2 CENTRAL PENNSYLVAN WILL CELEBRATE BIRTH AND DEATH Remarkable Observance of An niversaries Planned by Mer cersburg Classis Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro. Pn., May 15.—The lie formed Church of the Mercersburgr Classis will observe with fitting serv ices In October. 1917, the one hun dredth anniversary of the birth und liftieth anniversary of the death of the Rev. Henry Harbaugh, 1). D., the mii tient theologian, the forceful preacher nnd the graceful hymn writer of the church. Dr. Harbaugh was born near the Harbaugh Reformed Church, at the foot of the South Mountain, near Pen Mar. and was an attendant upon Trinity Reformed Sunday School und Was confirmed at Trinity Church, here. He died while a member of the fac ulty of the Reformed Theological Beminary at Mercersburg. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES Special to the Telegraph Shippensburg. Pa.. May 15. —The Church of the Brethren will again hold evangelistic services here. Evan gelist Cassidy and his singer. Professor Toder, have been secured. A much larger tabernacle than last year will be Used. bIRXEI) BY CHLORIDE OF LIME Special to the Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., May 15.—Finding of » partly filled can of chloride of lime «nd attempting to eat the contents, Bruce, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Brubaker, was terribly burned about the face and mouth and is in a critical condition. TWENTY-TWO WILL GRADUATE Special to the Telegraph Shippensburg, Pa., May 15. —Twenly- two persons will graduate from the Shippensburg high school this year. They are Marjorie Beattie, Helen Brown, Mabel Bentsfield, Marguerite Eshleman, Anna Helfrlch, Emma Hel ler. Clara Hackersmith, .\frargaret Hykes, Erma Rolar, Mary Woodrow, Helen Yotter, Angella Unverzagt, Dor othy Feeser, Clark Fleming, Ralph Hubley, Charles Mowers, William Nen ninger, Frank Phillipy, Keith Smith, Wilbur Thrush. Gerald Watson and Lawrence Warren. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached on Sunday evening, May 21. Class day exercises will be held on Tuesday evening, May S3, and commencement on Wednes day, May 24. ||jifi |i .I mi MMMM—M 'llsai. l l The Murad Claim: A quality I j j value in Turkish cigarettes abso- • ' ! lutely unapproachable. | ps|l:. Fl r«t« Ask the Smokers of America. They smoke more Murads than any llMlij other brand of Turkish cigarettes costing the consumer 15 cents or more. j | ' jj yudqtlari ' mosf fa tobacco for | | MONDAY EVENING, President and Governor Invited to Molly Pitcher Celebration at Carlisle Special to the Telegraph Carlisle. Pa., May 15.—At a meeting of the Molly Pitcher celebration com mittee to plan for the unveiling of the monument to the heroine of Mon mouth in June it was decided to send invitations to President Wilson, Cabi net officers and Governor Brumbaugh and to leading figures in patriotic or ders in the State to be here and make addresses on the occasion. Accept ances from fraternal, patriotic, secret organizations, lire companies and the l'ke have been secured sufficient to guarantee a parade with over 5,000 men in line. Should the Mexican situation per mit, a complete regiment of the Penn sylvania Guard, embracing twelve com panies, will be here for drill evo lutions, and possibly a sham battle, with the indian school battalion tak ing part. TALK ON PREPAREDNESS Special to the Telegraph Dillsburg, Pa„ May 15.—Mrs. John B. Hamtne, chairman of the York and York County Chapter, Pennsylvania Women's Division for National Pre paredness, gave a splendid talk at the home of Mrs. James Bpera, North Bal timore street, to about a dozen women of Dillsburg, giving a sketch of the object of the society. GIRLS RETURN TO WORK Special fir the Telegraph Williamstown. Pa., May 15. Girls employed In the hoisery mills here who have been on strike for several uais returned to work this morning. AUTO RUNS INTO CANAL Special to- t the Telegraph Liverpool. Pa., May 15. An auto mobile went over an embankment In the old canal ditch near here yester day and was badly wrecked. The occupants, a man nnd woman, who re fused to give their names, were only bruised. 35 PLYMOUTH ROCKS STOLEN Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., May 15.—Chicken thieves visited the farm of William Byers, near Clay Hill, north of Way nesboro, Friday night, and carried off thirty-five Plymouth Rock chickens. MISS BESSIE FLOHR DIES Special to the Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., May 15.—Miss Bessie Flohr died yesterday morning after a serious operation at the Har risburg Hospital, where she was being: treated for the past five weeks. She was aged 20 years and was a mem ber of St. Paul's Reformed church. 400 INDIANS IN CARLISLE PARADE Three-day Celebration of Na tional Day Ends With Spec tacular Pageant Special to the Telegraph | Carlisle, Pa., May 15.—A three-day I celebration of the ttrst national Indian j day by pupils of the Carlisle Indian ; School ended yesterday with special j religious services. The pupils here in meetings held Friday evening which opened the observance indorsed the plan of the Society of American In dians to have the second Saturday in May made Indian day and a legal hol ds y. The most spectacular feature of the celebration here was a pageant on Sat urday afternoon with 400 native Americans in a line of march. The procession was headed by officers of i the school, themselves Indians, in na i tive costume, a representation of | Uncle Sam, and the celebrated school ! hand. Company A of the cadet bat ■ tallon, which reached the highest per centage in a drill contest, was color guard. In the line each State had a special place with a banner and these • divisions were subdivided Into tribes. Practically every section of the •coun try was represented. A feature was a tomparison between the present-day ■ Indian and the red man of centuries j ago. A party in full tribal regafiia ' stalked solemnly at the head and rode I in floats depicting scenes of Indian j life, while other students were beside j them in automobiles. Contests and games were held Saturday. UNIQUE ENTERTAINMENT Special to the Telegraph Hummelstown, Pa., May 15.—The j Young Women's Missionary Society of ! the Reformed Church will hold a ! Japanese tea on Saturday afternoon, June 10, In the social rooms of the church and during the evening will : give the pageant "The King's High way." This entertainment is both unique and entertaining. SPECIAL SERVICES AT ENOLA Enola, Pa., May 15. The religious work committee of the Enola P. R. R. , Y. M. C. A. has arranged for an inter ; esting meeting on Friday evening in ; the association rooms when Martin ] Stutzman of Harrisburg will have charge of the services, with special | music by Mrs. George E. Watson of I Harrisburg. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! TO VIEW SUBWAY PROPERTY CHANGE Commissioners to Make Two Inspections and Hold One Meeting May 23 mmmmummmmmtk Vastly improved JJ\j )( 111 facilities for reach i n g the Dauphin county almshouse from the north and west via Der r y B( reet will be as 'liT nl BUB iff ' sured In the near fl'fi ftpSfflPfSK ' uture " the Public *kß yfMnfllfn « Service Commission permits the Phila delphla and Read ing Railway Company to carry out its proposed plan of reconstructing the aged frame bridge over the "cut" and substituting a modern concrete via duct. The company, according to At torney John T. Brady, solicitor for the company, expects to replace the pres ent bridge with a thirty-foot-wide structure. The hearing of the appli cation has been fixed for 2 o'clock Monday, May 22. To Pass on Accounts.—Half a dozen accounts will be submitted to the Dau phin County Courts June 15 for ap proval. These will include W f illiain F. Burgoon, committee of Stephen Chard; Wellington Herb, committee of Wil liam F. Matter, Lykens; Harrisburg Trust Company, guardian for Flor ence S. Kauffman; Joseph A. Miller, assignee of I. S. Conrad, Derry town ship: James A. Tanner, receiver for Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Com pany, Philadelphia: James L. Adams, receiver for Dominion Trust, Pitts burgh: David-Hunter, Jr., receiver for Land Trust Company. Make Pipe Connections. Within sixty days from to-day owners of prop erty abutting on Swatnra street from Eighteenth to Twenty-first must make all the necessary sewer, gas, water and steam heat pipe connections Inci dent to the paving. Open Cell Rids. —Bids for the in stallation of half a dozen detention cells in police headquarters will be opened at noon next Monday by Mayor E. S. Meals. The Mayor will leave the city for a few days' rest following to-morrow's session of Council. CLASS ELECTS OFFICERS New Cumberland, Pa., May 15. Class No. 5 Shining Stars of the Church of God Sunday school, at the home of their teacher. Miss Carrie Sweeney, in Bridge street, elected the following officers: President, Verna Balr: vice-president, Mary Baker: secretary, Grace Sutton: treasurer, Irene Seaman. Those present were Laura Straub, Verna Bair, Susan Kitz mlller, Irene Seaman, Mary Baker, Ethel Killheffer, Grace Sutton, Lena Wltmer, Margaret Diven, Esther Bow ers and Grace Crone. WEST SHORE NEWS I ■' Captain Dan Powers, Oldest Riverman in State, Dies ■ : : • • -. " T SSL' « t ■&> - ' 1 CAPTAIN DANIEL POWERS Marysvllle, Pa., May 15. Captain Daniel Powers, a familiar figure on the streets of Marysville for the past two decades, died on Sunday. His death took place at the Perry county almshouse at Loysville, where he had been taken by Chief Burgess Amos M. Fisher Just two days before. He was 88 years old. Captain Powers is sur vived by two sons. George and Joseph Powers, and one daughter, Miss Ellen Powers, living in Fishing Creek Valley, near here. A married daughter lives at West Falrvlew. Funeral services will be held to-morrow and burial will be made In Chestnut Grove Cemetery here. "Captain Dan," as he was familiarly known, was born at Swatara Gap, Leb anon county, on April 10, 1828. He early showed a liking- for the river and at the age of 17 years he piloted his lirst raft down the Susquehanna. He frequently declared that during his lifetime lie was piloted approximately 3,000 rafts down the river to their des tination, any place between Lock Haven and Marietta. He was also a farmer of marked ability. At one time he possessed farms in Dauphin, Perry and Cumberland counties, aggregating 600 acres. Most of these had been cleared by his own labor, but unfortun ate investments and financial troubles caused his wealth to dwindle and of late years, he has almost been entirely dependent on outdoor aid received from Perry county. For many years previous to his death Captain Dan lived in a littleKj°K cabin in a valley between two moun tains near here. I-ast year the house was destroyed by fire and he was se verely burned about the hands and the face. He passed the winter with rela tives, but this Spring again returned to Marysville to take up his abode in the mountains. WILL FIT t'P NEW ROOM New Cumberland, May 15. To morrow evening the Benefit Associa tion of the Lady Maccabees will meet at the home of Mrs. William Weaver, in Third street, to make ararngements for fitting up their new room in Mrs. Feight's block in Third street. AT MISSIONARY CONVENTION New Cumberland, Pa., May 15. Fifty members of the Woman's Mis sionary society and Otterbein Guild of Trinity United Brethren Church, New Cumberland, attended the Missionary convention in Wormleysburg Thursday evening. PARTY FOR ROBERT BATES Shiremanstown, Pa., May 15. Mrs. William Bates entertained at her home in Green street in honor of her son, Robert's fourth birthday. Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore George Lantz of Enola has returned home from a visit to Lebanon. William Miller of Enola spent the week-end with his family in Carlisle. R. G. Cunningham, assistant train master of the Enola yards, made an inspection of the low grade road to Wago Junction. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kinter and daughter Helen, of Enola, have return ed home from a visit to Atlantic City. Mrs. Lillian Grove of Bridge street. New Cumberland, entertained the T. B. Club at her home Friday evening. Mrs. John Wire and son Walter of New Cumberland, are visiting relatives | at York. Charles Elcker of Baltimore visited his parents at Elkwood this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Zimmerman of Washington, D. C., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Zimmerman and Frank Zimmerman's family at New Cumber land. Mr. and Mrs. John Souder, of Churchtown, spent Thursday with Herman Long's family in Bridge street. New Cumberland. Samuel Hill Dines With King Albert of Belgium By Associated Press New York, May 15.—Samuel Hill, who has been associated for 12 years with his father-in-law, James J. Hill, in railroad enterprises and who has just, returned from a visit to King Albert, of Belgium, left to-day for Washington. Mr. Hill said that he dined with King Albert at the King's headquar ters, visited the firing line'in western France and Flanders, visited the Brit ish fleet and saw some of the Brit ish harbor protections against subma rines. "King Albert, whom I had known personally for twenty years, was In excellent health and confident of hav ing his country restored to him at the end of the war," said Mr. Hill. Wll.li I/KAHX HOW TO PACK GOODS FOR FOREIGN SHIPMENT By Associated Press New York, May 15. Methods of packing and shipping American goods for export so as to satisfy foreign pur chasers will be demonstrated during the annual convention of the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, which began here to-day. American methods of preparing goods for ship ment have aroused criticism abroad and the manufacturers hope to elimi nate It as an impediment to the de velopment of their export trade. THE PLAYER PIANO That has reached the height of per fection in every point is the Price Teeple. Hear them demonstrated at Yohn Bros., 8 North Market Square. I—Adv. MAY 15, 1916. 28-30 and 32 N. 3rd St. Corduroy Sport Coats For Women and Misses New Belted Model Sport Coat of Broad Wale Velvet Corduroy with convertible roll collar and two slashed sport pockets, lined throughout; colors, Rose, Copen, Cherry and Green— EXCEPTIONAL VALUE 4.95 28-30 and 32 N. 3rd St. Will Place on Sale Tomorrow, Tuesday 150 Ladies' and Misses' Suits at 16.95 An extraordinary opportunity to choose a Suit for the entire summer's wear; a choice of distinc tive models and save about half its former price; Gabardines, Serges, Wool Velour, Checks, Pop lins; in fact, this offer includes some of the finest Suits in the house, consisting of Tailormades, Sport and Dressy modes; former values from . 25.00 to 37.50 — SPECIAL 16.95 V STATE GIVES FREE LABORATORY AID Dr. Dixon Points Out How the Commonwealth Is Helping the People Pennsylvania is maintaining a free laboratory to aid practitioners In rural districts who are without the facili ties enjoyed by those in cities and Is doing such work for municipalities too small to maintain their own establish ments. This is set forth by Dr. Samuel G Dixon, State Commissioner of Health, In his week-end talk on health and hygiene and he points out how the State is giving scientific aid. Dr. Dixon says: the practicing physician the laboratory has become a necessity. There are numerous diseases which can he determined with absolute ac curacy by means of laboratory tests and with less delay than Is possible without this aid. "The basis of any successful treat ment must be an accurate knowledge of the disease. This is why It is neces sary for the physician to have re course to the laboratory. It makes certain what would otherwise be in doubt. "With the miscroscope we cart de termine tissue changes which indicate disease and the chemist can determine the character of certain fluids of the body which are caused by diseases of the various organs. "Owing to the rapid advance In med ical science, laboratory work has be come a specialty in Itself. It Is Impos sible for the practitioner in the ma- BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it. 25c at all druggists. f \ It's the Developing That Makes the Picture A good picture may be spoiled by being developed In a poor way. When you bring your picture to Forney's to be developed you are sure of getting the very best results from j'our work. Afcent for Seneca Cameras and Supplies Forney's Drug Store 31 N. Second St. * f Ambulance Service Prompt and efficient service tor the transportation of patients to anil from homes, hospitals, or the H. It. stations. With special care, experienced attendants and nominal charges. Emergency Ambulance Service 1745 N. SIXTH ST. BeU l'houe 2122 Vultcd 272-W jority of instances, or even the small hospitals throughout the State, to maintain well equipped laboratories with pathologists. "In Pennsylvana the State Depart ment of Health maintains a free luboratory to aid the practitioners In rural districts and municipalities too small to maintain their own." How to get rid of eczema with Resinol Resinol Ointment, with Resinol Soap, usually stops itching instantly. It quickly and easily heals distress ing cases of eczema, rash or other tormenting skin or scalp eruption, and clears away pimples, redness, roughness and dandruff, even when other treatments have been useless. Phyticiini hive prescribed the Reiinol tre»t ment for over 20 yeari, for most forms of skin troubles, and for irritations, wounds, chafincs, etc. Every druggist sells Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. For trial free, write to Dept. 6-R, Resinol, Baltimore, Md. POLITICAL, ADVERTISING WORKING/HEN'S GOOD GOVERNMENT ' S3 HHf -■ iflBH m j® Edward Dapp Republican Candidate For Legislature Ist District, Harrisburg, Pa. Primary Election Tuesday, May 16, 1918 Your Vote and Influence Respectfully Solicited
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