4 RAILROAD NEWS BROTHERHOOD LOCALTOMOVE * Home of Lodge No. 694, B. of R .T., to Be Moved From Marysville to Enola " Marysville, Pa.. Dec. El.— Bluo .Mountain Lodge No. 634, Brother hood of Railway Trainmen, estab lished In Marysville more than 30 years ago, is soon to find a new home. After January 1, the lodge will be removed to Enola. Action to this effect was taken at h recent meeting of the brotherhood after considerable argument. The local Includes In Its membership freight brakemen from both Marys ville and Enola Pennsylvania Rall rr>ad yards and within the past five years, tho Enola men grew from a negligible Influence to the majority power. For some time Enola men had been considering the pain of remov ing the local from Marysville tc Enola, and at the last meeting this action was taken. The charter of the organization has been sent to grand lodge headquarters at Cleve land, Ohio, to be changed. '' The action In moving the location of the lodge has not met with gicat approval of the Marysville members. They urge that the local was Insti tuted here some thirty years ago when some half-dozen men, some of them still on the rolls of the body, worked to bring about the orgraniza tion, at decided personal expense Some of the men are so opposed to the movement of the location that the plnn of the Institution of another branch of the Brotherhood of Roll-' road Trainmen for local brakemen Is being considered. It was said last night. Perilous Ride Clinging to Closed Car Door *• .• Considerable excitement was cre ated among the passengers on the r southbound train on the Reading Railway reaching Reading at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. Shortly •iafter the train had passed through ! J.eesport a noise was heard outside the clospd vestibule doors of one of ■ the coaches, and when braUevnan Investigated iie found a mar. cling ing desperately to the door but fart losing strength. Shouting a warning •to hold fast for a few minutes • longer, he had the doors opened end ''the mnn 'orought inside. : It developed that he had nonrded the train at Lcesport on the side J opposite the station, thinking that the doois would ho opened, and when he found his mistake It was too late to go around the trnln to the other side, so he held fast until his cries aroused the passengers and brakemen. OLD INJURY CAUSES DEATH Simbury. Pa., Dec. 21.—Charles H. Umholtz, 13. son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Umholtz, Sunbury, died at the Fountain Springs State Hos pital to-day, of a broken leg he suf fered In a fall a year ago. Tuber „ culosls of the bone developed, ac cording to the doctors. I I Millions of the oppressed peoples of Europe have just emerged from the darkness of autocracy into the sunlight of freedom, self-government, commercial and industrial development, and progress toward a higher civilization. ' v . • t The POLES formerly a strong, heroic nation, but overwhelmed and The CZECHO-SLOVAKS, that great race of Bohemians, Moravians and crushed by invasion and oppression, and split into fragments by their con- Slovaks which for 500 years has kept alive the inspiration of its torchbearers of |. i •. i i • c , 1 . . ii.. liberty and freedom in the middle ages, have now at last thrown off the heavy o e leuni ean given a ree roa o eir na lona estiny. yoke of Austrian tyranny and claimedtheir place in the family of free nations. The LITHUANIANS, doubly oppressed by German landowners and Rus- v c , Aue ~ * , A t • j j c .u • i\/i , -ii i r i . i. , , Ihe JUGO-SLAVS, ground down by Austria, and severed rrom their Mon man bureaucrats, will now become masters of their own lives and national tenegrin and Serbian kinsfolk, have gathered their strength and seized the affairs, either as one independent state, or in federation with other Baltic states. prize of liberty and reunion won for them in the world struggle for democracy. ... I •*' * ' Watch the unfolding history of these and other resurgent races as it is told from week to week in s I iteiary LfKfest ® Vr/ J _ J FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publiihen of the Famou. NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK ■■■ , . . _____ .. ■ ' ■ n II- 1 i-nirTr-rn——rrireiierT SATURDAY EVENING, Soldier Son Dead, Man, Temporarily Deranged, Leaps From Car Window Duncniuion, Pa., Dec. 31.—His mind temporarily deranged by the death of his only son, a soldier In the United States service, Thomas | Winters, t>o years old, of this piace, I leaped head-first from the window of a passenger coach of the Niagara Express at Williamsport on Thurs day. The train had almost stopped .when Winters threw himsolf from the window. His wife managed to giab hint by the heels and hold him for a moment; but her grip soon loosened and he dropped, head first, ♦o the cinders beside the roadbed. He wus not seriously hurt. Railroad Notes The committee on standards of the mechanical department, railroad ad minlstrtlon has agreed upon the floor plan and general designs for the pro posed standard 70-foot passenger coach and 70-foot combination pas senger, baggage, mall and express cars. J The fast train 'deluxe between Washington and New York, the Con gressional Limited, is to be resumed January 1. The railroad administra tion liur announced that this train will go buck to a five-hour schedule nd that an observation car would be added upon which seats will be sold at the regular parlor car rate. In ad dition, through passenger service be tween New York and the South will be placed in service on January 1. The total movement reported over the Middle division for Thursday was as follows: Passing Denholm, 574 cars; interchanged with Tyrone, 68 cars, making a grand total of 6,42 cars. • Clinton C. Branncr, aged 40. of 324 First avenue, of Altoon, a Pennsy conductor, had his right index finger fractured at 5 o'clock yesterday morning while coupling cars at East Altoona coal yard. Engine No. 40, castwnrd, with a train of slow freight tied up traffic for quite a while on Wednesday night at Lewistown Junction, when a steel car buldgcd with the lading was dis covered in the train. The employes of tho Schuylkill Division of the Pennsylvania Rail road will be paid for the first half of December on Thursday, December 26. A meeting of the Reading Railway officials was held at the Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, for the pur pose dr discussing changes, which are to be made in the passenger train service. It is said that some of the trains that were taken oft the Gerinantown and Chestnut Hill branch and the main line, East Penn and Lebanon Valley nre to be re stored dt any early date. SOLDIER DIES IN FRANCE Suuburyh Dec. 21. —Private Raymond Schopp, aged 22, a mem ber of Company M, 314 th Infantry, is officially listed as having died of disease in France. He was a native of Mt. Carmel, and the first graduate of the Central Pennsylvania Odd Fellows' Orphans' Home here to lost) his life at war. Personal and Social Items of Towns on West Shore Miss Bessie May, of Bowmansdale, is spending some time with relatives, at Shlremanstown. Mr. and Mrs. George V. Coble and daughter, Hulda Flora Coble, and I Miss Hulda Larson, of Lemoyne, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Coble's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Feis-| ter, at Shlremanstown. William Stough and son, Lloyd Stough, of Mechanicsburg, visited tho former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward W. Miller, at Shlremanstown on Tuesday. . Mrs. James Zerbe. son. Lawrence Zerbe, and daughters, Emily Zerbe and Mina Zerbe, of Spring Lake, vis- j lted Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Zerbe at Shlremanstown on Tuesday. Lloyd Stare, of Shlremanstown, Is home from Plalnfleld, where he was called by the serious Illness of his brother, Howard Stare. Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of Shlre manstown. was a Mechanicsburg vis itor on Tuesday. George Miller, of Shlremanstown, spent a day with his brother, John Miller, at Steelton. Mrs. Scott Brinton and son, Charles Brinton, of Shlremanstown, j are home from a visit with the for- i mer's brother, Charles Barlup, and: family at Emigsville. Miss Katliryn Newmyer, of Harris- I burg, spent a day recently with the Misses Mlnnlt? and Helen Wolf at Shiremnnstown. Mrs. D. W. Harman, of Shlremans town. spent Monday with her par en** in Mechanicsburg. Mrs. J. S. Brinton, of Shiremans-1 town, spent a day recently with hor daughter, Mrs. George Romberger, t at Harrisburg. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Holllnger and I son, William Hollinger, of Shlre manstown, are home from a visit with the former's parents at Harris burg. Mrs. Daniel Knnub, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. George Souders, at New Cumberland, wont to Newark, N. J., to spend several weeks with another daughter, Mrs. Hambrlght. Mr. and Mrs. Lowrie, of New Cum berland, announce the birth of a son. Mrs. Lowrie was Miss Mary Sut ton before her marriage. Joseph Kistler, of Center, Perry county, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harlcn Noel at New Cumberland this week. John Reneker, of New Cumber land, was at Philadelphia on Thurs day. PARTY FOR RETURNED SOLDIER New Cumberland, Pa., Dec. 21. On Thursday evening a party was held at the home of Frank Kelster in Market Square in honor of Pri vate Joseph Landis, who returned from Columbia University, North Carolina. Dancing, games and mu sic were features of entertainment. Those who attended were: Misses Pauline Wright, Verna Bair, Verna Pyffer, Dorothy Lenhart, Naomi Conley, Evelyn Freeburn, Ollie Cramer, Beulah Kaufman, Luetta Kaufman, Lillian Kaufman, Kathryn Scip; Private Joseph Landis, Frank Keister, Don Hench, Merle Landis, Ray Fehl, Frank Updograff, Samuel Fisher, Earl Lechthaler, Charles Geisklng, John Parthemore, Harold Beckley, Clark Balr. Chaperones | were: Miss Lillian Grove, Charles i Fleurle and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lech thaler. HARRISBURO TELEGRAPH Sailor Boys Will Tackle the Independents Tonight The Cape May Naval Reserves will present a strong tearh to night at Chestnut Street Auditor ium against Gordon Ford's jlnxed Independents, who will make one mighty effort to drive the demon from town. Ford was bunged up considerably at Tamaqua on Wed nesday but will be on the Job, along with Ike McCord, Eddie Wal lower, "Gollnth" Beck and Gerdes. and the battle will not lag. The Jack tars have a top-notch team including Murphy and O'Nell. New York city stars; Robinson, of Pitt, and Martin, of Chestnut Hill Aca demy. A special dancing program will follow the fray. Democrats to Move Into New Clpbhouse by March 1 the opening of the new club rooms at 243 Walnut street, were discussed at the weekly meet ing of the Central Democratic Club last evening. It is likely the club will mov e into its new rooms by March 1, and efforts will he made to move In even earlier, Washing ton's Birthday, If possible. Remodel ing of the present building at 213 Walnut, and the building of the new structure in the rear, are progress ing rapidly. The annual election of officers will take place at next Friday evening's meeting. Fred I* Morgenthaler, the president, is unopposed, and will be elected for another term, as will Robert N. D(ernhelsel, the vice president, members say. In addition, a financial secretary, treasurer, membership committee of three, and house board of directors, seven in number, will be elected. "SYRUP OF CHILD'S LAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove poisons from stomach liver and bowels Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only—look for the name Cali fornia on the package, then you are sure your child Is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its de licious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. Glvo it without fear. Vice-President Asks Harrisburgers to Join Red Cross Campaign 7 Tho Red Cross was omnipresent and ycry helpful during the war and Harrlsburg people should join It as a thank offering for past ser vices and a guarantee of future sup port. Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall said last evening in New Cumberland, while on his way to iOUR GREAT 3-DAY CHRISTMAS j Talking MacKme Clubj STARTS TONIGHT I p| I | Lowest Prices in Town. Carlisle where lie addressed the Chamber of Commerce of that bor ough last evening. "1 v/ould ray that the people of Harris-burg ante the entire state owe their unanimous membership to the lied Cross as a thank offering for what the Red Cross has done." said the Vice-President. "Let me Illus trate to you: There is a feuge snow covered mountain near the City of Mexico. High though the plateau is on which Mexico City is built, this mountain rears its lordly head far into the sky. You leave Mexico 1 iyio. City for the South in the morning. When evening comes the huge head of the mountain seems not to have changed at all. Then moring Comes. Then noon again. And th e giant mountain is nttll visible, towering toward the heavens. That was the way with the Red Cross during tho eighteen months which began with the entrance of the United States into tho war. The Red Cross wus omnipresent and ever helpful. No matter, where the call came from the Red Cross answered it. And for that reason alone Har rlsburg and your entire Red Cross Chapter district owes It to the Red Cross tcr Join' during the present campaign as a thank offering for past services and a guarantee of future support." BEER $lO PER BARRED Sltamokli), Pa., Dec. 21.—Beer went to sl6 a barrel here to-day, and the retailers immediately ratted the price to 10 cents a glass.
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