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NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
PRESBYTERY TO
MEET NEXT WEEK
Carlisle Body Comprises Fifty-
Four Churches, Located in
Seven Counties
Mechanicsburg, Pa., April 5. Ar
rangements are made for the meeting
in the Presbyterian Church in this
place of the Presbytery of Carlisle, be
ginning on Tuesday afternoon, April
10 and continuing in session till Wed
nesday and closing in the evening.
Seven counties are comprised in the
Presbytery as follows: Adams, Frank
lin, Fulton, Cumberland, Dauphin,
Perry, Lebanon and one church in
York county. Fifty-four churches are
represented, and sixty ministers. The
last report showed 11,995 communicant
members; 10,925 in Sunday schools;
contributions for benevolent purposes,
$71,169 and for congregational ex
penses. $173,538. The Presbytery has
under its care eight candidates for the
ministry, some of whom will be ex
amined for licensure at this meeting.
There arc 250 ruling elders in the
Presbytery. About 80 delegates, com
posed of ministers and elders are ex
pected.
There will likely be some pastoral
relations dissolved by pastors being
called elsewhere.
A sermon will be preached on Tues
day evening by the retiring modera
tor, the Rev. Harvey B. Klaer, of the
Covenant Church. Harrisburg, and an
address given by the president of Wil
son College, the Rev. Dr. E. D. War
field. LL. D., on "The Biblical Chairs
of Our Colleges."
On Wednesday evening Professor
Charles Scanlon, LL. D., of Pittsburgh,
secretary of the Board of Temperance
of the Presbyterian Church will make
an address.
Among the items of business ■ on
AVednesday will be the election of six
commissioners, three ministers and
three elders to the General Assembly
which will meet at Dallas, Tex., on
May 17. The narrative of the state
of religion which is made up of the
reports of all the churches of the
Presbytery will be read on Wednesday
afternoon by H. W. Gough, of Har
risburg.
Officers of the Presbytery at present
are: Moderator-elect. the.Rev. Thomas
J. Ferguson, of Silver Spring, and who
has also been the treasurer for many
years; stated clerk, the Rev. R. F.
McClean: permanent clerk, the Rev.
George Fulton, both of Mechanics
burg. All the sessions of the Presby
tery will be open to the public.
Tinsmith Falls From Ladder
at Mechanicsburg Station
Mechanicsburg, Pa.. April 3.—Howard
Hoover, of Chambersburg, a tinsmith
i-mployed by the Cumberland Valley
Railroad Company, was seriously in
jured yesterday afternoon w+ien he
fell from a ladder while working at
the edge of the roof over the second
story of the baggage department. Mr.
Hoover was repairing the spouting
when he slipped and fell a long dis
tance to the ground. He was picked
up by his fellow workmen. One arm
and his hip were injured, but it is not
thought any bones are broken. He was
taken to his home at Chambersburg.
FIRE OX STABLE ROOF
Mechanicsburg. Pa., April 5. An
alarm of fire last evening called out
the three companies of the fire de
partment to a fire on the roof of a
stable located between Factory and
Portland streets, owned by Andrew
Gieegor. The origin of the fire is un
known and the loss small.
The "Old Man"
Has a Grouch
—and why shouldn't he,
poor fellow, when he slept
so poorly last night and got
up nervous and irritable.
POSTUM
instead of coffee
allows men to sleep, affords
them better self-possession
and poise; makesthem more
fit for the day's work.
"There's a Reason"
THURSDAY EVENING,
News Items of Interest
in Central Pennsylvania
Mount Carmel —From effects of a
broken hip, sustained in November,
when she fell on a flight of steps. Mrs.
Bridget Coyle, aged 105, years, the old
est wonutn in the county, died yester
day. Slfe has many descendants in this
section.
City —The Valley
Coal Colnpany yesterday started to in
close its collieries in this section be
hind barbed wire fences as a wartime
measure against intruders.
Maueli Chunk —Helen Kberts was se
riously injured yesterday when she was
struck by the side of a dismantled
building which was blown down by a
sudden gust of wind.
Mnuch Chunk —Agents of the govern
ment are here looking for machinists,
which the government is very much in
need of, and for whose services it will
pay $3.50 per day.
Mending —Francis P. Sehaeffer. a
clerk in the Heading Railway offices
here, has been placed on the pension
roll, after serving forty-nine years con
tinuously.
shi|ip'ii*burK Shippensburg has its
champion pie baker in the person of
Mrs. John Tarman. During the year
ending March 31 she baked 11,098 pies.
Dnuilllr The $600,000 George F.
Geisinger Memorial Hospital, with its
million-dollar endowment, has been of
fered to Governor Brumbaugh for use
in case of war.
Potville —John James, aged 33, of
Lykens, was seriously burned by gas in
the mines of the Susquehanna Coal
Company at Lykens.
Recent Deaths in
Central Pennsylvania
Marietta. —Mrs. Elizabeth H.Farmer,
of Lititz, aged 79, died Tuesday from
a stroke of apoplexy. She was a mem
ber of the Lutheran Church at White
Oak many years. Five children,
twenty-five grandchildren, four great
grandchildren, two sisters and a
brother survive.
William F. Kern, aged 76. a promi
nent resident of Terre Hill, died Tues
day night. Four children survive.
Mrs. John Wolfskill, aged 73, died
Tuesday night at Fivepointville. Her
husband, two daughters and seven
grandchildren survive.
Waynesboro Wireless Outfit
Offered to Government
Waynesboro. Pa., April s.—Russell
B. Pottorff,. who has a wireless outfit
at his home here, has been asked by
the government authorities whether or
not they can have use of the station
if at any time it could be useful to
the government. Mr. Pottorff will turn
the outfit over to the government
whenever desired. There are seven
wireless outfits in Waynesboro.
FAREWELL TO MINISTER
Waynesboro. Pa.. April 5.—A fare
well banquet was tendered the Rev.
Dr. George F. Boggs. retiring pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
in the church auditorium by the
Biederwolf and Spottswood classes of
the Sunday school. There were a
number of addresses by ministers of
the other churches in town and mem
bers of the congregation. The Rev.
Mr. Boggs and family left to-day for
his new charge at Altoona.
BAG SOCIAL AT DAUPHIN
Dauphin, Pa., April 5. —Members of
the congregation of the Presbyterian
Church Will be entertained on Satur
day evening by the Bible class, at the
home of Mrs. Blanch Robinson, in Erie
street, at a "bag social." The teacher
of the class, Charles E. Shaffer, re
quests that the "bags" be brought
in "full."
DUNCANNON MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
John Doutrich Fires Pistol Bul
let Into His Head on Account
of Woman
Puncannon, Pa., April 5. John
Doutrich, aged 51, committed suicide
late yesterday afternoon by shooting
himself with a revolver. Doutrich,
who had married three times, is be
lieved to have committed the act be
cause of an affair of the heart. Mrs.
Annie Silks, the woman who was with
him at the time of the shooting, has
been arrested and lodged in,the local
jail.
Doutrich. who had been having
family troubles for some time, is said
by his companions to have bought a
gun last Saturday, lie evidently car
ried it since that time, evidently pre
pared for the emergency that yester
day caused him to end his life.
Yesterday afternoon, accompanied 1
by Airs. Silks, he ascended what is
known as Duncanncn Hill. Several
men, including one of his sons, fol
lowed the pair to ascertain whether or
not Doutrich then intended carrying
out the threats that he had made.
When his son came close to the couple
Mrs. Silks invited him to leave. When
he refused to leave, it is alleged, Mrs.
Silks drew a knife from somewhere
about her clothing and started to pur
sue him. They had gone only a short
distance when they heard a shot from
the bushes where Doutrich had been
last seen. Returning, they found him
clutching a smoking revolver with one
empty chamber. He had held the
weapon close to his temple and pulled
the trigger. Death was instantaneous.
An officer of the Duncannon Iron Com
pany arrested Mrs. Silks immediately
after the shooting, but no technical
charge has been lodged against her.
Doutrich is survived by his wife and
several children. He had been mar
ried three times. The present Mrs.
Doutrich is a sister of his second wife,
He was employed by the Duncannon
Iron Company.
OUSTED BY IJEDERKRANZ
Lancaster, Pa., April 5.—A member
of the Lancaster Liederkranz, whoso
name has not been divulged, was ex
pelled from the society at a special
meeting last night for referring slight
ingly to the American flag and stamp
ing upon a small banner.
President Henry H. Meyer said the
society would not tolerate the slightest
evidence of disloyalty.
KNIGHTS HAVE BANQUET
Waynesboro. Pa.. April s.—Members
of King Darid Commandery, No. 304
Knights of Malta, never enjoyed a
mor<> delightful evening than yester
day. when they initiated forty-two can
didates into the order, exemplified nine
degrees for them and followed this
work with a banquet.
NEW PASTOR APPOINTED
Maytown. Pa.. April s.—The Rev.
C. M. Layton, of New Side, has been
appointed pastor of the Reich Me
morial Church, in East Donegal town
ship, and the United Evangelical
Church at East Petersburg. The Rev.
Norman Louer will remain at Kinder
hook and have charge of the general
oversight of the three churches.
SUBURBAN NOTES
MTLLERSTOWN
The Camp Fire Girls and Boy
Scouts of this place will hold a fes
tival in the A. H. Ulsh building on
Saturday evening.
Mrs. John Hunter, of Altoona, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Ward.
Miss Anna McDonald, of Harris
burg, visited her aunt, Mrs. Annie
Eckels, over the week-end.
Montgomery Gearhart and George
Cauffman have enlisted in the United
States navy.
Miss Lulu Troutman has returned
home from a week's visit at Hern
don.
Mrs. Laura Carter spent several
days at Penbrook with her brother,
W. F. Rounsley and family.
Howard Stark and family have
moved from Philadelphia to the A. W.
Stambaugh property in High street.
The annual congregational meeting
of the Presbyterian Church was held
on AVednesday evening.
H. H. Hunter and son. Harold, of
Harrisburg, spent Sunday with rela
tives here.
Mrs. Annie Eckels, Misses Anna Mc-
Donald, Kathryn Rickabaugh and
Parah Rickabaugh drove to Newport
on Monday and spent the day with
friends.
J. B. Allen, of Wormleysburg, vis
sited Ills mother, Mrs. Mary Allen, this
week.
Mrs. Edward Menghes and daugh
ter, Anna, were recent visitors at Har
risburg.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Shover, of, New
port. visited the former's mother, Mrs.
Ida Shover. on Sunday.
D. A. Lahr attended the Patterson-
Moore wedding at New Bloomfield on
Saturday.
HALIFAX
Mrs. A. H. Neidig has been sum
moned to Muscatine, lowa, on account
of the death of her brother-in-law,
Charles B. Vail.
Mrs. James B. Eby was given a
postcard shower Tuesday by her
friends in honor of her forty-ninth
birthday. Mrs. Eby has been an In
valid for a number of years.
Mrs. O. J. Cooper, who underwent
a serious operation at a Harrisburg
hospital several weeks ago, has re
turned home much improved in health.
The Rev. and Mrs. J. C. Pease at
tended the funeral of Mrs. John Lou
dermilch at Tower City on Wednes
day.
Dr. and Mrs. F. C. Smith and daugh
ter Phyllis are spending several days
at Philadelphia.
Miss Maggie Still spent a day with
her brother, Samuel Still, at Millers
burg.
H. L. Fetterhoff spent several days
on a trip to Philadelphia. ,
Special Passion Week services are
being conducted in the local United
Brethren and Methodist Churches this
week.
ARMY AND NAVY NEEDS
Col. Joseph H. Coit, chairman of the
board of trustees of the American
Defense Society, in a statement lists
the needs of the United States for de
fense.
"We need," says the defense chair
man, "more aeroplanes for the army
and navy; more men, guns and ships
for the navy, with special emphasis
on the need for men, aeroplanes, bat-
I tie and scout cruisers and submarines;
more men for the army and a system
of universal military service which
will give to the army a force which
will back it up in any defensive war
measure it may undertake. There
should be at least 2,000,000 men train
ed to arms under this system; there
should be at least 250,000 officers and
men in the army and the demand for
men in the navy'now calls for 30,000
sailors more than we have.
"When will Congress and the
American people wake u ?
BjOmiSBURa
WEST SHORE NEWS
Social and Personal
News Items of Towns
Along West Shore
Mrs. John Lamb, of Mechanicsburg,
was at New Cumberland yesterday.
Miss Pearl Hockenberry, of 'Ship
pensburg Normal School, is visiting
her brother at New Cumbreland.
Mrs. J. A. Witmyer, of New Cum
berland, returned from a visit to rela
tives at New Freedom.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oren and two
children, of Newport, were guests of
Mrs. George Shaffer at New Cumber
land.
Beatrice Wilder, 12-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wilder,
of New Cumberland, is ill with diph
theria.
Evangelistic services have been well
attended at Trinity United Brethren
Church, New Cumberland, this week.
The ltev. J. R. Hutchinson preached
last night.
Mealing Revival Services
at Enola Well Attended
Enola, Pa., April 5. "Where Art
Thou" was the sermon subject of
Evangelist Mealing for last night's
service. Nearly 200 persons attended
the meeting in the auditorium of the
school house where the campaign is
being held. The Rev. Mr. Mealing an
nounced his sermon subjects for the
next few days as follows: This eve
ning, "The Impossible;" to-morrow
night, "The Best Job on Earth;" Sun
day afternoon, mass meeting, "The
Second Coming of Christ;" Sunday
night, "Which is Worst, a Liar or a
Murderer?" Monday night, special
sermon on "Where the Soul Goes Im
mediately After Death."
Cottage prayer meetings are being
held in different homes each morning
in charge of Mrs. Virginia Conner, per
sonal worker. C. L. Dice, chairman of
the publicity committee, has arranged
with the traction company whereby
large posters will be placed on the
street cars advertising the campaign.
The services next week will include
High School night and Lodge Night.
Easter Programs at Enola
Methodist Sunday School
Enola, Pa., April s.—Annual Easter
exercises will be held Sunday morning
by the pupils of the Methodist Sunday
school. following program will
be given: Song, "Joyful Homage
Bring," school; the Rev. F.
Grant Sleep, pastor; song, "Rings A
Happy Smile: recitation, "It Seems to
Me," Sara Shuey; exercises, Easter
gladness, four small boys; recitation,
Easter Children, Howard Huber; song,
primary pupils. Be Ready Little Blos
soms;" exercise. Spring, six girls; reci
tation. He Loved Us Best, three boys;
song, Glad is The Spring, school; exer
cise, "Our Emblem," seven girls; reci
tation, "Room at the Top," Edward
Williams; song, "Bright Little Sun
beams," girls' chorus; recitation,
"What Comes," Edward Hepford;
exercise, "Easter Eggs," ten girls;
piano duet, Louis and Gertrude Bar
row; exercise, "The Easter Lily," seven
girls; recitation, "The Lily's Message,"
Sara Troup; song, "Beautiful Angles,"
school; address, the Rev. Sleep; Easter
collecting, Arty Miller; primary song,
"Wake Up Boys and Girls;" exercise,
"That's What I Mean to Be," three
boys; recitation, "Resurrection," Mar
lin Shuey; exercise, "Fruits of the
Spirit," nine girls; closing chorus,
"Exalted Forever," benediction, the
Rev. Sleep.
The choir of Zion Lutheran Church
will sing an Easter cantata at the eve
ning service, Sunday evening. The Rev.
M. S. Sharp, pastor will preach a spe
cial sermon.
WILL INITIATE CLASS
New Cumberland. Pa., April 5. —
This evening Perseverance Lodge, of
Harrisburg. Sons and Daughters of
Liberty, will be here to initiate eighteen
members of Riverside Council, Sons
and Daughters of Liberty.
ADDITION TO PLANT
New Cumberland, Pa., April s.—An
addition is being built at the Steam
Dye and Bleach Works, in Water
street.
. TUNJjEL UNDER CHANNEL
Great Britain has grown friendly
to the proposal to construct a tunnel
between France and England. This
change of feeling has come since the
beginning of the war and notably dur
ing the last few months, and there
seems at last every probability that
the British opposition will now be def
initely withdrawn.
Imagine what the advantages to
Great Britain would have been if the
tunnel had been open for use when
this war began. From the moment
of the declaration of war it would
have been practicable to send heavy
trains through the tunnel at ten-min
ute intervals; in other wrds, the gov
ernment could have sent more than
100 trains in every twenty hours, leav
ing four hours in the day for the up
keeping of the tunnel. By means of
these trains, 60,000 tons of material a
day could have been transmitted in
either direction —which is a good deal
more than the actual requirements
now. And if this facility in provision
ing British troops were to shorten the
war by only two days, the saving in
actual money would pay the whole
cost of construction.—Gordon D.
Knox, in the World's Work.
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I HETIHKS FROM BUSINESS
Carolus Downing, of 403 North Sec-
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\
Friday (One Day Only)
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Purchased at a great price advantage and pre
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business life, and with Mrs. Downing
will spend the summer in the west,
most of the time in Seattle, Washing
ton. Mr. and Mrs. Downing, who came
here from Maine, haven't decided on a
permanent residence, but it will prob
ably be in the north.