i.BTeeLTOt)*i EXPECT 40 BANDS IN BIG PARADE Committeemen Make Brief Reports at Session With Chairman Bent Unofficial reports of the various subcommittees arranging for the big patriotic demonstration May 19, given at a meeting of the general committees in the office of Quincy Bent, chairman, this afternoon indi cated that there would be about for ty bands and more than 10,000 per sons in line. Many of the details of the parade were worked out tills afternoon, byt much work is yet to be done. Ef fort arc being made, a member of the committee said to-day, to have as large and if not a larger parade than the neighbor city, Harrisburg. It is expected that more than 1,000 musicians will be in line. Every available band in a radius of Hfty miles around Harrisburg has been engaged, commit tee members assert. The Spring garden Band and the York City Band, two of the largest musical or ganizations in York have been ob tained. At a meeting of the fire compan ies of the department last night it was decided not to use the apparatus in parading. The Paxtang Hook and ladder Company last night decided to secure the York City Band to furnish music in the parade. Members of the local Post Office force are planning to participate in the parade in uniforms and expect to be accompanied by many Harris burg oifice employes. Surpass All Records For Recruiting New Members W. W. I>eck, superintendent of the Rolling Mill department of the local steel plant, with the assistance of liis following lieutenants, John C. Craig, J. P. Bennett, F. H. Kelley, It. C. Parsons, T. -J. Bittner. C. D. Wright, R. N. Church, H. Devore, A. T. Gilmore, J. G. Metzlei, I. E. Wolf, F. W. Long, H. K. Shook, A. Burke. H. H. McConnell, C. E. Nesblt and John Clepper, broke all records for obtaining Red Cross members, when he handed Mrs. W. H. Nell, chairman of the member ship committee, a list of ten hundred and twenty names. This is consid * ered a most remarkable showing, and brings the total membership close to 3,000. Arranging For Annual Commencement Exercises On the evening of June Bth the largest class in the history of the schools will be promoted from the eighth grade to the high school. It will number more than one hundred twenty-nine. The graduating class at present numbers forty-eight members. The i 'ommencement will be neld on Tues day evening, June 12th. Dr. C. C. Ellis, of Huntingdon College, will de liver the address. The executive committee of the •Tgh School Alumni Association is preparing for the annual meeting of that Association June 13th. Superintendent L. E. McGinnes has been appointed by the State Au thorities to assist in the examination of the Clarion State Normal School the last week in June. A second meeting of all the Prin cipals of the schools will be held in the office of the Superintendent Thursday evening at 4.30 o'clock to make further arrangements for the participation of the schools in the patriotic parade. MAKING PLANS FOR SENIOR CLASS RECEPTION Plans for the reception to mem bers of the senior class of the Steel ton high school by the junior class are nearing completion. The affair will be held May 18. The commit tee on arrangements is composed of George Porr," chairman; John J. Mannix, Lawrence B. Brandt, Ro land Ross, Paul Weuschinski, Miss Margaret Gardner, Miss Lydia Wilt and Miss Lei>a Hoffman. WAR VETERAN DIES Funeral services for John L. Riggs, aged 70, a veteran of the Civil war who died yesterday morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Mary Grimes, 4 3 South Third street, will be held this evening at 7.30 o'clock. The Rev. A. K. Wier, of the Centen ary United Brethren Church, assist ed by the Rev. W. H. Shaw, of the First Methodist Church, will offi ciate. Burial will be made at Mt. Holly Springs to-morrow. He is sur vived by his wife and four daughters, Airs. Grimes, Mrs. Nora Arnold, Mrs. Ella Kennedy, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc- Causlin and one Charles Riggs. John Riggs was a Vmljer of the Mt. Holly Post, G. A' and of the Knights of Pythias. \ -MIDDLEToV - • 1 The Royalton High Si.\ol Com mencement exercises hela\in the Royalton U. B. church wero large ly attended. Six graduates who took part were as follows: Irene S. Conrad, Clara M. Palmer, Harold S. Berkstresser, William C. Lerch, Lester B. Mathias and Wil liam L. Neeter. Miss May Fuhrman entertained the D. F. Club at her home on Mon day evening. Mrs. C. E. Bowers will entertain the social circle at her hime this evening. Poketo Tribe No. 315, I. O. R. M., will attend the Tri-State Convention of Red Men from York, Dauphin Rnd Cumberland counties at Dun cannon on Saturday. The Women's Missionary Society of the Presbyterian Church, met at the home of Mr. E. C. Longenecker yesterday. Topics for the after noon were "Porto Rico," "Cuba," ' "Slam and Laos." Mrs. George S. Mish and Mrs. C. B. Carlson had charge of the meeting, jp Mrs. I. O. Nlssley has returned uome from Campbelistown. The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church, will meet at the home of Mr. John Core, State street this evening. The Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the St. Peter's Lutheran Church, met in the church last evening. Nelson Deimler and Miss Amy Miller were married at Higerstown, Md„ on Saturday. Miss Clara Beck and Miss Ro maine Kinnard returned home from Carlisle. Charles F. King, of Royalton and Miss Anna Schadt, of town, were married Saturday evening at the St. Peter's Lutheran parsonage by the Rev. Fuller Bergstresser. They will reside in Catherine street. ■THURSDAY EVENING, Paul W. Houck Is Mentioned For Secretary A movement is on foot to have Governor Brumbaugh appoint Paul W. Houck, a referee of the State Compensation Board, to the posi tion of Secretary of Internal Affairs made -acant by the death of Ills father, the late Henry Houck. It is urged by the friends of Mr. Houck that his appointment would HEM. 111—-<■' VM'IKU HARRISBURG, THURSDAY, MAY LO, 1917. FOUNDED 1871 Sheetng Sheets and C~ \ Toilet Goods Notions 1 Friday—the Clear-away Day For Laggards| •^ ai ' bed size, and*made of soft === ===== = =============== = Lokalon face powder, and small 7$ f* finished muslin. Friday w j g\ jrf f FWV W vvjr j box 39£ Good Hope hair nets, !**. • —Remnants—Odds & Ends Together With ' iolette de Parme, Field Medium size scissors, Comports Hemstitched pillow ! rj~fj 77" •_C *7 J ' Violets, bottle 370 pair low foot comports - f scs 42 f 6 ?<- 45 * 36 Ihe selling of special underprice mer- Peroxide soap, 7# cake, Large roll white twill blown glass - assorted C ' lCS ' m ?. de of &° od qual- <?.. 3 cakes 20* cd^P e "V, 8 f —chandise gathered by our organiza- JZZZZZ ? 9c . 18c T- . , , — ~~T Palmers' Almond Meal, and white 20 BOWMAN'S—Seooni" floor tion through the various trade channels Colorite botde A h . r r e Boudoir ——— DeLuxe powder puffs, Darning cotton, black, DQUaoir i white, tan, 3 spools, 50 Electric Lamp Challis A 3.t the for to-morrow AVlll Large size hair brush, white"bdl> any hmsh pedestal with fu „ picce . Friday Sale, - - . r - , , , r J - , Ebony finished mirrors, ca^ s ....50 sorted coi o ;s; d fitted with > ard able to offer you needed goods for much less than 29 * pms ' 2 pape s> cord and electric light nji. 1 • 1 • • 'll BOWMAN-s-Matn Floor Curlwell hair curlers, 6 bulb .nday BOWMAN^— second Floor regular—m drawing a comparison with the BOWMAN'S-—Basement. "" lliarket t<>day. Jewelry h^se'^s^ Cemetery Vases . Every Price Quoted Is a" S I —hard P enamel d Sanitary sheeting, yard, Stamped pillow tops r V with stones> extra d 430, 630, 730, 850 Pottery cemetery vases and backs —on oyster V _ ) values, 190, 210, 290 BowMAN's-iuin Floor OTlfiSeXdiiJE white linen. Friday Sale, Silk Petticoats DreSS Goods White Cotton "ftJK "„ ground. Friday Sale, 25c Sil ,. t . rings '. .. 390 Dressing Sacquet 29c 36 inch scarfs and cen- changeable taffeta S and 36-inch wool batiste — Fabrics . Military pins, BOWMA'EL,,.,.. ters "to match the above" eolljrs paisley patterns-choice largely used m making dre^sfng'"Loues" "af Friday Sale, - light blue lav- >' ard ' . Oriental beads ... I®*29c Dust Brush Stamped silk mull night „ , f p f . cnder ' Coponhagen blue, Oriental metal girdles, BOWMAN-s-xhird Floor —— crowns, Friday Sale, Men's dress shirts of Petticoats of change- p i n k, salmon, silver gray, 98^, Complete with 4'/> ft.- percale and madras—soft able taffeta silk in full reseda, cardinal and navy. Shadow voile, 36 inches Cameo brooches. .490 handle the most prac- 89C and stiff cuffs a clean ~ range of colors ruffled Fridav Sale vard wide ' ir " da y Sale, }'ard, Cameo rings 490 Bouidolr CaDS tical dustless mop made. up lot in which some are flounce, Sale, ' Red Cross pins ... 190 ; A labor saver. Friday Stamped corset covers a little soiled from table /hn r-. CQ„ \ P' ns i" combina- Boudoir rana n t Sale, and kimonos. Friday Sale, display. Friday Sale, $2.75 , tion of American and silk Md laS ribbon • y o_, 0 _, BOWMAN'S— Third Floor BOWMAN's —Main Floor. English longcloth, 36 French, American and bows Frirfav Sal*. 98c 12'/sc 85c ■ inchw wjde-10-y.nl British, American and y Sa,e ' BOWMAN'S—Basement BOWMAN'S—Second Floor BOWMAN'S—Main Floor f I P lec CS. i'nday Sale, piece, Italian, at, each .... 100 25c ' \ \ f~\ . . a T)* CQ BOWMAN'S Main Floor. BOWMAN'S—Third Floor Draperies, Curtains, Etc. Manhattanß Ug , A Quartette of Big- Hemstitched marquisette and scrim curtains—i In conventional pat- VCTd 11T\ Q ——— J^rTnUV lace trimmed —plain hemmed —2/i yards long— terns of green, brown and OIKJC LJAI U. All 13 , \ colors, white and ecru. <tl OC red. Tahl Danwt Black Jap Silk Waists large collar—trimmed Friday Sale, pair 1 6x9 feet $4.98 Lot No. I—Women's button shoes in patent colt iaoie " ai " a>K with small frills—also a few plain tfj t rij -36-inch marquisette and scrinnin white, 1C „ 9x12 feet .... $9.50 an( j g Un nietal, some cloth topped— <tl QQ . . tailored. Friday Sale ivory and ecru. Friday Sale, yard I ° C BOWMAN'S— Fourth Floor gizes incomplete . Friday gale, pair .. 1 S7 ° Crepe de chine waists White voile waists 36-iuch cretonne, in light and d.rk grounds, Lot No. 2-Women's pumps .nd Cok.ni.ls of pink and cblored Nilf^en'and whitf' trimmmgs of em- „ with desirable designs and colors. 1 fi/* MatHna Rncrit , , , . . 4 , ... , borders —64 inrlip® „.;HP Wile green and white— broidery, Va . and imi- Friday Sale, yard lt>C jVlatting KUgS gun metal and patent co i t skm with eitncr low or FHday Sale vaJd plain model with lar g c tation Irish lace a Td Plain Sunfast materials—so inches wide—colors In woven and stenciled high heels —six smart styles in all sizes. <£2.25 ' collar. OQ tucks. Fri rose, brown, gretn, blue and mulberry. Tsc patterns of green, red and Friday Sale, pair ". 39c day Sale ... * day Sale ... * *^sl Iriday Sale; yard..... •••••• •• • brown. Lot No. 3. —Women's high shoes, pumps, Co- BOWMAK'S-ll.in n i BOWMAN s—Main Floor. ii 27x54 inches .. 250 lonials and oxfords, in all black leathers. Turns ' ° Cr ——-^J Garbage Cans Children's bow .MAN-S—Fourth Floor goods. Friday Sale, pair * Bed Spreads Folding p . Lot No. 4.—Children's shoes, sizes 4to 8, slight- Corsetß Black painted tin £ar- i antß Axmmster R.UgS ly marred in making but will not affect their good crochet bed Tub Bench bage cans, lock cover Children's bleached cot- wearing —to close quickly. 9&C Front lace corsets in spreads, firmly woven; height ot can, -/4 u j ton p ants we jfyi lt Hit and miss patterns, Friday Sale, pair broken sizes of stylish light summer weight au \ n „„ A , , ches; capacity, jga - lace or cuff knees. Fri- with colored borders— BowMAN's-Main Floor. models in the R. &G. and size 72x80 inches. Friday ton '_ * • S . . ° n lons. Friday Sale, 'day Sale, pair size 27x54 inches. Friday , W. B. brands. Friday Sa]o y top occupies little a o Sale, • v ) Sale, ' space when not in use. 17c 7Q , . 7£ T $1 19 Friday Sale, BOWMAN'S Basement BOWMAN'S-Maln Floor. $1.79 Women's RjbbonS /DC Floor OQ ________ _________ BOWMAN'S—Fourth Floor BOWMAN'S—Third Floor 02/ C Muslin Men', Underwear Neckwear n^So^^ ~~T., ... „- . Men's athletic union Strap Pure A ssorted lot of pretty | wide ' Frida)r Sale ' K :j G l ov „ i J Cll \vifle ln'' useful SUItS Tu iad ° ° f na,nsook A popular number of Georgette crepe collars, p d remnant lengths. Friday —b <U ,toned. ■ Friday -strap purses in black round and square shapes, : Two-clasp kid gloves in \/ Shadow an , d /° i " t . dc Bowd Sale, vard, ' ' leather-lined with fancy , trimmed. Fridav I Boocadc ribbons, 6m- white, black, grav, tan ! J ans laces, 3to 6 inches Made of clean lumK pophn. Friday Sale, - ches wide. Friday Sale, and brown. Sizes 5*4 to wide. Friday Sale, yard, ade r-7J/2C „ ° UC CA >' ard ' W- Friday Sale, pair, 0 .14x20 inches-each board ' BOWMAN'S—Main Floor 50C or 8c wrapped as left factory BOWMAN'S Second BOWMAN'S-Maln Floor. ZOC $1.59 BOWMAN'S-Maln Floor, Friday Sale, , Women's BOWMAN'S Main Floor BOWMAN'S-Maln Floor BOWMAN'S—Main Floor Apron Gingham - Dres.es Colonial Rug. ' „1. 29 ° Guaranteed fast color— Clearing out an attrac- Made of heavy cotton lVpm 11211 tS OtNllkS ! Women S blue checks; cut from the the lot of silk and serge chain Allied with clean Embroidered voile gal yard,P' eC e and black. Friday Sale, uo wlc j c all blind embroid- ' /2c $12.50 ® 9c _ Lot No. 1 consists ol samples from a nuhnfac- I s to\'k°ngs"^ hi p'lain'''colors I""' Salc ->' ard ' 80 different patterns BOWMAN'S— Second Floor . . BOWMAN'S— Fourth Floor turer that supplies us with high-grade fabrics, in and fancy styles double 1 (Jp colors to select from—y~~ J . addition to many from our regular stocks. Lengths soles, wide ' garter tops. some in cluster Women's Uni™ are fr ° ni 1 \? 7 yards; 36 ', t0 4 °" inch widths ~ taf - Friday Sale, pair, BOWMAN'S— M*In Floor Qthers checkve^strioes' Cretonne. women s i; nday Sak . yard OC 7 q mny ra.red in Dolly i Clearing out two as- Suits ./,'• e r • harden, , Dresden and Remnants of cretonnes, sorted groups of women's 1 ,• consists of numerous ends accumu- Women's fibre silk Qr&SSlcrcS Pompadaur effects in an in good patterns, and suit- coats in plaids, serges, "Athena" brand union lated during lecent selling activities such as stockings in plain black almost endless vanity, able for cushions —27 poplins colors gold, suits, low neck, sleeveless, striped pongees, plain Kajah and foulards, in and plain white, double Closing out an odd lot Ground U white or lioht. inches wide. Friday Sale, green, navy and black. lace or cuff knees. Fri- lengths from Ito 10 yards, _4 to _7-inch OQ. soles, wide garter tops. of brassieres in a variety lb -a c i j yard, Friday Sale, day Sale, widths. Friday Sale, yard , Friday Sale, pair, of models. Friday Sale, Fnday Sale, yard, 10c $3.98—-$4.98 50c "OWMANs Oc 35c / 15c P BOWMAN'S—Sacond Floor BOWMAN'S—Third Floor I BOWMAN'S—Main Floor. i V BOWMAN'b—Main Floor i BOWMAN'S—Third Floor BO^r MAJ J'S—Main Flows. be a grateful recognition of the ser i vices of his father and one that ! would be acceptable to Republicans generally. Mr. Houck is a resident of Pottsville ana Is v.'ell known throughout the State. ENTERTAINS AT CARDS Miss Anna Breneman, of Peffer street, entertained the following guests at an informal card party and supper last vening: Mr. and Mrs. George Nestor, Mr. and Mrs. John Vaughn, Mrs. Thomas Vaughp, Mrs. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Rosie O'hail, Miss Volet Cole, Mr. [ George Saltsman and Mrs. Edward 1 Fry. STEEI/TON SNAPSHOTS Class Meeting. Class No. 17, of St. John's Lutheran Sunday school, tuugVit by Mrs. John F. Moore, will hold a business meeting to-night. League Social. The monthly meeting and social of the Epworth Lcaguo of the First Methodist Church, will be held in the social rooms, to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. "• House of Commons Opens Long Secret Session London, May 10.—Parliamentary circles were greatly interested in to day's secret session of the House of Commons, at which many question uppermost in the public mind were discussftd. Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill, formerly first lory of the admiralty was the first speaker, as he was the most distinguished mem- I ber of the liberal wfar committee which first demanded the secret ses sion. It is assumed that Colonel Churchill raised all the principal subjects under discussion asking many questions and giving Premier Lloyd George opportunity to reply immediately. The secret session probably will continue over Friday. SMALL CHILD DIES Marion, the two-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bru baker. Front street, died this morn ing at 5.30 o'clock. Funeral serv ices will be held Saturday afternoon. MAY 10, 1917. U. S. Rushes West Point Men Through Courses Wlshington, May 10. The first class at Point will be graduated August 3tth the War Department announced to-day and Immediately commissioned to supply 154 highly trained officers to aid in the instruc tion of the first 500,000 selective draft army to be called to the colors some time in September. Under normal conditions the cad ets would have completed their course at the academy In June, 1818. 1 The class ahead of them would have finished in June of thia year le al ready graduated and commissioned in the regular service. . Practically all men of the two classes will become first lieutenants on their first commission, passing: over the grade #f second lieutenant entirely. Some of them will be troop commanders with rank of cap tain for the duration of the war as thel rfirst actual employment after graduation. 3
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