2 Cfetffl&bpcttn amrAtnftfleqas] PARTY 111 HONOR OF MISS SMITH'S GUEST Cornroast Given at Stoverdale on Monday For Visitor From Waynesboro Special to The Telegraph Stoverdale, Pa.. Aug. 18.—Mies Ma rion Smith held a corn roast on Mon day night in honor of Raymond Ging rich. of Waynesboro. The following guests participated: Misses Mabel Backenstoss. Esther Mllhcenny, Myrna Speas, Eliza Buck, Verna Juillard, Wulda Longenecker, Marlon Smit'i Anna Feeser, Edward Buck. Frank Hoke. Henry Ferber, Raymond Ging rich, Robert Hoke and Dr. B. Brown. Mrs. Annie Smith chaperoned the party. Mr. and Mrs. William E. Pugh and daughter Jean, of Harrisburg. are at the Chelsea for several weeks. Mrs. Emma Jones and Miss Anna Arment, of Harripburg, are their guests, Mrs. ■ Bert Bricker. of Harrisburg, was a Kuest on Tuesday. John Wesley E. PhilTllps, of Oak Glen cottage, returned to his home in j Harrisburg for several days. Mrs. William Ulsh ajid daughter ■ Ruth. of Harrisburg, are spending sev eral weeks at the Sylva. Misses Elva and Ethel Longenecker, of Harrisburg. Martha and Edith Deik, .of Steelton, and Hazel Kent, of Pax- ; tang. are occupying the Buena Vista. Mrs. George Misses Mar iFaret Miller. Haiel Seibert, Daisy iSeidel. Annie Crist and Mabel Wise, of Harrisburg. are staying several weeks at the Ruheim. Recent visitors at X-tln-tv-fun cot tage were Misses Susan Mcllhenny, plinnie Mcllhenny, Rebecca Mcllhenny, Doris Booser, Mr. and Mrs. C. £>. Lingle, William Hoy and Frank Bais haugh, of Harrisburg; Raymond Ging- j •rich. Waynesboro; Samuel Balthaser, j Jersey City; John Earley, of Hainton, , and John Look and Hiram Hum- : mer, of Lingiestown; Mrs. Elizabeth Balthaser and Roger Good. Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts, under Scoutmaster Levi Hershey, walked from Elizabethtown to Stoverdale , campground Monday and pitched their | tents along the Swatara. HtlNx' Toknaito Kefcliuip /Free' from of Sod\ R H [■J is the idea! re&h for JiJ 1 ! 1 all sorts of hot weather , l l 11 1 dishes. Gives them a■ J i i l l new taste and stimu lates lagging appetites. f » Lumber For AH Purposes Before making ar rangements definitely for starting that new house, garage or any other building or even a job of tinkering— stop in our yard and let us advise the best kind of lumber to use. We are headquar ters of Quality Lum ber in this section and our prices are right on anything we sell. You can prove it for yourself. Examine carefully what we show you—and then compare the kind you can get elsewhere for the same price. You can easily see the difference in the quality. Y\ e are more anx ious to sell good lum ber than to sell "cheap" lumber. United Ice & Coal Co. Main Office Forster and Cowden Sts. Don't Forget!! TO-MORROW IS Schmidt's Second Annual BUTTERNUT DAY At Paxtang Park: WEDNESDAY EVENING, BiUimSBUR TELEGRAPH AUGUST 18. 10t5. South Mountain Peach Crop Being Rushed to Market Special to The Telegraph I Waynesboro, Pa., Aug. 18. This year's peach rush Is* on in the South Mountain belt. The Alberts nne other I varieties are coming in and the bump- I, er crop la moving to the Eastern mar kets in long train loads. Every evening a special peach train leaves Pen-Mar. consisting of from twenty to twenty-five rerrlgerator cars. There are thousands or ousheis of the peaches on the trees which are ripening very fast, and tne growers are taxed to secure enoug»t tanorers • to pick the fruit. ' Liquor Men Work For "Uplift of Saloon" Special to The Telegraph Reading. Pa.. Aug. IS. Nearly 200 ; I delegates were present when the Penn sylvania Federation of Liquor Dealers , convened here. There were addresses j i of welcome by Mayor Tra W. Strattonl and Edward J. Morris, president of the chamber of commerce. The addresses were responded to by a number of of j flciais of the federation. Every speaker for the liquor dealers emphasized the fact that in order to counteract the effects of local option and prohibition agitation the would | have to "uplift the saloon." Cigaret Smokers Are Barred From State Jobs Special to The Telegraph Topeka. Kan., Aug. 18. Cigaret users, as well as booze fighters, are to be barred from state employment In Kansas, under the rules promulgated to-day by the new State Civil Service ' Commission. In a preliminary statement issued some time ago, it was announced that users of intoxicating liquors would be ineligible to hold state Jobs under civil service, hut in the completed rules is sued to-day is the following: I "The commission may refuse to cer tify an applicant ■ for the habitual use i of intoxicating beverages or cigarets. Erie Minister Wants Some One to Love Him Special to The Telegraph Erie. Pa.. Aug. 18. "l'm lonesome. All I want Is some one to love me and be loved by me." This was the statement made by the Rev. Edward C. Haynes when charged with having written scores of letters to Erie girls whom he had never met, asking them to marry him. He is a Congregational minister and says he is in search of a soulmate. Re cently he visited his son in Fitchburg, Mass . and from there started corre spondence with a score of Erie girls. In these letters he would ask the young woman If she was not the one hy that name who he and his wife had met at Oberammergau at the "Passion Play" of 1910. Several young women ; from this city answered, the letters being sent to Lowell. Mass. Haynes' wife died November 9, 1914, In this city. TOWN WELCOMES SIITOR I Berwick Wltnrun Klb* of Girl's Sweetheart—Courtship by C'orresimiiilence Special to The Telegraph | Berwick. Pa.. Aug. 18.—Miss T,e a h j Derr. one of the town's most popular I girls, last evening met. along with about half the town. Favel G. Strone braker. of Clarlnda. la., uphls his arrival at the station. Last December Miss Derr sent her name, address and photo graph to a Kansas City correspondence ' club, and it was not long He fore she heard from Stronebraker. Miss Derr was receiving many letters from men and her room was filled with photo graphs of lonely ones seeking a soul mate. It was to Fayel that she. at last turned her affections, and he arrived last night. A telegram yesterday said, "I am going to kiss you," and the town was out to see him make good. He did. MBS. MARY BABCOCK | The funeral of Mrs. Mary Babcock, ased 85. who died Monday a't the home of her niece, Mrs. L. M. Bovles, 340 Hamilton street, was held this after noon from her late home at 3 o'clock, the Rev. R. W.. Runyan officiating | Burial was made In the East Harris- I burg Cemetery. MANAGER DIES AT BRISTOL Special to The Telegraph • Millersburg, Pa., Aug. 18.—Funeral services of Edward Thornton took place to-day at his home in Bristol. Mr. Thornton had been in ill health j for several years and had gone to his | home In Bristol on a visit. He was manager of the Millersburg Fifth j Wheel Company plant here for many years. Pimples and Skin Eruptions Danger Signs of Bad Blood It May Mean Eczema, Scrofula—The First Sign of Inherited Blood Disease Pimples, scaly Itching skin, rashes, burning sensations and Scrofula denote with unfailing certainty a debilitated, weakened and impure state of 1 the blood. The trouble may have been in your blood from birth, but no matter how you were infected, you must treat It through the blood. It is a i blood disease. You must use S. S. 8„ the standard blood tonic for 60 years, lif you expect certain relief. For purifying the «ystem, nothing Is equal to It! | The action of S. S. S. Is to cleanse the blood. It soaks through the system ! direct to the seat of the trouble—acting as an antidote to neutralise the j blood poisons. It revitalizes the red blood corpuscles. Increases the flow so that the blood can properly perform its physical work. The dull sluggish I feeling leaves you—the complexion clears up. Even long standing- cases re | spond promptly. But you must take S. S. S. Drugs and substitutes won't do. Get S. S. S. from your druggist. If yours Is a special case and you need expert advice, write to S. S. S. Co., Atlanta, Ga. I • 1M" KINSLOE GOES TO CHARLOTTE, N. 0. Former Rotary Club President Did Much For City of Winona, Minnesota James R. Kinsloe, formerly of Har risburg, has resigned as necretary manager of the Winona, Minn., Asso ciation of Commerce to take a position • as Executive Officer of the new Cham ber of Commerce of Charlotte. N. C. He will assume his new duties Sep tember 15. Mr. Kinsloe. who was president of the Rotary Club of Harrisburg for several terms, left Harris«urg about three years ago. Since that time he has been quite active in the advance ment of the city of Winona. His resignation brought many expressions of regret. Under the heading. "His Three years of Winona Activities Have I Been Along the Line of Making This i a Desirable City," the Winona Daily- Republican Herald says: "Mr. Kinsloe's work In Winona has attracted wide attention in the Held of commercial organization and he has heretofore had no less than four flat tering offers to go to other places, which he has turned down, but the present call to" Charlotte was so ex ceptionally good he felt he ought not to refuse it. . "His departure from here wlll.be regretted not only in Winona but throughout Minnesota, where he had become widely known through his activities In the Winona commercial body. That he will worthily fill the new position to which he goes there is not the slightest ""doubt, and the .Charlotte Chamber of Commerce can consider itself fortunate In securing his services." Columbia Demonstration For Free Roads To-morrow Columbia, Pa., Aug. 18. The demonstration to be held In the armory here to-morrow evening will be the largest mass meeting of the kind ever held in the county m the interest of free roads. The Columbia Automobile Club, under wnose aus pices the meeting is being held, has advertised it in all sections of the county, and there will be large dele gations present from Lancaster, York and Harrisburg. Highway Commis sioner Robert J. Cunningham, Frank C. Bosch, president of the Harrisburg Automobile Club, and D. F. Magee, of Lancaster, president of the Free Roads League, are expected to be among the speakers. Chief Burgess Detwller of Columbia, and Alfred H. Meyers, president of the Columbia Automobile Club, are in charge of the arrange ments. An automobile parane will be a feature, and this will be neadea oy a band In a large auto truck. New Vaudeville House to Open August 30 The Majestic Theater, new home of vaudeville, will open Monday, August 30. it was announced this morning by C. Floyd Hopkins, manager of the Wll mer and Vincent theaters in this city. Painters and renovators are now busy on the old legitimate playhouse getting it ready for the opening. Scenery is being transferred from the Orpheum and within a few days the opening bill will be announced. Mr. Hopkins declared to-dav that while the price of admission at the j Majestic will be ten and fifteen cents in the afternoon, and ten. fifteen and twenty-five at night, instead of twenty five and fifty cents as at the Orpheum, nevertheless the same high-grade Keith vaudeville will be run at the Ma jestic. the drop In price being made possible by a five-act show three times a day instead of an eight-act show twice a day. Orphans of City Get Big Outing Tomorrow To-morrow. August 19, slxtv cars, containing 300 happy youngsters, rep resentingx the inmates of the various orphan homes of this city, will leave on a Joyride to Hershey, where they will be entertained in Hershey Park with all the amusements there The outing is being given hy the Motor Club of Harrisburg M. S. Hershey will provide the amusements and the big dinner to be served at Hershey. The cars will leave the Square at 10 o'clock and will proceed directiv to Hershey Park. Special watchmen'have been provided for at the Hummelstown crossing and at the east end of Hum melstown. so that the toll roads will be avoided. Gately and Fitzgerald have donated their truck for whatever use It can be put to. Bacon and Updorf will siiplv lollypops, while the West Shore Bakery has donated twenty-five large cakes. This Is the Birthday Anniversary of— -1 lag - .#im William Jennings, who was born in this city, and is now president of the Commonwealth Trust Company, and vice-president of the Jackson Manu facturing Company. Heavy Showers Impede Oats Harvesting in State Harvesting of oats is progressing under difficulties, according to this week's crop report, out to-day. The report says: "Heavy showers occurred in the southeastern counties, especially over the drainage area of the Schuylkill, while elsewhere the rainfall was gen erally moderate. However, the fields over a large part of the State re mained muddy and oats harvest pro gressed under difficulties. Tn the southeastern counties the lodging of the grain added to the labor of the harvest. "The work is generally near com pletion, except In the northern portion of the State, and It appears that the promised heavy yields have been re duced to about normal. Corn is good in central and southern counties ex cept for a small percentage that has been badly beaten down by storms. In the northern counties it is late and will require several weeks to mature. "The crop tn those counties will de pend almost wholly upon the lateness of the first freezing temperatures. As a whole the corn crop promises to be fully up to the average. Pastures and late feed are excellent, but some mea dows are so wet that It is not prac ticable to cut the second crop of hay at tills time. Fall plowing is in progress In the south-central counties." Williamsport Woman Is Fatally Hurt in Elevator By Associated Press Reading. Pa.. Aug. 18. —Mrs. Larue R. Myers, the wife of a leading hotel proprietor of Williamsport and a dele gate to the convention of the Pennsyl vania Federation of Liquor Dealers' in session here, was caught In the elevator of the hotel where she was stopping late last night and died of her injuries at a local hospital. The tragedy cast a gloom over the rest of the delegates to the convention, many of whom were quartered at the | same hotel. • The elevator was in charge of a bellboy. He was taking a pitcher of water to another room and left the woman and other passengers standing in the car with the door open. A child of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Crouse, also of Williamsport. began tampering with the wheel that operates the ele vator and suddenly the car shot up ward. Mrs. Myers attempted to step off and was caug:ht In the mtddle of the body and terribly crushed. Police Nab Jitneur Said to Have Another's Car The police department to-day stop ped Oscar Sheeler, driver of car No. 146463 from doing business until fur ther notice. William Smith of Enola told Col. Joseph B. Hutchison to-day that the automobile used by Sheeler, belonged to him. According to Mr. Smith, Sheeler rented the car at $3.50 per day. This was early In July. Since that time Sheeler paid but $2, says Smith. Smith declares that every time he went after his car Sheeler pulled his cap down over his eyes and made a getaway. Col. Hutchison notified the traffic officer to look out for Sheeler and send him to the police station. He was busy this morning hauling market folks and baskets. He was located about noon. An investigation Is be ing made. 15 LOCOMOTIVES AND fi.OOO TONS OF RAILS FOR RUSSIA Special to The Telegraph Philadelphia. Aug. 18. —The British steamship St. Leonards has been char tered to load a cargo of fifteen loco motives and 5.000 tons of steel rail at Philadelphia for Vladivostok. This Is the first cargo of war supplies to be shipped from this port to Russian ter ritory and the first vessel to leave Phil adelphia for a Russian port in a num ber of years. The locomotives were built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the rails were made by the Lackawanna Steel Company. OORSETMAKKRS COMPROMISE Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 18. The strike of 3,800 employes of Warner Brothers' corset factory here was vir tually ended last night, when the strik ers accepted a compromise offer of the company whereby they will receive an eight-hour day and an Increase of 12>/4 per cent, in wages. COTTON CONTRABAND SOON London, Aug. 18, 4:22 p. m. A proclamation declaring cotton to be contraband of war is expected to be Issued to-night or to-morrow at the latest by both Great Britain and France. oualiiy ft I Superb 1915 COUIMIC DIRECTORY IS OUT Contains List of All Councilmen Who Served Under Bi- Cameral System Harrisburg's Councilmanlc Direc tory for 1915 was issued to-day by City Clerk Charles A. Miller and, while it follows In a general way, the st> le of previous issues, the current volume is unquestionaoly the most valuable little book full of just the kind of facts that every citizen wants to know, that has ever been compiled by the versatile city clerk. The number of books printed is comparatively small, but It's a safe bet that most every business and profes sional man in Harrisburg. to say noth ing of the city departments, will want at least one book. Two new features make the direc tory more than ordinarily valuable this year. In the first place th e book con tains a list of all the counoilmen. Select and Common, who served from the time of the incorporation of the city down to the parsing of the municipality from the old bicameral system Into the new commission form of government. This data was col lected by Mr. Miller and his assistant, R. R. Seaman at great expense of time and labor but the results are cer tainly worth while. The other big feature is a complete list of the boundaries of the wardß and precincts of the city. That fea ture In Itself will make the book of unusual value. Mr. Seaman compiled this data alone. Other things include) complete data pertaining to the city government most anything that one might wish to know in the way of statistics about Harris burg. its population, park acreage, street paving. Bewef «ystem, etc., assessments, -school statistics, census figures for the last hundred and twen ty-five years, population «y wards, the mayors, city clerks, city engineers, solicitors, treasurers, controllers and Are chiefs, and presidents of council* and clerks. Commonwealth Band at Reservoir Friday Night At Reservoir Park Friday night the J. H. Troup concert will be given by the Commonwealth Band, under the direction of W. Fred Weber. The pro gram Is as follows: March. "Feat." Wagner; overture, "The Champion," Hartmann; Inter mezzo, "Moraima," Bspinosa; songs, "Atlantic City All the Time," Porter, and "When You Were Queen of May," Raybould; selection. "Paddy Whack," Ball; waltz, "The Skaters," Waldteu fel; fantasia, "Musical Scenes from Switzerland," Langey; czardas, "Last Love," Braham; transcription. " 'Way Down Upon the Swanee River;" "At Home and in Foreign Lands," Roberts (Synopsis: America, France, Scotland, Spain. Germany, Ireland, Italy. Hun gary and finale.) march, "Old Settlers on Parade;" "Star-Spangled Banner." MRS. BELLA VANASDLAN Mrs. Bella Vanasdlan, of 1627 North Fourth street, died Tuesday morning, following a short illness. Mrs. Van asdlan was a member of the Daughters of America and the Daughters of Lib erty. She Is survived by her husband. Jacob Vanasdlan; two sons. Frank and Harry; a daughter. Mrs. B. Floyd; a sister, Mallie Winslow. and two grand daughters. Funeral services will he held from her late home, Fridav af ternoon, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. H. N. Bassler officiating. Burial will be made in the I-larrisburg Cemetery. TWO NEGROES LYNCHED By Associated Press Montgomery. Ala., Aug. 18 "Kid" Jackson and Henry Russell, negroes, were lynched early to-day at Hope Hull, ten miles from here. Another negro, whose name has not been learned, was rescued from tne mob, but died In a hospital. The negroes were charged with poisoning mules on a plantation several months ago. TWO STEAMERS SI NK By Associated Press London, Aug. 18, 12:40 P. M. The Norwegian steamers Romulus and Min eral have been sunk. The crews were saved. FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION By Associated Press Geneva. Switzerland. Aug. 18. via Paris. 2:10 P. M. The Zurich-Geneva express w.as in a collision with a local passenger train at Dietikon. near Zur ich, last nlglit. Four persons were kill ed and forty-eight injured. PRINCES OF BAGDAD TO MEET Tlsbit Siesta, No. 77, Princes of Bag dad, will meet to-night, announces W. H. Harman, in a new hall. Third and Cumberland streets. WOMEN FIGHT IN STREETS Lillian Mason and Mary Foster were before Mayor John K. Royal this after noon, for fighting In the streets. Both were arrested last night by Patrolman Thompson. The Foster woman admits she was in a fighting mood. She savs the Mason girl was with her husband. SON HAS DAD PINCHED On information made bv his son, William. J. W. Jones, 1220 Cowden street, was before Mayor Roval this afternoon on a surety of the peace charge. The son said his father tried to hit his mother, last night, with a hatchet. DEATH OF MRS. ANNIE BOGAR Millersburg, Pa., Aug. 18.—Mrs. Annie Bogar, wife of William E. Bo gar, of North Market street, died on Tuesday at the Shamokin Hospital following an operation for appendi citis. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, also three sisters and a brother. She was 4 6 years old. TO GET MEDAL AUGUST 24 Because August 27 Is circus day, the scheduled meeting of the Harris burg Newsboys' Association at which Samuel Sherman will be given a medal for saving Charles Emanuel from drowning several months ago will be held Tuesday evening, August 24. The meeting will be opened by President Wagner Hoffman at the hall of the association, 304 North Second street. Mayor Royal will then assume charge and Rabbi Leon Album, who has been exhibiting much interest in the asso ciation. will make the presentation speech. SPANISH STEAMER SUNK London, Aug. 18, 3:35 p. m. —Th® British steamer Bonny, of 2.70E tons gross, and the Spanish steamer Isldorn, 2,044 tons gross, have been sunk. Twenty-one of the crew of the former vessel and eight of the latter were picked up. The trawler, George, also was sunk. Her crew was saved. • FRANKLIN FARMERS' PICNIC Waynesboro, Pa.. Aug. 18.—Frank lin County Harvest Home and Farm ers' picnic will be held at Red Ridge Park, near Ch&mbersburg, Saturday. September 11. There will he an exhibit of livestock, poultry, farm produce, machinery, etc. is more than soap. It's a of cleansing energy. The naptha, combined with other cleansers liberated by water, dissolves the grease and dirt.! No need of long back-breaking rubbing on the wash-board. Makes washday a half-holiday because you can finish an average wash by noon. Just as wonderful for all household cleaning* INSPECTING NEW ARMS FACTORY Marietta. Pa., Aug. 18.—Surveyors nnd telephone officials were In town yesterday inspecting the building where it is said 2,000,000 rifles are to be made by 500 men to be employed as soon as the promoter, Oeorge J. Atkins, arrives on the scene. The building was formerly the National Ore Separator Company's plant. To bacco stored in one warehouse was removed yesterday. & HCllo'. J[ I—Crowded1 —Crowded with flavor 2 —Velvety body —NO GRIT 3 —C rumble-proof 4 —Sterling purity s—From5 —From a daylight factory 6 —Untouched by hands © lOIUwt \ Starting Gum The point PEPPERMINT - RED WRAPPER CINNAMON BLUE WRAPPER Suitable rewards for the discovery af the 7th point will be offered later AMUSEMENTS t AMUSEMENTS \ |/ paxtan s Park Theater Hours: 10 A. M. to 11 P. M. I To-day, To-morrow, Friday and j P| 1 Saturday, "THE ETERNAL CITY." A superb photo production of Hall j Calne's brilliant drama of eternal j rw* Rome, featuring PACUNE FRED- j I Am ERICK, In 8 reels. * VIII "The Eternal City" is on<e of the I Acrobatic Comedian* most elaborate photo spectacles ) r*tf n p, SS uToZ'| 1 he DOX tar liuo The home of the Moller pipe organ ! A Singing Novelty, and the coolest theater In the city, I 4 Other Standard Acts 4 Bell phone 3719. United 734- Y. ! Watch for the Big Bargain Day at Paxtang. ■ WILLOW GROVE FYPITRQIfIN ®' ro 6 anc * Switch Dept. LAvUlxDlvrli -phe Pennsylvania Steel Company To Willow Grove Saturday, August 21, 1915 Fare, Adults $2.00 Half Fare SI.OO Train l«mi P. A R. Station, Harrlabnrr, at 4.20 A. M. Train leavaa P. A R. Station, Kteeltoa, at <4.00 A. M. Train leaves P. A R. Station, Mlddletown, at 4.50 A. M. 1A checking account is a big help in regulating house hold expenses. Union Trust Co, UaiM Trust Buildiif WEDDING AT COLUMBIA Special to The Telegrap.t Columbia, Pa., Aug. 18.—A pretty wedding was celebrated in St. Paul's Lutheran church here yesterday morning, when Miss Emms a. Daum was united in marriage with Edward W. Gundel. The ceremony was per* formed by the pastor, the Rev. H. Englekaw. The newly-wedded couple will reside at H'ghsplre wheer a fur nished home awaits them.
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