2 CENTRAL PA. NEWS CRACKED PLATE CAUSE OF FIGHT Lively Times in Dining Room When Dickinson Profes sor Loses His Temper Carlisle, Pa.. Oct. 25. Enraged at the fancied slight when a cracked and chipped dinner plate was placed before him last evening. Prof. O. Lafayette Cram, assistant instructor of German and French at Dickinson college began a small riot in the state ly dining hall of Conway hall, and engaged in fisticuffs with two other professors, Anally being overpowered through the efforts of the big star fullback of the. Conway football team. Prof. Cram came to Carlisle about one month ago from New York City. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and obtained a master's de gree from Columbia University. His small daughter accompanied him to Carlisle and they have been living at Conway hall. Fall Down Stairs Causes Elizabethville Woman's Death Elizabethville, Pa., Oct. 25.—Mrs. Elizabeth Van NeWkirk, aged 85 years, died at the home of Edgar Van New kirk, her grandson, in East Main street, yesterday as the result of a fall down a flight of stairs, 1.415t Thursday even ing while walking from her room she fell headlong down the stairs. It was not supposed at the time that she sus tained internal injuries, but they rroved fatal yesterday. Mrs. Van New kirk was a widow and formerly lived at Newport. For several years she had made her home here with her son. John A an Newkirk, and her grandson, Edgar, at whose home she died. The body will be taken to Newport, where burial will be made on Friday. MARRIED AT WAYNESBORO "Waynesboro, p a ., Oct. 25. Robert E. Trone, of Harrisburg, and Miss Ellen R. Gladfelter, of York, were married on Monday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Koons, by the Rev. C. C. Miller, pastor of the Firs? United Brethren Church Mr. and Mrs. Trone will be "At Home" to their friends at Rutherford Heights, near Harrisburg. Abandon Efforts to Shorten Ten Commandments; Go on Record Against Rum St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 25.—Efforts to 1 shorten the Ten Commandments have I'een abandoned at the present session f the convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church, leaders announced. ! Until the next convention, in 131S, at, least, the decalogue will stand as it is. A commission appointed to suggest methods of revision of the book of common prayer favored the shorten ing of five of the commandments by 1 the elimination of the reasons. Meni -1 trs of the commission asserted to- j tlay, however, that this suggestion; would not be pressed. Discussion of cither phases of the proposed revision : •was to be resumed late to-day. The lower house adopted the report ©n the lectionary, which urged the i shortening of many of the Sundav school lessons. On Ro<"or<l Against Rum For the first time in the history of The church, according to well-informed leaders, a stand on the liquor .traffic was taken here yesterday in the gen- ' eral convention. -A resolution adopted by the house of deputies placed the church on rec ord as favoring "such action in our legislative assemblies as will preserve the interests of temperance and the I repression of the liquor traffic." The action was an outgrowth of a: memorial asking the convention to re- I cord itself as favoring nation-wide pro hibition, submitted by the church tern- I perance society through Francis E. I Stetson, of New York. "Corn-Sweet" is the neWest descriptive word in the language coined by de lighted thousands to describe the new, delicious,, sweet corn taste of (New) Post Toasties No longer need one be content with corn flakes whose chief claim to taste is based on added cream ' and sugar, for New Post Toasties have an original, rich flavor (corn sweet) that places them above and beyond ordinary flakes. To pleasantly surprise your family, get a package of New Post Toasties and serve in place of ordinary "corn flakes." Don't say a word but watch New Post Toasties bring the smiles, --at Grocers Everywhere. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JgARRTBBCJRQ TELEGRAPH OCTOBER 25, IJ/10. Social and Personal News of Towns Along West Shore Mr. and Mrs. "William Clouser. of | Shiremanstown, spent Sunday at Car lisle. I Mr. and Mrs. Cliarles D. Hoover, son Lester and daughters Huldah and Dorothy Hoover, - of Gettysburg, mo tored to Shiremanstown on Tuesday. Mrs. Daniel Straining: has returned to her country home near Shiremans town after visiting friends at Leraoyne. Mr. and Mrs. J. Morris Miller and son Harold and Mrs. H. IC. and son Frederick, of Shiremanstown. motored to Mount Joy on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Dean, of Reading, Mr. and Mrs. Royd Hoch, of Penbrook. Mrs. 11. F. Greenawalt, Mrs. Charles Kml) and. daughter. Miss Helen Krall, of Harrisburg, were entertained over the week-end by the Misses Louise alid Kate Xoell at their home at Shire manstown. PAVING AT WIUbUinOWR Williamstown, Pa., Oct. 25.—Tunnel street from Prltchard alley to the Hos iery Mill is closed against all teams and automobiles. The highway is being torn up preparatory to paving. District Meeting of Perry County S. S. Association Marysvillc, Pa.. Oct. 25. District No. 2 of the Perry County Sunday School Association will meet this after noon and evening in the United Evan gelical Church here. Business will be transacted and officers elected. Pas tors of the several churches, the Sun day school superintendents, state and county officials of the Sabbath school association will make addresses. This district comprises Duneannon, Marys ville. Glenvale and the townships of lower Perry county. Program For Sabbath School Meeting at Bowmansdale j Mechanicsburg, Pa., Oct. 25. To j morrow the second annual convention i of the Mechanicsburg District Sabbath i School Association will be held in the I Church *>f God at Bowmansdale, the ; Rev. E. J. Huggins, pastor. The pro i gram includes devotional service in I ;he morning by the Rev. A. B. Mower; address of welcome, Benjamin Wal jker, assistant superintendent; report |of department superintendents: ad j dress, "The Cradle Roll and How Con | ducted." Mrs. T. L. Gray; address, ! "Live Wire Officials," the Rev. J. J. j Resh. Afternoon session: Devotional serv ices. the* Rev. E. C. B. Castle: address. ! "The What and How of the Organized Class," the Rev. L. M. Dice; address, j "The Sunday School Organized for 1 Service." Miss Martha Robinson. State superintendent of rural school depart ment: address, "A Livewire in the 1 Rural Sunday School. Evening: Song service; address. : "Paralysis," James L. Young; address, ' "The Foe—The Fight—The Flight," ' the Rev. H. Hall Sharp. CONTRIBUTION TO FUND Waynesboro, Pa.. Oct. 25. The | local Methodist Episcopal Church i responded to the call of the Harris burg District for the Pennsylvania j Conference for $">0,000 as its appor tionment of the $10,000,000 annuity j fund for retired ministers and widows i and orphans of deceased ministers by a contribution of $2lO. I MAGISTRATE RESIGNS Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. 25. Mag ! istrate J. F. Newman has sent his i resignation to Governor Brumbaugh to become effective in the near future. | 111 health is the principal cause of the resignation. VERDICT AGAINST COMPANY Carlisle. Pa., Oct. 25. Harry L. | King, of Harrisburg, won a verdict ! against the Riverton Consolidated | Water Company in the sum of $3,700. King claimed that this sum was J due him from the corporation for ser- I vices and material furnished during -the time he was employed by them. TINY GIRL SMILES AT JUDGES' ORDER Tearful Throughout Habeas , Corpus Session, Little Grand daughter Finally Laughs [J JJxj )c II phin's Judges had 1 y gravely pronounced [' I day In the long legal controversy to de- I tern> ' ne 'nto whosti ' keeping she should l!tl fllSnHpiHS'# ' ,e placed did pretty jj !.y *J 8-year-old Evaline Hoth Judges Kun j ivei and AlcCarrell were on the bench to-day to hear the habeas corpus pro i ceeiiing instituted by aged Solomon j W avadau, of Hampden township, Cum berland county, for the recovery of his small granddaughter Evaline, who had been practically kidnaped by her father. Simon P. Walters, while the little girl was on her way home from school. The child has been living with her grandparents since she was 2 years old. Recently her father remarried and wanted the girl to live with him. ; she objected; so did the grandparents, j lor a number of reasons. One day I W alters drove to the and endeavored to persuade his daughter io accompany him to his home in Pen brook; she refused; he grabbed her in his arms and drove off. Throughout the hearing this morning the little girl sobbed convulsively on the witness ttand and she firmly, if tearfully, held to one childish phrase: "Jus' let me go to grammy—l want my grammy!" Pack in the courtroom a gray-haired grandmother hid her tears and smiled < ncouragement. Eventually the judges gravely conferred and then issued the order that turned the little girl back to the custody of her grandparents. And Evaline smiled. I Let Rriilgv Contract, —Whittaker & \ Diehl won the contract to build a new concrete bridge across Paxton creek a , mile and a half north of Progress : when the County Commissioners < pened bids at noon to-dav. The win ning firm bW $3,826 for the job, $1,510 per cubic yard for extra excavating and sl2 per yard for additional con creting. The Ferro-Concrete Company bid $4,115. $2.50 and sl4. respectively; G. W Ensign, Inc., bid on a lump sum for $4,011.50. Murphy & Sons' bid was rejected because the requirements tor tiling bid and certified check to gether hadn't been complied with. V> hittoker Diehl will be required to build the bridge within sixtv working tin vs. Withdraws Appeal.—Donald Keller, a resident of the Fifth ward.. Second ward, who had appealed from the refusal of the city registrars to register him, to-day withdrew his appeal. He is going to move to Lemoyne. At flic Resistor's Office.—Letters on the estates of Ellen E. Hain and W. E. T. Komberger were issued respectively to-day to L. C. Carl and Jennie E. Komberger. Typhoid Claims First Victim at Dauphin Dauphin, Pa., Oct. 25. Typhoid claimed its first victim' in this town last night when Mrs. Howard White, aged 30, the wife of the local sec tion foreman of the Northern Central Railroad died after a brief ill ness. MITE SOCIETY ENTERTAINED Dauphin. Pa., Oct. 25.—Last even ing the Mi|p Society of the Presby terian Church was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. Forney at their home in Market Square. After the regular business meeting refreshments and c. social time were enjoyed by Mrs. I". C. Gerberich, Mrs. William Haw thorne, Mrs. Sarah Sponsler, Airs. George Gilday, Mrs. J. D. Reed, Mrs. Harry Reed. Miss Anne R. Miller, Miss ! Helen Miller, of Philadelphia: Miss! Annie .R. Webner, Miss Esther Shaffer, Miss Sara Margaret Hawthorne. Miss | Ethel Forney, the Rev. R. F. Stirling, j Charles A. Shaffer, Russel lieed, Paul | Gilday and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey C. j Forney. WEST SHORE NEWS Mrs. Willis Stricken With Paralysis at Dinner Table Cumberland. Pa,, Oct. 25. Mrf. Willis died suddenly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Parthe more, at New Market, yesterday. She was 63 years old and lived at Golds boro. On Saturday she came to pav her daughter and son. Thomas Willis, \<thc also lives in New Market, a visit. She was stricken with paralysis when she sat down to eat dinner. The funeral will take place on Saturday at Ooldsboro. RECOVERING FROM OPERATION Shlremanstown, Pa., Oct. 2 s.—Miss Sara Harman, third daughter of Mr. ■ind Mrs. David Harman. Sr., is recov ering from a serious operation for appendicitis. ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON ; New Cumberland. Pa., Oct 25.—Mr. and Mrs. George Osier, of Elkwood, announce the birth of a son. Mrs. < islor was Miss Mary McFadden, of ; Harrisburg, before marriage. . PASTOR'S FAREWEMj New Cumberland, Pa., Oct. 25.—The i Rev. J. W. Deshong will preach his ! farewell sermon and conduct the com munlon services in the Church of God on Sunday, October 29. CT.VB WITZ PARADE New Cumberland, Pa.. Oct. 25. This evening- at fi.3o o'clock, the Re r.ubliqan club will meet at Brubaker Hall, In Bridge street, accompanied by ' he New Cumberland band, and will go ,<o Harrisburg, where they will join other clubs and proceed to Chestnut Street Hall to hear the address of , Philander C. Knox, . candidate for j United States senator. RESERVOIRS CLEANED New Cumberland. Pa'.. Oct. 24.—Un der the supervision of the State De i-artruent of Health, the reservoirs In i his vicinity have been cleaned. Noth ing was found to create sickness. TALK ON XEW HIGH SCHOOL Enola, Pa.. Oct. 25. To-morrow evening (he Parent.Teachers Associa tion of Enola and East Pennsboro will hold a meeting In the High school auditorium In York street. An interesting program has been ar ranged for the evening. Prof. J. Kelso Green of Carlisle, superintendent of county schools will talk on the pro posed new West Shore High school. The election of officers will be held. 32 YEARS' WORK OX QUII.T Marysvllle, Pa.. Oct. 25. Just 32 years in August Mrs. W. K. Scott of I Ickesburg, wns married and about the ! same time she started to make a quilt. This week this quilt was completed and quilted. This wonderful piece of handiwork has 7,!36 pieces of cloth as its component parts. Many differ ent colored materials have been used ■so it presents quite a variegated piece i of work ENDEAVORERS OF . COUNTY RALLY Dauphin County and West Shore Have Representa tion of 112 Societies Christian Endeavorers of Dauphin County and Harrisburg Christian En deavor Unions held a big rally in the Lutheran Church, Penbrook, yesterday afternoon and evening. John E. McCullougli, president of the Dauphin County Christian En deavor Union, reported that Dauphin county and the West Shore has u rep resentation of 112 societies with a membership of of 6,000 seniors, 4,000 juniors and 400 intermediate En deavorers. following devotional exercises by i the Rev. Luther E. Henry, pastor of the Lutheran Church, Penbrook, and | the Rev. J. c. Forncrook, pastor of the Church of Good, Penbrook, these officers were elected for the Dauphin Christian Endeavor Union: President, Professor John F. Kob I'ourth Reformed; vice-president. Ben jamin Whitman. Pine Street Presby terian; secretary. Miss Bessie March, I'ourth Reformed; corresponding sec retary, Mi sa Margaret Beshore, Main stiect C hurch of God, Steelton; treas urer. Charles R. Hartley, Park Street I nifed Evangelical; district vice-presi ' l' ykens Valley, U. S. G. Daniels; Mtllershurg, W. C. Hoy; Harrisburg, Frank S. Montgomery; Steelton. W. N. Hell; Mlddletown, J. B. Martin; Her- V; I , Harry L ' L*ucl: Penbrook. A. AMiite; Dauphin, Miss Cora S. F Cofrode. A duet was rendered by Misses Sara McGrp.u and Grace McVelvey. A new county constitution was ratified and the Harrisburg Christian Endeavor < horal Union then renderod a selec tion. officers for the city Christian En deavor Union were then elected as fol lows: President, Charles S. Urich, of l ark Street United Evangelical; secre tary. Miss Carrie Knaby, Lutheran, Enola: treasurer, John Crider, St. Mat thew s Lutheran. The Rev. W. E. Peffley, general sec retary of Keystono League Christian Endeavor work, this ctiy, conducted a conference and emphasized an ef- Fiercy campaign, expert classes and organization of new intermediate so cieties. At the supper held last evening speeches were made by H U Trucks, Hummelstown: the Rev. M. L. Burger Milleisburg: Mrs. T. H. Clark, super intendent of junior work, this city, and K. S. Schilling, superintendent of press department. State Christian Endeavor Union. A. C. Dean, president of Harrisburg Christian Endeavor Union, presided at the evening session. After devotions by the Rev. H. M. Miller, pastor of Ihe United Brethren Church, Pen brook: the Rev. W. R. Hartzell, pastor of the Reformed Church, Penbrook; Paul A. Strlckler gave an eloquent speech on the successful work of the Rev. E. E. Curtis, general chairman of ilie state convention held in this city last July. The Rev. Mr. Curtis then spoke on "The Convention and Our Society Work This Winter." ANOTHER TYI'IIOID FATALITY Funeral services for Miss Mildred C. Young, aged 16, 2231 Atlas street, who died at the Harrisburg Hospital last night from typhoid fever, will be held at the home on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. FUNERAL OF MR. STACDT Funeral services for Amos Henry Staudt, aged 52, of Hainton, will be held to-morrow at the home. Burial will be made at the Gravel Hill Ceme tery, near Palmyra. Virginia tobacco pays no duty— all the value is in the cigarette That's exactly where the value belongs—in the ciga rette. You can't smoke duty, you know. Piedmonts are made of the highest grade of Virginia to bacco—ALL Virginia tobacco! Golden in color and as mellow as Dixie's sun. You know what experts say —they say that Virginia is the best cigarette l tobacco in the world. "A package of Piedmonts, please." An ALL Virginia Cigarette— SWmont Ztie Cigarette of Quality NOTE s— A package of ten cigarettes made of all m Turkish tobacco cot the Vtaoker 10c or X Sc. A package of ten Piedmont* made of highest-grade ■fl ■ -r mm Virginia tobacco costs the smoker only Sc. Why JLwX the difference f Because Piedmonts pay no duty, no ' • . """"" _ / 28-30 and 32 N. Third St Superb Collection Daytime—Evening and Utility Coats * y 22.50 to 125.00 Calling Attention to tsix new models made of velour Burgundy brown, navy, black and rose Lined and interlined throughout— New belted effects— Large cape Plush Compare with regular 29.75 garments. Special 22.50 Humane Societies Go on Record For Legislation Against Live Bird Shoots • W?r i————J j FRANK B. RUTHERFORD At the annual meeting to-day of : ;he Federated Humane Societies of ! Pennsylvania important legislation was j discussed. The ninth annual session ! opened this morning in the parlors of the Commonwealth Hotel, Frank B. Rutherford, of Philadelphia, secretary of the Society the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, presiding. In cluded among the recommendations were the following: Law prohibiting the shooting of pigeons at live bird shoots; good loads, with a provision for a sepa rate road for horse-drawn vehicles along the side of the main roads; | SHOE J I i I KEEP YOUR SHOfe NEAT • 10* I The F.F; DALLEY Ca.Lrd.-Buffalo.NY. 1 Schleisner's Men's Shop We appeal to men who are lmying clothes and never wear them But realize that their wants and needs are not being 4v just exactly" correctly catered to — There is something missing— Schleisner's kind of clothes may be the answer, they may be k 'just exactly" what they want and need— A try at this Men's Store may be mutually ad vantageous — 25.00 20.00 15.00 compelling all vehicles to carry lights at night, and urging greater activity in the interest of humane education.
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