2 INTERESTING NEWS OF TOWNS IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA LOSES HIS WALLET IN FINAL CRUSH OF RUMMAGE SALE Doors Closed 1" or Half an Hour to Aid the Police Yesterday's Iluinmagc Sales Sporting goods. $103.20: milli nery. $117.37; china and glass, $44*77: pictures, $128.58: furni ture. $116.92: house furnishings, $105.98: women's department, $226: draperies, $114.88; men's department, $131.4 3; notions, $55.60; shoes. $120; toys, $54. 45. GRAND TOT At. 33,520.84 Thursday $2,201.63 Friday 1-319.21 Total i To-day's estimate .... 750.00 | "Close up at 1 o'clock" was the order sounded from headquarters at the Rummage Sale to-day, and just as the echo died out a loud call toi help came from a G. A. R. veteran who claimed he had been robbed of a wallet containing $llB and two Liberty bonds. Mercer B. Tate in stantly had both entrances closed and locked with a view to recovering the loot and for half an hour no one was allowed in or out. The veteran came to buy a pair of shoes and was accommodated by Mrs. Olmsted, who was working at that counter. Purchasing a pair he paid for them from a wallet which he took from his hip pocket and went away, only- to shrilly announce his heavy loss. Police headquarters j were notified, but when detectives arrived they could not tind the com plainant, nor learn his name. He wore a G. A. R. badge and this yvas the only identification to be had. ; A second pick-pocket tale was re ported to police headquarters by A. L Koppenhaver, 1926 Rwatara street, j He said that his yvallet containing j $75 was taken. Though the last day. the crowd j was persistent and heavy and the ; gallant women clerks were about all | in with the final rush. A neyv bunch j of women's hats brought a flying . wedge to that department and the j patronage was brisk and rough, t "The beaver on that hat alone is worth $l." exclaimed one of the: tired clerks to a woman who hag- | gled bitterly for a reduction of five , cents. "Well, gimtne th' beaver, then," she insisted, and got it. for i patience was no longer a virtue. Mens clothing did a tremendous j buisness and yet some will be left I !• over for the junk dealers. "I want : 1 a dark suit for my husband." shout- j ' ed a very stout woman, arriving all i t out of breath, when it was nearly , closing time. i "Hoyv big is he: what'? his size? s "I don't know; he wears a seven- | - 'n-a-eight hat" yvas her final appeal. I "Gimme suntpin to lit him." Mercer Tate, as closing hour ar- ] rived, made a last call to get over | !- t lie top. "All yve need to beat the record is a little over $500," he said, | "and -we're sure to get it." He. enu ' phusized the fact that second-hand t dealers did not bust up this sale; • they were all identfied and asked to leave. The remnants will be dis- I posed of on Monday to junk dealers. I Dauphin Aid Society Meets at Hoover Home, Rockville Dauphin. Pa., April 12. —Ladies' Aid ! Society of the United Evangelical j church, will meet at the home of - Mrs. C. D, Hoover at Rockville, Tues- • day afternoon. —Prank Wallis anil j family of Harrisburg have opened j their bungalow on the mountain side j for the summer. —One member yvas , initiated by the P. O. of A. at its I last meeting. Mrs. Jeff Cauffman re- | signed as assistant conductor, and i John Smith was appointed. Mrs. | Barbara Baker of Harrisburg and j Miss George Mickey, of Waynesboro, j spent Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. I. j L. Long.—Mrs. Elijah Dewalt and j Miss Martha Irvin yvho were guests j of their sister. Miss George Oleyvine at Stone Glen, have returned to thoir I home at Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. ] Ralph Lutz and daughter, Helen Mae, | arc guests of Mrs. Lutz's parents, i Mr. and Mrs. George Gilday.—Mrs. j Surah Sponsler has returned from a j visit to Tremont and Lebanon. —Miss i Xoreen Smith, of Washington, D. C., ! who yvas the guest of Mrs. W. B. j Gross, has returned home. —Mr. and ! Mrs, John Conrad of Harrisburg spent Saturday yvith Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Conrad.—Miss Margaret Garman has returned from a visit with her sister Mrs. Herbert Singer. Enola.—Miss Martha Cresswell and Miss Helen yallis of Harrisburg, and Guy NetT of Huntingdon, PH.. were the week- j end guests of Miss Sabra Clark. — j Captain and Mrs. D. \V. Speece who | were the. guests of the former's sis ter. Mrs. D. P. Deiter. left for Fort Oglethorpe. Ga.. —Max Long, of Get tysburg College is spending the spring recess yvith his parents. Mr. and Mrs. I. I- Long.—Roy Welkerj is homo from Camp Merritt, yvhere he was discharged, after being over seas ten months. —Mrs. Bertha Hen ninger is visiting Iter parents, M.' and Mrs. George Kinter.—Mrs. Eman uel Feaser spent several days yvith her daughter. Mrs. Simon Shope in Pishing Creek Valley.—Miss Emma Boingardner of Harrisburg was the guest of Mrs. W. P. Clark.—Miss Carson of Williamsport and Miss Marian Hunsicker spent Monday and Tuesday in New York and Philadel phia.—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schneider motored from York Sunday and were the guests of their aunt, Miss Sarah Sponsler.—Mr. and Mrs. John Wolf, 4 attended the funeral of Mr. Wolf's brother, Samuel Wolf at Marysville, Monday.—Miss Sabra Clark who spet.; r the spring recess with her pan., ts, i Dr. and Mis. W. P. Clark, returned to Gloucester College. Baltimore, Md., on Wednesday- morning.—Mrs. J. u. - Reed has returned from Berwick, where she had been visitl-g her 1 rother, Prank Shope. Wrist Broken When He Is Knocked Down by Car Dennis L. Barrick. 10 South Seven teenth street, a Harrisburg Ruilyvays Company inspector, suffered a frac tured left wrist and severe lacera tions of the scalp when struck and • knocked down by a trolley car in Steelton early this afternoon. At the frog shop entrance to the Bethlehem Steel Company he yvas directing the movement of two cars yvlien he stepped back, too close to the south bound track and was struck by a car. SATURDAY EVENING, GETTYSBURG PEOPLE MAKING EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH PERMANENT U. S. ARMY POST Camp Colt Buildings and Equipment Will Be Sold Next Week and Famous Instruction Place Abandoned; Con gressman Brooks Working With War Department For Continuance (ict( ( vburg, Pa., April 12. Although next Tuesday is the day set by the War Department on which the buildings and all other belong ings of the Government at Camp Colt are to be sold, strenuous efforts have been made during the past week or two by some of the people of town to have a part of the equipment re tained and a permanent post estab lished here. The matter has been taken up with Congressman Brooks, and he has been busy with the offi cials at Washington. It is pointed out that there is not a permanent army post in' the State of Pennsyl vania, and that with the Government interests here this would be the ideal place for a post. As yet no anno ment in the matter has been made by the War Department and from the present outlook it wuuiu seein that army activities here are A of the past. Miss Josephine Shultz fell down the stairs at her home and broke her left arm. Last October she had her arm broken at the tamo place.—Arendtsville welcomed one of her soldier boys home in oaO fashion, although it was not his first return home since coming from Prance. W. Arnold Raffensperger, a member of Company A o. the 310 th Infantry, who was wounded in the Argonne Forest, made his second re turn to his home accompanied by his bride, who was Miss Helen Eicnoltz. and they were royally received and giv<n r.n immense shower of gifts by about one hundred of their friends. The presents included many —• articles and ranged in size iroiu a mouse trap <.O a kitchen cao.net. — Once a week in is offer d in ft. Ignatius Catholic church in the Buch anan Valley for the repose of tic soul of Samuel Clapsadle, o'f the Eleventh Infantry, whose body lies buried in Prance. Always some me...- bers of the Clapsadle family attend these services. Bast week Mrs. \X il liam Clapsadle found a large chicken egg in the rear of her buggy after mass. She presented it to the Rev. Will Whalen, the pastor, for his next meal. She suspected that one of her best hens had gotten in the buggy and made the offering as a pre-Easter contribution to the rector. This week 'The Laughing Cure' Given by Ladies' Aid Society Manchester, Pa., April 12. —"The i Laughing Cure." a two-act comedy, was : presented in Fraternity hall auditorium. I under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid I Society of the Lutheran Church, Satur day night. A large audience was pres | ent and $38.50 was realized. The fol lowing was the cast of characters: Dr. | St. George Carey. Ira Rentzel, Jimmy ' Mason. Charles Landis, Dr. Whltcomb, I Roy Jacobs, Clark Hanson, George | Beck, Laura Hanson, his wife; Jennie j Fink, Gay Hanson, his sister; Rebecca Gladfelter. Kitty Clyde, his stenog | rapher; Estelle Bell, Mary Ellen Perry. '<i neighbor; Sara Dietz, Nora, the maid | wld a bit o' Blaney, Anna Kauffman. — | Miss Lucinda Fink, who had been seri : ously ill is slightly improved.—Mr. and ■ Mrs. F. S. Kauffman and son, Gordon. ' unci daughter, Thelma. of York, were j visiting relatives here on Sunday.-—John I Fa relit is ill at his home on Railroad I street. —Mr. and Mrs. Austin Miller and | son, Penrose, spent a day at york. . Miss Ruth Walker, of York, was enter | tained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Altland on Sunday.—Mrs. John I Miller and son. Samuel, and daughter, ! Mary; Mrs. Henry Knautx Mrs. A. E -1 White and daughter. Blanche; W. G. I Good. Mrs. Irving Myers, Mr. and Mrs. I Scott W. Knaub. Harold Kauffman. and ! William Kauffman spent Saturday at I York. H. A. Kauffman spent Sunday jat Harrisburg. —Mr. and Mrs. Arthur .Welsh spent Sunday at Spring Grove. I p. o. Good, who was ill the past several ] weeks, has resumed work.—Corporal I George Kverhart spent Sunday at New Cumberland.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bless ing— Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brenneman ! spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Bren | neman's parents. Mr. and Mrs. William i lironneman of noar Quickel's Church. Mrs. Frank Smith returned to her home at Dover after several weeks visit at the home of Mrs. George Smith.—Mrs. I Ellen Spangler. of York Haven, was visiting at the home of Harvey Grove, on Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. Irving Uoek | ley and sons, Neal and Donald, of York; were entertained at the home of IMr Cockley's parents. Mr. and Mrs. jolin Cockley.—Daniel Strine's mother, I of Harrisburg. was visiting at the Strine home Sunday.—Miss Catherine Brown, of York, spent the weekend at the home of Miss Ada Gross. —11. D. Mault left for Palmer. Montgomery County, on a ' business trip.—Eli Gross, a former resi dent of Manchester, at present located jat Liverpool, Perry county, is visiting I friends here. —Oran Reachard, of Dal ! lastown, was visiting friends here on j Monday. —Mr. and Mrs. George Winters I have returned to their home after a several weeks' visit at Coraopotis. Women ol Zion's Church Plan Bake Sale Next Week lilsiiii, Pa„ April 12.—Women of Zion's Reformed Church are planning to hold a bake on Saturday afternoon. J April 19.—The Rev. H. C. Kleckner, of j Loysville, will supply the pulpits of the : Zion Lutheran charge to-morrow, as j follows: At New Germantown tit 10.30 a. m. ; at Blain at 2.30 p. m., St. Paul's at 7.30 p. m.—Communion ser vices will be held Sunday morning, April 13, in the Zion Reformed Church at lo!so o'clock. Preparatory services this evening at 8 o'clock. Communion ser vices in the Sandy Hill Reformed Church to-morrow at 2 p. m.—Mrs, Chester Brown and .children, Chester and Ger aldine, of Harrisburg, are visiting the former's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robin.—Miss Ruth Hench visited her uncle John Utley. in Pleasant Valley.— Miss Nellie Pryor, a Red Cross nurse, who was in France, has returned to spend a vacation at the home of her mothef, Mrs. Margaret J. Pryor in Jack son township.—Private Banks Rohm, of Blain, has arrived with the Twenty sixth Division at Camp Devens. Mass., and will be mustered out on April 28. Clarence Wilt went to Harrisbrug.— Levi Shu man and Samuel Cooney are very ill.—Dorf Rohm, returned home from Harrisburg to work on the farm. —R. B. Kell received four partridges from County Game Commissioner Maurice Shuler, of Liverpool, which he , liberated in the thickets near here.—■ ' Perry county has nine Republican can jdidates on the ticket for the nomination j of County Commissioner and three Dent locrats. —Miss Grace Hosteller, of Phila delphia. is visiting her mother, Mrs. John Echeiberger. the Rev. Whalen noticed a strange lien among his flock of chickens and was at a loss to know where ... u came from. Mrs. Clap- o- nized the fowl as hers, the very one that made the offering lasf weak. The bird bad again concealed herself in the carriage. "She's a church chick en," she said. "She sings her lay louder than any of her feathered friends. So let her live ui..*>.. 0 the priest's birds in the future."—A class in bread making and sewing has been formed at New Oxford under the supervision of Miss Bess McAllister, who is representing Pennsylvania State College in Adams county in ti.o department of Home Economics.— Gettysburg's branch of the Red Cross has not stopped business and shut up shop as many of the branchea throughout the country - done. but every day the secretary of the chapter and the secretary of the home service department are on the job and are giving information and help to many persons needing aid. A change has been made in the routes of the motor mail trucks running out of Gettysburg and as a result there are no longer direct routes from here to Washington and from here to Baltimore. Mail goUtg on the trucks to these places is now ..auteu on the Lancaster truck as far as Lit tlestown and there transferred. Night officer Pox will ask the town council to put a rod globe on the call light in the public square. The claim is that the ordinary light now used for this purpose is too hard to dis tinguish from the other lights if any of the officers are any distance away while the red light could easily be detected. Under the present ordi nances of the borough it is necessary for persons desiring to keep pigs with In the borough limits to secure a permit from the board of heulth and since the first of u-- yc...' eighty such permits have been granted by Health Officer Christ.—State Troops. Norman Tipton, whose home is at this place and who for almost a year has been stationed here, has been g- -■ ' a vacation and during his absence his place lias been taken by W. T. Griffiths, of the Pottsville Troop o. the State Constabulary. Miss Koons Entertains Senior High School Class 'l.tiislostowii. Pa.. April 12. —The Senior Class of the Lingleslown High j School was entertained by Miss Vesta J Koons, one of the members of the class, at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koons, on Thursday even ing. Music, games and contests were features of the evening. Refreshments were served to: Miss Meta Graybill, Miss Sibyl Hench. Miss Carrie Hocker, Miss Helen Hocker, Miss Ethel Cassel, Miss llulda Longenecker, Miss Elsie Bierbovver, Miss Vesta Koons, Miss Sara Felty, Sylvester Deauens, Ellis Mumma, Paul Zimmerman, Marlin Shope and Prof. Stewart L. Oyler.—Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Balsbaugh and Miss Mabel Feeser, of Hershey were guests of Mrs. Carrie Feeser over the week end.—Mrs. William Feeser. Mrs. Fleck Mixell and John Kprly, Jr.. of Hainton on Sunday visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Look.—There will be Sunday school services in the United Brethren Church at 9.30 and preaching services at 10.30. Subject: "The Tri umphant Entrance," by the Rev. L. D. Gottschall. Also services in the Church of God in the evening by the Rev James Wagner.—Mrs. Thomas Spence and Miss Liia Spence, of Wormleysburg and L. R. Albright, of Harrisburg, spent Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Zarker.—Mrs. John Koons and son Donald, from Harrisburg, were re cent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Koones.—Ralph Stauffer and sister .Miss Elizabeth Stauffer. of Myerstown, vis iltd at the home of David Felty on Sun day.—Mr. and Mrs. Adam Smith were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bomgardner.—Mrs. Libby Bolton is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. William Lountz.—The seventh district of the Dauphin county Sunday school association is planning a convention to i be held in the Bethel church, on Thurs day evening. May I.—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Getz, of Mount Joy, motored to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Miles Bolton I on Sunday.—Roger Care, who is a "Y" ' worker at Camp Meade, Mrs. Care and j son Ross, of Paxtonia, spent Sunday at ; the home of C. Brooke Care.—William l Feeser and son John, of Hainton, were I Sunday visitors with the former's ! mother. Mrs. Mary E. Feeser.—Mrs. : Amos Lingle, of I'leasant View, on ; Tuesday, was the guest of her sister I Mrs. Austin Schaner.—llarry Frank, of i'axtarig and Joseph Timothy, of Har ; isburg, were Sunday visitors at he home 1 of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zelters.—Mrs. | Matilda Shivey, who was wintering with j her son. Harvey Shivey. at Enola, rc i turned to her home here.—Miss Elsie | liierbower, of Carlisle, is spending a j few days with Iter sister, Mrs. Charles i Koons.—Mr. and Mrs. Russel Farling | announce the birth of a son on Tuesday, i April 8. 1919.—Mr. and .Mrs. George ! Hoover, Mrs. John Hetrick, and Isaac | Strickey motored to Palmyra on Sun i day.—Mr. and Mrs. Roger Good and i daughter Gladys, of Harrisburg were I recent visitors at the home of Mr. and j ltober Koons and daughter Anna, of ! Harrisburg, are spending a few weeks j with, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Koons.— : Mrs. Roy Gumpher and son and Mrs. I Roger Koons. of Penbrok, were recent i visitors with friends here. Miss Jane B. Ahl to Address Civic Club \cwvllle. Pa., April 12.—0n Mon- ; day evening the monthly meeting of the i Civic Club will be held at the home of j Miss Belle Dunfee in Big Spring avenue. The Club will be addressed by Miss Jane B. Ahl, of New York City, on the I subject, "Child XVelfare. As Miss Ahl is one of Newville's girls, the members are asked to bring their friends and hear her tell of this wonderful work. Business meeting will follow the ad-' dress. It Is the intention of the club to have a course of lectures and musical performances, as In previous years, this coming fall and winter.—The X'oung Ladies' Missionary Society of the Church of God will hold the monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. D. XV. i XVeller, East Main street, on Tuesday i evening at 7.30 o'clock.—A patriotic [meeting will he held in the Hbg. School | auditorium on Thursday evening, April j 24, in the interest of the Victory loan. Speakers from over the sea are expected I to be present.—Russell Swigert has been ! discharged from army service and is ' spending some time with his parents, i Mr. and Mrs. J. Clyde Swigert.—C. C. | Myers, tlie corner grocer, underwent an operation at Ut/s Harrisburg hospital on Tuesday. HAJtRISBtTRG TELEGRAPH MILLERSBURG'S NEW THEATER Lester G. Holtzman Will Build Up-to-date Structure in Center Street SEATING CAPACITY 450 Soldier Comes to Home of Parents During Night and Gives Them Surprise Millerxburg, Ta., April 12.—Lester G. Holtzman lias purchased front Dr. M, Ulrlch at private sale the prop erty in Center street cast of the Drelbellis meat market. Mr. Holtz man will raze the building now a the property and erect a modern moving picture theater. The build ing will be built of brick and i g, yvill be fireproof and have a stating capacity of not less than 4,500. The stage and furnishings yvill be first class in every respect, work on the neyv structure yvill begin in a few | weeks.—Berkley J. Pranke a ta..a -i ber of the 3fith Aero Squadron, ar tived from Prance on the last yveek, and is noyv at his home here. Mr. Pranke is a son o- ->"• and Mrs, J. A. Ftunke of Union street. and gave his parents a surpi h, arrived home on a night train, and yvent to his home, enter.--.- nd passed the balance of the ...gnt on a couch not wishing to disiu.- the household. Great yvas the —... therefore when his parents arose in the morning to find their and in good health.—Lieutenant George Michaels son of Mr. and X— • S. T. Michaels, Market street, who recently arrived from Prance, is ...w at his old Millersburg home. —The first artificial ice to arrive in Millers burg this season yvas housed in the Eshcnour ice Itouses this yveek. It yvas a three-car lot and was manu factured at Lancaster. —The members of the Methodist Episcopal c cii gave a reception to their neyv past... and family in the Sunday schcol -win of the church Tuesday! evening, a joyous time yvas had, refreshments yvere Served in the church dining room.—The blue martins are back from the Southlands, a sure sign of spring. These birds have made their summer home in Millersburg for many y> ars. A new bird-house has bet erected for them in West Park. —Miss Lovie Feeser and Mrs. Laura Mat thews have arrived home from De troit where they spent the winter. Walter Shaffer Lectures For Lewisberry Epworth League Lcxvisberry, Pa., April 12. —A large, audience assembled in the Methodist Episcopal, on Saturday evening, j when Sergeant Walter J. Shaffer, i the American aviator of Dauphin, i and a member of a French flying corps, gave his lecture, "Over the Heads of the Hun." Keen In sym pathy and generous in applause, the audience responded to the various moods of the speaker as he gave his i wonderful experiences, and saying he was "proud to belong to the greatest Nation on earth —America." Modest to a degree, though wearing j an attractive French uniform, col-1 ored with medals and French cita-' tions, this yot'-g aviator fully de- j served the plaudits of the people. ] The program, which was given for: the beneiiit of the Senior Epxvorih League, was arranged by Miss Edith Cline, who was the pianist, opened j with the song, "America." Lieuten ant Bruce G. Xebinger introduced the speaker. The lecture was fol lowed by a vocal solo by Private Raymond Stonesifer, who saw ser vice in France, with piano accom paniment by Mrs. H. C. Hetrick. The closing remarks were made by Ihe pastor, the Rev. L. L. Owens. The meeting closed with the "Star Spangled Banner." Sergeant Shaffer was accompanied by his father. Charles E. Shaffer, of Dauphin, and his manager, N. W. Pickens, of the I Majestic Theater, Harrisburg.—Mrs. E. A. Pennington entertained at iter | home in honor of her niecej Mrs. | Chester C. Byler, and daughter, Sarah Ellen, of Harrisburg. Those present were: Mrs. J. H. Shettel. Frank E. Foster, Mrs. G. J. Strayer, Mrs. 11. C. Hetrick, Miss Blanche : Miller, Miss Edith Cline, Miss Bessie | Kunkel, of town, and Miss Alice i Griest, of Steelton. —On Monday levelling, the officers of the Twelfth j District of the York County Sabballi 'S-hool Association held a meeting in Mount Zion Church, and arranged I la program for their coming conven-1 ition to be held in that church on j I Ascension Day, May 29. The Rev. j and Mrs. L. L. Owens, Miss Edith i Cline and D. L. Snavely, of the Lew -1 isberry Methodist Episcopal Sunday I School, were present. . On account !of the dejith of the president. XX'ill -1 iam Hartman, the vice-president. I Clarence Beshore, presided.—Miss Nelson, of Mount Holly Springs, is] I a guest at the home of her uncle land aunt. Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Crone, i i Mrs. Crone is confined to the house Iby sickness.—Mrs. Elmer C. Wise 'is confined to her home by pleur- i ; isy. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur II Laird and son, Wilbur, returned Ito their home at Steelton after be j ing guests of Mrs. E. TT. Laird and ■ ] Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hudson.—Mr. I ] and Mrs. J. L. Brenneman moved to I Red Lion on Tuesday. They will I take charge of a store at the place. I —The Rev. D. I<. Dixon, of Weather-1 ly, a former pastor of the loeal I Methodist Episcopal Church, spent I Tuesday and Wednesday with friends !in town. —Mrs. Leah Potteiger and I j Miss Smith were. Tuesday, guests of ; friends in New Cumberland.—Frank j D. Bratten. Harrisburg. was a gue^t! of his sisters, Miss C'arissa Bratten and Mrs. J. H. Shettel.—Alvin A. Zeigler, Charles Brothers and P. C. 8011. Ooldsboro, were in town Mon day evening, onroute to the meeting at the Mount Zion Church —The Misses Mame J. and Ellen Uelff. of ] New Cumberland, have returned to their summer home here.—Miss Me • Kibben, of Harrisburg, is a guest jof Mrs. Annie Laird and Miss .Tana : Potts. —Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Arm strong, of Harrisburg, spent Satur | day evening attending the Shaffer i lecture. —Private Raymond Slonesi- I fer and Miss Grass, of Steelton, at j tended the Walter Shaffer lecture 'Saturday evening.-—Anneta Rockey, j youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. jJ. Ray Rockey, was knocked down | by a runawav team and had her face ; badly scratched. —Mrs. G. J. Strayer ! was a guest of her une'o and aunt. ! Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Crumllc, New I Cumberland. LETTER WINNERS AT MOUNT UNION Boys' and Girls' Basketball Teams Have an Enjoy able Banquet BOTH TEAMS SUCCESSFUL Managers, Captains and Play ers Congratulated on Rec ord For the Season Mount Union, Pa., April 12.—Anj event which proved to be one of the j greatest in the history of Mount j Union High School, took place on j Wednesday yvlien the High School Association gave a banquet in honor of the boys and girls varsity bas ket ball teams, which recently closed one of their most successful seasons. The hoys won 17 out of 20 of the scheduled games, with a total of S5O points against 4 30, and the co-eds yfron all of their games except one. Superintendent W. P. Harley acted as toastmaster and the committee oni 'arrangements. Professors Slothower.j Gilbert and Floyd Runker, prepared a program which furnished some thing startling for every minute. The various managers, captains and coaches responded yvith toasts. Man-| agers Miller and Markey were con gratulated on the splendid schedules arranged and Captains Rosenberg and Wagner complimented for the loyal way in yvhich they led their teams, and Coaches Huston, Smith and Gilbert for the high standard attained by their teams. The cheer leaders came in for much credit for their good work and the true school spirit which they developed. One of the big features yvas the an nouncement of the letter yvinners, which included Misses Wagner. Smith, Vaughn, Markey, Rosenberg, Hower, Gracey, and for the boys: Rosenberg, captain; Ritchie, Ben nett, Sudors, Peters and Briggs. The captains for 1919-20 yvere announced for the girls. Eva Rosenberg; for the boys, R. Peters. Dinner in Honor of William Landis' Birthday Halifax, Pa., April 12.—Andrexv C. Y'eager. recently discharged from the United States Army after spend ing some time yvith his parents. Mj\ and Mrs. Hiram Yeager, left on Wednesday for Alberta, Canada. — William H. Landis, a member of the Halifax Shoe Company firm, celebrated his fiftieth birthday anni versary on Sunday. Mrs. Landis gave a birthday dinner in his honor, at their home in Second street. — Elmer E. Daugherty attended the funeral of George H. Hoffman, yvho yvas killed by a wagon box falling l on him last Friday morning. Burial yvas made in the family plot in Long's cemetery near Matamoras on Sunday afternoon.—Miss Florence Hoehn, of New Y"ork City is spend ing some time at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Joseph M. Smith. —Mrs. Anna Richter and daughter. Miss Caroline Richter are home from an extended visit to the formers son, the Rev. George M. Richter, at i Schuylkill Haven. —Beulah Fauker 1 and Mary Stoneroad returned from i a weeks visit at Steelton.- —S. J. Bovv | man and family spent Sunday at I Interline.—Jesse McWrie and family | and Agnes Mace, of Steelton, were I Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. land Mrs. W. B. Bowman.- —Mr. and I Mrs. Clarence Fetterhoff and Charles i Zimmerman and family, spent Sun day at the Lutheran parsonage at Fisherville.—Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Loudermilch are much improved from the injuries they received in their recent runaway.—Adam Stef fer, of Herndon, was a guest on Sun day. at the home of his son, N. A. Steffer and family.—Sergeant Robert Noble, a member of the famous Key stone Division, just home from France, is spending the week in town, visiting his aunt, Miss Stella Hench, a teacher in the Halifax pub lic schools. —Joshua Albright, a sailor on the U. S. S. Georgia, and Franklin and Marshall College, Lan caster, are paying a visit to their mother, Mrs. Mary Albright.—Miss Helen Melt is home from Irving Col lege, Mechanicsburg and is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira M. llelt.—John Radle and son, Charles Radio, of near Enterline; Wesley Warfel, of Harrisburg and Miss I-aura Sweigard, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Uriah Radle. at Wagnesville.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Harvey Chubb entertained the fol | lowing friends at their home on ' Monday evening: J. O. Bichtel and | family, W. H. Sweigard and family, : Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Rowe, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hooner, Henry It. Lau- E. Chubb and Naomi Sheetz.— Charles Midee, J. E. Jury and fam ily spent Sunday at tho home of Michael Shaffer at Penbrook.—The i Rev. A. I. Collom is paying a visit ito his daughter, Mrs. I. D. Fleck lat Bryn Mawr and his son, Fred Collom, at Philadelphia.—Mr. and j Mrs. Fernando Loudermilch and ! daughter, Martha, left Monday for | their new home at Harrisburg. Mr. | Loudermilch assumed his new posi tion as steward at the County Alms house on Tuesday. Free Mail Delivery at Tower City and Sheridan Tower City, Pa., April 12.—Ar rangements are being made for free mail delivery throughout the town by May 1. The houses in Tower City and Sheridan are being numbered and mail boxes being placed.—At a rally recently held in the Reformed Sunday school enough money was turned in to pay the last mortgage on the parsonage and a hundred dollars over.—Miss Jean Mur ray, of Pottsville, is visiting her parents. —Mr. and Mrs. Finley were Lykens visitors during the week.—Miss Elsie Herb, of Sacramento, spent the week end with relatives here.—Miss Emma Wolfe is visiting relatives at Phiiadel phta.—Mrs. William Klinger and Mrs. William Smith motored to Kllngerstown to attend an entertainment given by the school children taught by the form er's daughter.—Mrs. Pando and son. have returned from a pleasant visit to her daughter, Mrs. Ed. Harris, at Harrisburg.—Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Erd man and daughter Ruth, spent the week-end with relatives at Schuylkill Haven and Pottsville.—Lewis Schreiner, og Schuylkill Haven visited relatives here. —An interesting meeting of the XV. C. T. U. was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kniley on Tuesday evening.—Mrs. Dr. Haas, of Williams town, was a visitor here during the week. —Mrs. Ed. Kantner spent a duy at WUliamstown. YORK COUNTY FARMER REGRETS THAT HE FAILED IN DUTY DURING THE WAR When lie Saw at Courthouse Names of Soldiers Who Sac rificed' Lives For Country He Went to Victory Loan Chairman and Pledged $1,200 For Bonds; Made More Money Than Ever Before in Life WellsvlUo, Pa., April 12.—A far mer from one of the upper town shtps of York county,' on Tuesday, visited Grler Het-sh, chairman of the York County Victory-Liberty Loan Committee, and pledged himself to put $1,200 of his savings in bonds of the fifth issue. The story the fanner told Chairman Hersh is as folloyvs: "I must own up to it, 1 am conscience-stricken, and I want to make amends for failure to do my duty in the past. Had everybody done as I did, the war yvould not have been won. On the first day of April, 1 came to York to pay some bills and to transact some business at the court house. "When I was going into the court house, X stopped to read the names of the boys yvho sacrificed their lives for liberty and the thunder bolt struck me right there. During the other campaigns, I often read the question: 'What Have I Done?' but somehoyv it failed to sink in. Tito question came before me again and this time it did sink in. going straight into my soul. X answered the question. I had done nothing except to buy a puny $4OO worth or Liberty bonds and there all those MRS. SWARTZ 87 YEARS OLD Mechanicsburg Woman Sur rounded by Children and Grandchildren Moehaitieshitrg, Pa., April 12. With her children and grandchildren, yvho had gathered for the occasion, Mrs. Mary A. Syvartz celebrated iter eighty seventh birthday anniversary. She is i active and remarkably yvell preserved j and yvas made the recipient of quanti- I ties of beautiful floyvers, gifts and con- | gratulatlons.—After being confined to j the house the past four weeks by sick- ' ness, P. S. Mumma was able to go to , his ottice on Wednesday.—A pleasant session of the Story Tellers' class was | held at the home of Mrs. Robert H. | Thomas. Jt\. West Main street, on Mon-j day evening and yvas yvell attended. In- i terest in the yvork increases and plans j for future work was discussed. Mrs. Harry Keffer, of Harrisburg. was pres ent. and following the business session. | told several stories in her usual de- j lightful manner.—The folloyving subor dinate officers of Trinity Lutheran Sun- | day School were announced: Pianist. • Miss Edith Springer; assistant pianists, Helen Hoover and -Elizabeth Martin ; assistant secretary, Paul Gronbeck; librarian, Robert Arnold: auditors, Elizabeth Hurst and Ruth Miller.— Charles Eberly, cashier of the First Na tional Bank, has been appointed dis trict chairman of the Victory Loan in Mechanicsburg.—Mrs. J. B. Spangler, qf East Main street, spent Wednesday t yvith friends in Neyvville.—Mrs. S. J. | Mountz, of West Keller street, spent several days at the home of her son. Frank Mountz at Harrisburg.—George | W. Hershman, district deputy grand- j master of the Independent Order of I Odd Fellows, yvas in Bowmansdale on Monday evening installing officers.— Mrs. William White, of Harrisburg. | spent Tuesday with her mother, Mrs. | Ella Adams, South Market street. — | Mrs. S. Carroll Miller was a Harrisburg , visitor on Tuesday.—Mrs. A. P. Schaf hirt, of East Main street, spent Tuesday with friends in Greencastle. —Mrs. J. , Irvin Steel yvas in Carlisle on Monday. Jacob Pentz, of Harrisburg, yvas in , toyvn this week, called here by the death of his brother, William H. Pentz. Albert Brubaker, of Philadelphia, yvas a yveekend visitor at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Umberger.—On Tliurs day evening, April 10, Mrs. Rahter Myers, of 26 East Coover street, will be hostess for the Ladies' Aid Society of St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The com mittee is planning a program yvith fea tures of more than ordinary interest. By this means the society hopes to raise, contributions toward repairs to the par sonage. Mrs. E. L. Daron, of Scranlon, who yvas visiting at tho home of her father, H. S. Moore, West Coover street, left yesterday, accompanied by her father, who will spend the summer months at her home. —Miss Rosahi M. Diehl was at Harrisburg on Monday and ' attended the production of "Hamlet." i at the Orpheunt theater. POLICE PAYMASTER In order to facilitate the handling] of the salaries of member of the city j police force, Clarence O. Backensto.s, secretary to Mayor Keister. has been named as paymaster in the bureau of police. He will prepare one vouch er for the money and then make pay envelopes for each member of | the force, these envelopes being giv en to the men at roll call on payday. I Under the old system, the vouchers i were signed by four persons and much time and inconvenience on the part of the payee was occasioned for him to receive his money. COMMON PLEAS COURT Six of the first ten cases on the trial list for the April special ses-j ! sion of common pleas court, which opens on Monday are to be tried. Three of the other four yvere settled | and the fourth yvas continued. Tip staves for next week include John j Pottroff, R W. Green. Harry Fulch- I ner, M .F. Graham, Samuel Johnson, ' H. C. Winter, Jacob Stauffer, Henry | Chubb, John Killinger, Peter Her shey, George Oarr and John Q. Battis. DAMAGE SUITS FILED Damage suits against the Harrisburg Railways compuny have been filed by counsel for Irving E. and Mrs. Augusta Robinson. No statement has been filed but It is understood the actions yvere started because of personal injuries suffered by Mrs. Robinson in a street car accident. Another damage suit was filed against Alfred H. Shaffer for Edward S. Mentzer. father of Edgar G. Mcntzer. SPEAKING TOUR Members of churches, Sunday schools and Bible classes of the city ! will hear J. C. Bennett, of Chicago, national trustee and field secretary of tho Gideons, yvho is speaking here In connection with a publicity campaign being waged throughout the country. His headquarters are Jat the Metropolitan Hotel. APRIL 12, 1919. " (boys, whose names were before me | on the court house walls, Xtad given i their lives. "When I went home I couldn't sleep that night for thinking about it. 1 reflected that during the. war j I made more money than I had ever made in my life before. I had j cleared my debts and had bought a I player-piano for my yvife and cliil | dren, but I had neglected my duty ] as a patriot and a good citizen. After consulting my wife on the question, we yvere both of the same opinion that yve both were rank slackers while the war was going on. "Well, to make a long story short, | we have $1,200 in bank that wc had saved to buy an automobile. We I now are going to do without an automobile and shift along yvith our old horse and carriage for a few more years. We have decided to use the $1,200 to buy Liberty bonds. If I could find a customer for the piano, which is a new one and a good one, I'd sell it and buy bonds yvith the money." Before leaving Chairman Hersh a office, tlie farmer offered to place the $1,200 in Mr. Hersh's hands, to show that lie meant what he said. PROSPECT OF BUILDING BOOM REPORTED FAIR [Continued front First Page.] 662, or nearly 50 per cent. Of tho deferred building operations, 237 are private and 88 public, most of the former including dwellings and tho latter public schools. A larger percentage in Pennsylva nia also report high cost of materials than in the two other leading states. The figures are 276 or 4 2 per cent, in Pennsylvania; 291 or 36 per cent, in Ohio, and 22 4 or 3 3 per cent, in New York. A larger percentage in Pennsylva nia also report wages higher than in the other two states, the figures be ing 32 per cent, in Pennsylvania to 24 per cent, in both New York and Ohio. Fifty-nine projects were reported under way in Pennsylvania out of the total of 662 reported on, against 58 out of a totjd of 673 in New York, uml 59 out of a total of 805 in Ohio. Pennsylvania reports 119 to start in the spring against 92 in New York and 104 in Ohio. To start during the present year the figures are 146 in Pennsylvania, 256 in New York and 99 in Ohio. Of the total number of projects re ported in Pennsylvania, 662, there are 207 public and 455 private. The public projects are divided into three Federal, 16 state, 27 county, and 161 municipal. The following table shows the numbers and valuation of the various classes of projects reported: Private No. of Class Projects Valuations Apartments 18 $1,530,000 Amusements 9 615,000 I Business 103 12,290,000 Dwellings 130 4,710,000 ! Educational 14 735,000 I Hospitals and homes 10 1,010,000 Hotels 5 1,280,000 I Manufacturing .... 65 6,265,000 Religious 64 3.625,000 I Social. 27 2,810,000 | Miscellaneous 10 4,325,000 I Totals 455 $49,195,000 Public No. of Class Projects Valuations Bridges 25 $4,615,000 I Canals and water front 4 6,120,000 I City halls and court ] houses 0 4,270,000 ! Fire and police stat- I tions 1 40,000 Hospitals, institu tions and homes. 15 6,180,000 Schools 44 9,165,000 Sewers 25 6,455,000 Street improvements 52 27,440,000 Water works 13 9,515,000 Miscellaneous 22 5,350,000 Totals 207 $78,150,000 The number of questionnaires re porting on shortage of materials is Ismail in proportion to the whole, but | a comparison of those stating that j there is a shortugn with those wito specifically state that there is not serves as a reliable indication of the effect of this influence on the build ing industry. In answer to the question of high cost of materials, 276 sav yes, 22 no as- compared witli only 59 who state that there is a shortage of materials to 102 who say there is not. Of those specifying materials short, 17 indi cate brick, 15 lumber, 11 steel and 7 cement. Of those specifying materials high, 52 say lumber, 50 brick, 46 steel, 38 cement, 17 slone, 15 plumb ing supplies, 6 heating supplies, and two electrical supplies. In the loan difficulty column. 40 answer yes, while only four complain of high rate of interest, to 144 who specifically state that tTiey are not having any loan difficulty and 81 who say the interest rate is not high. The number reporting labor short age is 80 to 4 3 who report no short age. Four indicate inefficiency of labor. About half of those reporting in the bids taken column answer tho question yes, the numbers being 159 who say that they .have taken bids to 154 who have not. Of those giving the excess in cost of construction over previous esti mates .the largest number 27, say 30 per cent., 22 say 50 per cent., 17 say 20 per cent., 7 put it at 100 per cent., 5 say 60 per cent., and 2 each indicate I that the excessive cost of construc jtion at 70, 80 90 and 100 per cent, I SKIDS ON WET STREET | The automobile owned by Dr J IH. Crampton, 600 Forster street' i was badly damaged early last night |in a collision ut Thirteenth and l Derry streets, caused by wet streets, j No one was injured. DAY and NIGHT SCHOOL Open All Yeai. Enter Any Time. Individual Promotion. BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 121 MARKUP' ST. , | Bcil 125 <Opp. Senate) Dial 401t TROUT STREAMS 4 OPEN FOR ANGLING Fishermen of Tyrone Will* Contest For Prizes For Larg est Fish on the First Day i ! OFFERED BY DEALERS Howard B. Calderwood An nounces Candidacy For Com missioner of Blair County Tyrone, Pa., April 12. —Fishermen are getting ready for the opening of the trout season, next week. The sport of angling will bo more intense this year, not alone from the fact that everybody bas more time than last year, but also from the 'fact that many of the streams which protect or feed water supplies, and which were posted during the per . od of the war, are now again open to the fishermen.. The principal sporting goods deuler in town, is again offering three prizes for the largest trout caught on the first day of the season.—Howard 1!. Calderwood has announced himself as a candidate for County Commissioner The race for this office this year prom ises to furnish the political excitement of the year, as the increase of the sal ary of the office from $lBOO to $2500 makes it an attractive berth. A further vim has been injected in the political matters this year, by the close scrutiny that all candidates are being subjected to by the Labor Organization.—Charles H. 1 terse, a resident of Tyrone for forty years, announced this week that he intended to move to Gary, Ind., where he has two sons employed. He has sold his six properties and his house hold goods. For the forty years he has lived here, he has been the plasterer of nearly all the homes that have been erected in this vicinity.—John Fosnot of Canton, Ohio, is the guest at the home of Air. and Airs. William Eckels, for several days.—Miss Mary Dubbs is on an extended visit with relatives ?!? ~a n extended visit at Ardmore and I hihulelphia.—Air., and Airs. W. V. Alil ler. of Barnesboro, are guests of D. H. iiaagen.—Mrs. Laura K. Woodln has returned to her home after visiting for a season with her daughter at Jersey Lity, X. J.—Mrs. John Alinich and daughter, of Olean, N. Y., are the guests of Air. and Mrs. Marry Gardner, of this place. Air. Frank Swangor and young daughter departed this week for Mer cersburg, Pa., where they will spend the summer, being joined later by Air. Swanger after he completes his duties as principal of the ward school of Tv rone.—Miss Martha Appleby and friend Miss Elenah Manley after visiting for a week with Mr. and Airs. Frank Fox have returned to their home at Kbens burg.—Miss Adaline Albright, a student at the New Enghind Conservatory of Music at Boston, Alass., is spending a vacation of two weeks with her paronts, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Albright—John B. Nason, Jr., is home for a week on a short vacation from his studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technoiogyr Boston, Aluss.—Air. and Airs. George C. Wilson and two children, who spent the past three months in Florida have returned to their home here.—Mrs. James Branch has returned from a visit at- Bock Ilaven and Belief onto, - < The Be v. J. 11. Flagg, of Curwensvillo, spent several days with the Itev. H, E. Newman. York Haven Men Will ■ Organize Realty Company ..York Haven, Pa., April 12.—Pro minent business and moneyed men 1 of tlie town are contemplating or -1 ganizinz a realty company, for the purpose of erecting more houses ta 1 overcome the scarcity here. The promoters will get together within the near future for the purpose of i perfecting the company. Owing to 1 tlie scarcity of hemes, a number of residents will be obliged to locate ' elsewhere, although employed here. —Mrs. Thomas Green returned from 1 Harrisburg, Where she had spent several days with her son, Russell 1 Green.—A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Naglo.—Andrew 1 Harris has been confined lo his home 1 the past week by sickness.—Harry 1 Weaver returned from Philadelphia, 1 where he spent several days.—Mrs. I Esther O'Leary, of Reading, was a I I guest for several days at the home ■ of the father, Augustus Rally.—Re -1 cent guests entertained for a week by H. W. Stokes, president of tlie ' York Haven Paper Company, at the - "Company House," were: Mrs. ; Stokes and son, Tyson; Mrs. T. S. 1 Tyson, S. Roland Morgan. J. Oarretl Kell and William Roloid, of Phila ■ dolphin.—Mrs. Susie Rinehart has ■ been ill the past week at the bonis of Tsaae Wolf.—The men's chorus 1 of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will - make lis first public appearance a! ! the services io-morrnw morning, ni • 10:30 o'clock.—Miss Violet Swan re ' turned to her duties, at the General ; Hospital at Philadelphia after spend ing several weeks with her parents, < Mr. and Mrs. William Swan.—Paul ' Kerry spent one day this week with | friends at Harrisburg. DONATION FOR PASTOR Sliippeiislmrg, Pa., April 12.—< Mrs. Crawford Smith, of Rockaway, N, .T., and Alias Helen Therriek, of Pliila< delphia, spent several days with Airs Sherrick on King street.—A number oi persons went to the South Mountain on Sunday for nrbustus.—A donation wai held by members of the Orange strpei United Brethren church on Thursday evening for their pastor, the Rev. E. AC Funk.—George AVatson spent a day al Harrisburg.—A hike was held by ATisi Carrie Kitzmiller's school on Tuesday evening.—George Thrush, of the United , States Regular Army, spent a short fur lough witli relatives here.—Miss Vera ' Long, of Penbrook, spent Sunday witl | her parents on East Orange street. • VICTORY DINNER. NEXT MONDAY Chnmlierslinrg, Pa., April 11. Thl Victory Dinner at Hotel Washington or Monday evening. April 14, promise: to be a big event as tickets are sc.uiiij fast and a large attendance of mem . bers of the Chamber of Commerce and , other buainess men of whom ars t pected. Prof. F. S. Alagill, reprcsou i tative In the assembly from Frank'.il . county has been selecieu as t-—-- master for the occasion.
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