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CATFISH BREAKFAST
AT WILD CAT FALLS
Well-Known Members From All
Parts of Pennsylvania Are
Present
FAMOUS RESORT IS OPENED
United States Senator Boies Pen
rose Guest of
Honor
Special to The Telegraph
Marietta, Pa„ May 29, —The twelfth
annual opening of the Wild Cat Falls
Association was held to-day at the
clubhouse of the association along the
banks of the picturesque Susquehanna
river, opposite Marietta. It was the
most successful affair ever held by the
club. This morning at 8 o'clock a
catfish breakfast was served to many
of the guests who had arrived last
evening at Witmer's Cross Keys Hotel,
and few toasts responded to. As the
men gathered for the parade, which
started shortly after 9 o'clock. United
States Senator Bois Penrose, who is
the guest of ex-Congressman Cassel,
was called upon for a few remarks
and heresponded amid the cheers of
the crowd. Here fancy Japanese par
asols were given the men, and, headed
by the Stars and Stripes and the Sam
uel Loucks Famous "Wild Cat" Band,
they paraded the main street to the
square and, countermarching, took the
steamboats at the foot of Walnut
street for the resort. The band ac
companies the men and in addition
to the famous colored quartet of
Pittsburgh, there was not a minute of
the day that there was no music.
At 1 o'clock a planked shad dinner,
with all the accesories of the season,
was served by the proprietor of the
inn, Norman T. Pickle. At each plate
was laid in a neat box a scarf pin,
beautifully engraved with a wildcat,
and inscribed as a memento of the
day. This was the formal opening
of the resort, and to-morrow there will
be dancing all day, with music by an
orchestra.
Many toasts were responded too, and
it was certainly an enjoyable day for
the gathering. About 4 o'clock in the
afternoon many who were from dis
tant points began to leave. Among
the places represented were Harris
burg, Philadelphia, Scranton, Lancas
ter, Columbia, Mountville, Mount Joy,
York, Williamsport, Boston, St. Louis,
Chicago, Middletown, Highspire, May
town, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Greensburg,
Coatesville and other places. The of
ficers of the association are: Presi
dent, H. I*. Hershey, Ilarrisburg; sec
retary, Charles A. Grady, and treas
urer, Henry S. Rich, Marietta.
ELEVEN WILL GRADUATE
Special to The Telegraph
Halifax, Pa.. May 29.—0n Monday
evening the sixteenth annual com
mencement of the Halifax High School
will be held in the Royal Theater.
Those who will graduate arc William
Pike. John Cooper. Almeda Bicksler,
Elmer Chubb. Arthur Enterline,
George Shenley, Gertrude Etzweiler,
Melvin Sheetz, Paul Bowman, Arthur
Hoffman and Herman Richter.
HAND INJURED
Special to i he Telegraph
Sunbury, Pa., May 29.—Caught in
a joining machine at a Sunbury plan
ing mill, John M. Garman, of Sunbury,
suflered the loss of a linger and bad
lacerations of the rest of his hand.
STRICKEN WITH GASTRIC ULCER
Special to The Telegraph
Subur.v, Pa., May 29. Frederick
Christiansen, 45 years old, of Phila
delphia, who conducts a flying-horse
at a local pleasure park, was stricken
ill of gastric ulcer in the streets of
Sunbury yesterday and rushed to the
Mary M. Packer Hospital, where an
operation was performed. Doctors say
it was the first operation of its kind
the institution ever was called upon
to handle, and that he appears to have
every chance to get well. Statistics,
they say, show that but eighteen out
of a hundred recover from such an
operation.
ADDRESS TO BIBLE SOCIETY
Special to The Telegraph
Columbia, Pa., May 29.—Columbia
Bible Society at its annual meeting
heard an address by the Rev. Leigh
ton W. Eckard, D. I)., of Philadelphia,
and elected the following officers for
the coming year President, the Rev
J. H. Pannebecker, IX D.,; secretary,
the Rev. W. J. Lindsay; treasurer,
William H. Moore.
Richness
In a Breakfast Dish
—sweet, appetizing and easily digested—is supplied
abundantly in the substantial nourishment of whole
wheat and barley.
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
made from the rich, nutritious parts of these grains,
comes to you in the form of crisp, nutty granules, full
of health-building properties.
Grape-Nuts—long baked—is thoroughly dex
trinized and digests usually in about an hour.
Ready to eat from the package with cream and
sugar—delicious!
"There's a Reason" For Grape-Nuts
—sold by Grocers everywhere.
FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG (&££& TELEGRAPH MAY 29, 1914.
Woman's Back Broken by
Log Rolling Over Her
Special to i He TelS ;aph
Duncannon, Pa., May 29.—Mrs.
Fred Stubnon, of Watts township, had
a narrow escape from instant death
yesterday, when a heavy log rolled
from a wagon and pressed over her,
leaking her back and injuring her
internally. Mr. Stabnon and a boy
weer loading a heavy log on a wagon
and had the one end on when it started
to slide. Mrs. Stabnon grabbed a
stick and was assisting them. Her
husband warned her to get away, but
she persisted in assisting. They lost
control of the log and her husband
trlde to stop it with a log hook, hut
could not. The log struck and knock
ed her down, then rolled over her. In
falling she lay along side of a stump,
which kept the log from rolling on her
head, but her back received the weight
of the log. The unfortunate woman
was conveyed here and later taken
to the Ilarrisburg Hospital.
Great Pocahontas Announces
Appointment of Officers
Special to The Telegraph
Lebanon, Pa., May 29.—Mrs. Sydney
Dewalt, of Reading, who was this week
elected Great Pocahontas of the Great
Council of Pennsylvania, Degree of
Pocahontas, at the convention which
closed here on Wednesday evening, to
day announced her appointment of
Mrs. Sallie Clouser, of Reading, as
first great scout; Mrs. Ella Mauger, of
Philadelphia, as second great scout;
Miss Harriet Jolby, of Brisbane, as
great guard of the tepee, and Miss
Margaret M. Lay, of Williamsport, as
great guard of the forest.
Witness Tree Chapter,
D. A. R. Holds Election
Special to The Telegraph
Columbia, Pa., May 29.—Witness
Tree Chapter, Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution, has chosen the fol
lowing officers for the coming year:
Regent, Mrs. B. F. Hiestand; vice re
gent, Mrs. H. N. Kehler; recording
secretary, Mrs. H. S. Hiestand; cor
responding secretary, Miss Josephine
Buchanan; treasurer, Mrs. George At
kins; registrar, Mrs. D. C. Denney; his
torian, Miss L. S. Evans; board of
management, Miss McClure, Miss Mif
flin, Mrs. Levi Haldeman, Miss Alice
Welsh and Mrs. G. W. Ely.
DEATH OF JACOB H. BROWN
special to The Telegraph
New Cumberland, Pa., May 29. —
Jacob 11. Brown died at his home in
Fourth street last evening at 8.30
o'clock, of heart disease and dropsy.
Mr. Brown was 72 years old and lor
merly lived at Lewisberry, York coun
ty, moving to New Cumberland about
six years ago. He was a veteran of the
Civil War, serving in Troop E,
Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry. He
had several narrow escapes during his
service, at one time having his horse
shot under him and at another his cap
was shot off his head. He was captur
ed and was in Salisburg prison for a
time. He is survived by his wife, two
daughters. Jits. William Erney and
Mrs. H. F. Netynger, of New Cum
berland, and two sons, Charles Brown,
of Lewisberry, and 11. W. Brown, of
Philadelphia. Funeral services will be
held at the home on Saturday evening
at 7 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. A.
G. Wolf, of St. Paul's Lutheran
Church. <>n Sunday morning burial
will be made at Dover, York county.
HONORS FOR SHEPHERDSTOWN
Special to The Telegraph
Shepherdstown, Pa., May 29.—Nor
man B. Bucher and A. Glenn Mower
graduated with honors in Mechanics
burg High School, the former being
valedictorian and the latter saluta
torian.
REUNION OF JUNIOR MECHANICS
Newport, Pa., May 29.—The annual
reunion of the Junior Order of Amer
ican Mechanics will be held at Dun
cannon on Saturday, June 13. G. W.
Anderson, secretary of the reunion as
sociation is working bard on the ar
rancements for the affair.
12 CENTS PER MAN TO REGfISTER
Special to The Telegraph
Sunbury, Pa., May 29.—1t cost the
taxpayers of Northumberland county
$3,702 to register its 30,000 voters, or
12 cents per man, according to figures
taken from the records in the office of
the county controller. This was di
vided among ninety-seven assessors.
LOVE FEAST NEAR WAYNESBORO
Special to The Telegraph .
Waynesboro, Pa., May 29. —The an
nual love feast of the Church of the
Brethren will be held at; Price's Church
north of town, beginning Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock, continuing in
the afternoon and evening, and Sun
day morning and evening. About 1,000
peopic will attend.
DEniCIHIL
STORM IN PERRY CO.
Barn Torn to Pieces and Early
Fruits and Vegetables
Destroyed
Blaln, Pa.. May 29.—A terrific hail
ad thunderstorm visited this section
last evening, destroying the crops in
many localities. Early fruit and gar
den vegetables were literally cut to
pieces. The heavy downpour of rain
washed the nev.iy-planted fields. So
severe was the storm in the locality of
Center, several miles east of this place,
that building were unroofed and
blown doWn. The barn of Jacob Loy
at Center, on the farm tenanted by
Mapleton Shoop, wax shattered and
torn to pieces, scattering the timbers
in all directions. Burchtield's barn
roof was torn off. Trees in this locality
were uprooted, broken down and
snapped off like pipe steins. In sec
tionas where the hail fell the. thickest
the ground is lying full of cherries un
der the trees. .
VETERIHIS TM TO
SCHOOL CHILDREN
Parade Will Be Big Feature of
To-morrow's Observance;
Start at 2
The most important event of to
morrow will be the Memorial Day
parade. At 1.45 o'clock tq-morrow
afternoon the parade will form. The
lirst division will form in Second
street, right resting in State. At 2
o clock the parade will move over the
following route, down Second to Mar
ket, out Market to South Fourth, over
the Mulberry street bridge to Thir
teenth, out Thirteenth street to the
Cemetery.
The parade will be led by Chief
Marshal Joseph L, Leonard, and will
be followed by a platoon of police.
Among things of interest to-morrow
will be a baseball game on Island Park
at 10 o'clock.
Many of the Grand Army veterans
to-day were busy visiting the city
schools. Among those that visited
schools were as follows:
Allison, Comrades Dougherty, Ben
der, McLaughlin; Boas, Comrades
Hoffman, Campbell and Beaver; Cen
tral High, Comrades Forncrook, Dun
ning; Calder, Comrade Joseph A. Mis
ten; Camp Curt in, Comrades Rhoads,
Atticks; Cameron, Comrades, Watson,
Glenn, Seabold; Downey, Comrade Cy
rus Boon; Day, Comrade Fin I'
Thomas; Fager, Comrades Bierbower,
Mather Shearer; Forney, Comrades
Newman, Weltzel, Garland; Foose,
Comrades, Huggins, Urban, Ranch;
Harris, Comrades, Suavely, Jackson.
Peace; Hamilton, Comrades Clark and
several 116; Lincoln, Comrades Gul
ley, Hoover, Land Is, Santo, Walter;
Ma clay. Comrades, Baker, H. S. Weit
zel; Melrose, Comrade O. J. Farling;
Penn, Comrades, Powell, Johnson;
Reily, Comrades, Graham, Gardner,
Challenger; Stevens, Comrades Long,
Earp; Tech High, Comrade Fin I.
Thomas; Vernon, Comrades Numbers,
Major, Lumb; Verbeclt, Comrades Lu
ther and John Bernheisel; Webster,
Comrades Demming, French; Willard,
Comrade Cox; Wickersham, Comrade
Pugh; Woodward, Comrades Jackson
and Walmer.
The United Spanish War Veterans
to-day made their announcements for
Memorial Day. Camp 8 will assemble
to-morrow at the camp rooms, 26
North Third street, at 8.15 o'clock, in
full uniform, as directed in the camp
commander's orders. Squads will pro
ceed Ui East Ilarrisburg, Mt. Calvary
and other cemeteries and decorated
the graves of deceased comrades.
In tl\e afternoon the camp will as
semble at 1 o'clock sharp for the pa
rade, in connection with the Grand
Army of the Republic and other
bodies, in full uniform. Special mark
ers for graves of deceased comrades
have been secured and will be placed
on the graves. During the summer
gravestones, such as are furnished
by the United States government, will
be secured and erected on all unmark
ed, graves provided permission can be
secured from the nearest surviving
relatives. The Camp has secured the
services of the West End Band for
this occasion, which will ftirnlsh the
music for the division composed of
United Spanish War Veterans and For
eign Service men.
>lay Storm Tomorrow
Warmer to-night, with probable
thunder showers to-niorrow afternoon
is the bef»t Memorial Day prediction the
weather man can give Harrtsburg.
It was eight degrees cooler at 8
o clock to-day than twenty-four hours
ago. At noon the temperature was
about equal to that of yesterday, and
the mercury was still rising. Thunder
storms are central over the Mississippi
Valley, and Harrisburg may pet a
downpour to-morrow afternoon. It will
be six degrees warmer to-night than it
was last night.
OLD SUM SCHOOL
WORKER IS DEM)
Never Missed at Pine Street Dur
ing Twenty-three
Years
Mrs. Alice Jane
Mack, No. 3 South
Ninth street, aged
64 years, widow of
the late John H.
Mack, for many
•" A.li* years an ironworker
'BEM died at the Harrls
* ' •■!■.. burg hospital yester
/ V'lyWlK- clay following a pro
- <• lon ßed Illness. Death
HJra(EBBI was due to a seneral
breaking down as a
BBNi. JLLMBMM result of an attack
BBS*-- ■■ P -VJ of Briglit's disease.
|,R? Mrs ' Mack was for a
, " number of years em
ployed about the Capitol as a janl
tress.
"Jane" Mack as Sirs. Mack was bet
ter known, was a record attendant at
Pine Street Presbyterian Sunday
School having an unbroken attend
ance of twenty-three years up to five
weeks ago when she was taken ill.
Mrs. Mack was a charter member of
the Mothers' meeting at Pino street
-chuerh and was a member of the
church for thirty-eseven years.
The funeral will take place Mon-
HOMES OF REFINEMENT
QUALITY, STYLE, AIR, LIGHT AND SUNSHINE. MODERATE COST
THESE pictures show front and porch view of two houses ready for inspection on Seventeenth street, north of Rriggs, in
one of the prettiest residential sections of the city. The houses are of solid brick construction throughout, stucco finish.
Large living room with beamed ceiling, Elizabethan finish. Dining room has large triple casement windows, wood
work finished in mahogany. Kitchen and laundry on first floor with toilet and fine white enamel tubs. Second floor has
three bedrooms, finished in ivory white, with one-panel mahogany doors. Beautiful tiled bathroom, pedestal lavatory and
complete with first-class fixtures. Two bedrooms on third floor. Houses beautifully papered; fine electric fixtures, steam
heat throughout; large front porch 14x20 feet with cement tiling, and a large lot. Paved streets, grass plots and every mod
ern domestic convenience complete.
HOUSES OPEN FOR INSPECTION AT ANY TIME. SEE THEM AT YOUR CONVENIENCE
WITH ASSURANCE THAT YOU. WILL NOT BE ANNOYED BY AGEXT OR REPRESENTATIVE.
GEORGE A. SHREINER 17th and Forster Streets
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day morning at 10 o'clock. Serviceg tinue until 7 o'clock. Several interest-the Rev. Mr. Herman was about to church at Wiliamstown elected Har
will be conducted by the Rev. Lewis 1,1 "ii£wn,m Will' NotVio.— I The Rev. S. accept this call. But on the contrary, risburg ministers to the offices of
M v. ud ® e ; pas ?_ or °J V' 1 ! 16 MV" 6 !?* Winfield Herman, pastor of Zion Lu- although It was understood the Erie president, secretary and treasurer, re
-1 resbyterian church. Burial will be theran Church, who ha» served in that church was about to tender him a call, snAf ,tiv<»lv• The linv r» r Mniuen
M n iF a fA rl iL B 'r?, capacity since 1906, and for two years he forestalled that action by advising ' . ' ' ~
Feast" will Sunday even- Previous as assistant pastor, will,not go them against it. holder, of Trinity Lutheran; the Rev.
ing at the Church of the Brethren, to Erie to become pastor of the Me- Harrisburgerg Oflk'ers. —A Sunday E. Victor Roland, Church of the Re-
Hummel street. The feast will begin morial Lutheran Church. It was wide- School conference of the Eastern deemer and the Rev. E. E. Snyder,
in the afternoon, at 1 o'clock, and con- ly rumored through his parish that Pennsylvania Synod of the Lutheran St. Matthew's Lutheran.
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