LEAVES AS LAWN FERTILIZERS Farming Autliority Makes a Valuable Suggestion to the People of the State With a vivid recollection of the unusually high prices paid for fer tilisers during the past spring, and . in view of the probability that much higher prices will prevail during the season of 1919, it would seem that any legitimate means of reducing the fertilizer bill for home gardens for the coming season would be welcome news to the citizen of average means, says the Pennsylvania Farmer. Nature supplies a valuable source of plant food in the form of autumn leaves, which in many paces cover the ground to a depth of several inches. The usual custom in villages is to burn these leaves in the gutter, and the average person does not even take the pains to distribute the ashes over the lawn or garden, and thus the complete fertilizing value of the leaves is lost. In composition autumn leaves will average somewhat better than 1 per cent, of nitrogen, 1 per cent, of pot ash and 1-4 of 1 per cent, phosphoric acid. A conservative value of these ingredients, expressed in terms of one ton of leaves, at present prices of fertilizing constituents, would amount to between sl3 and sl4, Of course, autumn leaves are bulky and it takes a good many to weigh a ton, yet their value is so great at the present time that it is well worth the effort of any one who possesses a garden spot to enrich the same with this splendid humus-forming ma terial. If, for any reason, it seems advisable to burn the leaves, the ashes, which will be found very rich in potash, should be distributed over the lawn and gardens. The ideal way to utilize autumn leaves as a fertilizer would be to use them as a bedding in stables. However, they may be composited with garden loam In some inconspicuous place and from time to time wood ashes added to help in ther disintegration; or they mav be distributed directly over the land, followed by wheel-harrow ing and plowing. Five tons of leaves per acre (two pounds per square yard) would furnish an average amount of nitrogen and potash for a home garden. Hindenburg Not With Former Kaiser; Remains at Main Headquarters By Associated Press Amsterdam. Nov. 12. —Field Mar hal von Hindenburg is not in Hol land, according to a telegram from the semi-official Wolff Bureau of Berlin. He remains at main head quarters and adheres to the new government. The telegram adds that Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, com mander of the German northern army group, has not fled as some reports had declared. Kaiser in Distress Signing Abdication Washington. Nov. 12. —An official telegram received from Amsterdam ■ describing the abdicaton of the Kai ser says; "The Kaiser signed his letter of abdication in the presence of the Crown Prince and Hindenburg, and of all the officers of the general headquarters, and of all his private servants. He appeared to be deeply moved. He signed, saying; " 'May it be for the good of Ger many. Let us not lose our faith in the future.' "The Crown Prince, who was cry ing like a baby, signed his letter of renunciation of the throne short ly afterward. FORMER HARRISBURG BOY IS WOUNDED IN BATTLE Gassed only a few months ago, word has ben received of the recent Injuries in actjon of Sergeant Rob ert M. McEvoy while fighting in France, by his mother, Mrs. Cath erine T. McEvoy, 336 West Orange street, Lancaster. Sergeant "Bob" is a former resident of Harrisburg, being born and educated in this city. For the last few years he has made his home in Lancaster. War Depart ment records give his latest injury as occurring October 2. Sergeant Mc- Evoy was attached to old Company K and saw service on the Mexican border. NEED OF FRUIT FITS STILE VERY URGENT It is highly important that, regard less of the signing of peace terms, the collection of fruit pits and nut shells should be continued, says a telegram received this morning by Scout Executive J. Fredrik Virgin. A large number of masks must be manufactured and held in deserve, it is stated. BIG BATTLESHIP SUNK .London, Nov. 12. —The British bat tleship Britannia was torpedoed near the west entrance to the Straits of Gibraltar on November 9 and three and a half hours later, accord ing to an Admiralty announcement last night. Thirty-nine officers and 672 men were saved. Washington, Nov. 12. —Secretary Daniels announced last night that he does not regard the convoying of shipping to European ports neces sary now that hostilities have ceased. RED MEN MEET The various committees of the Im proved Order of Red Men tribes in Harrisburg, having charge of the arrangements for the entertainment of the Great Council which will meet here next June will hold an import ant meeting to-morrow evening in the wigwam of Alliquppa Tribe No. 57, Nineteenth and Derry streets. The work of these committees has been held up because of the Span ish influenza epidemic, and it has been requested that a large number of the local tribes be represented. t TO TAKE OFF CENSOR CURB Wastdngton, Nov. 12.—Abandon ment of all censorship on news, in cluding withdrawal of the voluntary censorship request under which American newspapers have been operating since the United States en tered the war. will be recommended * to President Wilson soon by George Creel, chairman of the Committee on Public Information. READING MAN IS SLAIN Norfolk, Vs., Nov. 12. W. R. Fehr, of Reading. Pa., attached to the local naval base, was shot and killed here last night during a fight between sailors and negroes. The sailors claim they were attacked without provocation. The negro who did the v. shooting escaped. Vse McNeil's Cold Tablets. Adv. TUESDAY EVENING. Crown Prince Rupprecht and Staff Flee Liege The Hague, Nov. 12.—Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, com mander of the German Northern Army group, and his staff, have lied from Liege, where the garrison has OPENS AT 9 aTm—CLOSES AT Sao P. I j4nd Still The Special Values Stream Forward In Our November Underselling a ' e i M X.- " heavy quality pink and [( blue stripe flannelette, O Ss n] fci 11? 1 1 /I m in •- T\ I M Wednesday-toatandouitDay 5S / lar, sizes 38 to 4.... JS HI Now it s up to you to , w Hj| is prove to the Boys in the rw w Women's Gloves, Silk gs; | Hundreds more new arrivals and our own regu- Ef "£H ; v3 98c § Home Comforts and Up- HA> J - # 1 *T V FT I Btitching |JJ i g™: b s e vn nvi ~as Av. tar lines go into the November Under- F]> giov, kml lIM , „ , rr • j tif V n \ w Gloves in white ana g\ >7 much to the United war /W H \ ||e rv *• C 1 I I f AKJg\ black in self stitching. I M/ H I rr.Vtt / HTt) selling Demonstration Sale at lowest Sh m\ Black l I n* d give. Say ' Cert,inly IfrAiM prices in the entire community 37c § Chafe Coafs Coafs 'llii \ y/ I // gray * red ' blue and Z*a/u m I Women's Union Suits *1 1 ™r,g" D wjwgr • ™ """"sS ™ V / IX '""""' "'" S hi Cotton Ribbed med- 7 \ \ , . _ f? \ Women's Gloves, Chamoi- nl If" • 97c \ \ $12.50 $16.50 $19.50 S32JO 1 fiKaS 97J s? Children's Underw ear ii \ \ \ I / I I I l\ I fl II ran ß e of sizes Si Kl tv-hite vpHnn voet< _ 1 1 \ \ I Velour Cloths, good as- Wool Velours, Egyptian In Velour, Egyptian Plush In Silvertip, Silyertone, \ / l3l H and Pants, s.zes IS "to fiQf \ \ \ j sortment of colors and sizes Plush, Burella Cloth, hair-g^ y,^ e ea r In blfck" \ // Children's Sleepers, Scotch gj 30t. Special w % \ \ I /I —misses, 14 to -0, women s, lined, all colors, some with wanted colors. At this taupe/ Burgundy, Reindeer, \ I Flannelette Children's HI nil \ \ 1 // 36 to 44. Some of the smart- self-collars; black, navy tempting price these Coats African brown and Pekin: \ II Sleepers, blue and OO |IU |A| _ \ V ' /l eHt Coats you have seen at taupe. Burgundy, dark are simply remarkable some are all lined, others \ I . . u - na o #r JK S"j PetticOatS, Fine Shimmer- \ \ / I anywhere near the price. brown, green, khaki. values. are half lined. \ I b ears Kl 1 = 1.93 \\V H Coats at $24.50 Coats at $24.50 to $49.50 1 Xi \ \ Broadcloth and Pompom; Silvertones in Taupe, Bur- Coats for misses and women, in Bolivia, Silvcrtone, / I'i\ ?°. Wn j' ° Ut ' sizcs fJ/C hi [U Petticoats, made of Sateen \ S""<|y and Pckln: Velour. In Black. Navy, Taupe, Bur- b U n V ge y Qf' moSeb'man V r o f'"t h on. 0 'on cbn 1 v "Tncl Hy S tailored flounce, full \ / gundy, Brown and Green. Some are full lined, others half co iors as well as the staple shades; beautiful collars Rahv Rand! Children's Kl CO SJ'mS' U "" -• 1 " K-Sm, to i 1 ..... gjc V QlflTQ QIIITQ QTJTTQ QITITQ "'."f-..J" c fu 0 n°. r e S r etS A Brocade,d OLfl i,O 01/ II U UUI I O Oui I U Women's Underwear, Cot- § IH,'?h 38 ciriTC • ""SS"" crriTc I Q7r 1 |°° j '■ : 1,00 SUITS (n Tcrt MSSES • M,SSES <kid zn SUITS 9/c| L Children s Waists, Beauty at $2-4.50 sl7 SIQ 75 * At $39.50 Women's Underwear, Cot- Kl Etrls. assorted number. ai p-rtr.fJ*.F %P 1i • kJ\J */F IC7• /%J Broadcloth, Velour, Sil- Su i tß for Missed and ton I- ine Ribbed Vests IU tU Waists for boys and Kf Q All W 00l Poplin. Then Wool Serge Suits—Good vertone —ln black, navy, Women —In sllvertone, and Pants high neck 4 Si Kirls, assorted number. they are well tailored, models, in black'and navy Wool Poplin Suits—Com- Wool Cloth Suits—Wopl dark brown, burgundy, chiffon broadcloth.' .... ' atoeves anklo' 1 I M fill m A great value only; coat lined with guar- plete size assortments in poplin, wool gabardine and tape. reindeer and Pium; Petticoats slie u e t B o antecd Venetian; in sizes black and navy; most of the wool Burella cloth Suits, lnKH _ ot hcr.s xvith peat, de flned.^''Pussy Misses* Union Suits Cot- m m ninu -,r,a hi,,. 16 - for misses and women; sizes in taupe and brown; I Copies of high-priced suits, cygne lining, some have Very exclusive styles. I I'llSSeS Union ollltS, py FlaSneleUe Petticoats® v only IS suits. also Burella Suits. | and well tailored. I collars of fur. ft! [|l briar stitch scallop, (i hMP ■ J) neck. long sleeves, M / W S to 14 V , size 4 to 16 1 13000 Blankets to Start This Great Big Sale| 1 Greatest Event of its Kind Ever Launched in. Harrisburg: Sale Starts Tomorrow, Wetf/iestfay 1 1 Over seventy-five styles of blankets in the most useful sizes and colors and patterns. We could 1 |] have sold these blankets back to the mills at 50 per cent more than what we paid for them. Our forehandedness brings blankets S x to you at what stores in many places must pay for them today. While this is the largest p >1 P7/TfV7 THnnbo+c I single aggregation of blankets ever put out in this city at less than prevailing market | tfl [H iLLllLl> JD LCITLrIU iS prices we expect to dispose of the entire stock within a very short time because the rush vJidy IjLGLTIK'GLS yj | r i .iIF i for them is bound to be unprecedented. „ " W UTIDT€C(> VOItIPS ' ' Cotton Blankets, Slightly Imperfect, s, 1 1 Afc Hotels, Boarding Houses, Public Institutions may share I 1 95 19 |W fleece finish, large 4 M inch block pj quantities to large users in order that the WK n S piaid designs, colors, pink. blue. tan. KMS ui Ai~4.~zif4.~A *-U a Cotton Fleeced Blankets, soft and hi ry and gray. Size GSx76 Inches. Pair.. blankets may DC distributed amOng the peOple warmthful, medium shade of gray; qq N Wool Finish Plaid Blankets~Extra * gener^ y " i s j^ st as to to p^i" 11 . . .^ d ! r . : .. fn gray and'blue, size'ee'xso needed commodity as blankets as it Cotton Fleeced Blankets, Near Wool fill IS fOr yOU to receive them. • and blue'borders; sle' 68x76 Inches. M wool; pink, blue, gray and tan plaids. 6.95 , BE VERY EARLY! Cotton Fleeced Blankets, Gray, with | I f Whitr RlnnkrU * Warm Comfortables & Crib Blankets f;^ 5.95 | js • I LILCs Ji~J LL4S IL fV U vO Comfortables —Covered with tig- C'omfortab'os —Both sides cov- Beautiful Light Effect Outings . rs H| med satine both sides; bood 6red wlth figured cretonne; —2B Inches wide; floral and QraV Wool Blankets, a Mixture of Clean C* CA H zsixttJ&zttJir&si. """' •• "-ffisg sx&zzst:**** £:;'£ a d c6ui . ren . , .39c ""■" n> - """• "• |j W H,IC Blank.!.—Bill and uariathra 1 ; |iluin tvbllo, wllli pink and eaver.'d;' 'aTaln' 'lawk ComlqTOble. rovercd wllh Heavy IJnallty 38-lneli Wide Gray BlanketS, Made Oi Wool and Cotton C9B fiS* blue bord'ers, for full-size bed; 64x76 inches. $5.95 with figured center and plain bS ink and blue i very serviceable und well made; pink and blue borders. . . nj| IU Pair border ton reverse QC center with ' P aln DO "''J,; pinstripe effect; on account of ~ ~ ~~ . Eg >*w Wool and Cotton Blankets—plain wliite. with neat pencil stripe ide . each ipu.ifO comes in pink, blue $4.95 width, cuts to a good AO r Silver GraV Wool BlanketS, Fine Hll HI borders; bound with silk; sturdy and strong; size 66x80 QC blae ' eacn and gold; each advantage; yard 5 * , ~ ~. Pir / .OU 19 lIU I-Phh. Pair PD.170 (o fo,-tables —Fine grade, cov- . . , , fleece mixed with spool cotton; size 66x80. Pair ■ IS! inches. Pair voioiii aim. iin s n | n in Outing Flannels —In good dark White Shaker funnels —1< leeced 2§| White Blankets—wool fleece, mixed with fine spool cotton to give ered with satine, plain shades- 28 inches wde; extra on both sides; in three good evi U r „i „ Dl-„Utc with IT Ar 1 fil strength and prevent shrinking; pink and blue borders; <J"y QC back, with figured center und on -grades. Silver Gray \AfOOlen. BlailketS, Mixed Wltrl VI |IU I swssiFaa.rvs.r....B n c , 33cd39c .....m . K .*... # .go ■ | 1 ~.58.95 _~SS,-Sssa !#•, * T IKTMA kliD ZJU m Hnrßoraam RacMimnt I hj White Blankets—extra choice wool ffcccc, with small quantity or an( l aulnml de- MSW fiV LJr A ■ lAHlfib. finished In pink 111 Villi A/VIP /111 I I Jriot.llll.ll LH spool cotton to give strength and prevent shrinking; blue tfQ QC signs; cortex fin- Bin BT.t ImH nnd blue color- L/Mlv 111 VUI 4^ and pink borders; silk bound to match; slzo 7OxSO In. b\ul- 3i*x"<? B lnKß;^^ e 30x ' 4!, - - _—■ —. - • .'f 4, JjV C. revolted, according to the Belgian newspaper. Les Nouvelles. The officers at Liege, the newspa per adds, have been deposed and the red flag hoisted. SOLDIERS HOLD lIUX FLEET Amsterdam, Nov. 12.—The entire German northern fleet and the island RARRISBURG TELEGRAPH base of Helgoland are In the hands of Soldiers' Councils, according to a telegram from Bremen. EXCITED MAX KILLS WIFE Columbus, 0., Nov. 12. —Ten min utes after the first news of the sign - ing of an armistice by German pleni potentiaries was given out here yes terday'morning, C. E. llarrod, cele- | bratlng by firing a revolver out of his bedroom window, .turned weapon back into the room, fatally wounding his wife. The woman died a few minutes later. Harrod, dis charging the revolver several times in the air, apparently believed the weapon empty und whirling exclted | ly back toward his wife he again pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced her abdomen. PENNSYLVANIA FLIER KILLED DETROIT, Nov. 12. Lieutenant Carl Morrow, of Punxsutawney, Pa., was killed and IV. Murdoctt BrowV of Detroit, a civilian observer, was NOVEMBER 12. 1918. slightly hurt • yesterday afternoon when the airplane in which they were flying over the downtown section crnshed through the roof of a three story building. LIFTS BUILDING BAN SLIGHTLY Washington, Nov, 12.—Slight re laxation of restrictions on non-war building may be expected almost inn mediate'- Priorities Commissioner E. B. Parker, of the War Industries Board, said last night. Announce ment of the percentage of building material available* now probably is to be made by the board to-day. Fur ther lifting of the ban, Mr. Parker explained, will be gradual. 5
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