2 AUTOMOBILE CLUB CALLS MASS MEETING Enterprising Columbia Motorists Move For Free Roads in Their Section of State Special to The Telegraph Columbia, Pa., Aug. 6. Last eve ning the Columbia Automobile Club hold a meeting at the office of Chief Burgess Detwiler and decided to hold a mass meeting in Columbia, in the interest of free roads. The club also decided to ask the officials of the P> nnsylvania Railroad to provide a watchman at the crossing on the road fr m Rohrerstown to Bsast Petersburg, w lieh is considered a dangerous one. The clubs of Lancaster and York will p.- i-ticipate in the meeting to r>e held in the interest of free roads. The meeting will be held in the State Amory on Thursday evening, August 19. Prominent speakers will be pres ent and a parade headed by a band on a motor truck, will precede the meeting. Matron at Quincy Orphan Home Has Case of Smallpox Special to The Telegraph ■\Vfcynesboro, Pa., Aug. 6. Mrs. Annie Everson, matron at the Quincy United Brethren Orphanage came into "Waynesboro yesterday with a well de- sloped case of smallpox. Mrs. Everson took a position at the United Brethren Orphanage at Quincy as matron, arriving at the institution a week ago from Elkins, W. Va., and has since been mingling with the ninety-seven children of the orphans' home —eating at the same table, and being thrown into their society since she took up her duties. Yesterday, she noticed a rash on her skin, and getting aboard of the Cum berland Valley train she came to Waynesboro, to consult a physician. "When she called at the office of Dr. Joseph Enniss, he informed her that sh? had a well-developed case of smallpox, and he at once notified the health officers of the county and State, also the men having charge of the train on which she came to town and everybody got busy. Tne woman was placed in a vehicle and driven to Quincy, where a tent had been secured and placed on a lot near the Orphan age, and she was quarantined there. Tho conductor of the train was vac cinated. The cars of the train were fumigated, and all the inmates of the orphanage have been vaccinated. LOST IN MOUNTAIN STORM Special to The Telegraph Port Royal, Pa,, Aug. 6. Mrs, Charles Haines and Miss Bessie Mc- Knight of Port Royal, weak after an all-night exposure in a drizzling rain > enterday morning staggered into Sa -> ille, a little town of this county, after losing their way in the Tuscarora mountain wilds. The women started out from their homes to pick huckleberries, but be- Cii me bewildered in the mountain -.vilds, and being unable to find their way out, were obliged to spend the night wandering about. DEATH OF OLDEST INHABITANT Special to The Telegraph Elizabethville, Pa., Aug. B.—Mrs. Mary A. Reist, the oldest resident of Elizabethville, widow of the late Jacob Relet, died at the home of her son, v /illiam Reist, on Wednesday. Mrs. Reist was 92 years old, and is surviv ed by a son, William, of this place, rnd two daughters, Mrs. Henry, of Avis, and Mrs. Mattle, of Berrysburg. r'uneral services will be held to-mor row afternoon, the Rev. S. L. Rhoads, of the United Brethren Church, offi ciating. ------ ▼ : JSjotem&itii CALIi 1901—ANY PHOXE FOUNDED 1871 Kelly-Springfield Tires Are ACTUALLY Cheapest ID the "Long Run" Other makes may CLAIM this, but figures fail ' to PROVE it. Kelly-Springfield Tires cost more in dollars and " cents, but cost less in actual service. ' Compare this cost per hundred miles with any '< other make. < Size Plain Kant-Slip - 30x3 190 17^ 30 x3 l / 3 250 240 33x4 400 410 V 34x4 430 430 < 35x4 430 440 ■< 36x4 y 2 540 52* . 37x4*4 560 540 < 37x5 670., 660 < i Other sizes at correspondingly low cost. Ford sizes are guaranteed (plain) 6,000 miles; * (Kant-Slip), 7,500; other sizes (plain) 5,000 miles; * 1 (Kant-Slip), 6,000 miles. Goodyear and other tires at interesting prices. " FRIDAY EVENING, EOTJUSBURG TETAXiH!Ai J li l _____ AUGUST 6, 1915 | WEST SHORE NEWS NEW BRICK PLANT New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 6. C. L. Leiby, who has recently with drawn from the firm of Leiby & Flu rie, brick manufacturers, of New Cumberland, and G. C. Landis, of Brownsville, Pa., have formed a part nership to erect on the ten acres of clay land recently acquired by them from the New Cumberland Improve ment Company, a 50,000 per day brick plant of modern style. Machinery will be purchased and the plant will the In operation not later than Octo ber 1. SALEM CHURCH PICNIC Marysville, Pa.. Aug. 6.—To-morrow the picnic of the Salem Evangelical Church will be held at Rhinehart's woods. YOUNG GIRLS ON OUTING Marysville, Pa.. Aug. 6.—A party of the town's young girls, under the chjiperonage of Mrs. Gilson Geib, yes terday afternoon spent a pleasant time at Sejdle's Park, in South Main street. The party Included Miss Charlotte Manning, Miss Dorothy Jacobs, Miss Margaret Cholck, Miss Catherln Mor ris, Miss Dlorls Hartman, Miss Frances Hornberger, Miss Jeanette Sellers and Miss.Ethel Ppase. DEATH OF JACOB M. MOYER Wormleysburg, Pa., Aug. 6.—Jacob Munro Moyer, who had been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Jacob Klinepeter, 317 Kelker street, Harrisburg, for the past three weeks, died last evening from old age. Mr. Moyer was born November 18, 1931, near.Easton. He was a Civil War veteran, having served in Company A, Forty-eighth Pennsyl vania Volunteer Infantry, and Com pany D, Independent Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was a mem ber of Post 58, G. A. R. He Is survived by two children, Mrs. Jacob Kline peter and Mrs. H. Sparrow, of Worm leysburg. The funeral services will be held from his home, corner of Second and Ferry streets, Wormleysburg, on Saturday evenjng at 8 o'clock, and the body will be taken to Mifflin on Sunday morning for burial. Lykens Valley U. B. Camp Closes at Elizabethville Special to The Telegraph Elizabethville, Aug. 6.—Lykens Val ley United Brethren carrtpmeeting is drawing to a close. The early morn ing family worship was conducted by the Rev. J. F. Brown, of Shamokln, and the prayer and praise service was led by the Rev. B. F. Goodman, of Catawissa. At 10 o'clock the "sermon was preached by the Rev. J. E. Keene, of Lancaster. Children's service at 1 o'clock was in charge of the Rev. H. S. Kiefer, of Lykens. The Rev. C. A. Mutch, of Schuylkill Haven, preached in the afternoon at 2.30, and the Rev. W. W. Fridinger, of Jonestown, in the evening at 7.30. The camp closed last evening. COLUMBIA TAIIiOR DIES Special to The Telegraph Columbia, Pa., Aug. «. Frank Hiteshue, a well-known tailor died yesterday at his home on the 37th an niversary of his marriage, after a long illness, aged 69. He succeeded his father In the tailoring business about 30 years ago. MAN "PILLAR OF FIRE- Special to The Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 6.—When an au tomobile caught fire here.Earl Slmcox, 18 years old, tried to extinguish the flames and was caught in a sheet of burning gasoline. He Instantly be came a pillar of fire. Bystanders wrapped carpet around him. He was taken to the Mary M. Packer hospital. RAT SHOOTER WOUNDS SON Special to The Telegraph Sunbury, Pa., Aug. 6.—While shoot ing rats at his home in Shamokin, Peter McGinn accidentally sent a load of buckshot into the foot of his 4- year-old son, William. The trigger was just pulled when the boy ran around the corner in front of the charge. PICNIC PARTY DRENCHED Dauphin, Pa., Aug. 6.—Speeceville Presbyterian Sunday school held .a de lightful picnic in Bender's Woods" near the cottage at Speeceville. There were about two hundred people in attend ance, coming In automobiles and car riages from Harrisburg, Dauphin and Heckton. The rainstorm of the after noon drenched the crowd, but all en joyed the day. I STORM WISHES OUT : DID TRICKS V ■ - Great Damage to Gettysburg and 3 Harrisburg Roadbed and to < State Highway Near Carlisle i Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6.—A heavy rain storm did a great deal of damage in f this section of Cumberland county yes- I terday afternoon and last night. 3 Nearly two inches of rain fell during the shower and roads were flooded and washed out and crops damaged in all parts of the county. . There was a cloudburst near Craig head and the rushing waters washed out nearly an eighth of a mile of the roadbed of the Gettysburg and Har risburg Railroad, entirely suspending traffic until this morning. Twenty car leads of gravel were necessary to fill the holes. Mount Hblly Springs Park was flooded and for a time It was feared that the dam at Laurel ice house would break. A number of employes, however, after hard work succeeded in opening the floodgates and thereby saved the dam. Mrs. D. R. Thompson, wife of the editor of the Carlisle Sen tinel, was entertaining a large party of visitors at their cottage, which is lo cated Just below the dam, and when V'.? r ® ~ as da nger of a break her son, Allen Thompson, took the entire party to a box car on the railroad for safety. A small bridge in tho park was swept away and the walks flooded. The subway on the trolley line near Mount Holly Springs was filled with water and passengers were transferred at that point. About two miles from Carlisle the otate road was flooded and a large amount of new work destroyed by the rushing waters. A number of Carlisle people who were returning home from the reunion of the Weekley family at Mount Holly Park were held up be hind the washout, and, as the trolley .. "i 88 cr| PPled. they had great difficulty in getting home. 1 News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania " Special to The Telegraph • u R oading—Another fatality caused by the excessive heat occurred here . yesterday when Hezekiah Wesner, 64 ; years old, was overcome while driving ■ a coal wagon and toppled to the ground where he was picked up dead. | i-iebanon. John Henry Miller, 18- ■ year-old son of Frank Miller of Rex mont, died yesterday from injuries . suffered in a fall off his bicycle. Shamokln. Anthony Revick was I working in a breast at Luke Fidler Colliery yesterday when an immense , rail of rock and slate entombed him. Ine wall was pierced three hours later when he was discovered dead. Mahanoy City. The raging, swol len current of Silver Creek is menacing property in the Little Schuylkill Val ley. The channel has become six : times its natural width, due to recent 1 Yesterday a house owned by ■ Michael Mitchell was carried away : 55.., c ?",apsed when it struck the New ' P^ iladel Phla bridge, entailing con ; siderable loss. Mahanoy City. After a stubborn six months flght, during which the underground working had to be floor!- ed, the flre at the No. 9 mine of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company ■ has been extinguished and 1000 men , and boys will shortly return to work. Class Gives Reception For Retiring Teacher Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., July 6.—A re ception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wise by the Sun - day school class of young ladles in , honor of Mr. Wise, their former I teacher, and as a farewell by his class. - Mr. Wise will leave Mechanicsburg in r a short time. Refreshments were i served by the class. Members present » were: Misses Mary Rowe, Mary Coov er, Elsie Brubaker, Bertie Becker Edith Kumbler, Lillian Kllnk, Daisy Rowe, Miriam Howard, Mertie Arney, Mrs. Grace Kline, Mrs. Frank Mountz,' s Mrs. Mary Cocklin. The invited - guests were: The Rev. E. C. B. Cas r tie, Mrs. E. C. B. Castle, Mr. and Mrs a J. C. Lambert. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and - Mrs. J. C. Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. John - Eisley, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mat- I thews, Mrs. Annie Dawn, Quincy Mrs. John Mishler of Harrisburg! - Miss Veda Castle, Miss Beulah Castle. Miss Verna Dunlap, Dauphin, Pa * » Miss Margaret Matthews and Chester * Matthews. MANY FARMS FOR SAMD Dillsburg, Pa., Aug. 6.—An un usually large number of farms will be sold during the next two weeks In the vicinity of Dillsburg. Among them are the two large farms of the Isaac Lerew estate, adjoining Dillsburg on the south, to be sold on Saturday, and a third farm of the same estate in Washington township; the farm of the Oeorge Haar estate in Carrol township, north of Dillsburg, and the Henry Beelman farm in Monaghan township, a short distance from the Haar farm; also the John Coover farm, practically adjoining the lat ter farm. MHS E. E. A. Dmvor Burled Special to The Telegraph Mifflintown, Pa.. Aug. 6.—Mrs. Deavor, wife of the Rev.E.E.A.Deavor, former pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church at Harrtsburg, died at her home here on Tuesday. She is sur vived by her husband and two daugh ters, Elsie and Josephine. Funeral services were held at the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock. {©usJUty j UNIVERSAL PEACE AND SIMPLE LIFE i Delegate* to Convention of Church of the Brethren Place Them selves on Record at Carlisle Special to The Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Aug. 6.—With almost 400 delegates from the counties of Cumberland, Dauphin, Adams, York and Perry as well as others from various districts as far south as Wash ington, D. C., in attendance, the an nual ministerial and Sunday school convention of the Church of the Brethren for the Southern District of Pennsylvania opened here yesterday and will close this evening. Yesterday was given over to busi ness and discussion of church topics while to-day the Sunday school rep resentatives met. In the meetings yesterday the delegates went on rec ord as favoring universal peace, an open Bible, temperance fight, and the simple life. Officers were also elect ed. They are Moderator, J. A. Long, York; assistant moderator, J. H. Brindle. Gettysburg; and secretary, C. H. Steerman, Oreencastle. STORM DOES DAMAGE Special to The Telegraph Shippensburg, Pa., Aug. 6.—A se vere storm passed over Shippensburg yesterday afternoon. Wires in front of the home of Charles Veiner were broken ai\d a trench for gas pipe was filled with water. In order to avoid this a heavy automobile truck was run lntothe pavement in North Earl street and broken. DIPHTHERIA CAUSES DEATH Special to The Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., Aug. 6.—After of town, aged 32 from diphtheria. She wife of William Cooper, died Wednes day evening at her home in Monroe township, a short distance southeast of town, aged 3 2 from diphtheria. She is survived by her husband, four chil dren, Alfred, Herman, Evelyn and Blanch at home, her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Shug ars; also several brothers and sisters. The funeral was held this morning at Kutz's church. WEDDING AT MIL/TON Special to The Telegraph Sunbury, Aug. 6. —Paul Franuquet, of Milton, and Miss Ossie Johnson, of Benton, were married at Trinity Luth eran parsonage at Milton by the Rev. Dr. J. M. Francis. HAS STROKE OF PARALYSIS Special to The Telegraph Dillsburg, Pa., Aug. 6.— ! Mrs. Re becca Deardorff, grandmother of the Baker triplet daughters, of Dillsburg, sustained a stroke of paralysis on Wednesday night and is now in a serious condition. Mrs. Deardorff is nearly 80 years old. MANADA CHURCH PICNIC Special to The Telegraph Linglestown, Pa., Aug. 6.—Manada Methodist Episcopal Sunday school will hold Its annual picnic to-morrow in I. F. Runkle's grove, about one mile north of old Manada Furnace. The Fredericksburg band will turnlsh music. PICNIC AT PARK Special to The Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., Aug. 6.—A picnic was held on Thursday at Paxtang Park toy the Sunday school of the Dauphin Methodist Episcopal church. Raw spoiled part of the fun but In spite of It all had a good time. Mormon Chief Guarded to Prevent Kidnaping A■ ± ■ & I f ; em ivJHB mk i t * is ■ ll I I Mm MM fflyg JH T*i \JOS£PH fT SMITH JOSEPH F. SMITH Smith, the head of the Mormon Church Is being closely guarded, since threats were received here by the de partment of Justice, to kidnap Smith and hold him for a SIOO,OOO ransom in the Hole in the Wall country In Wy oming. The plot has been laid to the three daylight robbers who held up 125 tourists in Yellowstone Park on July 9, and who more recently exacted a, $6,000 ransom fof the release of A. E. Empey, a wealthy cattleman living [near Idaho Falls, Idaho. A posse is! [scouring the country in an effort to I [locate the bandits, v.i MOUNT JOY WATER WORKS DAM BREAKS Last Night's Heavy Rains Cause Great Damage to Lancaster County Towns Special to The Telegraph Mt. Joy, Pa., Aug. 6. A storm of severe intensity swept coun ty last night, carrying two creeks over their banks at this place, broke the dam of the water works and flooded the town. The storm seemed to center Itself over this borough. Water in the lowlands near where the dam broke, reached the second story in many of the houses. Small buildings are floating about and many chickens were drowned. Corn In many places has been levelled to the ground and broken off. Considerable damage was done to the , tobacco crop. Telephone and trolley systems are crippled, cars were unable to get out of the town because the water in some places ffooded the tracks for a depth of several feet. The water works w«a put out of service by the breaking of the dam. Great holes have been torn In the streets of Columbia by the neavy rains, making them impassable. New go run Is raging and has flooded Marietta to a depth of several feet and Lltitz Springs Park is Inundated. WILL BUILD BAKERY Special to The Telegraph Shippensburg, Pa., Aug. 6.—Neff Brothers who conducted a bakery In South Earl street, will begin building operations on Monday for a new build ing. ADDRESS BY VISITOR Special to The Telegraph Shippensburg, Pa.. Aug. 6.—The Rev. Aaron Long of York, who is vis iting relatives here, on Wednesday night delivered an address at the Mes siah United Brethren Church. PASTOR ON VACATION Special to The Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., Aug. 6. Speecevllle Presbyterian church will be closed during the month of August, the pas tor in charge, the Rev. Dr. George Johnston taking his vacation. lAMusewems "HYPOCRITES AT THE REGENT TO DAY AND TOMORROW So great an interest has the public manifested in the Bosworth photo drama. "Hypocrites." at tlie Regent Thpater. that this remarkable and ar tistic production is the most talkcd-of offering of Its kind in town. Those who have seen It seem eager to recom mend It to others, and consequently there Is an endless flow of the curious to each performance. Its wonderful appeal to all Christi anity is so great that not onlv have the public recognized Its worth, but have time and again discussed it with their clergymen. This Is what the Rev. Helvey Apple ton, Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I give it my unstinted approval; it Is a power ful lesson. I will recommend It to my congregation next Sunday."—Advertise ment. PAXTANG PARK The man, woman or child who can fail to laugh at the "Battle of Bunco Hill," must indeed be a graven image. The "Battle of Bunco Hill" is the 20- mlnute conglomeration of gloom dis pelling situations, witty lines and as sassinated English that serves as a medium for the fun-making talents of Joe F. Willard and Harry Bond. Their work may not hold the mirror up to nature but the fun is clean, lu dicrous and there is lots of it. The remaining four acts that make up this week's bill at Paxtang are all up to the standard one looks for in a first- class vaudeville entertainment and it is doubtful if there is a,ny one who would not be well pleased with this week's offering at the park play house.—Advertisement. iU. S. Is Interested in Manufacture of Dyes Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia, Aug. 6.—lnterest in the recent invention of dyes by Phila delphians has spread to official circles at Washington and the Department of Commerce, through Thomas H. Nor ton, the commercial agent of the de partment. Mr. Norton in letters to in ventors here, and narticularly to Au gustus Amreln, th™ chemist, at 132 Sumac street, has stated that this is an industry in which the government Is deeply interested and also anxious to help along. It developed yesterday that the new dye with logwood as a basis and which R. B. Ely, general manager of a dye stuff house at 38 North Front street, is promoting, is really the invention of Mr. Amrein. Mr. Ely explained yes terday to dealers and others that he did not say he was the inventor, but that he was merely acting as the fiscal agent in disposing of the formula to various manufacturing houses. Robert Pearce, of 2419 West Lehigh avenue, also Is associated with Mr. Amrein in the production of the dye. Eagles, in Session at Spokane, Elect Officers By Associated Press Spokane, Wash.. Aug. 6. The new administration to conduct the affairs of the Grand Aerie, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was elected here yesterday. Among those named were: William L. Grayson, Savannah, Ga„ grand worthy president; (Frederick Hughes, Yonkers. N. Y., grand treas urer; John F. Lenny, Chester, Pa., grand worthy conductor, and Charles T. Lair, of Massachusetts, grand Inside guard. Savannah, Ga., won over Minneapolis, Minn., and Scranton, Pa., for the place of holding the 1918 grand aerie. 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