14 E. J. DECEVEE, PROMINENT AS MUSICIAN, DIES Organist at Zion Lutheran Church Long Held High Place in Music Circles I V EDWIN J. DECEVEE Edwin Jacobs Decevee. musician, composer and director of the Har risburg Conservatory of Music died suddenly at his home, 1503 North Second street Sunday morning after a brief illness of bronchial pneu monia. Funeral services will be held at the family residence, Wed nesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock with the Rev. Stewart Winfield Herman, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, and the Rev. Lewis S. Mudge of Pine Street Presbyterian Church officiat ing. The burial will be made in the Harrisburg Cemetery. Pallbearers include Andrew S. Patterson. L. Frank Bass, Horace A. Segelbaum, John P. Keller, Jr., Samuel D. Sansom and Edwin M. Singer. Professor Decevee has been a resi dent of this city since 1897, coming here from Sioux City, lowa, as a teacher of piano and theory in the new Harrisburg Conservatory of Music. Two years later he pur chased the conservatory and has con ducted it ever since with great suc cess. Almost immediately he was elected organist of the historic Zion Lutheran Church, a position he still lield. Announcement of his death was made from the church pulpit at yesterday morning's service and the Rev. Mr. Herman spoke briefly of his work and love of the church people for him as their musical director and a man. The Sunday school exercises were turned into a memorial service for Mr. Decevee and several of his favorite hymns were sung. The vestry appointed a committee including Charles A. Kun kel, M. It, Miller and Rev. S. Win field Herman to draw up reso resolutions and expressions of sym pathy to the family. They will also arrange for a formal memorial serv'ue in Zion Church in charge of the Harrisburg Guild of Organists of which Mr. Decevee was a mem ber and the music will include a number of his compositions. A broad minded, public spirited man, Mr. Decevee was interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the city. As a musician lie was deeply interested in community sing ins: and took great pleasure in con ducting the chorus singing at the municipal Christmas tree for several years. He was accompanist for the Harrisburg Chtoral Society for some time past, and later assistant direc tor. When the Harrisburg Reserves were organized last June, Edwin .T. Dccevee's name was on the list of charter members. He was always to be found at the meetings and strongly showed his patriotic and enthusiastic interest. His is the iirst break in the membership list. I torn in Brooklyn, N. Y„ Sep- I tember 2G, 1803, of staunch Hugue not stock, Edwin Jacobs Decevee, numbered such distinguished per sonages as Touissant Hecevee among his ancesters, and on his mother's side he came thir teenth in line from William Free borne one of the eighteen original settlers of Providence, K. I. As a small boy he studied the piano with his mother, a prominent concert contralto, later becoming a pupil of S. B. Mills the greatest teacher of his day. Three years' study at the University of Leipsic followed, then a year at Dresden with a private tutor, Dreasecke, where he also studied the history of art. Then came two years in Berlin with llob ert Klein and Otto Tiersch, just pre ceding his return to Brooklyn, where he was made organist of the Bed ford Avenue Baptist Church. In charge of the new Conservatory of Music at Sioux City, lowa, and at the same time organist of the First Congregational Church of that city, several years were spent and in 3 897 Mr. Decevee became a resident of lfarrisburg. Ito was married May 9, 1898 to Miss Anna Mary Pat terson, daughter of Attorney John E. Patterson, who with two daughters. Miss Alice Marie Hecevee ind little Sara Jeanette Decevee, his mother, Mrs. Alice K. Decevee, and a brother Samuel Decevee, of Brooklyn, sur vive him. Air. Hecevee was a member of the following societies: The National Guild of Organists, the Harrisburg Organists' Guild; Society of the Huguenots; Odd Fellows. Modern Woodmen of America; lioyal Ar canum, Improved Order of Hepta sophs, Knights of Pythias, Eureka Foresters and the Harrisburg lic serves. . Many friends throughout the city and vicinity to-day arc paying per sonal tributes to him and his life which was marked by a kindness and consideration of all men at all times. NEW BUFFALO _ Nelson Hammakcr serving in the Fyitcd States Army at Camp Meade, lias been transferred to Camp Green, Charlotte. N. C. Karl Farner has gone to Harris burg, where he bus secured employ ment. Mrs. Margaret Wel;mor has re turned to her home lif-e: 1 after visit ing friends at Camp HiK. Mrs. Ella Singer visited friends in Duncannon. McNeil's Cold Tablets.—AUv MONDAY EVENING, HARKISBTTRG t66Bt TELEGRAPH JANUARY 14, 1918. FIGHT TO FINISH DECLARES TAFT Former President and Con gressman Fess Discuss Grav ity of the War Situation "We have got to make up our minds that this is a light to a linish with the Germans. They are afflict ed with ideas of grandeur and obessed with the idea that they are supermen. You can not reason with people like that. You must givfe them an object lesson. It is up to the •American people to administer it and we are going to do it." said for mer President William H. Taft at the conclusion of a remarkable ad dress on the war at the Hall of the Representative.* in the Capitol Sat urday night. Iv was a typical Tuft address, humorous at times, but there was no mistaking the earnest ness of the warninp which the emi nent statesman gave The patriotic meeting was held by the State Society. It was preced ed by a dinner* 1 to Mr. Taft and Congressman Sifheon D. Fess, of Ohio, who followed Mr. Taft in the speaking list, at the Executive Man sion. So many people had gathered at the State House that when Gov ernor and Mrs. Brumbaugh and their party arrived that two meetings had to be organized, one in the Senate chamber and the other in the hall of the Representatives. State Li brarian Thomas Lynch Montgomery, president of the State Society, in troduced the Governor as chairman and the Governor presented Mr. T " * aft in a manner that met the ap proval of the audience, which ap plauded long and vigorously. Community singing Prior to the meeting there was community singing with many pa triotic songs, Crystal Brown, of Hamilton, Ont., a noted singer, lead ing. Mr. Brown formerly sang in Central Presbyterian Church, Erie, and is now at Paterson. He certain ly speeded up that audience and hau them singing patriotic songs with fervor. The men's quartet, a new Capitol organization, sang several Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart United States Government War ife Will Your New Overcoat Savings Stamps and Certificates JSP- n , 1 r/ rn 0 On Sale at the Post Office Branch in the StoreZ6ro Test. Let each one of your children carry the Torch of Liberty by starting a sav- Most any Overcoat will keep you warm enough ings account for them with the United Stateg Government. You can buy for each in moderate Weather. But When the SnOW and. ice one of your children, without in the least feeling a drain on your resources, a drive in your face and the mercury tries to hide in Thrift stamp or a War Savings Certificate. the bottom of the tube, then you will need one of But what is the difference between a Thrift Stamp and a War Savings Certificate Stamp? theSe thick Warm Wmd~prOOf StOrm CoatS The 25c Thrift Stamp is issued to help you to save and exchange for a $5.00 War Savings v , n „ , .IT . 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Special at . . 7ft* Baker s Sweet Chocolate, cake, ana wmic, green ana wniic, special Fine quality percale shirts of liberal cut and careful fash ' - Mc " 8 Btore " Men'* khaki leather palm gloves #1.35 ironing; laundered or soft fold cuffs; fast colors; sizes 13 Airo a new cereal food, pack- UTT- t i t~ i l "r I Men's lined tan kid gloves *... $1.25, $1.50 to #3.35 to 18. Special values at Burnhains'Clams No 3 i 19° 111-JrrGSS rv6Cl rvUDUGr ijOOtS Men's lined suede gloves in tan and grey #3.00 V G ° od S < h i r { v ? laes For Boys ' Moulded Like Auto Tires eg lgce pcrca csin s with separate soft collar. Special, Snyder s oyster cocktaii sauce. Made by the Goodrich Rubber Company, of the toughest mackinaw cloth back ; clastic and military strap wrist, #1.05 White negligee shirts in hand style or with attached collar'; 'Trf'.!?.?. ' £ mold's otc'sEpiccc" boot o '' WMCh , pa ' m a "' o * n " l drivi " S BIoVCS wilh ,vo ' J°' h 69c, SI.OO and #1.15 Yellow split peas, ib 15c Men's Storm Kinsr buckle boots above knee back and military strap wrisf #3.50 Silk stripe shirts with soft (old enffs ... $2.00 and SKa.IW to g£' b " M ' bOO,S abOVe kn " Hoys' Jersey gloves, in grey and tan 30 1 B * r —"" D,v " s ' "Kmrat Sl0 ™"' 8ovi-;„v,; •• * ' (M> D „... P... w „. * times and the evening closed with "movies" showing the Governor's party at Camp Lee, .where there are 20,000 Pennsylvanians. Mr. Taft reviewed the causes of the war and Mr. Fess, who com piled the documents relative to tha entrance o£ America into the strug gle, told in simple, but rather start ling wav the incidents that led the United States into the conflict. Mr. Taft repeated hi? address in the Sen ate chamber and Mr. Fess also spoke twice. The former President said that the war was a righteous one and that when it came down to standing be hind the President the United States was as one man. He ridiculed the German attempts to evade Interna tional law and denounced them for ruthless disregard of their plighted faith, urging that when the whis perers and doubters come around that they should be chased away. A good part of Mr. Taft's address was devoted to scourgihg the rumor mongers and the circulators of sin ister thoughts, and he closed that part of his address by saying that men who blow up munitions plants or put glass in provisions for sol diers should be hanged. Mr/ Fess' address showed plainly what Germany had been aiming at for years and the evidence he pre sented was convincing. America, he said, must win the war. Russia is out of it and the Japanese will not give much aid. Indeed, he inti mated that the Japanese might de velop into an enemy at some future time. Camp Dix Quarantined; 60 Cases of Measles Camp Dix, N. J„ Jan. 14.—Sixty cases of measles have broken out among the soldiers, and the medical staff decided to quarantine the camp at once. All the cases are light, and meas ures have been taken to isolate every man who has come in contact with any one who has the disease. Men will not be permitted to visit each other's barracks, and the medical corps has divided the entire number of barracks among themselves for constant watching:. Visitors will not be permitted in the camp and no passes will be given to the men to go outside the camp. Not a case of pneumonia has devel oped among the men suffering from measles. Letter List LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN the Post Office, at Harrisburg, Pa., for the week ending January 12, 1918: j Women's List Mrs. Benjamin M. Barley, Cora Bechtel, Katharine Bidanian, Charliotte Bocklns, Mrs. William Boyer, Mrs. Wm. Buckley, Mrs. Helen Chenoweth. Mrs. Jane Conly (2), Carrie Cook. Miss F. C. Day. Mrs. Bettie Durall, Ruth Fas nacht, Mrs. D. E. Floyd, Mrs. Bessie Fry, Florence Fulweiler, Flora Gal braith, Mrs. Ella Gilbert, Mrs. .las. 11. Graham (2). Frances C. Y. llaisen. Mrs. Samuel C. Hayes, Mrs. Calvin Hoffer, E. Pearl Johnston, Mrs. Jen nie L. Kitchen, Mrs. F. R. Koons, Pearl Lenker, Carrie Lee Louis, Mrs. Mattie Luckey, Frances Luckenbaugh, Mrs. F. L Lunard, Catherine Lytle, Virginia Lytle, Pearl Mars. Mrs. M. A. Mentz, Mrs. Geo. Millie, Mary Noll, Mrs. Eliz L, Parke, Mrs. F. G. Peifer, Mrs. Mary Penner, Florence Polk, Mrs. H. F. Sanders, Mrs. Wm. Shaffer, Janie Short, Emma Spence. Mrs. Ren Walmer, Mrs. Pearl Wholen, Mrs. S. O. Williams, Missouri Wilson. Men's List H. Albright, Jno. L. Anderson. John E. Baker. Mrs. H. B. Barshinger, W. H. Baxter. Daniel lieckley, Henry Bell, W. J. Benedict, C. W. Bodine, Richard Bothwell, J. F. Brown, I. N. Buckwalter, G. Chalport. E. B. Clark, J. C. Coburn, Ennllo Daunecio, M. J. Davis, William Eaitey, Geo. J. F. Falkenstein, August Fires, Wm. S. Flesher, Arthur Freeman, John H. Gant, Frank Gottschall, Cloyd Hale, Abe Harris, Stewart Har mon, Rev. St. Clare llathway, Hugh Hazard. John Henry. Jr., Eli Herran, Walter S. Hertzog, John B. Hirnisey, David Hoerner, Harrison Hoover, Will D. Kelly, J. L King, Jas. E. Lusher, Norton Lichtenwalner, v Paul Lugo, Dr. John Macdonald, Frank Martain, H. S. Marshall, I. W. Meyerburg, Russell Moyer, A. C. Ober, Thomas Owens, Jean F. Prentiss, P. W. Peterson. John Robinson. Max Sauseman, J. S. Schafer, Emil Schwab, A. J. Shaffer. J. E. Shoemaker. Dr. J. Wesley Smith. John J. Smith, Harry Spoonhour, Fred Sprout, M. 11. Tilgham, Annie Trim mer, L L Truitt, Albert L Vaughn, J. J. Walker, Callap Waller, F. D. Yoder, J. A. Zimmerman. Foreign F. Evegue Mous, Fred Kilmer, Pearl Louder, Mrs. Will Pow ers, Maria Sebbia, Alfonzo Scioraeffo, fu Giuseppa. Firms J. S. Denton & Son, Hy gienic P.emedies Co., Keystone Trans fer Co., Keystone Grange Exchange. National Service Cbrp., C. T. Willigan & Co. Persons should invariably have their* mail matter addressed to their 'street and number, thereby insuring prompt delivery by the carriers. FRANK C. SITES, Postmaster. ALL CAMP HILL ! TO AID RED CROSS: Emergency Aid Committee Gets Backing at Com munity Meeting The women of the Camp Hill Civic Club Emergency Aid Committee, who have been doing wonders in supplying soldiers with home com forts since last March, in a most enthusiastic meeting yesterday at the Camp Hill Methodist Church an nounced a new policy of calling on the entire population for help. Hith erto the Industry has been support ed entirely by private contribution. The "community meeting" veil advertised and resulted in over two hundred women responding in spite of tfie weather and walking. Lindley S. Dennis acted a chairman and in addition to his stirring talk three other men addressed the gath ering, Willard B. King, Carl K. Deen and Robert Cahill. The facts of what the Camp Hill women liavo done quite surprised many who were not aware of the uncommon out put. So far this emergency aid committee, which co-operates with the state organization, has made and shipped to France 7,025 surgical dressings; knitted and sent 130 sleeveless sweaters for boys in serv ice from the West Shore towns; knitted forty helmets; forwarded forty feather pillows; forty-two cot ton pillows; 170 pillow slips; sent dozens of cases of clothing to France, Belgium and Rumania. Under the organization of Mrs. Carl Deen, chairman, and Mrs. Hard ing, president of the Civic Club and Mrs. Seigmurtd, secretary, a genuine campaign will now be started to can \ass the whole town and'get every body interested. The women are backed substantially by the men of Camp Hill who have formed a com mittee which will see that the drive does not want for funds. Use McNeil's Pain Exterminator—Ad J. R. Missimer, Weil-Known Mount Joy Editor, Dies Mount Joy, Pa., Jan. 14. John R. Missemer, editor and publisher of the Mount Joy Star and News, died on Friday evening at 7 o'clock. He was born March 24, 1861, on a farm along the Chicjuetf Creek in Mount Joy township, and was a son of George and Elizabeth Missemer. Mr. Missimer spent the Ilrst twen- ; ty-live years of his life on ttie larm where he was born. There he re ceived the education which the country schools afforded at that time. At the ago of. seventeen ha was granted a teacher's certificate by the county superintendent and ho taught school in his native township three terms. When he was twenty two years of age he was elected a justice of the peace for five years, at the expiration of which he was elected for a secopd term. During that time he carried on an extensive business as a surveyor. In 1876 Mr. Missemer engaged in the newspaper and printing business which he had followed ever since. At that time he established the Mil tton Grove News and two years later purchased the Mount Joy Star and consolidated the two newspapers un der the title of the Mount Joy Star and News, which paper he published for ten years. Mr. Missemer con ducted a newspaper syndicate for a number of years, during which time he edited and published the Florin Independent, the , ISalnbridge Ban ner, Sporting Hill Messenger, Sal unga Sittings and the Landlsville Vigil. In 1883 he purchased the Steelton Advocate which he publish ed for fifteen years, residing at Steelton during the greater part of that time. In 1893 Mr. Missemer again pur chased the Mount Joy Star and News, which he had sold six y?ars before. In 1903 he removed from Steelton to Mount Joy, but continued to publish I the Advocate until seven years ago, when he sold it. About the same time he resumed the publication of the Landisville Vigil, which had not been issued for some time, and has been published ever oin'.'c. In 19 lie purchased th° Florin News from L. F. Sheetz, which It* is also ptib !Hhir< at the prc.viit timi l' n s now publishing and editing three weekly papers the Mount Joy Star and News, the Landisviile Viyil and the Florin News. Mr. Missemer is survived by five sons, George, of Shangb-.1, Chins; .iarliehl of Ccston. .Mass.; John, of Hugo, Colo., and "Jeriiainin and -Id gar, of Harrisba.Y: *,IIM) two daugh ters, Mrs. Harry Knouse, of Pax tang and Bertha, of Mount Joy. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock jit the house. Burial In the Mornt Tunnel cemetery at Elizabethtown. Fighters Live Clean Lives in U. S. Camps, Chaplain , Tells His Congregation Tribute was paid to the morals and religion of the men with whom he had been in close contact with six months by Capt. G. S. Rentz, at Market Square Presbyterian Church last night. Captain Rentz, assistant pastor of the chusch, was on duty at Paris Island, n*ear the coast of South Carolina. He gave many cases of men who had come to him for advice and counsel, showing how happy the men were to have places to go. He cited an Army officer as saying "The man who knocks the Y. M. C. A.' doesn't know anything about It. or he is a fool.'" He gave praise to the work of the Y. M. C. A. and tore away the old belief that morals in the Army are lax. He said that, men with good morals maintain them in the Army, and men with looso morals are often bettered by the life about them. At various churches in the city, evangelistic campaigns have been opened. At Stevens Memorial Metho dist Church, Thirteenth and Vernon streets, "The Win One League" cam paign is in full swing. Yesterday's meetings were largely attended. Union evangelistic services were con ducted at Zion Baptist Church by the Rev. Walker Tolllver. This is a union campaign of the colored churches of the city, various min isters occupying the pulpit on each night of the campaign. At the Park Street Evangelical Church, revival services were opened by the pastor, the Rev. A. E. Hangen. These serv ices will be continued for a month. j At Camp Hill union services were j held because of the coal short- i age. The services will be continued j throughout tho winter in the Camp Hill Methodist Church. 41 Cargo Ships Ready For U. S. in Two Months Washington, Jan. 14.—Eighteen ships, commandeered on the ways by the Shipping Board, will bo com pleted this month and twenty-three vessels will bo ready for service i u I'"ebruary, according to announce ment by E. N. Hurley, chairman c/ the Shipping Board. These ships were under construo lion for private owners when taktMK over by the Shipping Board. Th* ships to be ready for service before the end of January, according to ATp- Hurley, will have an aggregate dead-weight tonnago of 145,091 am' those during February of 182,061 dead-weight tons, a total for the two months of forty-one ships of 327,152 dead-weight tons. 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