14 N. I. HENCH, ONE OF CITY'S OLDEST MERCHANTS, DIES Fought in Civil War and Con ducted Big Wholesale Business Nicholas I. llench, aged 81, died yesterday at tho home of liis daugh ter, Mrs. Guy I. Davies, of Carlisle. Mr. Hench was the man who helped finance F. W. Woohvorth, when the latter opened his lirst Five and Ten Cent store in Lancaster, many years ago. He live# at 1013 North Front street. Mr. Hench was the son of Nicholas and Katherine Hamilton Hench. He was born in lekesburg, I'erry county, January 17, 1537. Ho was educated in the Perry county public schools •and later taught there. He was a member of the 12th Pennsylvania Reserves and took part in some of the most important battles of the Civil War. He married, February 14, 1866, Ann Ellen Weakley, of Carlisle, and opened a general store in Blain, Perry county. Four years later he opened a wholesale notion establish ment with the late William P. Stuart, under the lirm name of Hench and Stuart. The firm occupied Brant's hall, where the Commonwealth Trust Company is now located. While in the wholesale notions business, F. W. Woolworth appealed to Mr. Hench for funds to assist him in opening a five and ten cent store at Lancaster. He was a member of the Market Square Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Douglas E. Dismukes and Mrs. Wilbur F. Harris, of this city, and Mrs. Guy H. Davies, Carlisle; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, of this city, and Mrs. John Brickley, Ameri cus, Kan.; two half-brothers, Herry F. Hench, of this city, and Willis R. Hench, MarysviUe. Funeral services will be held from his late residence, 1015 North Front street. Thursday afternoon at '2 o'clock, the Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes, pastor of Market Square Presbyterian Church, officiating. Private burial will be made in the East Harrisburg Cemetery. Saw Brother Killed Mr. Hench was singularly reticent about relating his war time experi ences, but this letter was written to one of his daughters who had made a trip to the Gettysburg battlefield and who asked him for the part his regiment had taken in the battle. "We were over at Arlington Heights opposite Washington on the last day of June, 1863, and by the time we reached the outskirts of Washington the sun Avas just rising. We marched all that day and night and the next morning, July 1, we stopped to make col Tee and eat breakfast. I imagine it was about six or eight miles from Gettysburg, near Hanover. There a messenger reach ed us telling that General Reynolds had been killed the day before. We arrived at Gettysburg directly to the rear of Little Round Top and as our lines were giving way just to the right of Little Round Top, on the peach orchard, our brigade was sent in and drove the enemy back. After this, our regiment, the 12th Penna. Reserves, were tiled to the left, right in front of Devil's Den where the! sharpshooters picked off our artil lerymen on Little Round Top. After dark, we took possession of Big Round Top where our regiment's monument now stands, and threw up the stone breastworks as nearly like they are to-day as can be. The next morning the trees were infested with sharpshooters who succeeded in wounding a number of our men. My brother, Frank, went down about tifty steps from our line and was shot through the head. I went to him as soon as I saw what had happen ed and we carried his body in a blan ket, took it to the rear of Big Round Top and buried him in a triangular little field, wrapping his body in a blanket, and marking his grave. I telegraphed home to father who made two trips before he found the grave." HONOR ROLL OP SCHOOL Liverpool, March 11. —Honor roll for Liverpool intermediate school for the sixth month is as follows: Huelah Dressier, Hazel Watts, Mary lvling, Isabel Barner. Kathryn Lib kicher. Marguerite Moyer, Bertha Marict Deckard. Elizabeth Klinger, Ruth Knisely, Ray Long, lOrnest Tx>wer, Willard Dressier, Blake Dressier and Verne Moyer. Isabel Barner and Kathryn Libkicher are on the term honor roil. Ralph L. Shumaker is the teacher. Age Times A Book for the hour, by G. B. M. Clouser. Prophecy made plain. A reliable answer as to who will end tlio war. Price SI.OO, at the EVANGELICAL, PUBLISHING HOUSE Cor. Second and I,ocust Sts., Harrisburg, Pa. v UNDERTAKER 1745 Chas. H. Mauk N BOTH SL PRIVATE AMBULANCE PHONES Quality will always be patronized while cheap goods are dear at any price KING OSCAR CIGARS have for years enjoyed the reputation of being a quality proposition. In re turn for this confidence, the public ex pects and receives the same regularity year in and year out. The result is that all concerned are satisfied. John C. Herman & Co. MAKERS * MONDAY EVENING, U.S.FIGHTERS IN TRENCHES EQUAL GERMANY'S BEST Abundant Proof That Amer ican Army Will Be Decis ive Factor in War With tho American Army in France, March 11.—The past fort night's fighting by the American troops in three different sectors of the west front shows conclusively the importance of the United States Army in the world war and proves that it will be a powerful factor on the front from the very start. It refutes at the same time the Germans' contemptuous statements that it would require two years to train even the smallest army to be ready to take the field. In tho American sector north of Toul, in the other Lorraine sector and along the Chemin des Dames the Americans met tjie shock of picked German . storm troops, hurled them back and inflicted serious losses, and emerged from the conflict smiling, ready and eager for another try. Many of the most optimistic mili tary leaders and critics are surprised by the aptitude the Americans show in picking up knowledge of modern position warfare forty months after the others had been engaged. The French and Germans picked up the new tactics slowly, building stronger intrenched positions as the enemy artillery grew heavier, devising masks against gas, then perfecting the masks as the gases became more powerful, building deeper dugouts as the penetration of high-velocity shells became greater. But the Americans entered the struggle in the thick of It, after three and a half years' fighting. Readily and rapidly they adapted themselves to the advanced stages of scientific fighting reached by the others. No small part in the success of the Americans so far is due to the fear lessness of the high command in discarding tricks that have been found obsolete, and concentrating upon training in matters long prov ed effective. For example, the han dling of pistol, rifle and bayonet is being drilled, drilled, drilled into the American troops, despite the reports current for three years that the day of the infantryman with the gun is leng since over and that the cart ridge and the bayonet have been si perseded by hand grenades. Half a dozen dej'ats of German attempts io penetrate the American positions were due eentirely to the fact that our troops have confidence in rifle fire. They stand steadily un til the enemy is well within range and then open up a deadly fire, caus ing him to break for cover. The ascendancy in close fighting in No Man's Land as far as pistols are concerned now rests with the Amer icans. The big and powerful ,45-caliber automatic pistols which the Ameri cans carry into the fray are proving a highly efficient weapon in the trench warfare and in the close fighting at hand-to-hand. Frequently it is impossible to use tho rifle or the bayonet, but the pis tol is always available, the only drawback being when the weapon jams, which is not frequently. Formerly the small .38-caliber pis tol was used, but it was found it would not put the enemy out quickly enough. The larger weapon now is sued to the men is absolutely infal fible in this respect, as the force of the bullet knocks down the victim as well as wounding him. The innate spirit of the Americans for retaining the advantage is caus ing the troops to take the greatest interest in practicing and shooting. The result is that the most of them are fairly accurate shots, especially at short range, which is the most generally used in tranch warfare. Bandit Is Identified as Escaped Convict Williamsport, Pa., March 11. — The automobile bandit who, on Au gust 15, 1917, wounded Dr. J. L. Mansuy, of Ralstone, after Mrs. Mansuy had thwarted an attempted holdup on the highway near Marsh Hill, this county, has been positively identified by Mrs. Mansuy as "Wil liam Harris." a convict, who was sent to the Huntingdon Reformatory from Sullivan county for assaulting a young girl near Eaglesmere a few days after the holdup. The case against Harris was worked up by Peter L. Link, a mem ber of the state police force, located at Muncy, whose atttention to the Sullivan county case was drawn by a description of the culprit printed in a locj\l paper. After the bandit had wounded Doctor Mansuy he was captured, but shot his way out of the posse, seri ously wounding Constable Harry French. Officers scoured the moun tains for days, and a number of mounted men from Battery D, First Pennsylvania Field Artillery, then in waiting for orders to move to Camp Hancock, took part in the chase. The identication at Hunt ingdon was made by Mrs. Mansuy Saturday. DEPARTMENT IS DETERMINED TO BAR ADDRESSES Relatives Will Be Notified of Death; No Other Way to Determine Casualties Ry Associated Press Washington, March 11. General Pershing's casualty report to-day shows four privates killed in action, four severely wounded, twenty-one slightly wounded, four died from wounds, eight from dis.-ase and two from other causes. The list follows: Killed in Action—Private Frank .'. Osgood, Cook Linnie G. Flllingom. Privates Francisco Disabatine and Otis D. Green. Wounded Severely—Privates Joe E. Bush, John E. Frayne, Hancel Van ll'i se and Charles Goodisky. W Rinded —Privates Antonl Kulig and Charles B. Sandridgc. Wounded Slightly—Corporal Ed ward J. Smith, Privates Charles A. Roberts, Floyd R. Leseman, Nazza reno Faghetta, Emery Wolfe, Henry E. Stcoma,*, Elmore Murley, Oarpoial Henry W. Dawson, Private Walter E. Mcore, Ccrporal Herbert I* Living stone, Private Joseph Marcayn, Chief Mechanics Sidney -3. Land, Private Ben A. Kosse, Sergeant George H. Bradley, Corporal Hi. G. Witln,?, Privates Harold J. Perking i, Carl R. llarson, Paul O. Nelson, Verd F. ftmith. Died of Wounds —Privates Law rence Wenell, Henry J. Sweeney, Ser geant Theodore Peterson and Jim F. F.cgard. Died of Pneumonia —Private Wil liam H. Rhodes. Died, Fractured Skull —Wagoner John C. Collins. Died, Meningitis Private Fell Hall. Died, Pneumonia Sergeant C. Howard Peck, Jr. Died, Accident—First Lieutenant Arthur J. Perrault. Died, Pneumonia —Privates James Magee, Ktrman Pape, Thomas J. Gate and George Glenn. Died, Appendicitis—Private William R. Taylor. Washington, D. C., March 11. — The War Department gives no indi cation of yielding in its determina tion to withhold the home addresses of soldiers killed or wounded, or who die of other causes in France. Basing its position on the objec tions the French government made to General Pershing against the American method of issuing casualty lists, the department intends to meet objections in Congress and from the public with the answer that the old j system betrays valuable military in- j formations to the enemy, and the | fact that the nearest relatives ofj soldiers are officially notified hours before they could get the informu-1 tion from the newspapers. The committee on public informa tion maintains its stand that the ; mere jiames of soldiers, without home address to identify them to I neighbors and friends, or prevent confusion with other men of similar! names, are so devoid of news value i that it will not issue the lists. There- I fore the lists will continue to be issued once a day from the office of Adjutant General McCain. Pointing out that the French pub lish no casualty list at all, but mere ly notify the relatives, War Depart ment officials give as their explana tion of the new move that the en emy, by scanning the complete cas ualty lists as previously issued, is enabled to piece out a fair idea ot'i the identity of the troops confront-! ing him. j Relatives to Hear First Although, under the new plan, relatives will be notified, and, offi cials expect, publication of names of troops will iind their way into lo cal newspapers, it is felt that the publications will be widely scatter ed, and that the task of assembling the names from all the newspapers of the country and consolidating them into military information would be such a tremendous task that, from the aspect of a spy system, it is practically impossible. In the smaller cities and towns it is assumed the mere mention of a soldier's name will lead to ready identification and publication with out a great deal of effort, but in the great cities this is accounted well nigh impossible, unless relatives themselves notify the newspapers as they receive telegrams from the War Department. , In promising to quickly send offi cial notifications to relatives, how ever, the War Department is careful to warn the public that it must not identify men by their names alone, because there aro many similari ties of names in the army. Unless a man's relatives have received an official telegram concerning him, the department says, they must assume that some other man of tho same name is referred to. It is estimated that in the forces now abroad there are hundreds of men with names quite common and many thousands with names differ ing only in spelling or perhaps ini tials. It has been pointed out to officials that mere publication of names, without further identifica tion marks, probably will bring ap prehension and distress, and that the War Department and the news papers will be besieged with de mands for more specific informa tion. Officials, however, rely on their official telegrams to relatives to car ry the news to those who are first entitled to know it, and feel that they may pass it on to others. Facing Unusual Task Congressmen, who had a fair dem onstration of what to expect when the fate of many men was in doubt for days when the Tuscania waa torpedoed, are apprehensive of the demands their constituents will make upon them. Senator New, of Indiana, already has a resolution in the Senate calling for the War De partment's explanation and the sub ject is expected to be taken up gen erally in Congress this week. At present, the casualty lists run ning light and under 100 names a day, are comparatively easy of dis semination to the country. As the American forces increase in number and take their part in the fighting, the problem of transmitting columns of names without any accompanying marks of identification will grow to enormous extent. HARRISBUKGER HONORED Gettysburg, Pa., March 11. —At the recent election for the "Pen and Sword" honorary fraternity at Get tysburg College, the following Har risburg men were electetd: C. M. Buffington. L. D. Matter and P. R. Clouser. Membership in the frater nity is restricted to ten seniors and six juniors, all of whom are elected by the votet of the student body. NATIONAL BANK CAI/Tj Washington, March 11. The Comptroller of the Currency to-day Issued a call for the condition of all national banks of the United States at the close of business, Monday, March 4, HAJEURISBTJRG TELEGRAPH! French Camp Occupied by Americans Is Sea of Mad; Real Hardships Endured A Port in France, March 11.— When the first American troops reached this base in June and July of last yeur they wero outspokenly delighted with the canip which lies three or four miles from the seaport. Most of the men had come from long months in Texas and Mexico, and they could not say enough about the clean, wooden barracks and the mild, pleasant weather. All succeeding troops that have disembarked here have been quar tered for a time at the same camp, which between times has doubled its capacity and acquired a number of new features, but never a word of praise escapes the soldiers now, for as a wet weather anil winter camp it has developed disadvantages with which its authorities have constantly to wrestle. Its very distance from town, which at the beginning was regarded as an advantage because it took the sol diers out in the country, away from the city, and gave the men a healthy hike, is to-day a disadvantage. All the permanent troops at the port, in cluding the 3,000 negro stevedores, must, morning and evening, travel the three and a fraction miles in motor trucks that tear up the roads faster than they can be repaired. Though loads of crushed stone are constantly being distributed, they are but drops in the bucketsful of mud and the ruts with which the roads are corrugated. The camp was originally believ ed to be unusually healthy because of its position overlooking the har bor, high above the town. But the site itself, which is on a sort of pla teau, is perfectly flat and every bit of rain that descends remains on the plain. The weather this winter has been peculiarly rainy, and the shacks in which the men live have, with the earth floors, become ever and again seas of mud through which the men must wade and over which the men must sleep. And the roofs have been found to be so faulty that rain streams in until the inhabitants of each shack have to set up field tents over their bunks in order to keep dry. As a result the carpenter force of the camp has been kept busy all winttf making repairs, though it has been difficult and generally im possible to substitute wooden for the earthen floors. When the weath er has been really cold, which it has been part of the time, t has been found that small stoves with which the shacks were first equipped were entirely inadequate to heat the buildings properly. Great strides have been made in providing recreation and amuse ment for the men. The camp, which will hold 20,000 men if necessary, now has two Y. M. C. A. "huts," which really are big double halls arranged so that the men can play basketball on one side —or give en tertainments on the portable stages —while on the other they have li braries and writing rooms, canteens and social rooms. Each "hut" has its outdoor athle-i tic field also where baseball and football are the rule every fine lei- > Dives,Pomeroy New Curtain Materials & Drapery Naiad Dress Shields and Fabrics Are Blossoming Like Sanitary Pieces in a Spe tt, j? o • cial Spring Demonstra the Flowers of Spring tion and ga]e Choice cretonnes, rich tapestiies, tine qualit) Mar Flesh and white shields covered with silk and nainsook; I quisettes and scrims, representing splendid color effects, arc ready in regular shapes 18c to 45<ft I srisr- HI for your choosing now. Many of the new season's materials arc Mads shields .. to 33$ I •'' • i ill Bolero shields with or without sleeves .... 50c and 55$ J ■li P ret^'er t^ian they ve e\cr been and more daring in color. Marquisette brassieres without sleeves, in all sizes, 59^ II I • $ This entire showing is charming to the eye—and not too hard brassieres in white and flesh SI.OO and $1.,£5 II M Nv- fj t'i ;K-.H Sanitary sheeting, 36 inches wide SI.OO H jij V; mm ° n * l6 ursc " Sanitary skirt protectors . 50c and 750 111 -;jj| ]•: Xew patterns in Scotch madras with a plain background in set patterns, Sanitary belts of satine and clastic; all sizes '2ss II I '' cru an< * w 'hite madras, in allover patterns; yard 30c to 75c , Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. i-'iJy Heavy tapestry cretonne in rich dark colors; for upholstery work and jjfeiZfsl pillows; yard 75c to $1.25 f English prints in white ground with colored patterns; yard...7sc to SI.OO —__Silkoline and satins for comfortable or drapery purposes; yard. .25c to 50c Ay. T y\ O4~V 11 ri'f AY I /~\ I l\ Vl T 4"f"l yt f"Y ■ New patterns of scrim, and marquisette, in plain patterns or with hem- /ill lilo LI Ll.x-'UvJX O-L i\lll LLlllw stitched edge; in ecru or white; yard 25c to 50c 1 g _ I Fancy marquisette in colored grounds for doorways and drapery uses; T 1 1 • TTT*J_I ©> 10r a........... ? oc and Crocheting: With ™ - Curtain muslins in dots or checks; yard 20c <—' Curtains of Scrim, Marquisette and Tapestry Bear Brand Yarns Scrim and marquisette curtains; in ecru and trimmed edge; pair $9.00 to $12.00 whit.: with p„U„ or trtmm.d .; In b„tirl flToo ThiS Wftftk pair $1..>0 to $7.50 Cream grounds in blue, rose or green style patterns Fancy marquisette curtains with filet, motifs or lace with fringe or valance style; pair. .$2.75 to $3.50 . , , ... ... . C-. I'omeroy & Stewart, Third Floor. Beginning to-morrow and continuing through this week a competent instructor will be in attendance in our Art Needle work Section, third floor, to teach the art of knitting and Extensive Assortments of Desir- r hctmK , . R R ' to purchasers of Bear Brand Yarns able Silks Advantageously Priced 9 in a Little March Flurry e * 3 "" r * rl, """ """• Several thousand yards—and every yard is of the desirable kind for spring dresses and * 1 TV/T 1 TT 1 • skirts. Included are silk tub weaves, charmeuse, satin stripe taffetas and silk ginghams. jsneciai iviarcn values in The color assortments are notably fine—and the qualities are thoroughly dependable. .SI.OO all silk tub weaves, in colored satin stripe ors, carrying one-inch stripe designs; yard, $1.69 ■j-AtiCj designs; special, yard 69c $2.00 stripe fancy silk weaves for skirts and kj W O ' '' th - a ?LiLV U sti r: an?£w dresses; yard $1.33 36 inches wide; yat-d .. ."T.?"'. . Se . $1.79 $1.59 warp print stripe taffetas, in a good range of CIVpQ f? f\F HTlfl frirl? $3.00 crepe meteor in street .shades for spring; stripes; 36 inches wide; yard sl.lO OcX-CO X l/I -*-* fy OUi iu V_* CO yard $2.39 $1.75 all silk serge in small gingham checks of $2.00 self-colored satin stripe taffetas, in street col- navy and black; yard $1.39 $1.50 roll collar sweater COatS in oxford grey; sizes 28 to Divee, Pomeroy & Stewart, Street Floor. Special • • 980 — Boys' $2 50 coat sweaters with roll collar, in maroon, Nursery and Bed Time Stories For Children Girls' $2.50 all-wool sweaters; in tan, rose, Copenhagen _ _ . , _ . . and cardinal. Special $1.95 All Printed in Clear, Readable Type With Colored Illustrations, 50c Men's heavy rope weave coat sweaters with shawl col- The Hollow Tree stories, By Albert iiigciow raine , lar; in maroon and navy. Special $2.59 Mr. Turtle's Flying Adventure. Monl the Goat Boy A Dog of Flanders Men's $2.00 coat sweaters with roll collar; two pockets, Mr tK Pi!S"a".VSr''" .„ d oth.r 5t0,,.,. in navy and oxford. Special #1.35 'IS'rlS" NOr "' W ' na sw "' WEST SHORE NEWS "Experience Party" at Marysville Church Marysville, Pa., March 11.—Final arrangements are being completed by members of the ladles' Mite So ciety of the Trinity Reformed Church for their annual "experience party," which will be held to-mor row evening at 8 o'clock in the Sun school room of the church. The purposfe of such a party is to have each member of the society to earn at least one dollar to be turned into the coffers of the society. The person is then required to tell the method used in earning the money. A musical program will include se lections by the Marysville orches tra. Refreshments will be served. The following program will be given: Instrumental solo, Ray Lilleyf vocal duet, Miss Leah Beers and Miss Vic toria Hippie; instrumental solo, Howard Adams; reading. Miss Helen Roberts; instrumental solo, Miss Jean ette Sellers; selection, Marysville or chestra; vocal solo. Miss Salome Col lier; selection, Marysville orchestra; vocal, Edgar Roberts; selection, Marysville orchestra. MAY ESTABLISH FUEL PLANT Marysville, Pa., March 11.—After the coal shortage of the past winter, comes tha announcement that a plant for the manufacture of coal briquettes may be established at Benvenue, near Duncannon, ihis spring. The project is feasible in view of the fact that at this point much river coal can be dredged to be used as the bulk of the briquettes. Coal dredgers at Benvenue are al ready preparing for the season's ac tivities. EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS OPEN Lemoyne, Pa., March 1 The Rev. P. R. Koontz, pastor of Cal vary United Brethren Church, open ed a series of evangelistic meetings last evening. Meetings will be held every evening except Saturday for several weeks. Special music by the choir will feature the services each evening. ILLUSTRATED LECTURE Enola, Pa.. March 11. —The Rev. Ernest E. Weaver will give an il lustrated lecture in the St. Mathew's Reformed Church, Wed nesday evening, March 27. The sub ject of the lecture will be "Educa tional Institutions of the Church." sure day. Two Y. M. C. A. men, as sisted by several women workers, are in charge of each building, op erate the conteens, have charge of the motion picture shows, and in general look after the welfare of the camp. The camp authorities have rigidly divided the camp in such a manner that all the colored soldiers who live there permanently shall be by them selves, with their own quarters and even their own Y. M. C. A. building, which is in the process of construc tion now. Summerdale Sunday School Held at Brubaker Home Summerdale, Pa., March 11.— Many churches have been affected by the shortage of fuel this winter. Among them being the Summerdale Methodist Episcopal Church. The. closing of the church doors meant much to the church people of the town, it being the only church, 11 left the many children without a Sunday school. Mrs. W. L. Brubak er, who has organized many differ ent departments in the church for the interest of the young people, threw open the doors of her home for the Sunday school. Two large double rooms was used and the members .turned out in full, with live new scholars the first Sunday. During the last several years Mrs. lirubakcr has successfully or ganized for this church a Ladies' Aid Society consisting of forty mem bers, a quartet choir and a junior choir. In January of this year she organized a young girls' class con sisting of eighteen girls. The offi cers are as foffows: President, Miss Mary Beam: vice-president. Miss Mary Humphreys; secretary, Miss Ruth King; treasurer, Miss Edith Webber. Mrs. N. Y. Snyder, another active member of this church, has recently organized a young people's Bible, study class, called "Beacon Lights." Every Tuesday evening the chil dren of Summerdale gather in Mrs. Snyder's home and under her tu toring study the Bible. On-Thursdav evening she teaches them to sing. Their service every other Sunday evening in the church with a lec ture and Illustrated song is inter esting. PARTY FOR GUNNER'S MATE Camp Hill, Pa., March 11.—Har old Fry. a gunner's mate on the Minnesota, was guest of honor at a surprise party given Saturday even ing by Miss Marianna Worley. Fry is at his, home here preparing for entrance examinations for Annapo lis. The evening was spent In playing five hundred, after which vocal tolos were sung by Mrs. D. W. Worley, Mrs. U. G. Fry and Martin Bowman. Several piano solos were also pre sented by Miss Pauline Davison und Frederick Beecher. At the close of the evening's entertainment refresh ments were served to the following: Miss Rebecca Kilborn, Miss Kath ryn Brackenridge, Miss Lillian Wil son, Miss Pauline Davison, Miss El ma Koser, Miss Chloe Fry, Miss Marianna Worley, Mrs. U. G. Fry, Mr. and Mrs. Worley, Harold Fry, Frederick Beecher, Martin Bow man, Hawley Armstrong and Ken neth Thomas. FIR KM EN" TO MEET Enola, Pa., March 11. The monthly business meeting of the Enola Fire Company No. 1 will be held this evening at the hosehouse in Altoona avenue. Several import ant matters will be brought up. MARCH 11, 1918. Personal and Social Items of Towns Along West Shore Dr. and Mrs. Cohean and son, Samuel Cohean, aro visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Eichlnger, In Bridge street, New Cumberland. Tho -Toadies' Circle of St. Paul's Lutheran Church will meet at the homo of Mrs. Strayer on Tuesday night. Elwellyn Musscr. of Ilummels town, was a weekend guest of Jacob Klnley's family at New Cumberland. D. G. Brinton, of Cly, York coun ty, was at New Cumberland on Sat urday. Mrs. Joseph Seitz and son, of New Cumberland, spent Sunday with Mr. Seitz, who is stationed at Camp Meade, Md. Mrs. David llorman. Sr., of Shire manstown, Is home after spending a week with her parents at lieaver town. Harvey M. I,averty, of Enola, was a weekend visitor at the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clayton W. Eaverty, near Shlremanstown. Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of Sliire manstown, lias returned home after spending two weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Gelling, near Slate Hill. Mrs. George K. Eshleman, son, Kenneth Eshleman, of Shiremans town, visited the former's relatives at Marysville. Mrs. Georsre Reed, of Enola, was a recent guest of Miss Pearl Eaverty and Mrs. Victor Coble at their coun try home near Shiremanstown. J. C. Soutter, of Harrisburg, vis ited friends at Shiremanstown on Sunday. Miss Esther Hagerman has return ed to her home at Greencastle after spending several days with her sis- Mfg, d, c. Faust, at Shiremans town. uti'. and Mrs. W. A. Clouser. of Shiremanstown. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George S. Rupp at their country home near Mechanicsburg. Miss Effie Brinton. of Shiremans town, is home from a visit with her sister, Mrs. George L. Romberger, in Harrisburg. INCREASE IV HOUSE RENTS Enola, Pa., March 11.—Announce ment was recently made by the Enola Realty Company that tho rents for company houses in town would be increased on April 1. This raise In rents affects more than a hundred tenants. Almost one-half of the houses in town were built by the Enola Realty Company, but a number have been sold. At present there is not a vacant house in the town and many persons are unable to move here because of this condi tion. WEST SHORE UNION TO MEET The monthly meeting of the West Shore Firemen's Union will be held at the Midway llrehouse this- evening at 7.30 o'clock. Several new dele ! gates from the various companies will be taken into the union mem bership and many other details for the year's work mapped out. Pres ident J. Fred Hummel said this morning that definite action of the telephone fire alarm system will likely be taken at the session to night. Other than this nothing but i routine business is scheduled for the action of the union. New Drive For Red Cross Members at Marysville Marysville, Pa., March 11.—Under the direction of tho Rev. Ralph K. Hartman, pastor of the Trinity Re formed Church and chairman of tl> Red Cross membership committee in Marysville, a strenuous drive is being made this week to securo 452 new members to the Marysvillo Red Cross Society. The Koal in this campaign is 1,000 memberships in Marysvillo. Five hundred and forty-eight arw already enrolled. Solicitors have been appointed tt canvass every Marysville home. The crew Includes: Miss Einma Roberta an,d Mrs. Ralph E. Hartman, NortSJ and South Main street; T. N. Barsli inger, Dahlian-Eincoln district; east! side of Valley and south of Lincoln, Miss Hazel Hain; west of Valley and south of Maple avenue, Albert Meil ler; west of Valley and north oC Maple, Merlo King. BIBLE Class U'lljJy MEET Shiremanstown, Pa., March 11.-—♦ The Young People's Organized Bible' Class of the united Brethren Sun day school will meet to-morrow eveninß at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul L. Wolfe, Main and High, streets. NEW CLUB SECRETARY Eemoyne, Pa., March 11.—Haroltl H. llaag, a well-known young man of Eemoyne, has been elected sec retary of the Wharton Study Club, at Harrisburg to succeed Norman J. Rintz, who resigned. The local boy is only one of the many students who belong to this organization. Haag is a member of the second year class of the Wharton extension •school. Pureness Of Ice A LSPURE ICE is so pure that it may be safely placed in di rect contact with the most delicate food. Alspure Ice is made from water that has been filtered, boiled, reboiled, skimmed and again filtered. United Ice'& Coal Co. Forstesr & Coxvdon Sts. ♦•Wagons on nil Streets''
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