2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS LATE NEWS FROM THE W.C.T.U.AT ! MECHANICSBURG Cumberland County Institute; Hears Report on National Convention at .Washington Mechaoicsburg. Pa., Dec. 11.—Pe pite *ro weather many enthusiastic | friend* and workers of the Women's j Christian Temperance Union gathered | yesterday in the Methodist Episcopal ' Church to attend the Cumberland j county Institute, of which Mrs. C. E. j Umberger, of Mechanicsburg, Is sit- j perintendent. A conference was held : at the morning session and plans for j future work were discussed. The > speakers were Mrs. Alzuba Jones, of Johnstown, evangelist and lecturer, j and Mrs. J. A. Van Kirk, of Carlisle, j ' '■lSchoes Prom the National Conven- f lion," recently in session at Wash ington, D. C., was given, which in- ; eluded a graphic account of the re- | < eption tendered the delegates by i Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan- | iels, which was attended by almost 1 seventeen hundred women, some of whom stood in line for a period ot j two hours. Among the women in the I receiving line were Mrs. Daniels. | prominent in the work, and Mrs. WiJ- I liam Jennings Bryan, who is one oi : the national superintendents. The j women were enthusiastic in speaking ; of the royal entertainment received t the capital city. Mrs. Baker, wife] of the Secretary of War, sang a solo ' nnd among the visitors to the con- j vention, bringing greetings, was l Herbert Hoover. Greetings from their country to the 1 work brings the rheumatic aches. You i ccn't afford to be laid up. so heed that , f.rst twinge of rheumatism. Use . [ Moan's Liniment. Clean and con venient. no need to rub, no stains, i j r.o clumsy plasters fcnd your pain disappears. Sprains, strains, neurslfis sches tncf stiff. ! •ore muacje are all relieved by the appli catioa of Sloan's Linimaac. Generous size bottles St sll draft-"*. VJC... 50C.. *IOO. 28, 30, 32 N. One of the Most Satisfactory and Appreciative Gifts You Can Give Is A Wm. B. Sch €J It takes the place of a gift article and is good for the amount you designate, at any time the bond is brought here. •J If you have sojne person to whom you wish to give something especially appropriate and useful but do not seem quite able to make up your mind what to give, the Wm. B. Schleisner Bond will admirably take the place of the article—and the recipient may come here and select something from our stocks. * tj Schleisner merchandise is the gift of merit and fashion, and is always ap preciated. ———————— TUESDAY EVENING HARWBBURG Q&feSfcl - DECEMBER ' 1 Widow of Railroad Man < Brings Suit For SIO,OOO Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 11.—"the stand I of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail- j way Company that Raymond Deutrey, j killed in the Ilarrisburg yards on j i ! February 10, 1917, was engaged in 1 interstate commerce and was there- j I; fore not eligible for any death pay- . j ment under the Pennsylvania State Compensation Law. has caused the j 1 filing by attorneys for n>* widow. | Mrs. Florence G. feulrey, a suit.' for *IO.OOO damages. In the statement It is claimed that death was due to negligence on the i part of the en'gineer, who was al leged to have been running his en-'' ginc backward at excessive speed j ' without proper warning. Deutrey i was a repairman and was thirty-five ! years old. His monthly wage was | |7l, according to his wife's state- | . ment. Sho stated that she applied 1 for compensation, but tho corpora- I tion protested on the ground of his j being engaged in interstate work. I j Wedding Journey to State Grange Meeting Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 11. Many] guests were present at the marriage! on Saturday of James Andrew Coyie| and Miss Flora Mains, at the home | of the bride, near Newvllle. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. | Dr. G. M. Reed, of Newvllle. Their! wedding journey w§s a trip to the! meeting of the State Grange at Wil- i lianisport as delegates of the Penn | I Grange. On their return they Willi go to farming in Penn toynsliip. j Plan to Sell $1,000,000 in Savings Certificates Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 11.—The cam-! paign to place $1,000,000 in war sav- [ ings certificates in Cumberland coun- j ty got formally under way last even ing when members of the Public! Safety Committee met with District Attorney Lloyd, special Federal di-; rector, at the Chamber of Commerce I offices here. Plans for the work | were considered aid arrangements! made for the county and subdividing the work among special committees. The personnel of these I will be announced shtjrtly. Dr. Surface Speaks at Carlisle Methodist Church Mechanicsburg, Pa., Dec. 11.— Professor H. A. Surface, former state j zoologist, occupied the pulpit on Sun-j day morning in Allison Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, at Car lisle. A large and interested audi ence was present and heard a splen did discourse on "The Chief Aim in ] Life: Christian Helpfulness." pro fessor and Mrs. Surface were guests on Sunday of the Rev. Dr. J. H. Morgan, president of Dickinson Col lege, and family. Last week Professor Surface was at Scranton, where he was the speak er at a meeting of the Lackawanna Fruit Growers' Association' He was welcomed and greeted by tnany old friends, who entertained him while in the city. BO* FOR DESTROYER CREW Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. lj.—Yes-j" terday the local Red Cross branch! 1 packed a complete box and shipped j < it to Lieutenant Joseph Arnold, son ] 1 of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Arnold, who i * is on the U-boat destroyer L-5. Lieu-' 1 tenant Arnold will distribute thej* goods among the crew of the de- \ ' stroyer. The contents of the box) were as follows: Fifteen sweaters, • twenty helmets, twenty-five pairs of l all-wool stockings and twenty-five! * wristlets, making a total of eighty- j > five articles. ; j i CHRISTMAS Kt'.VU 872,000 ! t Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 11.—Carlisle,' \ where the plan of Christmas savings ! ] club originated, will this year, in j I spite of the fact that war conditions ! i interfered, l>e close to the record in j ] tho amount saved in this way. ! i Checks were mailed to 3,300 persons ; ; from the Carlisle Trust Company to- I ! day. They aggregate $72,000, the i i amount of the fund In this corarau-'i nity and vicinity this year. tl Carlisle Girl Bride of Officer at Camp Hancock Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 11.—Announce ment was made here to-day by rela tives of the marriage at Augusta. Ga„ on Sunday, December 2, of Lieu tenant John H Reilmann, formerly of Company G, F.lghtrt Pennsylvania Infantry, and Miss Marguerite Stev enson. Lieutenant Heilman, who has just been appointed a first lieuten ant in the Oiie Hundred Twelfth United States Infantry, expects or ders to leave for France soon. The wedding was the culmination of a romance begun while the two attend ed school at Brooklyn. Mrs. Heilman is well known is v,Rrlisle and Ilarrisburg, having vis ited here frequently. Lieutenant lleilmann is a graduate of the 'mercial High School and Pratt Insti tute, Brooklyn, coming to Carlisle iibout six years ago to assume a post with the Lindher Shoe Company, ot Which his uncle, John Lindner, is president. He served on the )> ord< ' r in the Pennsylvania National Guard, and was elected second lieutenant of Company G shortly before the mo bilization for the present war. FALLS ON HOT PIPE Marietta, Pa., Dec. 11.— Harvey Penwell, employed at the Marietta Furnace, as the result of an acci dent has been off duty for several days. He was overcome with gas and fell unconscious upon a hot pipe and before he was found had a badly burned arm and side. After receiving treatment in the office he waS taken home. Unique Triple Birthday Celebration Near Newport Newport, Pa., Dec. lI.A triple biii'thday celebration to-morrow at the home of McClellan Lineweaver, near here, the tenth annual celebra tion, is attracting considerable in terest. The principals will be Mrs. Henrietta Potter and Misj Ruth Bar ner and Miss, Naomi Barner, the lat ter twin sisters. Mrs. Potter will observe her nine tieth birthday and the twins will ob serve their fifteenth. The custom was begun in 1908. the girls having been bom in the vicinity of Mrs. Potter's home. In addition to relatives and friends of the celebrants who will be pres ent, five generations of Mrs. Potter's relatives form a group that is at tracting considerable attention. In cluded in this are Mrs. Potter, her daughter, Mrs. Elmira Zang; her granddaughter, Mrs. M. F. Gree; her great-granddaughter, Mrs. Lyie Fiu tie, and her great-great-granddaugh ter, Miss Thelma Flurie. The latter two reside nere and the others. li,ve. a short distance from town. SUCCESSFUL HUNTING TRIP Dauphin, Pa., Dec. 11.—A party of Dauphin hunters returned on Sat urday from a successful trip to the northern part of the state. The party consisted of W." M. Douglas, Roy H. Howing, A. D. Bricker, Roy Wellcer, William Irvin, Jessie SteKl and Thomas Keiter. They secured three deer and one bear. Douglas, Bricker and Irvin each killed a deer and Stahl a black bear. J ' _ y CJ. W. WESTPAIL BURIED Halifax. Pa., Dec. 11.—Funeral services of G. W. Westfall, who died Wednesday, were held Sunday after noon at 2.30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. H. B. Slider, pastor of the Meth odist Episcopal Church. Burial was made in the Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. The Masonic lodge of Mil lersburg and P. O. S. of A. and I. O. O. F. of this place attended the fu neral. • COI.DEST IX TWENTY YEARS Lewistown, Pa.. Dec. 11-—Following a fall of eight Inches of snow on Saturday. Lewlst9wn reside/its awoke yesterday morning to find the cold est weather for December 10 in twenty years past, the temperature ranging from zero to six degrees he low, in the county, Lewistown being four below. No session was held in the new high school building. Winds made many of the rural roads impas sable and no mail was delivered at Milroy. The big game hunters in the Seven Mountains were isolated yes terday. The winds swept the moun tains so hard that few hunters left :heir camps. EVERYBODY RED CROSS MEMBER Big Drive at Mount Union to Enroll Men, Women and Children Mount Union, Pa., Dec. 11.—At a meeting of the Red Cross leaders of Mount Union, L. N. Crum was elect ed chairman of the Christmas mem bership drive. Plans were made to start the work December 17 and the slogan "Every man. woman and child in Mount Union a member of the Red Cross," was adopted and the committee believes the goal can be reached. The membership committee in cludes prominent workers of Mount Union and the various towns in thei southern half of the county among! whom are: J. B. Agner, C. V. Hack man, W. P. Harley, L. K. Chilcote, William Hollenbaugh, F. O. Shoe maker, Mrs. R. M. Longacre, Miss Mary McClain, Mount Union; Mrs. Newland, Mrs. Barnhart, Orbisonia: Mrs. Sommerville, Robertsdalp; J. M. Harper, the Rev. C. Brush, Three Springs; Frank Brewster, Shlrleys burg, and William Robinson, Blair's Mills, The publicity committee, compos ed of C. W. Wike, F. O. Shoemaker, C. C. Smith, J. D. Appleby and C. H. Welch, will begin a big drive to edu cate the people. The Rev. C. W. Todd was elected office manager and R. M. Longacre, treasurer. A special bureau of speakers M(as selected to organize the work in every town and school of the district in charge of the following commit tee: C. V. Hackman, J. B. Agnew, R. C. W. Todd, T. A. Appleby, the Rev. S. S. Cornell, C. B. Ewing, W. P. Harley. I.OSES ARM ISV SHHRDBER Lewlstown, Pa., Dec. 11.—Caught in a whirling cylinder of a corn fodder shredder, Cloyd Swartz, aged 38, of near MeAllisterville, had his left arm mangled and almost torn from-the elbow socket. The man was taken to the nearest doctor and al most bled to death. He has been brought to the Lewistown Hospital for treatment. The arm has been taken oft at the shoulder and it is said he will recover. He is married and the father of a family. 800 TO GET CHECKS Annville, Pa., Dec. A - —Eight hundred Annville people will re ceive savings checks next week when the Peoples Deposit Bank of Annville will send out the savings of a year. The checks range in amounts from $12.50 to over SIOO. Local merchants and banks will be kept busy cashing the checks. In the five years of this savings club's existence it grown from a j3Lgbership of 300 to over 800, and is growing each year.' The 1918 ciub will start on Monday, Decem ber 17. SCHOOL BOARD OFFICERS Annville, Pa,, Dec. 11. —Annville School Board was reorganized by electing these officers: President, H. M., Wagner; secretary, John A. Hower; treasurer Prof. 6. H. Der ickson; vice-president, Z. A. Bow man. The other member of the board as M. A. Mayer. • WEDDING AT WILLOW STREET Marietta, Pa., Dec. 11. —A pretty wedding was solemnized yesterday at Willow Street when Miss Ella Mae Kling, was married to John A. Way whort, of Philadelphia. The bride was an operator for the United Tele phone Company, and the groom is a member of the 109 th Infantry, sta tioned at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Georgia. The attendant was Miss Katharine Snodgrass. SCHOOL, BOARD REORGANIZES Halifax, Pa.. Dec. 11.—At a meet ing of the borough school board last evening, H. L. Fetterhoff and C. E. Rettinger, two newly-elected mem bers, were sworn,in. The board then reorganized by electing E. F. Kop penheffer, president, and H. L. Fet terhoff, vice-president; 11. C. Forney, re-elected to the board, was absent. W. D. Straw Is the retiring member. ADDITIONAL STREET LIGHTS Halifax, Pa., Dec. 11.—Borough Council on Monday evening ordered street lights placed in Second street, between Strawberry alley and Arm strong street, and between Cherry alley and Rice street, both to be eighty-candlepower lights. The one at Sixth street was ordered changed to Fifth street. ENLISTING FOR AVIATION Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 11.—That the booster meeting hold last week in the Y. M. C. A. building for the pur pose of aiding in the recruiting of the Franklin county aviation unit, did some good, is evidenced by the fact that eight young men of Waynesboro and surrounding section voluntarily enlisted last Saturday evening in the unit, which brings its total membership up to forty-three men. NEW BUSINESS BLOCK Mcchanicsburg, Pa., Dec. 11. —Last evening the formal opening of the new restaurant In South Market street was held by the Miss-s But orff and Bowman. The Singer Band was engaged for the occasion, but extreme cold weather changed the plans and they will play another time. Other new business room In this block, recently purchased by Wil liam P. O'Neal, are occupied by Charles L. Wolf, tailor, and the of fice of the Baker Engineering Com pany. The new block is a disfinet addition to the town and increases business facilities. MARTIN-SPENCE WEDDING Marietta. Pa., Dec. 11.—Miss Lueila M. Spence, of Lancaster, was married on Sunday night to Edward I). Martin, of New York city, by the Rev. Dr. C. E. Haupt, In the par sonage of the Grace Lutheran Church, at Lancaster. The attend ants were Miss Gertrude Spence and Harry S. Spence. MRS. ANNA HORST BURIED Annville, Pa„ Dec. 11.—Mrs. An nie Horst, one of the oldest resi dents of this section, "who died at the home of hor son-in-Jaw, Albert Roemig, on the Steinmetz farm, after a short illness of pneumonia, was buried .on Saturday. She was aged 8. r > years, and is survived by three children, Mrs. Clara Roemig and Harvey Horst of Annville and Irwin Hrst, of Carlisle. A number of grandchildren and great grandchil dren also survive. Her husband died in 1888. Two brothers, Curtis Rudy of Annville, and John Rudy, of the | south, and a sister, Mrs. .Maggie [ Binkle, of Harrisburjf, survive Recent Deaths Occurring in Central Pennsylvania Wrightsville—Zachariah G. Short aged 99 years, the oldest man in York county, died at his liome near here yesterday. Htj was seldom ill during his life, and lived to see the United States engage in four wars —and was refused twice from serv ing on account of a bad arm. He was a farmer by trade. Marietta—Benjamin Epps, 67 years old, a railroad coal merchant of AfillersViHe, died Sunday night He is survived by his wife and sev eral children. Marietta—Daniel Cassel, aged 75 (lied Sunday ulght at Cly, nearly opposite here, from tuber culosis. after a long illness. _He was a veteran of the Civil War, and saw hard service. He had no near rela tives. Marietta —Mrs. Margaret Kline, aged 70 years, died at the Colum bia Hospital. She was a native of Marietta, but lived many years at Columbia. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Harry Albright, of New York, and two sons, Bert and Charles Kline. ARMY CHAPLAIN PREACHES Marietta, Pa., Dec. 11.—The Rev. C. S. Kitchin, for a number ot years rector at Mount Joy. preached in Marietta Sunday evening about the soldier's life. He was chaplain at Gettysburg several months, sent by Bishop Darlington. BLAIN A turkey was stolen fcom Henry Fuller, at Savllle, that weighted thir ty pounds. Mrs. Caroline Kistler has returned from a visit to her children at New York City. William Pryor, of Harrisburg, vls l ited his mother, Mrs. Margaret Pl-yor. Joseph Livingston, John Hoover and Elmer Wert, of New Cumber land, were here on a hunting trip, being the guests of C. E. Gutshall. r^r-'i I To insure Victor quality, always look for the famous I E=aT o trademark. "Hi# Master* Voice." It it on all genuine P* products of the Victor Talking Machine Company. g p| Who wouldn't be glad j|[ ■ to 6et aVictrola B p| for Christmas! jj HIH| Surely your family will be de- . I |j '?■ lighted to have the world's greatest § BEllfj artists sing and play for them on g_. • | Christmas morning! And you can L Still! i & A /*\ f\ Victrol* XVII, S2BB Jl I I mi $ £\) to ? 4U U * 325 w gin ; Mctor dealers everywhere. IIH llll| jislc your nearest dealer for demonstration. ||Mi || Victor Supremacy || HEAVY SNOW IN PERRY Blaln, Pa., Dec. 11.—This section has been in the grip of a snow bliz zard since last' Saturday. Ten inches of snow fell on which began to fall in the early morning. Sunday church services were aban doned in a number of the country churches on account of the weather and impassable condition of the roads, and attendance was small in the town churches. Several of the public schools did not open on Mon day owing to ths teachers not be ing able to reach their sehoolhouses. SECRETARY RESIGNS Millerstown, Pa., Dec. 11. —After serving as secretary of the Millers town school board for the past twenty years, H. W. Rhinehart has resigned to position due to the pres sure of his duties as postmaster at Millerstown. W. C. MOora has been elected to succeed him. At a meeting this week James Rounsely was elected president and J. C. Ritzman vice-president. C. T. Taylor was elected treasurer of the board at the June meeting. HALIFAX .Mrs. L M. Bowman and daughter Margaret, of Altpona, were guests , at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. 11. Arnold on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bowman spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Jane Boyvinan, at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Ellas Bair, of Wil mington, Del., spent Sv ndn V I,eFe vis " itlng relatives. Mrs. Samuel J. Baker and son Harry, of Millersburg, spent Sunday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N. A. Steffen. Mrs. W. 11. Aspril. of Birdsboro, is | visiting at the home of her sister, j Mrs. N. E. Nablet. I D..L. Potter and little son, of Lew istown, were week-end guests of his | brother, H. L. Potter, and family. ! llomer T. Stailey, of Harrisburg, 1 speijt Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. 1-1. S. Nohlet. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Bowman, ot Lancaster, are paying a visit tq his father. Cornelius Bowman. $25,000 Endowment For Lebanon Valley College Annville, Pa., Dec. 11. —An en dowment fund of at least $250,000 be raised during the coming year for Lebanon Valley College, ac cording to a decision of tho board of trustees at a special meeting. The exact amount to be raised by sup scription has not been decided, but final arrangements will be made at meeting of representatives of the East Penhsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia confenpnees at Harrisburg on December 2 7.' Congressman A. S. Kreider of this place was elected director of the endowment fund plan. MILLERSTOWN Mrs. J. E. Rounsley was a visitor at Harrisburg on Friday.- Mrs. John Brinton has returned to her home at Harrisburg after vis iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Kipp. The Rev. C. A. Waitman, William Rounsley. W. C. Moore and Lewis Ulsh attended the annual midyear, conference of the Perry County Sun day School Association at Loysville. Miss Ella Tyson is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Mervin Cook, at Harris burg. D. A. Lahr and Jflss Mame Kep ner were recent visitors at Harris burg, A. H. Ulsh was at New Bloom field on Thursday, " At the regular monthly meeting of the school board, James E. Roun sley was re-elected president and J. |C. Ritzman vice-president of the board. W. C. Moore was elected secretary to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of H. W. Rine liart. FLAG FOR 26 SOLDIERS Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 11.—A ser vice flag containing twenty-six stars has been placed in front of the Evan gelical Lutheran Church. It was presented by the members of the Girls' Bible clasf^ CHRISTMAS CHECKS Halifax, Pa.. Dec. 11. —This wek the Halifax National Bank. will dis tribute to the members of their 1917 Christmas Club checks covering the Individual savins during the y®&r. The sum of $4,500 will be sent out. Much of the money will be spent In Halifax, while a good portion will, no doubt, find its way back to the bank in savings. The banks 1918 club will open on Saturday, Decem ber 29. A Simple Way To Remove Dandruff There is one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff at once, and that is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of plain, common liquid arvon from any drug store (this is all you will need), ap ply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the linger tips. By morning, most If not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will com pletely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much%landruK you may have. You will find all itching and dig ging of the scalp will stop instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel a. hundred times better. —Adv. 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