2 NEWS OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND CITY'S SUBURBS __________ ' * BIG BLACK BEAR COMES TO TOWN Little Girl Calls Mother to Seej "Dog" Which Jumped Over Fence Turbotville, Pa., May 0. This | quiet farming community had the | scare of its life when a big black j bear ambled into town, snooped around a bit and ambled out again, | without doing any particular dam age or any of the townsmen getting a shot at it. The bear- was first seen by a threo year-old daughter of George C. Youngman, cashier of the Turbot ville National Bank. It attracted the child's attention by jumping over a high fence. Calling to her mother the little girl explained that she had seen a "big dog jump the fence." Mrs. Youngman found the "dog" was an honest-to-goodness bear. Several other residents saw bruin as it went into a nearby woods. It is thought to be the bear that was seen on a number of occasions by trout fishermen in the Union county forests several miles from this place, during the opening days of the trout tishTng season. Fifty-First Annual Meeting of Perry Sabbath Schools Liverpool, Pa., May 6.—The Fifty- ! first annual convention of the Perry I County Sabbath School Association | will be held Wednesday and Thurs- I day, May 14 and 15, at the Lutheran | and Reformed churches at Ickesburg. | Professor C. Harold Lowden, Phil-, adelphia, will have charge of the I music and David S. Fry, of Newport, former president of the association, will deliver the address of welcome. The response will be made by the | Rev. F. H. Daubenspeek. Other j speakers are: General Secretary W. j G. Lanes, of Philadelphia; James W. j Barker, of Harrisburg; the Rev. C. j A. Waltman, of Millerstown; the] Rev. Samuel Fox, of Duncannon; the | Rev. E. V. Strasbaugh, of Blain; Jo- ] siah Howe, Sr., of Millerstown; the j Rev. U. O. li. Kerchner, of Newport, l and Scott S. Leiby, of Marysville. An | attractive feature of the convention i will be departmental conferences in I charge of the county department su perintendents. Clark M. llower, of Blain, president of the association, ] will preside at the business session ] on Thursday morning. 800 Foreigners Take Out Naturalization Papersj Sunbury, Pa., May 6.—The rush j for naturalization in Northumber- i land county continues at high tide. I To date more than 800 persons of j foreign birth have applied at the j office of Prothonotary Edgar Sum- j mers for first papers. One hundred : and eighty-six petitioned for citizen- I ship last week, and more than 200 will apply this week. IIKIDGH OVER CHILMSdVAQIIK Sunbury, Pa., May 6.—The commis sioners of Northumberland county, at their meeting yesterday went over the matter of building a $17,000 bridge, of single-span construction, across Chil lisquaque creek, but did not determine to let the contract before some matters concerning a State roan there be taken up with the State Highway depart ment. VMM, ON PAPER TABLET Sunbury, Pa., May B.—Written on a sheet of common tablet paper, and con taining less than fifty words, the will of Mrs. Kate C. Perry, of Shamokin, was admitted to probate by Register Carr to-day. It gives to lier daughter. Thclma, the income of the estate until the girl reaches the age of 21 years, after which she is given all of the prop erty, "to do with as she pleases," the will closes. SEVENTEEN-Ylitß LOCUST Columbia, Pa., May 6.—The seven-i tecn-year locust, a genuine specimen of the cicada septemdecim, lias been' found here by Miss Mary Ziegler, who discovered the insect coming out of the ground in the yard at her home. She reports having discovered the same kind of insects regularly at the same place for the past fifty-three years. Seventeen years ago these lo custs were numerous in I-ancaster county and in the districts around Columbia. ORGANIZE NEW COUNCIL Columbia, Pa.. May 6.—Vice Presi- | dent Edward Hittner and Frank V. ! Kasel, secretary of the Grand Council, Pennsylvania Catholic Beneficial Lea gue, assisted at the organization of a new ladies council of the League, in St. Joseph's parish hall, Lancaster, Sunday afternoon. The couneil was named St. Rita and starts with thir ty-nine charter members. When Postum is used instead of coffee there's an all around satisfaction in health and pleasure for every one at table. You do not have to stop at one cupful for fear of . any harm, and children can drink it as safely as milk, for POSTUM Is healthful, delightful and economical. "There's a J^eason' TUESDAY EVENING, HARBISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY' 6,1919. ] Liquor Dealers Think | Nation Will Stay Wet For Year After January 16 By Associated Press. i Atlantic City, N. J., May 6. —Con-' I fidence that the nation will remain; ] wet for at least one year after Jan-; ! uary 16 next exists among the' 100 j delegates who to-day began the twenty-sixth annual conference of j the National Retail Liquor Dealers' Association. The organization is I formed of one to three delegates j from each of the wet States. They claim to speak for the entire trade, ' but not for the distilleries and the wholesalers. Mrs. Charlotte A. Mathiot Dies in Her 84th Year Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Mathiot, one of the city's, pioneer Women's Chris tian Temperance Union workers, died ut her home, 209 Harris streqt, after a brief illness. Mrs. Mathiot was born March 22, 1836, and enjoyed good health until a few days ago. She was the daughter of Dr. Charles Van human, a widely known surgeon of York and Baltimore early in the last century, and the widow of Owen J, Mathiot. Mrs. Muthiot was a member of the United Brethren Church for sixty-eight years and devoted much of her time to temperance wor kin her earlier > i ars. She. leaves the follow ing children: William H. Mathiot, Mrs. Rachael D. Irwin, Mrs. Bessie Liglitner and Samuel H. Mathiot; seven grandchildren, and one great granddaughter. A brother. Martin L. Vr.nhaman, of York, also survives. Funeral services will be held at tho •home Thursday afternoon. at 2 (.'clock, the Rev. Mr. Dougherty, pas- I tor of First United Brethren Church, officiating. GERMANS WILL GET 1 PEACE PACT TOMORROW [Continued from First Page.] I which Italy has consented to re | sume her interrupted participation I in the Peace Conference. A report I reaching London, however, declares ' that it is proposed to make Fiume I a neutral port for a period of two I years, after which time it is to be j turned over to Italy. Germans Arc Restive Gorman newspapers are printing | reports from Versailles to the ef | feet that the German representa tives have served notice on the Al- I lies that further delay in tho pre j sentation of the peace terms will I result in the Germans leaving for I Berlin. Another report emanating j irom Berlin states that German j Ministers Landsbeng and Giesberg, . members of the enemy delegation, ] have left Versailles, but that "peace j negotiations will continue." There has been no intimation j from Paris that tho Germans were | demanding immediate action or that i any of the delegates had left and ] the reports received in Berlin prob- 1 j ably were intended for "home con- | I sumption." League Makes Progress Meanwhile the League of Na | tions has proceeded further with its organization. At the meeting of the organization committee yesterday Stephen Piehon, the French foreign minister, was elected chairman of the provisional organization. At the same time Sir Eric Drum monds assumed his duties as acting secretary general. To Recognize Einlnml The government of Finland will receive recognition from the Allies persuant to a decision reached in Paris by the council of foreign min isters according to report. There are certain conditions which must be followed, it is said, but the details of the proposal are not yet known. Ilc seventy • five per cent, of that of the Fourth ' Drive last fall, was met. 1 This has been explained through the fact that the industrial establish | mcnts in and about the city are not employing nearly the number of men that they did during past loans and further by the uncertainty of the employment of the men who do i have positions. , With what had been expected to ' he the final reports In and the city • still short more than $300,000 in its | quota, the goal was reached only ■ through the guaranteeing of the f funds by the several teams, with David E. Tracy urging them to match each other. $345,000 was guaran teed in this manner and the city J quota thus assured. I Urges Replacing of Old "Arcs" With New Lights City Electrician Clark E. Diehl ex plained to city councilmen this morning the advantage of installing incandes cent lights in the city to replace tho present arc lamps which have been In use for years. According to Mr. Diehl, a new incan descent light has been manufactured which can be installed and maintained at the same cost as the arcs but gives mucli better lllumnlatlon. Tho com missioners may consider the advisa bility of placing some of the new lights in tho Fourteenth ward to test them and if they prove satisfactory it may be de cided to replace gradually the arc lights In other parts of the city. U. S. Sues Big Scranton Brewing Co. as a Criminal Scranton, Pa., May 6. —The Penn sylvania Central Brewing Company, which controls breweries In Lacka wanna and Luzerne counties, waa yesterday notified that criminal pro ceedings are to be brought against it by the United States. The com pany is charged with shipping in toxicating liquors into dry states. The case cited is an attempt to ship beer into South Carolina. United States District Attorney Rogers L. Burnett, of the case, will come before the grand jury, which opened its sessions in Harrisburg yesterday. CITY COURT BILL DIES The Senate committee on munici pal affairs to-day postponed inde finitely the bill providing for muni cipal courts for third class cities, Chairman Vare remarking that ho was so disgusted with the municipal court of his city that he did not think such courts should he provided for other cities. The committee reported out the charter bills again and they will pass the Senate soon. Eight Are Killed in Columbus, 0., Apartment House Morning Fire ' Columbus, Ohio, May 6. Eight . persons are known to have been i killed and a dozen or more were in-' i jured, several probably fatally in a . fire which early to-day destroyed a ; six-story apartment house in the , downtown section. Firemen con i tinued during tho day to search the . debris for other victims, who are i believed to have perished when four . floors at the rear of the building sank to the basement. The flames, said to have originat ed from an open gas jet, quickly en veloped the single stairway in the center of the building and cut off the escapo of the sixty or more persons _| in the building. Men, women and I children jumped from windows and j j several children were thrown from , | the upper floors into fire nets. OLD EIGHTH TO BE HOME TOMORROW [Continued from First I'uge.] also requested each person who pa- j rades to carry a small flag. According to reports from Campj Dix, the boys to-day had completed I | all necessary preparations for their j discharge from Army service and] the officers were busy completing details for mustering them out. ' Camp headquarters officers have the men in charge now and the regimental officers are instructed as to the plans for the demobilization. The One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment is the second to be mus tered out at Camp Dix by the camp authorities, according to the locali ties in which the men reside, instead! of by companies, the usual custom, i Arrangements were completed to- j day by Mrs. Florence Ackley Ley, of the Community Singing Associa- j tion, to greet the returning soldiers j with song. All choristers have been i asked to join the movement. The song leaders were announced | as follows: Mrs. Ley. Mrs. J. G. j Sanders, Miss M. Conklin, Miss E. S. | Yost, A. W. Neate, Elmer H. Ley, ] Howard E. Gensler and Charles j Shaffner. Choruses of the follow j ing songs will he sung: 'Smiles," ! "Over There," '"Long, Long Trail," and "Keep the Home Fires Burn- I I ing." The singers will assemble at I I Front and Walnut streets and will | ' i line the curb on both sides of Front j street between Walnut and Pine j streets. | CITY GRAYS' ASSOCIATION TO JOIN BIG PARADE ! At the time fixed by the committee I for the parade and' reception in honor j of tiie returning soldiers the members of the City Gray's Association will as semble at the Armory, Second and For ster streets. COAI, CONFERENCE DELAYED i Because of the illness of T. 1611s ] worth Davies, the engineer employed Iby the county to fix valuations of coal lands, the hearing of appeals of j the Susquehanna Collieries Company, scheduled for to-day, has been con | tinued until May 26, when a report will be received on the investigation I of engineers at the mines. lIUII,DING PERMITS Building permits were issued to the following: T. E. Morrett. remodel- I ing 1432 Susquehanna, $300; William Ford, one-story frame garage, rear I 2012 Kensington, $75; Batista Peluso, | - Nick Garisto, contractor, addition to i rear of 913 South Front, $1,750; J. T. Estep. corrugated iron garage, rear I 1008 Hemlock, $lOO. CHICKEN COOP ROIIRED i Thieves lapt night broke into the , chicken c top at the rear of the home of Frank Lapp, Pcnbrook, stealing all tho chickens there. During the last ; few weeks a number of thefts have , been reported in the borough. State | Police and borough officers are en | deavorfng to locate and arrest the • j thieves. ! SMITII DILI. REPORTED OUT I The Smith bill reorganizing the| , | Department of Public Grounds and | . | Buildings was favorably reported to , the Senate to-day. i 1 • • | 28-30-32 North Third Street I • Strictly Fashionable Summer Apparel For the Woman and Miss Varied in assortments to fill the requirements of those who : desire distinctive garments for all occasions—with very moderate | prices. Hlm ' * The Summer Frocks— ! ~ In the new pompadour and plain georgettes, chiffons nnd foulards, plain, embroidered and figured voiles, ; organdies and linens. ' f The New Summer Skirts-- [ §| Featured in crinkly crepe and tricolette, crepe de chine, georgette, poulet and washable materials. I I Smart Summer Suits— Developed in fiber silk, silk Jersey and faille silk, white flannel and poulet. New Summer Wraps— In baronet silk, taffeta, velvet, velveteen, polo cloth, Tyrol wool and mixtures. jgtej ijg OUR TAILORING SERVICE ASSURES PERFECTION OF FIT. * Cumberlmid Valley News j; Mechanicsburg Fire Co. Elects Officers For Year t i , Mechanicsburg, Pa„ May 6.—Lust j evening the annual election of the Citizens' Fire Company was held . with the following result: President, Fred Z. Ployer; vice-president, Jo seph Dunlap; recording secretary, George M. Wertz; financial secretary, Miller J. Coover; treasurer, A. A. Arnold; foreman, Guy H. Lucas; as- 1 siStant foreman, Henry T. Bender; ' engineer, C. J. D. Eckerd; first en- 1 gineer, Frank Howe; second engi- ' i necr, Laurence C. Weber; fireman, ' j Leroy Ocker; second fireman, George ( I Derrick; third fireman, Clarence ' ! Yoiin; directors, A. S. Hertzler, D. IS. Walters, and H. A. Albright; host, jL. W. Kintz; delegate, C. J. D. j Efckerd; chauffeur, W. J. Stambaugh; ' I second chauffeur, H. Z. Albright; I third chauffeur, J. M. Brubaker. It was arranged to hold the an nual banquet on June 10 and a ! committee to make the plans was j appointed as follows: W. J. Stam | baugh, Frank Rowe, H. T. Bonder, ] Joseph Dunlap, Leroy Ocker, C. J. | D. Eckerd, Clarence Yohn, George B. Hoover and Daniel Walter. Enter tainment committee, A. A. Arnold, George W. Hershman and M. B. lbach. WAR TROPHY EXHIBIT Mocliunicsburg, Pa., May 6. Hundreds of tho people gathered at ' the station yesterday to see the war ' trophy train and were pleased to ] have an opportunity of seeing the • I collection thus displayed. The crowd | was full of enthusiasm and cheered i 1 the speakers, who were unusually j interesting and full of patriotism, j Burgess J. J. Billiesen introduced the i speakers. From here the train went j to Carlisle and on down the valley. ] RETURNING ON LIBERATOR I Alechaniesburg, Pa., May 6. — ■ Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Stroniinger, of 1 South Market street, received word from their son, Corporal T. Chester Stroniinger, yesterday that he is aboard the Liberator and expects to 1 land at Hoboken to-day. Corporal], Stroniinger is a njember of tho 103d 1 Truck Train! leaving with the Har-1 risburg contingent, soon after thoj eall went out for volunteers. He has jliad some thrilling experiences and i active service. i BABY GRAND AS PRESENT i Mechanicsburg, Pa., May 6. 1 Miss Pauline Wright, of New Cum-! berland, niece of Mrs. E. E. Strom-j inger, of Mechanicsburg, who grad-1 nates from Mrs. Froelich's music, school at Harrisburg. and the High] school, was presented with a hand-1 some baby grand piano, as a com-: menecment gift from her uncles, i Troup Brothers, of Market Square, i Harrisburg. 10 DEATHS AT MONT ALTO • Waynesboro, Pa., May 6.—Ac- ; ] cording to the report of Alf. N. j j Russell, registrar of vital statistics, I there were sixteen deaths in ] Waynesboro, Washington township, I Qulncy township and Mont Alto I borough during the month of April. There was a total of sixteen deaths • at the Mont Alto Sanatorium during the same period. APPLE ORCHARDS IN BLOOM j Waynesboro, Pa., May 6.—Apple | orchards throughout the neighboring ] South Mountain belt are now in full ] bloom, and if exuberance of blos soms means anything, and it gener- j ally does—there will be a bumper j crop in this valley. HIGH PRICE FOR STOCKS j Waynesboro, Pa., May 6.—Scvcn j teen shares of Frick Company stock j I brought $115.35 per share at public] j sale here Saturday. This is the high-1 est price paid for this stock for sev ' eral years. | 1 COURT SESSION ADJOURNED Carlisle, Pa., May 6.—The first day | of the session of criminal court for I May was short, in view of changes of the calendar and that a number of jurors and witnesses were busy I inspecting" the. War Department trophy train." Only one ease was tried and court was adjourned until this morning. J. Wesley Powell, of Shippensburg, was found guilty of the larceny of a Liberty Bond from A. E. Stephens, of the feame town. Powell's defense was that ho found the bond and that | ho believed that by holding It he could get a higher reward than that! offered. MISSIONARIES ON FURLOUGH ' Carlisle, Pa., May 6. —After a quar ter of a century of service as a mis- ( sionary in India, the Rev. Dr. John j Aberle and his wife arc on a visit to I relatives here. They are with their daughter, Mrs. Roy Dunkleberger, the wife of the Rev. Mr. Dunkte berger, both of whom arc also mls-J sionaries in India. Both families have I been stationed at Iho College at Guntur, India, founded by the Lu-j theran Church. Tho Rev. and Mrs. Roy Dunlcleberger, will return to i India soon. They'havc been on a fur- ] lough for one year in this country, j SOLDIERS AS CANDIDATES Carlisle. Pa., May .—From pres ent indications two-thirds of tho can didates for office in Cumberland coun ty this fa'l will ho returned soldiers. Announcements are expected to boom | within the next, few weeks with tliej j arrival of more men from overseas.] It seems assured that both parties i will have soldier candidates for the principal countv offices and that the j men who have been fighting will also j figure in other contests. Searightl Stuart, son of Walter Stuart, of tlioi Farmers' Trust Company, of Carlisle, is being mentioned as a Republican] candidate for clerk of the courts. R ESURFACIN G HIGH \V A Y Waynesboro, Pa., May 6. —Exten-| sive repairs are underway on the | Mercershurg, Orecncastie, "Waynes-j iboro turnpike under the supervision .of tbe Stale Highway Department, Itlie State having purchased this high ' way about a year ago. It is proposed to resurface the pike, with crushed .stone, where necessary, and (hen (cover it with oil all the way from tho | Fulton county line to tho Adams county line on tho east. I REPAIRING QUINCY ROAD | W aynesboro, Pa., May 6.—Work j ' repairing the Quiney road north of : this city was started yesterday. A i large force of men and much ma ] chinery is being used. J MADAM ASK V BRINGS JERSEY ITEM ! Newport News, Vn„ May 6. — The j transport Madawaska arrived here j to-day with the One Hundred and i ! Fourteenth Infanry regiment of the ] j Twenty-ninth (blue and grayt divis- I ion, numbering approximately 2,200 | officers and men. The regiment is composed largely of National Guards men from New Jersey, and Governor Edge, of that State, came liere to wel come tlvom. Revenue Legislation I'p j Conferences will be held to-morrow | between the Governor, fiscal officers ! and legislative leaders in regard to I revenue, legislation. Tbe approp/i -i ations Committee, chairman will also' | discuss the appropriation lists with I the Governor. KNIGHTS ATTEND CHURCH W ayneslioro, Pa., May 6. —One hundred Knights of Malta attended services at tho Church of Christ on Sunday evening. The Rev. F. A. Poffenberger delivered the address. I DAY and WIGHT SCHOOL j Open All Year. Enter Any Time. Individual Promotion. BECKLEY'S BUSINESS COLLEGE 121 MARKET ST. Bell 125 (Opp. Senate) Rial 4018 I Bel ding Hall Refriger ators —-"Notaseme" Stone and "Century" Enamel Full Line of Samples on Floor 3-Door Side-Icing Belding-Hall Re- jj frigerator, as illus- a EI trated, "Century" § type I b —*" ~~ sinu\mg construction j! I I Ab-oliilcly seamless. | ■j Detroit L Vapor Oil Ranges j Gas" I I Generates its Gas from ordinary Kerosene (Coal Oil). One Gallon operates a burner for 20 Hours. No Wicks—No Smoke-- | No Odor j This wonderful Range will Heat, Cook and Bake at a cost impossible to any other stove in America. * You must see this Range to realize what a mar velous invention it is. Nothing Like It In America UoO V E D I! FURNITURE CO. IV I 1415-19 N. 2nd St. 23 W. Main St. Harrisburg Carlisle NIGHT FORCE AT WORK Waynesboro, Pa., May 6. —On ac count of rush of work at tlio Emcr son-Hrantiughani shop a night forco has been put to work beginning last evening. *