LEGISLATURE NEWS SPECIAL ORDERS TO BE REQUESTED Important Bills Will Likely Be Given Bight of Way to Enable Definite Action As the House of Representatives will open up the last fortnight of the session this evening with the biggest Mlendar of the whole session, mem who are back of important bills are scouting around trying to reach an agreement to have them made special orders. The House third reading calendar will contain over 300 bills within the next forty-eight hours with the appropriation bills from the Senate coming along as spe cial orders. The plan as outlined is to get the b s 11 to suspend-the full crew law dur ing the war, the workmen's compen sation amendments, the Philadelphia small council, Stadtlander ta,x, Baker agricultural education, Democratic "trust buster," Fowler anticombina tion, "mine cave," elective school board and similar bills made special orders. All these are House bills and if they are not disposed of this week are doomed. Most of them are away down on the calendar. There is such a tremendous jam of bills on the House calendar that it is doubtful whether many bills will be reported out of committees this week. If they do they will have to be considered within four days. The chances are that the House will 3it Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week with possibly a Friday session. In addition to over 230 bills on the third reading calendar the House is to-night confronted with over sev enty Senate appropriation bills on lirst reading and twenty-one bills of its own on first reading, a dozen or >0 on second reading with big post poned calendars. The Pymatuning swamp and Cook tract appropria tions are on second reading and the rarbondale mine fire and general ap propriation bills on third reading or final passage. The general bill will pass finally to-night and go to the Senate for consideration. The Senate will to-night pass the resolution withdrawing the Wood ward bill carrying the "life saving" appropriation for Capitol Hill salar- 1 ies from the Governor so that a typo graphical error may be corrected and the money made available this week. The Governor is in favor of the bill. The Senate has a long list of House appropriation bills to pass this week in addition to a big calendar of its own. The Whitaker bill to abolish the State Commission of Agriculture is on third reading, having passed i the House, but will go back fori amendment. The Sproul resolution i for a commission to investigate old age pensions is on third reading, as is the Swartz bill allowing corpora tions to invest surplus funds in war bonds. The Beidleman third-class city bill is on the postponed third reading calendar. The prohibition amendment of Smith, of Bedford, is on third read- | ins in the House away down on the 1 list, while the similar amendment of Smith, of Crawford, never got out of the Senate committee. The Governor has sixty bills to dls- i rve of this week, including the di-, inheritance tax measure, on! wh'lch his time is up on Saturday. THIS MEDICINE WOMEN VALUE Positively Relieves the Suffering More Convincing Proof. When Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound was first introduced its curative powers were doubted and had to be proved. But the proof came, and gradually the use of it spread over the whole country. Now that hundreds of thousands of wom en have experienced the most bene ficial effects from its use its value has become generally recognized and it is now the standard medicine for women's ills. The following letter is only one of thousands on our files. Dennison, Texas.—"l cannot feel that 1 have done my duty until I tell what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound has done for me. I suffered from female troubles so I [•ould hardly drag around and do my work. I was very nervous, and had dizzy spells, heat Hashes, and lieadaches until life was a burden. My husband brought me a bottle of >ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and I soon began to improve, i continued its use and am now free roni all pains and aches that made ife a burden. You may use this let :er In any way you like for I want the world to know what a grand medicine Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound is."—Mrs. G. O. Lowery, 911 S. Barrett Ave., Denison, Texas. Write the Lydia E. Pinkham Medi ine Co., Lynn, Mass.. for free advice. STOMACH TROUBLE IS GONE sanpan Did It. Relieved Me Almost Immediately lays J. B. Smith, Route 6, Lancas er, Pa. "Sanpan is a wonderful medicine, or it fixed me up fine, and it didn't r'aste any time about it either. "I was all bunged up with stotn ch trouble, indigestion and a ca irrhal condition; when I ate I ituld fill up with gas, that would around my heart and cause ter- Ible pains and I was worried. "I was all run down, I felt tired 11 the time. I had no ambition to o anything and felt bad all over. "I heard such a lot about Sanpan, ■om people it had helped, that I lought maybe it might help me, >o, so I started taking it, after talk ig it over with a friend of mine. "I am glad to say a good word >r it, as my old ailments are gone, iy stomach is fixed up, and I can t like a lumberjack, believe me It some appetite." The Sanpan man is now in.troduc ig this great medicine to the peo le of Harrisburg at Keller's Drug ore, 405 Market Btreet. There is ply one Sanpan.—adv. MONDAY EVENING, STATE'S INSANE TO BE CARED FOR Woodward Says ssoo,oooWill Be Allowed For Blairsville; Torrance Sends Letter Francis J. Torrance, of Pittsburgh, president of the Board of Public Charities, has written a letter in be half of the insane of the state and urging the Western State Hospital for the Insane to be located near Blairsville Intersection, which likely will result in an appropriation of $500,000 being made for this Insti tution. Chairman James F. Wood ward, of the House appropriation committee, said that he thought this amount of money would be voted. The letter was sent to Chairman Woodward and Chairman Clarence J. Buckman, of the Senate appro priations committee following a visit of Mr. Torrance made here last week in behalf of the institution. The last Legislature authorized the asylum and appropriated $40,000 for the purchase of a site. Mr. Torrance wrote in part us follows: "The appropriation for the hos pital was a mistake. All appro priations of this kind are mistakes. There is no sense of making an ap propriation of a paltry $40,000 for the purpose of securing land, etc.. because you cannot secure enough to be of any moment or value. How ever, I was so desirous and knew so thoroughly the wants of these in sane that I took a place on the com mission to complete the hospital and have secured as much land as the appropriation provided for. To buy a small portion of land and spend r.ioney on it and then ljuy more land, or expect to buy more land in the future. Is simply a criminal mistake. We have such mistakes in a number ot institutions, notably Polk, Harris burg, Rittersville and one other, the name of which I cannot for the mo ment recall. "What 1 want to do is to get suf ficient land and begin the work. 1 want to put :n shape the buildings now on the property jo that we can t;.ke care of a few people and let them clean up the land; then build some permanent buildings in the shape of dormitories, a modest power house and other necessary buildings, r.nd to do this I expect to use the inmate labor. 1 want to build a very economical, sensible, comprehensive proposition without an extra dollar's worth of frills. My expectation is to build these buildings of concrete con struction, because there has been less advance in the cost of that ma terial generally than in any other building proposition. It would be a sad mistake to appropriate anything less than a half-million dollars. "I know you gentlemen are busy and I know you are very much wor -1 ied. No more than I am. however, and I know you realize pretty nearly, it' not quite as well as I do myself, the necessity for prompt and em phatic action. If something has to wait, don't, for God's sake, let it be the insane any longer. I would not have taken this position on the com mission had I not believed that sub stantial support would have been given in the matter. 1 made official inspections recently at Dixmont, Al lentown and Norristown, and the overcrowded condition of these in stitutions is simply sickening. At night I had to step over the prostrate forms of inmates sleeping on porches find in corridors and hallways. Let me again impress you that your in sane institutions are now 2,092 be yond the rated capacity and there is demand for space in addition to this. The matter has been neglected too long. That's neither your fault nor mine, but let us get together and even at this late hour remedy it in so far as can." Senator Sproul Adds to His Steel Holdings i Lebanon, Pa., June IS. Announce- I ment has been made here of the pur chase by State Senator William C. I Sprnul and Philadelphia associates of ! certain extensive Lebanon Interests in the Lebanon Valley Iron and Steel j Company, of which Senator Sproul is I president. The deal, which was clos ed in Philadelphia, includes the trans | fer as of July 1 of 7,500 shares—4,2oo preferred and 3,300 common of the 20,000 shares of the $2,000,000 concern ; which operated plants here and at I Duncannon. The purchase price is \ given at $750,000. The holdings w k hich are transferred i are those of Harry H. Light. S. P. i Light. Samuel L. Light and J. Warren , Light, all of this city, who were the original owners of the Lebanon plant. 1 Senator Sproul is associated in the ! deal with Felton Bent. Howard Long istreth and Burrows Sloan, all of | Philadelphia. CANN IX (^DEMONSTRATION'S Waynesboro, Pa., June 17.—Prep arations are being completed by the committee of allied bodies of the Public Safety Committee, consisting of Mrs. Walter K. Sharpe, Chambers 'burg; Mrs. C. F. Fendrick, Mercers- Iburg: Mrs. Pitt F. Carl, Greencastle, I and Mrs. J. C. Criswell, Waynesboro. ] for canning demonstrations to be : held in this county. The meetings ; will be throughout the week of July 9. Miss McDonald, a State College I expert, will be in charge. Two dem | onstrations will be given in Cham : bersburg, and two in Waynesboro. RED CROSS BENEFIT ' Mechanicsburg, Pa., June 18.—At i the Paramount Theater this evening a j benefit show will be given by Man ! ager Jaffe for the local Red Cross and a record-breaking crowd in attend ance is anticipated. This will mark ! the reopening of the theater, which has been closed for repairs since Its ; sale to the present management. Two shows will be given, the entire pro ceeds of which go to the Red Cross. The Singer Band will play in rront of the theater before the opening of the doors. Boy Scouts who have not gone on the hike will be present in uniform and assist In every possible' way. MRS. ANME C. KREIDER DIES Annvllle, Pa., June 18. Mrs. An nie C. Kreider, wife of Joseph H. Kreider, of this place, died suddenly at 2 o'clock Saturday of heart disease. She came here a half century ago from Philadelphia as a schoolteacher, and following her marriage and up to the time of her death was a leader in I the United Brethren In Christ Church mission work in the East Pennsylva nia Conference. She was 74 years old. She Is survived by her husband and four children. Mrs. Henry, wife of Judge C. V. Henry. Lebanon; Mrs. Charles Coover and Gideon R. Kreid er, Annvllle. and Dr. D. Albert Kreid ef, of Yale University. NO FIRKWORKS AT HALIFAX Halifax, Pa., June 18. Burgess Isaac F. Chubb has requested Hali fax merchants not to sell any fire work? for the Fourth of July and also requests that the people refrain from using any fireworks within the borough limits. WOMEN'S "BIT IS SAVING FOOD Mrs. J. D. Sherman, of Fede ration of Clubs, Says It Is Their Duty Washington, June 18. —The ques tion of saving the food of the coun try is entirely up to the women, ac cording to Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman, chairman of the conserva tion department of the General Fed eration of Women's Clubs. Mrs. Sherman has inaugurated a nation wide food canning campaign among the federation's memoers in co-oper ation with the National Emergency Fcod Garden Commission which will send its canning primer free to all who ask for it, whether they are members of the federation or not. In sending out instructions to the conservation chairman of each State in the Union to-day, Mrs. Sherman, in her call to organize, said: "It is inexcusable negligence at this time for women not to inform themselves concerning the various phases of food conservation as it af fects the individual, the community, the nation and our Allies. "One of the greatest present needs HKI l, IMl—Use 1 : X1TBD HARRISBURG, MONDAY, JI'XE 18, 1017. FOUNDED 1871 '"s^Z^S-hS rf A Picture of Home Comfort ' During July and August follows the busy man through his day's work, cheering T hs store wjU be cl° s ed on T h ursd a y a ft erno° n s fr° m and encouraging. 12 o clock noon, commencing l hursday, July litn. : a j v i if • 1 • 11 1 t -jyaCifiEiSft. Store closing time will be at 5 o'clock P. M. other days And how much good turnishings add to the joys of f&K&Snge excepting Saturdays, commencing Monday, July 2nd. home life! It needn't be luxurious Or expensive to be - '-^ll BOWMAN & COM PAN\. artistic and beautiful if one buys right. V s This Store's collection of summer furniture, floor l\/To Oi'nincr an A coverings, draperies and other attributes of home decora- ,■* m song lvianogany laming anu tion is as broadly satisfying to people of goo d tas te and 0 good judgment as the great stocks we are showing. Bedroom Suites v / \V Summer Curtains and the Like Summer Floor Coverings Pretty curtains —cool and comfortable in effectiveness—couch Showing a variety of ■| covers for the porch—pretty cretonnes —everything to enhance attractive floor Coverings mjM :J tl I [Mill i . The be ? Jcinds | . ]) ers and porch cushions—so * ! ri|~H iflrH ' represented—some plain t. h ——~ 1) * inches wide—heavy quality. j/yfjj I M| |j Jffffcj i .*$ with borders Others ll . Xa l d ;;• - 00 * and 7o* WVfftl with striking color de- J,H| F , fi : signs that are indescrib- Elegance, usefulness' 'andXaSilUy have been most admir- SMS* and all offered at very moderate ablv combined in these suites of solid mahogany. 40* 1 ' prices. 4-Piece Solid Mahogany Dining Suite, sl2s w^h ur ' a ™ n , sc r r ™, th r. 188 beautiful mixed Sheraton pattern —dull rubbed finish. Buffet 6£ inches long; j brown floral borders 27 in- colors with band borders on ends colors absolutely fast and table 54-inch top; china closet 40 inches wide; serving table, 36 ches wide. Yard 10* waterproof. inches. Finished in the correct Sheraton shade. ! c;il- tW niiir>-= in-ill rair Size 27x54 inches, at $1.50 bilk iloss pillows mall Size 36x72 inches, at #2.50 4-Piece Solid Mahogany Bedroom Suite, $145 round shapcT.. 30* S> 65* 4 6 % Adam period, finished antique brown mahogany. Dressing Marquisette and scrim in Size 6x12 feet, ats*lo 00 table with triplicate mirror; dust proof partition between draw- white, ivory and ecru—36 to 50 inches wide. Yard. Size Bxlo feet, at ......... *..... *...'. .'#l I'.OO ers; three-ply backs fitted in with screws. 12J/2* to 59* Size 9x12 feet at !!!!!!!."!!!!!!!!!! '#12!,10 BOWMAN S Kif th Floor. * A •-* *M a nTTnTT —_ __ _ _ * Marquisette curtains hemstitched with self-valance lace NARRAGANSETT RUSH RUGS __ 1 o * trimmed edge—white and ecru. Pair $2.00 Oval rugs, in reversible style—some arc plain—others have 1 orch Swings Scrim and marquisette curtains, in white and ecru lace ,>an< ' 9 rn trimmed yards long. Pair 51.,,., #3.75 Size 36x72^inches' at Vr.V.V.V.V::. SftS Two excellent values in porch swings of superior construction CEDAR CHESTS * Size 4.6x7.6 feet, at t, SB.OO —so thoroughly constructed as to insure many years of service. Size 6x9 feet, at $13.*50 Solid oak porch swing, all bolt construction—sanded and Made of genuine red Tennessee cedar—plain style or with Size 6x12 feet at $18.50 finished shaped seat and comfortable back—size 48 inches brass trimmings. Prices, $9.00, $lO, $13.50 and $15.00 RRATDFn PTir,<; complete with chains and fixtures for hanging, .-..54.95 t i • • i i , , Solid oak porch swing, nicely finished fumed oak, bolt con- j BOWMAN Moor. In plain or mixed colors-oval porches or interior struction ; shaped seat; chains and all fixtures, 42 inches wide, ! s . , . . $2.95 Stze 24x36 inches, at $1.25 BOWMAN'S— Fifth Floor. * zc 30x50 inches, at $2.50 ~ A 4-riece Black and White £ Pr , . . nn Notaseme"Stone Lined and ■* uCl cL L *pcLs\J\J Flies spread filth and disease—they are born in filth, breed in c . filth and carry filth. Century Refrigerators Handsome, novel and distinctive; summer furniture that will * 0 *■ —SL greatly enhance any outdoor space. IVHIdOW Scre€HS Mgr— By joining the Bowman re- Suite consists of settee, arm chair, arm rocker and table-a Well made extension v. Indow screens Ml *Si rlnh .5tW . very strong, well built porch set. finished in the black and white in a variety of sizes at 25*, 29*, 35*, I H|H □ ISHI 1 ab ove refrigerators will he si ! combination. Special Price, $29.00 1 11 39c42 c Dn w U .,<, r. m - 15-inch square box ~B9 as they come up must not be made. A good time to thin out sur plus plants is a few weeks after the plans have come up, when they have become Uirge enough to show which are most thrifty, and before they have begun to crowd seriously. Wherever possible, the thriftiest plants should be left. In thinning lettuce and beets, some of the best rooted plants may be set out to All up any space which may bave occurred in the drills. Lettuce also may be permitted to gTow fair ly large before thinning, and the surplus plants eaten. The plants should be frotti two to three inches apart at the first thinning, and be fore the plants crowd a second thin ning shouia be made which will leave the plants from six to eight inches apart. Tho plfints removed at the second thinning should be large enough for table use. Garden beets I should be gradually thinned to six or eight inches apart, the plants pulled being used for greens. For this purpose the whole plant is used. Young turnips may be used in the same way. Radishes usually are not thinned until they are large enough to be eaten. Hadish tops also may be cook ed as greens or. If especially tender, may be used In salads. If radishes have been planted to mark drills of parsnips, carrots or other slow growing vegetables, they should be removed before they crowd the per manent occupants of the drills. Onions should be thinned before they reach a quarter-inch in diam eter, and should be left about three inches apart. Turnips, carrots, parsnips and beets usually are left three to six inches apart. If they are to b§ har vested while fairly small they may stand somewhat closer. Thin hills of muskmelons and cu cumbers to three, or at the most five plants. Only two or three pole beans should be left to each hill. In all thinning operations choose, if possible, a time when the ground is mellow so that little damage will be done to the plants that remain. If JUNE 18, 1917. CARLISLE CHURCH TO COST $50,000 Reformed Congregation Plans to Erect Fine New Edifice in Center of Town Carlisle, Pa., June 18. —Definite action for a new church was taken I yesterday by the members of the congregation of the First Reformed Church here, when it was decided to purchase at once the McPherson property in North Pitt street, im mediately adjoining the Federal | building, where a new $150,000 ! church editlce will be erected with lin a few years. The plot to be pur- I chased is 120 by 100 feet and near the center of the town. The price I asked was $7,500 and an overwhelm ! ing number of the members favored it- I The church was founded here over a century ago and now has a strong | and influential congregation. i the ground surface about the plants to be thinned is hard, wet It thor ! oughly long enough before opera- I tions are begun to allow the moisture to soak to the ctuls of the roots. THREE-DAY HIKE FOR BOY SCOUTS Meclianicsburg Troops Will Cross North Mountain and Swing Around Circle Mechanlcsburg, Pa., Jun 18.—This morning the Mechanicsburgr Boy Scouts, troops 1 and 2, started on a. three-day hike which has been ar-? ranged to cover about eight or ten miles a day for that time. The route includes crossing the North Mountain at Gap; from there to Marys ville; down along the Susquehanna river to the State Road and home. The boys were wildly enthusiastic over the arrangements. Equipment for the trip was carried in wagons furnished by the boys. Each wagon contained equipment for five scouts and was pulled by the boys. Each carried his own mess outfit, which included a tin plate, tin cup, knife, fork and spoon. He was also equipped with a blanket and poncho. Each boy in a patrol carried part of the cooking outfit, and each patrol had a leader and assist ant, as well as a cook, two signalmen and a messenger. A duty will be as signed to each scout to perform, who will be checked up on his efficiency. 3