6 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS WICKENHISES-WIIjUAMS Mr. and Mrs. Georgo W. Williams of 22 Balm street announce the marriage of their daughter, Mlsa Jessie Raybelle Williams, to Robert Stoner Wickenhises of Elizabeth town, Pa. The wedding took place In Pittsburgh and the ceremony was performed by Magistrate cx-Judge J. .1. Kirby of that City. Mr. and Mrs. Wickenhises will reside in Pitts burgh, where the bridegroom is con nected with the American Sheet and Tin Plate Company. t'IIOI(\l. VMON XdTKS The music committee of the Harris burg Christian Endeavor Choral l'nion will meet at headquarters, on Thursday evening, May 17, to trans act important business. All are urged to attend. The llarrisbtirg Christian Endeavor Choral Union will have charge of the singing at the V. M. C. A. meeting on Sunday afternoon under the lead ership of Charles I\ Clippinger. The Gideons will have charge of this meeting. 1.l VCH WITH HltS. I.AMIIE It TO.V The following ladies took lunch yesterday with Mrs. llobert A. Lam berton, at her residence, Front and l.ocust streets: Mrs. A. J. Herr, Mrs. Janice H. Darlington, Mrs. Henry Mc- Corniick. Mrs. Spencer C. Gilbert, Mrs. (ieorgi' Douglass Ramsay, Mrs. Wil liam 11, McCaleb, Miss Wiihelm, Mrs. William O. llickok, Mrs. William Pearson. MOTOH TO OETTVSBITIG C. Earl Whitmoyer, Edward Frick man, Jared Lenker, Jacob Wolf, It. L. Dare and W. K. C. Wolf motored to Gettysburg yesterday to attend the alumni exercises of the graduating class of the Gettysburg Seminary. SFEXD WEEK-EM) l\ COUNTRY Miss Clara Anna Adams, 20KG Swa tara street: Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Wag ner and Joseph Shenk, of Penbrook, motored to Duncannon for a week-end visit with friends. Mrs. G. Fred Holtzman, of Eliza betliville, is visiting her parents in Philadelphia. Dr. and Mrs. James W. Kellogg have removed from Old Orchard to their new residence. Sixteenth and Forster streets. Miss Eona R. Shaw, 1031 Park street, has returned home after spending; several days as the guest of Miss Weaverling, in Eaneaster. Mrs. James I. Chamberlin has gone to Poughkeepsie, N ,Y„ to visit her daughter. Miss Jean Chamberlin, a Vassar College student. Mrs. Walter Harvey Allen, of To ledo, Ohio, formerly Miss Josie Belle I Weible, of this city, is visiting her! mother, Mrs. J. M. Weible, 31G North Second street. ?! A Two-Day Shoe Offering at Special Prices Friday Saturday j Women's Shoes Patent Boots button; Louis heels. <£*2 QQ j Special .. t Patent Boots button; Louis heels. <fcO Special * |i Fancy Lace Boots. Sold as high as <fcE A A $12.00. Special *5.00 j | Patent and Dull Button Boots. Walk- dJO a ing heels. Special * jlj ! Men's Shoes. An extraordinary offering in Men's Shoes. - This if | season's styles—new goods. y ' <i ' $4.00 and $5.00 V. lj j 0 "See the Windows" | f; Waik=over Boot Shop ft | j § 226 MARKET STREET | I |j af ff This is the expression we frequently hear from {f ■'--'■* our customers who have brought last year's suit yyyyi/% *nm mi //%%■ to us or cleaning and pressing. Removing all / yyyyy% the dirt that has' filled the twill of the thread yyyyyft freshens the garment and restores the original yyyyyy% 'y// til 1 * color as near as is possible. And our steam press- "/yyyZyyy B m EM,Si a ' ,r ' n K s out ,ena P °f fabric so as to re- V/X/yt% move the shiny worn appearance. ' knowledge ;in<l care makes as faultless Either phone will bring our motor car delivery. Wjmgm FINKELSTEIN 11 wmimim the cleaner 1322 n6rth six ™ street ill H34 MARKET STREET THURSDAY EVENING, GYMNASIUM GIRLS IN ENTERTAINMENT • One of the cleverest acts, of the entertainment to-morrow evening given by the Business Girls' Gymnasium classes in Chestnut street audi torium will be done by the "Tumblers," In the picture above, including Miss Elizabeth Cocl, Miss Anna Luff, Miss Martha Bailey and Miss Clara Wolfe. These young women in'their funny clown's costumes will do a game of Eeap Frog, turn somersaults, forpyrarnids and lightning-like tuni ling, ending with a Yama Yama dance. Miss Marjorie Bolles, the physical instructor of the association has the entertainment in charge and there will be vaudeville, various drills and dances and stunts to please everybody. New Russian Cabinet Agrees on War Points Petrograd, May 17. The govern ment and the radicals who have been hampering its activities have reach ed an agreement on three important points and cabinet reconstruction has been inaugurated. Following the publication of im portant cabinet changes including the retirement of Professor Paul N. Milukoff, foreign minister from the cabinet, the official news agency is sued this statement: "The three cardinal points upon which the government, the executive committee of the Duma and the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates have agreed are: / "The unity of the allied fronts; "The fullest confidence of the rev olutionary democracy in # the recon structed cabinet; "A plentitude of powers for the government." * This Is the Birthday Anniversary of— * CHARLES J. WOOD. Jr. This is t lxo birth lay anniversary of Charles J. Wood, Jr., a native of I Baltimore, but a resident of Harris- j burg for the past ten years where he] has been interested in the wholesale plumbing and heating trade. He re-1 cently Joined the sales force of the American Radiator Company, show-! room at 110 North Second street. He is one of the original roster of the llarrisburg Rotary Club, a member \ of Perseverance Lodge*of Pennsyl ! vania Masons and the local lodge of the United Commercial Travelers and lie counts a host of friends ! among the people of his adopted city. COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD MAY 28 AT MEItCEBSBURG j Acceding to the wishes of many j I patrons, the Mercersburg Academy,! } lor war reasons will omit the regular j | commencement functions with the exception of the graduation exer -1 cises. By omitting these functions and condensing the examination I schedule, the graduation exercises ! will lie held on the morning of Mon day, Slay 28, instead of Wednesday, Juno 6. i Your eyes arc worthy of the best i attention you can give them. Bel ! singer glasses can be had as low as 52.00. Optometrists 212 LOCUST ST. Next Door to Orplietim Theater i Examined No Drops •' -■ < -y HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ROOKIES HAPPY DESPITE RAIN March Through Downpour as Part of Officers' Daily Training Fort Niagara, N. Y., May 17.—The men in training for o(fleers' commis sions here got their lirst taste yes terday of soldiering in wet weather. For the greater part of the afternoon the rain poured in torrents upon the rookies and their officers. Most of the men were out on their first hike, which took in the surrounding coun try for a distance of several miles from cainp. Some of the companies were marched out the brick paved boulevard toward Niagara Falls, while others went down the lake road several miles, Others contented themselves with a march through the streets of the tillage of Youngstown. Despite the rain, however, it was a happy crowd of khaki-clad men that stepped out upon the parade grounds and then followed at the command of tlie officers. They soon got into the steady, easy swing of the trained soldier, and had gone only a short distance when they began to whistle and sing catchy airs. They found that this made marching easier. They had no other music, and were ordered out without equipment. "Dixie" "Tipperary," and "Marching Through Georgia" were the most popular of the songs whistled and sung. , From Reveille at 5.20 o'clock in the morning until "Lights out" at 10 o'clock there was little leisure time for the rookie or his officers. During the study period from 7 to 9 o'clock the inen are carefully watched. The study is optional with the recruit. The textbooks are there and their contents must be learned during the pinety days the recruit is in training or he will fall in his exams. The" offi cers have told the men that study is entirely up to them. The officers are on the watch continually and notes ore taken of the recruits who-shirk study periods. General Hell was up before the | bugle sounded this morning and when the soldiers tiled out of the bar racks to mess they found him and Colonel W. Miller with several of the post staff officets nearby in confer ence. The general already had breakfasted. The general visited every part of the camp. It was his first trip to Fort Niagara. After leaving the post he said that Fort Niagara would not be used as a training camp for an in crement of the proposed selective service army. Maddison barracks and Plattsburg also have been elimi nated. he said. "Weather conditions at Niagara Falls and in this latitude are too se vere in the Winter time," the general said. "You know the recruits must be drilled every day in the month, and every month in the year—dvery day in the year—if they are to become good soldiers in the short time al lowed for their training, and the snow fit Niagara is too deep in the winter for men to use the camp. The soldiers would not drill in the deep snow. We could not use Niagara more than six months in the year and the government cannot erect temporary quarters for the soldiers to be of service only six months, in the year when there are plenty of places where the camp can be used the entire year. X could not recom mend Niagara as a training camp site, and Maddison and Plattsburg are also out of consideration." Three Night Controls Are Established on Highways During the last few days the rep resentative of one of the largest truck manufacturers in -Michigan ar ranged three night controls in cities on the William Penn highway at which will be put up brand-new trucks not only being delivered over land to New York and Philadelphia, but carrying overland supplies of munitions and other material from Western Penrfsylvania, Ohio and Michigan cities. The idea of trans porting goods to the seaboard in new trucks being deltveted to deal eis was originated by thev Detroit company which has ai ranged the night controls in Pennsylvania. Although for the last year or so western manufacturers have been sending new trucks overland through Pennsylvania, these' trucks have been "running light," with the re sult that valuable transportation facilities have been overlooked. Hut the Detroit factory is utilizing this lost motion, and with the full con sent of the dealers, who declare the oddition of a load will mean an end to "racing" of new trucks. From Pittsburgh east the route will be over the Lincoln highway to Uieeiisb'irg; thence to New Alexan dria, Hlairsvllie. and eastern points. of certain conditions the man ifj' turer w'M not permit the names of n'.ght-cohtrol cities to be come kneiwn, snd has taken this stand at the insistence of garage companies. CASKET lIK ORDERED 15 YEARS AGO IS SHIPPED York, Pn., May 16. —P. A. Latter, undertaker at Dover, has shipped u | iivriy' casket to Jeremiah Jacobs. ■ ('.linden, Ind„ a former resident of Dover. While living in Dover Ja •„!,£ had the casket prepared by 'Undertake" Berklielmer, of Harmony Grove Alter the dea'h of Berkhetm- I cr it was placed in the care of Lauer. i Jacobs also had a tombstone cut i and placed in readiness bj> N. H. i Bausnman, of Dover. This was done I fifteen years ago, when Jacobs was 65 years old. He is now 80 and re cently decided that it would be best ! to have the stone and the casket ; handy, and they were shipped to ' him a few days ago to his Indiana | residence. IJ.BANON CIVILIAN SKNT TO ' iIAIL I'OU WKARING I'MIOIiM Pittsburgh, May 16.—Pledding ! guilty of wearing the uniform of a | soldier of the Un'ted States when he i had 110 right to it, Benjamin Ober, !1 yars old, of Lebanon Pa., was ' sentenced to serve one day in jail i by Judge Charles P. Or' in the Unit [ ed States district court here. I The case is the first of its kind ■ that tins been called to the attention 1 of the local Federal authorities in the ! present war with Germany. UlUli liOOTBI.ACK IX IIOTKI. I.IM S |||:|{ Jon New York, May lti.—The "boot hlackes#"' has arrived. She is Miss ! Kitty DeAngelis, and she started yes terday shining shoes in the Hotel McAlpin. The young woman does not burnish the pedul coverings of mere men. however, for her stand is established in the ladies' parlor of the hotel. Another girl will be added shortly. | Miss De Angells'spent a busy day with cloth, brush and polish yester day. "I'd rather do this than manicure, and there's more money in it," she beamed. PETAIN CALLS ON AMERICA TO SEND MEN AT ONCE TO HELP FRANCE IN FiGHTING Commander-in-Chief of French Army Would Train U. S. Soldiers and Recruits at the Front Paris, May 1,7, —The following statement was obtained by Whitney Warren from General Petain, com mander-in-chief of the French army. It reads: "It seems to be the intention of the United States government to create a powerful army. To do this con scription must become , a reality. There must be raised and equipped, armed and instructed, a vast num ber of recruits sufficient to form a great number of divisions. Superior and subaltern officers must be chosen and trained, and staffs and other in numerable servicea organized. "It is well known that America is capable of this herculean effort, but it must ulso be remembered that I once these great urmies are trans ported to France they must again i go through a period of training be- j fore they can be sent into battle or I even hold quiet portions of the front. ( Witness the experience of the Kng- ; lish, when the divisions of Kitchener | arrived. The Kritish staff sent them | to the front, battalion by battalion, ] then by brigades. In only one ur two instances were masses allowed . to move, and then the result was i very poor and the losses tremendous, j "Think also of the immense j amount of organization necessary*: before your men can even embark-—! the service of alimentation and food j distribution, artillery and its serv- | ices of munitions of all calibers, | workshops to repair and pieces to j replenish the engineers with their j materials for roads, bridges, rail- j ways, telegraph. Abater and light in- j stallation; the aviation service, with ; its machinery, its balloons, its work- j shops; the sanitary service, not to i speak of the transport service by! horse and motor. Same Difficulties For All "All these difficulties present themselves not only to one, but to every division. imagine the delay t necessary before such difficulties can be overcome and, above all, before they can function under the condi tions necessary. "True, all this will be realized later. It must be. But what Is im perative now is men. What France needs most is men—infantry. We fully believe that of all nations America can do most and in the I Rev. Harold H. Baldwin Is Ordained at Pine Street The Rev. Harold H. Baldwin was j ordained as assistant pastor of Pine Street Psesbyterian Church last eve ning. The sermon was preached by the' Rev. Dr. Alfred H. Barr. Constitu-1 tlonal questions were asked by the; Rev. Thomas J. Ferguson, moderator' of the Carlisle Presbytery. The Rev. | Dr. L. H. Mudge, offered the prayer; of ordination and the charge to the I assistant pastor was delivered by the moderator. t JAMES WllJi SPEAK AT IJLiACK LIIAMOND TRIAL MEET j M. H. James, secretary of the Wil- | Ham Penn Highway Association left | this morning for Dubois, where this ; evening he will talk at a meeting of | the promoters of the proposed J "Hlack Diamond Trail," which will j connect Olcan, N. Y., and Cumber land, Md., through McKean, Elk, I .lefferson, Clearfield, Blair and Bed-j ford counties. The "Black Diamoudi Trail" is the work of the Dubois | Chamber of Commerce, of which a j former Harrisburg newspaper man,! C. Laurence Shepley, is managing | secretary. IiBBANON VAI.I.BY SENDS FORTY TO AKMY AM) NAVY | Annville, Pa., May 17. Although hard hit as the result of the patriotic response on part of the student body to President Wilson s i-a'l for volun- , ters in he preparations for war with Germany, the authoril'es of Lebanon! Valley College at this time olau to continue the term to its scheduled end. June K. Much, however. d"pends on th<> action of the students as yet ! continuing at their studios who arc at ! the some time emploving themselves | diligently in their military prepara tions as members of the college cotm pony. In seven days twentv-seven stu dents have left for service in Fiance and to attend officers training | camps. Of the student body, forty hove joined the army or navy and 131 | are enlisted in the agricultural army. Others are In munition factories. i CORRES TON DENTS ARE MADE | HONORARY MEMBERSj The thirty members of the Penn- j sylvunia Legislative Correspondents': Association have been chosen hon-1 oriu y members of the William Penn j Highway Association, as have Lieut ; Governor Frank B. McClatn and Speaker Richard Baldwin of the House of Representatives. This por tion of the William Penn honorary membership will have a dinner at Reading, Thursday, May 17, after covering a hundred or so miles of the Wiliiam Penn In automobiles. I (Innllty GOIICiAS Services Kodakers Bear In Mind You can get anything you may need for lilming. devel oping, printing or mounting at Gorgas' any time. Day or Night Get in the habit of coming here for supplies and you'll never be disappointed. The best of everything at the lowest prices. Kodaks, all sizes. Tripods Outfits Supplies Developing and Printing GORGAS' ' DRUG STORES 16 N. Third St. and Penna. Station. _ ! least time, but in order to move ; quickly the staff must be ready with ! Its men. "What we look to from America is j quick action in order to relieve the ! nations which already' suffer so* much. Also to see big—-that is, to j create organizations capable of de veloping and utilizing the immense ! resources of our country and, above all, immediately to send vol unteers. These volunteers would at! first be trained between French ; units, but Always respecting the uu-< tonomy of America, it is understood ! that it is a moral necessity that they light under their own flag; but there) is also the necessity for a period of transition or instruction when quick- ] er and better results can be obtained by the above methods. Could Train loiter Units "Therefore, in order as soon as possible t& get them in line, it is imperative to charge the French ! with their training by incorporating i them immediately into the French i army itself, so that in turn they can j train your troops arriving later and ! be ready to take the place of officers and petty officers. Your volunteer | units, which for the moment would be framed between French units, < also could be used later as frames | for arriving American 'armies. "Therefore, as soon as the vol- j unteers arrive they should be in- I corporated, according to their arm i of service, in the French army, un- j der the Stars and Stripes, naturally, i This will insure intensive training! and shortly furnish monitors for the regular army raised by conscription. i The foundation of the American vol- j unteer units wilf comprise two periods: First, constitution and equipment in America; second, a period of intensive instruction In; France. Instruction and formation of officers is all-important, and was i especially what was lacked in the I case of the KngUsh. "Officers should be very numerous | enough for at least a hundred divi sions. They should be taken from ! your actual army or militia, from among regular soldiers, and capabfe of furnishing the lower grades and from young men who liave a certain ! amount of education." HI I f/i / \ / method makes an account oU.OtWrHP STRA sSSSKgy with us a pleasure and HARRiaßureO' convenience. These Things You'll Need Now We Are Prepared to Meet Your Summer Furniture Requirements Furnishing the home properly for the summer months is an admirable trait of Har risburg people. It is often said that Harrisburgers know how to live. It is only natural, then, that this big, refreshing, up-to-the-minute Furniture Store would be at your serv ice in the most satisfactory way possible. It will always pay you to look here—even if you don't buy—because you will learn \alucs, designs, and especially what is most suitable for your purpose. '■ 0P stantb"go?? looking" Amo "s our splendid assort- Refrigerators comfortable mcnt °f gO"P rts and baby car- Hye up to thdr name and ■p. . .pi riages is this reputation—constantly cold IJrorch Kocker Reed Coach inside, saving ice. C-f QE <?-f rn Use an Alaska " I I /X—- Lift to P— famil y s ize -L — -LO — $9.85 The woven seat is durable It is made of choice and durable Side icer—metal lined, and comfortable. The high reed, natural finish. Rolled edge i— back affotd? ample room for hood, very attractive. Rubber tired Hll lounging ' in the chair. wheels. <p£JLJ,O\J Cedar Chests Made of Selected Cedar 34 in • long $8.50 43 in. long sl2 _-• The cabinet work on these Cedar cheats is first class. Each I IJ Chest is carefully and accurately made. The lids fit snugly. The | lpr * corners are tight, the hinges are solid, the outside is properly and ■' beautifully finished. Put Your Clothes in Cedar Chests. Rich Colorings and Carefully Selected Designs Make Rug Choosing Easy Here MAY 17, 1917. Witmer, Bair and Witmer Walnut, Near Second | A Sale of Cloth Suits No Job Lot —All Taken From Our Regular Stocks Every high-grade Cloth Exclusive Suit models in Suit in the house navy, fj ne mixtures, in regular and black, hairline and oxford— fashionable fi si originally priced $39./3 to . . f __ $55.00. A number of large originally priced $42.50 to si7.es. Special .... $32.50 $47.50. Special . .. $25.00 Suits in magenta, tan, Rack of Suits in broken rookie, green and gold ; in sizes; one of a kind; excep sizes to 40 regular prices lionia 1 1 <rio7- * te?-nn c. • i priced 57.95, SIO.OO, $19.73 to $2?.00. Special, $13.75 $19.75 to $15.00 $24.75! Coat Specials For Friday Desirable Styles and Materials 7 Coats in green, gold andj 8 Coats in green, gold, magenta; sizes 46 to 38; rose and Copen; 16 to 36; values $16.75 to $21.75. values $22.50 to $25.00. Spe- Special $12.50 cial $15.00 5 Coats in gold, green and 20 Odd Coats, in navy, magenta ; sizes 16 to 36 ; checks and mixtures ; values values SI 1.75 to $13.50. Spe- $12.50 to $22.50. Special, j cial $9.75 $5.95 and $7.50 CPECIAL showing of Summer Furs at at- tractive prices; Red, Brown, Taupe, Cross and Gray Fox Scarfs. Witmer, Bair and Witmer
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