2 HERMIT DIES IN UPPER END Jacob Schwenk Was Tar Burner and Herded Moun tain Cattle For Farmers Klizahcthtowii. Pa.. April 9.—Jacob Schwenck, Sr., an old bachelor, who 4 lived alone the greater part of his life near the Broad Mountain, about three miles south of Elizabethtown, died on Sunday morning of the ef fects of a stroke of paralysis sus tained several years ago. Schwenk was a mountaineer and his favorite pastime was burning tar and herding mountain caittle 'for farmers. He peddled tar down as far as York and Cumberland counties and during the winter months made rough brooms for the mines at Ly- ] kens. He was 75 years old and is survived by a brother, Adam Schwenk, Sr., who lives here. Fu neral services were Tield to-day and burial was made at Miller's Church, where a sister -was buried several years ago. LOAN* COMMITTEE TO MEET WornUeysbury. Pa.. April 9.—A meeting of members of the borough Liberty Loan committee will be held in the town hall this evening by or der of the chairman. Burgess J. Fred Hummel. Plans for the local cam paign will be mapped out. . How to Remove the Agfc-Lines and Wrinkles II seems difficult to believe that so sim /le a thing as wetung the face with a soothing. creaVny tarkroot emulsion will actually remove wrinkles, crowsfeet and sasginess be fore one's very eyes, in a few min utes. and without the least harm. But thousands of women have proved this to their satisfaction, it is only neces sary to use a teaspoonful of powder ed tarkroot mixed with a little pla.n water then go to the mirror .-ind watcli the age-lines, furrows and flabbiness disappear like magic! It, is a most startling experience, hven 1 very aged faci-s are remarkably re juvenated. Anvone who will procure an orig- I inal "package of powdered tarkroot from the druggist and follow the di rections will be astonished and de lighted with the result. She will find it not onlv perfectly non-injurious, but decidedlv beneficial to skin and complexion. ' I'nlike cosmetics or make-ups. it does not leave an un natural effect, but is to be washed off • ntirelv in about a half hour, leaving | the complexion much freshened, nat uial and beautiful. We sell all kind? of piping material, threaded and cut to your specifica tions at big money saving prices. Culvert Material a Specialty. Camp Curtin Pipe Supply Company If the Man Worked in the Kitchen He Would Buy I because the McDougall of- Cabinets this week. Come fers the utmost in utility and to see them and let us dem- I efficiency—because it is not onstrate their many ingeni an ordinary kitchen cabinet, ous labor-saving devices to but a veritable method of bet- you. □ ter kitchen management. Easy Payment Plan M i He would buy a McDougall The McDougall Kitchen Cabi because it is the first kitchen P ct * s sasy5 asy to . uy * cabinet will | cabinet, and has ever led in be dcl ™* ed to your home on i- ' . . approval if you wish. It may be I quality and convenience. purchased on the easy payment W e are having a special dis- < plan. Terms arranged for your play of McDougall Kitchen convenience. j McDougall \ Ml THE FIRST KITCHEN CABIN ST M 8 1 "" j, ® Special Sa ® II $28.00,535.00,538.00,540.00,550.001 Any Cabinet SI.OO Per Week |E, BROWN & CO. / I | / 1217-1219 North Third Street The Big Up Town Home Furnishers J I 1 TUESDAY EVENING, O'Neil Platform to Go Out Thursday Preparation of the platform upon > j which Highway Commissioner J. | Denny O'Xeil proposes to make his • ; contest for the Republican noniina- ] ! tion for Governor is under way at | the Capitol where the commissioner, j Gifford Pincliot and state officials are ' embodying their ideas in drafts. The platform will be announced at the j meeting in O'Xeil's home City of Mc- Keesport on Thursday night at which the Governor and Pinchot will , i speak. Sir. O'Xeil arrived here to-day and war councils will be held here to night and to-morrow. Much inter est was attached to-day jto a visit paid to Governor Brumbaugh by l Paul W. Houck. Secretary of In : ternal Affairs, who has his papers for renomination. According to what was heard : about the Capitol to-day the Schuyl kill county Senatorial squabble has : been straightened out. Congressman • R. D. Heaton, of Ashland, will be ; a candidate for the Senatorial seat of j j Auditor General Charles A. Snyder ' and John Reber. Pottsville, Snyder's j j candidate, .will run for Congress, j : while Representative C. M. Palmer, i ' the Leib candidate, will be returned i ; to the House. Reception For New Pastor Takes Place Tonight' f The Rev. J. H. Mortimer will be I tendered a reception by the members i |of the Camp Curtin Memorial Church | jto-r.ight. at 8 o'clock, in honor of his j '! arrival here as past.v of tin church. | The Rev. Mr. Mortimer comes from i the Grace XI. E. Church at Williams- 1 ' I pori. All the m-Mii'ieis of the ch'ire'.i | and visitors have been invited to be ' on hand at the reception. SMALLPOX CLOSES HOTEL The smallpox situation In Kittan i! ning is serious and the health authorities are unable to predict j definitely what the outcome will be. 1 There are six cases in Kittanning. j one each in Rayburn township and ; Applewold borough nearby. Addi ! tional cases are looked for. Two hotels, the Central and the Citizen's, have been closed and placed under ! quarantine because hired held in, each instance had the disease. Per- ! sons who refstered at these hotels during the dangerous period will be' j located through local health author ' ities and vaccinated. csee RADWAY'S READY RELIEF Sfiii giit all a cfcts-a to bay tfco etnuin# r*th tban cone inferior articlt. USED AS A LINIMENT "STOPS PAIN " INSTANTLY :l",°:\ltDoesNot Blister For Rheumatism. Neuralgia. Sciatica, Lumbago, Sore Throat, Soro Mucin. i BABWAY k. CO.. 206 Cnu* St. NEW SOKE | WOMAN FILES A CONGRESS PAPER i Mrs. Cora Bixler, of Lancaster County, Is Candidate For So cialist Nomination at Large I The first woman to enter a noml ' nating petition for the May primary i tiled papers to-day to run for the So cialist nomination for Congress-at- Large. She is Cora Bixler. of Lan caster county. Charles Sehl, Phila f delphla. filed papers to be candidate for'the Socialist nomination for Gov ernor. Congressman Thomas S. Crago, of Waynesburg. filed a petition for Re publican renomlnation and General Charles M. Clement. Snnbury, filed for Republican nomination for Con ! gress-at-karge. Congressional nominating peti- I tions filed were Fletcher W. Stites, Republican. Eighth: Uenry W. Tem ple. -Republican, Twenty-fourth: J. Wllmer Fisher. Republican. Thir teenth: Francis A. March. Jr.. Re -1 publican. .Twenty-sixth: John V. l,esher. Democrat. Sixteenth: J. C. Lowry, Republican. Twenty-third: I Henry Peter. Socialist, Twenty-ninth: iW. A. Prosser, Socialist. Thirty-first: ' John W. Slayton. Socialist, Thirty second. i A petition for W. Ilarrv Raker, secretary of the State Senate, to be i a candidate for member of the Re i publican State Committee, of which 'he is secretary was filed from Dau ! phin county. He will succeed Frank ;A. Smith, of Harrisburg. A petition was also filed for A. I>. Etter. Mld ' dletown. present state committee i man. Representative A. R. S. Black. Democrat. Harrisburg. filed his pe tition for renomlnation to-day. City to Raise $150,000 in Red Cross Campaign Red Cross chapter chairmen, nun\bering nearly fifty from all parts of Central Pennsylvania were In ses- I sion yesterday and last evening at 1 the Civic Club and it was announced this morning that the big campaign for more Red Cross funds will start May 20, Harrisburg's individual quota bein™ estimated at $150,000. The conference was highly successful In that plans for better system in can vassing were put forth and adopted. A strong impetus for efficiency was given by the talk of Dr. Stockton , Axson. brother-in-law of President Wilson and Xationah Secretary of the American Red Cross. He argued for better organization, telling of the results of that abroad in hand ling cantonments. The same point was emphasized by Edgar Munson, of Williamsport. FORMER RESIDENT II KitK Mrs. Uudolph Kuhn, of Chicago. ; pleasantly remembered here as Miss • Bheta Adler. is visiting her parents. I Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adler, at 1923 | Xorth Second street. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPI Rapid Progress Being Made on Warehouse Construction With the completion of two more buildings yesterday at the ordnance depot lleld near Middletown, Major William B. Gray, enginer in charge of construction, to-day moved his offices from the Franklin building to his new Quarters. This change was made necessary because of the work on the, other side of the river at Marsh "Run. It is understood that office buildings will be erected on the quartermas ter's depot site immediately, and office forces placed there. Comniuni- , cation will be by telephone and mo torboats, it being the shorter route I than to this city, and from here to i New Cumberland. Captain Harrie A. Douglass is in full charge of the work at the Marsh Run site. He had 100 men working to-day. The necessary excavations have been made for the tracks and he expects to have all tracks down by this evening. Wells Brothers, contractors in charge of the construction of the new warehouses for the aviation | squadron, have one big structure al most completed, and good progress has been made on the foundations for the other buildings. The work men are now getting good meals fur nished by the commissary depart ment and have secured rooms in and about Middletown. Some reside in Harrisburg. President Awaits Baker Before Addresses of War Victims Are Published By Associated Press Washington, April 9.—President Wilson will make a final decision on the question of withholding in casual ty lists the addresses of men killed and wounded when Secretary Baker returns from France. The President it was indicated to-day, although in clined to see the addresses published, wishes to obtain the Secretary's opin ion as formed after conferences with General Pershing. Just now no casualty lists are be ing issued as the War Department is awaiting word from France which will amplify Secretary Baker's new censorship regulations. Report of American Airplane With Dozen Passengers Stirs London By Associated Press lx>ndon, April 9.—AH London was talking to-day about the latest war rumor—the landing in England last night of an American airplane after a non-stop flight front New York with twelve passengers. The authori ties deflared there was no basis for the story, but the denial served mere ly to give it additional currency. Ac cording to the popular version, this was the "big surprise" which Pre mier Lloyd George said last week that the Americans soon would give the Germans. Hosts to Rabbi and Bride Were Mr. and Mrs. Golberg The party given to Rabbi Maran ofT and his bride Sunday night was tendered by Mr., and Mrs. David Goldberg and was attended by mem bers of the Chlsuk Emuna congre gation. Among the guests present were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sugar man and daughter. Miss Beatrice. Miss Sylvia Grad. granddaughter of Mrs. Goldberg, who has been spend ing the Easter holiday vacation here, and who was one of the entertainers Sunday night, will leave this week for home in Philadelphia, where she will resume her musical course and other studies. Miss <3rad is a pleasing vocalist. TO TELL OF HOW HE STOPPED USING BOOZE "A Stor yof a Regenerated Alco holic," Is the title of a talk by Hiram Turner this city. He will tell this story to-morrow night at Bethesda Mission Hall, 107 1-2 South Second street. The meeting starts at 8 o'clock. , It is a story of Mr. Turner's per ' sonal experience in a battle with booze. Two years ago to-day, he was 1 found in a helpless condition on the ! streets, and was taken care of by a I local minister. He won the victory i over booze, and is now representing [the Vnited Shoe Machinery Company i in this section of the state. | "No Wheat" Policy at Theological Seminary Washington. April 9. - Drew | Theological Seminary of Madison, N. J., has adopted the "no wheat'' policy until after the next harvest, according to a letter received to | day by the food administration. The | administration credits the seminary j with being the first college to adopt this step. MRS. WELIJAM GARMAN DIES Dauphin, Pa., April 9.—Mrs. Wil liam J. Garman, aged 54 years, died suddenly on Saturday at her home tn High street. Mrs. Garman had been ill several weeks, but had improved and was able to attend to her house hold duties on Friday. She was a daughter of the late Michael and Elizabeth Powley and is survived b> her husband, one son, William P. Garman, of Dauphin; two daughters, Mrs. Charles Finn, of White Hall, and Mrs. John Wise, of Dauphin; also four grandchildren: four broth ers, John, George, Charles and Ellas' Powley, and three sisters, Mrs. Lewis Maus and Mrs. A. M. Douglass, of Dauphin, and Mrs. George Wil liams, of Wllllamsport. Funeral to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home, with the Rev. W. H. Zwei zig. of the Methodist Church, of which Mrs. Garman was a member, in charge. Burial in Dauphin Ceme tery. LANCASTER COUNTY DEATHS Marietta. — ! Edgar G. Reese, of Rheems, aged 45, died from tetanus at the General Hospital. He was engaged in the dairy busi ness and was a member of the Odd Fellows, Mystic Chain and Friend ship Fire Company. His wife, aged mother and a number of children survive. Marietta. Joseph F. Mummaw, aged 79, died at Columbia last night after a long illness. He was 'for many years marketmaster at the Hbuthern market. His wife, one daughter and several grandchildren kwrvlve. Junior Red Cross TAG DAY May 4 i _ CUMBERLAND VALLEY Eastern Capitalists Back New Electric Furnaces Carlisle, Pa.. April 3.—Telegrams received here by Carlisle nien who are backing the project tell of the formal operation of a new hydro electric furnace for the production ot ferro-manganese at Utah Junction, jCol., which will turn out five tons of i the -product pc-r day and release two | I.GOO ships carrying the ore from j Erazil. Frank C. Bosler, of Carlisle, capitalist and western landowner, is I at the head dt the new concern and i capitalists in the Cumberlard Valley and in Harrisburg are financially in- j j terestcd. , Cumberland County Buys $400,000 Worth o.f Bonds Carlisle, Pa., April 9.—Returns to headquarters here at nocin to-day show that Cumberland county, with out any intensive campaigning, has subscribed more than $400,000 fori the Third Liberty Loan. The largest! individual subscription was that of j John Hays, well-known Carlisle busi- I nessinan and Civil War veteran, who j bought SIOO,OOO worth of bonds to- I day. sins. belle; wooniti it\ bi riei) Xmrilif, Pa., April 9.—The funer al services of Mrs. Belle E. Wood burn. who died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. Wing Greason, at Carlisle, on Friday night, were held from the home of her son, John S. (Woodburn, of Newville, with whom I she spent most of her time. Yester- I day was the eighty-fourth annivers- ! ary of Mrs. Woodburn's birth. She wax ! a member of the United Presbyterian , Church, Newville. Besides the above- i named children, she is survived by! two other sons. D. S. Woodburn. of I Shippensburg. and Samuel Woodburn, of Illinois. Mrs. L.ile Dunfee, of Newville, is a sister. WOMAN BADLY BI'BXED Waynesboro, Pa., April 9.—Mrs. El len Hockenberry, wife of David j I Hockenberry, is in a critical condi- i ! tion. due to severe burns over her j I entire body, received from an ex | ploding coal-01l can yesterday morn- | ing about 5.50 o'clock, while making ! a fire in a kitchen range. William I (Hockenberry, brother of Davi.l Hock- j i enberry, who was near at the time, |of the explosion, was also severely j turned. MRS. G L.YDFELTER HOSTESS j West Fail-view, Pa., April 9.—Mr.! tnd Mrs. Miles Gladfelter enter-1 t;iined members and friends of the! St. Mark's Lutheran Church at "heir 1 home here. In the orchestra uie:| Fred Sliaull, Harold Malsh and sohn Lilly, violinists; Jacob Waclitman. trombone; Kenneth Lantz and Lu ther Eckert, cornets and Mrs. Miles j Gladfelter. At the party were: Se- 1 rena Kline. Josephine Weaver and: , Mary MeCombs, of Enola; Anna-! ' belle Boley, Helen Crippel and Mil-j I dred Eslinger, Alvin Boley. Fred Shaull, Euther Eckert, Jacob Waclit man, Kenneth Lantz, John Lllley, I Mrs. J. B. Gladfelter, Maude Glad i felter and Mr. and Mrs. Miles Glad-I | felter. I Does a Merchant give as much thought to his service as he does to his goods? 1 I close competition, most merchants car that will stand up under the hard"' they must win hold conditions ■ ißmuflj Sj I) lll'll||||)lil]UlLll|lil|ii milTTtW' j iitty Special Dtlanri Rajmaat PUm aaabUa you to par for th* Vim (raduallr MI of ita lam'afi. I I J 815 Saltt Stations News Items of Interest in Central Pennsylvania W n>nrl>oro.—Mercorsburg cn Sat- j lirday not only sold her allotment ol' i Liberty Eoan Bonds, amounting to | SIIO,OOO. but exceeded her quota by I $7,000, making the amount $117,000, I with more to follow, j W amraltoro.—Quartermaster . Ser- ! : geant Allen Smith, son of Mr. and I j Mrs. Val. "Smith, stationed at Camp | Green, Charlotte. North Carolina, is j i spending a ten-day furlough with his' | parents. Chnmbcrxburg.—A congregational j meeting in St. John's Reformed I Church has extended an unanimous I call to the Rev. T. A. Alspacli. of J | Butler, who left St. John's Church j j less than two months ago, to return, j j It is understood the Rev. Mr!""Alspach | | desires to return. JACOBY FAMILY ItRUMON ShippcitKhurg, Pa.. Aprii 9.—A fam ily reunion was held at the home of Russell Jacoby in North Penn street | in honor of John G. Baker, of Spring ! Run, who passed his seventy-ninth j birthday. Mr. Baker is a farmer of Amherson Valley and is well and • I hearty. The following children and j their families were present; Henry ! Baker, of Chambersburg; Mrs. Wil [ liam Shearer, of Fannetsburg: Walk i er Baker, David H. Baker and Mrs. A. 11. Funston. of Willow Hill Mrs. A. O. Jacoby, of Shippensburg", and Mrs. Floyd Lytle,. of Spring Run. Four generations were present and forty-three persons partook of din ner. Thompsontown Goes Over Third Liberty Loan Quota i '! hompaontonn. Pa., April 9. I Thompsontown is the first in Juni ata county to oversubscribe the al lotment in the Third Liberty Eoan | rrive, the allotment being $4,300. The amount raised was $5,000, represent j ing thirty-two subscribers. ] On March 27 the entire business i section of the town was wiped out by fire. This evidences the fact that I there is plenty of patriotism in | Thompsontown. i IT RES THREATEN TOWN I Lcwlstowii, Pa., April 9.—Forest ) fires have been raging in many parts jof Mifflin county for several weeks i past. Several times they got on the I ridge north and northeast of town and threatened to set fire to many homes in Catherine street. The fire (companies and fire fighters by .'prompt action saved that part of the I town. On "Saturday the fire got into >!the locust tract along the railroad • | west of town and the railroad com pany sent an engine and men to sub | due the flames. WORKS HARD AT MARYSYILLE MaryHviile, Pa., April, 9.—Scott. 1 S. Leiby, of State Senator [j from the Thirty-first district, is ■[ chairman of the committee that is I working hard to have Marysville i raise its quota in the Third Liberty- Loan driev. He and his sixteen sub committeemen mean that Marysville shall not fail to do her part ior girls KOW in service, girls now i nservice. < APRIL.O, 1018. PROF. J. K. GREEN RE-ELECTED SUPT. Directors Again Select Head, i of Cumberland Co. Schools ■ I For the Coming Year i Carlisle, Pa., April 9.—ln a close [contest In the annual convention of ' the Cumberland County School Di- I t rectors' Association held here to-day, j i Prof. J. Kelso Green was again se- | ' lected as head of the Cumberland j county schools, defeating T. Italph jjacoby, superintendent of the Me- { ehanicsburg schools, who was an i applicant for the post. The vote was 92 to 39. The salary was tlxed at $2,500. , Additional interest was added in view of the fact that the assistant ! superintendent')* an appointive of ! flee, now held by W. G. Rice, of Car lisle, formerly of Harrisburg, also I hinged on the outcome of the main ! election. ! Prof. Green has held the post of j county superintendent for sixteen years. lie was born In Newton town ship in 1871, was educated in the schools of his township and later at the Shippensburg Normal school. Prof. Jacoby, his opponent, has been superintendent at Meehanics • burg for seven years and prior to that time was a teacher in the schools of the' lower end of the county. GETTING AFTKR SLACKERS ' Lewtstonn, Pa.. April 9. —Sixteen young men of Mifllin county failed to Respond to the summons of the local draft board for prospective military service for the United States and their names have been sent to the War Department headquarters at Harrisburg. Special officers will be put on their trail to round them up. ! Bruises and Sprains Have Sloan's Liniment handy for bruises and sprains and all pains artd aches. Quick relief follows its prompt application. No need to rub. It quickly penetrates to the trouble and drives out the pain. Cleaner than mussy plasters or oint ments. Sloan's Liniment does not stain the skin nor clog the pores. For rheumatic aches, neuralgia, itif muscle*, lame back, lumbago, gout, • train*, and sprains, it gives quick relief. Generous sized bottles at all druggists, i • Sloan'* prices not Increased 25c SOc 91 PAl'li-BATDORF WEDDING Eliza lie tlivillc, Pa., April 9.—John J. Paul, of Harrisburg, and Miss Stella Batdorf, of Elizabethville, were married at Harrisburg much to the surprise of their many friends here. They spent a week's honey moon In the capital city. They will live here. /? For Itching Torture !. There is one remedy that seldom fails to stop itching torture and relieve | skin irritation and that n ;es the akin i soft, clear and healthy, o Any druggist can supply you with zemo, which generally overcomes all skin diseases. Acne, eczema, itch, pim ples, rashes, blackheads in most cases give way to zemo. Frequently, minor , blemishes disappear overnight. Itching usually stops instantly. Zemo is a ssfe, antiseptic liquid, clean, easy to use end dependable. It costs only 35c; an extra large bottle, SI.OO. It will not stain, is not greasy or sticky and is positively safe for tender, sensitive skins. r The E. W. Rose Co.. Cleveland, O, Good News! K for the man or woman who I has not as yet bought their new Spring Outfit Open A Charge Account I We have just received a new shipment of Ladies' Suits, Dresses and Coats, and quite a few Men's and Young Men's Suits includ ing a number of new pat tens. Every garment is hand tailored and made of best fabrics obtainable. Come in while the assortment is big-make your own terms regarding payments. j 36 X. 2nd St., cor. Walnut
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