2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS LATE NEWS FROM THE BIG CARNIVAL FOR RED CROSS Mechanicsburg Has Arranged L'niquc Entertainment For Hallowe'en to Raise Funds Mechanicsburg, Pa., Oct. 29. —With hundreds of tickets already sold, and the expectation ot many more, the Hallowe'en carnival for the benefit <■l the Red Cross, on Wednesday eve ning, promises to be one of the most iuccessful of its kind ever held here. It also promises to be one of the most unique as well as one of the largest affairs ever Riven. Everybody i-' interested and mystery surrounds nil the proceedings. One philan tlropic woman bought fifty tickets for the Boy Scouts, who have been helping the committee in every way possible and will assist the night of the event by giving a demonstration ii first aid and signaling. The Singer Band and Weber's Or chestra have offered their services. < f the Juvenile class of knitters for Watts' booth,, where several members if the juvenile class of kuitters for the Red Cross, dressed as old ladies, will knit and exhibit their work. There will be all sorts of fun and Hallowe'en stunts in the amusement room for those who finally arrive there through the maze of the mys tery room. With Mrs. John Wllmer Hopper as general chairman, the following per lons are assisting and are busy li aking plans: Assistant, Mrs. K. 1 yron Schroder: committee on mys t.iy room, Mrs. George E. Lloyd. Sliss Clara Titzel, Miss Ree Zug, Miss I'rances Koller und Herman Mar shall; amusements, Mrs. Mervln Lamb, Mrs. A. F. Shafhirt, Mrs. Kalph Mum na, Mrs. Wilbur Dietz, Mrs. George X'ietz. Miss Margaret Brindle, Miss Edith Mumma, Miss Mae Singiser, Grace Koller, *Miss Barbara Koller, Miss Lilian Fought. Miss Alma Wit her and Miss Trout: fortune-telling, Airs. J. W. Hopper, Mrs. R. B. Schroe t'er. Miss Annette Steel, Miss Janet Eckels, Miss Winifred Smith, Miss Jean Sample. Miss Elizabeth Mumper, Miss Viola Moore, Miss Janet Rob ertson, Miss Anna Watts, Miss Vera Seidle and Richard Schafhirt; United States parcel post. Mrs. N. W. Hersh ner Mrs. John Faller, Mrs. Arthur Young, Miss Anna Schroeder aud Miss Elizabeth Mumper; pumpkin pie booth, Mrs. John Robertson, Mrs. J. H. Duey, Mrs. W. C. Miller and Mrs. W. B. Bishop: country booth, Miss Catharine Keefer, Miss Ruth Lloyd. Miss Martha Schafhirt, Miss Mary Estelle Thomas, Miss Margaret Moser pnd Frank Williams: cake booth, Mrs. R. N. Biddle, Miss Mary Coover, Miss Anna Elcock; variety booth, Mrs. H. A. Smith. Miss Helen Bentz and Robert Mumma: candy booth. Miss Mary Clark, Mrs. George Ful ton Mrs. F. E. Wilcox, Miss Virginia Bishop, Miss Mildred Hertzler, Miss Mary Anna Mumper and Raymond Clark; coffee booth. Mrs. M. M. Dougherty and Mrs. M. L Dick; war bread booth, Mrs. H. C. Brown, Mrs. Frank H. Tate, Mrs. J. W. Brandt and Mrs. J. V. Miller; surgical sup plies booth, Mrs. A, E. Sieber, Mrs. I* P. Baum and Mrs. M. E. Anderson; membership booth the Rev. Mr, and Mrs. H. Hall Sharp; knitting booth, Mrs. David Wats and Mrs. E. C. Gardner; publicity committee, Mrs. J. I. Steel and Miss Maude K. Wil liamson; ficket committee. Mrs. M. L Dick, Miss Martha Anderson. M. L Dick, H. M. lamb, Dr. M. M. Dough erty; decorating committee, R. N. Biddle, John Faller, J. V. Miller, George E. Lloyd, J. N. Clark, Edgar Clark, J. H. Koller, Dr. J. C. Snyder, "Mouthful Age Keeping "young" depends upon maintained vigor, elasticity of muscles and arteries and an active ® mind that keeps in happy touch and sympathy with the pleasures and affairs of youth. These de a snappy flavored, delightful ce- I real table beverage, entirely free from those non-food, harmful ele ments —caffeine, for example— EBfh\ which tend to harden the arteries and bring on premature old age. "There's a Reason" for / i fl&lStS/l Instant Postum everywhere! .!!" / MONDAY EVENING. Guy M. Eberly, J. W. Hopper. H. C. Brown, John Shelly, Ralph Muninin, Frank Tate, Donald Brown and Fli mcre Dougherty. Boy Scouts who are assisting: Earl Ryan. William Tate, rtarl Shaffer, Lindsay Myers, Wilbert Coover, El wood Wlster, Leonard Hinton, George Guyer, Clair Rogers, Herbert Rider, Charles Brunhouse. Robert Berk t heimer, Elwood Swanger, Robert Wise, Henry Fulton, Charles Slyder, Carson Rider, Royer Weise, Harry Fishel, Harold Wertz, John Fahs, John Bentz, Herman Marshall, Charles Paul, Clyde Rider, Paul Walters, Bender, Kenneth Morrette Herbert Finkenbinder, Lee Weaver, Henry ! Davis, Herbert Lehman, Herbert Sult zaberger Clyde Baker, Lorenzo Stalil, Raymond Barnes, George Seyler, Moordean Plough, Robert Trego, Da vid Coover, Clair Nissley, Edward CockMn, Mervln Keller, John Brough er, George Brougher. Lefean Eash. Paul Mohler, Harry Mohler, Tolbert Orris, Warren McMichael, Frank Ul rich, George Myers, Edward Rupp. Charles Drawbaugh George Clark, Tony Bihl, Harry Sponsler and Lloyd Eaker. 5,000 Bushels of Apples in Pile at Greencastle Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. 29. —Last week the Greencastle Evaporator j Company had a pile aggregating over 5,000 bushels of apples at Its plant. This was the most apples ever seen at Greencastle and many persons vis ited the grounds of the evaporator plant to .view the unusual sight. J Messrs. Omwake are using all kibds j of fallen apples to help in the con- I servation ol' food. Carlisle Organizes For War Work by Y. M. C. A. Carlisle, Pa.. Oct. 29. —A number ot I religious workers attended a meeting in the Y. M. C. A. building here last evening, when the organization of this section for the canvass for Y. M. !C. A. war work was effected. E. J. ' Stackpole, of Harrisburg, was the ' principal speaker. ,S. M. Goodyear, ; of Carlisle, chairman for this county, will announce the selection of com -1 ir.ittees to aid in the drive within a j short time. ENTERTAINED ON BIRTHDAY Mechanicsburg. Pa., Oct. 29.—0n ! Saturday afternoon Miss Miriam Orris entertained the Kittatinny Camp Fire ; Girls at her home in West Main j street in celebration of her fifteenth ! birthday. The young people enjoyed games'and music. Refreshments were i served and prominent was the birvn -1 day cake with candles. In attend ance were Misses Miriam Zufall. : Rachel Shelly, Mary Roller. Marjorie Raum, Florence Orris. Elizabeth Hurst, 1 Ruth Miller, Etta Miller. Elizabeth Crawford and' Miriam Orris. Assist ing the young hostess were Miss , Margaret Blackburn, guardian of the fire, and Miss Olive Orris. REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY Mechanicsburg, Pa., Oct 29.—In teresting services were held In the | Methodist Emscopal Church yester- I day, commenrorative of the Protes j tant Reformation anniversary, and a I powerful and spirited sermon was de livered by the pastor the Rev. J. Ellis Bell, in the morning. Platform serv ices were held in the evening, with) H. H. Mercer principal speaker. WOMAN FAUS DOWN STAIRS j Dillsburg, Pa., Oct. 29—Mrs. George j Harlan lost her footing in going into | her cellar, falling to the bottom ot j the stairway. An examination showed no bones broken, but she received j severe contusions and was confined to I bed for a short time. BOND FOR EVERY PERSON IN TOWN Carlisle Subscribes More Than $600,000 With Population of Only 12,000 Carlisle, Pa.. Oct. 29.—Officials at the head of the Liberty Loan drive in this county to-day paid a tribute to all who have aided in the work which resulted in the county giving much in excess of its minimum ap portionment and in excess of the maximum first set, although Ship penßburg was at the last minute taken from Cumberland and added to the Franklin district. Carlisle sub scribed over $600,000, SIOO,OOO in ex cess of its maximum and SSO for every man, woman and child of the 12,000 population. The Mechanics burg per capita subscriptions were S4O and in the county S2O. Farmers responded especially heavy to the plea, and the criticism of them in other sections does not apply here, it was stated. Musicians Give Concert For Gettysburg Soldiers Pa., Oct. 29.—0n Thurs day evening the Ladies' Octet of Dillsburg, a musical organization composed of Myrtle Mayberry, Mar tha Maft-berry, Gretna Mayberry, Alma Coulson, Ethel Coulson, Adeline Ir gang. Bessie Taylor and Mrs. J. H. Rearick, accompanied by Miss Allen Reader, entertained the United States soldiers at the Gettysburg Methodist Church for an hour on Thursday eve ning. The musicians were taken to Gettysburg by James Millard. L L. Benz and W. 8.. Dick in their auto mobiles. The Rev. E. M. Allen and Mrs. Allen, of the Methodist Epis copal Church, accompanied the young women. An hour was spent in a lit erary program, consisting of vocal and instrumental music, solos, duets and choruses, and readings, after which a social hour was spent with the soldiers and other visitors. Businessmen of Dillsburg Plan Agricultural Meeting Dillsburg, Oct. 29.—At a meeting of businessmen and citizens of Dills burg, arrangements were made for hn agricultural meeting at the opera house on Monday, November 12. The Agricultural Extension Department of the International Harvester Com pany will give the services of three of its force for th day. They will be R. A. Hayne, George McKerrow and Miss Zella Wigent. Thei'e will be three sessions: morning, afternoon and evening, and subjects of Interest to farmers will be discussed, op portunity will also be given to ask questions on which information is desired. RAILROADERS RAISE POTATOES Waynesboro, Pa., Oct. 27.—Ifc might be a matter of interest to know that during the pas season employes in the track department of the Cumber land Valley Railroad Company pro duced 2,525 busnels of potatoes, and local employes in the shops and of fices produced 450 bushels of pota toes, or a total of 2,975 bushels, grown on plots of land donated by the company for this use. BAIUUSBURG ifiSk TELEGRAPH Marietta Boy at Base Hospital at Camp Wheeler JAMES MATER Marietta, Pa., Oct. 29. —Among: the first young men to respond to thai call for volunteers at the outbreak of the present war, from Marietta, 1 was James Mayer, the youngest son of Mr, and Mrs. John H. Mayer. "Jim," as he was familiarly known to everybody, he having for years conducted a bread and route for his father, is attached to the Ambu lance Corps of the United States Army, and is at the base hospital at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, in the Medi cal Corps. PIPE ORGAN DEDICATED Marietta. Pa., Oct. 29.—Dedicatory services of the handsome new pipe organ in the St. Paul's United Breth ren Church, Klizabethtown, were held yesterday with special programs and music at the morning and evening services. The dedicatory sermon was preached by Professor A. E. Shroyer, of Annville. Professor J. G. Kulin gave the recitals under direction of Chorister Jacob H. Stem. Suburban Notes \V ILLIAMSTO W N Mrs. Ben Davis and daughter, of Akron, Ohio, are guests of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fry. Mr. and Mrs. John Boyer returned from Philadelphia where they visited their son, Harry Boyer. John Snyder has purchased the Frish property in Market street where he is putting up a garage. Mrs. Joseph Shlssler and daugh ter, Mrs. George Davey has returned from Camden, N. J., where they spent a short time with the former's son, Frank Shlssler. Frank Wise, of Akron, Ohio, is the guest of his parents. Amos Boyer has gone to South Bethlehem where he has secured em ployment. John Punch spent a day with his daughter, Mrs. Jerry Buggy, at Phil adelphia. Mrs. George Wren made a trip to Philadelphia last week. Mrs. Jane Moftett and daughter, Estella, have returned from a visit to her daughter, Mrs. D. M. Esworthy at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. William Kapp and son, Mr. and Mrs. William Willis ton and daughter, Mrs. Bertha Hughes and Mrs. Kate Baldwin mo tored from Baltimore and were the guests of the former's brother, Stan ton Kapp, at Wormleysburg. LOYSVTLTjE A. J. Barkley and son, Samuel, and George Barkley, of Center, visit ed here recently. James Flackinger, of Blxler, was the guest of friends here last week. R. I. Heim, of Wayne, spent a day with J. W. Bernheisel. Ralph Rumple has returned to Harrisburg where he is employed af ter visiting relatives here. The Rev. Harry Kleckner, of Lan disburg, will be in charge of the ser vices In the Lutheran church on Sun day morning. John Koser, of Huntingdon, is making his first visit in thirty years here with friends and relatives. NEW BUFFALO Ralph McMorris, of the United States Infantry, has returned to his command at Gettysburg, after visit ing his mother, Mrs. Ella McMorris. Mrs. George Howe and daughter, Clee, of Newport, are guests at the home of Mrs. Amelia Howe. Mrs. M. E. Fesley is being enter tained at Philadelphia by relatives. Mr. and Mrs, Oliver Wright an nounce the birth of a daughter. Mrs. Joseph Hammaker is being entertained at Harrisburg by rela tives. Mrs. Annie Bretz has returned to her home here after visiting a week at Harrisburg as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. William Stinson. AXXVILI.E Albert B. Steffey and daughters spent some time visiting relatives here during the past week. Mrs. H. A. Wood returned aftar spendlng some time at Allentown. where she was the guest of her daughter. Master Robert Kreider spent Sun day afternoon with friends at Pal myra. Miss Clara Kreider and Miss Keller, of Lebanon, visited at the home of John H. Kreider during the week. John L. Saylor and daughter, Miss Anna Saylor, returned on Saturday evening after visiting relatives at Chicago, Des Moines, Burlington. De tiott and other western cities. The following Annville people spent Friday evening at Harrisburg. where they heard Mme. Schumann-Heink at the Chestnut Street Auditorium: Mrs. D. H. Meyer, Allen J Meyer, Mrs. Alfred H. Mills, Mrs. George W. Stein and daughter Kathryn, Mrs. A. E. Shroyer. Mr. M. A. Meyer. HUMMELSTOWN Miss Marion Burns, of Modlna, Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Harry E. Gresh. Walter Shoop left for Cuba, on Thursday, after spending some weeks with Mrs. Shoop's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus H. Miller. Mrs. Shoop will remain here some time longer. George Cassel and grandson, Ar thur Tlnney, spent Thursday at Ellzabethtown. Mrs. Alice Snyder spent a day in Steelon with her son, Harry Snyder. Robin Marquardt has his mother from Springfield, Ohio, as hisguest during the week. Mrs. George Huber and son, Don ald Huber, have returned from a vis it at Hagerstown, Md. W. H. Garrett and family spent Sunday at Golrtsboro. Dr. George Leslie Omwake, presi dent of Ursinus College, Collegevllle, Pa., was the guest of Miss Minnie Landis, on Saturday. Miss Pearl Blackburn spent a day with her sister, Mrs. Fred Tyson, at Cleola, Pa. RED MEN MEET IN CONVENTION Lancaster County Tribes Have Successful Gathering and Parade at Marietta Marietta, Pa., Oc. 29.—With dele gates present from all the tribes ot, Red Men of Lancaster county, on Sat urday, the third annual convention of the Red Men of Lancaster county was a great success at Marietta. The town was gaily decorated for the occasion, through the joint efforts of the committee of Red Men of Tribe No. 292, of Marietta, and the decorating committee of the borough. The large columns used during the Old Home Week celebration in 1912 added greatly to the decorations, and in the evening the electric strings across Market street and the illumi nation of Center square were big ad ditions. The first session opened at 10 o'clock in the wigwam of Opessah Tribe. The room was filled with members and others not connected. After a selection by the Liberty Band of Marietta, the meeting was called to order by Vice-President B. F. Hookey, of Conestoga Center, in the absence of the president. The invo cation was offered by the Rev. Fran cis J. S. Morrow, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Mari etta. Dr. G. W. Berntheizel, of Osce ola Tribe No. 11, of Columbia, was the principal speaker in the morning. Vice-President B. F. Hookey then re sponded in the absence o£ President Hookey. At 1.15 o'clock President J. Walter Rill called the meeting to order t.nd the reports showed that the order is in a good condition. The election ot officers resulted as follows: Presi dent, B. F. Hookey, No. 65; vice president, F> A. Metzler, No. 59; sec tra^cmar * c ' Master's Voice." is on all genuine I liA See .and hear |B| these new Victrolas || ■ vhtt • tv,fc ' 3<, at all Victor dealers jail SSflißlk Victor Company now announces the complete new line of Victrolas —the very latest developments of the world's greatest musical instrument. New models, with many new and valuable improvements—and just in time for the holiday season. ' • lllH ===fjg) I Victrola VIII-A. 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Victor Records and Victor Machines are scientifically ] BBH coordinated and synchronized by our special processes of manufacture, and their £r> " = 1| I ypjl Mnß use, one with the other, is absolutely essential to a perfect Victor reproduction, § j I Nw Victor Records demonstrated at all dealers on the Ist of each moatk f} | IRHKI "SET y Pn Victrola 1 "Victrola* Is the Registered Trade-mark of the Victor Talking Machine Company designating - ~ I ). - i W. §|g I the products of this Company only. Warning: The use of the word Victrola upon or in the pro- || motion or sale of any other Talking Machine or Phonograph products is misleading and UlegeU c$ 1 = I rotary, Jesse L Webster, No. 216; treasurer, J. H. Quade, No. 2; Inside sentry, George Shellenberger, No. 292; outside sentry Tobias Och. No. 440; chaplain, W. F. Mann No. 11. The ntixt place of meeting selected was Relnholds. The executive committee was named as follows: George B. Brown, No. 203; Andrew J. Haas, No. 440. There are eleven tribes In the county with a membership of 2,128. They arff located at Columbia, Mount Joy, Lancaster, Conestoga, Center, Akron, Christiana. Marietta, Quarry ville, Relnholds. Immediately following the close of the business session the street pa rade was held, and it Is estimated that fully 4,000 people viewed the parade. The formation of the parade was; Chief Marshal Adam Wlsman; au tomobile containing state officials; committee in charge; Liberty Band of Marietta; Boys' High School Band ot Lancaster; Canassatoga Tribe 203, Lancaster; Undo Sam; Metamora Tribo 2, Lancaster: Na-bu-na Tribe 467, Lancaster; Kishacaqulllas Tribe 85, Conestoga Center; East Prospect Band; Osceola Tribe 11, Columbia; Cocallco Tribe 440, Relnholds; Rein-' holds Band; Tangaastivac Tribe 215, Christiana; Mount Joy Band; Osego Tribe 59. Mount Joy; Hallam Band; Pequeat Council 110. Degree of Poca hontas. Marietta; Opessah Tribe 292, Marietta; Tribe 123, Akron, and Tribe 329, Quarryville. I In the evening at 7.45 o'clock the i Acrl Theater was filled with members and friends of the order, when a fine program was rendered. SEND OFF AT COLUMBIA Columbia, Pa., Oct. 29. —The col ored population of Columbia gave a royal send-off for the selected colored men of the National Army who left here to-day to join a larger contin gent from the county at Lancaster. The Metropolitan band headed a short street parade before boarding a trolley car for Lancaster. The first call takes six men from Columbia, as follows: Harvey Makel, James Dun can, Elmer Johnson, Bernard John son, George Ryan and Basil Thomp son. OCTOBER 29, 1917. Big Percentage Attendance' at Hummelstown Schools Hummelstown, Pa., Oct. 29.—Dur ing the second month of school, which ended on Thursday, 479 chil dren were enrolled in the various grades with an average attendance of 441. The percentages of attend ance ranged as follows: Eighth grade, Miss Annie Nye, 97 per cent.; seventh grade. Miss Ada Walter, 96 per cent.; sixth grade, Miss Edna Kilmore, 96 per cent.; fifth grade, Miss Annie Cassel, 97 per cent.; fourth grade, Miss Nellie Braseiield, 98 per cent.; parish house, Miss Myrle Garrett, 97 per cent.; third grade, Miss Verna Myers, 93 per i cent.; second grade, Miss Margaret | Cassel, 95 per cent.; first grade. Miss Elizabeth Price, 93 per cent.; High | school, 95 per cent. During the month 24 8 pupils at tended full time, while 186 attended the entire term to date; 64 cases of sickness were reported and twelve visits were recorded. ' ' LANCASTER COUNTY HEATHS' Marietta. Pa.. Oct. 29.—Mrs. Emily Barbon, aged 53, died Saturday night at Mount Nebo. She was a member of the Reformed Church. Three chil dren and a number of brothers and sisters survive. Mrs. Elizabeth K. Picket aged 80, the oldest woman of Orrvllle, died Saturday night. A daughter and sev eral brothers and sisters survive. Mrs. Elizabeth Bangert, aged 76, died at Columbia Saturday from a complication of diseases. Her hus band died but a short time ago. Sev eral children and grandchildren sur vive. TWO GO FROM CARLISLE Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 29.—Two men left here this morning for Camp Meade, making up the county's contingent of colored men. They were John Cuff and Edgar Williams, both of Carlisle. There were three in all to go, but the other, a negro employed at New Cumberland, did not appear and will bo reported to the state authorities. Lancaster County Cabbages Worth as Much as Tobacco Mt. Joy, Pol, Oct. 29.—Winfleld S. Stoner, of Eden township, who was among the very flrst in this section to grow cabbage to any extent, has been shipping: his crop for the last 11 's a fairly large one and of pood quality. He is receiving- S2O a ton for it, which is an advance In price since he first began to raise * rs il F° he sol(t ~ as low cs fS a ton and when it went to $lO it was considered a good price. At pres ent prices an acre of cabbage is about as profitable as an acre of to bacco. It is not as much trouble to raise and the farmer gets his money j out of it much sooner. | RIG CROP OF SWEET POTATOES | Mt. Joy, Pa., Oct 29.—John Zeam er, of New Providence, may well claim the championship as a grower of sweet potatoes. East vear from four hundred plants he grew forty five bushels. This year from about the same number of plants he had almost forty bushels. While there was not as many In the ground as last year they were all of a good size. Theme nre the r§ time* when men WjCf w nut the very \hj le*t mine po lble to fjet In nn /\ lIK derwenr. On* / I Ul\ Qunllty Riven / yT n the nervice. \IL Sky Union [ $1.50 to $9 1 I \ in all the HtyleN I I 1 anil kinilM tli nt If] "re worth havlnx. H \\ 4-2, N. Third '<•4 L\ Open KveninKn I