2 CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA NEWS ALLEGHENY MEMORIAL BUILDING AT ELIZABETH TOWN MASONIC HOME —— - . f ' , - " ' Elizabethtown. Pa.. Sepf. «.—On Monday the cornerstone o the new Allegheny county building; at the Masonic Home here was laid in the presence of several hundred Masons from Pittsburg and vicinity. The rogram Included addresses by prominent Masons of the western part of the State. The principal speaker was James I. Buchanan, past master of St. John's Lodge, No. 19. Free and Accepted Masons. Lemoyne Teacher Elected to Mount Union Faculty Special to the Telegraph Mount Union, Pa., .Sept. 6. —At a regular meeting of the school board last night Professor Harry Slothower, of Lemoyne, a graduate of Albright College, Myerstown, Pa., was elected to fill a vacancy in the science de partment In the high school. Pro fessor Slothower was elected to a simi lar position in the schools of Marys ville, Pa. I.ast year he taught in the Lemoyne schools. DELAY IX SCHOOL BUILDING Special to the Telegraph Mount Union, Pa., Sept. 8. The Stclnbaugh Construction Company, ■which is erecting the new high school building, notified the board of directors that they would not have the new building ready for occupancy until November 1. This will necessitate the holding of half-day sessions in both the grades and high school for five •weeks. DIES IX HOSPITAL Special to the Telegraph Mechanicsburg, Pa., Sept. 6.—Mrs. W. Alfred Bush, a colored woman of Merhanlcsburg, died at the Harrlsburg j Hospital, where she had gone for treatment, on Monday. ELECTRIC LIGHT FOR HALIFAX Special to the Telegraph Halifax, Pa., Sept. 6. A proposi tion to establish an electric lighting system in Halirax was considered at a meeting of Borough Council Monday j evening. Representatives of several companies were present, but no definite ] letion was taken. Off to the Front! 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Makers WEDNESDAY EVENING, Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Work Started Sfecial to the Telegraph Millersburg. Pa., Sept. 6. Work i on the new Midland Pennsylvania rall | road is progressing rapidly. Eighty men are now working In three forces j at this end and three miles of tr.ack has been laid, near Killlnger. Erec- I tion of poles for the telegraph line has I been started. In addition to telegraph lines the company will have a private telephone system along the entire road. , The contractor, W. S. Aldrich, says trains will be running out of Millers burg In a very short time. Additional equipment and rolling stock will ar rive here soon. A roundhouse and turntable will be built In the com pany's yards just outside of Millers burg. The stations will be attractive ly designed and will be all of a uni form style. MILL SUE SUPERVISORS Special to the Telegraph Carlisle, Pa., Sept. 6. The Carlielo Motor Club will take legal action against the supervisors of West Penns boro township and North Middleton township for the conditions of the roads in their dist/icts. The case of the Har risburg Motor Club against the borough of Camp Hill will be tried at the next term of court. CHILD STRUCK BY AUTO Special to the Telegraph Lewistown, Pa., Sept. 6. Confused at the approach of an automobile while she was playing in the street near her , home at Burnham, Elizabeth Richard, i aged eight years, daughter of Howaru Richard, was struck by the auto ano j hurled about twenty feet. James Sig- . ler, of Decatur, 111., was driving the machine. The little girl sustained con- ; cussion of the brain and numerous i-uis and bruises. Her condition is serious. C ATTLE DEALER DIES Special to the Telegraph Marietta. Pa.. Sept. 6. Philip Dos ter. for 55 years actively engaged in the cattle business, died yesterday In his 78th year. He was a leading politician In Ephrata township, and i? survived By his wife, two daughters and a son. BODY SHIPPED HOME Special to the Telegraph Marietta, Pa.. Sept. 6. The body of Frederick Geffken, of Akron. Ohio, who was killed by a truck Monday, has been prepared for burial by Undertaker Frey and will be shipped home to-day. Th» coroner's inquest decided that he mei his death accidentally. His parents, five brothers and four sisters survive. STRAWRIIJE TO DAUPHIN Special to the Telegraph Dauphin, Pa., Sept. 6. Last even ing the Market Square Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society, of Har risburg, enjoyed a etrawride to the Elm Tree, and held tt cornroast there. In the party were Mr. and Mrs. Gar- j tleld McAllister. Mrs. James Reed, j the Misses Mabel Clark. Emily Cum- j tilings,, Ddrothy Taylor, Louise Augh- ! inbau'gh, Maryland and Nellie Gour ley, Emily Edwards, Cora Shertzer, ! Caroline Hatton, and Minetta Hosmer, Stewart Blair, Donald Moyer, Daniel Roberts, Glenn Reeves, John McCul lah, Lewis KraybUl, Lynn Bierman, Stewart Taylor, and Joseph Montgom ery, 11. LITHER LEAGUE MEETING Shiremanstown, Pa., Sept. 6. A meeting of the Luther League will be held in Keller Memorial Lutheran | Church this evening. Topic for dis | ousslon is "Bible Outlines from the | Book of Ruth." Leader, the pastor. I^fasifs-Mofhers Thousands testify HORUCK'S The Original MALTED MILK Upbuilds and sustains the body No Cooking or Milk required Used for V 3 of a Century Free Sample Horllck'i, Racine, Wia. SUFFRAGISTS ARE NOW IN SESSION National Association to Decide Which Campaign to Con centrate On By Associated Press Atlantic City, N. J„ Sept. 6.—The forty-eighth annual convention of the National American Woman's Suffrage Association opened here to-day with representative women from all sections of the country in attendance. Mayor Bacharach welcomed the delegates at the opening session in St. Paul's Church. Reports of committees oc cupied most of the morning session. One of the most Important questions before the convention, whether to con centrate on Federal or State cam paigns or to continue to work for both, will be decided later in the day when amendments to the constitution will be voted upon following a three-cor nered debate in which the merits of each plan will be argued by promi nent speakers. The presidential address of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt is expected to be the feature of to-morrow's session. "Dixie evening" will be celebrated at the night session and Southern women will be the speakers. President Wilson is expected to address the convention on Friday. ! , Un Saturday morning the polls will be opened for the general election of 1 officers of the association. The morn -1 ing will be devoted to the reading of reports and routine work and in the afternoon there will be a conference of (he publicity council and a meeting of ' the executive council. In the evening there will be a public meeting with speakers of national reputation. The convention will close on Sundav afternoon. Wife Kills Husband When He Tries to Strangle Her By Associated Press Chicago, 111., Sept. 6. lva Barnes confessed to-day. the police said, that she shot and killed her husband, James R. Barnes, while they were strolling iu Washington Park last night. Barnes was the Chicago representative of a New York soap firm. The woman, who had been estranged from her husband, told the police he u ® tter "Pted to strangle her and that she fired the shots to save her own life. Three bullets entered his head. Lntil making the alleged confession, */L r8 : » arn , es had stoutly maintained that her husband had ended his own life. She previously had admitted pur chasing the revolved, but asserted that she kept it in her apartment as a pro tectipn against burglars. TO GUARD BOUNDARY By Associated Press Panama, Sept. 6. The Panama government has dispatched thirty policemen in a barge by way of the Pacific ocean, to guard the Costa Rica boundary, where a brother of the Sec retary of War of Costa Rica is said to desire to seize cocoanut plantations on land in the Republic of Panama. Panama has not yet recognized the de cision handed down in Washington in September, 1914, by Chief Justice White giving the land in question to Costa Rica. Up to the present no dis turbance have been reported from the frontier. The Costa Rica-Panama boundary dispute dates back to the time when Costa Rica and Colombia declared their independence of Spain and was passed on to Panama when Panama bet" a separate nation. jN :ms of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Special to the Telegraph Lewis town. Dogs were caught running a large elk, one of the State Game Commission's protected herd, near the line between Mifflin and Juni&ta counties. Mauch Chunk. The water ques tion in this vicinity is beginning to be serious, and unless an abundance of rain will soon be forthcoming, one of the most serious water famines in I many years will have to be faced. Shenandoah. George Wentler, 52 t years old, a contract miner, prominent iin Episcopal church work, was in stantly Rilled at Turkey Run Colliery by a fall of rock. ' Reading. Tobacco growers at Morgantown have been offered 14 cents a pound for their 1916 crop. , T Two hold-up men se lected Police Sergeant Harry Bloesing as a victim while returning home in the early morning hours and were given the surprise of their lives. One was knocked down and the other fled. Carlisle. So troublesome have blackbirds become in Shippensbufg and about the normal school grounds in that town that special permits have been issued to hunters to shoot the blrde. Columbia. The Gary Silk Com pany, of Paterson, N. J., has leased a large factory building in East Colum bia, and will b-jgln the manufacture of neckties within the next three weeks. MAMMOTH TOMATOES Special to the Telegraph Marietta, Fa.. Sept. 6. Mammotn tomatoes are being grown by many peo ple In this section of Uincaster county and It Is becoming interesting to see who can pluck the largest. Mrs. Saran Hainakcr, of Ellzabethtown, had twelve that averaged two and a-half pounds- Henry Boyer raised one that was seven teen inches in circumference and weigh ed three pounds. They were of th« Stone variety. A DEMGHTPIII, ACID DRINK Horiford'a Add Phonphate Is superior to limes or lemons—more satisfying as a Summer beverage.—Ad vertisement. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 40,000 BUSHELS OF APPLES GROWN Hundreds of Carloads of Peaches Already Shipped Out by Hancock Section Special to the Telegraph Waynesboro, Pa., Sept. 6.—The Han cock peach crop will be 75 per cent, of last year with its bumper yield. The Potomac Valley Fruit Exchange, which met there, estimates that this season's peuch crop will amount to about 1,500 carloads, against 2,200 carloads last year. A total of 617 carloads was shipped last week, selling for from $3 to J5.75 for a three-fiuarter bushel carrier in New York and Boston. The apple crop from Hancock and CoJilll will amount to about 350 car loads. The Tonoloway Orchard Com pany and the orchards of Edmund P. Cohlll, the pioneer fruit growers of the Hancock section, will produce 40,000 bushels of apples. They have sold already 25,000 bushels of Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Rome Beauties and Bellefiowers. Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Special to the Telegraph Eltaabctlitown. Mrs. Harriet Brown, aged 75, a native of this place, died to-day from infirmities of age. She was a member of the United Brethren Church 60 years, and taught school a number of years. She is the last of her family. Marietta. Mrs. David H. Groff, aged 69, died yesterday in East Lam peter township. She was a descendant of one of the first families, of Revolu tionary time. Her husband, six chil dren, twenty grandchildren, five broth ers and sisters survive. W rights villc. Reuben Lehman, a prominent resident of Highmount, died Monday night, aged 60 years. He was a member of the United Brethren Church. VIRGINIA GIRL ENTERTAIN*S ' Lemoyne, Pa., Sept. 6. A number of Lemoyne young people were enter tained by Miss Ruth Throckmorton, of Richmond, Va., at the home of Dr. Edgar S. Everhart, in Hummel avenue last night. Those in the party were Miss Ruth McCormick, Miss Matora White, Miss Bertha Malick, Miss Hazel Mumma, Miss Mary Nebinger, Miss Hazel Keeler, Miss Mildred Wit man, Miss Zophia Hasskarl, Miss Edith Nebinger, Mies Nerissa Sadler, Miss Katherine March, Miss Ethel Knisely, Miss Frances Bates, Anthony Matro, Irvin Malick, Guy Nebinger, Clarence Slike, Harold Haag, Paul Harkison, Harry Warden, Ernest Dopkee, Casper Wohlfarth, and Paul St. Peter. HARRISBURGERS TO PREACH New Cumberland, Pa., Sept. 6. On Sunday morning at 10.30, the Rev. William N- Yates, pastor of the Fourth street Church of God, Harrlsburg, will preach in the Ohurch of God, New Cumberland. At 7.30 Sunday evening, the Rev. C. H. Grove, pafstor of Green Street Church of God, Har rlsburg, will occupy the pulpit. The pastor, the Rev. J. W. Deshong, is not able to preach. By Midnight Tuesday, August 15th Up to midnight August 15, a period of l x /z months, we sold and delivered more United States Automobile Tires than we sold during the entire twelve months of 1915—last year. By August 16, we had passed, by several thousand casings, the sales total for 1915, —itself a year of steady sales increases. And day by day these phenomenal 1916 increases are heaping up. - Besides—there were still left of this year 115 selling days—4Vfc months. This almost unbelievable feat of equalling, in 7 1 /* months, the sales record of last year, proves the unequalled merit and actual economy of United States Tires 'Nobby' 'Chain' 'Usco' 'Royal Cord' 'Plain' Wise automobile owners demand much of their tires. What tires do demand? A complete stock of United States Tires carried by GEO. W. MYERS Cameron and Mulberry Sts. WEST SHORE NEWS | Social and Persona! News of Towns Along West Shore George K. Hopple, of Philadelphia, is the guest of his aunts, Mrs. J. W. Beers and Mrs. Margaret Meyer, at Marysville. Miss Helen Gnau, of York, spent Labor Day with Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Boyer at Marysville. On Sunday Miss Barbara Roush, Mil's Eva Ellenberger, Paul Ellen bergei and R. N. Hench. of Marys ville. motored to Gettysburg. Cessius Kennedy, of Marysville, vis ited at York on Sunday. Dewey Bare has returned to his Maivsville home after visiting rela tives at Cly, York county. Scott S. Lelby ,of Marysville. Demo cratic candidate for senator in the Th\: ty-flrst district, attended the an nual convention of the Perry-Juniata- Snyder-Mlfflln Rural Letter Carriers- Association at New Bloorafleld on Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lelby, of New Cumberland, entertained the Rev. Mr. Llchlighter. of Harrisburg, who preached tn the Methodist Church, Sunday morning, at dinner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koellner. of New Cumberland, announce the birth of a daughter, Marian Koellner. Mrs. Jennie Felght has returned to her home at Lewlsburg after an ex tended visit at New Cumberland. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Church of God, of New Cumberland, met at the home of Mrs. F. B. Bair in Third street, last evening. Mrs. John Shaffer, of Carlisle, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cal vin Haverstick, at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sipe, of New Cumberland, have returned from Williams Grove, where they spent the summer. Miss Marjorie Oren and Claude Hefflemcn, of New Cumberland, tock a hike on Monday to Lewisberry and Goldaboro. Mrs. Kate Snyder, Harry Fahs, of Elizabethtown,. and Samuel Fahs, of Highspire, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schell, at New Cumberland. Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Bricker, daugh ters, Miss Elmira and Miss Margaret, of Lemoyne, returned home last night from an extensive automobile trip through the New England States. Miss Resta Bushey, of Lemoyne. left to-day for a stay with friends at Carlisle. Harry Slothower, of Lemoyne, re turned home last evening after vis iting friends at Huntingdon. The following persons from Le moyne, spent Labor Day on a Ashing trip near Dilleburg: Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Klugh, and daughter, Thelma; Dr. and Mrs. Walter Deitz, Dr. and •Mrs. J. W. Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Eshelman, Mr. and Mrs. Appier. The trip was made in auto mobiles. Miss Ethel Zeigler, of Harrisburg, is visiting her cousin. Miss Arietta Titzel, at Lemoyne. Mrs. McLane and daughter, Ruth, of Lemoyne, returned from a visit at Columbia. Miss Hazel Mumma, of Lemoyne, will leave to-morrow, for a visit at Philadelphia. Harvey llgenfritz, of Lemoyne, has returned from Carlisle. Winifred Ellcker, of Lemoyne, Is visiting friends at York. Milford Miller, of Millersburg, is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. SEPTEMBER 6, 1916. jfvtUr^i ii 28-30 and 32 N. Third St. Anr ounce a Compre- Pfr~ hensive Showing of Misses' Serge Dresses ' Mpm j|! Misses' "Dreswel" Serge Dresses; ;! in navy, pleated model with j; round yoke front and back, de- jf\lnnwwW° •' j|| tachable white pique collar, black ||! silk cord tie, belt with loop tabs !; 11 at sides inset with fob pockets; is !| stitched at front in red, Copen or ]7j( ;i j! black silk < bone buttons. jj (Exactly like illustration) w Price, 16.50 150 Street and Afternoon ||! Dresses will be sold at a big sacrifice—broken lots and broken sizes consisting of taffetas, crepe de chines, crepe meteor and a few serges, in j| navy, black and many other desirable shades, suitable for afternoon and street wear— values from 22.50 to 37.50 || Special, 10.90 15.00 18.50 L. F. Baker, at Lemoyne. Leander Baker, of Lemoyne, has returned from a visit to York. DELEGATE TO UNION Lemoyne, Pa., Sept. 6. H. H. Rice has been appointed a delegate to the West Shore Firemen's Union to represent the local company, to fill the vacancy of Oscar Wolfensberger, re signed. FINAL ACTION POSTPONED Lemoyne, Pa.. Sept. 6. Council last night decided to postpone final action on laying mticadam on Bosler avenue, until an adjourned meeting next Tuesday night. Only one bid was received by council and this was opened at the meeting. FUNERAL TO-MORROW Lemoyne, Pa., Sept. 6. Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Gotschall, aged 60 years who died Monday night will be held to-morrow afternoon. Burial will be made In the Camp Hill ceme tery. W. C. T. U. CONVENTION Slxiremanstown, Pa., Sept. 6.—To morrow the county convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held in the United Brethren Church here. BELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists.
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