starvation, which would be her inevitable lot if her imports were reduced, and clearly outlined Switzerland's utter depen dence on not only America, but both groups of European combatants. JtowmaffZ IIAHRISItI HG, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1017, Shakespeare Day Observed ' in England and France London, May 3. Shakespeare day was observed to-day throughout! England and France. All the schools in Great Britain held special exer- j cises. The principal celebration took place in King's College, London, In i the presence of representatives of the i United States, ureat Britain and France. Ambassador Page made an address on behalf of the United 1 States. The observance of the day in the [ school partook of-the character of a ! celebration of the new alliance with ■ the United States. j MAY 3, 1917. 'U. S. War Loans to Allies Total $53,113,000 W.v .'lsscciated Pjrtss Washington. May 3. War loans ; of the six chief European belliger | ents, according: to the latest figures available to the Federal Reserve I Board aggregate approximately $53,- ! 113,000,000. Loans of t lie chief entente nations. , Great Britain. France. Russia and Italy, are placed at about $36,300,- I 000,000: those of Germany and Aus tria-Hungary not including the sixth German loan reported to have yleld ' ed about $3,000,000,000 at $18,800,- I 000,000. r;; " * Friday Clean-up in the Drapery Section White curtain scrim with blue, pink and 1 A— yellow flowered borders. Friday Sale, yard, Marquisette, in white, ivory and ecru 36 in ches wide excellent quality. 1 Friday Sale, yard Odd lot of Nottingham, marquisette, scrim and filet curtains, in white and ecru—2y 2 yards long— one pair of a kind. Friday Sale, HALF PRICE. Remnants of cretonnes, scrim and marquisette, in 1 to 6-yard lengths. Friday Sale, HALF PRICE. BOWMAN'S—Second Floor. V ) Notions Women's Arch Sanitary sheeting: can Supports be boiled and washed; Made of leather with guaranteed; yard, .. 85f: German silver plates; for Rubber sheeting; spe- quick clearance. Friday cially priced, at, yard, Sale, pair, 430, 6and 50C Good Flope hair nets; i . . . , , * BOWMAN'S—Main Floor cap and straight styles; . all colors, 4 for 25^. Special dress belting, in Shoe Cleaners black and white; yard, 5 i Black and tan shoe Safety pins, 3 cards, | cleaners. Friday Sale, 5£ | bottle, Flooks and eyes, 3 - cards C Large and small bar- 1 bowman's— Main Floor ettes .5# ————— Pearl buttons; C upidor. Braid clasps, B

ment, each vessel holding low tops, finished, ready two quarts. Friday Sale, for use. Friday Sale, 39c 25c BOWMAN'S —Basement _____ Stamped combing jack* ets, made of Turkish Children's Shoes toweling. Friday Sale, oq r In sizes up to 8; some v slightly imperfect, but in no way are the wearing Colored embroidery qualities affected. Friday cotton, in assorted color% Sale, pair, Friday Sale, dozen, 98c 10c I BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. BOWMAN'S—Second Flom German Seaplane Sinks a British Steamelj By Associated Prtss London, May 8. The adralraMJ 1 announces that th British Gene was sunk May 1 by a torped® discharged from a German eaplanrt oft Aldeburg (Suffolk, England). hands on board the vessel wer saved. It is added by the admiralty thaf another seaplane which was con cerned In the attack was brought down by the gun fire from the Gena, and its orew made prisoners. The steamer G?na was a vessel of 8,784 gross. FOUNDED 18?1 3