2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. AND CITY'S SUIfURBS Cumberland Valley News LETTER CARRIERS SERVE 25 YEARS Three Carlisle postmen Walk Thousands of Miles ami Deliver Tons of Mail mrliMie, Pa.. April 1 Walking thousands of miles and carrying tons of mail matter, three Carlisle post men to-day completed their twenty fifth year of service in Carlisle tnd i were awarded the silver stars for their uniforms. Carlisle has a record for continued service by mail car riers. The three who completed their Quarter century of lettet - delivery were Charles H. Hockman, .1. \\\ l*in inger and George A. Yeager, Chas. K. Strohm completed the same period of service four years ago. Three other carriers have been In service close to twenty years. Miss Annette Steel Hostess . For Military Service Corps UrrlmnlcOiurg. I a., \pril M •• .Annette was hostess yesterday afternoon at a tea from four to six o'clock, at her home in West Stain street, for the Girla' Military Service Corps, which was a delightful affair. Anions those in attendance were: Misses Anna jSchroeder, Dorfs Wilcox, Esther Bishop, Claribel Geiger, Knehel Shelly, Miriam Zufall, Mari anna Mutnper. Gladys Guyer, Edna Smith, Elizabeth Hurst, Ruth Miller, Mildred Hertzlcr, Elizabeth Oraw ford, Estelle Thomas, Catherine Wenk, Harriett Fooso, Ruth Chase, Martha Anderson, Marie Eckels and Vera Setdel. Mrs. .1. Irvin Steel was assisted in the entertainment of guests by Mrs. 11. llyron Schroeder, Mrs. George E. Lloyd and Miss Cath erine Keefer. S. 1). Zi K.'LI'K HIES XcwvUle, Pa., April I. 8. D. Zeigler, a Civil War veteran, died suddenly at his home in West Main street, Monday noon, tit the age of years. Mr. Zcigler had heen in his usual health and after eating a hearty dinner sat down to read the paper, in which position he was found When his wife entered the room. He was a member of Zlon Lutheran Cliureh.and of the G. A. K. .Post, and is survived by Itis wife. Funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at - o'clock and burial will be made in the Newville Cemetery. i.OW M'UKIiKKt Rl'Alh Carlisle, Pa.. April l —■ Cumberland Count? Liber:? Loan workers are lining up for the Victory Loan Drive, it was announced here today that the majority <•:" those who have as sisted in other campaigns are plan ning to aid in tie- now loan. Fisk Goodyear, of Carlisle, has been ap pointed vice chairman for the cam paign. George E. Lloyd is chairman ami E. I-. Martin secretary. A meet ing of tie county workers will be held here within a few days. TAKEN TO REFORM VTORY ClUMnbersbnrg. Pa., April i.— Merrill Gall and Oscar Smith, the two 18-year-old Highlleld boys who made an unsuccessful attempt to es cape from the Franklin county jail here last week, will not have another opportunity to try their hand at escaping from the local jail as Sheriff Horst yesterday took them to Huntingdon Reformatory to begin the sentences imposed upon them by .Judge W. Rush Gillan for larceny from several summer cottages at Monterey. I'XIIFRGOEs OPERATIONS ClutmborsbuvK, Pa.. April I. After undergoing a third operation for hernia and receiving treatment therefor at the Chamberaburg Hos pital for the past four weeks, Hiram Herman, a well known resident of Chambersburg and a former school teacher and piano and sewing ma chine salesman, '.as been discharged and has returned to bis home. He is still confined to lied. TROLLEY MAX RESIGNS Oianibershurg. Pa., April I. After having for the past four teen years served as a trolleyman on local trolley lines. Guy G. Ptrat ton. of Chambersburg. has resigned his position with the Chambersburg and Shipponsburg Trolley Company and will enter the grocery business here. Mr. Stratton served for a time as conductor and later as motor man. ROBBER IKS Vl' t \RI.ISI.E Carlisle, Pn., April I—Spring house robberies are reusing some concern here. On Sand.iv night the home of Alfred K. Miller, of Carlisle, was en tered. shoes and eatables being tak en. From a pocket book containing ?&.02, the five dollar hill was taken, but the two pennies were left. CAN rilllATE FOR SHERIFF Cliambershurc. Pa., April I. Jacob H. Mayer, who has been a member of the board of poor direc tors of Franklin county for several years, has formally announced his candidacy for the nomination for .sheriff on the Republican ticket at W September primaries, lie is the to announce himself as a candi date for the office of sheriff. Mr. Mayer's home is at "Waynesboro. Coffee Drinkers find there is no raise in price of i NSTANT POSTUM If for health or other rea sons you have considered a change from coffee, now is a good time to make a test of Postum. Not a bit of waste ■U Tt i TUESDAY EVENING, John Nevin Stickel, Former Pen Mar Postmaster, Dies Waynesboro. Pa., April I.—John j Nevin Stickell. of Waynesboro, and ' former postmaster of Pen Mar, | Pa., and superintendent of the Waynesboro Gas Company, died j yesterday morning after an illness ot' several months of dropsy and nerv ous breakdown. He was years old and is survived by his wife, two j sons, J. Norman Stickell, in ttie mo i tor transportation service with the ! I'nited States Army in France, and j Grayson -M. Stickel!, recently re turned front France, where he was in the air servicettl also two sisters. Misses Kate and Hello Stickell. this I city. His oldest son, Joseph Stickell, in the infantry service with' lite Seventy-ninth Division, was killed in battle along the Meuse river. France, |on November, a week before the armistice was signed. The news was officially received here December 5. and there is no doubt that this event hastened the father's death. FAKMI-lt WALKS HOME Cliambenburg, Pa., April i.— Reuben Kauffntan, a young farmer living near town, failed to get homo as ho expected to Sunday night, for just as lie was driving his team out of an alley into Main street, an automobile driven by S. O. Drown, of Pittsburgh, ran into his team and smashed one of the front wheels. The buggy was taken back into a hotel yard and KantTman walked home. Kauffman alleges that Brown who is employed by a Pittsburgh steel firm and is doing work on an addition being built to the Cumber land Valley Railroad roundhouse, failed to sound his horn. JOHN M. LILLIAN DIES Vewvillo, Pa., April I.—John W. Killian died at his home in West Main street on Sunday morning at the age of 77 years, having been in ill health for several years. He was a life-long member of Zion Lutheran Church, a member of Big Spring lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, and Of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Killian is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. K W. James, of Newville, and olio son. Harry W. Killian, ol Nov.* Kensington. William Killian, of New ville. is a brother. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and burial will be made in Prospect llill Cemetery. MRS. s \KA 11 STAINS DIES Grccncastlo. Pa., April I. —Mrs. Sarah Hello Stains died on Sunday. She is survived by eight children, :;i grandchildren. .*.2 great-grand-. < hildren and three great-great grandchildren. she was aged 89 years and was the widow of John I. Stains. The funeral will be held on Wednesday with services at the Macedonia Church in Montgomery township, and burial in the grave yard adjoining. WILD REGISTER SOIAHKRS Cbatnbersburg, Pa.. April I.—' Register and Recorder William Stov- . er has announced that he will record the honorable discharges of soldiers, making them a part of the court records, without cost to the soldiers, ) A special volume for the recording of the discharges has been ordered , bv the county commissioners. Sergt. McGready Says Boys May Bring Statue \ ark Ilavrn. April 1. —"Germany! is Unconquerable" Is the inscription ! o.i lite base of a huge statue dedicat ed to Wilhelm 11. situated at the meeting points of tee Masel and, Rhine rivers, near Coblenz, Germany,, according to n letter received by- Mrs. Cornelius McGready from her; son. Sergeant Harry C. McGready,! who Is with Company K. Three Hun-: ilrcd and First Kngineers, with the' army of occupation. He writes fur- i titer that the Germans "will be lucky, if some doughboy does not take it home for a souvenir. It weighs be tween seventy-five and one hundred j tons" Coblenz is situated at the) junction of the two named rivers.The i men are allowed to parade the j streets of Coblenz until ten at night, j tiut in doing so they are "not allowedj t . execute "eyes right or left," and ; pre obliged to walk almost at ntten-' tion." he says. PASTOR'S INITIAL SERAIOXS Dauphin. Pa., April 1. —The Rev. j George L. Seliaffer. the newly-ap pointed pastor at Dauphin, preached i his initial sermon Sunday at iiecktoni in the morning and at Dauphin at. night, with appreciative audiences.; The Rev. Mr. SehatTer lias already; taken hold of the situation and has organized chorus choirs for the) church and will begin plans fori some needed improvements. Last) Sunday morning Mrs. Miller sang a solo at Heckton and at night at Dauphin music was rendered by a i chorus clioir and Miss Carrie Hoff-| man. of Middletown sang a solo. ; Next Sunday the morning service; will be held at 10.20 at Dauphin and) the evening service at 7.30 at Heck-! ton. when a special c horus choir will, furnish music and Mrs. Mary Millerj will be the soloist. NEW COX< I KT COMPANY Columbia. Pa., April 1. —The Co- , lumbia Concert Company is a new j musical organization composed of: seven local artists, with Thomas! Lochard as manager. The organ- ' ization is composed of the best mu- 1 sieal talent in the borough. BREAKING GROUND FOR GETTYSBURG HOSPITAL I ! • X* . • V MR. AND MRS. JOHN M. WARNER Gettysburg, Pa.. April 1. —Mr. and Mrs. John M. Warner shoveled the tirst earth in the ground-breaking for Gettysburg's new hospital. ; The building, when complete, will be the gift to the community of Mr. j and Mrs. Warner, and will be known as the Annie M. Warner Hospital. . It will stand at the southwestern border of the town, on land occupied J for two years as a part of Camp Colt, the government releasing two acres of the ground so that work could be commenced. Standing on tut I elevation it will be a delightful place for such a building, on the west 1 having the beautiful scenery looking toward the Blue Ridge Mountains, < while the sun parlor tor the convalescent patients will overlook tho • Soldiers' National Cemetery and the Round Tops. CENTRAL PA. PERSONALS \ MOI'XT. WOW Mrs. William Shearer. Mrs. ! Charles llannigan, Mrs. C. S. Hare, | Mrs. Kichard Stool;. J. E. Malehorn ; and C. W. Whisler were appointed i members of a committee to arrange for an Eastern entertainment at St. John's Lutheran Church. One hundred and fifty dollars was realized at the first of a series of fairs held Saturday night in the K. G. E. hail under the auspices of the Mount Wolf band. A concert by the Acme band, of Emigsville, featured. Miss Rena Hoff returned from a week's trip to Lebanon Valley Col lege. at Annville, her alma mater, and to Hershey, where she was the guest of Miss Ruth Zoll. The otterbein Guild of the United Brethren congregation will hold its monthly session on Thursday even ing at the home of Miss Sarah Diehl. Miss Sallie Gross and Mrs. Lydia Wilt, of Steelton. are being enter tained afthe home of their stster-in ' law. Mrs. Anna S. Gross, i Airs. Charles Diehl is confined to 1 bed suffering from tonsilitis. ANXVILLK The Rev. W. H, Weaver moved from Maple street to Palmyra on Saturday. The house which he va j rated will bo occupied by Frank ! Bachman, who purchased the prop erty. I Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sargent spent I Sunday at Union Deposit. W. J. Stoner and family, of Pen- I brook, visited A. K. Keetering and i family recently. Mrs. Eliza Dotter is moving from her home in College avenue to Ono, where she will' live with her son. John A. Dotter. Raymond Roddy will move to Philadelphia. Misses Mary Long and Edith • Swanger and Harry Long, of Leb anon. were recent guests of Reuben Tobias and family. The Rev. anil Mrs. R. R. Butter wick, of llershey, were the guests of J. Frank Smith and family. Mr. and Mrs. Moses Light, of Ann j vilic, visited Mrs. Irvin Good, of Campbelltown, on Thursday. Misses Efiie Ilibbs, Meta Burbeek | and Ethel Lehman, of Lebanon Val ley College, were entertained bv . tlieir classmate. Miss Ethel Ilartz, at her home at Hummclstown. MII.I.ERSTOWN Mrs. Alfred Yohn was taken to the Harrisburg Hospital, where she j underwent an operation for appen dicitis. Miss Kathleen Thompson, of State i College, is home, spending tlie Eas . ter vacation. The Rev. Charles Burkheimer. the newly-appointed pastor of the Meth odist Church, and his wife, will move here this week. A reception will he held for them on Wednes day evenlhg in the church, i D. A. Lalir and Miss Mary Kep ner were recent visitors in llarris ! burg. Charles Noll, of Elliotsburg. spent the past week with his sister, j Miss Eannie Noll. Miss Ethel Rounsley entertain i ed the Camp Fire Club at her home 1 on Friday evening, j Mrs. J. I. Crane has returned j home from a visit with her daugh • ter. Mrs. George Lent. in Per kasie, Pa. Mi_ss Margaret Cook, of Harris . burg! spent Sunday with her aunt, : Miss Ella Tyson. Miss Claire Brown, of Chambers burg, visited at the home of her I uncle. D. L. Earner, over Sunday, i A. H. Ulsh was a.visitor at Har ' rlsburg on Sundaj. Martin Rowe and son. Earl, of j Newport, visited at the home of his 1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Rowe, • on Sunday. MERCERSBI'KG Harold Winchester Byron, local manager of the W. D. By ton , the adult classes of the T'nited Bretli i ren Sunday school. Miss Florence Hoehn, of New j York City, is visiting her aunt. Mrs ; Joseph Smith. George R. Hoffman and family, ' have moved from Matamoras to Halifax. Joseph Buffington and Charles [Adams, proprietors of the new Royal I garage, have moved to town from Eliza bethville. YORK HAVEN Twenty-five members of the York , Haven patrols of Girl Scouts have j past the tenderfoot test in a recent ; examination. < M rs. George Groscost. of Gettys burg. and Mrs. Joseph Reever. of Hallam, were railed to the bedside ; of their mother, Mrs. Mary Clen ens. who is seriously ill. Mr. and Mrs. Frank McGreadv 1 spent the weekend at Harrisburg as 1 the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles I Chambers. ! Recent visitors entertained at tlie ; home of Mrs. , Phoebe Mel horn. I were: Mr. and Mrs. George Smith, of Baltimore: John Repman, of • Sparrow's Point, Md.: and Mr. and j Mrs. Mathews ('alien, of Harris ■ burg; Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Walrath 1 and daughters. Evelyn and Edna. ' and Walter B. Rruaw. of Pittsburgh, j Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Anspach, of ) Tyrone, spent the weekend with tlie ; former's brother. Dr. I. M. Anspach, : and family. , 1 I'HKAMA NTS I'I.tCEU \ FARMS Marietta. Pa.. April I.—William H : Sultzbach, of .Marietta, and several i members of tlie Khetot Rod and Gun ji'ljb, have placed on several farm* ■ near Marietta and Rowenna, a num ' bcr of pheasants sent to Marietta, by [the State. Some time ago quail were [placed on farms and rabbits are ex pected in the near future. MITE SOCIETY BAKE ..Dauphin, Pa., April 1 .—The •"home bake" given by,the Mite So [ eiety of the Presbyterian Church oil I Saturday evening at the 1. O. O. F. ; hull was a great success and over thirty dollars was cleared. Supper was served to a great many people. The hall was prettily decorated with a color scheme of green and white prevailing. NEW SUPERINTEND EXT Columbia, Pa., April I.—Miss Car oline Swift, of Monpelier, VI., the newly-elected superintendent of the Columbia Hospital, will take charge to-morrow, and her predecessor. Miss Blanche 10. Dickinson, has gone to her home at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. INCREASE ICE PRICE Columbia. Pa., April I.—lce deal ers here have advance'd the price of ice fifteen cents a. hundred, the schedule to go into effect to-day. The cause for tlie advance is tlie increased cost of production. DAY and NIGHT SCHOOL Open All Yeax. Enter Any Time. Individual Promotion. BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 121 M.AKKET ST. Boil 125 (Opp. Senate) Dial 1016 BREWERIES NOT ii MAKING LIQUOR Number of C.otil Region Man-!I ufaeturcrs Change Plants to ' Produce Vinegar and Ice SunlMiry, fa.. April ] No North-i ! u rubor la ml county breweries are tie-i | tying the Federal "order not to bre\v j rany beverage stronger than one-half j of one per rent, of alcohol:-* contents. I The Anthracite Brewing Company, j lat Mount Carmel, is making ice, and i turning a part of its building into a . factory, while the Fuhrnian-J*ehmitlt t interests at Shumokin arc making! near beer, vinegar and ic*. The Fold 1 spring Brewery. Sun km ry. is making a product of near beer, which has a big demand. Kalnonmen And it hard to act beer. The last oanie from Lock f i ivcn and Pottsville, but these breweries have [ ileclined to sell any more. Allentown came to the rescue with a few thous and cases of bottled goods, but this has also been stopped, it is said, j Hard cider finds a ready sale j {among the boys who like their drinks; | regularly and cannot afford twenty j live cent whiskey and ton cent beer. Hard cider sells at five cents for a six ounce glass and is guaranteed! to have the kick of a government! i iQulc, if enough of it is taken. Y. W. C. A. Bodies at Annville Unite For Worki Annville. Pa„ April 1. —The girls I of the Senior and Junior classes of the Annville High school have or-1 ganized a Young Women's Christian 1 Association to affiliate with the Y.I W. C. A. of Lebanon Valley College. | In furtherance of this plan the fol-1 lowing officers were elected: Presi- [ dent. Kathrvn Stein; vice-president, j Dorothy Pencil: corresponding sec-| rotary, Hilda Wood: recording sec-| rotary. Josephine Kettering; treas- ! titer, Delia ller; pianist, Kffle Roll- | land! members of advisory board— college. Miss Helena Matilfair: high | school. Misses Miriam Oyer and Ruth Heffelman; parents, Airs.' George W. Stein and Airs. VI. 11. Shcnk. WOMAN'S -eent box of "Tiz" now! at any druggist or department store.! Jion't suffer. Have good feet, gladj feet, feet that never swell, never 1 hurt, never get tired. A year's foot [ comfort guaranteed or money re-; i funded. : of Stomach Sickness llun to Relieve Stonlticli Distress j„ „ Few Minutes. Money llaek if Treatment Hues .Not Overeome j Any Form of Indigestion If-you feel as though there was si ' lump of lead at the pit of the stom ach, take a couple, of Mi-o-na stoni- t aeli tablets and in live minutes you i should see that all stomach distress j has vanished. If you belch gas, have heartburn I <>r sour stomach, you need Ml-o-na. t If your stomach feels up-set the I morning after the night before, take j two Mi-o-nti tablets and see how quickly you get relief. If you hate shortness of breath, pain in the stomueh. waterbraah or t'oul breath, you need Ali-o-na and the sooner you got it, the sooner i your stomach should perform its I duties properly. If you use a box of Mi-o-na tablets •and feel that it has not overcome | your Indigestion or stomach trouble, i tuke the empty box to your dealer | and he will refund your money. Kor sale by 11. C. Kennedy and all leading j druggists. DOUBT ABOUT j ROAD CHANGES Rodney tiring. General Man ager of Two Perry Lines, Opposes Alterations Xi'w liloonillcltl, Pa.. April I. j Rodney M. tiring, general manager of the Susquehanna River and i Western and Newport and Sher man's Valley railroads, refuses at this time to make any statement i relative to the abandoning of the ; former and the making of a stand- j 'aid gauge line of the latter. He j attended a meeting at Philadelphia last week where it is understood he 1 opposed the propositions advanced, i The Pennsylvania Railroad is said to have purchased a controlling in terest in the two lines recently. -I .■:■Ki: ~ ~ ' 7.. id 1 : : " :y %IP 11 ddlrt m 28-30'32 A orth Third Street r- y ::-i I •: hipX VisliHyuishum Mark ir II is quickly discerned /lvw\ in a Schleisner gar- A/ ment by llie tailoring \\, | HE exclusive fashion touches which you \ find in a Schleisner suit are in reality t ' /fjjjh the natural outcome ot artistic designing and II I have no relation whatever to the "freakish" j adornments you are quite apt to see on gar- Jj j ments in the mediocre strata. , | J Ihe dignity of line and eloquence of / I mode in a Schleisner suit instantlv ap- I I peal to refined tastes. / Many new Spring Suits (1 JI , have arrived within the (0 P ast forty-eight hours, S to $125 || " ' I I *| | Goodness! j I it! j It's all GOOD-ness Bricher's Blue Ribbon Bread j I || - :This I j I The result of 12 years of know-how baking. p' J Pricker's Pine Ribbon Bread Bricker't 0. A'. Bread ! I ' Made by I Bricker's West Shore Bakery I APRIL 1. 1019. Former Cavalry Captain Nov/ Lieutenant-Colonel' Sunbury, Pa., April I—Major1—Major General I ! Charles M Clement, of Sunbury, for-j j iner commander of the Twenty-1 'eighth Division, has received word! j that his son, Major Chhrles F. Clem-j lent, in command of the military po- J ltcc of the Twenty-eighth Division. has been advanced to Dicutenant-Col-j {oriel. Ldcutt natit Colonel Clement be-! 1 gait as a private of infantry In the , I'M Twelfth Regiment, National • Guards 'Pennsylvania was Captain of Troup .1, First Pennsylvania Cavalry. | on* Mexican Border service, and when the war was declared was promoted . to a majorship. I k'lX SISTKUS' BIItTIHA.V (\ kiiiiliia. IV, April I.—Airs, i Kug Vo Fisher, of Columbia, unit i her a - in sister. Airs. Oliver Rettew, ■ of Itinville, enjoyed a double birth t day celebration at Iho former's ; hoin and had a number of friends las n iiosts ut the novel gathering. Itoth iadies received a number of ) giflaliii honor of the event. 1 KNOW the truth about your weights. Use FAIRBANKS SCALES \ Henry Gilbert & Son 400 S. 2nd St., Harrisburg.