HELP WAR BOND SALES IN STATE Swartz Bill Passed and Sterl ing Bill Beported Out of the House Committee Steps to assist in the sale of war bonds were taken by the House of Representatives late yesterday after noon when it passed the Swartz bill to allow all corporations to invest surplus funds in war bonds and af firmatively reported the Sterling bill K to authorize building and loan asso ciations to make similar Investments. The Swartz bill authorizes invest ments to be made without consent of stockholders and extends the right to corporations of all classes. There are thousands of corporations which will be enabled by the bill to buy war bonds. The House also passed the Beyer bill providing that persons connected with governmental service shall not be held to have resigned on entering army or navy, and for payment of halt of salary to dependents of those paid not over $2,000 per year. The House reconsidered its morning defeat of the Lewis bill regulating ex penditure of state money for high ways and passed finally the bill prr viding that any county, borough r township bridge crossed by a stt.e or state-aid highway shall become a part of said highway and be main tained by the state. This will re lieve Dauphin county of a dozen bridges. Bills providing that constables shall receive half of penalties in game and fish law prosecutions and forbidding use of high power rifles except for hunting were defeated. Illlln Reported Out In addition to the resolution to sub mit the $50,000,000 bond issue amend ment to the constitution House com mittees reported out the bill to abol ish all state taxes on bonds of mu nicipalities, school districts, boroughs and other governmental units. The Sarlg "trust buster" and char itable appropriation apportionment bills were also reported along with bills to tax all real estate one mill for state purposes and to tax real estate of public service corporations for local use. The Western Peniten tiary bill was reported for $416,000. The constables' fee bill was negatively reported. House bills passed finally were: Fixing pay of assessors for county taxes in third class cities at $3 per Regulating salaries in Philadelphia recorder's office. Authorizing second class townships to erect fire hydrants. Requiring male applicants for hunt ers' licenses to present tax receipts. Authorizing appeals to the Superior Court in all habeas corpus cases. Authorizing second class cities to buy and store and sell food, coal, etc., to residents. Senate bills passed finally were: Authorizing manufacturing corpo rations to produce raw materials, and to own and operate means of trans portation for them. Empowering banks and trust com panies to accept drafts and issue let ters of credit. Regulating compensation of poor directors in counties having less than 500,000 population. Providing for a stadium In Phila delphia. Requiring second class cities to & give an increase of $l5O per year to all employes receiving less than $1,500 per year. Regulating manner in which per sons who have left Philadelphia city service and returned to it can receive benefits of pension system. Just before adjournment the House passed tho Powell bill making It a misdemeanor to remove or steal or destroy seeds or plants from gardens i or farms. At 6 p. m. the House adjourned. Mr Whitaker, Chester, making infer ence to the death of ex-Representa tive C. P. Greenwood, Chester. GAMEBILLS ARE ADVANCED "With four of Its bills passed finally by the Senate, of which two have gone to the Governor, and the new Came Code advanced to the point ol imoi nassaee. the Wild Life League • of Pennsylvania is hopeful that in the next two weeks the entire program of * legislation advocated by the or ganlzed sportsmen of the state will have been disposed of and a notable advance scored in the work of prac tical conservation of fish, game and 1 The bills which are now in the hands of the Governor are three in number, including the Bldelspacher bill extending the duties of fish, game and forest wardens which was passed last week, the Wallace bill providing for the establishment of auxiliary game preserves in counties having no state forest lands, and the bill Hiving additional protection to frogs, terrapin and turtles. which alter measure is a Fisheries Department 1)1 The bills which were passed finally hv the Senate this week after break ing speed-records for such legislation are the Whitten bill doing away w th the necessity for biennial appropria tions of tho Resident Hunters Li cense funds, by making these f "" d available as soon as they reach the state treasury, and the new bounty bill introduced by Senator McConnell. There are still in committees the following measures a d vo catea iiy the l,eaeue: In the Senate, the Dell bill opening the unseated and auxiliary forest reserve lands to hunters and fishermen which is meeting with de termined opposition, and the Crow resolution providing for a scientific study of industrial pollution and Its abatement where possible; in the House Hie Cook forest purchase bill is still in committee. The Powell bill appropriating the Resident Hunters' License Fund to the uses of the Game Commission Is now on the louse calendar. It provides' for an increase for deserving game wardens up to S9O per month, and car ries a provision for sixty wardens, an increase of ten men In the force. It is expected to reach final passage In the House next week. COLLEGE GETS POST OFFICE State College, Pa., May 2 4.—Har- Foster, postmaster here, received no tification from Washington that State College wll have a $48,000 post of fice building erected here this sum mer. Plans and specifications for the structure provide for either a lime stone or sandstone structure, trim med with granite. The new building will have a frontage of eighty feet, and a depth of fifty-six feet. It will he placed on a lot, already purchased for $13,000 at Beaver avenue and Allen street. An additional SIO,OOO will he provided for equipment. ,Ue McNeil's Pain Exterminator.—adv. THURSDAY EVENING, Finds Life in Engineers Corps Which Will Go to France Very Interesting Frank Redeker, a former photo engraver in the plant of The Tele graph Printing Company, who re- |The Final and Last Two Days of the Big May Sale Of Surplus Stocks] | Two Big Sale Days—Tomorrow, Friday & Saturday—Two Big Sale Days I \ Extraordinary Bargains in Spring, Summer Apparel For Your Decoration Day Needs # FRIDAY ONLY* 6 . I 1 _ \ FRIDAY ONLY \ 1 V menS EXTRA SPECIAL! EXTRA SPECIAL EXTRA SPECIAL FYIM SOfifilfll Fllf Frid3V Oil IV Women s # Vests Women's and Misses' Women's and Misses' ... , _ Boild. tAild uJJCvIu I FUI Billldj Vlllj White I Worth 12V4C Corduroy S 00 Plaid Pvimrr nn n *ls Backed by all the re- Aftl" XL H 'lt A PettlCOOtS . ) > q //„ Dress Skirts coats DUSTERS I==§ =n. ars OnSale in the Bargain Basement —•<. C Extra Special ... ——— Values to $5 00 terest of 314 per cent, und O I ??, 5,;,? ~,srrrr, " " i V Famous Acme Ice Cream 89c m ''' l in . K f' Second Floor. Second Floor. Seconil Moor. It is our duty, your dutv CBCCTPFtt white muslin: s cut l % Ilrst Hoor \ mmm m and everybody's duty to J# F ■!£,£# Plf fU " W,th em " 1 M " ___ __ buy at least one bond. Sub- f'ACMS ■■■■■*■ m broidery and lace i j' 'women's' 1 The Most Drastic Reductions Ever Attempted On Bp special Friday' OC , J it • mt . _ A er rate of interest if any :4 - 2 quart size freezes cream in 5 min- HIIDAI ONL\ I Union Womens l\l^w Ar Qt>lnrr QITITQ or* JrnA TQ .rr m j "tea. Absolutely sanitary and reliable. One Lot of 25 | l Suits & Misses* opring 3UII j and LUA 1 j B io ° to sen, so come ear* for Combinations J Worth 35c ' Worth to #1.45 I 27c Just 165 Newest Spring Suits Reduced To Sell TWO EXTRA FRIDAY SPECIALS IN 49C | 1 sHSeI?" At Four Astounding Small Prices Women's White Shoes and Oxfords j # "'' oor Women's and p- A FOR YOUR DECORATION DAY OUTING. Till," | 1 FRIDAV o>LV Women's and (f| Hg Af 10L WOMEN'S WHITE WOMEN'S WHITE ir.DAV o.VLV I Lr ciiiTC $ U'M W SUITS */ = Shoes and # Lace Bfe" UA/f i~'- f Oxfords J I Boots I l„, ' Values to $12.50, For W & V _ _ 29c 1 J durable hose ;* 0 UI Just 35 Suits to sell. W M U wMMW "f . v , CP | A|i [. *¥ Turkish batlil l pioor S Bh a„ , s o^w m Sw r J !K| ZIM \\ i \| Uk I I A few check suits in- A and Villi/ \\ *1 J) 1 C °'° ra I ■ FRIDAY OSLY eluded; assorted sizes. Bl / (l\*\ I Flrat Floor ) Men's y lfflPlw/1 Values to $2.50 SjJ \\Jt Worth to $3.00 ' fh.DAV om.v J Belts Women's and rfj |?A Women's and C? A h igT cul," ow° heel' Ume'Jh oe"'.' \ Hih cut new spring Notion K worth -5c Misses' tDfl ■(jU 1 BMWi Misses' ill Latest spring models, wonderful- X \ whlte canvas lace boots, with , I IC* ■ H til ■ n Vr ly stylish for Decoration Day white sole and Spanish heels. All OpCCIQIS X C TIXC mK i Q| Tf l |'Q wear. All sizes. Ist I'loor. Another big bargain. 10c I'eHii buttons, | C Made of leather O 11 O i EBSSI ■ W ~ Eoc hand bags, I a^n;ted d slze8 aCk; ' Values to SIB.OO, F 31 "" $22 ' 50, I J loe dress shields , > „M.V I Continuing the Big Sale & Demonstration I TU? S Si ' k SSk 1 . Of' Free" Sewing Machines t wortk 50e AT SPECIAL LOW UNDERSELLING PRICES , C OQ 4 RlOf I fltc Womens and Cmmim/v _J. _ Tomorow, Friday in the Bargain Basement U '° AY °f LY J Zy C O J-uUIO V-/1. Misses' jprinff The "Free" Is a marvelous sewing machine which embodies n s m , i * all the good features of all other machines in addition to many \\ • Ppttimat* I J in-hand silk ?1" A J- Tk i • nrfc 1 j • new improvements not found on other machines. For beauty, CUIIUHM I I pUin colors and At Ul'aSTlC* KPrlllpf lOlltt lightness, speed and service. It stands unequalled. Worth 50c I BtH , Peß WOHEVS Axn iICUUi/UUIIS - SIO.OO IX)H YOUR OLD MACHINE 1 % Floor J WOMEN S AND MISSES' WOMEX'S AND MISSES' WOMEN'S AND MISSES' During this demonstration we will allow you SIO.OO on vour I J A A mtT'l /-> /-V A A old sewing machine if you buy one of these new 1917 Cabinet "Ut I ■ FRIDAY ONLY y® W/% I 1.11 I ■ ■ ■/% I W a B A Models 1> ree Sewing Machines. And the opportunity to learn Wyl,. I FJI/JMN Made of percales, fl' m JL k J 71 W/m. ■ something of real worth in sewing machine construction is Btl'l '/ B\„ in plain colors m Men's 25c Value to $6 95 v.i.. # CO-A .. „ yours while this demonstration is in progress. See Mr. Cowan ffl a r. d P eat m c J sm m —•' - - to $.oO A alue to $12.50 Wortli to $15.00 the expert, and let him explain the merits of the Free. 'RaffiSglaEMl m % } s $4.75 $5.75 $7.75 $9.75 ~ is?^t e h ~r:„rr ; as_ n ™ r . i i • m r> TI • 1 ot ° f 0 1 IfEJT Hundreds Of Lovely New Wash Skirts Marked bet ln Men For Thls J \ ZZ:r Especially Low Last Days Of This Big Sale Biff FRIDAY SUIT SPECIAL $2.951 C Kid WASH DRESS SKIRTS \fj ASH n RFSS qvtptc 4 _ _ . . An odd lot of 40 M (Gloves Extra SIOO Era IQC iij 1L 100 Men s &Yoni Men $ Brand New I worth *1.30, pr. Special. 1 .UU Ilf A CT, CVinTH S P ecial $1.95 QIIITQ A Mprf si,,,, 10 16 year J I in whU?^nd , rtHped al eff e ects a tl "T.JU WASH SKIRTS Plain white and striped effects, newest yfs. J KlINu OUI 1O ff *7 C" S<< " n 1 .45 $1 $1.25t $1.45 $1.95> Special, \ sfj /I n C 1 Boys' & Girls' Basket Cloth, Gabardines, Khaki and 52.45 tO $3.95 Fancy ' I^neycomb. Sa etc!| * L I u crash models, new full back styles with plain white and fancy colored stripes. BM ACTUAL UP TO $13.50 VALUE Morth 7oc | fancy pockets and button trimming. All SECOND FLOOR f ° r , *M\ All the season's smartest new models, made of worsteds, A A 1 sizes for women and misses' . J?, 1 "?®"' Man y of them have l\ blue serge, fancy cheviots, etc. Belt backs and stvllsh con- 4Q/ I 1 imir ' u Clts ' / ,1 1 servative; handsomely tailored in a host of good patterns and I j I \ a " sizcs - Buy to-morrow, men, if you want a bargain. Made of galatea i f\ #/_ / \ cloth with body; Startling Friday Specialsßargain Easeme ] Anothl°B?g oSak 0 Sak of'M^'s' 'ZlZ r I / Men s sl.s° 75c Tabour- 39c Muslin 15c Percales 25c Pillow 12'/ 2 c Bleach- 25c White l l\ 500 Pairs of Good Work & Dress Pants Women's C I Senmt Straw J HatS colored tabourettes B sheeting remnant patterns; yard Made of good mus- Yard wide; good, white materials, / * WM. **a. fe Vi iAWIU TV | 1 I F " strong; Friday . 1 IS | Men's $1.50 Q/"| Men's $2.50 dj 1A Q 75 ° ) | 1Q -• " C ' al - Friday special, day special. el ties; Friday spe- JH Khaki Pants,.. 90 C Trousers. OQ_ I f Vl.lV 49c 25c 10c 19c 10c 15c 14 Pik Just 50 pair in the lot. I Made of good worsteds, also I Oi/C J J All sizes; all the I imm |IMH| Made with belt loop and cuff c ° u °f"""botfoln'' An' sizes lovely new styles I newest summer 25c Voiles and 39c Sport 10 Big Rolls sl-00 Clothes $1.25 Curtains 59c Matting I Mkl bottom, AH sizes. to 42. aii's a ize n s and volle: ( I i'*irit Kior, Front Foulards Skirtings of Toilet Trees cross stripe madras Rues Men's $3.00 d -■ qj- Men's $3.50 do /*q FrUt F ' oor J nn Plain volles nd Poplins and beach Ponar fnv curtains for doors & UJ Trousers, X• %S Trousers, (PMaUt/ FHIDAY ONLY 3 menb ipo.uu tlgured foulards. In cloth weaves; an I dper lUI Made in fumed oak and windows; dark Size 36x72 inches; Worsteds, cheviots and Of blue serge, fancy worst- % J T nvn Pnrtnmn colors- e Fridav e sne- e w styles and col- w finish; strong; Fri- green; Friday spe- from stenciled pat- Lg\ cassimeres, well made with eds and cheviots, all hand- One Lot of J m a uyu m ufiuiliu cj . • ors , p rtday BDec i a i • • day special, clal, a pair, terns; Friday only. M side buckles, belt loop and somely made and tailored. ni y C 1 1/ , , - , _ a 1 ■ " W cuff bottom. All sizes. All sizes to 42. Women S ff nats 10c 19c 5Qr QRr d*ir ... . f I sp " lal Frid " 5 ' [Extra IYUIay Spc- FndaV Sale of BoVS' WflSh SllitS Waists J 1