2 TIMELY NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS Son Dead, Father and Sister 111 With Influenza l' lunibia. Pa., Oct. 15.—Alphonse jEdward Bittner. died in a hospital At Trenton, X. J., where he was em ployed. His father, Conrad Bitt- Jr.. who went to accompany the body home, was compelled to take Irs bed upon arrival at Columbia, and is now lying seriously ill with pneumonia. His only daughter, Catherine, is also ill with the same disease. Mr. Bittner is proprietor of Hotel Bittner here. MER GIVES RECIPE . ERR GRAY HI R Tills How to Make a Home-Miule Gray llair Remedy Mr. A. E. O'Brien, who has been nt arber in New York City for many years, made the following state ment: "Gray, streaked or faded lie : r can be immediately'made black, brown or light brown, whichever suede you desire, by the use of the fo lowing remedy that you can mako at home: "Merely get a small box of Orlex powder at any drug store. It costs very little and no extras to btiy. Dis solve it in water and comb it through the hair. Full directions for mixing and use come in each bok. "You need not hesitate to use Or lex. as a $lOO.OO gold bond comes in each box guaranteeing the user that Orlex powder does not contain sil \er. lead. sine, sulphur, mercury, r?iilii\e. coal-tar products or- their derivatives. "It does not rub oIT. is not sticky ir gummy and leaves the hair fluffy. Jt will make a gray haired person took twenty years younger." Vigorous Men and Women Are in Demand If your ambition has left you. your happiness has gone forever unless you take advantage of H. C. Ken nedy's magnificent oiler to refund your money on the first box pur chased if Wendell's Ambition Pills do not put your enure system in line condition and give you the energy and vigor you have lost. Be ambitious, be strong, be vigor ous. Bring the ruddy glow of heulth to your cheeks and the right spur ia le that denotes perfect manhood and womanhood to your .eyes. Wendell's Ambition Pills, the great nene tonic, are splendid for that tired feeling, nervous troubles, poor biood. headaches, neuralgia., restless ness, trembling, nervous prostration, mental depression, loss §fl appetite, and kidney or liver complaints; you lake them with this understanding, that: In two days you will feel better. In a week you will feel fine, and after taking one box you will have >our old-tiine confidence and ambi tion or the druggist will refund the 1 rice of the box. * Be sure and get ft 50 cent box to .> and get out of the rut. Remem lr If. C. Kennedy and dealers every where are authorized to guarantee them. STROUSE . v >,. I LEADER SINCE 1894 tShow Your Patriotism Buy More Bonds hi ere re Results of Months Of Thought and Planning ■ When you come to our store (as we hope you will with /I n y 3 //frSfrV > /f out delay) you wi'l see an imposing array of (l\ Wbf Stratford Clothes S&/J Jul \M Overcoats and Suits S i 'IL Every style, every pattern that the most exacting and dis y A i ; jjn criminating taste can demand. 1 I ' ■ ff\ For man y months the STRATFORD "Tailoring Shops" \\\ jpL have been planning and working to produce these clothes— \ 1 ' I man not on * y to P roduce th€m but to make them far and away "n L I SfISSH better than any other line of clothing on the market. 1 I Hlffif 1,,, So, with a feeling of most complete confidence, we say to | 'i you—"come and inspect STRATFORD Clothes—try them H on'—compare them with clothes shown by any other dealer, and prove for yourself the strength of our claim." Flannels, Cassimeres, Worsteds, Vff Velours and Serges Values that were unknown prior to our 24th Anniversary Month Overcoat Special Special for Youths $16.50 to $5O Wh Who are considering their first long trouser suits, in snappy models, up - to- Suit Special the-minute styles at $25.00 to $45 $22.50 and525 THE NEW STORE OF WM. STROUSE I 'I ' * * % TUESDAY EVENTING, " EPIDEMIC GAINS. IN CUMBERLAND Several Deaths and Many New Cases Badly Cripple In dustries of Valley Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15.—Pay by day the influenza epidemic in this section 1 grows worse instead of better. The number of cases reported is increasl Ing and the total of deaths is mount ing. Among the latest victims are ! Hewitt G. Zullinger. a prominent manufacturer of Mount Holly Springs, ' and Miss Margaret Kline, of Chester i town. Md„ who died while on a visit | to relatives at Craighead's station. In the same town of 2,000 popula tion there are 300 cases of the dis- I ease and .only one physician. Dr. G. C. Irwin. A state nurse is here to laid in the work. Deaths are increas ing in all sections. The Cumberland I county .branch of the Pennsylvania I Council of National Defense, through I the Department of Sanitation and j Medicine, headed by Dr. C. R. Rick | enbaugh. of Carlisle, is co-operating. , Survived by*a wife and 10 chil • dren, the youngest of whom is two | weeks oljJ, Andrew Trauig. a steel j worker died after three days' Illness. GOOD RECORD FOR PI. AAT Waynesboro, Pa.. Oct. 15.—The Lan dis Tool Company, the big manu facturing concern on the south side of town,,is the first to go over the top in subscribing for Liberty Bonds. | Saturday it scaled the heights with a | grand total of $153,700 or $5,700 above i its allotment. Not only is the fac tory over the top but it shows a i clean 100 per cent, score in every j department. This means that every , workman and every office employed I is a subscriber to the Fourth Liberty I Loan. FOR EXCESSIVE URIC ACID TRY THE XVILI.IAMS TREATMENT 75c Bottle (32 Doses) FREE Just because you start the day , worried and tired, stiff iegs and arms j and muscles, an aching head, burning | and bearing down pains in the back —-worn out before the day begins— | do not think you have to stay in that .gondition. Be strong, well and vigorous, with no more pains from stiff joints, sore muscles, rheumatic suffering,, aching back or kidney trouble. If you suffer from bladder weak ness. witli burning, scalding pains, or it you are in and out of bed half a I dozen times a night, you will appre ciate the rest, comfort and strength : this treatment gives. To prove The M'illiams Treatment I conquers kidney and bladder diseases, ' rheumatism and all other ailments l when due to excessive uric acid, no | matter how chronic or stubborn, if I you have never tried The M'illiams | Treatment, we will give one 75c. bot tle (32 doses) free if you will cut out this notice and send it with your name and address, and 10 cents to help pay postage, packing, etc., to :/The Dr. D. A. M'illiams Company, i Dept. 1., 652 New P. O. Building. Kast I Hampton, Conn. Send at once and I you will receive by parcel post a reg | ular 75c. bottle, without charge and without incurring any obligation. Only one bottle to the same address or family. TRAGIC RESULT OF CELEBRATION Skidding Automobile Dashes Into Marchers at Lewisburg and Causes Man's Death Lewisburg. Pa., Oct. 15. —Lewis- burg's celebration over Germany's acceptance of the United States peace terms had a tragic ending about 3 o'clock Sunday morning, when Peter Stahl, a restaurant keep er, was struck by an automobile driven by Louis Banks and injuria so badly that he died in a doctor's office a half hour later. Following the receipt of the news here of Germany's acceptance of the : peace terms, the fire alarm sound ed. whistles were blown and church bells were rung. People gathe'red ! in the streets in throngs, including many students from Buckneli Uni ; versity, to take part in an im | proniptu parade headed by the flags ; of the Allied nations and the Citi zens' Band. The parade was moving down/he main street when Banks, driving his car towards the oncoming proces sion, attempted to swing the ma chine in front of the marching throng. The car swerved and skidd ed backward, striking Mr. Stahl, who was one of the flagjp bearers, knocking him to the paved street. Mr. Stahl was bleeding profusely about the head when picked up and hurried to the doctor's office, where his death occurred from injuries on the side of his head. I Another of the flag bearers, ! Thomas Shriner. was injured slight | ly, as were three members of the | Citizens' Band and four Boy Scouts. • . Carlisle Soldiers Reported Missing in Action in France Carlisle, Ta., Oct. 15.—Mrs. E. E. Mianich, of Carlisle, last evening re ceived a telegram stating that Ser geant Frank Shenk, of Carlisle, has been missing in* action since Septem ber 1. He was a member or Com pany G. of the One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, formerly the old Eighth, and was in service on the Mexican border 111,1916. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bigler. have also received word that their son. Manning Bigler, also in the One Hundred and Twelfth, has been missing since September 9. Charles Lewis, also of Carlisle, in the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment is also missing in action. BOOSTING LOAN SI BSCRIPTIONS I Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 15.—The Liberty i Loan campaign in Cumberland county j took a boost as it entered the final ' week. Many persons are increasing | their subscriptions and others are ; falling into line. From the Pennsyl vania railroad came $37,000 in sub scriptions credited to Cumberland ! county. In twelve hours at a booth i erected on the Public Square at Car | lisle nearly $35,000 In bonds was j placed. MRS. MM. DOVGLAME DIRS Mnynesboro, Pa., Oct. 15.—Mrs. ! Anna S. Douglass, wife of William I Douglass, a member of the facility of the Mercersburg Academy, died at her home in Mercersburg, from influ j enza. She was 32 years old and is • survived by her husband and two children. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 1,000 NEW CASES AT COLUMBIA Red Cross Members Volun teer as Nurses; Physicians Work Night and Day Columbia, Pa., Oct. 15.—Martin J. Rice, who died Sunday evening was the eighth victiiji of pneumonia in this place since the outbreak of influenza. He was 68 years old and was ill only a few days. The sec retary of the board of health reports about one thousand cases in the orough, but of this number com paratively few are serious. There is a shortage of nurses and among the women who volunteered their services are Mrs. H. M. North, Jr., chairman of Columbia chapter of the Red Cross, and Mrs. George P. Cooper, a former trained nurse. The medical force is handicapped by the illness of two local physicians with the disease and the remainder are kept at work almost day and night. To-day the Triumph Manufac turing Company, one of the largest industrial plants, suspended work on account of the epidemic. Nearly every plant in the borough is handi capped for lack of help. Suburban Notes LIVERPOOL - H. E. Bair spent the weekend at Dalmatia. Misses Mary and Gertrude Lefler, of Millersburg, were recent visitors here with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. S. Shuler. William Albright, of Harrisburg, spent the weekend here with his sister. Miss. P. K. Brink. Miss Hazel Bair, who has been visiting at Dalmatia is critically ill with, influenza. Miss Sue Kline, of Shiremanstown, is at home with her mother. Mrs. Saram A. Kline. Miss Kline is a teacher in the public schools at Shiremanstown, which are closed. Miss Margaret Hcimbucher, a stu dent at Penn Hall, Chambersburg, is home. Penn Hall is closed on ac count of the epidemic. Mrs. Charles H. Snyder spent sev eral days at Harrisburg. Mrs. Elizabeth Stailey and daugh ter, Lulu, are visiting relatives at Harrisburg. The Rev. Clyde W. Shaeffer has returned front Bellvllle, where he attended: church synod. HALIFAX v- Miss Helen Loudermilk is the new j clerk in the Halifax post office, suc ceeding Miss Mary Albright, who re signed to accept a position as teach- j er of Dunkel's school in Haliftßt township. Miss Esther Wagner, of Washing ton, L>. C., spent Sunday visiting her sister, Mrs. H. S. Potter. Curt Cratzer, of Atlantic City, spent Sunday at his parental home in town. Halifax now has three cases of/ diptheria. Ruth, daughter of Mr. and) Mrs. W. H. Alvord. John, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Killinger, and | Clarence, son of Mr. and Mrs. j Charles A. Zimmerman, being down | with the disease. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Harter, of Wil- ! liamsport, are guests of Mr. and j Mrs. George A. Fetterhoff. Mrs. Lydia Wilbert visited rela- j tives at Harrisburg over Sunday. The funeral of Paul D. Lebo, of Halifax township, w* o died last 1 Tuesday at Camp Lee, Petersburg, j Va., from influenza, was held Sun- I day afternoon from the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Lebo, in ' Halifax township. Mrs. W. P. Bitterman has received ' announcement from the War De- i partment that her brother, Llewellyn • D. Mellen, has arrived in France. I Mr. and Mrs. 0. R. Shope have re- | ceivedi word of the arrival overseaas j of their son, Lieutenant Leslie Reed Shope, of the aviation section of the I United States Army. ANN'Vrt/LE The Rev. and Mrs. R. L. Arndt, of ! Adamstown, spent several-days here. I Mr. and Mrs. Amos Graby an- | nounce the birth of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Barnhart! spent a day at Lebanon. Miss Emma Hoffnagle is spend- j ing some time at