2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS MOTHER OF 15 ADOPTS CHILD Parents Die of Influenza and Youngster Added to Big Fishff Family Lcwlstowii, Ph., "Dec. 23.—1\ hile I Justice of the Peace VanNatta, wus | busy in his office, a middle-aged J woman walked in and stated that she j was Mrs. Hurley Fisher, of near ; Granville. Mlffiln county, and that | she wished advice on the legal pro- | cedure of adopting an infant. Mr. VanNatta informed the worn- j an that he hail found homes for a j number of unfortunates in infancy, . but that he had no legal power to i go through with the proceedings of i adoption, but h, gave Mrs. Fisher j the uecessarv advice. ! Mrs. Fisher told how the child s j mother died during the recent epi demic of Influenza and that the fath er had gave the wee mite into the care of another woman and this woman also contracted the influenza and died. This left the baby home less and the Fisher family decided out of goodness of heart to adopt it. The Fishers already have a family of 15 children. 13 boys and two girls. , 800-POUND HOG BUTCHERED Marietta, Pa., Dec. 23.—James Straver, of Highmount, opposite j Marietta, killed a porker on Satur- j dav that dressed over SOO pounds and i measured seven feet four inches in length. It was the largest and heavi- | est porker ever butchered in the. county. I I-" ——"■■Tgyy DILL'S I Cough Syrup Combining the best ingredients, its soothing remedial properties will act quickly in cases of Coughs, Colds Grippe, Catarrh Have it on the medicine shelf, ready for the ailments of the respiratory organs that come on so suddenly at this season. Very ! pleasant for children to take because of its inviting aroma and taste. Take according to directions that come with each bottle You'll find it at your druggist's or dealer in medicine. Made by The Dill Co., Norristown, Pa. Also manufacturers of those reliable Dill's Liver Pills 1 Dill's Balm of Life 1 Dill's Worm Syrup Dill's Kidney Pills I A sic your Druggist or Dealer in Medicine. j The hind mother alwaye kept ■ —I I illl UJWHJUIIii-iJgfflgro ■ * / V j Cigars 25 50 100 Boxes Gorgas Drug Stores 16 N. Third St. Poiina. Station r"" > ' GORGAS DRUG STORES j ISOUTTER'S 25c DEPT. STORE: J Buy Here Hot Alone Because Prices Are Lower, but Because Qualities Are Better | i I Odd Lots Of ; i Holiday Goods ; ,On Sale Tuesday At : Geatly Reduced Prices ; SOLTTER'S 25c Department Store || • jj Where Every Day Is Bar gain Day ] ; 215 Market St. Opposite Courthouse • ii A / dk A A A A Am. A A i .W A dN A j MONDAY EVENING, feARRiSBURG ' ; * DECEMBER 23, 1918. ! CUMBERLAND VALLEY ITEMS 1' Wounded Soldier Home From French Battlefield j j . |P A* . j' ! ' - W ' 4 ' j FRANK NYKSTFALL Moclianicsburg. Pa., Dec. 23. —Af- iter having engaged in some of the! | heaviest battles on the western J j front with the famous Twenty-Eigh | th Division. Frank Westfall, son of j Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Westfall," Me | chanlcsburg, R. D., arrived here on | I a furlough and surprised his parents. I Private Westfall was gassed and j •in a basehospital in France.. His | brother and comrade-in-arms. John j • E. Westfall, was killed in action by i ; bis side on August 10. Both were numbers of the One Hundred and •Twelfth Infantry, Twenty-Eighth | Division. CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT MeelianiesbUfg, Pa.,. Dec. 23. ! Lowering clouds and a downpour of rain did not dampen the ordor of ; members of the Methodist Episco-1 ; pal Sunday school yesterday morn- | ; ing, .when a Christmas entertain- i : ment was given by the younger j scholars. The room was gay in dec-' orations of holiday greens, scarlet j i geraniums, Christmas trees and Red | I Cross posters were on the walls. The j | collection, which was for the Arrnen- j ian fund, amounted to more than j | forty dollars. An enjoyable program i 1 was given and the children were , especially interesting in the part as- | I signed to them. Christmas hymns. | i and recitations with an address, full | ] of the spirit of the season, by the l j pastor, the Rev. Ellis Bell, made up j j the program. ACTIVE RED CROSS WORK j Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 23.—The final i i push in the Red Cross Christmas j ! rolicall drive was on to-day by the j I workers of the Carlisle chapter and j | auxiliaries. The majority of the I old members are renewing their sub- | i seriptions and new ones are being i secured so that the final totals in j i this district are expected to show | !an increase. There will be the usual i Christmas eve illumination of the j windows of the town and the cross- I j os - —j For Itching Torture | There is one remedy that seldom J fails to stop itching torture and relieve | skin irritation and that makes the skin ! soft, clear and healthy. ! Any druggist can supply you with ! zemo, which generally overcomes all • skin diseases. Acnc, eczema, itch, pirn ! pies, rashes, blackheads in most cases ! give way to zemo. Frequently, minor ; blemishes disappear overnight. Itching | usually stops instantly. Zemo is a safe, ; antiseptic liquid, clean, easy to use and I dependable. It costs only 35c; an extra large bottle, SI.OO. It will not stain, is I not greasy or sticky and. is positively I safe for tender, sensitive skins. I The E. W. r.-r." C-... C'jvclanj. O BOY IS WOUNDED EIGHTEEN TIMES Log Fractured by Piect of Shell; Machine Gun Bullets All Over the Body Carlisle, Pa.. Dec. 23. —Wounded eighteen times, in a Hun prison camp and released and on the road to recovery is the experience of Frank Petre, a son of William Petre, of Carlisle, who saw service with the Pennsylvania troops. Ho was wound ed in the September lighting, one I leg being fractured by a high ex plosive shell, ten machine gun wounds in his body, four on one | thigh and three about the head. Defense Committee Listing Names For Honor Roll Carlisle. Pa., Dec. 23.—A special drive is being made by the members of the Cumberland County Council of the various community councils of the Cumberland County Council of National Defense to close up the listing of the men in section for the county roll of honor by the first of the year. Red Cross chapters are assisting in the towns and several j hundred men have been recorded with a large mass of individual and j historical data. Plans are being made for the con | struction here of a permanent mem orial of some kind and several de | signs have already been submitted CEREBRATION OF PEACE Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 23.—The com-] ! ing of peace will be suitably re-1 ! membered in the Christmas services j 'of Carlisle, an ambitious program, having been planned. All of the de- j nominations will have special serv- j ices on the day and the usual en- j tertainments for the youngsters will j be resumed on the former scale. The i exercises in connection with the j community Christmas tree will be- ( gin oir Christmas eve and soldiers j from the general hospital will assist j lat the first service. Plans are hcioff, ' made for entertainments and special, ! services for the soldiers stationed | here. ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF SON jtcclianicsburg. Pa- Dec - 23 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Fuller. West ( Main street, announce the birth of a | ! son, on Friday night Mrs. Faller, i was formerly Miss Helen Schroedet 1 of this place. * SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT | Hummclstown, Dec. 23.——'To-mor- I row afternoon at 1 o'clflck the fourth land fifth grade pupils will render the following program in the fifth grade room: Piano duet, Anna Barclay and I Maude Taylor, song, Christmas carol; ' recitation, "Watching in Christmas, i Beatrice Ebersole; playlet, "When i Santa Was Tired," fourth grade; i fong, "Christmas at Sea;" recitation, I "An Adventure With Santa Claus," Witmer Allwein; piano solo, "Our I Message;" playlet, "Dolls Farewell,' | fifth grade; vocal solo, "The Glad j Christmas Moon." Caroline Wise; recitation, "Shy Santa Claus," Flor | enee Stephenson; song, "Jolly Santa Claus;" folk dance, Christmas | Wreath, fifth grade; recitation, j George Snyder; playlet, -"Christmas in Naughty Land," fifth grade; song, "The Star Spangled Banner." HIGH WAGES FOR NIGHT WORK Mt. Wolf, Pa., Dec 23.—Attract ed by the high wages being paid for night labor at the Marsh Run quartermaster's station, a number of local workmen-have accepted po sitions thfere during the past week. It is said that $7 a night is being paid. Among those to accept work at the Marsh Run plant are: Ser geant Duffield, John Murphy, Wil bert Brenneman and others. CHOIR GIVES CANTATA Gettysburg, Pa.. Dec. 23.—Under the direction of Milton R. Remrael the choir of the Methodist Episcopal Church last 3/ening rendered the Christmas cantata, "To Bethlehem " by E. K. Heyser. 0 I Mechanicsburg Surgeon Chief in Occupation Army l = —. V • COL. J. WEIR GRISSIXGER • Mcohnnlcsburg, Pa., Dec. 23. Gradually being promoted for effi cient work on the western front, friends of Colonel J. Weir er, a native-born Mechanicsburger, will be glad to hear that he lias been | honored by promotion to chief sur- I geon of the Army of Occupation, ! now on German soil. The informa- I tion came in a letter last week to I his wife, who with two sons, is j spending some time with her fnth j er, John M. Underwood, West Main | street. Dr. Grissinger saijed for I France as chief surgeon of the Rain j bow Division, with rank of lieuten ant colonel. In less than one year jin France he gained the rank of | colonel, then assigned as chief sur geon of the First Army Corps and now the present position. JOHN PEIFFKR DIES Union Deposit, Pa., Dec. 23.—John Peiffer, aged 78 years, died on Fri day at his home in Hanover street, 1 after an illnes of several days. He | ! was a well known resident and a I member of the Reformed Church. ;H e is survived by three daughters, | Mrs. John Shellenhammer, of Derry; I Mrs. George Miller and Mrs. Henry Ginder, of Union Deposit; six sons, Calvin S., Harrisburg; Hiram, of East Hanover; Howard, of Steelton; Henry, Edward and Charles, of | Union Deposit; also twenty-four grandchildren and five great fjrand -1 children. Funeral services will be I held to-morrow morning in charge j of the Rev. Arthur R. King, of Hum melstown, and the Rev. Henry Welker, of Myerstown. Burial will be | made in the Union Deposit cemetery. i SIOO,OOO ESTATE DIVIDED Waynesboro, Pa., Dec. 23. —The : will of Henry Spangler, lat e of the I borough of Mercersburg, deceased, was probated. His widow, Mary F. ! Spangler and son, Henry H. Spang ler, uro named as executors. He leaves an estate of over SIOO,OOO, j which is equally divided among the widow and children. No bequests of public interest were made. The will of Henry L. Lackove, of Mercersburg, was also probated. He was a soldier and was killed in France. He left an estate of SIO,OOO. CANVASSING FOR RED CROSS Liverpool, Pa., Dec. 23. —The fol lowing membership committee of the Red CroSs: Mrs. Wesley Coffman, Mrp. H. A. Long, Mrs. S. A. Derr, Mrs. Frank Koch, Mrs. T. J. Wil liamson, Mrs. H. A. S. Shuler, Miss Bair and Mrs. Walter Wert will con duct a house-to-house canvas this week to secur e a 100 per cent, en rollment in the Red Cross member ship drive which is on nbw. MRS. MARGARET HOOVER DIES Mt. Wolf, Pa., Dec. 23. Mrs. Margaret Hoover, widow of David Hoover, died on Saturday evening at 5 o'clock, at the home of her son-in-law, J. She was 72 years old and is survived by one son, William M. Hoover, of New Holland, and five daughters, Mrs. J. J. Rodes, Mt. Wolf; Mrs. Adam Kohler and Mrs. Harvey Everhart, of Manchester, and Mrs. Samuel Melhorn and Mrs. Victor Stauffer, of Philadelphia. DISCHARGED FROM SERVICE Mt. Wolf, Pa., Dec. 23. —Cecil Be shore, son of Jacob Beshore, was discharged on Friday from the Na tional Army, at Fort Benjamin Har rison, Ind., to which place he had been transferred from Camp Meade, Md Private Beshore was a member of a contingent of draftees leaving hero last September. He had been employed at the Mount Wolf Pennsylvania railroad station prior to entering the service. MRS. N. If. MILLER DIES Mt. Wolf, Pa., Dec. 23. Susie, wife of N. H. Miller, died at noon Saturday at her home at New Hol land, from pneumonia She was 36 years and and is survived by her ! husband, her father, Jacob Doll, and | four sisters and brothers, Arthur, I Mertie and Millie Doll and Mrs. Har j ry Miller, the latter of Red Lion. SHOItT SCHOOL VACATION , Duncannon, Pa., Dec. "3.—Christ mas vacation in the liuncannon schools will be considerably short ened this year, so that some of the time lost when the schools were closed during the influenza epidemic may be 1 made up. Instead of being permitted '■ one week off. as usual, the students this year will have only one and one half days, starting at noon on Tues day. OLD-FASHIONED CELRBIIATION Duncnnnon, Pa., Dec. 23.— 1 -Chrlstmuaj Eve in Duncannon will be. marked by some good, old-fashioned customs, The Senior class of the Duncannon i High School, together with nny per j sons that may desire to Join them. | will meet at the Duncannon school house at 10 o'clock to-morrow even ing and go about the borough singing I their Christmas carols. | PASTOR ACCEITS CALL i Marietta, Pa., Dec. 23.—The Rev. William S. Gerhardt, of Jefferson, Maryland, has accepted the call to become pastor of the Eden and East Petersburg Reformed Churches, and ! will assume his new duties sooo, He | will succeed the Rev. H, Rumeitntl. Suburban Notes NEWPORT R. Huston Lelby, a student nt Mer cersburg Academy, Is spending his I Christmas vacation with his parents hero. Mrs. Chester Wright and daughter. Miss Creta Dorothy Wright, ore vis iting with relatives ut.Phlludelphlu. Miss Helen Saucernuin, who has been studying music at Duyton, Vs., has returned to her home hero to , spend the holiday season, j Vernon Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. I Jacob Myers, has entered the United states railway mail service. He Is on I trains running between Philadelphia aftd Pittsburgh. Mrs. G. H. Howe and daughter, Clee Ilowe, of Millerstown, visited friends here on Thursday. HI MMEI.STOWX Miss Miriam Wagner .nd Miss Ida Delmer spent several days at Altoona. Mrs. Harry Llndley, of Mlddletown, | was the guest of Mrs. Charles Bale un Saturday. Paul Cassel, who has been in the I United States Army, stationed at Del Rio, Texas, for the past live years, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Da- I vid W. Cassel. Mrs. Joseph Gensler and daughter.! Miss Edith Gensler, visited friends nt! Hnrrlsburg on Saturday. Mrs. Charles Zerfoss spent the weekend at Oberlin, the guest of Mrs. Jacob Myers. Mrs. Harry Gresh and son, Walter Greslr, spent the weekend at Philadel phia. LIVERPOOL Miss Elizabeth Derr, a student at Irving College, Mechanicsburg, is spending the Christmas vacatioh here with her mother, Mrs. S. A. Derr. Miss Margaret Helmbucher, a stu dent at Penn Hall, Chambersburg, is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frazter Stailey. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Stailey, of Harrisburg, were recent visitors here with Albert Hoffman and family. J. D. Wltmer and family, of Har risburg, visited here with relatives this week. Miss Caroline Mitchell, a student at Coomb's Conservatory of Music. Philadelphia, is homo for the vaca tion with her parents, Prof, and Mrs. H. O. Mitchell. Mrs. P. K. Brink is visiting rela tives at Duncannon. Miss Puera B. Robison, a member of the faculty at Willlamsport Dickinson Seminary, is spending the Christmas vacation here with her mothec. Mrs. Emma Robison. WILLIAStSTOWN Dr. and Mrs. Harry Shaffer spent a day at Harrisburg. Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Miler and Mrs. Harry Messener were at Harrisburg last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Lesher were vis itors at Harrisburg recently. George McSurdy, of Coaiesville, at- j tended the funeral of his brother, Ed- j ward McSurdy, who was buried here | Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Plunkett and; Ross Davies, of MinersviUe, attended the McSurdy f.-'neral. Mrs. Frank Amthor, of New Jersey, i has arrived here to snend the holidays With her mother. ™ Mrs. W. E. Jones and son, Haydon Jones, were at Pottsville last week. Private Gordon Britton. the first Williamstown boy to arrive home from overseas, Is here. Mrs. George Shomper and Mrs. John Dinger spent a day at Harrisburg. John Whltemnn, of Mlnersville, spent several days wih his mother, Mrs. Thomas James. Word was received here that Mark Adams and Stanley Adams, wounded in France, had arrived in New York from overseas and were taken to hos pitals. George Hughes, of Scranton, visited his aunt at the Mansion House. Joseph Stites arrived on Saturday to' spend the holidays with his parents,! Dr. and Mrs. G. Stites. John E. Philips spent several days at Nanticoke. AX.YVILLE Mrs. John la*onard, of Marysville, is the guest of her son, Leroy Leonard. Misses Ella Brightblll and Emn-.n Bomberger were guests sf friends at Lawn recently. Mrs. George Child, of New York City, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Ray for several weeks. Mrs. Elizabeth Whitmoyer is spend ing several weeks at Philadelphia, the guest of her son. Mrs. T. S. Loose and son, Edward Loose, spent a day at Lebanon. Ensign and Mrs. Philo Statton and Mrs. Paul Kreider spent Friday at Harrisburg. Miss I-aura Millard, a student 0. Goueher College, Baltimore, Md., is spending the holidays here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 11. E. Millard, of Millarden. Prof. S. O. Grimm made a trip to I Philadelphia over the weekend. | Dr. Clara Holtzhaus'ser spent sev j eral days at Baltimore, Md, It has been learned here that Major I Roger a. B. Hartz, a graduate of Leb- I anon Valley College, has been pro-] j moted to the rank of lieutenant-colo nel. He served on the Mexican bor ! der. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ell Miller, of Annvllle, have received a telegram from the War Department stating that their son. Miles Miller, was wounded and 1 gassed in France. Mrs. F. S. Wagenseller, of Sellns-' grove, is the guest of Prof, and Mrs. K. E. aheldofi. | John Cretzinger, after spending ; rome time in a hospital