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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04
Legal Notices
PROPOSALS ruR suppl

PROPOSALS II OR SUPPLIES
Board of Commissioners of Public
Grounds and Buildings. harrisburg
MARTIN &. BRUMBAUGH, Governor:
A. w. POWELL, Auditor General;
k. Il. YOUNG, State Treasurer.
In compliance with the Constitution
and the law of the ConlmOnw eaILn ot
Pennsylvania, the Board OF Commits
sioners OF Public Grounds and Build
tngs invites sealed proposals, in dupIi.
cate, Tor contracts Tor furnishing such
supplies for the Executive Manslon
the several departments, boards ana
commissions of the State Government
as described and below such maximum
prices as shown in the sunedules for
the year ending the 3lst day OF May.
Schedule A-Paper and envelopes.
Schedule B-1ypewriters. adding.
ADDRESSING and duplicating machines.
Schedule C-General Office supplies
WOOD and metallic furniture.
Schedule D-Englneerlny and Ia
boratory supplies.
Schedule k-Brushes, SOAPS, mona
brooms, and cleaning supplies.
Schedule F-PaintIng, upnoIsterinH.
and general hardware.
Schedule G-Mlscellaneous books
Schedule H-ConServatory supplies
Schedule l. Lumber. general re-
pairs. the removal OF dirt and refuse.
schedule J-Plumbing and pow er
AS the Various classitications of the
schedule viii be bound in pamphlet
form Tor Inc convenience OF the bid
dsrs, it is therefore desired that in re-
quests tor pamphlets the parties Indi-
cate the section desired by reference
10 the above letters.
No proposal Will be considered up-
less such proposal be accompanied by
u certlned check to the order of the
State Treasurer, or by bond in sucn
form and amount as may be prescribed
by the Board of Commissioners of
Public Grounds and Buildings. Un-
struction will be found in each sched-
ule).
Proposals must be delivered to the
Superintendent OF Public Grounds and
Buildings ON or before twelve (IzJ
o'clock, meridian, Tuesday, the eighth
day OF May, A. ID. 1917, at which time
proposals will be opened and publish
ed in the Reception Room of the Ex-
ecutive Department, Harrisburg, and
contract awarded as SOON thereafter
as practicable,
Blank bonds and schedules contain
ing all necessary information may be
obtained by communicating with the
Department of Public Grounds and
Buildings, Harrisburg, Pa.
BY order of the Board,
JAMES c. PATTERSON
Deputy Superintendent
l. w. MITCHELL,
Secretary.
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Legal Notices
Proclamation

WHEREAS, the Hon. George Kun
KEEL. President Judge. and Hon. Samuel
]. NJ. McCarrell, Additional Law Judge.
of oyer and Terminer and Quarter
Sessions of the Peace of the Twelfth
Judicial District composed of the
County of Dauphin, having issued
their precept, bearing date the 4th day
holding a Court of oyer and Terminer
and General Jail Delivery and Quar-
ter Sessions, of the Peace of Harris
burg for the County of Dauphin. and
to commence the second Monday of
June, 1917, being the 11th day of
June, 1917, and to continue two weeks.
Notice is therefore hereby given to
the Coroner, Justices of the Peace, AL
dermen and Constables of said County
of Dauphin that they may be then and
there in their proper persons at 10
o'clock in the forenoon of said day.
with their records. inquisitions, eX-
aminations and their own remem-
brances, to do those things which to
their office appertain to be done, and
those who are bound in recognizances
are or shall be in the jail of Dauphin
against them as shall be just.
Given under my hand at Harrisburg
the 4th day of May. A. ID. 1917, being
the one hundred and forty-first year
of Independence of the United
States.
w. w. CALDWELL,
Sheriff's Office, Harrisburg, Pa,
May 4, 1917.
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western. fair to good. 30Q31c; do,
common. 24Q27c; oo.. old toms. ESQ

western. fair to good. 30Q31c; do.
common. 24Q27c; oo.. old toms. ESQ
soc.
Potatoes = Weak and unsettled;
s2.90Q3.15; New York, per bushel,
s2.90@3.15; Maine. per bushel. S2.90
0S.15; western, per bushel, $2.00q
2.25; Jersey, per basket, S1.5091.75.
Florida, new, per barrel, sS.25 a 9.25.
winter straights, s12.75@1s.25; Kan
sds Sieaf gG,: stfaSga1s
1850: spring firsts. clear, S12.00W12.5O
do, patents, Sl3.0Op 1880; do, favorite
brands, S14.00@1450.
Hay - Firm, with a fair demand;
timothy, No. l. large bales. $1,000;
No. 2. s17.OOQ17.50; No. 3. sfS.OOQ
400; sample. $4,000 1900.
Glover mixed: Light mixed. $17.00;
No. l. do. $4,000 1850: No. ?. do
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GERMANY KEEPS
STRIKES in HAND
Socialist Leaders Prevent Ser
ious Disturbances, Late
Reports Indicate
By Associated Press

Copenhagen via London, May A.
AS far as can be learned from the
German newspapers, which have
now been permitted to reach here.
the reports of the failure of the May
Day strike movement in Germany
were correct in the main. The
papers indicate. however. that strikes
took place in some places. One
report declares that work in the war
factories proceeded almost in gen.
erar' and that strikes took place
only in the individual smaller fac
tories.
The opposition papers admit that
the Socialist and union leaders. with
the assistance of Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg and General Groener,
had the situation well in hand and
kept the workmen at their tasks.
The reasons for the embargo on
newspapers do not appear from u
surface reading and the papers do
not contain any military Information
of an exceptional character.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04
Legal Notices

Office of the Beard of Commissioners
of Public Grounds and Buildings,
State Capitol Building. Harrisburg,
Pa.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be re-
ceived by the superintendent of Pub
lie Grounds ana Buildings at his Of
tice in the Capitol Building, Harris
burg. Pa, until two O'Clock +. NJ,
Tuesday, May ., 1917. for furnishing
all labor and material necessary to
build bridge across Muddy Creek,
Crawford County, Penna., on road
leading from Cambridge Springs to
Millers station, as lnuIcated IuIly in
plans ana specifications prepared by
Thomas a. Gilkey, Consulting Engi-
neer for the Board of Commissioners
of Public Grounds and Buildings or
the Commonweal OF Pennsylvania.
Plans, specifications anu bidding
blanks Will be furnished prospective
bidders by applying to the Deputy
superintendent OF Public Grounds and
Buildings. Capitol Building. HARRIS
ourS. Ia.
Proposals must be plainly marked
Proposal Muddy Creek Bridge" on
outside cover.
JAMES c. PATTERSON,
Deputy Superintendent
L. w. MITCH ELL.
Secretary.
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Another Great Loan to
Great Britain Forecast
By associated Press

Washington, May 4.-Another loan
to Great Britain within the next
week was forecast by officials here
to-day. The first credit of $780,
100000 is being spent at the rate of
$S,0OO.00O day on purchase in the
United States and it is desired to
complete the second loan before the
British commission leaves Washing
ton and before the first is entirely
used up. 1t probably will be larger
than the first credit
Plans for creating an allied CEN
trail purchasing agency in Washing
ton progressed to-day in conferences
with American officials resulting in
further clarification of the Allies
needs. 1t. is hoped that strong
American official bodies may be
formed to make the cooperative
buying successful.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04
Russia Grants Medal
to American Woman

New York, May 4. - Mrs. Hilda
Wynne, who has been engaged in
relief work on various fronts since
the beginning of the war and who
was awarded the Order of st.
George by Russia for bravery dis
played on the Kovel front while at
tached to the Russian guards, ar
rived here to-day from England to
assist in organizing additional units
of surgeons and nurses for the work
in Russia.
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Committee Approves
War Insurane For
Merchant Ship Crew:

washington, May I. = The adj
ministration bill for insurance of
lives of crews on, American merchant
ships and extension of the Federal
war risk bureau to cover allied ships
and cargoes was approved to-day
by the Senate finance committee and
reported by Chairman Simmons. The
appropriation asked by the Treasury
Department was increased from
S25,00O,0O0 to $4,000, 100000.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04

committee will be held on the war
revenue bill after 1t has been com"
pleted by the House ways and means
committee. Opportunity will be
given for filing written statements
and a limited time will be given for
oral argument.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04

THE annual meeting OF the stock
pany will be held at twelve O'Clock
noon on Monday. May Z. 1917, at the
office of the w. o. Hickok Mfg. Co,
Harrisburg, Pa, for the election of a
board of directors for the ensuing
year, and the transaction of any other
business that may be presented.
ROSS A. HICKOK,
Secretary
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CHICAGO BoARD OF TRADE

by -fSSocluFcu FFtSS
Chicago. ILL.,, May 4. - Board of
Trade closing:
Wheat =, May. 2.7246; July. 2.191A;
1.S5&.
Corn-May. 1919: July, LAX.
Oats-May, 66%; July. 631s
Pork-May, 1926; July. 1855.
Lard-July, 22.35; September, 2245.
Ribs-July. 2O.75; September. 20.S5.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04
Committee to Hold
Hearing on War Bill

Washington, May 4. Limited
hearings before the Senate finance
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04
MARKET PRICES DROP
BECAUSE OF SELLING
Increasing Gravity of Foreign Situation Felt by Trading;
U. S. Steel and Other Standards Recede Slightly
Ak Under Steady Pressure

New York, May 4. (Wall Street,
The increasing gravity of the for
eign situation precipitated further
selling of stocks at the opening of
to-day's session. Declines of l to 5
points were made by leading rails,
including Reading, New York Cen
tral, Louisville and Nashville, Nor
folk and Western, st. Paul pfd.. and
Delaware and Hudson, with substan-
tial recessions in Mexican Petroleum,
Bethlehem Steel Industrial Alcohol
and Pullman. L. S. Steel and other
standard industrials held firm at the
outset but receded slightly under
the weight of heavy offerings else
where. A brisk rally was in pro-
gress before noon.
On the spirited rebound, u. S.
Steel recovered over n point to
114%, with equal gains for Lacka-
wanna and Bethlehem Steels ship
pings, Central Leather, Texas Com
pany and Pittsburgh Coal. Canadian
Pacific was the only important rail-
way stock to display strength, rising
about two points, while other rails
were being subjected 10 further pres
sure Delaware and Hudson made a
new low. falling > IS to LOG. Norfolk
& Western lost points, Louisville
and Nashville 6 u and some of the
more obscure transportations l to
points. Trading halted in the sec
ond hour. rails hardening, with
greater firmness in industrials and
specialties. Bonds were irregular.
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NEW YORK STOCKS

Chandler Bros. K Co. members
New York and Philadelphia Stock
Exchanges. 5 North Market Square,
Harrisburg; 1888 Chestnut street,
Philadelphia. 81 Pine street, New
York, furnish the following quota
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FATAL ACCIDENT UNAVOIDABLE

The coroner's jury. in the case OF
the death of Miss Mary Foulk. who was
killed by an automobile driven by
Thomas Bogar. 1856 North Sixth
street. late Wednesday evening, gave
the verdict: Death due to an un-
avoidable accident"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04

The most important factor of any
subdivision, your streets, your
corners are accepted by the city.
The extension of the Sc carfare
limit to the Bogar Lumber Co.,
brings Estherton practically into
the SC Street Car Fare Zone.
Lots facing on River Drive, End,
Green, 4th, 5th and 9th streets are
bound to increase in value; it is
the refined section of residences
OF West Harrisburg.
Ready to build on both boundary
lines, River Drive and 9th street
Water mains and Electric wires
being along this frontage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-05-04

A clear title, an above board
proposition, responsible owner
ship is what we offer in Esther
To a responsible party, credit is
always extended, mans char
acter is often Judged by his credit.
There is no interest charge nor
taxes on time contracts for two
years.
We will allow liberal discount
to those who will pay cash for
their lots.
We surely are interested in your
Building on the lots selected and
offer a good inducement accord
ing to your needs.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
Woman Mothers 25 900 Homeless Children of Belgium

Nine. Horta, who never before had
made a speech. addressed a hundred
thousand people in the Scandinavian
countries in eight months Il was born
in Sweden" she said. and had lived
there until my marriage, ten years ago.
The land Of my birth Is a wonderful
country, but because of its sufferings
no country Is to my heart what strtck-
en- Belgium is.
II want to tell you how our Belgian
people have revered your American
minister to Belgium, Brand Whitlock.
No man was ever more beloved and
respected by suffering people. He did
everything in human power to help
them And what Is more. the Germans
respected him and feared him. He had
no fear of them. and in every circum-
stance acted upon his own judgment.
and 1t was respected by all.
And your minister to Denmark. DR..
Maurice Egan, is another beloved Amer
lean representative abroad. He has
helped in every possible way relief
among my friends and patrons when
spoke in Copenhagen"
The Germans have learned of the ac-
tivities of Prof. and Nine. Horta in
making their cruelties to the Belglans
known to the world, and. realizing that
their fate would be severe one should
they return to Belgium at this time.
they have come to America Prof.
Horta Is at present occupying the posi-
tion of instructor in fine arts in the
Washington. and filling his engage
ments as Norton Memorial lecturer for
the James Loeb Foundation of the
Archaeological Society Of America.
Nine. Horta is giving her entire time
to this cause. and has arranged for
special lectures within the next few
months in many cities in the east and
middle west.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
A Criticism

~HE late Sir Herbert Tree was per-
u suaded last winter in New York to
attend a matinee given by tragedian
Of the old, super-demonstrative school.
The tragedian distinguished himself
under Trees observant eye. He roared,
he gnashed his teeth, he tore about the
stage like 4 wild Prussian when the
bread ration is reduced
Between the acts Sir Herbert visited
him. He lay back in an armchair in n
profuse perspiration. He looked up
anxiously from the towel with which
he was drying himself-he looked up
hoping for a word of praise; but Tree
only said, in his most flippant and airy
tones:
How well your skin acts.
Evening star., 1917-09-30
A Wall.

a T the Century Club, in New York, a
~ number of litterateurs were COM
planning bitterly about the age of mag
azine editors.
Yes, yes. they're too DID," said a
critic "A bunch OF fossils. No won
der they get out such rotten magazines u
Alfred Noyes. the poet. looked up from
a rejected threnody which he was tidy
ing with rubber eraser previous to
sending 1t off on its rounds again.
What is the average age of these
men?" he asked.
"Sixty-four," the critic answered
That's it," said Mr.. Noyes. That's
Just 1t! They've all reached their de-
clining years."
Evening star., 1917-09-30

taken away by the Germans. I thought
quickly and, running to a number OF
my friends. I begged civilian clothes
for thirty of my men who were able to
travel. In this way we helped a num-
ber of men to escape to Ostend. We
burned their uniforms. Soon an officer
and twelve soldiers came to examine
my hospital. I had not considered any
of the men whom had not sent away
we'll enough to be moved, but the Ger
mans made many of them get up and
dress and go with them. Those who
were severely wounded were left.
'I shall never forget one case. 1t was
that of boy who had been Ill for some
time, with constant pain in his side.
The doctor pronounced 1t appendicitis.
and he was in readiness for an opera
tion on the following morning. To pre-
pare him for this operation he had been
given no food all day. and he was weak
for want of it as we'll as from his pre-
vious suffering. The German officer or
dered him to get up and dress. I told
the German he was too i'll. He took no
Evening star., 1917-09-30
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q dition Of the mothers. and
80 per cent of all the Belgian chill
dren today are tubercular"
This was the startling statement
made recently by Nine. Victor HortA.
formerly OF Brussels. now an exile in
this country for reasons Of state. and
devoting her time to helping to save
the Belgian children who have pulled
through their cruel ordeal of the past
three years.
There are $4,000 homeless children
in Belgium who need food. especially
condensed milk. A work known as
American Aid for Homeless Belgian
Children, with Nine. 1iorta as Its orig
inator in the United States. has the
aid of these children as it's object The
work has the Endorsement of the Bel
gian king and many other prominent
men and institutions in Belgium. and
in this country it has the patronage
and support of the Belgian minister to
the United States. Cardinal Gibbons.
Charles ]. Bonaparte. Theodore Mar
burg. Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney. Miss
Maude Wetmore and many others.
x
A mode of succoring such of these
stricken waits as have been driven
into the unoccupied parts OF Flanders
by the exigencies of the war. and one
pie and practical. They are sent
across the border into Holland. about
300 at time, for month OF physical
and mental recuperation.
1T is pitiful to see the children who
are denied this privilege because of
lack Of funds" said Nine. Horta, who
makes her home in Washington be-
tween the lecture tours through which
she makes her appeal for her hapless
little country folk. They cling to
their caretakers. begging to be allowed
to go, and it is distressing when there
IS no money to pay for their care. OF
course 1t is sad for them to return,
but a month of good food and free
dom from sights and sounds OF war
works wonders for them, and they go
back to their own country better able
ITO take up the too heavy burden Of life
for such frail shoulders.
Nine. Horta. whose husband. Prof.
Victor Horta, was professor Of fine
arts in the University of Brussels and
director of the Royal Fine Arts Acad
emy. lived in the Belgian capital for
eight months after its occupation by
the Germans
We were at our country place some
miles from Brussels when word came
of war" said Nine. Horta. TT was
our custom to spend six months of every
year there and six months in Brussels
When the first news came we hurried
to town. and. with other women of the
capital, at once commenced Red Cross
work. Hundreds of private houses
throughout the city were converted
into hospitals. The queen converted the
palace into one of 500 beds. I was in
charge of a hospital containing 1z5
soldiers.
When I opened my door one morning
to go to my hospital I became almost
faint when beheld the casQues of the
German soldiers in the street. Brussels
had been taken. / managed to reach
my hospital, and there I had the first
inkling of the fate which was to befall
US. for 1t was told that the Belgian
soldiers in the hospitals were to be
Evening star., 1917-09-30

Stories. BY Katherine Holland
Brown. New York: Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons.
-EN of Katherine Browns short
stories. published earlier in
Scribner's Magazine, are
brought together in this vol
ume. All are tales of mod
ern American life. Three are staged
in the Mississippi region. and three
mako use of the present turbulencies
OF the Mexican border for color and
movement. II any one person. rather
than another, may be said to stage
manage these productions it Is the mod
ern young woman Of the United States
that masterful somebody of whom
one hears go much and sees so little.
This prodigious she is a good deal in
evidence here. giving. on the whole.
an interesting account of herself.
Of this young persons managing. Some
Of them. like The Wages Of Honor"
are sympathetic and discriminating
studies Of later period than that of
youth with Its incidental passions.
And, again, some of them are made up
of broad local views. whole neighbor-
hoods gathered up around some CEN
trail episode of characteristic design.
All Of them possess the interest of
personality that Is able to muster a
fresh point of view, along with a con-
slstent and spirited treatment.
RUNNING FREE. By James B. Con-
molly. author of THE Trawlers." etc.
illustrated. New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons.
A book of Connolly sea stories is cer-
tain of its welcome by those who love
the sea and the ways of ships and the
adventures of sea proved sailors. Such
Is the volume in hand From the New
England coast to that Of Mexico these
adventures range. Offering a wide di-
versity of incident and readily
changing scheme of local color. The
fascination of the Connolly story, how
ever, does not lie in it's land contacts,
but rather in its fine fidelity to the
moods and behaviors of the sea, to the
grimly humorous outlook of the sailor
and to the intimate human qualities
with which the latter endows the craft
upon which he goes a-sailine: These are
splendidly robust tales that carry
straight across to the reader in a full
tide Of dramatic invention.
THE TRIFLERS. BY Frederick Orin
Bartlett, author of ''The Wall Street
Girl" etc. Illustrations by George
Ellis Wolfe Boston: Houghton
Mifilin Company.
A summer-weight story in an airy
Paris-and- Provence setting. The whole
elaborate to-do is based upon the rescue
of a lone and overrich American young
woman from the frenzied pursuit of a
mob Of impecunious males. hailinG
from all quarters. The valiant rescuer
is compatriot-an old friend. too. by
the way. An immediate marriage sin
name only" and for the sole purpose
t. t,a fnf
originality that the young man. under
the immediate pressure of the case is
able to propose. Given this start. the
reader knows at once that the business
of the book is to see to it that the
husband and wife fall irretrievably in
love with each other. all the barriers
to this process having their foundation
in the reluctance of each to take ad-
Evening star., 1917-09-30

heed, but declared there was nothing
the matter with the boy and took him
away. I feel sure that lad died from
this inhuman treatment.
was then made responsible for the
soldiers who were left; twelve there
were. Now. madame said the German,
II one of them is missing when we re-
turn for them you will be sent to Ger
many: My men were SO good. I was
forced to stay there day and night and
grew very tired. One night one of my
young patients said to me, Go home.
madame. and rest will be responsible
for every man here. Though you left
every window and every door open we
would not fly. You may trust US So
/ did. and it was with a heavy heart
l saw those noble fellows taken by the
Germans.
From the very first week OF the
German occupation everything was
changed for US in Brussels. Many
things we had been accustomed to do