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N&WS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS
Two Landmarks in
York County Disappear
i Mount Wolf, Pa., Dec. 13 —Sev
eral old landmarks were removed,
one In the borough and the other at
' Saginaw, during the past several
■weeks. The Old Itcd Mill property,
■which stood for many years at Maple
and Kailroad streets, was raised, the
property having been purchased by
B. O Poff from George A. Wolf &
Sons." Mr. Poff will use the timber in
erecting a tinshop.
A chestnut tree, known to have
i stood for more than century on tho
Union Church grounds at Saginaw,
was cut down a few days ago. The
" tree was six feet in diameter at its
base, while one of its branches was
four feet in diameter. The tree pro
duced nine cords of wood.
BUS DOWN BY AUTO
I.ewtntown, Pa., T)ec. 13. —J. lleod
' Thompson, of Milroy, was run down
by an automobile driven by Marion
Qagahan, of Mount Union, and was
, seriously injured. The accident oc
curred between the bridges at Milroy,
the man was carried quite a dis
1* tance by the machine before he was
thrown clear. Us was badly bruised,
but no bones were broken. The driv
. Pr of the car was arrested pending an
investigation.
TWO SOLDIERS WOUNDED
Marlettn. Pa., IJcc. 13. —Harvey F.
Keener, of Elizabethtown, has re
ceived word that his brother. Amnion
Keener, has been severely wounded in
Prance.
Gordon McLanachan. son of }. H.
McLanachan. of Elizabethtown. lias
been Injured In Frande. The War De
partment sent the message yesterday.
McLanaehan and Keener were drafted
men and attached to the Infantry.
BROTHERHOOD BANQUET-
Columbia, Pa., Decf 13.—Tho Broth
' erhood of the Presbyterian Church
held their annual banquet in the chap
el with a large attendance and the
Rev. tTohn T. Reeve, of Lancaster, r.sj
the speaker. •
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FRIDAY EVENING,
Pastor Serves Columbia
Church Thirty-five Years
DR. J. H. PANNEBECKER
Columbia, Pa., Dec. 13.—The Rev.
Dr. J. H. Pannebecker yesterday ob
served the thirty-fifth anniversary of
his pastorate of Trinity Reformed
Church. Dr. Pannebecker las been
identified with every public movement
in Columbia in the past generation
and has been a director of the Colum
bia Hospital since that institution
started. He is a of Frank
lin and Marshall College, was connect
ed with the Order of Pages and later
with the Knights of King Arthur, in
the latter receiving the degree of Earl,
a distinguished honor for long and
faithful service. He is regarded us
an authority on boys' work, in which J
he has been engaged many years.
Four Lancaster County
Soldiers Reported Wounded
i Marietta, Dec. 13.—Mrs. Matilda
I Tangert, of near Lancaster, has been
' notified by the War Department that
. her son. Private Earl Tangert, was
wounded in action, degree undetgr-
L mined, on September 18. He is at
tached to Company D, Jileventh In
t fan try.
I Scygeant Thomas Thompson, son of
\ Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thompson, of
| Marietta, who was gasaeu several
j months ago, lias now leen reported
I wounded in battle, tie was trained
j at Camp Meade with the Three Hun-
I dred and Sixteenth Infantry and wgnt
! overseas last summer. He was re
cently made a sergeant,
i Private George K. Myers, of Bare-
I ville, Lancaster county, a member >f
1 the Seventy-seventh Division, 1 lelil
■ Al-tillery, has been reported wounded
l in France. Prior to enlisting in the
I service he was employed by the Levi
j Tobacco Company, Lancaster, ana
i trained at Camp Meade,
i Corporal Edward It. White, of com
l.pany D, Three Hundred and Eleventh
I Infantry, son of Mrs. Alice \\ htte,
I Concord Lane, Lancaster county, was
| wounded in France in October. Ihe
I young man, trained at Camp Dlx,
Wrightatown, N. J. Prior to his en
listment he was employed as a I'ore-
I man in a cigar factory.
RATTLE ANNIVERSARY
Columbia. Pa., Dec. 13— Amos R.
Hougendobler yesterday observed the
fifty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of
Fredericksburg, Va.. as the only sur
vivor of Company K of the Oookmun
Rangers, of Columhiu, wnich took
part in thnt memorahle fight. This
company was organized by Captain,
afterward General, Joseph W. Fisher,
who became Governor of Wyoming.
The other survivors in the county /tie
Abram Reese and Edward Schrelner.
of Lancaster. Mr. Hougendobler is still
an active man and a prominent mer
chant. ■ He was formerly postmaster
of Columbian
KARRISBTTRG oSKk TELEGRAPH
Cumberland
WOUNDED MEN
REACH CARLISLE
Thirty-five Soldiers Who Par
j ticipated in St. Mihiel Fight
Brought to Hospital
Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 1 3.t —Carlisle's
War Department General Hospital
was formally put to its now uScs yes
terday with tlie arrival of the first
wounded men from overseas who will
|be given treatment there. The v first
contingent, .numbering thirty-five
| men, were mainly from western
states!' Several of them were among
the first conflngeut to arrive in this
country after the signtng of the
armistice, they having left France on
November 6. The men are mainly
from the First Army and helped to
smash the St. Mihiel salient.
More wounded men arp expected
daily.. Within the past three days the
medical corps and supply units have
beon enlarged by the arrival of more
men and a new influx of soldiers is
expectW from medical stations in
Georgia. The staff of the institution
is being enlarged daily.
Forty Cases of Influenza
at Grantham Orphanage
Meelinnicsliurg, Pa., Dec. 13. —1n the
rural districts in this and other sec
tions of the county influenza is* again
raging to such an extent that in many
instances entire families are afflicted
and in others one or two members
only are left to nurse the sick. Es
pecially In Churchtown and vicinity,
as well as Newville, the- situation is
rather alarming. Although the death
rate is not so high as when the epi
demic swept those localities earlier in
the season.
At Grantham there are probably
forty cases at the orphanage, and
Shepherdstown, about three m'los
south of thts place, is undergoing the
second scourge.
KILLED IN FRANCE
Mecbnnlesburg, Pa., Dec. 13. —Ac-
cording to word received here, A. 3.
Meredith, a member of Company C,
Three Hundred and Sixteenth infan
try, was killed In action in France
on November 3. He is well known in
Mechanicsburg, having lived here sev
eral years, where he had charge of
the Western Union telegraph office at
the time of his enlistment. His home
was at Frederick, Md., and his moth
er survives. He was a member of
Washington Camp, No. 164. Patriotic
Order Sons of America, of Mechanics
burg.
HOY WEAVER AT NEW YORK
Mechnntcaburg, Pa., Dec . 13.
Among the arrivals at New York of
soldiers from overseas is Roy Woav
er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Weaver,
West Coover street. This soldier, who
was a jeweler at Meadville, is a mem
ber of the Fifty-second Infantry Ma
chine Gun Company and received
training at Camp Foster, Ga. He was
appointed watch inspector and adjust
ed and regulated the watches of the
officers, •
CORP. STROMINGER HEARD FROM
Mechnnlraburar. Pn., Dec. 13'. —In a
letter from Corporal Chester Troup
Stromlnger to his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Stromlnger, South Market
street, he states that he Is well and
happy and hopes to march through
Berlin with the American troops. He
is a member of the One Hundred and
Third Ammunition Supply Train of
the Twenty-eighth Division and was
among tho first to .enlist In the serv
ice.
NEWS OF MIFFLIN COUNTY
SOLDIERS IN U. M. SERVICE
Hnlitoifn, Pa., Dec. 18.— A mes
sage has been received by John H.
Goes, of Mount Rock, saying that Ills
Bon, Vler Goss, had been severely
gassed In France and is in a hos
pital.
A letter from William Calahan
from France states that fie Is well
nnd that the other boys of the famous
One Hundred and Twelfth are on their
way to tho Interior of Germany.
Wayne Crlssknan, a member of Com
pany M, One Hundred and Twelfth
Regiment, of Lewistown, is in a hos
pital in France, severely wounded.
Mrs. Fred Edllng, of Lewistown, lins
received word that her son, Corporal
L. J. Klrwan, was severely wounded
In France and has arrived at Staten
Island, N. J. He will be sent to Lake
wood, N. J., for treatment. He was
with the One Hundred and Fourth
Engineers.
Vaughn Rupert, of Lewistown, sta
tioned at Camp Hancock, Augusta.
Ga.. has boen promoted to second
lieutenant.
Charles R, Beaver, Company "D,
Four Hundred and Thirteenth Tele
graph Battalion, In France, has just
completed one year In the service.
James Flnlt, of Juniata, reported
wounded in France,-Is a former Lew
istown boy.
Sylvester Albert Fry, of Lewistown,
Is reported to have been severely
wounded In France.
Lieutenant W. 11. Neely,' of Mif
flin town, a member of the Fiftieth
Aero Squadron, In France, has done a
lot of flying In Franco and had some
narrow escapes,
A message states that Lieutenant
George R. Phillips, whqse plane was
shot down shortly before the war
ended. Is safe and well.
Private Herman Or. Longacre, re
ported missing In action on November
8. to frle/ids here that
he Is An deck and In good health.
First Lieutenant Robert P. Moyer,
of tho ship Mississippi, has been call
ing on friends here.
NO MAIL DELIVERY
Cljr, Pa., Dec. 13. — Influenza had
stopped the delivery of mall to the
rural district several days this week
owing to the Illness of both Rural
Carrier William Eppley urtd his sub
stitute, Cy Shelley. Both have been
suffering from influenza. As a result
tho putrons of the Cly mail route
received no newspapers and were,
therefore, cut off from the doings of
the ouside world.
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN,
Now Uloomfichl, Pa., Dec. 13.—0n
Tuesday evening the garage of John
P. Adams was broken open and his
automobile stolen. Taken with it
were some surgical instruments of Dr.
E. E. Moore, who had been using
the machine for the past several
days.
HEAVY PENALTIES EXACTED
Sacramento, Cal., Dec. 13.—''We
will show that this organization
levied on tho agricultural Interests
of California penalties in excess of
$8,000,000," said Robert Duncan,
j special United States attorney in the
| trial against members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World, a jury
for which was completed yesterday.
VICE-PRESIDENT
BANQUET GUEST
Promises to Visit Carlisle and
Address Chamber of Com
merce December 2(1
Cnrllslc, Pa., Dec. 13.—One "f the
biggest events In the history of Car
lisle will be the annual banquet of
the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce on
Friday, December 20. The guests of
the occasion will be YlcexPresldent
oiid Mrs. Marshall, the acting naad of
-the nation having consented to come
hero and address, the banquet. Over
"00 persons are expected to be pres
ent at the affair. The. guests will
spend Friday , night in Carlisle nnd
will return to Washington on Thurs
day morning.
Luther League Elects New
Officers at Mechanicsburg
Meehanlesburir, Pa, Dec. 13.—At the
annual business meeting of the Luth
er League of St. Mark's Lutheran
Church on Tuesday evening the fol
lowing officers were chosen for the
i coming year: President, Miss Lech
Knoll: vice-president. Miss Beatrice
Beiges: secretary, A. S. Hertzler;
treasurer, Miss Edith E. Feglcy; or
! Banist, Miss Dorothy Heiges; assist
ant, Miss Frances Mumma.
Mrs. Will King entertained the
members of the Ladies' Aid Society of
Grace Evangelical Church on Thurs
day evening at her home in East Lo
cust street. A musical and literary
program was given.
Mrs. George Coble has returned to
her home in West Locust street after
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edgar
Cole, in New Jersey.
WOUNDED SOLDIER HOME
Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 13.—A Cumber
land county boy wounded in action Is
back again on American soil, lie is
Private John Benjamin Hall, son of
William Hall, a farmer, living near
Carlisle. News of his injury was con
tained In the official casualty lists re
leased Monday of this week and bis
ship docked at New York on Tuesday.
News has been received of the death
in action of Elmer 1,. Wiley, of Hunt
er's Run, who was in the Held artil
lery. Private Clyde Barron, one of j
twin brothers, who went Into service
with the Pennsylvania National
Guard, is also reported wounded. He
is one of the five sons of Mrs. Michael
Barron, of Carlisle, four of whom are
in service.
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every membeHn the family.
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York Haven Sergeant Had '
55 Days Active Service J
York Haven, Pa., Dec. 13.—Being j
recalled from the trenches to enter t
an officers training school m-obalt>ly
saved the life of Sergeant Roger L.
Shearer, son of Mr. -and Mrs. J. E.
Shearer, of York Haven, us only a
short time after leaving the company
to which he had been asslgrted the!
outfit was wiped out almost to a
man. This information was contain- j
ed in a letter received yesterday J
by Sergeant Shearer's parents. Since i
Shearer has successfuly passed I
through the Fifth Company, Fourth
Platoon candidates' school, he is now I
awaiting a commission. Being a i
members of the Seventy-eighth di- I
vision, he is destined to see further i
service in France, as this division,
has been ordered to remain overseas.
Sergeant Shearer had seen lil'ty-five
days of active service at the front,
seventeen successive days on pne oc
casion and thirty-eight days on an
other. His letter bears the date of
November 17,
SUPERVISORS TO MEET
New Bloomlield, Pa., Dec. 13.
I Preliminary arrangements are being
[ made for the annual sessions of
Perry county supervisors, which will
be held in the Perry county court
house at New Bloomtield on Mon
day, December 28.
Suburban Notes
ANNVILI.E
I The family of the Itev. Adam Weng
<rt, pastor of the Church of the
Brethren, who is also a farmer, of
near town, are ill with influenza. A
son of the Ifev. Mr. Wengert died of
influenza on Tuesday evening and his
wife died on Monday, Joint funeral
services wore held this afternoon in
North Annville township.
George D. Gossard has returned
from Baltimore, Md.
Paul Kreider left for New York City
i on Wednesday.
The Students' Army Training Corps
at Lebanon Valley College is being de
mobilized. About half of the number
ure remaining in college and the other
half returning to their homes.
Mrs. George Kinpoffts and daugh
ter, Bessie Kinports, are guests of rel
atives at Reading.
Fred W. Light, a graduate of Leb
anon Valley College, was elected
oashier of the People's National Bank
at Lebanon, to succeed the late U. T.
Werner.
11. Lincoln Bolton spent Wednes
day at Harfisburg.
David Shroyer, son of Prof, nnd Mrs.
A. E. Shroyer, is slowly recovering
from a severe attack of influenza,
John Ulricli, a veteran of the Civil
War, gave several select* readings on
patriotic subjects at the unfurling ex
ercises of a flag on the Henry Houclc
public school building at r<ebanrwi. 1
DECEMBERS, 1918.
DEER HUNTER WOUNDED
Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 13.—A gun
ning. accident occurred about two
miles from Pine Grove Furnace, in
Adams county, as a result of which
Harvey Taylor, aged 26, of Wenlta
ville, is in the hospital with a hole in
his left foot. A party of deer hunt
ers belonging to the Taylor camp
were hunting in the mountain, when
Harvey Taylor tramped upon a stick,
which flew up and struck the trigger
of tile gun of a companion, causing
it to explode. The bullet entered Tay
lor's foot, with the result reported.
MOTOR CLUB'S NEW OFFICERS
Waynesboro, Pa., Doc. 13.—Last
evenlns the Waynesboro Motor Club
at their meeting elected the following
officers to serve for the ensuing term:
President, J. J. Schmidt; vice-presi
dent, Paul Stoner; secretary, 11. R.
Finney; treasurer, C. W. Sexton. The
following board of governors was also
elected: S. A. Funk, cliairman; It. R.
Arthur, H. E. lfenneherger, D. E.
Ilarshman and Ralph Stoner.
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