4 SCHLEISNER'S Men's Store— Does Not Promise Wonders-' It Just Fills a Long Felt Want > Are you among the many who feel as if they must go out of town for their suits. Are you looking for a store that caters to your wants different ly—that offers clothing correct in style and material and is the only strictly one-price men's clothing store in Harrisburg ? Attention is called to our No. 3 model—coat with graceful lines, having an elongated effect with extreme ly broad lapels, cutaway front, shoulders extremely narrow, short sleeves, novelty cut athletic vest, tight fitting trousers — This is an exceptionly good model for young men. Made of Worsteds, Velours, Flannels, Cassimeres in Desirable Shades—All Hand Tailoring Throughout Price $25.00 MANy VISITORS INSPECT RELIEF COMMITTEE WORK County and City Officials Among Quests »t Open House »t Headquarters - To-day—All Divisions Under Re view There lias been quite a bit said a.unit the work which i" being done by/the local Home and War Relief Committee, but the random accounts cannot begiu t to give the public a comprehensive idea of the activities at the headquarters. 7 South Front street. The 150 or more visitors who took advantage of the "open hous*" here to-day saw for themselves just how extensive are the operations being carried on in this city for the relief not only of the war suf ferers abroad but also of the needy in *1 (arris iiul^. "•" Although the headquarters are open •very day for inspection, and visitors are always well cared for. special ef-, forts were to-day made to show men j and women /he inside workings of thej relief system. Among city and county officials who inspected the building were County Auditors Riegle and Hus ton. Poor Director Bover, Deputy Coun ty Controller Holtzman. Deputy Countv Treasurer Rutherford. Deputy City Treasurer Weber and County Solicitor Frederick Ott. The public inspection takes iu the Foreign and Red Cross divisions where ! materials are packed for shipment abroad, the supplies division, where ma terials are distributed and the finished garments received, and the Home Relief divisiou. where orders for garments are ■ issued and the needy women workers I given their pay. Hand-painted posters done by girl? of Irving College, who are taking a lively interest in the relief work are much in evidence in the Red < ross room. A statement made this afternoon ' showed that there is now a total ot $1,700 in the treasury of the commit- j tee. S3OO of which has been eontribut- i ed by Sun-lay schools. If donations con ' tinue to come in at the same rate, it is ' exacted that the work will continue at ! least until April 1. LAWYERS' PAPER BOOKS Printed at this office in best stvle, at ! lowest prices and on short notice. SPOT CASH SALE TO-MORROW THE LAST DAY Every Suit for Man and Woman Every Coat for Man and Woman ALL Tt BE REPRICED FOR SATURDAY | w*£S£ uits ' •; |2-9| Men* $25.00 Suits $10.90 T»rfi™lofnrw , Dl ' esses _ 390 Men's SJO.OO Raincoats $3.49 40 1 ' -o-nVr'•'* -5T.95 Children's $3.00 Pur Sets, 39c m» $ 390 Ladies- $3.50 Fur Pieces, .590 2 •>o T I.'. > »o-'no S l "!'' $1.95 Petticoats, $5.00 value $1.29 Tn W. 95 Skirts. $3.50 value 51.95 10 Boys SD.OO Suits $1.69 Children's $4.00 Coats 95^ All the rest of the stock in addition to above is repriced. Come to-morrow—the last day. EDWARD CO., 443 MABKET STRfeET • 9 Near Entrance P. R. R. Station ANOTHER QUAKE IN ITALY Shock Felt in Central Part. Causing No Fatalities and Only Slight Ma terial Damage Florence. Via Rome. March 5.—A slight earthquake shock lasting four seconds which waj felt in Tuscany and , other sections in the central part of Italy at 7.56 o'clock last night, caused no fatalities and only slight material i damage according to reports received ' here from various points where the . earth tremor was observed. A panic was caused among the people in the dis tricts where the shock was felt and it was feared it wight presage a repeti tion of the recent disaster in the Ab bruzzi district. The fact that the tremor was accompanied by subter ranean rumblings has given rise to the belief that it was of volcanic origin. i Reports from Tuscany and a portion of the Emilia region say the shock was' j felt everywhere in those sections with j more or less severity. At Piza the 1 first shock was followed soon after wards by another, both were undulatory from the north to south and were attended by underground rumblings.' Many of the residents of the city rush-! Ed to the celebrated \ithedral fearing the effect of the shock upon the leaning , tower. GRADING COSTS CITY $1,189 Ordinance Will Be Introduced to Meet Benefits Assessed , An ordinance carrying appropria- j tions to cover the city's share of the j cost of grading four street sections— something like sl.lS9—will be intro- j 1 duced at the Tuesday meeting of the City Commissioners, probahlv by Mr. ' j Gorgas, it was announced to-day*. The I greater part of the money represents ! benefits assessed against se-ho»l prop- ( erty, for which the city is liable. ; For the grading of Hildrup street. ' in front of the Forney school building, the assessment is $690: Nineteenth street, $330. an ! Chestnut. $101.20. The balance due Santo Peace inii- j | dent to the opening of South Front I street, between Iron avenue and Pax- j j ton street, amounting to $67.50. also I will be paid. ILARKTSBrpo STAR-INDEPENDENT. FRIDAY EVENING. 28, 30 and 32 North Third Street WHILE OTHER STORES IT'S A MATTER OF FACT are informing people that that Schleisner is underselling "Schleisner's prices are high" , those very same stores SATURDAY AND MONDAY We announce a demonstration of Ladies' and Misses' Suits—this does not mean a difference in sixes, as generally understood, but a distinct style for misses, suitable for business or dress—as well as appropriate styles for women wh6 are accustomed to plain tailored or those who desire a little snap—need we repeat, "You can depend on Schleisner's styles." Besides our regular line of higher grade garments this spason our showing is just as strong at $18.50 $22.50 $25.00 H If I I\TK D V announces a showing to-morrow of smart new IVI iL,L,lly E effects, copies of very high priced Hats— SALON |S OO | 750 S IO . O O AID SERVIAN SUFFERERS National Committee Headed By Bishop Darlington Active in Relief Work The work of collecting contributions 'to the Servian Relief Fund, "for the forgotten poor of Servia," was begun iu this country a month ago. and last ■ week more than $1,200 was sent to the ' stricken country according to Bishop . .lames Henry Darlington, national chairman of the committee in charge j of the movement. The committee is ■ composed of bishops from many parts i of the country. The committee says in its appeal: "This dreadful conflict has fallen 1 upon this little nation when its re sources are well nigh exhausted by the late Balkan wars. Women and children i are starving, multitudes are facing destitution and distressing poverty t abounds! This committee has under taken to secure funds which will l>e forwarded through Kr, Sebastian Da bovjch, the leading Servian Christian in this country to the proper accredit ed committees of distribution in S;"r- i via, Hungary and the .Balkans." Next Monday night. Bishop Darliug- I ton will preside at a concert to be given in the white and gold room of the Plaza hotel. New York. Among the notables on the program will be Mile. Orouitch. wife of the under secretary j of foreign affairs of Servia. a Ken- | I tuckv woman, and Mile. Augette Foret. who will sing Servian folk songs. It is hoped that more than SI,OOO may be | raised at this meeting for the benefit j of Servian non-combatants. ASK FOR NAVAL IOLLIKRS Manila Dealers Want Tliem to Trans- ! port Their Goods By Press. Manila. March 5. —Dealers iu sugar, hemp and other products have peti tioned Governor General Harrison through the Manila Chamber of Com - merce to request the government to em- I play naval colliers as transports to move goo ls. The shortage of tonnage at the ports in the Philippines has be leome acute, involving the most serious , economic consequences. FIVE YEARS FOR OPIUM MAKER 1 Mayor of New York's Chinatown Cries False Evidence fiy Associated Press, New York. March s.—Tom Shivan, j ■ president of the Chinese Merchants'" As-, ! sociation and known as the mayor of i New Y'ork's Chinatown, was sentence ' to-day in the Federal District Court to j five years' imprisonment in the ptnitca tiary at Atlanta, for manufacturing | opium. I | The prisoner claimed that he was in j nocent and that a rival Tong had ac j cotnplished his conviction by false evi- I dence. He said he would appeal to President Wilson. FRENCH CLAIM THEY RAVE RETAKEN LOST TRENCHES Paris, March 5, Via London, 3.25 I'. M.—The developments at the front yesterday are recorded us follows iu a statement this afternoon from the War Office: "'To the north of Arras, near Notre Dame De Lorette, we have recaptured most of the advance trenches we lost the day before yesterday. We took 150 prisoners. The enemy again bombard ed the Rheims cathedral. ••In Champagne to the north of Souain, Mesnil, there hus been nothing . fresh to leport since yesterday even ling's communication. - "In the Argonue, at Vaoquois, we have repulsed two counter attacks and made new progress, inflicting appreci able losses upon tli ■ eneni£ and tjJting many prisoners. We are inasters Of the greater part of the village." Reservists Taken Prisoners Xice. Via Paris, March 5, 5.35 A. M.—A French torpedo boat cruising off here yeaterd.iv stopped a Spanish steamer and an oftKer inspected the ; passengers. Among those on board were four Austrian reservists and one Herman, who had taken passage to Italy in the hope of beiug able to join tlmjr regiments at the front. The men were taken prisoners and have been sent to Marseilles. "> U. S. Observing Strict Neutrality Washington, March 5. —President ] Wilson was to'.ii to-dav by Kepresenta- ; five Snbatli. of Illinois, that the ma jority of foreign born people in the ! I nited States believed the administra- I lion was Observing strict neutrality ; and the President replied that he was i convinced that ultimately tae worlo would agree that the position of the f I'uited States has been strictly impar tial. Cavalry Disperses Lisbon Crowds Paris, March 5. 5.10 A. M.—Dein- ! monstrations made by crowds which 1 assembled several times in the vicinity j of the Parliament buildings at Lisbon yesterday were dispersed by cavalry, ! according to a dispatch to the Havas j Agency. The Democratic deputies are ; said to be arranging meetings but it is , understoodiiey will not be held in the chamber. Jap Cruiser Asa ma to Be Floated •Seattle. Watih., March s.—The Jap anese cruiser Asama, which recently v.eut ashore at the entrance to Turtle-f Hay, Ixiwer California, will be floated i soon, according :o a report brought | from the south 'ov the British naval collier Protesilaus, which i-eturned to day to the British naval station at Es- ! quimalt, B. C. U. S. Treaty With France Promulgated. Paris. March 4. 11.30 P. M.—The' treaty Mgned at Washington on Sep- i teniber 15. 1914. to facilitate the set tlement of disputes which may arise be tween Prance and the I'nited States was officially promulgated t*diy. COURT HOUSE WANT NEW COUNTY BRIDGE Commissioners Want Viewers to Pass Upon the Question Believing the iron bridge over Wico uisco creek connecting the borough of Lvkens on the oast side with Wicouisco towuship to be unsafe, the County Coin missioners this afternoon decided to pe tition the Dauphin county court to ap point a board of viewers who shall pass ujon the question of necessity for a new structure. I I''"" of the Commissioners, if the viewers report favorably, to have the March Grand Jury approve , the project and then advertise for bids I for the construction of a single span concrete bridge. The new structure ;» !,to not cost more than $4,000. 1 Contractor Paid S. W. Shoemaker & Son, the Con j tractors who graded Wiconisco street, I from tront to Sixth, to-day were paid j $5,6.'8,60, the full cost of the improve | meat. It is understood that property ; owners all have paid their pro r:ua j share of the total cost. Woman Sues Her Landlord Because the railiug surrounding yie balcony at her home, 633 Boyd avenue, | gave way in October, 1911, resulting in her falling twenty-live feet to the ground and sustained serious injuries, I Mrs. Ida Cope charges Jacob Snyder, j her landlord, with negligence and she ; has brought a damage suit against him ;to recover 15,000. Edward M. Cope ! also lias died an actiou against Snv j der, reclaiming $2,000 for the loss of his wife's companionship and services | during her illness. Husband Killed, Wife Sues | charge of negligence is contained | in the SIO,OOO suit which Mrs. Bessie ; Downey has launched against the Cen | tral Iron and Steel Compauv and its receivers, growing out of the" death of ( her husband. Daniel W. Downey, on ! -M'ril 1, 1913. Mark Micholovich, a la : borer, employed by the Central, it is charged, turned steam into a boiler in which Downey had 'leen working and he was fatally scalded. Besides his widow, Downey left three ehildreu. Can't Force Bridge Building In a decision filed this afternoon Judge George Kunkel dismisses the writ of mandamus obtained by the City of Harrisburg against the Dau phin County Commissioners to compel them to build three bridges over t'ax ton creek, one at Walnut, one at Cum berland and the otl>er at Reilv street. The court holds that the section of the act under which the suit was brought is unconstitutional, because the subject matter of that section is not contained in tie title of the act. In another opinion t'he court decides that the Pottsville Water Company is liable to the State for tax amounting to $7,357.47. Register Case Argued Further argument on the question of whether Miss Neva Deardorf right fully holds the position of Register of Vital Statistics in Philadelphia was presented to Judges Kunkel and Mc- Carrell this afternoon. Austrians Evacuate Czerowitz London, March 5, 5.08 P. M.—The Bucharest correspondent of the "Even ing News" telegraphed to-day that the Russian offensive movement in Ga licia had forced the Austrians to evac uate Czernowitz, the capital of Buko wina. The dispatch adds that the main Austrian forces in this region have re tired in the direction of Franzenthal, to the south of the Carpathians. Canadians Attack German Trenches Paris, March 5, 11.2-0 A. M.—A dispatch to the Havas Agency from Bethune says that on March 3* a bold attack on a German trench was made by Canadian troops. The Canadians lost one killed and one wounded and are said to have inflicted a consider able loss on the Germans. German Reserves For Alsace Basel, Switzerland, via Paris, March 5-—The Germans are sending new formations of reserves into Alsace. The new troops are from garrisons in Wur temiberg and Bxvaria. Ordinary traflic on the railroad lines in this section has been suspended. A. L. Groff to Leave for China Having received an appointment as manager of the mission headquarters of the Baptist Publication Society at Can ton, China, A. L. Groff, of Old" Orchard, ■will leave with his wife within a month for their new home at that point. They expect to resu-h China in June, after visiting many places of in terest on the way. $22,000 AWAITS ARTIST 10 FINISH CAPITOL PAINTINGS Money Has Been Appropriated but Al exander Has Not Delivered the Pictures—Board on Tuesday Will Decide What to Do The Public Ground and Buildings Commission at its meeting next Tues day will take up the matter of tlio paintings for the fourteeu blank lu nettes #ll the wall of the corridor in the north wing of the capitol. Tim con tract for this work was let to .lohu W. Alexander, of New Y'ork, who was to do the work for John H.~ Sanderson, contractor for the decorations of the new capitol, for $22,000, and Alexan der gave bond for the performance of the work. When the capitol graft scandal came to light and ail decorative work was ordered sto>ppe*l, work on the lunettes had not yet iiern started. In 1911 a second contract with Al exander was prepared by Attorney Gen eral Bell, accompanied by a bond in the sum of SII,OOO, or 50 per cent, of the contract price, and the Legislature ap propriated $22,000, but nothing was heard from Mr. Alexander. The appro priation was carried in the J913 bud get, but although Alexander has re IH-atedlv been requested to take some action in signing the contract he has not yet done so. It is said that Alex ander declines to give a new bond, holding that the bond he gave Sander son still is valid. This year the $22,000 is not om braced in tlu< appropriation buugot, and Superintendent Itumbo will refer the matter to the Kourd of Public Grounds at its meeting on Tuesday with notice that Alexander has not yet complied with the contract, and if "the Board de cides to go ahead with the work under another contractor the appropriation will have to go before the Appropri ations Committee again. Alexander obtained his canvasses in England a long time ago, and, it is saij, has made preliminary s.ietches for the work. "1 should like very much to have the lunettes in place, 1 said Superiu tendent Ram bo, "for I desire that the art program be completed." The Senate and Supreme Court room pictures, to be painted by .Miss Violet Oakley, are not yet completed, but Miss Oakley writes that she is at work and the detail lrns consumed more time than she thought would be necessary. FORGERS CIVE UP FIGHT Mercer and Leßrun Decide Not to Make an Appeal and Will Be Sentenced To-morrow Counsel for H 15. Mercer and Kred Leßrun, the convicted forgers who, thinging lilarrisburg a "jay" town, came here only to ITe caught five hours after trying to work a crude "skin gtunc, have decided not to press their applications for new trials and the de fendants called for sentence at n session of motion court on Momlmy. John E. Gibb and Albert Heagy, of | Steelton, have pleaded guilty' to charges of robbing ,1. H. Higgins, of Austin, I'a., former Sheriff of Potter county and a personal friend of former Senator Baldwin, and they, too, will be sentenced on Monday. Others upon whom the court will pass sentence, in criminal cases, include the following: Clayton Jones, larceny; Frank .Tohm son, assault and battery; Paul Bates and Thomas Proeaseo, felonious entry and larceny; Charles Prater, gaming bouse: Samuel Weaver, false pretenses, live charges: Richard Williams, fe lonious entry and larceny, three charges; Charles L. Baughter,"felonious entry and larceny; Virgil Brown, sure ty of the peace; Eugene DeWa.lt, Charles H. Jones, Walter E. Kerstetter, Clarence K. Bay ley. Howard Croft and Hugh W. Norris, non-support; Allen J, ! Silks, larceny, eight charges; Daniel ! Frederick, serious charge. CALGARY RAISES LOAN HERE | Canadian City Gets $2,000,000 on « Per Cent. Treasury Notes Washington, March s.—Samuel C. | Reat, Consul at Calgary, Alberta, Can ada, has reported to the Department of Commerce that the city of Calgary on February 16 got a loan of $2,000,- 000 in the United States on Treasury notes bearing 6 per cent, interest. The notes, he says, which are payable in three years, sold at 98. Municipal bonds amounting to $2.- 530,000 are hypothecated with a local bank as security. The city also gives a bond with the debentures to the local bank as trustee. Interest on the loan is I 'payable through the Mechanics and Metals National Bank, of New York. The turning of this Canadian city to the United States for money is another evidence of the shifting of financial bal ance in the favor of the United States since the war began. PIKES ON FACE ITCHED TERRIBLY Scratched Until Became Larger, So Disfigured Ashamed to Be ! Seen, Could Hardly Sleep at Night. One Cake Cuticura Soap and One Box Ointment Healed. R. F. D. No. 1, Kutatown, Pa.—"At flret small pimples were visible upon my face. They would itch so terribly that I would scratch them until they became larger and larger. They were almost as large as a ten-cent piece. My face was so disfigured that I was ashamed to be seen. I could hardly sleep at night. " I tried many salves and cold creams but none seemed to help me. I saw the adver tisement of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and immediately sent for a free sample. I used these and got relief in a few days. I pur chased a cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura Ointment and in a short time 1 was completely healed." (Signed) Miss Katie M. Heffner, Oct. 15. 1914. Remember in Cuticura Soap you have ' three soaps in one, a complexion soap, a i skin and hair soap and a fragrant toilet and nursery soap, ir you are not aware of this j fact let us send you a free sample. Sample Each Free by Mail 1 With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- ! dress post-card "Cutlcurn, Dept. T, Dos- f too." Sold throughout the world. ' u How to Gain Weight A Pound a Day Thin moil and women who would like to increase their weight with 10 or 15 pound* of healthv "stay there" fat should try eating a little Sargol with their meals for a while and note results. Here is a flood test worth trying. First weigh yourself and measure yourself. Then take Sargol—one tablet with every meal—for two weeks. Then weigh and measure again. It isn't a question of how you look or feel or wluit your friends say and think. The sralog and the tape ni fat produe nig nourishment for the tissues ami blood -prepares it in an easily assim ilated lorm which the blood ean read ily accept. All this nourishment now passes from your body as waste, lint Sargol stops the waste nml does it quieklv and makes the fat producing contents of the very same meals you are eating now develop pounds and pounds of healthy tlesh between your skin and bones. Sargol is safe, pleasant, etUcient and inexpensive. ' H 56 Brooklyn R T 87% 88 % California Petroleum .. 18'/, 18% Canadian Pacific 156% 158% Central leather 33% 34% Chesapeake nml Ohio . . 41% 42% Chi, Mil and St. I'aui. B'6 8S 4'hino Con Copper .... 35% 36% Col Fugl and iron ... 24% 24'i t'onsol Has 116% 116% Corn Products 9% 10 Distilling Securities . . . S% 8% Krie 21% 22% Krie, Ist pfd 35 35% ■General Electric Co ... 139% 139% Great Nor pfd 115 116 Great Nor Ore subs .. . 32% Illinois Central 104% I(H% Interboro Met 56% 57% Ixdiigh Valley 134% 134 s IMex Petroleum 65% 67% Missouri Pacific 11% 11% National Lead 54 55% Nev t'onsol Copper ... 12% 12% Now York Ceil 82% 83% N Y", N H and 11 48% 50% Norfolk and West .... 101% 101':. Northern Pac 102% 10-3% Pacific Mail 20% 20% Penna R R 10'5% 105% People's Gas j.ud Coke. 119 119% Pittsburgh Coal 20 20% i. iio pfd 9:: »3% - I Press Steel Car 27 27 e Ray Con. Copper 17'/ K 17% s I Heading: 143% 145 % - ! Rcputo. Iron and Steel . 19% 20% ,j Southern Pacific X 3 >/i 84'. Southern Ry 15% 15% 1 do pt'J 47% 47Vie . Tennessee Copper -C'/s 2CVi I Texas Company 133 133 I'nimi Pacific 118% 119% IU. S. Kubber ........ 5G 56% U. S. Steel 43% 44V 2 (16 pfd 104% 105 I I Utah Copper 52 52% j Vir.-Carolina Cliem. ... 20 20 Western Maryland .... 20% 20% .[W. U. Telegraph 63% 63% - Westinghouse Mfg .... l> 8 [/., 68 % Philadelphia Closing Prices Philadelphia, March s.—.Stocks ' closed strong: 3 American Railways 33 i Cambria Steel 42% General Asphalt (asiked) 2(5 do pfd .j.. . . (asked) 60 1 Lake Superior ... T .... (asked) 7 i Ijehigh Navigation 74 1 Lehigh Valley 07'. i P. R. R 52% I Pha. Electric . ~... 24% Pha. Company (asked) 30 > do pfd (asked) 30 * Pha. Rapid Transit 11% • Rending 72 9-16 ! Storage Battery 48% Union Traction . . 35% U. G. 1 81% ' U. S. Steel ,45% Chicago Board of Trade Closing Chicago, March s.—Close: Wheat —May 1.38; July, 1.12%. Corn—May, 72%; July, 74%. Oats —May, 55%; July, 51%. Pork—May, 17.37; July, 17.75. Lard—'May, 10.37; July, 10.62. Ribs—'May, 9.92; July, 10.25. As to Electrocution James Boyd, a Philadelphia murder er, is to be electrocuted at the Centre county death house next week, .anil when Warden Francies, who has charge of the electrocutions. requested the Sheriff of Philadelphia to send Itoyd to the scene of electrocution, he was met by the answer that Boyd was not iu the keeping of the Philadelphia SherUf, but was in charge of the keeper of the county prison. Warden Francies then asked the Attorney General's Depart ment whether it was his duty to apply for Boyd from the prison keeper and was to-day informed that he shouM pur sue that course. Boyd will be taken to the death house this week. President Postpoueß Trip to Fair Washington, March 5. —President Wilson practically has decided not to jfo to Sail Francisco Exposition this month, but will go later in the summer. Ue wants to stay in Washington to "keep in close touch with the European situation at the present stage. Michael Shaffer Dies at Dauphin Dauphin, March s.—Michael Shaffer dieJ yesterday morning at 5 o'clock at his home on High rtreet. He ii sur vived by three children, Jacob Shaf fer, of Sun-bury; Miss Sarah and Wal- * ter Shaffer, of this place. The funeral arrangements have not beeu announced.