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SCHWAB WOULD
QUIT AS STEEL
HEAD TO SERVE
Tells Shipping Board of Will
ingness to Resign Beth
lehem Connections
Wa.-liington. April 18.—Charles
SI. Schwab has told the Shipping
Board that he is willing to resign
his Bethlehem Steel connections if
necessary to undertake the work of
director general of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation.
Officials of the board do not be
lieve it will be necessary for Mr.
Schwab to make such a sacrifice.
They have pointed out that he would
have nothing to do with the letting
of contracts, and that in addition,
virtually every yard in the United
States already had all the contracts
it could fill until 1920. The yards
which Mr. Schwab controls are en
gaged almost exclusively on worn
for the navy.
Mr. Schwab was to confer here
to-day with Charles Piez, vice-presi
dent of the Fleet Corporation, to
familiarize himself with the status
of the work.
Nation May Call Grace
It is said that the services of
President Grace, of the Bethlehem
Steel Company, will be commandeered
by the government to assist in the
management of the Fleet Corpora
tion.
With these two men at work there
gram of theshrdll—ylUetaoinunnu
is no doubt that there will be a
speeding-up in the shipbuilding pro
gram of the nation and a concen
tration of energy where it will pro
duce the greatest results.
Tonnage rather than numbers of
ships is sought by the Shipping
Board in making plans for a con
tinuance of its work next year. Fre
quent conferences are held to de
cide the kind of ships needed to help
win the war, and how the greatest
amount of tonnage may be obtained
from them
In the future, now that the gen
eral building program is well under
way, all contracts let will be based
on the needs and approval of the
operating department, so that not
'oo many ships of any one kind will
be constructed to the detriment of
tank steamships, refrigerator ships
and other specia ltypes: Especial at
tention is being given to the build
ing of vessels which can be used
after the war in the passenger serv
ice. All ships built will be cf 6.000
tops or more, in accordance with
the announced policy of abandoning
the uneconomical 3500-ton vessel.
Schwab to Bo Unfettered
The feeling in Washington is that
Mr. Schwab must be given free rein
to accomplish the great things ex
pected of him. Many men of largo
constructive talents have found
themselves fettered by lack of
authority in undertaking govern
ment work. Mr. Schwab's greatest
achievements have been in an or
ganization of which he is the master.
Freedom of action has been the
> ondition under which he has oper
ated and it is felt that he will de
mand a free hand here and will re
ceive it.
No forecast of changes which mav
be made in the shipbuilding organ
ization can be made at this time with
and. degree of certainty. It is felt
that Mr. Schwab will get the re
sults at whatever cost, and that all
obstructions to complete success will
be removed.
MVE M RSES TO (iIMDI tTK
May LS Will hp the big day for Har
r.sburs Hospital Training School
->urses Who will graduate at ceremo
nies in Masonic Temple.
Deaths and Funerals
JEREMIAH TOOMEY DH>
Jeremiah Toomey. widely known in
the lower end of the city, and an at
tache of the city playgrounds, died to- !
„® > .- Tootney was a i OV( . r of children.
i L was , knc ' Wl > by virtuallv everv
L, , ,n ,h<> lower aart 0 f the city.
The last event in whir-b ho took an ac-
J e Part was a big flajrraisinc in
s>camore I layground last summerf
He lived at 1323 South Twelfth street, j
Ml** JI'MA MCCARTHY
.h i", ,' a McCarthy, daughter of
I-!. ! J" '• a,,d Mrs - Callahan Mc
,.art!i>. Mate and Cowdcn streets,
•tied yesterday at her home, in Phila-
The only survivor is Dennis
*, arthj. a former member of Select
< ouncil from the Eighth Ward, this
city, now a resident of Philadelphia
Mineral arrangements are in charge
or George It. Sourbier. funeral direc
tor. services will 1,0 held Saturdav
morning at St. Patrick's Cathedral,
iollowinir the arrival of the 9:05 train
trorn Philadelphia over the Philadel
phia and Reading Railwav. Burial
te'rv bC made in Mt * Calvary Ceme-
Miss McCarthy was 42 vears of age.
and well known in this city. Her
parents for many years owned the
McCarthy House at State and Cowdcn
streets.
MISS PKtni. FRANCES YOUNG
Funeral services for Pearl Frances
' oung. aged 17, will be held to-mor
row afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the
home of her mother. Mrs. Kdward Al
bright, 160t> Wallace street, the Rev.
H. W. A. Hanson, pastor of Messiah
Lutheran Church. officiating. Miss
i "Unit died in a Philadelphia hospital
from pneumonia.
Following services at the house, the
body will be taken to Duncannon,
where further services will be held in
the Methodist Church. Miss Young
was formerly employed in Cunning
ham s Restaurant.
MRS. MARY MARSH
Mrs. Mary Marsh, aged 68. died at
the home of her daughter. Mrs. Gil
berg. 1196 Bailey street, vesterdav.
She was the wife of W. T. Marsh. Fu
neral services will be held Saturday
afternoon, at 2 o'clock, the Rev. Mr.
Baldwin officiating. She is survived
by her husband and three daughters
Mrs. Minerva Minnig, Mrs. Katharine
Gilberg and Mrs. Grace Ehling.
MRS. HARRIET RAMSEY
Mrs. Harriet Ramsey, aged 60. died
yesterday at the Harrisburg Hospital
Funeral services will be held Satur
day afternoon from the residence of
her sister. 814 Kast street, the Rev
Mr. Cooper, pastor of the Bethel A.'
M. E. Church, officiating. Burial will
'•e made in the Lincoln Cemeterv Mrs
Ramsey lived at C 44 Primrose street."
' PLANT SUPPORTS ||
Can Your Own TOMATOES
You will then know they are clean
I and wholesome. By using the
| , ADJUSTO Plant Support.
I '— which is low-priced and
lasts a lifetime, the fruit
j ! ii will be held up off the
ground, causing the to- !
mitoes to ripen from one to two
weeks earlier. *.
| The ADJUSTO, adjustable to any I
I height, is equally good (or Roses,
Dahlias, Hydrangeas. Peonies, and
every bush and shrub that needs a
! support. Aik your dealer, and if he
has none in stock, write n.
Forrart Scd Co., lnc..CorlUnd. N. Y.
7, t : .w:- y ~ -- - - -• ' ••' • . • - - i
THURSDAY EVENING, HARRBSBTJRG TELJEGRAPH APRIL 18 1918
Snyder Holds Up Pay ;
Charges Duplication
| Charging that he is trying to co!-
| lect pay for work in two departments
I Jon Capitol Hill and is not now a> ,
j tually employed in either. Auditor
II General Charles A. Snyder to-day
| held up the salary warrants of Jo-
Iseph A. Skelton. Jr.. of Montgomery
county, for pay as u state factory in- ,
spector and is an extra clerk in the
Insurance Department during the
i last two weeks of March.
The Auditor General says that
Skelton is an inexperienced man and
was appointed a factory inspector in
place of B. Frank Roller, of Roycrs
ford. an inspector of experience, <t a
! salary of SI,BOO a year, although Rol
| ler received only $1,500, and that
I shortly thereafter he was hired as an j
extra clerk In the Insurance Depart-J
! ment by Commissioner Ambler. Af
| terward he was transferred entirely,
J from the factory inspection bureau 1 (
I of the State Departnent of I-aborj
and Industry to the Insurance De-u
] partment, but notwithstanding war- 1
j rants for pay for the last half of
i March have been presented in liis|"
! favor by both departments at the
' rate of SI,SOO a year each.
Mr. Snyder says he understands
I that Skepton is not now working at |;
the Capitol, but is engaged exclu-!;
sively at the Ambler campaign head-h
! quarters in N'orristown. 11
Ratification Committee to
Endorse Candidates
| Candidates for the in]
j nauphin county will be discussed at [
a meeting of the Dauphin County
Ratification Committee in the Anti- ]
, i-aloon League headquarters. Dauphin I
j building, to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. It is understood that defl
; nite action will be taken regarding
| endorsement of candidates at this
' meeting. Those aspirants for the
Legislature who have declined or'
neglected to state their position on
j the proposed prohibition amendment ;
, will likely fall outside the breast- !
| works so far as any endorsement is
concerned.
Previous to the meeting there will .
! be a luncheon for members of the j
| committee at 12.15 o'clock at the T. •
M. C. A. building.
Red Cross Gets S2BO From
Lecture and Auction Bridge
The sum of $2St) was turned in to '
Red Cross headquarters this morning 1
by Mrs. James I. Chamberlain as the
; proceeds of a lecture at the Civic !
i Club and an auction bridge tourna- I
\ ment at the Executive Mansion sev
i eral weeks ago. The money was ap- 1
! propriated to the home service sec- j
| tion of the Harrisburg Chapter. '
i American Red Cross. The sum rep
j resented the entire proceeds of the I
! two events, since there were no ex- '
j penses. The services of Milton C.
: Work, prominent bridge expert, were .
j contributed.
17,416,303 Catholics
Listed by New Directory
New York. April 18. —There are 17.-
i 416,;!Oo Catholics in the United States
| (not including island possessions),
I according to the 1918 edition of
The Official Catholic Directory, pub-
I lished and copyrighted by P. J. Ken
nedy & Sons, of Barclay street. New
j York, and the net increase in the
i number of Catholics for 1917 amounts
jto 393,424. Fifty-nine dioceses and
archdioceses reported increases and
| four showed decreases.
| The total number under the protec
tion of the Stars and Stripes is 26.-
j ;65.642. New Tork state leads with
I 3,08.8,106 and Pennsylvania is second
i with J. 885.000. New Jersey ranks
I sixth with T25.073. Maryland, with
! 278,000, ranks fifteenth.
j
Penbrook to Attend
Big Patriotic Rally
j The Liberty Bond sale in Penbrook I
j will be given an impetus to-niglit at
! a patriotic meeting to be held to'
I stimulate interest in the Third Lib- !
j ertv I>oan. Principal speakers at the '
' meeting will be E. J. Stackpole. Ed- j
itor-in-chief of the Harrisburg Tele
| graph, and the Rev. W. S. Herman,
| pastor of the Zion Lutheran Church.
The meeting Mill be held at 8
I o'clock in the United Brethren
Church. All citizens of Penbrook and
vicinity have been urged tp be pres
ent.
SCHOOL BOARD TO STUDY
IIIVI.RSIl)i; SITUATION
A special committee of the School
Board will be appointed at the meet
ing to-morrow for the purpose of
conferring with the Susquehanna
township authorities on the annexa
tion of Riverside and the addition of
the school to the Harrisburg district
While Riverside was formally add
ed to the city early in the fall becom
ing the Fourteenth ward, the schools
in that district will not come under
the jurisdiction of the local board
until this July. All arrangements for
taking over the schools and continu
ing them in September, will be made
during the summer months. Al
though no meeting has been held by
the old teachers' committee to act
on the demand for salary increases
presented by teachers, according to
reports, it is likely the question will
be discussed to-morrow.
FOUR YORK C'Ot STY ROADS
FHKK WHK.V STATE BUYS j
By Associated Press
York. Pa.. April 18.—Four York j
county turnpikes became free high- !
ways to-day when they were pur
chased by the state and county on a j
fifty-fifty basis, the consideration be- i
ing $86,930. The turnpikes trans- I
ferred were the Susquehanna and ■
York. York and Liverpool, York and !
Gettysburg and York and Maryland '
line. Travelers on the Linco'n high- I
way will no longer be compelled to
pay toll within the limits of this !
county. The work of removing the I
gates at the various tollhouses is to I
begin to-morrow.
AMERICAN SURGEON WINS ' i
DECORATION FOR BRAVERY j
• By Associated Press
With the American Army ill
France. Wednesday. April 17. —Lieu-
tenant George Patton, of New York
City, of the American Army Medi
cal Corps, has been awarded the
French war cross for courage in
treating wounded men while with
out a gas mask during a heavy bom
bardment of gas shells. The lieu
tenant found it was impossible to
treat the wounded while wearing his
mask. He dressed wounds until -
overcome by gas fumes.
(RRKWRD KOH THEFT
Edgar 11. Myers was arrested by De
tectives Murnane and Shuler. last
night, for the alleged theft of a
; watch and pair of shoes. It is said bv
; police thta he stole them from aii
Italian, whose name the police did
not secure. He will receive a prc
• liminary hearing thfs afternoon.
Gen. Goelhals Will Aid
Pershing in War Plans
Washington, April 18. —In order
that he may concentrate all of his
organizing and executive' ability
upon the single task of getting
troops and supplies to France in the
speediest possible manner, Major
General George W. Goethals. builder
of the Panama Canal, is to be re
lieved of his duties as acting quar
termaster general of the Army.
He will devote his entire time to
the work of the storage and traffic
division of the general staff, of
which he is the divisional head, and
Mhioh controls all Army shipments
to Kurope.
\ MEKICA \ STEAMER SUNK
By Associated Press
Xen York. April IS. The Ameri
can steamship A. A. Raven, a vessel of
V• V?, nfi ,? ross register, ow ned by
J. w. e.lwell and Company, was sunk
by a submarine during the second
week or March, according to word re
ceived in shipping circles here to-dav
ADDRESSES FR ITER VAT. ORDER
Raymond A. Miller, of the 635 Aero
squadron. Richmond. Ya. addressed
Mount Vernon Council, No. 333 order
of Independent Americans, in' Fack
h"a''j "a? 1 evening. Candidates
for the first degree were initiated.
Dives f Pomeroy & Stewart
Friday's Special Attractions Bring Many Regular Lines
to Lower Price Levels
No Friday Specials ' H*" " Wh '* C 8 C
Women's Brown '\ l • I I I j '
Oxfords O— // j' i I | . I. V I I Men's Four-in- -■ Ql
Park brown calf skin, five // I J j j 1 l\ V'l I / ') / Hand Ties L *C
eyelet oxfords: stitched wing f ; fatsMSalidji i i ! i / ' / /
tips and military heels. Spe- // // I I /L I IJJ II I / / •' and 35c washable
cial Friday only. \ J L JlrvLU I h four-in-hands in light and dark
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. fT /77rT 1/ VfT C ° " SPeC ' al FridaV ° nl> '-
Street Floor, rear. Jj ]( Jj J\h ?;k\ / i JJI J1 11 Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart.
V i * A--- -V 7* 1/,
Women's Black and SQ.JX) ' |
Several Thousand Extra Value House & Morning Dresses 59c
light weight soles and high 0 ' Negligee shirts in stripe per-
Considerably Lower in Price Than You'll Find Them Later
Street. Floor,' rear. v Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart.
i he materials arc all of the most serviceable kinds and the styles arc as smart, and as attractive as many house and store.
Loom Ends of Rib- Q morning dresses we have seen at considerably higher cost.
bons, yard mOC Every dress in this unusually large showing is of a type that you will sec on your best dressed friends throughout
Stripes, warp prints and satin summer -months. 4
'V,:;, pomeroy * s„.. r , Pricesill Be Much High
' So it is to the interest of every woman to select her dresses for morning and porch service at this time, IJ " CS ' StCWart '
Choose from ginghams in checks and stripes, fine perc ales and chambravs.
Umbrellas, 98c Chambray snd percale house slresscs in white pique, finished with broad band of in narrow and wide stripe gingham, In tan ! "
American taffeta, umbrella* solid colors of blue or small cheeks; collar. P chambray......... 52.50 and white and blue and white: sailor collar Paisley Bags
belt and pockets of white pique $1 98 House dresses in chambray and gingham and deep cuffs of white organdie, ... $3.50
handles for men and women. House dresses ot stripe gingham ip blue deep cuffs >;orch an.l house dresses of stripe and *5-00 and $6.00 Egyptian
u25 value . and white,. Black and white and brown and pearf buttons trimmed with p aid gingham, made in a belted style with Paisley bags and purses. Spe
* " Whlte: ,he Collar and pockets are of in the BiVlie Burke tIS ,argC clal Friday only „. M
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. „
Street Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Second Floor. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart.
Street Floor.
Pattern Veils, 39c Women's Neckwear * WPpk-Plnr] rZIZZ u I j ~~oi ~ o u i ~
, 1 I ,L J-JllU. Cotton Foulards Bleached Sheets. $1 .00
Plain and fancv Hemstitched linen handker- . I
.5,. ' • ' o b „ e " ; Clearance of Hats specially Priced Fnd,y *
Cotton handkerchiefs, colored wilvv w - 1 -
Ulves, Pomoroy & Bicwar t . • _ Commenting cS 9 V, n a C ,ron™'"..' ,0 !""'.,1S
11 p-v. Friday at
Clearance of Women's Men's Khaki 1 I W •V' C,,: T T• • _
Frid k a r ar: ISr Handkerchiefs ! JT)j I A special lot of trim- ,5 5 ° ■"* .ooh„ of Sheet and #O.OB
, ay IOC Khaki colored handkerchiefs, V S\k\ a i 1 4 i wide, in all shades; limited Pillow Cases ... O
J<ace stocks and Jabots and V"/ M niC(l llatS tllat AWrC qua ! ltlty - Special Friday only, Embroidered sheet, Slx99
Organdie collars, mussed, form- slight imperfections. %
erly up to 50c. . • \J \ \PC7U -Q S lOrmcny 69c black satine; 40 inches 45x36 inches. Special Friday
Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart .'\| il.jil'.'lMSjr $5.00, $6.00 and $6.50 w " ,e ' s P eila l Friday only, yd., only $3. # g
Street Floor. "i A Dives. Pomeroy & Stewart. Dives, Pomeroy & Stewar^ 56 * Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart,
Second Floor, Front. ' street Floor * Basement.
Wash Suitin S s . Colored Dress Goods Women's Black ffrt.oo . Sil Plated Ware
soup, with cream, can. ~ioc T n .-U- 7S „ Pumps £— D ™g Sundries ouver x-idtea ware
California sliced peaches, with n " a Sement 7 _ oc blue b onnet plaids, 36 )2 2B sUver plated cassero ] eß
syrup, can 25c en u ... t • inches wide in gingham styles. An actual $5.00 value in black $1.25 and $1.50 hair brushes
Best grade evaporated sugar 50c Wash suitin * in faßt Special Friday only, yard. sc ,~, a • rus es. Special Friday only $1.69
•corn. 4 lbs 98c colors; for rompers. Special ® un mtal and kid Bkln - wlth Special Friday only 89c S1 rn ~. .
smoked shoulders, lb. , , , $3.00 stripe woolen, 54 inches , T , . . . _ 11.50 silver pjated bonbon
25c Friday only, yard . 23c wide, in bronze. Special Fri- ~ther Louis heels, sixes 4to . 25c tooth brushes. Special dishes. Special Friday only.
Oat e meai ra c rackers e lb anS ' ->Jc 29 ° mad^ as - 36 inches wide. day only, yard $1.50 In AA. A, B and C widths. Friday only l sc 98c
Eclipse steel cut coffee, lb., 'n fancy stripes on white. Spe- $3.00 plaids. 54 Inches wide, No exchanges. Special Friday „ 25 fountaln Byrin „ e g Bogers $3.98 silver plated
Tomatoes. No. 1 cans. B?Jc F>lday ° n ' y yard ' ! "' 23c Krid!iy °n,y. cia , Fr , d b " knives and forks. Specia. Fri-
Royal Baking Powder, can. 29c percale. 36 inches wide, sl ' so Dl ' * BUjrart. day % „
Nnt- a -oH - Special Friday <IOO French serge; 42 inches 10c aoap babies. Special Fri. cn Ull .
„,h.0,. >' = wide. In navy and.brown. Spe- a , v 500 wh,„ Ivor, ha.r rolv„,
vahil re cl° v er light honey, $1.98 25c gingham prints in fancy clal Friday only. yard. ... 89c and puff boxes. Special Friday
Rltter'4 pork and' beans " plaids S P ecial Friday only. $2.50 French serge; all wool; Black DreSS Goods Toiletsoap. Special Friday only , c
' ' 2 ?° >BrU ' ,2 * C only? C ?ard WWe ' Bpec,al $1.25 costume serge; 50 inches on,y 8 cakes, Ssc -60 cut glass bonbon
Naptha washing powder,' 5c 30c BU,tin K n linen linish; ' H ' R i W ' dC ' S ? eclaI ' Fr,day only j l 15c talcum powder Special d ' Sheß- Speclal on lV.
Sunshine peanut wafers. 2 ™ Inches wide. Special Friday ,3 ' s ° Velour coating; 54 in. i 0 ° apeclal
packages 27c only, yard 20c w 'dc, in rose and reseda. Spe- $2.50 French serge; 44 inches Friday only g c
rancy peeled peaches, lb., cial Friday only, yard, .. $2.50 wide. Special F"riday only, yd., bead necklaces. Special
. , , 19c 25c black satine; in plain t , .. ' si.B9 15c glycerine soap. Special Friday onlv
c.^! g,ey .".'r r,nR .." oaP> : h n :r SPCCiaI Fr,day w.Sr.n^ , 2 .00 -Ik poplin; 40 inches Friday only, 10c 25c brooH.es'and" baV pin,
Extra water crackers. Trida, o nl , yard widc . Special ,Mday only yd Dlvc, Pomeroy & Stewtrt. ' SpecLl Friday
lines, Stewart. Basement Str^rFloon^" Di " C "- Street F,oor - DiVCB - romeroy & Stewar -
' ' * Street Floor.
GRAPE FRUITING Y
GRIM NECESSITIES OF WAR
Safer and Easier to Eat a Radish, Is Only Solace of Many
lireakfasters Soon to Feel Shipping Shortage
My breakfast is not what it was
In. days before the war.
They've Hooverized the grape-fruit;
Can't get it any more.
That's the situation. No room in
the ships for the big. juicy breakfast
fruit. Sad? Rather. Greatest of
indoor sports, was grape-fruiting.
Do you remember how you struggled
with the first (jne to eat it with a
spoon and without a mackintosh.
Nevertheless. grape-fruit became
popular. So popular that the res
taurants had the nerve to charge
15 cents for half a one; many hotels
soaked you twenty-five cents.
You may still have a pineapple or
banana, but who the Sam Hill wants
a banana for eye opener! do
not come under the embargo on
Cuba shipments. Take up nearly as
much rom as a grape-fruit, too, and
you ask why; but that's another
story.
Government says we need all the
space in steamers for sugar; further
more grape-fruit takes plenty of
sweetening. The embargo starts to
morrow. Try a radish.
ENOI.A WINS POOI. MATCH
Knolh. April 18.—The Knola pocket
billiard team defeated the Marysville
team at the Ivcssler pool parlor here
last night. The scores follow:
Knola. Hinkle, SO; Sweger, 19; Myers.
50. Marysvile. Herman, 47; Snyder!
r.O; Schaefter. 24. High runs. Hinkle,
24. and Snyder, 19, This is the sec
ond time the two teams have met for
the title between tho two towns and
each time the locals came out victors.
SMAI.I.PON CASE RF.PORTF.D
Gertrude Morigan, 802 Capital
street, reported to city health officials
as the latest smallpox victim. has
been removed to the Sanitary Hos
pital.
Coat of Tar and Feathers
For Unpatriotic Major
Santa *>. N. M„ April 18.— Four
hundred convicts sn tlie state peni
tentiary tarred and feathered Major
John M. Birkner. of Camp Cody, Dem
ing. N. M,, a federal prisoner, - and
then led him about the prison with
a rope aroun'd his neck. He is
charged with violation of the espion
age act.
Birkner was allowed in the prison
yard for exercise with the 400 con
victs. The warden knew nothing of
what was going on until he heard
loud cheering and rushed out in the
yard to find Rirkner stripped and
covered with tar and feathers. The
prisoners, with loud hoots, were lead
ing him about the yard by a rope
around his neck.
ltl'll.DlNft PERMITS
Building permits were issued yes
terday to tjie following: I. L New
comer. remodeling 11 North Four
teenth street. $2.")0; John Hare, con
tractor for Paul F. Hene, one-storv
frame garage, rear og 228 l*wi's
street, S2OO.
TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION
The Cumberland County Farm Bu
reau announces that the tractor dem
onstration, which was to be ffeld last
week, will now take place Saturday
afternoon on the farm of A. L Bier
bower. one mile northwest of Carlisle.
Church Council Reorganizes
at St. Matthew's Lutheran
Reorganization of the council of
the St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
took place at a meeting held Monday
night. These officers were elected
for the coming year:
President. G. A. Martz: recording
secretary, Albert E." Burkholder;
financial secretary, Harry Webb;
treasurer, K. l_ Zimmerman,
The council at present is made up
of the following members, all of
whom were elected at a recent con
gregational meeting: .Trustees, W.
H. Runk and G. K. Sheffer; elders. G.
A. Martz and W. H. Jacobs; deacons,
J. S. High. A. E. Rurkholder, M. J.
Davis, Harry Webb. W. G. Stretch, J.
S. Bittinger, A. Householder. E. L.
Zimmerman and the Rev. E. Is. Sny
der, pastor.
SCHOOL BOARD ARA NDONSOERMAN
The teaching of German in the pub
lic schools of Susquehanna township
will be discontinued, it was decided
last night at a meeting of the school
board. Tne Teutonic language had
been taught in the high school at
Pleasant View.
Debate Will Follow
Dinner at Y. M. C. A.
Members of the public speaking
class of the Central Y. M. C. A. will
meet at dinner in the Central Y. M.
C. A. building Monday night. FoU
lowing the dinner the question, "Un
solved, That. Government Manage
ment and Control of Railroads Dur-.
ing the Period of the War Is Desira
ble" will bo discussed. The members
of the teams to debate the question
are: Negative—E. W. Killinscr,
captain; Charles Sullenberger anil
.lohn T. Hall; alternates, O C. Frant/s
and James Pryor. Affirmative-
Mr. Page. captain; H. E. Wagner,
W. <!. Starry. Alternate, Raymond
R. Winter. The judges will bo
Henry N. Stewart, Dr. J. Georg®
Eecht and A, Floyd Whalen.
EFFICIENCY PROOF FOR SKVK*
Certificates of efficiency have hroit
awarded by the American Tied Cross
to seven members of the tlrst-aiil
class taught by I)r. George R. Stnll
in the Camp Curtin school building.
The graduates are: Mrs. Margaret
M. Rricker, Mrs. Elsie S. Kepford,
Mrs. Elizabeth Wolfe, Mrs. Catherine
Mumma, Mrs. Anna C. Renn-r, Mrs.
Alice M. Rurg and Mrs. Mary K.
■Cless.