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WEDNESDAY EVENING, T HXRRISBURG TKLEOI AJPH MARCH 14 1917
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Daughters of Liberty
Celebrate Anniversary
Mechanicsburg, Pa., March 14.
About 200 people enjoyed a banquet
last evening in celebration of the six
teenth anniversary of Resolute Coun
cil, No. 77, Daughters of Liberty,
which was one of the best attended
and most successful ever held. Mrs.
Ross Lehman was toastmaster and the
' following program was given, inter
spersed with music by an orchestra:
Address of welcome, T. J. Webb; read
ing, Mrs. Alice 8. llauck; reading,
Henry Wilson; dialogue, "A Troubled
Witness," Earl Sheffer, Charles Col
lins, A. K. Barnes, H. M. Kleckner,
L. N. Wood and Dale Bear; reading,
Miss Vada Castle; dialogue, "Aunt De
borah's First Luncheon," Misj Blanche
Belstline, Miss Leah Knoll, Misa Lulu
Coover, Miss Essie Tyrell, Miss Elsie
Hooper, Miss Catherine Shelter and
Miss Violet Bowman; reading, Mrs.
John Frey. On the committee of ar
rangements were Mrs. Joseph Beist
llne, Mrs. George Flnkenblnder, Mrs.
Tolbert Gelling, Mrs. Park Moore and
Mrs. J. L. Fisher.
TO CLOSE IX>NI)ON CHURCH
London, March 14.—The city of
London will have forty or fifty of Its
churches closed in the near future, till
after the war, as a result of the bish
ops' scheme for releasing clergy for
national war work. There are now
only about 20,000 people resident In
the city (the central portion of the
whole municipality) and if present
plans go through, only eight churches
will be kept open for their use.
GERMANY ARRANGES
FOR TOBACCO
Amsterdam, Netherlands, March
14.—This year's export of tobacco to
Germany is to be financed by the
Netherlands Association of Tobacco
Dealers, a company specially formed
here for that object with a capital
of $20,000,000. With a view to main
taining its exchange rate, Berlin
stipulates that German treasury bills
of two years' term shall be taken in
payment for such goods, the bills te-
Ing guaranteed by the Relchsbank
and six other leading German banking
Institutions. Should the present ship
ping stagnation continue, or the
shortage of cargo space become such
that the Netherlands East Indian to
bacco crop cannot be transferred to
the Dutch market, endeavors will
doubtless be made to ship the tobacco,
or a large part thereof, to America.
OXFORD TO GRANT DEGREE
Oxford, Eng., March 14.—With a
view to encouraging Amreicans and
colonials to do research work at Ox
ford the governing body pf the uni
versity is considering granting the de-
Ogree of doctor of Rhtlosophy. The
new degree will probably be adopted
this spring.
AMERICANS TO GO TO INDIA
Oxford, Eng., March 14.—A dozen
or more American Rhodes scholars
are planning to go to India In June
if not prevented by war with Ger
many. They will engage in teaching
or in the Young Men's Christian As
sociation work with the Indian and
Mtesopotamlan armies.
GOOI) SCHOOL, ATTENDANCE
Blaln, Pa., March 14.—Pupils of the
Blain Joint High School who attended
every day of the fifth month, were:
Dobbs Khlman. Miss Ruth Hench r Ar
thur Coller, Lpy Shumaker, Miss
Edith McVey, James Shumaker, Miss
Pauline Johnson, Jesse Snyder, Lou
Snyder, Miss Sarah Shumaker, Miss
Nellie Smith, Miss Verda Pryor, Miss
Mary Mumper and Miss Florence Gut
shall. Thoso who attended every day
during the term were: Miss Edith
McVey, Jesse Snyder, Miss Nellie
Smith, Miss Mabel Anderson, Lou Sny
der, Miss Verda Pryor and Miss Flor
ence Gutshall. Average attendance:
Males, 12; females, 12; per cent, of
attendance; males, 96; females, 97.
TEUTONS TO TAX COAL
Berlin, March 14.—The hew coal
tax which the government plans to
pul in force shortly is expected to
yield about $250,000,000 a year, this
amount being figured on a basis of
500,000.000 tons output.
WILL JOIN STATE CAMP
Waynesboro, Pa., March 14.—At a
meeting of the newsboys' work com
mittee of the Y. M. C. A., held yes
terday, It was decided to raise some
money for the boys' department by
having a "tag" day on Saturday,
March 31. The committee endorsed
the suggestion that tho Boy Scouts
camp In June with the State Y. M. C.
A., at Inglenook, near Harrisburg, In
stead of establishing a separate camp
for themselves as heretofore. The
cost to the Boy Scouts will be sl2 for
two weeks, exclusive of railroad fare.
Stricken With Paralysis
While at Top of Tree
Columbia. Pa., March 14.—William
T. Strauss, Civil War veteran, and a
former 'borough engineer, was strick
en by apoplexy while on top of a tree
which he was trimming, and fell to
the ground In an unconscious condi
tion. His condition is serious.
FISHERIES INCREASE IN VALUE
Christiana, March 14.—The value
of Norway's fisheries in 1916 was 14l>
million kroner as against 37,000,000
kroner in 1914, according to statistics
prepared by the Norwegian fishing
controller