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Early Spring Sale
Men's and Young Men's Clothing,
Furnishings, Hats, Caps, Shoes, Etc.
This will give you an opportunity to buy all your Easter
needs at a great saving. Call at our store, compare our prices
and merchandise and you will be convinced that you can make
your dollar reach as far as two elsewhere.
These Area Few of the Many Special Prices Which Will Prevail Until After Easter
Men's smart up-to-the-minute Boys' latest styles Norfolk Salts Men's Dross anil Work Pants;
Hand-tailored Suits with patch with patch pockets: worth QQ worth np to SS.OO. Sale QT .
pockets; worth io qp up to $0.50. Sale price, price, %fOC
Sale price SIC »%fO ■ i
—~—————"" Boys' Norfolk Suits with patch Men . g 25c Silk Hose. -J r
Men's line Hand-tailored Suits in pockets. In grey, blue or brown; S| j e price ADC
Blue or Brown; worth nr worth up to 1M.50. Sale Af QQ
fe 18.50. Sale price. ... P rice
——— ' .Sttc Silk Four-in-hand Ties, oo
„, . Little Boys' Blouse Suits; worth Sale price fcOC
Men's tine Suits; worth Q C t0 0 . Sale QQ ,
up to $14.. >0. Sale price, <jff . JlXf*
P rice - •; 1/1,1 Men's 75c Dress Shirts. AT _
~™""""""~™~" Sale price T# C
Men's Suits in blue serge and Men's fine Dress Pants; values
pin stripes; worth up to *M QC up to 55.00. Sale tO QC
SI 3. SO. Sale price. ... Drice SC.VO Men'e and Boys'. Tsc Dress AJ
_______________ _____________ Cape. Sale price *ri C
Boys' latest styles Norfolk Suits Men's Dress Pants; values up —————————■
with patch pockets; worth Aq AO to $4.00. Sale QC Hats, Underwear and Shoes at re
up to $8.50. Sale price, price duced prices.
OUTLET CLOTHING CO.
404 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Open Late Every Evening Two Doors From Fourth Street
C. V. A EVVS
NOMK.tNAKIW HAH BAII FALL
Mrs. Christiana Bridge Was Seriously
Injured and Is Very 111
Carlisle, April I.—'Falling as she de
scended the cellar stairs at her home on j
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. Christiana
Bridge was severely injured and is in a
critical condition. sustained a bad
scalp wound and numerous bruises and
the shook to her nerves was consider- |
able. She is in her 93d year.
Mrs. Bridge was found after she had !
been lying at the foot of the stair- j
way for about half an hour by A. H. |
Heed, who conducts a grocery store at j
Lout her street and Porter avenue.
Light Plant Reducing Debt '
Hagerstown. Md.. April I.—That Ha- ■
gerstown's municipal electric light i
;-lant. installed fifteeu years ago. and £
now vflued at about $150,000. is a :
profitable enterprise, is shown by a
statement made by the manager, J. O. j
Beard. Tuesday night.
Beard says that aside from lighting >
the streets and alleys of the city free,
the earnings from the plant during the ;
year, derived from the sale of current ]
to priAjate consumers. AA-ere sufficient to i
keep Ime machinery in excellent repair.
a J 1.000 electric light bond
HI pay $1,950 interest on the out- ]
Holding electric light bonds. t
First Snake Story ]
' Waynesboro. April 1. —Portia s the
first live snakes heard of this season t
were plowed out of the ground Tuesday <
Some Walk-Over Spring Styles
1 HIS season's '
i d omi nating
Vv style feature is k
one ot maltiplic " wWB |y|
* \ ity, variety;—-a J|ft ,
game of .style
-Ban(*a com-
season which \ i
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patterns>nd
v*. The dl scrim
' inaUng woman JO? \
search of . /jr SJ
f newness of de- I ' \ (
/ ] kJL sign - _ / *4. -
,/ 4 WA .e foar ?tylM he " i / 4 WALK?
lOVER - one shown * iiCVER
1 any other shop.
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V shoes are world
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WALK-OVER BOOT SHOP
228 Markat St. Harrisburg, Pa.
by James Benchoff, while working on
his farm east of Rouzerville.
The snakes, four in number, were
copperheads and were from a foot and
one-halt" to tAVo feet in length.
The reptiles were lying together in a
<tuall trench, their winter quarters, six
inches under ground, tfnd were appar
ently awakening from their long inac
tivity, for thev moved slowly and at
tempted to strike Mr. Benchoff, but.
Avere easily dispatched.
Boy Suddenly Disappears
Ohanvbersburg, April 1. —'Nothing
yet had i>een learned concerning the
whereabouts of Paul, the 17-year-old
son of Joseph Harp. of near CheAvsville,
who left home with his older brother.
Reno, Tuesday morning and went to
•Havwstown. presumably to attend
school. It is the supposition that the
boy is on his wa\- to Polo. Til., as a
yourh, whose description tallies with
that of the Harp lad. purchased a ticket
to that, point and boarded the Baltimore
and Ohio train leaving Hagerstown at
9.45,
Arrested as a Firebug '
Huston. 'Md., April I.—'Deputy Sheriff
Stevens, of Kaston, Assistant State Fire
Marshal Famous and Detective Jen
sins, of Baltimore, arrested yesterday
Edward Smith, colored, on suspicion of
"burning several buildings on the
Jamaica Point farm of Edward B.
Hardcastle, near Easton. After being
lodged in jail, he confessed. Others are
thought to be implicated.
Increase Stock for Hugh Reservoir
Hagerstown, Pa., April I.—Washing
ton County Water Company stockhold
ers voted to increase the stock from
HArtßTPrertta STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1915.
$320,000 to $520,000 yesterday, sub
ject to appwal and to favorable de
cision toy equity court of contention
that the com; any has a right to sell by
meter. The new issne is for the build
ing of a 400,000,000-gallon reservoir in
the mountains.
Aged Woman Burned to Death
Frederick, iM*l„ A ril I. Mrs.
Spriggs I jams, ?0 years old, died at
Frederick from burns Avhile smoking a
pipe. Her clothing caught fire, and, be
ing blind, she was unable to extinguish
the tlanies. By the time assistance ar
rived most of her clothes had been
burned from her bod v.
'WITHIN THE LAW' THRILLS
Detective Play, Based on New York
Conditions. Is Shown Again in
the Majestic Theatre
Clara Joel, as ''Mary Turner" in
Bayard Veiller's melodrama, "Within
j the Law.'' pleased a fair-sized audi
ence at the Majestic theatre last night,
j The scene of the plot Avas in Xew York
|and "Mary Turner" was a poor sales
i girl Avho was sent to prison for a term
! of years by her employer for a crime
of Avhich she Avas innocent. For this
! apparent persecution she vowed to get
even with him upon her release from
I prison, and did so, eA'en to breaking
jinto his family by becoming his daugh
■ ter-in-law. The thrilling scenes and
dramatic climaxes were presented by a
1 company of capable actors, all of whom
j ably supported the heroine of the play
| throughout the entire performance.
| Agnes Findlay, as "Agnes Lynch,"
iin her East Side vernacular provided
I much mirth and was a clever adjunct
f to Miss Joel in the production of the
! play-
Franklin George, as "Joe Garson"
I who killel the stoolpigeon for putting
| tho strong arm squad '' wise'' as to a
I burglary about to be perpetrated in the
mansion of "Richard Gilder," the man
who sent "Mary Turner" to, prison,
•acted his part iu a very thrilling man
ner. Tom J. Evans in the role of
'' Richard Gilder" contributed largely
to the sOccess of the show,
j There Avas not a dull moment
I throughout the entire performance, ex
! cept, possibly, between the acts, when
ja few strains of music from orchestra
row would have broken the monotony
of the waits between the curtain's fall
I and rise.
HEARING ON COLD STORAGE
Foust Urges That Defects in the Pres
ent Law Be Removed
fold storage regulation in Pennsyl
vania was discussed for several hours
before the House Committee on Health
and Sanitation yesterday afternoon by
representatiA'es of the cold storage in
terests and James B. Foust, Dairy and
Food Commissioner.
The latter said that regulation is
essential and in his opinion the Legis
lature should cure defects in the luav
rather than repeal it. Charles P. Cald
well. president of the Corn Exchange
i National Bank, of Philadelphia, said
that cold storage should be encouraged
to aid business. He cited the cases of
imported foodstuffs.
Lawyer's Removal Notice
C. 11. Backenstoe. Esq., has removed
: his law otnees from No. 14 North Thir l
j street to the Bergner building \Rooms
1 Nos. 203 and 204 second floor) north
• west corner of Third and Market
: streets, Harrisburg, Pa. (Entrance on
Third street).
TUMBLE IN HOUSE FURNISHINGS
One Horse Killed in Flitting Plunge
of 50 Feet
j Mahanoy City, Pa., Apri 1 I.—As
j ccnding Frackville Mountain yester
day, with a moving of household goods,
a team owned by Jaines Stranix, of
jjGilberton, plunge J over the embank-
I ment and tumbled 30 feet.
The driver escaped. One horse was
; killed and the household goods wrecked.
Sued for Money, Says It'a His Fee
Tork, Pa.. April I.—Alleging that
IE. D. Beiitzel. former District Attor
, ney, retained SB4 awarded her in the
1 assigned estate of her husband, Mrs.
Matilda Ruppert. Dover township, has
| sued the lawyer for embezzlement,
while Bentzel says the money retained
was his fee.
FORESTS WORTH $3,000,000
IN WHIE MOUNTAIN REGION
Recent Purchases of Land In New
Hampshire By Government Gives
More Than Billion Board Feet,
Say* U. 8. Forest Commissioner
Washington. April X.—The mer
chantable timber acquired by the fed
eral (government in the purchase of
land for national forests in the White
Mountains of .New Hampshire and the
Southern Appalachians amounts to
more than a billion board feet, worth
upward of $3,000,004) on the etump,
according to an appraisement by the
forest service. In addition, there is an
enormous quantity of inaccessible and
widely scattered timber which cannot
l>e considered marketable uutil region
al developments and improvements
place it within reach.
Plans for cutting some of this tim
ber in accordance with scientiJlo for
estry methods already have been pre
pared and in a few localities opera
tions have been started. N ln some
places it has been found necessary to
remove mature trees in order to give
the young growth a chance. This work
is being done largely by local residents
who have bought the stumpage and
are converting it into lumber. The
construction of roads and trails is
making more and more timber acces
sible to lumber operators, but the
principal use of these improvements
at present is for local communication,
tire protection, and to open up the wild
land for recreation use. A secondary
influence of the improvements is to in
crease the value of the land and to
make the timber ou it more accessible
and valuable to operators.
A great deal of the forest land
within the purchase areas was cut
over or culled before the government
acquired it. Xearly all of this class
of land, however, is covered now with
voumj growth and even the abandon
ed farm acreage, which forms about
two per cent, of the whole, is slowly
reverting to forest.
Of mature timber which could be
placed on the market at once, the
eastern national forests contain a to
tal of about 1,KM),0W),0O l O board feet,
which includes all the common east
ern hardwoods, together with much
spruce, a good deal of hemlock and
some pine. The land, including the
timber, has been bought at an aver
age price of a little more than $5 an
acre. More than 3,000,00-0 acres of
this land will eventually be acquired
for nations] forests in the east, if the
recommendation made by the National
Forest Reservation Commission in its
last annual report is carried out.
SCHOOLS AND EPIDEMICS
Doubt Wisdom of Closing Places of In
struction to Stamp Out Con
tagious Diseases
Washington, D. C., April 1. —I>oubt
as to the wisdom of closing schools in
epidemics of contagious disease is ex
pressed by Dr. Francis George Curtis,
of Xewtown, Mass., in a bulletin on the
"Health of School Children" just is
sued by the Dureau of Education. He
says: "If the schools are closed when
an outbreak occurs, the children are
turned loose from supervision; they
mingle freely with one another in the
streets, on playgrounds, and in each
other's houses. They are having an
extra vacation and enjoying themselves
thoroughly and are unwilling to admit
that they feel ill, lest they be kept at
home and prevented from having a
good time. For this reason they will
uot say they feel ill until the disease is
well advanced, and tbey may be active
sources of infection for some time be
lore it is discovered that thev are ill.
'•lf the schools are kept open and
the children continue in the classrooms
as usual, they are under strict obser
vation and examined daily by the
school physician, suspicious and infact
ed cases being sent home for observa
tion or treatment.
"In this way many children are sent
home before they have had an oppor
tunity to infect others, thus reducing
the probability of spreading infection.
Further than this, the attention of the
parents is called to the fact that the
child is feeling ill and he is brought
under treatment earlier.
"It seems, therefore, that keeping
• the schools open offers the best chance
of safety for the pupils, both collective-
I ly and individually.
"Instead of closing the schools and
! allowing the children to be scattered
| and removed from supervision, when an
I outbreak appears the schools should be
' kept open as usual and the children
I urged to attend. The school physiciafi
and nurse should be detailed to the
| school where the outbreak lias appeared
land instructed tj examine every child
| daily, excluding such as appear ill or
| suspicious. This can be done with very
; little disturbance of the school work. A
j note must be sent to the parent stating
'that the child seems, or is, ill and must
Ibe seen by the family physician. Sus
picions cases must be ordered to re
main at home until further notiee, and,
lif necessary, must be visited in order
to settle the diagnosis. Absentees must
jbe rounded up and examined in order
to find out why they have been kept at
home. If they are ill, they must be
isolated, and, if well, urged to return to
school."
This, of course, applies to schools in
cities in which school physicians, or
norses, or both are employed.
' Boy Bichlaml Y. M. C. A. Site
Kichltind. Pa.. April I.—Purchase
was made yesterday of the site for the
erection of'the Young Men's Christian
Association building. The site is cen-
I trally located, beiirg on Church street,
near Main. J. S. Steinmetz, a local
cigar manufacturer, |>essed title for a
consideration of but $460.
ARROW
COLLAR
"We can't afford to get up in the air except when the
ball's up there. Jfl
"That's why we use PICNIC TWIST instead of a dark V 1
heavy tobacco. PICNIC TWIST is mild and it's better Vj
than water for keeping you from getting dry." |
Men everywhere are finding that there's f&k
all the tobacco satisfaction in a mild, sweet,
long lasting chew of PICNIC TWIST
without the "comeback" on the nerves,
found in strong tobacco. '
Try one of these soft twists of the mild,
mellow part of the leaf and see for yourself.
PicNicTmsffSt
CHEWING TOBACCO fiplslik
" The Thinkers of the Country Are the Tobacco Chewen"
Also freshness-preserving drums of 11
THE BIRD PROTECTION LAW
XJ. S. Will Continue to Prosecute Illegal
Killing of Migratory Game and
Insectivorous Birds
Washington, I). C., April I.—(Many
of the press comments on the decision
of the United States District Court,
rendered (March 20, at Topeka, Kan.,
holding that the federal migratory 'bird
law is unconstitutional, according to
the United States Department of Agri
culture, are erroneous and are apt to
mislead the public concerning the real
situation in this matter.
The Kansas decision, like a former
decision to the same effect in the East
ern District of Arkansas, is limited in
its operatiou solely to the district iir
which it was rendered. Neither de
cision settles or nullifies tbe law, and
t'he exact contrary has "been held by
the United States District Court for
South Dakota. The Arkansas case has
been appealed to, and is now pending
in, the United States Supreme Court.
The act of Congress protecting mi
gratory birds stands effective until tihe
Supreme Court finally decides the ques
tion of its constitutionality.
In t'he meantime, it is incumbent on
every law-abiding citizen to observe its
•provisions and the regulations. It is
the duty of the Department of Agricul-!
ture to enforce this law and the offi
cials in charge will endeavor to do so
as long as it is in force. Reports of vio
lations will be carefully investigated
and wfoen sufficient evidence is secured
they will foe reported for prosecution.
In this connection it should not 'be for
gotten that an offender against this, as
in the case of other United States laws,
is subject to prosecution any time with
in three years from the date the offense
is committed.
Lebanon Man Dies in Arizona
Lebanon, April I.—Word was re
ceived here to-day of the death of
Ralph B. Zimmerman, aged 32 years
at Phoenix, Arizona, which occurred
yesterday. He was in ill health for sev
eral years and left for Denver, Col., six
years ago, where he thought the higher
altitudes would benefit his lungs.
Start Replacing Historic Bridge
Slatington, Pa., April 1. —The work
of doing away with the Reading's iron ,
bridge, in Whitehall township, began
Tuesday when a heavy blast in the
Trexler quarry set loose 23,000 tons of i
rock to be used in making arches under
the bridge where it spans Jordan
Creek, the tracks of the Lehigh Valley
Transit Company -and a public road, i
The railway will then haul thousands !
of tons of filling to reach the le*el of i
the present bridge tracks. ,
Seven Liquor Places Close
Lancaster, Pa., April I.—Yester- j
day seven liquor establishments passed
out of existence. They are the Lan
caster County House, Stock Exchange
Hotel, Opera House Cafe and Hoi- 1
linger's Lit|uor Store, Lancaster;
Bridgeport Hotel, Bridgeport, and ho
tels in Columbia >nd West Hempfield. 1
Applications for these licenses were ;
withdrawn. * 1
40.000 TO GOJN FULL 111
Reading Collieries Will Be Busy All
Summer—rPottsville Shops Also
Prosper
Pottsville, Pa., April I.—When the i
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron |
Company's collieries and dependent'
plants associated with the coal industry |
in this section of the State suspended ;
last night, to be idle over the holidays
closing the Lenten season, the men
were given to understand that their \
period of working short time is at last I
over and that from next Tuesday the j
mines, washeries and large repair shops j
at this place will b,p operated full.
This order assures prosperity to the j
anthracite region, for it gives guaran-1
| tee that 50 collieries and washeries in |
Schuylkill and Northumberland coun
ties, employing 40,000 hands, will put
in a summer of unusual activity.
The Pottsville shops, where all the
machinery is repaired and manufac
tured for the Heading's collieries, will
also share in the good fortune. They
have been working only three days a
week, the only break coming last week,
when six days were put in. This
seemed to presage the full-time news
which was promulgated yesterday.
At the local plant there are 800
hands. Bnsiness men are jubilant in all
the largo towns of Schuylkill. On the
coal branches of the Reading Railway
orders have been also issued to begin
working 54 hours per week from to
day on. This department embraces the
I track foremen, trackmen and allied
] workmen, which has been working 50
hours for some time past.
The order places a number of extra
men who were laid off back on the pay
roll.
The collieries of the Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company, in the Panther
Creek Valley, also have plenty of or
ders on hand and full time ia assured
for three months.
MUSIC TO CONVERT CROOKS
Calms "Jags" in Cells Also, Says
Pittsburgh's Police Head
• Pittsburgh, April 1. —Superintend-
ent of Police W. Noble Matthews, after
exhaustive experiments, asserted yes
terday that music will "convert "tho
crook and calm jags.'' He has arranged
that tht police quartet, which sang in
the Tabernacle during Billy Sunday's j
services, will discourse music, nightly
in Central Station in an effort to bet
tcr the lives of wayward ones.
If professional crooks are locked up !
the singers render solemn and pathetic i
songs and hymns. For the drunks rag
-1 time is selected, as it never fails to i
rouse them to good humor. When the
quartet sang recently "Where Is My
Wandering Boy To-night ?" thre« pick
pockets wept'in their cells.
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NOT PARTED EVEN BY DEATH
Married OO Tears, End for Both Is
Almost Simultaneous
Stamford, Conn., April 1. —In Cread
ley Heath, England, more than eighty
years ago, two children Vere born—a
boy and a girl—within a stone's throw
of each other. They played
I they went to school together,
courted and sixty years ago they
i ried. They moved to this
! Tuesday they died hem within
hours of each other. (
These two people, whose lives) raj
happily side by side for more that
three-quarters of a century, wore Mr
land Mrs. William Woodhall, 195|IIea
jry street, Stamford. t J
Lebanon Boys Taken to Reformntom
Ijebanon, April 1. —Charles Whephl
land Arthur Firestine, each 17 yeaJ
old, were taken to the
formatory yesterday by Deputy
iff W. L Brunner. The boys
sent tu the institution on the chaiL ■ e
stealing bicycles and other articlils.
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FINE
CANDIES
For ,
EASTER
LIGGETT'B CHOCOLATES
"Sweetest way to tell the story"
V&-lb., 1-lb. and 2 - lb. Boxes
HOc the lb.
LIOOETT'S CHOCOLATES
Old Rose Package
$1.30
MARY GARDEN
Very fine—Beautifully Boxed
'A-lb., 1-lb., 2-lb. and 5 lb. Boxes
SI.OO the lb.
WALDORF ASTORIA ;
CHOCOLATES f
New York's Latest Favorite \
$1.35 the Box f
NORRIS' CHOCOLATES
(Atlanta)
Assorted, 80c the lb.
Nut Centers, SI.OO the lb.
Gold Package, $1.50 and *s;i.OO
"Bale of Candy," $2.(10
ALLEGRETTI CHOCOLATES
Original
%-lb., 1-lb and 2-lb. Boxes
OOc the lb.
GUTH'S EASTER EGGS
Fruit and Nut Center
Pure and wholesome
lOc, 15c and 25c
EASTER EGG DYES
Chips—('alico—Liquid
Marbled
5c \
GORCAS' DRUG STORES,
10 N. Third Street
and \\
Penn'a Station 1 j