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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Is British Vessels
Sunk by Submarines
During the Last Week

London, July 26. - Twenty-one
British vessels of more than 1900
tons each and three of less than L.
600 tons each were sunk last week
by mines or submarines, according
to the weekly Admiralty report on
shipping losses.
One fishing vessel also was sunk.
1.-THE announcement of the British
Admiralty given above shows an in
crease of seven vessels OF more than
1900 tons sent to the bottom az COM
pared with the report of the previous
week when fourteen were sunk. In
the smaller category the loss is one
less than that given in the report of
the previous week - three, while
there was a falling off by seven in
the number of fishing vessels sunk
The Admiralty's statement follows:
Arrivals, 2,791; sailings, 2,791.
British merchantmen sunk by mine
or submarine, over 1900 tons, includ-
ing two previously, 21; under 1900
tons, 5.
British merchant vessels unsuc-
cessfully attacked, including three
previous, Is.
British fishing vessels sunk, /.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Major Schell Lectures
Troopers at Mt. Gretna

Mount Gretna. Pa. July 90
Reading sent a large delegation OF
representative young men to the Ma
tional Guard auxiliary camp here to-
day with the tender of a complete
motor supply company, but mas
much as the state unit already Is
filled. the offer could not be accept
ed. Lieutenant Colonel Williams
promised TO forward the offer to
headquarters.
Major Wheeler and seven commits
stoned officers of the motor supply
train were sworn into the United
States service to-day. Regulations
require that the train be complete
before its commanding officer and
staff be mustered.
Quartermaster Sergeants were
given a lecture at headquarters by
Major Edward H. Schell, of the quar-
termasters' corps. in which he i'm
pressed them with the Importance of
their duties and the requirements of
the United States government that
the soldiers be we'll fed.
A heavy thundershower broke the
spell of hot weather. which has had
a marked effect on the guardsmen.
With the passing of the storm there
was a decided drop in tempera-
ture.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Housefurnishings and China

Aladdin aluminium cof-
fee pot = 2-qt. capacity
looks like silver and can
be kept so - German sill
yer hinges-rustless, neat
and strong. Clearance
Price, $1.59
Porcelain cuspidors -
brown band decoration.
Clearance Price, 19c
Japanese tea pots, as
sorted decorations. Clear
ance Price, 29c
Blown glass marmalade
jars with silver plated top
and spoon, also glass bud
vase with silver plated
holder. Clearance Price,
each, 200
Flower bowls = assort-
ed colors and sizes-made
of colored glass = also
American pottery. Clear
anee Price, 9Sc
BowMAN's-Basement
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Says Fine For Sore
Burning, InHamed Feet

Don't worry when your feet smart
land burn and ache and feel sore all
#day long. You can easily get rid of
the agony and distress by drawing
out the inflammation with Peterson's
Ointment.
81 know a hundred men" says
Peterson, who tell me that after try
ing the many things advertised for
sore feet that the only relief they
found was in 25 cent box of Peter
sons Ointment.
Rub 1t on freely before going TO
bed. first washing the feet with soap
and hot water, and I'm sure you'll
q , sound and wake up in the morn
~ with feet almost as good as new
and soreness all gone.
Sore feet is a common. yet painful
ailment that can be readily con-
Quered by the use of Peterson's Oint-
ment, which has cured thousands OF
Eczema, Piles, Running Sores and
skin diseases. Every druggist in
America is authorized to refund your
money If Peterson's Ointment doesn't
& do as advertised.
Note: BY sore feet Peterson means
inflamed, smarting, burning. aching
weary feet, and not corns. bunions or
callouses.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26

Jolly" = the modern
broom, made of fine Sc
lect corn - a broom of
the highest standard and
d ura b ility. Clearance
Price, 69c
I-Serve-U wash board
"a G ID substantial
board. Clearance Price,
100
Wall brush, made of
fine grade cotton twine-
length of brush 10 inches,
long handle included.
Clearance Price, 400
New perfection port
able steel oven = one
burner, plain door = can
be used on oil stove, gas
stove or gas hot plate.
Clearance Price, 81. 40.
Connolly's S III o k cless
sheet steel fry pan - II
inches diameter, with COW
er. Clearance Price, 40e
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26

considered at the present. It cannot
be Questioned. however. that many
army men. both in Great Britain and
the United States. favor some such
desperate attempt to bring the strug-
gle to conclusion.
Situation Dark in France
Reports received from France. offi-
cial and unofficial so far as known.
give no cheering picture of what must
be done. There appears to be no
doubt that the Allied line can stand
against any force Germany can bring
against IL. Even the Russian dis
aster does not AFFECT that situation.
But to gather the necessary strength
for a successful offensive will take
time and ample sea transportation IA
cilities if the United States is to fur
nish the needed surplus of men. air.
planes. munition and food
The transportation problems before
the United States. both on land and
sea, are constantly increasing in
scope. 1t seems to be certain now
that whole railroad systems will have
to be set up in France to give the
American line the flow of war ma
terial and men that it must have to
press home an attack.
German Lines Impregnable
There is an old military rule that
ioTtlned position cannot be taken pS
direct attack. but must be turned or
isolated entirely. Some observers
here say the allied offensive has con-
sisted only of direct attacks against
line of fortihcations stronger than
any fort of former days.
The maze of trenches, entangfe-
ments. armored strong posts and for
titled villages extends miles back or
the front on both sides. so that. IN
effect. a fortified belt stretches from
the sea TO the Swiss border that is
perhaps more than 100 miles wide.
1t is the belief of some military
men here that no breach can be made
for many months through the Ger
man line of sufficient width to per-
nit such operations in the rear as
would force a rolling up OF the entire
German front.
Admitting all these points. however
there is no sign of encouragement
among American officials. President
Wilson's declaration that the nation
not merely an army, must be MADE
ready for war. is being carried out
determinedly and apparently with
confidence that in time men and sup
plies can be got to France in suffi-
cient force to make certain the re-
suit.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Mrs. Mooney Acquitted
by San Francisco Jury

San Francisco, July 26. - Mrs.
Rena Mooney, a music teacher, has
been acquitted by a jury OF a MUIR
der charge growing out of a bomb
explosion here last July which kill
ed ten persons. She was charged
specially with the murder of Mrs.
Myrtle Irene Van Loo, a victim.
The jury had deliberated since
Monday afternoon.
AS the foreman of the panel, Will
liam r. Hardwick. pronounced free
dom for Mrs. Mooney, she Jumped
from her seat and kissed each man.
Mrs. Mooney hurried to the city Jail
to see her husband. Thomas ]. Moo
ney. under sentence of death for one
of the bono murders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Curtains
Curtain Material

Scrim curtains in
white and ecru - 212
yards long, lace trimmed
edges - some with me-
dallions. Clearance Price,
pair, 9Se.
Marquisette in white,
ivory and ecru - SO in
ches wide. Clearance
Price, yard, 17c.
Cretonnes in a splen-
did assortment of medium
and dark colorings - SO
inches wide. Clearance
Price, yard, 2Sc.
Filet net, in white and
ecru = small and large
designsA42 inches wide.
Clearance Price, yard,
29c.
Cottage rods = white
cnameled-complete with
fixtures. Clearance Price,
5c.
BowMAN'S-second Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Children's Section

Small lot of children's wash hats in white and
colors Clearance Price ................. 1Oc
Crepe kimonos for children from to 10 years
assorted colors Clearance Price ....... 25c
Infants and childrens fine white dresses -
months to 4 years-batiste lawn, organdy and
voile, lace and embroidery trimmed-somc hand
embroidered, in colors-slightly soiled. Clear
ance Price ............ ............... 75c
Infants creepers - l, and 3-year sizes = in
white, pink and blue soisette, poplin, chambray
and crepe = hand shocked and feather stitched,
with and without colars-slightly soiled from
handling Clearance Price ............... 75e
BowMANS-Second Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
the six most vital points for at

the six most vital points for at
tack
The Americans are highly amused
at the stories of how the French
decorate and paint their dummies
10 look like the German Emperor,
Won Hindenburg and other enemy
hotaoles, and each company is
searching its ranks for embryo art
lists in that line.
Practice in trench fighting will
not wholly replace the route
marches or hikes. for the hardening
process must continue all the time.
Aiready the mems packs weigh in
the neighborhood of fifty pounds. but
when finally they are equipped for
the trenches, with steel helmets and
an extra kit, these packs may weigh
eishty pounds, equaling those car
ried by the British troops.
The American soldiers are CALL
ing Tor reading matter, and it has
oeen suggested that Americans aft
er reading magazines or other peri
odicals drop them in the post office
with one-cent stamp. The govern
ment forwards them promptly to the
troops in the field. The men are also
looking forward to the establish
ment of Y. NJ. c. A. huts at the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Silks ssiasss

Silks in cut lengths
comprising plain an d
fancy silks in every shade
and weave for dresses,
skirts or waists = plenty
of white and black. Prices
range from l-3 to Il less
than regular.
33-inch pongee, 36-inch
habutai and 3o-inch fancy
habutai. Clearance Price,
yard, 69c
36-inch white chiffon
taffeta and 36-inch white
crepe dc chine. Clearance
Price, yard, S1,20
BoWMAN'S-Main Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
HOPE FOR EARLY
PEACE IS SMALL
Long Struggle Certain Before
Kaiser's Legions Are
Whipped
By Associated Press

Washington, July 26.-No attempt
is made here TO minimize the serious
ness of the situation in the war thea
ters of Europe. The United States
is in the var and will go through
with it. but any hope of short
s9nggle has gone glimmering with
the apparent collapse of the Russian
war machine. The development was
not unexpected by many army orr
GERS. When the offensive of July l
was started by the Russian forces
the most frequent comment heard
+ here was that it was probably the
dying kick of the old Russian ma
chine. Most observers were frankly
skeptical that it could produce any
decided result.
For the United States the Russian
! collapse may have an immediate ana
direct bearing. 1t will. If the Ger
man general stan presses its advan-
tage. release additional German forces
+ to bolster up the western front. where
& American troops are to be engaged.
s The German line in the west has not
been seriously impaired at any poins.
4 officers here believe. They do not
claim to know specifically the situa-
tion all along the battlefront. but
they are unable to see that the Brit
ish and French have wrested from
E the Germans any key position OF
6 such Importance that il can be used
next year to hurl the enemy back
. toward the Rhine.
Germans Gain Strategic Advantage
1t has been noted. in fact, that the
one strategic advantage gained in
recent lighting was gained by the
Germans. Many officers here believe
that when a small sector of the Brit
ish line in Belgium was overwhelmed
and its defenders nearly all captured
or killed. the Germans improved the
situation on their weakest front ma
terially. That view is based on the
i opinion that the only hope of decisive
attachments for the Allies in the west
lies in rolling up the German right
flank where II reaches the sea IN
Belgium. If that could be done, it is
argued. the U-boat bases could be
s stampeded out and the 'Snly offensive
& instrument of the Germans be elimi-
mated or so seriously impaired as to
make it ineffective.
The big question is whether 1t could
be done. II would require combined
army and navy operations on that
part OF the Belgian coast held by the
Germans. for it would be necessary
to force a landing behind their line
and to drive the whole right flank
back from the sea as a result.
The price of a victory of this ma
ture against the U-boats and German
shore batteries probably would be ap-
s palling. and there is nothing TO indi-
cate that the effort is being seriously
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Dress Goods

54-inch crash suiting.
Clearance Price, yard,
95c
54-inch gold colored jer-
sey. Clearance Price, yard,
$3.50
So-inch white percaline.
Clearance Price, yard,
1916
40-inch tan silk and
wool poplin. Clearance
Price, yard, $1.25
36-inch heatherbloom
lining. Clearance Price,
yard, 22c
BowDtANs-Matn Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Mems Union Suits

Mems union suits in
nainsook and open mesh,
athletic style. Clearance
Price, SOC
Mems cotton union
suits, short sleeves, ankle
and three-quarter length.
Clearance Price, SOC
BOWMAN'S-Main Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
work has encouraged the highest
hopes of early efficiency.

work has encouraged the highest
hopes of early efficiency.
Trenches were being dug yester-
day by way of practice with an en-
thusiasm almost equal to that with
which soldiers dig themselves in un-
der actual artillery fire. These
trenches were of full depth and were
duplicates of certain sections of tho
front line, consisting of front. or
iire, trenches, support and reserve
trenches, with intricate communiea-
tion trenches connecting them. The
Americans we're digging yesterday
Just as If they hoped soon to be
fighting.
Yesterday the marines got under
way with their digging. and they
were wiring themselves in to-day
behind great barriers of barbed
metal entanglements. for in every
possible way the intensive training
is intended to approximate opera
tons under actual war conditions.
Both offensive and defensive tactics
will be employed. and some lively
sham battles with grenades, bay
onets and trench motors soon will
take place. Already dummies have
been constructed for bayonet prac-
tice. and the men are being taught
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Four Prisoners Tear Down
County Jail to Escape

Arkansas City, July 26.-Four ne
groes, in an attempt to escape from
the county jail here the other morn
ing. virtually demolished the struc-
ture.
They sawed the bars of their cell
and released all the other prisoners,
about a dozen in number.
They then dug a hole in the brick
wall and this caused one side of the
Jail to fall down. The noise attracted
the city marshal. who held the prison
ers with a pistol while he summoned
help by firing another pistol. The
prisoners were sent to Pine Bluff.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Wash Goods

36-inch fancy suitings
and skirtings, stripes and
dots. Clearance Price yd.,
19c
26-inch Bates ginghams,
36-inch figured navy per-
Gales - in lengths from 2
to 10 yards. Clearance
Price, yard, 1870
Clearing out all rem
nants of wash goods at
reduced prices = a big
assortment of styles and
lengths to choose from.
bOwMAN'S-Main Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Muslin Underwear

Clearing out lot of handsome Philippine un-
derwear = the finest fabrics beautifully hand
embroidered and finished
Philippine envelope chemise in a big variety of
designs = hand embroidered some with lace
trimming tiI as well. Clearance Prices, $1.OO,
S1.19 and $1.5O.
Philippine straight chemise, hand-embroidered
Clearance Price 95c
Philippine gowns of finest soft nainsook.
hand-embroldered. Clearance Prices. S1.OO.
S1.19, S1.3O $1.5O and 81. SO.
BowMANs-Third Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
.LaceS-
.Embroideries

1900 yards laces, in
GLIDING Point de Paris,
Nottingham and shadow
laces in white and cream
2 to 5 inches wide.
Clearance Price, yard, 6c
White Vcnise insertions
left from match sets
1-inch wide. Clearance
Price, yard, 1870
Batiste edges = neat
embroidery -6i IN c h c S
wide. Cearance Price, yd.,
15c
BowMAN'S-Maln Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Lemon Juice -
For FreckIeS
GlrIsI Make beauty lotion at
homo for q few cents. Try ItI

into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white. shake we'll, and
you have a quarter pint of the best
freckle and tan lotion. and complex
ion beautifier, at very, very small
cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and
any drug store or toilet counter will
supply three ounces of orchard white
for few cents. Massage this sweet
ly fragrant lotion into the face, neck,
arms and hands each day and see
how freckles and blemishes disap-
pear and how clear, soft and white
the skin becomes. Yesl 1t is harm
less.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26

tric light was out. Being an cleo
trician by trade. Anthony grabbed
chain attached to the light to try
to relight 1t. when the current. form
ing a circuit through his body and
the hobnailed shoes. brought death.
The coroner found the electricity
had burned every one of the hobnails
from the soles of the shoes which
Anthony wore
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
us. ARMY TRIES
TRENCH DIGGING
Boys in France Enter Work
With Much En-
thusiasm

American Training Camp in
France. July 26.-There was greater
activity in the training camp yester-
day than at any time since the
American troops reached France.
The preliminary arrangements hav-
ing been completed, actual intensive
work was begun. There is no dis
position by any of the American
commanders to belittle the amount
of work necessary to bring their
men up to the highest European
standards, but the spirit with which
the troops have undertaken this
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Man Deserts Wife and Baby
II Times in Year and Half

Florence. n. ]. July 26.-Deserted
seventeen times within a year ana /.
half since she married Edward Foley.
Mrs. Foley and her baby were found
by the township authorities to be in a
starving condition. 1t was learned
that Foley had deserted them three
times in the four months they have
been living in this vicinity.
The township officials have decided
to send her and the child to the home
of relatives in New York City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Wonen's
Hosiery

Offering selected mill
Seconds" of thread silk
and fibre silk boot hosiery,
Clearance Price, pair, 35e
Women's thread silk
stockings in fancy colors
only manufacturers
sample J. Clearance
Price, pair, 79c.
BOwMAN'S-Main Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
White Goods

Fancy white checked
skirting, SO inches wide.
Clearance Price, yard,
SOC
Fine white chamois
finish percale, SO inches
wide. Clearance Price,
yard, 1910
White pique, wide welt,
SO inches wide. Clearance
Price, yard, 100
White corduroy, SO
inches wide. Clearance
Price, yard, 95c
Fancy white voiles for
skirts and waists. Clear
ance Price, yard, 17c
BOwMANS-Second Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Bathing Suits

Women's knit bath
ing suits in two styles
black jersey, with V
neck, trimmed at neck
and bottom of skirt
with assorted colored
plaid designs. One
style is d straight slip
without tights, with
sash to match TRIM
ming of suit and is
priced at $4.95.
The other style has
fitted waist line and
trunks attached and is
priced at 1895.
BoWMAN'S-Third Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Towels and
Toweling

Turkish towels, size
l8x32 inches. Clearance
Price, 100
Huck towels, size 15x27
inches. Clearance Price,
1Oc
Bleached absorbent
toweling, superior quail
lty. Clearance Price,
1870.
BoWMANs-second Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
FRENCH SHIPS SAFE
By Associated Press

Paris. July 26.-During the week
ending July % not a single French
vessel either over or under 1900 tons
was lost, according to an official
statement Issued yesterday. Six
French merchantmen were attacked
unsuccessfully during that time by
submarines. Ships of all nationalities
numbering 1903 entered port and 9S7
departed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Crib Blankets

White cotton crib blan-
kets - limited quantity
"a off regular prices be-
cause of their being slight
ly soiled.
BowMANs--second Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
kin1onos

Crepe kimonos in plain
colors, flowered and strip
ed designs. Colors, rose,
pink, lavender and blue
trimmings at neck and
sleeves of lace and en-
broidery. Some are full
cut and others have fit
ted'waist line with elastic.
Clearance Price, S1.19.
BOWMAN'S-Third Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
SPAIN Is QUIET


Madrid. July 26.-Quiet is grad
ually being restored throughout Spain
which has recently been in a state of
unrest due to strikes and other
causes. An official dispatch from
Valencia says martial law has been
lifted and that the situation is abso-
lutely normal in the entire region.
Striking workmen will resume labor
tomorrow ~ the other cities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Meets Death Because
of Hobnailed Shoes

Pueblo. July 26.-Hobnailed shoes.
worn by James L Anthony. an en-
ploye of the steel mills. are blamed
for his death when he was killed oy
a current of 1900 volts OF electricity
which passed through his body. An
thony was killed instantly.
The steel mill worker was waiting
for a street car at a corner. The cleo
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
House Dresses

Gingham and percale
house dresses in sew
eral stylish models-in
stripes, plaids, checks ::
and plain colors. Well
made, full cut and eff
fectively tri m m e d.
Sizes So to A. Clear
ance Price, 69c
BOWMAN 'S-Maln Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Boudoir Caps

Boudoir caps in lace
and silk and coinspot
silver crepe. Clearance
Price, 15e
BowMAN'S-Third Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Children's
Union Suits

Children's bleached cot
ton union suits, low neck,
sleeveless, lac c knees.
Clearance Price, 25c
BowMANS-Main Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Remnants of
Muslins

Four lots of bleached
and unbleached muslin in
y, SO and 3S-inch widths.
Clearance Price, yard, &c,
&c, So and 1916
VON NAN'S-Second Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Mems 8 Neckwear

Mems silk 4-in-hands-
open end. Clearance Price,
15c
. BOwMANS-Main Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
THIRTEEN WEEKS RECORD

Since the middle of April, when
submarine activity was at its height,
All British vesseds, 500 more than
1900 tons, were sunk. The weekly
totals follow:
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Silk Bags

Limited quantity of silk
bags with frame-also
velour bags - lined with
fancy poplin or silk, and
fitted with coin purse and
mirror. Clearance Price,
59c
BoWMANS-Main Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-26
Parasols

Our complete stock of
parasols now marked at
HALF PRICE
BOWMAN'S-Main Floor.