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T. R. WOULD RAISE
CAVALRY DIVISION
Plan Announced For Organization
of First Reserve of 250,000
or 300,000 Men
Nev York, March I.—Formal an
nouncement was made here to-day of
the formation of an organization of
first reserves, to be known as the
American Legion, to be composed of
former army, navy and militiamen,
which will better insure the nation's
preparedness in case of war. Captain I
tJordon Johnston, aid-de-canip to i
Major General Leonard Wood, com
manding the Department of the East,
made the announcement on behalf of a
group of army and navy men, who. in
an unofficial capacity, are acting with
civilians in promoting the movement.
Captain Johnston said that it Is plan
ned to establish within a short time a
first reserve of between 250,000 and
300,000 former army and nay militia
men for instant call in case of emer
gency.
Major General Wood already have
given the plan his unofficial indorse
ment and ex-President Roosevelt has
■written a letter approving the pro
posal Vumerous other public men
have Indorsed the project, and a state
meat by the promoters says that for
mer secretaries of the navy have indi
cated their willingness to act in an ad
visory capacity.
Asserting that he and his four sons
will become members of the Leftion,
Colonel Roosevelt, in a letter to the or
ganizers, says that in the event of war
he intends to ask Congress for per
mission to raise a division of cavalry.
Mr. Roosevelt's letter, in part, follows:
"I and my four sons will gladly be
come members. I earnestly hope and
pray that there will 'be no war; but.
the surest way to avert war is to be
prepared for it; and the the only way
to avert disaster and disgrace in war
is by preparation, both military and
naval, in advance.
"In the event of war f should ask
permission of Congress to raise a di
vision of cavalry; that is, nine regi
ments, such as the regiment T com
manded in Cuba; and. unquestionably,
the ranks of these regiments would
largely be filled from the men of the
Legion: for In event of war there will
be no time to train the men first called
upon in such duties as shooting, rid
ing and taking care of themselves in
the open.
"We should have.asanation,begun to
prepare ourselves the minute this war
broke out seven months ago. It is ab
solutely impossible to be sure, when
there is such a tremendous war, that
we shall not be drawn into it against
our will. The people of this country
are only beginning to realize the ex
tent of our military and naval unpre
paredness."
Colonel Roosevelt says he will glad
ly serve as chairman of the legion
board of honorary advisers, and hopes
that the legion will accomplish Its
purpose in organizing a first reserve,
for he says:
"It is Idle for us to trust to arbitra
tion and neutrality treaties unbacked
by force. Let us act justly toward
others and let us also be prepared with
stout heart and strong hand to defend
our rights against injustice front
others."
$3,000 Men Are Prompt
to Pay Income Tax
1 larrisburgers who have incomes
amounting to $3,000 or over are not
going to be caught for a heavy fine
this year. With the exception of a
few local applicants, who secured
blanks early tof-day. local men sent in
their reports last week. Deputy Reve
nue Collector William S. Brieker said
that after to-day It will cost more to
tell the United States government what
your income is each year. In order to
accommodate those who put off filing
papers until the last moment, Deputy
Collector Brieker remained in his office
until midnight Saturday and also ac
commodated several applicants yes
terday.
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BIGGEST SINGLE SHIPMENT OF AUTOS EVER MA DE TO A PENNSYLVANI A DEALER
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Fifty-one Reo automobiles, throe of which were roadsters and the remainder touring tars, were received n this city yesterday at the Tenth street siding of the l ' ll,^, ' lpl V'!' a
eadlng Railway, coming direct by the Reading from Lansing. Mich. Seventeen box curs were required to bring the machines to this Removing the cars to the storage nlant on
ken from the train and lined up on Tenth street, side by side, stretched for more than a bloek. A force ol men was kept busy all . PennsvKnn?H rtelltr
orth Cameron street. The cars are the property of the Harrisburg Auto company, and constitute the largest single shipment of automobiles t\tr inu » ennsylvania dealer.
CITY TREES NOW IN
CURE OF FORESTER
Harry J. Mueller Reports to Com
missioner Taylor and Inspects
Conditions in Parks
Harrisburg's trees are now under
the jurisdiction of Harry J. Mueller,
the first City Forester.
Forester Mueller reported- for duty
to City Commissioner M. Harvey Tay
lor this morning, put in most of the |
day in a preliminary inspection of:
conditions in the streets and parks j
insofar as they pertain to the cure and .
maintenance of the trees.
For the next few days Mr. Mueller j
will be busy looking over the situation j
and completing the preliminaries in- j
cident to organizing and equipping his!
office. His headquarters will be in j
Commissioner Taylor's department in i
the Calder building and the new otli- |
cial expects to have his plans ready i
for active operation before the end of J
the week.
As To Your Own Trees
In discussing his plans to-day Mr.'
Mueller sounded the knell of the hopes'
of the individual who expects to trim
and prune his own tree and inciden- I
tally the city forester served notice
upon the careless Individual who has
been accustomed to tying his horse
to shade trees in the street.
The great extent of the work, the
effects on tree planting and trimming
and the requirements relative to plant
ing new trees and the removal of old
trees was gone into In a general way
by Forester Mueller. Incidentally, he
mentioned that one of the first jobs
will be the taking of a census of Har
risburg's trees. The extent of this,
too, will be determined after he has
completed his inspection.
To Inspect Conditions
"Within a few days," said the new
city forester, "1 will have completed
an inspection of the parks and streets,
I think, and will have had an oppor
tunity of determining just what can
be done in a general way. Until 1
know something of the conditions I
can hardly discuss possible plans.
"We hope in the near future to have
blank forms printed for permits to'
those who may want to trim or plant I
or remove trees. This work is n<jw .
under the jurisdiction of this depart
ment and cannot be done without our I
permit. Furthermore, we mean to I
enforce the requirements of the old
laws that prohibit the tying of horses •
to shade trees and the cutting, pruning .
or otherwise damaging trees. These !
laws have long been on the statute j
books, but they've never been en- ;
forced. Mr. Taylor will ask the eo- ;
operation of the police department in
obtaining observance of these old!
laws."
FEBRUARY'S RI II.OIX; 114X111
February building operations looked
up a bit, according to the figures < om
piled in the Building Inspector's office.
Eighteen permits at an estimated value
of $.18,425. were Issued. in January
seven permits valued at $7,575 were is-,
sued. In February, 1914. twelve permits
were issued, totaling $11,875.
\jtARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
1918 CONFERENCE I CAPTAIN WALLACE WAS! ASSUMES FULL CHARGE]
TO BE HELD HERE PICTURESQUE FICURE OF COMMERCE SCHOOL
Harris U. E. Triumphs Over Phila- Led Famous "Bible Company" of
delphia Church; Four Young 125 th Regiment Through
Men Ordained Civil War
Bethlehem. Pa., March I.—The !
1916 session of the East Pennsylvania!
conference of the United Evangelical I
Church will be held in Harris church,
Harrisburg. This church was selected
jby a vote of 86 to 6" over Christ !
: church, Philadelphia.
! Ministers will probably be assigned
jto their charges for the coming year j
at the session to-morrow afternoon.)
J The Rev. C. L. Hunt, of Bangor, !
i who was appointed assistant editor of j
j "The Evangelical" will move to Har- *
: risburg within the near future.
Four young men were ordained!
. into the Evangelical ministry yester
! day. Bishop W. Fouke performed i
j the ordination rite, assisted by Bishop ;
U. F. Swengle and the three presiding
j elders. The ordination sermon was!
i preached by Bishop Fouke.
I Those who received preaching or- |
j ders are W. W. Wirand, of Maple
| wood, Wayne county; John Smith, of !
Lansford; E. Lehman, of New York
City, and F. G. Yost, of Sunbury.
The election for ministers to make
up the trial court resulted in the
choice of the Revs. A. W. Warfel,
J. M. Rlnker, D. S. Stauffer. J. P. Mil
ler. A. G. Brunner, C. D. Huber, A. B.
Saylor, A. E. Hangen and C. E. Hess.
CHINESI': BOYCOTT JAPS
San Francisco. Cal., March 1. —The j
Japanese boycott instituted at the di- >
rection of the Chinese Six Companies i
because of Japan's demands on China
was being observed in cities through- j
I out the Pacific coast to-day with the |
exception, it was said, of Los Angeles j
and Seattle. It was definitely known ;
to be in operation in San Francisco, !
Oakland, Fresno, Sacramento, Stock- !
ton. Portland. Vancouver and other
coast cities and towns having an ap- »
preclable number of Chinese and Japa
• nese residents.
Congress Enters Closing
Week of Present Session
By Associated Press
Washington, D. C., March I.—Con- '
gress to-day entered upon the closing
! week of the session in a rush to wind ,
iup all business before it when final
| adjournment is taken on Thursday. A
, large amount of work confronts the j
I Senate, but in the House business is
' pretty well cleaned up.
Doctors and Druggists
Rush to File Papers
Registration of physicians, druggists
and patent medicine manufacturers
| under the Federal drug act. In effect
j to-day, caused a big rush of business
I at the office of Deputy Revenue Collec-
I tor William S. Brieker.
I Captain William Wigton Wallace,)
! who died at his home in Philadelphia j
iThursday was one of the most pictures- j
quo (inures in Hie State. He was born ]
;in rhester county 83 years ago, anJ j
I lived in Harrisburg thirteen years. He |
| was a son of William Q. and Eleanor |
I Wallace and is survived by an only |
I sister, Mrs. Thomas 1.. Wallae., of j
i Pine strnT.
Funeral services were held from the j
j Mutchmore Piesbyterian Church. Phil- j
' adelpliia, this afternoon and burial
j will be made in the old family plot at
the Harrishurg Cemetery, to-morrow
'morning, at 11.30 o'clock,
i Captain Wallace was here last year
j for the transfer of the battle flags!
and found only two of the old "boys I
| whom he used to know so well, |
' "Dorie"-Klein and "Jerry" Greenawalt, |
the latter having since died. Me pub
lished a little booklet of his reminis
cences of old Harrisburg and of the
Civil war and presented copies to
friends here just a short time ago.
Captain ol' Bible Company
During the Civil War he was com
missioned by the governor as captain |
of Company C. One Hundred and
! Twenty-lifth Regiment of Pennsylva
: nia Volunteers, the color company of
! the regiment, also called the "Bible
I company" beeause the patriotic peo
| pie of Huntingdon presented every
; member of it with a Bible.
Captain Wallace was in many en
gagements and at Antietam when sev-1
! eral colorbearers were killed he furl
|ed the flag and kept it from capture I
i by making his way across the field to j
1 the rear of the nearest battery and |
'there unfurled it for the comrades to |
I rally around.
Prominent in G. A. ft. circles and a j
i member of the Ho.val Legion, Captain;
Wallace was beloved by a host of
|frienil* and comrades. An ardent Pre®- j
bytertan be was one of the founders]
lor' the Mutchmore Memorial Church
I of Philadelphia and greatly interested
lln all its work, especially that con
i cerning the boys of Philadelphia.
Late Senator M. S. Quay's
Estate Sued by Daughter
Beaver, Pa., March I.—Mrs. Mary
\ Quay Davison, now residing in Buf- j
j falo, N. V., has started litigation in J
i the county courts here in connection
with the estate left by her father, the
\ late United States Senator Matthew
' Stanley Quay, of Beaver. A petition
has been tiled by Mrs. Davison's attor
| noy. which asked that a citation be
1 j awarded directing the executors, Rich
-1 j ard R. Quay, of Sewickley, and the
! T'nion Trust Company, of Pittsburgh,
' ] to give an accounting of funds left
• under the provision of the senator's
I will.
W. K. Keller Sells Interest to
D. L. M. Raker; Dissolves Part
nership of Eight Years
The partnership of Messrs. Keller j
and Raker, who have successfuly con
ducted the. Harrisburg School of Com
merce for the past eight years at l>o.
15 South Market Square, has been dis
solved bv file purchase of the entire In
terest of W. K. Keller by D. L. M.. |
Raker, who has been principal or the ■■
school during the partnership period. 1
Mr. Raker lias assumed full control
and will continue the school In the
preseht location and with the present
corps of five instructors.
Commissioner Bowman
Denies Free Tax List
"City water und politics do not mix
now aiid to my knowledge, they never
have," declared City Commissioner
Harry F. Bowman, superintendent of
public safety, when questioned this
morning as to the newspaper reports
of his investigating so-called ."free
lists." , , r
"All I can say is," continued Air.
Bowman, "that I have been misquoted.
Since I assumed office 1 have collected
a lot of back water taxes —but this is
always the case. They're just delin
quent taxes, just as we have in the
city treasurer's office and they've no
connection, so far as 1 know with
politics."
Revenue Receipts Here
Mount to $40,750.44
Business at the office of Deputy
Revenue Collector William S. Brieker
showed a big increase during 1-ebru-
Tlie total receipts from sales of all
stamps. Including the war tax stamps,
were $40,750.44. During February, 1914,
the total receipts were $32,065.67. Dur
ing January of this year they were
slightly less than for last month.
COURTHOUSE
llnihilPermit* iMMueil. - William
F. Schmidel took out a permit Saturday
to build two two-story brick dwelling**
lon the east side of Fourth street, south
'of lOmerald. at a cost of $4,000. Joseph
i I'hiari got permission to build si S4OO
! garage in Hickory alley In the rear of
1011' . North Seventh street.
Tenting; l itr Scale* The new city
j scali'H that mo to be used in the mar
' kethouses are now being tested by City
I Sealer It. i>. Reel, with a view to In
stallation early this week.
Hfnlt.v TrmiNffrN. Realty trans-
I fers Friday included the following:
; Peter Rhoads to George Belie, East
; Hanover, $1,800: R. A. Carl to William
Faekler, Uwnton, tl: J. B. Ewlng to
H. K. Brenneman. Steelton. $1125; 11. K.
1 Brenneman to D. Fleming', Steelton,
$100: J.imes M. Cook to Liilio M. Fisher,
1112 and 1113 Capital street, $3,000.
George S. Duey Dies
After Brief Illness
I George >S. Duey, aged 68, 1527 North
street, died late Saturday afternoon at
liis home. For more than thirty years
he was an employe of the Harrlsburg
Burial Case Company.
Less than a year ago he visited his
sons in Panama, and then returned to
his work, remaining at it until his
death. He was born in Quiney. Frank
lin county.
tie is survived by the following chil
dren: Charles and William, of Panama;
Herbert, Cincinnati; Mrs. James H.
Dare, Miss Maud Duey, of Harrlsburg; i
Mrs. Retterton. of Hullvllle, Cal.. and
six grandchildren. His wife died six
teen months ago. Funeral services will
be held to-morrow afternoon, at 2
o'clock, the Rev. John Warden, pastor
of the Bethany Presbyterian Church,
officiating, assisted by the Rev. George
W. Harper, pastor of the Pleasant View
Church of Clod. Burial will be made in
Shoop's Church Cemetery.
A. S. SPITLER. CIVI!
W AR VETERAN. 1)1 liS
Alfred S. Spitler, aged «!>, died yes
terday at his home, lt>l4 Swatara
street, after an illness of several |
months. He was county detective, |
and also a private detective for many,
years. Later he was Inspector of city
streets.
He was was a veteran of the Civil
War, a member of Company G, 200 th
regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers.
He Is survived by the following chil
dren: Mrs. W. A. Southard, Mrs. F.
M. Trltle and John A. Spitler, all of
this city; Mrs. W. E. Harris, Wilming
ton; and Mrs. E. F. Sherk, of Brook
lyn. The funeral will be held from tlio
home, Wednesday at 2 o'clock. Burial
will be made in East Harrisburg
Cemetery.
MRS. HATTfE WFN RICH
DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Funeral services for Mrs. Hattie A.
Wenrich, aged 03, wife of J. J. Wen
rich. who died of heart failure at her
home, 1833 Briggs street. Saturday
.light, will be held from the home
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. She
was a member of Pine Street Presby
terian Church, Sliver Star Council, No.
130, Daughters of Liberty and Ladies
Circle, Grand Army of the Republic,
No. 20. She is survived by her hus
band and the following children, Mrs.
David Arnold, Mrs. Harry Schultz. J.
J., Jr., William R„ Irvtn E. and Clay
ton K. Wenrich, of this city.
- Bt'RIKI) IN NORHISTOWN
The funeral of Aaael S. Vadakin, 823
North Second street. was held last
evening, at 6:30 o'clock, the Rev. Harry
N. Hassler officiating, after which Pil
grim Comniandery, No. 11, Knights
Templar, held a service. Burial was
made in Montgomery Cemetery, Norris
town.
MRU HALL DIES
Mrs. Louisa Hail, aged «3. wife of
George Hall, 1510 Logan street, died at
her home Saturday night. She Is sur
vived by her husband and the follow
ing children: Mrs. Colbert, Mrs. Sam
uel Jackson, Jessie and William
Thomas.
MANY LICENSES IN^BERKH
heading, Pr... March 1. —The Berks
- ounty court granted 375 llqucir licenses
for the coming year. Tlyi applications
■f 3." landlords were held under ad
isement. These hotel* are located In
■it> and county^
MARCH 1. 1915.
LIFEBOATS ON LINER
HELD READY FOR USE
American Steamer New York ,
Passes Safely Through
War Zone
By Associated Press
New York, March I.—The Ameri
can liner New York arrived to-day >
from Liverpool after taking unusual |
pains to make known her nationality
while passing through the war zone
declared by Germany around Great
Britain. in addition extraordinary
precautions against mines were ob
served, to the extent of havini; life- ■
boats swung outward, ready for imme- !
diate use if necessary.
Flying the American flag, the New
York left her dock in Liverpool shortly
after midnight on February 20. Her
lights were all burning as she steamed
out to sea and some of the passengers |
i said that searchlights played on the I
American HUBS which flew from almost
every mast.
BRITAIN AND FRANCE
TO STOP ALL SHIPS
[Continued from First Page.]
i would make all announcements on the
| subject.
Since tlie first report from London
1 that the allies had decided to hold up
till shipping to ami from Germany, a
l notification along this line has been
1 expected here but oflicials have re- j
i trained from expressing any opinion
| as to the course of the American Gov- I
eminent In recognizing the validity of'
the proposed measures until the text',
of the declaration to 1M- made has i
been carefully examined.
It win pointed out here that while I
there niiulit lie no precedent for such
ii wide rnnite of netlon lis the Hlllea
r*ro|»ime there wim likewise no iireee
dent for tlie tierinan Niilimiirtne block-
Ill! e OF the llrltlMh IHICN. Neutral* liave
not always rccomtl/.cil the validity of
lilnckathv. nml iniiny routeMtN have
itrlMen where hclllKercntK have at
temiitetl tn continent!' stiiiin and ear-
KOCN MelKed for runnlnK blockades that
was alleged to l>e ant In accordance
with the mien of International law.
Lectures to Ministers
on Domestic Science
Methodist ministers of Harrisburg
and vicinity were addressed at their
regular meeting this morning at the
Y. M. C. A. by Professor Millard B.
King, of the State Department, of Edu
cation who spoke on "Modern Ten
dency of Education."
Professor Millard spoke interestingly
regarding extra educational facilities
such as night schools for working chil
dren and adults and domestic science
instruction for girls.
OWNER OF DACIA HAS NOT
BEEN NOTIFIED OF SEIZURE
By Associated Press
New York. March I.—Official noti
fication of the seizure by the French
government of the steamship Dacla,
formerly of the Hamburg-American
Line, has not been received by E. N.
Breitung, new owner of the vessel. In
a statement published here to-day Mr.
Breitung said: "I know our govern
ment will, if necessary, ask for repa
ration due to any American citizen
acting within his rights." Continuing,
the statement says:
"I know of no statement of Inter
national law that can be invoked
against the Dacla and I purpose to
demand my rights."
"Mothers Little Angel"
Is Classic Expression
In a sermon full of pathos, and im-
I personations of a mother's actions and
love for her child, the Rev. Clayton A.
Smucker, pastor of Stevens Memorial
I Methodist Church, spoke on "Mother
I Eve and the First Child." '
I He scorned the women who prefer
|to have a cold-nosed poodle dog as
| their first object of concern and allow
| a colored girl to act as maid for the
I bahy. He urged the young men and
i the young women not to disappoint
their parents as they grow up, and
called the language used by a mother
in speaking of her child as "mother's
little angel," as classic.
EDITORS OF SUNDAY SCHOOL
PUBLICATIONS ARE RETIRED
Two widely-known writers for Sun
day school papers, who retire from
active service to-day are the Rev. Dr.
Edwin W. Rice, for forty-four year"
editor of the American Sunday School
Union, Philadelphia, and the Rev.
1 Mosely H. Williams, associate editor
after twenty-six years' work. They
receive tho honorary titles of editor
and assistant editor, respectively, and
are succeeded by James McConaughy,
editor, and the Rev. A. J. R. Scliu
maker, assistant editor.
MAY DECIDE TO EXHUME BODY
By Associated Press
New York, March I.—At a confer
ence to-day between Coroner James P.
j Dunn, of White Plains, and District
Attorney Martin, of Bronx county, the
question of exhuming the body of one
of the eight inmates of the German
Odd Fellows' Home whom Frederick
Mors confessed he poisoned, is to be
decided.
ALABAMA MAN DIES AT 108
By Associated Press
Bessemer, Ala.. March 1. Asa
, Goodwin, said to be the oldest man
In Alabama, died here yesterday on the
eve of his one hundred and eighth
birthday of pneumonia. Goodwin was
born in Georgia. He had 74 grandchil
dren. 227 great-grandchildren and 15
great-great-grandchildren.
FIRE AT SHOE M A HERS VILLE
Reading. Pa.. March I.—Fire at
Shoemakeravllle, this county, this
morning destroyed the Mansion House
Hotel .the storeroom occupied by J. R.
Kelm, a warehouse and lodge hall In
fhe same building and caused a loss
of 525.000. There is some insurance
oi.'the property.
CATHEDRAL MISSION
EXERCISES CONCLUDE
1,100 Persons Attend Closing
Meeting, Which Merges Into
Forty Hours' Devotion
i—■ The concluding; .ser
vice of the special
mission exercises at
St. Patrick's Cathedra I
was held last night:
* with an attendance of
• "I more than 1,100 pei
* (Ay sons. The Kev. A. J.
• 'Haw Stern of New York
.I iHcP"' city. preached on
| "Perseverance."
' "'* - "Forty Hours' De
wLjffl iMjU*, votioii. which opened
MBftX illalW lust nintit will con
tinue this evening at
fiyv. 7.45 o'clock and close
I- ? to-morrow evening.
with a procession of 2."i0 children
about the interior of the cathedral.
The children will respond to the ques
tions of the Litany and sing the To
Deum at the close. The Rev. J. I.
Koch, of Shamokin will assist at tho
clQsing service.
('liangrs Expected
Several changes affecting Harrisburg
Catholic church rectorships will take
place to-day in the Harrisburg Dio
cese under Bishop Shanahan on ac
count of the death of the Rev. C. .1.
Galligan. rector of Gap Cath
olic Church. The Rev. J. P. O'Donnell.
rector of St. Mary's Church, Fifth anil
' Maclay streets, will assume charge at
Locust Gap; the Rev. William V. Dal
le}. rector of Sacred Heart Catholic
Church In South Cameron street, wilt
til 1 the vacancy at St. Mary's, and the
Rev. G. T. Rice, chaplain at the Mt.
Alto sanatorium will take charge of
the Sacred Heart Church. The Rev.
•P. F. McGee, assistant at St. Pat-
I rich's, York, will be chaplain at Mt.
| Alto.
Father Galligan was rector of tho
Locust Gap church for many years
and was one of the oldest priests in
point of service in the Harrlaburg Dio
cese. He was 52 years of age.
Visit 1,000 Members. — The mem
bers of the Stevens Memorial Metho
dist Church held an "Every member
canvass" between the hours of 3 and
7 o'clock in the afternoon. More than
1,000 of the 1,300 members were visit
ed. The attendance at the Sunday
school was 951 yesterday.
Olplirate Kraut. Harrisbttrg Jews
celebrated the Hebrew Feast of Purini
in all the synagogues of the city yes
terday with special prayers for the
safety of all Jews in countries affected
by the European war. It was planned
to take a collection for war relief pur
poses at all the services, but this wa»
deferred until the arrival of a rabbi
from Philadelphia, who will conduct
special services for that purpose and
devote more time to it.
Pine Street Makes Plans
For Every Member Canvass
• Fifty-four members the Pine
Street Presbyterian Church under the
leadership of Francis J. Hall and "Wil
liam B. Bennett completed plans yes
iterday afternoon for an "every mem
! her canvass," to llast until next Sun-
Ulay evening at 9 o'clock.
The purpose of the canvass is to
gain pledges for church and benevo
lent support for the year. The city
has been 'districted and the men will
work in pairs, visiting every home in
each district.
Announcement was made by the
pastor, the Rev. Dr. Lewis S. Mudgs
I that beginning next Sunday and c.on
jtinuing until the last week in April, n
| series of sermons will be given ott
"God." Fifteen minute organ recltali
preceding these sermons will be one of
the features of the service. The Homo
and Foreign Missionary Society will
meet late this afternoon for a box sup
per in the social rooms. Mrs. Henry
McCormick will discuss "Immigra-
I tion," and Miss Rachael Pollock and
Mrs. William Jennings, will speak on
"Japan."
To-morrow evening the Missionary
Guild will meet, at which Miss Mar
tha Buehler will give an illustrated
lecture on "A Trip tip the Nile." The
Senior Christian Endeavor Society will
j have its regular monthly business
| meeting Friday evening at 8 o'clock
j in the church.
Allison Hill Men Will
Elect Officers Tonight
Calvin H. Koons talked to the Alli
son Hill men's Christian Association,
at Lenny's theater yesterday afternoon
on "A Strong Man and His Strength."
An Impressive feature of the meet
ing was a silent devotional held for
George S. Puey, a member of the as
sociation who died Saturday. Selec
tions by the orchestra and a servlco
of song were features. J. P. Brasel
man. president of the association, pre
sided and Walter L. Vanaman directed
the singing.
A business meeting of the associa
tion will be held'this evening at 8 p. m.
jat Olivet Presbyterian Church. OfFi
j cers will be elected for the coming
I year.
EDWARD S. SIMMERS DIES AT
HIS HOME IX CHICAGO
Hiram McGowan Simmers, former
Police Department cl«rk, now em
ployed at Enola, was called to Chicago
to-day by the death of his brother,
Edward S. Simmers. The funeral will
be held to-morrow afternoon.
Edward S. Simmers was a former
Harrisburger, but went West fifteen
years ago and had been in the employ
of the General Electric Company. He
was a son of George W. Simmers, who
is now a resident of Chicago, and be
sides his widow, is survived by the
following brothers and sisters: James
B, New York city; Thomas W., Idaho;
Hiriam McG„ Harisburg, and Mrs.
R. Parfet, Washington, D. C.
DISCUSS SCHOOIi BUILDING COX
TRACT
At a special meeting at 4.30 o'clock
thi safternoon the school board took
up the. question of permitting ths
surety which acted as bondsman for
the John W. Emory Company, con
tractor, to proceed with the erection
of the new Shimmel school building ot-
Allison's Hill. The board at a recent
meeting decided to take the contract
away from the Emory company be
cause of his failure to complete the job
on time.
NINE E. SNYDER DIES
Nine E. Snyder, aged 20, died Sat
urday at his home, 1947 Kensington
street. Funeral services will be held
to-morrow morning ht 9.30 o'clock, the
Rev. E. Victor Roland officiating.
MRS. EMITH BURIED
The body of Mrs. Rebecca Smith,
Winchester, Va..'Was shipped here to
Undertaken S. Speese, yesterday morn
ing. Services were held at noon after
which burial was made in the Ceme
tery at Progress.
! BURSTING rtPE THREATENS
POLICE ANI) FIRE ALARMS
The bursting of a steam pipe In the
basement at the police station came
nearly putting the fire and police pa
trol alarms out of busness. The water
covered the floor of the battery room,
but was shut off in time. Repairs
were made promptly.