COUNTRY CLUB GOLFERS IN TOURNAMENT FOR TROPHY; MATTY ARRIVES OVER THERE
Country Club Golfers in
Play For Governor's Trophy
Up to'date, the Harrisburg Country
Club golfers, in their annual tourney,
A have played a part of the schedule
with the results as follows: In the
first sixteen, Owry defeated Wright
after a battle which kept the gallery
on their toes throughout; hides
trounced his rival. Baldwin; Mc-
Creath won over Ryder, and Keister
won the -decision over Herman.
In the second sixteen, Starkey won
from Orr. while Armstrong gained a
victory over Garther; Moorhead de
feated Allen in the first match played
In the third sixteen; Fegar trounced
Hoffer in the second match and Carl
won over Jessup.
The complete roster of men who are
competing, as docketed in one of the
three sixteens, include:
First Sixteen
Hain vs. McGuire.
Devine vs Dohoney.
Owry vs. Wright.
Sides vs. Baldwin.
McCreath vs. Ryder.
Brumbaugh vs. Evans.
Herman vs. Keister.
Knisley vs. Sweeney.
Second Sixteen
R. Hickok vs. Drake.
Leonard vs. Dull. J
GOOD-BYFOR
ROWING AT PENN :
Government Cutting Down
Time For Sports, So Coach
Wright Hikes Back Home
There will be no crew at Penn
sylvania this season. This was an
nounced yesterday by Edward R.
Bushnell, graduate manager of ath
letics at the Red and Blue Insti
tution. It has been decided to abol
ish the rowing sport for th<? dura
tion of the war. This move was ac
tuated by the S. A. T. C. ruling to
the effect that the students will only
he allowed an hour and half for
sports in the afternoon.
Th© taking off of the Thirty-third
street trolley by which tho crew
candidates were accustomed to ride
direct to the varsity boathouse on
Koathouse Row in Falrmount I ark
several weeks ago also payed a
prominent part in abolishing the
crow sport. The time • allotted for
practice would not permit the stu
dents to make the trip to and from
the park. _ ,
Joe Wright, the veteran Red and
Blue crew coach, returned to his
home in Canada yesterday. His son
has been ailing for some, time, and
Joe was anxious to get to his bed
side. He waited for several weeks
hero to know what action the mili
tary authorities at Penn would tako
toward branch of sport. His con
trol sull calls for another year,
and he will likely bo re-engaged to
serve It out after the Huns have met
their downfall.
Property Owners Given
Time to Appeal From
New Triennial Assessment
Notices of the triennial assessment
of all properties in the city gWing the
new valuations have been sent to a
lartre majority of the owners, ac
cording to James C. Thol ? ps s!"'
assessor. While the revaluation of
ground and buildings is almost com
pleted Mr. Thompson and his assist
ants are hard at work yet on the
Third and Fourth wards, and because
of the time required the date for
hearing appeals of owners of prop
erty "n those two districts has been
changed from Tuesday. October 15. to
Monday. October 28. Dates for.hear
ingappeals from the other wards fol
low" First and Second wnrds. Monday.
October 14; Fifth and Sixth Wednes
-1- October 16; Seventh and Eighth,
Thursday October 17; Ninth ward.
Friday October 18; Tenth ward Mon
inv October 21; Eleventh and Twelfth
wards. Tuesday. October 22; Thir
teenth and Fourteenth wards, Wed
nesdav October 23. The Board of Re
vision of Taxes and Appeals will meet
from 2 to 5 o'clock on each afternoon
of these dates:
Merchant Is Killed
For $1,750 Payroll
Now York. Oct. 8. Nathan N. Fine,
2!) of 553 Howard avenue. Rrooklyn,
a member of the shirtwaist manufac
turing firm of Morris Fine and Sons,
1 Green street, was found murdered
vestorday in an empty loft in the sec
ond floor of the building at 413 East
One Hundred and Seventh street, on
the fifth floor of which there is a
branch factory of the firm. The sl,-
750 20 payroll of the branch, with
which he had left the Green street
offices previously, was missing.
HRI.I) AS DESERTER
Patrolmen Fetrow and Schelhas
arrested John E. West, an alleged de
serter from the United States Army
last evening. The soldier admitted
that he had left Camp Lee on Septem
ber 9 without permission. Ho is being
held pending word from the military
authorities. ,
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GOOD
SHOES
For Every Walk
We realize, as do most of
our customers, that there
is no economy in paying
a little less money for
shoes that give much "less
service.
The best is the cheap
est in the long run.
ARMY AND NAVY
SHOE STORE
38 N. Court Street.
TUESDAY EVENING,
Orr vs. Stanley.
Armstrong vs. Gaithor.
Miller vs. W. Hickok.
Wert vs. Hershey.
Neal vs. Witman.
Blngaman vs. Evans.
Third Sixteen
Roth vs. Riley.
Allen vs. Moorhead.
Forsyth vs. Haldeman.
Todd vs. Snyder.
Feger vs. Hoffer. *
Jessup vs. Carl.
Divine vs. Eastman.
Motter vs. Ehlers.
October 11 is the date set for com
pleting the first round events; Oc
tober 15 for the second round, while
the semifinals will be played during
the ICtli to 18th. The finals will be
played on Saturday, October 19.
The winner of the tourney will be
j awarded the trophy offered annually
by Governor Brumbaugh, while the
| winner and runnerup in each sixteen
will receive silver trophy cups. K&Ch
I one of the matches thus far played
! show that the contestants are evenly
matched and that a battle royal will
Ibe waged before the decision can be
1 made. ______
Baseball Players Are
Best at Age of 26,
Which Is Their Prime
When does the great ballplay
er reach the greatest efficiency?
At what age is his prowess su
perior to his efforts at other
times?
A little study of the ageis at
which ballplayers have had their
great year is interesting. It shows
that at about twenty-five or
twenty-six the maximum of ef
ficiency is reached.
Honus Wagner had his great
est year in 1900. At least he
reached his maximum as a bats
man that year and his fielding
was never better. In 1900 Honus
was twenty-six years old. He
batted .380 for the season.
Napoleon Lajole had his best
year in 1901, when he was twen
ty-six. That year the great
Frenchman batted for an as
tounding total of .422.
Cobb's star year was in 1911,
when he was twenty-five. That
year Cobb batted .420 and
amassed 248 hits and 147 runs.
When it is considered that there
are fow batters who get beyond
100 runs or 200 hits a season it
may be seen how far out ahead
of the field*Cobb was that year.
Matty had something like six
teen groat years, but the great
est of these was in 1905, when
lie was twenty-five. That year
Matty won thirty-one and lost
but nine games out of forty and
pitched three shut-out games
against the Athletics in the
world scries, an achievement
which has never been equaled.
Ed Walsh's super year, when
he won forty games and lost fif
teen, besides saving a number
for other pitchers, was in 1908.
Walsh was twenty-six then. His
record of forty wins has been
beaten by only one pitcher, I
Chosbro having gone him one j
better.
Walter Johnson reached his
best season In 1913, when he was
twenty-six. That year he won
thirty and lost but seven games.
It Is hard to pick the greatest
year of Grover Alexander, who
has won more than thirty games
during the last three seasons, but
he delivered those victories dur
ing his twenty-fourth, twenty
fifth and twenty-sixth years.
Joe Wood won tweny-three
games and lost five in 1912. when
ho was but twenty-throe, and
Rube Marquard was the
same age the same year when
>io made his remarkable run of
nineteen straight games. But the
majority of the great stars have
been around twenty-five or twen
ty-six when they had their best
seasons.
V J
JITNEYMAS LOSES LICENSE
Every day will be "gasless" day
hereafter for Daniel Wagner, who
lost his license and was- lined $25 in
the bargain in the police court yes
terday for carrying his jitney pas
sengers past their destinations and
annoying his female patrons. He had
been arrested before on similar
charges. Wagner is known as "The
Flying Dutchman" among his pals of
tht "nickel" fraternity.
CAUGHT UNDER FREIGHT CAR
Caught under the car of which lie
was brakeman, William H. Keener,
Jr., 2111 Nortli Fourth street, employ
ed by the Pennsylvania Railroad, suf
fered severe bruises yesterday morn
ing that necessitated his removal to
the Harrisburg Hospital. He was re
ported as improving last night. He
sustained lacerations of both legs and
strained muscles.
LEMOYNE RED CROSS CLOSES
The influenza quarantine has closed
the doors for the present of the Le
moyne Red Cross workrooms. After
the ban is lifted the workroom will be
open as usual on Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings.
Fair Food Prices
The following statement, revised to
October 8, regarding fair prices for
food necessities, wu* issued to-.duy uy
the local Food Administration.
Consumer prices are figured on a
quotation of "cash-and-carry" basis.
Credit and delivery prices may be
higher. The Federal Food Adminis
tration has no authority to fix prices.
If your retailer charges more on a
"cash-and-carry" basis than the prices
named below, report him by letter to
the Federal Food Administration,
Chamber of Commerce.
Consumer
should pay
Beans
Navy (pea), lb 15 to 16c
Gray tmarrow), lb 120
Lima, lt>. ...' 17 to 18c
Wime tmarrow), lb 10 to 17c
Butter
Creamery, 1-lb. prints, lb.. 60 to 70c
City Market, 1 lb 50 to 60c
Oleomargarine, lb 30 to 37c
Comment
Package of three lbs., pkg. 25c
Bulk, tb CVa to 7c
City Market, lb 7 0
Eggs
Fresh, doz . 63 to 60c
City Market, doz 63 to 68c
Flour
Victory Mixed, 12-Ib. bags. 20 to 81c
Winter Wheat, 12-Ib. bags. 76 to 77c
Spring Wheat, 12-lb. bags. S3 to 87c
Corn Flour 7 to 9c
Klce Flour, lb 13 to 14c
Barley Flour, lb 10 C
Cereals
Oatmeal and rolled oats- lb. 7 to 8c
Rice (whole), lb 14c
Rice (broken), lb. ........ 120
Edible starch, lb 9 to 120
Milk
Evaporated, small cans ... 6% to 7c
Evaporated, large cans ... 14 0
Cheese
York State, lb .*. 35 to 38c
Lord
Country. Ib ; 30c
Pure, 33 to 35c
Substitute, lb 28c
I'otntoes
New, per half peck 30 to 35c
Sugur
Granulated, per lb 10 to 11c
Hnoodles By Hungerford l
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DANIELS FLASHES
SEAMEN TO SPEED
THE FOURTH LOAN
American People Urged to
Show Full-Hearted Sup
. port of the War
Washington, Oct. B.—Subscrip
tions to the Fourth 1 Liberty Loan
must average more than $425,000,-
000 dally if the total of $6,000,000,-
000 Is to be raised by the close of
the campaign on October 19. Eleven
working days of the campaign yet
remain. In the eleven days that have
passed slightly more than $120,000,-
000 worth of bonds were sold daily.
Campaign officials to-day reiter
ated the warning against allowing
the German peace proposal to lessen
the efforts of the workers or the
ardor of the public. At no other
time,'lt was said, should the Ameri
can poople show more plainly their
full-liearted support of the war. In
a messago flashed by order of Sec
retary Daniels to-day to every ship
and to every naval station, Vlce-
Admiral Sims called upon the men
of the navy to subscribe to the loan.
U. S. Balloon Corps Is
to Be Trebled in Size
Washington, Oct. B.—The balloon
corps of the American Army is to be
trebled in size immediately to meet
increasing demands from the forces
in France for balloon crews. The
War Department announced yester
day that the air service had been au
thorized to Induct men of draft age
and transfer officers from other
branches, so as to add 1,200 officers
and 25,000 men to the present corps
of about 11,000.
Enlisted men and civilians making
applications for commissions will be
required to take a cadet course of
from three to five months at one of
the training camps.
TWO BARNS, TWO HOMES lIURN
Lebanon, Pa., Oct. B.—Lebanon fire
men were called out four times In
twenty-four hours to fight fires of un
known origin. Barns on the farms of
Harry N. Wolfe and Amos Myers, im
mediately adjoining the city, were de
stroyed, with the season's crops, eight
cows and two horses. The homes of
Harry McNeill and Mike Moralitti, in
West Lebanon, burned, forcing the oc
cupants to flee in their night clothes.
GnoCERS TO SIGN PLEDGE
Washington, Oct. B.—Every retail
grocer in the United States will be
asked this week to sign a pledge of
the food administration and to co
operate in the enormous food-saving
program necessary if America is to
fulfill its obligation to its associates
in the war and to European neutrals.
MEETING POSTPONED
The monthly meeting of the Bird
section of the Harrisburg Natural
History Society has been postponed
until the order of the Health De
partment canceling all meetings is
rescinded.
CAPITOL GALLERIES CLOSED
Washington, Oct. B.—The spread of
influenza yesterday for the first time
forced the closing of the galleries of
the United States Senate and House
of Representatives to the general
public.
William S. Noggle Is
Killed Facing Enemy
CORPORAL W. S. NOGGLE
William S. Noggle, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Noggle, 1111 North Sixth
street, has been killed in action in
France, according to a telegram re
ceived from the War Department.
He was killed July 6. He enlisted
in Company I, Eighth Regiment, and
was transferred to the Headquarters
Company of the 112 th Regiment. He
was 29 years old.
A gold star was placed in the ser
vice flag of the Hick-A-Thrift
flag when word was received of
Noggle's death. The Hick-A-Thrift
club now has five gold stars in its
service flag. One hundred and nine
teen of Its membership of 250 are
in the army.
"Big Six" Is Over There Now
In Chemical War Service
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Hurrah! Big Six is over there, and
whoever said Christy Mathewson had
not the real courage must dry up
now. for Matty is serving with the
Chemical War service, probably the
moijt deadly that can be selected.
Big Six has been the pole etar of
every aspiring pitcher for nearly a
score of years. When he finally made
good in Gotham no athlete ever was
so popular. McGram and the Giants'
owners made a fortune off this fine
big fearless chap whose record is
clean as a hound's tooth, from the
day be started for Bucknell.
Matty was fond of telling how he
pitched his first ganie for money,
a boy of 13. and ho had to walk seven
mileß to some country town. Curved
balls were not so well known in
those days and this meditative coun
try boy had worked up a good one
as he silently practiced up against
the old barn door. The enemy that
day was composltely oldor and more
mature, but the Mathewson in short
pants and no stockings, flayed them
down like Samson with the nifty
jaw bone.
The career of Christy Mathewson
as a collegian at Bucknell has re
ceived just brief comment, tyith the
baseball patron Matty did not ar
rive until 1901, when ho Joined the
New York Giants. Year by year
Matty Improved until he became "Big
Six" of the pitching hill and one of
the greatest that ever faced a bat
ter. But we have It from Charles
D. Cooper, director of a War Camp
Community service, that had Matty
displayed the same snap and ambi
tion in the grid togs that he did on
the hurling hill, Mugsy McGraw
would not be baseball's Napoleon.
Matty was a griddor, according to
Cooper, a demon, when he was In the
mood, but he had to be pushed and
shoved to carry the pigskin, where
when batting practice was called for
the varsity nine Matty Was the first
on the field. "And that's all that
Camp Curtin Drowns
Willard in Deluge
of Sixty Points
About the only sporting activity In
Harrisburg yesterday was a battle
royal twixt Camp Curtin Grammar
School and Willard School, in which
the former piled up sixty points while
the foe could not make one goal.
There were moments when it was be
lieved that Willard would do the
Austrian, ask for peace, but
though slaughtered freely she kept
battling, with no result. The Camp
Curtin tanks went through and over,
led by Ouarterback Hylan, who had
a stone-wall line to help him. Bassler,
Galeback and Lantz all played the
game like veterans. The lineup:
\ Camp Curtin. Willard
Bolton, 1. e. Dally, 1. e.
Keener, 1. t. Weeley, 1. t.
Graffe, 1. g. Snyder, 1. g.
Harling, c." Cunningham, c.
Lytle, r. g. Bogar, r. g.
Syltes, r. t. Thompson, r. t.
Whichella, r. e. Tarman, r. e.
Hylan, q. b. Bricker, q. b,
Basser, 1. h. b. ,Amole, 1. h. b.
Galeback. r. h. b. Sarlano, r. h. b.
Lantz, f. b. Williams, f. b.
Touchdown Lantz. Galebacjt, Bas
ser, Hylan (3), Whichello, Sykes,
Graffe and Bolton.
No Divorce For Pair
Who Parted at Church
Pottsvllle, Pa.. Oct. B.—A divorce
was yesterday refused Janet Dean,
of Tamaqua, from her -husband, J.
Harvey Dean, because there was col
lusion between the pair to get the
divorce. Judge Berger said no di
vorce could be granted under such
circumstances.
The pair parted at the church after
their marriage was performed and
together.
prevented Matty from becoming fa
mous as a football player," reports
Cooper.
Pitchers Are Born
Reading between these lines Mat
ty's career no doubt proves what
Walter Johnson said when he was
asked what was his stock In trade.
"Pitchers are born and no devel
oped," was Johnson's reply.
"All I do is wind up and shoot.
"As far as I can see, I'm no dif
ferent from the others, unless 1 have
more spee'd and X did not develop
this speed. It is a physical gift."
So it was with Mathewson—Hh was
born a pitcher and not a gridiron
liero. He sat on the side lines when
the call was issued for the football
practice. He did not tear through
the line when he was carrying the
pigskin, but he tightened the cap
and the belt whfen he saw three run
ner, on with no one out.
Wn, Good Punter
"It's going back a few days to talk
about Mathewson as a football play
er," commented Cooper, but I saw
that big boy and I know what he
could do when he wanted to. Punt''
That was Matty. I doubt if the
game has produced a greater punter
than Mathewson.
And it was Matty's punting, as
Cooper explained it, which made
Bucknell such a powerful football
squad In years ago. "Why Matty had
the other fellows groggy chasing the
pigskin," continued Cooper. "As for
drop kicking. Matty did not have a
superior in the East. He could go
back to the 40-yard line, to the 50-
yard mark and lift one between the
posts. But football simply wasn't
Matty's hobby."
Football heroes pawn their fame
in their hearts. They would not
trade the touchdown which won the
interscholastic or collegiate title for
a no-hit game in a world's series, so
we have discovered that Matty wus
not a football hero.
May Give Military Status
to Army Welfare Men
Washington, Oct. 8.->-Negotiatlons
are in progress between state depart
ment officials and Provost Marshal
General Crowder and representatives
here of the French government to
prevent agents of the American Red
Croßß,. Y. M. C. A., the Knights of
Columbus and similar organizations
working with the American Army In
France from being taken Into mili
tary service there.
General Crowder's office proposes
that men engaged 111 such work In
France be given a recognized status
as attached to the American expedi
! tlonary forces.
United Brethren Move
Sessions to Hagerstown
Hnnover, Pa., Oct. B.—lt has been
decided, In view of the state closing
order, to transfer the 12th annual
Pennsylvania conference of the Uni
ted Brethren Church to-day to
Hagerstown, Md., beginning Wed
nesday and to last only two days.
It Is planned to condense tho order
of business and transact only that
which is absolutely necessary.
ELKS CLOSE RESTAURANT
Spanish onions, omelets, mackerel
and the like, on account of the epi
demic of Signor S. Influenza, are suf
fering from restaurant unpopularity
at least at the Harrisburg Lodge of
Elks' dlningroom, whose doors have
been closed until the city-wide visitor
makes an effectual getaway. The
board of managers there decided to
close their restaurant last night, the
order becoming effective at 12 o'clock.
DON MARTIN DIES IN PARIS •
| Parts, Oct. B.—Don Martin, war cor
: respondent of the New York Herald,
died this morning after b'g m tcr
J two days with influes^.
MIDDLETOWN
Grocery Stores to Close
Earlier; Fuel-Saving Plan
All grocery stores in town started
yesterday to close at 6 o'clock every
evening and Wednesday afternoon
and evening by agreement with the
food administrator. The owners were
also advised to keep closed on Sun
days as a fuel saving measure.
The secret societies of town, are
holding their meeting In the open
air during the quarantine of the
town.
The body of John Patton, who
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Charles E. DeWalt, Harris
burg, was brought to town this aft
ernoon and burial was made In the
Mlddletown Cemetery, the Rev. H.
S. Hershey, of the Green street
Church of God, officiating.
Mrs. Albert Good is spending a
week at Richmond, Va., as the
guest of relatives.
Word was received by Mrs. James
Leggoro that her nephew, Charles
Kauffman,. had arrived safely over
seas.
Mrs. John Updegraph received
word that her son, Adam Upde
graph, had arrived safely overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. John Gingrich and
daughter, Marjorie, of Lebanon, are
spending the week in town as the
guests of the former's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Gingrich, West Main
street.
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian Church, which
was to meet this evening postponed
the session indefinitely.
John Duncan, who visited his
brother, Richard Duncan, at 'Camp
Sherman, Chlllicothe, Ohio, last
week, has returned , home. He was
called there because of the serious
illness of his brother.
Mrs. Barbara Horst, of East Main
street, has gone to Elyria, Ohio, to
attend the funeral of Kline May
berry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Mayberry, who formerly resided in
town.
The Jitney Club, composed of
young women of town, met at the
home of the Misses Mary Moore and
Louise Moore, Spring street. Plans
wore made to furnish flowers to the
sick soldiers at the aviation and ord
nance depot The following were
present: the Misses Lucile and Mar
lon King, Louise and Nancy Hanna,
Louise and Mary Moore, Senrietta
Wlckey, Dorothy George, Lena
Selcher, Fannie and Margaret Men
naugh, Winifred Beard, Harriet
Swartz, Esther McClure, Leah
Klinger, Grace Brestle, Betty, Helen
and Sara Croll and Kathryne Deck
ard. Persons who will give flowers
are asked to notify any member of
the club.
The Rev. C. R. Beittel is the now
pastor at the Royalton United Breth
ren Church, succeeding the Rev.
William Beach, who resigned two
" e, The meetings of the three fire
companies usually held on the first
Monday of each month, have been
postponed. _ , „
The meetings of the Red Cross
linen shower committee and the
meeting of the club called at the
home of Mrs. D. W. Huntzberger. in
North Union street, for last evening,
has been postponed Indefinitely, as
Mrs. Huntzberger is ill.
J. B. Martin has returned home
from Mechantcsburg, where he at
tended the East Pennsylvania Elder
ship of the Church of God, repre
senting the local Church of God.
William Stewart, who had gone
to York last Friday where he is a
watchman at the York fair which
position he has held for many years,
has returned home as the fair was
postponed because of the Influenza.
Harold McNair has "returned home
from a w-eek s trip to Reading.
Miss Ethel Hendricks has secured
a position in the department store
of Albert Alberstadt.
Insurance Men Agree
to Explain Insurance
Act Free to Soldiers
Rules and provisions of the Sol
diers' Insurance Act will be vouch
safed to all who desire to know them
under a special plan adopted at a
meeting of the Central Pennsylvania
Underwriters' Association held yes
terday. It developed at the meeting
that many soldiers and their de
pendents do not comprehend the
workings of the act devised for their
bencflt and to meet this situation, all
information thereon will be given
inquirers. Any of the following will
answer questions relative to the act
If called on in person:
E. R. Eckenrode. Penn Mutual; H.
It. Whiteside, Penn Mutual; J. J.
Johnson, Equitable Life of Iowa; P.
D. Rice, Equitable Life of Iowa; Al
bert A. Wert, New England Mutual;
Earl H. Shoaffer, Fidelity Mutual; S.
G. Landon, Prov. L. and T.; George
L. Buck, Prov. L. and T.; J. R. Mor
rison, Phoenix Mutual; V. W. Ken
ney. Conn. Mutual; W. 8. Esslg, John
Hancock; John F. Onelll, John Han
cock; F. L. Wright Northwestern
Mutual; J. Q- Rutherford, Northwest
ern Mutual; John Heathcote, Metro
politan Life; John R. Rote, Equitable
of U. S.; E. R. lOspenshade, Equitable
of U. S.; W. H. Cordry, Mass. Mutual
Life; J. N. ICinnard. Mass. Mutual
Life; W. E. Dietrich, Mass. Mutual
Life; J. C. Mackay. Conn. General.
KIWANIS LUNCH POSTPONED
Because members of the Kiwanis
Club are busy on Liberty Loan cam
paigning, It was announced to-day
that there will be n luncheon this
week. The next luncheon will be
held In the assembly room of the
week. The next luncheon will be held
in the assembly room of the central Y.
M. C. A. next Wednesday at noon If the
influenza quarantine is lifted. A
number of interesting features are
promised. Charles K. Boas will be
;he silent booster.
OCTOBER 8, 1918.
Lebanon Cigar Maker Invents a New
and Amazingly Exciting Indoor Sport
In days to come, when wnrTlors bold
lieturn from over there)
lou'll hear of muny a tale of blood
From veterans of le guerre.
But centuries hence, when I.elinnou
■porta
Exchange the merry bunk)
They'll tell how Henry Blnner
Munsnered u German skunk.
From a casual glance at tho Leb
anon newspapers we gather that that
city and its environs, especially the
village of Fredericksburg, are un
duly agitated ovor a sporting event
which we would hardly notice were it
not in a vague manner associated
with the war. It appears that Henry
Binner, a cigarmaker, in hiß utter
detestation of all Germans was wont
to allude to them as "skunks." Thus
this animal bore an odium even more
obnoxious than the one bestowed by
nature. The Lebanon nnrratlves say
nothing about this cause for revenge,
but the way the skunk battled Henry
indicates a stronger emotion than or
dinary maliciousness. It shows that
even a slcunk hates to be called Ger
man.
Henry wotted not of this injustice
the other morning when lie saw
Friend Skunk in his cellar. His only
thought was: "Five dollars for the
hide. ' One daily paper account, re
lates:
"He first consulted Cyrus Smith, an
old-time t.rapper of the town, and
then, fortified with correct informa
tion how to nab the animal back of
the neck, etc., he waded into the sub
terannean cavity to beard Thomas in
his lair, with Cy Smith at his heels
carrying the flashlight.
Bitten In Thumb
"Now it happened that there is not
Capital City Lyceum
Ideal Attractions
The Capital City Lyceum Course be
ginning this month promises to be of
the very highest character. The pro
gram this year Is larger and more
varied than has yet been offered by
the organization. The Stevens Me
morial Methodist Episcopal Church,
Thirteenth and Vernon streets, has a
large auditorium and Sunday school
room, marking it possible for more
than 1,200 people to hear and see the
series of nine extraordinary enter
tainments. The Redpath-Brockway
Lyceum Bureau Is to furnish the
talent. Distinguished artists will pre
sent the following attractions: Oc
tober 25, "Plymouth Singing .Party," a
company of five experienced artists
presenting a unique and entirely ori
ginal program typically American. Se-y
lections from "The Captain of
Plymouth" and "The Quaker Girl."
will be given in costume. November
18, "The St. Claire Sisters," a quartet,
giving a varied program, which com
bines orchestral, vocal and special
novelty features. November 25. Will
A. Rogers, the Funny Man, a remark
able entertainer. December 2, Bishop
Joseph F. Berry, D. D., L.L. D., lec
turer, a leader and great speaker. De
cember 10, "The Navy Girls' Six
Party," six clever young women, who
have appeared during the past season
in the U. S. Army contonments under
the auspices of the War Department
Commission on Training Camp Ac
tivities. December 16, The Indian
Princess .Watahwaso and Assisting
Artists. In the veins oT Princess
Watahwaso, of the Penobscot Tribe,
there flows the blood of one of tlie first
families in America. Educated at
Cambridge, sho occupies a unique place
on the lyceum platform of America.
She will be assisted by other noted
artists. January 13, Professor Hilton
Ira Jones, Scientist, an interesting
demonstration lecture, showing the
inter-relation of various phenomena
dependent on vibrations. January 31,
"The American Girls Trio," a program
well diversified, and includes saxa
plione and banjo trios, vocal numbers,
readings and character songs. March
10. "The Woodland Singers," a great
program of song with a rustic set
ting suggestive of the big outdoors,
with its forests, lakes and the odor
of the pine and balsam.
Season tickets for the above series
of nine extraordinary entertainments
are now on sale at the George W.
Bogar Store, 14 North Market Sqquare.
Reservations should be made at once.
Play Safe —
Stick to
KING
OSCAR
CIGARS
because the quality is as good as ever
it was. They will please and satisfy
you.
7 c—worth it
JOHN C. HERMAN & CO.
Makers
a full cellar In the place, the rear
part being confined to an oft-set, or
n ' r chamber, and Thomas sought
shelter In the nethermost part of this
cavity as a dugout. Blnner was there
fore compelled to crawl on all fours
to the attack. With dexterity that
did him great credit, the attacker
grabbed Thomas by the scruff of the
neck, but the Instructions did not hold
out entirely, for Instead of Thomas
being at his mercy he wriggled around
and seized Uinner's thumb In a vice
like grip betweeri'hls teeth.
Without Gas Masks
"Air. Blnner let out a whoop that
rattled the rafters and backed out of
the hole In the number of seconds
that. It had taken minutes to enter,
and made for the open uir without
taking notice that he was dragging
the cat along, for the air was redo
lent of the German trenches, and both
men had forgotten to take gas masks
with them. For a moment It seemed
that all the mustard bombs, gas Bhells
and stinkpots in Bill Hohenzollern's
despicable army had been smashed all
at once in that vicinity, and Thomas
at one time hud a chance of making
an ignoble getaway like his German
prototypes, but once in the open air
Blnner recovered his sense of justice
as well as of smell and sight, and for
getting his own pain and bleeding
thumb, he got a better hold on the
neck of that pestiferous. Bmell-reek
ing, loathsome and disgusting muste
line carnivorous son of Mephitis and
emmissary of perdition, and kicked
the everlasting life out of it, and then
even forgetful of Its one lone vlrture
—a hide worth five dollars—he pep
pered It with a load of number seven
from his shotgun."
Some Job
some people hava nowadays
meeting their expense*.
With everything going up
and up it does kind of make
one sit up and take notice.
Now take foe instance the
question of clothes this is
one item that should not
worry you.
We Clothe The Family
AD you do here is pick aut
any garment you need for
yourself or any member of
the family and
Have It Charged
A little paid each week,
every two week* or monthly
does tho trick.
36 N. 2d St* Cor. Walnut
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