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Remnants of
Millinery Plush
Red. green, blue, vellow, browns, navy, peacock
and plum, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.75 grades.
Special, vard,
$1.49
J-r Dives, Pomeroy & Stawart, Street Floor, Fourth Street Aisle.
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$5.00 Leather Bags: $3.98
Special Sale in the Basement
$5.00 black grain leather traveling bags with
leather lining and finished with a French edge, in
three sizes. 16, 17 and 18 inches. Specially
priced for to-morrow
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement.
Gifts of Clothing to the Or
phans and Widows
of Belgium
If you are contributing anything to the innocent
sufferers of war-ravaged Belgium gifts of the follow
ing kind will prove most useful to send:
Bovs' SI.OO jersey sweaters. Special, 50tf
Children's 75c flannelette pajamas, 4to 16 years. Special, ...
Women's SI.OO black Cardigan jackets without sleeves. Special, 69?
Women's $1.50 heavy coat sweaters, maroon only. Special, . . . 95tf
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Men's Wear, Street Floor.
Housecleaning Will Be Made Easy
With An O'Cedar Mop
75c Kind Now 40c
O'Cedar String Oil Mops, with handle that fits right
into the back of the mop are in great demand now that
housecleaning time has begun. These indispensible
mops sell regularly for 75c. In a special sale to-mor
row the price will be 40^
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Basement.
PAH! ASKED IN
FLII-FLAI CASE
I
Board Is Requested to
Free Man Convicted
of Cheating Local
Merchant
STROUP TELLS
ABOUT "GAME"
District Attorney Explains Plan By
Which Storekeepers Are Short
Changed—Commutation Is Asked
For Murderer
Senator E. E. Beidleman appeared,
as counsel before the Board of Pardons
to-day to pleacl for the pardon of Mike
Peterson, a young man who was con
victed on September 23, 1913, of play
ing a flim-flam game on Harrisburg
merchants and short-changing two of
them out of $lO. Peterson was sent
to the penitentiary for from two years
and six months to three years. Beidle
man contended that Peterson had noth
ing to do with the flim-flam game, but
•was the innocent companion of a man
who was an adept in the game and
took Peterson along for company. Pet
erson did not do any of the work or
have any of the money, said the law
yer. The man has never been in trou
bel before and has now served four
teen months.
"Give a young man a chance,"
pleaded the lawyer.
District Attorney Stroup opposed
the pardon of Peterson, saying he was
a bad man and that when caught all of
the goods purchased from the mer
chants were found in his possession.
"What is this flim-flam game?"
asked Attorney General Bell, of the
District Attorney.
Mr. Stroup gave an elaborate expla
nation of how a purchase is made and
a large bill tendered, and how during
the process of exchange the swindler
manipulates the bills so that he gets
his original money ami some in addi
tion. The case will be decided late
this afternoon.
Pleads for Murderer
The following cases were continued:
Felix Storti, Philadelphia, murder in
HARRISBtJRfi STAR-TNDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 21, 1914.
second degree; August Carie, Alle
gheny, manslaughter; John F. Vane
Tempest, Berks, forgery; Vincent Fig
ure, Lebanon, assault with intent to
kill; George Foster, Berks, forgery.
Senator Thompson, of Beaver, ap
peared for Aless.mder de Fillipis,
Beaver, under sentence of death for
murder, who killed his boarding house
•mistress in a quarrel over money. Let
ters were presented from Judge Holt
and District Attorney Graham recom
mending the commutation of the sen
tence, and from the jurors and a large
number of citizens asking for clemency.
W. S. Maxey appeared for Morris
Weiss, of Johnstown, in prison for ar
son, convicted of setting his store on
fire. Racial prejudice was urged as
the cause of the conviction and the
man was alleged to be innocent.
A pardon was asked for Carlo Zar
coni, Luzerne, who shot his mother-in
law with a small pistol, causing blood
poisoning, from which she died. Six
years afterward Zarconi was arrested in
Rochester, where he had married and
settled down, unaware of the woman's
death. It was claimed that the shoot
ing was done while the woman was
beating the boy over the head with a
chair.
:*o Cases to Pass on
Jacob Victor, Allegheny, convicted
of rape in 190S and serving a 14-year
term in the penitentiary, asked a par
don because lie has lost an eye and his
IK VISIT! ■;
NEW YORK CITY
you desire to locate 1r *be
VERY CENTRE
neareat retail ahops and moat accessible
to theatres, depots, steamship plan, joo
wIM be plaased at the
HOTEL
Albemarle-Hoffman
sth Av., Broadway, 24th St.
OVERLOOKING MADISON BQ. PARK.
A #Ue million dollar example of modem
architectural perfection; accommodation,
1,000 gueets.
A Good Room,
$1.50 Per Day.
With Bath, $2 to $5.
Fanu>ue Piccadilly Restaurant.
■V. Booklet and Guide on Requeit. j,
DA.MEt, P RITORF.Y
Made-Up Carpet Rugs, Crex Car
pets and Runners in a Special
Clearance tor Three Days
The items that go into this three-day sale of floor
gt A 3 coverings come from our regular stock and represent
B = t' ,e ft uos t grades of their kind to be found anywhere.
a w| § The savings on the following rugs and runners are
Tm"——' 1 worth looking into to-morrow:
#12.00 red Brussels rug, size 8.3x10. Reduced to $7.50 Crex rugs, with fancy border, size Bxl2. Re
sl».oo duced to $6.50
$13.00 red Brussels carpet, size oxl3 ft. Reduced to #«.00 Crex rugs, with fancy border, size 6x12. Re
tjij) 00 duced to . . , $5.00
«•>- iwi ♦,»„ i _ . ' . $1.35 Crex rugs, with fancy border, size 36x72 inches.
•<"' tan Brussels rug, size 8.3x15.5 ft. Reduced Reduced to $1 10
$27.00 tan Saxony rug, size 8.3x13.10 ft. Reduced CreX RugS and Runners
to $20.00
«•>< <W> . . . $1.20 Crex runner, 72 Inches wide; bound edges and
to Brussels rug. size 8.3x14.5 ft. Reduced fancy border> Eeduce d to . .98c
s 11.50 green Colonial velvet rug, size 6xo ft. Re- duced to 08c
duced to SO.OO SI.OO plain Crex runner, 72 inches wide. Reduced to
SIO.OO green tapestry rug, size 6xo ft. Reduced to 70c
$7.50 90c fancy border Crex runner, 54 inches wide. Re-
Crex Rugs Specially Priced 75c plain border Crex runner, 54 inches wide. Re
rUgS ' Wlth fal,cy border * Bize , '- Xl ;'; o Ke (loffancy oborder 0 border Crex runner, 36 inches wide! rl°
aucea 10 $12.50 duced to 49c
$1 1.00 Crex rugs, with fancy border, size oxls. Re- $1.25 cocoa mats, trinuned thin. Reduced to . . . ,08c
duced to $0.75 75c rubber mats, 30x18 Inches. Reduced to ... ,40c .
tar Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor—Three Elevators.
Thursday's Remnant Sale of Colored
and Black Dress Fabrics
These weekly clearances of colored and black dress remnants are always well
patronized, for it is generally known by this time that the values are worthwhile
and the opportunity afforded for securing the best selling stvles of the season at
substantial savings. Lengths vary from 1y 2 to 6 yards and are sold by the piece.
5 yards Silk and Wool Crepes, SIO.OO value. Thurs- 3 yards Granite, $1.50 value. Thursday, piece, 05c
day, piece $2.05 4 yards Cloth Suiting, $2.36 value. Thursday, piece,
2% yards Tan Coating, $7.50 value. Thursday, SI.BO
piece, $2.45 3 yards German Plaids, $3.00 value. Thursday,
4 yards Serge, $5.00 value. Thursday, piece, $3.05 piece, .. . ... ..... . $1.05
4 yards Serge, $4.00 value. Thursday, piece, $3.20 fje? ° ******* . %
5 yards Cloth Suiting, $2.95 value. Thursday, piece, 1 4 yards Serge, $1.50 value. Thursday, piece, 60c
$2.20 5 yards Serge, $2.50 value. Thursday, piece, $1.60
6 yards Granite Cloth, $3.00 value. Thursday, 2 yards Silk Poplin, $2.50 value. Thursday piece
P iece $2.10 $125
4 yards Plaid. $2.00 value. Thursday, piece, . .95c IV6 yards Silk Poplin, SI.BB value. Thursday
4 yards Serge, $3.00 value. Thursday, piece, $2.60 piece,
Black Dress Goods
4 yards Bleck Check Serge, $3.00 \alue. Thursday, 4 yards Black Broadcloth, SB.OO value. Thursday
piece, $ 1.95 piece, $»"5.95
3 M yards Black Mohair, $2.44 value. Thursday, 3 yards Black Serge, $2.55 value. Thursday, piece,
piece, $1.49 H1.95
4 yards Black Ratine, $4.00 value. Thursday, 5 M vards Black Poplin, $5.25 value Thursday
Piece $2.05 piece
6% yards fancy Black Batiste, $5.06 value. Thurs- yards Black Serge, $3.13 value Thursdav
day, piece, $3.10 piece « 2 .45
5 yards Black Serge, $2.50 value. Thursday, piece, 4 yards Black Serge, $5.00 value. Thursday, piece,
$1.70 $4.95
2 yards Black Broadcloth, so.oo value. Thurs- 4 vards Unfinished Worsted, $5.00 value Thursdav
day, piece ,sa.6o piece $3.95
W Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor, Fourth Street Side.
wife has obtained a divorce from him.
He alleged conspiracy caused his con
viction. •
William A. Warren, Allegheny, serv
ing 4 to 6 years for shooting his wife,
represented that he was shooting at his
wife's paramour and shot her by mis
take. Since his imprisonment his wife
has obtained a divorce, he alleged, and
married the man Warron tried to kill.
Judge Frazer favors the pardon.
The Board will not dispose of the
cases until late this afternoon, there be
ing thirty on the list.
COURT HOUSE
SIGN IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Last Certificates to Be Issued Under
1910 Loan Prepared To-day
The last of the bonds to be floated I
under the third public improvement
loan approved in 1910 and which fa
cilitated a $641,000 borrowing capac
ity, were signed, sealed and prepared
for issuance to-day by the members of
the Sinking Fund Commission, Mayor
Royal, Finance Commissioner William
L. Gorgas and City Treasurer Copeliu,
together with City Clerk Charles A.
Miller.
The bonds total $132,000 and are
floated to take care of fall work as well
as the completion, next year, of the
concrete intercepter sewer protective
wall and steps aud the Paxton creek
improvements. E. M. Fields, represent
ing the United States Mortgage and
Trust Company, was here and certified
as to the value of the bonds. The cer
tificates will be issued within the next
few days, having been sold some months
ago.
Treasurer Shot Deer
City Treasurer O. M. Copelin has re
turned from llollow Ijake, Canada,
where lie spent several weeks on a hunt
ing expedition with W. Stanley Kay,
of this city. The treasurer shot a deer
just before returning home, although
he was not permitted to bring his game
home, the Pennsylvania laws protect
ing deer until the season, November 10
to 25.
Appointed a Policeman
Wilson Levi Shay, of this city, a
policeman on the Pennsylvania Kail
road, was to-day commissioned as such
by the Governor and notice of his of
fice was recorded at the Dauphin Coun
ty Recorder'? office.
Marriage License
Kerry E. Dvsinger and Mary E. El
lis, Harrisburg.
"Where's your engagement ring
IMargiel"
'' I've hid it. As long as George isn t
sure 'he tcan get the ring 'back 'he won *t
break t'he engagement.''—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
CAPITOL
PENNSYLVANIA'S HEALTH
EXHIBIT WILL BE LARGE
| State Health Department Given $20,-
000 by tlie Exposition Commission
I to Display Its Operations—Straw
! bridge & Clothier Get Contract
At a meeting of the Pennsylvania
Commission to the (Panama-Pacific Ex
position held yesterday afternoon at
the Executive Department Dr. 8. F.
1 Dixon, State Health Commissioner, ap
j poared and expressed his willingness to
I do all he could to place in the big ex
; position at San Francisco an exhibition
showing the work that has been accom
plished 'by Pennsylvania in recent years
in caring for the health of its people.
It is the intention to make this exhibit
as complete as possible, and to carry
it out successfully the State commis
sion appropriated $20,000 to Dr. Dixon
for that purpose.
The Commission gave the contract
for furnishing the State building to
Strawiiridge & Clothier, of Philadelphia,
the lowest bidder, at $3,522.09.
New Game Preserve
The State Game Commission has se
lected auother site for a new game pre
serve at a point close to where Lycom
ing, Potter and Clinton counties join.
It has an area of acres and is
well wooded and watered. The selection
is subject to the approval of the State
Forestry Commission.
Public Service Commission
Ex-Judge Wilson, representing the
complainants, and Speaker Alter, the
respondents, in the matter of the com
plaint against the rates eharged by the
Beaver Valley Water Company, ap
peared before the Public. Service Com
mission to-day and arranged for a hear
ing which will be held in Pittsburgh
on November 10. At this time all the
testimony will be taken, after which
argument will be heard.
The Commission to-day received an
invitation from Mayor Blankenburg to
attend a conference of the Mayors of
American Cities to be held in Philadel
phia on November 12, 13 and 14. Com
missioners Pennypacker and Johnson
and Attorney Trinkle were selected to
represent the Commission.
Treasury Money
City Treasurer McGoach, of Philadel
phia, has turned over to tfhe State Treas
ury t)he $505,844.95 personal property
tax for 1913, the payment of which
has 'been delayed for a long 'time, de
spite the demands of the State Treas
urer. Other money received at the State
Treasury includes $21,780.9'! from the
Reading Iron Company and $36,071
from the Lehigh Valley Coal Company.
Erie's Mayor Here
Mayor Stern, of Erie, who is in at
tendance at the meeting of the Public
Service Commission, called on Governor
Tener to-day.
Senator Thompson, of Beaver, and
Senaltor Salus, of Philadelphia, were
»I so callers at the executive depart
ment,.
New Justice Appointed
Governor Tener to-day appointed
Charles T. Davies to be a justice of the
peace in Jackson, 'Cambria county.
Bids for New Roads
On November 10 State Highway
Commissioner Bigelow will open bids
for four State aid highways: Beaver
■county, 2'/ s miles of brick biock in Moon
and Ho'pewell townships; Washington
county, 12,829 <feet of 'brick and as
p*halti'c concrete in Cecil township;
Chester county, 6,682 feet erf asrphaltic
macadam in Penn township; Jefferson
county. 2,400 feet- of brick block in
'Bro'kville. All are to 'be completed in
1915.
Tire Circular Issued
State Pi re Marshal (Baldwin has is
sued a circular to merchants in which
he points out the necessity for making
every day a clean-up day.
PACK CHRISTMAS SHIP BOX
All Contributions Must Be in by Friday
Afternoon
The HarriSburg Women's Temper
ance Union will hold its regular meet
ing tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock
at the home of Mrs. William H. Cooper,
218 Cumberland street. The 'leader,
IMrs. S. B. Ellenberger, will speak on
"State Convention Echoes."
The W. C. T. U. box for the Christ
mas ship will be packed Friday after
noon at the Evangelical Publishing
House, Second and Locust streets. All
contributions must be in by that time.
It is requested that they be packed in
small cartons. Second-hand clothing or
anything clumsy is not wanted. Mon
ey, toys, children's wearing aipparel or
anything of this sort will be gladly ac
cepted.
ODD FELLOWS TRUSTEES MEET
Marietta, Oct. 21.—The trustees of
the Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania met
yesterday in the hall of Cassiopeia
Lodge and elected the fallowing officials:
President, James A. Howard, Philadel
phia; assistant secretary, Robert J.
Nelson, Harridburg; secretary, Joseph
H. Stafford, Marietta: treasurer, Isaac
E. Asbury, Washington.
Other trustees, besides the foregoing,
are John P. Hayden, Pittsburgh; Wil
liam Catlin, Monong-ahela City; Lewis
E. Morton, Scrantun. Routine business
was transacted, and reports showed
progress in the work.
A Comprehensive Showing
of New Silk Waists:
Attractively Priced
New arrivals in crepe de chine, pussy willow taffeta
and silk cashmere show clever reproductions of
French modes that recently, came to America in sketch
form.
Unmatchable values among the Silk Waists include:
Navy and black messaline waists A Rare Occasion in LOW
at $1.98
Crepe de chine waists with trim- Prirpri Wai<?+<*
ming of hemstitching and small but- u vv aiowj
tons; in white and black, ... #3.50 and $5.95 strip® crepe de
Crepe de chine waists in flesh and c inne au d Georgette crepe waists in
white, with collar and cuffs of beuga- lavender, rose, plum, brown and
Une silk and black jet button trim- whito; finished with black ties. Re
nting' $5.95 duced to $*2.98
Combination crepe de chine and
satin waists, in flesh and black, white $6.59 Georgette crepe waists in
and black and maize and black: vest 'maize, flame and pink with trim
of satin, $7.50 I ming of lace. Reduced to . .. $2.50
tar Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor—Three Elevators.
Furniture of Finest Quality
Lowered in Price for
Early Disposal
i
One 2-piece dining room value includes a $55.00
solid mahogany buffet aud a $35.00 solid mahogany
china closet —an actual $90.00 set. reduced for imme
diate clearance to $59.00
$15.00 Bird's-eye maple and mahogany bureaus. Reduced to $11.95
$15.00 mahogany Princess dressers. Beduced to .$11.05
$18.50 golden oak, mahogany and maple bureaus. Beduced to .. .$13.95
$4.95 willow chairs. Beduced to $3.95
$39.00 golden oak buffets. Reduced to $35.00
$15.00 fumed oak chairs. Reduced to $11.50
$15.00 fumed oak rockers. Beduced to $11.50
$29.00 fumed oak settees. Reduced to $22.50
ts* Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Third Floor—'Three Elevators.
INTER-CITY MEETING OF
RQTARIANS LAST NIGHT
Mayors of Reading and Harrisburg
Speak at Dinner Given Berks Coun
ty Club by Local Organization
Which Fathered It
Dinner at the Colonial Country Clii'b
was served last night to members of
the Harrisburg and Reading Clu'bs, an
inter-city gathering of representative
business and professional men, includ
ing the Mayors of both cities, an auto
mobile tour along the river front and
through Reservoir park preceding the
dinner. The Reading visitors came to
this city in their automobiles, arriving
alt the square between 4 and 4.30
o'clock in the afternoon.
The courses were followed by several
toasts, interspersed with vocal music.
Secretary Howard C. Fry, 0 f the Har
risburg Rotary Club, introduced Presi
dent William S. Essick, w<ho sipoke 011
"The Carpet Bagger," applying that
name to himself 'because he started bus
iness in this city "with no more be
longings than he could carry on his
back.''
The Rev. Dr. J. H. IHaie.kenberg. min
isterial mem'ber of t>he Reading Rotary
Club, spoke on "The Sons of Our .Fa
thers. Referring to the part taken by
the Harritflmrg Rotary Club in organ
izing the Reading society, he said:
"The 'Harrifftrurg Rotary Club is the
stork wlhich one uight placed in the
lap af Mother Reading a big boy. The
IMayor of the city gave a smile, ami 'lie
(has been proud of 'the youngster ever
since."
William M. Keak, president of the
'Reading club, made a few remarks, and
was followed by the special guest of
the evening, K. J. ©erlet, of Philadel
phia, vice president of the eastern dis
trict, International Association of Ro
tary Clubs. After speaking in general
about the purposes of 'Rotary, Mr, Ber
lot said:
"Above all things T would advise
rotary clubs to let politics alone. The
members Should take an interest in the
broader civic movements, but they
should avoid politics entirely.''
Brief remarks were made by Mayor
Royal and 'by Mayor Stratton, of Read
ing. Mayor Royal said Tie bad seen
enough of the spirit of rotarians to con
vince him of the benefits of t/he or
ganization, and the Reading IMayor
epoke of the work of that city's club.
The Correct Shape
Patience—W'hv, he's been in love
with her for a long time, hasn't Tie?
Patrice—Yes, but it : hun at last taken
shape.
"What shape has it taken T"
" Diamond shape.''—Yonkers States
man.
Worse Than Cheeky
Tailor —Thought I'd met some cheeky
customs, but —
Bootmaker—What now?
Tailor—l've had to press these trou
j sers four times, and they are not even
I paid for.
Bootmaker—That's nothing. 1 went
to collect a biil for a | air of boots yes
terday. and the fellow kicked me out
wit/h them. —-Detroit Free Press.
An Appeal
to the People of
Pennsylvania
It is in the interest of the pub
lic—whose chief concern is
good service and safety—that
the Extra Crew Law now on
the Statute books of Pennsyl
vania and other States be re
pealed. This law causes a
waste of $1,100,000 annually
in the employment of unneces
sary men on the Pennsylvania
System alone.
No one is more concerned than
the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company in securing maxi
mum safety on its lines. Every
train on this railroad has a full
crew, and this extra expedi
ture adds nothing to safety or
public convenience. The same
money had much better b«
spent to remove grade cross
ings, improve tracks, signals,
and bridges, and buy steel
cars. This extra crew law,
which compels unnecessary
expenditures, is one of the fac
tors which menaces the ability
of this Company to pay pres
ent rates of wages to that
great body tif employes whose
activities are needed.
The Public Service Commis
sion should see to it that all
trains are properly manned.
Such action wotdd amply pro
tect employes and the public.
We appeal to the people in
their own interest, we appeal
to our employes in their best
interest, to ask their repre
sentatives in the next Pennsyl
vania Legislature to repeal
the Extra Crew Law.
SAMUEL REA,
President, Pennsylvania Railroad Co.