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EVIDENCE OF INSANITY
A north countryman, charged with
having set fire to a large hayrick,
was defended orr the ground that he
was not altogether responsible for
his actions. One of the witnesses
testified to the belief that the prison
er was "wrang in his heid."
"Can you mention any occasion
on which the pisoner behaved in a
Bloom's Clearance of All Women's
and Misses' Garments in Stock
STARTS SATURDAY
$12,000 Worth for SB,OOO
IN ORDER to raise immediate cash and put our
stock in shape for the summer months we have
made drastic reductions on all lines to effect a quick
and certain disposal of all garments regardless of
the actual value or former selling prices.
Every woman in Harrisburg knows the high
character, of merchandise we carry and the savings
we give at regular prices. These reductions give
you much larger savings and you should avail your
self of the opportunity at once.
THE SALE WILL INCLUDE:
SUITS in blue and black DRESSES in beaded
serges; values S3O to $45. georgettes, in all shades;
C * 1 99 <B?9ft values S2B t0 $38 ' 50 -
Special lo ~28 gpecial g lB t0 g 2 4
SUITS in mixtures and
Tyrol wools; value $35. DRESSES in satins,
i charmeuse and crepe de
Special 821 chine; values $27 to $36.
SPRINGCOATS in black S l eal s ls t0 20
and blue poplin and serges; „„„„„„ .
values $25 to $35. • DRESSES in printed
georgettes; values S3O to
Special 817 to 822 $42.50.
_ _ AMC . rp. . Special 820 to 825
DOLMANS in Tncotine, l
lined in beautiful flowered
silks; value S4O. DRESSES in printed
voiles; values sl4 to $22.
Special 820 Special $6.50 to $11.95
? AP ? S in i™ art Styles; I DRESSES of gingham;
values S2O to $32. values $10.50 to $15.00.
Special 812 to 81 ° Special $6.50 to $10.50
B. BLOOM
FASHIONABLE OUTER-GARMENTS
For Ladies and Misses
J 9 N. THIRD STREET
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There is a solid satisfaction in knowing that that
which you give and that which you receive will live
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artistic satisfaction. $
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Among the Many Gift Things For the Bride Are
Diamond Rings Wrist Watches Mahogany and Sil- i
jj|| Diamond Laval- £ u( . Q ass ver Candlesticks
liereS - f i -rrt rr c■ t Silver Candelabras
Community and KleverKraft Si 1- _ fM
i 1847 Roger's Flat, verware Silver Flower g
Hollow and Plated _ Baskets <|
I Silverware Mahogany Clocks La Tausca Pearls f
i WATCHES V DIAMONDS -/ JEWELRY; tTC.
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FRIDAY EVENING, BULRRiSBErRG TELEGRXPH JUNE 6, 1919.
manner to warrant your statement?"
he was asked by the learned coun
sel.
"Yes," answered witness. "Once
at work he got half a crown too
much for his wages, an' "
"Well?" said counsel, as the wit
ness hesitated.
"He took it back to th' manager,
concluded the witness.
BUREAU OF SHIPPING
INFORMATION OUTGROWTH
OF HEAVY ACTIVITY IN WAR
Is Now Open to the Public and Any Question Concerning
Movements of Any Ship Can Be Easily Answered
New York, June 6.—The establish
ment of a Government-controlled
Bureau of Shipping Information,
through which maritime interests of
the United States are advised daily
through official sources and without
cost, of the movements of practically
all the merchant ships of the world,
is an outgrowth of one of the ac
tivities of the' Navy Department dur
ing the war.
This bureau, conducted by what
is known as the Naval Communica
tions Service, was instituted shortly
after this country entered the con
flict- It was made necessary for
the reason that prior to that time
there was no organized branch of
the Government through which the
movement of ships could be obtained
on short notice. The demands of the
Navy and War Departments, the
United States Shipping Board and
allied war interests required that
there be at hand at all times a care
fully revised record of all ships—
not alone of their movements, but
details as to their tonnage, speed,
specifications as to build, etc.
Open to Public
Under the direction of a naval of
ficer, with assistants recruited from
the marine departments of press as
sociations, daily and marine publica
tions, etc., the bureau was estab
lished and arrangements were at once
n-.ade for prompt and reliable dis
patches from all parts of the world
concerning ship movements, the ser
vice embracing not only the facilities
of the telegraph and cable but the
Government-controlled wireless as
well.
Its value during the war was in
estimable and. with the coming of
peace and the efforts to build up
in this country an efficient merchant
marine, the bureau has thrown open
to the public—and particularly to
the ship owners, charters, shippers,
insurance interests and maritime
business generally, the facilities of
its vast and far-reaching service.
Tnbs on all Sblps
By means of a card index a ques
tion relating to any ship can be
promptly answered—and reliable in
formation as to her sailing date, esti
mated time of arrival at port of des
tination, location at sea or in port,
can be readily given.
It is a service which prior to the
war was maintained in a similar
manner by many of the foreign
maritime nations—some of them much
smaller and having far less ships
than did this country. With a large
merchant marine, such as this coun
try apparently desires, the value of
such a service, marine men say, is
unquestioned.
The Naval Communication Service
employs about 250 persons,, all in
Navy uniform and under direction of
Lieutenant Commander R. B. Colt
man. It issues daily, and distributes
free of cost to more than 800 ship
ping firms, newspapers. Government
officials, maritime exchanges, etc., a
bulletin of 145 pages carrying the
names of more than 10,000 vessels
each name showing nationality, ton
nage, location or sailing date. Evi
dencing the demands for this infor
mation the circulation of the bulletin
is increasing rapidly. Between the
hours of issue, the bureau keeps ship
owners advised by telephone of radio
messages sent from ships at sea.
Get Daily Reports
The practical sources of Informa
tion from which the bulletin acquires
its data are daily reports by tele
graph and cable from naval offices
at. ports in the United States and
from attaches in foreign countries;
daily reports from the Bureau of
Operations of the United States Navy
and offices of the Naval Intelligence
Bureau; daily reports (except Sun
day) from the British Ministry of
Shipping; information obtained from
steamship companies and agents; As
sociated Press cablegrams; the
Lloyds' Daily Index; the United States
Shipping Board; telephonic reports
from lookout stations and guard ships
stationed in New York harbor, and
from the army piers of the Port of
Embarkation, in Hoboken.
In addition to serving the maritime
Interests, the Naval Communication
Service, through Its vast cable, tele
graph and radio facilities, is hand
ling practically all the business of the
Government passing through New
York. Another feature of its service,
regarding which the war-time ban
on secrecy has but been recently
lifted, was the perfecting of an elec
tro-magnetic signaling device where
by fog bound ships may determine
their position and be warned away
from dangerous shoals.
This device enables the listening
operator to determine not only the di
rection from which the call comes
but the distance from which it is
sent. By means of cross bearings,
taken from different receiving sta
tions it becomes but a simple mathe
matical problem to determine an ex
act location, and the vessel sending
the signal is so advised. For this ser
vice alone the marine interests desire
the department continued.
PORTLAND'S LEAOING TOWER
[Macon Telegraph].
The western coast may have Its
Leaning Tower of Pisa after all. But
it will cost them nearly $2,000,000.
i Portland's million-bushel grain
elevator, characterized by some as
"the Great Mistake," is gradually
sinking in the paleozoic ooze of the
Columbia river. Why. the engineers
are not agreed. The huge cylindri
cal storage buildings and operating
house, containing thousands of dol
lars' worth of machinery for the op
eration of the storage tanks, each
day sink just a fraction further into
the mire of the river.
It is the contention of some en
gineers who have been asked by the
city of Portland to make an examina
tion that piles were driven for the
support of the structure in shifting
sands, and that tests show no solid
bottom could be reached even at a
depth of 162 feet. There is nothing
to show, they add, that there is any
solid bottom at all.
Just the other day piles were driven
at the corner of one of the storage
tanks in an effort to bolster it up.
How successful this will be, the en
gineers Bay, is mere conjecture. But
if the plan is feasible —if the build
ings can be held even though they
tip just a tiny bit —why, then Port
land has its Leaning Tower, cer
tainly as large and much more costly
than the queer structure of Italy.
Efforts of state organizations of in
dividual and collective engineers, of
the commission of public docks of
the city of Portland, who built the
elevator, to determine the best course
for kaving the structure have ar
rived at no definite and final method
as yet. •
No blame nor responsibility for the
failure to ascertain the soil condi
tion upon which the buildings were
erected has yet been made, but there
are those interested who hotly con
tend that some such responsibility
should be fixed.
And in the meantime tourists
leave the many hotels daily and spe
cial autos carry them to the scene
of the modern Leaning Tower.
EXPLAINED
There is nothing like being down
to date in judiciology. A prisoner
appeared before Superior Judge
James G. Quinn, of Alabama county
the other day for sentence. The
judge looked over the prisoner's at
torney.
"Two years and ten days," he an
nounced.
"What's the ten days for?" asked
counsel for the defense.
"War tax," replied the court.—
Dallas Morning News.
A SWTFT COMEBACK
The other day a south side wo
man called up her grocer to give him
her daily order. Finally she asked,
"Have you any canned tomatoes
which you are sure are extra good?"
she asked him.
He (sarcastically): "I can't be
sure. I can't get in the cans to
see."
Back over the wire came the pla
cid answer, "Why, I did't know. You
see, you're about small enough."—
Indianapolis News.
Kiddie Gets First Taste
ot Real White Bread
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An interesting photograph of a
little shaver of Montenegro sampling
American white bread, the gift of a
Yankee company cook at Nlegusch,
Montenegro. The bread is probably j
the first real white bread the young- .
ster has ever tasted, as his country I
has been torn by war for many|
years.
A TRUE DIPLOMAT
"Young man, did you kiss my daugh
ter in the hall last night?" questioned
the stern mother.
"I thought I did," replied the dipl
matic young man, "but really you look
so young that I can't always tell you
and your daughter apart."
Whereupon the storm passed over.—
The Passing Show.
BiBB B a m B
"You've the Most Beautiful
Summer Dresses in the City"
Said one of Harrisburg's most fashionable women in our store the other day.
WeVe been told so, many times this season —even our salesladies say that
our present showing by far surpasses every previous display..
Women who have shopped about invariably agree that the ASTRICH
assemblage of SUMMER DRESSES is Harrisburg's finest display and that
the values are most unusual.
I" strikingly beautiful models long and /htV
short panel effects beaded and hand em- , 1\
A broidered. White, Flesh, Rose, Sunset, Tan, M
j Gray, Lavender and Delft Blue. Higher priced Dresses of printed
Washable Summer Dresses V ]Lsm
The newest conceits in Voiles and Organdies—flow- l\ JLJcIpP
er cd, figured, stripes, polkadots, and plain white and all \\ /
wanted shades—a wonderful collection to choose from. UJj
jh& $5.98 to $15.00 I
f Flowered and Figured Voile Dresses JT
Truly the most beautiful creations we've ever seen—
all the very newest designs and each an individual type.
One glance at these charming dresses will bring a desire AjPj,
to own one or of them. _ _
BlouseWm W Cool lif| Hosiery
SDecials vi O Attractive lii
\/BS Chcnkn and ffflfl ci , al $1.75
New Voile and Organdie •
Blouses in White and colors; nA DlctiHo T/vvS in * a —Black with white ciox;
plain tailored models; ±l(llllo I vh i te w i th °ilo oaf
checked collars and cuffs. Yfro no $3.20
Special at *P&t7O LU yJAO Heavy' Thread* Silk Stockings In
r.r\ • black with colored tops; full
$1.98 . r:°°: i ..r:. lu ..s 2 -25
New Voile Blouses in } TT _ # TTT * ™. _ I! _ T ,
& '™°,h !! White Wash Skirts < Underwear
t- ? • • • White Washable Petticoats —
Venetian lace. Extra special _ , . . , shadow proof; plain and
at Every day we are receiving new wash * c n a a ,_ 98c t0 $1 98
$2 00 skirts-the sensible, serviceable summer gar- B „„ le .
ment every woman requires. Of Gabardine and 800 k a nd Dimity—White and
New Georgette Blouses in Wash Satin, pearl button trimmed; with or without f leßh; a d d lnt embroidrr^ d: w fl ith
White and Flesh; roll collars; pockets; all sizes; exceptional values at touches'ii 4a to 82.25
embroidered in colors. Spe- of color
"' „ 1 $3.98 $4.98 $5.98 $6.98 ij
$5.98 j i ru T v."t sl - 98
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White Pumps and Oxfords Specially Priced
. The White Footwear season is on and women who appreciate extra • /
rvalues are coming here by the scores.
AL. Women's and Misses' White Women's Fine Reignskin yy \
( Reignskin Oxfords, white welted Pumps, welted and turn soles, // J
soles, military heels; a„ width,
\ and sizes. / J (/J 1
L_b=<\r $4.50 $
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OBSCURITY OF SPEECH
"I understand that you are a lin
guist."
"Oh, yes, indeed."
"Do-you speak Russian?"
"No. What's the use? Even the i
Russians themselves do not seem
to understand ono another now."— i
Washington Star.
WANTED TO KNOW
The policeman pulled the man out
from under the wreck and helped him
to his feet.
"Are you the owner of this car?" he
asked.
"No," replied the injured man, "I'm
a demonstrator."
"And did you have to demonstrate
that the car couldn't climb a tree?"— I
Boston Transcript. 1
Champion Jess WOlard's
"Own Story" appears every
day exclusively in "The Phila
delphia Press."