COMMERCIAL EXECUTIVES OPEN CONVENTION TP-DAY Sherrard Ewing, of Reading, President of State Association, Says Com munity Service Is Keynote of Pres ent Day Activities Sherrard Ewing, secretary of the Reading Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Pennsylvania Commer cial Secretaries Association, spoke On the work of commercial secretaries in a general way at the opening of the first annual convention of the State As sociation in the offices of the Harris burg Chamber of Commerce in the Kunkel building this morning. Sessions will last this afternoon and to-morrow. Plans have been made to take the visitors over the city in automobiles. Other activities include a dinner at the llarrisburg club this evening. Mr. Ewing said: "A broad community service is the present day keynote of Pennsylvania Chambers of Commerce and Bjards of Trade. We are getting awav from that worst of all impression that an organi zation of this type has the same aims as a trade organization, to the new vis ion that our organization must serve the interests of the entire community whether member or non-member. "In Pennsylvania we find the secre tary who is tired by a conviction that his organization is performing a real function of usefulness to his com munity. It is only through organizations and their secretaries working with a deep-seated desire to serve that munici palities, 'America's Greatest Problem' —can attain to that high ideal of be ing 'a good place in which to live.' ' George H. Moseer, manager of the. Altoona Chamber of Commerce, deliv ered an a tii IT ass on the " Buy-at-Home" campaigns conducted with much success in that city. A. M. Howes, of Erie, spoke on "Credit Rating Bureaus." Kingslev Moses, editor of "Town De velopment Magazine," of New York, spoke of organization and city publicity work and H. R. Knapp, of PottsviHe, spoke on district merchants' conven tions. Among tho«e in attendance are the following: George L Dobie, Bradford; Sherrard Ewing, Reading; R. W. Fer rel, Wilkes-Barre; B. K. Greenland, Beilwood: E. K. Hibschman. Harris burg: A. M. Howes, Erie; H. R. Knapp. Pottsville; H. 1. Koch, Allentown; Charles M. Ketehum. Washington; Moses Kiugsley, New York; E. L Mc- Coglin, Harrisburg; W. S. Milliner, Williamsport; George H. Mitsser, Al toona: Charles Newboht, Lancaster: K. G. Potter, Waynesboro;' Wilfred H. Schoft. Philadelphia; I. L. Smith, New cattle; W. Trnxall. Somerset; R. C. Wciler, Erie: Saniuel Wilson, Johns town ; A-lfred A. Woods. Butler; Li cius E. Wilson. New York; Richard B. Watrous. Washington, D. C.; Eugene F. AVciser, York. PUPIL GAINS 30 POUNDS report, of Splendid Work in Locaiei Open Air School Sent to Board of Directors Remarkable work in building up tiic -little boys and girls attending school in tiie Lochiel building is shown in the report of that school which will be sent to the Harrisburg School Board this evening by .Miss Marv M. Snyder, the toucher. Trie report goes into detail the gain in weight by- each pupil, showing tne average gain for girls in the period irom September to February to be five and one-half pounds and for boys five and one-third pounds. One girl in the school has gained thirty pounds in three years an.l another lias gained' ten in half a year. The result of the work hould have been received by the contractor not later than Feibruarv 22, the street nepair work already should have been started, ; in the view of the Highway Commis sioner. The contractor argued that for years it had been customary not to start the reipair work before the month of May. There is little likelihood of the street repair work being started before next Tuesday, at least, even if Walter yields in his attitude. In his letter lo the bonding com pany, Lynch said, that concern was informed of Walter's refusal to go to work and was called upon to "finish" the contract. Cleaning and Dyeing Works The Twentieth Century Cleaning and Dyeing Works, recently opened at 225 Market street, second floor, is well equipped to give satisfactory service. Suits are pressed while you "wait, and special attention is given to cleaning, dyeing and pressing and repairing la dies and gentlemen's clothing. The new establishment is under the able management of Sam Addlestein, who was formerly connected with the Chem ical Cleaning and Dyeing Works. He was alteo manager for the American Watch and Diamond Co. and has been connected with other well-known busi ness firms in this city. He is well known and has a host of friends, who predict that his new enterprise will be a success. SURVIVORS OF PROGRESO REACH VERA CRUZ TO-DAY 'Now BcltoveA That Thirty Man Lost Their Lives When Mexican Gun boat Was Blown Up Off a Port in Yucatan By Atnociated Pren. Vera Cruz, Mex., March 5. —Tues- day, March 2, by ntay of N(rw Orleans, March 5. —The Ward Line steamer Morro Castle came into Vera Cruz to day having on board the survivors of the Mexican gunboat Progreso which was blown up February 28 Off the part of Progreso, Yucatan. The survivors number between 120 and ISO and it is •believed that about 30 men lost tliieir lives. The Ward Line tug Auxiliar arrived at Progreso the day before the Morro Castle came into port aftd «hc immedi ately was seized by the gUnboat. A Mexican crew was placed on board her; The explosion on the Progreso took place on Sunday. It seems that the ex plosive was brought on board concenled in a barrel of rice. The Auxiliar was made use of to bring the wounded from the Progreso to the beach, after which she was abandoned. There evidently was an uprising in the port of Pro greso, for the Auxiliar was seize. 1 by a body of Yucatans. As the Morro Castle draw into Progreso harbor the Auxiliar, freighted with wounded from the Progreso, went, out and the trans fer of the wounded men was made. The Morro Castle ttaui started 011 her voyage to Vera Cruz. No soouer had she left the than the Auxiliar signalled her to stop. This the Mono Castle declined to do. She had on board 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition for the government of General Carran za. The Auxiliar started to pursue her but the superior speed of the Morro Castle soon put her out of reach. Noth ing is known as to what became of the crew of the Auxiliar. WHITESLfIVEACT MAY JANCLE MAYO Caatlnued From First Pace was the man Dudley I had known in Brooklyn," Cook explained. "The In stant Laura and I saw him we recog nized him as Dudley, the Brooklyn man at whose home Lillian had worked." That he feared his daughter had end ed her life was explained by Cook who said her letters home had been melan choly. She was worrying about a busi ness school examination, he said, at least that was the reason she gave in her letters. "The finding of Lillian's body has relieved us of a tremendous strain," Mr. Cook said. "My wife learned that our little daughter is dead and is com pletely prostrated. I must suspend judg ment until the finding of the autopsy." Mr. Cook returned to New Haven last night to claim the body of his daughter. Corc'ner Declares Woman a Suicide New Haven, Conn., March s.—The autopsy upon the body of Lillian May Cook, the 18-year-old Brooklyn Stenog rapher, whose dead body was found in West Rock Park here yesterday, was to be performed to-day. The coroner has "jclared thdt Miss Cook, for whom the police of three States had searched for a week, committed suicide. The autopsy was ordered for the purpose of determining her physical condition at the time she went to the lonely mountainous park and sent a bullet into her heart. Miss Cook's employer, Virginius J. Mayo, who as head of the Mayo Radi ator Company, resided here with his wife, supported in f house in Brook lyn a woman who formerly occupied the position held by Miss took at the time of her death, announced to-day that lie was "through with the case." He said that in offering a reward for information concerning the whereabouts of Miss Cook he had been prompted by a desire to aid her family. Coroner Mix said to-day that as the result of a report made to him by his physicians he believed there "were "sufficient indications to warrant pro longing the examination 'beyond the mere tracing of the course of the b-ul let and establishing the cause of death." The Coroner said that he expected to receive a complete report from tho physicians Who performed an autopsy upon the body of the young woman later in the day. LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY I Centlmird From Flrat I'sgr goes and will return to the United j Stater in ballast. Although the assault of the allied fleet on the Dardanelles is continuing ' there is such confusion of reports that! i it i 6 impossible to gain a clear idea of! . what has been accomplished. The Turk-: I ish authorities admit that some damage | has been done to the outer forts but state that the defenses on which main j reliance is placed are still intact. From : British sources it is reported that the I allied fleet has penetrated well into the | straits and that the inneT fortifications have been damaged badly. On land important battles are in 1 progress in the Champagne region of j France, in Northern Poland and in Ga licia. No significant changes in these i encounters, however, are announced. While tile Anglo-French fleet is strik -1 ing at the Dardanelles, the Bussian Black Sea fleet will attack the ap proaches to Constantinople from the east according to uhofficial advices from Bucharest. The Bussian fleet is said to be off the Bulgarian coast steaming toward the Bosporus. The official German report of to-day says that the French left more than 1,000 dead before the German entangle ment as a result of one of several at tacks made yesterday along the west ern front. In the eastern campaign Bussian offensive continues without definite result. REPORT ON SEIZURE OF DACIA IS SENT TO PRIZE TRIBUNAL Brest, Via Paris, March 5, 1 A. M.— A formal Teport on the seizure of the United States steamer Dacia, drawn up by Chief Naval Commissioner Lemoine, has been forwarded to tho prize tribunal at Paris. The ship remains here un der the temporary command of Ensign DuPontavice Tno crew was to have left last night for Havre, but its de parture was ]K>stponed because instruc tions had uot been received from tho Urited States enubassy. Chance of a LifeUme SAVE To Get This Famous 5 / ffA HoosierKitchen Cabinet Beginning Monday, for one week only, The bargain. 800,000 Hoosier Cabinets have been Hoosier Manufacturing Company permits us to sell the "WHITE BEAUTY" at $2.50 less than lu ir this one cabinet J . , , . -.r quickly, the Hoosier Company authorizes tins the low cash price established by the Hoosier sale in 1000 pieked towns fhis is truly the Company. Regular Hoosier prices are remark- chance of a lifetime for a few women only. Our ably low. This reduction means an unheard-of allotment is strictly limited. '"White Beauty" Delivered for $ 1.00 1 Then $1 weekly soon pays the balance. Your money back . •'j pjf | — if you're not delighted with it. No extra fees. No interest. —*— \ Saves Miles of Steps for Your Tired Feet H "1 Sw You now must carry things from your cupboard and pantrv i WT f >■/ 1 lU'lt*jL to your table and back again at every meal. This means jm l' miles of steps. The Hoosier saves all these because it com- ' Y bines everything at your fingers' ends. You can sit down in "^^^MTnrT front of the Hoosier and do nearly all your work. You save Bp? energy by saving steps. You have more leisure. Has 40 Labor-Saving Features—l 7 New L o J |Hp This *'WHITE BEAUTY" gives you a real scientific iff tL' — ■ i ® * kitchen. You can put 400 articles in this new Hoosier, every r \jm The cabinet includes the patented shaker flour sifter— J P only sifter made that shakes flour through instead of grind- ! ing it. It also has a complete accounting system; a cook- 1 'Jjjy \'f -- -• '' t''; Sll book holder that keeps your book always open in front of I ' [Bri your eye; MTR. Christine Frederick's Food Guide that an- I _ —- swers the question "What Shall I have for dinner?" The r»» . >"|K new all-metal bread and cake box has double capacity, due JL to improved arrangement, and the work table is of pure 'White Beauty ' Vv aluminum. ***** ~ • --.-/J •• - Take Five Minutes to Decide Now Come in Monday early—examine these new lloosiers care- Remember—that the new Hoosier Club may be en fully-then decide whether you want to buy now while you Hrelv fille(] the first or seeond d of this sale Come can save $2.00, or later when you cannot buy below the regu- . , .. lar set prices; decide whether you can afford to waste the at once and enroll y° ur nanu \ energy you now spend in \valking in your kitchen, when a ' r y ( bc Hoosier in your kitchen. Then, if you single dollar will bring you the Hoosier Monday. will part with it, we will gladly refund your dollar. Remember—that after this sale the "WHITE BEAUTY" Come early. Other women too are making up their goes back to the regular price. j minds now. ROTHERT'S TO THE PUBLIC: We authorize this sale, limited to "White Beauty" HoOsier cabinets, at $2.50 less than the fixed oash price of these cabinets, this rcT week only. THE HOOSIER MFG. CO., New castle, Ind. PLEADS ALIBI FOR SBIDERS Policeman Testifies Youth Accused in Lebanon Murder Was Talking With Him When Shot Was Fired Lebanon, Pa., March 5. —An alibi was advanced yesterday by Raymond Seiders, tihe young local chauffeur who is on trial on a charge af having shot and killed John E. Mills, of this city, in an attempted holdup here on De cember 21, !ast. The defense is that Seiders could not have shot Mills, in asmuch as he was conversing with a policeman at City Hall at the exact moment tihe fatal shot was fired. A desire for notoriety is given as the ex planation for Seiders' claim of having helped lift Mills into the ambulance after the shooting, the Commonwealth having shown that, this statement was false. The Commonwealth closed its case yesterday afternoon after five wit nesses, including Mills' widow and son, had testified to his dying declaration that Seiders, whom he identified posi tively, had fired the shot which subse quently caused death. Notice was giveij by the defense that it would attack Mills' declaration, and would contend that he was influenced by sug gestion while under the influence of powerful hypodermics administered to relieve his agony. Policeman Charles Moudv testified that he was talking with Seiders at 10.02 o'clock on the evening of the shooting, outside of City Hall, which is fully half a mile ffom the scene of tihe holdup, which the defense claims occurred at that time. The question of time is an imi>ortant factor, the Commonwealth fixing it at 10.08 o'clock, Seiders in his own behalf flatly denied having participated in the holdup or shooting Mills and admitted he had sought notoriety in claiming to have been near the scene of the shoot ing and helping place Mills in the ambulance. | FORMER TEACHER RETURNS Mrs. Bertha Herring Henry Compelled to Speak at Central High Mrs. Bertha Herring Henry, wife of a prominent physician in Everett,'Pa., who tvas formerly teacher of elocution at the Central High school, tried to visit the school again this morning and conceal the fact by sitting in the rear of the assembly hall. But oue lusty lunged Senior saw her and after devo tional exercises started a cheer and in the end Mrs. Henry was comipelled to talk to the students. She 6pokc for a few minutes, telling a few stories. Mrs. Henry left school three years ago and none "but the pres ent Senior class was in school when she wa* a member of the faculty. Miss Helen Sloat rendered two solos and most of the first period was taken up hi chaipel exercises but relief from ! work for that length of time did not make the pupils sad. Mrs. Henry stop ped off in Harrisiburg between trains on her way to Philadelphia. PARENT-TEACHERS MEET Program of Music and Recitations Ren dered in Maclay Building At a meeting of the I'arent-Teach ers' Association of the Maclay street school, Fourth and Peffer streets, last night the following program was ren dered: Piano solo. Miss Catherine Lehman; vocal solo, "A Lullaby," Miss Hoover; piano solo, Miss Culp; address, "The Home," the Rev. Harvey Klaer, pastor of Covenant Presbyterian church; Vocal duet, Misses Kathleen and Charlotte Clouser; recitation, "A Japanese Christmas Story,'' Miss Seglebaum; pi ano solo, Miss Alithlen Fries; address, "Value of School Work," Professor G.' H. Goetz; recitation, "The Peach Pie," Miss Rutack to Harrisiburg from Read ing by Policeman Fetrow, was taken to Glens Mills this morning by Chief of Police Hutchison. The boy was charged with being an incorrigible and refusing to go baok to hie family, he was sent to Glens Mills by Associate Law Judge MeCarrell. He was kept at police headquarters since Monday, there being no place to commit juve niles. 13 STUDENTS HERE ON VISIT Senior Class of Milton High School Take Annual Trip Sixty members of the Senior class of the 'Milton High school arrived in Harrisburg at 11 o'clock this morning on their annual trip to this city. Dur ing the afternoon the party enjoyed themselves by going through the Cap itol building, while in the evening they will visit different parts of the city. A dinner was served at 5 o'clock at the Columbus hotel, with C. Esboch acting as toast-master. Speeches were made by Samuel Sasso and Miss Cilora Smith. The party will return to Milton at 11.25 o'clock to-night. Advise Course for U. S. Shipmasters Washington, March s.—American shipmasters sailing for Bremen, Ger many, are advised to take the northerly course in information to the State Dc ipartnient from Ambassador Gerard at Berlin, although lie says that the Ger man Admiralty declines to take respon sibility regarding courses steered out side of German waters.