4 ACT PROVIDING PENSIONING OF CITY EMPLOYES pills Pending Affect Harris burg; May Have Tax For Industrial Promotion City Council, if an act now pend ing in Legislature is approved finally, will be required to establish a pen sion system for city employes. An other important third-class city act which has been introduced would provide a method of taxation for the promotion, construction and im provement of industries in the city. Both acts affect every third-class city in the State. The pension la\v Is mandatory in requiring the creat ing of a pension fund. It provides for the organization of a Pension Board, to include the mayor, city controller, president of city council nnd two employes. In Harrisburg Mayor Charles A. Miller is also presi dent of council so that the board would be made up of four members. The act stipulates that laborers paid at a per diem wage shall have the option to pay to the pension J 4MmWMWWWWWWM W**WWWtWWWWWUMV WM> Wedding Gifts °f Known Quality j; The wedding gift should be I ;! of known quality. S _ *A\\l///X.V S §lf your present should | prove inferior your sincer- | ity might be questioned— | vqu would probably be | discredited with your jj Ihe chances arc you |! would never know it— !> they would hesitate to tell ;| There is only one safeguard— |! j! know for your own satisfaction ] I that tlie quality is right. || Buy at Claster's and Your Gift Will Be ij Sure to Prove Satisfactory— BEAUTIFUL STERLING SILVER ij FOR THE BRIDE 11 Forages silver has been the favorite gift for the ii f bride—it is the ideal—the popular gift today and * will continue to be so. " | 1; Let us suggest that your gift be !> Jj sterling—an inex IWjMIVNHW4HNMQpXEaa)iMOfi ij piece-—a set or an elaborate com- - jw '! ], bination. 1 >ur stock is so large and 1 I i there is so much to choose from 2 <! in U n ° troubl ° in mak- P uj ;! assortments include j| j[ productions of the leading <> manufacturers of America 1 | ! | Our new invoices are here for your Wy' j- -agr-i S approval—innumerable individual S S pieces—small and large sets—beau- I I S tifully cased In satin lined oak and I" S j. mahogany cabinets and elaborate | j. lua.de an 1 expensive in jj COMMUNITY SILVER * Ij ]> "We are headquarters for this popular ware as well as for other '! ], standard makes of silver plate, which you know and can vouch for. !' EVERYTHING IN SILVER || <J The highest qualities at the lowest prices. < J H. C. CLASTER j Gems—Jewels Silverware j; 302 Market Street No. 1 North Third Street "! Absolntely*No Pain . HT.TA My latest lmprarad •rpH- iy / fNKmi lacludla* aa oxeygea- >V Vj , | Ued >tr ippirmtaa, mahn - />* > .- ''&'s£ ' / extracting and all iratal \V k Jm worlt foridvelr palnleaM . A K". ',} Hi la perfectly harm- V'fl <A EXAMINATION. S. JtO r.S FREE -• S rffiSWf&S Uoy W> Hwirtfw* Gold cronu aad Oradnato A Am.' Ml(e work C 3, 94, IS AmMhli ▼ OMc open dally SiSO v 21K arid cram.. .•s.oo A 1 •.■., Mon, Wed. X/ aad lit, till 8 p. aki la. •ayo. 1# a. a. ta 1 p. a. U(T tehhi 01 ifPm. Jr Xr Mnuirr* 329 Market St j (Over ffca Hit) X Harrlzburg, Pa. It hvrt . M HOTELS, RESTAURANTS and HOARDING HOUSES can have their kitchen cutlery ground satisfactorily at The Federal Machine Shop Cranberry St., Bet. 2nd and Court TUESDAY EVENING, 1 fund. A rate of two per cent, of the monthly salary of the employe is set to be paid to the fund, with the maximum rate tlxed at four dol lars. May Appropriate For Fund Retirements are allowed at the age of sixty years when the pensions begin. The public authorities aro also authorized to appropriate suffi cient funds if it ia necessary to meet the requirements of the act. Pro visions are made for dismissals' resignations, terminations of serv ice, re-employment, method of com puting the number of years em ployed and investment of funds. The act if passed becomes operative on January l, 1919. • Taxation Bill The act providing for taxation gives council the power to submit at a. special election the question of levying a special tax for promotion of industrial plants In the city and adjacent territory if petitioned for by at least three per cent of the registered voters. The rate of tax shall not exceed three mills on the dollar according to the act the monev so raised to be under the exclusive control of a board of trustees, of not less than six nor more than nino members, consisting of the mayor, director of finance, two members of the board of trade or chamber of commerce, and others from citizens at large in the city. One-third of the members are to serve one year, another third for two years and the remaining third for three years. Officers are a president, secretary and treasurer. Financial reports quarterly are A VIEW OF UNCLE SAM'SNEW 11 MIIH lliMM■■■!!!IIMllTlilWII I UNI II 111 I III—I 111 l||W ,v. ngmi 'iyy ago■ • Uncle Sam has just launched In an eastern port several submarines th e equal of anything. Germany has yet produced. This view sliows N-5 at her pier before she had taken her trial trip. There are some things in con nection with this vessel and the others of the N series of submarines wtitch the Navy Department does not care to have published. But it may be sta ted that the.se vessels are the superior of anything the Germans have yet shown. required a.nd the money raised by the tax is to be used to assist finan cially legitimate industries located or that may locate in the city, by purchasing bonds and loaning the funds at six per cent interest, se cured by mortgage. No loan may bo made for a period exceeding ten years, nor to one concern exceeding one-third of the cost, and not until the entire capital stock is issued arftl paid for in cash. Russian Workers Say They Cannot Support Allied War Program London, May 22. The Petrograd correspondent of the Daily Express says a series of important negotia tions is impending between Russia and her allies, on the question of a revision of war aims as outlined in the replies of the allies to President Wilson. Foreign Minister Terest chenko discussed the matter with the allied ambassadors on Saturday. The correspondent says Russia, in her negotiations, will try to define precisely its desire for peace without annexations or contributions and will make clear that the Russian work j ers. while not desiring a separate I peace, cannot support the allies in 1 their present war program. A revi- Ision of the treaties between the al | lies and Russia will be requested, and jit is believed the allies will call a | conference to consider the whole | question of Russia's future in the I war. Political circles in sympathy with I Foreign Minister Milukoff and Mlnis | ter of War Guchkoff view the nego j tiations with considerable alarm. Rass Delegates to Hold General War Congress Petrograd. May 22. The execu ! tive committee of the council of sol diers and workmen's delegates has i issued a call for a general congress ! on June 14 of representatives of all I branches of the council throughout Russia and of the various militarj* organizations. The congress will dis cuss national defense, peace condi | tions. land and labor problems, the I projected constituent assembly, tne j country's financial policy and condi l tions of military life. Central High Graduate Will Be Ordained as , Pastor of Milroy Church The Rev. H. E. Ulrich will be or ( dained as pastor of the Milroy Pres ; byterian Church of Milroy, in thk | Doylestown Presbyterian Churclg Tuesday, June 5, by the Philadelphia presbytery. The Rev. Mr. Ulrich is a graduate j of Central High school, Lebanon Val- I ley College, 1914 class, and the I Princeton Theological Seminary, | May 8, of this year. eH was local | pastor of the East Pennsylvania con | ferenee of the United Brethren in 'Christ during 1913 and 1914. He is a son of F. S. Ulrich, 1525 Derry street, this city. Count Tarnowski Safely Arrives in Rotterdam ! Rotterdam. May 22. Count Tar nowski Yon Tai-norr has arrived here | after an uneventful voyage from the j I'nited States. Count Tarnowski, | whose Ambassadorship to Washington ! ended before it began, will leave for Viena on a special train to-morrow f morning At the same time his fel low-passenger, Admiral Paul Von Hintze, dismissed German Minister to Peking, will entrain for Berlin. RED MEN' TO ATTEND Members of the Po-Ko-Son Tribe, No. 331 Improved Order of Red i Men will attend the funeral of Harry L. Koon in the United Brethren Church at Enola. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the j Enola cemetery. Deaths and Funerals FI'NERAL OF AIRS, REED Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Smith Reed, aged 21. who died yes terday will be held Thursday after ; noon at 2 o'clock from the home. | Burial will be made in the East Har ; risburg Cemetery. MRS. FA I, LIE MR:XER DIES Mrs Faille A. P. Miller, aged 65, I died this morning at her home. 1726 | Regina street. She is survived by her husband, a daughter, Mrs. P. T. I Barnes and one son. Russell Miller. ! Funeral services will be held Friday I afternoon at 2 o'clock from the! home. Burial will be made in the' | East Harrisburg Cemetery. MRS. DRAWBAI'GII DIES Mrs. Susan Drawbaugh, agqd 68, died at the home of her daughter, ; Mrs. 11. B. Woods, 310 Calder street, | sterday, after a long illness. Fu ■neral services will be held Thursday ! afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Rev. | Edwin H. Rupp, pastor of the Otter } bcin United Brethren Church will officiate. Burial will be made in the j East Harrisburg Cemetery. She is survived by one son, Elmer, of this city; four daughters, Mrs. James Wilson, Mrs. William Crutchley, ! Mrs. William McKay and Mrs. 11. I B. Wood. YOUNG MAN DIES I Jonass Crum Horstlck, aged 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Horstlck, Twenty-eighth and Main streets, Penbrook, died in the Harrisburg Hospital last evening after a long illness. Brief funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at the house and at 10:30 o'clock at Shoop's Cnurch. Burial will be made in the church ceme tery. He is survived by his parents, two brothers, Edwara and Ralph; ! sisters. Elizabeth, Thelma and Anna iat home; Mrs. Robert Kri.sman and j Mrs. James Coulter, New Market. : He was employed as a marker . and stamper In Merchant Mill of the | Bethlehem plant at Steelton. j HARRISBURG *£££&s■ TELEGRAPH NO ATTENTION TO ROAD ORDER Turnpike Company Said to j Have Ignored Ruling of Service Commission Officials of the Motor Club of j drown to complaints of the Berks i and Dauphin turnpike by a news j item in this newspaper of yester-1 day's issue, pointed out to-day that the turnpike company has disregard- j ed absolutely the order of the Pub- } Service Commossion. The Motor Club brought charges; against the turnpike company and j which followed the Public Service j Commission issued the following or- ! der: "NOW, to wit, September 21, 1916, the Berks and Dauphin Turn- j pike Company is ordered to so im- j prove its turnpike that the inacad- | amized portions of its traveled road- l way shall not be ness than twenty one feet in width at any point that this portion shall be properly i crowned, and that the turnpike in j its entire length shall be properly graded and drained on the sides to obviate the ponding length shall be properly graded ahd drained on the on the sides to obviate the ponding up at any time of water on or along the turnpike; that proper guard i fences or walls shall be provided at ; all places where such protection is j necessary or desirable; that the j turnpike shall be straightened and | relocated at or near tollgate No. S j in North Lebanon and South Deb- i anon townships to obviate the dan- j j gerous curves there, and that plans ! and specifications for the permanent | ' improvement of the. turnpike, in l j substantial conformity with these j ! requirements, and the purpose as j I expressed in the company's answer | i to the complaints shall be prepared ! | and submitted to the commission for ' ! its approval, and tha,t when such I plans and specifications are ap j proved, modified or amended b^ r the j commission that the company shall | forthwith proceed accordingly and j I make the changes and improve- ! ments. "And it is ordered tnat the seven- I ' teen miles of the turnpike between : I western boundary of Palmyra in ; i Lebanew county from the Dauphin l I county line to and including the j eastern boundary of Myerstown, in j I Lebanon county, shall be compete j ion or before the first day of July.: 1917, and that the entire balence of j "the turnpike shall be completed on . ! or before July 1, 1918, and that re pairs shall at once be made, rea- j Lsonable in extent and character, on j ■that portion of the turnpike be- j Rween Myerstown and Wernersville. ! Motor club officials say Sittle or j [no attention has been paid, to this j I' order and that the company has ! placed itself in the position of ignor ing an order of the Public Service ■ Commission, for which there are se [ vere penalties. Denmark Has Lost 150 Ships and 210 Seamen in Submarine Attacks By Associated Press London. May 22. A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says thta since the begin- j ning of the war Denmark has lost ir>o I ships through submarines or mines. I The destruction of the ships has been ! accompanied by the deaths of 210 J Danish seamen. DEAF AND DUMB NOW MAKING MUNITIONS j Paris, May 22.—The intensive production of munitions in France, ! with its enormous requirements in I hand labor, has opened up a future for the deaf and dumb, who, before, i the war, Were excluded from factory ! work. Now hundreds of they are ! making shells and parts oftomobile. ; Now hundreds of them are making | shells and parts of automobiles and > aeroplanes for the army. Some of them are earning the equivalent of I four dollars a day. \ Lovely White Skin! Strain lemon juice we!! before mixing and maitage face, neck, arm*, hands. l • . By all means, girls, prepare a lem- ; on lotion to keep your skin flexible j and young looking. You will soon | realize that true loveliness does not I mean the powdery-look or waxen j coiorlessness of some hot-house flow-' or. but is typified by the velvety soft-1 "ness of your skin, your peach-like! complexion and rosy-white hands. At the cost of a small jar of ordi nary cold cream one can prepare a j full quarter pint or the most won-! dorfui lemon skin softener and com plexion by squeezing the I juice of two fresh lemons Into a bot- j tie containing three ounces of or chard white. Care should be taken' to strain the juice through a tine' cloth so jjo lemon pulp gets in, theh | this lotion will keep fresh for months. Every woman knows that lemon juice is used to bleach and re move such blemishes as freckles, sal lowness and tan, and is the Ideal i skin softener, smoothener and beau tifier. Just try it! Get three ounces of i orchard white at any pharmacy and i two lemons from the grocer and | make up a quarter pint of this sweet ly fragrant lotion and massage it I daily into the face, neck, arms and I hands. It should naturally help to j whiten, soften, freshen and bring out I the roses and hidden beauty of anyli skin. It is simply marvelous to! i sinoothen rough, red hands.—Adv. j| WANT FREE FINLAND Helslngfors, Finland, May 22. A | i'onress of the Swedish political par- j ty, representing a majority of Fin-1 fWI onI^HMYSMORE r\M Great Factory Piano Sale Igjjj fmPrices and Terms Cut to Rock Bottom , w ( .\ h " vo , < I,t P* ,c ? s a , nd towns to rock bottom for the final days or this Great Factory Sacrifice Sale This sale /, s<s night, livery instriinient must be wild at some price before that time \Ve have out S8 ownin'- 0 " q u aVlty" i'nsMi'nu-ntt|u"' U < n,, | n(vv< ' j r possibly hope to duplicate again, ir you ever contemplate ACT AT ONCE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE ,im V ! s growing short—the end is in sight—!Jrou will have to act quickly if you desire to secure one of those KMX exceptional instruments at a price that is lower than you ever dreamed of. Conic here with the highest cxoecUi |y\ "• you will not lo disappointed. Hut come in at once before it is too late. nignest cxpecUu Wgk 42 BIG BARGAINS TO CHOOSE FROM ~W , T " C,U ? l " ' he "? r ? d ' B . F ' ne l t , products—you arc offered your choice of such world's famous makes na "Wm. Knabe"—"Price * Teeplc"—the celebrated artists' favorite "Story & Clark" llanos and Player Pianos—"LaFargue" "Ronelt & Sons" "Royal"—"Pease' —and many others. All must be sold—regardless of former price or profit. The bargain of a lifetime is here V' lor you now, if you act at once. 13 l,lre W Look At These Specials That Are Here For You Now—Then Come in At 1 jy Once and Get First Choice—Come in Today or Tonight Up to 9P. M. THIS S3OO PIANO THIS S4OO PLAYER THIS $260 PIANO THIS S6OO PLAYER TERMS—SI.OO WEEKLY TERMS—SI.2S WEEKLY . TE R M S_S2 00 WEEKLY I This oiano sold for 8300 when , A new P,a ' cp „ I>la "° tha * ™ iU This $ - > " <> nrn,,<l Xew Piano, an This Player Piano used for dem- I give you jcars of service and that exceptionally Hue instrument for onstration in our Player Roll De- I new—just taken in exchange on a you could ""t Wy duplicate „ u . Ice _ W|lJ , ,„ c ~ f pnrtmcnt was to sell for $00. It I player—should sell for $125. Our Us , regular price let alone llilWMi w - is somewhat over nine mouths olil ■ , ; , . the sale priee for a Player. This is A Haigaiii for the l)u>er who —slisrhtlv shon worn but in I- I sale priee means an aetual saving: a bargain of a lifetime. See this wants an excellent piano at a mod- lent condition. You can't make a of 310. • without fail. crate price. is take if you ffet this Bargain. This "DE LUXE" Player THIS $350 PIANO THIS $560 PLAYER THIS $350 PIANO TERMS $2.50 WEEKLY A rnblnct Grand Cp rlght Piano TERMS—S2.SO WEEKLY TERMS—SI.OO WEEKLY This Artist Favorite Player Piano for $217. Just think of it. It hardly $387 buys this $550 Player, Bench, endorsed by America s most pop- Bcctns possible but it is true. See Scarf and your choice of Rolls. An Ju-'t rw< ixC( ' thin P' nno from average'' S0((0 l> p\ajer' l pb!no/ <> Our U " tl,Cn >OU W,H PP re< ' ,atc *hta outfit that should bring S6OO cash. onc of yo,lr hoincs ,I<,re and 14 sale price $125 makes it a Bargain saving you can effect by buying Will go for $387 to sonic lucky would ordinarily sell for $lO5. Our you will never duplicate. now. Terms $1.50 weekly. buyer. price for quick sale is $l3O. Buying Now At This Great Story & Clark Piano Factory Sale Means More Piano Value For Your Dollar Than You Can Ever Hope to Obtain Again DCIiCiIRITD 11 is not " mnHor ° r choice with us. TPRU6 . We should get cash for every instrument sold at! nI.ITIK.IVI DC II A factory distributors we were allotted * • these prices. Rut we arc selling them on terms that 0 of the celebrated Story & Clark Pianos arc lower thon you can possibly ever hope to obtain again—sl.oo MfC MIB vT Ckl I und Player Pianos from the factory over weekly and up on pianos, $2.0( weekly and up on player pianos. Spe ll K> I*l UU I UkLL stock with instructions to sell them even clal discounts for nil cash or $50.(10 first payments. Remember terms if at a loss. Our rioors were crowded arc not a factor. We must sell—at once—aiid the buyer with $2.00 in with such ruinous makes as Wm. Knabc, Price & Teeple, Sym- his pocket is as welcome as the man with millions. Act at once. Come plianola, Schubert, IdiEurgue, Royal and many others—wo must have In today or tonight—we arc open until p. m. every evening, room. Wc can't handle all these Instruments at one time. The fac- SPECIAL attention is called to the ract that we are not appealing ury authorizes us to cut prices and terms and sell thl& stock at oncci to the buyers who want cheap instruments. We have nothing to offer and we arc doing it. One Man's loss is the other's gain. Ruying now them, but the buyer who wunts Quality at a guaranteed lMina fide sav mcuns more tor your.money and greater savings than you can ever ing will find this legitimate Factory sale has created prices on Quality hope to obtain again. Act at oncc. . Products that will never IKS equaled again. iKS'Sliir I STORE OPEN EVENINGS Until 9 P.M. I I om-of-Town Sonora . VALIM DDAC Buyers PKonOgraphs "avers YII Hl\ KK( During This Sale JL A JL X l and Allow Railroad 'Come in Let Us Fare Roth Ways, Up I !fi!i I BN. Second St. MARKET SQUARE Harrisburg, Pa. * I I | land's wealthiest and most Influential I classes, yesterday passed a resolution j favoring a complete separation of the I grand duchy of Finland from Russia. MAY 22, 1917. KITES FLY OVERHEAD Eleven large kites flying over the city this afternoon are not enemy aircraft as might Art be supposed from a distance, but part of a pub licity scheme of Dives, Pomoroy and Stewart's. Catarrh of Stomach 1H Did Not Know It PERUNA Made Me Well Mrs. Selena Tanner, Athens, Ohio, writes: "I cannot find words to ex press my thanks for your kind ad vice. I never once thought I had ca tarrh of the stomach. I commenced taking Peruna, as you directed. My stomach continued to hurt me for about two weeks after I began the medicine, and then it stopped. I now have a -good appetite, while before I was nearly starved." Those who object to liquid medi cines can now procura Peruna Tab lets. HUNS ON STRIKE By Associated Press Stockholm, May 22.—According to information received here from a Hungarian source a strike has been continuously In progress in all the Budapest munition factories since May 1.
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