TRANSFERRED TO
PHILA. OFFICE
Local Bell Employe Becomes
Chief Toll Clerk of Revenue
Accounting Department
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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
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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.
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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
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Men's Furnishings
Men's Neckwear —'a clean-up lot of open-end
four-in-hands; good patterns.
Friday Sale
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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.
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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.
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, 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
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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.
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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
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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<o and rompcr s. Fxidav Sale, '
with lace, insertion, bead- Almond meal coin- , I
ing and medallions; skirts pound; can 190 - ' Cases and Muslins
pleated and gathered; Peroxide massage g//._
wide hem and tucks, lace cream; jar 210 Double befl size bleach
and embroidery trimmed bowman's Main Floor bowman'S-mhii Floor
at bottom. Friday Sale, ( V j seam . ma^e of soft fm _
$1.75 . Bust and Dress Forms SrUfcW
Girls' Dresses 6 to j 12 bust forms—sizes 32 to 42. These are well
-14-year sizes, in large j made forms of strong, durable papier maclie cover- 69c
plaid ginghams, combi- C( j w jth black Jersey cloth—a great help to Ofic
nation pink and blue pop- home seamstresses. Friday Sale Embroidered and scal
lin and gingham; collar Acme Forms - this dress form is the newest iwi- i 'oped pillow cases, made
and trimming of plain , ad j ust - i ° best quality tubing, in
colors. 1-nday Sale, l" uvtu .' . * . ... , i •, , six different designs I
ment and the newly-invented lock and revolving 45\36 inches Kridiv- I
OQr thumbscrews." The shape is the latest correct 1 Sale, pair, !
model in accordance with the accepted standard of
Children's Dresses 2 t ] ie highest fashion authorities in the country. 73c
to 6-year sizes, in small Opens entire figure and controls the waist and hip
checks, large plaid ging- measurements, controls the lengthening or short- Bleached muslin rcm
hams and plain chambray enin „ of thc waist> 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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 <p '< White porcelain with
Fancy ribbon garters, j '\rown band decoration.
190, 39 <p and 69 1 < Friday Sale '
Special scissors; pair, 21 C
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BOWMAN'S—Main Floor BOWMAN'S—Basement
——.
Bureau Scarfs Coffee Cups
. r , , Am e rican porcelain
Mercerized damask coffee cups and saucers .
bureau scarfs; size 18x48 p i a i n white. Friday Sale,
inches. Friday Sale, dozen of each,
25c I $1.20
BOWMAN'S —Second Floor BOWMAN'S—Basement
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Half Price Sale of Odds and Ends
in the
Silk and Muslin
Underwear Section
Gowns of washable silk, trimmed with wide
j bauds of lace and insertion, ribbon and beading—
low neck and short sleeve styles. Friday Sale,
HALF PRICE.
Odd lot of envelope chemise in crepe da chine,
trimmed with lace and insertion bands, some with
shoulder straps. Friday Sale. HALF PRICE. j
Iloudoir Caps of net, all-over lace, crepe de chine
•and washable silk—trimmed with ribbon and lace.
Friday Sale, HALF PRICE.
Maids' Aprons lawn and Swiss, with bib and
shoulder strap some plain tailored and others
trimmed with embroidery, Friday Sale, HALF
PRICE.
BOWMAN'S—Third Floor.
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Steam Cooker Art Goods
Three vessel compart- Cretonne scarfs and pi!->
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.
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