2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS WOULD RESTORE OLD PA. CANAL Proposition to Call Meeting of Old Boatmen to Consider Petitioning Legislature Newport, Pa., Feb. 20.—Plans are now being discussed for the rebuild ing of the old Pennsylvania canal, which can easily be made one of the largest waterways in the United •States. Edwin E. Charles, of Selins srove, proposes a meeting of the "Old Boatmen of Central Pennsylva nia,' to be held soon at Sunbury. Mr. Charles says: "Boatmen in the old days hauled < oai by the circuitous route of over seventy miles from Nanticoke to .\ew York City, at 88 cents a top. and made money. "Even in the old days of cheap I transportation, the boatmen made some money. A pair of boats could | haul 250 tons of coal on a trip and i Combing Won't Rid Hair Of Dandruff j 1 The only sure way to get rid of j dandruff is to dissolve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get! about four ounces of ordinary liquid i arvon; apply it at night when retir- i ing; use enough to moisten the scalp i and rub it in gently with the finger j tlpH. Do this to-night, and by morning, j most, if not all, of your dandruff will : l-e gone, and three or four more ap-: plications will completely dissolve, and entirely destroy every single; : ign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that all itching! and digging of the scalp will stop atj once, and your hair will be fluffy. I lustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and; look and feel a hundred times better. You can get liquid arvon at any drug store. It is inexpensive and | never fails to do the work. Vinol The Well-known Cod Liver and Iron Tonic, Without Oil TOMAKETHEM STRONG Over-worked Men, whose vitality becomes impaired by long hours of arduous labors, need just such a vitalizing, blood-making and strengthening tonic as Vinol is proved to be by its published formula. There is no other medicine that builds up health, strength and vitality so surely. HERE IS PROOF "1 was all'fagged out,'run down, no appetite, ner vous, sleepless nights, and drowsy during the day, and was not fit to work. A friend told me to take Vinol. I did so, and can now eat three square meals a day. I sleep well, am alert, active, strong and well, and have gained eleven pounds," —A. W. Higby, Sheboygan, Wis. WE WILL RETURN YOUR MONEY if Vinol fails to benefit you. George A. Oorgas, Druggist: Kennedy's Medi cine Store, 321 Market St.; C. F. Kramer. Third nnd Broad Sts.; KitzmiUer's Pharmacy, 1325 Derry St., Harrisburg, and all leading Drug Stores Everywhere. Brown & Co. KStf" FEBRUARY FURNITURE SALE Food Will Win the War—Don't Waste It Why not also do some other things which will help to conserve your own v financial resources. '1 here is a chance to do this in taking advantage of the bargains in our Feb ruary Furniture Sale. Ihroughout our entire store honest reductions are in effect, which places our stock of Furniture before the people this month at prices that positively cannot be duplicated for years to come. It will pay you to anticipate your NEEDS and purchase your Spring Furniture this month. The Big Up-Town Home Furnishers TUESDAY EVENING, , HAHRISBURG TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 26, 1918 return empty. It took a month to make a trip and about eight trips to a season. The owner of a boat clear ed SI,OOO to $2,000 In eight months time. This was considered very good pay at that time, when the purchas ing power of a dollar was three times , what it is now. "The project of opening the canal has been suggested on account of j the congested railroad conditions, 1 and the inability to secure a suffl i cient amount of coal and other ne cessities." ICE TAKES BRIDGES Lewistown, Pa., Feb. '26. —Two j bridges over Penn's creek, in Snyder county have been swept away by ice gorges. The 150-foot bridge at Kratz erville, was completely demolished under pressure of ice and water and the bridge at Monroe Mills, was forced from its foundation and car ried down stream intact until it land ed against the trolley bridge, near Selinsgrove, when it went to pieces. The lowlands in many places were flooded and cattle had to bo moved to higher ground. There is danger that the great power dam across [ .Middle creek ,near Selinsgrove, may give way. ! MBS. I). I). COURTNEY BURIED Elizabethtown, Pa., Feb. 26.—Mrs. Courtney, who died at the home of her sister, Mrs. George Miles, at Harrisburg, was the widow of the late D. D. Courtney, of Elizabeth town. who served two terms as a member of the Legislature from the Third district of Lancaster county. She was 75 years old and was a native of Elizabethtown*. Two sons, Robert, of Elizabethtown; Charles, of Reading, and one sister, Mrs. Miles, of Harrisburg, survive. She was a member of the Church of God, where funeral services were theld this afternoon at 2 o'clock. The Rev. H. F. Hoover officiated. Burial was made at Mount Tunnel Ceme -1 tery. BOY IN IRELAND Annville, Pu., Feb. 26.—Frank Attinger, formerly of Lebanon Val ley College, who is at Winchester, Ireland, with the American expe ditionary forces, writes that the country is very beautiful and every thing is interesting. He says that the thing that impressed him most was the railroads, which look like miniature railroads which can be found in our parks. Patriotic Wiconisco Woman | Gives Field Glasses to Army I i ' ' . - MRS. L. K. DEIFFENDERFER Lykens, Pa., Feb. 2 6.—Recently H. E. Buffington, of Lykens, sent out an appeal for the patriotic peo ple of Upper Dauphin county to give field glasses, opera glasses and tele scopes for the use of the Signal Corps of the United States Army. The first to respond to the appeal was Mrs. L. K. Delffenderfer, of Wiconisco, who cheerfully gave a fine pair of opera glasses with the promise that her husband would also give a largo pair of field glasses. MARTHA WASHINGTON TEA Millerstown, Pa., Feb. 26. —A Martha Washington tea was given by Mrs. O. O. Wagner at her home Thursday evening at which four classes of the Presbyterian Sunday school were very enjoyably enter tained. Mrs. C. C. Pago gave a Washing ton Birthday party at her home Fri day evening to a number of friends. The evening was spent in knitting, hewing and playing games. FOOD CONSERVATION MEETING Blain, Pa., Feb. 26.—A meeting will be held in the town hall on Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock un der the auspices of the committee on food conservation called by Food Administrator William Dorwart, of Newport. BIRTHDAY SCR PRISE PARTY Millerstown, Pa., Feb. 26.—A birthday surprise party was given I Morton Page by his wife on Sat -1 urday evening. Games were the en tertainments of the evening, after which refreshments were served to:, Mr. and Mrs. Luken, Mrs. Banks Page, Mrs. John Hetrich, Mr. and Mrs. Sellers Nipple and son. Burns; Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beacham, Mrs. Hulda Knight, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Page, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker, Mr. and Mrs. T. V. DlfCendafer, Misses Mame Kepner, Edith Rouns ley, Kathryn Rickabaugh, Eliza beth Walker and D. A. Lahr and D. Gilbert Rickabaugh. MRS. ANNA MARTIN DIES Elizabethtown, Pa., Feb. 26.-—Mrs. Anna Martin, widow Of Bishop Mar-; tin, of the Brethren in Christ Qhurch, of Elizabethtown, died yesterday, aged 75 years. She is survived by eight children and a number of grandchildren. News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania Mount Cnrmcl.—E. J. Hilson, who was among the first caught in the army draft here, and assigned to Camp Meade, has been appointed an interpreter for headquarters in France, and will sail in a short time. Shamokin. —Included in a list of twenty-nine to leave to-morrow to complete Shamokin's quota In the National Army, at Camp Meade, Is Councilman John Boback. Shenandoah.—Nineteen young men who left this city this morning for Camp Meade were given an enthusi astic sendoff by townspeople. Slienaiuloah. William Kuzma, aged 48, a well-known merchant, while assisting his neighbor to hitch up a team of horses, was kicked on the head by one of the animals, fracturing his skull. His condition is critical. Reading. —Arthur C. Seiders, 27, fell from a moving coal train while picking coal on the Belt Line of [the Philadelphia and Reading yes terday and was so badly mangled that he died an hour later at the ! Homeopathic Hospital. Both legs | and his left arm were cut off. Huzleton. Mayor Heidenreieli [ yesterday continued his crusade against gambling by causing the ar rest of Joseph Petruzz and eighteen men in his poolroom, about which numerous complaints had been re reived. The proprietor was fined sls and the others $5 each. Sliatnokln. —Robert Gable, 68, died at the Shamokin State Hospital from exhaustion, following the loss of his right foot in a corn sheller at tho Hex Milling Company plant, where he had been employed but two days. Lebanon.—Theodore P. Frantz, the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity and volunteer fireman in Pennsylvania, yesterday celebrated his 00th birthday anniversary at hia home here. CENTRAL PENNA. PERSONALS ANNVILLE Mrs. H. H. Harkins, of Lebanon, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Light. Sergeant George DeLong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank DeLong, who was with the Regular Army at the Mexican border last year and later with Company E, 358 th Infantry at Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, is, now in the training camp for com missioned officers near the latter place. Joseph Hollinger, son of the Rev. Henry Hollinger, of South Annville township, a graduate of Lebanon Valley College, and later a teacher In the Lobanon High school, Is in the officers' training camp at Camp Meade, Md. Mrs. Albert Barnhajjt, formerly of Harrisburg, was elected to teach the eighth grade, succeeding Brandt Ehrhardt, who was sent to Camp Meacle, Md. Fruit farmers In this sedtion ex press a fear that the low tempera ture of the winter has frozen the peach buds. . The United Brethren, Sunday school is. preparing for five great Sundays from February 24 to March 24, during which the attention of the school will be called to the work of the Foreign Missionary Society. Paul Wagner, of Hershey, resign ed as principal of the Academy, hav ing enlisted in the Army. He left late in the week for Omaha, Neb. The girls of the sewing class of the Conservatory of Music were en tertained with a luncheon by one ol the members, Miss Arabelle Batdorf, of Annville, at her home on Wednes day noon. Those present were: Misses Miriam Oyer, Irma Rhoades, Jane Lindsay, Sarah Wengert and Marie Richwine. FI/OKIN Harry Stutzman and family, of Palmyra, were guests of Ephraim ■ Hertzler on Sunday. Emanuel Young and his son, Har ry Young, visited the latter's brother at York on Saturday. Leo Smith, of Philadelphia, was the guest of his mother, Sirs. Albert Fike, here. Mr. and Mrs. David Gockley, of i New Holland and Mr. and Mrs. How ard Romig and daughter Mildred, of Hershey, were the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. O. G. Romig at the United Brethren parsonage on Sun day. Professor John Hambright, of Burgenlield, N. J., visited his inotheV, Mrs. Fannie Hambright. on Sunday. On Monday morning he left for Atlantic City to attend a teachers' convention. Mrs. Henry Wittel has returned after spending two weeks at New York city, the guest of her daugh ter. Oscar Young, of Lancaster, was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Young, on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stelgerwald, of Paoli, visited Mr and Mrs. George Geyer. Miss Florence Romig, of Hershey, spent two days at the United Breth ren parsonage the guest of her par ents, the Rev. an* 1 ,f rs. 0. G. Romig. MILLKi.tOWV A party was held at the home of Morton Page on Saturday evening in honor of his birthday. James Ulsh spent Saturday at Harrisburg'. lie wIU leave on Tues day for Camp Meade, Md., with the Perry county men, to till the quota for the first draft. Emory Fry is visiting friends at Newark, N. J. A special patriotic service -was held in the Methodist Church on Sunday evening by the Epworth League. James Rounsley was leader and the subject was "Our. Duties ys Americans." Addresses were made by James Rounsley and J. S. Eby, of Newport. The Epworth League choir furnished the music. The Millerstown Fire Company held a banquet in their. rooms on Friday evening. Addresses were made by James Rounsley and the Rev. C. F. Himes. V. B. Fabb was a recent visitor at Harrisburg. J. E. Rounsley attended the an nual convention of Group Five of the Bankers Association at Harrisburg on I'Viday. Mrs. Huldah Knight, of Duncan non, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Page. Miss Sarah Rlckabaugh has gone to Pittsburgh to visit her sister, Mrs. | Y. P. Cochran. Miss Anna Menghes, of Harris-, burg, spent Sunday with her parents, j Mr. and Mrs. Edward Menghes. BLAIN J. C. Gutshal has been appointed I food administrator for this section. Guy Slianafelscr is home from Camp Meade, .Md., on a short fur lough to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shanafelser. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Anderson, of Ohio, Is here on a visit with Perr county friends. C. W. Woods was home from Lan caster county over Sunday. He is operating a steam sawmill near Florin. Mrs. Mary Bender visited her daughter, Mrs. Frank Kellar, at Sa vllle, on Sunday. Miss Margaret E. Riegal, supervi sor of the home making department of the Blatn vocational school, is being visited by her mother from New Cumberland, NEWPORT Mrs. Elizabeth Stlne, of Blxler, Is being entertained here by her sister, Mrs. Samuel P. Bixler. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wilson and baby son. Joseph, of Lewlstown, are vis iting relatives here. Miss Margaret Gantt spent the weekend with Miss Carol Kerschner at the Bethany Orphans' Home at Womelsdorf. Cashier J. E. Wilson and Dr. J. H. McCutloch, president of the First Na- j tlona Bank, attended a meeting of ; the Pennsylvania Bankers' Associa- I tlon at Harrisburg on Friday. Charles Bosserman, of Chestertown, Md., visited his uncle, W. R. Bosser man. Mrs. William Wertz is visiting at Harrisburg. DAVID M. KYEK DIES Marietta, Pa., Feb. 2 6. —David M. Eyer, of East Donegal township, near Marietta, one of the best known and oldest residents of that community, died on Monday morning, after an illness extending over several months. He was born In Lebanon county,* September 7, 1830 and was In his 88th year. Mr. Eyer was elected a director in the First National bank of Marietta, In 1880, and In 1899 was chosen its president, which office he held at the time of his death. He was treasurer of the East Donegal Cemetery Com-' pany from the time of organization in 1873, and for twelve years was director of the Marietta and May town Turnpike Company. He served as its pV.b.'dent for five years. He was a ri) .mber of tho River Brethren Church He Is survived by his sec ond wife and one daughter, Mrs. Amofc Shank, of Rowenna. HALIFAX John W. Fetterlioff, of Lucknow. spent- Sunday visiting his mother, Mrs. Abram Fetterhoff, at her home in Halifax township. Joshua Albright, a sailor in the United States Navy, spent Sunday at his parental home in Fifth street. lidward Acker and Luther Louder milk were home from Steelton over Sunday. N. A. Steffen spent Sunday vislt ijig liia parents at Herndon. Miss Helen Westfall, of Harris burg, Is visitjng- her mother, Mrs. G. W. Westfall. Mrs. C. F. Still and son. Edward, have returned to their home at Hum melstown after a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. J. Jury. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Miller, of Mil lersblng, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. David Miller. Miss Anna Biever, of Palmyra, j spent Sunday at the liome of her mother, Mrs. James Biever. Mrs. Thomas Smith and two chil dren. of Dalmatia, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Liddiuk In Market street. Mr. and Mrs. George Schroyer, of Palmyra, were guests at Uie home of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Schroyer on Saturday and Sunday. . Chester Lebo. of Camp Hancock, Augusta, fla., spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lebo, in Halifax township. C. A. Cratzer, of Atlantic City, spent Sunday at the home of liis father, John Cratzer. • John Beitzel, of Carlisle, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Beitzel. C. W. Weaver was a visitor to his former home at Klizabethvllle on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Alleman spent Sunday visiting friends at Liverpool. Mr. and Mrs. Jamos M. Chubb and children, of Millorsburg, visited town friends Sunday evening. The Christian Endeavor Society of the United Brethren Church held a social Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Susan Albright in Fifth street. LIVERPOOL Miss Margaret Gibson, of Sher mansdale, spent the weekend here with Miss Kllle M. Giest. Warren Stailcy was in Mlllerstown on Saturday, Miss Hazel Sliuler spent Saturday in Harrisburg. William Hoons, of Carlisle, was a Sunday visitor at the home of Ed ward Shuler. Elmira Glest, who teaches near Marysville, spent the weekend at her home here. J. D. Snyder spent Thursday at Duncannon. G. Cary Thorp was a recent visitor in Ilarrisblirg. Maurice Shuler, game warden of Perry county, made a trip to New Bloomfield on Friday. Mrs. Rebecca Romig, who sfcent the winter with her daughters at York and in Hunter's Valley, has returned to her home here. J. L. Snyder spent the weekend at Bloomsburg. Harry Morris, employed in Harris burg, spent the weekend here with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. G. Mor ris. , Ht MNEI. STO \\ V • Miss Minnie Haehnlen has returned from Carlisle, where she had spent the past week with friends. Mrs. Mary Bolton is recovering from a serious illness with which she was attacked on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Landis and daughter, Mary Esther, of Harris burg, spent Sunday with Mr. and i Mrs. Alfred Landis. David Cassel and daughter, Ger trude, spent Sunday afternoon at Harrisburg. Miss Mary Ream returned Tuesday from Harrisburg, where she under went an operation in the Harrisburg Hospital for appendichis. ; Alfred Sutcliffe spent Sunday aft ernoon at Harrisburg. H4s son, Thomas Sutcliffe, who has been in the Harrisburg Hospital since Janu ary 24, is expected to return home to-morrow. Miss Helen Moyer, of Reading, Is the guest of Miss Minnie Basom. ( The Rev. and Mrs. Arthur King i visited Mrs. King's parents in Myers- I town the past week. ] Miss Frances Lundy, of Greenpolnt Hospital, Long Island!, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Lundy. Charles Bvehni and John Hetrick j have been called as jurors for the ' next term of courtt Postmaster and. Mrs. J. Landis Strickler and daughters, Marta Eliz abeth and Lois, spent Sunday at Old Orchard, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lieman Miller. Miss Edna Kilmore spent the week end with Dr. and Mrs. it. W. Line baugh at New Cumberland. Mrs. D. W. Cassel spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Mary Cassel at Pleasant View farm. Miss Beatrice Zeiters is able - to get about the house on crutches now, al though her foot Is still in a cast from the sleighing accident of Jan uary 24. „ . . Superintendent George /erfoss, of the Clearfield schools, spent Monday with his bro.ther, Samuel Zerfoss, and family en route to Philadelphia. Miss Werna Myers spent Sunday at Newport, visiting her parents. Mrs. Edward Hammers, of Minfcrs vllle, spent Sunday with her par ents, Dr. and Mrs. IT. R. Schaeffer. 1 HIGH HEELS PUT I CORNS ON TOES j f Tails women how to dry up a I corn so It lifts out t without pain. I t iwouern nign-heeied footwear buckles the toes and produces corns, and many of the thousands of hos pital cases of infection and lockjaw are the result of woman's suicidal habit of trying to cut away the£e painful pests. For little cost there caw' be ob tained at any pharmacy a quarter of an ounce of a drug called freezone, which Is sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus without the slightest danger or in convenience. A few drops of freezone applied directly upon the tender, aching corn stops the soreness and shortly the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. It Is a sticky substande, which dries the moment it is ap plied, and thousands o& men and ; women use it because the corn j shrivels up and comes out without inflaming or even irritating the sur- ] rounding t)ssue or skin. Cut this I out and try it if your corns bother j you. i Liverpool M. E. Sunday School Elects Officers Liverpool, Pa., Feb. 26.—Officers for 1918-1919 were elected .by the Methodist Sunday school at their special meeting on Sunday, as fol lows: Superintendent, S. Maurice Shuler; assistant superintendent, Mrs. H. E. Rltter; lady superintend ent, Ms. John Hamilton; secretary. Miss Puera B. Robison; assistant secretary. Hazel Bair; treasurer, W. W. Holman; librarians, Alvin Wil liamson and Roy Kink; assistant li brarians, Blanche Snyder and Julia Albright; organist, Cordelia Hamil ton; assistant organists, Susan Rit ter and Julia Albright; chorister, George Y. Miller; missionary super intendent, Mrs. Sara R. Ritter; mis sionary treasurer, M. H. Grubb; missionary secretary, Puera B. Robi son; temperance superintendent, Mrs. T. J. Williamson; home depart ment superintendent, Hazel Bair; cradle roll superintendent, Mrs. H. B. Ulsh. HURT BY BIj.VST Marietta, Pa., Feb. 26.—Frank Price, employed at the Mason mines, was badly injured when a largo rock, following a blast, fell upon him. His left leg was broken and he was in jured internally. He was taken to the Lancaster General Hospital. Helmar—always true to its Colors. If §| "l-S What Colors? |f Best Turkish Tobaccos, Put to -1 gether right. 44 Unvarying quality. Ever increasing J | sales. • ; Greater value than most higher- JJ priced cigarettes. • ,§ IT ; Swear by them? You bet! [COMMITTEE MEETING CALLED ] Liverpool, Feb. 26.—Miss Puera !: B. Robison, correspondent secretary i of the Perry County Sabbath School • Association, has issued a call for a special meeting of the executive committee at Duncannon on Sunday ' afternoon, March 10. in the Meth- ' i rdist Episcopal Sunday school room. 1 | Definite plans and a tentative pro j gram for Perry county's- Sunday I'• school jubilee convention, which is j' to be held at Duncannon May 8 and ! 1 9, is the work planned ror the meet- I 1 ' ing. 1 1 ELEVEN START FOR CAMP I Elizabethtown, Pa., Feb. 26. —To- day the following' young men left ' here for Camp Meade, Md.: Brant ' Erhart, Paul R. Frey, Harry M. : Miller, Robert R. Keller. George W. 1 Barnhart, Chester L. Marten. Till- ; man S. Smith, John C. Heilmnn, Abraham H. Zerphy, Daniel W. Zerphy and John O. Sumer. Lieutenant Gish, Corporal Barn hart and Private, Lindemuth, of ['famp Meade, spent Sunday with t their parents. , The smoker held by the Loyal Or ; j der of Moose at their home on Sat ■ i urday evening was largely attended > j and a most pleasant evening was I spent by all. New Auto Ambulance Takes Place of Old "Black Maria" Wiconisco, Pa., Feb. 26. —The old "Black Maria," the horse-drawn am bulance used at Short Mountain col liery for many years, has been rele gated to the things o£ the past. Yesterday a foUr-cylinder Cadillac ambulance was received, equipped with everything possible to make the transit of injured miners to their homes as easy as possible. In case it is necessary to tako the In jured men to a hospital It will also prove far better than sending them by rail, as it will dispense with changing from one line to another, by reason of which change the un fortunate worker often suffered great pain. Considerable time will also be saved in reaching the hos pital. 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