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AUSTRIA'S FINAL OFFER AS
IT WAS DELIVERED TO ITALY
Rome, May 13.— A note informing
It*lv of the maximum concessions Aus- j
tria-Hungary is witling to make in re- !
turn for a promise that Italy will eon- 1
tinue neutral was handed to the For
eign Minister. Baron Sonnino, vester-!
day by the secretary of Prineo vou'
Buelow. the German Ambassador. It is I
said the concessions are the following: j
I—The cession of the Trentino.
2 —The cession of that part of the
Priuli still in Austrian hands, including
the crown land of GoeiS and Gradisca
as far as the Isonzo river.
3—The restoration to Trieste of the 1
autonomy enjoyed by that city before t
1866, which includes exemption of its'
citizens from military service, an inde
pendent administration and other mu
nicipal privileges.
4—Autonomy for Istria and for all
communes having a predominant Ital
ian population.
s—The5 —The cession to Italy of four is
lands on the Dalmatian coast.
6—Recognition to Italy of a free
hand in Albania.
7—Privileged commercial treaties
between Austria and Italy.
ITALIAN QUEENDOWACER
ANSWERS KAISER TARTLY
Rome May 12. —The '' Agency Na
tional" says Emperor William has writ
ten to Dowager Queen Margherita,
mother of King Vie tor Emmanuel, point
ing out advantages he believes would
accrue to Italy should it remain neu
tral and urging her to intervene to
avoid a conflict with Austria.
The widow of King Humbert is
qnoted as having replied to the Ger
man ruler:
'•ln the House of Savoy we reign
one at a time.''
Emperor William is reported pre
viously to have written an almost iden
tical letter to tie Italian King.
Anthony Wilding Killed in Action
(London. iMay 12.—Anthony F. Wild- 1
ing, of Xew Zealand, former lawn ten- j
nis champion of Great Britain, and
who several times has been a member
of the Australasian team in tihe Davis
cup matches. has been killed in the
fighting in the Dardanelles. Mr. Wild
ing was a second lieutenant in the
Royal marines.
Women Free Men for War
Newcastle. England, May I.2—The
boom in recruiting having made further
inroads upon the municipal staffs, a
number of women yesterday took the
places of street car conductors who
have enlisted. At Gateshead women
have been put to work as scavengers.
This, however, is an experiment.
King's Ban on Birthday
L«ondon, May 12.— 4 'Bv the King's
commands, all celebration of his birth
day, at home and abroad, with the ex
ception of the flying of flags, will be
dispensed with this year, owing to the
war.'' The foregoing announcement
was made pifh-io last night by the Brit
ish Official Press Bureau. King George
was born June 3, 1565.
Gas Poisoned, New War Casualty
London, May 12.—For the first time
since the war began the phrase '' gas
poisoned'' appears in a casualty list.
The phrase appears opposite the names
of ten officers and three men. The list
is dated May 7 and was issued last
night.
Fewer Stock Exchange Members
London. May 12.—An official list
posted yesterdav on the Stock Exchange
shows that 6do members of the Ex
change will cot apply for re-election for
the current year. In normal times the
l.«ndon Stock Exchange has a member
ship of 5,000.
Bridge Dynamiter Refused Writ
Boston. May 12.—The petition of
Werner Horn for release from custody
on a writ of habeas corpus was refused
in the Federal Court yesterday. Judge
Morton holding that tie defendant's at
tempt to dynamite the international
railroad bridge at Vanceboro. Me., iast
February, was not an act of war.
ASCENSION DAY TO-MORROW
Masses to Be Celebrated in Catholic
Churches in Observance
Ascension Day to-morrow will be ob
served with special masses in the Cath
olic churches. At the cathedral masses
will be read at 5.30, at 7 and at 9
o'clock, the last a high mass. At the
other churches the hours will be 5.30
and 8 o'clock, the latter a high mass.
The Zion Lutheran and Reformed
Salem congregations will unite in As
cension Day services to-morrow morning
at 10.30 o'clock at the Reformed Sa
lem church. The Rev. S. W. Herman,
pastor of Zion church, will preach the
sermon.
Many Got to Pottsville
A number of members of Amo Divi
sion No. 1. Knights of Malta, left this
morning for Pottsville, where thev will
attend the annual convocation of the
Grand Commandery and participate in
the big parade.
Firemen Want Larger Appropriation
With a view of securing a larger ap
propriation for the Harrisburg Fire De
partment so as to pay off a number of
debts contracted during recent large
fires, a committee was appointed at a
meeting last night of the Firemen's
t mon hell in the Friendship engine
house to confer with the City Commis
sioners on the subject. This "committee
consists of the presidents of the four
teen companies and five members from
the union.
Hikers Held Up on Towpath
Lebanon, May 12.—Two masked
men last night confronted a party of
Lebanon hikers on the towpath near
♦ho I'nion water works and with lev
eled revolvers ordered "Hands up!''
Don Yiengst. Jr., who was pathfinder
for the.. resisted and was
to the grouii.+.-pne of the
masked men tiring two shots over his
prostrate form. The exeitem«>!» proved
too much for two of the younj»~ jvomen
and they fainted. At this poin*K. f ' le '
supposed highwaymen turned and fl&'-
War Veteran Dies at Millersvilie
Millersville, May 12.—John Fine
frock, 80 years old, a veteran of the
Civil war, having served in the gallant
regiment, died yesterday from
the infirmities of age. He was an offi
cial in the United Evangelical church
and besides his widow, there survive
several children, grandchildren and a
number of brothers and sisters.
All Annual May An interesting demonstration of the pure food THE SUMMER FASHION BOOK
# products of Lutz and Schramm is now in progress of A# Celebrated
Silk. Dresses for After- in the Grocery Section in the Basement. PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS
noon and Evening A Corset Occasion of Special
Remarkable Values In High Class Values Announced for
Garments fo-morrow Bl re llry
A complete annual Everv woman who eujovs to be well corseted will ] jP IT / j
m"p jdk-ttaß that $6.60 Corsets, reduced to ...53.25 iMI
from earlv until late j SIO.OO Corsets, reduced to $5.00 fJJj ~J >T| |1
chiidren ' s piay ° xf ° rds IF
sio-o« IEI.I- and Sandals d " dmi ° n
to $42.50 Our line of Slimmer Footwear is ready and includes all the The FASHION BOOK^
Sls Y popular styles in sturdy oxfords and sandals. co *** * en cent * when purchased yrith one 13 sent paffenu
Misses' and children's tan willow Sizes SVa to 11 »W»c You will agree with us that no other FASHION BOOK approacbe*
$15.00 to Kto.oo white crepe de chine dresses, with trimming of ca lf pi av oxfords with elkskin Good- Sixes 11 Hto 2 98c it in variety of design and artistic make up. -<v
Duchess lace: long Russian tunic on skirt. Reduced to SIO.OO year stitched, soles; child's sire sto Tan Krajn , eather b#refoof SRn . - PATTERNS
$15.00 to $25.00 crepe de chine dresses, in pink and maize, over draper- misses sue » . t i a | s> heavy stitched oak leather • j_ _ Til j
ies of net or lace. Reduced to SHOOO E ' C ' Bk » ffer '« barefoot sandals. soleSi to 11 7Sc
jpXv.W I tan willow calf, Goodyear stitched
$25.00 crepe de chine dresses In flame and light blue, with gold lace soles— Patent leather ankle strap sandals ■ - »
band trimming; bodice of white silk net. Reduced to CIA (Ml Sizes 1 to 8 SI.OO wi,h Oood.vear stitched soles * t/ •
" P Sizes 84 to 11, ..*1.35 Sizes 6to S $1.25 I | fpfkp K ItTintinC
SttO.OO lace and maize crepe de chine combination dresses. Reduced Sizes 11 Vj to 11 SI 50 BuesßH to 11, ...$1.50 I—/vj AV*
* $15.00 Tan box calf barefoot sandals, Misses' tan calf, blucher oxfords I •
$-42.50 light blue taffeta dress, with square neck of cream lace; shoulder heavy stitched soles — with red rubber stitched soles, sizes of" CI Sp
drapery of roses and silk net. Reduced to $15.00 Sizes sto 8 75c 11 Mto 2 91.75 Cl I C/C/v/
_ , __ . __ ... , , ... Ur Dives. Poincrov & Stewart. Street Floor, Rear.
emb^dered^m^rTet^ReducM ° ss ° 3, overdrapwy of _ Long crepe kimonos, with lingerie collar and cuffs, with clastic
' " p——— —————— —————— waist band; in rose, light blue, wistaria and Copenhagen. 05«*
$52.50 black silk velvet and white silk dress, with gold embroidered
lace flounce. Reduced to $15.00 Dives ' Pomer °y & Stewart, Second Floor.
Dives, Ponieroy & Stewart. Second Floor. ]
~~ New Sport Hats Colored Dress Materials of
Attracttve Spnng Coats for 50c 69c 98c Cotton In a Showing That
pi 'll b
Xl, at there's a hat for every occasion is again | CatlHOt Bft EOUalecl 111
Children's shepherd check coats, with silk girdle trimming; sizes 2 to shown bv the great popularity of sport hats —light, j J
-52.98 to $3.95 comfortable and cool styles made primarily for I_l -L . .
Xavv, Belgian and Copenhagen coats; sizes 2to 6 vears. . , , . . , m I 1 FIT lIS LJll I
jQ , in j knockatHHit wear, for a woman doesn t have to be a I
Plain tailored and fancy box plaited coats, with silk collar; sizes 6 j devotee of outdoor sports There are llUiny Kujjlisll and French WPfIVeS ill tllis
to io >ear? $5.50 and $6.50 to wear a sport hat. J B broad showing, but by far the most important mate
, . H rials of the season have come from American looms.
_ T tr- 1 o 1 L T* * * These new styles just ar- /pA\ Mi
New Rid Belts tor I rimming rived and are inexpensive. ,A/ . JBl For early Summer dresses:
(A J' af Silk poplin, 36 inches wide, in all the wanted shades. Spe-
Slimmer Hats whit ' ratine tarns, ...50c cial, yard ,59<
Corduroy tams in colors to Embroidered voile in white grounds and colored woven tig-
This is the newest hat trimming and proves a smart comple- match sport coats »Hc W ] 1 ures - Special, vaul, 2o#
tuent to the dainty summer hat. We show the belts in tine Batiste, with white and colored grounds in colored figures.
quality soft kid in all white and many fancy designs in black 1 i . WH Special, yard, 10^
and white. These belts are in great demand in trimming the ©red underbrim «»c / J Voiles, 36 inches wide, in floral designs. Special, yard, 12V^^
large white sailors, leghorns anti Panamas. Prices 75<? & 98c Crash sport hat Gabardines in sand, battleship grey and navy ; 36 inches wide.
tr Dives. Pomerov & Stewart. Second Floor, Front. Ajl fjr Special, yard 49^
t-iannel sport hats in white wTkSJC ~ Lace cloth, 36 inches wide, in white grounds; a lace weave
t _ an d colors 50c with floral design. Special, yard, , ( 29c
Snorts Snirts of V otton* 100 White sport hats, soc Columbian voile, 44 inches wide; in white grounds with large
vjpuild UillilO U1 f rose design of blue, corn, pink and helio and with border designs.
„ , . ,< , , fcr Dives. Pomerov & Stewart, J 1 VV, van! 69C
Seco sports shirt, with black and white stripe collar and patch _ opetiai, yara, V
pocket trimmed with black and white band, trimmed with turn -e«on oor, on . Dress linen, 36 to 46 inches wide, to 89^
back cuff, SI.OO I | Linen pongee, one-half linen, in solid shades. Yard, ...25^
fcf Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Second Floor. * ■* t*r Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor.
A SUBMARINE TERROR;
SHIPPING IS PARALYZED
Merchantman and Man o' War Alike
Dread Hidden Foe—Get "The Na
tions at War" From the Star-In
dependent
Even the pen of .Tules Verne never
dared such fiction as has been worked
out in rea! life hourly in the eastern
Atlantic—unbelievable, but true, nev
ertheless, are the exploits of these
"Untersee" grapers, who, hiding in
the green, opalescent depths of the
ocean, strike an i drag down the noble
ships of commerce as well as armed
ships of the line.
Scarcely a cable but what brought
the news of a new victim of this small
but formidable arm of naval warfare —
the terror of the submarine grays the
hair of many a gallant skipper to whom
the actual meeting is scarcely less
dreadful than the eontinual night and
day suspense.
Maneuvering beneath the ocean
swell with its single baleful eye al
most dimmed bv the flying spray that
tops each wave, the viper-like craft
steals up under the very guns of the
mightiest ironsides, fires, and then
swiftly backs away to avoid the terrific
impact and upheaval occasioned by its
deadly messenger of destruction. It
never misses—it can't.
The question as to whether the Ger
man submarine blockade of Britain
constituted a true blockade according
to international law fan be answered
by each and every man who reads the
details of the appalling European
struggle in "The Nations at War," the
greatest book of the renowned Willis
J. Abbot.
Through special arrangement the
Star-Independent secured a share of the
first edition of this fair, impartial, un
biased work for presentation to its
readers. Since the recent opening date
of {he distribution thousands of these
most excellent books have left our
bands f° r 'he homes of our readers,
and tl>e words of commendation and
praise both for the book aud for the
J Star-Independent's plan of supplying
I its readers at 98 cent«, the mere frac-
I tion of the expense incidental to pub
| lication, have been pouring in. Any
' Star-Independent reader who has thus
far not availed himself of this oppor
tunity should lose no time in calling for
', the volume.—Adv. *
HOLD DOUBLE FUNERAL
Services For Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pipes
To Be Held To-morrow
| The funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
■' liam S. Pipes, 415 South Thirteenth
street, who died as the result of in
, juries received when struck by a trol
| ley car at Derry and Fourteenth I
,; streets. Sunday evening, will be held I
, | to-morrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock!
from the Market Street Baptist i
church. Private funeral services will !
be in charge of the Rev. Walter H.
[ Dallman, pastor of the church. Imme
., diate friends of the family and mem
, I bers of the church are invited to at
, tend. Interment will be in the Harris
, burg cemetery.
I Mrs. Pipes died yesterday at the ]
Harmbuiu hospital without regaining i
, consciousness, while Mr. Pipes died on |
. Sunday within a half hour after being
• ;struck.
Cigar Industry Brightening
ij Sporting Hill, May 12.—The cigar
• i business in Lancaster county is resum
i ing its former activity. Yesterday the
t Eisenlo&r Cigar Company at 'Manheim
began operations with a full force of
- hands after being idle for some time.
II The EMoss Oigar factory at INLarietta
r; jvas removed to Lancaster.
l;
■ 1 Church Dedication at Cornwall
1 j _ Lebanon. May 12.—8 acred Heart
?! Catholic church, Cornwall, of which the
it Rev. Father O'Flynn is the rector, will
ibe dedicated to-morrow morning at
1 10.30 o'clock by the Rt Rev. J. H.
; i Shanahan. bishop of the diocese of Har
- j risburg, assisted by the local priests,
s
Sold Without licenses
8 The city health commission has
r brought prosecution against seven per
, sons before Alderman Hoverter, all
1 charged with selling ice cream without
s licenses.
js. S. CONVENTION ST ENOLA
j The Lower District Association of Cum
berland County Will Hold Ses
sions To-morrow
(Special to the Star-Independent.)
Enola, -May 12. —The spring conven
tion of the IjfAver District Sunday
I School Association of <_-unvberland coun
ty will 'be held in the Zion Evangelical
Lutheran church to-morrow. The com
mittees in charge are: Entertainment,
1 the Rev. M. S. Sharj>e. Mrs. Ellis 'Miur
' rav, Mrs. William Troup, iMrs. E. E.
Allen, IMiss G. 'Myers, Mrs. B. L. Moore, j
,'Mrs. .1. F. Zellers; street demonstration,
1 the 'Rev. tD. M. Aver, Joseph (Fleming,
j 8. G. Hepford, H. L. Hoffman; music,
' O. W. Seitz.
The following program has been ar- [
! ranged for the day:
, Morning Session—9.3o, devotional, |
jfche Rev. &f. 8. Sharpe; 9.45, address,;
I E. Z. Gross: 10.15, music; 10.20, ad-!
! dress, t'he Rev. E. L. Manges; 10.50,
| music; 11, address, the Rev. G. B. Ren
! Shaw; 11.30, music; 11.40, appoint
ments "by the committees.
Afternoon Session—l.3o, devotional,
the 'Rev. 8. F. Rounsley; 1.45, address,
the Rev. A. R. Steck; 2.15', music;
2.20, address, Miss Elizaibcth Eckerf;
| 2.45, music; 3. address, Prof. George
F. Dunkleberger; 3.20, music; 3.30,
.general 'business session; 5.15, ban
quet of the Teachers' Training Alumni
Association.
Evening—7 o'clock, parade of all the
i Sunday school scholars of the Organ
ized Adult B?ble class and secondary
division; 8, men's mass meeting, de
votional, the Rev. B. L. 'Moore; ad
t dress, H. L. Care; music; address, the
; Rev. A. P. Stover; musk; women's mass
1 meeting in the (First U. B. clinrch; de
t votional, the Rev. 6. B. Bidlackf ad
. dress, J. A. Stranahan; special music
• by the Union cho«ir; address, "The
Brble,'' J. W. Barker, of Harrisburg,
president of the Dauphin County Sun
day School Association.
i After the parade the young people's
• mass meeting will be held in the (Meth-
I odist and Reformed churches.
I The officers of the association are:
President, J. A. Witmyer, of New Cum-
berland; vice president, 'Harry IMarkley,
of Medianicsburg; secretary, Mrs. Alma
T. Sawyer, Lemoyne; treasurer, O. G.
Darlington, Enola; superintendents of
departments, Organized Adult Bible and
secondary division classes, Guy A.
Yeager; teacher training, C. L. Dice;
elementary department, Mrs. H. C.
Oren; temperance department. L. S.
Beam; mission work, Miss Elizabeth
Eckert; home department, Mrs. H. iM.
Bloser.
$3,000,000 VANDERBILT TAX
State Expects Inheritance Levy to Re
duce $10,000,000 Direst Tax
Albany, May 12. — Preliminary esti
mates of the amount of inheritance tax
to accrue to the State from the estate
of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who lost his
life when the Lusitania went down,
coupled with the several million dollars
cut in the appropriation bill intended
by the Governor, will net the State
enough to appreciably lessen the direct
tax of $19,000,000 to be imposed is
problematical. It was discussed, how
ever. at the Executive Chamber yes
terday. If such is found to be the case
the Legislature would have to be re
called by the Governor.
Noted Forester to Speak
George A. Mitchell, assistant RU
prenie chief ranger, Independent Order
of Forester*, of Toronto, Canada, will
arrive in this city next Monday, when
he will address a large number of mem
bers of the order from Harrisburg,
Marvsville and Enola.
Market Company Electa Officers
At a recent meeting of the board of
directors of the Chestnut Street Mar
ket Company, the following officers
were elected: W. J. Lcsoure, president;
H. E. Hershey, vice president; Dr. H.
M. Stine, secretary and treasurer; J.
C. Ensminger, marketmaster.
, You Can Enjoy Life
Eat what you want and not be troubled
with indigestion if you will take a
D Table*
before and after each meal. Sold only
by us— 26c a box.
George A. Gorgas
WILL TALK ON PROHIBITION
Major Dan Morgan Smith to Be At
Derry Street Church on Sunday
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MAJOR DAN MORGAN SMITH
Former Liquor Lawyer Will Talk Here
In Favor of Prohibition
Major Dan Morgan Smith, formerly
general counsel of the National Model
License League, will make a speech in
favor of "National Prohibition" in
the Derry Street United Brethren
church, at 3.15 o'clock next Sunday
afternoon. There will ibe no admittance
fee.
Lebanon's Bill For Noxious Animals
Lebanon, May 12. —R. B. Light,
Lebanon County Commissioner's clerk,
has forwarded to Auditor General
Powell Lebanon county's bill against
the State for the payment of bounties
on noxious animals slain here for the
past four or five years. The bill is of
«ome proportions, having attained the
figures of 11,637.
Robesonla Furnace to Be> Rebuilt
Lebanon, May 12.—The plant of the
Bobesonia Iron Company, Limited, em
ploying about I*so men, has been closed
down for a period of from four to five
> months, during which time the furnace
will the rebuilt to such an extent that
it will practically be ;i new plant.
MARYLAND'S BIG TREES
Caroline County Oak Yields 1,064 Feet
of Timber
Fcderalsburg, May 12.—A. W.
Thompson, who operates a saw mill in
Saulsbury's woods, on the Cherry Hill
farm, says it is not necessary to go to
California to see bi|g trees. He recently
cut an oak tree that sawed 1,964 feet
of lumber.
He also cut a gum tree that measur
ed 44 inches across the stump, making
four logs 18 feet long, one log 14 feet,
one log 7 feet, the smallest log being
14 inches across the small end.
He cut an oak that contained a
swarm of bees, an old squirrel in her
nest and a snake four feet long. The
bees, squirrel and snake were not six
feet apart in the hollow.
New Park at Mahanoy City
Mahanov City. May 12.—'Local cap
italists have scores of men at work at
lakeside, near here, constructing a
new lake, which will be the central at
traction of a new pleasure park to bo
I built northwest of the present grove.
The lake will ibe of immense size and
already sites are being selected for club
houaes, bungalows, etc., for a summer
colony.
$1 For Each Church Member
Pittsburgh, May li2.—A check for
SI,OO0 —a dollar for each accession to
the congregation since he founded it
i twenty-five years ago—was presented
to the Rev. Dr. W. I. Wishart, pastor
of the Eighth United Presbyterian
I ehurch at the special exercises in cele
bration of the silver anniversary of
his pastorate. Dr. Wishart will buy an
, automobile with the money.
i Caught Fifteen Trout
J. B. Ross, a noted angler of this
city, last night exhibited a.string of
fifteen trout which he caught in a
i small stream near Merhanicsburg- One
■ of the trout measured 16 1-2 inches,
I while none of them measured less than
! 10 inchee. Siftce April 15 Ross has
i brought home over 200 trout.