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LET CONTRACT FOR Aismoie "erro Concrete Low of Two Bid den For Construction of New Concrete Viaduct In II la 3lC II M'lWMBDi'lP 1 Only two Mds were received in day by the County I'omtnliwloners for the construction of the proposed run oret bridge acroes Armstrong creek. rw liilim neyonu Halifax. and tha contract waa award ed to tha lowest of tha pair tha Far ro t'oiurrte Company. ngure wu 1.973. U.

W. Ensign, Incorporated. lld 9S.1SS.S0. Tha atrurture mill be lnforeed and will consist of a single 4 foot span. The driveway will be IS feet In width.

i Company Gel Charter. The Good T' Fire Company of En haut whs formally chartered to day by the, lauphln county court. Will Annie Mcpiimt AUcatln. Argument will be heard July IS. by the Dauphin county court on the quea lion of why Peter W.

Lonzino ahould he licensed ua county detective. Lon zino filed his application a month ago and In maklnic his request he declared that he wishes to do business at 303 South Third street, Stcelton. Building Permit To day. IUyles and Shcllhamer. a sinifle story frnme garnge.

west side of Jefferson street, north of Geary. $76; D. A. Evans, single story frame garage rear of 2141 Jefferson, $150. Hie John House: Will.

Tne wu of John Houser, the aged Civil War veteran whose body was found rear Lemoyne Saturday after having been missing from his home in HecK ton for nearly a week, was filed for probate with Register of Wills Koy lianner to day. His estate he directed to be divided among his wife and two daughters, and he named M. C. Kitting and T. J.

Emerick, his sons in law, executors. Attorney Fred C. Miller was appointed executor for the will of Mary M. Elssner, formerly of Pen brook. Collectors Residences.

County Treasurer A. H. Bailey has opened a book wherein the names and addresses and plate of sitting of the county tax collectors are to be regularly enrolled. Must Pay Mercantile licenses. About 1,000 of the mercantile licenses for 1915 are yet to be lifted and unless these are taken out by Thursday the county treasurer will begin prosecutions.

To Make Pipe Connections. Owners of property abutting on Atlas street, from Woodbine to Emerald, and on ShuI alley, from Howard to Brenslnger, have been notified to make all neces sary water, newer, gas and heating i pipe connections by August 28, preparatory to tbe paving of these sections. To Sell Two Hniinn Street House. Nos. Iu2 and 134 Jtanna street, properties belonging to the estate of John N.

Kennedy, will be sold at trustees sale on the courthouse steps at o'clock, AVcdnesday, July 14. New Playground Opened by Taylor on Site of Big Stough Tabernacle Children's shrill laughter, shrieks of delights, shouts of encouragement and the clash of baseball bats, the jangling of quoits these are the noises that now replace the sound of hundreds of voices raised In prayer or hymn that once resounded from the section of the vacant block at North and Filbert streets, the site of the great Stough tabernacle in Eighth ward. The space has been thrown open as a temporary playground for the colored children. Within a day or two Park Commissioner Taylor will also open a smaller section of the same plot for white boys. The commissioner obtained the use of thesit for the summer from the Capitol Park Extension Commission, general.

MONDAY F.VENINT., Bell Telephone Company Adds 250 to Its List; New Directory It Out The June Iwut of the Hell Telephone Directory for the Harr.nliurg district ft a taaued to day front I ha presses of tha Telegraph Printing Company and tha distribution begun by Superinten dent tshlrley Watta. Despite a dull Nprtng In leneral bualnesa circles, the Hell Company hna added pa irons to tha Hat In the llarrtahur district, since February, making a total of (.400 phones In this and aurroundlng towns. Tha book Is bigger than ever before and la dunned a trine In order to accommodate more nomes to the page, (or the convenience of patrons. The dlstrlbltlon waa started ny air. Watta to day and wltl be completed by to morrow noon.

The directory contains much valuable Information concerning telephone rails and rates and how to aend telegrams by telephone. All told It la by far the best telephone directory ever Issued by the Hell company In this district and reflect the growth of the aervlce locally as well aa throughout the country In Motorcycle Accidents bruises of the back. Treated at home. Clyde Denk. 345 Kelker atreet.

frac hired right hand, aevere bruises of the body, treated at Harrlsburg Cornelius Denk, 145 Kelker atreet, bruised leg, lacerations of face and hands, treated at hospital. Mrs. E. F. Kesson, 1402 North Third street, slight Injuries, treated at Shop hospital.

M. Yost. 1402 North Third street, bruises of tbe body. William Schroeder, Mechanlcsburg, fractured right ankle, treated at Harrlsburg hospital. fiohrooder was the first one Injured.

While standing confused in the middle Of Market street, near Fourth, Saturday evening, he was struck by a motorcycle. After being treated at the hospital he was taken to his home. Mrs. Hesson and Mr. Tost were riding on a motorcycle on Saturday night when they collided at Green and Calder streets with the automobile of Edwin Keister.

1528 North Second street. Their motorcycle was wrecked Mrs. Denk and her two sons, Clyde and Cornelius were on a motorcycle which collided with a jitney at Wallace and Verbeke streets, when according to witnesses the jitney turned in the way of the motorcycle. No one in the auto was Injured. The machine was slightly damaged.

CAMERA SHOWS EVIDENCK OF YAQVI OUTRAGES Eos Angeles. June 28. On their way to the State Department at Washington, Frank Pauline and Jo seph W. Carrlo, American ranchers from the Yaqul River Valley, Sonora Mexico, yesterday displayed photo graphs of Americans brutally slain stripped and mutilated and ranches belonging to Americans with the 'en tire crops burned. PENMANSHIP WINS BRIDE "I Liked the Way He Wrote," Says ate June Brule Atlanta, June 28.

"I liked the way he wrote to me," was the explan ation given by Mrs. John P. McGraw, formerly Miss Lucy Hurst of Atlanta, who, after a correspondence lasting more than a year, married a Chicago man she had never seen. JITNEY DRIVER BEFORE MAYOR John M. C.

Kell, who drives a jitney car for Hummel Meyer was before Mayor John K. Royal this afternoon. Several witnesses testified that Kell was Intoxicated Saturday night. Kell claimed the charges were trumped up against him because he refused to haul several colored men. SEVEN MORE MIDDIES IN TOILS Annapolis, June 28.

Seven additional midshipmen were to day made defendants or interested parties in the court of inquiry which is investigating "cribbing" at the academy. THIS fy prevents fomenting Dip the tops of your fruit jars in a pan of melted Parowax (pure, refined paraf fine), and there you are sure, pure, can't spoil preserves for next Winter. Box of 4 big cakes, 1 0 cents, everywhere. Th Atlantic Refining Company IrrisburgLight The Fourth of Celebration July the arrival of the Liberty Bell and our Guaranteed Electric Irons for $1.85 cash are the three important topics that are being discussed this week. If your house is wired, you should use an Electric Iron.

If it is not wired, get prices at once. Irons $1.85 Cash 1 I 1 5 Gil educational In value and Is constantly being studied by students of the great white plague. Your typhoid epidemic features show how far well co ordl nnted medical and engineering efforts imy be utilized In promoting public health. Your school hygiene display Is one of the popular attractions of the exposition. I congratulate you per aonally.

You have again made Pennsylvania your debtor. Hy all means give us the grent educational lesson in Philadelphia for a full month after the exposition closes. Every large center of popnlation In Pennsylvania could profitably have a similar opportunity to study these useful lessons." Six Weeks Bride Loses Husband She Married Propped Up in Bed Six short weeks after Miss Kather Ine Sterner, Duncannon, became the pretty bride of Daniel Smith, 1312 North Sixth street, this city, she be came his grieving widow. That is only part of the romance of Daniel i 'mith and Katherlne Sterner; there's another end of the story, in which the Grim Isitor of the Shadows played an important part. Miss Sterner, 18, and Mr.

Smith, 23, had been engaged since last Fall and June 4 of this year was fixed for the wedding. Only a few months ago Air. Smith became seriously 111 and after the physicians had made a careful ex amination, the groom elect had a very solemn little talk with the weeping oride eiect and both decided that it they were to be married at all the time for the ceremony would have to be advanced. So the wedding occurred on April 15. Smith was propped up in bed on pillows while the Rev.

Dr. S. Edwin Rupp, pastor of Otter bein U. B. church, read the marriage service.

Six weeks later Mrs. Katherine Stern er Smith donned widows' weeds. At the identical hour, day of the year and at the same age, of the death of her youthful husband, widow's father died Just thirteen years before. And that's the other end of the story. Hospital Directors Hold Monthly Meeting The election of officers for the com ing year, appointment of the hospital staff, and routine business were the principal items brought up late this afternoon at the regular monthly meeting of the board of managers of the Harrisburg hospital.

H. B. Mc Cormick was president of the board during the past year. CLUB FOR DETENTION HOUSE County Commissioners Inspect Subur ban Quarters The County Commissioners this aft ernoon motored out to the Suburban Country Club on the Hummelstown pike a short distance west of Ruther ford with a view to inspecting the structure as a possible temporary house of detention. The commissioners were accompanied by John E.

Gipple, a real estate dealer who has charge of the leasing of the property. The. commissioners looked Into the advisability of renting the property from the point of economy, accessibility, location and the fitness of the house for the purposes required. No decision will likely be determined upon until the commissioners return to this city Friday, The board with Chief Clerk D. Frank Lebo and County Controller H.

Gough, will go to Stroudsburg tomorrow and remain until Thursday In attendance at the State Convention of County Commissioners. Upon their return County Engineer Hershey will likely have the specifications for the new Nineteenth street bridge over the P. and R. tracks ready to advertise for bids. JOE READY HERE AGAIN Joe Heady, an old offender, who has been at the Soldiers' Home, Hampton Roads, since Christmas was before John K.

Royal this afternoon. Ready was found at Front and Emerald streets in a wagon, sleeping off a jag. He told the mayor this afternoon that he walked from Virginia to Harrisburg. On his arrival here he met several friends and had a joy party. Ready was allowed to go, on promise that he would return to Hampton Roads.

HIMMED! MUNICH IS PUT ON SHORT BEER SUPPLY Munich, Bavaria, June 28. Munich, the greatest beer drinking center In Germany, has been compelled sharply to curtail tne consumption of beer, owing to the expropriation by the military authorities of a large part of the product of the breweries. The amount beer now available for public use only one third of the ordinary supply. FORJIER PERU PRESIDENT DIES Lima, Peru, June 28. News has been received here of the death in Iquial, Chile, of Guillermo Billings urst, former president of Peru.

Billingsurst was elected President of Peru in September, 1912. In February, 1914, he was deposed in a revolution and subsequently exiled. HARMAN OUT FOR COMMISSIONER Formal announcement was made of the candidacy of Charles H. Harman, for many years justice of the peace of Wiconisco township, for the office of commissioner of Dauphin county on me KepuDiican ticket. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the i Signature of nxnmsmmo telegraph 1015.

RANKS American Medical Association Sends Telefram of Plate Comiuliutloner of Health Pain ue bii.m. who was given offlelul commendation for the splendid work the Htate Department of Health by the Panama Pat irtc Exposition when the Ktate won the first prize, hna been given the official compliments of the American Medical Association. Dr. Dixon haa received numerous congratulations on tbe exhibit at Han Francisco. The American Medical Association message mmt from William 1 Hodman, the new president, and waa as follcwa: "The grand old Keystone State la to be congratulated for the splendid prize winning exhibit of Penn Why Petey Shoettringi Wanted Extra Big Shoes Operating on a Natl i Tbe only uperatiun Its kind ever I corded In tha pages of the county 'almshouse history waa performed to ddy by Steward 8.

K. Harbour and a couple of attendants. The patient wms the quaint old ped dler of shoestrings, pins, needles, and so on. who has been a familiar figure In Harrtabtirg a streets for years and ho a well known aa "Hhoestring Pete" or "Petey "Petey" this morning asked Steward Harber for a new pair of ahoes a pair, he enplalned, that should be at lean two aues too large for hlin. Investigation showed the reaaon and the "operation" followed.

For years Petey husn had frea use of his hands, due to a stroke. Ex aminstlon of Ms right foot showed an abnormally overgrown nail of the great toe. It waa at least an inch and a half long, three eighths of an Inch thick at the base and thence tapering to a fine point. The extraor svlvania Mate Department of Health. dinarlly long nail had gradually worn Every detail In the arrangement of p.

i ruiiiini pprtiKn lor modern snni CailSe Injuries tO The tuberculosis symposium Is a. revelation to the public, Is highly Ithla exhibit speaks for modern sanl Three motorcycle acldents over the week end resulted In painful Injuries to six persons. The Injured are: Mrs. Mary Denk, 345 Kelker street. a hole through the toe of the ahoe.

Steward Harber promptly decided that an "amputation" of the nail waa necessary. The operation waa performed with a simple hacksaw. Frank Magowan, Former Mayor of Trenton, Dead Sfeeial Tht Tcltfrnfh Iloboken, N. June 28. Frank A.

Magowan, former Mayor of Trenton, N. at one time a millionaire and rubber manufacturer, died to day In M. Marys Hospital. lie was taken there Tuesday after asking a policeman for aid. Magowan was prominent In Republican politics and waa mentioned for the Gubernatorial nomination.

He left Trenton some years ago after domestic troubles and business reverses that wrecked his fortune. The death of ex Mayor Frank A. Magowan, of Trenton, marks the end of a wasted career. Twenty years ago Mr. Magowan was one of the Influ ential business men of this city and largely Interested in some of its most prosperous manufacturing plants.

notably the Empire Rubber Company, of which he was the head. He lived in a mansion known sometimes as "Magowan's Folly," a show place in which money had been lavished without stint, and which has since been converted into a row of dwellings. Magowan's downfall was directly traceable to his infatuation for Mrs. Barnes Magowan, then the wife of one of his salesmen. Boys Fall Asleep and Fail to Hear Curfew Colonel Joseph B.

Hutchison sent out his first curfew warnings to day. They went to the parents of Samuel Walters who resides in Chestnut street near Third: William Parker, 2 North Tenth street, and Harry Milch ers, 616 State street. The boys were found asleep in Russ nan corridor last night at 10:30. They gave their ages as 13 years and said they had been away all day and were afraid to go home. Official Dog Catcher in Jail Candidates, Step Up A dog catcher will be named be tween now and July 1.

He will begin his duties on Thursday. The official dog catcher, Joseph Howson, is in jail serving a four months' sentence for larceny of a number of chickens. Howson is the only man, according to colonel Hutchinson, who ever attended to duty. As he will not be out of jail before October, a new man will have to be found. NAMES 100 "OTHER WOMEN" IN HER SUIT FOR DIVORCE Chicago, 111., June 28.

Mrs. Alleen Waite Whitney testified in Judge Walker's court that her husband. Henry Whitney, had a book in which he kept the names of 100 "other women." She named "Bunny O'Brien," the "Lessler woman," "Ruth" and "Mickey" as corespondents. STOLE WATCH IS CHARGE Clarence Branyan, aged. 17, was arrested Saturday on a charge of larceny.

He gave bail for a hearing this afternoon before Mayor John K. Royal. Clarence Wilson, aged 18, claims that he lost a watch while In swimming at island ark several weeks ago, and on Saturday met Branyan with the watch in his possession. Branyan refused to give up the watch, claiming' he had bought it. PREPARING FOR ANNUAD NATIONAL.

GUARD CAMP Colonel Joseph B. Hutchison com mander of the Eighth regiment, with nis statr win leave for Mt. Gretna on July 8. The annual encampment will be held July 9 to 18. The local companies and will leave on July 9.

Details from each company will go to Mt. Gretna on July 6 to assist In erecting the tents and put the camp in shape for the opening. POLICE TAKING NAMES OF THOSE WHO SELD FIREWORKS Cotonel Joseph B. Hutchison issued a further warning today regarding the sale of sparklers and other pyrotechnics. The police were ordered to report all dealers having fireworks on sale.

Three toy revolvers were turned Into Captain Thompson to day. They were taken from small boys who, it was saia, were irigntening norses. SHOOTING AT RESERVOIR Complaints reached the police station Saturday night that someone was shooting in the vicinity of Regina street and Reservoir Park. Four shots from a revolver followed with a marathon by two young men, had the residents guessing. The police were unable to locate the shooters.

Mrs. Elizabeth Santo Dies Suddenly From Apoplexy Stricken with apoplexy. Mrs. ii'liza beth Santo, aged 68. 559 South Front street, died suddenly this morning.

She reurea eariy lasi evening alter spending the day with her husband, Solomon Santo, visiting cross river friends. Her husband woke up at 2 o'clock and found her dying. Before a physician could De procured sne was dean. One brother, Charles M. Fisher, and a sister.

Miss Cecelia Fisher, of Steel ton, survive. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. BURY JOHN HOUSER Funeral services for John Houser, aged 72, who was found dead Saturday morning near Lemoyne, were held from his late home, in Heckton, yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Mr.

Morlow, pastor oi me tiecKton Metnodist Church, officiating. Burial was made in the Heckton Cemetery. SERVICES FOR MRS. RUSSELL Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth A.

Russell, aged 73, wife of Samuel E. Russell. 1919 North Sixth strt v.n held from her late home this morning, at 10 o'clock, the Rev. Jay C. Forn crook.

pastor of the Penbrook Church of God. officiating. Burial was made in the Harrisburg Cemetery Attractive Styles in Inexpensive Summer Dresses Hats at $4.95 New Arrivals for the Holiday An important style group of new drcc annoiincfd for this wffW in anticipation of trie needs of hundreds of women who will spend the forthcoming; holiday away from home. New combination lawn and linen drees and new styles sheer white and colored weaves will he offered throughout the present week at very attractive prices. Lac stripe voll dressrs with shirred skirt and lace trimmed collar 1.9 1 Whit voile dresses: tucked skirt with Insertion and deep flounce; fancy lc trimmed waist White voile dresses with skirt nd waist embroidered In colors; finished with wide satin girdle 10.00 White embroidered voile and net dresses, with net and Insertion trimming Stripe voile dresses In the season's best shades: patch pockets and fine organdie collar and cuffs $0.50 We are showing a new line of fine panamas simply trimmed with fancy silk ribbon bands and bands and whips at $4.93 Also those popular mannish panama sailors with black bands, at $3.95 Dives, Pomeroy Stewart, Second jj'ioor.

HIS "DOGS OF WIIA BARK AT SUBMARINES New Tork. June 28. A m'an who described himself as Isaac Blake, bet ter kno wn as Ike the Inventor," walked into Brooklyn borough hall Check voile dressee with eoln spott, flounce style with bolero effect; white organdie collar and vest IS. 50 Tsllored linen dresses with dered collars and ruffs, $7. SO and Linen drosses In Princess style; plain orrsndte eleeves, trimmed with hsnd embroidered hands $10.00 Iwn dresses In stripes of pink end blue combined with plain French linen finished with organdie collar Dives, Pomeroy Stewart Second Fl.

Porch Furniture in a Month End Clearance Values That Have Not Been Equaled Earlier in the Season Will Be PresentedTo morrow for the First Time Brown fibre chairs and rockers. Specially priced at Brown fiber chairs and rockers with upholstered seat and back 4.9.1 $15.00 mission rockers. Reduced to $7.30 New Trimmed A Panama $2.50 porch rockers, with seat ami back of reed. Reduced to $1.7.1 S14.50 Royal Easy chairs. Reduced to $7.9.1 $2.95 lawn benches.

Reduced to Dives, Pomeroy Stewart, Third Floor. The Tinkertoy Has a Thousand Different Delights, 50c Each set consists of smooth, round rods and spools all hardwood without paint or varnish that can be taken apart and put together to form an almost unlimited number of motion figures. The sets are packed in tubular boxes. Price 300 Dives, Pomeroy Stewart, Basement. and unfolded a brand new scheme for protecting American ships from attack by submarines.

'I live down at Hook Creek," said Ike, "and I own a lot of dogfish, which I have tamed and trained. If the government will hire them I will send out a pack of my sea hounds to escort any American vessel bound for the war zone. When the ship reaches there, my trained dogfish will go ahead of her scouting for submarines. Spotting an undersea boat, they will coma to the surface and bay lustily." The Triple Alliance in Space Buying and Selling Advertiser, Agent and Publisher find A. B.

C. Service of mutual profit because A. B. C. Service means hard cold facts about circulationquality, quantity and distribution.

It assembles figures, checks them, verifies them puts them in standardized form so you can analyze them at a glance. Results come from A. B. C. Service no guesswork, no theory, just facts.

You want facts about circulation because they mean well spent appropriations for the Advertiser, efficient service for the Agent, increased business for the Publisher. A. B. C. Service is the only logical answer to the space buying problem.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations a co operative organization not for profit rnernbership includes nearly one thousand Advertisers. Advertising agents and Fjblishers.pledged to buy and sell circulation on a commodity basis both as to quality and quantity. Complete information regarding the service and membership may be obtained by addressing Russell R. Whitman. Managing Director.

Audit Bureau of Circulations 330 334 Railway Exchange Chicago.

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