2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS KIDNAPED BOY AT MYERSDALE Man Named McManigan Ar rested in Maryland For Taking Earl Imhoff Hagerstown, Md.. August I.—Con stable Charles Barnhart arrested yes terday at Hancock a man named Mc- Manigan, who is charged with hav ing kidnaped 13-year-old Earl Im hoff from his home at Myersdale, Pa., some time ago. The boy sur prised his parents and friends by suddenly returning to his home a few days ago. His parents had not heavd from him since he was spirited away months ago and they had given him McManigan, he said at Hancock and McManigan ,he said at Hancock and gave information to the officers at Myersdale upon his return home. Through the efforts of the Myers dale officers Constable Barnhart lo cated the man and placed him un der arrest. He was turned over to the Myersdale officers and taken to that place. McManigan the Imhoff lad stated makes a business of kid naping boys between 10 and 12 years and forcing them to work for him. Young Man Drowned in Susquehanna at Marietta Marietta, Pa., July 31.—Yester day afternoon Earl Easley, aged nineteen years, of Hanover, was seized with cramps while in bath ing in the Susquehanna river and was drowned unknown to the party he was with. When supper time came and the young man did not put in an appearance a search be gan. One of the party car.io 15 Marietta and secured George Bonrr and Harry Dugans who, with j grappling irons, began to drag the river. They had been at their work j but a short time when Easley's body was found. Coroner Walter 1 "W. Fryberger deemed an inquest, unnecessary as the young man died from cramps. The young man. with four others. John Palmtang. and Edgar Geilsel- \ man. came to Marietta on Monday j morning and rented the Hillsdale cottage from William H. Fendrich. lil 1.1, GOES MAD WITH HEAT Hagerstown Md.. August I.—July closed with the hottest weather in this section in six years. Thermome- - ters ranged from 100 to 105 degrees yesterday afternoon. There were sev eral prostra\ins and scores of work-1 men on buildings and farmhands were forced to stop work. A large red bull, owned by Frank Schindel, went mad from the heat on his farm and after chasing a negro up a tree, fell dead after racing around a corn-! field. BRETHREN CHVRCH MEETING Pen Mar, Md., August I.—The re-; union of the Church of the Brethren at Pen Mar on Friday, August 3,! promises to be larger than ever. It I is expected that crowds will be pres ent from Waynesboro, Hagerstown. ; Linwood and St. James, Md. A good j program will be rendered with Dr. V. M. Reichard presiding. PRESBYTERIAN REUNION AT PEN MAR Thursday. August 2. Special train on Cumberland Valley Railroad leaves Harrisburg at 7.15 a. m. Fare, $1.40 for the round trip.—Adv. [Wholesale Distributors Witman Schwarz Co. WEDNESDAY EVENING, PROPOSED NEW EDIFICE FOR FIRST REFORME ———— '• ! ' | i ; J Carlisle, Pa., Aug i.—The proposed new edifice of the First Reformed congregat/on, plans for which have been formulated, will have the greatest variety of surrounding of any chuurch in the Cumberland Valley and possibly in the state. The church will cost approximately $75,000 and plans have been completed and accepted for the build ing as pictured above. A plot of ground in North Pitt street, a half block from the Cumberland Valley pas senger station, has been purchased. On the south side of the new church will be an alley and across the alley is a storage warehouse for a wholesale liquor store, and adjoining it Is a hotel. On the west are a num ber of alley houses, while on the east is a theater, a historical library, a wholesale liquor store bottling works and a negro school. The finest property is on the north, which is the Federal building, with beautiful and spacious grounds. State College to Install Special Wartime Classes State College, Pa., Aug. I.—Classes in ordnance stores, mechanics of aero- | planes, signal service and field hos- j pital work will be added to the cur riculum of the Pennsylvania State- College this fall to meet the demands! of education in wartime. Military j drill for men in all departments will | be continued under army officers, just I as has been practiced for the last fifty | years. With every prospect of a full fresh- ' man enrollment, the college has, adopted the slogan, "Business as Us- ! ual," and has nailed the motto on j the gateway of the main ertnance to j the campus. President Sparks has' said that through this method he; seeks to strengthen public sentiment throughout the State with regard to I the war. The plan to push educa- ; tional forces vigorously at the State j College at this time is in line with the J lesolutions adopted by the conference! of prominent schoolmen held here re-1 cently. Official notification of the date of j opening, September 12, is being! mailed to all undergraduates, al-1 though many of them, being in vari- | ous kinds of military service, will be unable to respond. In addition to the regular session, a special session will j begin August 23 for those who left early to engage in patriotic service. | Recent Deaths in Central Pennsylvania Marietta. Pa.. Aug. I.—John J. ! Wunsch. aged 74. a well-known cigar j manufacturer, died Monday night. He was a veteran of the Civil War. hav ; ing served four years, and was ! wounded in battle. He was a mem | ber of several secret organizations, I and is survived by his wife and a son. John Evans, aged 55 years, of I Mountville, died Monday night In the j Columbia Hospital. . sunoury.—Mary Ann Bent, aged SS years, one of the oldest women in | Northumberland, died of paralysis aft \er several days' illness. She was a 1 lifelong resident. i Dr. Frederick T. Harjle, aged 41 years, one of Shamokin's best-known doctors, died suddenly of heart trou | ble. He was a member of Company H. Eighth Pennsylvania infantry. ! during the Spanish-American War. BISHOP-SULANKE WEDDING Waynesboro, Pa., August I. : Claire Bishop, of Williamsport, Md., and Miss Emma Sulanke, Waynes ! boro, were married at the Luth i eran parsonage on Monday evening !by the Rev. J. M. Francis. After the ! ceremony the young couple were tendered a reception by Miss Flor ence Reddig. They left yesterday for Williamsport, where tljey will I live. HArtRISBURG TELEGRAPH Stoverdale Campmeeting Opens With Special Session Stoverdale, Pa., Aug. I.—Stover dale camp opened last evening with a "Get Together" service in charge of the Rev. Joseph E. Wierich, the spiritual director. An inspiring song service was conducted by the mu sical director. Professor J. J. Gibson, of Lancaster. All the departmental leaders were present and took part in the service. Miss Elizabeth Hul linger, of Philadelphia, the success ful singing evangelist, was present and spoke briefly. The Rev. B. L. C. Baer, of Mechanicsburg, will have charge of the Young People's meet ing. Mr. Baer spoke about his work and welcomed the young people to the service. The Rev. John C. Bieri, of Mahanoy City, who directed the Landisville camp for the past two years, also took part in the meeting. Mr. Bieri will conduct the Bible hour and the children's meetings. While the day was warm the campers were glad that they were under the beautiful shade trees of the grove and had the privilege of cooling off in the sparkling waters of the Swatara. Indications point to a successful camp. There will be a full day to-day with addresses by the Rev. S. E. Brehm, of Hummels town, and William Beech, of Royal ton. A special musical feature will be the solos by the Juvenile singers —the Brown brothers of Lancaster. KITCHEN SHOWER FOIt PRIDE Blain. Pa., Aug. I.—Monday evening a surprise kitchen shower was held for Mrs. Harry H. Smith, who is a bride of a few months, at her home in this place. Those who participated were: Mrs. W. H. Sheaffer. Mrs. A. C. Hollenbaugh, Mrs. Ralph B. Kell, Mrs. W. B. Adams. Mrs Sarah Hoose, Mrs. M. F. Shumaker and daughter. Gert rue; Mrs. E. D. Boyer Mrs. Xewton Kerstetten, Mrs. W. A. Johnston. Mrs. Sallie Jones, Mrs. W. G. Gutshall, Mrs. C. H. Mentzell, Mrs. R. K. Hench, Mrs. W. T. Dromgold, Mrs C. R. Hench, Mrs. Walter Fry and two daughters, Mabel and Lulu, Mrs. E. C. Kistler and three children, Helen, Kathryn and Romaine; Mrs. D. P. Stokes. Mrs. Charles Gray, Mrs. Joseph Wilt, Miss Grace Stambaugh, Miss Olive Martin, Miss Anna Fetro Miss Olive Foose, Miss Edith Bistline, Miss Kathryn Cox, Miss Winifred Gutshall. Miss Clara Woods. Mrs. R. M. Johnston and daughter, Laura. Harry H. Smith and Eugene Johnston. WINDSOR HOTEL SOLD Sunbury, Pa., Aug. I.—Federal Judge Charles B. Witmer to-day ap proved the sale of the good will and furnishings of the Windsor Hotel Company, of Shamokin, to Frank H. Ring, of York, Pa. Application has already been made for the transfer of the license. The price paid is said to be $4,000. SIB.OOO IN* MERCANTILE TAX Sunbury, Pa.., Aug. I.—More than SIB,OOO has been received by John H. Glass, treasurer of Northumber land county, as income from the county mercantile taxes. To date there are 400 delinquents, but this is being collected rapidly by Charles J. Bucher, of Sunbury, who has been appointed a special collector. Miss Dorothy Bonawitz, of Shamokin, has been employed to assist in mak ing up the returns to the State. DESERTED 18 YEARS AGO Sunbury, Pa., Aug. I.—Eighteen years after she says she was desert ed, Mrs. Samuel Galbralth, of Mil ton, has brought suit in the North umberland county courts seeking an absolute divorce. In her plaintiff's statement she says they were mar ried in April, 1898, by the Rev. Jacob Sailade, a Baptist preacher there, apd went to live in Philadelphia. She says he left her without cause or. January 12, 1899. ENGINEER OVERCOME BY HEAT Sunbury, Pa., Aug. I.—Alonzo Barnhart, a Pennsylvania locomotive engineer, was overcome by the heat in the Northumberland yards yes terday. The temperature showed 100 degrees, and the rails were siz zling hot. It was the hottest July 31 in many years. JUDGE JOHNSTON INJURED Duncannon, Pa.. Aug. I.—Ex-As sociate Judge Jacob Johnston has a very sore toe that will cause him to be confined to his home for several of his horses last evening w'.ien the of his horses las tevenlng when the animal stepped on the second toe of the right foot and crushed the nail oft. CORRECTS EXCESSIVE THIRST lloraford'n Add Phosphate Relieves the parched throat and mouth, and prevents the dry feeling due to heat. Substitute for lemons.— Advertisement. LATE NEWS FROM THE CUMRERLAND VALLEY Hot Weather Brings Out Snakes in Large Numbers Waynesboro, Pa., Aug. I.—Not only has the extreme hot weather of the several days had the effect of making it very uncomfortable for all human beings, but it has also had the effect of making snakes emerge from their hiding places among the rocks in fhe mountains • and crawl among the bushes. While David and Samuet Cutshall, i Blairs Valley, were picking huckle | berries on the Hearthston Mountains. I they ran into a den of snakes that j were full of fight, but were over i matched and were killed and captured jby the men. The lot consisted of cop- I perheads and rattlesnakes. In the lot i were seven large copperheads from I two to three feet in length; three rattlesnakes from three to five feet, and about thirty small rattlesnakes from six to ten inches long. There were in all forty-five snakes, and all were killed with the exception of the large rattlesnakes, which the men succeeded in capturing alive. WAI.M'T GROVE CAMP MEETING Mechanicsburg. Pa.. Aug. I.—Ar rangements have been made for the ' Walnut Grove campmeeting under the 1 auspices of the Churches of God. I from August 10 to 19, Inclusive. It is situated near the foot of the Black Log Mountains. The Rev. F. W. Mc- Guire is general manager and Miss Edith Myers, of Mt. Pleasant, will have charge of the children's serv ices. The Rev. B. L. C. Baer will de liver the sermon the first Sunday. BOY SCOCTS TO PICK PEACHES Waynesboro, Aug. I.—A number of the Boy Scouts have been secured by Aaron Newcomer, the large fruit grower near Pen Mar, and other or chardlsts in the vicinity, to pick peaches. 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S ' Sffufjßpi "*** Ctor Rocorde demonstrated at all dealera on the Ist of each month 1 ' | "A : '] 11 I Victrola I "Victrola ia the Registered Trade-mark of the Victor Talking Machine Company designating the products of this Company ooly<- refSjlßsf Warning! The uae of the word Victrola upon or in the promotion or aalo of I any other Talking Machine or Phonograph producta la misleading and illegal. Ij| pi | iii HI - ■— - ~ ~—— MARRIAGE LICENSES Hagerstown, Md., August I.—Mar riage licenses have been issued hero to the following Pennsylvania cou | pies: Paul B. Ensminger, of Harrisburg, i and Zuria Detrich, of Chambersburg. | Howard S. Summy, Highsplre, and i Ida J. Keck, Landisburg. | Clarence C. Walter and Mary E. t Johnson, both of Chambersburg. Harry Linebaugh, Wellsville, and ; Anna E. Hess. Dillsburg. John A. Baish, Harrisburg, and Anna M. Spohn, Newport. Louis Gornick and Anna Gislc, both of Steelton. Leo W. Kinsey and Rosella Blckel, | both of Harrisburg. Charles M. Stepp, Enhaut, and j Anna Dietz. Milltown. Lloyd Winter, Fort Littleton, and j Matilda C. Kresh, Harrisburg. DRIIVER AND HORSE KILLED Hagerstown, Md., August I. Charles R. Cottrill, aged 47. was in stantly killed and two horses he was driving mutilated and the wagon de molished when the team was struck j by a fast passenger train on the Western Maryland Railroad, at a I grade crossing, one mile from Wil i liamsport. The team was owned by Kemp Brothers, millers. The cross ing is obscured by curves in the railroad in both directions. CHURCH OF GOD REUNION I Pen Mar, Md., August 1. The i seventh annual reunion of the Church of God of the Maryland and Virginia eldership, will be. held at Pen Mar on Wednesday, August 8, beginning at 1.30 o'clock. The Rev. L. F. Murray, pastor of the Union town Church of God, will preside. BUMPER PEACH CROP Waynesboro, Pa., Aug. I.—Prospects are fine this season for a bumper peach crop in this section. Reports from Smithsburg and the Pen Mar section show that the yield for this season will be as large if not larger than that of many years preceding. AUGUST 1, 1917. Another New Church Will Soon Be Built at Carlisle Carlisle, Pa., Aug. l.—A new church edifice will soon be added to tho number of magnificent struc tures which are making Carlisle widely known. At a congregational meeting the members of tho congre gation of the Grace United Brethren Church decided that they will dis pose of their present property, se cure a new location and erect there on a new church at the cost of ap proximately SIOO,OOO. The site will be that of the former Dickinson School of Law, which will be aban doned this fall with the completion of the new building. The selection makes the corner at West and Pom fret streets again a church property after the lapse of a quarter of a cen tury. The Methodist Church was originally located there. Those present at the meeting also voted unanimously to have the pas tor, the Rev. F. Berry Plummer, returned to Carlisle by the confer •ence. WILLIAM P. LENT! DIES Mechanicsburg, Pa.. Aug. I.—Wil liam P. Lentz, a well-known resident of Upper Allen township died at his home yesterday morning after an ill ness of six months. He was 55 years old and is survived by two children, Mrs. Grace Miller and a son, Asa, at home. The funeral service will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at his late home. Burial will be made in Chestnut Hill Cemetery. SURGEON REPORTS FOR DUTY' Hagerstown. Md., August I.—Dr. Ira M. Zimmerman, of Williamsport, this county, whose home is at Green castle, Pa., recently appointed a first lieutenant in the medical reserve corps, has received orders to report for duty at Fort Ogelthorpe, Ga., on August 10. Dr. Zimmerman is one of the most popular and successful physicians in the town. Firemen's Union Committee Working on Enola Transfers Wormleysburg. Pa., Aug. 1. A meeting of the committee, of the West Shore Firemen's Union, ap pointed to confer with officials of tho Valley Railways In regard to grant ing transfers to Enola. will be held at the local firchouse this evening. On the committee) £re L. L. Ham macker, Lemoyne: C. H. Germeyer, Camp Hill, and H. H. Way, Enola. A plan will be mapped out by the committee and presented at the next meeting of the union. POLITICAL CAMPAIGN STARTS Carlisle, Pa.. Aug. I.—Political activity in this county follows the thermometer, and in spite of the torrid weather many men are begin ning their campaigns for county of fices. Among the most recent an nouncements are those of Frank J. Harro, of East Pennsboro township, a contractor, for the Republican nomination as Jury commissioner, and that of John C. Tritt, of Penn, for tho opposing nomination. The list of men seeking local offices is growing, the tax collectorshlp in Car lisle being the main objective for many. ADimpss OX TEMPERANCE DAY Mechanicsburg. Pa., Aug. I.—The B- L C. Baer, pastor of the Church of God. will make an address on Temperance Day at the Dillsburg campmeeting which will open on Fri day, August 10, and continue over two Sundays. On Temperance Day, Au gust 15, the program will also in clude: Devotional services, conducted by Dr. J. H. Young; music; address. "A Bloodless Victory," Mrs. Johh De Gray; vocal solo. Mrs. Edwin J. Knise ly; reading. "His Love for the Flag," Mrs. W. C. Enterline; address, the Rev. Mr. Baer; vocal duet. Miss Mar garet McCurdy and Lawrence Miller; closing song, "Battle Hymn of the Republic,"
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