2 Cumberland Valley ASK RECEIVER FOR RAILWAY Bond and Stockholders of the C. V. R. R. Want Corpora tion Declared Insolvent Carlisle, Pa.. Aug. 7. Claiming that the corporation has defalted on i Its bond interest and other fixed j charges and is running behind about 12.000 monthly representatives of | bondholders and stockholders of the • Cumberland Railway Company have petitioned for the appointment of a' receiver and that the corporation ' which operutes trolley Xnes between , Carlisle and Mount Holly Springs and Carlisle and Newvllle, be declared in- | solvent. . The requests were made to Judge | Sadler in*a session of court yester- j day by Waller Stuart, of Carlisle, and, Charles El>y. of Harrisburg, repre senting bondholders and stockholders. | Various charges that the management is not efficient and that the roadbed i and equipment are deteriorating are, made by the petitioners. A hearing s In the case has been set for Tues day. July 13. It is stated in the petition for the appointment of a receiver that there | Is a mortgage on the property of the I Carlisle an.l Mount Holly line, con solidated with the Cumberland Rail way Company, of SIOO,OOO and on the joint property of $750,000. against) which $405,000 in bonds has been is sued. It is stated that nearly $2,000; Is being lost monthly. The Cumberland Railway wa#form ed in 1909 and took over the line of the Carlisle and Mount Holly Com panv. The link from Carlisle to New vllle was built by the former corpor- | ation after the merger. The Holly line was built by Patricio Russ. of I Harrisburg. and was run in conjunc-, tion with Mount Holly Springs Park. NEW COURSES IN HIGH SCHOOI, Carlisle, Pa.. Aug. 7. At the Au gust meeting of the Carlisle school board plans were made for the put ting into effect of new Spanish and French courses in the High School which are to replace German, now formally banished from the cirricul um. The commercial feature will also be extended to make up for the study dropped. GIRI, GOES TO BANK Mechnnicsburg, Pa., Aug. 7. Miss Lorenu Kilmore has been appointed to a responsible position in the Sec ond National Bank, of Mechaniics burg. by the board of directors and will enter upon her new duties in a few davs. Miss Kilmore was gradu ated from the Harrisburg School of Commerce this week and is the daughter of Dr. J. A Kilmore, West Main street. TELLS HOW TO GET BACK OLD TIME AMBITION Discoverer instructs drug-) gists everywhere not to take a cent of anyone's money unless Bio-feren doubles eoergy, vigor and nerve force in two weeks. 7 A DAY FOR 7 DAYS Any man or woman who finds that they are going bacKward. are not as strong as they used to be, have lost confidence in their ability to accom plish things, are nervous and run down should take two Bio-feren tab lets after each meal and one at bed time. Seven a day for seven days. Then take one after each meal un til th? supply is exhausted. Then if your nervousness is not gone, if you do not feel twice as strong and energetic as before, if vour sluggish disposition has not been changed to a vigorous active one. take back the empty package and your money will be returned without com ment. No matter what excesses, worry overwork —too much tobacco or alco hol —have weakened your body and wrecked your nerves, any druggist anywhere is authorized to refund your money on request if Bio-feren. the mighty upbuilder of blood, muscle and brain does not do just what is claim ed for it. Note to Physlclnns: There Is no secret about the formula of Bio-feren. it is printed on every package. Here It is: Lecithin; Calcium Glycerophos phate; Iron Peptonate; Manganese Peptonate; Ext. Nux Vomica; Powd. Gentian; Phenolphthalein; Olearesin Capsicum; Kola. rj Keeps Teeth Clean \ and Gums Healthy tew* ■ j Specially indicated r for treatment of Soft, Spongy and Bleeding Gums. AH Dracists and Tailet Counters. I" mmmmmmm Day And NIGHT SCHOOL Open all Year GREGG OR PITMAN SHORTHAND, TYPE WRITING, BOOKKEEP ING, CIVIL SERVICE ETC. START or CONTINUE your course NOW. We sav e you time and make you more thorough. Beckley's OFFICE TRAININGSCHOOL Several prominent educa tors recently said, "It's the only really modern Business School In Harrisburg." R. Beckley, Principal 121 Market Street Hell 601 It Dial 4016 HHMHd WEDNESDAY EVENING, Harry R. Herman, of the 112 th Regiment, Wounded in Service in France Merhanimburg, Pa.. Aug. 7.—Harry Russell Herman, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Herman was wounded In action in France July 9. He is a member of the One Hundred and Tweltfh Infantry and prior to his enlistment in the Machine Gun Com pany. was driver of a Jitney here. The young man Is well known and has a large circle of friends here. His brother, George Herman. is also serving in the United States Army in France. Miss Mary D. Stambaugh Bride of J. Paul Miller Mechnnlcaburg, Pa., Aug. 7.—Yes terday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Miss Mary D. Stambaugh. of Mechanics burg and J. Paul Miller, of Shippens burg, were married at the First United Brethren parsonage, by the pastor, the Rev. E. C. B. Castle. The bride wore a dark blue tailored suit hat to match. Immediately after the ceremony the couple left on a honeymoon trip. The bride, who is' the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nafhan Stambaugh. 16 West Keller street, is a graduate of th| Mechanicsburg High School, Har risburg School of Commerce and was employed as stenographer at the state Y, M. C. A. Mr. Miller is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Miller, of Shippensburg, and is a member of the office force of Montgomery and Company, Harrisburg Mr. and Mrs. Miller will live In Mechanicsburg. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER RESIGNS i 'Mechunlt'KburK, Pa., Aug. 7. —Miss Clara M. Kast. who has been a sue- j cessful teacher for a number of years j in the Mechanicsburg High School, j has resigned her position and ac- , cepted a similar one in the Mahanoy i township high schpol in Mahanoy I City, where she will teach French i and Spanish. Miss Helen Kast has accepted a j position )n the Enon Valley High j School, in Lawrence county. Both are < daughters of the late D. E. Kast, a j well-known educator of Cumberland j county. OPEN-AIR VICTROLA CONCERT; Liverpool, Aug. 7.—An open-air , Victrola concert will be held on the j Square on Thursday evening at 8 I o'clock. The concert will be in charge of Charles Hoffman, of Nor-j ristown, a former Liverpool Iboy. j Community singing, fan carnival: find an address J)y the Rev. G. H. ( Knox, pastor of the Methodist Epis- j copal Church, will be additional | features. The concert is held for ] the benefit of the local Red Cross. SOLDIER WOUNDED IN FRANCE Curllwlr. Pa.. Aug. 7. Another Cumberland county man has been wounded in the fighting in France. He is Charles Forney. Jr., of Craig- ; head Station. He was one of the first called to service with the National Army, and, although a farmer, did i not claim exemption, but went into I service, and was later transferred at [ his own request to the 28th Infantry. His sister, Mrs. Charles Moore, has; Wrn conducting the farm during his I absence. MRS. WILLIAM BAITM DIES Mechanicsburg, Pa., Au.g 7. After a long illness of tubercular trouble. Mrs. William Baum died at her home in North Market street, yesterday morning. She was aged 34 years and j was a member of the First United ! Brethren Church. She is survived by i her husband and one son, William j Baum. Jr.; also her mother, who lives! near Chambersburg. Funeral services | will be held on Sunday afternoon at j 2 o'clock in the First United Brethren j Church, conducted by the Rev. E. C. B. Castle. Burial will be made in ! Mechanicsburg Cemetery. SUES FOR CUSTODY OF SON Cnrllxle, Pa.. Aug. 7. A peculiar i action was heard before Judge Sadler i in a special session of court. It was the habeas corpus suit of Edward C. Weaver, of Harrisburg. against Mrs. Sue Weaver, of Enola. and Mrs. Ger lock, of West Fairview, his wife and mother-in-law, respectively, for the custody of his five-year-old son, Laird Weaver. Unfitness is claimed. Many witnesses from the Lower Bnd were here to testify as to the character of the rival claimants. PARK POLICEMAN DRAFTED Waynesboro, Pa., Aug. 7. Cap tain John E. Zang, park policeman at Pen-Mar for the past three years, will doff his police insignia on Thurs day to don the khaki of the United States Army. He has been called in the quota to leave Baltimore to-day for Camp Meade. Captain Zang served as first ser geant in the United States Cavalry and was wounded twice in the left leg in assisting to suppress a riot in San Bolango, Philippine Islands. CITED FOR BRAVERY Waynesboro, Pa.. Aug. 7. Cor poral Harry Warnick who has been in France since October as a mem ber of the Fifth Field Artillery, has been city for "distinguished bravery" and will receive the French cross. WOI'NDED IN FRANCE Wnynesboro. Pa.. Aug. 7. John W. Dewees, of Blue Ridge Summit, received word yesterday that his son, Corporal James L. Dewees. Company A. 26th Infantry, was severely wound ed in action in France. July 19. ANNVILLE HOME ROBBED Annville, Pa.. Aug. 7. —On Sun day morning robbers broke into the home of Justin Wynne, a foreman In the Kreider Shoe Factory. Two dollars and a gold watch was the total aggregate secured. The rob bers missed thirty dollars and ft number of War Savings Stamps on a bureau. GASSED IN BATTLE Columbia, Pa., Aug. 7.—Lieuten ant Daniel B. Strickler, of the One Hundred Ninth Machine Gun Bat talion, has written to his parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Strickler, stat ing that he had gone over the top in one of the engagements in j France and was gassd, but escaped I any serious consequence. He gives j a graphic and thrilling description i of his experience while-in action. A Cool Breakfast for warm weather No fussing S lil round a hot stove if you eat POST TOASTIES ( HADE Or CORN ) Commissioned Lieutenant in U. S. Aviation Corps sL JF* _r XJEUT, GEOROE R. PHILLIPS l,fwltonn, Pa.. Aug. 7.—George R- Phillips, of the United States Avia tion Corps in France, has been com missioned a first lieutenant, the com mission dating from May 17. George R. Phillips took two years' schooling at State College in mechanical engi neering and was made a corporal in the company there. He spent some time at Fort Niagara Oncers' Train ing School, was sent from there to Cornell University r training in aviation. He went to France Oct. 10, last and took a course in a French aviation school. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George Phillips, of West Market street. Farmers' Loop Picnic Near Duncannon, Aug. 17 Duncannon, Pa.. Aug. 7.—The Sec ond Farmers' Loop picnic will be held at the Lower Woods near the Loop on Saturday, August 17. The picnic grounds are located three miles from Duncannon on the Dellville road. Invitations are being sent to all the Farmers of Penn, Carroll, Wheatfield, Miller and Watts town ship. Tractor demonstrations will b held and there will be displays of various machinery. The speakers for the afternoon program will be State Senator Scott S. Leiby and E. B. Dorsett. of the State Agriculture Department. AO HERSHEY REUNION . .Marietta, Pa., Aug. 7.—The Her shey family, which has representa tions in all the countries of the world, has decided not to hold a re union this year on account of the war. W. L Hershey, of Marietta, the historian, tyis compiled a large list of descendants. Suburban Notes DILLSBI'RG Miss Anna Blemler, of Washington. D. C., is spending the week with rela tives here. Miss Blemler is a daugh ter of George Blemler, of Astoria, 111., who was a former resident of Carroll tt>wnshlp, and a granddaugh ter of William Blemler. John Trimmer, of Astoria, niinois, is -visiting relatives here. Mr. Trim mer is the son of Jesse Trimmer, of Dillsburg, but has spent the past fifteen years in the west. Ruth Blauser has returned to Phoe nixville, where she is a student nurse, after spending a short vacaation at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Blauser. Clayton Hinkle and family, of Ephrata, Lancaster county, haave I been visiting friends here for the past week. James Hinkle and family and Aug. C. Altland and family, of Harrisburg. were guests of M. G. Starry and family Sunday. Dr W. H. Britcher has been seri ously 111 for several days. John W. Myers Is spending several j days at Washington, D. C. Mrs. Fred W. Floyd and her son, .James and daughter, Margaret, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ensminger. Fred Floyd, of Harrisburg, spent several days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Floyd near Williams Grove. ANNVILLE The Rev. Rauch Stein, of Wilkes- Barre, Is spending some time here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Stein of West Main street. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Blouch spent a day at Myerstown. Miss Mary Kreider and Master Robert Kreider have returned to their home here after spending several weeks at Mount Gretna, the guests of Miss Marion Kreider. Dale Garber, of Mount Joy, spent Sunday here. The Rev. Dr. J. T. Spangler, Pro fessor of Bible study in Lebanon Val ley College, preached to the congrega tion of Trinity United Brethren Church in Lebanon on Sunday. iMr. and Mrs. Elmer Boltz and family, of Annville, spent several days at the Union Water Works camping. Augustus Maulfair spent Monday at Harrisburg. Miss Lucy Uhler spent a short time at Reading. U. Lincoln Bolton spent Monday at Harrisburg. NEWPORT Miss Clara Yohn has returned home ' after visiting relatives at Shermans dale. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hoover and daughters, Ethel and Blanche, visited Mr. and Sirs. T. H. Butturf. Miss Eleanor C. Fleisher has re turned home after visiting her broth er, C. R. Fleisher at Harrisburg. Miss Carrie Llghtner, of Hunting don, visited Miss Helen Adams, of Fourth street LIVERPOOL Miss Mellie Shuler, of Philadelphia, Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Caroline Shuler. Mrs. Margaret Eyerley was a re cent visitor at Harrisburg. Mrs. Louisa Llghthall and Miss Sine Strawser were recent visitors at Newport. Mrs. W. D. Hoover accompanied by her sister. Mrs. Ida Gingery, re turned Saturday TO her home at Phillpsburg. • Miss Ethel Nace, of Evansdale, Is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Yoder. Corporal E. Ellsmere Brink, Two Hundred and Eighty-fifth Aero Squadron, Camp Ellington. Houston, Texas, after a furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Brink, left ■ yesterday for camp. Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Feehre, of Harrisburg, were visitors at Mrs. Lilly Stalley's. Miss Myrtle MacLeod, of Bellefonte, is spending the we here with her sister, Mrs. Luther Erlenmeyer. Mrs. Hazel Rish was a Monday visitor at Harrisburg. ELAJUUSBtTRC TELEGRAPH MRS. KNISELVS LITTLE GUESTS AH Children in Stoverdale Camp Colony Entertained at Marshmallow Toast Stoverdu.?e, Pa., Aug. 7.—Mrs. Edwin Knlsely gave a marhsmallow toasf to all the children in the grove in honor of her little guests, Misses j Edna and Mary Guth, of Allentown. I The children gathered at Sweet Rest cottage and then proceeded to the woods, where all sorts*of children's games were played. When it grew dark a large tire was lighted, around which the children gathered and toasted many marshmallows. Those present were Miss Edna Guth, Miss! -Mary Guth, Miss Alia Ruth, Miss j Charlotte Floyd, Miss Elmira Wea- L ver. Miss Susan Stoner. Miss Nelle Canning, Miss Dorothy Biever, Miss j I hoebe Fortenbaugh, Miss Hilda! Baker, Miss Frances Baker, Miss j Katherine Louise Witmer, Miss j Susan Luckenbill, Miss Florence Sides, Frank Witmer Jr., Melvin Ebersole, Oliver Ebersole, Ray Luckenbill, Charles Luckenbill, Curtis Pritchard and Elwood George Ruth. The Rev. and Mrs. Arthur King entertained the following guests over the weekend at the Ivy: Mr. and Mrs. Geary Oswig, of Palmyra;; Mrs. Carrie Killer, of Lebanon, and > Mrs. Susan Minaugh, of Mount Joy. The Sunday guests of Mr. and j Mrs. Charles Canning at the Edge- j wood were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas < Bowers, Mr. Alvin Wise and Miss I Sara Bowers, of Harrisburg. Miss Jtatherine Phillips and Miss' Mildred Strawbridge, of Harris- j burg, spent the weekend with Mrs. , Margaret Ellenberger at the Oak I Glen, Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Henry, Miss > Erma Henry and Ed. Ludholtz, of, Harrisburg. are occupying the Wo-1 helo dining camp. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Porter, of I Harrisburg; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. J Stone and daughters, Susan and Miriam Stone, of Penbrook, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Ebersole at Kamp Komfort. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Fisher and Miss Lile Fisher, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with Mrs. Emory Fisher at the Emory Villa. Misses Alia Ruth and Charlotte j Floyd, of Highspire, spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Knise- | ly, at Sweet Rest. The Sunday guests at Cozy Nook l were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Garver ick, William Garverick and Sara Garverick, Albert Hepperly, Jennie Ward, Elmer Murray, Ed. Ward and Hugo Miller, of Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Barker and daughter, Msis Alice Barker, iStd Miss Olive Sweigart, of Harrisburg, motored to the grove on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fickes, of the Jason, entertained the following guests on Sunday: Ms. Mary Myers, Miss Beatrice Snoddy, Miss Carrie Campbell, James Doran, of Harris burg, and Sergeant "Billy" Nolan, of the Aero Squadron of Mid<%town. Misses Marcella Sheeslcy, Grace Saul, Esther Demmy, of Harrisburg, and George Muth, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Biever, at Hickory Lodge. The guests at the Oleander on Sunday were Misses Sadie Crist. Carrie Crist, Lu Lehman, Rachael Conrad, Jene MsColland, Margaret Cummings, Alice Straub, Anna Ber. ry, Ella Wilson, of Harrisburg, and Albert White, of Altoona. The Sunday guests 'of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sides at the Zowie were Robert Sides. Harold Sides, Russel | Workman, "Tiny" Harvey, Law rence Snoddy, Ross Chubb and Roy McCord, of Highspire. Misses Marie Wise, Ruth Shaftner, Mrs. Samuel Stauffer, George Brehm and Ames Lawrence, of Highspire, motored to the grove and called on friends on Sunday. Misses Margaret Fox and Bessie Wolsin, of Philadelphia, called on Miss Pearl Kilmer at Pine View. Mrs. Roy Krebbs, of Harrisburg. and Stuart Snavely were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snavely at Pine Lodge. Miss Dorothy Gallagher and Claude Chubb, of Highspire, are spending the week with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sides at the Zowie. COLUMBIA SOLDIERS MISSING Columbia, Pa., Aug. 7.—Word was received here to-day from the War Department announcing that George D. Deitrich and William T. Bosler, two Columbia soldiers of the One Hundred Tenth Infantry, were miss ing in action in Prance, July 15. Mrs. Deitrich wag informed that any further information obtained would be communicated to her, and the mother of Hosier received a sim ilar message. Deitrich is twenty two years old and is married. He was ai member of the old Company C. Fourtfi Regiment, of Colubla, and served with it on the Mexican bor der. He continued with the com pany after its return and went 10 Camp Hancock, where he was trans ferred "to the One Hundred Tenth Infantry and went with that Battal ion to France. Bosler is a son of Mrs. Hettie C. Bosler and is nine teen years old. Both were members of the same company and took part in the same action. a 7 MEMBERS INITIATEn Seventy-six member* were obligat ed at a special meeting of Penn-Har rls Lodge No. 640, Brotherhood of Railroad Clerks, last night. A large number of members were present. /■ * © Last season the Hupmobile took its place among cars that are distinguished be cause of their good looks. The new Hupmobile will make that position doubly secure. HUPMOBILE The Comfort Car 4 Harrisourg Agency Co. 103 MARKET ST. WEST SHORE NEWS l West Fairview Machinist in France With Regiment : -f >311|9 x ••• o w W\ • J * ' N % • N V -> ___J BEROT. LEWIS H. GEORGE AVcst Fairview, Pa., Aug. 7.—Mess Sergeant I .owls H. George, of Com pany C, 316 th Infantry, has arriv ed overseas. Sergeant George was drafted early in the winter and sent to Camp Meade, where the Liberty Division was changed from civilian recruits to a lighting force, under Major-General Kuhn. Before enter ing the Army Young George was a machinist in the enginehouse of the Enola yards and played on the base ball team for several years. PRIMARY PUPILS ON OUTING Marysville, Pa., Aug. 7. Four teachers of the primary department of the Marysville Methodist Episco pal Sunday school took their pupils for an afternoon's outing to Cassell's Woods, near here, yesterday after noon. Tho teachers were Mrs. S. 3. Bidlack, Mrs. John Shull, Mrs. Myr tle Lightner and Miss Virginia Ellen berger. The others in the party were: Mrs. Joseph Alberts and two chil dren, Mary Catherine and Joseph, Martiia Dice, Viola Morris, Dorothy Kerstetter,' Luella Flickinger, Edith Cessna, Grace Cessna, Esther Lau, Anna Kling, Donald Lightner, Wai ter Morris. Claire Morris, Melvin Beers, Paul White, George Kerstet ter, Martin, Bruce Carmich ael and t.eorg'e Flickinger. LOCAL. ODD FKI.LOWS TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Many Harrisburgers will attend the patriotic reunion of the Pennsylvania Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Pottsville to-morrow. R. D. Bemarn, of this city, grand master of Penn sylvania, will preside. Lewis B. Franklin, director of the Treasury Department War Loan organization, will be the principal speaker. WAR IS BLAMED Scarcity of labor and mechanical difficulties in the pipe line and the plants themselves, are given as the main reasons for the Penbrook water shortage. Officials of the Hummels town Consolidated Water Company, which supplies the town, says that the receipts from Penbrook service are not sufficient to give adequate pay to labor about the plant. T : Announcement Opening of Fishman's Fire-Proof Garage Fourth and Chestnut Streets (Centrally Located) The largest and most complete garage in Central Pennsylvania, of concrete fireproof construction, and occupies two floors of an area of 22,000 square feet each. Easily acces sible from both Chestnut and Cherry streets. No elevators. Storage Capacity 600 Cars; i ' The garage will be conducted under the most up-to-date methods and every latest facil ity has been installed for the convenience of the motorist. PERMANENT OR TRANSIENT STORAGE Live and dead storage for all kinds of cars. Dead storage, pleasure cars $6.00 per month. Ford cars, $5.00 per month. A feature of the new garage will be Parking Accomm Do not park on the streets and expose your car to theft or damage. Parking accommodations 25c per day. • STORAGE RESERVATIONS MADE; NOW. # Full | 1 y f** We would!; .. f rishmans (jarage * : line ot V to demonstrate |: Paige Parts Fourth and Chestnut Sts. Paige cars . • Distributors of uc]ss !| . : anc * ■ , at your Accessories Paige Motor Cars and Trucks . c ° nve I Personal and Social Items of Towns on West Shore Harry Westfall, a military guard at Hoboken, N. J., has returned to his duties after vtslting his wife at her Marysville home. Fred Diebold, of New York city, is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Deckard, Front street, Marysville. Lieutenant Chester Beckley, of New York, spent several hours with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Beck ley, at New Cumberland, on Sun day. W. H. Young, of Philadelphia, is visiting relatives at New Cumber -1 land. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Church of God met at the home of Mrs. Shuler at Elkwood last even ing. Nevin Boinberger, of Lebanon, visited his parents at New Cumber land on Sunday. _ Misses Elizabeth and Julia Rue, of New Cumberland, spent the week end at Mount Gretna. Harry Reneburger was taken to | the Harrisburg Hospital yesterday l where he will have an operation per formed. SCHOOL FACULTY FILLED Marysville, Pa., Aug. B.—The ; Marysville public school teaching I force has been filled with the selec i tion by the Marysville school board i of Wade M. Becker, of Hanover, to be first assistant principal in the High school, at a salary of SBS per month. He will till the vacancy created by the leaving of John L. Hain, Jr., teacher last year, for the i United States Army. James Camp j bell was elected janitor of the High j school building. j A contract has been awarded by I the directors to the National Heat ing Company, of Philadelphia, to | overhaul the heating system in the I High school building. TOO HOT TO WORK New Cumberland, Pa., Aug. 7. Many men employed at the govern ment buildings were unable to work j yesterday on account of the intense ' heat. A number of prostrations were ; reported on Monday. TO ENTERTAIN CLASS New- Cumberland. Pa., Aug. 7. ! The Everfaithful Bible class of the | Church of God Sunday school will ; be entertained by Mrs. N. S. Straub | at her cottage, at Bella Vista to-iuor | row evening. Cars will leave New ! Cumberland at 5.45. ENGAGED SIXTEEN TIMES Ixmrion, Aug. 7.—A girl of Briglit | on, England, boasts that since the I war began she has been engaged j sixteen times and has broken every I engagement herself. SOLDIERS USE SHOWER BATHS Carlisle. Pa., Aug. 7. Temper atures of over 100 degrees in the | shade yesterday combined with in i tense humidity, caused much suffer , in£ here. It became so hot that wofic at the plant of the Standard Chain Company was suspended. Men of the 113 th Ammunition Truck Train passing through here, stopped for refreshments at the Red Cross canteen, and also made use .of the Carlisle Indian School showers. LARGE BARN lUTRNED ! Marietta, Pa., Aug. 7.— The large ; bank barn on the David Zimmerman i farm, at Vogansville, was struck by i lightning Monday morning and burn led to the ground. All the farming I Implements and livestock were saved I by farm help, but the crops were con- I sumed. AUGUST 7, 1918. Well-Known Athlete Leaves to Join Navy Hb iTlr V WJm. "DICK" BOTHWELL H. L. ("Dick") Bothwell, son of William Bothwell, of the Auditor Generals Department, who resides ut 2109' Green street, and who was lilling a temporary position at the Harrisburg Y. M. C. A. while await ing his call, reported this \vik for naval duty at Norfolk, Va. He is well known both in Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, as well as throughout Ohio, for his college and athletic activities, having been captain of the baseball and football teams of Washington College, Ohio, where he tecently completed his junior term. WOMAN SHOOTS AT ROBBER Gettysburg, Pa., Aug. 7.—Grasping a revolver which lay on a chair at the side of her bed, Mrs. Grim, of Kansas City,' wife of a soldier at Camp Colt, fired directly at a burglar in her room at an early hour in the morning, frightening him so badly that he beat a hasty retreat down the stairs with only two dollars re ward for his nightly visitation. Mrs. Grim has been living at the home of Charles Bowers, In Baltimore street. It was about two o'clock in the morn ing when she was awakened, and in the light from the electric lamp on the street she could see a man mov ing around in her room. She picked up her revolver and fired at tHe in truder. He dropped her pocketbook he had taken and ran down the stairs and out tTie front door. CYIU S S. GRIGST niKS OettynburK, Pa., Aug. 7.—Cyrils S. Griest, one of the bestknown citi zens of Adams county, died at his home at Guernsey yesterday, aged eighty-three years. He was wide ly known as a farmer and orchardlst and a man of business ability. He was a director of the Citizens' Trust Company from the time ot Its Institution until four years ago, when decining health compelled him to resign. VETERAN 80 YEARS OLD Marietta, Pa., Aug. 7.—Martin Elg enberger, of Marietta, is 86 years old and is the oldest canal boatman liv ing in Pennsylvania. He Is a veteran of the Civil War. He recently re turned from California where he vis ited his children, and has made the trip west three times In five years. DEWITr A. FRY 19 r HONORED BY REPUBLICANS DeWltt A. Fry has been elected treasurer of the Harrisburg Repub lican Club to succeed James C. Thompson, resigned. Preliminary preparations are now being made by committees for the annual picnic at Boiling Springs on August 24. Mayor Keister will umpire the baseball m game between the married and single men. MOTHERS I® M Should Read Mrs. Monyhan's Letter. Published by Her Permission Mitchell, Ind. —"Lydia B. Ptnk ham's Vegetable Compound helped me so much during the time I was looking forward to the coming of my little one that I am recommend ing It to other expectant mothers. Be fore taking It, some days I suffered 'with neuralgia so badly that I thought I could not live, but after taking three bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegeta able Compound I was entirely re lieved of neural gia. I had gained in strength and was able to go around and do all my housework. My baby when seven months old weighed 19 pounds and I feel better than I have for a long time. I never had any medicine do me so such good."—Mrs. PEARL MONYHAN, Mitchell, Ind. Good health during maternity is a most important factor to both mother and child, and many letters have been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn. Mass.. telling of health restored during this trying period by the use of Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com pound. , For a Chafed Skin Over 100,000 people have proven that nothing relieves the soreness like Sykes Comfort Powder One box proves its extraordinary healing power. Fleshy people Hike notice. 25c at the Vlnol and other drug store* The Comfort PowdrCo,. Boston. M*. Tonall Is Her Family Medicine Now "The only medicine that ever did me any good was Tonall," said Mrs. Wilson Anderson, of Fetlon, R. D. No. 3, York county, Pa. "My kidneys and stomach were in bad shape. My physical condition was bad. Indeed. Pains and aches were wearing me down. Nerves unstrung, sleep restless, appetite bad. Tonall was recommended by C. W. Moody, druggist at Red Lion, Pa., and now I can say with candor that of all the medicine I used Ton all is the only one ever did me any good. 1 gladly recommend it." This testimonial was given June 22, 1918. * Tonall is for sale at Gorgos' Drug Store, Harrisburg, and Hershey'a Drug Store, Hershey.
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